Hermione sobbed into Draco's arms, longing for her missing daughter. This wasn't some kind of joke Rose pulled, and she had no one else to go to; she was already at the Malfoy's house. If Rose was never found or worse, dead, she didn't know how she was going to survive. Rose was her pride and joy- the one thing she loved more than anything else in the entire world. She prayed to every God and powerful deceased wizard she could think of to bring her little girl back home, safe and sound.

"We will find her, Hermione," Draco whispered into her hair, tears starting to form in his eyes as well. "We just have to…"

Narcissa called the Auror's office, the Daily Prophet, and several Muggle Police stations in the area reporting that Rose was kidnapped by Ron Weasley, on the new telephone they had finally gotten a few weeks earlier. She Flooed all of her influential Pureblood friends, telling them to report anything if they saw something regarding Ron and her granddaughter.

Lucius sat there uncomfortable. He was upset at Rose's disappearance, but there was not much he could do, being on house arrest. He still disliked Hermione slightly, and had no idea how to console her or his son. Narcissa was still on the telly pone (or whatever dumb Muggle device's name was that Draco insisted they get due to Rose) calling everyone she had ever met, so he remained quiet, waiting for someone to speak to him.

Several hours later, Narcissa shook him from his doze on the couch. There were tear stains still on her cheeks from crying as he looked up at her a little dazed. Hermione and Draco had fallen asleep in each other's embrace on a different couch, which caused him to smirk.

"Come on," Narcissa whispered to her husband. She motioned him to get off the couch and follow her to their bedroom. "It's best not to disturb them any further and nothing is being published in the Prophet until tomorrow morning. We should get some rest to prepare for tomorrow."

Lucius grumbled as he got off the couch and groggily followed his wife to their bedroom.

O.o.O

Rose opened her eyes, with difficulty, peering out at her surroundings. It was dimly lit and smelled terrible. There was a quarter of an inch of dirty, smelly water layering the floor, which soaked through the back of her clothes. Some damaged, mismatching furniture was strewed about the narrow room, that looked more like a tunnel then a room; it seemed to go on a lot further than she could see.

Rose extended her arm, weakly and it hit some kind of chain linked fence. It was on all sides of her and, as she focused hard she could make out the black fencing on top of her, too. Her muscles hurt and she wanted her Mummy and Daddy to come save her from this fenced in box she was in.

A few minutes later she heard sloshing footsteps echoing off of the walls and became very hopeful. Maybe it was her family coming to get her.

Unfortunately, it was one of the people whom she never wished to see again. Ronald Weasley appeared in front of her cage with an evil glint in his eye. She tensed up and her eyes were filled with terror. He smiled viciously at her as he pulled up a metal folding chair and sat down on it in front of the cage.

"Oh, Rosie… now you are where you belong. In a cage like a wild animal," Ron said maliciously and smirked at her expression. He slapped the cage and started laughing as Rose started to whimper. "Better get used to it because this is where you will be staying forever. Besides, you don't deserve the luxury of the Malfoy home."

"My Mummy and Daddy are gonna come get me!" Rose shouted, her lip was visibly trembling as she tried not to cry in front of her mean ex-stepfather. She grabbed onto the cage and started shaking it.

"No, they aren't, Rosie. You are mine, again, and I will never let them take you back. Trying to kill you was the stupidest mistake of my life; it cost me my wife and my daughter to the stupid Ferret. Now your idiot mother will have to live with the fact that you are still alive, but will never see you again," He said dazed with a hurt expression in his eyes. "I told him he would pay for taking everything away from me."

"I'm kinda happy you hurt me lots!" Rose said defiantly, causing Ron to look mad.

"Why's that you little brat?" Ron said. He didn't know whether to be upset with himself for hurting her or upset at her for trying to make something bad into something good.

"If you didn't hurt me, I would've never met my real Daddy. My real Daddy loves me and would never hurt me like you did! He is going to get me; Mummy, too!" Rose said. Tears started falling down her cheeks. She was scared, dirty, and missed her family. Being with Ron made everything one hundred times worse.

"You stupid ungrateful little bitch! I have taken care of you for four years and this is how you think of me? Draco Malfoy could never love a filthy little Halfblood like you!" Ron said, his eyes burning red with hatred at what she had just said. He kicked the cage, causing Rose to scream and cry harder. "You better behave because I don't have to feed you today!"

"I hate you! Daddy said he didn't care 'bout blood anymore!" Rose screamed. Her Daddy told her that he loved her for who she was; he didn't care if she was not a Pureblood like him and his family.

"I'm tired of talking to you Rose because you are a bitch," Ron said calmly getting up from the chair he was sitting on, and Rose flinched. "Don't be sad, Rosie. All dogs belong in cages."

As he walked farther down the tunnel he could hear the rattling of the metal cage bars, and the wailing of Rose echoing through the walls.

O.o.O

"Hermione, I'm so sorry," Harry said coming out of a hole in the ground. Tears were streaming down his cheeks as Hermione watched, not being able to think. He was holding a small child wrapped in a blue sheet, and she started crying.

"No, no, no! No, Harry… that's… No!" Hermione shouted, collapsing onto her knees. Tears blinded her eyes as she sobbed.

"Hermione, I'm so sorry," he said.

"Let me see her… I want to see my baby," Hermione choked out between her sobs.

Harry kneeled down to her level and lifted away the sheet covering Rose's body. He looked away, not wanting to see Hermione's reaction or the dead little girl in his arms.

Hermione wiped the tears out of her eyes and looked down at her daughter's mangled body. She started screaming and crying, once again…

Draco shook Hermione as she screamed from a nightmare in her sleep. Rose had been missing for a week and a half, and every night Hermione would have the recurring nightmare about how Harry would find her daughter dead. Hermione would stay in bed and cry herself to sleep, all day, continuing the cycle of her recurring nightmares.

"Mione," Draco said softly as he shook her from her stressful slumber. "Mione wake up!"

Hermione jolted awake and started thrashing her body, while screaming. Draco held her arms down and wiped the tears off her cheeks.

"Hermione stop, it was just a nightmare. Please, stop, it's ok Rose isn't dead, Mione," Draco said soothingly. Eventually, she stopped thrashing and started crying.

"See, it was just a dream," Draco said sitting on the bed next to her. He caressed her wet cheek, brushing the tears away.

"Even though it was just a nightmare, does not mean she is still alive, Draco!" Hermione sobbed.

"Hermione, please have faith. Harry will find Rose, and you know that. People all over England know she is missing and are keeping a lookout for Ron. In my heart I know she is still alive, Mione," Draco said, almost pleadingly.

"I know…" Hermione said. She stopped crying and pulled the covers up to her neck.

"Ok, good night," Draco said kissing her forehead tenderly and started to walk out of the room.

"Wait!" Hermione called. Draco turned around and looked at her. "Please stay, I don't want to be alone."

Draco smiled and walked to the other side of the bed. He climbed in slowly and pulled the covers up. Hermione snuggled closer to him and he put his arm around her waist protectively. She sighed happily and fell asleep in a matter of seconds. Draco played with her wildly untamed curls until he fell asleep, too.

The rest of the night Hermione slept peacefully. She had a nice dreamless sleep- something that had not happened since Rose had gone missing.

O.o.O

The next morning Narcissa barged into Hermione's room excitedly, "Hermione wake- oh!"

Hermione rubbed her eyes, while Draco sat up and yawned. The light streamed in through the window, showing the sun had just risen, and Draco sighed when he saw the clock on the end table read 7:17.

"I didn't know you two were sleeping together now," Narcissa said winking at her son, still smiling.

"Yes, we were just sleeping," he said rolling his eyes. Narcissa chuckled knowing that they had not done anything.

"We got some news from the Auror's Department about twenty minutes ago. Someone called and saw Ron Weasley in a Muggle grocery store stealing food. The Aurors tracked him down and are watching him until he goes back to where he has Rose. We should have her back safe and sound in the next day or two!" Narcissa said happily.

Hermione and Draco smiled. She pulled him into a hug, "You were right, she is going to be ok!" Tears of joy started falling from her eyes.

"You two should get down to the Auror's office to be there when they find Rose," Narcissa said to them. "Harry called and wanted to talk to you, Hermione."

Two hours later, Draco and Hermione Apparated to the Auror's Department in the Ministry of Magic. They walked through the doors hand in hand and were blinded as they walked in. There were reporters for the Daily Prophet everywhere flashing cameras at the pair.

A man came over with a microphone, "Draco Malfoy how do you feel about getting your daughter back soon?"

Draco smiled, "I couldn't be happier. I miss her so much. We are hoping for the best because our family couldn't live without her."

There were several murmurs of 'aww' in the crowd as Draco continued to talk about his daughter to the cameras. Hermione watched for a few minutes smiling, but then went to go find Harry to see what he wanted to talk about with her.

She went behind the desk and walked down to his office (since she was technically still an Auror she didn't think there was anything wrong with going into the private behind the counter work place). She knocked on his door and he opened it up, happy to see his best friend.

"Mione it's been a few weeks," he said, and she launched herself into his arms. "I'm sorry this took so long just to see where he has been keeping Rose."

"It's ok Harry. As long as you find her I won't care how long it takes to get her back," Hermione said still hugging him.

"We found where she is at, Hermione. And that's kind of what I wanted to talk to you about," Harry said breaking their embrace. He looked kind of uncomfortable and Hermione's heart dropped.

"No…. no!" Hermione shouted, thinking he was trying to tell her that Ron had killed Rose.

"No, she is alive, Hermione. Or at least right now, she is. It's just that the Auror team followed Ron taking his stolen items into an abandoned sewer hole,"

Hermione let out a deep breath, "Then why does that matter, Harry?"

"Well, it was the same hole from your nightmare that you told me about; the one where I come out a hole holding Rose's body. I just wanted to warn you, so you didn't freak out. I'm sure nothing is going to happen, but we have the place surrounded just in case…"

O.o.O

Sorry it took so long to update, but it will probably take a few weeks for me to update again. There are only a few more chapters left, since the story is starting to wind down. Just thought I should give you all a heads up.