Chapter 20

Acting Odd

Hermione allowed her self to be dragged into Abraxis' study, and placed in a chair, ropes tying her down. Her face was chalk white and she was shaking, slightly.

"What the hell was that?" Severus yelled slapping the woman hard across the face.

"I…I don't know" Hermione stuttered looking at her husband with desperate eyes.

Lucius, after being assured that his husband would be safe with his mother, son and ex-wife, stormed into the study, his wand trained on the girl.

"What do you mean you don't know Mudblood?" Lucius spat, his eye a deep steel grey as he glared at the girl.

"Lucius" Abraxis said lightly but he was ignored.

"Tell me, Mudblood, what would posses you to try and kill my husband, not only in front of me, but in front four people who could make your death look like an accident" Lucius seethed as the girl, regained some of her colour and sneered at him.

"He needs to die, or we'll never win the war"

Lucius Growled and back handed her across the face. "And how would you appreciate me killing you and your unborn child, wench?" Lucius snarled gripping the girl's hair and causing her to wince.

"N…No P...Please" she stuttered trying to pull away from the man.

"Begging won't save you girl" Lucius growled in her ear throwing her head back, causing her to gasp at the sudden movement.

"Lucius, calm yourself" Abraxis said lightly, but once again he was ignore in favour for terrifying the girl.

Lucius grabbed the girl's throat, and watched as the tears sprung to her eyes, much like the tears that had come to his husbands.

Hermione felt Lucius hand on her neck and looked to her husband for help, trying to fight through the haze that was threatening to over take her mind again, she couldn't do this anymore, she was tired or being hated. She'd betrayed her marital vows; she'd tried to kill her best friend and an innocent child. She had to make them see that she needed help, she locked onto Severus' eyes and begged him too see her, the eleven year old girl who sat in his potions class and carved all the knowledge he could give her, the knowledge Dumbledore had promised her but never given her.

She sobbed as she felt herself being thrust into the mists of her mind once more and she looked up to sneer at Lucius.

"Go on, kill me, get rid of the brat as well you'll be doing me a favour" she sneered and Lucius Growled throwing her back, causing the chair to topple over.

Severus narrowed his eyes as his wife looked at him, her eyes were different, clearer for a second, just long enough for him to notice it. Something was wrong with his wife, but what.

Lucius pulled his wand and smirked at the girl, who still has the audacity to sneer at him. Severus watches the girl, as see her eyes flicker with something unknown.

"Let see how you like the brush of death" Lucius spat. And Severus raised his hand to place it on his friends shoulder.

"Lucius no" Severus said but Lucius shrugged him off. "Lucius think of my child" Severus said, if for no reason than he really did want the child.

"Lucius, stop" a small voice said from the door way, and the man looked to see his husband standing there, looking small and fragile with his small bump just visible under his shirt.

Lucius looked at his husband and sighed, lowering his wand as Severus moved to pick the girl up off the floor and untie her. Whilst Harry calmed his husband by pulling him into a hug as they sank to the floor.

Hermione shaking and sobbing once more gripped onto Severus for dear life, burying her face in his robes. Severus shocked and a little weary patted her awkwardly on the back; she pulled herself up so she was able to whisper in her husband's ear.

"Help me" she said her voice quivering as though she was trying to fight something.

Severus looked at the girl and he had a feeling that whatever she was fighting had been going on for a long time. "Of course" he said softly and allowed himself to wrap his arms around her, as she sobbed.

Second later though he was thrown back by the force of her magic as she stood up enraged.

"HOW DARE YOU TOUCH ME!" she roared, aiming his own wand at him. Severus mentally cursed himself but stood up to face the crazed woman. "I belong to Ron!" she snapped, though Severus could see her hand shaking as it pointed the wand at him.

"bitch has worse Pregnancy hormones than Marianna had" Abraxis muttered staring and the crazed woman.

"No I think, there's smoothing wrong with her" Harry said taking Lucius hand as the stood up.

"I think you maybe right my Lion" Lucius said as he noticed her body it seemed to be fighting it's self. Every time she took a step towards her husband, she would struggle to take one back.

"Shut up all of you!" Hermione snapped glancing at Lucius as he spoke. Harry's mouth snapped shut as fear ran through him, what if she tired to

Kill him again, or worse Severus.

Hermione turned to Harry and he watched as the girl seemed to be shaking something off. "I'm sorry Harry but I can't stop it" she said with a quiver in her voice as she pointed Severus' wand at him, Lucius Pushed harry behind him and raised his wand to protect his husband.

"Please," Hermione said choking back at sob as Severus Grabbed her from behind and managed to get his wand back, throwing her back as he took his place next to Lucius.

"What do we do with her?" Lucius asked his friend, giving the girl once over as her hesitance disappeared and the cocky sneer was again plastered it's self on her face.

"I don't know, we can't knock her out, it could harm the baby" Severus said.

"You actually care about a child from this psycho?" Abraxis asked and Severus had the overwhelming urge to blast the portrait from its frame and burn it to smithereens.

"Yes!" he snapped, settling for glaring at it instead, it was after all Lucius' father.

"Then I suggest you do I diagnostic spell on her" he said with a smirk.

Lucius rolled his eyes and did the spell, only for it to miss as Hermione ducked.

"Stand still witch!" Abraxis snapped and surprisingly she did, allowing Lucius to cast the spell. The three men watched as the spell did it's work and came up blank, for potions and spells.

"Damn it!" Severus cursed, as Hermione stalked from the room, sneering at the three of them.

"The spell only tests for known potions and spells right?" Harry asked worriedly watching his former friend walk form the room.

"Yes, but unfortunately the stronger versions of the spells are only taught to aurors" Snape sighed, rubbing his face. He was sure the girl was fighting something, but what he didn't know.

"does that spell pick up the imperious?" Harry asked, Lucius nodded and Harry's shoulders sagged. There was no way to tell what was going on with Hermione, they were just going to have to wait for her to fight it on her own, Harry could only hope it was sometime soon.