"Well look at this…" Seamus jumped as he looked to the corner of his dungeon.

"Hello?" he asked. "Who's there?" He took a shaking gasping breath as one Ronald Weasley stepped from the shadows.

"See Mione finally pegged you down. Bout bloody time."

"R-Ron?" he asked his eyes wide. "No… No your dead!" He said pointing.

"It's Hogwarts Mate." Ron said with a smirk.

"You really didn't think we'd become lingering souls?" Seamus turned quickly at the new voice and leapt off the bed as he threw himself against the wall.

"Harry!" He said gasping.

"Seamus, Seamus, Seamus… I knew you were never a fan of mine but sinking so low as to team up with the son of the man who killed me..." He just shook his head.

"Pretty low there Mate." Ron said his hands slipping into his pockets.

"They only ever talked about you two and Hermione! Fuck anyone else who lost anyone or was injured! So many other people died Harry! So many other people were hurt!"

"So just because you didn't reclaim some of the glory you decide to turn on everyone who did!?" Ron asked. "How did you even get into Gryffindor house!?"

"How could you turn on Hermione like this? How could you turn on your friends?!" Harry asked.

"Not everyone is like you okay Harry!?" Seamus asked. "Fucking Hermione and her stuck up I know everything ways, she always thought she was so much better then all of us."

"That's because she was." Harry said. "She was better than Ron, better then I. Better then everyone… It's why she survived. Still you turned on her, after all she had done… Bloody Hell Seamus… You turned on all of us… I was so proud of you, you know that?" Seamus's eyes grew wide. "Man when you blew that bridge up we all saw it."

"Spectacular." Ron said.

"You helped keep the lines back and make things manageable"

"People may have not talked about you mate as much as they talked about Harry, Hermione and I. But they all knew what you did. They all knew you were a hero… It's why they didn't because it was common knowledge."

"Now I'm a traitor…" Seamus said as he slowly sat down defeated. "How can I set things right?"

"Admit to what you did… give penance by turning everything you know over to Hermione…"

"She won't forgive me."

"You don't know Hermione well then… She forgives everyone it's her weakness." Harry said.

"Just do us a favor." Ron said. "Don't tell her we're here." Loki stepped out of the dungeon and as he did the illusion of Harry and Ron went with him. Though Seamus had never noticed him standing in the corner.

"Is it done?" Hermione asked and Loki smiled.

"Hermione!?" She heard Seamus yell. "Hermione I have to tell you something!"

"Well done." Hermione said to Loki who smiled. "How'd you do it?" he went to tell her but stopped.

"Old… Asgardian tricks and Illusions. I'll teach you someday."

"Brilliant." She said. "Absolutely brilliant." He smiled as he watched her walk past to the dungeon and instantly he followed hoping to Odin Seamus didn't bring up seeing his illusions of Harry and Ron.

-o-

Tesla sat at his desk. His hands planted on either side of a piece of parchment. His eyes glaring down into a drawing of one Hermione Granger. He had drawn it from memory. His perfect photographic memory, and yet something was missing from his sketch. Something missing from her eyes. They weren't as powerful or all-knowing as they were in real life.

"Sire?" he looked up into the shadows. "Draco Malfoy is here to see you."

"Bring him in." He said before going back to staring at the drawing of Hermione. She really was very beautiful.

"You don't seem scared of me."

"Why would I be?" Hermione asked.

"Because I could snap your neck with a single flick of my wrists…" he hissed in her ear as he moved in front of her again.

"You strike me as a man who likes to play with those he wishes to kill… That wouldn't be playing, that would just be killing." He smiled. "It wouldn't be fun enough for you to just out right snap my neck our first meeting."

"You are smart Hermione…"

"I know." She said and he smiled as he reached out and set his hand on her cheek.

"Very beautiful as well."

"Get your fucking extremist hand off of me." She said and he smiled as he just moved closer his hand setting on her hip. He pushed her back against a table as his hand moved to the back of her head letting his fingers tangle with her hair. He gripped onto it and she refused to even cringe at the harsh movement.

"No." he said and she tilted her head.

"She's so brave…" Tesla said as Draco came out of the shadows.

"Who sire?" Draco asked.

"Hermione Granger."

"Yes I suppose so…"

"You would know." He said as he slowly brought his eyes to Draco.

"Sire?" He asked unsure of what he meant. Tesla could instantly smell the fear on him and he smiled as he stood from his chair to face him.

"Well you watched her torture, she never broke… That tells me she's quite brave."

"Or very stupid. She could have escaped all her pain if she had just given in."

"Maybe stubborn not stupid." Tesla said and Draco only nodded. Tesla seemed extremely angry with him, and Draco would be lying if he said he wasn't completely on edge because of it.

"It's an honor to be in your presence sire." Draco said hoping some flattery would ease the tension between them. "I can't believe I'm meeting you at last."

"Well you're one of the few people left who knew my father…"

"Not so much as knew him as saw him once in a while."

"Good answer…" Tesla said before looking off. "Draco?"

"Yes Sire?"

"Do you think me stupid?"

"No sire." He said instantly. "Why would you ask?"

"Because you actually thought you could sneak into my Army and think me unable to see you for the spy you actually are…" He slowly set his intense gaze upon Draco. "No use in trying to Apperate boy, I've got a spell up that will block you from doing so…" Draco pulled his wand and set it against his temple. Tesla snapped his fingers and the wand instantly disintegrated before Draco could blow his brains out. "Now you and I…" Draco fell to his knees as he stared wide eyed up at Tesla. "We're going to have a little talk."

"I'm not going to tell you dick." He said his grey eyes staring up at him fiercely.

"Not even if I put you through what your family put your leader through?" Draco watched as a fire along with a grouping of brands formed behind him. Tesla smiled instantly. "I can't wait to hear your skin sizzle."

-o-

"I'm so sorry Hermione." Seamus said his hands buried in his hands.

"Is there anything else you need to come clean about?" Hermione asked. "Other than telling Tesla I was alive and leading him here?"

"Yes… I told him about Draco."

"What?" Hermione asked as Loki moved forward from the corner. "When?"

"After I found out Draco was the spy… A few weeks ago."

"Loki get, the map I want to know if Draco is still on grounds if he is tell him he's to stay put." Hermione said and Loki instantly nodded before apperating out of sight.

"Hermione I'm so sorry… Please forgive me." Hermione didn't say anything just stared off. Her heart was pumping so fast. She couldn't believe she hadn't seen this deception. Hadn't seen Seamus for the little spy he was. Her jaw clenched, because of her failure Draco could have been killed.

"He's not on sight…" Loki said.

"Then he's with Tesla."

"If he hasn't hurt him yet he may not." Loki said in response to her worried expression.

"He will he's just biding his time…" Seamus said and Hermione looked to him.

"You want to set things right Seamus?" Hermione asked.

"Yes. Merlin Yes."

"You take me to the hideout of Tesla."

"I don't know where it is." Hermione grabbed a hold of him. Loki watched as she used her Asgardian strength and threw Seamus across the room. His body slammed into the wall and he cried out as he fell to the floor.

"Don't lie to me!" She shouted.

"I'll take you I'll take you!"

"Loki get the other Asgardians…" She said staring at Seamus intensely. "We're going on a rescue mission."

"Of course."

"No." Hermione said. "Wait… Tesla might want that… He may be expecting it…"

"Hermione you and I both know you're not just going to let Draco sit un aware of the dangerous position he is in…"

"Get the Asgardians…" Hermione said before apperating out of sight. Hermione ran down the hallway to the room of requirement. She looked all around before spotting George. He looked to her with a smile and instantly it faded. He bid farewell to his parents before quickly walking to her.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"Get the castle ready…"

"What's going on?" George asked.

"Draco has been found out thanks to Seamus… Loki, Thor, Sif, Fandral, Hogun, Volstagg, and I will be going to Tesla's headquarters to save him."

"That will leave us and the castle open Hermione."

"I know… Which is why I leave what needs to be done in your hands."

"You sound almost as if you still trust me."

"George now is not the time for that discussion." She said and he slowly nodded. "Get the castle ready, I want you to tell Viktor to get the most skilled flyers up in the air and watching from above."

"Right." He said.

"Get everyone ready… I will try to be back shortly… Hopefully I get Draco out quietly and not start a war tonight. Also send your father to Kingsley tell him we need him and his Aurors…"

"You think Kingsley will help?" George asked as she walked away.

"If he wants to reclaim his honor he will!" She said and George nodded before running off to do as she said.

"Are we ready?" Hermione asked as she met with the Asgardians.

"Indeed." Thor said his hammer in hand.

"Meet me out front in the courtyard." Hermione said before apperating away. She landed outside the dungeon and rushed into Seamus's cell.

"Hermione." He said standing up quickly.

"Tell me what does Tesla look like?"

"He's older… And he always wears these dapper three piece suits."

"So you have actually met him then." She said wanting to test him.

"And I actually know where he is… Let me take you."

"Indeed you will." She grabbed a hold of his arm and apperated him to the courtyard where the others waited.

"We can't just apperate in." Seamus said.

"Then how do you get there?"

"A portkey hidden in the forbidden forest."

"Let's go then." She said pushing him forward.

"We should hurry." Seamus said running forward at his top speed. Instantly he slammed back to the ground. He looked over his shoulder to see Hermione's hand spread out wide. She walked over to him and grabbed onto the back of his shirt before hoisting him up onto his feet. "At my side Seamus…" She said. "Always in my sights."

"Right… Of course." He said before they all began to run towards the bridge to get to the forbidden forest.

"How are we going to conceal ourselves running in there?" Fandral asked.

"Loki." Hermione said.

"I'm already on it." Loki said with a smile.

"Alright everyone focus, I want to explain to you what a portkey is." Hermione said as they ran towards the bridge. "A portkey is an object of any kind enchanted to instantly bring anyone touching it to a specific location." Loki smiled. He loved it when Hermione explained things. There was a tone that her voice took. One that held all the intelligence she possessed in its wise tenor.

"What does traveling by port key feel like?" Sif asked.

"Like traveling by bifrost only there's no feeling of control. You'll want to hold onto this magical object and you don't let go until I say. Is everyone clear?"

"Crystal." Fandral said as they ran over the bridge and to the woods.

"Seamus you will lead us straight to Tesla. If you do no one ever has to know what you did." Seamus looked to her.

"You mean it?"

"I swear on the memories of Harry and Ron."

"I'll get you to him." Seamus said with a smile.

"She's really going to let his treachery pass?" Thor asked Loki quietly, and he himself couldn't believe it either. They ran into the forest and Seamus came to a stop instantly looking around.

"I didn't hide it inside too deep, I didn't want to risk facing any of the dark creatures in here."

"Or the Centaurs." Hermione said.

"Or them." He added. "Here it is." He cleared away some twigs and they all looked down at a rusty metal bowl with holes in it.

"What in the nines is that?" Fandral asked.

"It's a colander." Seamus and Hermione said.

"A what?" Volstagg asked.

"Just grab onto it…" Hermione said as she and Seamus took a hold of it. She stared up at the others. "Grab a hold of it!" Before they could Seamus and Hermione spun up into the air and disappeared.

"Hermione!" Loki shouted into the cold nights air.

"We didn't grab hold in time." Thor said.

"What in Odin do we do now?" Sif asked. Seamus suddenly slammed down into the ground before them while Hermione appeared and landed easily on her feet.

"When I say grab a hold of something, maybe grab a hold of something." Hermione said and Loki moved forward and took her in his arms. He had never felt such panic as he had when she had just disappeared out of sight. Thor smiled to himself as he watched this blatant show of affection. He hoped someday he himself found such a maiden to cherish.

"So… There really is something going on between you two ay?" Seamus asked.

"Shut up." Hermione said and instantly Seamus rocked back on his feet.

"Are we all ready now?" Hermione said and they nodded. "Okay on my word." They all knelt beside the colander. "Go!" They all reached out and took a hold of it. "Keep holding on!" Hermione yelled as they all spun into a tail spin and got lifted up into what could only be described as a tornado. "Don't let go! Don't let go!"

"This is nothing like traveling by Bifrost!" Vostagg said in a panic. He felt completely out of control.

"No it's way more fun!" Fandral said and Loki laughed.

"Let go everyone let go!" Hermione ordered. They let go and everyone went flying. Before Loki could crash into the ground Hermione grabbed a hold of him and together they landed easily on their feet.

"Thank you love." He said and she smiled.

"No problem." He tilted his head as he looked her over. She had a spark to her, one he had only seem glimpses of.

"I need a wand." Seamus said as the others got to their feet.

"Not going to happen." Hermione said as she looked around a large black tilted room.

"Be thankful you're even out of that dungeon traitor." Sif said.

"How could Kingsley not have known he was here?" Hermione asked herself.

"Where are we?" Thor asked.

"Nurmengard." Hermione said softly as she stared around the dilapidated stone walls.

"What is this place?" Sif asked seeing chains on the wall.

"It was built by the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald at the height of his powers…" Hermione said slowly looking around. "It was a place he kept his enemies… Wizards witches and muggles alike… He was quite fond though of torturing the muggle borns…" Her jaw clenched.

"What happened to this dark wizard?" Volstagg asked.

"He was defeated by our former headmaster Albus Dumbledore. In 1941." Seamus said.

"1943 actually." Hermione said. "Grindlewald was Dumbledores former best friend and rumored lover." Hermione added. "He couldn't kill him though, instead he put him in the highest cell and collared him… Enslaving him in his own prison for the rest of his days."

"He's still here?" Loki asked.

"No. He was killed by Voldemort in the early days of the war." Hermione said.

"Really it sounded like they'd be great chums." Fandral said.

"Grindelwald was the holder of the elder wand at one time. Voldemort wanted it for his own."

"Why?" Sif asked.

"The Elderwand was the most powerful magical object to ever be wielded." Seamus said staring at the wand in Hermiones hand. "It was a wand that couldn't be defeated. It went from Grindelwald, to Dumbledore, to Draco Malfoy, To Harry and then, to Hermione." Everyone looked to the wand in Hermione's hand.

"I got rid of it this isn't the wand."

"You destroyed the elder wand?" Seamus asked.

"No just got rid of it."

"Where?"

"I know not where, I casted the memory of where I hid it away." Hermione said.

"You really are Mental." Seamus said and Hermiones jaw clenched. "I need a wand if we are to continue forward."

"Seamus if I have to put the imperious curse upon you to make your little traitorous, cowardly feet move and lead us to Tesla… I will." Hermione said pointing her wand at him.

"Right this way then…" Seamus said with a smile and began to lead them. "He will know we are here."

"He will know you are here…" Hermione said.

"Which is why in a few seconds I will have Loki remove his illusion hiding you from sight, and wipe your memory."

"Wait what?" Seamus turned and looked to her. Hermione grabbed a hold of his face.

"Tempus Retinentia amissio." She whispered. Seamus gasped and the others watched as a bright light flashed in his eyes. Hermione jumped back as Seamus fell to the ground.

"Why threaten him with a curse if you were just going to wipe his memories how will we find Tesla now?" Fandral asked.

"I wiped them to the point when he was trying to escape Hogwarts to tell Tesla of my plans to kill him… As far as he's concerned it's still that night. When he wakes he will run straight to Tesla to warn him." Hermione said.

"Brilliant." Sif said with a smile.

"It's temporary it will wear off shortly…" Hermione said.

"Did you just make that spell up?" Loki asked and she only shrugged. He instantly smiled as he looked off. He wasn't sure why but knowing that she had done so was an incredible turn on.

"He's waking… Everyone quiet." Thor said.

"My illusion will block not only the sight of us but the sound as well." Loki said and Thor nodded. Seamus sat up instantly and rubbed his head. His eyes looked to the colander on the ground and his eyes widened.

"Shite." He said before leaping to his feet. "Tesla!" He shouted running at his top speed. Instantly Hermione and the others began to follow. As they made their way through the dark and dreary prison Hermione couldn't shake a feeling of dread. She had, had this feeling before. The day of the war.

"Everyone on your toes, weapons ready, we kill ask questions later if anything goes down." Hermione said and Loki could tell she was on edge. He could feel the dread wafting off her in waves. He took her hand as they ran and she took a deep breath at the feeling of him being at her side.

"Love what is it?" She looked to Loki hearing his voice in her head before starring forward.

"This connection we have is amazing…"

"What's wrong love?"

"The air doesn't feel like air… It feels like Dread. It's just like before."

"Before?"

"The day war broke out… I had the same feeling of dread… Of death. Stay right at my side."

"I'm not going anywhere."

"Thank you…" she said softly before their hands separated as they ran up a flight of crooked stairs. As they did they ascended the stair they began to hear screaming. Hermione came to a stop instantly as her hands reached out and took a hold of the wall. There was an annoying pain spreading through her body.

"Hermione?" Loki asked as the others stopped.

"Are you alright?" Sif asked.

"Fine let's keep up." She said before pushing forward and ignoring the dull pain throbbing across her body. She didn't understand it, but she knew she could ignore it if she wished too. Loki eyed Hermione for a moment as they ran. Something was off with her, he could feel it. His skin was buzzing, something he didn't understand, something he knew wasn't coming from himself but from her. They ran up the stairs after Seamus and caught up with him. As they ran down the hallway the screams became louder and louder. Hermione's eyes widened, she knew those kind of screams. It was the screams of someone being tortured. As they moved further and further down the hallway the pain in her body began to grow more and more intense.

"Finnegan." A cloaked man said coming out from a doorway.

"I need to see Tesla now it's about Hermione Granger." He said huffing from the run.

"Wait here." The man said before walking to the door and opening it up. The second the tall metal doors opened the screams sounded clearer then before and Hermione wavered on her feet.

"Hermione?" Sif asked steadying her.

"I'm okay…" She said her jaw clenching. She could feel her skin sizzling. Her eye widened as she stared into the room to see Draco in the middle of it laying on the ground curled into a ball as he screamed at the top of his lungs.

"Draco…" Hermione said her jaw clenching seeing Tesla burning him with brands.

"Invite them in." Tesla said moving away from Draco.

"There's just Finnegan sire." The man said.

"No there's a whole group behind him." Tesla said turning to look at them.

"Ready everyone?" Hermione asked.

"Yes." They said.

"Attack." They all rushed forward and Loki tried to keep them from sight only to have Tesla wave his hand and sent the barrier of illusion away. The second Hermione hit the room her feet went out from under her and she fell to the ground. Pain over took her instantly as she watched the other Asgardians cut down any wizard and witch that came running at them.

"Hermione?" Loki asked turning to look at her as she rolled onto her back her eyes shut tightly. He rushed to her side and she gripped onto his arms.

"It burns." She said her jaw clenching and he could see in her expression she was in agony. "It burns make it stop please…"

"What burns?" he asked quickly. "What's wrong?"

"My skin it burns!" Her head flew back and she let out a scream of pure agony. It made the Asgardians halt instantly. They turned and stared wide eyed at her. They watched as burns and cuts formed across her body and began to bleed. Tesla laughed and Loki looked to him instantly as he pulled Hermione into his arms.

"Stop it." Loki said. "Stop what you're doing to her!" He ordered.

"I'm not doing anything to her." He said. "But this is." He said holding up one of the brands. He walked towards Hermione and she screamed louder making him laugh. "Yes you recognize these don't you?" Tesla asked. "The same brands they used against you… Enchanted so whenever they were around you they would reopen your wounds and do all the damage they had done before to you all over again." As he neared her she screamed louder and louder. Thor suddenly moved forward and slammed his Hammer into Teslas body knocking him a good fifty feet back away from Hermione who instantly stopped screaming. Loki watched as all of Hermione's wounds disappeared from her body along with the blood. She put a shaking hand out as her jaw clenched and instantly the brands disappeared from sight.

"That's one hefty Hammer you wield there Thor." Tesla said as he got to his feet and wiped the dust from his three piece suit.

"You know of me?" Thor asked as Loki helped Hermione stand. He could feel through their connection that she was still in agony.

"Of course as much as I can from the muggle books here on Midgard… I knew the second I obtained my first book on Norse mythology that I was more Asgardian than a simple muggle born wizard." He smiled as he looked to Hermione. "I'm sure you identified just as I did huh Hermione?"

"Hermione…" She looked towards the broken voice of Draco and instantly went to run at his side.

"Avada Kedavera."

"No!" Hermione screamed as the green spell slammed into Dracos body killing him instantly. She slid to the floor and came to rest at his side instantly pulling him into her arms as she did. "No no please no…" She said moving his blood spattered blonde hair out of his dead grey eyes. "Please no…" Tears dripped from her chin and fell to Dracos soot and blood covered cheeks.

"Oops." She looked up at Tesla and shook with her anger. "There it is." The others jumped as every piece of glass with in the room shattered. They looked back to Hermione to see her running at her top speed. She grabbed a hold of Tesla and slammed her fist across his face so hard blood shot from his mouth. He laughed instantly. "Oh yes very good!" He said with a laugh and she cried as she threw him to the ground before putting her hand out. Instantly Tesla began to scream at the top of his lungs. The others watched as Hermione slowly began to raise up into the air her eyes completely eclipsing over as the room began to shake.

"Yes!" Tesla shouted through his agony. "Feel that anger! Feel that pain! Feel that darkness! Embrace it!" Instantly Hermione dropped to the ground her chest heaving. Her fist slammed into the floor, cracking the stone beneath her.

"There's that Asgardian strength." Fandral said seeing the crack shoot straight to his feet.

"You disappoint me sis!" Tesla said getting to his knees and staring at Hermione.

"Sis?" She asked.

"You and I are lost children of Asgard, we're practically like siblings aren't we?" he asked and they both stood at the same time. "Why won't you embrace that lovely darkness deep within?"

"Loki you have the power to apperate in and out of here, get Seamus back to the castle, along with the others... Then come back for me…"

"Hermione-."

"Use the spell Clasis Aflecto and extend your illusion around them…"

"Hermione-."

"Hogwarts is defenseless please!"

"I'm coming back for you."

"Good." She said and Tesla just tilted his head at her.

"Clasis Aflecto." Loki said and he along with the others in the room disappeared.

"Alone at last…" Tesla said with a smile.

"You didn't have to kill Draco."

"I wanted to make you angry." He said with a devilish smirk.

"There are other ways to do that."

"They're not as fun though."

"Killing him was fun?" he laughed, a mischievous sparkle flashing in his eyes.

"Killing is always fun."

"You're so much like Voldemort you really could be his son."

"Please…" He said giving her a deadly glare. "He was beneath me." Tesla slowly began to stalk towards her.

Loki used his illusion to cloud him as he slowly made his way down the hallway towards Teslas office. He reached the doorway and peeked in waiting for the opportune moment to get Hermione.

"It's astounding how you can stand there tall and proud with the agony you're still feeling." Tesla said and her jaw clenched. "Always such a brave little soldier. Such a brave beautiful face."

"One second you're calling me sis the next you're calling me beautiful."

"Can't a brother find her sister Beautiful?"

"Not when you use the tone of voice you're using…"

"I said we were practically siblings, not actual siblings…"

"If you take one more step towards me I will kill you."

"I'd like to see you try." She slammed her hand into his chest and he laughed as he went flying back into a wall.

"Oh I like this." He said getting onto his feet and wiping the soot away from his body.

"You seem to be a bit of a masochist."

"I'm dominant there's no denying it." He said walking towards her again. There was something about him. A pull she couldn't deny. She knew she should just curse him into oblivion but something deep inside her kept stopping her. She had a feeling it was linked to their shared heritage. "So are you though." He said coming to stop right before her. "I'd love the chance to tame you." He said as he touched one of her honey blonde curls. His other hand set on her hip and he suddenly pulled her very close to his body. "To bring you to your knees." He hissed in her ear. Hermione slammed her knee into his crotch and he laughed as he sunk to the ground.

"Oh look at that…" Hermione said before grabbing onto his hair and making him look up at her. "It's you who has been brought to your knees." She brought her hand up to bring a spell crashing down upon him.

"Is there anything I can do for you while I rest here?" he asked and she stopped as she stared down at him. She could see something. Deep within his eyes. Slowly her hand lowered. "I see you've thought of something…" he said his hands slowly resting on her hips. Lokis jaw clenched as he watched her drop to her knees. She slowly set her hands upon Teslas cheeks as she took a deep breath. She was so distracted by his eyes she didn't feel him set his own hand upon her cheek. "Do you remember?" he asked quietly. "Do you remember me little dove?" At the sound of the name she took a shaking breath.

"It's you…" She said softly and he smiled as he leaned his forehead against hers.

"There we are…" He said seeing the recognition snap in her eyes.

"What have you done?" She asked pulling away as she looked him over. "How could you do this?" he held her in place as he stood quickly his hands gripping onto her upper arms.

"Don't you see, I mean to rule this place." He said. "Midgard and it's muggle magical population it's beneath the likes of us… We could rule Hermione. Together." She pushed him away instantly.

"You're insane." She said. Tesla rushed forward and gripped onto her arms once more pushing her roughly up against the wall.

"You know I'm right. This is a petty world full of petty people. They would do well with ruling…"

"They are a free people Tesla…"

"How can you say that when you already rule a small group of them?" He asked.

"Not by choice, not by want-."

"Oh please." He said. "I can smell the want for power wafting off you in delicious waves..."

"You were once a savior in my eyes…" She said softly. "How did you become this way?"

"I've always been this way…" he said. "And savior?" he asked with a smile. "I like the sound of that." He cupped her cheek in his hand and she slapped it away before pushing him back.

"Don't touch me." She said her jaw clenching.

"You've changed…" He said looking her over. He phased out of sight and Hermione gasped as he appeared right before her. He turned and slammed her down onto his desk. "You've been plucked since I last saw you… You're not intact." She kicked him off her body. "Why do you deny your attraction towards me?" he asked making Loki halt before he could step in.

"There's no attraction towards you." She said.

"No?" he asked.

"No." He put his hand out.

"Come here…" Her jaw clenched and his eyes narrowed. "Come. Here." She slowly moved towards him and instantly she stopped. "Yes you have no pull to me at all…" He said with a laugh.

"You come here now." She said and instantly he walked to her before he came to a stop.

"Seems it goes both ways…"

"Such a pair we make."

"We are not a pair."

"No our duo has been broken by someone. Which Asgardian is it? The one with the Hammer." She laughed as she looked off. "So his brother then. Loki... You know… He kind of looks like Harry." She looked to him quickly. "Maybe not in the face or the stature, but the hair and the eyes… Oh yes…"

"I'm not with him because of that-."

"No you're with him because of love…" he said. "Pathetic." He spat.

"Sounds like you've never had it before."

"I wished it with you." He said. "Ever since I saw you writhing on that floor all those delicious burns licking across her naked flesh…"

"Watching me get tortured isn't love…"

"No but once in a while talking you through it so you stayed alive… That was." He said before laughing. "Man I can't believe you gave it up to the trickster." Her jaw clenched. "Then again according to legend he's a sexual dynamo…" He looked to her. "Has he rubbed you raw yet?"

"Don't be vile."

"Oh but I like the rise it gets from you."

"When I first saw you, the words you said to me… They were so gentle… So kind. How did you become this way?"

"You're also forgetting all those dreams you had of me…" he said walking to her. "The ones in the first weeks after the war…"

"Those were just dreams…" She said softly her eyes wide.

"I think we both know they were more than that…" He pushed her up against the desk once more. "Loki may have spread your dimple knees in the real world…" said as his hands gripped onto her hips. "But I spread them first in your dreams."

"Tesla?" she asked softly as his lips neared hers.

"Yes little dove?" He asked his hot breath sweeping across her mouth.

"Go to hell." She slammed one of Lokis Daggers into his stomach and he cried out as he stumbled back, blood seeping through his beautiful suit. "Compliments of my husband to be." She said holding the dagger up for him to see with a smile. "See normal daggers they won't hurt us, maybe if their enchanted but we heal quite quickly… But weapons such as this." She said as she walked towards him and he kicked away from her. "Weapons forged in the fires from which we came… Now they can do some damage… I'd say as far as to kill us."

"We can't die we're immortal."

"You're very wrong about that." She said before throwing the dagger right to the center of his chest. Before it could make contact he disappeared from sight the dagger falling to the ground. She stared around wide eyed. "Are you kidding me!?" she yelled. "Coward!" She jumped as arms wrapped tightly around her body from behind.

"We'll be seeing each other very soon." Tesla kissed her neck and Hermione yelled out in frustration before turning and slamming her fist across his face. He laughed just before he disappeared from sight. Hermione stared at the empty space for a long moment before yelling out making the ground beneath her crack and sink in. She slowly looked to the blood filled spot where Draco laid and took a deep breath as she let her feet carry her to him. Loki walked into the room and watched as she dropped to her knees at Dracos side.

"I'm so sorry…" She said softly before pulling him into his arms. "I'm so sorry Draco." She bowed her head into his chest. He was covered in burns and cuts, just as she had been when she was tortured. She knew the agony he had felt and hated herself for not protecting him from it. Her jaw clenched and she let out a sob as she held onto him tighter. "I'm so sorry…" She heard a foot step and felt Loki walking into the room. She realized he had been there the whole time and took a shaky breath before looking to him. "Is there nothing that can be done?" She asked. "Something us Asgardians can do? Something I don't know? Something maybe you know…"

"I'm sorry love." He said. "He's dead, and he'll stay such." A heart breaking expression flashed over her features. "Hermione…" He said.

"If I can't save even just one person…" She said as she looked back to Draco. "How can I save everyone else?" A tear fell down her cheek and Loki knelt at her side.

"Love?" Hermione turned and wrapped her arms around him. Loki held her close to his body as he bowed his head into her shoulder.

"I should have paid attention to you when you were teaching me how to throw daggers… I may have killed him if I had." She said pulling away from him.

"You might have mortally wounded him by the amount of blood pouring out of him." He said as he pushed a strand of honey blonde hair away from her eyes. "That is if he doesn't have a skilled healer."

"He will of course have one." Hermione said her jaw clenching before looking to Loki. He brushed a stray tear away as she cast her gaze to Draco. "We'll take him back to Hogwarts, give him a proper burial." She set her hand on Dracos chest and they instantly apperated back to Hogwarts.