Just One of Those Days
Chapter Twenty-Five
By ~*~Angel~*~
Last time:
She brought her hand to my chest, then pulled it away. She took her lips off mine, only to whisper, "Confusio!"
And the room was filled with mist. I couldn't see a thing, I heard Krum swear as he tripped, most likely over my father. Fleur was spitting out French obscenities left and right. Voldemort, to the best of my knowledge, remained still. I reached forward, trying to find Hermione, but she wasn't there. And then, as quickly as the room had filled with this strange white smoke, it left. Leaving the room empty.
Hermione and Potter were nowhere to be seen.
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Draco's POV:
Oh shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit…this was not good! Hermione and Potter had up and disappeared using one of her spells that she had created. Damn it! This wasn't part of my plan! Not in the least! What the hell was going on.
I looked around. I was right, Krum had tripped over my father, Fleur was hanging onto the wall for dear life, and Voldemort stood as he didn't before Hermione cast her little game, "Where are they?" I asked, hoping he'd have an idea.
"They are still here, go, Draco, I want you to find them, they couldn't have gotten that far, come on, let's go…" he ordered casually. He didn't seem worried, which could be both good and bad, but I did as he said, running out of the room like a bat outta hell.
Hermione's POV:
Harry and I were running as fast as we could, didn't know where, but we were running. I had unlocked his chains with a simple Alohamora, and threw them out of sight. I didn't like seeing chains.
Harry looked as upset as me, but didn't bring it up, instead he asked, "Hermione, can't you just Apparate us out of here, or your spell, uhh…Abeo? Right? Can't you do that?" he sounded desperate.
I shook my head regretfully, "No, Abeo is a difficult spell and I require a lot of concentration, and right now I don't have enough strength, especially with two people. Any way, we're too far away, the farthest I've ever gone before with that spell is one room to another…"
He nodded, looking just as disappointed, "It's alright, but come on, I'm sure they're looking for us by now…"
I didn't say anything for awhile, just followed him as he tried to get us out of this hellhole. I couldn't believe it. Draco had sold me out…he was going to hand Harry over without a second's remorse. How-how could he do that? After everything that we've been through, everything that's happened…he was going to throw it all away…? My heart ached just thinking about it, thinking about how he betrayed me the way he had, betrayed all of us.
"Don't think about it," Harry interrupted.
"What?"
"Don't think about it, don't think about him," he spat him like it was toxic. "How Malfoy betrayed everyone. Just forget it, forget him, he never existed."
But I couldn't just forget someone whom I told I loved. And what hurt even more was the fact that I did. I still did love Draco Malfoy, even though he was a lying son of a bitch, who sold me out.
We continued to run with no avail, we were still just as lost and still in just as much trouble as before. What was going to happen when they found us?
Before I could think about it any more, there was an explosion that rocked the whole Manor, "What the hell?" I asked, confused.
Harry smiled, "It must have been Sirius and Lupin!" he said excitedly.
"But I thought that the Death Eaters had them?" I asked.
He stopped to think about it, and then as if a light bulb went off, he slammed his fist into his palm, "Draco lied!"
"What!?"
He smiled, "Draco…he lied, he said that Sirius and Lupin were coming in the south entrance, but they're not! He showed them a secret passage in on the east side!"
I was still puzzled, "Then…why? What? Harry I don't get it…"
"And you're suppose to be smart…" a voice that I well recognized said from behind.
We each turned Draco smiling back at us. Harry grabbed my arm, "What do you want?" he snapped.
"Harry haven't you figured it out yet?" he asked impatiently.
"That you sold us out?"
Draco did an over dramatic sigh, "No you idiot, that I just bought us some more time!"
The wheels in my head stared turning… "My Lord, if you would be so kind, please send five of your best Death Eaters to the south entrance of the Manor…" Draco instructed.
"And why would I do that?" he pondered, raising an eyebrow.
He smirked, "Because there you'll find Sirius Black and Remus Lupin breaking in, attempting to cause a bit of a distraction…"
Everything he had said was a way to distract the Death Eaters, sending their most powerful ones to a location where Sirius and Lupin weren't, dragging on with everything he said, buying time…all of it made perfect sense. His attitude, his stance, his tone of voice, even his eyes…everything he did made everyone believe that he was loyal to Voldemort. He even fooled me, "You clever little bastard…" I said, not realizing I had spoken aloud.
He smirked, "I'll take that as a compliment Hermione. Now let's go, Voldemort's henchmen are on our asses and we have to get out!" he ordered.
Harry smiled, he'd just pieced it all together too, "Good job, you even had me fooled. I'm impressed. But alright, let's get outta here, Draco, lead on!"
And he did, "Right, come on then, chop, chop, don't want to get caught now do we?"
So we followed him, down each corridor, and through everyone we went, I felt freedom getting closer and closer. Just a little further and I'd be free of this place.
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Yeah, okay, short, I know, but come on, I put two chapters up and the one before wasn't so bad. Hope everyone likes! Please review! I'm hoping for lots, but in that case, I always am! Well, ja ne, minna-chan!
Peace, luv, and may hugs-
~*~Angel~*~