Chapter Thirteen
Three things then happened in quick succession,
"Hermione stay here" Harry said stepping into the flat "Homenum Revelio!"
Draco followed behind him leaving Hermione at the door,
"Reducto" came a voice from within the flat, and Harry and Draco were flung back, unconscious" before Hermione could even register that her companions were down, everything went black as a tote was pulled over her head and the familiar sensation of Apparition pull at her stomach.
When they landed, Hermione was shoved, falling into a wall, a clang echoing around her. She ripped the tote of her head revealing that she was now in a dark, cold cell. She ran to the door and shook it,
"Let me out!" she called, unable to see who her capturer was.
"Draco!" Harry said shaking the blond, "Draco wake up!" he said slapping him,
"What…where's Hermione" Draco gasped,
"I don't know" Harry admitted tears in his eyes,
"What do you mean you don't know?" Draco snapped, but saw the look in Harry's eyes and knew that everything had gone wrong!
Hermione wasn't sure how long she had been there, an elf would bring her Bread and milk every now and again, but the room had no windows and the door at the end of the hall had not opened since her capturer had left her there.
She had given up trying to get the house elf's to help her, she had tried screaming for help until her throat was raw. Now she just sat on the straw mattress her knees to her chest in a vain attempt to keep warm.
She heard the crack and the elf appearing into the room again,
"Miss" Hermione almost missed the elves words, she hadn't spoken to her other to refuse to help her when Hermione had begged, "Miss will wear these" the elf laid clicking her fingers causing a pile of material to fall on the floor in front of Hermione, "Miss will put these on" the elf said, Hermione didn't move, "Please miss, I, is not wanting to force you" she said, Hermione still refused to move and the elf clicked her fingers again causing Hermione to levitate from the floor,
"No!" Hermione managed to sob out,
"I is telling Miss that she must change for master" the elf said weekly, another click and Hermione was stripped to her underwear a third click causing the robes the elf had provided to appear on Hermione. Before she let her back down on her feet. "Miss will come with me" The elf said offering Hermione a hand, but she backed away into the coroner of the cell again. "Please miss, I is not wanting to force you, but master insists" the elf said clicking to open the door and she stepped in,
"Please" Hermione sobbed,
"Sorry miss" the elf sighed taking hold of Hermione's arm and with a sickening jerk Hermione felt the sensation of Elf disapparition.
"Draco, you can't keep showing up and screaming at my Aurors" Harry sighed,
"Well it's been three months!" Draco snapped, "And you are no closer to finding her!" Draco snapped,
"Draco, I am doing everything I can, but until we can break your vow, I cannot bring your father in"
"What about Dark artefacts!" Draco yelled,
"Draco, we can't just raid your father's house," Harry sighed "Besides do you think after everything we have found out that your father would have her held at his property?" Harry asked
"No…" Draco finally admitted as he slumped into the chair opposite Harry.
Hermione felt her feet touch solid ground and before she could stop it she fell to the floor and vomited something that she had been doing a lot recently,
"Miss is making a mess" the Elf chastised, clicking her fingers and vanishing the vomit.
"Ah Miss Granger" a voice snarled, Hermione's stomach dropped, she knew that voice, he had thrown spells at her Harry and Ron in the café when they first went looking for haucrxs and had murdered Remus Lupin…Antonin Dolohov. Hermione's whole body was trembling, she had no wand, no strength, and she was completely at his mercy.
He grabbed her by the scruff of her dress and lifted her to face him,
"You like yourself Ex-Death Eaters …now you are mine" he hissed at her. Before dropping her to the floor causing Hermione to let out a cry as she hit the floor, the sound of a belt unbuckling followed by a zip being lowered made Hermione's blood run cold.
Draco stood in front of the goblin,
"What do you mean I do not have access to the Malfoy vaults?" Draco growled
"I'm sorry sir we have been told that only the senior Malfoy is able to access the Malfoy vaults," the goblin said, not backing away from the fuming Draco Malfoy,
"Well I don't want access, I just want a record of any payments made out of the account!" Draco said, "I just need to be sure that someone was paid" he added quickly,
"I'm sorry Master Malfoy, I would need your father's permission to give you that information!"
With a raw that drew a lot of attention, Draco turned on his heels and stormed out of the bank.
"Miss" the elf placed a tray by the door, "Master says you must eat" the elf said, "You must make his child strong"
Hermione was no longer locked in the cell, she was kept in a room, but was still a prisoner, a pregnant Prisoner. Hermione remained on the floor in the far corner,
"Miss, I is not wanting to force-feed you" the elf said levitating the tray in front of Hermione, who shakily reached out taking the roll from the plate and nibbled at it, "That's a good miss" the elf smiled, "Master will be please" the elf said disappearing from the room. When she was sure she was alone she threw the roll back on the plate and crawled to the bed side, and reaching under it for the mirror shard he hid there.
Hermione had smashed the mirror when the elf had brought it to her, they had taken it away after but did not see that quite a large chunk was missing, she cut another slither from the curtains, wrapping it around the bottom of the shard as protection when Dolohov would come for her again! Hiding the shard again she placed a hand on her stomach,
"Your daddy will find us" she whispered. Hermione knew Dolohov believed the child she carried was his, but being able to tell night from day now, Hermione knew, she was further along than he thought she was. She picked up the roll again and started to eat.
"You want us to what?" The healer looked at both men as if they were insane,
"We need you to stop my heart long enough that I am clinically dead without damaging my mind" Draco said,
"This is morally and ethically wrong, if you die my job would be on the line" the Healer said,
"Well, then Tell potter how to stop my heart and then bring me back, then you have just done your job" Draco said,
"And if you die, Mr Potter would lose his job" The healer pointed out,
"That is why you are going to be here to save me" Draco said exasperated, "If there were any other way to break the vow then I would do it…but I have to be dead for it to end!" Draco snapped.