A/N: Hey guys, so busy week. Easter was great, spent time eating chocolate and spending time with the family. My brother went to Paris and brought me back some Disney stuff which I love and I've been so topped up on caffeine that I actually managed to over-sleep 3 days in a row, being late to work...oh well. I've decided that I will try to upload twice a week, but I will DEFINITELY upload at least once a week.

So more drama, right where we left off.

Disclaimer: I wish it were, but it's not, so don't bother asking.

Trouble in the Sweet Shop

Chapter 25

After a simple unlocking charm, the pair walked inside the house. It was silent, the house elves and Blaise were not aware of their presence and so they quietly closed the door and headed in the direction of the nearest room. Wands at the ready they checked the lounge to find it completely empty.

"Gin, we should check downstairs, that's where the noise was coming from" She got a nod as a response from the ginger and they looked for an entrance to the cellar. Sneaking into the kitchen they found a small house elf looking up at them. Frozen to the spot, they just looked at he small creature, who in turn just looked back. Confusion on its face, the seconds ticked by and it felt like minutes.

"Master never said anything about visitors, Trixie never heard the door knock. Trixie must find master..." The house elf began to walk away, muttering to herself. Ginny nudged Hermione to stall the elf, urgently, she also nodded towards a door situated at the back of the room.

"Err...er Trixie?" The house elf began to turn around and Hermione walked towards her, walking ahead so the house elf had to catch up.

"I just popped by to see Blaise and...the...er...the door was open." They walked out of the room and left Ginny to quickly walk across the room and check the door.

Locked.

"Alohomora"

Nothing.

Remembering some other, more complicated unlocking spells, Ginny found that the door couldn't be opened. She stopped for a moment to think before heading back and looking out of the door, she couldn't see or hear anybody, slowly closing it, she magically locked it and ran around to the other door, after quickly trying to force it open she finally gave up, pointing her wand at the lock.

"Bombarda maxima"

"Hermione?"

"Ah Blaise...erm...sorry to keep turning up like this but I think I left my purse here? I might have dropped it, I haven't seen it since and I can't think of anywhere else it could be." Blaise walked into the lounge and Hermione quickly followed him, shutting the door behind her as if looking behind it. After taking a quick look, he asked Trixie if the bag was found and any of the house elves had put it anywhere.

From the kitchen he heard a bang, Hermione began to panic, What had Ginny done? He excused himself from Hermione, telling her to wait for a house elf to return. He swiftly left the room and headed towards the kitchen, he couldn't open the door.

"What the..." Unlocking it and opening it he saw that the door on the other side, the one sealed shut was wide open. He looked down the stairs, but couldn't see anybody and turned to find Hermione by the front door about to open it.

"Don't bother" Hermione gulped as she felt the wand pressed to her back, she felt a hand on her shoulder, turning her around and she was pushed forward, dropping her wand in the process, he then grabbed her arm and dragged her down the stairs.

"I just want my husband to be safe." Zabini was silent as he swung open the second door at the bottom of the stairs and watched as a shocked Draco stood.

"Hermione?"

"Who else is here? Who else is helping you, because I know you didn't get this far on your own?" Zabini held a firm grip on Hermione and pointed his wand at her neck.

"Come out now and I won't hurt her" He demanded and the door behind him swung shut and a calm and collected Ginny stood there, wand pointed at Blaise.

"Girl-Weasel" The man laughed, but kept his grip on both the girl and his wand.

"Why would you be here? Don't you want her to get rid of Draco, that way she's free to be with your brother and you can all be one happy family again."

"Just let her go." Ginny began to walk forward but Blaise tightened his grip on his wand and stared intensely at her.

"Another step and I will curse her."

"You wouldn't..." She held her wand tight and tried not to show the fear inside. She held herself and made sure her wand was pointed straight at Blaise.

"Who do you think is faster?" Blaise laughed and held on tighter to a squirming Hermione.

"Why are you doing this? Blaise, whatever it is, we can help. Just stop."

"He's not gonna stop Mione. He can't stop." Zabini stepped forward and took a deep breath, trying to compose himself.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, he's got to him Hermione..."

"SHUT IT MALFOY!" Hermione frowned, what was that supposed to mean? Who had got to Blaise?

"I told you what would happen Malfoy." Draco went to step forward but Blaise turned his wand on him.

"Crucio" The blonde fell to his knees and screamed, he felt like his whole insides were on fire, burning him from the inside out, slowly and painfully. Within seconds it was over, but he was covered in sweat and breathing heavily.

Blaise was pre-occupied for a second but that was all that was needed, Ginny took her shot.

"Expelliarmus" Blaise's wand shot out of his hand, across the room and in the split second before he knew what was happening, Hermione had forced herself out of his grip and made her way to her husband. She knelt before her husband to check he was OK and pulled him to his feet and a green bolt of light hit the wall beside her. Focusing again, she noticed Blaise had once again got his wand in his hand.

"Hermione, get out of here, now." Pulling her husband, she almost dragged him up the stairs, leaving Ginny throwing hexes and curses at a retaliating Blaise. She followed them up the stairs, trying to block and dodge the unforgivables being sent her way.

After stumbling to the top of the stair case and through the kitchen, she made it to the hallway and found her dropped wand on the floor, picking it up she went back to the kitchen to a limping Draco. Hermione held onto him and managed to place a hand on Ginny's arm to apparate away. But nothing. Blaise had placed a charm to stop them from apparating on his property.

They had to run. Reaching the door, she flung it open and began to run in a mad panic, Draco and Ginny in tow. The three of them ducked and weaved from the curses and the two women fired hexes and protection spells to prevent any harm that came their way.

Finally they reached the gate, Draco fumbled with it, before yanking it open and stepping over the invisible barrier between danger and freedom. He placed his hand into his wife's and gave her hand a squeeze letting her know she was safe, even if at this moment he had no weapon to protect her. If he needed to, he would stay and distract Blaise to allow his wife to get home safe, to their son. He could see Blaise running behind and following them, rage and fear on his face, yet still trying with all his might to hit them with a curse. Hermione looked into his eyes and gave him a small, yet reassuring smile and hooked her arm around her best friends arm and side-apparated them to safety.

A/N: Ok so you seem to be enjoying this a lot more than my last attempt so I am going to focus on finishing this version before deciding whether to even bother uploading an alternative ending. I would like to take some time focusing on some other projects but at the moment I really want to put all of my attention and effort into my fan fiction. All of my other projects are being worked on here and there but I'm all about this story at the minute because I want you guys to get the ending you deserve. I don't want to rush it and ruin it.

I hope you liked it, I actually changed it like 4 times because it wasn't up to scratch. So literally all of my caffeine-hyped nights have given me the strength to finish this chapter. So Thank you Red Bull. Thank you once again for reading and supporting me, I have some amazing readers and I know I would have given up years ago if it wasn't for you and your inspiring and uplifting reviews and messages.

Uploading within in the next week.

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