A/N: Hello guys, welcome to the 6th chapter of "Dark is all that's left!".

Interviews done, so I'm in a particularly happy mood, although how long that lasts, is really something I don't know.

Disclaimer: I don't own the HP universe, if I did, there'd be no Weasels at the end, and we'd live happily ever after.

Chapter Warnings: Graphic Torture and strong language. Reader discretion advised. Although you really should expect this from now on.

Notes at the end of the chapter.

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Next Day, The Acid Factory

"Wakey-wakey! sleepy heads!" crooned Hermione tilting her head slightly as Fred found himself tied by his hands shackled to an overhead Iron beam. "Awwww! The big-bad death eaters must have tired you up so much." said Hermione in a childish voice, as his eyes bulged in recognition of his captor. The unnaturally glowing purple eyes and the haunting smile still showing remnants of the old witch that was once his friend.

"H..Hermione! What have you done! Please, you're a good witch! Why'd you join these death eater scumbags! Release me, I'll help you! Professor Dumbledore will help you 'Mione.." begged Fred as he took in his surroundings.

Hermione continued to smile knowingly as she said "Ooh! Good Witch, you say?" She got up and walked around him while she mused aloud, "I really must have a bad memory! Did you speak up at my so-called trial? Oh NO! You were sitting up high in the stands sitting mute like a vegetable. I begged! I pleaded! I looked around, and no one batted an eye! Each and every one of you bloody hypocrites! I saved Harry countless times! I saved your filthy whore of a sister! It was I who found that it was a Basilisk hunting students! Without my knowledge and my help, Hogwarts would have been shut down and Your fucking savior would have been killed more times than his corpse could have handled. YOU all condemned me to ROT and wither away in Azkaban! Yet YOU have the balls to tell me that I should be a Good Witch? WHY?" she finished with venom dripping each word, suddenly smirking in a hushed whisper near his left ear as she stopped behind him, "Well, reality check! I'm a very, very, VERY BAD WITCH!"

"Infact, I'm the darkest witch you could think of! Oh! You think the snake-faced old bastard is a Dark Lord? Is he whom you all fear? I show you what real fear is! When the light finishes off your You-Know-Who, I'll finish off the Light!" said Hermione as she stepped around and knelt in front of his face.

"And you know what remains when all the light's burned off?" asked the Dark witch as Fred shook his head in obvious fear of what she had become and what his fate would be. "No? Aww... ikle Freddie! DARK is ALL that's left! So, I've done so much grandstanding like they have in fictional books. I hope you're not thinking a certain Hero will crash through the windows to save the day! It's not happening Fred, this is my safe-house! It's filled with so much goodies, you know. All sorts of chemicals and you know how good I was with potions. I have a certain way with Acids. Wanna see a little trick? I show it to all my guests." With the flick of her palm she conjured a small capsule filled with bubbling purple acid.

As Hermione was going to put the capsule in his mouth, Fred kicked her in the guts and the capsule crushed in her palm and she hit her head on a stray cinder block. She could feel a little blood trickle down her forehead, which she touched with her other palm. "Ah! It's still Red! Thought it would have turned darker."

"You...your hand, it didn't burn, but the ground it's burning through!" said Fred in horror of what he'd done in lieu of protecting himself.

The witch cackled darkly, "You know, for a wizard you're too naive. This isn't a normal acid. It's indigenous to me. The rituals I did, along with somethings I found in Knockturn alley helped me become an elemental of sorts, but I control and can conjure this acid, which is a combination of my blood, some very corrosive chemicals and some magic. There is no cure for the burns it causes! No skele-gro can regrow the bones I burn. I can't burn with my own acid, you fool. And you're a bigger fool indeed. The first one to draw my blood since Azkaban. You should get a reward! Tell you what, I'll not kill you outright as you so deserved earlier. I realize, you deserve something more. You'll live, live through it all." finished Hermione as she cleaned up her wound and blood with a wave.

"Now, to your reward, TĂNG CƯỜNG GIÁC QUAN!" a blue hue covered Fred from head to toe as she spoke the incantation and flicked her palm in her direction. Fred could feel his senses heighten, his skin crawled at the dread he felt.

Purple eyes glowed with malice as she pointed her palm at his feet "XÉ DA!"

His skin started ripping off slowly as she started moving her palm along. With the spell to amplify his senses earlier, the pain of skin ripping off from his flesh was too high. Screams of agony, pain and defeat filled the building she expertly ripped his skin from each limb. After what seemed to be somewhere about an hour, she was done ripping off his skin.

"Awww... I don't want the fun to be over so soon. Wait a min, we can do it again. CHỮA LÀNH DA!" The skin repaired itself, although the newly regenerated skin was still pink and raw. It would take days to become normal. However, this wasn't an act of benevolence, as he realized. As soon as the healing was done, Hermione cursed him again, "The fun begins! XÉ DA!"

Screams filled the chambers once again, and not for the last time that day as she went over and over and over till all his nerves started breaking down and the trauma along with the physical torture had crumbled his mind, much like what happened to the Longbottoms. Their fate seemed much more humane compared to what the elder Weasley twin had gone through. It had been almost 17 hours since his torture began, now there was no concept of time or pain for him, there wasn't a coherent thought in his mind.

"Well look at that! Now, you're truly a vegetable, aren't you Freddy boy! Come dear, let's get you home!" said Hermione to the unconscious wizard.

She got up and side-along apparated both to the edge of the wards at The Burrow. She could see the lights inside the house from where she stood and felt a ripple of magic rush over her as she crossed the wards to the barn near the House. Setting the unconscious body of Fred nearby, she set fire to the barn and fired off the dark mark into the sky "MORSMORDRE!" using Avery's wand. It was simple enough for her to cast, as it required no intent as the unforgivables or the Patronus charm needs.

The occupants of the house were alerted as everyone rushed towards the fire, at the same time Hermione disillusioned herself and apparated to higher ground where she saw the drama unfold. Arthur, Molly and their entire brood along with Harry rushed to the barn where they saw the unmoving yet alive body of Fred. The next thing they noticed was the dark mark glowing green maliciously in clear night sky, which led to Harry releasing an animalistic howl as he vowed to rip apart each and every Death eater. Soon the entire order reached as they doused the fire and contemplated as Snape turned towards the nearby hill to spot a lone figure in dark hood staring intently at them. A chill ran down his spine as she saw a pair of Amethyst glowing eyes beneath the hood.

Satisfied with what she saw, she twisted around and disapparated to her safe house in a wisp of black smoke without a sound.

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A/N: The spells Hermione uses are in Vietnamese, so here's what they mean:

1. Chữa lành da : Heal the skin

2. Xé da : Tear the skin

3. Tăng cường giác quan : Enhance Senses

Hey guys, do let me know how you liked it. Initially I thought of writing a bit more, but this seemed like a good point to end the chapter. The next time we see what happens to our other guest. The torture used here isn't unique and may have been used in some other fanfics as well, so I won't take credit for it. I do recollect a fic where similar torture method was used, The downward spiral saga I believe was the fanfic series I read it in.

As always, please read and review. I'd absolutely love to know what you think of the chapter or the fic in general. Or if you have any ideas for a short fic for me to explore. I love chatting about dark Hermione/Harry, even Daphne as now I've read a few fics with dark Harry/Daphne pairings.

Cheers!