Chapter Two: The Rescue
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The three young men landed hard on the ground, as they dropped hands, and got up.
Slowly they began to dust themselves off, as Draco pulled out his wand, and said "You two
better get your wands ready." Harry and Ron pulled out their wands just in time, as a bolt of
silver light flashed by them, and they looked for it's sender. When they saw the sender,
Harry gasped, as Ron said through gritted teeth "I told you this was a trap." Lucius Malfoy
stood several feet away, his long blond hair glowing from something behind him, as he looked
at Draco, and smiled. His face was eliminated, he features looked rough, and frightening. He
said "Well done Draco, you've lead the Potter boy here. You will be a great death eater. Now
come, join me by my side." Draco glared at his father, his silver eyes alive with anger, and
said "No father." Lucius stared at Draco for a moment, unsure of what to make of it, and
then asked "You dare defy me boy?" Draco nodded, as pointed his wand at his father, and
said "I don't want to be like you." Lucius took a step side ways, as he revealed a cage of
glittering yellow light, that held Hermione. She was siting on the floor of the cage, lip
quivering, ready to cry, almost as if she knew what was coming. Her mousy chestnut hair
held behind her head in a ponytail, a buise forming over her left eye, and a cut on her lower
lip. Harry and Ron gasped, as she looked up at them, and a single tear rolled down her cheek.
From her side view she saw Lucius point his wand at her, and smile. Hermione stared ahead,
wondering if her death would be quick, or would it be long and painful. She heard him laugh,
as he said "Say good bye mudblood." Hermione squeezed her eyes shut, waiting for the pain,
but nothing came. She heard a scream, as she opened her eyes, and watched the seen unfold
before her. Draco had lunged forward, grabbing a handful of Lucius' hair, and pulled it hard,
so that Lucius was bending over backwards. He glared at Draco, as Harry and Ron rushed
over, and Draco said "I won't let you do it." He looked at Harry, signialing towards Lucius'
wand, as Harry grabbed it, and broke it in half. Lucius looked at Draco, his eyes were on
fire, as he frowned, and said "You're a disappointment to me Draco. I always thought you
would follow in my foot steps, and be the Dark Lords right hand man. But your saving a
mudblood, where did I go wrong?" Draco smiled, as he took in Lucius' question, and said
"More importantly where did you go right? Now get rid of that cage." Lucius looked at his
son, as a smirk crossed his face, and he said "I need my wand to do that." Draco sighed,
refusing to give Lucius a wand, he held his own up, and pointed it at the cage.
Hermione saw Draco point the wand at the cage, as she bit her lip, unsure if he was
putting on a show and was just gonna kill her, or if he was gonna rescue her. Draco silently
muttered something, as Harry, Ron, and Hermione all stared at him. A white light spilled
from his wand, and the bars of the cage seemed to be sucked into the light, as Hermione
lightly fell to the ground, and the cage was gone. She stared at him, unsure what to make of
it, as he smiled, and said "Get out of here." Harry, Ron, and Hermione were confused, as
they stared at him, and Draco said "Take the portkey, and get out of here before
Voldemort comes." Ron was ran towards the portkey, as Harry slowly walked, facing Lucius
and Draco, but Hermione couldn't move. She was curious about why Draco had saved her life.
She looked at him, and asked "But what about you, how will you get back?" "I can apparate,
I'll be just fine. NOW GO!!!" Hermione walked towards Harry, who his hand outstretched
for her, when a voice stopped her, and said "Not so fast." Four heads snapped in the
direction of the voice, as it walked closer, and Draco cursed. The other three stared at the
figure that was walking closer to them, realizing they recongized it from somewhere. The
figure walked closer, as it stretched it's right hand forward, and Harry gasped. Silver
fingers glistened in sun, as he said 'Wormtail', and Hermione and Ron gasped too. He through
his hood back, as he smiled, and said "That's right, and your not going any where young
Potter. Voldemort will kill you this time." Harry glared at the man, pointing his wand at him,
and said "I don't think so." Wormtail pointed a silver finger at Harry, as he smiled, and said
"Oh really....Crucio." Harry gasped, as he clutched his stomach, and smiled. Wormtail didn't
know what to think, as he stared at Harry in shock, wondering why the curse was having no
effect on the boy. He should be withering in pain on the floor, but instead he was just
standing there, smiling. A high pitched voice behind them, made everyone turn around, as it
said "Wormtail you stupid fool. If the killing curse doesn't work on him, what makes you
think that will." Wormtail hung his head, as everyone gasped, and Voldemort smiled.
Voldemort turned to glance at Draco, who still had Lucius by the hair, bending backwards,
and frowned. "I had just high hopes for you young Malfoy, but here you are bringing them
crashing down. It is a shame you shall have to die tonight after the Potter boy of course."
Voldemort turned back to Harry, as he glared, and said "You will escape me no more
boy." He pulled out a wand, pointing it at Harry, who in turn laughed. Voldemort's red cat like
eyes, glared at him, and asked "Why do you laugh boy? Have you gone mad knowing I will
finally distory you?" Harry shook his head, as he held out his wand, and said "No, I laugh
because your wand can't harm me." Voldemort laughed now, as he glanced at Hermione, and
asked "After last time do you really think I would be so foolish as to threaten you with my
own wand?" Harry cast a nervous glance at Hermione, as her mouth fell open, and he asked
"'Mione where's your wand?" "He took it." Draco had began walking closer to them, one hand
still holding Lucius by the hair, dragging him along the way. A sudden hissing caught
everyone's attention, as they glanced at Voldemort and Harry. Voldemort kept hissing
something, while Harry was enraged, and everyone knew they were talking parsletongue.
Suddenly Harry screamed "You will do no such thing you damn lab experiment." Ron looked at
Harry, as Harry placed an arm around Hermione, and asked "Harry what's he saying?" "He's
saying that he's gonna kill us off one by one. Hermione first." Hermione grew furious, as she
looked at Voldemort, and said "Well if your gonna kill, me at least give me a wand. Make it a
fair fight you coward." Voldemort glared at Hermione, then he laughed, and tossed her a
wand. As she caught it, a look of fear washed over her face, and Voldemort said "This should
be easy." Draco had finally reached the others, pulling his father, he stepped up to them,
and his face lit up. "You guys I have an idea, give me your wands." Ron glared at him, still not
trusting him, and asked "What Malfoy, so we can be powerless, and get killed. I don't think
so." Draco sighed, as he glared at Ron, and said "Fine, everyone give your wands to Granger.
Here I'll give her mine too." As he said this they looked at him, wondering why he was being
so civil to Hermione, as he handed her his wand, and Harry and Ron followed suit. Hermione
held all the wands in her hand, as she looked at Draco, and he said "Everyone grab
Hermione's hand with your magic hand." Draco wrapped his left hand over Hermione's, as she
gasped, and Harry asked "Malfoy what may I ask is your idea?" Draco smiled, when his right
hand shook, as Lucius was tryined to wiggle free, trying desperately to stand up. However
Draco was stronger, not to mention taller than Lucius, as he yanked the hair he was down,
and said "Stay." Lucius simply glared at Draco, while Draco looked back to the others, and
said "Simple four wands are better then one. So were gonna Keavra him." Ron gasped, while
Harry stared at him, and Hermione said "What, no we can't do that! We'll end up in
Azkaban." "We won't, no one has to know we did it." Harry chose to speak here, as he looked
at Draco, restraining his father very well by the hair. Harry asked "Well what are we
suppose to tell them when they ask how we defeated Voldemort. Besides that what if they
do that Priori Incantatem spell?They'll find out we did it. Plus the teachers are watching
though that mirror, remember." Draco sighed, he was getting exasperated with the 'dream
team', as he rolled his eyes, and said "Look Granger has his wand, so they'll think he tried to
do it to one of us. It'll be simple self defense, we won't go to Azkaban for that. Besides I
think they'll be a little to happy knowing his dead to worry about how we did it." Ron, Harry,
and Hermione were considering this, as they stared at Draco, each wondering if they could
trust him. While they were whispering to each other Voldemort was glaring at them,
wondering what they were talking about. He saw all four wands in the hand of the mudblood,
and Lucius being held by the hair. Voldemort shook his head, he had always told him his hair
was too long, but Lucius never did listen.
Meanwhile Harry finally sighed, as he put his hand over Draco's, and said "I'm in."
Ron, and Hermione looked at him, as their mouths fell open, and they said "Harry you could
go to Azkaban." Harry sighed, as he nodded his head, and then said "Yes, but I think Malfoy
has a point. The wizarding world will be much to happy with the fact that he's dead to put
us in Azkaban." Ron was the first to object, as he said "How can you trust Malfoy, this could
all be a hoax, part of that intiation." "I don't think so Ron, I mean come on. He told us what
he was suppose to do. He told us he didn't wanna do it. He brought us here, and he freed
Hermione. And now he has his father by the hair. Voldemort is gonna die tonight with the
four of us spending that spell, I'm sure of it." Hermione chose this moment to interject with
the voice of reason that she always was, and said "But Harry even if he does die, he'll come
back as a ghost. Don't you see, your his unfinished business, until he kills you he will never
move on." "'Moine we have to try." Hermione and Ron sighed, as Ron put his hand on top of
Harry's, and they both said "I'm in." Draco nodded, as he thought it was about time, and said
"On the count of three, Granger you can do the counting." Harry smiled, as he looked at
Voldemort, and called his name, "Voldemort." Voldemort turned to see the three young
wizards, and the mudblood witch. She was holding all the wands, the boys had their hands on
hers, and Harry said "Say good bye." Then the little mudblood counted to three, as they all
opened their mouths, and said "Avada Kedavra." Voldemort gasped, as four beams of green
light shot towards him, all glowing an eriee shade of green. The four lights slowed when they
neared him, allowing each light to hit him one by one, but in rapid succession. As the last one
hit him, he used the last of his strength to hold up the mudbloods wand, and said "Avada
Kedavra." Then he fell to the ground, as everything started to turn black, and very far in
the distance he heard a scream. He heard a voice cry 'HARRY', and then he heard Wormtail
calling him. "Master, master, don't leave not now. You killed the Potter boy. You could rule
the world now . . . ." But then everything faded.
Draco had seen it happen, as Voldemort fell, he saw him lift Hermione's wand, and he
known it was coming. He heard the cold hissing like voice, as it almost whispered the words,
and he saw the light shoot from the wand. His eyes widened, as the light hit the famous
Harry Potter, and he fell to the ground. He heard Hermione scearm, as Harry fell, and he
heard Wormtail begging Voldemort not to die. He heard his father laughing in his ear, as he
watched Voldemort's chest move less and less, until it finally stopped. Draco saw Wormtail
pick up one of the green scaley wrists, as he tried to find a pulse, and then mintues later as
he dropped the wrist. Wormtail picked up Hermione's wand, as Draco's eyes widened, and he
bent down to pick up his fallen wand. He picked it up, as he pointed it at Wormtail, and said
"Avada Kedavra." Wormtail fell much the same as Voldemort did, and Draco turned to the
others. Ron and Hermione were kneeling next to Harry, both wearing frowns, as Hermione
picked up his wrist, and held it. Hermione had her fingers curled around his wrist, checking
for a pulse, as she smiled, and said "He has a pulse, but it's weak." Draco picked up the three
remaining wands, as he handed them to Hermione, and said "Granger, Weasley get Potter to
Hogwarts right now. Take him to madam Pomfrey as soon as you get there." Ron looked at
him, as he stuffed the wands into the pocket of his school robes, and picked up Harry. It
was easy, as Ron was so tall, Harry craddled in Ron's arms, unconscious, but alive. Hermione raced
over to Wormtail, as she pulled her wand from his grasp, and then raced back to Ron. Draco
tugged at Lucius' hair again, as the older man sneered, and he said "Take the portkey now,
and get him to Pomfrey." As Ron quickly walked towards the bodies of the two men.
Voldemort had turned into a pile of dust, and Wormtail was just lying there. His eyes were
vacant of any expression, it was the same way Cedric Diggory's body had looked
when Harry brought him back to the school in their forth year. Hermione looked at Lucius,
then to Draco, and asked "But what about you? How will you get back?" Draco looked at
Hermione, as he pushed her towards Ron, and said "I told you I can apparate, I'll be fine.
But before I can go I have business I have to deal with. Go." Hermione nodded, as she
walked to Ron, and wrapped her arm through his. She then grabbed hold of Wormtail's
cloak, knowing they could finally clear Sirus of his charges if they had proof, and said
"Accio candle." Ron caught the portkey, as it flew towards him, and the last thing Hermione
saw was Draco let go of Lucius' hair, and then the world around her became a blur, and they
were raced back to Hogwarts library. As their feet hit the hard floor, Hermione let go of
Ron's arm, and raced off to the infirmary, with Ron quickly following behind her. All the
while she wondered what was happening with Draco and his father.
A/N: I am looking for someone to be my beta reader.... if you are interested, please e-mail
me at Harryslittleangel02@yahoo.com.
The three young men landed hard on the ground, as they dropped hands, and got up.
Slowly they began to dust themselves off, as Draco pulled out his wand, and said "You two
better get your wands ready." Harry and Ron pulled out their wands just in time, as a bolt of
silver light flashed by them, and they looked for it's sender. When they saw the sender,
Harry gasped, as Ron said through gritted teeth "I told you this was a trap." Lucius Malfoy
stood several feet away, his long blond hair glowing from something behind him, as he looked
at Draco, and smiled. His face was eliminated, he features looked rough, and frightening. He
said "Well done Draco, you've lead the Potter boy here. You will be a great death eater. Now
come, join me by my side." Draco glared at his father, his silver eyes alive with anger, and
said "No father." Lucius stared at Draco for a moment, unsure of what to make of it, and
then asked "You dare defy me boy?" Draco nodded, as pointed his wand at his father, and
said "I don't want to be like you." Lucius took a step side ways, as he revealed a cage of
glittering yellow light, that held Hermione. She was siting on the floor of the cage, lip
quivering, ready to cry, almost as if she knew what was coming. Her mousy chestnut hair
held behind her head in a ponytail, a buise forming over her left eye, and a cut on her lower
lip. Harry and Ron gasped, as she looked up at them, and a single tear rolled down her cheek.
From her side view she saw Lucius point his wand at her, and smile. Hermione stared ahead,
wondering if her death would be quick, or would it be long and painful. She heard him laugh,
as he said "Say good bye mudblood." Hermione squeezed her eyes shut, waiting for the pain,
but nothing came. She heard a scream, as she opened her eyes, and watched the seen unfold
before her. Draco had lunged forward, grabbing a handful of Lucius' hair, and pulled it hard,
so that Lucius was bending over backwards. He glared at Draco, as Harry and Ron rushed
over, and Draco said "I won't let you do it." He looked at Harry, signialing towards Lucius'
wand, as Harry grabbed it, and broke it in half. Lucius looked at Draco, his eyes were on
fire, as he frowned, and said "You're a disappointment to me Draco. I always thought you
would follow in my foot steps, and be the Dark Lords right hand man. But your saving a
mudblood, where did I go wrong?" Draco smiled, as he took in Lucius' question, and said
"More importantly where did you go right? Now get rid of that cage." Lucius looked at his
son, as a smirk crossed his face, and he said "I need my wand to do that." Draco sighed,
refusing to give Lucius a wand, he held his own up, and pointed it at the cage.
Hermione saw Draco point the wand at the cage, as she bit her lip, unsure if he was
putting on a show and was just gonna kill her, or if he was gonna rescue her. Draco silently
muttered something, as Harry, Ron, and Hermione all stared at him. A white light spilled
from his wand, and the bars of the cage seemed to be sucked into the light, as Hermione
lightly fell to the ground, and the cage was gone. She stared at him, unsure what to make of
it, as he smiled, and said "Get out of here." Harry, Ron, and Hermione were confused, as
they stared at him, and Draco said "Take the portkey, and get out of here before
Voldemort comes." Ron was ran towards the portkey, as Harry slowly walked, facing Lucius
and Draco, but Hermione couldn't move. She was curious about why Draco had saved her life.
She looked at him, and asked "But what about you, how will you get back?" "I can apparate,
I'll be just fine. NOW GO!!!" Hermione walked towards Harry, who his hand outstretched
for her, when a voice stopped her, and said "Not so fast." Four heads snapped in the
direction of the voice, as it walked closer, and Draco cursed. The other three stared at the
figure that was walking closer to them, realizing they recongized it from somewhere. The
figure walked closer, as it stretched it's right hand forward, and Harry gasped. Silver
fingers glistened in sun, as he said 'Wormtail', and Hermione and Ron gasped too. He through
his hood back, as he smiled, and said "That's right, and your not going any where young
Potter. Voldemort will kill you this time." Harry glared at the man, pointing his wand at him,
and said "I don't think so." Wormtail pointed a silver finger at Harry, as he smiled, and said
"Oh really....Crucio." Harry gasped, as he clutched his stomach, and smiled. Wormtail didn't
know what to think, as he stared at Harry in shock, wondering why the curse was having no
effect on the boy. He should be withering in pain on the floor, but instead he was just
standing there, smiling. A high pitched voice behind them, made everyone turn around, as it
said "Wormtail you stupid fool. If the killing curse doesn't work on him, what makes you
think that will." Wormtail hung his head, as everyone gasped, and Voldemort smiled.
Voldemort turned to glance at Draco, who still had Lucius by the hair, bending backwards,
and frowned. "I had just high hopes for you young Malfoy, but here you are bringing them
crashing down. It is a shame you shall have to die tonight after the Potter boy of course."
Voldemort turned back to Harry, as he glared, and said "You will escape me no more
boy." He pulled out a wand, pointing it at Harry, who in turn laughed. Voldemort's red cat like
eyes, glared at him, and asked "Why do you laugh boy? Have you gone mad knowing I will
finally distory you?" Harry shook his head, as he held out his wand, and said "No, I laugh
because your wand can't harm me." Voldemort laughed now, as he glanced at Hermione, and
asked "After last time do you really think I would be so foolish as to threaten you with my
own wand?" Harry cast a nervous glance at Hermione, as her mouth fell open, and he asked
"'Mione where's your wand?" "He took it." Draco had began walking closer to them, one hand
still holding Lucius by the hair, dragging him along the way. A sudden hissing caught
everyone's attention, as they glanced at Voldemort and Harry. Voldemort kept hissing
something, while Harry was enraged, and everyone knew they were talking parsletongue.
Suddenly Harry screamed "You will do no such thing you damn lab experiment." Ron looked at
Harry, as Harry placed an arm around Hermione, and asked "Harry what's he saying?" "He's
saying that he's gonna kill us off one by one. Hermione first." Hermione grew furious, as she
looked at Voldemort, and said "Well if your gonna kill, me at least give me a wand. Make it a
fair fight you coward." Voldemort glared at Hermione, then he laughed, and tossed her a
wand. As she caught it, a look of fear washed over her face, and Voldemort said "This should
be easy." Draco had finally reached the others, pulling his father, he stepped up to them,
and his face lit up. "You guys I have an idea, give me your wands." Ron glared at him, still not
trusting him, and asked "What Malfoy, so we can be powerless, and get killed. I don't think
so." Draco sighed, as he glared at Ron, and said "Fine, everyone give your wands to Granger.
Here I'll give her mine too." As he said this they looked at him, wondering why he was being
so civil to Hermione, as he handed her his wand, and Harry and Ron followed suit. Hermione
held all the wands in her hand, as she looked at Draco, and he said "Everyone grab
Hermione's hand with your magic hand." Draco wrapped his left hand over Hermione's, as she
gasped, and Harry asked "Malfoy what may I ask is your idea?" Draco smiled, when his right
hand shook, as Lucius was tryined to wiggle free, trying desperately to stand up. However
Draco was stronger, not to mention taller than Lucius, as he yanked the hair he was down,
and said "Stay." Lucius simply glared at Draco, while Draco looked back to the others, and
said "Simple four wands are better then one. So were gonna Keavra him." Ron gasped, while
Harry stared at him, and Hermione said "What, no we can't do that! We'll end up in
Azkaban." "We won't, no one has to know we did it." Harry chose to speak here, as he looked
at Draco, restraining his father very well by the hair. Harry asked "Well what are we
suppose to tell them when they ask how we defeated Voldemort. Besides that what if they
do that Priori Incantatem spell?They'll find out we did it. Plus the teachers are watching
though that mirror, remember." Draco sighed, he was getting exasperated with the 'dream
team', as he rolled his eyes, and said "Look Granger has his wand, so they'll think he tried to
do it to one of us. It'll be simple self defense, we won't go to Azkaban for that. Besides I
think they'll be a little to happy knowing his dead to worry about how we did it." Ron, Harry,
and Hermione were considering this, as they stared at Draco, each wondering if they could
trust him. While they were whispering to each other Voldemort was glaring at them,
wondering what they were talking about. He saw all four wands in the hand of the mudblood,
and Lucius being held by the hair. Voldemort shook his head, he had always told him his hair
was too long, but Lucius never did listen.
Meanwhile Harry finally sighed, as he put his hand over Draco's, and said "I'm in."
Ron, and Hermione looked at him, as their mouths fell open, and they said "Harry you could
go to Azkaban." Harry sighed, as he nodded his head, and then said "Yes, but I think Malfoy
has a point. The wizarding world will be much to happy with the fact that he's dead to put
us in Azkaban." Ron was the first to object, as he said "How can you trust Malfoy, this could
all be a hoax, part of that intiation." "I don't think so Ron, I mean come on. He told us what
he was suppose to do. He told us he didn't wanna do it. He brought us here, and he freed
Hermione. And now he has his father by the hair. Voldemort is gonna die tonight with the
four of us spending that spell, I'm sure of it." Hermione chose this moment to interject with
the voice of reason that she always was, and said "But Harry even if he does die, he'll come
back as a ghost. Don't you see, your his unfinished business, until he kills you he will never
move on." "'Moine we have to try." Hermione and Ron sighed, as Ron put his hand on top of
Harry's, and they both said "I'm in." Draco nodded, as he thought it was about time, and said
"On the count of three, Granger you can do the counting." Harry smiled, as he looked at
Voldemort, and called his name, "Voldemort." Voldemort turned to see the three young
wizards, and the mudblood witch. She was holding all the wands, the boys had their hands on
hers, and Harry said "Say good bye." Then the little mudblood counted to three, as they all
opened their mouths, and said "Avada Kedavra." Voldemort gasped, as four beams of green
light shot towards him, all glowing an eriee shade of green. The four lights slowed when they
neared him, allowing each light to hit him one by one, but in rapid succession. As the last one
hit him, he used the last of his strength to hold up the mudbloods wand, and said "Avada
Kedavra." Then he fell to the ground, as everything started to turn black, and very far in
the distance he heard a scream. He heard a voice cry 'HARRY', and then he heard Wormtail
calling him. "Master, master, don't leave not now. You killed the Potter boy. You could rule
the world now . . . ." But then everything faded.
Draco had seen it happen, as Voldemort fell, he saw him lift Hermione's wand, and he
known it was coming. He heard the cold hissing like voice, as it almost whispered the words,
and he saw the light shoot from the wand. His eyes widened, as the light hit the famous
Harry Potter, and he fell to the ground. He heard Hermione scearm, as Harry fell, and he
heard Wormtail begging Voldemort not to die. He heard his father laughing in his ear, as he
watched Voldemort's chest move less and less, until it finally stopped. Draco saw Wormtail
pick up one of the green scaley wrists, as he tried to find a pulse, and then mintues later as
he dropped the wrist. Wormtail picked up Hermione's wand, as Draco's eyes widened, and he
bent down to pick up his fallen wand. He picked it up, as he pointed it at Wormtail, and said
"Avada Kedavra." Wormtail fell much the same as Voldemort did, and Draco turned to the
others. Ron and Hermione were kneeling next to Harry, both wearing frowns, as Hermione
picked up his wrist, and held it. Hermione had her fingers curled around his wrist, checking
for a pulse, as she smiled, and said "He has a pulse, but it's weak." Draco picked up the three
remaining wands, as he handed them to Hermione, and said "Granger, Weasley get Potter to
Hogwarts right now. Take him to madam Pomfrey as soon as you get there." Ron looked at
him, as he stuffed the wands into the pocket of his school robes, and picked up Harry. It
was easy, as Ron was so tall, Harry craddled in Ron's arms, unconscious, but alive. Hermione raced
over to Wormtail, as she pulled her wand from his grasp, and then raced back to Ron. Draco
tugged at Lucius' hair again, as the older man sneered, and he said "Take the portkey now,
and get him to Pomfrey." As Ron quickly walked towards the bodies of the two men.
Voldemort had turned into a pile of dust, and Wormtail was just lying there. His eyes were
vacant of any expression, it was the same way Cedric Diggory's body had looked
when Harry brought him back to the school in their forth year. Hermione looked at Lucius,
then to Draco, and asked "But what about you? How will you get back?" Draco looked at
Hermione, as he pushed her towards Ron, and said "I told you I can apparate, I'll be fine.
But before I can go I have business I have to deal with. Go." Hermione nodded, as she
walked to Ron, and wrapped her arm through his. She then grabbed hold of Wormtail's
cloak, knowing they could finally clear Sirus of his charges if they had proof, and said
"Accio candle." Ron caught the portkey, as it flew towards him, and the last thing Hermione
saw was Draco let go of Lucius' hair, and then the world around her became a blur, and they
were raced back to Hogwarts library. As their feet hit the hard floor, Hermione let go of
Ron's arm, and raced off to the infirmary, with Ron quickly following behind her. All the
while she wondered what was happening with Draco and his father.