Chapter 8: Be Careful What You Wish For

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Hermione felt herself running. She felt as though her world had finally come crashing down. Lucius was back, and he looked as horrible and evil as ever. How come Draco did not know it was him? Why was he too busy flirting to even notice that his sister's murderer was right in front of his eyes? Was he really that stupid? Draco was a fool. Hermione realized that.

Hermione finally reached the dungeons where Nilam was being held. She held her breath and noticed Fleur was standing alone, and pondering over something. She kept shaking her head as well.

Hermione felt her voice shake as she said, "W-What exactly happened to Nilam?"

Fleur was shocked to see Hermione, but she answered her question, "It was in ze dungeons Lucius! Not Nilam, whoever zat may be! Anyway, Lucius was murdered in ze middle of ze night. No one knows what happened, but something obviously did, and it wasn't good."

Hermione felt tears in her eyes. It was beyond obvious that Lucius was behind the killing. He would kill anything as long as he could gain something out of it. Lucius killed his own daughter Jewel, and did not care about it. So what would stop him from killing Nilam. Nilam knew something. He wanted to warn Draco about something, but Lucius killed him before he could say a thing. Now what?

Hermione brushed her tears away and asked, "What is that? The thing that you are holding?"

Fleur shrugged, "Some message zat ze fool 'ad left behind. 'Ere you can keep it I suppose. I have no clue what 'e iz trying to say. Now! I must be off! Au reviour!"

Fleur smirked and left Hermione holding a piece of paper. It said:

Stop Lucius. He is after LOE. Jewel's prayer is-

Then it was cut off. Hermione bit her lip and pondered. This was very interesting. Why would Nilam write this? And what did he need to say about Jewel? Hermione turned around and walked away from the dark cell that had become a deathbed for an innocent man.

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Pansy stared blankly at Hermione, "I don't get it Mione. This is almost as weird as those Helen and Daemon nightmares. We still have to kill the 'Devil of Devils' to carry Jewel's plan. Whatever that was. It is not like she is here to tell us."

Hermione sighed and nodded. The two girls were sitting outside on the steps thinking. Pansy looked up at the sky. It was very cloudy and it looked like rain. Pansy shuddered, "I think it is going to rain soon. Do you want to go to the library?"

"No thank you." Hermione replied.

Pansy gasped, "You don't want to go to the library? Oh! Something really must be bothering you!"

"PANSY! An innocent man was murdered in the dungeons, and Lucius is back as our teacher, and the Head of our House! He could come in the common room at anytime!" Hermione cried.

"How about you tell someone he is really Lucius?" Pansy suggested as though the answer was obvious.

Hermione frowned, "Let me think. Everyone thinks that Lucius is dead, because everyone here thought Lucius was Nilam. Well, Draco may be able to recognize him, but he is too busy acting like a man slut to see that it is him."

Pansy's eyes suddenly went really wide. She let out a cry, and said, "Lets go to the library! Right NOW!"

Pansy stood up, and began to block Hermione's view so she could not see in front of her. "Lets go! Come on we're leaving!"

Hermione frowned, "Move Pansy."

""No! I'll just-"

"MOVE!"

Pansy slowly and reluctantly moved aside, and let Hermione see the worse sight in the world. Draco was on the other side of the lawn kissing a beautiful girl with long sliver blonde hair. She was wearing a very tight dress that accented all her curves. Draco seemed to be very taken with her.

Hermione gasped, "Oh my- the scumbag!"

Draco suddenly looked up from the girl he was kissing, and he walked over hand and hand with her toward Hermione and Pansy. Hermione felt her jaw tighten, and Pansy glared furiously.

Draco smirked broadly and seemed very pleased with himself. The girl sneered, "EW! Is this the mudblood that you were telling me about darling?"

Draco glared, "Yes that is her. She was the one who cheated on me with Jacques."

The beautiful, but vain girl laughed and batted her eyelashes, "You poor thing. How dare you let this filthy mudblood have a place in your life."

Pansy rolled her eyes, "Yes, and I cannot believe you let this whore in your life Draco. What were you thinking!"

Draco put his arm around the girl and pulled her close, "Don't listen to anything this pug says okay? She likes Poor People."

Hermione's eyes flashed dangerously, "I hate you Draco Malfoy."

"And I hate you too, mudblood." Draco sneered. "I wish father would have murdered you instead of Jewel."

Hermione's eyes filled up with tears. Draco did not mean that. Did he? He was such a jerk. Hermione loved him so much, and this is how he thanked her. By kissing some snotty brat, and telling her that she should die.

Pansy ripped Draco apart from his hooker friend, and snarled, "You take that back! You evil rotten-"

Hermione sighed, "Pansy, don't even bother. He just-"

Hermione suddenly felt really dizzy, and was hit with a wave of nausea. She also was it great pain, because it felt as though someone plunged a knife into her shoulder. Hermione rubbed it tenderly, but the pain would not go away. Pansy cried out, "Oh! What happened to your arm!!! Hermione what is that?"

Draco's eyes went wide, but he didn't say anything. Hermione's rash had spread and it was shaping to look exactly like the Dark Mark, the symbol of Voldemort.

Hermione felt her heart pound really fast. She suddenly fell to the ground. She felt so weak and she could not stand

. Pansy made a whimpering sound, and Hermione sighed, "I-I felt so weak. Everything is-"

Unexpectedly Hermione's eyes rolled in the back of her head, and she fell backwards. Pansy felt her insides shaking as she bent over Hermione. She was burning up with fever. "Oh! Hermione!! What the- What is this?"

The blonde girl laughed, "Well, looks like you got your wish Draco. Lets go back to the castle."

Draco just shook his head, and did not say a word. The girl frowned, and walked away from the group.

Draco went very pale, and his eyes went so wide you could see all of the whites in them. Draco felt his voice shaking, "What's wrong with her?"

Pansy lifted Hermione up and felt her pulse. Pansy felt tears in her eyes, "I have no idea what the hell is wrong with her! HERMIONE!!"

Hermione would not respond to Pansy's calls. She was just lying there on the ground very limp, and she appeared to be dead. Her lips were a pale white now, and she looked absolutely ghastly.

Pansy began to cry, and she glared at Draco, "Maybe next time you'll be careful what you wish FOR!" (A/N: I was going to end it there, but I was feeling nice today!)

Pansy slowly lifted Hermione up. Pansy immediately began to freak out, "Oh! She's dead! She's dead!"

"Not yet, but she will be shortly," said an icy cold voice.

Draco, and Pansy looked up to see the sinister figure of Dulandez leering at them. He smirked a terrible smirk, and sneered, "Well, it appears as though this young lady has been taking Dark Drugs."

"Hermione has not been taking Dark Drugs, you son of a bitch!" Pansy screeched.

Dulandez laughed, and his gray eyes shone brightly, "Well, didn't your parents ever teach not to swear like that? I suppose you did not have a very decent upbringing."

Pansy glared, and Draco gasped, "F-Father? W-What?"

Dulandez sneered, "Well, this is sad. I saw you at the Great Hall, but yet you never saw me? It would be for the best to control your hormones in the near future, Draco."

Draco glared, "You evil rotten- I am going to tell the first person I see that the real Lucius is here then you'll be in big trouble!"

Dulandez's smirked flickered, but then he sneered, "Tell, and you will go the same exact way as your sister."

With that said Dulandez showed Draco and Pansy a sword that he had concealed under his cloak. It was the same sword he had used to kill Jewel, and it was smeared with her blood.

Draco's lip trembled, and Pansy felt like she was going to be as sick as Hermione. Lucius did not even bother to clean his own daughter's blood off of the sword. Dulandez smirked again, "Now I strongly suggest that you take your little friend up to the Hospital Wing. Maybe the can save her, but I doubt it. I really doubt it."

Pansy and Draco slowly lifted up the limp, and practically lifeless Hermione up, and began to carry her away slowly. Pansy looked at Draco, and she could tell just how guilty he really felt without saying anything.





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