Chapter 37: The Curse of Death
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Severus paused when he approached the statues. He was quite nervous about when he would go below ground, and face the group of Death Eaters. What if something terrible happened to the Aurors? He wasn't that worried about the Gryffindorks of course. He was more worried about Narcissa, and Draco.
Arabella tapped her foot impatiently, "Well? Are we going to go in or not? We have to see if the others are okay."
Severus snapped, "Yes yes! I am coming."
~*~*~*~
Felicity smirked and folded her arms as Hermione advanced on Draco and Blaise. Draco couldn't believe that this was happening to him. Draco decided to try and talk to Hermione. "Mione! Please! Think about what it is that you are doing! You can't hurt me! You love me!"
Hermione paid no attention to Draco's cries or pleas. She had her wand pointed directly at him. Blaise, however, didn't seem to notice. She was thinking hard about all that she had learned about Dark Drugs while she was a Death Eater.
Dark Drugs make you lose your sense of reality, and they cannot be changed unless you can fight them. Blaise knew that Hermione was a strong girl, but she was simply not strong enough to fight off the Drugs. Why? Blaise would never know.
Blaise also knew that Dark Drugs are ineffective if the person who administers them to you is killed. Blaise stared at Felicity and shuddered. She didn't know why she was so nervous. When she was under the Dark Drugs influence she was never scared to kill somebody. But she knew that she had to.
"Draco." Blaise whispered, "Stop making an ass out of yourself. She is not going to listen."
Draco stared at Blaise, "Then what the hell can I do?"
"Please, we are going to have to try and kill Felicity. Not Hermione." Blaise whispered, while keeping an eye on Felicity, "We have to."
Draco's eyes grew wide, and Blaise nodded. The two did not want to kill anyone, but they really couldn't see how it could be avoided. Felicity raised her eyebrows in amusement, "Well, it appears that you two are frightened of me. What is this nonsense that you are whispering to yourselves."
"We are NOT scared of you!" Blaise snapped, "And we are not scared of Mione either. I personally think you are scared of us!"
Draco smirked, "Yeah, at least we don't have possessed minions to fight for us!"
Felicity glared a death glare at Draco. "So! You think that you are so brave and wonderful by coming down here. You think that you are going to escape alive. Well I am afraid that you are mistaken."
"Yes, I do think we are going to make it out alive." Blaise snapped, "Go to hell!"
Felicity snickered, "Not unless you enter hell first! Hermione! Kill them!"
"Yes master." Hermione said in a slurred voice, "I will kill them."
Draco stared at Hermione, and her cold eyes. He loved her so much, and she was basically all he could think about day and night. Draco couldn't let this Felicity take her away from him.
Draco thought about the past, and how sweet Hermione had been to him and Jewel. He remembered how Hermione had always listened to his problems. Hermione didn't deserve to be caught up in all of these problems. She didn't.
All of a sudden, Draco didn't care about any consequences. All he cared about was Hermione and he would do anything to get her back. Before Blaise could say a word, Draco shouted the worst of all curses at Felicity, "Avada Kedavra!!"
~*~*~*~
"Avada Kedavra!!"
The Death Eaters looked around frantically as a green light shown from down one of the corridors. Pettigrew clenched his fists tightly, and cried, "Draco Malfoy! He just used one of OUR curses on somebody. How dare he!"
Narcissa felt faint and buried her face in her arms, "Oh God, what is Draco doing? No! What has Draco done!"
Macnair went very pale, and he shouted in vain, "FELICITY!"
Avery and Pettigrew both had to hold Macnair back from running down the corridor from which they had heard the spell. Macnair growled angrily, "If that filthy bastard did anything to her, I swear I-I-I-"
"Keep your wits!" Pettigrew demanded, "I will send Avery over there to find out what happened."
Avery shook his head in fear, "Hell no! Are you kidding me? I am not going over there!"
Pettigrew growled impatiently, "You get your ass over there right now!"
Avery gulped, and was about to head over, but a voice stopped him. "No, that won't be necessary. I will find out what happened."
"Severus Snape." Pettigrew snarled, "Nice to see you again."
~*~*~*~
"W-W-What?" Hermione murmured, "Where am I? What happened?"
After Felicity fell to the ground, Hermione lowered her wand and collapsed. She seemed very drowsy and unaware of her surroundings, but that dreadful Dark Mark on her arm had completely vanished.
Blaise and Draco were silent. Blaise stared at Draco with her green eyes, "Draco? What! You j-just-"
Draco lowered his wand, and felt a sick pang in his stomach. He had just used to worse of the Unforgivable Curses on somebody. Sure that person was a Death Eater who meant him harm, but Draco couldn't help but feel absolutely sick. Draco felt just like his father. He felt like a heartless (Hehe Callie-chan ^_^) murderer.
Hermione continued to look around, and she stared at Felicity, who was lying face down. "OH! What the hell happened to her! Draco! Blaise! What-"
Draco looked up at Hermione, and pulled her into a tight hug. "Mione, I am so glad you are okay."
Hermione was trembling, "Draco! Felicity is dead! She's-"
"I know she's dead." Draco whispered, "She was a Death Eater, Hermione. She gave you the Dark Drugs. I had to do something."
Hermione stiffened, "You k-killed her?"
Draco felt the blood pound in his eyes as he said, "Yes."
~*~*~*~
Severus and Arabella emerged from the darkness, and they had their wands pointed at Pettigrew. Pettigrew, instead of being terrified, was a bit amused. "Well, look who it is. It nice that you two could finally join us."
"Piss off!" Severus growled, "We have finally caught up with you."
Pettigrew raised his eyebrows, "Have you now? Well, what if I took your were wolf friend here, and sent him to the pits of hell. Then would you be able to catch up with him."
Remus glared, but didn't give Pettigrew the satisfaction of responding. Sirius however snapped, "You know what? If I weren't chained up, I would kill you. Slowly and painfully."
Pettigrew laughed, "Very cute of you to say so. Now, what do you two want? You are wasting my precious time."
Arabella took a deep breath and drew out her wand, "Please, don't make me kill you."
"As if I am going to be afraid of you!" Pettigrew retorted angrily, as he removed his wand from beneath his robes.
The Death Eaters slowly gathered around Arabella and Severus with their wands pulled out. All the Death Eaters, except for one. Macnair snuck away from the huge group without be detected, and he slowly made his way down the corridor where Draco's cries were heard.
~*~*~*~
"DRACO! What have you done?" Hermione whimpered as she stared at Felicity's dead body, "You killed her!"
Draco bit his lip, and muttered, "I had to kill her Mione! You don't understand!"
Hermione sighed, and turned her eyes away from Felicity. "B-B-But h-how did you do it?"
"Lets discuss this later!" Blaise whimpered, "Look!"
Standing down the corridor, was Macnair. His eyes were alit with fury, and horror. He looked at Draco to his dead daughter. "Y-You bastard." Macnair growled, "You killed her."
Draco held Hermione tightly, "No shit I killed her. She was trying to kill us."
"You will sorely regret this, Malfoy. You will end up in the same sticky end as your father some day." Macnair said slowly, "And you will be scarred for life after this experience."
Macnair looked at his daughter once more, and with a cry of fury he pulled out his wand and pointed it at Draco, "CRUCIO!"
Draco felt to the floor and shouted in pain. Draco never felt a pain like this before, and thought that he would pass out from the torment. Blaise screamed in horror, "Stop it, you monster!"
Hermione, who was much quicker then Blaise, pulled out her wand and cried, "EXPELLIARMUS!"
Macnair's wand went flying out of his hand, and Hermione immediately caught it. Draco was doubled over, and was gasping for breath. His eyes were bloodshot, and his face was far paler then normal. Hermione knelt by Draco's side, and covered his face with kisses, "DRACO! Are you all right?"
"Never been better." Draco managed to croak out sarcastically.
Macnair smirked, "Of course. You will be feeling much better soon. Oh yes, much better."
Suddenly Blaise let out a groan of pain, and she slumped to the ground. Hermione gasped, and Draco immediately sat up to see what was happening. Blaise lay on the filthy ground moaning as though she was being tortured. Her face suddenly became a pale green color, and her eyes became dark chrisom red. Macnair laughed cruelly, "She's been stabbed by a poisonous blade. I give the traitorous bitch about an hour to live."
"H-How could you do this?" Hermione whimpered as her eyes began to fill up with tears.
"I didn't do it." Macnair said shrugging, "Pettigrew did. Anyway, how could YOU kill MY daughter? Felicity..."
Macnair glanced one more time at his daughter, and with an anger cry of agony he shouted for the rest of the Death Eaters. Hermione and Draco crawled over to where Blaise was lying, and put comforting arms around her. As the footsteps of their enemies drew closer, and Blaise was crying out for her dead brother, Draco and Hermione knew that the worst was here.
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~*Sophiebabe
Disclaimer: You should know by now that I don't own Harry Potter. JKR does, and there is nothing that you can do about it!
Thanks: Kara Malfoy, Emma, Red Magic Marker, Emerald Smoke, K7o7 of baca productionz, Crazy4wood, Draco-luver, snwflakesweety, Kumiko Eharu, gInNy, Krissy, Crystal Words and Calli-chan.
A/N: I keep my promises. Here is a new chapter for you guys. Now all you need to do is REVIEW like you never REVIEWED before ^_^
Severus paused when he approached the statues. He was quite nervous about when he would go below ground, and face the group of Death Eaters. What if something terrible happened to the Aurors? He wasn't that worried about the Gryffindorks of course. He was more worried about Narcissa, and Draco.
Arabella tapped her foot impatiently, "Well? Are we going to go in or not? We have to see if the others are okay."
Severus snapped, "Yes yes! I am coming."
~*~*~*~
Felicity smirked and folded her arms as Hermione advanced on Draco and Blaise. Draco couldn't believe that this was happening to him. Draco decided to try and talk to Hermione. "Mione! Please! Think about what it is that you are doing! You can't hurt me! You love me!"
Hermione paid no attention to Draco's cries or pleas. She had her wand pointed directly at him. Blaise, however, didn't seem to notice. She was thinking hard about all that she had learned about Dark Drugs while she was a Death Eater.
Dark Drugs make you lose your sense of reality, and they cannot be changed unless you can fight them. Blaise knew that Hermione was a strong girl, but she was simply not strong enough to fight off the Drugs. Why? Blaise would never know.
Blaise also knew that Dark Drugs are ineffective if the person who administers them to you is killed. Blaise stared at Felicity and shuddered. She didn't know why she was so nervous. When she was under the Dark Drugs influence she was never scared to kill somebody. But she knew that she had to.
"Draco." Blaise whispered, "Stop making an ass out of yourself. She is not going to listen."
Draco stared at Blaise, "Then what the hell can I do?"
"Please, we are going to have to try and kill Felicity. Not Hermione." Blaise whispered, while keeping an eye on Felicity, "We have to."
Draco's eyes grew wide, and Blaise nodded. The two did not want to kill anyone, but they really couldn't see how it could be avoided. Felicity raised her eyebrows in amusement, "Well, it appears that you two are frightened of me. What is this nonsense that you are whispering to yourselves."
"We are NOT scared of you!" Blaise snapped, "And we are not scared of Mione either. I personally think you are scared of us!"
Draco smirked, "Yeah, at least we don't have possessed minions to fight for us!"
Felicity glared a death glare at Draco. "So! You think that you are so brave and wonderful by coming down here. You think that you are going to escape alive. Well I am afraid that you are mistaken."
"Yes, I do think we are going to make it out alive." Blaise snapped, "Go to hell!"
Felicity snickered, "Not unless you enter hell first! Hermione! Kill them!"
"Yes master." Hermione said in a slurred voice, "I will kill them."
Draco stared at Hermione, and her cold eyes. He loved her so much, and she was basically all he could think about day and night. Draco couldn't let this Felicity take her away from him.
Draco thought about the past, and how sweet Hermione had been to him and Jewel. He remembered how Hermione had always listened to his problems. Hermione didn't deserve to be caught up in all of these problems. She didn't.
All of a sudden, Draco didn't care about any consequences. All he cared about was Hermione and he would do anything to get her back. Before Blaise could say a word, Draco shouted the worst of all curses at Felicity, "Avada Kedavra!!"
~*~*~*~
"Avada Kedavra!!"
The Death Eaters looked around frantically as a green light shown from down one of the corridors. Pettigrew clenched his fists tightly, and cried, "Draco Malfoy! He just used one of OUR curses on somebody. How dare he!"
Narcissa felt faint and buried her face in her arms, "Oh God, what is Draco doing? No! What has Draco done!"
Macnair went very pale, and he shouted in vain, "FELICITY!"
Avery and Pettigrew both had to hold Macnair back from running down the corridor from which they had heard the spell. Macnair growled angrily, "If that filthy bastard did anything to her, I swear I-I-I-"
"Keep your wits!" Pettigrew demanded, "I will send Avery over there to find out what happened."
Avery shook his head in fear, "Hell no! Are you kidding me? I am not going over there!"
Pettigrew growled impatiently, "You get your ass over there right now!"
Avery gulped, and was about to head over, but a voice stopped him. "No, that won't be necessary. I will find out what happened."
"Severus Snape." Pettigrew snarled, "Nice to see you again."
~*~*~*~
"W-W-What?" Hermione murmured, "Where am I? What happened?"
After Felicity fell to the ground, Hermione lowered her wand and collapsed. She seemed very drowsy and unaware of her surroundings, but that dreadful Dark Mark on her arm had completely vanished.
Blaise and Draco were silent. Blaise stared at Draco with her green eyes, "Draco? What! You j-just-"
Draco lowered his wand, and felt a sick pang in his stomach. He had just used to worse of the Unforgivable Curses on somebody. Sure that person was a Death Eater who meant him harm, but Draco couldn't help but feel absolutely sick. Draco felt just like his father. He felt like a heartless (Hehe Callie-chan ^_^) murderer.
Hermione continued to look around, and she stared at Felicity, who was lying face down. "OH! What the hell happened to her! Draco! Blaise! What-"
Draco looked up at Hermione, and pulled her into a tight hug. "Mione, I am so glad you are okay."
Hermione was trembling, "Draco! Felicity is dead! She's-"
"I know she's dead." Draco whispered, "She was a Death Eater, Hermione. She gave you the Dark Drugs. I had to do something."
Hermione stiffened, "You k-killed her?"
Draco felt the blood pound in his eyes as he said, "Yes."
~*~*~*~
Severus and Arabella emerged from the darkness, and they had their wands pointed at Pettigrew. Pettigrew, instead of being terrified, was a bit amused. "Well, look who it is. It nice that you two could finally join us."
"Piss off!" Severus growled, "We have finally caught up with you."
Pettigrew raised his eyebrows, "Have you now? Well, what if I took your were wolf friend here, and sent him to the pits of hell. Then would you be able to catch up with him."
Remus glared, but didn't give Pettigrew the satisfaction of responding. Sirius however snapped, "You know what? If I weren't chained up, I would kill you. Slowly and painfully."
Pettigrew laughed, "Very cute of you to say so. Now, what do you two want? You are wasting my precious time."
Arabella took a deep breath and drew out her wand, "Please, don't make me kill you."
"As if I am going to be afraid of you!" Pettigrew retorted angrily, as he removed his wand from beneath his robes.
The Death Eaters slowly gathered around Arabella and Severus with their wands pulled out. All the Death Eaters, except for one. Macnair snuck away from the huge group without be detected, and he slowly made his way down the corridor where Draco's cries were heard.
~*~*~*~
"DRACO! What have you done?" Hermione whimpered as she stared at Felicity's dead body, "You killed her!"
Draco bit his lip, and muttered, "I had to kill her Mione! You don't understand!"
Hermione sighed, and turned her eyes away from Felicity. "B-B-But h-how did you do it?"
"Lets discuss this later!" Blaise whimpered, "Look!"
Standing down the corridor, was Macnair. His eyes were alit with fury, and horror. He looked at Draco to his dead daughter. "Y-You bastard." Macnair growled, "You killed her."
Draco held Hermione tightly, "No shit I killed her. She was trying to kill us."
"You will sorely regret this, Malfoy. You will end up in the same sticky end as your father some day." Macnair said slowly, "And you will be scarred for life after this experience."
Macnair looked at his daughter once more, and with a cry of fury he pulled out his wand and pointed it at Draco, "CRUCIO!"
Draco felt to the floor and shouted in pain. Draco never felt a pain like this before, and thought that he would pass out from the torment. Blaise screamed in horror, "Stop it, you monster!"
Hermione, who was much quicker then Blaise, pulled out her wand and cried, "EXPELLIARMUS!"
Macnair's wand went flying out of his hand, and Hermione immediately caught it. Draco was doubled over, and was gasping for breath. His eyes were bloodshot, and his face was far paler then normal. Hermione knelt by Draco's side, and covered his face with kisses, "DRACO! Are you all right?"
"Never been better." Draco managed to croak out sarcastically.
Macnair smirked, "Of course. You will be feeling much better soon. Oh yes, much better."
Suddenly Blaise let out a groan of pain, and she slumped to the ground. Hermione gasped, and Draco immediately sat up to see what was happening. Blaise lay on the filthy ground moaning as though she was being tortured. Her face suddenly became a pale green color, and her eyes became dark chrisom red. Macnair laughed cruelly, "She's been stabbed by a poisonous blade. I give the traitorous bitch about an hour to live."
"H-How could you do this?" Hermione whimpered as her eyes began to fill up with tears.
"I didn't do it." Macnair said shrugging, "Pettigrew did. Anyway, how could YOU kill MY daughter? Felicity..."
Macnair glanced one more time at his daughter, and with an anger cry of agony he shouted for the rest of the Death Eaters. Hermione and Draco crawled over to where Blaise was lying, and put comforting arms around her. As the footsteps of their enemies drew closer, and Blaise was crying out for her dead brother, Draco and Hermione knew that the worst was here.
Heheheh........**sweatdrop** BYE!!! **runs**
~*Sophiebabe