Chapter 20- They Need Me!
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Yeah well I could hardly leave you all hanging like that could I? Okay so I kind of wanted to but I didn't, aren't I nice?! Okay this is the most confusing chapter I have ever written and that is saying something! Even I don't really understand it so you'll just have to muddle through it as best you can, okay? Good.
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: This chapter is probably rated R as is contains low level violence and supernatural themes. Wow I sound so official!
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3 hours earlier…
Hermione sighed deeply for about the thousandth time. She just couldn't concentrate. For the first time ever when she was studying she no longer found everything fascinating. Instead when reading about Smargen the Smelly she found herself thinking 'who cares?' that had certainly never happened before. She decided it was just being cooped up so much. Both Ron and Harry had disappeared soon after their game of chess so she couldn't entice them into a snowball fight. She wondered fleetingly where Neville was. He had been out of the hospital wing for good for a couple of days now but the three of them had hardly seen anything of him. He only came back to the dormitories at night to sleep and usually then quite late. Hermione yawned in boredom and wandered over to the window. The snow was still thick on the ground but at least, for once, it wasn't snowing, she opened the casement and leaned out breathing in the crisp air. It was then she noticed her pocket was flashing red. She sighed yet again and took it out of her pocket. 'Here we go again' she thought before gripping it and disappearing with a pop.
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Arriving in the hospital wing she ran towards Jonathon's bed but was stopped by a strong pair of arms encircling her waist from behind.
"Wha…Draco? What are you doing?"
"Not this time Hermione, you can't help him." Draco whispered into her ear
"But I can help him I've helped him before. Look at him Draco, he's in pain, he needs me, I know he needs me." She tried to break free from his clasp but he stubbornly held on. Just then Madam Pomfrey entered and crossed over to Draco and Hermione. "I read the passage Mr Malfoy and I understand fully, though I don't know what we are going to do." She said solemnly looking over at Jonathon's twisted and contorted form.
Draco turned to face her and in doing so he loosened his arms, Hermione took her chance and slipped out of his reach. Jonathon's screams of pain seemed to be getting louder and she couldn't bear it, she had to help him, she had to ease his suffering. She reached out her hand to cup his cheek ignoring Draco's yells and Madam Pomfrey's screams. Hermione was aware of Draco running towards her and so she hastened to comfort Jonathon as quickly as possible.
BANG!
As her skin touched his there was a loud noise and suddenly she was surrounded in lilac light tinged with green. Everything seemed to be racing around her and suddenly she was encased in a green mist which roared loudly and swirled around Jonathon and herself. She tried to see through the fog and she saw two figures coming towards her. There was a girl who looked remarkably like herself and a boy who looked a lot like Jonathon. They both had their arms outstretched as if they were pleading with her and both had a look of intense pain of their faces. Their clothes were old-fashioned, the girl was in a purple gown with little flowers embroidered in gold along the bodice and the boy was in a white ruffled shirt, black trousers and what looked like riding boots. Their mouths were open in silent screams and it seemed like they were being drawn towards her but they were desperately trying to keep away. Their message was clear though:
"Help us!" they shrieked
"What?" Hermione shouted "What do you want me to do?"
They were so close now Hermione could have reached out and touched them. She tried to back away but her feet were rooted to the spot and her hand was stuck to Jonathon's cheek.
"What is going on?" Hermione was panic stricken and terror was fast welling up inside of her, she began to feel dizzy when suddenly she saw something else coming out of the mist.
'Oh no, what now?' Hermione thought apprehensively but then she saw it was Draco. His face was screwed up in extreme concentration and when Hermione tried to walk towards him she realised it was because it was impossible to walk through the mist.
'How is Draco doing it?' she thought but she could see it was taking a lot out of him, he was sweating and panting, struggling to put one foot in front of the other.
"Which one is the proper Hermione?" he yelled over the deafening noise.
"I am!" both Hermione and the other girl shouted
Draco looked confused.
"Alright which one is…" suddenly the noise rose even louder wailing and whistling all around them, Draco struggled to be heard but Hermione watched his mouth as he shouted "… MY HERMIONE?!"
"DRACO, DRACO, PLEASE, DRACO IT'S ME!" Hermione yelled trying to reach out to him. He stepped towards her relief flooding his features when Hermione suddenly let out a piercing shriek. Pain like she had never experienced before was racing through her body. With great effort she looked up to see the other girl screaming like she was and being pulled towards her again. Hermione knew she was suffering like herself and desperately reached out to comfort her. Their two hands met and there was another blinding flash. Hermione saw the girl trying to break free of her clasp she was shaking and mouthing:
"No, you must live. For your love, for my love you must live!" Hermione suddenly felt a tingling sensation all over her skin and, looking down, she saw that she was now wearing the purple dress. The other girl was wearing her clothes which was a pair of jeans and her purple turtle neck. She didn't understand but the girl seemed to want her to take her hand away and so she did, immediately the pain stopped. This didn't seem to happen to the girl as she began to wail and then she reached over and clasped the other boys hands trying to make sure he didn't touch Jonathon. They stared at each other for a moment then they embraced before the boy pulled back and kissed her on the cheek. She shook her head no but he nodded yes and released her. He bent over Jonathon and suddenly seemed to melt into him. Hermione opened her mouth to scream but whether sound came out or not, she couldn't tell. Draco finally reached her side and they clasped hands, their fingers intertwined desperately trying to take comfort from the fact that the other was there. The girl looked at them and ghostly tears began to stream down her face. Jonathon sat up and looked at her, she mouthed:
"You must, you must!" at him, his face went deathly pale and he shook his head defiantly
"I can't." he mouthed back
"Yes you can and you must!" the look on her face was heart-rending and Hermione reached out to her. Draco grabbed her hand and held it against his chest shaking his head at her. Jonathon reached under his pillow and withdrew a dagger. Hermione saw Draco mouth a swear word then he began to drag her towards the perimeter of the green mist. Jonathon got out of his bed and stood over the girl as she fell to her knees, he held the dagger up high and Hermione suddenly realised what he was going to do. She began to fight tooth and nail with Draco to return to the girl's side but he held fast and kept trying to hustle her away from them. With a kind of need to see what was going to happen Hermione kept watching as the dagger cut a swift curve through the air and then struck the girl in the heart. The body crumpled but a soft outline of the same girl suddenly rose up into the air a look of pure joy on her face. She floated over to where Hermione stood and planted a soft kiss on her cheek, she did the same to Draco then she went over to Jonathon and they hugged even though his arms couldn't touch the misty form.
"Good bye." She mouthed at them smiling serenely
Hermione gave a small wave and then noticed another shadowy figure which was lurking to the side. It came forward and Hermione gasped and felt Draco's body go rigid, the ghost –like figure looked exactly like Draco. The girl ran towards him with open arms and they embraced passionately then they drew back and kissed each other with such feeling and longing that it brought tears to Hermione's eyes.
"Thankyou." The Draco-ghost mouthed at the three of them. Then the two ghostly figures clasped hands and disappeared. The green mist and lilac light began to fade, Jonathon collapsed back onto his bed and Draco turned to Hermione to say something and caught her just before she hit the floor. She had fainted dead away.
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Well, mightily confused? You are not the only one. And on to my thankyou's:
Vixen: I like to be unexpected! I have everything under control? eyes piles of homework and the phone which is ringing somewhere but cannot be seen under all the mess hmm okay. Well it doesn't really make sense in this chapter but I think it will next one…perhaps. I was giggling so hard when I was writing the wand thing but it isn't really how I meant it at all! I have updated quite fast and so this sates your thirst for now! Thankyou for reviewing!
Keresha: I have updated quite soon, for me anyway! Yeah I guess I have to agree with you but I don't think mine is any good, I just love to write D/Hr, it's fun! Thankyou for reviewing and you aren't that bossy!
Black Coffee: PAUL SCHOLES?!!!? Thank goodness you redeemed yourself by saying that you love Michael Owen : ) I cried too, I have been an England supporter since I was born so Michael Owen sort of came as an extra, a very, very, very, nice extra! Creative? They are someone else's characters! And I'm really not that talented, honestly there are some really good ones out there! I have continued fairly soon and you do find out what happened but not why. Thankyou so much for reviewing, it is excellent to find someone else out there who is waiting to marry Michael Owen…and don't get any ideas, he's mine!
Purple People Eater: Yes, well…um, I just did okay?! I'm going to take your comments as compliments because I can pretend you are so into my story it hurts ; ) Anyway thankyou for the rather explicit review and email….I get the picture already, I'm evil! Thankyou for saying my story is cool and offering me something with Draco on top!
Lilybreez: Plot? What is this
thing that you call plot? You won't find any of that here! Stay in character,
you have no idea how nice that is to hear that! Your review is so nice, I know
what you mean about some stories when they are so out of character that you
can't be bothered reading it anymore and I thought I was one of them,
truthfully! Thankyou so much for saying I have a great story and here is
another update for you!
Shivohnsongbreeze: You think Draco killed her? Wow I
never thought of that…it would make an interesting ending though don't you
think?! I'm glad you think it was an interesting chapter this one is also
interesting but somewhat weird! Thankyou for the review and the introduction to
my next chapter!
Slytherin Angel: Amazing? Wow thankyou! You have two pennames? You are never going to quit reading, that is so nice…but what will you do when I'm finished?! Ignore me I'm in a silly mood. I can't believe I inspired you to write but thankyou for saying that, it makes me feel good! Thankyou again and again and again!
Loveyourstory: I'm glad you are so excited, I'm afraid this chapter might be a bit of a let down! I am tyring to keep it up and I'm happy you think my story is suspenseful, that's cool. Thankyou for reviewing.
Anjel: I'm glad you think my story is brilliant, that is so nice of you to say. Realistic? I don't think so! Thankyou for saying you love it for the offer to email you if I need anything. I surely will if something crops up. Thankyou all over really!
Foxyness39: Yes, dies! Thankyou for your review!
Well that is all my thankyous. Just one more little note. I have started another story even though I know I shouldn't have three on the go at once but it's done now and what's done is done. Anyway it is called "Won't you come to the ball with me?" it is about Harry/Ginny's children and Hermione/Ron's child. It is sort of a Draco fic because Draco's son is going to be in it as the main love interest for Lily(one of H/G kids) anyway it is totally light-hearted and it would be cool if you could give it a go. Thanks! (Ah shameless self advertising!) Thankyou to everybody for putting up with this chapter, if you did!
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