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After what seemed like eternity the couple finally separated panting yet the hunger in their eyes still remained.

"Draco…What are you doing here! You're supposed to be in Hogwarts," Hermione exclaimed.

"Of course you're the only person I know who if they regained all lost remnants of their memory would think about school first," Draco scoffed.

"Hey don't mock me, I'm not the one in chains now am I," Hermione smirked, but it quickly changed into a frown, "What are you doing here anyway?"

"My darling father," he spat with venom, "finally got tired of my disagreeing to follow in his footsteps so he brought me here. Also I don't think our little meeting after my humiliation helped me situation much." He smirked at the memory, while Hermione giggled.

"Well it was worth it, I thought I was totally alone here. I missed you so much. I never want to leave you again," Hermione spoke softly.

"Neither do I."

            Draco slid down to the floor, still chained to the wall. While Hermione sat beside him snuggling up to him, he was as cold as ice. It was then she could finally get a good look at how "well" he had been treated in his stay here. His perfect skin was blemished with bruises and dried blood, his hair was filled with dirt, his wrists were raw from chaffing with the iron manacles for so long, and on his left eye was the faint outline of a scar. She then noticed that he began to shiver, even more so than before. So she held him in her warm embrace and just tried to take in as much as she could of this moment, because she knew it wouldn't last. Nothing ever lasted for long in Vondila, it was one of the first lessons she learned at her stay in the camps. Then for the first time in months Hermione and Draco slept safely in each other's embrace.

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            Lucius Malfoy is not a stupid man. He knew exactly how much he could push people and what he needed to do to get what he wanted. And what he wanted was total and ultimate power, he didn't think it was too much to ask after everything he gave up and all he had done to get to where he was today. But before reaching his ultimate goal he knew there would be a few obstacles in the way, but never did expect a mudblood would be his biggest one yet. After checking in on his son he saw him in a sleeping embrace with the filthy mudblood girl who just happened to be best friends with the mortal enemy of his Lord, Harry Potter. How anyone could befriend him was beyond him but he had one goal in his mind and that was to carry out his main mission. To lure Harry Potter, and maybe even Albus Dumbledore, out in the open and kill him. His Lord had specifically stated that he didn't care what the means but he wanted it done, the sooner the better. But to complete the mission it didn't hurt if Lucius could have a little fun in the process right? Of course he could, the more fun the better.

            Lucius made his way out of the dungeon and into the foyer of his grand estate looking around for the nearest slave, since on Vondila house elves were useless seeing as there were so many slaves to choose from. Though  as he was walking he didn't notice the slave walking right towards him. The girl bumped into him and a fell to the ground. He looked down at the girl and she then looked up in fear as soon as she saw it was him. 

"I'm so sorry sir. I wasn't paying attention to where I was going…" She kept on mumbling incoherent apologies.

"Silence," he said in stern voice, "I need you to prepare a one of the guest rooms immediately."

"Yes sir, right away." Quickly the girl rose from the floor and ran off to do Lucius' bidding. He watched her fleeting figure run off into the darkness of the hall till he couldn't see her anymore, he definitely would punish her later since he had too many important things to do at the moment. He then apparated to his study to find one of his top agents looking over papers strewn over a large table in the middle of the room.

"Well did the plan work," Lucius asked.

"Yes sir, I informed one of the officials to let the girl closest to your new slave to be 'guided' to freedom," the agent smirked at the thought of what the ordeal to escape Vondila must have been like.

"If all has gone according to plan Dumbledore and Potter will waste no time trying to interrogate the girl and find a way here. But by the time they've reached the isle-"

"It'll be too late, sir." The agent interrupted, finishing Lucius' thought.

"Precisely. Good job. Just make sure security around the compounds is tightened and the second part of the plan has been started, and I'll take care of the rest…"

"Yes sir, right away sir." With that the agent apparated from the study leaving Lucius to himself; he looked around his study.

It was a complete mess the desk and meeting table were filled with papers and a mini scale model of the isle and all the compounds on it. The fire in the fireplace shown brightly and was the only light in the room. Then a piercing pain shot through his left arm and Lucius knew it could only mean one thing…His Lord needed him…

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            The couple was woken by a knock on the dungeon door. As the door was being opened Hermione held onto Draco tighter she didn't want to leave him now that they had just been together again. But to both of their surprise Lucius wasn't the one to open the door but a young girl. She walked into the room and looked at the couple with cheerless eyes.

"I'm here to take you from here," the girl said.

"No I won't leave," Hermione said sternly clutching onto Draco tighter.

"Look I know you don't want to leave but trust me you don't want the superior to come and get you. You'll be able to come back and see him later. Please," the girl spoke with such sincerity that Hermione reluctantly let go of Draco giving him a kiss before leaving the dungeon cell with this new girl. As Hermione followed the girl she noticed that the girl was actually no younger than herself.

"How long have you been working here," Hermione asked following the girl.

"For as long as I can remember."

"Where are you taking me?"

"To your new quarters. You'll be expected to do whatever the master tells you to do or else you'll end up back in the camps or dead," the girl spoke with indifference it caught Hermione off guard, since only moments before did this very same person speak to her as if she understood what she was going through. As Hermione and the girl walked to the end of the hall and turned right, the girl then opened the door for Hermione.

            As Hermione entered this wasn't exactly what she was expecting. The room was large with high ceilings. The walls were a bass, off white color and the furnishings were all in a gold champagne color scheme. The bed was a four-poster high off the ground, and was also a champagne color. When Hermione looked back to the girl she looked with awe at the room, you could see the desire in her eyes. Yet when the girl noticed Hermione looking at her she quickly hid all emotion from her face.

"If you need anything, Miss I will get it for you," the girl said walking out.

"Wait! What will I call you or do if I need you? You never told me your name."

"If you need me just pull that bell cord by your bed."

"And what will I call you?" The girl contemplated the question for a moment.

"No one has ever spoken my name in the time I have been here, it's been so long I can't even remember my own name. But if you must call me something I guess you can call me Cate."

"Alright, thank you Cate." Hermione smiled. Cate nodded and exited the room.

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