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I only own the plot, the people in the USA, and Dusty!

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Draco's POV

Draco awoke and immediately ran to Hermione's room. For the past few weeks they had shared their dreams with each other. Draco opened the door and frowned. The room was empty.

Draco noticed a note lying on Hermione's bed and read it aloud:

Son, I have decided that this fling you had with the mudblood was all a lie. I am proud that you so easily tricked the mudblood into loving you. She will be used as a sacrifice for your initiation.

Lucius

Draco reread over the note several times. Lucius made it all up to taunt Draco. One thing was for sure. Hermione would be killed.

Dusty ran in and leapt onto his shoulder as he mounted his broom. Draco kicked off and soared through Hermione's open window.

Draco's initiation was to be held in the forest that was part of the Malfoy property. He never once thought of the sacrifice ritual.

It seemed like hours later to Draco when he landed at the outskirts of the forest. Dusty jumped down and ran off. Draco didn't seem to notice as he ran towards the hidden clearing.

Many figures loomed into his vision. Draco halted at the sight of a ring of deatheaters. Draco pushed his way inside the tight circle and took a sharp intake of breath at what he saw. Hermione was bound to a stake. Her nightgown was tattered and her body was bleeding from the cuts marking her exposed flesh.

"Hermione!" Draco yelled.

Hermione looked up slowly. Pain was etched into her once beautiful face. Her eyes lit up briefly, but the brilliance disappeared when Lucius stepped forward.

"Draco, I'm very pleased that you decided to join us. It was a wise choice to choose this mudblood as the sacrifice!" Lucius drawled.

Draco growled and tried to lunge at Lucius, but the deatheaters held him back. Hermione looked hurt and betrayed at Lucius' words.

"Liar!" Draco barked.

Draco just so happened to look down and realized that his clothes were just as tattered as Hermione's nightgown. It was probably from the forest.

"Hermione!" he yelled as he tried to pry the cold hands off of him.

Draco halted. Why did this seem so familiar? Hermione in a tattered dress, bound to a stake. Draco being held back. Draco's eyes widened as realization struck him down.

"Moonlit Sapphire," he whispered.

He watched in horror as Lucius stepped up to Hermione and put the ritual necklace around her throat. Sure enough, the amulet was a sapphire.

A cloaked figure stepped forward, snake like, red eyes glowing from beneath the hood.

"My heir." he hissed.

Draco looked alarmed. The man grabbed Draco's left bicep and Draco yelled out in pain. The figure, obvious Lord Voldemort, collapsed after giving his power to Draco. Draco's eyes turned completely black. Draco spun around at the words Avada Kadavra. Draco was momentarily blinded by an intense green light that was heading straight for a terrified Hermione.

Draco turned on Lucius and yelled as loudly as possible, "AVADA KADAVRA!"

Lucius collapsed and the deatheaters disappeared leaving Draco with three lifeless bodies.

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A/N: *cries* No! Hermione's dead. Oh well. It goes with the plot! The next chapter is the last before the sequel. The last chapter will probably be the last. I'll wait two days, so the chapter won't be up tomorrow. I want to get the reviews answered for this chapter on the next chapter! *still sobs over Hermione* *grins happily for killing Lucius* I TOOK LUCIUS OFF THE RADAR! YAY! Did you notice my cliffhanger again?

BIGHARRYFAN: Did you like this chapter? Probably not. I killed Hermione so you probably hate me. Never fear! Dusty is here! Whoops! Said too much again! Hehehehe!

DanceChic0869: I'm hurrying, I'm hurrying!

Akili: There's another cliffhanger for you! (

Fulldark: My, my reviewers are so smart. How could they guess it was Lucius. It could have been Ron. I only mentioned him maybe once or twice so far in this story. Ya you're right. It was Lucius. I know it's not fear, Hun, but it makes the story more interesting!

Marissa Ann: I agree about Lucius, and we are similar in interests of fanfiction. I love Draco and Hermione fluff. I also like Draco and Ginny fluff, and Harry and Ginny fluff. Whoops just gave something else away from the sequel. I'm so bad.

Headmaster Cromwell: Wow, my first advertiser/reviewer. Thanks but no thanks. I'm not exactly a fan of geocities sites. I'm a shipper for D/H. Thanks for the compliment/invitation!

Jerica: I did! Ya like?

Caitlyn: I'm really recommending 'Oh! The Temptation' and 'Troubled Waters'. Their fics are so much better than mine. I am by far, not the best, and my story is not the best. Keep searching! I'm not that good. I'm a romance novelist. I'm not that good. Usually, my stories never make it to public. Mainly because I usually never finish my stories but thanks for the support!

LiBlackDragon: Now you know what happens but what happens next? Hm? Hehehehe! I know, but you don't!

Mistress Ribbon: Gah, my first flamer. Okay, one. I've never been to London so how the hell would I know about British culture. Two, I've spent all of my years in the states. It's the land I know best. Three, I speak with an American accent, not a British accent. And four, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE OUT OF CHARACTER! THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED FANFICTION. DRACO WOULD NEVER FALL IN LOVE WITH HERMIONE IF SHE WERE ALWAYS THAT KNOW-IT-ALL MUDBLOOD, AND HERMIONE WOULD NEVER FEEL ATTRACTED TO DRACO UNLESS HE SHOWED COMPASSION! Gr... Sorry. Got carried away. Sorry to all my other NICE reviewers who had to read that outburst.

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