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The day after Christmas started bright and fresh. Hermione woke up and looked over at Sade's bed. She hadn't been back when Hermione came in, so Hermione had figured that she had stayed with Draco, but for her not to return to the tower was odd.
'Maybe she got up a little earlier. Harry and Ron might have seen her," she thought.
She changed and went downstairs, and saw Ron and Harry sitting in front of the fireplace playing Wizard's Chess. She sat down in her usual chair.
"Have you guys seen Sade this morning?" she asked after a minute.
Harry looked up. "No, I thought she was still in bed."
"Well, she wasn't in her room this morning…"
"Maybe she got up before us and is down in the Great Hall. Let's go find out, I'm creaming Harry anyway," Ron said with a laugh.
Harry gave a mock sneer at Ron and walked over to the portrait hole, while Hermione and Ron followed closely together. When they came out, the first person they saw caused a big shock. Draco was sitting down against a wall opposite of the opening. He had a worried look on his face. He jumped up quickly. Both Ron and Harry went to take out their wands, but Hermione stopped them.
"What do you want Malfoy? Where's Sade?" asked Hermione icily.
"She's in the hospital wing. Last night when I went to meet her, I found her unconscious. I think she was attacked my You-Know-Who just before I got there."
"What make's you think that?" said Ron with a angry look.
"Well, I remember seeing Potter faint from his scar, and everyone knows that it's You-Know-Who that causes it, and, well, Sade has almost the same thing, but worse."
"What is it?" Hermione asked, walking up to him.
Draco dropped his head and sighed. "I think you better see for yourselves. I'm going to run on ahead. I need to get back to her."
With that, he ran off with the three looking at his retreating back. Hermione sighed and began to walk quickly. Harry and Ron followed silently. When they got to the hospital wing door, Ron stopped just outside and turned to Hermione.
"Herm, I noticed that you didn't seem all that surprised when Malfoy said he was "going to meet Sade" last night. Is there something you haven't told us?"
"Yes," she replied slowly. "But promise me that you won't throw a fit when I tell you, both of you." She sighed. "Malfoy is Sade's secret friend, the one she's been writing to all this time. She's known since Harry let her borrow his cloak, but she didn't want to tell you then. She knew you would get upset. So last night, Sade arranged to have Malfoy meet with her in a secret place so they could talk. I guess he found her then. That's basically all I know."
Harry and Ron didn't say anything, just stared. Hermione walked past them and into the room. She looked over at Sade's bed. Draco was sitting on the edge, looking down at her, holding her hand in both of his. His usual arrogant look was totally gone, and in replace, a look of worry, and something Hermione was almost sure was…
'No, not likely yet, not for Malfoy," Hermione thought.
Ron came up behind her, Harry at her side. Draco looked up. They expected him to go back to his normal sneer, but instead a blank stare was all they saw.
"She's been like this almost all night, except at one point, but that's all. She's gotten warmer since then though," He looked back down again.
Hermione sat in the chair at Sade's bedside, Harry took the chair on the other side, and Ron carried one over from another bedside and sat down closely next to Hermione. They sat in thoughtful silence for a few minutes. Finally, Hermione spoke.
"You said that Sade has a mark like Harry's, what does it look like, where is it?"
Draco continued to look at Sade, and cleared his throat. "I think I better explain how I found it as well. When I found her last night, she was lying face down of the floor. When I turned her over, I felt her skin and she was as cold as ice, but I could feel a radiation of heat coming from one place, right at her heart. I opened her shirt and I found…" he hesitated a moment, then continued shakily, "I found a burning red Dark Mark at her heart. I knew it was her uncle then, it wouldn't be anyone else. I brought her down here and told Madam Pomfrey what had happened, but not to tell Dumbledore or McGonagall yet. I wanted her to be able to rest. When she woke up during the night, she woke up screaming, and I tried to comfort her as much as I could. She was going to tell me what had happened, but I stopped her, and told her that she needed to sleep. Pomfrey had brought in a Sleeping Potion while she was crying and I gave her that. I've been in here all this time, till I went to wait for you three." He stopped again. "I don't know what else to do," he stuttered.
"Well, first and foremost, I think that we should tell Dumbledore and McGonagall now, don't you guys think?" said Harry softly.
"Yeah, I agree. I'll go tell Pomfrey," Ron replied, getting up. He was halfway to the door when Hermione stopped him.
"Wait Ron, there is one other person we should tell … I think we should get Snape as well."
The three boys looked at her in shock.
"Why should we tell him?!" Draco muttered angrily.
"They were together and I think that Sade would want him to know."
Ron sighed. "Whatever you say Herm, I'll get him too." And he skulked out.
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yeah! here's another chapter up. thank goodness for the thankgiving holiday, so i finally had a chance to write more. and i'm sure that ms. Zerah Star is pleased. so please review! i love reading them!
The day after Christmas started bright and fresh. Hermione woke up and looked over at Sade's bed. She hadn't been back when Hermione came in, so Hermione had figured that she had stayed with Draco, but for her not to return to the tower was odd.
'Maybe she got up a little earlier. Harry and Ron might have seen her," she thought.
She changed and went downstairs, and saw Ron and Harry sitting in front of the fireplace playing Wizard's Chess. She sat down in her usual chair.
"Have you guys seen Sade this morning?" she asked after a minute.
Harry looked up. "No, I thought she was still in bed."
"Well, she wasn't in her room this morning…"
"Maybe she got up before us and is down in the Great Hall. Let's go find out, I'm creaming Harry anyway," Ron said with a laugh.
Harry gave a mock sneer at Ron and walked over to the portrait hole, while Hermione and Ron followed closely together. When they came out, the first person they saw caused a big shock. Draco was sitting down against a wall opposite of the opening. He had a worried look on his face. He jumped up quickly. Both Ron and Harry went to take out their wands, but Hermione stopped them.
"What do you want Malfoy? Where's Sade?" asked Hermione icily.
"She's in the hospital wing. Last night when I went to meet her, I found her unconscious. I think she was attacked my You-Know-Who just before I got there."
"What make's you think that?" said Ron with a angry look.
"Well, I remember seeing Potter faint from his scar, and everyone knows that it's You-Know-Who that causes it, and, well, Sade has almost the same thing, but worse."
"What is it?" Hermione asked, walking up to him.
Draco dropped his head and sighed. "I think you better see for yourselves. I'm going to run on ahead. I need to get back to her."
With that, he ran off with the three looking at his retreating back. Hermione sighed and began to walk quickly. Harry and Ron followed silently. When they got to the hospital wing door, Ron stopped just outside and turned to Hermione.
"Herm, I noticed that you didn't seem all that surprised when Malfoy said he was "going to meet Sade" last night. Is there something you haven't told us?"
"Yes," she replied slowly. "But promise me that you won't throw a fit when I tell you, both of you." She sighed. "Malfoy is Sade's secret friend, the one she's been writing to all this time. She's known since Harry let her borrow his cloak, but she didn't want to tell you then. She knew you would get upset. So last night, Sade arranged to have Malfoy meet with her in a secret place so they could talk. I guess he found her then. That's basically all I know."
Harry and Ron didn't say anything, just stared. Hermione walked past them and into the room. She looked over at Sade's bed. Draco was sitting on the edge, looking down at her, holding her hand in both of his. His usual arrogant look was totally gone, and in replace, a look of worry, and something Hermione was almost sure was…
'No, not likely yet, not for Malfoy," Hermione thought.
Ron came up behind her, Harry at her side. Draco looked up. They expected him to go back to his normal sneer, but instead a blank stare was all they saw.
"She's been like this almost all night, except at one point, but that's all. She's gotten warmer since then though," He looked back down again.
Hermione sat in the chair at Sade's bedside, Harry took the chair on the other side, and Ron carried one over from another bedside and sat down closely next to Hermione. They sat in thoughtful silence for a few minutes. Finally, Hermione spoke.
"You said that Sade has a mark like Harry's, what does it look like, where is it?"
Draco continued to look at Sade, and cleared his throat. "I think I better explain how I found it as well. When I found her last night, she was lying face down of the floor. When I turned her over, I felt her skin and she was as cold as ice, but I could feel a radiation of heat coming from one place, right at her heart. I opened her shirt and I found…" he hesitated a moment, then continued shakily, "I found a burning red Dark Mark at her heart. I knew it was her uncle then, it wouldn't be anyone else. I brought her down here and told Madam Pomfrey what had happened, but not to tell Dumbledore or McGonagall yet. I wanted her to be able to rest. When she woke up during the night, she woke up screaming, and I tried to comfort her as much as I could. She was going to tell me what had happened, but I stopped her, and told her that she needed to sleep. Pomfrey had brought in a Sleeping Potion while she was crying and I gave her that. I've been in here all this time, till I went to wait for you three." He stopped again. "I don't know what else to do," he stuttered.
"Well, first and foremost, I think that we should tell Dumbledore and McGonagall now, don't you guys think?" said Harry softly.
"Yeah, I agree. I'll go tell Pomfrey," Ron replied, getting up. He was halfway to the door when Hermione stopped him.
"Wait Ron, there is one other person we should tell … I think we should get Snape as well."
The three boys looked at her in shock.
"Why should we tell him?!" Draco muttered angrily.
"They were together and I think that Sade would want him to know."
Ron sighed. "Whatever you say Herm, I'll get him too." And he skulked out.
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yeah! here's another chapter up. thank goodness for the thankgiving holiday, so i finally had a chance to write more. and i'm sure that ms. Zerah Star is pleased. so please review! i love reading them!