Chapter 5
The effects of the polyjuice potion were quickly wearing off and Hermione was beginning to see who her attacker was. Blonde curls were sprouting from the once black head, and glasses were thrust from the face.
"PANSY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING??" Hermione screamed. She flailed her arms and legs and soon broke free. Built as Harry she could easily scoop up the petite frame of Hermione, but now she was turning back into herself, and well she wasn't all that strong. She had depended on men, specifically Draco, to take care of her before. There was no need to develop any sort of muscle power.
"You bitch! This is my wedding day! Just what the hell do you think you are doing!" Hermione screamed at her attacker once more. She turned around to run, but suddenly ropes bound her arms and legs to a chair that had just appeared. "How did you do that?" she asked astonished that Pansy knew any magic at all seeing that she never did anything at school but lust over Draco.
"Shut up mudblood" came a cold hearted voice from the shadows. A man in a long black cloak stepped out and Hermione saw his long blonde hair swishing behind him. It was Lucius. Apparently he was not dead. "Good job Pansy dear. I must say, with work like this you will be married to my son after all. I think you may have just proven yourself worthy. Now Miss Granger. You thought you were to marry my son. To dirty our bloodline. Dream on. We are a pureblood family. Now as I see it, you have been awfully close with a Mr. Harry Potter. He has seemed to become even closer to you. I would say marry him instead but I have other plans. They will of course come looking for you, and no doubt they will find you. . . I will make sure of it. But alive or dead? Well who cares really. Anyway, that will put Potter in my grasp at last. The Dark Lord may be vanquished, but I will avenge his death with yours. And I'm sure Draco will show up being the brainwashed idiot he is, but that's what I want. I will remind him of what it is to be a Malfoy. He will marry Pansy, I will kill Potter, oh yes it's a glorious plan."
Hermione couldn't believe what she was hearing. This couldn't be true. 'Please let me wake up from this nightmare and get married' she thought desperately. But it was no use. She was going to have to be strong for herself here. One thing Lucious was right about was that her friends would not rest until they found her, and it was up to her to stay alive. She had to hold herself together here. 'Damn wedding dress, no pocket for my wand. Great, wandless at the mercy of him. They will look for me soon. The wedding was to start, they already know I'm missing. . . .I hope.' These thoughts comforted her. Yes they were looking for her. She just knew they were.
Lucius had Hermione thrown into a dungeon like room where she was locked up. 'Why did I have to meet Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy. Just caused a lot of trouble didn't it?' she thought sadly. But she wouldn't trade their friendships for the world. She loved them, but it was the fame she hated. She was happy being a quiet bookworm, how did she get dragged into this?
Meanwhile back at the mansion
"Hermione, it's time to start" Ginny called as she opened the door to the bride's room. But there was no bride to be found. All that was there was a necklace. A silver chain bearing a cross pendent lay in the spot Hermione had once been standing. She picked it and up and knew immediately that there was something wrong. She had just talked to Hermione, and she was excited about the wedding. She would not have ran away. Something was definitely wrong here. Suddenly, Ginny sprinted from the room to find someone when she heard a muffled sound from the room next door. She opened the door to find Harry bound and gagged laying on the floor. She gasped and ran to him, taking off the ropes that prevented him from moving and speaking.
"Ginny, they have Hermione. . .Polyjuice potion. . .Took her. . . .find. . .get Draco. . . quick." was all he could get out. His breathing had been constricted and he couldn't believe what was happening.
"Oh my God Harry! Who was it? Who took her?" Ginny asked frantically. She had panic on her face and her eyes were wide with shock. Her mind was working overtime trying to figure out what to do.
I don't know but we have to find her!" he yelled at Ginny. There has to be a clue around here somewhere.
"Well I found this necklace. . .I have never seen it before" Ginny told him as she held out her hand to show Harry her evidence. The pendant was sweaty from Ginny's nervous hands.
"Wait, I've seen that before. Hermione used to wear it, back in like sixth year. I think Draco gave it to her. But I haven't seen it for a long time. I thought she lost it or something" he said with a confused look on his face.
Quickly the two ran to get everyone and notify them on the situation. Draco took one look at the pendant that Harry held before him and knew immediately. "Pansy" he said simply. "Pansy took her. She took the necklace a long time ago. She must have taken her to Lucius. They want to be found. She planted the necklace, I know it. No Slytherin is sloppy enough to leave clues like that sitting around. We were trained better than that" he told the group. No one knew what to do. Draco spoke up once more.
"Everyone should stay here. I will go look for her. They will let me know where they are. I don't know what this is about, but I will figure it all out" he said as he took off his tux jacket and threw it in Mya's room. He knew where Lucius was, or at least an idea. But no luck. Draco searched the entire countryside for a month at least, with no luck. 'I really thought he would want to be found' he thought to himself all the time. He turned sad and depressed, and was never in a good mood anymore. He knew Hermione was suffering, and he couldn't bear the thought of it. He wandered into her room once more one day hoping to take in her scent and remember the woman he lost. He was sure he would find her. Then he saw a paper on the floor. Almost as if it had suddenly appeared out of thin air, which wasn't entirely out of the question in the wizarding world.
Draco, No doubt you are looking for your precious mudblood. That is the pathetic excuse for a son I have come to know. As you probably know by now I am not dead. But this way no one will come after me for my past. I will not go until I have done one more thing. Bring all the help you can to Knockturn Alley, there is an Inn there called the Raging Beast. Proceed to the basement. You should find there what you are looking for, and I trust I will get what I want also. You will see what I mean when you get here. Lucius
Draco read the letter aloud with the familiar air of his father's attitude ringing through the air. There was something he wanted, but Draco had no idea what it was. He went to tell everyone else that were still staying in the mansion in hopes of finding their precious Mione. Immediately, everyone spoke up, they all wanted to go save Hermione. Draco tried to turn them down, but it was no use. He decided to take charge, a familiar role for him.
"Alright, Harry, Ron, Lavender, Ginny, Fred, George, you all can come. That's all we need and you have all had training in this, what with the D.A. and all. So let's go. We need to go save my bride". They flooed out of the mansion into Knockturn Alley. In a single file line they all followed Draco to the inn specified in the letter. Running fast, and breathing hard they found their way to the basement stairs.
Suddenly they came to a big oak door. It was here, Draco knew it. He stopped them all in front of the door and gathered them around. "Alright, this is it. This should be easy.
Hermione, meanwhile, was suffering a lot. Lucius had meant it when he said dead or alive he didn't care. She was starving, and only got to eat every couple of days. This couldn't be good for the child whose life was just beginning. Hopefully Draco would find her soon. Little did he know that he was right on the other side of that door. . . . . .
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The effects of the polyjuice potion were quickly wearing off and Hermione was beginning to see who her attacker was. Blonde curls were sprouting from the once black head, and glasses were thrust from the face.
"PANSY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING??" Hermione screamed. She flailed her arms and legs and soon broke free. Built as Harry she could easily scoop up the petite frame of Hermione, but now she was turning back into herself, and well she wasn't all that strong. She had depended on men, specifically Draco, to take care of her before. There was no need to develop any sort of muscle power.
"You bitch! This is my wedding day! Just what the hell do you think you are doing!" Hermione screamed at her attacker once more. She turned around to run, but suddenly ropes bound her arms and legs to a chair that had just appeared. "How did you do that?" she asked astonished that Pansy knew any magic at all seeing that she never did anything at school but lust over Draco.
"Shut up mudblood" came a cold hearted voice from the shadows. A man in a long black cloak stepped out and Hermione saw his long blonde hair swishing behind him. It was Lucius. Apparently he was not dead. "Good job Pansy dear. I must say, with work like this you will be married to my son after all. I think you may have just proven yourself worthy. Now Miss Granger. You thought you were to marry my son. To dirty our bloodline. Dream on. We are a pureblood family. Now as I see it, you have been awfully close with a Mr. Harry Potter. He has seemed to become even closer to you. I would say marry him instead but I have other plans. They will of course come looking for you, and no doubt they will find you. . . I will make sure of it. But alive or dead? Well who cares really. Anyway, that will put Potter in my grasp at last. The Dark Lord may be vanquished, but I will avenge his death with yours. And I'm sure Draco will show up being the brainwashed idiot he is, but that's what I want. I will remind him of what it is to be a Malfoy. He will marry Pansy, I will kill Potter, oh yes it's a glorious plan."
Hermione couldn't believe what she was hearing. This couldn't be true. 'Please let me wake up from this nightmare and get married' she thought desperately. But it was no use. She was going to have to be strong for herself here. One thing Lucious was right about was that her friends would not rest until they found her, and it was up to her to stay alive. She had to hold herself together here. 'Damn wedding dress, no pocket for my wand. Great, wandless at the mercy of him. They will look for me soon. The wedding was to start, they already know I'm missing. . . .I hope.' These thoughts comforted her. Yes they were looking for her. She just knew they were.
Lucius had Hermione thrown into a dungeon like room where she was locked up. 'Why did I have to meet Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy. Just caused a lot of trouble didn't it?' she thought sadly. But she wouldn't trade their friendships for the world. She loved them, but it was the fame she hated. She was happy being a quiet bookworm, how did she get dragged into this?
Meanwhile back at the mansion
"Hermione, it's time to start" Ginny called as she opened the door to the bride's room. But there was no bride to be found. All that was there was a necklace. A silver chain bearing a cross pendent lay in the spot Hermione had once been standing. She picked it and up and knew immediately that there was something wrong. She had just talked to Hermione, and she was excited about the wedding. She would not have ran away. Something was definitely wrong here. Suddenly, Ginny sprinted from the room to find someone when she heard a muffled sound from the room next door. She opened the door to find Harry bound and gagged laying on the floor. She gasped and ran to him, taking off the ropes that prevented him from moving and speaking.
"Ginny, they have Hermione. . .Polyjuice potion. . .Took her. . . .find. . .get Draco. . . quick." was all he could get out. His breathing had been constricted and he couldn't believe what was happening.
"Oh my God Harry! Who was it? Who took her?" Ginny asked frantically. She had panic on her face and her eyes were wide with shock. Her mind was working overtime trying to figure out what to do.
I don't know but we have to find her!" he yelled at Ginny. There has to be a clue around here somewhere.
"Well I found this necklace. . .I have never seen it before" Ginny told him as she held out her hand to show Harry her evidence. The pendant was sweaty from Ginny's nervous hands.
"Wait, I've seen that before. Hermione used to wear it, back in like sixth year. I think Draco gave it to her. But I haven't seen it for a long time. I thought she lost it or something" he said with a confused look on his face.
Quickly the two ran to get everyone and notify them on the situation. Draco took one look at the pendant that Harry held before him and knew immediately. "Pansy" he said simply. "Pansy took her. She took the necklace a long time ago. She must have taken her to Lucius. They want to be found. She planted the necklace, I know it. No Slytherin is sloppy enough to leave clues like that sitting around. We were trained better than that" he told the group. No one knew what to do. Draco spoke up once more.
"Everyone should stay here. I will go look for her. They will let me know where they are. I don't know what this is about, but I will figure it all out" he said as he took off his tux jacket and threw it in Mya's room. He knew where Lucius was, or at least an idea. But no luck. Draco searched the entire countryside for a month at least, with no luck. 'I really thought he would want to be found' he thought to himself all the time. He turned sad and depressed, and was never in a good mood anymore. He knew Hermione was suffering, and he couldn't bear the thought of it. He wandered into her room once more one day hoping to take in her scent and remember the woman he lost. He was sure he would find her. Then he saw a paper on the floor. Almost as if it had suddenly appeared out of thin air, which wasn't entirely out of the question in the wizarding world.
Draco, No doubt you are looking for your precious mudblood. That is the pathetic excuse for a son I have come to know. As you probably know by now I am not dead. But this way no one will come after me for my past. I will not go until I have done one more thing. Bring all the help you can to Knockturn Alley, there is an Inn there called the Raging Beast. Proceed to the basement. You should find there what you are looking for, and I trust I will get what I want also. You will see what I mean when you get here. Lucius
Draco read the letter aloud with the familiar air of his father's attitude ringing through the air. There was something he wanted, but Draco had no idea what it was. He went to tell everyone else that were still staying in the mansion in hopes of finding their precious Mione. Immediately, everyone spoke up, they all wanted to go save Hermione. Draco tried to turn them down, but it was no use. He decided to take charge, a familiar role for him.
"Alright, Harry, Ron, Lavender, Ginny, Fred, George, you all can come. That's all we need and you have all had training in this, what with the D.A. and all. So let's go. We need to go save my bride". They flooed out of the mansion into Knockturn Alley. In a single file line they all followed Draco to the inn specified in the letter. Running fast, and breathing hard they found their way to the basement stairs.
Suddenly they came to a big oak door. It was here, Draco knew it. He stopped them all in front of the door and gathered them around. "Alright, this is it. This should be easy.
Hermione, meanwhile, was suffering a lot. Lucius had meant it when he said dead or alive he didn't care. She was starving, and only got to eat every couple of days. This couldn't be good for the child whose life was just beginning. Hopefully Draco would find her soon. Little did he know that he was right on the other side of that door. . . . . .
A/N: hope you liked it! REVIEW!!!!!!!! Congrats to PolishPrincess for figuring it out! I am so proud of my readers (