Hi! Ok, I apologize SO much. I'm really trying to get these out faster, but
so many things come up, and when I get an inspiration for a new fic, I
focus on that one for a while. I'll try harder to get the chapters out
sooner, but I have to read for school, and I'm going on vacations soon. I
tried to make it as 'gruesome and terrifying and shocking' as I could, and
I think I failed miserably. Anyways, here ya go!
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"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Hermione cried out desperately as the figure came ever closer.
Suddenly, Erika stepped into the light.
"Erika, please, help me!" Hermione pleaded.
Erika just sighed and placed a silencing charm on her.
The trapped witch looked, horrified, as her 'friend' placed the levitation charm on her and began floating her out of the dark chamber.
"Lord Lucius will be able to see you in a moment. He wants to have a 'chat' about his son, whom I believe you have been dating," Erika informed her nonchalantly.
Hermione's eyes widened with fear. She was about to retort, "I am NOT dating Draco," but realized she couldn't because of the silencing charm.
Instead, she just furiously shook here head.
"Stop that annoying shaking or I will place another charm on you!" Erika harshly commanded.
Hermione immediately obeyed.
After about thirty minutes, the two witches came to a large wooden door.
Erika whispered a password and pushed it open.
Soon they came into a large chamber, much like to the first one, instead in this one, there was a green chair sitting in one corner towards the fire. The room was decorated in all Slytherin colors and a snake lay coiled by the feet of the chair.
Two more young witches walked up to Hermione and their comrade. They were Devony and Kelsey.
"Hello, Hermione," Devony smirked. "So pleased you could join us."
She said the word 'pleased' like it tasted bad in her mouth.
Hermione was scared stiff. She could hardly breathe.
"Remove the silencing charms," snapped Kelsey.
Erika immediately complied.
When Hermione found she could talk again, she whispered hoarsely, "Why?"
"Why what? Are you shocked that we are on this side, or that we have probably hurt you?" Devony asked innocently.
Hermione looked down. "Both."
Kelsey rolled her eyes. "Come on, you're not at ALL up to your usual standards, are you, Hermione? Zero out of two," she clucked in a mocking pity.
A flame grew in Hermione's eyes.
"You knew. You knew all along what happened the night I 'saved' Draco. You knew that would happen. You knew that instead of the regular necklace, you had traded it with a Vivere Portenderer. You knew everything!" she spat.
They smirked in approval. "She's finally understanding. That's a good thing," one of them stated. The other two laughed.
Hermione reached down to pull her wand out of her pocket, but found it missing.
"Oh, you won't find that anywhere. Lord Lucius has it in his keeping. It's obviously a very valuable wand."
She was really in trouble now. Surrounded by three girls on the opposite side as her, in the same room as Lucius Malfoy, the leader of the dark side, with no wand or other weapon to protect herself. She didn't even know karate!
'Things can't get any worse,' she thought miserably. But then another thought struck her. 'Yes, they can. My friends can die.'
It surprised her that when she thought of friends, Draco's face was the first that she thought of. She admitted to herself she might be falling for Draco. And she didn't mind.
Suddenly Lucius stood up and walked toward her.
"Hermione Granger, the mudblood that my son has fallen in love with. And I thought I raised him better than that. Oh well. He's just as bad as his mother, the filthy scum of a witch."
Lucius looked her over carefully, all the while muttering to himself.
"Well, her lineage can't be changed, but maybe her appearance can. Perhaps Draco would enjoy seeing her a little bloodied up. Girls?"
The girls all frowned slightly, but soon after Kelsey recovered them by saying, "What a wonderful idea, Sir! The acromantulas have reached full size. And they're hungry."
Lucius nodded in approval. "Kelsey, Narisunell, you take her to the acromantulas, but first I want to have a little chat with her. You may all go and take your breaks now." With that, the girls departed.
Lucius walked over to Hermione and whispered into her ear. His breath chilled her to the bone.
"Don't worry, I'll tell Draco how you died, leaving no details. Right before he dies. I'll tell him you said good-bye. But for now, good-bye to you."
He slowly turned and walked away. Lucius then called for the two witches assigned to take her to the acromantulas.
Kelsey and Nari walked in and kicked her, causing her to float forward.
Soon they came to a large door which Kelsey pushed open. Inside several acromantulas were snoozing inside many caves in the chamber. Countless sticky, rope-like threads hung from the walls.
Hermione looked into one of the caves and saw a giant spider, the larger than a mountain troll, looking up at her out of its numerous eyes. She looked, startled, as it slowly ascended toward her.
Another spider woke up after its companion's movements made it flinch.
They both stared hungrily at her. The one then looked at the other. The second seemed like a female, it being larger. Suddenly the female lunged at its companion and tore at its neck. The first, obviously male, backed up.
The female then lunged again at him and this time took a large chunk off its neck.
"Aragana! Argorno! Stop that now!" Nari cried. Aragana, the female, heeded her not. She just tore more viciously at Argorno.
Suddenly Argorno's legs gave out under him and his great bulk rolled toward Hermione. It was almost upon her when Kelsey yanked her out of the way.
With a sickening crunch Argorno hit the wall and Aragana jumped on him, all eight legs curled under her body. She landed on him and cleanly bit his head off of his large rear end. The bloody head was then rolled over to the cave Aragana supposedly lived in, and she devoured her prey.
The vision of the lifeless body rolling toward her would never leave Hermione's mind, but what surprised her most was that Kelsey had saved her.
She looked at Kelsey and simply croaked, "Thanks."
Kelsey just waved it away and Nari said, "Come on, we've got to get you out of here and back to the manor. We'll explain all of this later. For now, you need to concentrate on getting a good night's rest. The next elimination ceremony is in a few days."
They picked her up and apparated back to the manor, where they put Hermione down, nodded their heads, and apparated back to wherever Lucius was.
Hermione walked upstairs, still puzzling over the events of that night.
But she didn't have long to puzzle that. Suddenly someone came and swept her up and hugged her tightly. She recognized Draco's cologne.
"Draco?" she asked.
"Hermione, I was so worried! Where've you been?" he demanded.
"Draco, I'm tired. Good-night."
Suddenly everything went black for her.
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A/N: Ok hope you liked that! I won't be answering anymore reviews. The most I'll do is name the people who reviewed. I'll be going back through and deleting my long author's notes. I've realized they're not very aesthetically pleasing. That's it! And not many people reviewed, so I'll not name them this time. Thanks to all who DID review! R&R!
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Hopefully someday I'll own something besides my story line, which I don't even completely own.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Hermione cried out desperately as the figure came ever closer.
Suddenly, Erika stepped into the light.
"Erika, please, help me!" Hermione pleaded.
Erika just sighed and placed a silencing charm on her.
The trapped witch looked, horrified, as her 'friend' placed the levitation charm on her and began floating her out of the dark chamber.
"Lord Lucius will be able to see you in a moment. He wants to have a 'chat' about his son, whom I believe you have been dating," Erika informed her nonchalantly.
Hermione's eyes widened with fear. She was about to retort, "I am NOT dating Draco," but realized she couldn't because of the silencing charm.
Instead, she just furiously shook here head.
"Stop that annoying shaking or I will place another charm on you!" Erika harshly commanded.
Hermione immediately obeyed.
After about thirty minutes, the two witches came to a large wooden door.
Erika whispered a password and pushed it open.
Soon they came into a large chamber, much like to the first one, instead in this one, there was a green chair sitting in one corner towards the fire. The room was decorated in all Slytherin colors and a snake lay coiled by the feet of the chair.
Two more young witches walked up to Hermione and their comrade. They were Devony and Kelsey.
"Hello, Hermione," Devony smirked. "So pleased you could join us."
She said the word 'pleased' like it tasted bad in her mouth.
Hermione was scared stiff. She could hardly breathe.
"Remove the silencing charms," snapped Kelsey.
Erika immediately complied.
When Hermione found she could talk again, she whispered hoarsely, "Why?"
"Why what? Are you shocked that we are on this side, or that we have probably hurt you?" Devony asked innocently.
Hermione looked down. "Both."
Kelsey rolled her eyes. "Come on, you're not at ALL up to your usual standards, are you, Hermione? Zero out of two," she clucked in a mocking pity.
A flame grew in Hermione's eyes.
"You knew. You knew all along what happened the night I 'saved' Draco. You knew that would happen. You knew that instead of the regular necklace, you had traded it with a Vivere Portenderer. You knew everything!" she spat.
They smirked in approval. "She's finally understanding. That's a good thing," one of them stated. The other two laughed.
Hermione reached down to pull her wand out of her pocket, but found it missing.
"Oh, you won't find that anywhere. Lord Lucius has it in his keeping. It's obviously a very valuable wand."
She was really in trouble now. Surrounded by three girls on the opposite side as her, in the same room as Lucius Malfoy, the leader of the dark side, with no wand or other weapon to protect herself. She didn't even know karate!
'Things can't get any worse,' she thought miserably. But then another thought struck her. 'Yes, they can. My friends can die.'
It surprised her that when she thought of friends, Draco's face was the first that she thought of. She admitted to herself she might be falling for Draco. And she didn't mind.
Suddenly Lucius stood up and walked toward her.
"Hermione Granger, the mudblood that my son has fallen in love with. And I thought I raised him better than that. Oh well. He's just as bad as his mother, the filthy scum of a witch."
Lucius looked her over carefully, all the while muttering to himself.
"Well, her lineage can't be changed, but maybe her appearance can. Perhaps Draco would enjoy seeing her a little bloodied up. Girls?"
The girls all frowned slightly, but soon after Kelsey recovered them by saying, "What a wonderful idea, Sir! The acromantulas have reached full size. And they're hungry."
Lucius nodded in approval. "Kelsey, Narisunell, you take her to the acromantulas, but first I want to have a little chat with her. You may all go and take your breaks now." With that, the girls departed.
Lucius walked over to Hermione and whispered into her ear. His breath chilled her to the bone.
"Don't worry, I'll tell Draco how you died, leaving no details. Right before he dies. I'll tell him you said good-bye. But for now, good-bye to you."
He slowly turned and walked away. Lucius then called for the two witches assigned to take her to the acromantulas.
Kelsey and Nari walked in and kicked her, causing her to float forward.
Soon they came to a large door which Kelsey pushed open. Inside several acromantulas were snoozing inside many caves in the chamber. Countless sticky, rope-like threads hung from the walls.
Hermione looked into one of the caves and saw a giant spider, the larger than a mountain troll, looking up at her out of its numerous eyes. She looked, startled, as it slowly ascended toward her.
Another spider woke up after its companion's movements made it flinch.
They both stared hungrily at her. The one then looked at the other. The second seemed like a female, it being larger. Suddenly the female lunged at its companion and tore at its neck. The first, obviously male, backed up.
The female then lunged again at him and this time took a large chunk off its neck.
"Aragana! Argorno! Stop that now!" Nari cried. Aragana, the female, heeded her not. She just tore more viciously at Argorno.
Suddenly Argorno's legs gave out under him and his great bulk rolled toward Hermione. It was almost upon her when Kelsey yanked her out of the way.
With a sickening crunch Argorno hit the wall and Aragana jumped on him, all eight legs curled under her body. She landed on him and cleanly bit his head off of his large rear end. The bloody head was then rolled over to the cave Aragana supposedly lived in, and she devoured her prey.
The vision of the lifeless body rolling toward her would never leave Hermione's mind, but what surprised her most was that Kelsey had saved her.
She looked at Kelsey and simply croaked, "Thanks."
Kelsey just waved it away and Nari said, "Come on, we've got to get you out of here and back to the manor. We'll explain all of this later. For now, you need to concentrate on getting a good night's rest. The next elimination ceremony is in a few days."
They picked her up and apparated back to the manor, where they put Hermione down, nodded their heads, and apparated back to wherever Lucius was.
Hermione walked upstairs, still puzzling over the events of that night.
But she didn't have long to puzzle that. Suddenly someone came and swept her up and hugged her tightly. She recognized Draco's cologne.
"Draco?" she asked.
"Hermione, I was so worried! Where've you been?" he demanded.
"Draco, I'm tired. Good-night."
Suddenly everything went black for her.
~*~
A/N: Ok hope you liked that! I won't be answering anymore reviews. The most I'll do is name the people who reviewed. I'll be going back through and deleting my long author's notes. I've realized they're not very aesthetically pleasing. That's it! And not many people reviewed, so I'll not name them this time. Thanks to all who DID review! R&R!
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Hopefully someday I'll own something besides my story line, which I don't even completely own.