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Life
by: pegasus21
Chapter 6: Happenings
8 weeks later.....
Hermione sat at her kitchen table drinking tea when a familiar white owl started tapping at her window.
"Hedwig, you don't know how happy I am to see you. Would you like a treat?"
Hermione got out a treat for the owl, and sat back down to read the letter attached to its leg.
Dearest 'Mione,
Ron and I have finally completed our Auror training. The Ministry is more strict than I thought. I'm so sorry for not owling sooner. The Ministry forbid contact outside of our training facility. We hope you are doing well. How are you enjoying your new apartment? We have missed you so much. Well, on top of the late owl we also have much sad news. We have been given our first assignment. We are to go undercover to try to locate Death Eater camps near muggle towns. This is great but it requires us to cut off all contact with anyone we know. We also don't know how long we'll be gone. As soon as this mission is over we will rush over to see you. We miss and love you so much.
Much Love,
Harry and Ron
P.S. Please take care of Hedwig as I will not be able to use her.
After reading her letter Hermione wiped away the tears that began to fall down her cheeks and shut the window as Hedwig would now be staying with her.
How would she be able to make it without her two best friends? She didn't know how long they would be gone or if they would even make it back. Draco had only been to see her once since she moved into her own place.
She sat there rubbing her now growing belly when she heard a loud pop coming from the living room.
" 'Mione!!!! Where are you?"
"Draco, I'm in the kitchen." She couldn't believe he was here.
" 'Mione, we have to get you out of here now. My father knows where you are. Grab your stuff and let's go." Draco was rushing Hermione into her bedroom like a madman.
"Draco, how does he know about us? Why is he coming here?"
"I had told my mother, she is the only person I trust besides you. My father was beating her and she let it slip that she knew something. So, my father used a truth curse on her to get her to talk. She told him everything, and he wants to kill you."
"Not just her. The child too." came a sneering voice from the doorway.
"Father, you stay away from her. I will not let you harm her or our baby." screamed Draco, jumping in front of Hermione, hoping to shield her from any harm.
"I had hoped you could be made to see the way of the Dark Lord, but it seems I will have to teach you a lesson boy."
"Petrificus Totalus!" Lucious levitated Draco with his wand and moved him to the corner of the room.
"Now, you my dear please don't put up a fight. Just come with me, I'm going to teach you and my son a lesson before I kill you."
Hermione tried to run before her legs suddenly became stiff and she fell to the floor and everything went black.
When Hermione woke up everything was pitch black. All she could tell was the room she was in was cold and damp.
'Where am I? Oh no, Draco. What did Lucious do to him?' wondered Hermione.
Suddenly she heard a noise over to her left. A light from a torch was making its way down some stairs. It looked like she was in a dungeon. The person coming down the stairs was wearing a hooded cloak hiding his or her face.
It wasn't just one person, she notice a line of hooded figures coming down the passage way. They made their way to the far end and formed a circle.
The room began to feel even colder. Hermione could feel the hairs on the back of her neck stand up. Something was about to happen. A lone hooded figure began to make his way down the stairs, and all of the other hooded figures knelt down. This figure must be the leader. He walked to the center of the circle and looked right at Hermione.
Hermione shuddered. She was looking straight into a pair of red glowing eyes. The figure removed his hood and she was looking right at Voldemort himself.
"Lucious, you have done well, capturing the mudblood and her unborn child. We can use the child to bring Draco around. He is important to us, I need him to take my place. He is my chosen heir."
"He will come around My Lord. If he does not, he will see all whom he loves die. I have my son under the Imperius Curse, he knows nothing of what goes on here. Yet."
Hermione could not believe her ears. Voldemort was going to use her to control Draco's fate. Worse yet, he didn't even know what was going on.
Weeks went by and Hermione was beginning to lose hope of ever getting out of the dungeon. She was fed, but she was not offered a change of clothes or a bath. She couldn't stand to be herself right now.
It seemed it had been days since Lucious Malfoy had been down to see her, to inflict pain upon her. He would slice her on her arms and legs if she didn't respond to his questions and taunts.
Suddenly the door to the dungeon opened and someone began to descend the staircase. She couldn't see who it was but noticed it was a woman.
"Hermione, dear, are you ok? Can you speak?" asked the blonde hair who looked like and angel.
"Yes, but who are you?"
"My name is Narcissa. I am Draco's mother. I can not talk long. I am always being watched. Lucious is gone on a raid, Draco is fine, and I have taken care of everything. Do not worry."
"What do you mean everything will be taken care of? How will I get out of here?" worried Hermione. She did not dare have false hope of being released. She was now 6 months prenant.
"So, you are the girl Draco has been talking about? You're going to be the mother of my grandchild?" asked Narcissa gleefully accepting Hermione.
"Yes, maam. I hope I will do."
"More than you know. I have to return to Draco. You just hold tight for a little while longer." and with that Draco's mother retreated upstairs.
'Could this really be happening? After this many weeks, could she really be getting out of this retched hell hole?'
sappyromantic, foreveryours89, stablek, I-LOVE-SPENCER, yadrianne, deadnun, scolcomp25, kat6528, and sweebabe-101: Thank you all for your reviews. I'm so glad you like the story. If anyone wants to suggest any hints for the plot, let me know.
Life
by: pegasus21
Chapter 6: Happenings
8 weeks later.....
Hermione sat at her kitchen table drinking tea when a familiar white owl started tapping at her window.
"Hedwig, you don't know how happy I am to see you. Would you like a treat?"
Hermione got out a treat for the owl, and sat back down to read the letter attached to its leg.
Dearest 'Mione,
Ron and I have finally completed our Auror training. The Ministry is more strict than I thought. I'm so sorry for not owling sooner. The Ministry forbid contact outside of our training facility. We hope you are doing well. How are you enjoying your new apartment? We have missed you so much. Well, on top of the late owl we also have much sad news. We have been given our first assignment. We are to go undercover to try to locate Death Eater camps near muggle towns. This is great but it requires us to cut off all contact with anyone we know. We also don't know how long we'll be gone. As soon as this mission is over we will rush over to see you. We miss and love you so much.
Much Love,
Harry and Ron
P.S. Please take care of Hedwig as I will not be able to use her.
After reading her letter Hermione wiped away the tears that began to fall down her cheeks and shut the window as Hedwig would now be staying with her.
How would she be able to make it without her two best friends? She didn't know how long they would be gone or if they would even make it back. Draco had only been to see her once since she moved into her own place.
She sat there rubbing her now growing belly when she heard a loud pop coming from the living room.
" 'Mione!!!! Where are you?"
"Draco, I'm in the kitchen." She couldn't believe he was here.
" 'Mione, we have to get you out of here now. My father knows where you are. Grab your stuff and let's go." Draco was rushing Hermione into her bedroom like a madman.
"Draco, how does he know about us? Why is he coming here?"
"I had told my mother, she is the only person I trust besides you. My father was beating her and she let it slip that she knew something. So, my father used a truth curse on her to get her to talk. She told him everything, and he wants to kill you."
"Not just her. The child too." came a sneering voice from the doorway.
"Father, you stay away from her. I will not let you harm her or our baby." screamed Draco, jumping in front of Hermione, hoping to shield her from any harm.
"I had hoped you could be made to see the way of the Dark Lord, but it seems I will have to teach you a lesson boy."
"Petrificus Totalus!" Lucious levitated Draco with his wand and moved him to the corner of the room.
"Now, you my dear please don't put up a fight. Just come with me, I'm going to teach you and my son a lesson before I kill you."
Hermione tried to run before her legs suddenly became stiff and she fell to the floor and everything went black.
When Hermione woke up everything was pitch black. All she could tell was the room she was in was cold and damp.
'Where am I? Oh no, Draco. What did Lucious do to him?' wondered Hermione.
Suddenly she heard a noise over to her left. A light from a torch was making its way down some stairs. It looked like she was in a dungeon. The person coming down the stairs was wearing a hooded cloak hiding his or her face.
It wasn't just one person, she notice a line of hooded figures coming down the passage way. They made their way to the far end and formed a circle.
The room began to feel even colder. Hermione could feel the hairs on the back of her neck stand up. Something was about to happen. A lone hooded figure began to make his way down the stairs, and all of the other hooded figures knelt down. This figure must be the leader. He walked to the center of the circle and looked right at Hermione.
Hermione shuddered. She was looking straight into a pair of red glowing eyes. The figure removed his hood and she was looking right at Voldemort himself.
"Lucious, you have done well, capturing the mudblood and her unborn child. We can use the child to bring Draco around. He is important to us, I need him to take my place. He is my chosen heir."
"He will come around My Lord. If he does not, he will see all whom he loves die. I have my son under the Imperius Curse, he knows nothing of what goes on here. Yet."
Hermione could not believe her ears. Voldemort was going to use her to control Draco's fate. Worse yet, he didn't even know what was going on.
Weeks went by and Hermione was beginning to lose hope of ever getting out of the dungeon. She was fed, but she was not offered a change of clothes or a bath. She couldn't stand to be herself right now.
It seemed it had been days since Lucious Malfoy had been down to see her, to inflict pain upon her. He would slice her on her arms and legs if she didn't respond to his questions and taunts.
Suddenly the door to the dungeon opened and someone began to descend the staircase. She couldn't see who it was but noticed it was a woman.
"Hermione, dear, are you ok? Can you speak?" asked the blonde hair who looked like and angel.
"Yes, but who are you?"
"My name is Narcissa. I am Draco's mother. I can not talk long. I am always being watched. Lucious is gone on a raid, Draco is fine, and I have taken care of everything. Do not worry."
"What do you mean everything will be taken care of? How will I get out of here?" worried Hermione. She did not dare have false hope of being released. She was now 6 months prenant.
"So, you are the girl Draco has been talking about? You're going to be the mother of my grandchild?" asked Narcissa gleefully accepting Hermione.
"Yes, maam. I hope I will do."
"More than you know. I have to return to Draco. You just hold tight for a little while longer." and with that Draco's mother retreated upstairs.
'Could this really be happening? After this many weeks, could she really be getting out of this retched hell hole?'