Chapter # 34
James first heard the hacking coughs about ten minutes after beating up Crabbe and Goyle, and he could recognize them immediately. Hermione. He started at a slow jog, following the noises. James felt a strong urge to call out to her, but.. He didn't want any more death eaters to find him.
Cough, cough.
The coughing was louder now. In fact, James was pretty sure he was close to her now. Really close. He stopped and studied the heavy steel door to his right. That was where the coughing was coming from.
Hermione??
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Lucius studied the girl coolly.
"Are you going to tell the truth yet?" he asked.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Hermione answered, coughing hard as she talked.
"You are a very bad liar." Lucius hisses, reaching over and slapping her face.
"I'm not lying." Hermione replied, then closed her mouth as Lucius raised his hand again in a threatening manner.
"Tell me the truth, you little wench, or do I have to rape you again?" Hermione felt a tremor of rage tingle down her spine.
"I don't know what you're talking about!" She screamed angrily, ignoring the scratchy feeling in her throat that made her burst into violent, hacking coughs. Lucius punched her hard, drawing blood from her lip. He grabbed the front of her blouse and tore it open. His hands groped and ripped her skirt and knickers off. Hermione turned her head away, determined not to look at him. Lucius grabbed her face and forced her to stare him in the eye.
"Show some respect, you piece of filth!" He hisses to the naked, terrified girl beneath him. "I guess I'm going to have to give you another lesson, you didn't seem to learn the first."
"Get your fuckin' hands off of her!" A voice screamed. The heavy mental door swung open and James Potter lunged at Lucius, knocking him to the dirt ground.
"HELP!" Lucius screamed at the top of his lungs, hoping to gain another death eaters' attention. His feeble plan didn't work. James punched at any solid surface he could find. Malfoys' face, his chest, ribs, stomach, he even purposefully aimed one right at the other, smaller wizards' balls. Lucius howled in pain. Hermione watched from the bed in amazement. She had never seen James so mad. His blue eyes were smoking with rage.
"You don't ever touch her, you slimy piece of shit! You understand? Don't fuckin' touch her!" He screamed, then stood up and spit triumphantly in Malfoys' face. Hermiones' eyes widened in a mix of shock and delight.
"James." she began weakly, but he ignored her and kept spitting at Lucius in rage.
"Can't believe you have the guts to touch my girlfriend.." he ranted, then aimed a final blow to the mans' head. Lucius fell to the ground, unconscious. James turned to the wide-eyed Hermione, his face instantly softening.
"James." She whispered. "Is it.. are you really here?" James reached out and gently stroked her face, pushing her hair behind her ear.
"I'm here, babe. I'll never take my eyes off of you again. Gods, I love you so much, Hermione!" he kissed her fervently on the lips, letting his mouth carry down her neck, feeling the soft, bloody skin...
"You're bleeding!" he whispered in concern. "Oh. god, did Malfoy do this to you?" Hermione nodded.
"James, look in his pocket. There's a key ring in there that unlocks these." She jerked her head at the bands around her wrists. "Don't worry, it's not that bad. Just a bit of bleeding." She added softly.
"Hermione." James started in anger, but she interrupted him.
"His pocket, James. Look in his pocket." She demanded. James nodded quietly and bent over Malfoys' still form, searching silently for the key ring.
"Hermione." he said softly. "We're here to bring you back to Hogwarts. Don't worry, we'll get you out."
"There's somebody else here?" Hermione asked in surprise.
"Yeah, Severus. Hermione, look."
"What's Snape doing here?" Hermione asked in disbelief. James sighed.
"I should have told you this a long time ago. He's."
"Never mind." Hermione intervened. "You're right, we have to get out of here."
"Okay, come on." James unlocked the bands holding Hermione down, then took her hand. "Follow me." He whispered as they snuck out of the room and headed back the way James had come. "We've gotta find Severus.
They walked in silence for five minutes, then James froze in his tracks.
"James, are you alright?" Hermione asked warily. He was spacing out, his eyes growing dim.
"Uh." He whispered. "Uh?" Hermione backed away uneasily.
"What's happening too you, James?"
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Severus felt a streak of white-hot pain burn through his head, fiery light erupting behind his eyelids. The death eaters who had surrounded him shrieked at what they saw. He was glowing a fierce green color, it was like the light was a part of him, woven into every fiber of his being, and Severus screamed as his head seemed to explode.
The death eaters tried to run, but the fiery energy that radiated off of Severus burned them to their last spark of life.
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"Believe me, if I was a bad fire prince."
End of chapter.
James first heard the hacking coughs about ten minutes after beating up Crabbe and Goyle, and he could recognize them immediately. Hermione. He started at a slow jog, following the noises. James felt a strong urge to call out to her, but.. He didn't want any more death eaters to find him.
Cough, cough.
The coughing was louder now. In fact, James was pretty sure he was close to her now. Really close. He stopped and studied the heavy steel door to his right. That was where the coughing was coming from.
Hermione??
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Lucius studied the girl coolly.
"Are you going to tell the truth yet?" he asked.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Hermione answered, coughing hard as she talked.
"You are a very bad liar." Lucius hisses, reaching over and slapping her face.
"I'm not lying." Hermione replied, then closed her mouth as Lucius raised his hand again in a threatening manner.
"Tell me the truth, you little wench, or do I have to rape you again?" Hermione felt a tremor of rage tingle down her spine.
"I don't know what you're talking about!" She screamed angrily, ignoring the scratchy feeling in her throat that made her burst into violent, hacking coughs. Lucius punched her hard, drawing blood from her lip. He grabbed the front of her blouse and tore it open. His hands groped and ripped her skirt and knickers off. Hermione turned her head away, determined not to look at him. Lucius grabbed her face and forced her to stare him in the eye.
"Show some respect, you piece of filth!" He hisses to the naked, terrified girl beneath him. "I guess I'm going to have to give you another lesson, you didn't seem to learn the first."
"Get your fuckin' hands off of her!" A voice screamed. The heavy mental door swung open and James Potter lunged at Lucius, knocking him to the dirt ground.
"HELP!" Lucius screamed at the top of his lungs, hoping to gain another death eaters' attention. His feeble plan didn't work. James punched at any solid surface he could find. Malfoys' face, his chest, ribs, stomach, he even purposefully aimed one right at the other, smaller wizards' balls. Lucius howled in pain. Hermione watched from the bed in amazement. She had never seen James so mad. His blue eyes were smoking with rage.
"You don't ever touch her, you slimy piece of shit! You understand? Don't fuckin' touch her!" He screamed, then stood up and spit triumphantly in Malfoys' face. Hermiones' eyes widened in a mix of shock and delight.
"James." she began weakly, but he ignored her and kept spitting at Lucius in rage.
"Can't believe you have the guts to touch my girlfriend.." he ranted, then aimed a final blow to the mans' head. Lucius fell to the ground, unconscious. James turned to the wide-eyed Hermione, his face instantly softening.
"James." She whispered. "Is it.. are you really here?" James reached out and gently stroked her face, pushing her hair behind her ear.
"I'm here, babe. I'll never take my eyes off of you again. Gods, I love you so much, Hermione!" he kissed her fervently on the lips, letting his mouth carry down her neck, feeling the soft, bloody skin...
"You're bleeding!" he whispered in concern. "Oh. god, did Malfoy do this to you?" Hermione nodded.
"James, look in his pocket. There's a key ring in there that unlocks these." She jerked her head at the bands around her wrists. "Don't worry, it's not that bad. Just a bit of bleeding." She added softly.
"Hermione." James started in anger, but she interrupted him.
"His pocket, James. Look in his pocket." She demanded. James nodded quietly and bent over Malfoys' still form, searching silently for the key ring.
"Hermione." he said softly. "We're here to bring you back to Hogwarts. Don't worry, we'll get you out."
"There's somebody else here?" Hermione asked in surprise.
"Yeah, Severus. Hermione, look."
"What's Snape doing here?" Hermione asked in disbelief. James sighed.
"I should have told you this a long time ago. He's."
"Never mind." Hermione intervened. "You're right, we have to get out of here."
"Okay, come on." James unlocked the bands holding Hermione down, then took her hand. "Follow me." He whispered as they snuck out of the room and headed back the way James had come. "We've gotta find Severus.
They walked in silence for five minutes, then James froze in his tracks.
"James, are you alright?" Hermione asked warily. He was spacing out, his eyes growing dim.
"Uh." He whispered. "Uh?" Hermione backed away uneasily.
"What's happening too you, James?"
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Severus felt a streak of white-hot pain burn through his head, fiery light erupting behind his eyelids. The death eaters who had surrounded him shrieked at what they saw. He was glowing a fierce green color, it was like the light was a part of him, woven into every fiber of his being, and Severus screamed as his head seemed to explode.
The death eaters tried to run, but the fiery energy that radiated off of Severus burned them to their last spark of life.
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"Believe me, if I was a bad fire prince."
End of chapter.
