Alright, alright, I've kept you readers in suspense for long enough, and for that I'm sorry. Please understand that I had more important things to do, such as school, and did not have time to write. Anyways, here you go the sixth chapter. I don't really know what is going to happen after this, lol so if any of you have any ideas e-mail me with them and I'll be glad to consider putting it in my story. If I do use your idea, I will give you credit for it.

Chapter 6- Time is Running Out

Ginny Weasley walked out of the infirmary and brushed a strand of fiery red hair away from her face. She had just finished helping Madame Pomfrey mix potions and was heading to the Gryffindor Common Room, because she heard that Harry had been released. As she walked in the room, she saw Harry sitting in an armchair reading his Herbology book.

"Hey Harry!" she exclaimed. "I see you've been released."

"Yeah it's about bloody time," growled Harry and Ginny giggled.

"So how are you feeling?" she asked and Harry frowned.

"Well I feel angry, betrayed, used, and oh yeah did I mention angry?" snapped Harry.

"Do you want to talk about it?" asked Ginny as she sat down on the coach that faced the armchair Harry was sitting on.

"Alright, let's talk. I was stabbed in the back and left for dead. Also my ex-girlfriend cheated on me with my worst enemy, Draco Malfoy," Harry said angrily.

"Hermione didn't tell you?" asked Ginny curiously.

"Tell me what?"

"She was under the Imperious."

"No she wasn't, that's not what she told me. She told me she was made to take a love potion or some bullshit like that," Harry said.

"She was made to take a love potion," stated Ginny. "Draco put her under the Imperious so she would take it."

"How do you know? You weren't there, you didn't see her. She was enjoying it Ginny!" argued Harry.

"She told me. Listen, Harry, there is no point in arguing. If we are to figure out the honest truth we have to go to the one who would know what really happened," said Ginny firmly.

"Malfoy," Harry said icily.

"Bingo. We already know Hermione's side of the story, now I'd like to know Draco's side to it," Ginny said as she got up from off of the coach. "Come on, we're making a trip to Snape's office."

"Snape's office?!?" Harry yelled as he got up from off the chair. "Do you have any idea how dangerous that is?!? What would happen to us if he caught us?!? What...."

"We won't get caught," Ginny interrupted. "We'll use your Invisibility Cloak."

Harry's mouth stayed agape for a few seconds before he closed it and said, "Oh yeah that would work. I'll go upstairs to get it."

His face turned beet red and he turned on his heel and ran up towards the guys' dormitory. He came back down five minutes later with the cloak in hand.

"Let's go," said Ginny.

Harry pulled the cloak over the both of them and they left the dormitory.



Hermione ran down the hallway, tears pouring down her face. Harry's voice echoed through her head, over and over again. "Get out Hermione. Get out of my sight." She tripped suddenly over her own feet, her tears blinding her vision and fell face first onto the hard floor. She picked herself up and headed towards the entrance of Hogwarts. She flung open the heavy doors and ran down the steps, the freezing cold wind biting at her skin. She ran toward the lake, the big lake where all the first years came across on boats. She had always liked the lake, for it brought to her a certain kind of piece and tranquility. Her plan was to stab herself and fall into the lake, into the black abyss that now represented her life. She was going to die, and there was nothing anyone could do about it.



"I found it!" exclaimed Ginny as she held out a potion.

Harry stopped rummaging through Snape's cabinets, walked over to Ginny to see what she held in her hand.

"Veritaserum," Harry read on the bottle. "Good job, Gin. Now let's get out of here before Professor Snape finds out that we broke into his office."

Ginny nodded and ducked under the cloak with Harry.

"Good thing he keeps extra of this stuff in case of emergencies," whispered Ginny as Harry handed her the bottle.

"Emergencies?!? What emergencies? He has some for his own evil use," Harry protested as they both walked out of the door and headed towards the Head Common Room.

Ginny ignored his comment and said, "Ok so let's go over the plan. We attack Draco, pin him down and shove the Truth Potion in his mouth. Unless he has a drink of some kind, then we can put it in that."

"If we put it in his drink, it may take him awhile before he takes a drink of it," said Harry.

"Then we'll stick with attacking him and forcing him to take it," said Ginny and Harry nodded.

They came to the portrait who smiled sweetly at them.

"Do you remember the password, Harry," Ginny whispered.

"Yeah it's pretty easy, it's Hermione's favorite Muggle desert," Harry whispered back. "Apple Crisp."

The portrait swung forward and the two invisible companions snuck into the common room where they found Draco asleep on the coach with a book opened and resting on his chest. His arms rested at his side.

"The bastard is asleep," whispered Ginny.

The two snuck over to where he lay and Ginny uncorked the bottle of Truth Potion.

"Ready?" she asked and Harry nodded.

They took off the invisibility cloak and threw it aside, surveying their prey. Ginny knocked off the book and straddled Draco's midsection so that his arms were pinned to his side. Harry pinned down his legs.

"What the...," Draco said in a befuddled, sleepy state.

Ginny saw her chance, forced three drops of the potion into his mouth, held it shut, and plugged his nose so that he would have to swallow in order to breathe. Draco struggled for a couple of minutes before he surrendered and swallowed the potion. Harry and Ginny got up and both pointed their wands at his chest.

"What the hell is going on? What the fuck did you give me?!?" yelled Draco as he tried to spit it out.

"You are going to tell me exactly what happened between you and my girlfriend," growled Harry. "Ennervate!"

The spell hit Draco in the chest and the two of them watched as his face became slack and his gaze became unfocused.

"Ask away Harry," Ginny said and Harry nodded.

"What did you do to Hermione Granger?" Harry asked.

"My father wanted me to seduce her. It was the Dark Lord's plan. She had Potter as a boyfriend and the Dark Lord, as well as my father, told me to break the two apart. They said if I was able to do that then it would make Potter weak and vulnerable, which would make it easier for Voldemort to attack. I told her that I had changed, that I didn't want to join the Dark Side. However, she was a stubborn one, not easily won over by my great looks and charm. One night, as she was getting all dressed up, I became suspicious as to where she was going. I asked her and she told me that she was going on a date with Harry. I took this as my chance, my chance to separate the two. I started to seduce her and she resisted. I became angry, pinned her down, put her on the Imperious, and fed her a love potion," Draco said in a flat, expressionless voice.

"Where did you get this love potion from?" interrupted Harry firmly, anger burning in his eyes.

"My father gave it to me. We have a potions master who works for my father at the Manor. The potions master also works for Voldemort, so he knows the Dark Arts," Draco said in the same flat voice.

"Go on, what happened after you fed her the love potion," Harry demanded.

"Well the love potion worked its magic. She fell in love with me, so we made out and messed around a bit. Then Potter came in, saw me and his girlfriend together and punched me in the face. He left and I went to the bathroom to clean up a bit. I came back and started to make out with Hermione but the love potion wore off. The bitch stole my wand and tried to get me to tell her what I did, but I didn't tell her so she stupefied me," Draco said.

"You little fucker," said Harry his fists balled at his sides.

"Calm down, Harry, just calm down. Let's go talk to Hermione. Is she in her room, Draco?" asked Ginny.

"I don't know where the bitch is," said Draco.

Harry was so furious by this point he couldn't contain himself any longer. He strode over to where Draco was and punched him right in the face, again. He was about to punch him again, but Ginny rushed over, grabbed his wrist, and held him back.

"No Harry, stop. Just leave him, you need to go talk to Hermione," said Ginny.

Harry stepped back from Draco and a look of shock came across his face.

"She was telling the truth, Gin, and I was too much of a stubborn ass to believe her," said Harry.

"Go on, babe, her room is right upstairs. I'll stay down here and put a memory charm on Draco," said Ginny. Harry nodded.

He sprinted up the stairs, taking two at a time and knocked on Hermione's door hard.

"Hermione, it's me, Harry. Can I come in?" asked Harry.

Nothing was heard on the other side of the door. Harry tried the doorknob and the door opened. He walked in the room and found it to be empty. There was no Hermione. His eyes glanced towards the bed where he saw two sheaves of parchment. He walked over to the bed and saw that one was addressed to him and the other to Ginny. He picked up the one addressed to him and read:

Dear Harry,

My life is messed up right now. I feel empty, there is a huge hole in my heart that you used to occupy. I feel like nothing will ever be right again, no one else can fill that hole, the longing that my heart feels for you. Everyone hates me because everyone thinks I cheated on you. If you want to think that too, fine. I know whatever you saw must have looked bad, and for that I'm sorry. Goodbye Harry, I hope you have a good life. I love you.

Love,

Hermione

Harry stood there for a few minutes, a look of shock on his face.

"Harry, what is going on, I don't hear any talking," said Ginny as she walked into Hermione's room. "I put a memory charm on Draco so, oh my god Harry what's the matter?"

Ginny had seen the look on Harry's face.

"You got one too," Harry whispered.

He pointed to the other letter. She walked over, picked it up and read:

Dear Ginny,

You are the greatest friend a girl could ever hope for. You were the only one who believed me when Draco seduced me, and you were there for me in my time of need. I really hate to do this to you but I want you to know that I must do this. I feel empty, Ginny. There is no purpose for me to go on. Everything is going wrong, I feel that I have no meaning left in life. I'm going to the only place that gives me comfort anymore. And as my body plunges into the black, deep abyss, I'll remember you and everything you've done for me. Thank you.

With love,

Hermione

"Oh my God, Harry," gasped Ginny. "She's going to kill herself."



HERMIONE'S POV

I stood on the bank by the dark, black pond. I held a knife in one hand and the picture of Harry and I in the other. The knife, which I had stolen from the kitchen, flashed in the moonlight. Part of me was scared, scared of the black abyss and what was going to happen. As I traced the blade with one of my fingers, a shiver ran down my spine. The wind was freezing, which meant that the water was probably freezing as well. After all it was the middle of February. I looked out across the lake and saw the reflection of the moon and the stars on the water. I took in everything that I possibly could about the night, knowing that it would be my last on this dreadful earth. My hand shook as I looked at the still picture of Harry and I. It had been taken by my mom over the summer when Harry came to stay with me. We were all dressed up and ready to go out for the night. Tears fell down my face as I looked at the picture. We looked so happy. I threw it down on the ground, unable to look at it anymore and traced my finger over the blade of the knife again. It cut my finger and dark red blood flowed from the wound. It was going to take me awhile before I would gather the courage to put the knife thru my heart.



"We have to find her, Ginny, we have to find her!" exclaimed Harry as he paced back and forth in Hermione's room. "Where would she go?"

"We have to figure it out soon, there isn't much time," Ginny replied as tears started to fall down her face.

"Ginny, would you mind if I read your letter?" Harry asked.

Ginny shook her head and handed it to Harry. Harry read over it and when he was finished he snapped his fingers.

"I know where she is," said Harry. "She said quote 'I'm going to the only place that gives me comfort anymore. And as my body plunges into the black, deep abyss, I'll remember you and everything you've done for me.' Think about it Ginny. Whenever she was upset last year remember where she would go? Remember where we always found her and when we asked why she went there she said it was comforting?"

"The lake," Ginny said as she looked wide eyed at Harry.

"Exactly," said Harry. "The lake."

"Let's go," said Ginny firmly and the two of them sprinted out of the Head's room and headed towards the front of the castle.



HERMIONE'S POV

I looked at the knife in my hand. It was now or never. Soon Ginny would wonder where I was and would come looking for me. She'd go up to my room and find the letter I left for her. We would always do homework together at this time of night. I sighed and grasped the handle of the knife with two hands, pointing the blade at my heart. I positioned myself right at the edge, where there was quite a big drop off and also where the deepest part of the lake was. I took a deep breath and raised both hands up by my head, ready to plunge the dagger into myself.



HARRY'S POV

I flung the front doors of the school open and ran full speed down the dirt path that led to the lake.

"Please, don't let her be dead when I find her," I pleaded in my head.

If Hermione died I didn't know what I would do. I would lose another loved one and I didn't think I would be able to handle it. Adrenaline flowed through me as I saw the shimmer of the lake and I saw her. She was at the drop-off, the deepest part of the lake. My legs were in getting tired, but I pushed them on. I heard Ginny call out from behind me to wait up, but I couldn't hear her. I was lost in a million thoughts, thoughts of despair, thoughts of worry, thoughts of desperation, thoughts of sadness, they all filled my mind as I ran. There was not a happy thought in my head. As I got closer I saw a dagger, raised above her with both hands, ready to plunge into her flesh.

"No Hermione!" I yelled out. I was so close to her.



HERMIONE'S POV

As I started to make the downward motion towards my heart, a voice startled me.

"No Hermione!" I heard someone yell. Their voice was very very familiar to me. Could it be him?

I became startled and tried to turn around to see if it really was him, but my downward motion could not be stopped. The dagger cut through my flesh and went right through my ribs. I had missed my target. I gasped out in pain and shock as I looked down and saw the handle of the knife dislodged in my ribs on my right hand side. I made brief eye contact with Harry and then I fainted.



HARRY'S POV (sorry for all the switching)

"NO!" I screamed when I saw the dagger impale her. I watched as her body convulsed and she made brief eye contact with me. Her eyes were full of fear and confusion. Then I watched in horror as she fainted, falling backwards and dropping like a sack of potatoes into the lake. I got to the place where she had just been standing and watched as her body splashed into the lake.

"Hermione!" I yelled and I dove in after her.

When my body hit the water it was so cold that it felt like knives pricking my skin. I came up sputtering and began looking for Hermione. I didn't see her. I swam to the spot where I last saw her and started to feel around in the water. I dove under the black murky water, my hands reaching out and touching nothing until finally after my third dive, I felt a human body. I grabbed her around the waist and brought her up to the surface. She was limp in my arms. Now I had to figure out a way to get out of the water. The drop off surrounded about half the lake and the sides were rocky, sharp, jagged and steep. There was no way I would be climbing back up the side carrying Hermione. I had to swim to the shallowest part of the lake, which looked really far away. Because of all the adrenaline pumping through my body, I swam as hard and as fast as I could towards the shore.

"Harry! Do you have her? Is she dead?" Ginny yelled from the top as she followed me as I swam.

"I don't know if she's dead yet," I panted. "I guess we will find that out when we reach the shore."

Finally I reached the shore and dragged her unconscious, bleeding body onto dry ground. Ginny ran over just then and bent down by her.

"Is she breathing?" Ginny panted and I shook my head.

"No she isn't," I said. "Ginny can I use your pull over sweatshirt? I'll buy you a new one."

Ginny nodded, took off her sweatshirt and gave it to me, leaving her in a tank top.

I picked up Hermione and pulled Ginny's sweatshirt over Hermione's wet tee shirt.

"I'm going to perform CPR," I said as I bent down and started to give her mouth to mouth.

Ginny watched in anticipation as Harry tried to revive her. Finally, Hermione started to cough and a mixture of blood and water gushed out of her mouth.

"She probably punctured her lung. We have to get her to Madame Pomfrey right away," I said as her eyes fluttered open.



HERMIONE'S POV

My eyes fluttered open to see a very worried, yet handsome face looking back at me. Every breath hurt when I inhaled and my body started to shake from both the cold and shock. I felt wet, really wet and then I remembered. I fainted and fell into the lake.

"H-H-Harry?" I sputtered weakly as I coughed up some blood. He looked drenched as well. He saved me from dieing? I didn't understand.

"Yes, it's me Hermione. Shhh I'm here," cooed Harry as he tenderly stroked my wet hair back from my face.

"I-I thought you hated me," I whispered. "I thought you never wanted to see me again. Harry I couldn't go on without you. My life was so horrible, my grades were suffering, my parents are thinking about getting a divorce, and then us being broken up was the turning point. The point when I decided that I didn't want to live anymore, that there was no reason to go on."

"Shh, Hermione try not to talk sweetheart," Harry told me as he placed a finger over my lips. "I'm so sorry babe for not believing you. I was a total idiot and I hope that you will forgive me."

Tears overflowed onto my soaking wet face, my tears mixing with the lake water.

"Y-You believe me?" I managed to whisper with some difficulty.

"I should have believed you when you first told me. Ginny and I fed Malfoy some Veritaserum and he told us the whole story," Harry told me.

I was starting to feel really dizzy, probably from loss of blood.

"We need to get you to Madame Pomfrey straight away," I heard Harry say.

"Everything is going to be ok, girl," Ginny piped up. Where had Ginny come from? She was here too? I was so confused.

Harry put both of his arms underneath me and stood up, cradling me like a baby. I could smell his scent as my face buried into his chest. He started to walk at a fast pace back to the castle with me in his arms. The knife that was still in my ribs felt foreign, I wanted it out. But I was too weak to make any movements.

"Harry," I whispered and he stopped walking to look down at me.

"Yes Hermione?" he replied.

"I forgive you," I said and my body went slack as consciousness was taken from me once again.

Yeah I know, Harry was stabbed and now Hermione was stabbed. I just think being stabbed makes things so much more dramatic! Review please!!!

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P.S. I'm thinking that soon everyone at Hogwarts will know that Ron turned evil.