Chapter Eleven

Sacrifice

A/N: Reasons Aurora has been bad and not updated. 1. She has a job now! 2. School :-/ 3. Troy coming up and thinking about a story for that. Okay, so crappy excuses sorry but here it is a new chapter luvs. Well actually this is coming up sooner than I thought because I totally forgot about my tenth chapter!

Special A/N: emeline, if you haven't already read I am also French. Furthermore if you seem to have a problem with my French you can talk to me anytime and let me know. I am quite certain it is correct and if you wish to discuss this further, please, let me know.

Draco caught his breath as he stumbled down towards the school. He knew who he would have to sacrifice, thought it pained him and he knew Hermione wouldn't be pleased he knew he couldn't stand not being with Hermione.

He slipped into the Great Hall and walked towards the Gryffindor Boy's rooms. He uttered the password and walked inside. It was late and no one was up to his surprise since there had bound to have been a Quddich game earlier and they should have been celebrating.

He walked up the stairs and opened the door slipping inside and looking for his sacrifice. Searching all the beds he cursed when he didn't see him.

Must have been promoted to Head Boy once I left. Wonder who's Head Girl.

He retraced his steps walking towards his previous dorm. Throwing open the door he walked to the boys side. Finally, he found who he was looking for. Grabbing the sleeping boy by his arms he dragged him out of the school and onto the lawn.

Surprisingly, the boy never stirred and he finally dragged him out of the range of the Hogwarts spell detectors. Apparating them both away to the Forbidden Forest he finally sat down and rested from dragging the boy all the way out of the school.

He looked at the sleeping boy and sighed. Even though he had hated him for most of his life he really didn't want to do this. He thought about the repercussions of his actions. They were high and so many things could happen for him messing with the dead but he had to.

Since he didn't want the boy to have to be awake to feel the pain that Hermione had felt when she died, because that was what happened, he carefully dumped the potion into his mouth and forced him to swallow.

He began to recite the incantation.

Oh Mighty Lord of Night, keeper of souls, please take this sacrifice and bring Hermione back to this earth. Take this soul and give back hers. Send this soul down to the depths of Earth and let hers' rise and come back. Let her soul and body be restored. Let this be done, let your will agree, let this be done, let your will agree, LET THIS BE DONE!"

Draco cried into the sky as his sacrifice lit up and began to float from the potion. The Earth began to shake and tremble and the sacrifice began to decompose. Suddenly he saw Hermione's body rise up from the Earth her eyes closed and her body limp, then she fell to the ground as the light shot out in from Ron's body and then consumed him in a flash and he fell to the bottom of the Earth.

Diavola's body began to shimmer as her and Lucius traveled, looking for Draco.

"Lucius what's happening to me?"

"Draco must have used the potion, therefore you have no more reason to stay on this Earth and you will be sent to where you really do belong."

Diavola's features became panicked as her spirit began to ripple and her hands started to disappear.

"But I don't want to die…again." she squeaked out in a whisper as her face and body became nothing more than a shadow.

A noise hissed by Lucius as Diavola was whisked away from the Earth.

Hermione opened her eyes suddenly. She began to blink rapidly trying to get use to her new surroundings. Looking around, she saw her unconscious friend and Draco standing over him and a dark wooded forest.

The first words out of the restored Hermione was a scream. It echoed throughout the woods and she couldn't stop. The shock of returning to the world she once knew had been to much. She cried and rejoiced all at once and fell to the ground.

Draco let her carry on in this matter for quite some time, waiting for her terror and bewilderment to go away. Gently, he walked over to her and rested a hand on her shoulder.

"Hermione?"

She looked up and tried to form words but her voice wouldn't escape from her mouth. She gave up and clung to him.

Though she had said nothing, he knew exactly what she was thinking. Why had he brought her back? How? Why had he sacrificed Ron? How could he have? He felt her anger and pain course through his veins. Backing away he looked at her.

"Are you alright?"

It seemed these words opened the gateway for her voice to come out and it came out in a fury.

"What have you done!? How did I come back? What have you done to Ron!? How could you even think to mess with forces like these? The power alone could have consumed you! This was ludicrous, your own selfish doings! Now you've killed Ron, an innocent and Diavola could just come back and kill me! And do you even know what I'm going through now that I'm back!"

She ended with a series of bawls and Draco tried to respond. He had imagined their reunion to have it's troubles but nothing to this extent. He looked into her eyes and tried to answer her questions.

"I've brought you back that's what I've done, and I thought you'd bloody well be happy about it! Do you know how much trouble I had to go through to get you back? Hunting the potion avoiding my father and Di, you have no idea what I've done for you! Did you think I was just going to go on without you? As for Diavola, I don't give a bloody shit about what she's doing we can run from her! Going through? Going through? DO YOU KNOW WHAT I WENT THROUGH HAVING YOU GONE!? No, you don't, or maybe you wouldn't have questioned my reasons to bring you back."

Hermione's eyes turned into clouds of anger.

"You have done me no favor tonight it that is what you're trying to convince me you've done. You have killed one of my best friends, brought me back to this ghastly world just to die again, for what? Your own pain to go away? What about my pain Draco, what I have to deal with now? I don't know what I'm going to do but I do know I'm not going to waste ONE MORE MINUTE STUCK HERE WTH THE LIKES OF YOU!"

She screamed at him and stood up with more confidence then she had displayed earlier. She turned and began to walk away from an awestruck Draco.

"So that's it? I bring you back and now you're just going to leave, just like that? Oh well, Draco it was fun but now that you brought me back I think we can just go back to being sworn enemies again, doesn't that sound nice?" He imitated her voice as he called after her.

"THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M DOING!" She roared at him and turned around.

"Sure looks like it to me."

"It's not and you know bloody well it's not. I just need time to think, Draco, come on! If you had this happen what do you think you would do!?"

"Thank you for bringing me back and rush into your awaiting arms."

"YOU WOULD NOT!" She yelled distraught at his snide replies.

"Look, I'm not leaving forever, I'll come back and find you but I just need to get away for awhile."

"Well, I have news for you Hermione, Diavola and my father are still out there hunting me and once they find out you're back you can bet they'll bloody be after you too. Also, there is the little problem that everyone thinks you're dead. You have no money and no where to go, so it looks like your stuck here with good old me."

Hermione was bursting with fury but through that she knew he was right, she really couldn't go anywhere.

"You may be right, I do have to stay with you, but that does not mean I will take pleasure in it!"

"Oh, I'm sure you'll change your mind after a few Butterbeers…"

"I WILL NOT! AND IF YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF ATTITUDE I WON'T STAY! I'd rather take my chances out there then with you."

"Whatever you say, but there's no way around it you're bloody well stuck."

Lucius now knew that Hermione was undoubtedly back and more than likely with Draco. He still had his reasons to be after them though. They were the only ones that knew he had sentenced for Hermione to die and were a nosiness to him furthermore.

His feet crunched under the thick ground composed of leaves and twigs as he walked towards the spot he thought he had heard screaming come from less that two hours ago. He saw the dead body of a Weasley and smiled wickedly. He knew this had been Draco's work. Now all he had to do was lead the Ministry to investigate and find out what he knew and Draco would be in Azkaban and Hermione would be fair game.

A/N: Hey this is pretty long so I hope you liked it! I will try and update soon next time and please, read and review and as always love you lots.