Giving Up Isn't an Option

Chapter 11

Disclaimer: I only own the plot and characters that obviously don't belong to the books. 'Uncle Snape' is Slytherin Girl's idea and I have permission to use it,

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Previously:

Hermione looked up to the sound of the door opening.

"Fuck, what the hell do you want?" she growled

"Just to see if your comfortable" his voice rang with fake innocence.

"I'm fine, now leave"

"Sorry sweet. Cant do that yet. I have to make sure that your fine before I can go and it doesn't sound like it to me" he smirked as he watched her eyes dancing with fire.

"How do you sleep at night?" she snarled

"Simple, I close my eyes and let the natural world do the rest"

"That's not what I meant you jackass. I mean, how can you sleep knowing that your going to kill me, an old friend and probably kill so many others that did nothing but help you"

"Oh, that. Well, it's simple you see. You get used to it over time. I lived in the shadow of the Golden Trio for years only for the power to shift to The Six. Yet, again, I lived in the shadow. I was the annoying, clumsy one that everyone took pity over. Well, not anymore. You will finally get to see the real me. Not the sweet little boy who just messed up everything"

"I did nothing but help you all those years. That's all any of us did. It wasn't our fault that you lived in our shadows. Many people didn't, but you never made the effort to get out on your own. You were comfortable in the life that you lead. Admit it. You never wanted to get out of your comfort zone and take a chance"

"That's not true" he roared. He started coming closer to her, rage present in every move he made. "I tried time and time again. But no one ever paid attention to me. No one ever paid attention to the clumsy one except for he messed up"

The back of his hand connected with her cheek on the final word. It had strength behind it, but she still held her ground.

"That's not true and you know it. We all loved you. You never did anything to change your lifestyle because you were afraid of the outcome"

He backhanded her again, this time with enough force to send her flying into the wall behind her.

"I told you not to cross me. Maybe next time you wont" he spat.

The last thing she was his back as he walked out the door. She heard the door slam and then blacked out, the words Please, don't come escaping her lips.

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They stood in a circle in the middle of the room, all eyes on Draco.

"Guys, from here, you've got to know, I'm just guessing. I don't know if this is going to work and if it does, how its going to work. All I know, is we need to find her and we need to find her fast. She's in trouble, I can feel it" Draco cast a glance at the faces of the other 6 standing there with him. They all looked so scared, but willing. Willing to do what they needed to to save her.

"Okay, first, you four" he gestured to Padma, Ginny, Justin and Blaise, take off the chain. And put them aside, we don't need them" He did the same with his, only leaving Hermione's on.

"Now, just stand here, and clear your heads. Connect your strongest memory of her and the strongest portion of your magic. Just connect the two somehow. Potter, Weasley, we need this to be a good memory. Something that shows you how much she truly does love you. Now, this may sound stupid, but if you two cant do this, than we cant do it. Your memories will be what we need most right now, because the rest of us don't have to many memories of her really truly happy" The two just nodded, seemingly lost in thought.

Draco glanced down at the floor, trying to figure out what was next. He still didn't know why Harry and Ron needed to be there, but he had a feeling that it would come. With Hermione's help, it would all come. Yeah, sure, she wasn't there with them, but she was helping him along the way here.

"Ginny, you and Blaise hold hands, the same with you two too" he said pointing to Justin and Padma. "We need loves bond. True loves bond. Stand facing each other and cross your hands, right over left. Blaise and Justin on bottom, Ginny and Padma, on top"

"Ok, now, Potter, Weasley, stand in front of me, your hands on your chest, left over right. Right touching left shoulder, left touching right. Yeah, this is to symbolize hatred. We need the two ends of the emotional scale. These two things are to show all we've been through with her and with each other. If we cant connect in some way with one another, then we cant connect with her"

They stood there, forming a perfect triangle, Love at the two bottom points, hate at the top.

"The memories. Love, you guys picture her in a hateful situation. Something where she just wasn't our Mia. Hate, we need to make sure that its when she's at a pure moment, like I explained earlier. By doing this, we are creating a line where one crosses the other. We are connecting completely"

"Take a deep breath, and keep the memory in your minds eye and start connecting your power with it. Let all your power flow with the memory and open all your mindds gates"

Draco closed his eyes, and did this as he spoke. He could feel his power flowing and the power of all those around him. What he saw was the Grad ball, right before he led her into the courtyard, that final dance that he had shared with her. He had seen nothing but love in her that night and had never felt such a strong feeling of love towards her.

A picture came out of nowhere, and presented him with Hermione. She was lying in an elegant room, pass out cold on the stone floor. He heard gasps from everyone in the room. They all saw it.

A strong pull took over his whole being. He felt himself being lifted higher and higher, but he didn't dare open his eyes, fearing that if he did, it would all fall apart.

Floating on air, images flashed through his mind. He saw nothing, then heard something, then saw her captor. He couldn't see Hermione though, and that's when he realized that he was seeing from Hermione's point of view.

He saw the last days events as they played out. Everything as she saw it, then nothing. He heard ice, felt darkness, saw silence. He saw what she saw now.

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Hermione tried desperately to pull out of it, but she couldn't. She couldn't get out of thuis darkness. It flooded her entire being, taking control of everything.

Then she was hit with a sudden wave of love and hate. They were coming after her.

No, go back, please, go back

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"Malfoy?" Harry tried to pull Draco out of it. They had all opened their eyes to find that they now stood in a dungeon of an old house or mansion.

That's when they had noticed that Draco wasn't coming out of it. He had landed with them, instantly hitting the floor, but still out of it.

"Malfoy, come on man, we need you here" Blaise shook his friend

"Come on Draco, Mia needs you here, now" Padma's voice pleaded.

"Mia. . . Hurt. . .Stop. . .Need Her. . .Love. . .Hate. . .Don't. . .Away. . .Bastard. . .Why. . .What. . .Away. . .Stay Away. . .Please" Draco muttered, not making any sense.

"Come on man, we need you" Justin yelled at him, frustration taking over.

Ron surveyed as they did this. Nothing was working, but Draco still seemed to be there, just not there.

He approached him, everyone falling silent as he did.

"Malfoy. . .Draco. Come on, man. I came to far and trusted too much for you to fail now. We cant do this without you. Draco, I cant do this, none of us can. Without you, we came here for nothing. I could never live with myself if I find out that she died because we didn't get here fast enough. And if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be here at all. Please Draco, come out of it, come back for her. For us. We need your help" Ron spoke softly.

Draco groaned, but started to open his eyes. He looked around at them, all their eyes staring intently at him, waiting for some kind of a reaction. He looked at Ron, and suddenly it all fell into place. Hermione knew that they were all need here to get her but they all needed to do something, something big. Something to show that they would go to all extents to get to her.

Blaise, Justin, Ginny and Harry had done this by convincing someone that they needed to be here, no matter what the out come was. Draco had swallowed his pride, and went after Harry and Ron. Padma had convinced Draco to go, had convinced him that right here, right now, Mia was the most important thing in the world. What Ron had done though, was the biggest. He had thrown away all thoughts of an enemy for a friend. He had admitted he needed this help and that he couldn't do this without it.

"She's hurt, as you all saw, she's passed out cold. But he didn't do this to get at her, he did it to get at us. He's angry, and he knows that we're coming for her"

"He?" Harry questioned

"Surprised me really. Never expected this from the likes of him. Didn't think someone like him could go that low"

"Who is it Malfoy?" Ginny finally lost her patience.

"Longbottom, Weasley. Longbottom took her. He took her to get back at us"

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"The time has come, they have arrived" Neville walked into the room he had left Hermione in. "I told you that they would"

Hermione had finally woken up only minutes before, and was sitting with her knees pulled to her chest, her back against the wall, staring at the floor. She lifted her gaze to glare at him

"Asshole. How dare you do this?!?! I did nothing but helo you and this is how you repay me?" she growled

"But I'm not doing this to get back at you. No, I'm doing this to get back at them"

"Just go to hell"

"BUt I cant, I just left there and they wont let me back"

Hermione just scowled at him.

"Miss Granger, they are here to rescue you. Must say, they are smarter than I gave them credit for. Didn't think they would figure out where you were this fast"

"Why they're here is stupidity on their part Longbottom. Had they listened to me, and left me alone, they wouldn't be here right now. But no, wont listen to a Snape, they arent trust worthy"

"Snape, eh?"

"Yes Snape, you bastard. Jesus, I thought that even you would know that"

"Hermione, how would I know if you don't tell me?"

"Because anyone with any fucking brains knows by now. Opps, forgot. Your lacking in that department arent you" she shot back, sarcasm ringing in her every word.

"Hermione, when will you ever learn?" Neville walked over and kicked her in the stomach. No emotion showed. She didn't even flinch.

"Your going to have to do a lot worse then that to hurt me you sonofabitch"

"We'll see what I have to do" an evil grin passed over his face as he stared down at her, before bringing his gaze up to the door again. "I believe they are almost here. Lets see just how far they are willing to go to save you"

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Short , I know, but if I had made this along chapter, I would be done this chapter. I don't know how many more theres going to be before I finish, but it's a maximum of 3 and that's if I either get LOTS of inspiration or if I make them really short. I already have the last chapter completely done. I just need that in-between chapter.

Anyway, I'll do all my shout outs in the next chapter. It's now 12:39am and I just don't have the energy to do it all right now.

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