Chapter 4

My Hero

"Don't!" Yelled Hermoine in horror as Madam Pince pulled her in toward her.

"Hermoine," breathed Madam Pince. "we are…" She stopped to subdue Hermoine's struggling.

"I don't care what we are! Let go of me!" Hermoine was kicking and fighting as much as she could.

"Oh, do be still!" Madam Pince whispered an incantation that paralyzed Hermoine.

"We are" continued Madam Pince. "soul mates." Madam Pince cradled Hermoine's limp body in her arms. She laid Hermoine on a near by table and began undoing the buttons to her school uniform.

Hermoine tried and tried to move but she couldn't. She couldn't even scream. She felt completely helpless. No, not felt. She was completely helpless.

Madam Pince undid the last button and leaned over Hermoine to kiss her collarbone. "I've been waiting so long for this moment." Hermoine could feel Madam Pince caressing her thigh. Her hand slowly making it's way up her leg. Hermoine once again tried with all her might to scream. She couldn't. She couldn't do anything to stop Madam Pince.

Madam Pince pulled Hermoine's shirt off slowly. Hermoine cried silently; tears trickling out of her dark brown eyes and down her cheek. Madam Pince grinned in giddy delight.

"Why are you crying Hermoine?" She unsuccessfully tried to restrain an evil laugh as she said this. "You can't deny that we were meant for each other." Her hands found their way around Hermoine's waist to the button of her skirt. Hermoine closed her tear filled eyes as Madam Pince started to remove her skirt.

Suddenly Madam Pince went flying off of Hermoine. "Are you alright?" It was Cardinal. Hermoine heaved a sigh of relief and tried to verbalize her gratitude, but she couldn't. He pulled her up into his arms and ran out of the library. She felt so safe in his strong grip.

He brought her into a strange room she didn't recognize. It was dark and there was a comforting fire warming the room. Cardinal gently laid her down in a feather filled bed. She fell asleep.

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"Hermoine," whispered Cardinal leaning over her.

Hermoine's eyes fluttered open as she awoke. "Where am I?" Said Hermoine groggily as she stretched her stiff muscles.

"Are you okay?" Asked Cardinal ignoring her question. Deliberately?

Hermoine took a deep breath of relief. "I can move… and talk!" She wrapped her arms around his neck. "You saved me!" She felt her eyes welling with tears. He patted her on the back slightly self-consciously. She let go of him and sat back against the bed's headboard. She was still tired. The spell that Madam Pince put on her must have been what made her sleep.

Cardinal blushed and looked away. Hermoine didn't realize why at first but then she remembered. Madam Pince had taken off nearly all her clothes.

"Oh!" She pulled the bed covers around herself quickly.

"It's… It's quite alright." Cardinal was still blushing profusely.

Hermoine touched his arm lightly. "Thank you." A slight shiver went up her spine. "If you wouldn't have stopped her…"

Cardinal looked at her with his deep eyes. "Of course I stopped her Hermoine." He held her hand. "I love you, remember?" He cautiously brought her hand up to his lips and kissed it. Hermoine melted into his arms.

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A.N. And they made hot, passionate love all freaking night long! … Okay maybe not, I don't know. I really don't know where this story is going so if there are any ideas floating around out there then I would be wonderfully happy to hear them!