Everything To Fight For
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Disclaimer- I do not own Harry Potter. Sorry.
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Chapter 16- Falling Down
'You are ready.' A voice whispered. 'You must go. He will not seek out you, you shall seek out him. Go, Hermione Granger.'
Hermione replayed that part of her sleep, over and over in her head. The dream was black, nothingness; just the words that rung out and echoed in her mind.
It made perfect sense to her… but was she really ready? She looked at her wand that lay clenched in her palm. She put her forehead in her free hand and looked down at the wand tip.
It illuminated.
"Go, Hermione Granger." She whispered to herself. Getting up, she wrote a note to Ron, telling him not to worry. She would be back later. She hated lying, but she had no idea if she was or not.
Throwing on her cloak, she ran out the door and apparated outside Malfoy Manner. She was searching for the entrance, when she heard a voice drawl out from behind her.
"What are you doing?"
She looked over and was face to face with whom she wanted to be for all her months in hiding. Draco Malfoy.
"I was… looking for you." She said.
Draco smirked. Apparently, the longer he was injected, the more evil he was becoming.
"Calling for your own death, are you?" He asked.
Hermione walked toward him, calmly. He swung out an arm and she was roughly shoved to the ground. She let out a slight moan of pain, but got up slowly.
"WELL?" He asked, wand raised.
"Please, let me help you." She said, reaching for her own wand that lay on the ground.
"Help me with what? I'm better than I ever have been." Draco said.
He started to chant a spell, when he was cut off by a shaky voice.
"Don't you
dare!"
Narcissa was standing there, her
wand raised as well.
Draco slid a look at his mother and then looked back at Hermione, eyes burning. "I WILL KILL YOU!" He yelled.
"No!" Narcissa cried.
"Let they boy do it!" Said a figure, coming out from the darkness. Luscious Malfoy. "Go on boy!"
"Draco!" Hermione begged, getting frantic by now. "Don't you remember anything?"
"Kill her, boy!" Shouted Luscious.
Draco's eyes softened for a split second, but then he lifted his wand at her once more. "You shall die, mudblood."
Hermione's tears began to fall.
"KILL HER! WHY ARE YOU HESITATING?" Shouted Luscious.
There was silence for a couple minutes, Draco's wand pointed towards Hermione's chest.
Luscious seemed to be getting agitated. "I should have known, Draco!" He yelled.
Draco looked over at his father.
"I should have known the dark lord made a mistake! He asked YOU to be his heir. Not me! NOT ME! I will kill you! And then I will kill her." He said pointing to Hermione.
"Luscious, no!" Narcissa shouted.
Luscious rounded on Narcissa, pointing his wand at her, whispering something. They all watched as her frail, pale body, fell to the ground, crumpled. She didn't move.
"I WILL KILL YOU BOY! I will kill you and that mudblood! I've been doing the entire killing around here since you were appointed! Now I can have the credit!" Luscious yelled.
"NO!" Hermione flung herself in front of Draco.
Draco's eyes widened at this act. They softened for a moment, and he looked as though he wanted them to become dark once again, but there was no mistaking the soul in them.
"No." She said again.
"Oh? And why do you want to get killed first, little girl? MOVE." Luscious yelled angrily. "I'll just kill you."
"I dare you." She said through gritted teeth.
"Why protect the man who wanted you dead?" Luscious asked.
She looked back at Draco. "I'll stand by you forever." She whispered to him.
Had she lost her mind? She didn't care. She didn't care if the whole world was loosing their minds. She didn't care.
"YOU MUDBLOOD!" Yelled Luscious, lifting his wand and muttering something.
A black light spat out from the end of his wand and came towards her. She felt a rush of cold air as she closed her eyes and flung backwards.
She was dead.
Wasn't she?
She opened her eyes and saw that the light was no longer hitting her, but a green light had come from Draco's wand and was fighting against the black light. They clashed like fighting dogs, flinging sparks into the air. Another string of words shouted from Draco, and a large spark flung from their wand, hitting Narcissa's body, making her flinch.
What? She flinched? So she wasn't dead!
Draco's light sprung forward, almost overtaking Luscious. Luscious flung back when the lights went out abruptly. He began to crawl up and his eyes were full of fury. Draco turned his back, thinking his father was dead.
"Draco!" Hermione yelled. It came out as a hoarse whisper that he hadn't heard. She yelled again, but her voice was no more than a rasp of air.
Luscious was fully on his feet now, muttering something under his breath, when suddenly, a white stag and a phoenix, along with a blue, red and white light, sprung out from one area behind him. It hit Luscious in the back and he let out a shriek of pain, falling forward on his face.
Hermione looked in the direction of where all of the lights had come. There, stood four figures. Dumbledore, Harry, Ron and Ginny. They beamed at her and Dumbledore pulled his glasses down to the tip of his nose, staring at her with a raised eyebrow.
She laughed. They were saved.
Ron came over to her, helping her up, while Dumbledore and Harry talked with a struggling Luscious, who seemed to have lost control of his body.
"Azkaban?" Hermione heard him squeal with fright.
Dumbledore smiled at Harry. "I'm afraid so. We already have an Auror to get you there."
"Who?" He spat.
Dumbledore patted Harry's shoulder. "Why, Harry Potter of course."
Hermione smiled and looked back at Ron.
"How did you know where I was?" She asked.
"You left a note telling me you would be back later and not to worry. Of course, seeing as though Me, Harry and you…"
"Harry, you and I." She corrected.
"Right. Well, seeing as though we have a knack for trouble, I knew that something was up. And this was about the only thing I could think of." He said.
Ginny was helping Narcissa on her feet. She looked paler than before, but all right.
Hermione then looked over to Draco, who was struggling. He was on his knees, shaking his head and wincing in pain.
"Draco?" Hermione asked, rubbing his back.
He looked over to her. He was smiling. His eyes were clear and grey. They were the eyes she loved to get lost in.
"Oh, Draco!" Hermione gasped, holding tightly onto him.
He took her face and kissed her lips slowly and softly. There were hollers and hoots, as they looked back at a cheering Dumbledore, clapping Ron and Ginny, and a happily crying Narcissa, who held a large smile on her pale lips.
"Thank you. All of you." Hermione said.
In a split second, she doubled over in pain. She held her sides and fell to her knees.
"Hermione? Are you all right?" Asked Ron and Draco, at the same time.
Dumbledore starting to laugh with a large, warm smile on his face. Why was he laughing? She felt like throwing up, and she winced again as she groaned.
Why was she in pain?
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Hey guys, you'll see what happens! I know exactly what the next chapter is going to be like, and sadly, it is probably the last for my story! I need lots of reviews for this chapter, and you will all see what happens! It's quite exciting, actually!
-Kit