Pain, Hurt, and…Love?

Chapter Five

Hurry, Hide

Disclaimer: As always I own nothing Harry Potter…when and if I ever do I will let you all know but all of it belongs to the great J.K. Rowling. 

             Draco swore he heard a door bang open. He had fallen asleep and it was now late in the afternoon. He heard a shrill screech. What the bloody hell was that? Hermione stirred. He looked down at her. Only one person had ever made his mother scream like that. And that was his father. No he couldn't be here. He left us…why would he come back now…no it couldn't be him... it can't be… Draco was worried. If his father was here Hermione was in danger. If not and his mother had just fallen or something Hermione was safe…for now.

            "D-D-Draco…what was that?" Asked a groggy Hermione. He put his arm around her and just shook his head. Hermione looked up at him quizzically until she heard the scream again. She paled…so did Draco.

            "Hermione I need you to hide. I don't care where just somewhere where no one would think to look or maybe in the most obvious place. I don't care but get out of sight. I will be back." Hermione nodded. She didn't ask. She knew where he was going she knew what he was going to do. Hermione just hoped that he didn't get hurt in the process.

            Hermione hoisted herself out of bed. It still hurt to move around too much and so getting out of bed was a chore. But she did and as Draco was putting on a shirt Hermione walked over to him and hugged him. She hugged him because she was afraid and because she didn't want anything bad to happen to him. He awkwardly hugged her back.

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            Nacrissa had heard the door bang open. She went to see who it could possibly be. It was Lucius. Nacrissa screamed. He hadn't touched her yet but she wanted to give Draco and Hermione a sufficient warning before Lucius got too far in the manor. She prayed that Draco would tell Hermione to get out, or hide, or do something that would keep her out of Lucius' grasp.

            Lucius looked at Nacrissa. He grinned and evil grin and came towards her. She screamed again. Lucius looked at her like a hungry animal. He looked like one too. He was raggedy and dirty. He hadn't bathed in days, and he had been wearing the same cloths for weeks. He never brought anything with him when he left, a very stupid thing to do now that he thought about it. He had come back to get a few changes of cloths then he would be out of their hair forever.

            "Nacrissa…you have not changed a bit." Lucius' voice was cold and raspy. It sounded like he hadn't talked in a long, long, time, either that or he had been screaming at the top of his lungs for days. Nacrissa was worried, well until she saw Draco wand in hand. He had a smirk on his face and made a motion to tell him mother not to say anything about him being there. She complied. She didn't know what Draco had done but from the looks of his face he was pleased.

            Within minutes of her thinking this, a few things happened at once. Lucius pounced on Nacrissa and started to rip at her robes and the front door was again being burst open…though how it got closed Nacrissa didn't know.

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            Draco and summoned the Ministry. He knew that they would want to catch his father doing something that was evil so they could throw him in Azkaban. They had wanted to do it for a very, very, long time.

            He made sure Hermione was out of sight and then walked down the stairs quietly. He made sure that he made no sound so his father wouldn't hear him and so that he could watch what happened without becoming part of the problem. Within minutes of Draco coming down his father pounced on his mother and tore at her cloths, and at the same time the Ministry came bursting through the doors.

            "Enough Mr. Malfoy!" Draco didn't know who this man was but he was tall and very frightening looking. He was bald and had very large eyes. He looked like the brother to Professor Trelawney.  It was rather frightening, thinking that Trelawney had a brother that is.

            Only when the man from the Ministry called to him did Lucius see Draco. Draco glared at him.

            "Draco, my boy!" He tried to sound happy to see him but the scorn in his eyes told all.

            "No Lucius. I am not your boy. I would never associate myself with people who ever worked for the Dark Lord. Never. You are no father of mine." Draco said with scorn in every word as he glared at his 'father.' Draco turned his back and started to walk back to find Hermione when his father called him.

            "You are an ungrateful, bastard of a child. You don't deserve this life that I gave you! You deserve nothing more then to be beaten!" Draco just kept going. He ignored this. He was used to threat by his father. They really meant nothing to him anymore.

            He was on his way upstairs when he felt a hand grab him. He looked at who it was. It was Hermione.

            "Hermione! I thought that I told you to stay hidden until I came for you!?" Hermione just looked at him. She looked scared out of her mind. Draco got worried. "Hermione are you alright? I was just kidding…Hermione?" He was getting frantic. Hermione wasn't saying anything she just kept looking at him. Finally she screamed. A loud blood curdling scream. Draco jumped. She seemed to have been sleep walking she woke up and looked at Draco she was crying.

            "Draco!! I had th-th-that dream again. Oh Draco make it go away…Draco…" God…she was okay…that was all that mattered to Draco right now.

            "It's okay Hermione. I will make it stop. I will I promise. Okay? No more tears." Draco took her down the stairs. Everyone was looking at them when they came down stairs.

            "Mr. Malfoy what was that all about?" The Trelawney look alike asked.

            "She was having a dream. She was sleep walking and when she was about to wake she screamed. I didn't do anything to her. I am not my father." They looked at him and then at the shaking girl that was clinging to him for dear life. They didn't think that if he had hurt her that she would be doing that so they let it go.

            When Hermione started to calm down. She looked over at where all the Ministry workers were. She spotted someone she knew. It was Mr. Weasley. What is he doing here? Hermione wondered. She looked up at Draco. He looked angry and scared. She reached up and touched his face. He jumped a little and she giggled. He smiled at her and pulled her closer, if that was even possible.

            "I see you are feeling better." Draco looked down at her. She smiled and nodded her head.

            "What is going on here? What happened that caused the entire Ministry to be here?" Hermione wanted to know. Draco looked ahead at someone in the mass of the workers.

            "I called them here." Hermione looked at him quizzically. "My father is in there Hermione." She tensed immediately. "But don't worry. He is cuffs. He can't get out of them by apperating. He can't go anywhere. He is trapped just where he is." Hermione relaxed. Unfortunately for Hermione a gap in the workers let Lucius see Hermione and Draco.

            "Draco! What the fuck do you think that you are doing with the mudblood in your arms? What do you think that you were doing letting her into the house!? I thought that I killed you anyway mudblood." He screamed. Everyone looked at him. Then everyone looked at Draco. He looked furious. Hermione looked frightened. Nacrissa had found her way over to them.

            Draco set Hermione down. She instantly went to Nacrissa, who put her arms around her protectively. Draco walked over to his father. He hit him hard in the face.

            "Don't you ever dare call Hermione a mudblood again or I will do worse. I will personally make sure that you are thrown into Azkaban." Hermione looked to Nacrissa. She didn't seem fazed at all by what Draco had said and done. Nacrissa just pulled Hermione closer. Hermione pushed herself closer. She was afraid of what would happen.

            Lucius just sat there. His own flesh and blood was willing to throw him into prison. Had he really gotten that bad? By the looks of the way Draco was looking at him he would say yes. Well he really didn't care. It was a lot easier to be mean and cold then to be nice. Being nice never got anyone anywhere.

            Lucius smirked at his son but said nothing. If he wanted to love a mudblood and disgrace himself then so be it. Lucius watched as he walked back to his mudblood and took her in his arms, the whole time glaring at him. Almost as if he was daring Lucius to say anything about him and Hermione. She seemed rather frightened. But she relaxed when she was back with Draco. She turned her head and glared at Lucius too.

            "Hermione I want you to stay with someone at all times do you understand me? I don't trust my father. Knowing him he will get out of this and come after you again. I can't have him hurt you Hermione. I won't let him. But I have things that I have to do where I won't be able to keep a constant eye on you. Someone will be with you at all times."

            "Draco that's not fair! I can take care of myself! I'm not afraid of your father. I can take care of my self I can!" Hermione pleaded with Draco. She didn't want to be watched all the time. That wasn't fair to her. What about him. Lucius would come after him too. "Draco what about you? Your father is bound to come and look for you too. He isn't only going to be after me. That is assuming he can get out of this mess." Draco looked at her. She had a point. He wouldn't only be after her. HE would come after him too.

            "I know Hermione. But I know how to defend myself against him. You don't, and Hermione I don't want you to get hurt."

            "I know Draco. But if taught me how to defend myself against him I wouldn't need people to watch me all the time." Draco looked down at her again. He smiled. He leaned over and kissed her lips.

            "Of course Hermione. That is a great idea. We will start the training when we get back to school. Right now let's just enjoy the rest of our break." Hermione nodded enthusiastically. He laughed. She was so cute and he wouldn't deny that. She laughed with him. He hugged her and she hugged back. He couldn't remember ever being so happy in his life. He had Hermione who cared about him so much, he had his mother who loved him more then anything, and his father was going away! He was so happy he could almost do a little dance…almost, but not quite.

            Hermione was beyond happy. She got to stay with Draco for the rest of the break and she was sure that she was falling in love with him. She wouldn't say anything though. Not until she was sure that he loved her too. She had always liked him a little. Who didn't? Draco meant everything to her now, now that he had showed her that he could love and care just like she did. That he did have a heart and the greatest mother that anyone could ask for. She loved it here…without Lucius that is.

            With that Draco picked Hermione up, walked out of the room, and took her outside where he planned to have a wonderful afternoon with her. Setting her in a patch of beautiful flowers where she giggled just like a very happy little girl. He planned to hold onto Hermione for as long as she would let him. She meant everything to him and he was going to prove it to Hermione. Over the next two weeks he would make sure that he showed Hermione just how important she was to him.

            A/N: Hey again! I hope that you liked this chapter.  I thought that it was okay not the greatest but I don't want to over-do it. I want to know what you guys think of it. So review!! And hurry! Luv ya all!