A/N: thank all the reviewers, especially Kali-gurlie for leaving all those reviews, pushing me to at least post another chapter. Persistence will get you anywhere. I had trouble opening my file, which made me lose my story, so I had to download it off of fanfiction.

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Draco placed both Rory and Tristan in a platform he had in secret that only he had known of. After that was dealt with, he turned his attention to the problem at hand.

¡°Ok, I don¡¯t have the details, but I know that we can send Lucius to Azkaban with no problem. The problem is, he always seems to be able to get out of it before even getting there.¡±

¡°But didn¡¯t he use a Unforgivable on a muggle? That¡¯s first degree crime, which will send him straight to Azkaban.¡±

¡°Have you forgotten Weasley? This is Lucius, my father, and the one that can get away with just about everything. No I need for that ass to do something in front of Cornelius Fudge himself. I know that man is dense, so I need Lucius to do something that makes it so clear, that it will break Fudge¡¯s rose colored glasses.¡±

Hermione thought for a moment. And it seemed so evident to her.

¡°The dungeon. Send me back, and let Cornelius see the dungeon while Lucius is abusing me.¡±

¡°Are you daft Hermione?! You¡¯ve been in there already; you¡¯ve seen the horrors that happen within those walls. There is no way in hell you are being sent back there again. I would rather go myself, because at least if I die, it¡¯s my own life and no one else¡¯s¡±

¡°But you¡¯re the only one that knows the secret passage.¡±

¡°I can teach one of you.¡±

¡°There isn¡¯t enough time Draco. Just let me do this, for my cousin, for me, for you.¡±

She looked him dead into his eyes, full of determination and sincerity. During that week when they had become friends, they both saw different sides of each other none would have guessed about the other.

¡°Fine, but only this once.¡±

He reached out onto the other five people and all of them apparated to the Malfoy Manor. As they reached there, Draco pulled out extra invisible cloaks and they all silently passed the mansion. As they reached the statue, he pulled down on the stick and all six silently went in. Draco led them down the dark passageway, and tapped on the wall. The other five jumped surprised to see the wall disappear and see a furious Lucius standing in the middle of the dungeon, yelling at the top of his lungs.

¡°WHERE HAS THE MUDBLOOD AND MUGGLE GONE?! KINSLEY!¡±

A frightened looking house-elf came in silently, not looking directly into Lucius¡¯s eyes. He was carrying with him the lifeless body of Kinsley.

¡°I found him sir in the middle of the hallway sir.¡±

Lucius shot darts at the house-elf with his wand.

¡°YOU FOOL! HE WAS HERE! THAT IMBECILE OF A SON WAS HERE AND YOU LET HIM SLIP RIGHT BENEATH MY NOSE! IT IS ALL YOUR DAMN FAULT!¡±

The house-elf cowered away slowly.

¡°I am very sorry sir.¡±

¡°YOU WILL BE PUNISHED!¡±

Now the house-elf was almost in tears.

¡°No master Malfoy, please.¡±

And with a flick of his wand, the house-elf was dead. Hermione gasped and turned to Draco.

¡°YOU KILLED THAT HOUSE-ELF?!¡±

¡°It was either I kill Kinsley or I die myself. I knew you would be mad. Look, and keep your voice down, I don¡¯t know how much sound this place can hold.¡±

She sat there silently, staring at the two lifeless house-elves lying on the floor, and all because of her. She let her tears slowly drip onto the ground. She closed her eyes and sighed.

¡°Now it¡¯s my turn.¡±

¡°Wait, we need to get Cornelius.¡±

Harry pointed down to his hand, holding what seemed to be a little beetle.

¡°He let¡¯s me do all this stuff, but he likes knowing about them.¡±

¡°Wait, when did you find time to get him Potter?¡±

¡°He was with me, visiting and when I heard the doorbell ring, I just asked him to turn into a beetle. I forgot he was in my pocket until you brought it up.¡±

Harry placed him on the ground, as the bug transformed into the original form of Cornelius Fudge.

¡°Although I do not like being called dense, I would like to see more proof.¡±

Draco checked to make sure there was no one there. He heard the footsteps walk towards the living room. He tapped the wall, making the wall completely disappear. Right before Hermione stepped in, he grabbed hold of her.

¡°Are you quite sure about this?¡±

She smiled at his concern, kissing him gently on his lips, surprising everyone there, even herself.

¡°Quite.¡±

She turned and walked into the room with the bravery of a lion. Draco silently touched his lips and smiled a bit.

¡°I¡¯ll be watching and waiting

And he tapped the wall, closing it. Hermione took that as a cue to scream. Lucius came running in, surprised and flustered to see Hermione.

¡°How did you get here?!¡±

She looked flustered, out of breathe, almost about the faint.

¡°HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED?! THIS IS YOUR DUNGEON!¡±

¡°HOW DARE YOU SPEAK BACK TO ME?! BOW DOWN!¡±

¡°NO!¡±

¡°NOW YOUR REFUSE MY ORDERS. YOU WILL LEARN. CRUCIO!¡±

Hermione didn¡¯t think that it would happen that fast. She fell onto her knees, trying to scream of agonizing pain, but couldn¡¯t. She felt as though she would burst at any moment. Draco and the rest came flying into the room, with the wall just disappearing. Draco fell on his knees, grabbing a hold on Hermione.

¡°Speak to me.¡±

She looked as though she was close to insanity. The rest of them had their wands out on Lucius. Even he understood in his thick head it was over. He was outnumbered. Harry quickly grabbed Lucius¡¯s wand and said out.

¡°Petrificus totalus.¡±

Lucius¡¯s body was immediately locked, as Cornelius Fudge grabbed him, shooting glares of hate towards him.

¡°You bastard of a fool. Dementors will become chipper before you come out of Azkaban.¡±

And they disapparated. The rest turned their attention to Hermione. Anne and Jessica looked near to tears while Ron and Harry were pacing around in frustration. Ron spoke up first.

¡°She¡¯ll be okay right? I mean, you have that medicine that can make her better right?¡±

Draco sadly looked down onto her face.

¡°I used the last of my rations on her cousin.¡±

All four yelled in unison.

¡°WHAT?!¡±

¡°I know how to make it, but it isn¡¯t going to be easy. And there might be a chance that she would reach insanity before I finish.¡± (D)

¡°But we have to try right?¡± (A)

¡°We¡¯ll try, I¡¯ll try. But don¡¯t you remember the formula Anne? Remember exactly what we need?¡± (D)

She froze for a moment before letting her tears drip down. The mission was impossible. What was needed was the spirit of a dementor, blood of a giant, hair of a unicorn, and the blood of a pureblood. The three would be easy to get, since Hagrid was half giant, unicorn hair could be found in wands, and the blood of a pureblood was something that was simple. But the spirit of a dementor, that only came once in a century. No one was ever able to get close enough to steal its spirit before receiving the fatal kiss themselves. The potion itself only took four hours to make. Those who used to do this were rare; hardly anyone would risk their lives for it. And if it were found, a great price in galleons would have to be paid. Money was no object to a Malfoy, but the fact that no one at that time ever stole spirits of dementors anymore.

¡°Harry, Ron, go and try to get the other ingredients. Anne, Jessica and I will work on the spirit. With any luck, I might be able to find dad¡¯s secret stash of dark weapons.¡±

Jessica fell onto her knees, taking Hermione from Draco, laying Hermione¡¯s head on her lap. She sighed and she looked up.

¡°This was powerful. We only have a day.¡±

Draco and Anne were out as soon as these words passed her lips.