Comatose

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Chapter 3

Meeting

"So Hermione how are you feeling?" A bit sore? Oh wait don't tell me you have a bit of a headache" Am I right?" The grin was back, that evil grin she remembered and she remembered because there was no chance that she would ever forget it.

"Why" Croaked Hermione these were the first words that had come from her mouth for ages and as they erupted and it felt good even though she was terrified of Draco wondering what he would do to her next.

"Why? You say, what a stupid thing to say, because you stupid Mudblood, you tried to stop me, you didn't think I was stupid enough not to know you had been following me?"

Hermione managed to summon up the courage to fight back, fight back for what she has always known to be right and true.

"I knew you were plotting something! I had to follow you for Harry's sake I would never let you hurt him I couldn't face it if something happened and I never tried to do anything." She was almost in tears, she questioned herself, was it really worth it, risking my own life when I know Harry would only want friendship in return, and I would be left there yearning for more than friendship.

"Poor Hermione, always trying to do the right thing, only to be let down again, why do you bother?" Mocked Draco

"I bother, because I care Draco, I bother because I love people and I love knowing that they are safe and away from harm. That's why I bother."

"Whatever, I heard this rubbish before Hermione, and to tell you the truth it's complete crap. No matter what you try and do or say it won't stop the fact that I will kill Harry Potter, and you wont be able to stop me, weather you like it or not."

Hermione was angry, how could this person get away with saying these things?

"I will stop you Draco, you wont hurt Harry, because I wont let you, I'll never let you"

"Oh look around you Hermione, this place isn't exactly close to home is it, I mean you've probably never seen it before, have you? I'm amazed that I was able to get here myself, those enchanted chains I tied you to the tree with worked wonders I must say. It was such a clever enchantment I put on those chins that tied you to that tree. An enchantment that was able to transport my mind to the exact place yours is a place where everything seems normal but it's far from that. A place where you wont be able to escape from, a place were your going to have to face every nightmare that you've ever dreamt about. Enjoy Hermione, you deserve it."

A wicked grin formed its self neatly on his face, pure evil the grin sat there and bore into Hermione's eyes

This grin spurred Hermione to make sure Draco realised that he was talking complete rubbish, all the fear she felt before had vanished, she dint care what he would do to her, as long as her knew how much she hated him. This would satisfy her. Forever.

"Draco you're talking complete rubbish, I've been no where, my mind is not somewhere my body isn't. That's just stupid and it fits that you'd be the one to say it, I mean you were never a bright spark at school were you? I always saw you tormenting younger years or people in our own to do you homework for you, I'm so amazed at how you managed to complete your OWL's or even you're NEWT's."

"I think it's you that's stupid, look"

Draco raised the same wand that caused so much pain to Hermione's body and instead of pointing it towards her, this time her aimed it towards the sky, "REVEALOUS" shouted Draco. Within a second of him finishing these words a massive light exploded into the sky and slowly but surely, small fragments of a picture started to form.

The picture formed more rapidly until there were no more pieces to add, and there Hermione saw herself laying in a bed, her face was white, there was no colour that normally filled her cheeks left. Her body looked withered and drawn, she'd lost weight, a drip was attached to her arm and beeping machines surrounded her. Even though all of this was daunting, the thing that overwhelmed her the most was the person sitting there holding her hand. It was Harry. He was just sitting there holding her hand.

"How do I know that this is even real?"

Draco moved very quickly and punched Hermione in the stomach, immediately she screwed up her face waiting for the pain so seep around her. But noting came, slowly she looked down and saw Draco's arm had gone straight through her. She was nothing but a Hologram.

"This isn't happening, this can't be real, why am I like this?"

"You're like that because THERE is your body" Draco pointed to the imaged that played in the sky. "And here is your mind, both separated, just that way that I wanted, a body and mind detached from one another, so your powerless to do anything. So I'm left to do whatever I see fit. And what I see fit to do is to destroy Harry Potter."

"I'll find a way" Hermione said this with so much determination she even scared herself.

"Good luck Hermione, I know you won't, oh and before I go say goodbye to Harry I'm sure that this will be the last time you ever see him – alive"

Hermione could not bare to let him win and she knew she would see Harry again, and she knew that when she did he would be alive, and kicking"

She put one hand on the other and prayed she would find this way of escaping and quickly. By this point Draco had vanished all that was left was an unbearable amount of hatred.

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Harry had been by Hermione's bedside for hours and it was become darker outside, he had fallen asleep, running out of things to say. Yet he was to be awoken, her suddenly felt a warm hand grip his own as soon as this happened his eyes sprung open and saw that Hermione's had grasped his hand in return.

"Hermione?" Harry asked tentatively

No reply, yet this didn't bother him at all, he knew that she was getting better.

But he didn't know that half of it, no one did.

AN: Hope you enjoyed that chapter, next chapter up soon all review welcome.