Chapter 3

Madam Pomfrey was waiting for Harry and Ron.

"You two are always in here." she said in a slightly annoyed voice.

"Well, it's not always our fault." said Harry.

"Sleep, both of you. Professor McGonagall will be watching the doors in case you try something funny. So stay put, for your own sakes. How's your arm?"

"I don't think it's broken, it just hurt for a moment. Where are you going?" said Ron.

"You think I'm going to wait around here for he-who-must-not-be-named to come and kill me? Well you're wrong. I'm going to the Great Hall where it is safe for a poor woman like me. Good night." She turned off the lights and left the room and McGonagall came in.

"Now listen to me you two. I have told Mr. Creevey to go get Miss. Weasley. The three of you will be spending the night here."

"But Professor, Madam Pomfrey said it wasn't safe here. Why are we here?"

"As you may know, she gets frightened easily. She doesn't even know this is the safest room in the castle."

"Then why doesn't everyone come in here?" said Ron.

"And how do you suppose we can fit that many people in this tiny room? Go to sleep, tomorrow Dumbledore will send you back to Grimmauld Place. It is not safe for you here anymore." Just then the door opened and Ginny and Filch walked in.

"I told you two not to go!" she yelled, tears coming in her eyes. "But you just never listen do you?"

"Here are their trunks Professor." said Filch putting down four trunks.

"Why are there four?" asked Harry.

"Granger." said Filch. Ginny burst out wailing.

"Good night you three. Don't try anything. I am outside and will know if you leave the room." said Professor McGonagall.

"Good night." said Ron. McGonagall and Filch left.

"We're not staying here, are we? I mean, we are definitely not going back to Grimmauld Place. It's awful there. Especially with the memory of Sirius." said Ron.

Ginny ran in a corner of the Hospital Wing and started sobbing.

"We all have brooms don't we? And there's a window there! Let's go get Hermione." said Harry.

"Ginny?" said Ron. He walked over to her and sat on the floor next to her. "Ginny, its ok. We'll get Hermione back. Don't worry. Are you coming?"

Ginny slowly lifted her head out of her lap and nodded.

"Let's go then." said Harry.

"What about our trunks?" said Ron.

"Let's leave them here. Just our brooms. Ready Ginny?"

She nodded. Harry handed her her broom.

"Let's go then." said Ron.

They all got on their broom and flew higher and higher.

"Open the lock on that window Harry!" said Ron.

"Alohamora!" said Harry and the lock opened itself and the window blew open.

"It's windy outside!" said Ron.

They sped out the window.

"Hermione, here we come!!" said Harry.

She didn't remember it clearly. She only remembered going up and up, with Ron getting closer. Then she blacked out.

"We didn't manage to get Potter My Lord. We got his mudblood friend." she heard someone say.

"She's good enough. Potter will come looking after her soon. Then, we attack."

Hermione opened her eyes. She was in some sort of dungeon. The floor where she had been laying on was cold stone and was wet. There were rusty bars all around her.

Lucius Malfoy's head popped out from behind a wall.

"She's awake." he grunted.

"Take her to the water room." said the voice.

"Yes, sir." Hermione heard the jingling of keys clashing together, and then Lucius came into view with a ring with about 500 keys on it. He took out a small bronze one and opened the lock to her dungeon.

"Come here Granger." He said pulling her up by her arm. She screamed in pain. "Then get up yourself!"

She slowly stood up and Lucius grabbed the neck of her robes and pulled her into a long hallway with many doors. He stopped at a door, let go of Hermione, and opened it with one of the keys on the huge key ring.

"Get in." he said opening the door. Hermione slowly stepped in the room. It was a dark room with only one light on the ceiling. It was all stone. There was a fountain in the middle of the room with no water coming out of it.

"Sleep." he ordered. Hermione sat on the cold hard floor and put her head down. Lucius pressed a button which caused a loud BEEP and left the room. Hermione started sobbing quietly.

Harry! She thought Help me!