Chapter 21-
Hullo-I want everyone to know that I got my wisdom teeth out yesterday and they don't hurt at all. Everyone told me I was going to be in tons of pain, but I am not feeling to bad.
To all my reviewers--I sorry for leaving you with such a weird ending, but I think you will realize why Hermione was acting that way when you read this chapter. Happy Reading.
~last time~
We are over. I should have never thought a relationship between us would work out. I hate you. You have treated me like crap before, now I got you back. By the way, I slept with both Potter and Weasley when we were going out. Goodbye. Oh, and don't ever talk to me again." she said as she walked out of the gardens.
Draco just stood there starting at her departing figure. 'What is going on? I hate her! She's nothing but a stupid, slutty Mudblood! How could I have ever trusted anything that is so beneath me?'
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Hermione woke up with a searing pain in her head. She tried to move her hand to the back on her head, but neither one would move. Her legs wouldn't move either. This realization brought her back to consciousness. Her eyes shot open and she looked around. It was dark and had a grungy smell. She had no idea where she was. She looked like she was in some kind of a dungeon.
Then she looked up and saw that her arms were chained above her head. Fear enveloped her as she looked down and saw that he ankles were also chained to the wall. She was standing spread eagle against the cold stone wall. She felt the cold stone touching her entire body. This caused her to look down once more. This time she noticed that she was only wearing underwear. She tried to scream, but nothing would come out.
Hermione's breathing quickened and she began trembling. 'What is going on?' she thought as tons of horrifying thoughts flowed through her head. Tears threatened to fall from her eyes, but she held them back as much as she could.
Suddenly she heard footsteps coming towards her. She was once again totally enveloped in fear. She forced herself to stop trembling and she sagged slightly against the chains to appear to still be unconscious once again.
The footsteps were approaching and she could hear faint whispers, but could not tell what the people were saying. Soon the footsteps stopped and she knew the people were in the room.
"Merlin! She is still out! How hard did you hit her?" yelled a familiar female voice.
"It's not my fault. You told me to make sure that she was knocked out!! This isn't benefiting me either you know." said another familiar voice, but it was a male this time. "I want to be able to hear her scream." he said chuckling.
"You are sick."
"Well, I am not the one who wanted to turn into a Gryffindor to get to her boyfriend to break up with her."
"Shhh, what if she wakes up? Now, go pull some of her hair out and give it to me." she demanded.
"Why don't you do it?"
"Because I don't want to touch her, and your whole reason for helping me was so you could. Now do it!"
"Fine, but after I do it you have to leave and I get to do whatever I want with her."
"I know, and try to wake her up today. I can't change back to myself until she can go back to herself."
'What?' Hermione thought, trying to not panic.
Suddenly she felt someone grab her hair and pull out several strands. It took all the power she had not to flinch and pull away. She had a deep feeling that it would be bad if they knew she was awake.
"Hurry. The polyjuice potion is starting to wear off. It I turn back, her clothes won't fit anymore."
"Here, now go. I want to have some fun with her before dinner."
"Good. I am having a lot of fun too. I have been using this body to the fullest. I have slept with several guys already. I might just keep this body a little longer now that I think of it." the girl said. "Have fun, Crogain."
'Crogain?! Oh no…oh no…'Hermione hept thinking over and over. 'This is going to be really bad…' he thoughts were cut off when she heard footsteps walking away from her.
"You too, Parkinson." Brent replied. "See if you can get the great Harry Potter in bed with you. That would be great."
"I'll think about that. I already told Draco that I did both him and Weasley, so I guess I might as well be true to my word." he voice call back.
'Oh God. Brent Crogain and Pansy Parkinson…' her thoughts were once again cut off when se felt a hand caress her bare stomach. She fought with all her might not to shiver or pull away. Suddenly the hand made it's way up her body. She clenched her teeth as hard as she could. She needed a distraction. 'I know, I won't react to him and he will get board and leave.
"God! He yelled after a minute of groping her. "I am sick and tired of this shit. I can do anything to you when you are chained to a damn wall. At least I can screw you if you a laying on the ground. Hmm. Well you are unconscious. I guess it won't hurt to take you down for a little while." he said to himself. Then she felt his hands let go of their tight grip on her chest and more up her arms.
Hermione felt a glimmer of hope. She had to come up with a plan. She had to get away from him before he got the chance to rape her.
"You know why I tried to rape you in the first place? No, you probably don't." he said as he began removing her arm restraints. "It's because I wanted to get you back for being a dumb, defenseless Mudblood. You are defiling our house by touching Malfoy. I saw you guys together a long time ago. I needed to change that. We can't have your filth mangling our pure, clean house. So I thought I would have to teach you a lesson."
When he finally finished undoing the chains on her wrists, she sagged against him. He propped her up against the wall and leaned down to undo the restraints on her ankles. She had a plan now. When he finished undoing the chains she prepared to make her move. As he was standing up, she brought her knee up to his groin as hard as she could. This took Brent by surprise which gave Hermione enough time to punch him in his face. She used all the strength she could, and he fell lifeless to the ground.
She ran. She had no idea where she was going, but she ran. Tears were now falling freely from her eyes and her vision was blurred. She could not recognize her surroundings at all. She could have been running around in the dark lord's dungeons, but still she ran. She was horrified. 'What is going to happen to me?' she wondered as she weaved through the corridors. Suddenly she ran into someone and fell to the floor. She immediately closed her eyes and curled up into a ball. All she could think was, 'I have been caught. I am going to die.' Tears were now pouring from her eyes and she was also trembling wildly. 'What am I going to do. I am going to die.'
She waited for the person to do something, but she was not touched and this puzzled her. She looked up slowly and saw none other than Snape.
His mouth was wide open and he looked totally shocked. He suddenly shook his self and reached up to undo the clasp on his robes. He took his cloak and laid it over her naked body. He then reached down to pick her up. He stood there for a minute before scurrying off down the hall.
Hermione was still crying and trembling, but she felt oddly safe in his arms. She buried her head in his chest as he weaved through the dungeon corridors.
Suddenly she heard whispers from all around her. Snape held her closer and she pulled his cloak over her head.
When they finally reached their destination, Snape stopped. Her kicked the door open and he carried Hermione into a room. Hermione knew that she was now in the Hospital Wing. Snape sat her in a bed a tucked the cloak securely around her. He then closed the curtains and went through them. Hermione assumed he was getting Madame Pomfrey.
She could hear Snape yelling at Madame Pomfrey to come to Hermione. "What is going on?" she yelled.
"Just come here you old bat." he yelled and Hermione knew that he was dragging Madame Pomfrey to her. "It is Ms. Granger. She needs medical attention, bad. She is bleeding from the back of her head."
Hermione reached to the back of her head, and sure enough she came away with blood covering her hand. Suddenly a huge pain came from the back of her head. Hermione was still crying, and this just made in worse.
"Oh Merlin!" Madame Pomfrey yelled when she opened the curtains and saw Hermione laying there. She ran to Hermione's side and helped her to sit up. The cloak fell from Hermione's body and Madame Pomfrey saw that she was topless. She quickly pulled the cloak up and Hermione held it there. "What happened, Severus?" she asked as she examined the back of Hermione's head.
"Uh, I don't know. I heard someone crying, so I walked out of my office to see what was going on. Then, she ran into me. She was wearing no clothes, and she was crying. So, I brought her here." he replied.
"Draco…Draco…Draco…" Hermione mumbled over and over again.
"Severus, go get the headmaster, Mr. Malfoy, Mr. Potter, and Mr. Weasley. We need to find out what happened and one of them might know." Madame Pomfrey ordered.
Snape hesitated, but eventually ran out of the room.
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~ten minutes later~
"Mr. Malfoy. Follow me." said Snape.
"What? Why?" he replied.
"Just do it." Snape said as he dragged Draco out into the hallway. Draco saw Potter, Weasley, and Dumbledore all standing there waiting for him.
"What is going on?" he snapped.
"Mr. Malfoy, shut-up and follow me." Snape demanded.
Draco nodded and the four men followed Snape down the corridors.
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Hermione was still mumbling Draco's name over and over.
'Where are they. She won't let me do anything until she speaks with Draco.' Madame Pomfrey wondered. Suddenly the door swung open once again and five people entered. Madame Pomfrey went through the curtain to talk to the five gentlemen.
"Why am I here?" demanded Draco in a very irritated voice.
Then, before anyone could answer, he heard someone from behind the curtain call out him name. Everyone froze. Harry and Ron had the same confused expression on his face that Draco did. Draco walked over to the curtain and opened it. He couldn't tell who it was, so he went in and closed the curtain behind him. The person that was laying on the bed was weeping and trembling. He went up to the bed and gently pulled back the blanket to see who it was.
He pulled the blanket from her face, revealing Hermione. He then felt anger spread through his body. Why did he care if she was here. She was the school's slut. But he couldn't help but want to know what was wrong. He pulled the blanket further down to see if she had any injuries. He was stunned when he saw that she was naked. He saw bruises covering her chest and wrists. He quickly covered her back up left to talk to Snape. "What happened to her?" he demanded. He might hate her right now, but he sill cared about her. He knew that would never change.
Ron and Harry were still standing beside Dumbledore with confused looks on their faces.
"We don't know, Draco. I found her in the dungeons." Snape replied.
"Who?" asked Harry and Ron at the same time.
"Draco…" said the voice behind the curtain once again.
He turned and went back to Hermione's side. "What?" he asked in a half caring, half angry voice.
"I n-need too talk to you in p-private." she said quietly.
"Uh, fine. Hold on." he said as he slipped through the curtain once again.
When he was out with the rest of the group he cleared his throat and said. "Excuse me. Would all of you please leave? Hermione will only talk to me in private."
"What Hermione?! What happened to her." said Harry and Ron, who were also angry with her, but they too loved her and cared for her no matter what.
"I am trying to find out, but she won't tell me unless you guys leave first."
"Of coarse we will, Mr. Malfoy, but when you two are finished talking, I want Ms. Granger to tell me everything." Dumbledore cut in.
"Uh, fine. I'll ask her." Draco said and he disappeared into the curtains once again. When he came back he said, "Deal. Now please step outside and I will come get you in a few minutes."
"Okay." Dumbledore said as they all left, including Madame Pomfrey.
Draco waited until everyone was out in the hall before returning to Hermione's side.
"What day is it?" she asked when he came back.
"Uh, Tuesday. Why?"
"Tuesday! Oh my God!" she squealed. 'I have been out since Saturday!' she thought. When she regained composure she turned back to Draco and asked, "Draco, what has happened to us since Saturday?"
"What? Why?" he asked, the memory angering him.
"Please, just tell me." she pleaded with him as tears began forming in her eyes once again.
"Fine." he said his voice now filled with anger. "You cheated on me with Potter and Weasley and you broke up with me." he said through clenched teeth. "Are you happy?? I'm leaving" he said as he turned to leave.
"No Draco! Please listen to me." Hermione yelled behind him. Draco stopped and turned towards her. "That wasn't me. I swear."
"What are you talking about?"
"Listen to me. It was Pansy Parkinson."
"What!? How?"
"Her and Brent Crogain knocked me out and have been using the polyjuice potion to get us broken up." she said.
"I don't understand."
"Well, Saturday when you went to practice and I went to take a nap…." she told him the whole story, leaving nothing out. "Then I ran into Professor Snape and he brought me here."
Draco, who had been totally silent through out her entire story, said, "Oh Merlin. Are you okay? I knew there was something wrong with you. When we went to Hogsmeade, you didn't remember the gardens or what we were shopping for. Oh Hermione, I am so sorry that I didn't know. I was just so mad…" his voice trailed off and Hermione reached up and touched his face.
"It is okay. I am just glad that you know now. I would never do anything to hurt you. I love you."
"I love you too."
"Now, you better go get the others." she said and he nodded. "Oh, Draco?" she called after him.
"Yeah?"
"Could I have your shirt?" she asked.
"Sure." he said as he easily pulled off his shirt and slipped it over her head. "I'll be right back." he said as he gave her a light kiss on the forehead and left.
When they all returned, Hermione retold the story. "…That's when I ran into Professor Snape and he brought me here."
She looked around the room at the many shocked faces. "So, none of that was you? You never slept with all of those people?" Harry asked.
Hermione shook her head.
"You mean there I another Hermione walking around?" Ron asked.
"Well, sort of, but it just Pansy using the polyjuice potion." Hermione replied.
Meanwhile, Dumbledore walked over to the fire and summoned Professor McGonogall. When her face appeared in the fire, he said, "Minerva, would you please retrieve Ms. Granger and Mr. Crogain for me? And bring her to the Hospital Wing?"
"Of coarse. I will be there shortly." she said and she disappeared.
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~ten minutes later~
Professor McGonogall arrived in the Hospital Wing with Pansy/Hermione and Brent in tow.
"Thank you, Minerva." he said. Then turned to the two students behind her. Brent had a horrified look on his face. Pansy however, smiled kindly because she didn't know that Hermione had escaped.
"Good afternoon, Professor." she said. "Can I help you with anything?"
"Yes, I would like to tell you some good news. Mr. Crogain here is being expelled." Dumbledore replied.
"What?" she said.
"For trying to rape you. We are expelling him, but there is some bad news too." he said.
"How could there be bad news?" Pansy/ Hermione said.
"Well you are also being expelled." he replied.
"What? Why? He tried to rape, I did nothing!"
"I think I can answer that." said a voice from behind a curtain.
Dumbledore opened the curtain and revealed Harry, Ron and Draco. They were standing in front of a bed. They all glared at Pansy/Hermione and Brent as they slowly stepped to the side.
Pansy/ Hermione gazed at the girl on the bed, only to find the real Hermione sitting up staring at her. Pansy/Hermione shrieked and backed away. She bumped into Madame Pomfrey, Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonogall, and Professor Snape. They were blocking her exit.
Pansy panicked. "She's a fake. I'm Hermione, not her!" she yelled.
"I told them everything, Parkinson. They know who you really are and what you were doing in my body." Hermione said to Pansy. Then she turned to Brent. "They also know that you helped her and what you were trying to do."
Brent nodded and a tear slid down his cheek.
"I hate you, you stupid MUDBLOOD!" Pansy yelled as she lunged at Hermione. Then, everything seemed to happened in slow motion. Pansy was flying towards Hermione and Hermione closed her eyes. Then she heard someone yell, "Stupefy!" Hermione opened her eyes and saw Brent's wand pointed at Pansy's stunned form. He then lowered his wand and walked over to Hermione. "I am sorry." was all he said before he turned and walked to Dumbledore. He lifted his wand and laid it in Dumbledore's hand.
Dumbledore nodded at Brent and broke his wand. "Follow me." he said. "Minerva, Snape. I would like you to come to, and bring Pansy." With that they all left.
Madame Pomfrey tended to Hermione's head and then left her to be alone with the boys. They talked for a few minutes before Madame Pomfrey retuned. "Okay guys, you need to leave now. She has had a long day and she needs her rest."
"Okay." the boys replied. Harry and Ron each leaned down and gave her a gentle kiss on her forehead. Then they left. When they were gone, Draco leaned down and gave her a kiss on the mouth. "I love you. Sleep well." he said,
"I love you too." she said as she drank the liquid and fell into a deep sleep. Draco's eyes were the last thing she saw before she was asleep.