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CHAPTER 5: 6,000 mile Answers (Chapter rated PG)

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Meanwhile...

"Master, it's ready."

"Excellent." He stepped into the red room, where he did most of his torturing. This time, though, it was for a different purpose. He took the green wand, which stood out in the room entirely adorned in red, and said a little spell. Instantly, someone almost 6,000 miles away from him dropped dead.

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Hermione woke up with, yet again, another splitting headache. She sat up, and was in a hospital room. She sighed in happiness. She was in St. Mungo's Hospital.

She could hear the monotone hum of talk from outside of the walls. There were some voices disturbing the dullness, though, which she identified to be Fred and George, and were also rapidly coming closer to her room.

The door flew open, and there was the entire Weasley family, along with Draco. She smiled.

Mrs. Weasley explained to her how after she fainted, they flew her over to the hospital, and have been there ever since.

"And how long has that been?" asked Hermione apprehensively.

"About 2 days." replied Mrs. Weasley.

Hermione gasped. She was out for 2 whole days? 2 days when the… evil creatures could be getting closer and closer to where she was?

Mr. Weasley saw the look of horror on Hermione's face and said something that reassured her.

"Don't worry, we notified the guards of these things, and they told us that the hospital was virtually unable to be broken into, or burned down, thanks to a series of complicated spells that the founders placed on the building." he told her. Hermione sighed with relief.

He also told her that it was unable to break down, collapse, be broken into, or basically anything else.

Hermione smiled politely, while she inwardly wished that they would all just go away so she could talk to Draco and find out what the hell was going on.

And, thankfully, a couple minutes later, they did just that. The family left as a bustling crowd of shouting. Fred and George were angry at each other for something, and Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were now discussing the structure of St. Mungos. Ginny and Ron were just whispering to each other about something.

None of them seemed to notice that Draco didn't join them, and when the door closed after they left, Hermione suddenly asked Draco a billion questions about what was going on.

"Why did you come to save me first? Would the creatures still have come to my house if you didn't? How did you get to the Burrow? What happened to the Burrow? What was that picture you showed us? And what about the Pendant? And WHY am I fainting so much all of the sudden?" she asked in one breath.

Draco just looked at her and smirked.

"Slow down Granger. One question at a time. First of all, I came to save you first because... well, I dunno. I just thought of you first."

Hermione smirked. "And why would that be?"

He glared at her. "I don't know! What's with the 20 questions?"

Hermione counted on her hand. "Actually, it was more like 7, but go on."

He sighed and continued. "Secondly, I don't know if they still would have come if I didn't. I'm guessing yes though. Even though they seem to follow me wherever I go. I got to the Burrow by sheer luck. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley happened to be flying by, and well, yeah. We hitchhiked. I would rather if you told people that I heroically walked from wherever we were to their house, though. You know, I have a reputation to uphold."

Hermione rolled her eyes.

"The Burrow… well, I don't know what happened to it. I wasn't looking back, just concentrating on flying with 2 people on the same broom, and the fact that you were soaking the back of my shirt."

"Ron's shirt." Hermione interrupted.

"Well, the Weasleys are almost like family now, so, what the hell. My shirt!"

Hermione chuckled.

"What was your next question?" asked Draco.

"What was that picture you showed us?" asked Hermione again.

"Oh… well, about that. I dunno, it was out of my control. Just happened." he coughed. "The Pendant is my family's symbol. Everyone in the family, even really distant relatives has a necklace. See?" Draco reached in his shirt, and pulled out one looking just like the one in the pictures. Hermione gasped and reached out to touch it.

Draco pulled it back and shouted, "No!"

Hermione stopped. "Why not?" she asked.

"Anyone that's not part of the family that touches it dies, that's why."

Hermione pulled her hand back and looked at the blankets wrapped around her legs.

"Anyway. Is that all?" he asked, changing the subject.

"I guess so." said Hermione, forgetting the question about why she's always fainting.

"Good. I can't believe I just told all of that to a mudblood." he looked at Hermione.

She glared at him. "Would you stop calling me that? You're the one that almost kissed me back there! At the Burrow!"

He smirked. "I recall that both of us were leaning in. Am I right?"

Hermione shrugged.

Draco then grinned mischievously. "Want to try again?"

Before Hermione could reply, there was a knock at the door, which startled both of them. They turned to look and Ron was at the door.

Hermione smiled. "Come in!"

Ron came in, looking like he just cried. Hermione motioned for him to come over, and hugged him briefly.

They started to talk.

"So… Hermione… how are you? Feeling better?"

Hermione nodded, and they talked for a few more minutes like that. Hermione noticed that Draco had already left.

There was an awkward silence when Ron finally asked the question that seemed to be on his mind for a while.

"So… are you and… Malfoy like, a couple now?" he whispered, tentatively.

Hermione looked at him like he was crazy. "No! What makes you think that?"

"Well, you were holding his hand pretty tight a couple days ago." he shrugged.

Hermione laughed. "Haha. Well, we're not. Don't worry." She said it with a straight face, but on the inside she knew that there was actually something going on between them. They had, after all, almost kissed.

Ron sighed with relief and smiled up at her. "Good."

Hermione grinned. Ron took her hand and held it for a few moments. Then, Fred and George apparated into the room with a 'POP!' The sound startled Ron and Hermione apart.

"GUESS WHAT!" shouted George, not noticing that they just interrupted on a kind of tender moment.

"Seamus Finnagin was just in here!" said Fred.

Hermione and Ron gasped.

"He died!" the twins said together.

Hermione gasped again, and Ron instantly paled.

"But... how... when... how?" said Ron, stuttering.

Hermione's eyes filled with tears. Another death? First Harry, now Seamus? Seamus was always so funny, and even though he and Harry weren't that good of friends in their first year, he was in the DA, after all. He came around.

Ron got up and walked silently out of the room.

"How did he die?" asked Hermione. Neither of the boys replied, they just looked at each other.

"Fred? George?"

"Well… the healers really can't say." replied George.

"And, that's kinda scary, we think, because the healers always know what happens in these sort of things." said Fred.

George walked closer to Hermione and whispered. "Our mum thinks You-Know-Who did it."

Fred nodded. Then the boys left, leaving Hermione to her thoughts. She just fell back on her pillows and stared up at the ceiling.

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Well, thats chapter 5. I'm actually really happy with this chapter. It's probably my favorite out of all of them. More soon! R&R please!

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