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Chapter 3: "The attack"
When Draco was completely awakened, he sat on the floor to find Hermione crying on one side of the room they were in… He crawled as fast as he could, because he was so weak, towards her…
"What happened, Mione?" He asked her.
Hermione just turned around and found refuge on his chest…
"Tell me, princess… what happened? Did that bastard hurt you?" He asked rubbing her cheeks.
She shook her head… and pointed to her parents' bodies…
"Oh my god…" He whispered and hugged her with all his might; it was the first time he ever cried in front of anyone…
"What… are… we doing… with… with him?" Hermione asked pointing to Blaise and sobbing on Draco's chest.
"I'll call… Dumbledore, I guess… I don't know… let's call him and the Order… ok?"
Hermione nodded.
"Ok, we'll do that… and then we'll call Potter and Weasley, so they can stay with you while I go to the Ministry… they're going to hear me out this time…" He said hugging her harder. Suddenly, Draco fainted; the pain had won the battle.
"Draco!" Hermione shrieked. She checked his pulse and to her relief, he was alive, he had just fainted from the pain. She looked around to find a clue of what to do, and then she decided to call Dumbledore.
She crawled to the fireplace and grabbed a bag of Floo powder she found next to it. "Professor Dumbledore, Headmaster's office, Hogwarts." She said putting her head inside the green flames. When she 'arrived' at Dumbledore's office, she saw her headmaster sitting on his desk. "Professor!"
"Hermione! What can I do for you?" He answered getting up.
"A Death Eater is in our house! Send the Or…" She couldn't finish the sentence because something had grabbed her hair and pulled her out of the fireplace. Dumbledore ran to McGonagall's office and they gathered the Order to go to Malfoy's Manor.
Meanwhile, on the Manor, Hermione turned around to see what was holding her hair… it was Blaise…
"I'm not a forgiving person, Mudblood… mmm… tut-tut… you have to pay for what you've done…" He threw her to the other side of the room and shouted, "Crucio!"
Hermione had never felt such pain, but she knew she had to survive this, she had to protect him, even if that meant to protect him with her life. "Is… is that… all you've… got?" She said trying to smile… but even that hurt…
"Crucio!"
Hermione now fainted… she couldn't move… she felt so tired… She didn't see the Order arrive seconds later, send Blaise to Azkaban…, and take Draco and her to St Mungo's Hospital…
Draco woke up to find himself lying on a bed in a hospital room… He didn't remember being taken there, the last thing he remembered doing was hugging Hermione, and then he remembered feeling dizzy…
Someone opened the room's door… it was Dumbledore…
"Professor," he said trying to sit, but he couldn't because his chest hurt so much. "What… wat happened?"
"You were attacked by Blaise Zabini, Draco."
"Where's Hermione?" Draco asked looking around.
"She's on the intensive care unit. She was badly hurt…" Dumbledore said looking down.
"Is she ok?"
"As soon as you feel better, you'll be able to see her. I have to deal with some Ministry issues…" Saying this, Dumbledore closed the door behind him, and left Draco alone and with too many questions unanswered…
He wanted to know what had happened to Hermione… Dumbledore had said she was badly hurt… did that mean that she wasn't gonna make it? He needed to see her so bad… but now he couldn't even sit on his bed by himself… and that was getting to his nerves… when he wanted something he had to have it… 'Tomorrow morning I don't give a fuck how I bloody feel, I'll go and see her!' He thought and went to sleep.
The following morning, he woke up to find Harry sleeping on one of the couches on the room.
"What are you doing here, Potter?" Draco asked.
"Huh?" Harry said stretching his arms.
"I said, what are you doing here, Potter?"
"Oh, hi there… I'm supposed to… take you to see Hermione… they said you were too weak to get up… so I'm supposed take you there…"
"What?! I can go there by myself!"
"No, you can't Malfoy! And quit that brat attitude for a minute… These are Dumbledore's orders, not mine…"
"Damn it…"
They didn't speak to each other all the way to Hermione's room… Harry would pull Draco's wheelchair in silence while Draco would look desperately at the rooms' numbers. When they finally found the room, Harry thought convenient to leave Draco alone with Hermione… She was lying on a bed as if she were sleeping. It was a truly depressing view…
Draco moved his wheelchair towards her bed… He couldn't help feeling this was his entire fault… if he hadn't asked her to go and live with him, she would have been safe at home at the time of the attack… and now she was the one lying on a bed…
"Hi there, princess…" He whispered caressing her hair with one hand and with the other, he held her hand. "I know you're probably not listening to what I'm saying… I miss you, you know?" He looked at her for a while caressing her cheeks. "I love you so much, Mione… I know how strong you are… You'll get through this… You also know how I get when I want something…" He said trying to smile. "I'm not coming back to the house until you come with me, all right?" Suddenly he saw Hermione frowning and he felt a slight pressure on his hand. "Mione, don't make any effort… please… now I know you can hear me… please… I'll wait for you as long as I have to, ok?" Hermione didn't answer…
Suddenly, he heard someone knocking on the door. It was Harry.
"How is she?" He asked.
"She's ok… I guess she just needs to rest." Draco answered knowing deep down that this wasn't the truth.
"Yeah… Umm… I spoke to Dumbledore… I asked him if… err… if you could stay with Hermione… just for a while… I mean… so you could take care of her…"
Draco looked at Harry in surprise. "Why?"
"Look, I know we don't get along, but if this had happened to Ginny, (A/N: Yes, Harry and Ginny are dating… and Ron and Luna too…), I would like to stay with her until she got better… that's why…"
"What did he say?"
"Umm… he said yes…"
"Thank you…" Draco said returning his look to Hermione.
"I'll leave you two alone…" Harry said closing the door behind him.
