Disclaimer: I don't own any of the orginial Harry Potter character because I am not that creative...but I wish i was...I only own the plot and my characters.

Unbreak My Heart

chapter 7: Bring Back Those Nights When I Held You Beside Me

"Draco, who was that" Blaise interrupted his thoughts.

"Who was who" he retorted having missed the point of the question.

"That guy...the informant."

"Have you guessed what he is"

"A vampire."

"Good, he was a friend of her father's."

"But...why would he want to help you destroy her" Blaise didn't know the entire story yet and he wasn't sure that he wanted to but he feared the consquences more than the answers.

"She doesnt' belong anywhere, she's a risk to all worlds so...well, she has many enemies. While I was in the Underworld, I was let in on a little secret, you see, one that showed me that she was never meant to be."

"Why is her life so bad"

"Because it isn't a really life, now is it" Draco posed and for a moment Blaise was lost until he understood. She was soul without a life, an infection of sorts, and she was spreading.

"Why does Hades want her"

"Well, you see, it's not really her that he's after but rather she's the reason that he real targets aren't accessible to him." More cryptic babble, Blaise thought.

"Look, stop talking in riddles. Tell me everything or I go to Dumbledore, what's going to be"

"I can't, what you don't know can't hurt me."

"So you still don't trust me? What's it going to take to make you see that it's the secrets that killing everyone, not me"

"Fine, he wants the original prophecy fulfilled. But you don't know about that either, do you" Draco yelled back at him.

"The one where Potter and Voldemort battle til one of them dies"

"No, the one where they all die." Draco said it so fast that for a second, a split second, it felt like a lie until the ultimate question hung in the wake...who's they?

-

"You're awake" Tara jumped back in shock.

"Yes, it was so easy I almost didn't realize it." Hermione chirpped ecstatically.

"I have something that I want to show you."

"What"

"You don't want to ruin the surprise, now that you're awake and all." Tara teased her.

"Where is everyone" Finally, the oddity of it all was beginning to hit her.

"They're waiting for you." Improv was a never a strong point for Tara but she willing to give it a shot as she only had a small window of time alloted to this.

"Where's Draco? I don't believe that he would voluntarily leave me alone."

"He's looking for a way to help you. We'll find him and get you two back to together soon enough" she pleaded feeling the time slipping away from her.

"But..." To hell with this, Tara thought as she hit Hermione over the head, she could ramble on forever and we have to go.

"I tried to play it nice but no, couldn't leave well enough alone could you? Let see how quick they figure this out." Tara grunted while lifting Hermione and carrying her away into the darkness. "You may have shown Katie who I really am but I'm still one step ahead of them all."

Walking at a steady but labored pace, she began to hum a song out loud not realizing that an awake Hermione could also work like a transmitter of sorts to the greatest enemy at the time being. And little did she know that he was listening...

-

Katie and Ron could be seen running through the halls looking for Harry to lure him away from the temptress, however to their shock and awe when they found him, he was alone.

"Where'd Tara go" Ron asked breathlessly.

"I don't know, I also don't know if we should trusting her."

"What's made you change your mind" Katie mused.

"She put a spell on me...well, at least I think that she did." He seemed weaker than when Ron last saw him. A little defeated maybe.

"Just now"

"No, from the beginning. You know, to get my attention on her instead of Cheyan."

"What makes you think that" Katie tested.

"I'm starting to remember things about her. The happier times that just stopped the minute that I saw her."

"And what do you feel now for Tara" Ron had ask though he thought it might be hard for Harry to answer.

"When she was leading the meeting, I felt dumbstruck by her power and beauty until I thought of Hermione. During the fight, I could feel the pull towards her fading with each memory of Cheyan, it was like coming out of a dream. That's when it hit me."

"What"

"Everything that's went wrong, Cheyan going crazy, the final battle, Draco's death and now his return along with our memories...they all have one thing in common."

"TARA" The couple exclaimed in unison while Harry was shaking his head in affirmation.

"We thought of something else too." Katie jumped up and ran to Harry.

"This isn't your fault mate, you have to accept that before we tell you the rest." Ron reasoned with him.

"What else"

"Well...Voldemort's back and we think we know why." Katie whispered.

"Excuse me" Harry snapped. No, it can't be...I won't listen to this anymore... "I'm done, I haven't asked for anything from anyone but now I am. I want out, let someone else do it. I quit"

Before Ron or Katie could say another word, he was gone in a flash and they realized that they should have went to Dumbledore instead. Maybe they had just pushed him over the edge and no one would be able to save him despite the fact that he was all of their's only hope...

-

Standing there looking at Blaise was the last thing that Draco wanted to be doing at that moment but it was obvious that his friend needed a moment so, he waited for him to compose himself. As he was about to snap Blaise back to reality, he heard music playing softly in his head. The song wasn't familiar to him but the presence surrounding it was. Hermione was trying to contact him, no doubt about it but someone else was with her. No wait, he was hearing someone one else through her.

I will never bother you
I will never promise to
I will never follow you
I will never bother you

The voice was so similiar to every other girl to him that he couldn't immediately place it but something felt wrong. Maybe someone was visiting her and he could sense that? No, that's not right. He needed to place the voice to know for sure but something was definitely not right.

"Zabini, I need your..." Draco turned to ask for his friends help when he noticed the trance like state and he instantly knew that his friend could hear it too. But once again, something was different. "Hey, Blaise...snap out of it."

"We must go to her" he responded robotically.

"Her who" The question seemed to fall away into the night as Blaise walked away to some unknown destination.

Never speak a word again
I will crawl away for good

Draco trailed in silence analyzing the purposeful step and steady pace kept by his friend. Like a homing pigeon to his target, not a word was spoken only the constant heavy footsteps leading back towards the castle. Every nerve in his body was crying out to abandon Blaise, every one except his curiosity that is.

I will move away from here
You won't be afraid of fear
No thought was put into this
I always knew it would come to this
Things have never been so swell
I have never felt this well

Without warning, Blaise did a 180 to face Draco and simply stated"Run."

"Run"

He appeared to be fighting within himself before answering. "Get Potter, she won't let her go without him."

Of course, she...Tara but why? For that answer Draco knew he would have to get from Potter.

Pain...
You know you're right...

He listened carefully to the words knowing full well that everything song that touched a person's soul had meaning, whether known or not, one did not just randomingly call a song from memory. Almost like a deja vu scenario, the music always remembers. She's in pain and she didn't plan for this but that still give any clue as to why now or why Hermione was a part of it.

Once inside the school, Draco didn't even try to find Harry. Instead he went straight to the only person who could help him. The one man who knew everything that happened within the hollowed walls of Hogwarts...the Headmaster. He was standing at the base of the gargoyles when he realized that he didn't know the password and was almost frantic when he saw the statue begin to move in virtual anticipation of him. Rushing up the stairs, he ran headlong into the last person he expected.

I'm so warm and calm inside
I no longer have to hide
Let's talk about someone else
Steaming soup against her mouth
Nothing really bothers her
She just wants to love herself

"Mother"

"Draco, what's wrong"

"I need to talk to Dumbledore right now. It's Hermione, I think that she's in danger."

"No son, she's fine. She's in the hospital wing."

"No, Tara has her and we need to find her." Draco was growing more and more adamant with each passing second.

"Mr. Malfoy, where have you been" Albus questioned sternly from behind them. "And where is Mr. Zabini"

I will move away from here
You won't be afraid of fear
No thought was put into this
I always knew it'd come to this
Things have never been so swell
I have never felt this well

Suddenly, coming here seemed to have been a very bad idea. The song in his head was growing stronger and more threatening. She's waking up...Hermione's waking up, he could feel the throbbing in her head like it was his own and her fear was mounting. The air is cold and damp around her, a dungeon or tunnel maybe. No, something else...someplace else...

"Why are you doing this" Hermione asked.

"Because this is how it's meant to be. I tried to change it but fate is fate and soon you shall know yours."

"What are you going to do"

"You'll see" she sneered and something shiny flared in the background.

"I won't let you do this" came a strong and threatening voice from the blackness.

Pain...
You know you're right
Pain...

"Professor, I will explain everything but we have to find Potter and Tara...NOW" Draco pleaded to the confused pair.

(author's note: the song here is You Know You're Right by Nirvana)

Author's Note:

Thanks Natty123 for your review...I hope this chapter will help clear some things up...if not just let me know what's confusing and I will try to help you understand. Please review if you are reading this story and enjoy.