Chapter 12
His wand light revealed a house elf. He looked closer and found that it was one of the elves from the Malfoy Manor.
"Master Draco! Master Draco!" it squeaked.
"Portly?"
"Master Draco! Master Lucius is waitings for yous! He is sayings you needed to brings Grangers! He is sayings He-who-must-not-be-named is wantings her now!"
Without another word Draco ran up to Dumbledore's office once more.
"Professor! My father has contacted me! He wants her now!" Draco gasped.
"Bring Hermione here. Hurry!"
Draco rushed to the heads room and got Hermione.
"Hermione! We have to go. Dumbledore is calling you."
Hermione was so startled. She safely placed Ginny's head on a pillow and ran out with Draco towards Dumbledore's office.
Hermione and Draco ran as fast as they can and reached Dumbledore's office absolutely winded.
"Draco, I have contacted the order of the phoenix. Bring Hermione to them and they will follow you. Just act casual. If they question you as to why the order of the phoenix are there, play dumb and tell them you didn't notice you were followed." Instructed Dumbledore.
Draco nodded and held on to Hermione's hand.
"Draco! Where are we going?" Hermione asked.
"Just follow me. You'll know soon enough."
"Let go of me!" Hermione screamed she was absolutely frightened. The order? What was going on? She wanted answers and she was getting them now!
"Hermione!" he shouted clearly frustrated and distressed.
He could see tears forming in her eyes.
"Hermione, I'm sorry..." he said quietly. "I'm just so scared. If I screw this up you and I would be dead before we touch our wands for defense. I don't want you to die. I want you to live and be happy. Always remember that." He could feel his own tears slowly appear.
She was just staring at him full of love, and nodded.
He led Hermione to the forbidden forest where the port key that would bring them to the meeting was. His father told him to use it every time he was being called by the Dark Lord.
He touched a part of the blood red stone as Hermione did the same. They were both sent forward and appeared in front of Voldemort. A cold hissing voice came from the Dark Lord.
"Ah... we meet again Ms. Granger. Welcome Mr. Malfoy."
Draco nodded and signaled Hermione to stay where she was as he joined the circle.
"Bring out the prisoners!" Voldemort hissed again.
A few death eaters entered the circle dragging a pair of bloody and battered boys. It was Harry and Ron.
"Ah, Mr. potter. Are you ready to accept your fate yet?" he hissed.
"Never! You will never get me to bow down to you!" Harry shouted.
"CRUCIO!" Voldemort screamed.
Harry and Ron screamed in pain. Harry, who was more used to the feeling since he was always placed on it during the past few years, was beginning to stand while Ron was screaming in pain and writhing on the floor. Ron looked like he wanted his life to end.
"Harry! Ron!" Hermione screamed.
It was the first time Harry and Ron saw her. They looked at her as she ran to their side. Hermione, who read the Healer's Guide from the library, began to chant countless spells healing them under her breath. The weird part was, she wasn't using a wand.
"Ah, Ms. Granger. As expected, you can do wandless magic. You will become a true asset." Voldemort hissed.
"What are you talking about?" Hermione shot at him.
"Didn't anyone tell you? You and Mr. Weasley will become a great asset to my death eaters. Of course, you will be honored to become a death eater, wouldn't you?" Voldemort laughed. A high pitched laugh that made Hermione very frightened.
She hid her fear well and said,
"Honored? I would despise becoming a death eater! I would rather get hit with a million Unforgivable Curses then join you!" She spat at him.
Voldemort stopped laughing and looked at Hermione with pure hatred.
"That can be arranged." He said.
Within a second Hermione was on the ground writhing in pain next to Harry and Ron who were also under the curse. Voldemort hit Hermione with a new spell and she was blasted over to Draco.
"Please... Help me..." she pleaded on the ground, reaching for him with her hands.
"Why should I? You are just a little mudblood." He shouted at her pushing her hands away from him.
"But Draco..." she cried.
"Don't you dare call me by my first name Granger! You are nothing but a little, ugly, bookworm, filthy mudblood! Now get your filthy hands of me!"
Draco pushed Hermione to the ground once more and smirked.
"But... I thought you loved me!" She cried. Her tears were running freely down her face.
"I could never love a mudblood!"