"Mr. Malfoy! Ms. Granger! They are in the dungeons!" Dumbledore said coming up to the team. "Hurry!" Draco and Hermione looked at each other and took off running.
"Hermione…you have to swear to me that no matter what…no matter if I go down or not you-"
"Draco don't talk like that!"
"Hermione listen to me! Swear to me that you won't get hurt. I don't know what I'd do if that happened."
"Draco-"
"Swear to me Hermione!"
"I swear." Hermione and Draco were still running…further ahead of the rest I might add.
"I love you Hermione."
"I love you too Draco."
"Stop." Draco said as he stopped dead in his tracks. Hermione stopped as well.
"What do you hear?" Hermione whispered. The rest of the team caught it and tip-toed up to Draco and Hermione.
"I heard them. Wait…they're in the forest."
"How do you know?" Hermione asked.
"I can feel it."
"Draco…what?" Harry came up behind them asking.
"They're in the forest."
"How do you know?"
"I can feel it. Ok, before we go running out there…what if we sneek-"
"What if they can hear us?" Hermione whispered. Draco stopped and stood still for a minute.
"No. No one's down here. They can't hear us."
"Ok." "Now we sneek up on them and all at once Avada Kedavra. Try and take out as many as possible at once."
"Ok. Count to three…then go." Hermione nodded to the team.
"Right. Let's go then." Harry said. They all headed toward the forest.
The team snuck up behind the Death Eaters. Draco and Hermione had put a spell on the troops to make them appear invisible to the enemy. Draco raised his hand signaling 1...2...3 and then…"AVADA KEDAVRA!" It took out about ½ the Death Eaters. Leaving only the strong ones. Then it had begun. There were unforgivables and hexes and curses flying around. You were ducking to avoid something more than you were standing upright. Needless to say it was chaotic out there. Then…it came down to Luscious, a few other Death Eaters, and Voldemort on the Dark Side. And everyone on the Light Side was there, though most were injured and weak none of them were giving up anytime soon…not until they had won. It was nearly dawn the next day when Draco came up behind his father with an Avada. That felt so good. I've been waiting to do that so long. Now he can't hurt me or anyone else ever again. The next thing on Draco's mind was to find Harry and they were going after Voldemort. Harry spotted Draco and gave him the signal. They both advanced toward the foulest wizard ever and released all their hurt and anger into the Avada. The others had killed off the rest of the Death Eaters and it was over. Draco slowly went to Hermione. Once the last Death Eater had been killed she had sank heavily to the ground due to exhaustion and injury. Draco had been hit as well. Although in excruciating pain he was still alive, like most others, which proved the Light is always stronger than the Dark.
"Hermione. Are you ok?" Draco sank down next to her.
"No. Well yes but no. It hurts to move."
"Same here. I'm so proud of you."
"I'm proud of you. You were very brave."
"As were you my love, as were you."
"I love you Draco."
"I love you too. Here…" Draco used a simple healing charm on Hermione. And then on himself. They were now able to stand although still very weak and sore. "Come on. Let's go to the castle and inform the professors." The professors had agreed to stay out of the way as these teenagers had more anger toward these evil people. To be honest, the teachers feared they were not strong enough to go up against them. So they decided it best for the strong young ones to handle it. They had been taught well. The professors were very sure they would come out on top. Sure enough…
Hermione and Draco slowly pushed the doors of the Great Hall open. They staggered in supporting each others weight. Dumbledore came hurrying up to them. "We got it Professor." Draco said haggardly. "Good job! Very well done Mr. Malfoy…Ms. Granger. I'm so very proud of you." Dumbledore was beaming.
"Thank you Professor. But the others…they're still out on the grounds. Most of them are close to death. We need Madame Pomfry to attend to them immediately." Hermione struggled to say.
"Yes Yes of course! Come sit down both of you." Dumbledore hurried to the front of the Great Hall to the teachers table. Draco and Hermione sat down. The teachers came scurrying past the Head Boy and Girl and out the doors of the Great Hall. "Now, I'm going to help. You two please return the students to their dorms." Dumbledore walked out the doors. Draco and Hermione went to the front of the Hall.
"There is no need to panic further. We have done it. Voldemort and his followers are no longer in existence. Now, I'm sure you all would like to go to your dorms so Prefects would you please escort your house back to the dorms. Please go slowly and without much commotion as there will be other students being brought from the grounds into the castle up to the Hospital Wing. Thank you for being so patient and cooperative through this." Draco finished. He looked at Hermione who was about dead on her feet. "Come on. Let's go to the Hospital Wing."
Madame Pomfry was bustling about tending to the injured fighters. Professor Sprout, Professor Snape, and Professor Flitwick were all helping considering their teaching skills all had something to do with healing. There were so many students injured that the teachers were working late into the night. One in particular that was very bad was none other than our leading lady Hermione. "Poppy! Come quickly! Ms. Granger is going into shock!" Professor Snape called. Madame Pomfrey came running over to Hermione who was lying in the bed shaking. "Severus! The potion!" Professor Snape grabbed a potion sitting on a table nearby and handed it to Madame Pomfrey. Draco, who was in the bed next to Hermione's, got up and tried to hold Hermione still long enough for Poppy to get the potion into Hermione's mouth. Professor Snape looked across the bed to one of his most prized students. This 17 year old had just fought a war for the entire wizarding world and had been brave his whole life. Now, he's standing there holding the girl who is his exact equal as she's going into shock, he has a look of pure terror on his face. Severus knew only too well what this look meant. Draco was so scared he would lose the only girl he ever truly loved. "Ok. She's ok now." Madame Pomfrey turned and went to check on the other students.
"Draco, are you alright?" Snape asked as Draco sat down on his bed.
"I think so." "Alright. Why don't you just lie down for a while. I'm going to attend to the other students. I'll check on you later." Snape walked away and Draco laid down on his bed. He lay there thinking about how scared he was just a few moments before. He was more scared then than when they had begun fighting. He looked over at Hermione's still figure. Draco got up and walked a few feet over to Hermione's bed. He laid down beside her and wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled Hermione closer to his body. They lay there like that until Hermione moved just slightly. Draco's eyes snapped open to look at her. She moved a little more and opened her eyes.
"Hermione."
"Draco?"
"It's me. I'm here."
"What happened? The only thing I remember is lying down."
"You lied there for a while. Then, you started going into shock."
"Ohmygosh. Were you scared?"
"Yes. I was terrified that I'd lose you. I didn't know what to do."
"I'm sorry Draco. I didn't even know I did that."
"It's ok. It wasn't your fault. I'm just glad you're still here."
"Me too." Hermione moved closer to Draco. Draco kissed her gently. Madame Pomfrey came over to the bed. "Mr. Malfoy please." Draco stood to let Madame Pomfrey check Hermione. "Ms. Granger, I must say, you are doing much better. I believe tomorrow you will be able to go back to your dorm." Madame Pomfrey turned to Draco. "Now you, Mr. Malfoy, you are doing remarkably well. You may also go back to yours and Ms. Granger's dorm tomorrow." "Thank you Madame Pomfrey." Draco smiled and nodded.
"Yes, Thank you very much Madame Pomfrey." Hermione smiled and nodded as well.
"Well you are very welcome." Madame Pomfrey turned and left.
"Yay. Privacy tomorrow." Draco said smiling.
"Yay. You sound so enthused." Hermione laughed.
"So. Maybe I wanna be unenthusiastic right now." Draco smiled.
"Well…maybe I want you to be enthusiastic."
"Well…don't always get what you want, now do you?"
"Yes I do."
"Really?"
"Like now, I'm gonna get a kiss." Hermione said. "Oh really?"
"Yes." Hermione leaned in and kissed Draco softly. Hermione finally pulled back.
"Guess you do get what you want." Draco smiled.
"Told you." Hermione smiled at Draco. He returned the smile. They soon fell asleep in each others arms.
Hermione woke slowly the next morning. She looked over at the still sleeping form lying next to her. She smiled at the site. "Draco wake up. It's morning. We can go back to our dorm now."
"Ok." Draco answered groggily with his eyes still closed.
"Come on. I wanna get out of here." Hermione slowly began to stand up. Draco shot up and ran to the other side of the bed to help Hermione walk. "Thank you. Wait, let's see Harry, Ron, and Ginny before we leave." Draco walked Hermione over to Harry, Ron, and Ginny. Once Hermione had made sure that they were ok, Hermione and Draco headed off to their dorm.
"I'm really proud of you Hermione." Draco said as he and Hermione were sitting on the couch in their common room.
"Really? Well I'm proud of you as well Draco."
"Thank you."
"I'm hungry."
"Yeah me too. Except I don't want to get up."
"I don't either."
"Is it as cold in here to you as it is me?"
"Remind you of the dungeons Draco?" came a voice from somewhere in the shadows.