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I'm extremely sorry for the delay. I had a really bad case of writers block and I'm also a full time college student as well as working full time at my job. So, it's kinda difficult to update as often as I want to but I got a review last night that thought I was finished with this and I was like, HELL NO! It still got a few chapters to go so I thought I should get my ass in gear! Thanks again to all my faithful fans!

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The Truth Revealed

Hermione's eyes once again looked to the Slytherin table, looking for Draco who still wasn't there yet. He had left her before entering the Great Hall, claiming he had to seek out the Potion's Master. But Snape was already there, in the hall and eating his dinner.

"Hermione, it's our last dinner together. Can't you try to pretend that you're having a good time with us? Please?" Ron, who had returned to his normal self after accepting her relationship with Malfoy, tried to reason with her.

"I know. And I am enjoying every minute of it. It's just… Draco has been acting funny. Ever since he got a letter from home from his father, questioning his future after Hogwarts, he's been distant. Almost trying to avoid me and talking about what will happen after Hogwarts." Ron just shook his head and went back to eating while Harry looked at her still.

"You know Hermione I think that it's just…" Harry was interrupted by the doors opening loudly and few students by the doors screaming.

"DEATH EATERS!" Everyone jumped up, running in every direction, searching for a way out from the cloaked figures.

All the professors drew out their wands, ready for the battle as Voldemort himself entered, on each side of him, two cloaked and masked death eaters.

"Find me Potter…" a voice said from beneath the mask. The other two just shook their heads before disappearing into the crowd. Many members of the Order suddenly appeared with a 'pop' and even a few from the ministry.

'How did they know so quickly?' Hermione thought as Ron pulled her behind him towards the teachers table. Harry met Dumbledore halfway, pausing to talk briefly.

"Hermione watch out!" She turned, watching a masked figure close in on her. Ron's hand left her arm, pulling his wand out and shouting a spell to halt it's movements. The figure froze, falling to the ground, only to reveal two more, their wands already drawn.

Ron jumped in front of Hermione, taking the Critacius curse for her. His body wreathed across the floor in pain as Hermione screamed. One of the death eaters grabbed her arm, pulling her towards the table with their wand to her neck.

"Everybody listen!" She recognized that voice. There were too many death eaters, the students, aurors, and fighters were outnumbered. As the enemy drew out their wands, pointing them at the students, all fell silent as they looked upon the speaker.

"I want Potter here, or the Mudblood gets it!"

"Let me go Parkinson."

"Why would I listen to a filthy bitch like you," she sneered as she tightened her grip. There was a popping noise and all looked around to see where it came from: in the middle of the floor stood another cloaked and masked figure. He walked towards them, never once pausing, pulling back his hood and taking off his mask. Hermione felt faint when she looked into grey eyes that she used to love, but were now a crimson red and his bare arm now bore the Dark Mark.

"What are you doing Draco?" He looked at Pansy, and then just realizing she was present, looked at her. His face never changed expressions, but his eyes, which only looked at her, told her everything.

"I'm doing what I was meant to do," his voice just above a whisper. It seemed to take on this eerie sound, almost a raspy echo, far away feeling.

"You're better than this Draco! I know you. I know you would never do this unless something was wrong; terribly wrong!" She was silenced when her captor pulled her arm around her neck tighter, almost choking her.

"You know nothing. You don't know him, he would never let you in," Pansy whispered as she stared at Draco, staring at Hermione.

Almost choking the sentence out, she replied: "You don't know him Pansy. You don't know how smart he is, you don't know what he's capable of. You don't know how to please him. You are the one that knows nothing!" Pressing tighter on her windpipe, Pansy was tempted to kill her right then.

"And you would know!" Her voice echoed over the noise, silencing them all. "How?"

"Because I love him." Though she whispered, everyone in the Great Hall heard her. No one else noticed, but Draco eyes began to tear up as she looked him in the eye, never looking away.

"Let me do it Draco. Let me kill her: just this one, just her. "

"No! You know that no one is to be killed without a reasonable cause. Besides, she is to be my body slave."

"Until we get married of course and then I would have the privilege of being yours." Draco internally flinched at the thought of being married to that, he shook it off and looked at her.

"Give her to me. The lord has given me her for the night. And I plan to use her fully for my pleasure." Quicker than Pansy could react, Draco had pulled Hermione out of her arms and pulled her against him.

He smirked at his warrior before turning to the crowd that stared up at them. Harry was standing with Ron, glaring up at the traitors that once shared their daily schedules.

"Have fun kids. Don't do anything I wouldn't do." He winked at them all, holding eye contact with Harry a moment longer before wrapping his arms around Hermione and pulling her towards the doors. He seemed to float as he pulled her out of the Great Hall and towards the front entrance doors.

"Draco, please tell me what's going on. Please!" He turned to her as they neared the edge of the Forbidden Forest, his eyes still glowing red.

"You will understand in time." She began to struggle until he pulled her face to his and pressed his cold lips to hers. The only thing she felt besides his lips on hers and his hands tightly on her hips was her feet lifting off the ground as he apparated them both off the Hogwarts grounds.