Author's POV
Snape came rushing through the headmaster's door once again. Gasping he attempted to catch his breath.
"Albus." Dumbledore looked up from his work to see his trusted spy leaning up against his door frame.
"Severus, what is it? Here have a seat." Snape walked over to the chair and fell down into it.
"As you know I was called early this morning." Dumbledore leaned forward in his chair.
"Yes, yes, what have you learned?"
"I know where they are being kept."
"Indeed?"
"The one place I would have never thought they would keep a Malfoy imprisoned. They have them locked away in the deepest most secluded dungeon of, non other, than the very Malfoy Manor. According to Lucius his son has never stepped foot into that part of the house so he should not be able to recognize it."
"He is holding his son captive in his own home." Dumbledore said with disgust. "Can you get them out?" Snape sighed.
"I myself can not just walk out of the manor with them. However, I might be able to assist them."
Hermione's POV
"Draco, will you sit down already!" she yelled at her pacing boyfriend.
"My own house," he mumbled as he slowly made his way over to the bed. "My own FUCKING house!" his voice raised. He tightened his fists as the reality started to settle in. Hermione raised her hand and placed it on his shoulder.
"Calm down."
"How can I calm the fuck down when my own father," he spat the word as if it was the foulest thing to ever come out of his mouth. "has imprisoned me in my own damn house!" Hermione sighed.
"Surely you can find a way out of your childhood home." He brought his hands up to his face.
"Of course I can find my bloody way out of the manor, it's just getting out of this room."
"I'm sure we will find a way. I bet the Order will come for us anytime now."
"We have been here for so long that I can't remember what day it is! They haven't come yet, what makes you think they will? Hmm? How could they even know where we are? You expect the great Harry Potter to come running down that hallway to rescue us? Seriously Hermione, no one is going to come for us." Hermione recoiled her hand from his shoulder. Anger flared throughout her.
"Draco Malfoy! You insufferable git, have some faith! How else do you think we will get out of here? Sitting here and arguing about the chance of someone coming for us isn't going to do us one bit of good!" He ran a hand through his hair, messing it up even more so than it had been before.
"Fine, if the golden boy doesn't come through what are we going to do? What can we do?"
"I don't know but I'm sure we will think of something." she sighed. They sat in silence before finally Draco spoke up.
"I think I've got a plan…"
Snape's POV
Snape walked out of Dumbledore's office. How was he going to pull this off? They were bound to discover him if it didn't work just right. 'Damn godson, couldn't keep himself out of the line of fire.' He walked down to his quarters and awaited for the call he was sure to get. He stared off into the flames. He grabbed a bottle of firewhiskey at his side and held it in his hands, studying the bottle as if it was the most important thing in the world. He sighed and then set the bottle back down, as much as he wanted, no needed to drown his thoughts he couldn't risk blowing this by being called when he was drunk. The bottle lay in the edge of his vision, taunting him. He groaned and got up from his favorite chair and started to pace back and forth. Just as he was starting to give up hope he felt the call. An intense burn flamed through his arm. He clutched at the mark, the same mark that had ruined him so long ago and that still continued to. He grabbed his long black cloak from the back of the chair that he had occupied earlier. He threw it on and walked quickly over to the table and grabbed his deatheater's mask and a small vial filled with a translucent deep blue substance. He rushed out the door and down the corridors until he was clear of the school. He ran to the edge of the forest and apparated off into the night. He landed right outside of the grounds of an all to familiar manor. Snape straightened his robes and his mask before entering the gate and making his way up to the grand mansion. He entered and met a familiar voice.
"Severus." He raised his mask to show his identity was true before sliding it back into his face.
"Lucius." He greeted.
"Have you brought the potion?"
"Yes."
"Good, good, I am eager to see the effects. You may go on down, their cell is the fifth on the right side. You know the spells to unlock it. Administer the potion and I will be down shortly to witness the effects. How long did you say it took before it started to work?"
"An hour. It will start in an hour." An evil smile crossed The older Malfoy's face.
"Very good." He turned and left Snape to himself. He wasted no time in hurrying off to find an empty room. He brought his wand out of his pocket, concentrated on his target and whispered "point me" He opened his hand so that his wand balanced on the palm of his hand. The wand spun around and pointed to Snape's left, straight at the wall. He carefully walked to the door, the wand staying pointed at that spot. He opened it and slowly walked down the hallway, following the direction of his wand. After he had passed four doors the wand kept pointing at a slant, but not directly at one door he had passed. He heard voices coming down the hall toward him so he carefully ducked into one of the empty rooms and prayed that he had not chosen the room of their destination. They walked on by and he waited until they could be heard no more. He quickly left the room and continued on his path. He was growing worried, this was taking entirely to much time when suddenly the wand spun to point straight for the door on his right. He listened at the door but no sound came from inside. He carefully opened it and stepped inside. He found himself in a storage room of some sorts. His wand continued to point straight ahead and it was then that he saw two wands. He walked over to the them and cast several spells on them with his own wand, checking for alarms or curses. When he had found none he picked them both up and shoved them into his pocket. He threw back the door and all but ran to the staircase. 'Now for the hard part.' he thought to himself.
Draco's POV
"That's your brilliant plan?" Hermione asked, disbelief clear in her voice. He crossed his arms.
"Well I don't hear you coming up with anything better!" he retaliated.
"That is the stupidest plan I have ever heard, that was Ron worthy!"
"Hey now, no need to insult me!"
"You go charging at a deatheater don't you think they are going to hex you before you even touch them?!"
"Not if I move fast enough." he pouted.
"Imbecile" she scoffed.
"Fine, we will use your plan oh wait, you don't have one!"
"Fine, fine, point taken. Go ahead and get yourself killed." He moved closer to her on the bed and put an arm around her.
"Oh come on, Herm. Don't you think it will work?" he asked, trying hard to look hurt if she said no. She sighed.
"Well, it is the best we've got…"
"Exactly!" He grinned at her.
"So, um , what? Do we just wait now?"
"Yea, I guess."
The door swung open. Both heads raised at the sound and before Hermione could stop him again he rushed at the intruder. The deatheater stopped in his tracks and his eyes grew wide as Draco approached him. Draco flung himself upon the deatheater, sending both of them to the ground. Draco struggled with the man, trying to pry his wand from his hand.
"You incompetent idiot get off me!" Draco paused, that voice, where had he heard it before. He shook his head and struggled to get at the wand again. Seeing that he was failing he reached up and ripped the mask off. He gasped and quickly climbed off of his head of house.
"Professor Snape." he said in shock. He had just tackled the potions master. Snape struggled to his feet before pushing Draco into the room and closing the door behind them.
"What was the meaning of that, Mr. Malfoy? Here I am, risking my life to rescue two careless students only to be attacked by one of them!"
"I, I didn't know, I, wait, you really are going to rescue us?"
"No, I just showed up and announced that I was going to rescue you only to turn around and leave you here." he drawled. Draco turned to look at his girlfriend. Hermione's eyes were wide with shock. "Well, do join us, Ms. Black. Or would you prefer the company of the Dark Lord?" She hastily got off of the bed and walked over to them. "Now, follow me and stay out of sight." Snape opened the doors and quickly ushered them out into the hallway. They hurried through the dark hallway, staying in the shadows and crevices. Snape lead them up a flight of stairs to a think heavy door. He waved his wand and muttered a spell to let them through. Draco squinted in the bright light coming in through a nearby window. He blinked, trying to adjust to the drastic change. He took in his surroundings as his eyes began to focus again. Snape's voice broke his concentration. "I assume you know the way from here on out, Mr. Malfoy?" Draco nodded, they weren't far from his own bedroom.
"Yes, sir."
"I don't suppose you know of a way to get us out of here without running into anyone?"
"Well, yes, sir. There is a passageway from my room that leads to the gardens." Snape nodded his approval.
"Lead the way, quickly now." Draco quickened his pace and turned to head them down the corridor where his chambers were. After passing many seemingly empty rooms he stopped outside of one door in particular. He brought his hand to the knob and gently turned it. A gasp sounded from his left and all three heads turned to sound.
"They are out! Hurry!" came the startled cry from the man whom had just existed the room next to theirs. He swished his wand, causing an alarm to sound throughout the manor. Another voice called out,
"Bloody hell! Stop them!" Draco immediately recognized the voice of Lucius as the elder Malfoy "Accio'd" his mask to him.
"Quickly, you idiot!" Snape snarled at Draco. Snape raised his own wand and sent a hex flying at the other loyal deatheater. Draco pushed aside his door and ran into it. He was followed by Hermione and Snape right on his heels. He ran over to a poster of his favorite Quidditch team.
"Damn, I need my wand but those bastards took it!" he swore.
"Watch your language, Mr. Malfoy." Snape warned as he handed the young man his wand. "I, unlike yourselves, thought things through and retrieved your wands for you." Draco snatched the wand and quickly pointed it at the poster. The poster rolled up, revealing a passage. He quickly climbed through, knowing that the others would follow. He ran down the path, the echoes of the other's footsteps sounding loudly in the narrow hall. He came upon the end of the path.
"Great, Draco, a dead end. Bloody hell." Hermione panted behind him. Draco scowled and reached out to touch various points on the cold stone wall. Quickly the path he had touched glowed a bright gold before the wall fell away to the Malfoy Manor's grounds.
"Run!" bellowed their potion's professor as he took the lead at a fast pace through the gardens. Draco paused to look behind him only to turn around and grab Hermione's arm and took off after the Slytherin head of house. Behind them came the yells of many angry deatheaters. They stopped, short of breath at the edge of the grounds, just long enough for Snape to portkey them back to safety.
AN::::: Hey there! Yep, and many of you were right! Congrats! :D Hope ya all liked it! No big bad cliffy this time since I start high school Monday so i can't promise I'll be able to update real soon, I hope so though! So, um, please review and tell me what you think! I got so many great reviews from you all! Awe... you guys are amazing! 102! O YEA PARTY! :D I would give a shout out to all of ya but I'm sure that would take far to long so...
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