Suddenly Draco heard a door open and a few death eaters walked in from the other side of the room. The silence was sudden as the other death eaters moved aside to let these ones through. Draco was unable to read the new ones expressions due to them still wearing their masks.

"Caught some new prisoners I see," the one in the front stated softly, his voice making it evident he was the one in charge.

The death eater with the beard stood up abruptly leaving Hermione laying on the floor. The leading death eater surveyed the room.

"Lazing about the lot of you, as usual," he drawled wrinkling his nose under his mask, "Your break was over fifteen minutes ago, report to your offices, and Stone, report to my office in five minutes, we need to review the information you found."

With that last statement he turned to go then glanced back and said with a smirk, "Leave the prisoners in here. You can, play, with them later."

When he was gone several of the death eaters started laughing, mainly at the one with the beard. He glared back forcefully grumbling, "Who made him boss anyway?"

"We did," one commented with another chuckle, "He's the most capable with planning and spell work, and keeps stupid ones like you under control."

Looking rather humiliated he sneered and left the room. Half the other death eaters followed his example leaving the room. The death eaters must have inhabited the whole castle in the time since Draco had come here at the beginning of the summer, when it was empty, and now.

"I'll stay and watch the prisoners," a rather chubby death eater said leaning back in a chair running a hand through his hair.

"You always volunteer to do the watching," another one said as he left the room.

"Bad example to us all, he's the only lazy one," one of them said as the last of them filed out of the room.

Draco lowered himself to his knees and crawled over to Hermione untying her wrists and pulled her up against him.

The death eater on guard looked over at them and made a noncommittal noise before pulling out his wand and keeping it pointed in their general direction as a way of saying, don't do anything.

Hermione buried her face into Draco's robes; silent sobs shaking her body. Her hugged her comfortingly kissing the top of her head. He opened his mouth to speak but had forgotten the silencing spell was still on him. Would it wear off or was there a counter spell? He hoped there was a counter spell.

After a while Hermione finally looked up at him and whispered softly, "What can we do?"

Draco shrugged then pointed to his mouth and shook his head to indicate he couldn't speak. Hermione frowned, confused.

"I can't speak," he mouthed hoping she'd catch that, "Silencing spell."

"Silencing spell?" she asked and he nodded. She frowned again, this time in thought. Then she sighed and leaned back against him casting a short glance at the remaining death eater, her brow furrowed.

Draco tapped her shoulder and pointed at the fireplace, making sure the death eater couldn't see his hand. Hermione followed his gaze and saw the fireplace, then looked at the death eater.

If they made a dash for it, he might not have time to do anything, only one of them would have time to go through, it wasn't big enough for two. A sudden thought hit Draco suddenly, with the silencing spell on him, there was no way he could use floo powder, you had to clearly state the name of the place you wanted to go. This created a change in plans.

How would he be able to tell Hermione that he could go around and distract the death eater making time for her to get away? He couldn't, there was no way he could convey a message that complex. Well, he could try.

Draco nudged Hermione again and pointed at the death eater then himself, then pointed at Hermione and the fireplace. Then he pointed as his mouth again and shook his head and pointed at the fireplace.

"We escape by floo powder?" she asked in a soft whisper. Draco nodded, and pointed to her.

"Just me?" she asked then frowned and said, "We've got to do something about the death eaters. We can't let them get away, we have to get rid of them."

Draco narrowed his eyes, they could let the ministry deal with this, they needed to escape, save their own lives, the death eaters didn't seem to be doing anything at the time.

"Stop yer whispering!" the death eater said shaking his wand at them. Hermione said nothing, glaring straight into the death eater's eyes, her anger clearly apparent. The death eater didn't appear to notice though for he leaned back in his chair again.

Draco shook his head looking at the death eater, then pointed again using wilder gestures that she should get away with floo powder. She shook her head vehemently.

"Knowing they were dead, that was okay," Hermione whispered, "I can't leave here knowing they're alive."

Draco frowned then nodded, he understand that, but he always knew that there was no way two students without wands to hope to get rid of a large group of death eaters. He pointed to his empty pocket and mouthed, "No wand."

Hermione pursed her lips deep in thought then finally she sighed and nodded her head looking at the fireplace. Draco smiled softly and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.

"I love you," he mouthed knowing she'd catch that one.

"I love you too," she mouthed as well, "How will you escape?"

He shrugged and pointed at fireplace. They could always try; maybe if he yelled and thought the name of the place they'd go it'd work, maybe the magic could read lips and vocal cords or whatever.

"Will it work?" she asked. Draco nodded, hoping he was right. She frowned but finally nodded. Then apparently tired from fear and adrenaline she leaned against him again closing her eyes, he knew she wasn't asleep though for her breathing didn't settle in the deepness as it would if she was asleep.

A/N: Woo hoo! I got seven reviews! is happy Yesterday we went to this feast/ball thing done by the SCA (Society of Creative Anachronism) dunno if i spelled that last word right. We learned a bunch of bransles and other dances... twas fun fun. -D Don't ask why I'm telling all you guys this 'cause I really don't know.

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