You can't kill me

A scream, heard by no one, because of the howling wind…

The Dagger Magician fell dead on the ground, his dagger sticking out of his chest.

Hermione didn't see it, she was unconscious. Only a deep cut on her cheek betrayed that the Dagger Magician had attacked her. She was picked up by a man. They disappeared in a thick mysterious mist that had formed.

Flash back

Mr Malfoy was walking next to the river, not able to sleep. Nightmares haunted him sometimes. He was gazing at the water, while his snake-headed cane stuck its tip in the ground every two feet.

He was brought out of his pondering by a scream. He started to walk a little faster, until he saw two figures a hundred meters further. Apparently they were too busy to see him. He stopped and narrowed his eyes. His sharp vision could verify a woman and a man.

He was surprised to see that the young woman was Hermione Granger. He was less surprised to see that she had crossed path with a Dagger Magician. Those magicians were active again the last few months.

Amused, Lucius leaned on his cane and observed what the little witch would do. Stupid girl, he thought, when she did nothing at all. But he quickly understood that she was under a special form of the Imperio Curse. He waited, interested if she could fight the curse.

But she didn't. The situation only became positive for the magician. The man tried to hit Hermione, but she rolled over. Somehow, Lucius couldn't allow this. He strode to the scene, pulled his wand out of his cane and said: "Dagger Magician!"

The magician saw him and tried to curse Lucius, but Lucius blocked the spell. This was so predictable to Malfoy. The magician didn't even posses half his knowledge of the Dark Arts.

"Dictus incantatem gladionem." Lucius hissed.

A ray of light shot out of his wand with the speed of lightning. The ray wrapped itself around the dagger and forced the magician to plant it in his own chest. The magician screamed and fell dead on the ground.

Lucius picked Hermione up and walked away with her.

Harry was pacing in his room. Hermione hadn't been sighted anymore since a few days. No one had heard of her anymore. The last man she had spoken to was Dumbledore.

Ron sat quietly in front of the fireplace. He was desperate.

His father had come home with the news that someone had freed Lucius,most likely Hermione. Why had she done that? She hated Mr Malfoy as much as him.

His father had also whispered that strange things were going on in the Ministry. You didn't know who to trust anymore.

"We must find Hermione!" Harry exclaimed.

"Before Lucius or his stupid son do." Ron finished his sentence.

"What do you mean?" Harry asked.

"Harry, I remember what my father told me about the last time that You-know-who walked on this earth. Wizards who where close friends at first, killed each other off because their thoughts about the Dark Lord where divided. You couldn't trust anyone anymore. And now Lucius, enemy of the muggles, is free…"

"Let's get contact with the Order of the Phoenix!" Harry said.

Hermione woke up with a terrible headache. She only remembered the bleeding face of the Dagger Magician. She looked around, confused. Where was she?

She lay on a black leather couch in a dark room with purple curtains in front ofhigh windows. In front of the windows was a dark brown oak desk. Against the walls stood large bookcases filled with leather bound books and many scrolls of parchment. A small fire in the fireplace gave the room a red glow.

Hermione stood up, walked to the windows and looked outside. It was dark, not one star showed its face in the sky. She could distinguish ahuge garden. Marble statues where white spots in the dark. She went over the desk. 'Villae Lestrange' was written in golden letters on it.

She heard a door open behind her. A shock went through her body when Lucius entered. He was entirely different than in Azkaban, he was the old Malfoy again. Lucius went to her without a word. His cane gave a 'tock' sound every time it hit the marble floor.

Hermione reached in her pocket, but she couldn't find her wand.

"Looking for this?" Lucius smiled, taking her wand out of his pocket.

Hermione said nothing and watched him come closer. What happened next was so fast that Lucius, for the first time in his life, was caught by surprise. Hermione raised her hand when Lucius reached her. Out of her hand came a bright white light. It flew to Lucius' hand with the speed of light and wrapped itself around it. Lucius took his wand out of his cane with his free hand and blasted a curse to the white ray of light. But the curse had no use, the ray of light was still as strong as before.

"Hand magic, very convenient sometimes." Hermione smiled.

Lucius looked infuriated. He took the ray of light (it was like a strong rope) and pulled Hermione closer with it, until her face was only inches away from his.

"What's this?" he asked.

"Never heard of it?" Hermione asked, "It's a special binding spell, only a password can block it. The ray also sends a signal to a special group of wizards. They can find us now."

To Hermione's surprise, Lucius became extremely calm.

"You are really determined to take my freedom, aren't you?" he whispered, "But I on the other hand,refuse to return to Azkaban. So I'm afraid you're going to have to give me that password."

Lucius put his wand on her throat and said: "Tell me."

"I don't know." Hermione said.

"How come I don't believe you?" Lucius said. The top of his wand got a green glow.

"You can't kill me," Hermione desperately said, "I saved your life!"

"And I saved yours," Lucius replied, "I owe you nothing. Give me the password."

"I really don't know the password." Hermione muttered, "Only Dumbledore knows."

"I see. Instead of himself, Dumbledore has send you to catch me. Even if I would kill you, he'd still have me imprisoned. How noble." Lucius smiled.

That sentence impressed Hermione deeply, she got confused by it. She swallowed hard. Lucius had noticed. A deep silence filled the room, until they could hear wizards storming into the mansion.

"I'll give you a quick lesson, Miss Granger," Lucius said, "Don't take the good and the bad site for granted. They switch sometimes. It's best to stay somewhere in the middle."

Lucius slowly lowered his wand. The wizards ran into the room and pointed forty wands to Malfoys back. Lucius let his wand fall on the ground and closed his eyes. Forty wands shot a ray of light to Lucius' back and he fell unconscious on the floor.

Author's note: Finally, another chapter! Let me know what you think of it.