Ron followed the Inferi to the middle of the lake. He struggled to look for any sign of Hermione. "HERMIONE!" he shrieked out again. He saw the shadow of a human and started feeling around for her. He felt flesh and pulled it up. "Ew," Ron said to himself. He had pulled out a dead, half-eaten body of a human.
He dropped it and followed the Inferi once again and felt around for Hermione. Finally he felt her hair and pulled her from beneath her arm pits. The Inferi jerked her towards it, and Ron pulled her above water so she could breathe. Who was he kidding, Hermione was unconsciencous. He tried to pull her to the dock but the Inferi was too strong. Finally, he reached into his pocket for his pocket knife, and with a deep breath, cut off the Inferi's arm that was latched onto Hermione's wrist. He pulled her quickly to the dock and laid her down, giving her mouth-to-mouth.
She wouldn't breathe. Ron was crying softly while giving her air. After a while, he felt water go into his mouth. He spit it out and looked at Hermione. She was gargling water out of her throat. He put her in a sitting position and let the water fall onto the dock. Hermione was breathing again.
She took a few more deep breaths and looked at him. "Ron...the..the Inferi...it...tried to..eat..eat me."