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Well, I hope all of you really appreciate this chapter…it's really early in the morning. But I decided that since I love all my reviewers so much, that I would get up early to type up the chapter! And plus, I'm not in exactly the best of moods….I mean, who wouldn't be, if their whole family was falling apart? Yeah, me and my little bro, well…not so little anymore considering the names he called me and the rude hand gestures…had a fight yesterday that ended quite badly…..And my parents, well, let's not even go there….

ANYWAY, ON WITH THE STORY!

The door suddenly flew off its hinges and slammed into Harry's face, knocking him flying across the hallway and smashing onto the wall. He slumped to the floor, his glasses askew. After a few moments, he shook his head to clear it, and stood up, pushing the door off himself.

"What the hell was that?" he muttered.

"Potter," came a sinister voice from the doorway. Harry looked up in confusion. In front of him was none other than Draco Malfoy, his wand pointed straight at Harry's chest. Behind him in the room was Hermione who was tied up in ropes and sitting on the ground, tears running down her face at the sight of both Malfoy and Harry.

"Harry!" she screamed, struggling to free herself.

Harry reached slowly into his inside coat pocket for his wand, stalling for a bit of time.

"What do you want?" he growled.

Malfoy stepped out into the hallway, never lowering his wand. "What do you think I want Potter", Malfoy spat out, "I want my wife, that's what I want!"

Harry gripped his wand tightly, then replied back angrily, "Hermione doesn't deserve to be your wife. You treated her like dirt!"

Malfoy shrugged. "What I do with my wife is none of your business, Potter." Harry swept out his wand and shouted, "Stupefy!"

Malfoy blocked it with a shield spell. "Nice try, Potter, but do you really think I am this weak?" He began to circle around Harry, his eyes in slits and his mouth twisted into a malicious smile.

Harry followed him by rotating on the spot, never taking his eyes off Malfoy, his wand still pointed directly over him.

"How did you get in here?" demanded Harry.

Malfoy snorted. "Why? Was it supposed to be difficult?"

Harry's eyes glinted. "Yes," he said forcefully, "the wards were supposed to be up and it's impossible to Apparate into the mansion."

Malfoy threw his head back and laughed, that second costing him an injury.

"Impendimenta!"

Malfoy was knocked off his feet and flew ten feet backwards. Harry advanced towards him, wand still raised.

Malfoy got up quickly, wiped the blood off the corner of his mouth with a sneer, and pointed his wand at Harry's chest.

"You forgot, Potter, that it is easy for someone like me to get in. You also seemed to have forgotten that the Apparition ward doesn't work when the window is open. (A/N: Lame, I know, just leave me alone…and keep reading.) Hermione, or should I say, Mrs. Malfoy, opened the window for a bit of fresh air I suppose, and in I came."

Harry glared at Malfoy, then shouted the first thing that came to mind, "Tarantallegra!"

Malfoy's legs started dancing about wildly.

"You'll pay for that Potter! Crucio!" Malfoy shouted as he danced about wildly in the hallway. Harry ducked as the spell nearly missed his head.

In the second Harry was ducking, Malfoy uttered the counter-jinx for his uncontrollable legs, and soon he was back in control of his whole body.

As soon as Harry turned his head back to Malfoy, Malfoy yelled again, "Crucio!"

This time, Harry took the spell straight to his chest. He dropped to the floor, writhing in agony and screaming in pain.

Behind him, Hermione had somehow inched into the hallway and she screamed at the sight of Harry thrashing around on the floor.

Malfoy took the spell off, then slowly walked towards Harry, who lay on the ground, panting.

"That was just for taste, Potter. You also might be wondering why your butlers aren't coming to the rescue. I, being the genius that I am, put the Imperius curse on one of them, Bern, who had probably by now, Stunned your other servant. Though, I am wondering why he has not come up yet." Malfoy peered into the hallway past Harry and in a split second, Harry leapt up and shouted, "Locomotor Mortis!"

Malfoy's legs sprung together and he fell down backwards.

Harry turned and ran back to Hermione, waving his wand and cutting the ropes that bounded her. He helped her get up and she leaned against the wall.

Hermione was still crying, and in between sobs, she gasped out, "I'm sorry, Harry…I'm so…"

Harry quieted her. "It's all right, it's okay," He took her in his arms and hugged her tightly, when a Stunning spell hit him in the back. Harry's arms loosened and dropped. He had fallen backwards, unconscious.

Hermione screamed in fear and looked around wildly, trying to find a wand. Malfoy had all his attention on Harry, smirking at his victory, and she took that moment to seize Harry's wand, which was lying on the floor, at the same time making sure Malfoy does not notice her movements.

Malfoy smirked as he stepped closer to Hermione, kicking Harry's body aside. "So, you might be asking how I know you were here?"

(A/N: WARNING. A bit of HBP spoiler ahead.)

"How?" she whispered hoarsely, pointing the Harry's wand at its owner and focused to cast a nonverbal counter-curse for the Stunning spell, Enervate. She saw, with relief, from the corner of her eye that Harry is slowly gaining consciousness.

Malfoy, unaware of anything going on, pronounced with glee, "Simple. When I came home, I found this!" Malfoy revealed her the wand in which she had used to escape, and waved it in front of her face.

"As soon as I saw it, I knew you had gone. Although it took me a while to figure out you'd come to your sweet, beloved Harry's place."

"I thought you were a genius, Draco." Hermione retorted mockingly.

Malfoy snarled. "Why you little…I ought to…"

"Ought to what, Malfoy?"

Malfoy whipped around to find Harry's wand being threw across by Hermione and it landed safely in Harry's hand. Faster than he could blink, the wand pointed at him. Harry roared, "Sectumsempra!"

Malfoy found himself covered with blood as it spurted from his face and chest. He started turning pale, and he stumbled backwards, nearly knocking into Hermione, who dodged out of the way. Malfoy raised his hand to touch his chest and it came away bloody and crimsom.

He was gasping for air now. "Potter," he whispered roughly, then he waved his wand at Harry.

Harry immediately fell to the ground and cried out once again in agony and pain as he was hit with the Cruciatus Curse.

Malfoy still managed to grin evilly and sneered at Harry's face, contorted with pain. He halted the curse to heal his wounds, waving his wand over his chest and muttering incantations, which soon stopped the bleeding. Once he finished, Harry was, again, under the curse and crying out in pain.

Hermione looked down helplessly at the ground, waving her hands uselessly. She could not do a thing, seeing how Harry was still twisting about on the ground in pain, his wand forgotten but still gripped tightly in his hand.

"Expelliarmus!" Harry's last hope flew away with his wand into the hands of Malfoy.

"I think we should leave Mr. Potter alone for the moment. Now, if you would, Mrs. Malfoy." Malfoy stowed Harry's wand in his pocket and pointed his at Hermione. Using his other hand, he beckoned her to come to him.

Hermione gave a last pleading look at Harry, who was close to unconscious after the last Crucio he had withstood.

"Hermione," growled Malfoy, his voice low. "Come along."

Hermione reluctantly dragged her feet over to Malfoy, never raising her eyes and meeting his eyes. She knew she would be in big trouble as soon as they got home. She was going to pay for causing Malfoy all this trouble.

"You're right, you are going to get into big trouble, but, let's leave Mr. Potter alone and we'll settle this at our house."

Malfoy gripped Hermione's wrist so tightly that she winced in pain, and then Apparated back to his house leaving Harry who still flailing about on the floor, the pain almost pushing him to the point of death.

A/N: Okay, so I lied, this isn't going to be the last chapter…was anyone else sincerely disappointed by the outcome of HBP? Well, I suppose all of us h/hr shippers were very disappointed. But hopefully, JK Rowling will listen to our side…right?

Errr…same system follows I guess… Till next time.