So here is the next chapter... sorry for the wait...
Hermione's head pounded. She sat up and opened her eyes to take in her surroundings; the lack of light prevented that. Slowly she attempted to stand, but stumbled and slammed into the door. Leaning on the door to support herself she used one free hand to check for her wand.

"Oh hell" Hermione swore, frantic. Her wand was missing, she was trapped in who knows where and to make things worse she was about to find out just who had kidnapped her. She pressed her ear to the door and heard footsteps and raised but muffled voices.

Hermione did not know what to do. She was unarmed and about to meet her captors, who she had a feeling where not your average criminals. With each passing moment, they got closer to the wooden and stone door, and Hermione's chances of staying alive where becoming smaller. For once in her short life, her mind failed her. She could not think of anything that could help her.

Hermione had mere seconds left before whoever was coming was to reach the door when her les made a decision for her and gave way. She stumbled back and hit the floor. Just at that moment, her prison door slammed open and there stood two Death Eaters.

Hermione feigned unconsciousness. Her eyes where slightly open and she could see the outline of her enemies, one clearly larger then the other. The sliver hand of one Peter Petigrew (whom Hermione instantly recognised from what Harry told her) shone in the new light, which the open doorway let in.

"Our M...M…Master wants her intact Bella" Peter whimpered

"Look you little worm, she will be intact," Bellatrix, the second and slightly taller Death Eater said, her eyes glistened wickedly behind her sliver mask and the witch raised her wand as Peter whimpered again. "I'm just going to give her a little wake up call"

Hermione's eyes snapped open at the same moment Bellatrix uttered her curse,

"Crucio"

Hermione's screams echoed within the tiny room. Pain coursed through her body sending fire to every limb. Her very bones felt as if they where being individually ripped apart. Every cell within her body felt the full effects of the unforgivable and to her it seemed like eternity had come and gone when Bellatrix Lestrange finally lifted the curse.

"Good Morning Mudblood" Bella smiled through the shapeless silver. Her eyes full of malevolence. She turned to Wormtail, "I love hearing a Mudblood scream, and they do it so well"

"Bella you've had your fun, we got to take the Mudblood to our L…Lord"

"Not so fast" Bellatrix said stepping closer to Hermione "the dark lord wont mind if we have a little fun" Bellatrix raised her wand and began to speak the curse again but was stopped by Greyback

"My dear Bella the dark lord grows impatient" she glared at him angrily and put her wand down.

"Fine" she lifted Hermione by her hair. "Take the whore" and Bellatrix tossed her towards Greybrack. Hermione, breathless from the previous curse, groaned when she hit the werewolf, "the dark lord can have her"

"How very thoughtful Bella" Greyback goaded. "He will be sure to have much amusement from this little one"

Hermione's eyes flashed fear as she looked from Bellatrix to the werewolf who smiled at her.

"Ah yes the dark lord will have much entertainment from this child, perhaps even I might get a taste" Greyback licked his lips and dragged a screaming Hermione out of the chamber.


Hermione was immobilized, not by magic but from fear. Hermione was told once about the Deatheaters, by Harry, she thought it sounded bad then. This was worse. Greyback had taken her in complete darkness through the bowels of a manor for what seemed like a lifetime. They had suddenly stopped and in a flurry of light Hermione found herself the centre of attention to a party she didn't want to be apart of.

The DeathEaters glared at her through the shapeless sliver masks. Hermione found herself all alone in the centre of the circle as Greyback took his place among the Dark Lord's servants. Whispers and hissing began from all around. Hermione toke a fast glance around the room and when her eyes fell on another's whose looked familiar, the thing she feared the most entered the room, demanding attention.

Slowly Hermione turned, very sure she was not ready to face what stood behind her. Voldemort. Pure evil reflected from those red eyes that where sure to burn into her memory and her nightmares for all eternity.

"My loyal servants" Voldemort circled the room not once looking at Hermione. "Tonight we celebrate victory against Potter. The death of that muggle loving fool Dumbledore was our first." Voldemort paused and seemed to bask in the triumph as the Deatheaters cheered around him. "Our second victory stands here among us tonight" at this he gestured without looking at Hermione. "Potter's Mudblood" at this the hissing and whispers started up, and Hermione once again caught the gaze of one of the Death Eaters. He remained silent.

Hermione lost eye contact with the silent DeathEater as Voldemort hit her with a curse that sent her falling to the ground.

"Mudblood, tell me about the prophecy" Hermione glared in defiance

"I would never tell you anythi..."

"Crucio"

Hermione screamed. She heard Malfoy's familiar laughter as pain rippled through her body, and then it all stopped.

"Now Mudblood this is your last chance to save yourself and tell me all you know about Potter" Voldemort provoked her. "You do want to live, don't you Mudblood?"

Hermione slowly got to her feet "I would rather die then betray my friends"

"Well tonight you will do both" Voldemort hissed as he raped her mind of her knowledge of Harry.

Although Hermione was never taught occumacy she had read a lot about it and practiced daily, as Harry should have. After letting slip that Harry had inherited 12 Grimmauld Place, Hermione was able to block the Dark Lord from all other information and managed to kick him from her mind.

"The Mudblood knows a few tricks" The Dark Lord laughed and once again invaded her mind. It was harder this time and Hermione could not force him out so instead she presented memories of Harry eating or doing homework, instead of anything of any value to Voldemort.

"She knows nothing." Voldemort annouced as he gave up searching her mind for information. "Bella" Voldemort called her forward "take her back and do what ever you like"

"Yes my Lord" Bellatrix bowed and kissed the Dark Lord's robe.

"But do not kill her, she is still of some use"

Bellatrix looked at Hermione in the way that a starving man would look at a steak. She licked her lips, Hermione paled.


Hermione finally woke up three days later, but of course she didn't know that. This time when she opened her eyes there was light, but not a lot. She tried to study her surroundings that was when she saw it. Poking up out of the bedding, it stood as if put there on purpose. Her wand. She reached for it with her left hand for her right one felt broken and probably was.

Now she had a wand, but was still powerless. She knew if she did manage to get out of this room she would still need to duel Merlin knows how many Death Eaters still out there, and she was badly injured and hadn't the energy to heal herself. Still thinking of a next move, a creak from outside her prison disrupted her thoughts. She grasped her wand as the cell door opened and Wormtail entered with a goblet of water and a few pieces of bread which he tossed on the floor then spat on.

"Your filth you know that you dirty little Mudblood" he spat again.

Hermione couldn't take much more from this rodent and spoke back.

"Look whose tough now that Master and Bella aren't here"

"You filthy little Mud..." Wormtail collapsed midway through an attempt at cursing Hermione. Severus Snape raised his eyebrow and lowered his wand as he glanced at Hermione's raised wand.

"Come now, " Severus stretched out his hand "I know you don't trust me, but..."

"I do trust you" Hermione interrupted taking his hand gingerly "I've seen Professor Dumbledore's pensive" She said to answer his questioning gaze. "Can we get out of here now"

Severus nodded and lead Hermione one meter from the cell and muttered a spell as he apperated them both from the manor, leaving Wormtail motionless, stunned by Hermione's wand on the floor.


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