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Interlocking Chains Chapter 5: Losing the Fourth, Dropping the Fifth

Hermione shook the whole way up to the Gryffindor tower. She was on the look out for Draco or the other Draco. She finally walked in and saw Harry sitting by the fire.
"Hermione, what's wrong with you, are you okay?", Harry asked in alarm as he got up and walked to her.
"No.", she whispered. She started crying again and just held herself as she fell to the ground.
"Hermione, what happened?"
She wouldn't answer him, she just sat there crying and shaking. Harry sat down beside her and wrapped his arms around her. For what seemed like forever Hermione cried and shook in silence. Finally she stood up and Harry stood with her. She walked to the girl's dorm and walked in. Ginny ran into her.
"Hermione, are you okay?"
"I'm fine Ginny.", she said in a monotone.
She entered the room and left Ginny and Harry together.
"Hi Harry.", said Ginny smiling.
"Hello Ginny.", said Harry distractedly.
"What's wrong?"
"I'm worried about Hermione."
"Why?", said Ginny angry.
"Why? Ginny did you not see her? She is so withdrawn, she's been crying and shaking for almost an hour now." Just then Ron came out of the boys' dorm running a hand threw his wet hair.
"Hey everyone, what's going on?", Ron said slowly once he realized something was wrong.
"Where have you been?"
"Umm, no where. Why?"
"Hermione's really upset, she's been crying for about the past hour."
"Oh, that's too bad, do you know what's wrong?"
To Harry the first part of what Ron said seemed sarcastic. "I have no clue, maybe you know?"
"No, sorry, I have no clue what could be bothering her. Ginny?"
"Why would I know what's bothering her?", Ginny said still sounding mad.
"What's wrong with you?"
"What do you mean, what's wrong with me? Nothing's wrong with me."

Hermione sat in her room on her bed. Her wrists were really hurting her. She finally pulled up the sleeves on her ropes and saw the purple finger marks across her wrists. She ran her fingers over them and hissed in pain, tears build up in her eyes. She found a mirror and raised the back of her robe up to find purple and blue bruises on her back. She ran to her pillow and screamed into in as she started to cry again. Hermione woke up when someone started to shake her, violently.
"Hermione, it's time for classes wake up.", said Ginny.
She shot up and regretted it. Pain shot up her back as she hissed in pain and laid back down.
"What's wrong with you?", said Ginny, voice full of attitude.
"My back..it's sore. I'll be down soon, just let me get cleaned up."
"Hurry up, don't want to be late.", said Ginny teasingly.
Hermione looked at her wrists and back again...they were turning black. When she got dressed she made sure she wore longsleeves in case her robe sleeves rode up. She started towards the Great Hall, head held down, she wanted to become invisible. Still looking down she ran right into someone and fell to the ground, screaming as her back hit the ground.
"Hermione! Are you okay?". Hermione looked into the eyes of Draco.
She tried to scramble away as fast as she could no matter how much it hurt.
"Hermione, stop. Are you okay?", he grabbed her foot to make her stop.
"Get away from me."
"What? No, it's me I swear. It's me Draco. What's wrong?"
As she was trying to get away, Draco's eyes caught the black skin across her wrists. "What happened to you?", he asked pulling away from her.
"You happened to me."
"What?"
"I want you to stay away from me."
"Why?"
"Why? Why! Someone attacked me last night. My back is as bad, if not worst, then my back. Someone who looked like you." She hissed in pain from being so tense.
"Hermione, I'm so sorry. I had no clue."
"Someone obviously doesn't want us around each other and it's not like we're best friends so let's just stay away from each other."
"I want to know who this person is."
"So do I. This person keeps on hurting me, first emotionally, now physically. I don't want to be hurt or worse...so just stay away from me." Hermione climbed off the ground and went into the Great Hall and left Draco speechless.