Title: Summer In Paris

Author: Saiya-Jin Girl

Disclaimer: JK Rowling owns all. The plot is mine.

Chapter 70 Almost Over

Harry awoke to a lancing pain in his head, and looked around. He was chained to the wall. To his right, was Ron, who was still unconscious, and below him, was Hermione and Draco, chained to an altar. A mysterious figure was standing in front of them, and he spotted a red head behind the altar. Ginny. What was she doing there? He wondered angrily. However, instead of getting angry, he tried to wake Ron.

"Ron…RON!" he said. Ron did not move, and he remained as pale as ever. He sighed and began to twist his arms, trying to see if he could somehow escape. He couldn't let Ginny get hurt.

Ginny bit her lip in frustration. Here she was, the chance of a lifetime to prove herself, and she was lost. She had no idea where to start. She knew if it was Hermione, they would have all been free by now. Gripping her wand tightly, she took a deep breath and hoped that her next move would work. The strange man was now smiling, and looking at the book. Apparently, he was searching for some sort of incantation. Ginny knew that she needed to free either Hermione or Draco before she attempted to disarm the mysterious man standing at the foot of the altar.

Enkil was smiling, looking down at the spell book that was on the altar. This would complete the ritual that he had been so set out to do. All his pain would soon end and he would be restored to full power once more. All thanks to this pitiful girl, and her lover. Little did he know that Ginny was crouched down behind the altar, planning on stealing his book and making a run for it.

"First, I shall begin to take the power, from the female," he said in his cold voice. Hermione looked at Enkil and then at Draco. Panic and fear were in her eyes and Draco clenched his fist.

"Hermione, be strong," he whispered. She nodded and looked away. She needed to be strong. What Enkil was going to do next was something she could only imagine. He was possibly going to suck her life force away in order for him to grow stronger, a thought that made her cringe.

She looked over at Draco, his face was pale, with a thin sheen of sweat. She wished that she could hold him, and tell him that everything would be alright, and she wished that she could apologize for the way she had treated him earlier against her will, but she could not. Enkil began chanting in some strange language, and Hermione felt herself becoming as light as air. It was a scary feeling. Ginny watched Enkil as he was in this trancelike state and when she crawled past him, he took no notice. She made her way to Harry and Ron and freed Harry down first. He said nothing but held her tightly and he breathed in her scent.

"You're trying to kill me?" he whispered. She shot him a look that chilled him down to his spine.

"I'm trying to save you," she said. He looked at her and without hesitating, placed a quick kiss on her lips.

"Time to get rid of this man," Harry said. Ginny pointed her wand out and called for Harry's wand.

"Accio, Wand," she whispered. A wand came flying towards them and Harry caught it deftly in his hand.

"Alright, we need to disarm him and get him unconscious so we can free Hermione, Draco, and Ron," Harry instructed. She nodded.

"Right," she whispered. About now a mystical, golden light was beginning to form around Enkil and Harry began to worry.

"Ok, I'll disarm him, while you free Hermione and Draco, get their wands now and as soon as I distract him, GO," Harry went forward and yelled a charm that hit Enkil straight in his back. With a speed that Harry could not comprehend, Enkil had leapt out of the way and the curse hit the altar, crumbling some of the rock. Enkil smiled.

"I underestimated you, scarred one," he said with a smile which Harry did not return. He saw Ginny sneak behind Enkil and began to work on Hermione's bonds.

"You've been estimating me? What's your purpose here?" Harry asked, trying to buy time for Ginny as she worked. Enkil smiled.

"Revenge, it is sweet, it is what I want,"

"Revenge? Revenge for what?" he asked.

"You will find out in time, your friends here will help me," he said turning to gesture to them. When he saw that Hermione was missing he yelled. "WHERE did the female go!" he shouted angrily.

"Expelliarmus!" Harry yelled. Enkil was thrown back by the force of the spell and landed on the ground. Hermione was sitting on the ground, panting, she was extremely pale, and weak. Ginny was freeing Draco and handing him his wand. "Apparently, you underestimated our magic as well," Harry muttered. Enkil cursed, the book was on the floor, and his mouth was bleeding.

"You will pay for this!"

"No, you will pay for this," said a cold voice. It was Draco. He was standing with his wand pointed straight at Enkil's chest and Enkil panicked.

"NO!" he shouted.

"Crucio !" Draco yelled. Enkil immediately began to go through an excruciating amount of pain and he sobbed. Meanwhile, Hermione had magicked the mysterious book and was looking through the incantations. Hopefully there would be one to put him away for good. She looked up at Draco, who did not waver once in his administering of the curse. Harry was freeing Ron, and Hermione had seemingly come upon an incantation, which she began to chant along with Ginny. Hermione began to cough and shiver.

"Ginny, don't stop, keep on going," she muttered. Ginny nodded, but was scared. She kept chanting the incantation and slowly but surely, Enkil began to slowly fade away. Draco realizing this stopped the curse and rushed over to Hermione, who was fading as well, health wise. Enkil laughed.

"SHE WILL DIE!" he shouted. Draco dropped to his knees and cradled Hermione's body in his arms.

"Mione!" he shouted. Her eyes were closed. "Hermione, wake up!" he shouted again. His eyes burned with tears he refused to shed. There was no way he would let her go, not here, not now.

Her eyes fluttered open, and she smiled.

"Draco," she said softly. Hot tears ran down his cheeks. "I'm sorry,"

"No, NO! I'm taking you to the hospital wing," he said lifting her in his arms.

"It doesn't matter now, I don't think I'll make it,"

"Shut up, Hermione, you will make it," he said fiercely. She smiled again.

"That's one thing, I love you for, you're so determined," she said.

"Save your energy, love," he said as he rushed her through the doors that Harry had quickly opened for them.

When he looked into her eyes, he knew he was running out of time.

A/N:

Yes, yes. Kill me. I know I took AGES to upload this. And I apologize. I had some serious writers block writing this story. You don't know how many times I've tried to write this and got stuck. And it's not even that long, but its what I could come up with!

Thanks for waiting!

And thanks for ALL the reviews!

Love--Saiya-Jin Girl