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A/N- I know that it took me awhile to update, but I was working on my other story, Too Perfect. Plus I have a summer job, and i was on vacation. Even more, this story was already written, but my other account froze, so I had to re-post it, and this was my first story, so I wasn't a very good writer yet, and I'm thinking of deleting the following chapters and re-writing them. I'm not sure what I'll do, yet. Anyway, thanks to ALL my readers, even if you don't review, I still find it nice to know I have readers. Please review, because even anonymous people can. Well, here's chapter 6, I hope you all enjoy it! REVIEW!

The Two

Chapter 6

Creating and Working a Plan

Draco tiptoed out from out behind the statue and stayed 5 steps behind this creature. They went down a hallway and up a flight of stairs, which lead them straight to the Gryffindor Tower. The creature hissed the Gryffindor password, "Mandrake." And the portrait opened the tower up to Draco and the black creature. They both stepped inside and the portrait slammed behind them. Draco had never realized that the door was so loud when it closes, but then again, Draco had never been inside the Gryffindor Tower before. He then followed the creature across the common room and up a set of stairs. When they got to the top Draco saw 4 sleeping Gryffindor's. What the hell is this thing doing in the boy's dormitory of Gryffindor? Draco got his answer when the creature walked across the dormitory and pulled out his wand. He pointed it at Harry Potter and muttered something Draco couldn't quite hear. A crimson glittery spell shot out of the things wand and zoomed towards Harry. It slowed to a complete stop when it reached him. Draco was amazed by this spell. It was circling around Potter and then rushed into Harry through his left ear. Harry looked like he had stayed the same but the creature picked up Harry and Harry didn't wake up. Draco came to the conclusion that this was a sleeping spell. The creature turned around and started towards the door. Draco hadn't moved and it was when the creature had stopped and pulled out his wand again that he realized that he was standing in the middle of the steps, in plain sight. The same crimson jet shot out of the black thing's wand and circled Draco. He tried to run from it and it followed him down the stairs. He tripped on the last stair when he looked behind him and the spell circled him again. He was dizzy and couldn't get back up. With every circle the spell made, Draco got more and more tired. He saw the spell enter his nose and he became very drowsy. He closed his eyes slowly and found himself in a dreamland. The creature picked him up as well and walked out of Gryffindor Tower, unnoticed by anybody able to wake up, or, so the creature thought.

The next morning

"Hermione? Where's Harry?"

"I don't know, Ginny."

"Is he upstairs?"

"I'm not sure. I'll go check."

Hermione headed up the stairs and into the boy's dormitory. Harry's bed was empty, and unmade. She went back downstairs and told Ginny. She then said, "Maybe he's in the Great Hall already for breakfast?" They went down to the Great Hall, but Harry wasn't there either. Ginny looked for Harry all day and couldn't find him anywhere. After their last class, Ginny and Hermione were talking in the Common Room.

"Hermione. I need to go home for a bit. I need to see my family. Percy died, Ron's been suspended, I'm in 7th year… Harry can help relax me better, but since he's not here, I need to relax some other way. You can come, too, if we get permission."

"Ginny, I'd love to go. I need some time away myself. Do you think Dumbledore will let us?"

"I'm not sure, but I think that due to all the circumstances, he might let us leave for Christmas Break early. Its mid December already! Can you believe it?"

Hermione shook her head, not really paying attention. She was sad for more than Harry. She realized late last night she liked Draco Malfoy. She hated herself for it, but she couldn't help her feelings.

Hermione entered the Great Hall for dinner. Ginny wanted to be upstairs, alone. Hermione scanned the Great Hall to double-check that Harry wasn't there. During her scan, she looked over at the Slytherin table and noticed that Pansy Parkinson was sobbing onto Blaise Zabini's shoulder. Blaise didn't seem to mind. Hermione looked up and down the table twice and realized that Draco wasn't there. I wonder where he is. She got up and went over to Pansy and said sympathetically, "Why are you crying, Pansy?"

"Drakie's went missing last night! I need him here. Nobody can make me…feel better…like he can!"

Hermione knew perfectly well that Pansy was well known as the Slytherin Whore, and she also knew that Draco was the Slytherin Prince. That meant that Pansy's way of feeling better was sex.

"Oh, Pansy, I'm so sorry. I know you were in love with him."

"Just because we sleep together a lot doesn't mean I love him! And shut up, you dirty Mudblood! I don't want your sympathy!"

Hermione backed away and let Pansy cry over her problems. She had more important things to think about. Draco and Harry went missing on the same night. That sure is odd. Hermione went upstairs to the Tower and into the boy's dormitory. She pulled the Marauder's Map from Harry's trunk. She whispered, "I solemnly swear I am up to no good." and the map came up to her. She looked through the entire map and didn't see Draco or Harry anywhere. She did see one dot that seemed a little odd. It was in one of the secret passages under the school and it read: Bad Wizard. The map seemed like it didn't know who this person was. Hermione decided that this, 'Bad Wizard' did some kind of charm to make his name unknown by any sort of thing that could reveal his identity. She didn't want to go searching for trouble alone so she wiped the map clean and put it in her pocket and closed Harry's trunk to find Ginny. On the way out of the dormitory she started working on her plan. It was going to be hard. But she had to do it. This 'Bad Wizard' had the guy she liked and one of her best friends. This time, it's personal.

Hermione ran down the stairs and almost collided with Neville who was looking upset.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Neville. Are you okay?"

"Oh, yes, Hermione. I'm okay."

"You look really upset. Are you sure you're okay?"

"I'm just a little worried about Harry going missing. One of us could be next!" Neville said uncertainly. The truth was, he saw the whole ordeal. He saw it—whatever it was--come into the dormitory, saw it get Harry, and saw it shoot a spell at Malfoy, who ran. He saw the whole thing through his half-open eyes in his bed last night. He was terribly upset, and he felt like it was in someway his fault. He felt that if he had more courage, he could've cursed the thing that took Malfoy and Harry and prevented them being taken, and then he would've been a hero. Hermione replied to him, "I'm a bit upset, myself. Well, sorry for bumping into you." Without even realizing how rude she had been or how unlike herself she had been (She had not asked questions, even thought it was obvious Neville was uncertain about his answer. She hadn't even noticed his uncertainty.) She kept walking, working out the details in her plan. She finally worked out her whole plan when she bumped into just the person she was looking for. Ginny and her were the only ones who could go save Harry and Draco, and they would do it tonight, after she explained the whole thing to Ginny. She knew where Harry kept his Invisibility Cloak, and she had the Map, so everything should go off perfectly. I hope.

After everyone came back from dinner, Hermione took Ginny aside from the loudness of the common room and into her dormitory and told her everything she knew about Harry going missing. She figured she'd let Ginny be surprised to see Draco there, as she wasn't sure she wanted anyone, even Ginny, to know she liked him. She also might not want to go if Draco was there because Draco had numerously and brutally teased Ginny. Ginny was scared as to what they might find, or what state Harry might be in, but Ginny convinced herself that it was the only way to get Harry back. They decided they'd leave the common room under the cloak after everyone went to sleep. Hermione snuck up to the Boy's Dormitory before anyone else and grabbed Harry's cloak. She came back down and sat down on the couch with Ginny as they reviewed their plan. Ginny fell silent and started thinking about Harry and how she hoped she wasn't too late. Hermione started thinking the same thing, but about Draco. She had an argument with herself in her head:

"Draco's really good-looking this year. He's also kind of sweet and nice and funny and gentle..."

"Wait! What are you saying? This is Draco Malfoy were talking about here! When was he ever sweet, kind, nice, or funny to you?"

"That one day he kissed me. He didn't call me a Mudblood, and he said he loved me."

"So? He's still Draco Malfoy!"

"I know, but that kiss has made it all clear to me."

"What are you getting at?"

"I love him."

Hermione then realized that she was talking to herself and decided that it was best to stop. She couldn't believe she had made this conclusion, but the more she thought about it, the more she realized it was true. The whole thing with Ron didn't even creep into her mind and she thought about the day when Draco kissed her.

Around 11:30, the last sleepy-headed group of girls giggled their way up the stairs to their dormitory. Ginny and Hermione slipped under the cloak and walked out of the dormitory. They were both nervous enough as it was, not knowing what to expect. They passed by all the knights' creepy shadows and clung to each other out of fright. Hermione took out the map and looked through all the halls and didn't see the "Bad Wizard" anywhere. She went through all the floors three times till she noticed a speech bubble from the middle of the Potions classroom. It said, "Ahhhh, Potter and this filth. What shall I do with them?" Hermione starting thinking about how to get to the Potions classroom unnoticed. She didn't even realize that the speech bubble came from the middle of the room, and no body seemed to be there.

They got to the classroom in 10 minutes, frightened out of their minds. Luckily, the door to the Potions classroom was already open. They heard Snape inside his office grading their recent Potions papers saying, "Mr. Zabini…A. Ahhh, Mr. Potter. No use reading that one. F. Mr. Malfoy. Now there's a good student. He always hands in a good paper. I'll save time and just give him an A right away." The girls creaked the office door open and saw Snape snap his head up. He muttered something and an emerald green light shot out of his wand. Hermione pulled Ginny out of the way back into the classroom but pulled the cloak off them in the process. They hurriedly pulled the cloak back over their bodies and it wasn't a moment too soon. Snape dashed out of his office and into the classroom just as they had covered themselves. They quickly stepped around him into his office as he moved his hands in front of him, reaching for a body he couldn't see. They closed the door right behind them and Hermione performed a quick locking spell she had learned in the Library. No matter how hard Snape tried, he couldn't get in. Hermione sure was one smart witch.

"Hermione? What are we doing in Potions class? Even more, in Snape's office?"

"Hold on a minute, Gin." She took out the map and looked through it. She saw herself and Ginny in the classroom, and she saw another tiny speech bubble coming from the dot that was her. It said, "Ricontendia!" Hermione said to herself, "Ricontendia?" Right as she looked up, confused, she saw a little handle appear out of the ground.

"Ginny, open that door."

"I can't Hermione, you performed a locking spell on the door. A very tricky one, judging by Snape's useless efforts to get in."

"No not that one. Look down at your feet."

She looked down and saw nothing. Hermione, being the clever witch that she was, figured out almost instantly that you had to say that spell in order to see the handle of the door.

"Ginny, say this spell." Hermione said, showing the map to her.

"Ricontendia?" She said slowly and uncertainly. She looked down and saw the handle and said, "Wow. That's clever." They opened the door and saw a little ladder descending into it on the left side. Hermione muttered, "Lumos!" and her wand shone bright down the dark hole, but the bottom could not be seen.

"Hermione, I know Harry's one of your best friends and all, but let me go down first. I'll yell if everything's okay to come down. If I don't yell, don't come down. Go find Dumbledore or Mcgonagall. I hope to see you in a minute." With that said she climbed down the ladder. She heard Ginny hit the bottom and it sounded as though there was water down there. She didn't hear anything, and she prepared to run to find the professors. She got up to go run and find them when she heard a bloodcurdling scream.

"Ginny!" Hermione screamed and slid down the ladder. She hit the bottom hard and her suspicions were confirmed, it was very wet. She looked around and saw a light above Harry, who was tied to a pole and Draco right beside him. She looked around and didn't see Ginny anywhere.

"Harry! Malfoy! Are you two okay?"

They didn't saw anything but made frightened muffled screams. They had a curse cast on their mouths so they couldn't talk. They moved their heads back and forth and Hermione reached back into her robes to perform the counter-curse.

"Not so fast, Miss Granger." Hermione spun around and saw a dark shape coming out of the shadows.

"Who are you? Why do you have my friend's hostage? What do you want?"

"Miss Granger, for such a smart witch, you sure are asking a lot questions."

"I ask questions to the things I don't know. That's part of being clever."

"Well no points to Gryffindor for cleverness."

"Here's another question. How do you know so much about me?"

"I know much more about you than you know. Hermione Granger, age 17, Gryffindor student at Hogwarts, top in most of her classes, member of Potter's D.A, or Dumbledore's Army, Mr. Malfoy here is the man you love and Mr. Potter is one of your best friends. This little brat is another best friend. The other Weasley is suspended for hitting Mr. Potter." Hermione was surprised to hear this man speak of her feelings for Draco. She only realized that she might like Draco a little more than just a crush a few hours ago.

"Ok, answer this: Who the hell are you and what are you doing with Draco and Harry?"

"Don't you understand?"

"No, sorry to say I don't."

"Well, I'll get straight to the point. I hate Mudbloods. There is a prophecy of you winning a trial for Non-pure blood discrimination in the future. I brought all you have here to lure you here. I know about that clever map and the Invisibility Cloak of Potter's. I lured you here to stop the future," he paused for effect, "by killing you now."

He stepped out from the shadows and Hermione almost fainted from shock.

"It's…you!"

A/N- What a cliffy, right? Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Please review!

Love,

Dangerous Combonation