Walking into the house Hermione felt a chill move up her spine "Ha-rry? Ro--n?" She whispered, looking around for her two best friends, who were nowhere in sight. She moved a couple paces forward when she heard a crash that came from upstairs. Quickly she ran to the stairwell, and up the many steps, all the while thinking a Death Eater got them. She came to the top to find five doors. Picking the second one, she rushed in to find Harry and Ron huddled over a cradle and a glass vase shattered on the floor. She heard what sounded like the door downstairs close, but paid no attention to it.
"Oh my---what happened?" Hermione said, walking over to Harry and Ron. "Well, Harry knocked into the vase, as he rushed into the room and it crashed to the ground. Hermione, this is where Harry's mother was killed" He whispered, looking at her as if to say "Harry is shaken up, you should talk to him" and he walked out of the room to find the bathroom.
Walking over to him, she put a hand on his shoulder "Harry, I know it is important for you to be here, but we need to get moving. Every moment we waste, is time that could be spent tracking down Lord Voldemort" she said "I know Hermione, just give me a second, okay?" A small amount of time was spent in silence, when she heard footsteps coming from behind them. Hermione looked over to see a shadow sneaking down the hall. It definitely wasn't the shape Ron had. She tapped Harry on the shoulder, and pointed at the door, where the shadow was. Both Hermione, and Harry drew out there wands. She felt herself pale as the shadow approached Harry and herself.
Walking slowly to the door, she jumped out into the hallway and shouted "STUPEFY!" and a flash of red light struck a person in front of her. She saw as a blond hair boy fell to the ground. Looking down, she saw a boy who had extremely pale skin, deep gray eyes, and sleek blond hair staring up at her.
"Malfoy?" was all she could say. His expression was murderous, and his wand was at his side. Harry shuffled out of the room, and she heard a mix of curses fly out. "What the fuck is HE doing here?" Harry said, walking over to Malfoy. Muttering the counter curse, Hermione grabbed Malfoy wand. "Damn Granger, what the bloody hell was that all about?" Malfoy said, glaring at her. "What was I supposed to do, just prance out and say "I don't know who you are, probably a Death Eater, but hey! Here I am?" Hell no." She said coolly. Walking over to him and giving him is wand back.
"Hermione, what the hell are you DOING!" Harry screamed, raising his wand to send a curse, but to late. Malfoy had the point of his wand against Hermione cheek. "You are so fucking stupid" He said, disarming them of there wands. "You actually think I came here to have a nice right chat with you? What planet are you living on Granger?" He said, his signature smirk smeared across his face. "Both of you, in the room NOW"
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The two backed into the room, as Malfoy shut the door behind them "Now, how lovely is it to be here all alone, just the three of us? Where is Weasel head anyway? Has he died...wait I can't get my hopes up just yet. But, I am in such a wonderful position right now. I could simply, kill you Potter, and take Hermione to be my slave, or I could torture Hermione in front of you Potter, and have you watch as she dies" He said, his grin expanding across his face, probably in the thought of all these torturous deeds. A small whimper left her mouth, that snapped Malfoy back into reality.
"Oh, is Mudblood Granger scared? Do I find a trace of fear in the room?" He said, pointing his wand at Hermione. Her eyes swam out of focus for a moment, them settled on the tip of his wand. Her heart stopped, as the first wave of panic crushed her back. "Draco, please...think of wha--" "Don't call me Draco" Malfoy said, and with that, he jerked his wand forward and screamed "CRUCIO"
Hermione felt herself fall to the ground. Writhing she felt pain beyond belief. Her legs twisted backwards touching her back, and it felt as though hot knives where impaling her everywhere. She screamed and screamed but the pain didn't stop, if anything it intensified. She wanted to die, to be put out of her misery. Tears leaked from her eyes as the curse was withdrawn. Lifting her head slightly she saw Draco pointing his wand at Harry, laughing before she passed out on the soft carpet.
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Slowly Hermione woke up. Her eyes still tightly shut. What had happened? Her mind then rushed back to what had just happened. Her eyes flew open to see she was in a dimly lit room. It looked like a basement, and she could see two chairs, one light, and a blond haired boy smirking in front of her. "Hello Granger, nice of you to join us" He said coolly, walking over to her, his face millimeter from her own.
"Where's Harry" she mumbled. "Excuse me? Didn't catch that" Malfoy said, smacking her in the face "WHERE'S HARRY" she screamed, her face stinging. Actually, her whole body was in pain. Trying to get up from her crouched position on the wall, she fell down again.
Malfoy grabbed her by the collar of her jacket and raised her to the ground. "Harry, is over there" He said, pointing over to the wall next to her. There she saw a crumpled figure on the floor. Breaking out of Malfoy's grip she ran over to Harry, screaming over and over in her own head "Please don't let him be dead, Please don't let him be dead!" She fell to the floor where he was and started shaking him "Harry! Wake up, Please!" She started crying yet again, then suddenly Harry moaned, and opened his eyes slightly. "HARRY!" she screamed, falling down on top of him, and pulling him into a deathly tight hug.
"Hermione, are you okay?" Harry said, getting up and hugging her back. "Yeah, I guess I am okay" She said, her cheeks reddening rapidly. She always had a tiny crush on Harry, but a full crush on Ron. "Where is Ron?" She whispered, intent not to have Malfoy hear her. "I haven't seen him since he left to use the restroom" She suddenly worried what happened to him.
Standing up, she turned to Malfoy and marched over to him, all fear left behind "Give me my wand, and I wont kill you" she said, suddenly realizing he would never give her her wand, and she knew that. "Or, at least let us out" She said, remembering the had muggle techniques to help her fight.
"You know Granger, I don't appreciate being talked to like that" He said, his wand again being pointed at her face. Acting quickly, she brought her fist back, balled it up and WHAM. Hit him square in the jaw. Then she took her knee and brought it up to hit him in the place that really hurts. She heard him cry out in pain which only encouraged her to take the back of his head, and slam it to the floor.
Quickly kicking him in the side, she grabbed her wand, which fell out of Malfoy's pocket, then said calmly "Accio Harry's Wand" which came out in a flash. Catching it, she threw it over to Harry, who was gaping at her in awe "Hey Harry, it looks like your about to drool" she giggle, opening the door and walking though it. "Now we need to go get Ronald!" She said, putting her wand forward, and saying "POINT ME!"
Following the direction she walked down a hall, took a right, which lead her to take a left, and stopped outside a door at the end of a long hall. She took the handle and opened it quickly, to find Ron on the toilet, singing. He looked over in surprise and screamed "OI! DOIN'T YOU GITS KNOW HOW TO KNOCK!" Hermione raced out of the bathroom, a grin on her face. "I found Ronald" as Ron would say Harry and Hermione sat there for 10 whole minutes "Laughing there Asses off"
Once Ron came out of the bathroom, he gave them a long talk about leaving a man to "Do his Business" and then they were off. That was probably one of the last happy moments that the Trio will share, before they are torn apart by the wrath of Lord Voldemort.
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Hey everyone, Chapter 3 is up! I need some inspiration everyone, reviews are needed! Yes they are. I need to know what you guys think, or if anyone is reading my story. Anyway, I thought a bit of humor was needed in the story, because it WILL be getting VERY dark soon.