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Chapter 10
The Duel
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Voldemort smiled at Draco, if you called it a smile. His top lip curled up, like an engraged animal. His red, slitted eyes glowed with a hunger that chilled Draco right to the bone.
"Lets get ready then, shall we?" He hissed.
Draco raised his wand to his chest. Voldemort followed suit. They bowed and turned around and marched in opposite directions.
"No, Draco, dont do it!" Harry yelled.
He tried to run and stop him, but Draco just pushed him out of the way.
"Mr Malfoy, I must insist..." Dumbldore started, but Draco just waved a hand at him.
Dumbldore knew that the only way Draco could pay his debt to Hermione would be to destroy the thing that had hurt her in the first place.
Suddenly, both Voldemort and Draco whirled around.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!" They both screamed.
A shot of green light soured out of both thier wands and met in the air.
The power of the spell hit against its rival with such a force, that it exploded in the air and sent both the two duelers backwards. Draco crashed into the wall besides Hermione, and Voldemort hit the wall opposite him with a sickening crack.
Draco stumbled to his feet, and saw clouds of smoke in the room. He saw Dumbledore run to Voldemort, to check him.
"He is gone" He heard his grave voice.
Suddenly, he heard someone's bone chilling voice.
"Crucio"
Hermione's eyes flew open and she let out a blood-curdling scream.
"NO! FINITE INCANTATEM" Draco bellowed.
He wouldnt allow anyone to hurt her. He turned to the source. Voldemort stood, his eyes glinting, Ron next to him.
"How's things, Malfoy?" Ron asked nonchalantly, like they were friends.
Harry hurried up and stood proudly next to Draco, and raised his wand, and pointed it to Voldemort.
Ron's eyes widened.
Draco raised his wand to Ron. Harry and he both said the same thing in unison.
"Avada Kedavra"
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Draco and raced to Hermione as soon as both Ron and Voldemort hit the floor with a soundless thump.
Harry's legs gave way as he sat down hard on the wood floor, in shock from his friend dying.
"Hermione, sweetie?" Draco asked in panic.
Her eyes were closed, and she didnt seem to be breathing. Dumbledore came up quickly.
"Quickly, take her to the infirmary"
Draco didnt need telling twice. He lifted her with ease off the bed, and raced out the door with her in his arms.
He ran to the school, but once he got to the front steps, he collapsed from pain and exhaustion.
Hermione's eyes fluttered open.
"Draco?" She whispered.
Draco's head snapped up.
"Yes, Hermione, it is me. It really is" He kissed her soundly.
Hermione gasped and shrank away.
Draco felt his insides drop. Why was she turning away from me?
Hermione looked at him terrified. She lay in his arms, but struggling to get away.
"Not again, Ron! Please" She cried.
Draco's eyes narrowed.
"I am not Ron, Hermione" He said said sternly.
She looked in his eyes. His eyes were the same soft grey as Draco Malfoys, but these ones were full of love and concern. Her eyes widened and she threw her arms around his neck weakly.
"Draco" She whispered.
Draco held her as close as he could.
"Its me, sweetie. Why wouldnt it be?"
She stayed silent and breathed heavily. Suddenly her whole body gave a horrendous shudder.
"Ohhhh" She moaned.
Draco looked panicked.
"Its ok, honey its ok!" He said, his voice choked.
"I love you, Draco" She whispered.
Draco then knew what was going on.
''No! I wont let you leave me, Hermione I wont!" He rocked her back and forth, his face buried in her hair.
Her shudders subsided, and she collapsed in his arms. He had to keep her talking.
"Hermione..t-tell me about what you want to do w-when your older" He stuttered through his emotion.
Hermione's eyes fluttered as she began to talk softly, but difficulty.
"I want..want to be Mistress of Magic...and..and I want...want to marry....and have...have kids" She said between gasps.
Draco felt a tear escape his eye, but he didnt care. The only one he loved was dying. He looked down at her as she began to close her eyes. He started to shake her awake.
"No, Hermione no! Keep talking!"
He searched desperately for a reason to keep her awake.
"What do you want your wedding to look like?"
Hermione's eyes opened slowly.
"My wedding?" She asked quietly.
"Yes, the dress, the colours, tell me!" Draco demanded, tears coming down his face.
Another shudder took over her body and she moaned.
"Draco, help me" Draco pulled her to him and hugged her hard.
"I wont let you leave me, damn it! I wont!" He cried.
"Keep talking, keep telling me about your wedding! Anything!"
"Well....I...want...a...a..." She didnt get to finish the sentence. The beautiful glow in her eyes burnt out.
Draco's world came crashing down around him. He couldnt think straight. He just turned off his knees and sat on the ground with her lifeless body in his arms.
"Hermione.....no......NO!!!!!!" He screamed. And he kept screaming.
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Dumbledore and Harry raced up the steps, after bringing the Ministry to the room. They saw Draco cradling Hermione in his arms, rocking back and forth, his head raised to the sky, screaming out her name to the heavens.
Dumbledore, shocked, just stood still. Harry, on the other hand, went mad.
"NO!!!" He bellowed.
He ran and collapsed beside Draco. He tried to take her from his arms, but Draco resisted.
"Leave me alone, Potter!" He screamed, trying to hide his tears to no avail.
"DRACO! Give her to me, I have a way of saving her!" Harry said desperately.
He had learnt CPR in the holidays and he was damned if he wasnt going to try it. He lost Ron, he would NOT lose Hermione too.
He pried Hermione out of Draco's arms, who had quietened down and seemed oblivious to Harry and Dumbledore's presence. Dumbldore came up the steps.
"I will fetch Madam Pomfrey" He said softly, and was gone.
Harry layed Hermione on the steps and began to pump on her chest.
"One...two....three...breathe!" He pinched her nose and opened her mouth.
He breathed hard into her and then started the compressions. Draco was to his right, and had his knees drawn up to his chest and his shoulders were heaving as he sobbed. He let out a cry of anguish, so sad and lost that Harry felt tears in his own eyes.
But he didnt stop.
Chapter 10
The Duel
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Voldemort smiled at Draco, if you called it a smile. His top lip curled up, like an engraged animal. His red, slitted eyes glowed with a hunger that chilled Draco right to the bone.
"Lets get ready then, shall we?" He hissed.
Draco raised his wand to his chest. Voldemort followed suit. They bowed and turned around and marched in opposite directions.
"No, Draco, dont do it!" Harry yelled.
He tried to run and stop him, but Draco just pushed him out of the way.
"Mr Malfoy, I must insist..." Dumbldore started, but Draco just waved a hand at him.
Dumbldore knew that the only way Draco could pay his debt to Hermione would be to destroy the thing that had hurt her in the first place.
Suddenly, both Voldemort and Draco whirled around.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!" They both screamed.
A shot of green light soured out of both thier wands and met in the air.
The power of the spell hit against its rival with such a force, that it exploded in the air and sent both the two duelers backwards. Draco crashed into the wall besides Hermione, and Voldemort hit the wall opposite him with a sickening crack.
Draco stumbled to his feet, and saw clouds of smoke in the room. He saw Dumbledore run to Voldemort, to check him.
"He is gone" He heard his grave voice.
Suddenly, he heard someone's bone chilling voice.
"Crucio"
Hermione's eyes flew open and she let out a blood-curdling scream.
"NO! FINITE INCANTATEM" Draco bellowed.
He wouldnt allow anyone to hurt her. He turned to the source. Voldemort stood, his eyes glinting, Ron next to him.
"How's things, Malfoy?" Ron asked nonchalantly, like they were friends.
Harry hurried up and stood proudly next to Draco, and raised his wand, and pointed it to Voldemort.
Ron's eyes widened.
Draco raised his wand to Ron. Harry and he both said the same thing in unison.
"Avada Kedavra"
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Draco and raced to Hermione as soon as both Ron and Voldemort hit the floor with a soundless thump.
Harry's legs gave way as he sat down hard on the wood floor, in shock from his friend dying.
"Hermione, sweetie?" Draco asked in panic.
Her eyes were closed, and she didnt seem to be breathing. Dumbledore came up quickly.
"Quickly, take her to the infirmary"
Draco didnt need telling twice. He lifted her with ease off the bed, and raced out the door with her in his arms.
He ran to the school, but once he got to the front steps, he collapsed from pain and exhaustion.
Hermione's eyes fluttered open.
"Draco?" She whispered.
Draco's head snapped up.
"Yes, Hermione, it is me. It really is" He kissed her soundly.
Hermione gasped and shrank away.
Draco felt his insides drop. Why was she turning away from me?
Hermione looked at him terrified. She lay in his arms, but struggling to get away.
"Not again, Ron! Please" She cried.
Draco's eyes narrowed.
"I am not Ron, Hermione" He said said sternly.
She looked in his eyes. His eyes were the same soft grey as Draco Malfoys, but these ones were full of love and concern. Her eyes widened and she threw her arms around his neck weakly.
"Draco" She whispered.
Draco held her as close as he could.
"Its me, sweetie. Why wouldnt it be?"
She stayed silent and breathed heavily. Suddenly her whole body gave a horrendous shudder.
"Ohhhh" She moaned.
Draco looked panicked.
"Its ok, honey its ok!" He said, his voice choked.
"I love you, Draco" She whispered.
Draco then knew what was going on.
''No! I wont let you leave me, Hermione I wont!" He rocked her back and forth, his face buried in her hair.
Her shudders subsided, and she collapsed in his arms. He had to keep her talking.
"Hermione..t-tell me about what you want to do w-when your older" He stuttered through his emotion.
Hermione's eyes fluttered as she began to talk softly, but difficulty.
"I want..want to be Mistress of Magic...and..and I want...want to marry....and have...have kids" She said between gasps.
Draco felt a tear escape his eye, but he didnt care. The only one he loved was dying. He looked down at her as she began to close her eyes. He started to shake her awake.
"No, Hermione no! Keep talking!"
He searched desperately for a reason to keep her awake.
"What do you want your wedding to look like?"
Hermione's eyes opened slowly.
"My wedding?" She asked quietly.
"Yes, the dress, the colours, tell me!" Draco demanded, tears coming down his face.
Another shudder took over her body and she moaned.
"Draco, help me" Draco pulled her to him and hugged her hard.
"I wont let you leave me, damn it! I wont!" He cried.
"Keep talking, keep telling me about your wedding! Anything!"
"Well....I...want...a...a..." She didnt get to finish the sentence. The beautiful glow in her eyes burnt out.
Draco's world came crashing down around him. He couldnt think straight. He just turned off his knees and sat on the ground with her lifeless body in his arms.
"Hermione.....no......NO!!!!!!" He screamed. And he kept screaming.
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Dumbledore and Harry raced up the steps, after bringing the Ministry to the room. They saw Draco cradling Hermione in his arms, rocking back and forth, his head raised to the sky, screaming out her name to the heavens.
Dumbledore, shocked, just stood still. Harry, on the other hand, went mad.
"NO!!!" He bellowed.
He ran and collapsed beside Draco. He tried to take her from his arms, but Draco resisted.
"Leave me alone, Potter!" He screamed, trying to hide his tears to no avail.
"DRACO! Give her to me, I have a way of saving her!" Harry said desperately.
He had learnt CPR in the holidays and he was damned if he wasnt going to try it. He lost Ron, he would NOT lose Hermione too.
He pried Hermione out of Draco's arms, who had quietened down and seemed oblivious to Harry and Dumbledore's presence. Dumbldore came up the steps.
"I will fetch Madam Pomfrey" He said softly, and was gone.
Harry layed Hermione on the steps and began to pump on her chest.
"One...two....three...breathe!" He pinched her nose and opened her mouth.
He breathed hard into her and then started the compressions. Draco was to his right, and had his knees drawn up to his chest and his shoulders were heaving as he sobbed. He let out a cry of anguish, so sad and lost that Harry felt tears in his own eyes.
But he didnt stop.