a/n Hey thank you for the reviews. Here is the next chapter, I kind of put off writing it though because I had a test! Oh and the second battle that is taking place outside of the forest is the one that id going to take place a Hogwarts. Voldemort doesn't want Dumbledore sending any more back up! Just thought I should explain that.
Hermione didn't even notice that she was being led farther and farther into the forest and away from her friends and help. All she was thinking of was the curses that came out of her wand and Bellatrix's curses that came flying at her. Soon they both were some what out of breath, but suddenly Bellatrix smirked at her and started to laugh.
"What is it?" Hermione asked snappishly not letting her guard down.
"Well Mudblood, you may have forgotten what I said, but I haven't. I told you that if you lasted long enough I would tell you the mistake that you made." Hermione was interested, but she didn't let Bellatrix's snide remarks get to her.
"Yeah, then what is my mistake?" They were backing closer and closer to the edge of a clearing. Hermione's eyes shifted slightly from Bellatrix to the clearing behind her. It was a cliff, a very high cliff. Hermione gulped, she hated heights, but the cliff meant only one thing. They had made it to the end of the Forbidden Forest.
"Draco my dear. Your mistake was Draco, you trusted him, and you let him into your heart. Not a wise choice if you ask me, don't you see? He could never love a filthy half blood like you, he was just pretending on orders. Orders from his Lord's son Michael, and a fellow Death Eater Blaise." Hermione looked at her anger seething in her and filling her to the brim.
"Why should I believe you? You are lying, trying to make me doubt myself," Bellatrix looked at her angry too now.
"Do you not know about the book Draco was reading? Do you know about the choices that must be made? I am planning on making it for my Lord." With that she whisked off into the clearing and towards the edge of the cliff.
With out thinking Hermione dashed after her and looked around the clearing to find Bellatrix looking angry. She cursed to herself and stomped off past Hermione shooting her an angry glance.
"What am I supposed to do? Jump off the cliff?" She smiled evilly and looked at Hermione. "You don't know the way back, but I do," with that she left Hermione by the cliff with no where to go. She probably thought that she would just stay there starving and eventually die. Hermione on the other hand had something else in mind.
Gazing over the cliff she saw the swirling mist below it, every now and then a sound would echo up and sing softly in her ear. Jump, it is the only way to win the war. Jump, and make the choice. Jump. Hermione shook her head, the mist was magic, and there was no doubt about that. The question was why someone put powerful magic here at the end of the Forbidden Forest, if no one ever came here. The answer dawned on Hermione and taking a deep breath she dove into the misty abyss below. (a/n do not hate me, this isn't the end of the story!)
Miles and miles away Draco was fighting off a group of Death Eaters with a bunch of Hogwarts students. A pain seared through his heart and he felt suddenly sick. With out knowing how, he knew that Hermione had made the last choice, he just hoped it was the one that would bring her safely back to him.
He began fighting with more vigor and suddenly all the Death Eaters howled in pain and dropped their wands.
"Take them quick!" Draco ordered and was quite surprised to see them followed by all four houses.
They watched as the Death Eaters rolled on the grass howling in agony. Out of no where Dumbledore appeared and placed a bubble around all of the Death Eaters, they would not be able to disapperate now. Hearing his name Draco turned and looked in the bubble to see his father looking up at him with angry eyes.
"Don't just stand there boy!" He snapped harshly at him. "Quick undo the bubble!" Draco just smirked at his so called 'father.'
"Not a chance," Draco walked away and the string of curses that fell out of his father's mouth was like a song. He covered a second year girl's ears and he walked with her back up to the castle and made sure that she got back to her tower.
Right before the Death Eaters had rolled on the ground in pain Dumbledore had showed up at the clearing. His aged eyes quickly searched until they realized who was missing. Hermione had made her choice; he just hoped she had made the right one. He scanned the area for Harry, but didn't need to look much further, because in the middle of the battle was Voldemort and Harry. A dangerous web of magic had woven around them, bouncing off the tree trunks and encircling them to the final death. Just then a surge of power hit them all coming from the end of the Forbidden Forest, bringing a surge of mist with it. Seconds later the web of magic had disappeared in a cloud of mist and Dumbledore hurried up to it to find out what had happened.
There in the middle of the mist lay Voldemort, dead in a crumpled heap. Dumbledore looked around and saw Harry standing up not too far away, with an unconscious Hermione in his arms. Dumbledore smiled softly as heard Hermione groan slightly and come to in Harry's arms.
(I was thinking of leaving it here, but then that would be so horrible.)
Harry looked down at Hermione and smiled broadly as he saw his friend come too. All of a sudden out of no where she seemed to fall from the mist that had appeared and instinctively he had caught her. She looked up at him and smiled.
"We won didn't we?" She asked, her voice a hoarse whisper.
"Yeah, and I saw Ron a few seconds ago, all three of us made it. Personally I think Draco would have killed me if you had died." Hermione looked up at him confused.
"Why would Malfoy care if I die?"
a/n I decided to end it here instead? I know, I know, yet another cliff hanger. Hermione seems to have remembered the battle, but she doesn't seem to remember Draco. Why? Only I know and you'll soon find out! Please review and tell me what you think.