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A/n: I had trouble writing this, as you know HBP is out and I have finished it, and some of its contents shook me a little BUT this was never going to happen anyway so it doesn't really matter, right, on with the story.

Thanks to my awesome beta Monica7725, you are really great.

Chapter 11

Draco and Harry returned to Dumbledore's office later that night as planned. Harry had his invisibility cloak as did Draco.

"Sugar mice." Harry said as he walked by the gargoyle. He was immediately granted access.

As Harry and Draco ascended the stairs, both started to feel nervous. It was time, and they couldn't turn back, not that either wanted too. Dumbledore was already seated behind his desk as they arrived, but stood as soon as he saw them.

"Right, I just want to make one thing clear, if anything happens to me, do not wait for me or try and help me. Get Hermione, stick to your side of the plan. Ok?"

Both boys nodded but both knew that if that situation arose, neither would be able to leave. Dumbledore picked up an old book and motioned the boys to touch it. "As soon as we touch ground, split up, go and do your bit. Put on your cloaks now."

Both did as they were told and both touched the book, immediately they felt the familiar tug at the navel. It was over in a matter of seconds and all three people touched the ground. Automatically Harry ran for the back entrance to the manor, Draco to the side and Dumbledore walked to the front door as if his presence was expected.

Draco slipped into the side door that was normally only used for the house elves. From here he would be able to find out where Hermione was hidden as none of the elves could deny him anything.

As soon as he entered the door he noticed that Nott was there, eating a sandwich. "Petrificus Totalus" the death eater immediately fell to the floor binding unable to move, the house elves however did nothing, he was not their master they felt no guilt for his current state. Draco immediately threw off his cloak. All of the house elves bent low to him in a bow.

"Get up, get up I don't have time for this. Where is my father keeping Hermione?" He looked around at the house elves expectantly.

"Master is keeping Miss in the dungeons young master." The house elf doubled over again in a bow.

"Thank you and I order you not to alert my father to my presence, have you got that?"

All of the house elves bowed "Yes, Young Master."

Draco threw back on the cloak and ran out of the kitchen; he ran as fast as he could to the back door, he had to meet Harry there to let him in as that door was never open. He didn't encounter anyone on the way.

As he reached the door, he tapped it with his wand and it flew open. "Potter?" Draco whispered.

"I'm here, where is she?" Harry answered somewhere to Draco's left.

"She's in the dungeons. Go down the hall and meet Dumbledore, but check in the third door on the right first. There will be the book that Dumbledore needs in there. I will get Hermione and meet you in the saloon. See you soon, and good luck."

"Good luck." Harry replied and both set off in their own directions, Harry towards the door Draco had pointed out, and Draco to the dungeons.

Draco ran down three flights of stairs to get to the bottom dungeon, he knew that was where she would be hidden, but before he got to the door of the dungeon he suddenly realised something. Someone would be watching her.

He backed up a flight and saw that a door was slightly open. He looked inside to see McNair watching Hermione on a screen. Hermione looked fine, a little bit too skinny perhaps, but fine.

Draco slid in the door and watched as McNair was ordering a house elf to get him some food. The house elf nodded and Disapperated out of the room.

Draco whispered, "McNair, guess who." McNair jumped out of his chair and withdrew his wand ready for battle. "How do you expect to curse me, when you can not even see me?" McNair just sent of some random curse's, none of which were near him.

"You made a mistake in helping Lucius; you should know that I am not going to kill you, although I ought too. I will leave you to Lucius because when finds out you let Hermione get away, he will kill you."

McNair only laughed, "You have no chance at getting her out of this castle alive."

Draco shook his head "Then you do not know me. Petrificus Totalus."

Once again another death eater was put into a full body bind. He ran down the last flight of the stairs and opened the door. Hermione jumped up straight away, no one had entered through the door since she had last spoken to her father and Lucius.

This time however she could see no one, but automatically felt warm, she knew straightaway who it was.

"Draco? Where are you?" she asked looking towards the open door. She heard him chuckle.

"I could never hide from you, not even when I am invisible." He took of his cloak and ran to her. He pulled her into a hug so tight that she couldn't really breathe.

When he finally released her, he pulled her in for a long, slow, passionate kiss. She sighed, so happy to be back in his arms again.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here?"

Hermione and Draco separated immediately but never leaving each others embraces. Lucius was standing in front of them, smiling.

"I knew you would come back for her, I knew you had become soft, maybe I can change your mind Draco?"

Draco laughed "You're kidding me right? Oh I forgot, you don't kid. Well I think that kidnapping the love of my life pretty much means no.

Draco walked forward holding Hermione's hand. Lucius stopped them, "I do not think so Draco, do you think that you can just walk in here uninvited and take my guest?"

"I think that this was once my home, so I can come and go as I please and considering your guest was mine to begin with, yes I can just walk in and leave."

When Lucius attempted to stop them again Draco froze him, or at least tried too. Lucius remained unfrozen. "Tut, tut, Draco. You think I wouldn't expect that. I have this."

Lucius produced a necklace. "This will automatically stop any off your power to hurt me." Lucius laughed as Draco's eyes widened as he realised that his powers were useless. Until he felt Hermione grab his wand out of his pocket.

"Accio necklace"

"NO!" Lucius shouted as he realised what was happening but could do nothing. As soon as the necklace left Lucius' neck, Draco had frozen him.

"Come on, the freeze never lasts long, we need to go now." Draco said as he was pulling Hermione up the stairs.

Harry had just left Draco and already ran into trouble. A Death Eater was in his path, and was blocking the door which Draco had told him to go into.

"Impedimenta." Harry whispered and the Death Eater froze immediately.

"Wingardium Leviosa."

Harry levitated the death eater into a closet and locked the door using the colloportus spell.

Harry was then free to enter the room, however there were more people in this room, instead of trying to tackle them all, Harry decided to creep around the room and steal the book from the desk in the far corner. However one of the Death Eaters saw that the door had opened and immediately drew his wand. Harry drew a breath. He walked up behind the Death Eater and whispered "Petrificus Totalus" and because the Death Eater was already seated no one noticed the difference.

Harry made his way across the room with ease and picked up the book, he made his way back and almost reached the door before one of the Death Eaters jumped up. Harry thought that he had been caught out, but immediately remembered that he was under the cloak and stood still.

"You cheated!"

"You are just a bad loser, sit back down." Replied another Death Eater, they were just playing a game of chess. Harry breathed again and slowly made his way to the door. He chose the exact moment to open the door and slip out as one of the Death Eaters roared in rage at losing once again.

He then headed to the hall to meet Dumbledore. Dumbledore was merely standing in the middle of the hallway talking to a house elf as if nothing was out of the ordinary. Harry rushed to his side whispered to Dumbledore that he had the book. To which Dumbledore nodded.

Now they just had to wait for Draco and Hermione in the saloon.

"Hermione, when we get to the saloon, just off the entrance hall, we will see Dumbledore, but Harry should be in there too, underneath his invisibility cloak, no doubt that Lucius will be in there and probably Voldemort too. We must stay quiet until I can freeze them all and then we can do the spell. Ok?"

Hermione nodded, wanted to keep quiet. "Ok, here goes."

As they entered the saloon, Draco and Hermione saw that no one was moving all the people in the room were just staring at each other.

Dumbledore was smiling, obviously amused, while Voldemort, Lucius, Hermione's father and a few Death Eaters were glaring at him. Draco took a breath and had his hands ready to freeze them, when he felt Hermione shiver.

He looked at her and she was staring at the man next to Lucius. "Do you know him?" Draco whispered and Hermione nodded.

"He's my… he was my father."

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