(A/N: Thank you all reviewers! I hope you will like this chapter. Dislike it if you want but stay with me on the story here. In this chapter, Drama, Pain, Humour and Puppy Love! I love that word, puppy love, puppy love. Continue…)
Thunder could be heard, temporarily drowning out the screams and shrieks that echoed in the empty and huge dungeon. It's painful to see people being tortured, especially if the victims are your friends. Harry sat there, guilt stabbing at his heart, staring at his Ron and Hermione twitching on the ground, covered in a mystical green glow as Voldermort stood over them, looking triumphant. A tear ran down Harry's eye as he cracked, he couldn't stand it anymore. "Stop it!" Harry yelled. "They haven't done anything to you! Why should you torture them? It's me that you want! Why not kill me now and get it over with!"
Ron twitched and fidgeted uncontrollably; Hermione was sobbing and gasping for air. "No, Harry," Hermione said, her voice choked with tears. "We won't watch you die because of us." "We've got your back," Ron said.
"Touching," Voldermort said. "You want to die, Harry? Then let me ask you this, do you want to die a coward? Yes, Harry, a coward. You are afraid to hear you friends scream and twitch in agony. That's being a coward. Why, I, myself, had heard my Muggle friends scream countless times and I was behind the wand, Harry." "You're wrong!" Hermione yelled, struggling to stand. "Sacrificing your own soul for the sake of others isn't fear, it's bravery!" The whole room went quiet. Everyone was utterly shock, even Hermione. No one had dared to talk back to Voldermort and yell, well, except for Harry.
Instead of yelling back at Hermione, Voldermort, without warning, laughed. It was a horrific laugh, one which made Harry's hair stand up and his blood go cold. Voldermort stopped abruptly and stared at Hermione. "Bravery is in you, girl," Voldermort said. "Bravery to stand up against an enemy. An enemy with a wand, let me remind you. But you have to remember, dear child," Voldermort paused. "No one talks to me like that!" he yelled. He pointed his wand at Hermione and said. "Crucio!" Tears formed in Hermione's eyes and ran down her bruised cheeks. Hermione let out an ear splitting shriek and collapsed to the ground. She twitched and her back bone bent more than it should go. Ron was affected and something in him snapped. Ron ran at Voldermort but he was knocked back. Voldermort wasn't so stupid to not cast a Force Field Charm around him to avoid interference. Ron hit the wall on the other side of the room and was knocked out. They could see blood trickling down his forehead.
"Ron!" Hermione screamed. Voldermort had enough drama and took off the curse with a grimace on his face. He walked away as the chains made their way to a sobbing Hermione and an unconscious Ron. He turned around and muttered a Healing Charm. Ron stopped bleeding but he was still knocked out. Hermione's backbone joined together but the intense pain remained. She was dragged back on her stomach by her legs; her hair was flying everywhere. The frizz was gone and her hair had gone limp and the curls were uncoiled. Everyone rushed to Ron as he was brought back, mouth open and eyes rolled back. He looked like he was in a come, but he was still breathing.
Hermione was brought back to her spot, but she refused to be talked to. She was left sobbing silently, alone. Normally Ron would have comforted her but look at him. She looked away from her boyfriend and stared at the jagged black marble floor. Draco was frightened at all the happenings and he stared at the red head and the Muggle born with no expression. Every one was fussing over Ron and he was left with Granger. 'How do I get myself into these kinds of situations?' he thought. 'Well, she's over there crying, the least I could do is make her happy. Yeah right, like that could happen. She's so miserable now. It's worth a shot; anyway, everyone is over there with Weasley, even Danielle. I'm not so good at pep talks.'
"Um, Granger, you alright?" Draco asked. ' 'You alright?' How lame is that? Of course she's not alright. I think she's going to hit me now. Hope it's not as painful as our third year. That blow really broke my nose,' Draco thought. Hermione looked away and shook her head. Draco reached out a hand and patted her back. "It's going to be alright, Wea- Ron is going to be fine," Draco said. Hermione reached out and hugged Draco, the whole time, crying on his shoulder. "He's in so much pain," Hermione stuttered in between sobs. "I couldn't stand it; with him laughing at us like that." "Shh, it's okay, don't cry," Draco said. "There's always a bright side. Anyway, you're weighing me down with your tears," he added with a nervous laugh. "This is your first time comforting a crying person, isn't it?" Hermione said, her voice muffled by Draco's thick shirt. "Yes, sorry," Draco said. "I think you should let go of me now that you've stopped crying." "Why's that?" Hermione asked. "Cause it's getting a little awkward and Ron is showing signs of consciousness," Draco said.
"I can't," Hermione said. "Why not?" Draco asked surprised. "My arms went stiff and I can't move the rest of my body that is neck down," Hermione said. "You're paralysed?" Draco asked. "Magically," Hermione said. "This happens on my first time?" Draco asked. "Don't be so self-centred," Hermione said jokingly. "A little help here!" Draco called out. The group looked around and stared at Draco and Hermione in shock. "She's magically paralysed, can someone lift her arms off me?" Draco asked. "We can't," Remus said. "If we move her when she's magically paralysed, she'll break her bones. You have to stay in that position until the magic wears off and, most importantly, don't move a muscle."
"If Ron kills me, please make me a nice funeral," Draco said. "I'm hugging his girlfriend here and he still hasn't trusted me! He'd think I was two timing or something!" "Well, I don't think that," Danielle said. "You don't but Ron can turn into a pretty nasty green eyed monster," Harry said. "Why not let Hermione marry Draco then?" Fred suggested. "I was engaged from birth, hello?" Draco said. "To whom?" Lily asked. "To the girl that's sitting next to you, a.k.a. me," Danielle said.
"I knew there was a special connection with you two!" Nadia exclaimed. "Enough gossip now, please," Draco said. "Gossip gives me a headache." Everyone kept quiet for awhile and stared at Ron. "I don't think any bones were left unhealed," Remus said, pressing Ron's limbs. "All arteries and blood vessels connected," Lily said. "He's in stable condition, doctor," George said. Lily and Remus looked at them as though they were nuts. "Commence operation, now," Fred said. "We're loosing him," George said, in a panicked voice. "Toot toot toot toooooooo…" "No! I won't loose him!" Fred exclaimed. "Okay you two, let's stop the role playing," Lily said. "Aww, but we were getting to the good part," George said. "Can we pway for five more minutes pwease?" Fred said in a mock child's voice. "You know, it would be easier to not move if you two keep making jokes," Draco said, stifling his laughter.
"What happened?" Ron asked, sitting up. "Ron?" Harry asked, looking at Ron. He waved a hand in front of his face. "You alright?" Harry asked. "How many fingers am I holding up?" James asked, holding up three fingers in front of Ron's face. "You okay, mate?" Sirius asked. "Yeah, yeah I'm alright," Ron asked, rubbing his temples. "Where's Hermione?" "Um, Hermione got paralysed," Lily said. "But it's temporary," Remus added at the look of Ron's face. "But she's in a position you shouldn't see until she can move away," Nadia added. "Why not?" Ron asked. "You would kill someone in a brutal way that none of us can describe due to its violence," Elvira said very quickly in one breath. "You know, she's right," Harry said. "Come on, guys, I can see it if I know 'that position' isn't on purpose," Ron said. "You know, the other person can't move either if you vant to risk some bones braking," Viktor said. "You got pretty jealous ven you saw me vith Hermione at the Yule Ball."
"I can handle it," Ron said. He stood up and saw Hermione with Draco. "Hi, Ron," the both of them said. "Unexpected, yet disturbing," Ron said, turning away. "Tell me when it's over and the when spell has worn off." "He's handling it better than we expected," Hermione said, smiling. "I know this is kind of off topic, but I just noticed that you looked so beautiful," Draco muttered. "Just noticed?" Hermione asked. Her face was turning a light shade of pink as she looked at Draco. "Well, the last physical contact that we had it's when I saw your fist, if I'm not mistaken," Draco said sarcastically. "And that's not really a feature that's supposed to be adorable." "True, but you really think I'm pretty?" Hermione whispered, her face turning scarlet.
"No," Draco said plainly, Hermione's face turned solemn. "I think you're beautiful." No one, but Danielle saw what Draco did that day. He kissed Hermione. Hermione's heart melted and she smiled at Draco when it was over. She felt guilty at the thought of Ron but shook it off as Draco whispered in her ear, "This never happened." Hermione nodded and looked at the group. As the group turned back to them, they acted like noting happened and rejoiced as Hermione felt the feeling come back to her arms. Danielle rolled her eyes at the usual Draco behaviour and winked at him as they helped Hermione up to her feet. Draco gave Danielle the thumbs up and blew a kiss but his expression changed as he saw one of the girls walking by.
(A/N: We all know Draco Malfoy, he woos any girl he wants, he can make any girl melt with just one smile and wave, he breaks hearts, he manipulates but he's only truly in love with one person, me! –gets hit on the head with a bat- I mean, Danielle. But that doesn't stop his fun with other girls and I don't mean that in a dirty way, I mean that in a 'he flirts a lot' kind of way. Wait until the next chapter, the action begins and a new 'Draco Charm' target is spotted! Note: I don't do gay fanfics by the way, I'm not that creative. So don't expect any slashies in my fanfic nor future fanfics. I quote Dory from Finding Nemo: "Escapeh! Hmm, that's odd, it looks a lot like the word 'Escape'")