A/N: Sorry. This chapter may be short. I hope you enjoy it.

Chapter 15: Imperious Curse

The next week was exhausting. Hermione spent each day studying. If she wasn't studying, she was only sleeping for about an hour or two. Every time someone disturbed her, she would throw something at them. She only got four hours of sleep each day and drank lots of caffeine to help her stay awake.

At the moment, she was sleeping on her bed. She had set her alarm to make her wake up an hour earlier, but Draco had come in and shut it off so that she could get some sleep.

When she woke, it was time for dinner and she was very agitated. She went down to the Great Hall with her arms full of books. She set them down at the Gryffindor table and went to the Slytherin table. She couldn't find Draco, so she went to Blaise.

"Have you seen Draco, Blaise?"

"No. Why?"

"He shut off my alarm and now I am way behind in my studies."

"He probably did that so you could get some sleep. You have been going non-stop for the last three days."

"That's no excuse. If you see him, tell him that I'm looking for him."

"Will do."

Hermione went back to the Gryffindor table to eat and she noticed that neither Harry nor Ron were there. She figured that they were out on the Quidditch field and went back to studying. Little did she know that her two friends were with Draco Malfoy, outside the castle.

(Draco's POV)

"Did you think you could get away with it?"

Draco lay on the ground that was now covered in his blood. Ron and Harry stood over him. They had a glazed look in their eyes and whenever they heard a voice in their heads, they did what the voice told them to do.

"Did you think that I wouldn't find out? Did you think that I would let you get away with it?"

Draco knew that Ron and Harry were under the Imperious Curse, but he didn't know who the 'I' was. So he just endured what he had to until he could find out who the 'I' was. "Who is 'I'?"

Harry and Ron just kicked him in the ribs and Draco heard his bones crack. He let out a cry of pain. He was punched in the face, kicked in the stomach, his right arm was broken, and his left shoulder was dislocated. He had no idea how the two of them were getting their strength, but he had a feeling that it was magical.

When Draco finally passed out, the last thing he heard was the menacing laugh of his father.

(Hermione's POV)

After she was finished with her dinner, Hermione went outside to sit by the tree next to the lake. She sat down and opened all of her books then laid them out in front of her. By the time she looked up from her books, she was the only on left outside and the sun was setting.

She made her way toward the castle and heard a low moan from the Forbidden Forest. She didn't think anything of it until she heard her name spoken in a soft whisper, as if they were worried about her safety.

A/N: sorry about the cliffy. I hope to get the next chapter up within the next week. It will be a long one! Please Review!