A/N: sorry about not updating in a while, but I was writing some of my other story. I promise that this won't be a cliffy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the Harry Potter characters.

Chapter 16: Shocking Truth

(Hermione POV)

Hermione walked into the Forbidden Forest to find a clearing. She saw the silhouette of a body and she hesitantly walked over to it. 'Who would be in the Forest at this time of night let alone anyone?' When Hermione got to the body, her heart stopped from seeing her one love lying on the ground. Hermione bent down next to him and tried to see if he had any major injuries. 'Three broken ribs…possible concussion…broken arm…sprained wrist…' When she realized that she couldn't possibly carry him to the castle herself, she ran to the castle as fast as she could and found the first Professor that she could; Severus Snape. They both ran to the clearing and Snape levitated him back to the castle. When they got to the Hospital Wing, Madame Pomfry healed his arm, ribs, wrist, and ankle that Hermione hadn't checked for. Madame Pomfry told Snape that he did have a slight concussion, but that he would have to wait and get out of that himself. Hermione sat by his bed until Madame Pomfry insisted that she leave for her own bed.

When she got to her room, she lay down and contemplated who and why someone could have done it to him. She came up with three solutions.

1) Voldemort had found out about them.

2) Draco's father had found out about them.

3) Harry and Ron had finally gotten too jealous and taken it out on him.

Hermione took away two of the possibilities and was left with Draco's father finding out about them. She decided that she would have to wait to find out when Draco woke up and drifted into an uneasy sleep about what could have happened to Draco.

(Harry's POV)

Harry woke up to find that he was alone in the common room and he had a terrible headache. He vaguely remembered what had happened the night before. He and Ron were walking around the green houses and they were hit with a curse. They were told to go do something and they did it. Harry couldn't remember what they were told to do or by who.

Ron came into the room with a look of both guilt and fear on his face. He walked over to Harry's bed and said the one thing that Harry was regretting to hear.

"Someone found him. Hermione to be exact."

"They found who did it?"

"Not yet. It's only a matter of time before he wakes up and tells them though."

Harry put one knee to his chest and rested him elbow on it while he put his head in his hand. "This is going to be hell. We could get expelled. It's not like their going to believe us."

"You never know. Malfoy could have realized that it wasn't really us and that we were being controlled."

"I might have believed that if he didn't hate us so much. He'll probably just say that it was us to get us expelled and Hermione really cares about him so much that she'll believe him."

Ron sat on Harry's bed trying to figure out how they could make people believe them if Malfoy told them that they weren't being controlled. They came up with one solution; a pensive.

(Hermione)

Hermione sat in a chair next to Draco's sleeping body in the Hospital Wing. She had been hoping that he would wake up today, but she had no luck so far. She was trying to decide whether she should try to wake him up herself when he stirred. Hermione sat up hopefully and he opened his eyes.

"Hey." Draco's voice was very week, but all of his pain was gone.

"Hey, sweetie."

Draco looked around and it all came back to him. "Potter and Weasley."

"What?"

"They were the ones that did this."

Hermione's hopes of her friends not being the culprits were shattered. Just as Draco had said that, Professor McGonagall had come in with Snape and Dumbledore.

"Minerva, go bring them down from their common room for questioning." Dumbledore seemed calm, but Hermione could see that the sparkle in his eyes had gone out.

"Professor, they didn't do it of their own accord."

Hermione looked back at Draco. He seemed to be thinking back to yesterday

"What?"

"They were under the imperious curse."

"How do you know that? Mister Malfoy?"

"Their eyes were glazed over and they had way too much strength to not be under it."

Just then, Harry and Ron walked in with McGonagall.

"Mister Potter, Mister Weasley, did you run into anyone unfamiliar to you two days ago or perhaps just yesterday?"

The two of them looked at each other and Harry was the one who said something.

"We did…yesterday…….but I don't remember who it was."

"I know who it was." Everyone looked back at Draco and Harry and Ron seemed shocked that he was helping them

"It was my father."

"How do you know Mister Malfoy? Did you see them get hit with it?"

"No. But I did hear him laugh just before I passed out in the Forest. Know that he is here, too. He's here for one reason only. To kill Hermione."

Hermione looked down at Draco who only avoided her eyes.

"How do you know this, Mister Malfoy?"

"Because he found out about the two of us. Now he's mad about it. And he doesn't want me to stay with her because I'm supposed to marry Pansy when we graduate."

"So all this time, you knew that you were going to get married and yet you let me fall for you?"

"Yes."

"What kind of person does that? How fucking twisted is that? That is just the worst thing that I have ever heard of."

"Miss Granger, watch the language. Or I will have to remove you from this room."

"No need, I'm leaving now." Hermione walked out of the Hospital and ran for the only place that she could get comfort; the library. Ginny sat at a table in the back and Hermione sat down next to her.

"Your advice didn't work. He's getting married to Parkinson when they graduate." Hermione's tears flowed down her cheeks as she sat next to Ginny who had her arm wrapped around her so the she could cry into her shoulder. Ginny had never expected something like this to happen. And it was the most shocking thing that she had ever heard. Hermione stayed in the library doing homework for the remainder of the day and only went to her room when she was sure that Draco was still in the Hospital Wing.

A/N: I know that I said that this would be a long chapter, but I have nothing left. I'm drawing a blank. I would really appreciate some of your ideas. Please Review!