Chapter 13. Well, how'd ya'll like that couple of chapters? I want you guys to send me any ideas or tips you have because I'm running out so…but anyways, I hope you like this one and it's going to be short, but good. I will update very soon. Ready away!

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Chapter 13: The Failed Attempt

Hermione awoke the next morning before the rest of the girls. Her eyes fluttered open and she felt excruciating pain on her arms. She yelled in pain. Everyone awoke at once, except Draco, who was already awake and ran into the room.

"Ahhhhhhh!" Hermione yelled again. Her body frozen in pain. "Draco!" she yelled this time.

"Hermione! I'm here!" he yelled over her.

"What's going on?" asked Ginny frightened.

"Draco." Hermione whispered before passing out. Draco didn't understand what was happening until he looked at her posture. She was holding her wrists where she cut herself with a razor. He removed her arm and saw that her scars were blood red, but weren't bleeding. He looked around at her guests. They were all too frightened and confused to say anything, until Ginny spoke.

"What just happened? We need to get her to Madam Pomfrey. We need to find out what's going on with Hermione." she rambled. Draco still didn't say anything. He was confused, everything happened so fast and it was weird. He picked up Hermione and walked out the door with the gang of girls behind him.

He hurriedly got to the hospital wing and called for Madam Pomfrey. She came bustling out of her office again and saw he was holding Hermione. She pointed to a bed right next to him while walking over to them.

"Good gracious, what has happened?" she said quickly.

"I don't know, she was yelling in pain and her wrists were blood red, but no blood was coming out and she passed out." Draco sputtered. Madam Pomfrey grabbed her wrists, which were still red. She didn't say anything yet and Draco was getting impatient.

"Well?" he asked.

"Calm down, Mr. Malfoy, I need to owl the headmaster." she walked back into her office and came back within a few moments.

"He should be here in a few moments." she said, looking a bit more worried than usual.

"Do you know what's wrong with her?" Draco asked firmly.

She opened her mouth to reply, but she was interrupted by the doors opening on the other side of the room. It was Dumbledore.

"Mr. Malfoy, what happened?" he said looking at Hermione. Draco told him, in detail, what happened.

"Madam Pomfrey?" he asked, indicating her to tell him if she knew anything that was going on. She nodded.

"Please, step into my office for a moment." she said nervously. Draco was confused. Was he missing something? The headmaster and Madam Pomfrey walked into her office. The gang of girls and Draco were looking nervously at each other. Draco guessed they didn't know what they were talking about either.

They came out of her office and walked over to them. Draco immediately noticed that Dumbledore didn't exactly look happy, if anything, he looked worried. He walked up to Draco.

"Mr. Malfoy, have you noticed anything…strange or different as of late?" he asked.

"No…why?" Draco asked suspiciously.

"It seems as though," he paused, but continued," Voldemort has taught your father very well." he stared into Draco's eyes.

"What?"

"Your father," he paused once more," has tried to possess Miss Granger's body. Her body couldn't take the hatred and pain he brought, so if he had successfully possessed her body, she would have died."

Draco was appalled.

"The reason her scars were blood red were because your father's attempt nearly made them re-open, which would have killed her if she lost anymore blood." He looked away from Draco now and looked at Hermione's now conscious body. Draco didn't take note of this.

"You will have to stay another night, dear." said Madam Pomfrey behind Draco. He whirled around and saw that she was awake, but he could tell she was still in a bit of pain. He walked over to her and grabbed her gently, not wanting to give her anymore pain than she already has.

"Draco…" she said, trying to lift herself up a bit, he helped her so her head was propped up somewhat.

"Hermione, did you hear us?" he asked.

"Yes." she said. Before he replied, she grabbed his hand tight and whimpered in pain.

"Don't you have anything for her?" he said still holding her hand while looking at Madam Pomfrey.

"I'm sorry, dear boy, but I don't." she said glumly.

"Nothing to make her sleep or something?" he asked hopefully.

"No, I want to talk to you, I don't want to sleep." Hermione said, slightly letting up on the tightness of his hand.

"Hermione-" Draco began, but was cut off.

"Draco, I just want to talk to you, that's all, if you want me too, then I'll go to sleep right afterwards, alright-" but she cut herself with another noiseless cry of pain and a squeeze of his hand.

Draco didn't want to watch this, but he would let her talk to him if that was all he had to do to get her to go to sleep. "Alright…" he said to her.

"Could we get some privacy?" he asked everyone.

"Yeah." said the girls in unison and walked out of the infirmary. Draco could hear them start talking madly as soon as they got out there. Madam Pomfrey walked back into her office and Dumbledore nodded his good-bye and left.

"What did you need to talk to me about?" he played dumb.

She rolled her eyes at this. "I just wanted to be with you….while I'm awake, that is." she said softly. She closed her eyes and squeezed his hand again.

"You need to sleep. You've been here twice in 24 hours, Hermione." he said pleadingly.

"No." she said sternly, "I can take this, I just want to be with you, that's all, Draco." she asked just as pleadingly.

"Okay." he groaned and he got onto the bed with her.

"Thank-" she made a sharp intake of breath," you." she finished with a sigh.

"Are you-"

"Yes, I'm sure." she said, cutting him off." What are we going to do about your parents?" she asked out of the blue.

"I don't know." he kissed her forehead.

"We can't just sit around and do-" another intake of breath," nothing." she finished with another sigh.

"I know, but we need some kind of indication of what they're going to try, otherwise, we can't be two steps ahead of them." he frowned.

"I have a guess at what they're going to try next." said the voice to a person, who was appearing in front of them.

"Jos-" she was cut off by more pain.

"Ahh!" she cried," Draco! Make it stop! Make it stop!" she repeated painfully.

"Here, stand back." said Joseph. He placed his hands on Hermione's stomach and they began to glow. Hermione stopped crying in pain as her body raised about an inch from the bed. Joseph pulled his hands away and she dropped back down. She opened her eyes and looked around, panting.

"What did you do?" she said amazed, "the pain stopped…for now anyways."

"I don't know what the power is, but I was hoping it helped you and it did." he smiled. Draco wasn't paying attention to anything after Joseph healed her. His eyes and mind were on someone else behind Joseph.

"Joseph, who is that?" asked Hermione.

"I brought a visitor with me, Hermione." he smiled and pulled the girl to his side. She had a big smile on her face.

Hermione gasped," Joseph, is that-"

"Yup." he said proudly.

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