Chapter 20. Okay, my computer is broken…again, so until I get it fixed, you will have to wait until the weekends for chapters. I'm sorry, but my bro keeps looking at porn sites and that gave us Spyware so my pc won't let me onto the Internet. I have to use my bro's pc, but he lives and hour away so I can only visit on weekends, I'm sorry, but please keep reading my story. (I'm sorry if they're short for a while too)

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Chapter 20: The Attempted Escape

Draco, Blaise, Ginny, and Harry landed quietly in the woods surrounding Malfoy Manor. They landed deep enough so they wouldn't be seen or heard by anyone. They quickly and soundlessly put their brooms behind a big oak tree, close to the edge of the forest, just in case they needed a quick escape.

"Shh…" Draco said calmly to no one in particular. "We must be very quiet and fast." he told them.

"Do you know where we're going or where we are?" whispered Harry nervously.

"Of course we do." said Blaise, walking next to Draco. Blaise and Draco silently agreed to use the secret escape route that they had used so many times to get away from Draco's parents. Blaise had grown up with Draco and always got in trouble with him. Blaise was beaten by Draco's parents too, however, he told his parents that he and Draco played rough that day. Blaise and Draco never told anyone about their childhood beatings together, even though most people guessed about Draco being beaten, but not Blaise.

"Almost there." said Draco, walking around some bushes until he finally pulled a branch and revealed the Malfoy Manor. "There." he said.

"Do you know how to get to the dungeons without being seen?" asked Ginny.

"I know this place like the back of my hand." He said and continued on into the woods, going around to the back of the manor. He lead them into a private entrance on the side of the house, and went down a flight of stairs.

"This way." he said, pointing to his left. They followed. He continued towards the end of the hall and turned into a room. Sure enough, there was Hermione, but she was lying on the ground, whimpering. She had long gashes along her body from the whip. Her white dress was flooded in red blood.

"Hermione!" they cried in unison while running towards her. She didn't move, but she was awake.

"What are you doing here? It's a trap, you need to get out of here, quick!" she said and winced in pain as Draco was in front of her.

"Not without you." he said seriously. " Can you stand to be picked up?" he asked, as if she hadn't told him what she said.

"No, I can walk…" she said honestly. She may have been in pain, but she's been in worse and could bear to walk and stand, possibly fight if they needed to. Draco unlocked the chains and helped her up.

"Are you sure about this?" he asked.

"Yes, I've been in more pain." she said firmly.

"How are you doing? What did they do to you? Oh my god, those look like they hurt so much." Ginny babbled, pointing to some of Hermione cuts.

"You really have to stop that rambling thing you do when something's going on, Ginny." Hermione said, she really didn't like when Ginny did that.

"Sorry, but we were so worried about you." Ginny said.

"I'm fine, but let's get out of here…I told you it was a trap, I don't know why you're still here, Draco." she shot at him, but she was really glad that he came for her. She didn't want to be whipped anymore.

"I don't care, I came for you and we're leaving with you." he shot back.

"I told you not to come without a plan." she said exasperatedly.

"Look, this is not a good time to argue." said Harry as Draco opened his mouth to retort.

"Fine…" said Hermione with a glare at her fiancé, but let it drop and gave him a kiss on the lips.

"I'm sorry, but I don't want anything to happen to you…or any of you." she said looking around at everyone.

"You're practically my sister now, since Draco and I grew up together, so we consider each other brothers and you're marrying him." Blaise said with a smile.

"Yeah, we consider you our sister too." said Harry and Ginny nodded.

"Look-" said Hermione, but she cut herself and went back towards the wall as fast as she could. The others looked at her as though she had finally lost it. She clipped her chains back on.

"Someone's coming!" she told them. "Quick, hide behind the door!" she said and they did as they were told. They made it just in time to see Draco's mother walk in with the whip.

"Ready to play again?" she said malevolently, tapping the rope on her hand.

"Fuck you!" Hermione shouted at her.

"Oh, such a naughty girl for using bad language….We'll have to fix that…" she drawled. She raised the whip as Hermione closed her eyes. Don't do a damn thing yet, Draco she thought to him and Narcissa whipped her across the midriff. Hermione didn't make a sound.

"Ahh, still not a sound…I'll just have to keep whipping you until I hear some precious screaming." she smirked and raised it again. How the fuck do you expect me to just sit here and watch this? He spat at her and watched her get whipped across her legs, his blood boiling.

"You fucking slut! You raped your own goddamn son for god sakes!" Hermione spat at her.

"I see my son told you about that…I'm guessing you know about Sarah?" she asked casually.

"Of course they do!" shouted Sarah, who, with Joseph, appeared in the room. Narcissa looked horror-struck. Her eyes were wide and her jaw dropped.

"You fucking bitch! I was your daughter and you didn't give a shit that your husband killed me!" she shouted with her voice dripping with anger and pain.

"You and your brother needed to be taught a lesson." she said as if Sarah had never died. Hermione, I can't take much more…Draco thought warningly. Fine, but do something full-proof she said. Draco pushed the door forward and saw that his mother's back was to him and she hadn't noticed any of the others.

"AVADA KEDAVRA!" he shouted and pointed his wand at his mother. She dropped to the ground after yelling in agony.

"Come on!" he yelled at the others. "My father will be here soon." and he ran over to Hermione to unlock the chains. He helped her walk as fast as she could with her new slashes. He was just about to leave the exit when someone stopped him.

"Hello, son." Lucius said monotonously. Death Eaters surrounded them. Hermione, we can't take all of them Draco thought. We have to try, we defeated Voldemort, I think we can handle your father…she thought nervously. I hope you're right, Hermione…on my count we'll attack, okay? he asked. Okay she agreed.

"ATTACK!" he yelled and Harry, Ginny, and Blaise caught on immediately and attacked as well. Lucius just watched as the five kids attacked the Death Eaters. Hermione took on one, Draco took on two, Harry took on two, and Blaise and Ginny each took on one. Curses could be heard throughout the room. Hermione had killed her opponent and went to help Draco, she was bleeding profusely now and losing energy.

"Hermione, go sit down." Draco told her as she neared him.

"No, I want to help and I could be attacked just sitting there." she said seriously and threw a curse over her shoulder. She killed one and then Draco killed his. They both ran over to Harry, Ginny, and Blaise. Harry had killed on of his and was still trying to kill the other. Blaise had killed his too and went to help Ginny. Once Harry had killed his last and Blaise was working on his last, Draco walked towards his father.

"Why aren't you fighting, huh?" Draco asked.

"My son, "he chuckled, "I am much too powerful for you children to handle." he smirked.

"Yeah, right. You're just as bad as a fighter as you are a father." Draco spat.

"Oh really?" he asked mischievously. "Well, if I'm such a bad fighter, how about a duel? Father, Son duel?" he asked calmly, as if this was too easy. Little did he know how wrong he was.

"Alright, then." Draco said, except Draco didn't take his time on walking backwards to start the duel. Hermione wanted to help as she watched Draco fight his father, but she knew this was one of those things that he had to do alone, no help. She could tell the others understood this as well.

"Hermione, who are they?" asked Harry, pointing to Joseph and Sarah. Hermione quickly explained who they were and went back to worrying about Draco.

"How come you never told us?" asked Ginny, who joined in listening because her and Blaise were also wondering who the two kids were.

"I don't know…" she said, not really paying attention.

"I knew that looked exactly like Sarah." said Blaise with a sad expression.

"Did you know her?" asked Hermione.

"Of course, I've known both of them all my life. I was the only one Draco told about what really happened to her." he lowered his head.

"I'm sorry, Blaise, I didn't know you knew Sarah or I would've made Draco tell you so you could see her." said Hermione sympathetically.

"It's fine, I'll be right back." he said and walked towards her. Hermione saw them hug each other and start talking, but she could tell that Sarah was really interested in her brother and father right now. Hermione walked over there too and hugged her brother and then was drawn back to Draco.

Hermione was dying to help Draco. He was getting hit by curses, but was throwing as many back as possible at his father.

"Hermione, I won't let you go." said Joseph, who was holding Hermione back from going to Draco.

"Joseph, I need to help him, he won't last much longer." she protested.

"Hermione, he'll be fine. He can handle it. Remember, he needs to do this on his own." he said. Hermione let up and thought for a moment. She calmed and just watched, while Harry let her go.

You can do it, Draco, you can beat him Hermione thought, not realizing Draco had heard it. I love you no matter what happens to me, even if I lose this battle he thought. I love you too she said. Don't worry about me, I promise I'll be fine he thought after hearing the worry in her thought. You can't promise that she thought, remembering the last time she said that. We'll see what happens he said.

"AVADA KEDAVRA!"

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I know its short, but its something, right? Anyways, Draco's eyes change colors with his mood in this fic and Joseph is her brother out of 4 brothers and 2 sister-in-laws. Anyway, review please! I will update soon…tomorrow I have to help my family clean…BORING!…but I don't have a choice, so hopefully I'll be able to update tomorrow night or in the morning…not sure yet, but read and review please!

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