Chapter 21. I was looking at my past chapters and I realized that I make a billion mistakes no matter how many times I review what I've written…I hope you don't mind though… I do read everything I write before I post…Anyway, I realized that I had some name mix-ups in a couple chapters, but I'll be careful for that now…Okay, on with the story.

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Chapter 21: St. Mungo's…Again

Hermione dropped to the floor from fainting, she'd lost so much blood she could barely stand and now she was on the floor, along with Draco. Draco successfully killed his father, but of course he wouldn't make it out without an infamous Malfoy fight.

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Hermione awoke at St. Mungo's…again. Her vision was blurry and her throat was, once again, dry from lack of water. She noticed there was something different from last time…no one was holding her hand. Her eyes darted open and she shot up as everything came back to her. She was very woozy and waited a moment for her vision to take in her surroundings.

"Whoa, it's alright, you need to stay down." someone said in front of her, but she couldn't make out who it was.

"What happened? Where's Draco Malfoy? How long have I been down? Will someone please tell me what's going on?" she demanded as she saw a nurse in front of her.

"If you let me answer than it will be me that will tell you what's going on…" she said, but Hermione didn't care about the bitterness in her voice. She wanted to find Draco and find out what happened or if…if he even made it. This crossed her mind and her eyes widened. She couldn't make out who had yelled the last curse because both Malfoy's were men and they sounded alike to a person who just fainted.

"Sorry," she said, not much sympathetic, "but can you tell me if Draco Malfoy has been here?" she asked with her heart beating in her throat. The nurse pointed to a bed next to Hermione. Hermione's head spun and she saw Draco, lying in a bed, unconscious.

"What's wrong with him?" Hermione asked with fear in her voice and her eyes still on him.

"He's in a coma…it's only been 24 hours since you both got here…" she informed Hermione.

"Will he be alright?" Hermione whispered.

"We've done all we can, it's up to him when the time to wake is…" she said a bit mysteriously, Hermione knew she meant that they can't do anything more and when he wakes up, no one will know until he does.

"Hermione!" her friends shouted at the door. Hermione looked at her surroundings again and saw that she and Draco were in their own room together. Harry, Ginny, and Blaise ran over to her. Obviously, they gave her hugs and the usual 'how are you feeling?' questions. Hermione noticed that Blaise wasn't asking anything after he hugged her, in fact, she didn't even see him. She looked around and saw him over by Draco's bed. He was staring at him with deep sadness just sitting in his eyes.

"He'll make it, I know he will…He's been through worse." Blaise said suddenly as everyone noticed that he was just looking at Draco. Hermione got out of her bed and walked crookedly and dizzily to him.

"Look, I know him almost as well as you do. I know he will make it, just give him time. I promise." she said making him look at her.

"You can't promise that." he said.

"I remember when I used to say that to Draco," she pretended to be in deep thought and smiled, "and every time…he proves me wrong."

He gave a weak smile, "He did that to me and Sarah for as long as I can remember too."

"See? You know he'll be just fine." she said.

"I guess you're right…." he believed her and knew that she was right, but he could have sworn he heard something other than reassurance in her voice, but he couldn't put his finger on it.

"Did he kill Lucius?" Hermione asked anxiously changing the subject. They nodded happily. She smiled back at them and let her thoughts run off. I just lied to Blaise she thought angrily. How? Asked her conscience. Oh, now you come back to join my thoughts, huh? She asked herself angrily again. Yes, now answer my question…How did you lie to Blaise? It asked. I told him every time I say 'you can't promise that' Draco proves me wrong she told it. Isn't that true? It asked. No, he didn't prove me wrong this time, they don't know if he'll be alright she wanted to ball her eyes out.

"Miss Granger, your tests have come back and you may go tomorrow." a nurse said, who just walked into her room and looked at her status reports. Apparently, she did much better than the last time she was there.

"But I don't want to go home." she slightly pleaded.

"Why not, dear? Surely, you want out of here?" asked the nurse sweetly.

"I can't just leave him here, I want to stay with him. He's my fiancé." she said and pointed to Draco.

"Ahh, I see…" she smiled sweetly, "I'll see what I can do about this." she gave another smile and left. Hermione thanked God she had a nice nurse.

"Hey, you guys, can you excuse us for a moment? I want to talk to Blaise." she asked and they nodded and left, closing the door behind them.

"I knew there was something you had on your mind…" he said and sat down. She smiled slightly.

"Yeah, there is…" and she recounted her thoughts from a moment before.

"I see…," he paused, "Well, when he wakes up, that will show he proved you wrong once more."

"But what if he doesn't-"

"He will, Hermione, no Malfoy gives up that easily, especially Draco, he wouldn't just drop you without a lifetime of fighting." he said seriously. Hermione still wasn't very convinced and when she opened her mouth to tell him so, there was a knock on the door. She looked at Blaise and told the person to come in.

"I have a bit of good news." she said, "We are able to transfer Mr. Malfoy to your school's infirmary. We have spoken to the Head Nurse and she has agreed. You both may go back to school tomorrow." she said with a smile and left.

"Thank you." Hermione said right before she closed the door, but before the door was closed all the way, Harry popped his head in and asked if her and Blaise were and done and she nodded, ignoring Blaise's objection.

"Hey, we have to go for a little while," said Ginny when she came in.

"Why?" asked Hermione.

"We were supposed to let Dumbledore know how you both are doing. He wouldn't let us stay overnight so we had to come check this morning." she said.

"Oh, okay…You go ahead." she said and they hugged her again and said their good-byes. Blaise kissed her cheek in a brotherly way and looked at her.

"He will be fine." he said and left, not giving her a chance to reply.

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Harry, Ginny, and Blaise owled her later in the night and told her that they couldn't come because Dumbledore said that she needed her rest and they would pick her up the next morning.

Hermione tried desperately to sleep that night, but wasn't successful. She had managed to get a couple of hours of sleep before she was woken up. She had woken up facing the same way she fell asleep, except now Draco wasn't in her vision.

"Where's Draco?" she asked, bolting up again.

"He's fine, he was already taken to the school." said Harry.

"Oh…" she said and asked for her clothes and walked slowly to the bathroom to get changed. She came out and grabbed Harry and Blaise's shoulders for support as they walked her down to the waiting room, where the fireplaces were. Blaise picked her up and he flooed them both back to the castle. They appeared in the infirmary and soon after Harry and Ginny came.

Hermione walked over to Draco's assigned bed and crawled in with him. The others took this as a sign that she wanted to be alone for a little while. They left. Hermione cried in Draco's unmoving arms and fell asleep with his body warmth.

She awoke abruptly in the middle of the night and realized how uncomfortable she was with her jeans and sweater she had on. She decided to walk back to her dorm and get some pajama pants and would come back to Draco when she was done.

She walked in her dorm and saw a huge Christmas tree in her common room with presents under it. Her jaw dropped and she rushed over to it to see if someone left a note to say who did this. They did.

Dear Hermione,

Your friends and I set up this tree up for you and put your gifts along with Draco's under it. I suggest you open one gift. The one that was laying under this note. (Hermione looked back where she picked it up and saw a gift) It is from your fiancé, I presume. I hope you are feeling better and well and I'm sorry about Draco. Good luck.

Dumbledore

Hermione was confused. Why had he said good luck? She asked herself and picked up the gift. It was shaped like a book, but had a bulging square shape in the middle. She unwrapped it and saw a book, along with a box with two rings inside it.

"What is this?" she asked aloud. She looked at the book title. It read Unusual Things for Unusual Situations. She opened it and saw that it was bookmarked. She turned to the page it was marked at and read:

Wake Up Rings

Steps:

1. Take the rings off the cover.

2. Spill a drop of blood into both rings.

3. Slip one ring onto the person's middle finger on the left hand that you want to wake up.

4. Put the other ring on your same finger.

5. Time varies on when the rings will work.

Hermione sighed, but prayed that these rings will work. She slipped pajamas on and booked it down to the Hospital Wing. She ran to Draco's bed side, but realized she forgot a step. She looked around for something sharp and found a tool on his bed side. She brought it to her forearm and pulled up. She really didn't feel a thing, or at least it didn't hurt her whatsoever. She opened the rings and put a drop of blood in each and closed them.

"Episkey!"she whispered at her arm and it healed. She put the ring on his finger and then put the other on hers. She felt a warm sensation crawl down her body from the top of her head to the tip of her toes. She looked up and saw that nothing had happened to Draco. She sighed, she hadn't really expected it to be that easy.

She climbed into bed with him and pulled the blanket from under him and pulled it over herself too. She again put herself against his unmoving arms or body and felt his warmth and fell back asleep.

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"Hermione…" Blaise said, trying to wake her up.

"Huh?" she asked, without opening her eyes.

"Here, Harry and Ginny gave me your work, so you didn't have to go to class today." he said. He put her books on the side table.

"Thank you." she said, finally getting up.

"You're welcome…what's that?" he asked pointing to her ring.

"Oh…" she explained the gift since she figured Dumbledore didn't tell all of them what it was. She explained what she tried and how it didn't work.

"Oh, so that's what Dumbledore was being really secretive about…" he said.

"Yeah, thanks for the tree though. It was nice." she said.

"You're welcome…it was from all of us."

Silence.

Hermione suddenly picked up the book that she had brought with her the night before and opened it to the bookmarked spot and handed it to Blaise. He grabbed it and read it over.

"You did everything right, but why it didn't work, I have no idea." he said, still looking down at the book.

"Me either." she said.

"Let's just hope for the best, if this didn't work, then I have no idea what will…" he said and looked up. She had a tear falling down her cheek. He wiped it off.

"Listen, everything will turn out alright….Like you said, all we have to do is wait and give him time." he said. She smiled at him. She was glad he was becoming a really good friend to her, well a brother too.

He smiled, "Come on, let's go to dinner. You slept through everything already." he stood up and held his hand out for her. She grabbed it and pulled herself off Draco's bed. She turned around and pecked Draco on the cheek. She left with Blaise and went to the Great Hall with her pajamas on.

"Go have fun with your friends and then we'll all go see Draco, alright?" he walked over to his table after Hermione nodded. She walked to Harry and Ginny. They smiled at her and offered her some food.

"I'm not very hungry, you guys…" she said.

"You have to eat something." Ginny said.

"Okay," she said, just wanting to get it over with and put a piece of pumpkin pie in her mouth, but chewed slowly.

After about 20 minutes of talking, they decided to go see how Draco was doing. Even though she doubted it, she hoped he was awake. She walked over to the Slytherin Table to see if Blaise wanted to come and he did. They left for the infirmary.

Hermione walked a little faster than the others, but she slowed herself down at the thought of disappointment awaiting her inside the big doors. She heaved a gulp of breath and pushed open the doors. She let it out and walked slowly over to the still unconscious Draco.

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Over the next few weeks, the same routine was repeated, except Hermione was becoming less talkative and less…alive. She still slept with Draco, but begun her classes again. She hardly left his bed side, except for the times she did eat, to use the restroom, to get clothes form her dorm, and for classes.

Hermione had been eating less and less every day Draco was still in his coma. She'd become skinnier and paler in her graceful features.

"I'm not hungry." she would always tell them.

"Hermione, you've probably lost like ten pounds over the last few weeks…" protested Blaise. She never replied to this.

"Hermione, I'm just as sad as you are, but he will wake up." he grabbed her hands, "Look, I love him like a brother and you love him. Period. He won't leave us hanging like this…" he said, but Hermione could always tell that every time he said this, he would believe it less and less until he didn't believe it at all.

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Okay, was that better? I know this is a sad chapter, but I hope you can guess what will happen next chapter…Anyways, I can sort of post while at home, but it gives me a lot of problems in my chapter, so the chapter I post has a lot more mistakes in it than it was actually uploaded with so…yeah, but I need to know if I should do a sequel or how long I should let it go on for cuz I really don't know…. Please send me your vote by clicking that stupid, ugly button….Please! Lol ttyl

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