How does Draco know about the Horcruxes? And what will happen in this chapter? What is it they will find?
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"You try to double-cross us and I will kill you on the spot, no questions asked"
Harry turned away from Malfoy, who simply glared at him
"Oh and here's your wand back, but you go in front, alright?"
Malfoy grabbed his wand and nodded, as he descended down the steps and out into the street, followed by Harry, Ron and Hermione
"Me and my big, stupid mouth," thought Malfoy
"So, where are we going?" asked Ron
"Go to hell"
"The Riddle House. I think that's where the Hufflepuff cup is"
"We have to go there. That's a place I don't want to go to," said Hermione
Malfoy rolled his eyes and looked around the street, trying to see any peeking eyes, but when there was none, he sighed
"Let's just this over and done with," said Harry
"For once, I kinda agree with you"
Malfoy grabbed Harry's upper arm and closed his eyes. Harry braced himself for the strange suction, feeling it only for a minute, before appearing in front of a large, run-down mansion. A second later, Hermione and Ron appeared with a crack
"Look at him hanging off her. As if she was his life-line. Why, how dares he! Wait, you idiot. Mentally kick myself"
Malfoy tapped the doorknob and slipped inside, followed by the Golden Trio
"Lumos"
"Why would Voldemort hide a cup here?" asked Ron
"Look at it, you think anyone would come here?" asked Malfoy, "Jeez, look around before you ask"
The place was totally run down, with everything covered in a thick layer of dust
"We're gonna have to spread out," said Harry, "Cover everything quicker"
He looked at the other three, deciding on who he should pair up
"Hermione, Malfoy, alright, Ron and me"
He expected a loud outburst from Malfoy, but it never came. He was already walking away. Hermione gave him a look and hurried after Malfoy's retreating back
"Why did you do that, Harry?" asked Ron, "why pair her up with Malfoy? He'll kill her"
"Hermione's a smart girl. I'm sure she can handle him"
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Hermione's POV
Ooh, I'm gonna kill Harry if we make it out of here, no questions asked or whatever. How dare he place me with Malfoy, my most hated person in the world, apart from Lucius and Umbridge
"Come on and keep up"
"I'm not going slow, you know"
"Slow enough if I'm telling you to keep up"
"You can't tell me anything, Malfoy"
"Yeah, whatever"
He opened a door, a set of stairs spiralling down into darkness
"Ladies first," he said
"Well, off you go"
He growled under his breath, but he went first, down the stairs. I followed, watching our back, just in case
"We're in the basement now"
Our wand lights played over everything, from boxes to large cases and all sorts of antiques. Malfoy headed for a corner, while I went through another, with my wand between my teeth, pawning through stuff to find a cup
Behind me, Malfoy was throwing things aside with loud noises
"Malfoy," I hissed, "do you want to alert everyone?"
"It's a little hard with one arm"
"Oh shut up"
Several minutes passed, before…
"Ah-hah, found it"
I whirled around, as Malfoy lifted up a golden cup. I could see the emblem of a badger engraved on the side. I also saw something move behind Malfoy
"Draco, behind you"
He turned around, just as a large creature lunged out of the box and landing on him. I stood up, horrified, as a black, wispy thing covered Malfoy. I could only see his flailing arms, struggling to get free. Malfoy and the creature rolled across the floor, struggling, but Malfoy's efforts were failing. He was getting weaker
"Stupefy"
Nothing
"Impedimenta"
Still nothing. I was getting frustrated, as Malfoy's arms were slowly down dangerously. The thing was smothering him. Quickly, I thought of a happy moment
"Expecto Patronus"
A silvering light burst from my wand tip, striking the creature hard and knocking it off Malfoy. It tried to get around back at Malfoy, but my Patronus was holding it off. It slipped away, as I checked Malfoy's pulse. He was still alive, but his lips were blue. I grabbed the cup and raced upstairs
"HARRY, RON!"
I heard thumping footsteps from above, as my friends came racing down the stairs
"Did you find it?" asked Harry
"Yeah, but we got attacked. Malfoy's down there"
I led the way back into the basement, where we found the creature attacking Malfoy again. I quickly cast the Patronus spell, freeing Malfoy from its grasp
"You should have left him," said Ron
"If he knew about this Horcrux, he may know about the others," said Harry
He lifted Malfoy up and carried him across his shoulders, as we left the house and Apparated back to 12 Grimmauld Place. Harry disappeared to lay Malfoy down, as Ron looked the cup over, fascinated by it
"It's a shame we have to destroy it. We could sell it!"
"Sorry, Ron, but we have to destroy it," said Harry, coming back in, "Otherwise, how else could we defeat Voldemort?"
"Yeah, good point"
Harry pointed his wand at the fireplace, igniting a fire and tossed the cup into them. We watched, as the cup slowly melted. Suddenly…
BANG!
We were thrown back, as the magic inside the cup was destroyed. I got up, as Harry stared at the melted cup
"Wow, that's another down and only three more to go, I hope"
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Another Horcrux bites the dust, leaving three more to go. The question is: does Draco know about them? Will he help them further? Or will he try and stop them from defeating Voldemort? If he wakes up, that is. Please review!