I know I was going to delete the other chapter but then you couldn't comment so I'm just going to pretend it doesn't exist.


Hermione had tried with all her might to stay awake but it had proved useless. She had no idea what time it was all she knew was that it was late and she had been locked in the dungeon for hours, much longer than she had expected. It was longer than the Death Eaters had expected as well. They had figured that Draco would be right behind them but here it was almost 8 hours later and he had not shown. Hermione was suddenly aroused by the sound of voices.

"It's to the left."

"No it isn't you imbecile the map clearly shows that after we get her we go left."

"You're reading it upside down!" Hermione recognized this voice as Ginny's.

"Ginny! Ginny! Is that you?" Ginny came around the corner shortly followed by Ron, Harry, and surprisingly Draco. "Draco?" He just smiled at her and pulled out his wand.

"I think if we blast it the noise will draw to much attention maybe we should melt the bars." Draco looked at Ron as if he were a crazy man dancing around in his underwear.

"Why don't we just unlock it? That's the problem with you Gryffindors; you're always trying to complicate things." Ron's ears turned bright pink as Draco said, "Alohomora." and the lock clicked open. Suddenly the room seemed silent and eerie.

"It shouldn't have been that easy." Ginny whispered as Draco proceeded to unlock Hermione's arms and feet.

"You're right," he said, "They're obviously expecting us. This just means we'll have to be even more careful than we were going to be." He worked quickly unchaining the girl before him. Hermione pounced on Draco as soon as her final chain was unlatched and she was free, smothering him in one of those infamous "Hermione Hugs". Many of which Harry and Ron had fled from, always without much success. Hermione was a very determined girl when she had to be.

"I'm so sorry I didn't believe you." she sobbed. "If I had none of this would have happened."

"Uh, it's okay." He patted her head uncomfortably. "Don't worry about it." Ginny pulled Hermione to her feet and started to drag her out of the cell and down a hallway.

"Come on we have to get out of here." They ran hunched over and hid behind things. Maybe if they couldn't be seen they couldn't be caught. Although they all had their doubts that this approach would work. The DEH was a very creepy place to be, around every corner there was something new. In one corridor there were paintings of all the Death Eater's and their families. Many of them made faces or called out cruel remakes of "MUDBLOOD" and "BLOOD TRAITORS." Hermione stopped as something caught her eye in the Malfoy painting. Draco's father was exceptionally mean, making death threats and other such things. The painting Draco just looked down and shook his head as did the real one. But it was something else that had caught her eye. She looked at Narcissa who was standing slightly behind Draco with her hands on his shoulders. She looked beautiful; a strange sad beauty as she stood dressed in all black with her light blonde hair trailing behind her. Hermione noticed she had a tear trailing down her cheek.

"Go, please go, go before they catch you and before they kill my son." Narcissa's voice was soft and full of sorrow. Hermione nodded, not knowing what else to do, and speed up to catch up with the rest of the group. They rounded a corner and saw a wonderful sight up ahead of them. The door, it was open and just crying for them to exit though it. Before they could even breathe a sigh of relief it swung shut and locked. Remy appeared from a dark corner where she had been hiding.

"You didn't think we'd let you get out without a fight did you?" She chuckled, a chuckle that turned Hermione's stomach. Lilac, Violet, and Oliver appeared behind her. In his arms Oliver clutched a girl who seemed to have passed out.

"Heather." It was as if Draco had read her mind.

"Yes. Brilliant plan by the way." Remy's face twisted into a cruel smile, "You send the little muggle girl in and while she distracts us you get the Mudblood and leave. To bad we figured it out the moment she entered. It was to much a coincidence, what are the odds of Heather just walking in here without someone," she looked at Draco, "leading her here."

"What are you going to do to her?" Hermione asked.

The Death Eaters laughed, "How cute," Lilac started in a mocking tone which reminded Hermione of Bellatrix Lestrange. "The mudblood actually thought we'd tell her the plan." Lilac's eyes flickered to Harry and then back to Hermione. The light bulb went off in Hermione's head, they weren't after Draco, they were after Harry. Everything was so much clearer now. The befriended Hermione in hopes of that when they captured her Harry would come after her. Draco must have been an added bonus seeing as how he could lead Harry straight to them.

"Hermione what are you doing?" Harry asked as Hermione inched her way in front of him, the Death Eaters were currently trying to put Heather back in Oliver's arms as she had just slid out and was now sprawled on the floor before them.

"Ron, come closer to me, block Harry out." Ron did as he was told not knowing exactly why. "Harry you need to apparate, now."

"Hermione I'm not leaving you guys alone. On the count of three all go."

"It won't work; you have to be outside the castle to apparate." Draco knew what he was talking about.

"Okay then on three we run for the door then apparate outside, besides we have to get the other guy, the one who was being look out." Ginny, Ron, and Draco nodded, while Hermione pondered who the "other guy" was.

"HEY!" The group snapped their heads up to now find Heather in between Lilac and Violet, Remy and Oliver standing in front of them with their wands out. "Exactly what were you talking about?" They all stood silent not daring to answer the question.

"One." Harry whispered barely audible.

"I know what they were talking about." Oliver said flicking his wand toward the door, it swung open and stood there. "They're gonna escape."

"Two." Hermione now realized a flaw in their plan, Heather. They couldn't just leave her but then again they didn't exactly have time to get her.

"Leave her to me." Draco whispered.

"Go ahead run, we'll still catch you. If you run though then we'll have an excuse to kill you."

"THREE!" The group ran for the door all except Draco.

"ACCIO HEATHER."

"AVADA KEDAVRA." Hermione turned around to see Remy and her gang looking very angry as Harry and the others left and another thing that ripped her heart out. Tears streamed down her face and she cried out in anguish. There on the floor behind her was Heather lying in Draco's arms, both obviously dead.


waves little white flag Don't shoot! I'm sorry I had to kill Draco, but I well...I had to.

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