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CHAPTER 8: TRUST ME…
Hermione sat up suddenly dripping wet. When who ever they were had cast the spell Hermione had been so shocked that she had tried to get up off the rock but resulted in making she fall off it and into the lake.
She was about to stand up when she heard Draco begin to argue at the unknown intruder. Hermione realised that now wasn't the time to show herself so she carefully and as quietly as she could peer around the rock and saw that the spell had done its job.
After Hermione had seen Neville lying there looking just like Ginny had only a few hours ago Hermione couldn't hold back the anger, the hurt and the frustration that had been silently heaping up in her for the last minute or so, she stood up from behind the rock and began to yell at both of them cursing them with every word she knew. Suddenly she stopped when she realised who Neville's murder was. Hermione realised she was is a dangerous position. There in front of her was Draco and his father.
Lucius looked over to Hermione before turning back to his son "my son I thought I had showed you how to keep her under control, but maybe I was mistaken" he said " maybe I had better show you again so you won't forget and have this mudblood talk to me in that sort of a manner." He said as he pointed his wand at Hermione and muttered the word Crucio and Hermione fell to the ground in agony.
As she lay there next to Neville's lifeless body in the most excruciating pain Lucius walked over to her and grabbed her by her hair and dragged her to her feet.
Once he had Hermione on her feet he wrenched her head and made her stare at Neville's lifeless pale face, "you see that silly muggle lover" he said to her as he spat out the words "that will be your fate if you do not do everything my son or the Dark Lord tells you to do" he said as he made her turn around and face her "do you understand me?" he asked her.
Hermione's mouth just wouldn't work; neither would the rest of her body. She was paralysed from fear of this monster. When Hermione did not reply to Lucius's threat he pointed his wand at her again and muttered Crucio and Hermione was on the ground again as huge amounts of pain soared through her body making death feel like heaven.
Before Lucius could inflict anymore pain on her Draco spoke-up "father," he said "if she is to be my little mudblood slave maybe I should give her punishments instead of you." Then he walked over to them "also we are late for the feast, and certainly missed so if you do not mind father I will take her now so we are not any later and she will receive her punishments for this later."
Hermione suddenly felt the pain go away and opened her eyes and saw Draco staring at her with concerned eyes but just as she was about to thank him they turned as hard as steel and he barked at her "stand-up now" Hermione was confused but one look at Lucius's face and Hermione realised it was best if she did as she was told.
Once Hermione was up Draco told her to move it and began to blame her for them being late to the feast, though once his father had disappeared Draco suddenly stopped. Hermione saw this as a chance to get away. Though as soon as she began to run for the castle Draco grabbed her hand stopping her from escaping.
Hermione felt trapped and scared, she didn't know what she was going to do. Then she saw Draco was going to say something to her, she was prepared for another out-burst as his father wasn't around now to protect him she could easily fight him. Thought when Draco began to talk Hermione realised something was up.
DRACO'S POVAs soon as Draco saw his father leave the school's grounds he immediately went to apologise to Hermione for what his father did to her and how he had treated her just then but before he got the chance Hermione tried to run away and by reflex he reached out and grabbed her arm. As she turned around he saw that she was uneasy with the situation, so he tried to make her feel more at ease.
"Here" he said as he let Hermione go and handed her his wand. "What's this for?" she replied with a puzzled look. "To show you that I'm not going to hurt you" he replied as he turned back towards the clearing "hey" Hermione said running to catch up with him "where are you going the castle's the other way" she said as she caught up with him.
"Yeah I know that" Draco replied as he kept walking "but your friend is still in the clearing" he finished off as he kept walking only to realise that Hermione had stopped. He turned around a saw her beginning to tear. He rushed back to her "Hermione it's ok," he said as he gave her a hug and let her begin to cry onto his robe.
They had been there for around 10 minutes when Draco realised that they needed to get back to the castle so he pushed the hair out of Hermione's face and looked at her tear stained face and smiled. Hermione looked up and as their eyes met Draco was sure he felt a spark between the two of them. But he knew now wasn't the time to mention it. "Hermione," he said as he wiped a tear away from he cheek "we had better hurry and get Neville and get back to the castle before people really begin to worry." He said as reached out for her hand. Hermione looked up at his face and then looked down at his hand Draco saw that she was still scared "do you trust me?" Draco asked her. Hermione looked down at his hand again and paused before placing her hand in his and looked up at him and smiled as she whispered her reply; "yes".
Quickly they hurried back to retrieve Neville once they had him Hermione led the way back while Draco carried Neville. Once they got back to the castle Hermione slipped inside while Draco waited out side with Neville so as to not cause a disruption.
