A/N: Well, here is chapter 5. I hope y'all like it. I don't have much to say today seeing as I didn't get much sleep last night and the walk to the library made me even more tired, BUT, I am determined to meet this girl that said she would be at this library sometime this week…so I have been here everyday this week. I am still working on chapter 6, writers block sucks…I thought boxing my roommate, a MMA fighter, would clear my head a bit, but all I got was a black eye. :D It was fun…but I don't recommend boxing after drinking as much Vodka as I did.

Snorbie – Thank you for sticking around, my friend. :)

liidg – Ahhhh! Thank you! I am so fan-girlling right now, its not even funny! I have a folder in my notes app that is just full of all your stories, I have read them all. You are one of my favorites…OMG…Ok, shutting up now…

imperfectionisunderrated – There is a fic I read that made me love Voldy. So I wrote him as more of a dark father, maybe I just have problems that I need to get help for, but I never thought he was as evil as everyone made him out to me. But hey, what do I know. You saying the poem was beautiful made my year, I have never like my poems, and not many people like them, so THANK YOU!

wild artemis – OMG! Thank you. I really do love hearing that my poems are beautiful!

Berserkeroo – I see where you're getting at. How about this, since I have chapter 6 almost done, I will bring up how they got through the wards in chapter 7. Sound good? I'll even try to make it detailed.

Darkshadow-lord – Thank you! You must not wait any longer, here is the next chapter. :)

HOLD IT AGAINST ME

"Severus." I was trying to get the attention of the potions professer. Dumbledore had the snarky man train me, under his teachings, I had become better with a wand, one of the best in Hogwarts really. "Severus!" I yelled, he finally looked up. "I need your advice."

"Whatever you do, don't name it after me." He said quickly with a smile on his face.

"Ha. Funny." The school year was starting in a few weeks and I needed to figure out what I was going to do. I couldn't go to Harry because he would freak out on me and Severus Snape was my only other friend now that Ron had been killed, not that he would have been any help anyways. "Give me the pros of being a Death Eater."

"Look, Hermione, Bella is a very loving woman and she will give you whatever you want. I know that you want me to tell you that there is nothing that the Death Eater can give you, but I can't. We are friends, so, I am going to be honest with you. The Death Eaters will embrace you, protect you. They will protect their own. If the Dark Lord wills it, and he does, you won't be harmed. Bella is willing to die for you, Harry could care less. And while I'm being honest, everyone in the Order will turn on you if you even look at Harry wrong. Molly and Arthur are already looking for a reason to kill you, not just because of Bella, but because you support Ginny and Draco. Narcissa, the Ice Queen, already love you. You calm Bella down and you show her son kindness when everybody turned their backs on him when he got with Ginny. You will do whatever you think is right and the Dark Lord will respect that, only because of Bella. Well, that, and he has recently discovered love himself." Severus made a gagging sound.

"Do I even want to know." I asked, half intrigued and half fearful.

"Umbridge."

"Oh! That's gross! I never thought I'd say this, but I feel sorry for He-who-has-to-sleep-with-that-vile-woman." Severus laughed, he knew of my hatered for her madam pinkness. "I have to go, Bella is at my house and I want to see her."

"Shag her, you mean." He gave me a knowing smirk.

"No. I mean see her. We have kissed and cuddled, nothing more. Something about not wanting to sway my decision." I rolled my eyes.

~~~~Дыхание и ожидание~~~~~

"Bella?" I called out when I entered my home, I told her that I needed to talk to some people. "Bella." I shouted again. I went into the bedroom, I was mortified by what I saw, the living room was ransacked and I had thought that maybe the other witch was looking for something, but as soon as I walked into the bedroom, I knew that nothing like that was going on.

I saw Bella on the bed, holding her abdomen, blood coming out from between her fingers. I panicked, I sent a patronus to the Malfoy Manor, knowing that is where the Dark Lord has his headquarters, saying that Bellatrix was injured and I need help.

I grabbed a shirt that was laying on one of the chairs by my bed, running over to Bella, I moved her hands to see the gaping wound in her abdomen, it looked like someone tried to gut her like a fish. I covered the wound with the shirt, applying pressure.

"Hermione." Bellatrix whispered.

"Shh, don't talk. Just fight, just stay alive." I said in a hushed tone.

"Hermione." she said again, still whispering, but in a tone to get my attention. "I need you to know, in case I die, I love you." As soon as she said it, I knew, I knew right then, I love this woman.

"I love you too, Bella. Now, stop talking."

Voldemort showed up as soon as I said it. He was with Draco, Ginny, Narcissa, and Severus, he told me to wait in the living room while he and the others worked. Ginny was the only other one not helping, she just held my hand while I stood there crying.