A/N Yey! Chapter 21! I am happy that this story has gotten this far. I have recently moved and we could only use the Wifi today so I will try and catch up to this.
Disclaimer: JK owns the Harry Potter world and characters (except Tallulah, her siblings, her parents and Titus) the rest is ours.
Chapter 21
She couldn't make out the words and frankly she didn't want to. Draco was missing. How was Draco missing? Who had taken Dra-
Realisation hit Hermione. Draco's relative, the one that tried to kill her, what was his name...Titus! That's it, Titus must have taken Draco to kill him, or worse torture him...and all because he saved her life. A wave of guilt passed over her, it hurt so bad that she almost fell over.
'It shouldn't hurt this bad.' Hermione told herself. 'It's Draco Bloody Malfoy! It shouldn't hurt at all!'
Hermione felt worse at that. She needed to save him. She would never vet out otherwise. She didn't have a wand though. She needed Draco's wand, she hoped he had dropped it.
Hermione looked around where she had last seen Draco and sure enough was his wand lying on the floor. It hurt to see it lie there without its owner there, Draco always carried his wand with him and it hurt to see it without him. He may be a prat, but he was in danger and he wasn't the biggest prat in the world like she thought him to be.
Hermione grabbed his wand was face the whole in the wall. She took a deep breath in and exhaled, then she started down the tunnel.
'If I die for him Harry and Ron are going to kill me.' Hermione thought to herself.
Further and further she went through the tunnel before a spot of light was seen. She raised Draco's wand ready for attack, but it never came. She just kept walking and soon the spot of light became more than a spot. Soon she could see a white room with blood everywhere, she gasped as she realised it was Draco's. She ran over, still with the wand raised high and strong. She got to Draco, who was tied to a chair, and began to burn the rope away.
"Are you ok?" She asked talking fast. "Where's Titus?"
"He-he went t-to look for you." Draco flinched as he talked.
"I didn't pass him." Hermione frowned.
She would've passed him. They would've bumped into each other. The tunnel wasn't exactly large and they weren't to shortest of people, they would've seen each other. What if this was a trap. What if this was Ritus pretending to be Draco? What if he had forced Draco to tell her that? What if he was telling her this willingly as he still hated her? Where was Titus?
Then they heard sarcastic clapping.
"Isn't it sweet. The blood traitor and the mudblood." Titus emerged from the shadows. "Well Draco it seems she's no longer in debt to you, you saved her life and she saved yours. She may not have gotten you out of here, but without her I'd have finished you off." Hermione looked as if not even bother to listen. Her eyes were glanced over and she was biting her lip in concentration.
"What?" How did Titus know Draco didn't want Hermione in his dept.
"Ah, yes. You see I know all your thoughts, every single one. And I will so long you're in that house" Titus smirked. "For example: Draco hates saving your life and doesn't want you to be in his dept," Titus told Hermione. "And Hermione-"
Titus' wand flew out his hand as Hermione cast the spell non-verbally. The wand flew straight into her hands and she gave Draco his back.
"How dare you use a pure blood's wand, you filthy little mud-" Draco sent a stunning spell at Titus, but Titus blocked it. "Draco please, do you really think I don't know windless magic? I had hoped you'd know better." Titus tutted.
"Worth a shot." Draco snarled. Even after torture he was able to scowl.
Hermione needed to concentrate. It had taken all of Titus' speech to be able to do the last spell. She needed to get Draco to hold him off. She knew Titus couldn't read their minds now as they aren't in the house, so she could try occlumency.
'Draco.' Hermione thought over and over, knowing he was more likely to respond to Draco than Malfoy.
'Hermione?' Draco thought back.
'Hold him off.' Hermione said. If she was going to stun Titus she needed a powerful spell and it had to be non verbal. Great.
Hermione said the spell over and over again in her head, wiping her mind of anything except Titus and her spell. She couldn't look as if concentrating as that would give her away. She needed this to be perfect.
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