DICLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER OR ITS CHARACTERS!!

Chapter 5

(a/n: the actual kidnapping will take place in this chapter!)

(Gryffindor Tower, 2AM)

Hermione screamed. Every girl in the dormitory woke up and rushed over to her.

"Hermione?" asked Pavarti. "Hermione, what's wrong?"

"What happened?" asked Padma. Even though Padma was in Ravenclaw, she often slept over in the Gryffindor common room.

"Get Harry and Ron." Pavarti ordered Ginny, who ran from the room. "It'll be okay." she whispered to the sobbing girl.

Harry and Ron followed Ginny in and ran up to Hermione and sat next to her.

"Hermione?" Harry asked, taking her head in his hands. "Baby, what is it?" Hermione said nothing, just hugged him tightly and cried heavily on his shoulder.

"Should we get Dumbledore?" Ron asked.

"Not yet." Harry said, hugging Hermione back and rocking her back and forth in a reassuring manner. "Could you girls leave us for a few minutes?" he asked.

"Of course." Ginny said and ushered everyone else out and closed the door behind her. As soon as he was sure they were gone, he asked: "Honey, what happened? Why did you scream?"

"He . . . . . . . he . . . . . . . . ."

"It's okay, Hermione, tell us." Ron said, rubbing her back in slow circles. Ron was trying to be comforting but he wished that Hermione was hugging him instead of Harry.

"V-V-V-Voldemort. He came. He . . . . . . ."

"Get Dumbledore." Harry said. Ron ran from the room at the speed of light. Harry pulled Hermione into his lap and kissed the top of her head and her crying slowly but surely started to stop.

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Ron ran through the corridors to Dumbledore's office but as he tried the password: "Sherbet Lemon." He found that the eagle wouldn't move.

"Errr . . . . Lemon Sherbet? Sherbetous Lemonous? Lemonous Sherbetous? Err . . . ."

"If you are looking for Professor Dumbledore," came Professor McGonagall's voice, "I regret to inform you that he is not here. He has been called to the Ministry of Magic on business."

"It's Hermione." Ron turned around and Professor McGonagall stood a few feet away.

"What about Miss Granger?"

"I don't know what's wrong with her. I think she's having a panic attack."

"In that case she needs to be taken to Madame Pomfrey, not Professor Dumbledore."

"She said something about . . . . . . . Voldemort."

"Lead the way, Mr Weasley."

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As Harry was hugging Hermione better, they heard voices coming from outside the door.

"Now, you two, Potter is in there so he will need dealing with." Came Lucius Malfoy's voice. "Me and Draco grab the girl." Harry grabbed Hermione's hand and started to pull her to the window. "You two, guard the window in case they try to escape."

They looked around the room desperately and Hermione dragged Harry to the wardrobe and opened the door. Harry pushed Hermione in first and then closed the door after himself. The closet was full of robes and thick winter coats so there was plenty of cover. They sat in a corner, blocked off by clothing and held each other's hand tightly.

"I love you." Harry mouthed to her.

"I love you too." Hermione mouthed back. Outside the closet, they heard the door open and feet press down on the wooden floor.

"Where are they?" Lucius asked.

"They must still be in here, father." Replied Draco. "The door hasn't been opened except for us."

"Search the room. Find her." Lucius ordered.

Footsteps spread through the room, things occasionally clattering. They stopped breathing when they felt the floor vibrate as someone marched over to the closet and practically ripped the door off its hinges. The coats were pulled apart and Harry and Hermione were found.

"I found them!" Draco called through the room.

The Death Eaters ran over to the closet and smiled evilly down at the two teens.

"Uh . . . . . . . hi." Hermione said. "What's up?" she asked casually.

"Grab them." Lucius ordered.

Draco and another man grabbed Hermione and pulled her away from Harry, who was grabbed by two other men.

"Hermione!" Harry shouted. "Let her go!" he commanded Lucius.

"Let her go? Well, she's who we came for. You're just a side-dish." He sneered back. He flicked his wand at Hermione and ropes appeared out of nowhere and laced her hands together tightly. She gasped at this and the magical equivalent of duck-tape covered her mouth.

"Let her go!" Harry ordered again.

"Quiet, Potter!" Lucius bellowed. Rope wound around Harry tighter then Hermione's, turning his fingers a light blue within a few seconds. A big ball of cloth gagged his mouth. He struggled against these restraints as Draco and Aiax started to lead Hermione to the window.

"Oh, be quiet, Potter." Lucius said. "We won't hurt her, we're to take her - and you - to the Dark Lord." Hermione whimpered at this and caused Malfoy to turn around. "Oh, don't worry, girl, He won't hurt you. Well, I'm fairly certain He won't. Get her out of here and start to head out." He ordered to Draco and Aiax.

They lead Hermione out the room and Paris and Cacus followed them with Harry. They snuck along the corridors, pausing when they heard footsteps and crept into the nearest dark corner.

"Don't try anything or your boyfriend will pay for it." Draco hissed in Hermione's ear as Hermione slowly started to lift up her foot to knock over the suit of armour they were hiding behind. She lowered her foot at this comment. "That's right. And keep it down." He hissed.

The person passed and they came out from behind the suit and ran outside, into the Forbidden Forest. They walked about half a mile into the trees and came to an opening.

"Draco, Aiax, you go first with Granger." Malfoy ordered them and they walked into the clearing.

"Hold on tight." Draco whispered into Hermione's ear and the three of them Apparated away.

"Now you three." Lucius ordered. Harry, Paris and Cacus went into the clearing and vanished next. He projected the Dark Mark into the sky and vanished next.