A/N: Sorry for the wait but thanks for the reviews. Well this will be my last update until I return from holidays. So read it, get past the withbdrawal stage and review... then wait until I return to update again!
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Chapter SevenHermione banged urgently on the wooden door in front of her. Panic was streaming through her body and it didn't mix well with her morning sickness. A few seconds later the front door opened showing a half asleep Ginny fixing her dressing gown up.
"Mione?" asked Ginny groggily looking at her friend confused, "What's the matter?"
"Ginny I'm pregnant," said Hermione earning a look of surprise from Ginny, "But that's not all… I don't know who the father is!"
Ginny's mouth fell open in surprise as she stepped back from the door and let a frantic Hermione inside. Ginny shut the door and led Hermione through the dining room and into the large lounge room. She made Hermione sit on the lounge before calling Harry.
"Ginny-" said Hermione in protest.
"No. Harry is your bestfriend like me and we will support you through this," replied Ginny firmly, "Harry!"
"Coming!" came a yell followed by feet thundering down the staircase and into the lounge room.
Upon seeing Hermione sitting on the lounge looking upset he glanced at Ginny confused.
"Hermione is pregnant, Harry," explained Ginny, "And she doesn't know who the father is."
Harry frowned and looked at Hermione, "Who is the other guy?"
"Oliver… I slept with him the night before Draco and I got back together. Him or Draco could be the father of my baby."
Hermione shook her head in desperation and ran her hands through her hair. Ginny muttered something about cooking some food and left the room. Harry sat down beside Hermione and placed an arm around her shoulders.
"What do I do, Harry?" cried Hermione looking at him in desperation, "I normally have all the answers… but this time… I don't."
Harry let out a deep breath, "Does Draco know you are pregnant?"
Hermione nodded, "So does Sirius. He did the test."
"Okay… so maybe there is a way in the magical world that you can use to find out who the father is before it is born."
"Maybe… I don't know. I am too scared to find out. I want this to be Draco's child. If it isn't then… then what do I do?"
"I don't know, Hermione. But you need to know that Ginny and I will always support you through this. You are a sister to me and I won't let any harm come to you or this child… say if it is a boy, name him after me."
Hermione laughed a little, "A middle name if you are lucky."
Harry shrugged, "Better then nothing I suppose."
Hermione smiled a little and stood up with Harry. She hugged him and Ginny who walked back into the lounge room after starting breakfast.
"I should get to work. Umm, if Sirius or Ron come looking for me, tell them I am fine."
Harry nodded and Hermione left with a crack.
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"I found it," said Lucius placing a black box on his desk, "She thought I would never find it."
Pansy walked over to the box and looked at Lucius curiously, "What is it?"
"A viewing glass. This is the only remaining one in all of England. Her grandmother brought it when she was newly married. A viewing glass will let me see what I will it to show me," explained Lucius an evil, happy glint in his pale eyes.
He unclasped the locks on the side and lifted the lid from the top. Inside was a thin, smooth rectangle glass. It looked more like a mirror than anything else. Carefully Lucius lifted it from the box and hung it on the wall behind his desk. He smirked at it and pulled Pansy towards him for a hug.
"It seems you have become my lucky charm," he murmured kissing her along her jaw line, "When Narcissa dies, become my wife."
Pansy looked at Lucius and smiled dreamily at him, "I used to dream of your son asking me that… but from you I know it is truthful. Of course I will marry you."
Lucius smiled at her and kissed her hungrily. Pansy moaned a little but pulled back.
"Later… for now can you show me what this mirror does?"
Lucius nodded and walked closer to it looking at it from every angle, "Show me my son!"
Suddenly a white cloud covered the viewing glass before clearing. There he was, sitting in what looked to be a kitchen, a muggle kitchen.
"Ah, so he is in hiding," smirked Lucius, "Clever, yet foolish boy."
"They are speaking," said Pansy stepping closer to hear better.
"… just a shock for her. That's all."
The viewing glass zoomed closer to Draco who was nodding at what the hidden person had said.
"I know. But I can't figure out why she would take the news so hard. I know she lost the first baby but this time will be different," said Draco, his voice echoing around Lucius' office, "I will be here for her."
Lucius turned from the glass and the image disappeared, "Lost a baby? It's obvious he speaks of the mudblood, meaning she must be pregnant yet again."
"Will you still use her?" asked Pansy following Lucius.
"Of course. Granger is gifted with a powerful mind. She will help me bring the Death Eater's back into power."
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Hermione dreaded coming home that night, but she knew she had to face Draco sometime soon. Walking up the stairs silently she prayed that Draco or Ron didn't hear her. They were in the lounge room watching the television, having learnt to work it on their own together. It took them a while with a few arguments over who got to hold the control but they succeeded nonetheless.
"Hermione!" came a voice from the top of the stairs.
Hermione looked up groaning to see Luna smiling at her. Sure enough, Draco and Ron came running out of the lounge room and looked at Hermione reaching the top of the stairs.
"Hi Luna," said Hermione walking past her and into her room.
She shut the door behind her and sat on the bed waiting for Draco to come in, which he did, shutting the door again and locking it.
"So," he said, "Do you care to tell me why you left so suddenly this morning?"
Hermione nodded and Draco sat beside her waiting. Taking a deep breath Hermione looked at him taking hold of his hand.
"I don't know if you are the father of the baby," she mumbled, "I'm about a month along and the night before I got back with you… I had sex with Oliver."
Draco remained silent, nodding slowly.
"I found out today from research that Sirius should know a spell that can tell me who the father is… but not until I am past the three months mark."
Draco nodded swallowing a lump in his throat, "Alright."
"If you hate me, I understand," said Hermione looking away from him and dropping his hand, "It was a stupid thing to do. I should've known he only wanted a shag."
"No, no Hermione," said Draco grabbing her hand, "I don't hate you. Shocked, well yes but never, ever hate you. I will be with you always. I promised I would never leave you and I am true to my word. Even if this is Oliver's baby, I will treat it like my own."
Hermione looked at Draco unsure if he was telling the truth, "Honest?"
"I swear."
Hermione smiled and hugged Draco tightly kissing him on the cheek, "I love you."
"I love you too."
As they pulled apart and cold, laughing voice filled the room around them. Draco stood and pulled his wand out looking around him. Hermione did the same, keeping hold of Draco's hand. Together they backed towards the bedroom door with Hermione undoing the lock and throwing it open. Only upon opening the door she was greeted to a smirking Lucius Malfoy. Behind him, Pansy was standing beside a bound and gagged Ron and Luna.
"Hello my lovely," he smirked grabbing Hermione and pulling her towards him, taking her wand away, before Draco could react.
"No!" shouted Draco lunging forward only to be hit with the Crucio curse.
Hermione screamed and fought against Lucius unable to get her wand from him, "Stop it!"
Lucius laughed and lifted the curse but kept Draco at wand point, "Couldn't resist her could you, Draco?"
Draco glared at him and looked at Pansy, "Traitor."
"Your future step mum," replied Pansy coolly, "But I only returned to where I belonged… unlike you."
"I am where I belong."
"How did you find us?" demanded Hermione glaring at Lucius before wincing as his grip on her arm tightened.
"It's amazing what a Viewing Glass can show you," replied Lucius before leaving with a crack and taking Hermione with him.
Draco cried out angrily as Pansy left, the echo of her laughter remaining behind. Standing up Draco ran over to Ron and Luna. He unbound them and they removed the gags before standing.
"A viewing glass," said Ron as they ran down stairs to send urgent letters to the Order, "What is that?"
"I don't know," replied Draco writing hastily to Sirius and his mother, "But I have heard of it before."
"What are we going to do?" asked Luna worriedly, "Will he hurt Hermione?"
"I don't know."
Ron hugged Luna watching Draco send the letters away before he took too pacing angrily around the kitchen.
"She was more worried about him taking me," said Draco bitterly, "We all were, I was… why does he want Hermione? Does he know she is pregnant?"
"No one knows, Draco," said Ron as calmly as he could.
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Hermione stumbled forward but caught her footing as she turned around to see the door slam shut and lock behind her. Wand less, Hermione couldn't do anything except look around the room Lucius had locked her in. Draco's old room. Hermione sighed and walked over to the large bed. She sat on it and contemplated her situation.
Well that was simple. Lucius had captured her and brought her to the Manor. Plus, Pansy was working for Lucius in more ways then one. She was his future wife.
It was a trap. Everything Pansy had said had to her had brought Hermione's attention to protecting Draco and not herself.
Hermione groaned and shook her head. She stood up and walked around the room. It looked the same as it had four years ago. Clean, large yet warmer then the rest of the manor, excluding Narcissa's office. As Hermione walked back over to the bed the door opened. Hermione looked up in surprise and saw Lucius walking in glaring at her.
"So, young mudblood Granger is pregnant," spat Lucius in disgust, "A half blood related to me."
"Possibly," said Hermione coldly, "But the child won't be anything like you. That I will make sure of."
Lucius snarled at Hermione and gathered his composure again; "You are lucky I am treating you to such comforts. The only reason I am allowing this is because you need to be strong. You are my key to winning this war, other than my useless son."
"How am I your key to winning the war?"
"Your brain… you are a smart girl, you are gifted with a powerful mind with the ability to create spells beyond any fools imagination."
Hermione suddenly felt nervous and feared what Lucius wanted her to do. She stepped back and hugged her own body looking at him, "What do you want from me, then?"
"I want you to create a spell… a spell powerful enough to destroy muggleborns by the thousands in one hit. I want you to help me change the world to the way it should be."
"I can't do that," said Hermione in disgust, "I won't do that."
Lucius marched forward as Hermione stumbled backwards until he had her pinned against a wall. His wand was pointed at her stomach causing Hermione's heart to pound a mile a minute, "You will do it if you want your baby to live along with your lover. Do you hear me?"
Hermione nodded as her body shook with fear.
"Good. Get settled in Miss Granger. I suspect you will be here a long time."
"I-I need my wand… to work on the spell."
"Oh you can use it, under supervision. When you finish each day your wand will be returned to me."
"O-okay."
Lucius turned and left the room slamming then locking the door behind him. Hermione let out a gasp and slid to the ground sobbing uncontrollably into her hands.
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Harry and Ginny both appeared with loud cracks, alarming Ron, Luna and Draco who were still standing in the kitchen trying to figure out what Lucius wanted Hermione for.
"How did this happen?" asked Harry trying to maintain his cool. Hermione was his bestfriend and loosing her again to Lucius was not something he saw coming or wanted happening, "This place is under protection!"
"A viewing glass," said Ron, "Know anything about it?"
"Never heard of such a thing."
At that moment Lupin, Tonks, Sirius, Narcissa, Arthur, Bill, Charlie, Fred, George, Percy and Moody all appeared around them. Narcissa rushed to Draco asking if he was okay, but Draco merely pushed his mother away in annoyance.
"What do you know about a viewing glass?" asked Draco looking at his mother, "I've heard you speaking about one before when I was younger."
"A viewing glass?" frowned Sirius, "Why?"
"That's how Lucius found where we were," replied Luna, "Through a viewing glass."
"Oh Merlin," cried Narcissa placing a hand on her forehead, "Lucius found my grandmother's viewing glass. It was the last one in England and I thought I had hidden it well, but he must have found the box in the attack. I had it covered in blankets with other boxes of junk on top."
"What is a viewing glass exactly?" asked Ginny curiously, "Like what does it do?"
"It allows you to see wherever you want, whom ever you want," said Narcissa, "It's powerful magic, despite was people say. No spells can protect you from its gaze."
"That still doesn't answer what Lucius wanted Hermione for," said Harry in annoyance, "Just that he's a pervert."
"There is something else," said Draco glancing at Narcissa, "Pansy can't be trusted. She's gone back to Lucius. She is going to marry Lucius."
Narcissa nodded, though she had paled considerably. No one had expected Pansy to turn against the Order. Everyone believed she truly was against Lucius.
"And, if anything we have to get Hermione out soon," continued Draco firmly, "She is pregnant and the stress Lucius could or most likely will put her under could possibly harm the baby."
Everyone nodded and Lupin transfigured the dining room table into a large rectangle one with enough seats for all in the room. The group sat at the table and began planning, arguing and discussing tactics.
"That won't work! Lucius isn't stupid. That would be something he would most likely expect," said Draco angrily at the idea of attacking the Manor, "Talking about this isn't safe either. He'll be watching us very closely now."
Everyone fell silent and Lupin rubbed his brow in frustration.
"Hogwarts!" cried Ginny hitting the table with her fist, "We can go there. Surely that place is well protected. Dumbledore added his own protection to that school. I dare say he thought of viewing mirrors when adding protection. Even if he didn't, I still think it's the best place to hold these meetings. Minerva will want to help us, as will Hagrid."
"Ginny has a point," said Bill, "We should send a letter for permission and for tonight get some rest."
"I'm not sleeping," said Draco firmly, "Not knowing Lucius has Hermione in his clutches."
"You have to sleep. You'll be exhausted otherwise," said Narcissa softly.
"I'm not bloody sleeping and that's final!" roared Draco standing and storming out of the kitchen.
"I'll write to Minerva," said Lupin softly standing up, "Let's all go home and rest. When I receive an answer I will let you all know. Be on your guard at all times."
Everyone stood and slowly left. Narcissa reluctantly left with Sirius and Arthur, who were comforting her. Harry and Ginny remained behind, saying they would spend the night in the guest room.
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Hermione snuggled under the blankets covers and stared up at the ceiling wishing Draco were with her at that moment, holding her in his arms to keep her safe and warm. Hermione placed her hands over her still flat stomach. She would let no harm come to her baby or Draco. She knew she needed to stall Lucius for as along as possible, just to give the Order extra time in planning out their attack. She was the skilled one in the area of creating spells. A simple lie would protect her, plus she could close her mind from Lucius now. He wouldn't know it was a lie.
As Hermione rolled to her side the bedroom's door burst open with Pansy stalking in. She yanked Hermione's blankets back and pulled her up roughly.
"We are moving. The Order will find us easily here," she said coolly, "Don't do anything stupid."
Hermione just nodded and grabbed her shoes before Pansy shoved her out to the hallway. Grabbing her by the back of her shirt, Pansy led her to the entrance room where Lucius stood surrounded by house elves clutching heavy bags. Hermione looked at them in horror then at Lucius in disgust.
"Get over having muggleborns slaves did you?" snarled Hermione coldly earning a slap across the face from Lucius.
"Keep your mouth shut," he snarled before looking at Pansy, "The carriage is waiting. Let's go."
Before Hermione could react, Pansy tapped Hermione with her wand sending her spiraling into blackness.
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Hermione groaned and sat up slowly. She looked around her in confusion. The room was moderate sized with crème coloured walls, with a white door. Hermione stood up and stepped on wooden floors. She stumbled over to the window across from her and looked out it. Greeting her was a drop of a cliff with the ocean directly below. Hermione stepped backwards as the height made her stomach churn. Looking around the room another door caught her eye. She ran towards it and pulled it open, hoping it was the bathroom. Too her luck it was. She reached the toilet and spewed into it until she had nothing but dry heaves inside her. She stood up and stripped her clothing off and climbed into the shower, washing away the vomit and dust from the bed.
She wet her hair and untangled it under the running water before stepping out, drying her self with a towel and dressing again. Exiting the bathroom she was greeted by Pansy.
"Here. Clean sheets and clothes. You'll get fed soon then begin working on that spell," said Pansy gruffly.
"Thanks," muttered Hermione inspecting the muggle garments. They were a bit out dated, but good enough.
She pulled on the floral knee length skirt and bright, rather baggy pink t-shirt and changed the sheets on her bed. As she finished a house elf appeared carrying a tray of toast and a cup of tea.
"Thank you… what is your name?"
"Tortura is my name Miss," answered the squeaky voiced house elf, "Is Miss in need of anything?"
"No thanks."
Tortura bowed and left. Hermione sat on her bed and spread butter on her toast. Despite her churning stomach at the smell of food, Hermione was starving. She ate the toast and took deep breaths in bid to stop herself from bringing up the toast and tea.
"Done?" came Lucius' voice as he swung the door open.
"Just," replied Hermione narrowing her eyes at him in hatred.
"Good. Then let's get started. I don't have a lot of time to waste."
"Obviously you wouldn't knowing the Order will stop you again. After all, all you have is a shag to help you."
Lucius shoved Hermione out the door, causing her to run into the wall opposite her. Hermione hit the wall hard but didn't fall. She set her shoulder's back and kept her back straight and turned to Lucius.
"Oh I am so terrified."
Lucius marched towards her but Hermione crossed her arms. Two can play the game Lucius was.
"If you want your spell I wouldn't go about it by injuring me or upsetting me. If I was either of those ways I can assure you that I would be in no condition to create your spell."
Lucius lowered his raise hand slowly but kept it ball into a fist beside him. Hermione smiled satisfied.
"So… shall we get started?" asked Hermione sweetly, as though she hadn't found a loophole in Lucius' threat.
A/N: Hermione may be taken from Draco and be in Lucius' clutches but you can sort of sigh with relief knowing she is playing Lucius' game to keep herself safe. Anyway please review…
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