A/N: Well this is the longest chapter I have written for this story. Yey! I hope you do enjoy it because it took me a long time to read over. Also I think this story is going to come to an end in the next two or three chapters. So enjoy it while it lasts!
Literally In Hell With: Draco Malfoy
Chapter 10
W.O.H
Draco finally found that he had enough energy to push himself up from the ground. He was getting tired of looking at Ron's half destroyed face. Draco looked over to where Hermione was sitting and realized that she wasn't fully healed either.
Hermione smiled when she him looking at her. "How bad is it?" she asked touching her face.
"I'm guessing no worse then mine." Draco tried cheering her up. This only made her cringe. "I guess that's pretty bad."
Hermione nodded her head. "You don't have a nose."
Draco touched the middle of his face and found out that Hermione was right. He didn't have a nose. He turned and looked at Ron. Ron's face was almost completely healed. He had a small patch of missing skin on his face. His arm's where missing good chunks and he still didn't have two fingers.
Draco walked over to Ron and kicked his side. "Get up. You only landed a few minutes after me."
Ron glared at him but stood up. He looked over at Hermione then at Draco. Hermione seemed to have it the worse. There was no skin around her left eye and her lips were only partly there. Each of her cheeks had a good chunk missing from them.
Hermione stood up. "I saw some people when I first got here. I think they might be able to help us."
Both Draco and Ron nodded their heads. "Where did they go?" Ron asked.
Hermione nodded her head to the right. "They went into the building." Hermione pointed towards a tall, gray, building. Like everything else in Hell it was falling apart. The windows where all broken and the street was filled with glass. The three of them cautiously walked over to the building. The city had an eerie feeling to it. It was so big yet there wasn't a sign of any life except for their own.
Draco reached forward to grab the knob of the door to the building when there was a loud crashing sound. All of them looked behind them to see one of the buildings had collapsed to the ground. They turned back to the building they were about to enter. All of them had second thoughts of going into the run down building.
"Are you sure this is where they went?" Draco asked.
Hermione nodded her head. "I'm sure."
Draco slowly turned the knob and opened the door. They stood outside for a moment waiting for the building to go down just like the other one. When nothing happened they entered the building. They closed the door behind them. Once the door was closed a loud noise started to come into effect. The building was full of people's voices but no one was seen.
Ron searched the building and saw a light coming from the next floor. "I think we have to go upstairs."
Draco took one glance at the stairs. It seemed as every other step was missing and the ones that were there had big holes in them. There was no railing to grip onto either. "Fun," was all he said.
Hermione was already by the stairs before Ron and Draco. "I have a good feeling about this." She looked up at the light coming from one of the rooms. "I think they can help us."
Hermione hopped up the stairs quickly and gracefully. When she got to the top she looked down at both Ron and Draco. "It's not hard!" she yelled down to them.
Draco shrugged and jogged to the staircase. He also ended up hopping up the stairs since most of the steps where missing. Ron was soon to follow.
In a fast pace Hermione walked over to the door where all the commotion seemed to be coming from. She was about to open the door when she felt a hand on her shoulder. It was Ron. "Are you sure this is a good idea?"
"I know it is. You just need to trust me."
Ron looked hesitant. "I'm not sure Hermione…"
Draco pushed past both of them so this time his hand was on the knob. "It's not like we have anywhere else to go." Draco pulled the door open.
The room was filled with people talking and laughing. The room was bright and covered in maps. There was a big chart posted on the wall directly across from them. A lot of the people where starring at. The room went completely quite once there presence was noticed.
Everyone was starring at them. Hermione noticed that their faces had parts missing from them too. All of them had gotten to the city the same way they had. There was one other thing that Hermione noticed about them; they were all wearing robes- wizarding robes.
A man quickly broke the awkward silence. He had long blonde hair and was wearing bright red robes. "Welcome!" he said cheerfully. "Welcome to the W.O.H!"
"The who?" Draco asked.
"The W.O.H!" the man answered. "The Wizards of Hell," the man explained. "We are an underground wizarding group of Hell. We find escaped wizards and witches all round Hell and bring them here."
Ron stepped into the room. "What's the point of this group?"
"The point?" the man asked. "The point is to save ourselves! After a few hundred years we finally realized that none of us our ever getting into heaven so we're going to take over Hell."
"You're what?" Draco could believe what they where saying.
"I know it seems impossible," the man said, "but really it isn't. Think of it the number of people coming in to Hell inclines everyday, while the number of demons stays the same. By this time we have well over ten times more people then demons. It's not only wizards and witches. There is also a M.O.H, Muggles of Hell. We are all working together. They have their gons,"
"Guns?" Hermione asked.
"Oh yes that," the wizard said. "And when have our wands."
The three of them exchanged glances. "You have wands?" Hermione asked.
The wizard nodded his head. "Of course! How do you expect us to fight back?"
Another wizard stepped up. Despite all the missing features it was still possible to tell that he had died older then the leading wizard. His voice was deep and had a more serious tone. "Despite how big and scary the demons might look most of them are lacking in the brains department, especially the security. All we had to do was get one wand and that helped us get all of the other wands."
The more cheery wizard grinned at the thought. "All we had to say was Accio wands! They all came flying towards us."
"Would you happen to have ours?" Draco asked.
The older wizard nodded his head. "They are right on the that table. We were expecting you."
Draco, Hermione, and Ron walked over the table and found three wands. Each of them grabbed their wand and examined it carefully. "I can't believe it…" Hermione said. "It's in perfect condition!"
"Can we get the meeting started?" another wizard said. This one was young, very young. He couldn't be older then the age of thirteen. "All of us want to eat in the near future."
"Yes, yes," said the wizard in the red robes. "Would you care to join us?"
Hermione, Ron, and Draco took seats in the back of the room. All of the other wizards took their seats too. For the first time Hermione noticed how large the room actually was. It seemed to go on for miles and every corner of it was filled with wizards and witches. The wizard in the red robes took his place in the front and began the meeting.
"For our new comers my name is Godric Gryffindor and this is my partner," he pointed towards the older man. "Salazar Slytherin."
Hermione, Draco, and Ron's jaws dropped open. It couldn't be!
Gryffindor laughed. "I'm guessing by your robes and your expressions you had heard of us before." Slytherin just looked at them with a stern expression. He didn't seem to care too much.
"You should continue," Slytherin hissed in his ear.
"Right," Gryffindor said. He pointed towards the large map behind him. "This is a map of Hell. After many long years of exploring Hell I can say I have been everywhere."
Hermione quickly raised her hand straight in the air. Both Ron and Draco chuckled as this reminded them of the old days at Hogwarts. Gryffindor looked at her curiously. "Yes?" he asked.
"Did you create the W.O.H.?" she asked excitedly.
"Yes me and Salazar learned to put our differences aside and create this city you see before you."
"Wow," Hermione whispered.
Gryffindor continued his speech. "As I was saying before this is the a complete map of Hell. We are here." He pointed to a rather large chunk of the map. "This is what we will call 'base'. It is completely Demon proof and safe for everyone to live."
Hermione's hand shot up into the air again. She didn't wait to be called on this time. "If it's so safe then how come you still want to go into battle?"
"I don't know if you noticed but we are still living in Hell. This place is a wasteland. That's why it was so easy to make as our base. Even the Demons don't like it here. Also what about everyone else who is suffering? Should we just ignore all the innocents who where sent here?"
"I guess not," Hermione said.
Once again Gryffindor continued with his speech. He pointed towards a small dot on the map. "This is where Satan lives. It is heavily guarded but I believe that we can break through, I mean we had thousands of years to practice." Hermione's hand shot up in the air again. "And those of us who are new will be taught right after this meeting." Hermione's hand slowly went down.
"I think we should all get one good night of rest and we will be attacking tomorrow." He pointed towards a large red line that led from the base to where Satan was being kept. "This is what we will be taking tomorrow. It's pretty much a giant underground slide that will lead us right outside of Satan's castle. The muggles will be on the other side. We will all attack at the same time."
Gryffindor paused before telling the last piece of information. "All of you know how risky this is going to be. The demons here have weapons of nothingness. What I mean by that is if you get hit by one of these weapons you will become nothing. All of you are willing to take this risk?"
Everyone's head in the room nodded and there were cheers of yes and we've always been willing. Gryffindor smiled. "Good, now dinner will be served in the room to the left. Please have a good meal before sleeping."
Everyone in the room stood up and headed for the door. The doorway quickly expanded and Hermione was grateful to see magic was again. The three of them stood up and waited until the room was almost completely empty. The only other people in the room were the two founders of Hogwarts.
Gryffindor walked over to them and said. "Salazar will be teaching you some new curses that we have developed in Hell. I hope you are fast learners because you'll be needed them for tomorrow." With a quick wink Gryffindor left the room.
Slytherin turned towards them. He didn't look very happy about missing dinner. He glanced at Hermione. He knew that she wasn't a pureblood. "I hope you are fast learners," he said looking directly at Hermione. He walked over to a desk and pulled out two cages. One was filled with bats the other with rats.
"Just like bats Demons can be fast and just like rats they can be fat and slow." He bent over and took out another cage that had four baby kittens in it. "They can also be deceptive. No matter how innocent they look you must be able to destroy them."
Hermione's face went pale when she saw the kittens. "We aren't going to hurt them are we?"
"There is no mercy in Hell," Slytherin said. "They will try to deceive you. You must be able to destroy them before they destroy you." Slytherin opened the rat's cage and let them free. They were rather large and fat and moved slowly.
"The first spell I will be teaching you is the annihilation spell. This spell will get rid of the demon forever." He turned towards a rat that looked as if it where going to attack a smaller rat. "Annihilati!" He yelled. A flash of yellow light flew from his wand and hit the rat. It began to squeal. It floated up into the air and began to grow larger and larger until it suddenly burst.
All of them starred at where the rat used to be. "Does it have to be so violent?" Hermione asked.
Slytherin nodded his head. "It seems as if even the pleasure causing spells hurt down here. You try."
Draco went first. He hit the rat but this time it was a different reaction. The rat flew against the wall and splattered against it. Draco looked at Slytherin to see if he had done it wrong.
Slytherin examined the wall. "It worked." He announced. "If you look closely you can see a little red X where the rat had hit. That means he was annihilated."
Hermione went next. Even though she flinched when she sent the spell out it went perfectly. The rat expanded then exploded. Since everyone was looking this time they saw a small red X floating where the rat had been.
It was now Ron's turn. A pink light shot out of his wand and hit the rat. The rat just expanded and landed back to the ground.
Slytherin sighed. "You pronounced it wrong. It's Annihilati, not Annihilateee! Try again!"
Ron went once again and this time he did it correctly.
"The next spell is for the Demons that are immune to being annihilated. These demons are usually the ones with the rather large horns."
Hermione thought back to the Demon who seemed to have a crush on her. His horn's where huge.
"This is the removal spell. We have set up a room in a building a few blocks from here that is designed to hold Demons. The removal spell will remove them from the battle field into the room where they will be held until we figure out what to do with them."
"Are you sure they can't escape it?" Hermione asked.
Slytherin glared at her. He wasn't very found of her questioning. "We tested it several times. May I continue?"
Hermione nodded her head.
Slytherin released the bats. They started zooming across the large room. "Since the demons who are immune to the annihilation curse are usually quicker we will be practicing this one on bats." He focused his attention on a small bat the circled the room. "Remeadle!" he yelled. He hit the bat on the first try and it instantly disappeared. "Go ahead," he said to them.
This time they all went at once. The spell went flying all over the room. It took Hermione only three times to hit her target and Ron only five. Draco managed to get it on his twelfth. By the look on Slytherin's face they knew they had to try it again. When Slytherin was completely satisfied he turned to the kittens. He took out the four of them and placed them on the table. He pointed at a stripped one and yelled, "Annihilati" The kitten suffered the same fate the ugly rat had.
Hermione gasped and covered her mouth with her hands. Draco look disgusted and Ron just starred. Slytherin turned and looked at them. "Go ahead."
Surprisingly Ron was the first one to step up. Hermione knew he was already trained to do things like this. He was a war hero. Ron quickly did the spell. Hermione covered her eyes before it hit.
Draco was the next one to go up. He did the spell without hesitation or any emotion on his face.
When it was Hermione's turn she didn't move. "I- I- I can't." she whispered. "It didn't do anything."
Slytherin grinned. "What if I told you that this was a demon? I transformed it."
Hermione shook her head. "I don't believe you."
Slytherin sighed. "Do you honestly think a cat is evil enough to belong in Hell?"
Hermione shook her head. She didn't believe anything as innocent as a kitten would go to Hell. "But-" she started.
"There are no buts down here. You either annihilate or be annihilated."
Hermione stepped forward. She didn't look at the kitten but had her head turned to the side She whispered the curse. Even though she wasn't looking she managed to hit the kitten directly. She dropped her wand and ran over to Ron. Ron immediately hugged her. "It's okay Hermione," he whispered.
Draco walked over and picked up Hermione's wand. He handed it to her when she finally released herself from Ron. "Thanks," she muttered.
"You may go," he said. "Go into the next room and get something to eat. If you go to the very top of the building to the left you will find a room where you can rest."
They left the room. Hermione was leaning on Ron's shoulder while Ron kept his arm around her waist to support her. Draco followed behind. They walked through the open door. The room was crowded but not as crowded as the room where the meeting had taken place. Most of them had eaten and went to rest.
There was a long table that was filled with bread and pitchers of water. Hermione grabbed a paper cup and filled it with water. Then she grabbed a slice of bread and sat down at the nearest table. Draco and Ron soon joined her.
They ate in silence. All of them where taking in the recent events. Hermione put down her half eaten bread and looked at Draco. "We don't have to do this," she said to him. "We can continue looking for the Demon's that can send you to heaven."
Draco shook his head. "I think we have plenty of time."
"But you heard what Gryffindor said! Why would you want to take that risk if you could automatically be sent to heaven?"
Draco stuffed the last piece of bread into his mouth and swallowed it before answering. "I know where I'm needed," was all he said.
Hermione opened her mouth to protest but found herself being interrupted by Ron. "He knows what he wants." Hermione quickly shut her mouth and finished her bread.
When all of them were done they left the room and headed back towards the streets of the city. This time they were jammed back with people. Hermione could see the mixture of muggles and wizards. The blood red sky was becoming black. It was almost night.
The next building that they went into wasn't as damaged as the previous. There weren't any missing steps and all the windows where intact. The only thing that was wrong with the building was that it was severely dusty.
They made there way past all the other people to the very top of the building. It took a while to get to the top. Draco thought about twenty minutes. All of them were exhausted by the time they got to the top. When they got to their room Hermione stopped and starred at them. "Why didn't we just Apparate here?"
Ron laughed. "I think we were mugglized."
A/N This took me a really long time to write! I hope since I spent so much time on this story that you'll take a minute out of your life to send me a review on how much you want to read the next chapter! REVIEW!
