A/N: Part Two! I really hope you enjoyed the first part, and therefore, enjoy the second part! I tried to go for scary, but I don't know if it really is. I can see this stuff going on in my head, but writing it out, it's just not the same. I tried. Enjoy!
Hermione Granger has been many things. Scared wasn't one of them. Before I went to Hogwarts, I didn't believe in the paranormal. But at Hogwarts, there were ghosts, and they didn't harm or scare people, so I became a believer in ghosts; I just wasn't scared of them. I had seen muggle movies where the ghosts haunt people, drive them to insanity, drag people down the stairs, and possess people. I didn't believe that; it was all made up to get a scare out of people.
After what I've experienced tonight, you could say I was a believer. It had all hit me when that 'woman' tried dragging Malfoy out of the room. I honestly had never been so scared in my life.
We were all sitting on the stairs, hoping the concierge would appear and we could get some answers. I was checking Malfoy's ankle when Harry got up.
"Alright, we need to do something besides sit here and wait. Ginny and I will go look around down here. Hermione you stay with Malfoy."
"Harry, we shouldn't-"
"I know Hermione, but how else are we going to look for a way to get out of here? Send your patronus if you absolutely have to. We'll do the same."
I nodded. With one last look, Ginny disappeared with Harry into another room. Malfoy and I sat there for about 20 minutes not saying a word to each other. I jumped when I heard Malfoy said quietly, "Thank you."
"For what?"
"For saving my life. Who knows what that crazy woman would have done to me!"
"You're welcome."
"Why did-"He was cut off by a shriek coming from upstairs, that was coming closer.
Without a word we got up and I helped him into the room that looked like a ballroom and shut the door. The shrieking cut off when the door shut, and I was thankful. That sound made me shiver and it scared me, knowing where it was coming from. I led Malfoy over to a table and set out a couple chairs to sit on.
"Malfoy, what is going on here?" I asked.
"I don't know." He looked at me and asked, "Are you alright?"
I nodded my head, not trusting my voice. I actually felt like crying hysterically, but I would not break down in front of Malfoy.
"You're shaking," he said softly.
"I-I'm just cold." I was still in my pajama pants with a silk top on.
"Why didn't you put clothes on?"
"I was a bit preoccupied with getting out of here. I'd rather freeze to death than go back up there."
"Here," he said while taking off his jacket and handing it to me. I looked at him warily. "The last thing I want is for you to freeze to death. And I don't blame you for not wanting to go back up there."
"Thank you," I said taking it. I put it on, and oh my goodness it was so warm! Not only was it warm, but it smelled heavenly! "What were you going to say out there?" I suddenly remembered.
"Oh, uh…I was wondering, uh…why you called me Draco when I got grabbed." He looked down as if he was embarrassed.
"Oh, well, I don't know. Caught up in the moment, maybe?" I said, laughing a little.
He laughed as well. "Well, thank you…Hermione," he smiled back at me.
The way he said my name made me almost forget what was going on around us. It made me want to throw my arms around him and—
"Ahhhhhh!"
Our eyes widened. "That was Ginny!" I said before standing up and grabbing Draco. We ran out of the ballroom and headed toward her screams. We went through the same door they went through and we were in a dining room. "Where-"
"Hermione, is that-" he was pointing at another door, but he wasn't pointing at the door. He was pointing at the smeared blood stains on the door frame, as if someone was holding onto it, and was dragged through the door.
"Oh no! Merlin please no!" I breathed. It couldn't have been Ginny or Harry.
"Come on," Draco said, walking me towards the door. I was breathing heavily now, not wanting to see what was on the other side of the door. I clung to Draco as if my life depended on it. He slowly opened the door to a kitchen, and what I saw made me want to be sick.
There was blood smeared all over the floor, as if someone was dragged from the door and across the floor. Ginny and Harry weren't there, and there was no body. "Draco, where-"
"Look. The blood trail stops a few feet from the icebox."
He started walking towards it and I pulled him back. "No! I don't want to see what could be in there."
"Hermione, what if it is Harry or Ginny?"
I don't know if it was his use of their names or the gentle tone he said it, but I reluctantly nodded my head and followed him. He opened the icebox door, and we stepped inside for a better look. Again there was no one, not even blood. It wasn't even cold, which made me wonder if it was even turned on, or when the last time it was turned on. "Okay, no one is in here. Now let's-"
I turned around and the door was closed. I pushed on it, but it wouldn't budge. There was no way it was frozen shut, the freezer wasn't even cold! "Draco, I can't open the door!" I was starting to panic.
"Here," he moved me over so he could try to open it. It still wouldn't budge.
"Draco, what do we do? We can't get out!"
"Calm down. At least the freezer isn't on, so we don't have to worry about-"
Suddenly we heard a rumbling sound. Lights turned on, and cold air started coming through the vents. "Merlin Draco, someone turned the freezer on! We're going to freeze to death!"
"Hermione, calm down!" he said, grabbing my shoulders and shaking me a bit. "This is no time to lose your head. Where is that calm, collected, courageous Gryffindor I know and love? Now get it together so we can figure a way out of here!" He let me go and grabbed his wand. He started shooting spells at the door and at the vents, but none of them would work. He cursed under his breathe.
"Okay, we know we can't apparate out of here, and obviously our magic doesn't work. Really, our only hope is that Harry and Ginny find us," I said, thinking out loud. I started banging on the door. "Help! Harry! Ginny! Someone, let us out!" Draco joined in, but after ten minutes, we gave up. We sat on the floor by the door. "Draco, what if-"
"Don't Granger. Don't say it! We are going to get out of here!" He said firmly.
Giggling. I turned around and there was the little girl again. "You aren't getting out." Damn her and her stupid smile!
"Can you help us?" Draco asked.
"No. She doesn't want you to leave." I wanted to slap that smile off her face.
"Do you know where our friends are?" I asked.
"They got away from her. She's not happy with them; or you. But she will find them." She again walked away, and through the wall.
"Okay, Harry and Ginny got away from her. See? They're fine," Draco said, trying to comfort me.
"Draco, I-I'm s-so c-c-cold." It had only been 15 minutes, and I was already freezing. Draco sat down beside me and put his arms around me. He was shivering too, and his lips were starting to turn blue.
"K-keep talking t-to me," he said, rubbing my arms.
"D-did you r-really m-mean it?"
"M-mean what? B-be more s-specific."
"T-that y-you l-love me?" Good Lord I sound pathetic. But if I'm going to die in this God forsaken freezer, I want to know if he really feels that way.
"You b-bet your b-brains I d-do!"
"How r-romantic!" I rolled my eyes. We didn't say anything for a few minutes. "I do t-too," I whispered quietly. I could barely move my mouth it was so cold.
"Y-you d-do w-what?" he whispered back.
It took all my strength to lift my head and look into his piercing gray eyes. Before I lost my nerve I kissed him for a few seconds, and it had to have been the best kiss in my life. "I l-love y-you t-too."
"T-thank y-you. N-now I c-can d-die a h-happy man."
We held each other, knowing that we were sure to die soon, but we'd die in each other's arms. Just when I started to close my eyes, the door was flung open.
"Sweet Merlin! Are you alright? Harry, grab those blankets out there on the tables! Hurry! Hold on you guys, you're going to be fine."
I had never been so happy to hear Ginny's voice in my life! But I was too cold to respond to her. Harry came back and helped Ginny pull me and Draco out of the freezer. We were still clinging to each other, while they wrapped us in the blankets. Harry got up and turned on the burners to warm the place up for us, and already I felt like I was thawing out.
"Where h-have you guys b-been?" Draco asked.
"How d-did you f-find us?"
"We found the concierge, or what was left of him out in the dining room. He honestly looked like he had been dead for years, but there was still fresh blood on him," Ginny said. "We found the kitchen, but that crazy woman thing was in here and we ran out, but she grabbed me and drug me back in, trying to put me in the freezer, hence the blood on the floor. Harry got to me and pulled me away from her and we ran out that door," she pointed at a door that didn't lead back into the dining room. "We ended up in some kind of garage, and we may have found a way out."
"But how did you find us?" I asked again, my spirits lifted somewhat knowing they found a way out of this crazy place.
"We went back to where we left you and didn't see you. I thought you might have followed Ginny's scream and end up here. Then we saw that the freezer was turned on. Thank Merlin we found you when we did!" Harry exclaimed.
"Are you two ok to walk?" Ginny asked.
We nodded and got up, still holding on to each other. We followed Harry and Ginny through the door, and went down a hallway for a short distance. Suddenly the lights started flickering.
"Not again!" Ginny whined.
"Come on!" Harry yelled, grabbing Ginny. They started running, and Draco and I followed close behind.
We went through a door, and Ginny was right, it looked like a garage. "So, how are we getting out of here?"
Harry pointed at a machine, and I smiled when I realized what it was. A snowmobile! We started towards it when a hand grabbed my shoulder. I spun around and screamed when I saw what had a hold of me. Draco, Harry and Ginny spun around at my scream, and they were all wide eyed. I couldn't move, I couldn't speak, and I couldn't blink. Oh God, I'm going to die!
"You can't leave," came the voice of the little girl, from behind the woman who had a hold of me. She walked over so we could see her, but she looked different. She wasn't smiling.
"The hell we can't! Let go of Hermione, now!" Draco yelled.
The girl's eyes narrowed and she said in a sweet, low, devilish voice, "You will not leave! You must pay the price for what you did to me!"
"We did nothing to you! We don't even know you!" Harry yelled at her.
"Thank Merlin," Draco muttered.
"You will know the pain that I endured! I will be alone, no more!" The woman holding me shrieked. Before I knew it, she stabbed a kitchen knife through my side. I thought nothing could beat the pain of the cruciatus curse. I was wrong! I screamed and dropped to the floor, gasping for air. Next thing I know Draco is holding me.
"Hermione! Stay with me! You're going to be fine! You're strong! Keep breathing for me!"
"Draco," I whispered. Oh God please let this pain stop!
"Don't 'Draco' me!"
I must have been imagining things because I was seeing fire all around me and Draco. I could no longer see the woman and child, but I could hear her shrieks. I felt Draco pick me up, and carry me a short distance. I was going in and out of consciousness, trying to keep a hold on reality; on Draco. He was still whispering to me to hang on; to not leave him. His voice was the last thing I heard, before I saw blackness.
oOo~oOo~oOo
"What happened?" was the first thing I asked when I woke. I must have been revived by 'Rennervate.'
"Brilliant! It worked! How do you feel 'Mione?" Harry asked.
"Well, my side doesn't hurt, so I take it you mended that?" I asked looking at Draco. He nodded back. "So what happened?" I ask again.
"Well, after you were stabbed, Harry used Fiendfyre to buy us time to get you in the snowmobile so we could get out of there. It ended up destroying the entire hotel; those evil 'spirits' with it," Ginny said happily.
"Thank Merlin!" I sighed, laying my head back down on Draco's lap. He smiled at me, and stroked my forehead.
"Do you really feel alright, Hermione?" He asked me.
I simply nodded, not having the strength to talk anymore.
"So…what is it with you two? Obviously we missed something," Ginny stated, smiling widely.
"Ginny, that's between them," Harry said.
"That's right, listen to Potter. It's our business that we confessed our love and snogged in the freezer just before we were going to die," Draco said smugly.
Harry and Ginny's mouths dropped and I slapped Draco on the arm. Draco laughed and gave me a passionate kiss on the lips. Okay, I lied; this was the best kiss I've ever had in my life.
A/N: So I just noticed this part has a lot of romance in it. Hey, what's a horror story without some romance?! AND it has a happy ending! I'm a sucker for happy endings! I hope you enjoyed this story & have a Happy Halloween!
