Disclaimer: I absolutely love frogs! They are sooooo cool! Yeah, sure, they're slimy, but their adorable! The small poisonous ones are. I was watching the Little Mermaid a while ago and I just loved the frogs in that movie. Yeah... well... R/R!
Hermione yelped as her head hit the rocky corner. She pulled Tori close to her, glaring at the men as they stood by, waiting for orders. The girl in her arms began to cough, writhering in in pain. Her eyes opened and she looked up at Hermione.
"Where are we?" she asked. Hermione shook her head.
"Shh... you shouldn't speak. You need to regain your strength. You've lost a lot of blood." Tori bit her lip, trying to look around.
"We're here because of my husband," she murmured. Hermione nodded.
"I know... I know Draco." Tori's eyes widened.
"Really," she gasped. Then her eyes misted over with realization. She moved away painfully from Hermione and stared at her, tears filling her eyes. "He's dying isn't he..." Hermione looked suprised.
"What?" she asked. Tori shook her head.
"Don't play stupid with me. You're Hermione Granger... my brother used to talk about you. You're that doctor or healer or whatever. He's dying..." Hermione could feel tears in her eyes as well as she looked away.
"Yeah... he's dying... I was going to try to save him when I was captured at Kings Cross," Hermione explained. Tori gasped, holding her stomach in pain. Hermione lunged forward grabbing the girl and pulling her closer.
"You need to lie down. We don't know how the baby is doing." Tori stared.
"You... you know about the baby..." Hermione nodded.
"Yeah... Draco told me everything..." Hermione whispered. Tori looked down at her stomach.
"We're going to die aren't we..."
"Yes... you are..." Both girls turned in horror to see Lucius Malfoy standing there, leering at them. Hermione pulled Tori and herself closer to the cold wall. Lucius smirked.
"Draco's coming..." he said, turning to Hermione. "And he's brought a redheaded friend."
Draco paused before opening the door. He turned slightly to face Ron.
"Look Weasley, they know we're here... they're also going to try to lure us... don't let them..." he muttered. Ron nodded, to nervous to say anything. Draco, though not showing much emotion, knew exactly how Ron felt. Draco turned to the basement door and opened it, starting down the dark, damp winding stairs. Ron took out his wand, his cloak dragging as they entered the circles of hell. Draco crossed the large bare room and stood in front of a large closet. Opening it he stepped in, followed by Ron.
"Draco. Weasley," drawled Lucius Malfoy. Ron and Draco entered the cavern, both men showing no emotion. Several deatheaters smiled in anticipation of the execution going through Lucius' mind. Draco smirked.
"Nice to see you too, Lucius," Draco said, hands in pockets. Lucius shook his head, sighing.
"It's such a shame you will have to die without calling me father." Draco shook his head.
"I don't have a father." Lucius smiled, signalling to two men.
"Well... let's see how good of a husband you are before you condemn me." Hermione and Tori were brought forward, both struggling. Ron's knuckles were white from his grip on his wand as Hermione was brought forward. Her eyes rested on him and grew wide. She had seen him fall...
"Ron," she gasped. Ron turned his eyes away from her, knowing if he stared for any longer, it would ruin everything. Lucius glided over to Tori, grabbing her hair and pulling her head back.
"Look at this... this rancid, unworthy creature. What is it that she possesses that is of any value?" Lucius sneered. Draco held his posture, his insides seething with rage.
"What makes you think she's worth anything?" Lucius smiled.
"Oh Draco... I know she's not worth anything," he said, his hand traveling to her stomach. "But what she possesses is of much greater value." Tori's eyes widened, connecting finally with Draco. He stood frozen, staring at his father with absolutley no emotion. The wheels were turning rapidly in his head, the volcano ready to explode. Lucius' grin grew, his grey eyes remaining cold.
"That's right Draco... I know about the baby. It's the first thing I looked for after I knocked the whore out... A little baby boy... A pureblood parent who betrayed the family by marrying a muggle. Doesn't that sound so familiar?" Suddenly it hit him. Voldemort. Lucius was going to try to recreate it... Draco took a step forward.
"I'd remember what happened to Voldemort if I were you?" Draco hissed. Lucius shrugged.
"Marvalo's daughter had week blood running through her veins. Voldemort was a genetic mistake... but now. This boy has pure blood flowing through, not some squib. He'll make a great lord." Draco glared at him.
"Stay away from my son..." he hissed.
As the whole threatening exchange continued, Hermione had noticed something in the corner. Something had appeared, crouching in the dark. Then it disappeared. Hermione sucked in air.
Harry.
She looked over to Ron, who was watching Draco and Lucius with very close regard. She saw it again, reappearing on the other side of the cavern, near two deatheaters. To her shock, one slumped to the ground. The other looked around then slumped over also, unconscious. Hermione knew that staring would draw to much attention to the going on's of Harry Potter.
"Hey, what the-"
Crash! Boom! Lucius whirled around, letting go of Tori. The girl dropped to the ground gasping in pain. The man holding Hermione let her go, staring at the entrance. The cloud of dust cleared and there stood Aurors, Mr. Weasley at the head. He couldn't help but chuckle.
"I knew there was something down here."
"Attack!" Lucius howled, glaring at the intruders. Both sides opened fire, curses flying. Hermione dropped to the ground and crawled over to Tori and dragged her to the wall. She looked up and gasped. Ron and Draco were caught in the cross fire. Draco was the first hit, his chest spurting large amounts of blood as he fell to the ground. Ron disappeared as the two sides came together in a colossal wave, men dropping every where.
"RON! DRACO!" Hermione and Tori's screams were drowned out by the cries of pain and rage from the massacre developing in front of them. Hermione told Tori to stay and then crawled out to where Draco was.
"Draco," she whispered softly, tears streaming down her face. "Draco, where is he?" Draco gasped for air and pointed over to the limp form. He then started coughing and choked up blood. Hermione, crying, brushed the hair out of his face and kissed his forehead.
"I'll be back in a minute," she murmured, frantically crawling over to Ron's body. Blood was everywhere. Hermione was sobbing as she grabbed his shoulders. She jumped when a thunderous crash sounded. She looked around trying to spot Harry. All she saw was a slaughter house, Aurors and deatheaters alike falling.
"Harry!" she screamed. No answer came. She continued to drag him across the ground until they reached Draco's heaving form. His chest was bleeding as Hermione pulled Ron up beside him. She grabbed hold of Draco's wand and willed herself to stop trembling. She jerked when a bloody hand grabbed her wrist. She looked down into Draco's eyes.
"Do it now..." Hermione nodded, closing her eyes to remember the incantation. She yelped in pain when someone grabbed her hair. Her head was pulled back and she found herself looking into the fierce eyes of Lucius Malfoy.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," he suggested with a curled lip. She cried out for help but Lucius silenced her with a blow to the skull. Hermione fell to the ground stunned. Looking up she saw Lucius raise his hand to smite her when a green light flashed and then next moment his body was on her. Screaming in suprise and disgust Hermione shoved the body off of her, shaking violently. She looked around and saw Draco, wand in hand. He laid his head back down, throwing up more blood.
"I told him that one day I would kill him..." he spluttered. Hermione grabbed his face.
"Shh... be still..."
"Hermione!" She turned to see Harry plowing his way through to her. He knelt down beside her, taking in Ron and Draco's appearances.
"Oh no..." he mutted. Hermione closed her eyes, trying to drown out the screams around her. She crawled around Draco so that she was between the two and held up her wand.
"Veron Telo Unca Selat-"
"Hermione!" She turned to Harry.
"What?" she asked. He shook his head.
"You can't do that! You'll die!"
"Harry!" She begged. He shook his head.
"Telo Unca! One body, Hermione. You do more than that and you'll die!" She bit her lip, tears flowing freely.
"Then one of them will die," she screamed. Harry's eyes traveled to Draco. She shook her head.
"No... No! I will not let either of them die!" she screamed.
"Hermione!"
"There's another way!" She countered. He stared at her for a minute then realization dawned on him. He looked down at both figures. They were pale, dying.
"Ok," he whispered. He moved so that he was in front of her and held up his wand. Hermione took Draco's wand and clasped her hands around Harry's, bringing the wands together.
"Veron Telo Unca Selat. Conte Bero," she whispered. Opening their eyes, they gazed at each other, Harry repeating the words Hermione spoke. "Give back the life that was stolen, for it is not their time. We call upon the forces of night to bring back these two to the day." Suddenly a light began to shine from the two wands surrounding the four with a misty aurora. Then pain. Unimanginable pain shot through Harry and Hermione, causing them writhe, yet they held the wands firm, unable to let go. Again and again the pain shot up and down their spines like a hot rod being driven into their backs. Hermione began to scream as the light became brighter, bringing more pain. All else faded as the light grew and grew, making Harry feel like he would soon meet his Maker.
Then... darkness... merciful darkness...
A/N: I though it was intense.
Wesker888: I guess we're near the end, but you didn't get that from me. :-)
Reader of Canon FF: Well, since you said that, I made this one longer, just for you! ;-) Harry was definetly there!
Coconut Girl: I had like twenty e-mails from fanfiction. I got all of my stuff! So I was reading stuff I'd already read before. Thanks for updating for me and great job on chap 11 of your story. I read it but it wouldn't let me review. Great job! I love the fact that Bill helped out. May I suggest putting flashbacks in italics. It can get a bit confusing if you leave it like regular text. Excellent and who knows. There might actually be a position that I've just made up. Vixen. It's close to evil, but not yet. I'll keep you posted. You're still Mini Me though!
No Chapter Tease. I'll just let you guy wade in absolute misery.