Sooo...another chapter is here and I hope that you all like the story so far...things are about to get good...in this chapter and the next...read and find out though...please...

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Objective Obtained

They were all sitting in the large extravagant dinning room in the base. Draco his father and their entire team not to mention groups one and two. Draco knew exactly what was happening. They were going to do it. They'd found her, formulated a plan and were ready to take her. He could see it in the faces of the trusted Death Eaters around him.

"I'm sure you all know why you're here so there's no need for me to explain it. Actions will be taken this afternoon. We have located the girl and have already begun the task of riding the house of occupants. She is ours for the taking." Voldemort's slimy voice hissed with obvious pleasure. Draco looked over into his eyes again unable to look away.

"She is as of present staying in the old Headquarters of the Order. Since Narcissa Malfoy infiltrated it a few years ago they have ceased to use it as their headquarters. Now they are using it as a place to stay. We can use the front entrance since it's no longer under the enchantments it was before."

"Three will go in. At the right moment two of you will grab the girl and go to the attic where the third will wait with a Portkey right back to here. You must not be seen. You will go now while the rest of us stay here. Apparate back here if there are any troubles. Go now."

With that three Death Eaters stood and pulled on their traveling cloaks. They left the room making their way from the house. Draco sat there watching the door that they just went through. They were going to retrieve the Mudblood so that he could marry her. How could this be happening?

"Now we will need a room for our guest to stay in. This room must be secured in every way possible. The strongest locks the strongest spells. Lucius I will place you in charge of this room. Go now to the second floor in the west wing and pick a room." Lucius stood and bowed and started from the room.

Draco wondered how long the whole ordeal would actually take. The Mudblood would probably put up a fight. She was a strong person when she wanted to be as he clearly remembered from that punch in third year. But how would she react when they caught her off guard. Would she have the chance to fight them?

Draco barely heard the sound of the Dark Lord's voice saying that they were dismissed. It was actually Blaise that brought him out of his thoughts. He was poking him in the arm trying to get him on his feet as the Dark Lord rose.

"Where were you just a second ago man? It's like you couldn't hear a thing." Blaise said pushing back his chair and starting around the table.

"I've just been thinking about this whole plan. She's pretty tough, you know it, and I know it. How can we be sure it'll work."

"That's why they had us research her work in school. To find out which spells she was good at and which she wasn't. It seemed like a lost cause at first because she was great at everything. It wasn't until we came across her fourth year Defense Against the Dark Arts class that we found something that would work."

"What?"

"Remember when the Moody look alike was showing us all the Unforgivable Curses. Well it turns out that when he performed the Imperius Curse on the students the only one in the room who could fight it off was Potter. Not even Granger could do it. In fact she did the worst of everyone. She was controlled so easily it really amazed me when I read it." Blaise smiled evilly as they entered the sitting room that they had spent the last two days in learning the ins and outs of Granger's life.

"So they're going to use it on her then."

"Yeah. And she'll hate herself for not mastering it I'm sure." Blaise replied sitting down on a chair.

Draco thought about what could possibly be happening at that moment. She could be under the control of those two Death Eaters that Voldemort sent to capture her. That was what was supposed to happen, but Draco secretly wished she would fight. He wanted her to fight and make it harder for them to catch her. He didn't want to go through with it. He didn't want to marry her.

As they always did the final words Dumbledore uttered floated across his mind. He was helpless against them for though he tried to drown them out they seemed to ring louder and louder. He couldn't get them to go away. Nothing would help.

"Draco, mate, you're spacing out again." Blaise said snapping his fingers before Draco's face.

His attention immediately snapped to Blaise again and he noticed that his friend was frowning.

"What's wrong with you? Is it still the Mudblood?"

"If you had to marry one how would you feel?" Draco said harshly.

"Good point."

"My life's going to be a living hell after this you know that right. Not only is she going to be around me all the time but she's probably going to pick a fight with me every five seconds." Draco said miserably.

"But just think. Until school starts she won't have a wand."

"That doesn't mean she won't find other ways to torture me." Draco said.

"Yeah but at least you'll have the upper hand." Blaise said always trying to look on the bright side.

Time passed slowly as everyone in the house waited for some sign. They waited to see if the plan went as it was supposed to or if it fell through and they were caught. Draco was the most nervous because his entire future depended on what happened that afternoon.

It was getting to be late afternoon when the Death Eaters returned. One carried Hermione in his arms her head bobbing up and down her hair spread like a curtain over his arm. They had appeared in the foyer of the house and at first no one noticed. They were all around the house in rooms having tea and discussing what was happening currently, none walking the halls. It was then that they sounded the alarm, which was just a siren sound that blasted out of the end of the wand that people came running. Draco was one of the first on the scene.

Her small for was draped over the man's arms almost like a rag doll. She was wearing a white tank top and a pair of denim shorts. Her feet were bare as they dangled feet above the floor. Draco could see a flat stomach as the tank top began to move up as the Death Eater started to walk toward the stairs.

"Follow me. We need to put her in the room immediately." Said Draco's father from the middle of the staircase.

The Death Eater made his way through the crowd, which parted like a man with the plague, was approaching them. Draco's eyes followed that lifeless looking body as it was carried up and out of view. Blaise was standing beside him and he was just as speechless as he was.

"Draco come up here." Came his father's command. The crowd parted for him as well but for a different reason all together. He was powerful and respected. He moved up the stairs not wanting to get there fast. He didn't want to face his future.

His father waited at the top of the stairs for him. When he finally reached where his father stood he looked up and saw the unhappiness in his father's eyes. He knew that his father detested the idea of him marrying the Mudblood. He wanted more than anything to have a pureblooded grandson, but it was impossible now.

"Come. We must go see the Dark Lord." And Lucius turned away starting down the hall toward the west wing.

The Dark Lord was waiting for Lucius and his son in a room beside the Mudbloods. He was sitting in an armchair patiently thinking about how things were going to continue now that he had obtained the girl.

He looked up from his parchments that held a few ideas as Lucius and Draco entered. He watched Draco more than Lucius. He was interested in Draco. He knew how much he and this Mudblood hated one another and how hard it would be to get them to cooperate but he was sure that things would go smoothly once he figured out what to do.

The boy fascinated him. He had tried many a time to get inside Draco's head but it seemed that it was impossible. The boy had more power than he knew which intrigued Voldemort as well as made him feel a bit threatened. Draco could very well grow to be more powerful than Voldemort at some time, something that would be very bad if either he realized it or if the Light side realized it.

It was a great chance that he was taking by making Draco marry a member of the light side. This girl could change everything. She was a danger because though she was a Mudblood she was more powerful than just about anyone her age. She could perform spells that normal sixteen year olds shouldn't even know about. If Draco was any less strong minded she would easily be able to change him.

"Sit." Voldemort commanded and both the men sat before him. Lucius kept his head down and eyes averted, well versed in Death Eater behavior. But Draco seemed lost. He didn't appear to notice his surroundings as he sat in the chair before him. He was staring straight ahead but his eyes were glazed and unfocused. He was clearly thinking about something and Voldemort hated the fact that he couldn't break into Draco's mind to discover what it was.

"We now have the girl. Tomorrow is Draco's seventeenth birthday. He will be of age. The girl is still only sixteen but that is no matter. She will become his wife on the twenty-fourth. I will have Narcissa see to wedding arrangements and attire. Though this is a forced marriage it will be treated as any other." Voldemort said in his harsh voice. But still Draco didn't snap out of his reverie.

"After they have been married Draco and the girl will be sent to their home. I have made absolutely sure that she will not be found and that she will not be able to escape from there. The house doesn't connect to the Floo network and Apparation is impossible. The only way in or out is through Portkey and she will not have her wand."

"Yes my Lord. As you wish." Lucius said bowing his head.

"She is strong. I was told that when she was being captured she tried to fight off the Imperius curse." Voldemort said looking at Draco. Lucius looked out the corner of his eye to see his son sitting before his master with blank eyes.

"I'm terribly sorry my Lord. Draco is just-"

"He is just dreading marrying the Mudblood as I'm sure anyone would. But he must fulfill the prophecy."

Draco snapped out of his thoughts blinking his eyes a few times. He looked at his father and master who were discussing his life. They were discussing how things were to be from then on. Draco couldn't take it. He wanted to get away but at that moment Voldemort stood.

"You shall go to your fiancee now Draco."

"Why my Lord?" Draco asked cautiously.

"I wish you to be the one to explain the situation to her. I wish to see how you two act around each other." Voldemort said walking ahead of them with his hands behind his back.

Draco stood and followed his father out of the room closing the door behind him. He walked the few feet to the door of the room where Hermione Granger was lying. He opened the door and saw the girl lying on the bed her hair sprawled out around her head. Her chest rose and fell evenly as her eyes moved behind the lids.

"I'll wake her now and close the door. When I'm ready for you to come out I will put her back to sleep." Draco nodded looking at his master.

He stepped into the room and listened for the snap to signify that the door was closed. It came after a moment and Draco saw that Hermione's eyes were starting to open.

When she woke Hermione saw white ceiling. At first she thought that she was still in Grimmauld Place and had only dreamed the attack for it wouldn't be the first time that she had had such a vivid dream. But as her eyes moved and scanned the room she noticed immediately that she was not in Grimmauld Place.

She sat up rubbing her eyes softly for there was still a bit of a blur to them. She looked down at the bed that she sat on and the carpet on the floor confused as to where she was and how she got there. She turned her eyes to the rest of the room. They slowly made their way around and when they reached the door she stared in horror at the one person that she never wanted to see again.

"Oh Merlin no." she breathed.

"Hello to you too Mudblood."

What kind of a way is that to greet your fiancee huh? Oh well guys never change...I hope you liked it...the next one has lots of fighting in it...review and let me know what you think please...

Starry