DAY 6
"Well Draco, your dear mudblood lover has yet to come and save you. Maybe she finally smartened up and realized she's filth and you're pureblooded so you two do not belong together." Lucius Malfoy said in a cold, taunting voice.
"Hermione is coming. I know she is. And when I'm free you're a dead man, got that?" Draco said his voice hoarse and pained. He was having more and more trouble breathing as the days went by. If he wasn't healed soon he would die and officially be an angel. He didn't want this at all. He wanted to grow up, get married, have kids, and be successful. Then he could die.
"You keep dreaming son for it won't come true." And with a swish of his cloak Lucius Malfoy left the room.
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"This is where I leave you. My body is too old to climb the mountains and swim through the ocean. Keep safe students and don't look back. It is essential that we get Mr. Malfoy back." Albus Dumbledore said to the three students in front of him. The students nodded and Dumbledore took off on his broom back towards Hogwarts.
Hermione and Blaise got off Blaise's broom they were riding on, since Hermione hated flying she rode with Blaise, and Harry got off his broom. The two brooms were shrunk and then the three looked up at the mountain they were about to climb.
"Why can't we just fly over the mountain?" Harry asked in an exasperated voice.
"Because, idiot, we could be seen then!" Blaise replied in his deep voice. "Damnit how thick can you get?!"
"Come on boys, we have a lot of climbing and swimming to do and we have about three to four days to do it." Hermione said with a sigh.
"Ok then, Hermione are you good at climbing?" Blaise asked. At Hermione's nod Blaise turned to Harry. "What about you Potter?"
"I don't really climb things." Harry replied snootily.
"Ok I'll take that as a no. Potter you go first, then Hermione and then myself. Keep climbing until you reach the top, understand? If we get attacked keep going unless you are blocked. If you can keep going then I'll take care of the attackers. It is most important that you make it there. It doesn't matter if I don't make it. All that matters is that you do. Potter so you can defeat the Dark Lord and Hermione for Draco because he's going to need you big time." Blaise said sternly. Hermione could tell that he had been forced to grow up pretty early in his life. "Now what are you waiting for? Get climbing!"
Harry grabbed onto a sturdy rock and began shakily climbing up the mountain. After he got a good couple of feet above her head Hermione began climbing as well and then Blaise. Silently the three climbed up the mountain side. There were a few close calls for falling, all because of Harry who was very inept when it came to climbing. At one point Harry almost made it so that all three of them fell because he stumbled and stepped on Hermione's hand making her stumble some making Blaise panic slightly and almost fall himself. Of course both Blaise and Hermione had yelled at Harry for that one.
It was pitch black out by the time the three had reached the top of the mountain and had gone down a little on the other side so that they could camp out in a cave. Harry went to sleep almost automatically while Blaise and Hermione sat at the edge of the cave talking quietly.
"You and Draco, you're really close aren't you?" Hermione asked.
"We're best friends. He's saved my life on more then one occasion and now I'm trying to save his." Blaise replied. He didn't look at her when he said this.
"What happened that made him save you once?"
"Well more than likely you know about the most recent one so I'll tell you the first time. We were seven and both of us were of course being trained to become death eaters. Well I failed to accomplish the cruciatus curse and my father… well he was a drunk. He was infuriated that I couldn't complete what he thought was a simple spell and so he used it on me. Well Draco walked in on it and, upon seeing me writhing on the floor in pain, kicked my father in the shin. My father was obviously even more angered by that and spun around with all intention on using the curse on Draco instead. Because he did this however the curse was taken off me. Just before my father was going to cast the curse on Draco, Lucius stepped in and killed him." Blaise took a deep breath. "If Draco had come a moment longer I'd probably either be insane or dead."
By this point Hermione had tears in her eyes. She hugged him tightly while he just sat there stock still, not used to someone showing true affection for him. "I am so, so sorry Blaise." She let go of him and looked into his eyes, or at least tried to. He kept looking away from her. Hermione sighed and stood up. "Good night Blaise."
Hermione then went over to her sleeping bag and got in. She was out within moments.
Blaise sighed and starred out at the starry sky. That moment, when his father had been killed, had changed his life forever. He went against the Dark Arts and his family became neutral. He wouldn't even be involved in this war if it wasn't for the fact that now Draco had been kidnapped by the Dark side. Now he was going to be part of this war whether his mother liked it or not. He was going to fight for the Light side and make sure that Potter defeated the Dark Lord. He may hate Potter, but he still wanted the Light side to win, even if that meant supporting him.
Blaise took one last look out at the sky and then stood up, went to his sleeping bag, got in and fell asleep.
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DAY 7
"Wake up Potter!" Blaise yelled at Harry. Harry groaned and sat up. After putting on his glasses he found Hermione and Blaise sitting at the opening of the cave eating what looked like apples. Harry walked over to them and was handed an apple. He studied it for a second and then took a small bite out of it. "We're not going to try to kill you Potter. We need you after all."
Harry glared at him and then ate the apple faster and with bigger bites. After about ten minutes Blaise got up, stretched and then began climbing down the mountain. Hermione soon followed and then Harry. The climb down the mountain was faster than the climb up and they soon found themselves at the edge of the ocean.
"Ok, we need to swim to the other side, go through the cave and then we'll find ourselves at the castle. We might get lucky and there won't be any guards but don't get your hopes up. The Dark Lord isn't stupid and either is Lucius Malfoy. So let's go and BE CAREFUL!" Blaise said in his stern voice.
Blaise dived into the water from a ledge and Hermione dived in after him. Harry followed after some slight hesitation. The water was ice cold and no-one had thought to place warming charms on so they all had to suffer. They swam through the water watching carefully for any sign of life. There was a chance that something was in there and they didn't need to be attacked when they were least protected. Luckily however the only scare that came was when Harry felt something brush against his leg and he freaked out. It turned out to only be a fish that was brave enough to go near them. Harry got glared at but no-one made any sound. It was essential that they stay as quiet as possible. They did not want to have someone know they were there for surely that wouldn't end well.
They swam until night fall and swam even after that. When finally they reached shore the three students got out of the water and cast drying and warming spells on themselves. They then lay down on the rock floor and fell into an uneasy sleep…
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"My Lord the time is almost here. We have three more days until we may take his powers. He is very weak at the moment, dieing slowly. It appears he has a broken rib which has punctured one of his lungs. He should be able to live until we take his powers but he shall die the moment we do." Lucius spoke to Voldermort, his face covered by his mask and his hood up.
"Very good Lucius and it seems his dear mudblood has not managed to come yet which is very promising." The Dark Lord smiled his wicked smile. "Maybe if she does arrive we can capture her and use her as a… slave persay. Of course she shall be your slave as a reward for your excellent work. Yes, you are dismissed."
Lucius stood and bowed to his lord before and turned and exited the room, his cloak billowing out behind him.