The Initiation
For the following months Harry had recurring nightmares about Hermione's disappearance. He would awake in the middle of the night sweating, because Hermione was being mistreated. Ron and Ginny didn't know what to do to ease Harry's pain.
It was the morning they would be leaving for Christmas break. Harry, Ron and Ginny were getting ready to go home for the holidays. Harry and Ron were all set, but Ginny told them to go ahead. She needed to get some stuff in her trunk. Ginny watched as the boys left the common room, and ran up to the girl's dorm and finished packing. Ginny quickly put on a light brown coat, scarf, and hat. She quickly ran out of the common room. When she got outside, she stopped to take a breath. She looked over the trees, and saw the smoke from the train. She started to run again. Not noticing where she was running. She ran straight in to the forest. She stopped quickly causing her to trip over a tree root and sprained her ankle. Her trunk had sprung open and things were all scattered about. She sat there and looked around. She suddenly saw a wand light coming toward her. She stood up and pointed wand toward the person coming towards her "Who… who's there!" Snape smirked seeing the Weasley girl already injured. "Why, Miss Weasley you know very well students are not aloud in the forest." Ginny took a step back and fell on the ground. Her wand flew out of her hand and landed a few feet away from her. Suddenly she knew just what was about to happen, and screamed at the top of her lungs.
Harry and Ron stood on the platform, waiting for Ginny. Harry started to get worried. "Ron, we better go look for her." Ron nodded, and they set off towards the school. They were half way to the school. When they heard a loud scream come from the forest. They lit their wands and ran in to the forest. Harry stopped suddenly causing Ron to run in to him. "Bloody hell Harry, tell me whe…" They stood there extremely worried. "Let's pick this stuff up". Harry walked over and picked up a shirt. He walked over and put it in the trunk. "Harry this stuff is Ginny's!" Harry took a step towards Ron. Ron suddenly noticed something on the ground that Harry was about to step on "HARRY STOP!" Ron ran over and picked it up. "Harry, its Ginny's wand." After they finished picking up Ginny's things they went back to the train.
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Snape apparated right inside the gates of Riddle Manor. Ginny noticed a girl near the stairs to the manor, the girl was unrecognizable. Snape dragged Ginny in to the dungeon. She noticed a few feet away to the left side of the dungeon door where the lighting wasn't very good and where some chains were hooked to the wall. Snape threw Ginny in to the cell and locked it.
Hermione kneeled down in the snow shivering from head to toe. She was not allowed to wear boots, scarf, coat , or hat. She dug around in the snow looking for mice, for a half hour. "Get up Mudblood!" She stood up obediently. He grabbed the chain connecting her wrists together. He led her in to the manor, and up to the third floor where the Dark Lord's bed chamber was. He took her down the long hall. When they reached the end of the hallway there stood a very elegant wooden door with a brass handle shaped like a serpent. Draco knocked "Come in young Malfoy" Draco opened the door and pushed Hermione in a head of him. She looked around the room. The Walls were made of a dark rich wood. The floor was a lighter color of wood. Everything in the room was of a rich green. Voldemort sat in a chair by the fire. Nagine lay on the back of the chair watching the girl. Hermione walked over and kneeled down in front of him like she had done over the fast few weeks. She took the mice out of her pouch that she was to put the mice in to when she caught them. Nagine slithered down and circled Hermione. Nagine hissed angrily and bit Hermione on the arm. "Take her away" Draco rushed over and grabbed the chain and dragged her out.
Ginny sat thinking about Harry and Ron when the dungeon door opened. She gasped when she saw Draco. She watched as he chained the girl she saw when she was dragged up the walk to the manor, to the wall. "I will be back down after the Dark Lord's dinner to you for the rest of your chores." She nodded and curled up against the wall shivering.
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Harry and Ron sat in the living room warming themselves by the fire. Mrs. Weasley was in the kitchen working on cooking dinner. Ron could hear his mother sobbing over the disappearance of Ginny and Hermione. "Harry, what are we going to do? We have no idea where they are. This dinner will not be the same as the others we have had. When Hermione and Ginny were around." Harry nodded.
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Ginny watched as Draco left the dungeon. She looked over at the girl then suddenly recognized who it was. "Hermione is that you?" Hermione nodded sadly. Ginny could not believe Hermione's appearance. Her face was sunken in. Her eyes had very dark rings around them. Her hair no longer had that beautiful shine. It looked like it had not been brushed for a very long time. Ginny then noticed the bandages on the lower half of Hermione's left leg. Hermione leaned back against the wall and gingerly held her right arm which was her wand arm. Ginny can you toss me that small wad of bandages?" Ginny found the wad and tossed them to Hermione. "Hermione, how did you hurt your arm?" Hermione winced as she wrapped the rest of the bandages around her arm and tied it off. "The Dark Lord's snake Nagine bit me when I was trying to feed her." Hermione laid her head against the wall and then suddenly gave a terrible cough. "Hermione, how long have you been sick like this?" Hermione opened her mouth to answer Ginny. "Silence, Mudblood!" Hermione quickly closed her mouth. Hermione watched as he took his wand out. She turned her head away from him. Draco laughed and pointed his wand at Ginny. "CRUCIO!" Hermione looked over at Ginny screaming. After five minutes Ginny stopped screaming. Draco pointed his wand at Hermione. "Get up1" Hermione stood up sadly. Draco grabbed the chains and led Hermione out of the dungeon. He dragged her into the kitchen where three house elves were cleaning. They quickly stopped and left the kitchen. "Now get to work Mudblood!" He then left the room. Hermione picked up the broom and got to work. An hour later Hermione was sitting on the floor in front of the fireplace, even though a fire was not lit. Suddenly she heard the door open. She stood up immediately to see Bellatrix and Lucius Malfoy standing there. "Get over here Mudblood." Hermione walked over to where they stood. "The Dark Lord wants you at Draco's initiation." Bella took out a black hood robe and put it on Hermione. She then put the hood up. Hermione suddenly felt something clamp on to her mouth. She tried to open her mouth but couldn't. Lucius and Bellatrix each grabbed one of Hermione's arms and dragged her out of the kitchen. They dragged her up a flight of stairs and down a long hallway. They came to a very large and spacious room. Voldemort stood in the center of the room with Draco. Lucius and Bella entered the circle with the rest of the Death eaters, still holding on to Hermione. Lucius watched proudly as Voldemort took Draco's arm and touched it with his wand, causing the dark mark to appear. "Bellatrix remove her chains. Then through her in front of me." Bella did as she was ordered. Hermione laid there sprawled on the floor. She looked up and saw Ginny being held by two death eaters. "Young Malfoy, torture her till she is too weak to defend her self." Draco pointed his wand at Hermione and shouted "CRUCIO!" Draco held his wand on her for a while, then lifted it. Hermione laid there limp. Voldemort looked down at the girl, then looked over at Ginny and smirked. "Bellatrix, go tell two of the dementors to come and take this filth back to the dungeon." Bellatrix quickly left then returned a few minutes later with the dementors. They glided over and picked Hermione up by the arms. She hung there motionless as they took her out of the room and down to the dungeon. They took her over to where her chains lay on the floor, and laid her on the floor and left the dungeon.
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