They meet him.
Hermione and Draco hadn't moved an inch, barely aware that their classmates were moving around to get to the door.
They stood completely still, panting.
staring at what neither could live without: the other. Hermione saw her own reflection in Draco's eyes, she would never have thought she could look so, broken.
She watched Draco's face intently as all kinds of emotions washed over him. Hate. Anger. Sadness. Lust. Pain. Love. But the one that shone most brightly was the pain that washed over him in the thought of losing her.
Hermione could not for one moment think of one reason what she had done to deserve someone who loved her the way Draco did.
And now everything could change. They could lose, Voldemort could kill them. How could the one of them live without the other?
"I love you."
Draco's three words shocked her out of her trance. She smiled sadly at him. "I love you too."
Draco looked back at her, the look in his eyes had Hermione instantly alert.
"Don't be a hero. Please."
"Chill Mia, nothings gonna happen."
But the look on his face told her he was planing on making this harder then it had to be.
"Mia-
"Listen to me Draco, if anything happens to me- "Hermione- Draco started but Mione shushed him.
"Let me finish. If anything happens to me, and I'm not saying its going to. But if it did, I want you- NEED you to know that I would want you to carry on with your life, live it the way I wouldn't be able to. Be Happy. Even if I'm not around. promise me." Hermione added in perfect Spanish.
Draco shook his head sadly. "I couldn't, I couldn't live without you, I need you to much. If anything happened to you, I'd meet you were ever you go, in less then a minute nothing would stop me."
He had said the words with such force that Hermione felt she could not say anything against him. Even so the thought that Draco would take his own life in order to meet her in the afterlife, and deprive the world of such a great person, was too big of a sin to even think about.
"No!"
Draco's sudden shout shocked Hermione out of her small trance again.
"What? What's wrong?" She almost yelled. He was staring at her with such horror it made her self conscious.
"Its time. He's summons us."
Hermione looked over Draco's shoulder at the glass cabinet. She strand hard at her reflection. Her hair was darker than the normal Weasley red. Her eyes were an amazingly strong emerald green. She tell she was a few inches taller, and with more curves than she would normally have.
Her eyes bounced back to Draco's. "Oh God."
OOo
The Dark Lord stood in a black tux with a black tie. Twirling his wand in his hand.
He had an evil smile on his face, as if he had a secret only he knew about.
Wormtail was standing at the door, cradling his silver hand in his good one.
He was trembling slightly, eyes focused on the dark stone floor of the darker dungeon avoiding at all costs looking his Lord.
A knock at the door, brought the Voldamort back from his thoughts. "Enter."
His voice so cold, so dead. It made Wormtail look up.
Bellatrix and Avary walked in, dressed in black robes, Bellatrix with her hair done in a messy knot at top of her head with strands of white covering her face. She had that forever present crazed look in her overly painted black eyes.
'Good evening Bella, Avary.' Voldemort greeted them, lying back calmly in his chair, 'Glad you could join me.'
"It's an honour and a pleasure to be so near to you, my Lord' Bellatrix replied. She got down on knees and bowed almost kissing his shoes.
"My Lord." Avary said, trying to bow lower than Bella.
Voldemort sighed with satisfaction, "Your loyalty has always been your greatest virtue."
Voldemort gazed down upon Bellatrix is silent admiration for a moment before continuing, "Do not fail tonight Bella, or you might never regain my respect or forgiveness.'
"My Lord?" She said, not moving from her position on the floor. and almost not wanting to.
Voldamort looked down at her disgusted. "Stand Avary, there is already enough dirt on the floor without you making it pile up." He told him in a voice that made Avary cower.
"Of Course my Lord. Forgive me." Avary said, getting to his feet.
"Crucio."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH." Bellatrix scream was almost hysterical as the spell hit her. Normally she could keep herself quiet, but this time, the dark lord had caught her off guard.
Every nerve in Bellatrix's body was overwhelmed by pain. Her face was screwed up in anguish. Suddenly her screams were silenced as she was freed from her torment.
Voldemort lowered his wand, ending the spell. "I thought you had clear, Avary, You do not deserve forgiveness. If you ask, your partner will be punished."
Avary nodded mutely.
"The candidates have arrived my Lord." Bellatrix told him, keeping her eyes on the stone floor.
"And the Halliwell child?" Voltmeter asked almost excitedly.
"Absent, my Lord."
Voldemort growled.
"We will begin without her. And she will be punished."
20 minutes later Voldmort stood in front of of a circle of death eaters, in the graveyard where he had been reborn.
Voldemort had just finished his speech when the unmistakable sound of someone appertaining, made him stand on guard.
The death eaters spun on their heels, facing the sound, wands at the ready.
Two hooded fingers stood outside the death eater circle.
They could tell it was a woman by the way her robes hung off her.
Lucius Malfoy grabbed the intruder by the arm so she was thrown down at Voldemort feet.
Voldemort looked down, and watched as a girl with a mass of red hair fought to stand . He watched as, with unnerving grace, she finally pulled herself up to the greatest height she could. she gave him what she clearly thought was a venomous stare.
"Nice reception." She said, her voice completely sarcastic.
So you are the, girl?"
"Well I sure as hell, ain't a guy." The red head, said cheekily.
"Crucio.!" Voldemort watched the girl fall to the floor, but unlike others who took the curse, she did not whither around, nor did she scream in pain. She fell on her knees, breathing heavily
Draco let forward almost without realizing it. Voldamort saw this and sneered. "I suppose you are the Malfoy heir?"
"Yes." answered Lucius, before remembering who he was talking to. "The boy is insolent, my lord, but he can be taught."
"Step back boy." Voldemort ordered. Draco obeyed, and Voldmort looked back to the girl at his feet. "I am interested to know why you took the liberty of turning up 30 minutes late. Stand child."
She stood. Hardly even swaying on her feet before him.
"Name?"
"Harmony, Harmony Halliwell."
"The Halliwell heir, strength told to be equal to my own. All shall be seen."
He turned his red eyes on the rest of the circle. "Parkinson, Zabini, Malfoy, Halliwell. The four of you, newcomers, we shall see if you have what it takes to my followers."
"first you take death, then you give it. That is your task for your initiation. Snape, you will take miss Halliwell and and Mr Malfoy. And Bellatrix you will take Parkinson and Zabini. Go."
Pansy and Blaise:
Bellatrix apperated them to the wizerding world. Fairwall street Blaise recognized as the place he had once lived before Hogwarts.
"Over there." Bellatrix pointed to a cream house. "Paul and Violette Hinder in the Order for 5 years. Two children Sara and Penny The dark lord wants then gone but the house must stay standing. Pansy looked to Blaise who had a dead look in his eyes she had never seen before.
" Hoods up."
Bellatrix walked in front of them. So Pansy was free to grab Blaise's hand. " we can't!"
Blaise looked didn't turn to look at her. "Sacrifices must be made Pans. Dumbldore said so himself."
"But.."
"This is how it works Pansy. This is what we have to do. To save the world."
They reached the door before Pansy could replies.
"Alohamora" Bella pointed her wand at the door. Silently the walked into the quite house all on guard.
Violette hinder was standing with her back towards them, reaching down to pat her daughters shiny brown hair.
"Mummy who's that?" The young girl asked looking over her mothers shoulder.
Violette spun around, letting out a loud gasp as she saw the three death eaters in her family home.
"Sara run to daddy baby." Violette ordered her daughter. "but mummy.."
"NOW SARA!"
"Avada-
"Experimentalist!"
Bellatrix's spell was interrupted by Violette's counter spell.
The young girl ran from the room screaming for her father.
"Zabini,the husband. Parkinson! The children-Get them!" Bellatrix's voice rang out loud and half insane.
Blaise and Pansy ran though the house, still hearing Bellatrix and Violette shouting hexes at each other.
A few minutes later Blaise had Paul cornered in the master bedroom. With his daughters cowering behind his legs.
" Paul begged almost hysterical.
"The dark lord knows nothing of mercy." Blaise told him in his coldest voice. "Avada Kadavera."
Paul Hinder dropped to the ground dead. The two girls stood in shock at their fathers dead body.
Blaise looked at them. "Run."
the girls gasped an left the room. Blaise watched them leave then dropped to his knees onto de Blue carpet under him.
**
Pansy rushed back to the kitchen where she saw Bellatrix take a hex strait to the heart.
The two young girls back behind there mother.
Violette turns to Pansy. "Let the girls live... Please...Have mercy on them."
Pansy looked into Violette's brown eyes. As her own started to fill. "I'll put them to sleep until the order comes...I'll take care of them."
Violette closed her eyes. Dropping to the ground closer to her daughters. "I love you."
Pansy took that as her cue to whisper a spell that made the two girls drop into a deep sleep.
"Thank you." Violette said. Standing into a duel position.
" Avada-Kadavara." Pansy's spell hit Violette hard. Pansy watched as she fell backwards a foot away from her sleeping children.
Pansy looked down at Violette Hinder. And rushed up to the bathroom. And that's where Bellatrix and Blaise founder her 20 mites later.
Bellatrix lifted her wand to conger the dark mark over the Hinder household."
"Don't you feel it?" Bella asked, almost giddy.
"feel what?" Blaise asked coldly.
"Your union with the Lord through the Mark," Bella said softly. "With all of us, your Death Eater brothers and sisters. You'll never be weak, you'll never be alone again."
"Lets get back to the Dark lord." Pansy said weakly.
They apperarted back to grave yard, Draco and 'Harmony' standing away from the group.
"Did you...?" Pansy asked.
"We had to." Harmony told her matter-of-factly.
"And the children?" Blaise asked dully.
"Away for the weekend." Draco told him.
"Halliwell." the dark lord called her to him.
'Harmony.' squeezed Draco's hand. And stepped into the circle.
"Now ask me Miss Halliwell." Voldemort grabbed her arm.
Harmony held out the underside of her left arm exposing the pale flesh. She knew what it was he wanted to hear. In a dead voice she asked, "Purify me."
Vodemort's wand stabbed into her forearm and the dark lord cast the spell that would brand her as one of his own.
The pain she felt was as if she was being stabbed repeatedly, but she didn't move an inch. Sucking in breaths.
Voldemort's grip loosened as he pushed her out of the way, and beckoned Draco to come next.