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Recap- "Hermione, wait." Draco yelled from behind her. She ignored him and kept running, this time it wasn't a game. She didn't want to be found. Hermoine breathed deeply as she reached the light and fresh air. She walked slowly across the field towards Hogwarts. She didn't hear the Whomping Willow, rustle its leaves and move it limbs. Nor did she see the giant limb swing towards her.

It's Not That Easy

Draco sprinted down the tunnel after Hermione. He could her quick footsteps echo through the dark dirt tunnel. The passageway began to lighten slightly, Draco sighed, relieved, knowing the exit was near. A sudden scream made his heart lurch.

'Hermoine...'

Draco ran faster through the tunnel, his chest burning from the lack of oxygen. The clouds' glare blinding his vision as he escaped the tunnel. Draco raised his hand to shield his face. He scanned the area quickly looking for Hermione but before he could spot her a small branch came up a swiped his face. Draco winced in pain and could taste the blood in his mouth. He shot around to face the swift moving Whomping Willow. Another branch took a swing for him, he ducked in time for it to pass over his head. Draco rolled away from the tree, enough to see all of it. He sat up quickly.

"Immobilise," he yelled pointing his wand at the tree. The Whomping Willow froze immediately. Draco sighed relieved and wiped the blood from his mouth. He searched the ground around him, looking for Hermione. Her body lay on the ground about 10 metres away from him. Her hair matted with blood seeping from her cracked skull. Draco ran over to her.

"Hermoine?" he asked softly in her ear. No response.

Draco slowly lifted her from the ground and carried towards the school.

"Please be ok. Please Hermione. If I ever ask one thing of you please let you be ok. This is all my fault."

Draco looked down at Hermoine's unconscious body. The bleeding had ceased from her skull. Her jacket had risen up her stomach and a large bruise had formed on her stomach spreading around her hip.

"I'm sorry," Draco whispered.

'Why am I always apologising to this woman? Why can't I kiss her and not sense something bad? Something has happened to her. I can't shake the awful feeling.'

"What happened to you Hermione? Why do I always sense pain when I'm near you?" he asked softly. Hermione stirred slightly. "We are nearly there, it's ok."

Draco walked up the stairs of the Great Hall at a fast pace.

"Malfoy! Stop!" He heard Potter yell from behind him. Draco kept walking as he heard Harry and Ron run up to him.

"Merlin, Malfoy what have you done to her?" Ron said sharply, face red with rage, as he quickly assessed the state of Hermione in Draco's arms.

"Nothing Weasel, I haven't got time to explain. I need to get her to the Hospital Wing."

"Bloody hell, what happened to her?" Harry asked walking around to Hermione head and seeing her blood matted hair.

"She got hit by the Whomping Willow and landed on a rock, I'm assuming." He replied bluntly, trying to keep emotion off his face and out of his voice. However, he was severely stressed about Hermione and her current condition.

"Assuming?" Ron asked fiercely,

Draco ignored his comment as Harry pushed one of the Hospital Wings' doors open. Madame Pomfrey quickly turned around and gasped.

"What happened to her?" She asked calmly as Draco placed her on the closest bed. His arms tired from the long walk. They all looked at Draco.

"She was struck by the Whomping Willow and must of landed on a rock by the severe gash in the back of her head." He said calmly. Madame Pomfrey was already muttering spells with her wand. The large bruise on Hermione's stomach vanished and hair became cleaned and bandage.

"The gash is to deep for me to heal it completely. It may take at least a week for it to heal properly with a few potions. Hermione will be fine apart from that. You are welcome to stay with her until the end of visiting hours but I doubt she will wake before it." Madame Pomfrey said softly before walking away back into her office.

Ron and Harry immediately pulled up chairs beside Hermione's bedside. Draco looked at her for a moment, eyes closed peacefully. He turned swiftly and left.

Hermoine Dream/ Flashback

She looked at the door. 9999. He was definitely right about it being the furthest room from anywhere. There were other rooms only the corridor she had walked down to get here. Most missing doors, some with holes in the floors, some black from fire, unquestionably the run down part of the Leaky Cauldron. '7:58' Hermoine read on her watch. Early good. She knocked on the door.

"Come in." A voice said commandingly.

Hermoine opened the door slowly. The room was dark and it took her eyes a moment to adjust. A dismal light quickly filled the room from a single bulb hang from the ceiling swaying slightly. The room was damp and had mildew in the corner. The roof had cracked from water damage and the carpet had stains from whoever knows what. It had no windows and one door. A bed was sunken in the middle and there was a small table and 3 chairs in the corner, one chair was missing a leg. This is where he sat.

"Your early." He commented bluntly.

"I couldn't wait any longer," She said shyly and even blushing.

"You will meet me three times a week for the remainder of the summer. You cannot object now. Mudblood. I will be taking you to my Manor, you will find no one at home, so don't go looking for them. Where they are, is none of your business and you will not ask about them. I forbid you wander around my house, my elves will inform me of any of your movements, that I am watching. Don't do anything foolish or you shall be punished." He hissed the last words. Hermoine nodded looking him in the eye. In her brain, she was remembering everything for Remus's analysing later. The first time would be learning, later would be scheming.

"Give me your hand." He said coldly. Hermione put her hand out and within two Hermione stood in an elegant drawing room.

"Make me a drink." He commanded while taking his seat in a large armchair.

"Yes sir, what would you like?" Hermione asked walking over to the liquor cabinet.

"Firewhisky." Hermione poured a large amount into a glass. She handed it to him slowly, making sure her hand brushed his. She shivered at the coldness of his hand but purposely blushed as if it was an accident. He quickly grabbed and pulled onto his lap. "Excite me." He said greasily. Hermione nearly chucked then and there. She breathed deeply.

"May I know what excites you, My Lord?" She whispered into his ear before nibbling on his ear. She continued down his jaw, down his neck, nibbling and sucking. He moaned.

"Does this excite you?" She said huskily. Before she could do or say anything, she was being carried across the hallway and into what seemed like a main bedroom. Hermione was roughly chucked on the bed and before she could protest her clothes where removed from her body. He stood above her staring at Hermione's now naked body. Hermione closed her eyes, wishing she had never got into this situation. Panic and fear swept over her

"No." She said softly.

"What!" He roared. Hermione's eyes snapped open. She looked at the monster above her, his face red with rage.

"I want you to be naked to my lord, I wish to excite you further." She said seductively. His clothes where off in a flash and he was on the bed a moment later. Hermoine flipped him on to his back. Kissing and sucking over his body, near his groin but never on it.

She didn't have the heart to do it. To her it was repulsive. Everything about this man was repulsive. She couldn't back down now, people depended on her, and this was a major part of their future plans. Her grunted, before flipping her onto her back, he thrust quickly into her. Hermoine was thankful she had lost her virginity to her neighbour when she was 15 during the summer, she had regretted at the time but now her thoughts had changed. She winced with pain, which only excited him more. It was over before it begun. He rolled off her and slept soundly. She retreated to the bathroom and scrubbed her skin till it was red raw and nearly bleeding. She dressed swiftly hating her nakedness. She stepped back out into the main bedroom and sat patiently in a chair by the door. He woke an hour later dressed and apparated her to the Leaky Cauldron. He left her as swiftly as he brought her there. Hermione sunk slowly down the wooden wall, sobs catching in her throat. Tears flowing past down her cheeks.

What had she gotten herself into?

End of Flashback
"I wonder why Draco brought her in? Why where they together?" Ron asked heatedly

"I don't know. There is something going on between. Hermione has changed since the summer. What happened to her Ron?" Harry said quietly looking over at Hermoine's sleeping body

"I don't know." Ron sighed, looking at her too.

Hermoine eyes snapped open. She rose quickly and scrunched her face as a sudden rush a pain ran through her head.

'Lay back down Hermoine. Your in the hospital wing." Harry said quietly, pushing her back down.

"How long have I been here?"

"Two days." Ron said softly.

"I want to be alone." She said sternly but quietly. They looked at her shocked. 'Draw the curtains when you leave." Hermoine said before lying back down and closing her eyes. She heard the boys close the curtains and leave the Wing. Hermoine broke into silent tears. Becoming louder by the second, she tried to stop but she couldn't. Controlled by regret, angry, pain and sadness.

'I'm a mess. The dreams are more frequent. I can't survive them now. They are tearing me apart.' Hermoine sobbed louder. Barely breathing, gasping for air now as another sob shook her.

Draco stood outside the curtains, listening to the sobbing coming from inside them. He had come to check on her, hoping she would be asleep obviously she wasn't. He stepped inside the curtain quietly and sat on the edge of the bed close the Hermoine. He instinctively wrapped an arm around and gentle stroked her hair.

"Hey, hey. What's wrong?" He asked softly as the sobbing decreased slightly.

"I can't tell you." She said between sobs.

"Why not? You can trust me. I won't tell anyone." He said giving his most innocent face. Hermoine laughed which sounded like a hiccup.

"It's not that easy. Especially since it's you." She said softly. Draco pulled back slightly hurt by her comment.

"I see." He said removing his arm from her shoulder and standing up. He went to leave slowly, thinking she would call him back. She didn't. "Hermoine?" he whispered turning around. Hermoine looked up from her hands.

"I'm sorry."

"Thank you for saving my life Draco." She said sadly. There was a long pause as the looked at each. Hermoine lowered her eyes. "Next time don't"

Draco stood shocked at her comment. Unable to imagine why she had said it. This fierce girl just became extremely depressed.

"What happened to you Hermoine?" he asked.

"None of your business Malfoy!" She snapped back.

"Fuck you Granger!" He snapped back and left abruptly.

A/N: Well that was an interesting chapter. I don't like it that much. Stepping stone hopefully to better stuff. Sorry about the wait everybody. I have lost my motivation. Review, give some ideas for future chapters. I might even use it.

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