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.::Chapter 1 -- Revenge::.

Hermione struggled uselessly against Draco's firm hold, but he seemed to have grown both taller and stronger in the many years he had been gone. Hermione tried to scream but Draco's hand was still covering her mouth and no one came to her aid as she was dragged deeper into the alley. She kicked and punched every part of Draco she could reach, but to no avail. In desperation, she bit down hard on his hand and he let out a yelp, but suddenly shoved her through a door in the side of a wall.

Hermione tripped into a dark room that looked a lot like an abandoned house, with Draco following. Her leg hit a chair and she fell over. Before she could let out a scream the door clicked shut loudly, and Draco had his wand out, pointing towards Hermione. She scrambled to her feet and sprinted to the far side of the room.

"What do you want?" she questioned angrily, her back against the wall. Draco's eyes glinted viciously as he approached her slowly.

"I want to know where Potter is!"

Hermione's eyes widened in realization. "You're going to kill him, aren't you?" she gasped, flattening herself against the wall even more. "And Ronald. You're after them. And that's why the clock said…" she trailed off, thinking of the words "Mortal Peril" on the Weasley clock. Draco sneered at her.

"Very clever, Mudblood."

Hermione stared at him. "Draco," she said, now attempting to sooth him. "Please don't do this. I know that however angry you may be at Harry, there are other ways-"

"Please, save it for another time," Draco interrupted her carelessly. "All I need to know is where they are."

"Draco, please!"

"Tell me where he is, Granger."

Hermione, still frightened, laughed nervously at him. "So you aren't smart enough to find out where is yourself? I thought you were so terribly clever…"

She stopped herself, noticing the vicious look in Draco's eyes. He wrapped his fingers around her throat, slamming her into the wall. She gasped for breath uselessly, a whine of panic building in her head.

"You really should stop while you're ahead and make things much easier for yourself. Tell me where Potter is. " He let her go and she slipped backward, gasping, with only enough breath to mutter one word.

"No."

Draco lifted his wand once again and pointed it at Hermione. She felt frightened, but sneered at him once again. "You're too cowardly to do it!" she said in a low voice.

"Crucio!" Draco bellowed furiously. Intense pain hit Hermione, and she fell the floor, screaming. Hot waves of unbearable pain coursed through her body, and her throat grew hoarse from screaming. Suddenly the pain stopped, and Hermione found herself curled up on the floor, tears running down her cheeks.

"Where is Potter?" hissed Draco, his wand pointed directly at Hermione's chest.

"I won't tell you," she sobbed weakly. Suddenly the door behind Draco shook loudly, and voices shouted from behind it. Hermione recognized one of the voices as Harry. Draco, shooting her a look that indicated to Hermione he wasn't through yet, disappeared from sight just as the door burst open. Harry, Ron, and Mr. Weasley all burst in. Ron, seeing Hermione on the floor, rushed to her and scooped her up in his arms. Harry and Mr. Weasley ran to another room in the back of the house, uselessly searching for Draco.

"Hermione, what happened?" he exclaimed, holding her in his arms.

Hermione looked up at him. "Draco is here. He's going to try to kill you and Harry." Ron looked around, his face turning red.

"Where is he?" He said angrily. "I'll kill him! He hurt you!" Hermione sat up angrily, wrenching herself from Ron's grasp.

"No, Ron, listen to me! Get help! Don't do this yourself. He wants to kill Harry, but he'll kill you too! Please, protect yourself, I don't want you to die!" Ron stared at her.

"Hermione, he hurt you! I have to do something about it myself. I'm not just going to…"

"No!" screamed Hermione, once again in tears. "IF YOU WANT TO GET KILLED, THEN FINE! DON'T LISTEN TO ME!" Ron looked at Hermione, flabbergasted. Without looking back she ran from the room and out to Diagon Alley, hot tears of frustration flowing down her cheeks.