Voldermort peers down at my cowering form then glances over to Severus on the bed.
"Why Severus" he hisses, "I believe thanks-ss are in order", the snake like man twists his mouth into what looks like a painful smile.
God that man could do with a make over.
Shut up, shut up, shut up. He can read your thoughts.
Humph.
"I do not understand Master" Snape begins.
"For Potter" Voldie sneers.
Harry? Hey?
"Master?" Snape inquires.
Voldermort drags forward the limp form of Harry. I can't help but gasp.
"HARRY!!" I shout.
"Silence you pet Severus" he orders.
Instantly I become quiet, I try not to breathe as it might create a noise.
"I presume you had your wards set so he could not escape?" he hissed.
I look over at Snape in shock.
He just looks blank, what in Merlin's name is going on. I could have sworn I heard Harry disapperate. Unless that was Voldie entering.
Hmmmm.
CRAP
"Yes Master" Snape sighs.
WHAT??!!
How could he, I just read his diary, he's good, isn't he??
I'm so confused.
"Good, now we can kill the spare," Voldermort points his want at me. "Avad-
Oh shi-
"No" Snape cries out, "Master, if I may…Keep her?"
"I am not a BLOODY PET" I ball out forgetting Voldermort's wishes of silence.
They both turn to look at me.
"Severus I thought after all these months you would have this one under control?" Voldie sniggers.
I look over to Snape who is looking utterly remorseful.
Ahhhhh. Now I get it, he was trying to save me again. Ah crap, why do I have to open my big mouth?
Crap
Crap
Crap
I can't help but watch, silent and still as stone as the two men eye each other.
"Mudblood!" Voldermort orders, "Here!"
I tip-toe over as quietly as possible.
I'm facing him now and can feel an icy pin-prick at the front of my mind. Suddenly visions of long forgotten memories flash before by eyes. Damn it. I can see Harry and Ron at Hogwarts, Dumbledore handing out toffees, my parents, Snape, Snape saving me, Snape's Diary. Crap. It's gone.
As exhausted as I was before, now I have no energy to even stand. Slowly I crumple to the floor. And as my head collides with the cold hard wood a thundering 'thud' noise is the last I hear.
Everything goes black. I'm gone.
If this is dying its not that bad.
I mean I still feel sort of alive.
Weird.
I am alive, I can smell… I take a loud sniff…I can smell, Snape?
"Hello" I whisper into the darkness.
Nothing.
"Hello…."
Still nothing.
"Severus?"
"Hermione?" I hear someone groan.
I blink my eyes like a crazy man but it too dark. I can't see a thing.
"Hermione, is that you…?" I hear the groan again.
"Harry?" I say unsurely.
"Yes" he mumbles back.
A warm rush of blood flows through my veins, he's alive. I am so relieved.
"Where are we?" he asks.
"I don't know, can you see anything?"
"No, can you?"
"Well obviously not if you can't"
God he is impossible. I think I preferred the happy go lucky giggling Harry.
"What happened?" he asks.
"I don't know, Voldermort brought you in to Snape's Chambers, you were all limp and unconscious, I thought you were dead," I hold back the tears that are in my eyes. "Then he nearly killed me-"
"Who?"
"Voldemort Harry, but Snape stopped him, then he looked into my mind-"
"Who?"
"Voldermort, will you stop interrupting me! Anyway he saw everything, how Dumbledore died, How Snape never really wanted to kill him, How Snape liked me, everything, then I sort of fainted…"
Silence…
"Harry…?"
"Harry…?"
"Snape didn't mean to kill Dumbledore?" he asked, I can hear the shock in his voice.
I sigh, "No I read it in his journal, it looked like Dumbledore asked him to, so Malfoy could remain pure and you could live…" I trailed off.
"Why?" Harry sounded like he was holding back tears.
If only I could see where he was. I stretch my hands out in front of me like a zombie reaching around.
"So he could continue as a Death Eater, I suppose, so he could save us," I try really hard not to cry now.
I feel a hand on my shoulder.
"AAAGHH" I scream.
"Sushhhh, Hermione it's just me" Harry whispered as he held me tightly. I start to cry silently into his arm.
