The first thing they did was report Hermione's disappearance to Dumbledore after breakfast and he'd asked if they knew anything about the Professor, of course they did and they confirmed his suspicions. He reassured them the Ministry of Magic would be informed and a letter would be sent to her parents. They didn't argue when they was told the Aurors would find her. Because they knew that it was just like the way they had been so successful in finding Snape; they hadn't, period. Dumbledore ushered them out of his office and sent them to lessons. Everything fell back into routine until dinner that night when new rules were laid down. No student was to be out of bed after dinner and never to venture ANYWHERE on their own.

That night they did start the plan as Harry promised and they started brewing all the necessary potions. Draco had managed to find the book with the energy potions in, they all agreed they were top priority as they had all fell asleep in care for magical creatures and almost had their hair burned by some unknown creature they hadn't even realised was in front of them. The energy potion was finished by one clock that morning and they all agreed to take them in the morning. That was not the only thing completed either, some of the spells were found and Blaise had mastered a cheering charm which he'd been practising on Pansy. They all regretted this when Pansy was so happy she decided she was a Queen… of lollies, it all happened something like this:

Pansy had been slacking off taking advantage of the fact they wouldn't let her work, she was sat in the bed reading a beauty magazine and eating a strawberry lolly when Blaise asked her if he could practise a cheering charm on her. She agreed thinking there would do no harm.

It wasn't even half an hour later that Pansy jumped off the bed, eyes wide and a huge smile on her face and ran towards Harry who was cutting up wasp stings on the desk and started licking his face, of course he feared her sanity and her life because of the way Blaise was looking at her.

"Um, Pansy, what are you doing?" Harry asked trying to look at her, but it was obviously hard seems she was connected to his face.

"Umm... lolly pop!" Pansy drooled on him and Harry cringed.

"Parkinson, off my man! He's gay! And he's mine you can't have him!" Blaise fumed pulling her off Harry.

"Actually I'm bisexual." Harry said while wiping spit off his face.

"Yeah, whatever, WHAT THE FUCK!" Pansy had now leeched herself to Blaise's face and was licking his cheek instead of Harry's. Draco walked into the room and stopped in shock at the sight before him. He'd just been down to Snape's office again, he hadn't found anything. But back to the point, he'd left them alone for half an hour and this is what happens? They were like children, honestly.

"Ummmmm... strawberry lolly pop." Pansy cooed and hugged Blaise who looked slightly green. Well wouldn't you be if this was happening to you?

"Okay, Pansy, in this difficult stage of your life I would like you tell you I am there for 100 percent." Draco stated, pulling her away from Blaise.

"Whatever that girl is on I want some." Ron laughed, trying to pull her off Draco who was being crushed by her hugs.

"I'm just so happy, I'm flying! I can fly!" Pansy declared making aeroplane noises and pretending to fly around the room. Everyone stood shocked.

"Well it isn't as bad as the time Goyle thought he was a fire engine." Draco stated Harry and Ron gave him weird looks. Goyle shrugged.

"Well, I was only 8!" He argued then tried to grab Pansy as she ran out of the still open portrait and down the corridor. They could hear her yelling as she ran up and down.

"MWAHAHHA! I AM THE QUEEN OF ALL THINGS THAT ARE MADE OF SUGAR AND ARE SWEET AND I WILL RULE OVER ALL THE LOLLIES IN THE WORLD!" Pansy yelled.

"She's gunna get caught!" Harry went to run outside but then realised he was only wearing pyjama's, everyone turned to Draco who sighed and walked out of the portrait. He returned an hour later carrying a sleeping Pansy and covered in flour, with twigs in his hair and his skin tinted blue. Everyone was curious to what had happened but it was too horrific to repeat.

Blaise had learned the lesson never to put cheering charms on already happy people and they had all came to an agreement Pansy was definitely to NEVER help them with anything. Ever.

So now 2 hours later, 5 cauldrons were lined up over the fire place in the tower, all 6 of them working on a certain potion. Pansy of course was still sound asleep

and Draco had actually forgotten he was blue.

They had all managed to drag themselves through the school day, Draco putting on a mask hiding everything he felt, on the outside he was cool and composed and in a horrible mood, but inside he was broken, scared, worried and had never felt more alone. People had literally fled from taking one look at him in the corridors and he'd made at least a few people cry but he didn't really care, he just wanted to find Hermione.

It wasn't until around 3 am when they decided they should go to bed. They actually tired so Harry suggested they write a letter to Remus to explain about the expression. They had forgotten Remus had helped make the Marauders Map, who better to ask how to make one than the creator of the original? He was sure they weren't that far off with the map, well he was hoping. He also decided to ask if the order had any leads on Snape or Hermione, if they did it might calm Draco a bit. They sent the letter with Falcon, Draco's owl; because he was a much faster flyer than Hedwig and they needed a faster response.

Draco stood at the window watching his owl disappear into the night and Harry felt so bad for him, he just wanted to give Draco a big hug, but he'd probably get battered and left twitching on the floor; so he decided against it. Leaving Draco with his thoughts, everyone got into bed and tried to sleep.

That night when Draco slept alone he truly realised the full extent of how much Hermione meant to him. The girl that used to mean nothing was now everything to him. It was weird but it was beautiful. She was so different to all the other girls and so unique; he loved everything about her and at once knew he was finally starting to fall in love with her. Why did he have to realise this when she had been kidnapped and she wasn't here to share it? He probably would have sung some soppy song to her, she would have loved it like always. Every time he closed his eyes he just thought of the times they had spent together, even when he didn't know it was her. He turned onto his back pulling the covers over his head as he knew he was just about to sing.

"I'll be there for you my love, I will stand by your side, the world has forsaken my girl. Should have known it would be this way, should have known what he was up to , when you love and you lose someone close to you, you know what it feels like to lose. She's fading away, away from this world, she's drifting like a feather, she's not like the other girls, she lives in the clouds and talks to the birds, hopelessly the one, and she's not like the other girls I know…" Draco cried himself to sleep and respectively everyone pretended they were asleep long before any of his emotions escaped.

Harry and Blaise held tighter into each other that night, desperate not to experience what Draco was going through at the moment. Everyone's heart went out to him that first painful night.

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It was in transfiguration the next day that the group actually remembered that Professor McGonagall was missing, they had completely forgotten about her. They were sat doodling and talking together. Harry and Ron were sat beside each other, only a gap separating Draco and the others from them; they were still obviously sitting in Slytherin and Gryffindor houses.

Draco listened to them talking in fascination, he had never thought the two were so passionate about it all, they had come to the conclusion Voldemort was behind this. Which, obviously, he was. He was trying to forget about it though. He was being ripped apart with worry for Hermione. So much had happened in this last month, before this had happened he couldn't give a rats arse about some noseless little cretin. They had his murder all planned out and it was obvious they had for a long time and were waiting, they had ignorance to think they could actually do it. That was just… suicide. If 16 years olds could kill him then he would have been dead long ago. They should definitely write up a will. Maybe he should recommend them to Phillip Richardson, he was brilliant at wills. His was already set up. He had recommended that his friends see him too but they just called him morbid. He wasn't morbid. He was sensible. He wasn't going to wait around and get himself killed leaving his mother nothing or any future partners. He wasn't going to wait for the war to die out. And he certainly wasn't going to wait for Potter to kill that 'thing'. He would save himself. It was then he realised he hadn't had a cheering charm cast this morning and was being morbid at the moment.

"Oh, bugger." Draco said, as he felt his vocal cords tremble and his stomach swirl. Blaise turned his friend and just smiled thinking to himself. 'What's it going to be this time?'

"A world full of killing and blood spilling that will never change," Draco sang loudly as he jumped onto his chair, the class turned and stared waiting to laugh at his latest outburst. "And they say that a hero can save us, I'm not gunna stand here and wait," Draco said jumping off his chair and walking over to the Gryffindor side of the classroom looking straight into Harry's eyes. "I'll hold onto the wings of the eagles, and watch as they all fly away." Harry looked dumb founded that Draco was singing at him and stole at look at Blaise who was in hysterics at the look on his face.

Lavender, who was sat next to Ron, hummed along under her breath doodling and writing random lines of words on a piece of parchment he turned looking shocked at her. He had been so sure that if she had an expression it would have been some crazy Trelawney loving crap.

"And they're watching us," Draco sang to her.

"Watching us." She replied.

"They're watching us, as we all fly away."

"MR MALFOY, please return to your respective side of the room." Professor Flitwick yelled as he walked into the classroom to cover the lesson. Everyone was staring at Lavender and Draco so obviously there was some sort of confrontation going on.

"Come on, Draco... "Pansy tugged his arm and stared at lavender with an expression the other girl really didn't want to decipher, Draco looked disgusted as he was dragged away from her. He had just sung at Lavender!

There hadn't been any giggles at this display. It had left everyone thinking about the words Draco had sung and Lavender seemed to understand. This left Draco feeling sick, very sick, and fearing the safety of his first born. He sighed; Hermione had found that hilarious when he had told her he hated Lavender. God, he just couldn't get that girl out if his head.

"Not like the other Girls" is by The Rasmus, from their Album Dead Letters. "Hero" is a single by Chad Kroeger, the lead singer of Nickelback, recorded in 2002 for the soundtrack to the film Spider-Man. It is generally credited in full to "Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott."