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Chapter 5: Addition and Subtraction

"The last one, I guess" Neville says in an almost questioning tone that makes me wonder I'd he's really serious about trying to find a way out of here.

I turn away from him for a while and start to think. "How exactly did you guys get here?" I ask. "We're all dead to the rest of the world, and I don't know any spells that could do this except for an inferi, but that seems to be irrelevant to the subject"

"Hermione, I don't really care about spells right now" Ron tells me. "All I care about right now is the fact that we get out of here."

I nod in return, and sigh. The only thing we can do now is wait, wait for somebody to come down so we could possibly have a chance of getting out. I lean against the wall for what seems like hours and soon fall into a sitting position on the cold hard cement floor of the cellar. Groaning I manage to ask Ron and Neville another question. "How often do they come down here?"

They shrug "sometimes once a day, other times they'll leave us for two or three, usually they come in the middle of the night."

"Well done" I say sarcastically.

"What?" Ron asked trying to sound as innocent as possible.

"You don't think that would have been important to tell me before I stood by the door for like three hours?" I yell

"You never asked." He replied shrugging.

"I never asked? I'm sorry but I didn't think I would need to considering the fact that we are locked in the basement."

"Shut up already!" Ron yells back at me. "I've had enough of you."

I'm taken aback at his words. I blink fast a few times and sigh. I look over at Neville who is still silent, the only thing I can hear now is soft footsteps walking down the stairs.

"We'll, what are you waiting for? Lets go." I whisper softly hoping whoever is coming down the stairs doesn't hear me.

"Forget it Hermione, it's hopeless."

I cross my arms. "Well now it is." I say sarcastically. The door opens and a small blonde haired girl is throw on the ground and the door closes just about as quickly as it opened.

"Luna?" I question.

She stares up at me. "Hermione? I thought you were dead?"

I smile "No, and I can't seem to find out what on earth could cause this I mean there are bodies! How are they faking our deaths?"

Ron groans "enough! Just make up a better plan to get us out of here!"

I turn his way and glare at him. "Oh, so my first one wasn't good enough?"

"Stop fighting! You two are acting like children!" Neville yells.

HOGWARTS (Harry POV)

"Harry?" I hear someone call

I spin around and find myself face to face with a ministry worker. "What is your relation to uh, Miss Luna Lovegood?"

"Did something happen?" I ask slowly.

"Yes, she was found dead this morning."

I feel angry inside, how come all these people are dying? Who could possibly get past all the ministry workers? All the teachers, and the aurors? I feel like something is missing here.

MALFOY MANOR (Hermione POV)

"How do we get out?" Luna asks sweetly

I sigh. "We don't." I reply sliding down the wall into a sitting position, shaking my head and muttering to myself. "I was crazy to think we'd ever find a way out, we're stuck here, forever."

"We'll find a way out." Luna says smiling.

"Luna, if we're ever getting out, it's going to be because somebody let us out." I stand up and start to walk away from her.

"Hermione, wait."

"Wait? Where am I supposed to go! There is nowhere to go! In case you haven't noticed we are trapped in a basement!"

I can tell Luna noticed the tears in my eyes. "It's alright Hermione, it'll be okay."

"If you haven't noticed I'm the only one here who they wouldn't think twice about killing, all three of you are purebloods, unlike me. If anyone's going to die, it's me.."

Nobody reacts, I slowly rub my eyes dry. "Nevermind" I mumble.

"Don't you think somebody will find us?" Luna asks.

"Luna, the outside world thinks we're dead! All of us, nobody would know the difference."

I wonder how Luna is staying so calm through all of this chaos. She smiles at me. "What about Draco Malfoy?" She states.

I force myself to glare at her. "Seriously? Draco, Draco Malfoy would rather die than help a mudblood and her friends."

"Hermione!" Luna exclaims obviously surprised at my use of the word "mudblood"

"You know it's true." I reply sounding unsure of myself.

Luna sighs solemnly "if you keep this up you're going to end up hating who you are."

"Thank you Luna, but I think I already do, if I was smarter I could get us out of here , if I was better and magic I could try wandless spells. I've never had something like this happen, this is the first time I don't know if we can do anything..."

"Hermione... How long have you been here? Have you slept since then?" Luna asks in her small sweet voice, still calm and caring like none of this happened, like we're not about to die.

"I don't know a day maybe? No, I haven't slept since I arrived why?" I reply shortly

"You should rest, I think you're just tired." She smiles back at me "everything will be alright in the morning, and you'll feel a lot better after you've had some sleep."

I reach up and run my hand through my messy brown hair, and shake my head. "I don't think sleep will help me Luna..."

"You look so tired Hermione, you'll be able to think clearer in the morning."

I nod and turn away from her, pulling my jacket off I fold it into the best square-like form I can and place it on the ground then curl up trying to find a comfortable spot. This is my life for the next few days, either somebody will find us by some unknown miracle or we will all just die and nobody will be the wiser. Whatever the outcome may be I just hope it happens soon.

I wake up to almost entirely darkness, and think its still. Night but then I remember we're locked in a basement, it's always dark here. Day two, I think to myself i just hope that nobody comes to bother us today and no new additions to our little club are made every person here is another person gone from the outside world, a staged death, a lie.

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