Hermione slowly came around, confused of where she was, she should have been at the old Dumbledore estate, and she did not recall going to sleep. Few remembered, the Dumbledores had once had a title and lands, but were stripped when his father went to prison Albus had been secretly rebuilding the home, and the only ones who knew where it was, were loyal house elves, and the healer. The woman swore an oath, she would die if she revealed the location, and the house elves all served the headmaster or the school. They were not foolish enough to use any free ones, though there were few left, Dobby disappeared, and Winky was dead.

She looked around and realized her wand was no where, and though it looked like a comfortable bedroom, she knew it was a cell. There was no door, well except into the bathroom, and no windows, only a spell to look like one. She knew wandless magic, but only limited, and she could not bring down the wards.

She failed to call any elf and she looked around the room. "Albus if this is your sick idea to keep me safe and away from Ron too, I will castrate you."

She got a response but not from whom she expected. "Your husband has no idea where you are. And the next time he sees you, you'll be dead at his feet."

Looking around, this could not be happening, there was no way Harry was behind all of his, and there was no way. Harry was the kid who copied off of her homework, and defeated Voldemort with love alone, there was no way that he had done this. The little brat was off hiding some where, mourning his scum of a husband.

Hermione looked around. "Who are you really? Harry was not fit to lick my boots as a wizard. If you wish to scare me, you'll have to do better."

A small black cat she had not seen before, transformed"Not fit to lick your boots? Hermione you may have been good with books, but you were always a fool."

Harry stood there before her, in robes she knew belong to a mage, and she stared in shock, at the rings on his hand. She had seen the Black and the Potter, and his Malfoy ring even, but the ancient ring he wore, she knew he was not playing mage. And from the fact it was a blood stone, he was of the first order.

Harry smiled when he saw her notice."You were a fool like your husband to believe I simply ran away and hid. I would have done you proud."

Hermione felt the blood in her veins go cold. "There is no way. There is none. You have only been gone for five years. You are a weakling."

He knew she was not going any where, that she was his prisoner till she died, and so he told her. He old her of his training, and of his time with all of the different races, and how easy he had passed he trials, to become a mage of the first order. He informed her she had been cut off from all but her life magic, for though muggles had babies, it would be dangerous for the baby, to snap that connection, and was under the care of the elves.

She was confused, "Where the hell am I?"

Harry shook his head. "Some where your husband will never find you. You were fools to believe a single house elf in the school was loyal, well except Lucky."

Lucky was Dumbledore's family elf, but the school did not have a single bound elf any more, thanks to Harry. Dobby had been devastated by the murder of his beloved Winky, and he and Kreacher had been freeing the other elves left and right. Since the elves belonged and served the school, they could be freed by any in it, and the elves had convinced the others, that they needed to fight. Every single elf in the school was free, and a spy, on the pay roll of the order. They would not kill, and had not been asked to, but they had saved many lives from poisoning, and covered for Severus many times.

Hermione moved to stop him."If you're going to kill me, just kill me. You know I tortured Lucius myself, and Luna, I burned out her eyes."

Harry remained calm. "I know, she has told me, you didn't really think she was dead did you? If she had it in her, I'd let her do the honours on you too."

His husband had not simply been in prison, he had been tortured, before he was killed. He knew this woman who he once called friend, was a part, but he would not stoop down to her level, and he would not allow her off easy. He informed her they would not kill a baby, and she would remain here, with proper care and even a healer, tell the baby was delivered. They would find a home for the baby, and she would be executed, a fair trial, unlike the farce his husband had endured.

Harry called for Kreacher. "Oh by the way meet your personal elf."

Hermione looked at the elf who hated mudbloods and half breeds as well. "He will poison me, you can't do this."

Harry took off without another word, not worried for he had given orders, Hermione was not to be harmed. Kreacher loved and served Harry, he respected his lord, especially when he married a Malfoy, and he would follow orders. Unlike Dobby he would not be swayed, he would feed her and such, but nothing more then the bare necessities, pre-natals added, so if he fed her nothing but gruel for eight months, the baby would not be hurt.

Kreacher came wit a tray when she demanded food, a bowl of gruel and water. "Master say feed you, not what."

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Severus was waiting at the manor for he knew Harry would comeback, but he had gone to see Hermione, who oddly was at Grimmauld. It was a place Albus would never think they would use, and with the elves living there, she was safer then a vault in the bowls of the bank. He had been surprised when Harry revealed himself, and he knew Harry was embracing his powers, and hoped it was a good sign. He was still worried about the kiss,

He went to see Moody, not sure why, but he was the only other one in the manor right now. He was only slightly surprised to find Harry there, he was on the bed with the old auror, deep in talk. He knew for some reason Harry had grown close to him, and assumed it had to do with the link to Sirius and James, who he taught.

Harry's voice came to him. "How long have you noticed our spy out there?"

Moody gave the closest thing to a laugh Severus remembered from the old man."Since he arrived. The man seems to forget he can't sneak up on either of us."

Indeed he had, not that he meant to sneak up on them, meaning to see Moody and knowing not that Harry was there. He had not wanted to interrupt, and it was not that even with his hearing, he had heard more then a word or two of what they had said. He may have been a spy, but those two were an impossible pair to spy on.

Harry said something to Moody and then led Severus from the room and into the library where he told how Hermione went. "She'll be tired of gruel quickly."

Severus smirked. "After what she has done to people like Lucius, she should be grateful for what she gets."

He knew what Lucius likely had endured, he was covered in robes when he was executed, and no one could see. Only Harry knew the full extent of what had been done to Lucius but he had never spoken of it, and it was not something Severus would ever ask.

Severus ran a hand down his face. "I didn't mean to upset you. I will back off if you are not ready or not interested. You know I would never force you."

Harry nodded and surprised him by kissing him. "I liked it, and I want to try and open my heart, but I'm scared I can't. Losing Lucius nearly killed me."

Kissing Harry tenderly, Severus promised he understood, and said the same thing Luna had, Harry had not killed his husband. For now he would help Harry laugh and smile and dream again, something harder to do in war time, but not impossible, perhaps even more important now. When Albus was gone, and Lucius was finally laid to rest once and for all, they could hopefully have a future, but for now they could take it slow.

Harry surprised him. "I would like to go and see the twins. I have missed them for so long, and kept my distance since I came back. Maybe that can be a start."

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