A/N: Hey there.. sorry its taken so long to update but it seems that I have been going to concert after concert lately and I believe I am officially worn out... not to mention deaf from last nights Ministry concert. Anyway... check out my myspace, I posted a short vid of the concert which ends when the mosh pit got us, lol, it was great. Another band called Hemlock is on tour with them. The lead singer of Hemlock is an absolute sweetheart... I got pics with him.. also posted. I met Chad twice and if you get a chance to see Hemlock play... it's well worth it. I also want to say forgive me for any mistakes you might find. As I said, I am deaf right now from being in the front row near the speakers, not to mention I have a head ache and a bit of nausea... I think I had toooooo much fun, but I really wanted to update as many of my stories as I can today.

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Once they reached the bathroom, Harry grabbed some paper towels and soaked them cold water. He walked over to the bench and carefully placed the cold rags over her burns. Hermione was in too much pain to even be worried that she had no clothes on and Harry too concerned to care either. Harry examined her little body and noticed the burns weren't horrible, at least they wouldn't leave scars and for that he was grateful.

"I'll kill him for this." Harry whispered while using his finger to stroke her hair, "And Snape... the bastard was supposed to protect you and he failed... you would have been better off with me, at least I care what happens to you."

Hermione listened to Harry but didn't reply. Her skin was still throbbing and the only thing keeping her sane was the cool cloth that was soothing her burns. She did feel safe however, she knew Harry wouldn't let anything happen to her so she closed her eyes and rested.

Harry continued to re-wet the clothes every time the coolness started to fade. He was being extremely gentle with her, but on the inside he was ready to kill. Draco Malfoy was in for a world of hurt.

"Do you want me to take you to the hospital wing?" Harry finally asked.

Hermione opened her eyes and smiled, "No Harry, I don't want everyone knowing... just keep me cool and I'll be alright."

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Severus searched the castle but couldn't find the pair. Despite his outer appearance, He had to admit to himself that the look Harry gave him made him worried. Harry was cradling her to his chest like a mother bear protecting her cub and the fact that Hermione wasn't talking just increased his worry.

He continued to walk towards the Hospital wing when Peeves flew by, "Are you looking for the Potter boy and his fairy?" Peeves asked in a sing song voice.

Severus turned and glared at the poltergeist behind him, "No games Peeves... where are they." he asked without a trace of politeness in his voice.

"Why should I tell you?" Peeves laughed

"Because if you don't tell me what you know, I will talk to the Baron." he replied with a smirk that told Peeves he was serious.

Peeves let out a sigh, "Fine, fine... The Potter boy had the fairy in the perfects bathroom... burnt to a crisp she is. Potter was placing cold rags over her burns but it's not enough."

"What do you mean it's not enough?" Severus hissed

"The girl is weak, teetering on the brink of unconsciousness. Her body is close to shock." He answered

Not sparing another glance, Severus turned on his heels and made it towards the bathroom.

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"Hermione, I think I really should take you to the hospital wing." Harry said with worry. Hermione had started to shake a bit but when he tried to remove the cold compress she would cry out in pain.

"No H-Harry, I-I'm f-fine." she replied shakily

Harry sighed, "You're not fine, you are shaking and still in pain."

Hermione started to protest again, but before she could, the bathroom door swung open and Severus walked in.

"Give her to me Potter, I need to check her over."

Harry furrowed his eyebrows, "Over my dead body." he seethed

"It can be arranged boy" Severus hissed back, "Now give me the girl before she has more damage."

"Why should I? Because you did such a wonderful job at protecting her?... No thanks."

"Potter, If you do not hand her to me, not only will I have you expelled but I will hex you into next week and not feel the least bit bad about it."

Harry glanced back down to Hermione who had started shivering even more. Her eye lids were fluttering and her lips were turning blue. He knew Snape would be able to help her so despite his feelings for his professor, he stood and placed the towel covered Hermione into Snape's palm.

"You better take care of her or I swear on my parents grave that you will be sorry."

"I have full intentions of healing her Potter." and with that her turned and walked to the door. Severus stopped in the door way and turned to the green eyed boy, " Slither is the password to the Slytherins common room... but you didn't hear it from me." and he left towards his rooms.

Harry smiled an almost Slytherin smirk and went to the Gryffindor common room... he needed Ron's help.

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When Severus reached his rooms, he took Hermione into his small kitchen . He placed a sterilizing spell on the counter top; he didn't know what her injury's consisted of just yet and didn't take any other chances. He knew she had been burned but to what degree, he didn't know.

"Just relax Ms. Granger. I need to look at your burns."

She didn't reply and just laid there. The rags were started to warm and her pain was coming back full force. She didn't care if the entire school was looking at her, all she knew was that the pain was intensifying and she needed help.

Severus carefully pulled back the quickly warming clothes and shook his head. She had burns up and down her legs, her chest, stomach, arms and neck.

"Did he get your back?" he asked but again received no response, she just stared up at him with a glassy eyed expression. Sighing, he took in a breath and turned her slightly where he spotted the same marks covering her back and the backs of her legs.

"Little bastard" he muttered.

Hermione was now silently crying. Her entire body felt like she was on fire and she could do nothing about it. Any movement aggravated the burns and any contact with them only made things worse. She glanced to her professor once more before closing her eyes and passing out... the intensity of the pain was just to much for her body to handle.

Severus cursed when he noticed that and quickly cast a cooling spell on her skin. He needed to get a pain potion and a burn healing salve before she blistered. He gently scooped up her limp body and carried her towards his bed. He kept a supply of healing potions and salves in his nightstand drawer and they were easier to get to then searching his lab.

He pulled out what he needed and sat down on the bed, placing her body on his leg so he could get to work. He used the salve first, rubbing a generous amount with the tip of his finger over every single spot. The burns started to lighten up almost instantly, turning her skin back to normal. He then placed a drop of the pain potion into her mouth just in case she woke up before the burns healed completely which would only take an hour or so.

He placed her on his pillow and walked over towards the little house she was currently living in. He lifted the roof off and picked up her tiny dresser... there was no way he was leaving her naked. He pulled out a tiny pair of knickers without looking to closely then started to rummage through her clothes for a large tee shirt; her skin would still to breath and a light soft cotton would be best. After rummaging through all the drawers, he found nothing suitable so he went to his own closet and pulled out a black tee shirt that was very thin from age. He shrunk it down and walked back to the bed to dress her.

He had just managed to pull the knickers up when the floo turned green and Albus stepped through. The Head Master walked towards the bedroom uninvited and noticed the healing salve and pain potion sitting next to the potions master who looked very much like he was playing with a doll.

"Is she healed?" Albus asked with a sigh

"She is" Severus replied stiffly, "How did you hear?"

"Peeves" was his simple answer.

Severus nodded and continued to slide the shirt over her head, being as careful as he could. She was tiny enough that he could probably break a bone easily if he were anything but.

"Do you know who did this?"

"Draco Malfoy" Severus said while shaking his head, "I did have hopes the boy wouldn't take after his father but you see where that leaves me."

Albus nodded and sat down, "I will expel him tomorrow but I will need to see her memories of the incident first."

"I can look into her mind to find them, then give you my memories of what I witnessed."

"That will be fine, but I need you to do this a soon as possible so I can take care of this in the morning."

Severus gave a nod, placed her flat on the bed and leaned over her, concentrating on getting into her mind which was a bit more difficult because of the state she was in.

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Harry had informed Ron of what was going on and to say he took it well would be a flat out lie. Ron grabbed his wand and started towards the door but Harry stopped him.

"We need to be careful about this. It cant be found out that Snape gave up the password, nor can we be seen."

Ron let out a breath through his gritted teeth and nodded. He knew Harry was right, they needed a plan.

It only took twenty minutes for said plan to form and soon the boys found themselves under the invisibility cloak out side of the Slytherin common room. Harry quickly said the password allowing the boys to enter the now deserted common room.

"Malfoys bed is this way, Are you ready?" Harry asked

Ron nodded, "I've been waiting for this for years."

The two boys snuck up the stairs and quickly made their way to Draco's bed. They cast a silencing spell first, then a binding spell which woke Draco up. Draco looked around but saw nothing and fear quickly took over. He struggled with the bindings frantically but froze when the faces of Harry and Ron suddenly appeared. He knew in that instant that he was fucked.