Pain. Agonizing pain was all she felt when she woke. Her eys slowly opened and she was looking up at a bleak gray ceiling. "So the mudblood is awake?" Snarled a cruel voice from by her feet. She didn't recognize the voice. When she lifted her head she saw the black eyes of her captor. She looked the man over from head to toe. He had long black hair slicked back, black eyes, so black Hermione felt she was looking into a black hole and would get sucked in if she didn't look away. His lips were a pale pink, and his skin was the palest she had ever seen. He was terrifying. He was a broad shouldered man with well defined muscles she could see through his robe, ' He is nothing like my Charlie.' She thought. " Who are you? What do you want? Is it really too much to ask just to be left alone? I mean honestly we just got rid of Voldemort and now you. Are you one of his Death Eaters that think you can take over for you 'precious' lord? Or just a delusional person? I mean for Merlin's sake this is getting old!" Finished Hermione with defiance in her eyes. In all honesty she was afraid of what this man would do to her, but she didn't want to show it. She couldn't. She had to appear strong, at least until the Order saved her. She wanted to burst into tears at the thought of another war. "You stupid girl. Do not compare me to that idiot Voldemort. My cousin was foolish to think you and your little Order will win. CRUCIO!" biting on her lip Hermione suppressed a scream, not wanting to show weakness. The pain ended as quickly as it had started, but still left her out of breath with the taste of blood in her mouth.
"That explains it! You're his damn cousin. Is your whole family crazy or just you guys?" Pain. Even more intense than before, but this time it didn't stop. Hermione couldn't help herself as a scream tore through her body. She heard laughter all around her. She saw stars and her mouth filled with blood. Then, everything went dark.
They all sat around the table planning the raid. Harry, Charlie, Ginny, Draco, and the rest of the Order had a plan. Draco and Harry would apparate to where Hermione was trapped and Draco would find the new Dark Lord. He would tell him that Ron had given information to the Order about what Demogorgon had panned. While this was happening Harry would wait a minute for the others to show whenever they got the sign. When they got there they would go to the dungeons to find Hermione. They all hoped this plan would work. Harry had a gut feeling that this was going to be harder than he expected.
Charlie sat in his room at the Burrow running the plan through his head over and over again. He felt helpless. Hermione could be dead by now and he would never get to see her again. He had to stop thinking like that! Mia was strong! She would hold on until they saved her. He thought about all the things he loved about her and was going to make damn sure he told her next time he saw her.
'Where are they?' Hermione thought frustrated. She figured they would have at least tried to save her. Ron had tried to change her mind a couple more times while she was trapped in the dungeons. Each time he came close to her she would spit in his face, yelling about how stupid he was and how he was going to pay for what he was doing. Her yelling would stop when he would crucio her until she screamed. She was thinking back on the times Ron would comfort her and he was loving, then, she heard voices coming towards her. They sounded familiar, but she wasn't getting her hopes up. "Hermione?" She heard a voice whisper. It sounded like...
"Harry?" She called. When she lifted her head she saw the raven hair and shining emeralds of her best friend.
"Oh Hermione! Draco is distracting the men upstairs so we can get you out of here."
"We?" She asked. Harry looked over his shoulder at a man. Harry waved his wand and unlocked her restraints. When Hermione looked towards the man in front of her she burst into tears.
"You came for me?"
"Of course I did! I don't know what I would do without you. When Harry turned up and you weren't there, I went crazy! Then he told me what Ron did and...I..I just snapped! I knew I had to get you back!" exclaimed Charlie as tears rolled down Hermione's face.
"I...I...I love you Mia. I don't know why it took me so long to realize it. I just needed you to know." he said as he cast his eyes to the ground. He felt her hand on his face and he looked into her eyes.
"I love you too, Char. It's always been you. Always." she finished. Charlie leaned forward and kissed her. This was nothing like the kisses they had ever shared before. This was earth shattering.
"Uhhh...guys? I hate to ruin the moment but we need to get going before something bad happens." Harry said to the embracing couple. They got up and the boys grabbed their wands
"They have my wand." Hermione said.
"When you get upstairs I want you to run straight outside to the Thestrals! Go to Hogwarts and we'll meet you there. You won't be any help during this fight without your wand. You'll get in the way when we all try protect you. The Order is already stationed and probably fighting. Okay?" Harry finished. She nodded and looked at Charlie. He gave her a sad smile to show that he agreed with Harry. She gave a small nod and grabbed his hand.
"On the count of three? Okay, one..two..THREE!" Harry yelled as he blew apart the door that led out of the dungeon. When they got to the entrance of the foyer, it was alight with spells. People were lying everywhere. Hermione looked towards a person that caught her eye. They were lying a puddle of blood was Ron, with a severally injured Draco holding her wand.
A/N: Wow that sucked! That is probably the WORST chapter I have ever written. I'm so sorry..I'll try to make the next one better! I guess I've been distracted with exams and my birthday coming up and everything...but Review this awful chapter anyway =)
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