A/N: Ok I am pretty sure I am about to have a lot of you angry with me.

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"Hermione are you ok?" Harry asked. They were getting ready to board the train to head to her manor and she seemed completely out of it.

"Yes, Harry, I'm fine. Just a little nervous is all. Wouldn't you be if you were about to go to your own manor when you had thought for so long that you were muggle born and not pureblood?"

He nodded and stepped away from her letting Draco take his rightful place by her side. "Honey don't worry so much it will be fine. Travis said he called ahead and let the service know that you were coming and that they needed to set up wards around the manor and to check if anything unusual had happened. And also to get it ready for you to return."

Hermione smiled up at him and ran her finger across the stone that hung around her neck. It felt different in these last few days, heavier almost. She could feel the thrum of its power in her chest. Her power. "I have no doubt of that Draco, dearest, but it's not that I'm worried about its safety I'm just… well I'm not sure how to put it."

He bent down and planted a sweet kiss on her lips before pulling her onto the train. Harry, Ron, and Travis boarded with them. They found a compartment near the back away from the children from Hogwarts and waited till they arrived at Kings Cross Station, they walked through Platform 9 ¾ and to a car that was waiting outside.

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The sounds of screams permeated the darkness around her; it took her awhile to realize that they were coming from her own mouth. What was causing her so much pain to make her scream like that? There was that sharp feeling again, where was it coming from? She couldn't remember where she was or what was happening. Her only cognitive thoughts were that of searing pain. She tried to open her eyes but they felt like they were glued shut, which there was a high possibility that they were. Had she been kidnapped, was she being tortured? Were people looking for her? What of Harry and Ron, were they here too? Being tortured as well? Or was she alone? Was this someone still loyal to the Dark Lord's cause, trying to avenge his death, or someone working with this new Dark Master? How was she ever going to know if she couldn't open her bloody eyes? Maybe if she didn't scream the next time she felt the pain, maybe then they would stop.

Seconds later the pain was there again, she tried her best not to cry out, being successful with only emitting a whimper. This cause whoever was doing this to her to immediately attack her again successfully drawing out a cry.

"Please, please stop." She whimpered. "Tell me what's going on. Who are you?"

A malicious laugh filled her ears, which felt like there were full of cotton. "Stupid mudblood, how could you the likes of you ever bring down the Dark Lord?"

"If you let me go I'll tell them I never saw you that I escaped. Please just let me go?" All she heard was a whispered curse before her world was filled with screams and pain. Either this truly was a Voldemort supporter or a way for the new one to throw everyone off.

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"Malfoy, we know you have her somewhere so tell us where she is."

"Clever, Ronald, but don't you think if I had her somewhere I would be there insuring that she didn't escape. My heart belongs to her; therefore I would never harm her. So back off my case about it I'm just as worried as you."

Harry simply turned away from the quarrelling and continued going over the evidence. Hermione had been missing for a week, no other evidence had been found besides the word 'MUDBLOOD' on the wall of her room at the manor, that was why Ron suspected Draco but Harry knew it wasn't him he loved Hermione too much. They doubted it was has her brother because he had been with them the night she disappeared. He also doubted that it was a supporter Voldemort, everyone know knew that she was not a muggle born, so why would someone put mudblood on her wall except to throw them off.

They hadn't been at the manor for more than a day, everything had been going well and Hermione had seemed to calm down some and started to return to her usual self. Draco's parents had come over to welcome her home and she and Narcissa had set it off real well becoming almost inseparable by the end of the day. The guys had been outside playing quidditch when they heard a blood curdling scream and ran into the house, the scream had come from Cissa upon finding the word written on the wall. Hermione had excused herself to go to the loo and after she hadn't returned for a while Cissa had gone to check on her.

Harry had asked Cissa if anything else had seen out of place and she had replied with a curt 'No.' They called in more aurors and began searching. There wasn't even a lingering trace of magic in the room. But how else could someone have gotten in and taken her without a sound. Even apparition makes a distinct pop; they had to have come in some way.

"Cissa, do you possibly know who wants the Chantry powers?"

She scowled, "Mr Potter how many times do I have to tell you that I have no idea who could have been behind this. If I knew I would surely tell you. I'm sure if Lucious were still alive he might have a clue but I do not."

Harry nodded and left the distraught woman alone, not only was she sad about losing Hermione, but for the sadness her son was experiencing from her disappearance. Harry turned to Travis, "You must know something why else would your parents ask you to protect her if you didn't."

Travis hung his head in shame, but Draco could see a nervous glint in his eyes, he promised to speak to him later when no one was there. "No, Harry, I don't know anything. Just that some man is after our power. My parents never told me who he was or what he looked like."

Draco furrowed his eyebrows, "So your parents knew this man?"

Travis nodded this time. "Yes, he was once a family member, until he was exiled for trying to steal all of the family's powers."

"I thought you and Hermione were the only ones left out of your family?" Ron stated confused.

Travis blanched. "Um, well yes. You see, well, we, um, don't really consider him family anymore because of what he did."

Harry was truly confused now. "I thought you didn't know who the man was?" he took a step towards Travis ready for anything. "You need to start telling the truth, Travis," he said menacingly, Ron and Draco following his lead and stepping around Travis. "This is your sister we're talking about here not some random girl. So speak up now or I will have you put back in Azkaban and you won't be able to get out this time."

Travis tried to step away but there was an angry man on every side of him, and a very angry woman standing to the side of it all. "He's my great uncle ok. He was my mentor."

Harry and Ron paled and took a step back while Draco's face turned a frightening red colour and he reached for his wand stepping forward. "You worked for him? You let him take her?"

Travis backed up, trying to think of a way out. "No, I didn't let him take her, I was only working for him to get information, to try and stop him."

Draco stunned him and tied him to a chair, "Where is he, Travis? You had best tell me know before I find it myself." He said tapping his wand to Travis' temple. "And I won't do it gently."

If he hadn't been stunned he would probably be shaking, at least he was on the inside for sure. "You can't take him, none of you can, there is no point in telling you just so you can get yourself killed. Then what good will it be? He won't kill her, he can't." he took a deep breath. "If she dies our power dies with her. The amulet will be useless without her alive."

"So he'll just take her amulet and keep her captive then? And we're supposed to be ok with that?"

"No, but you should take some hope from that." He looked towards Harry. "You know her, she'll survive, and she may even find a way out eventually."

"Legilimens!" Draco shouted, a scream was heard from Travis as Draco entered his mind, searching for where this deranged uncle was. When Draco pulled away Travis whimpered and a tear fell from his eye. "Let's go, Potter. Ron take Mister Chantry here to Auror Headquarters for further questioning."

"Draco, no, they'll give me the kiss for sure this time." Travis screamed as Ron reached for him. "Draco, listen to me. You'll only get yourself killed, that what will Hermione come back to? Nothing."

Draco spun on him enraged. "She may not come back at all no thanks to the likes of you. Take him Ronald, now before kill him myself."

Ron apparated away with Travis. "Draco think about this, we can't just go rushing in to save her, Travis right, what if we get killed then Hermione will definitely be in trouble."

"Look, Potter, I'm going whether you want me to or not. I know where she is and I know who has her, I'm not too worried about the outcome because I know that I can protect myself and save her, now either you come along or you stay here and twiddle your thumbs some more." Harry took hold of his arm and Draco apparated them to the location.

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A/N: How do you spell apparate because I'm sure I have misspelt it about a hundred times?