Severus's whole body ached knowing full well Hermione would choose Imelda over him; Imelda could probably protect her hell of a lot better than he had so far. Let's face it he wasn't exactly in a run up to win best Father of the year award. He was mentally kicking himself for letting her go alone to her flat a few nights ago; his instincts were screaming at him that something wasn't right so why didn't he act upon them? A cold hand pressed upon his shoulders bringing him back to the current time.
"Stop beating yourself up my old friend, now isn't the time. We need to get in there and get her away from him before she is broken" Severus straightened up and stopped having a mini pity party.
"How are we going to do this?" Severus heard one of Imelda's coven ask.
Imelda glanced over her shoulder at Severus silently asking him the question herself.
"Best thing to do is just go straight in, they won't expect an attack form the front" With a nod of everybody's head, Draco opened the front door to Riddle manor.
"Hermione" Pucey screeched throughout the manor making her cower inside of herself. The door to the room she had been kept prisoner in swung open and there in the doorway stood Adrian in all his monstrous glory. He stormed over to her standing by the window and grabbed a fistful of her hair.
"You bitch what the hell have you done" Hermione could feel her hair coming out by the roots and if he pulled any tighter she would have a bald patch.
"Ady, I have no idea what you're going on about darling" With a resounding crack he struck her across the face.
Anger bubbled from her stomach, it was happening over again only this time she was stronger than before, she wouldn't let this happen.
"Don't you ever" she seethed as her skin grew in temperature as she gripped the hand that was holding her hair.
Pucey screamed as she burnt his skin to a crisp with just one touch.
"Who taught you that witchling?" Hermione smirked as he quickly unwound his fingers from her hair and started to step back.
"Somebody you need to be very afraid of you pathetic little boy" Venom laced her every word as she backed him into a corner, Pucey shaking like a leaf with fear.
"Don't take that from the filth" Hermione's head snapped around to the intruder.
Gregory Goyle, she should have known he would have something to do with it. The oversized oath is just as large as she remembered. A weight watchers diet wouldn't got amiss.
"Master they have come for her" Zabini ran into the room breathless, completely breaking the tension in the room. Hermione was slowly doing a victory dance in her head, her blood recognized Severus to be near, she was going to be ok she was going to get out.
"Zabini get the girl and meet us downstairs immediately" Pucey roared as he ran from the room.
"Did you do that to his arm?" Blaise asked as he threw Hermione over his shoulders.
"Granny Granger showed me it, of course Nanny taught me how to use it defensively" A smile crept up onto her face at the coven she called her family. Oh the tricks they had taught her were magnificent.
"Take this" Zabini slipped something thin and long deep into her pocket.
"You have given me a wand?" Her fingers traced over the wood and a small purr erupted from her throat. The wand was 10 ¾ vine wood with a Dragon heartstring core, this was her wand.
"Thank you Blaise" A single tear fell down her face with the sentiment.
"Stop getting soppy Granger this is going to get messy and we need you to be on your guard"
Wiping the tear away her body jerked up and down as Blaise ran down the grand stairs with her over his shoulders.
The door swung open just as Blaise roughly pushed Hermione into Pucey's arms. Adrian gripped an arm around her waist pulling her tightly into him and pressed his wand into her throat.
"Welcome new and old friends" Hermione looked at who had come, they all had … Severus, Lucius and Cissy, Granny Granger's coven and the Potters, even Draco had come to her rescue but she didn't even glance at him she just felt him looking at her.
"Get away from my Hermione or I will Avada you on the spot" Severus growled as they all withdrew their wands.
"Tut, tut Severus I barely see how you're in a position to start threatening me" Adrian's nose skimmed Hermione's ear as he took in her scent.
"Such a sweet sweet smelling witch … and I should know" Draco was the one who casted the first curse, just skimming past Goyle's head. Sparks flew as curses and spells were being cast. Hermione raised her temperature and once again burned Pucey's arm.
"The bitch burnt me again" He immediately let go of her giving her time to run through to the nearest room.
"Who dares to enter the lare of the Dark Lord" A painting hissed sending a shiver down her spine.
"Lumos" Hermione whispered as her wand lit white.
"A Mudblood in my house" The painting screeched an ear bleeding sound. Hermione lifted her wand to the painting of a young man stood outside a large building.
"Tom Marvolo Riddle 31 December, 1926 – 2 May, 1998" She read the name plate aloud before looking back up at the painting.
"Incendio" Hermione's wand pointed at the fire place as the fire roared up to life.
"Wingardium Leviosa" The painting of Voldermort unhooked from its hinges and she threw it into the fire. Hermione watched almost with insane humour as the painting shrivelled and burnt to a crisp.
"What have you done you silly little girl, now I will never get my Father back" Hermione whipped her head around at the second human being in the room.
"Lord Voldermort was your Father?" Hermione asked bewildered.
"He was, he met my Mother in the first war and she subsequently became his bed warmer" Pucey pushed himself off of the wall as he began to circle Hermione.
"Everyone you cared about has gone; They didn't stand a chance against me and my team"
Panicking Hermione tried to reach out to Severus's bound but was unable, whether it was due to her stressed out reaction or he actually being dead she hadn't the foggiest idea. Had they all gone? Had they all died and left her here to defend for herself? Did she even have a cat-in-hells chance of survival now? Yes she mustn't give up.
"Accio wand" Her wand flew from her hand into Pucey's as he tossed them both into the corner of the room.
Severus had knocked back Goyle rendering him unconscious after Draco's failed attempt. His Godson was letting his emotions of Hermione get the better of his magic and he would have to calm down before he would end up injured or worse, maybe that was why Lucius was flagging him?.
He had also bounded the Zabini's, took their wands and left Nanny on watch just in case they were lying about whose side they were really on the last thing he needed was two people undecided on who's team to be on.
He rounded the corner to two males duelling with Narcissa, Of course she was wining against the amateurs but he was a gentleman so with a flick of his wand one of the males flew into the air and back down, banging there head on the stone flooring leaving a large pool of blood. Not a second later the second male was also on the floor lying next to his accomplish.
Cissy patted her hair back into place and gave Severus an appreciative smile.
"Lucius and Draco are on the next floor up, I think I saw Pucey going into the Dark Lords private rooms and Imelda and coven are searching the dungeons for her Severus, we are going to get her back" She placed a reassuring hand on his arm before leaving to help her boys fight.
Going for Pucey was the first on his list of people to kill, oh how he had waited for this moment in a very long time. Thankfully he knew the Riddle Manor quite well and it only took him a matter of minutes to reach the suspected room.
"You're going to be a good girl now without using any of your stupid tricks, ok my love?" In a heartbeat Adrian was in front of Hermione cupping her face with his hand. Adrian dragged her over to the pool table, threw her onto the green felt as magical ropes came from each of the six nets and wound themselves around her wrist, waist and ankles keeping her firmly in place.
"I do think you have too much clothing on my dear witch" With a flip of his hand her clothing were ripped off of her body leaving her stark naked.
"Ady, you don't want to do this darling" She tried desperately to make him see sense.
"Oh but I do, I really really do Hermione. I haven't had anyone apart from yourself and I know for a fact you had that Malfoy tart in your bed" He roughly grabbed her sex making her squeal out in pain.
With the same hand motioning wordless magic Adrian himself was also naked and climbed onto the pool table making him look dangerously enough like a predator stalking his bite to eat and unfortunately that was Hermione. Pucey peppered kisses up and down her legs as his hands wandered up to roughly fondle her breasts. Hermione whimpered and set out a silent pray for someone to come find her quick.
"Flipendo" A familiar heart-warming voice shouted as Pucey was magically pushed off her, sending him into the wall bidding him unconscious.
"Severus … You came" A tear slipped down her face as he covered her up with his frock coat.
"Of course I came for you" He leant down and kissed her tear away as the strong ropes slithered back down into the nets.
Once she had the coat properly around her body, covering everything that it needed Hermione flew herself into Severus's arms and cried. Severus wrapped his arms around her in a sign of protection.
"I am so sorry I didn't get hear fast enough, when you ran someone set off a fog bomb and it was hard to find you. Everyone is still fighting but we don't have no major casualties on our side. Well apart from someone sending Mrs Potter down a flight of stairs … we gave Potter permission to take her to St Mungos, he would only get in the way with his need to save everyone attitude"
"Severus you came, that is all I care about" He reached up and wiped away the rest of her tears and led her into the parlour room where the Zabini's were being kept.
"Auror Nott, Nanny Nott" Hermione nodded in greeting.
"Miss Granger, I need you to certify what Lord and Lady Zabini have said" Hermione nodded and allowed Severus to show her to a seat.
"Lord and Lady Zabini have said they tried to save you" Hermione nodded her head.
"Lord Nott passed me back my wand as he carried me down the stairway and if I am not mistaken it was Lady Nott whom constantly put on a charade of liking the female sex to have an excuse to help me undress and watch on guard whilst I slept." Pansy smiled as she nodded at her findings.
"Very well, of course the Auror's will still have to question them and you … but that can wait until tomorrow" Severus murderous gaze loosened at Nott, no matter if he was his best male student he taught potions to, this was his Hermione and she came first.
"Hermione, Darling" Imelda ran over with Lucinda the kneazle quickly on her heel.
"Granny Granger" She smiled as enthusiastically as she could when her Granny wrapped her up in a cuddle.
"My darling" Granny pulled away and stroked her face attentively. Hermione barley registered when the Malfoy's piled into the room … well that was a slight lie she could feel the exact moment Draco entered the room as the bond tried it's best to pull them physically together.
"Let me get you to spinners end my dear where you will collect a few things and move in with me, you can even start your own trio of a coven" Granny spoke with such enthusiasm that it scared Hermione out of her wits, is that what she wanted? Taking a step back out of her Granny's arms she looked up to Severus.
"Daddy take me home please" Severus didn't need to hear another thing for him to wrap his little girl in his arms and apparate them both back to Spinners End.
A/N So what did you guys think? Theodores Nanny as a pagan witch? :D
Ok guys a quest for you all if you are not so busy, I am getting married in four weeks time and need a small poem saying thank you for coming to the wedding, of course we are having an Alice in Wonderland theme so it must in incorporated the chosen one will have the next chapter dedicated to them and cookies :D