Nymphetamine pt 14

"I've bolted up the doors, Draky boy. No one is getting in or out until your soul is sitting beautifully in my bottle. I've even got one with your name on it!" Perkins laughed, holding up a bottle with "Draco Malfoy" written on it. Draco could feel his insides turning.

"Why don't you just get it over with? She doesn't love me anyway." He looked down at the floor, his heart feeling heavy.

"All in good time. You are almost ripe for the taking. I can almost smell it." He sniffed the air in a mocking way, taunting Draco. He began to shake, his anger flaring at dangerous levels.

"You are a sick bastard Perkins." He spat, his brow creasing in anger.

"You think I'm sick now, wait till you hear about what I'm going to do to your beloved Hermione when I'm finished here. Don't worry, you will be reunited once you are in the bottle." He laughed. "All it takes is one injection to start the curse, a little stab to the neck and the cycle begins again…" Draco heard enough, he charged the bars of his cell, pounding his fists against them.

"Don't you dare fucking touch a single hair on her head you twisted fuck!" He yelled, his hands shaking. He tugged on the bars frantically as Perkins laughed, stepping away towards the stairs.

"I need to finish up preparations for your batch. Be a good boy and ripen some more for me. Just a few more hours." He disappeared out of the room. Draco fell to the ground, tears streaming from his eyes. The thought of Hermione being in danger and him not being able to put a stop to it made him sick. He wouldn't let her fall into his trap.

'Please hurry Lyra…please. For Hermione's sake.'

The six teens and their spirit ran towards the entrance to Knockturn alley, spotting the small hut in the distance.

"That's his house. Draco is in there! We need to hurry!" She said, floating up to the door. She pulled on the knob, seeing it was locked shut. "Someone, Alohomora the lock!" Hermione stepped up, pointing her wand towards the handle. She casted the spell, but to her dismay nothing happened. Harry stepped forward, raising his wand as well.

"Looks like we have to do this the hard way." He said, grabbing her hand. "Everyone, join hands! Focus your energy on the door." Everyone scrambled to grab hands while harry stood in the middle, wand raised.

"What's he doing?" Pansy asked, looking at Ron.

"He's having us all channel our energy into the barrier on the door so he can blast it off." Blaise smiled.

"That's wicked! I hope this works!" Pansy grabbed Ron's other free hand, Lavender on his other.

"I see the barrier!" Harry said. "Everyone focus…and….REDUCTO!" He yelled, sending the door shattering off its hinges.

"Good job Harry!" Blaise said, still in awe. "That was pretty cool, you'll need to teach me how to do that someday." Harry laughed, motioning for them to enter the house. It was dark and drab, but much bigger on the inside than the outside. There were doors lining the hallway, even a set of stairs, where they could hear noises.

"He's in here." Lyra motioned them to one of the doors on the far left wall. Hermione opened it, her heart melting when she saw Draco, behind bars, crumpled on the floor.

"Draco!" She yelled, running over to him. His head shot up, his breath stuck in his chest. She was here! He thought to himself. He reached his arm through the bars, cupping her face.

"I can't believe you made it here! He put me under an Imperio, I swear it wasn't me doing those horrible things." She nodded, tears in her eyes.

"I know Draco, I know. Lyra told me everything. I promise, I don't hold it against you. We need to get you out of here." She stepped back, raising her wand. "Take cover!" Draco curled in on himself as Hermione fired a Reducto at the bars, smashing them. Draco stood, brushing himself off. He ran to Hermione, wrapping his arms around her.

"I thought I'd never see you again…" He said, she looked into his eyes, which were full of tears. She took a deep breath, it was time to tell him.

"Draco. I need to tell you something. At the beginning of the year I thought our union was a joke. I had to force myself to spend time with you. But…at some point it stopped being me forcing myself to see you…and me aching to see you, wanting to be around you and spend time with you. What I'm trying to say is…" Everyone in the room held their breath. This was it, they all thought. Blaise and Pansy squeezed each other's hands, eyes wide and waiting. Harry and Ron looked at each other, faint disgusted looks on their faces, while Lavender squealed in girlish glee.

"Draco Malfoy…I Lo…"

"Expelliarmus!" The spell hit Hermione from behind. Everyone turned, an angry Perkins standing in the doorway. "You really think you are going to muck this up for me? Think again mudblood." He raised his wand once again, firing shot after shot at them like a lunatic. His small frame made him a hard target to hit as the six teens fired back at him.

"Draco, here's your wand!" Lyra yelled, tossing his wand to him. He caught it, running up to Perkins himself. One Expelliarmus later, Perkins was disarmed. Draco put his hand up, ceasing fire.

"Let me take care of him." He said. Everyone stood down, watching as Draco made his way to stand face to face with Perkins. "So, you are going to forcibly inject Hermione with my soul? Make her your next victim? Call her a mudblood right to my face?" His fists began to shake with anger. "You really thought you could get away with it? You forget one thing Perkins, I've got friends here who have my back, hell, I've got enemies here with my back, and I have the woman of my dreams who has my back." He stopped, jamming his wand into Perkins's throat, his face contorted in anger. "What do you have? You have an ugly heart, trying to swindle innocent, weak people into losing their lives and souls for a few galleons. No one is going to miss you." He lifted his wand. "Aveda…" He couldn't finish his spell, a sharp pain coursing through his ribs. He looked down, a dagger stuck in his chest.

"Draco no!" Hermione screamed, running over to him as he fell to the ground. "You are a monster!" With a shaky hand, Draco pointed his wand at the beast of a man again. A green light flew from his wand, his spell complete. Perkins fell to the ground, dead. Everyone ran over to Hermione and Draco, who was laying on the ground, his head in Hermione's lap. He slowly pulled the dagger out, blood beginning to seep through his clothing. He coughed, blood coming from his mouth. Lyra floated by, tears in her ghostly eyes.

"We were so close…" She said sadly, turning to the rest of the group. Pansy was openly sobbing into Blaise's shoulder as he held her for comfort. Lavender had her hand over her mouth, suppressing the sobs that threatened to come out at any moment. Harry and Ron looked down sadly at Hermione, who was holding him and sobbing. She moved his hair off his forehead.

"Draco…you can't leave me yet." He put his hand up to her face, swallowing hard.

"Hermione…I don't think I am going to make it through this. I just…I'm glad my last year of life was one of self discovery. I will die an honest man, and it's all thanks to you." His eyes fluttered closed as his head lolled to the side, his color going ashen.

"Draco?" Hermione said, shaking him lightly. He didn't stir. "Draco!" She screamed, her sobs echoing in the empty house. Lyra floated over to them, his flower in her hands. The petal was still there, but it would fall any second. Hermione pushed their faces together, kissing his forehead.

"I…I love you Draco…" The last petal fell to the bottom of the canister. The room went silent, mourning the death of their friend.

"Hermione…he's gone…" Harry said, putting his hand on her shoulder.

"Blaise…look!" Pansy said, pointing to Draco. Silver lights surrounded him, as he floated into the air. Silver lights began to stream from his mouth and eyes, the stab wound closing in front of their eyes. They heard a screeching sound as Lyra disappeared. Draco slowly floated back down to the ground.

"Was that his soul leaving his body?" Lavender asked as they all stared at him.

"H…Hermione…?" A weak voice said from the floor. Hermione ran over, seeing Draco's eyes slowly begin to flutter open.

"Draco! You are alive!" She wrapped her arms around him as he slowly sat up. He returned the embrace, holding her tight.

"You did it! You broke the spell!" Lyra said, sprinting into the room. 'Sprinting…' Hermione thought as she looked to the woman who was no longer a mist, but a human.

"You got your body back!" She said happily. Lyra did a spin, looking down at her legs.

"And it's all thanks to you Hermione!" She walked over, hugging her.

"I can't believe this all worked out. We made it just in time." Harry said, extending a hand to help Draco off the floor.

"Thank you…all of you." He said, cupping Hermione's face in his hands.

"Hermione Gene Granger…" He started, placing a kiss on her forehead. "I love you too."

"Oh kiss her already!" Lavender yelled, swooning. Draco laughed, cupping her face and pulling it to his, connecting their lips in a passionate kiss. They all cheered.

"come on, let's get out of this stinking hole." Pansy said, walking towards the door. Everybody filed out, Hermione and Draco in back. They squinted as they walked out of the dark hut and into the sunlight.

"We did it Hermione." He said, giving her hand a squeeze. "We overcame barriers and saved our souls. I will thank you every day for the rest of my life." Hermione laughed, looking to her beloved.

"I love you Draco."

"And I love you Hermione. Forever and always."

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