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They decided to floo straight into Harry's office as it was quicker, Draco was already dreading on telling Hermione about Cassie.
Ron was taken to a cell straight away without needing to be questioned since he was caught red handed, Draco and Blaise had taken Hermione aside and told her about Cassie, she had broken down again in Draco's arms. Too much was happening in such short time she felt like she was breaking into a million pieces. Harry watched as the three of them were holding each other in a three way hug, he felt saddened for many reasons, the pain that they were all going through of a missing child, missing daughter, the pain that Hermione had to endure being kidnapped, and the pain that the scene was a little similar, there were many times in the past where he, Ron and Hermione had a three way hug, now he was the person standing aside watching.
" Sir..Ginerva Potter is in the interrogation room" Johnson says popping his head in his office.
" Right" Harry stands and walks over to the door
" I want to be there" Hermione says breaking away from the group, her eyes now filled with anger, he could almost see the motivation and rage seeping out of her
" Er...we don't really allow others in the room" Harry says
" She tried to be me and take my husband, I think I deserve to hear what she has to say" Hermione snaps, Harry sighs knowing that she was half right, even though the rules were not to allow anyone other than Aurors, he knew that she had a right to know, and Kingsley would probably turn a blind eye on the situation.
" Okay..." Harry says
" Draco comes with" Hermione said holding onto her husbands hands
" Hermione.." Harry shuffles his feet
" He comes with!" Hermione growls at him
" Fine, fine. Just..let us do the questions" He says in defeat, he noticed that neither of them replied or nodded.
" Oh Blaise, you might want to text Storie" Draco says
" Shit, I forgot" Blaise says pulling his phone out
Blaise stood on the other side of the one-way mirror watching, as Harry and an Auror takes a seat across the table while Draco and Hermione took a seat far against the wall. Hermione and Draco both glaring at Ginny who didn't even glance at them when they came in. Harry looked at her in disappointment and shame, he couldn't believe that it was his own wife that was in front of him. From the look of her face, she didn't seem to be saddened or scared any more, she looked infuriated. This was the woman he married, this was the woman that he has three children with, and this was the woman that also committed a crime that she will be imprisoned for, what will he tell the kids? What will Molly and Arthur say to him? For them to find out that their son and daughter were both arrested and awaiting to go to Azkaban will pain them to no end. Why did Hermione had to come back...Shaking his head out of his thoughts he focused himself back to reality.
" State your name" Harry starts
" You know what my fucking name is" She snarls
" And you know what this fucking room is, so state your fucking name" Harry yells
" Ginny Potter" She spat
" Your FULL name" He says not looking at her
" Ginerva Molly Potter"
" Were you involved with the kidnapping of Mrs Malfoy?" Harry asks
" I'm not answering any questions until I get a Lawyer" Ginny replied folding her arms
" And who is going to pay for that lawyer?" Harry snaps
" I still have money in my gringotts account" She cries out
" OUR gringotts accout, and I don't have any intention of paying for you lawyer Ginny" He yells back
" I'm still not answering any fucking questions" Shocked at his reply but still she snarls at him
" Well then this will be taken to the wizengamot" Harry sighs closing the folder in front of it
" I'm not scared. No one will believe a Malfoy over a Potter" She sneers
" We'll see about that!" Hermione says standing up and walking to the door seeing as Ginny hadn't back down.
" Fucking bitch, I don't know what he sees in you" They hear Ginny scoffs as Draco opens the door for them
" A woman that doesn't spread her legs for any man that has money, you Ginerva are a disgrace to all women. When we go to the wizengamot, I will make sure your story is heard by everyone, the WHOLE story!" Hermione sneers back at her then turns into a smirk " And this face here.." She says stroking Draco's face with one finger, making him turn his lips into the famous Malfoy smirk
" Belongs to me, so if you EVER come near him again, I will hurt you so bad that you'll wish for death" she finishes then leaves the room slamming the door behind her, not before Draco pulls her hands to his lips kissing it, looking Ginny straight in the eye doing so. The couple went to the room next to it where Blaise was watching the whole time, to their surprise Kingsley was standing there with him.
" Mr Malfoy, Mrs Malfoy. I'm so sorry for what has happened" Kingsley says with deep apologetic tone in his voice
" When are you questioning Rodolphus?" Hermione asks without saying hello
" They're questioning him in Azkaban as we speak, I believe they have the address, but we'll have to wait for the Auror's to come back. The Auror's should be apparating into the office at the end of the hall." Kingsley replied.
Without saying anything else, Draco, Hermione and Blaise all rush out to end of the corridor, flinging the door open to an empty room.
" Mrs Malfoy!" They hear Kingsley calls from the other end of the corridor, he strolls quickly down towards them, she looks at him wondering what else he was meaning to say.
" I believe, this belongs to you" He said handing her her wand back.
" Merlin, I forgot, where did you find this?" She asks clutching her wand to her chest
" It was in Mr. Weasleys pocket" He answers.
" Thank you so much Minister" She replied gratefully
" It's not a problem, I'm still very sorry for what happened. Now I have to get some Auror's prepared, we're planning to raid the places once the Auror's finish questioning Lestrange" He says straightening his cloak
" We're coming with" Draco replied
" I'm not sure if that's a good idea" Kingsley says with concern
" With all due respect sir, but you were the one that said we were better than most of the Auror's at dueling" Blaise says
" Shouldn't Mrs. Malfoy rest" Kingsley replied
" Just give me a sandwich and a drink and I'm ready to go. I can't promise that the ministry will be in one piece if you keep me behind" Hermione says firmly
Kingsley sighs, standing there thinking over the situation, he didn't want to put them through any more stress, on the other hand, he had seen the three of them duel in competitions and he did think they were better at it than some of the Auror's, he had wanted the six of them to join but they had all declined. He also knew that if he let Draco and Blaise go but not Hermione, she would be screaming bloody murder in the ministry. However if either of them were injured or worse, it would be on his hands. It was a hard debate, looking at their faces, he could see the three of them begging in their eyes. Damn, he's going soft, he thinks to himself, he doesn't know why, but he his gut feeling was telling him to bring them along. Finally coming to a decision he turns back the three.
" I suggest you eat quick! Would you like me to contact the Nott's and Mrs Zabini to let them know where you three may be?" He says
" NO!" The three all replied together
" We don't want them to worry, but we'll contact Theo, he can be of help, if that's okay" Draco says explaining their outburst
" Well...I'm already allowing the three of you, might as well make it four" He sighed and walked off.
It was getting late in the evening, but neither of them wanted to wait, they needed to do this. They needed to find Cassie and Lucius. It didn't matter what time it was, the strive and determination to get them safe kept them awake and alert.
They waited impatiently for the Auror's to come out, they had just seen Harry and the Auror come out of the other interrogation room with Ginny cuffed walking between them, Harry's face was blank, the three of them all felt a bit sorry for him, Hermione couldn't help feeling a little responsible for everything. She had barely stomached any solid food, she had slid down the wall sitting on the floor, Draco had been pacing back and forth in front of the door, stopping every few minutes too look in then back to pacing. Blaise had a blank expression on his face, staring into space. Kingsley had came back with a handful of Auror's hovering closely by. They hear footsteps heading towards them in a fast pace, looking in the direction of the sounds. They see Harry with Theo and Astoria.
" Storie? What are you doing here?" Hermione asks
" Mia!" Storie pounces on her for a hug
" Storie? Why are you here?" Hermione asks giving her a hug back and pulls apart
" Chi sono IO?" Astoria frowns at her
" Storie? È indisposto?" Hermione says with concern, putting the back of her hand on Astoria's forehead
" Oh Mia! I'm so glad you're okay" Astoria smiles hugging her again
" Okay...you haven't answered me" Hermione frowns
" You really think you guys get to go without me? Pans I can understand because she has Clayton, but really, you were really going to leave me?" Astoria scowls folding her arms
" Theo?" Draco looks at his friend
" Don't look at me, I'm not getting on my wife's bad side of her wand" Theo says shaking his head
" No, this is good, we work well in a team remember" Blaise says
" Fine...I just don't want anyone to get hurt" Hermione sighs
" No offence Mia but...we just found you, we should be the one saying that" Astoria says putting a hand on her shoulder
" So..um..." Harry coughs shuffling his feet
" Ah...The Malfoy's, Mr. Zabini and...I guess the Nott's are coming with us" Kingsley says with a slight frown
" What?" Harry says then quickly adds " Wait no, I haven't got the energy, whatever you say minister" he sighs rubbing his head
" Mr. Potter, I know this is a difficult time, you needn't come-" Kingsley started to speak
" No, I'm fine. I want to get this case closed, and I want to do at least one thing right" He says stopping the Minister.
Just then they hear a crack from the room, everyone looked at the door as it opened and two Aurors come out surprised by the amount of people standing there. Without saying anything Harry quickly snatched the folder from one of the Auror's hand and skimmed through it, then pulling out a piece of parchment, holding it up in front of the Auror's face.
" These the locations?" He asks, the Auror nods at him
" Right, we need a plan" Harry says taking the lead.
The group of them all cram into Harry's office, after half an hour, they had set on a very vague plan as everyone was not really happy to go along. Draco and Hermione had both put their foot down insisting that they would go into the places first to scan the area, they argued that they were the family that Bellatrix was after and it would be logical that they went in first as Bellatrix likes to taunt them a lot with words, giving the others more time to prepare. Blaise, Theo and Astoria were all angry that they weren't allowed to go in with them as Harry and Kingsley objected to the idea of them going in without any Auror's, they had argued the point of she may not be alone and they don't have any idea's on how many deatheaters there might be.
" Look, while we get her or their attention, you all just get in without being seen. If there is no one in the place that we go to then we'd be out within minutes. Although I'm fairly sure if it was any, it'd be the place in France, that was her favourite" Draco says
" Can we just go, we're wasting time!" Hermione yells
" Okay, okay! Let's get this done" Kingsley says, he didn't want to argue any more, one being stubborn was hard to deal with, but both of them together was impossible.
" We'll apparate outside at this spot and walk our way up, she'll have wards up." Draco says pointing at a map that was on Harry's desk.
Everyone nodded at his location and with a loud crack they were all gone. Landing on the field, Draco points to a direction and the group follows. While heading up a hill, Blaise falls in step with Hermione and Draco. The sky was getting lighter, Hermione could only guess that it was early hours in the moring, she realised that she had been awake for nearly 48 hours, Hermione hoped that the adrenaline in her will last for bit longer, she looked at the crowd and noticed that Draco and Blaise both looked just as tired as well as Harry. Theo and Astoria were the ones that looked more awake.
" Sorellina! Draco, you both better be safe!" He says quietly
" Don't worry Blaise, we're the best duelers out of all of us remember" Draco smirks at him
" I'm serious. I've only just got Mia back, I don't want to lose you or my sister. Just...stick together okay!" Blaise says firmly
" Yes dear brother" Hermione smiles at him, he grabs her hand as they descend down a hill towards a big mansion in front of them.
Getting nearer the the place, they could feel the hum of the magic that surrounded it, the wards were strong but fortunately Draco had the knowledge to break them.
The manor was worn, the walls were darkened with grey and black, it looked like it had been abandoned for a while, as they all stand at the front of the door, Draco and Hermione held each others hand as they nod at the others and Draco opens the door to go in.
It was dark inside, there was, the place was dusty and there were drapes all over the furniture. Hermione shivers as they walk across the open space, as they come across stairs, Hermione was going to go forward but Draco pulled her and shook his head, then tilting to indicate to another room. She wasn't sure what he was getting at but he seemed confident that he knew what we was doing so she let him guide them to what looked like a drawing room, at the corner she saw a door, he looked at her and nodded to let her know that they were going in. As he opens the door, she saw stairs that descends into darkness, Draco takes the first step on the stairs and the pair shiver as they hear a voice call out to them.
" I was starting to think you wouldn't come..." They hear the shrill of a woman's voice
Both knew exactly who it was, Hermione's hand tightened onto her husbands, who squeezed back. Taking a deep breathe, Draco leads them down further into the dark, getting further to the bottom they see dim lights only being lit by torches, instantly Hermione thought 'Dugeons'.
" I'm waiting.." They hear the woman call out in a sing-a-long tone
Draco saw her first as they got the bottom, there stood Bellatrix looking more psychotic, her hair wildly matted, her dress badly torn, with a sickening smile plastered on her face. Hermione's breathe hitched slightly as she saw the woman's face.
" My dear nephew, it's been a long time...and you've brought the mudblood with you, how sweet...I guess you can say it's a...family reunion" She says coldly with a evil grin, more torches flared as she said this and they saw Lucius in one cell gagged and shackled to the wall, and Cassie in another, curled up in the corner, their eyes widened as they saw Cassie was awake. The little girl looks up and sees her parents, her mouth opens to call but nothing comes out. Lucius stares at them, shaking his head vigorously.
" What have you done to them!" Hermione cries looking at Lucius then to Cassie
" Well you see, I've been hiding myself here for a while, getting by and such but to my surprise when I saw the news that the Malfoy's were back in town and my dear nephew wedded to a disgusting mudblood. I was hoping to have a reunion. Seeing as Lucius here was supposedly the dark lords right hand man, I was sure it was all a plan to bring down the boy wonder and his mudblood friend, but how wrong was I, when my dear brother in law decided to fight against me. To my surprise he defended that thing he calls his daughter in law. Well...since the Malfoy's seem to love mudbloods so much, we thought it would be nice to...use the muggle way of dealing with him." She replied looking at Lucius's missing hand
" What is it that you who blew up Hermione's firm?" Draco growls at the woman
" Oh no...that wasn't me. What that little red headed girl Weasel actually did helped us, putting the picture in there was easy once the place was blown, and the girl helped us more at the hospital, it was much easier getting to the brat of yours. Yes, you see we have been watching for a while, and that Weasley girl jut made things effortless for us. I must say, the girl has a dark streak in her" Bellatrix cackles
" You should have died back in the war, you piece of shit" Draco yells
" That's no way to talk to your aunt!" The crazy witch yells
" Let them go!" Hermione yells, Bellatrix scowls at her and sends a hex her way only to be shielded by Hermione
" Well, I see that you've improved in your skills. No matter...you still won't beat us." Bellatrix replies in her high pitched voice
" Us?" Draco asks, he knew what she meant, they both did, but he was buying time, hoping that the others will have already came into the building since they hadn't gone back out.
" You didn't think I'd be stupid enough to do this on my own did you? The woman replies back
Four other's step out from the shadows in long black cloaks, holding their head high, Draco and Hermione was shocked to see that amongst them the Nott Sr, they had been told that he was sentenced to Azkaban for his entire life. They also recognise the others to be Goyle Sr, Yaxley, Augustus Rookwood. The four surrounded them as Bellatrix let out a cold laugh making the insides of Draco squirm. It was then that they heard footsteps running down the stairs, Bellatrix's head snapped towards the direction and sent a spell up, locking the door to the dungeons. Blaise, Theo and Astoria stepped out into the lighted area all shocked but composed themselves quickly, aiming their wands at the death eaters.
" I see you brought some friends Draco, you've made a mistake!" Bellatrix snarls, she looks over to Yaxley who grins and quickly points a wand to Lucius
" NO!" Hermione yells, but Yaxley had already sent a crucio to Lucius who shook in pain
Hermione sends a spell to throw Yaxley back with a grunt, Bellatrix growls and points her wand at Hermione again only to be shielded by Draco this time, flying a hex towards her. In a split second, the death eaters all start throwing hex's at them, and was a full battle. They could hear voices upstairs and the thumping against the door. But neither of them could get to it, Yaxley and Hermione were in a battle, while Draco was taking on his aunt, Blaise was battling Goyle Sr, Astoria was fighting against Rookwood and Theo was fighting against his own father.
" You have brought me nothing but disappointment Theo" Nott Sr yells at him
" It is you that disappoints me, you have shamed our family name" Theo growls sending him another hex
" How dare you, you are no son of mine!" The elder Nott yells firing a curse towards him, Theo blocks it successfully and sends him hurling in the air to a corner, flaring with anger he fires hex after hex. Nott Sr, barely managed to dodge them, sending them a curse that skimmed across Theo's arm, cutting him as it slides across his skin, Theo grabs on as the pain starts spreading through his arm. Then as he lifts his wand up he felt a pain shooting through his entire body like thousands of knives, falling over in pain from the crucio he holds onto his wand tighter knowing that if he let go it would be a losing battle.
As Senior Nott lets the crucio go he lets out a low laugh, ascending towards Theo was was panting trying to catch his breathe he grins at him with his wand pointing downwards at his son,
" Any last words my dear son?" He snarls, Theo glares at his father, his wand in his hand on the floor point at his father's feet, he quickly casts a non-verbal spell, making the floor icy. Success in Theo's spell made the elder Nott fall onto the ground with a thump, he quickly stuns the man and binds him. Sighing as he saw that his father he slowly pushes himself off the ground with a groan, walking up to his father's unconscious body he looks at the man and mutters " You were never a father to me anyway" and turns around to help Astoria.
It didn't look like she needed much help, she was firing shocking spell towards Rookwood, normally it's a mild electric current that goes through the person's body, but used too heavily and too many times can cause the person much pain. He slid across the floor next to his wife, and started firing hex's at the man, she glanced at him and sees him grinning at her, smiling back at her husband she starts firing more spells at him.
" What do we have here? Trying to help your wife and the little one, how touching" Rookwood taunts, Theo and Astoria's face shocked at his words, both pointing their wand at him
" Oh, you don't know. Well this will be fun" He grins at them shooting another curse at Astoria who deflected it just
" I'm surprise you haven't noticed Astoria, you're supposedly a healer" Rookwood taunts again
" I...don't know what you're talking about" Astoria growls throwing a hex at him
" My dear, you're with child, my have been going wild since you started battling me" He grins evily
" You will not touch my wife!" Theo yells, with a surge of adrenaline, he throws hex after hex alongside with Astoria
Rookwood was no match for the two being together, he was disarmed by Theo after dodging one of his spells but was caught on Astoria's spell sending him straight into the air floating and not being able to get down. As soon as he was bound by her husband Astoria dropped the man onto the floor with a thump and Theo hit him with a stunning spell. As soon as the man was down, Theo held his wife in his arms.
" You're...pregnant?" He whispers
" I didn't know...I swear I didn't...I've had no morning sickness..nothing" She cries
" Shh...it's okay...you're okay..." He says stroking her hair
" We better get Cassie and Lucius" She nods sniffing pulling away from him
" Do not go into another battle, get Cassie and stay out the way Storie" She hears her husband tell her firmly, not wanting to argue she nods and rushes to the cell that the little girl was held in. She really didn't know that she was pregnant, if she was it would be still very early, but now having a feeling that Rookwood wasn't lying, she didn't want to put herself in any danger that can harm the baby so she agree with Theo in staying out the way.
Yaxley had underestimated the woman he was battling against, she was quick, and dodged or deflected nearly every one of his curses, he sends another curse at her and watches as she dodges it successfully again, the witch started firing more hex's his way with full rage. He shields one but missed another making him fall on one knee, he was suddenly aware that one of his legs were numb and couldn't keep himself up properly, cursing out loud he fires sectumsempra towards her, her eyes widened as she slides to dodge it but it slid across her wand arm, cuts formed all down her arm as she cries out in pain. Blaise looks over and sees her holding onto her arm, but then was hit by a curse sending him flying back into the bars of a cell, groaning in pain he looks at the man in front of him and quickly rolls over to dodge another curse. He managed to make his way to Hermione, standing back to back with her, sending more hex's towards Goyle Sr.
" MIA!" He yells, firing another hex at the man
" I'm fine" She yells back shielding one from Yaxley
Blaise started picking up debris around the room and throwing it at Goyle Sr, making it difficult for the man to block, after many throws Blaise saw the opportunity and disarmed the man, sending him another hex for good measure to knock the wind out of him then stunned him, turning around quickly to help his sister he saw that she was binding the man, sighing with relieve he quickly points his wand at the unconscious man he was fighting against and bound him. Hermione looks over her shoulder and saw Blaise looking back, they gave each other a small smile before they hear Draco cry out in pain. Both of them snap their heads towards where his voice was coming from and saw him on the floor writhing in pain as Bellatrix laughs with her wand pointing at him.
" DRACO!" Hermione cries running towards him with Blaise right behind her
Bellatrix snaps her head up to see them running, she starts firing hex's towards them, shuffling back slightly as she realised that she was the only one left, she screams out in rage and throws curses after curses. Draco groans in pain as he rolls to his side, slowly getting to his feet he stands up by his wife panting, then as he sees his wife get thrown backwards to a wall a surge of adrenaline hit him, he yells out and throws hex's towards his aunt, with Blaise by his side. The pair of them worked together firing hex's towards the psychotic woman, giving her no chance to fire any curses back but to shield the one's that was aimed at her. Draco throws a hex at her that went through her shield she stumbles back slightly but was caught by Blaise's binding spell, falling onto her side. She watches as the two men walk towards her with their wands pointed at them.
It sickened Draco that the woman was grinning as she saw their faces
" Are you going to kill me now dear Draco?" She says
" No." He growls at her with his wand at her face
" I know, I knew you were too weak to kill, your mother was weak your father is weak, and you, are nothing but a pathetic excuse of a wizard. You filthy blood traitor." She snarls
" You're wrong Bellatrix, I can kill, I want to fucking kill you, but I just choose not to kill you, death is too good for you. I want to you rot in Azkaban, I want you to sit in a cell next to your bastard of a husband and watch each other die in the cell" Draco says before stunning her.
Theo had gotten Lucius out and had gone to get the door open, the spell that Bellatrix had used locked on the inside making it not possible for the others to get in, it was shielded with a spell where they couldn't blow it up. The shock on their faces as they ran into the dungeon to see the death eaters all bound on the floor and the five of them battered and bruised but still standing. Draco had managed to break the curse that was on the lock of Cassie's cell, Cassie ran straight to her father in tears. Hermione was being held up by Blaise as her side was in pain from being flung across the room, Astoria was healing the minor cuts and bruises on Lucius. Kingsley looked around the room and at the five in front of him, he still wished that they were part of the Auror team, they would have made great Auror's. Harry was stunned that the group had taken down the death eaters themselves, the Auror's had taken them straight to Azkaban, they would be in trail but everyone knew what the outcome would be. Harry and Kinglsey went to St Mungo's with the others to get healed.
They were all put in a ward together par from Lucius who was under surgery, he had internal bleeding and had been under several crucio's, they found his left limb wrapped with a dirty dishcloth. Hermione was on the bed with Cassie as the little girl didn't want to leave her mothers side, she had been silenced during the time in the cell, they were relieved to find out that she could talk, fortunately her mental health was fine. Once everyone had been examined, neither of them were discharged, they were to stay for the night at least. Kinsgley sat somewhere near the the center off the room with Harry close to Hermione's bed.
" Well...I knew you were impressive, are you all sure you don't want to be part of the Auror team?" Kinsgley says relaxing in his chair, finally. Harry looked at him with his mouth open, he didn't know that Kingsley had offered them a position in the past.
" No thanks Kingsley, like we said last time, we're happy in our field" Draco chuckles
" I think I've had enough action to last me a life time" Hermione smiles, stroking Cassie's hair who had fell asleep
" I can dream can't I?" The old man says making the others laugh lightly
" I think I speak for us all that we thank you for thinking of us, and if we ever change our minds, we'll contact you" Blaise says
" I never knew you were all so good at dueling." Harry finally spoke
" Well Potter, what's that saying...never judge a book by it's cover" Theo says grinning at him
" Yeah..Hermione use to tell me that all the time." He says
" I think we should leave them to rest now, and I don't think we'll be needing statements, so just close the case " Kingsley says standing up
" Yes sir" Harry replies following him
" Rest well, all of you, and I shall see you all soon." Kingsley smiles at them all
" Thank you Minister" Draco says giving the man a wave, the man nods, as Harry gives them a wave and leaves with him.
The five all sigh and lean back on the bed.
" Theo?" Blaise calls out
" Yeah?" They hear him from the far end
" You all right mate?" Blaise asks
" Yeah why?" Theo asks
" You know why Theo" Draco says
" I'm fine, I'm more than fine" Theo sighs
" Are you sure?" Astoria says from the bed next to him
" Yeah...I know you're all worried because it was my father, but honestly I stopped thinking of him as my father years ago. So seriously, I'm fine. And you! You're pregnant you shouldn't have come" Theo says, making the group gasp, they could hear that he was half smiling as he was talking.
" You're pregnant!" Hermione cries
" Storie!" Draco yells out
" You shouldn't have come" Blaise growls, the three had all spoken at the same time
" I didn't know! I swear, I really had no clue until Rookwood said something" Astoria says defending herself
As the group lay in silence, slowly starting to drift off, but awoken when Blaise spoke " Pans is gonna kill us!" making them all laugh
" Yeah...she doesn't like to miss out on anything" Hermione says
" You think Lucius is okay?" Theo asks
" Yeah, when I was healing him in the dungeons, he's actually quite tough, he endured a lot and was still awake. I'm sure that he'll be fine" Astoria answers
Draco and Hermione were both thinking about how Lucius will be after, he had lost his wand hand after all, but still, they were relieved that he was alive. Each one of them drifted off to much needed sleep. It wasn't till afternoon when they were all woken up by Matalia and Pansy walking in, yelling and telling them off for going with the Auror's. Pansy being angry was putting it lightly, she didn't hold back to show how furious she was with them for leaving her behind, she had thought that Astoria was also left at home but when she went to Nott Manor and it was empty she had realised what happened.
Blaise got an earful the most off his wife, Matalia was telling Blaise and Hermione off for being part of something so dangerous. Narcissa wasn't with them when they came in, turns out she had rushed to Lucius's room to see how he was. As much as the two women in the ward with them were angry, they still smiled and hugged every one of them, telling them all that they were glad that they were safe. Draco had managed to get out of his bed and shuffled to into Hermione's with Cassie snuggled between them.
Johnson had came while the women were visiting, it was the first time that they had seen a genuine happy smile on the man's face as he came over to talk to them and Cassie. The little girl was delighted to see the Auror and jumped to him for a hug, and then was forever talking about random things to him. Hermione and Draco were happy to see Cassie acting her old self so quickly, but they both had a feeling that it was because of Johnson. Hermione had drifted in and out of sleep a lot during the day they were at St Mungo's and Draco had made sure no one woke her whenever she fell asleep since she had very little before.
Finally knowing that everyone was okay, including Lucius who was recovering well Hermione and Draco were able to relax for the first time in weeks. Hermione, Draco and Blaise had to stay an extra night, Astoria and Theo had no major injuries, just a couple of bruises and scrapes so they were able be discharged. They had found out Astoria was three weeks pregnant, thankfully the baby was doing fine, she had been told to not put herself in any more danger. Cassie was not happy that she had to sleep in her own bed, neither was Draco, but during the night Draco snuck out of his bed and climbed into Hermione's who was more than happy to let her husband hold her while they sleep.
" I never want to be without you again" Draco whispers to her, stroking her hair
" And you never will" Hermione replies snuggling more into the crook of his neck as he sighed in content.
" I never did thank you for saving me" Hermione whispers looking up into his eyes
" I couldn't have if you never sent me the message, I was stupid to not think of the ring in the first place" Draco replies tucking a piece of hair behind her ear, and gently stroking her face with his knuckles
" You were the one that was able to solve the message" She said leaning into his touch
" I learn from the best" He chuckles lightly
" You're such a kiss ass" She smiles leaning towards him
" Only to you my love" He whispers back closing his eyes, letting their lips touch. Hermione snakes her arms around his waist, as Draco pulls her head to him more for a deeper kiss.
" Knock it off! I don't want to hear any of that!" They here Blaise from the other side of them, breaking the kiss apart, they both giggle like teenagers.
" Sorry Blaise" They both said still in fits off giggle
" Will you both shut up. You'll wake up Cassie" He says, but they could hear the hint of a smile as he spoke
" Goodnight Fratello" Hermione says softly, snuggling back into the position before
" Sleep well" He replies, they hear him shuffling in the bed and went back to being still.
Draco strokes his wife's hair gently hearing her sigh he carries on until he feels her breathing even out, knowing that she had fallen asleep he kisses the top of her head.
" I love you always" Closing his eyes and letting the his tiredness take over him he hears her whisper back " and forever"
Chi sono IO – Who am I?
È indisposto – You unwell?
Next chapter is the last one :)