Hermione had his Harry with the spell just in time. She knew that would buy them sometime. She needed to remember her mission in order to make sense of the pain. In order to keep fighting. The crazy lunatic Bellatrix Lestrange cackled as she finished carving that dreaded word into Hermione's skin. Mublood
When Draco had first called Hermione that word, she had cried and been offended. Now she believed she would die for the title. A title that made he seen as filth. Less than worthy of magic. She was not just tainted but the epicenter of disease. The reason there was a problem. That is what Bellatrix went on about as she tortured Hermione in order to get her to give up Harry. She wouldn't do it though. She couldn't. She would have to keep fighting.
As Hermione struggled to maintain consciousness the sound of alarms went off. She vaguely heard Draco say "Snatchers?" as she fought to regain a her alertness.
"Tell them to throw whatever they caught in the bloody cells and stop interrupting me!' Bellatrix screamed out. Hermione could see that she was now standing over her body as if analyzing the situation. Her eyes suddenly snapped back to Hermione, "Now where were we?" She sneered as she dragged the cool blade over Hermione's skin, deciding what pain to inflict next. Hermione braced herself for the pain as the doors to the room flew open.
"What the bloody hell is that?" Draco yelled as the sound of feet stomping got closer. Hermione turned her head towards the commotion, hoping beyond reason that the Order had come to save them. What she saw took her off guard as Bellatrix gasped above her.
Two of the snatchers each held the arm of the most elegant man Hermione had ever seen. He was badly injured and seemed to be fighting to maintain consciousness as the snatchers were dragging him. Blood was dripping down his forehead though that did not seem to ruin his long perfectly blonde hair that put Lucius Malfoy's hair to shame.
"Well look what we have here." Bellatrix purred as she moved to inspect the latest catch. She approached the man and gently caressed his face, lifting his chin. "I do think there is more to this one than meets the eye." She whispered, excitement on the edge of her voice.
The man mumbled something that sounded like a song than fully lost consciousness. Bellatrix cackled in glee moving her had from his chin to push her hair back behind his ear. "Place him in the cell below. I will start with him as soon as I finish with the filth."
Without another word the snatchers started towards the cell, unwilling to defy an order from Bellatrix. "It can't be!" Lucius said as soon as the snatchers were out of ear shot. "They died long ago." He addressed Bellatrix with these words, leaving Hermione time to survey her surroundings and look for a way out. Everyone other than her seemed to have a wand if she could just get one…
"Your eyes do not deceive you." Bellatrix said as she sashed over. "He is a high elf in the flesh. I do not know how he's here but I do intend to find out." She spun around like a girl who had just been told Christmas had come early. Except that girl was evil, scary, and demented. Hermione felt like it was just another form of torture to see Bellatrix so happy and it could never mean something good.
"Now!" Bellatrix whirled to face Hermione. "Where were we this time?"
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