They Don't Matter | By : Jenxiaris Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Hermione Views: 5485 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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There was a flurry of movement at Ron's worrying announcement.
Hermione and Anthony both ran the length of the ward to Ron and demanded and explanation, Hermione with instant tears in her eyes.
"Harry, Draco and I stayed with all our children, the other aurors from our department each took a group of children. The day seemed to be going fine, then there was an explosion" a second look at Ron did show his robes to be covered in dust and dirt.
Madam Pomfrey began to treat a small cut above his left eye as he continued, "Harry and I fought off Yaxley and Travers and Draco stood as a defence between the curses and the children. I put Yaxley under a full body-bind but a stray curse hit my head and I dropped to the floor" Ron flinched as Madam Pomfrey began to look at his arm, which appeared to have a serious burn on it.
"I turned over on the floor and saw Lucius, he was making a play for Jessica, he almost had her but Draco got in the way as Lucius made a grab at her and apparated. He got Draco instead of Jess"
Hermione sat in the first seat she could get to so that she didn't fall completely and took a deep breath.
Luna came to Ron's side with Alice and put her arms around him, relief showing that her husband was not to badly hurt.
Anthony spoke up, "Did they get anyone else?"
Ron shook his head "We have Yaxley in custody. Harry and the other Aurors have brought the children back and they are in the Great Hall. In fact Madam Pomfrey you may want to check on Harry, he took a couple of hexes before the death eaters apparated"
As Madam Pomfrey left for the Great Hall, Professor McGonagall joined the small group in the hospital wing.
She came to Hermione and placed a hand on her shoulder, a sort of show of comfort. "Hermione I have alerted all remaining members of the order although there are not many, they are on the way here to organise a search party. We will find Draco"
"Oh Merlin, Annabelle. There is nothing to stop Lucius going to the Manor now that he has Draco" Hermione said quickly.
"Professor I need to bring her and Narcissa here. I'm sorry that we are imposing but I need them here" Hermione was beginning to lose her cool. She needed to know they were safe before she could work on getting Draco back.
"No imposition Hermione. I will go myself" the Professor said and left for her office, which had the only floo connected to the outside network.
Twenty minutes later the group from the hospital wing had moved to the headmistresses office and were joined by Harry, Jessica and Narcissa. Jessica was quietly crying and being held by Anthony, she kept whispering that is was her fault and he was desperately trying to comfort her.
Alice had taken Annabelle to Gryffindor tower where she and the other Weasley children were keeping her entertained.
George had joined from the shop after making sure Pansy and their younger children were safely at the Burrow with Molly. Ginny joined Pansy and Molly with Lily.
Arthur had come to Hogwarts along with Neville Longbottom and Blaise who had come as soon as he received the note from Professor McGonagall.
"Dean and Seamus are at the Manor Hermione. They are going to stay there until we catch Lucius, just in case he does try and go there" Neville informed her.
"Minister Shacklebolt has gone to Azkaban prison, he wants to investigate how they escaped himself. If the dementors have turned to the death eaters side again then this is going to get much worse" Professor McGonagall said.
"This is what I suggest, Hogwarts will become headquarters for this search and rescue mission and for any future events that may take place. It would seem the Order needs to come together again" the Professor continued.
"Mr. Longbottom, Mr. Zabini I want you two to go and search out the caves where we now know Sirius Black was hiding when he escaped, there is every possibility they are there considering both sightings have been around the school" Professor McGonagall turned to Harry and Ron "What do the aurors think about the situation?"
Harry spoke up "Well obviously no one is now allowed in or out of the school. We are already putting up the wards that you used during the last war. Ron and I are going to go as soon as Madam Pomfrey gives his arm the all clear and start searching all the old death eater haunts"
"I'm going with you" Hermione said straight away.
" Err… 'Mione wouldn't you rather be here with your kids?" Ron said quietly.
"It's my husband he's got. It's my children he is after. I'm going with you" Hermione had her 'I'm not changing my mind' face that everyone knew so well. Harry just nodded and after getting the okay from the nurse the Golden Trio left.
"I want to do something Professor" Anthony spoke up from the corner. "It's my father that's missing, I cannot sit here"
"I understand Mr. Malfoy but to be honest I want you here. Not only is it very dangerous for you to be out there as you are one of his targets, the more people I have in the castle the better protected it is. Stay and protect your wife and your sisters" the professor uncharacteristically placed an arm around his shoulder as she said this.
He nodded and took Jessica up to Gryffindor tower. "Arthur I want you to go back to the Burrow, if he can't get to his main target he will go for someone close to his main target and that could be Ginny and Pansy. Keep them there and put the old wards up around the Burrow" the professor said.
"Right everyone, lets go"
…..
Harry, Ron and Hermione slowly sneaked around the outside of Spinner's End. Since Snape had died no one had been near it and the building looked about ready to fall to the ground.
Harry took the lead, entering the house through the back door. He took careful steps, firstly to ensure that he was not heard if there was someone in the house and secondly so as not to cause too much disturbance to the structure. It really did feel like it would fall any second.
Harry searched the downstairs then upstairs while Ron searched the outside perimeter for any sign that someone had recently been in the area. Hermione kept watch hidden in a corner of the front garden, in case anyone came, although it seemed unlikely.
Coming up with nothing they regrouped and discussed their next move. For a single moment it felt like old times, the Golden Trio working out there next move in the fight against evil. Only this time it was Hermione's family and world that hung in the balance.
"I think we should check out the old Parkinson estate. Pansy doesn't go there and her parents are still in Azkaban. It could be perfect for Lucius to hide in" Harry said and the other two nodded in agreement.
The boys each took Hermione's hand and apparated to the large estate where Pansy grew up.
This was much more elaborate the Spinner's End. Not as large as the Manor but still boasting a great size the trio were more careful in their plan for looking around. A large hedge, taller than Hagrid, surrounded the house. It was obviously purposely there to keep muggle's from seeing inside.
They walked quietly around the perimeter, keeping close to the hedge and taking advantage of the shelter it provided to keep hidden. Again the plan was to enter via the back door. This time Ron entered first, Hermione behind him, walking back to back; less chance of being caught by surprise.
Harry cast a silent 'Homenum Revelio' on the top two floors of the building from the outside but it showed that the area was completely devoid of life. Ron and Hermione came out of the house shaking their heads.
They were deciding where to go next when Professor McGonagall's patronus found them. "We have received a communication from Lucius. Come back to Hogwarts" then it disappeared.
The trio instantly apparated back to a spot outside the castle gates and Hagrid let them in. They ran up the steep hill to the castle and continued until they reached the head's office. Anthony and Narcissa were there and Arthur's head was poking through the floo; so that he could be kept up to date.
"It came with a black raven" the professor informed them. She passed it to Harry who read it out.
'Give me the blood-traitor children and I will give back my son'
Hermione sat heavily in a chair by the head teachers' desk. She put her head in her hands and took a deep breath. "I suppose we could just keep checking the death eaters houses but somehow I don't think Lucius is that stupid" Ron said.
"I think we should get some of the junior's to do that. It would be irresponsible not to check the locations, but I agree, he won't be there" Harry said. He penned a note to his office at the ministry asking for some of the junior and trainee aurors to be put on the task and sent it with a Hogwart's owl.
"I think the best thing is for everyone to just stay here tonight" Professor McGonagall informed them. "Mr. Potter, your wife and daughter are perfectly safe with Arthur and Molly. The house is very well protected" she continued when she saw Harry was about to protest.
She led Hermione to Draco's quarters herself and had Annabelle brought to her. Mr. Filch begrudgingly organised some quarters for Blaise, Ron and Luna, and Narcissa. Harry stayed in the Gryffindor tower, so that he could be closer to the children, just in case.
….
One week later
After a week with no more communication from the death eaters, Hermione was at the end of her rope. She paced the quarters she had been staying in over and over again until she couldn't take being there anymore then she paced the halls of the castle.
Annabelle was having a marvellous time, especially with Fred and Christopher as the used their inherited skills to give the little girl a marvellous time and distract her from the fact that everyone was under severe pressure.
Every known property that had been owned by a death eater had been searched by a team of young auror's during the past week and so far not a single piece of evidence to show that the group of death eaters had been to any of the places had shown itself.
In all honesty the group were running out of ideas and it was starting to become more of a worry as the longer Draco was held hostage the more likely he wasn't ever going to come back. No one said it in front of Hermione or the children but being the smartest witch of her age, no one needed to.
The Daily Prophet made it front page news, Hermione agreed to do an interview with them and they, for once, were quite fair towards her and her husband and the article was used to make everyone in the community aware of just how serious things really were.
A few hoax floo calls were made to the auror department. Each call getting everyone's hopes up only to be dashed when no evidence of Lucius ever being in the place they visited came up.
Minister Shacklebolt found no evidence to suggest that the Dementor's were under death eater influence during his investigation and it was still complete unknown as to how the death eaters had escaped.
Yaxley was proving very difficult to break. He refused to say anything. His only comment was 'the Dementor's will kiss me before I say anything'
Harry and Ron were currently in the process of getting permission from the Wizengamot to use Veritaserum on him. Although considering it had been a week he may well not be able to give them any information as to where they would be holding Draco, as it would be very easy for them to have moved.
….
A knock on the door of Hermione's quarters stopped her pacing on the eighth day after Draco had been taken. Hermione opened it to find Harry and Ron, both grinning like Cheshire cats.
"They gave us permission to use Veritaserum. He talked. We're going now" was all Ron said before Hermione was pulling her cloak on.
On the way down to the entrance hall Harry explained that they had been staying in a property that Rookwood had owned off the books so no one had know to look there.
They were met by Blaise and Neville in the entrance hall. "We are going to meet Arthur, Dean, Seamus and some of the aurors down by the front gates and apparate there" Harry informed Hermione.
"We will apparate in two's to a spot about a mile away from the area. Then sneak up and surround the building. Hermione this is mean to be official. Harry, the aurors and myself are the ones that must make the arrests. You and the order members are there as back up. Do you understand?" Ron firmly asked.
Hermione nodded. She just wanted Draco back.
They all paired up once the trio made it to the front gate, Ron taking Hermione's hand. Ron turned on the spot and Hermione felt the tell-tales tug in her stomach as she was pulled through to the intended spot.
They landed in a field. It was getting darker; a plus as far as sneaking up on the house was concerned. Ron signalled to Hermione to stay quiet and follow him. Each twosome had landed in the surrounding area and was slowly converging on a two-storey house in the middle of no-where.
Hermione stuck close to Ron; Harry and Arthur a few feet away. She tightened her grip on her wand and held it out in front of her.
Seamus and an Auror named Adams went through the front door, Hermione assumed someone was already at the back. It was a case of keeping as quiet as possible so that the target didn't apparate out.
Ron and Hermione went in next followed by Harry and Arthur. Straight ahead of Hermione was a set of stairs and to the side of that a small kitchen. She could see Dean with an auror she didn't know in the kitchen guarding the back door.
They could hear movement up on the next floor, Harry went up followed by Arthur, they flanked either side of the top of the step and Ron motioned for Hermione to follow him up.
Seamus and Adams blocking the bottom after they went.
There were three doors at the top of the stairs on a small dull landing. The door straight ahead of them was the bathroom. It looked filthy and like the rest of the house the wallpaper was peeling from the walls. Either side of the open bathroom door was two closed doors.
Harry and Ron each took a door and together blasted them open.
Harry's room boasted a sleeping Rookwood. Across from him on the dirty floor was a bound and gagged young girl. Harry immediately cast 'Incarcerous' at Rookwood before running over to the young girl.
In the other room Ron performed the same exact procedure on Travers. No one else was in the room and Hermione felt like she had been punched in the stomach. She was desperate to get Draco back.
"Get out of my way Ron" she said. He shook his head but moved when she pointed her wand straight at Travers head, any spell she cast would have to go through Ron to get to him.
"Listen to me very carefully you worthless piece of dragon dung. You will tell me where my husband is or there won't be anything left for the dementors to play with once I am finished with you" she warned Travers, who began to look very worried.
He was much older than during the battle at Hogwarts, and he knew full well that this woman could've easily bested him then.
Ron removed the part of his spell that gagged his mouth and he spat at Hermione. Narrowly missing her face.
She shot a stinging hex straight his face and Ron grabbed her arm. "Hermione if you do too much to him the courts will have to let him off because we've abused him" he warned her.
"I don't care anymore. I want Draco back and there is nothing that will stop me cutting him up piece by piece if I have to" she said it to Ron but kept her eyes on Travers.
Travers began to shake; he knew he was in serious trouble. "The dementors will suck out my soul before I tell you anything" he spat at them.
"Funny. That's what Yaxley said" Hermione laughed at him.
She pointed her wand at his stomach; silently casting the stinging hex again. "Start talking or the next hex will cut" she said aiming her wand at his lower regions.
Harry joined his two best friends and took in the scene, he gave Ron a 'why are you allowing this' look but he knew that Hermione was pretty unstoppable now that she was this close to her goal.
Travers refused to say anything, but Harry noticed him look to the ceiling whenever he wasn't looking at Hermione.
He ran out to the hall and blasted a hole where the loft door was nestled in to the ceiling. Ron came out of the room and give Harry boost up and into the attic.
"HE'S HERE!" Harry shouted down. Arthur, who had been in the other room watching Rookwood, came out and between the three men managed to safely levitate Draco down from the attic.
He was unconscious and only wearing filthy torn trousers. His right arm looked broken. He had cuts on his other arm and face. The word blood-traitor had been cut into his chest over his heart.
Hermione vomited on the spot. She pulled herself together and checked Draco over for injuries.
Ron and Harry stood to the side. They still had a very big problem. Lucius was not in the house. He was still at large and more dangerous than ever.
"Hermione, I want you and Arthur to take Draco to Hogwarts. Madam Pomfrey can heal him just as well as anyone at St. Mungo's" Harry said. " We are going to take these two and the girl to the Ministry and we'll come after"
Hermione nodded. Arthur took one of Draco's hands and Hermione the other and they apparated away.
"What the hell do we do now. We've got very little chance of finding him if these two don't know where he went" Ron whispered to Harry.
"We go back to the office. The dementors will be administering the kiss to them soon enough, and we can try and get something out of them before that happens. We also have to find out who this girl is and where she came from" Harry answered.
….
Back at Hogwarts Hagrid carried Draco back up to castle and Madam Pomfrey began the examining him as soon as he was placed on a bed in the hospital wing.
Anthony and Jessica came in as soon as rumours that he was back made it to the Gryffindor common room. Jess began to cry immediately and Hermione wrapped her in a large cuddle and whispered to calm her down.
Madam Pomfrey came over to the small family after finishing her examination. "His arm is broken in two places but I can fix that almost immediately. He has three broken ribs, again fixable. I can heal all the cuts and bruises but unfortunately there will be some scarring"
"Thank you Madam Pomfrey" Hermione said through her tears, "When will he wake up?"
"I'll revive him once I have healed all the cuts. No point having him squirming around, it will be a little sore" Madam Pomfrey said patting her shoulder and turning back to her patient.
…
Two hours later Hermione, Anthony and Jessica were sat around Draco's bed. Madam Pomfrey had just slipped a pain potion down his throat and was about to revive him.
"Ennervate" she cast at him and within seconds his eyes were open.
"Hey" Hermione smiled at him.
"I knew you would find me" he whispered to her.
Jess began to sob and Draco carefully turned to her. "Don't cry baby girl" he croaked. He was a little de-hydrated.
"It's my fault daddy, he was trying to get me"
Hermione came around to her daughter and put her arms around her, "It is not your fault, don't say that again"
Draco turned to Anthony, "Are Alice and the baby okay?"
"Yes father. Everyone is fine"
Draco nodded and closed his eyes. He had never felt so exhausted in his life.
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