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A Ghostly Curse	By : ShilohDarke Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Lucius/Hermione Views: 34152 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Chapter 18

Draco curled in on himself as the pain grew. �Oh Merlin�s Beard! Kill me!� He grabbed Angelica and looked at her with a frantic expression. �I need your help.! I can�t do it! I just can�t!� tears welled in his eyes. �Please, don�t let me kill him!�

He was half delirious with the pain and his eyes were beginning to glaze over making it hard for him to be speak. Angelica used a moist cloth to wipe the perspiration off of his face. She glance over his head at Severus, whose own face was a mask of grim concentration and concern.

�Kill who?� Hermione had just entered the room with Lucius in tow to find Draco writhing on his bed with Severus and Angelica on either side of him. �What�s going on?�

She stopped in her tracks when Draco�s eyes turned to her and his expression changed from one of torment, to one of intense hatred. Faster than fate would have condoned, he was on his feet and charging the two of them. Lucius stepped around Hermione and pushed her behind him just in time to be sent sprawling when his son�s fist connected with his jaw.

Severus cast the Immobulus curse before Draco could get another punch in and he dropped to the floor. The dark wizard stood over him, trembling with his wand poised and ready. His eyes were filled with worry and anger.

Lucius looked from him to Draco�s still form and back. �What in the name of Merlin is going on? He was fine just days ago! How did this happen?�

Angelica had ran to kneel beside the frozen wizard and was the first to respond. �Bellatrix has placed a dark curse within him. She left him alive, that�s true, but she definitely tampered with him.� her eyes never left Draco as she smoothed back his hair from his face.

�She�s placed the compulsion to kill you inside of him. The longer he resists. . . the more pain he�s in.� She shook her head. �I don�t know how much longer it will be before nothing will stop him.�

Hermione clenched her fists. �See Lucius? I told you we had to get out of that room.�

Severus recovered himself at that moment and turned to look at her with a look of mild curiosity. �Yes, and I can just imagine how you got out of said room.� His eyebrow rose as if waiting for her answer.

Lucius spoke instead. �How we got out of our self imprisonment is our concern, and none of yours, Severus. We need only focus now on how to rid Draco of this curse before it claims his sanity.�

His arm went around Hermione and she couldn�t help but smile at how swiftly he had put Severus in his place. Giving him a look that thanked him, she leaned into his embrace for a moment before turning her attention back to Draco. �What can we do?�

�Severus sighed. �Well first, we should get him back into the bed and Angelica should put him back to sleep.� At Lucius� look of alarm, he held up his hand in surrender, �to keep him from suffering until we can find a way to release him.�

It was Hermione�s turn to look affronted. �And how, exactly is she supposed to do that?� She had kissed him to wake him. How would that give her the power to put him back under? The very idea was preposterous!

Severus opened his mouth, but Angelica answered. �The reason I was able to wake him was because he is the other half of my soul.� She motioned for Severus to help and he levitated the blonde man and floated him to the bed.

When he was settled comfortably, she climbed up into the bed beside him. As he awoke, she grabbed his attention by kissing him deeply and keeping him from noticing his father or Hermione were in the room.

He responded like a drowning man, and grasped Angelica with a passion that made Hermione blush and look away. As the lovers lay back on the bed, they cuddled tightly into each others embrace and gave in to sleep easily and naturally.

Severus nodded and looked back to Lucius. �It is okay, old friend. This is not the same as when he was under last time. This time, they will dream together and be together. And when it is time for them to awaken, they shall.�

He gestured for them to leave the room and when Hermione turned, she saw Ginny sitting by the door, watching the events unfold. The two women regarded each other silently before Ginny held out her hand and Hermione took it. Together, they walked out the room in silence, leaving the two men watching after them.

Lucius sighed, �I don�t want my son to die, Severus.� He stated his worst fear when the women were out of hearing range. He didn�t want to seem overly concerned, but Severus knew better. They both knew well the depths of Bella�s insanity. This would not be an easy curse to break.

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Ginny led Hermione into the kitchen and made a soft request to Mud. �Hot cocoa, please? For both of us.�

When both women seated themselves at the small table, they each took the cocoa offered them and sipped silently for a moment. When Hermione finally began to feel a little less shook up by Draco�s attack on his father and the look in his eyes, she asked, �When did you arrive?�

Ginny sat her glass down. �Mud summoned Severus this morning. Poor Draco was in sad shape! His body so filled with pain that he didn�t hardly know who we were.� She shook her head and gave Hermione a small smile. �I see you finally worked your way free. However did you manage?�

Hermione responded with a slight smile herself. �Lucius only trapped us in there iuntil I realized the depth of his feelings for me.� she shrugged. �I didn�t believe it at first. I mean, with Lucius being who he is and I am who I am. . .� she trailed off for a moment before adding, �Well, can you blame me?�

Ginny reached across the table a gripped her hand. �You are a beautiful, talented, sexy, and clever witch! How could he not have feelings for you?�

Hermione�s face fell and her eyes filled with tears. �I-I just. . . Well, I don�t have the best luck with men.� she shrugged. �I am not blessed with knowing how to entice men.�

The pregnant witch looked her over with a gleam in her eye, then busted out laughing. Hermione looked somewhat offended until she explained her reason. �You have that wizard so crazed with desire for you, he locked you up so you couldn�t escape him!� she let a few more giggles escape before she asked, �Surely you don�t doubt him now?�

Hermione smiled and shook her head. �No. No, I believe him now. I just didn�t think I was truly what he wanted. . . Until now.�

Ginny sobered. An uncomfortable look crossed her face before she whispered, �I am sorry for the pain you have been put through, Hermione. You did not deserve it.�

�No, she didn�t.� Lucius interrupted. �But it is over now, and she has no reason to ever spill a tear over it again.� his arms wrapped around Hermione, engulfing her in a way that made her feel protected and cherished. �Do you, love?�

Turning so to wrap her own arms around his waist, she laid her head on his chest. �No. Not anymore.�

Hugging her tight, he kissed her forehead. �And never again.� Regarding Severus over her head, the two shared a look that the women missed.

Reluctantly pulling away, Hermione studied Lucius� jaw. It was already beginning to swell and bruise. �Are you okay?�

He winced when he turned his head slightly and reached up to lightly rub his jaw. �Well, he didn�t break it. But now we know he can throw an punch!�

Severus smirked. �Yes, we should enroll him in Muggle Boxing!�

Immediately, Hermione looked shocked. �Oh, you have to be jesting! Those American Boxers are three times his size!�

Severus raised an eyebrow in her direction and crossed his arms over his chest. �Of course I am jesting. Although if he was mad enough, I am sure he could take them. But right now, we have to focus on getting him free of Bella�s curse so he can be able to have his life back.�

Lucius nodded, �Yes, and we have to hurry. I don�t want my son suffering one more night from that witch!�

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Sinking down into oblivion, Draco panicked. His arms flailed about helplessly. He was stuck in this dark endless abyss with no light at the end of the tunnel. There was not even a tunnel. Just darkness. Only darkness. He was alone. All alone. With nothing to hold on to and nothing to guide him. He fought to steady his breathing.

�This isn�t hell.� he whispered. �Hell is fire and brimstone and so much hotter than this.� he fought to calm himself.

He nearly screamed when her voice reached him. �Draco?� It was Angelica. What was she doing here? Poor angel! She didn�t deserve to be here!

Maybe it was Purgatory. YES! That was it. There wasn�t room in hell yet, so he was stuck here in purgatory while they cleared out space. �I�m sorry you�re stuck in Purgatory too, Angelica. I hope it wasn�t knowing me that made them send you here.�

There was a pause, then a chuckle. Closer now. Then, �Draco, you�re not in Purgatory.�

He balked. �What? Yes I am. Can�t you tell? We�re here. . . there�s no light. Nothing.� He paused, when she snickered. �What? So, fine, we aren�t in Purgatory? Huh? Miss Smarty pants? Then you tell me. . . Where are we?�

Suddenly her face was visible right before him, as was the rest of her body. Beautiful, naked, and smiling up at him with a face full of mischief. �We�re dreaming.� She answered. �And this is where your dreams begin. A blank canvas until you decide on the scene.�

Draco stared at her, taking in her nudity and wondering for a moment if he was perhaps, like she said, dreaming. He doubted it, until he remembered his request of her. He had asked her to kill him. But his common sense told him she would never hurt him. It went against everything she was and all she believed in.

�A dream, huh? Does that mean I can make us be anywhere?� When she nodded, he smiled, And what would we do?� he asked.

She shrugged and looked him over as if she was starving for him. �What do you want to do?�Her question sent fiery desire burning down into his groin and he groaned.

�Don�t tease me, minx. I may be a wizard, but I am still, only human.� His voice was raw with the edge of his desire and his eyes betrayed his desire.

Stepping closer, Angelica ran her hand up his chest. �Draco, there is one thing you need to know.�

His arms came up and wrapped around her. Already, he was lost to the sensations and blown away by it. He�d never imagined that a dream could feel so good. He never remembered a time when it had. �Tell me now, while I still have the will power to stop if I have to.�

Angelica smiled and wrapped her arms around Draco�s neck. �In reality, I am lying beside you in your arms. We are cuddled close together and sleeping peacefully. Here, there is no pain and no danger.� She kissed his neck and bit his earlobe lightly drawing a hiss from him. �Anything we want to do, we can.�

Draco pulled back and looked at the woman before him. �Anything?� he asked softly. He was curious as to exactly where she was going with this but he would not be responsible for where this was going. It would all have to be her decision.

A bed appeared in the center of the abyss. With purple satin sheets turned back and waiting. Draco�s eyes widened a little as he looked from her to the bed. A slow smile overtook his face and he chuckled. �This is definitely interesting. But, shouldn�t we be busy trying to find a way to stop Bellatrix?�

Angelica kissed Draco�s lips before leaning back and answering, �There isn�t anything we can do here. But by being here, we are giving Severus, Hermione and your father time to focus on ridding us of that bitch�s curse.�

�Ah. . .� he nodded as understanding dawned. �So, the best thing we can do is oblige them, and give them time?�

Angelica gave him a big smile and nodded, � Smart man! I knew you�d see reason.�

Grabbing her hand, Draco tugged her slowly towards the bed. �Well, then yes, we should give them plenty of time.�

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