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Scars	By : LadyFreak Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Hermione Views: 17581 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 3
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, nor to I make any money from this story. These characters are JKR's, I just play with them.

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A/N: OK, since this chapter is so short i decided to post it today as well... enjoy!

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Draco slammed through the hospital wing and screamed for Madam Pomfrey. Even he knew it wasn’t a yell… He screamed.

The nurse came rushing out and had Draco bring Hermione into an empty private room. She tried to rush the shell shocked boy out, but he wouldn’t budge. “Fine. Stay. But you’re going to help.” She gave Draco a list of potions to get from her cabinet as she began undressing the young witch in her care. She made quick work of stopping the bleeding coming from the cuts on the girl’s arms. There were too many to count.

Tears fell down the older witch’s face, but she paid them no mind as Draco came back in with the potions. He saw her arms and crumbled. “Oh gods.”

“Hold her hand Mr. Malfoy, she needs human touch. I know you know that much.” He nodded and moved forward, holding her left hand.

“Merlin” the older witch rasped under her breath.

“What? What is it?”

“All these scars. All these new cuts will scar.”

“But magic…” he started before putting his head on the bed. “She used a mirror”.

She shook her head. “Now it makes sense. You know as well as I do about enchanted mirrors in this school. It was magical and will make her healing slower and leave scars. How did I not notice this before?” She glanced at the girls other wrist and noticed the bracelet around the wrist. “Draco remove that bracelet and keep it somewhere safe.”

He slowly removed the bracelet and put it into his pocket and heard the nurse gasp at the revealing of the ‘mudblood’ scar. Draco noticed the bracelet was gone from her other wrist and made a mental note to retrieve it from the bathroom later.

“You knew about this, didn’t you?” the blonde nodded.

“She told me not to tell” he choked out. “I made the bracelets… it was the only way to get her here when she was injured.”

The older woman nodded somberly. It was a hard position to be put in. “What happened to set her off Draco?” The nurse asked kindly.

Draco looked into the kind eyes of the nurse and felt the tears pooling in his eyes. He closed them briefly, trying to control his emotions. “She was just told… her parents.” He shook his head unable to control his emotions. His shoulders shook as he cried into the mattress beside the unconscious girl.

The nurse covered her heart with her hands. “Oh Merlin.”

He popped his head up suddenly, remembering Potter. He ran from the room quickly and sent out his patronus to tell the boy where Hermione was. “Harry came with the news along with Kingsley and an older Weasley”. The nurse nodded and pulled the sheet over Hermione’s body to her chin.

Moments later they heard the hospital doors crash open again and watched as Potter, the Headmistress, Shacklebolt, and the older Weasley cam running in. Madam Pomfrey closed the door behind her, leaving Draco in the room with Hermione.

“Well now!” She bristled. “I certainly am glad to have no patients in here tonight with all the banging of my doors!” The crowd at least had the intelligence to look slightly embarrassed.

The Headmistress was the first to speak. “Poppy, we apologize, but I’m sure you can understand our haste?”

“Of course I do Headmistress, but there’s nothing you can do at the moment.”

“How is she?” Harry came forward.

The nurse looked at the black haired boy. She had always had a soft spot for him. “I will let you see her, but only you. And Draco stays.” Harry nodded and moved into the room as the adults started arguing. “This is an extremely sensitive situation and at the risk of breaking Healer patient confidentiality, I will only allow Potter to enter.” She turned to Professor McGonagall “Headmistress, I will give you a report in an hours time.”

The older woman nodded, “And what of young Malfoy? Has he been treated as well?”

“He is understandably distraught” the nurse replied. “But nothing warranting any treatment other than perhaps a dreamless sleep.”

“Poppy, we learned through leglimens that Draco was on the receiving end of the cruciatus curse.” The nurse gasped. “It didn’t last long and it came from someone not used to casting it, but I would still like to have him treated.”

“Alright Minerva.”

“Thank you Poppy” The nurse nodded and exhaled a breath as the doors closed behind the group.

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Madam Pomfrey quickly gave Draco an exam and considered him in full health. A bar of chocolate and he was good.

Once she left, Harry was permitted to enter.

Harry Potter fought his weak knees as he saw his best friend pale and lying on the bed. He nodded at Draco who momentarily lifted his head when the door opened. It was a few minutes before he could speak.

“What happened?”

Draco looked up at the boy who lived, with renewed pain. He decided truth was in order. “I knew where she would be.” He watched as the green eyes narrowed. “I had to. I didn’t know exactly what she would do … how far she would go…but I did know she wouldn’t what you to see her like…that.”

“Like what? Stop with the riddles Malfoy”

Instead of reacting to the renewed use of his surname, Draco simply leaned forward and grasped the end of the sheet under Hermione’s chin. He paused a moment and looked at Harry. “Not my secret to tell. But you need to understand.” With that he pulled the cover down and fell back into his seat.

Harry didn’t understand what he was seeing at first, then it registered. Hermione’s right forearm was riddled with slices of her skin. He also noticed the older white scars that ran up and down her pale arm. “What…” he choked out, swallowing the bile threatening to rise. “Why…” He looked at Draco desperately.

“She’s a cutter Harry.” He said with sorrowful eyes.

“A… cutter…” he glanced at her arm again, understanding coming over his eyes. “Oh gods.” He sobbed. Draco walked to the other side of the bed and put his arm around the shoulders of the black haired boy. “When…”

Draco shook his head “Not my story.” He squeezed Harry’s shoulder and walked back to his own spot, where he promptly put his hand in Hermione’s and laid his head on her shoulder.

Draco quickly fell asleep, not registering the gentle pat on his back or the closing of the door as Harry left the two alone.
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