Flames

Chapter 33 - Draco's POV

I had decided to move back to my Slytherin room for the remainder of the year.

I was on my way to the dorm with Theo when we arrived at the door.

The door was wide open. We drew our wands and entered slowly and carefully.

I could see Hermione's door wide open.

We crept up to it stealthily. I entered the room and it looked normal, except all the doors were left open.

I saw her phone thrown in the bed and reached for it. The screen turned on, revealing the last message she was about to send me.

"Help" was all it said. I didn't know how long ago she had wrote it.

I turned to Theo, "Something's wrong. She was sending me a message asking for help. I have to find a way to-"

Pain exploded in my head suddenly, knocking me to the floor, and I could hear Hermione screaming.

"Malfoy? What is it? What happened?" I heard Theo ask me.

I focused on Hermione.

"Hermione? Are you there? Are you hurt?" I asked into the bond.

"Draco? Is it really you or am I finally dead?"  I heard her ask.

"Love I'm really here. What happened? Why are you in so much pain? Why are you scared?" I asked.

"Dray I don't know how long I have, but Ron had me under the Imperious Curse. The curse weakened the bond and isolated me from you. You have to find me Dray, please. It hurts so much…" I felt her start to fade away.

"No! Stay with me love. Come on. Stay with me. I'm going to find you. I promise. Just let me… I need to know what you see. Open your eyes Hermione" I begged her.

I felt her struggle to open her eyes and look around. I knew exactly where she was.

I felt a surge of something knocking me on my back and making me writhe in pain.

I tried to think through the pain, "Love I have to sever the bond for some time. If I keep in tune with you I'll be in too much pain. When I get there, I'm going to take your magic. I'll be there soon love. I love you"

"Love…you…" I felt her fade. I didn't know how long I had before she came too and I started feeling everything she did again.

I sat up, startling Theo, "I know where she is. You need to put me under the Imperious Curse and command me to go to her, take her magic, rescue her and come back. Only then can you take the curse off me."

"No. I'm coming with you. I'll put you under the curse and command you to take us to her, take the curse off, and then you take her magic" Theo reasoned.

"Theo you could die. I'm going to fight Rookwood. I've told you how he was" I explained.

Theo shook his head, "I don't care. If he kills you, she'll die anyways, and if he kills her, you'll die. You need help. Plus, I'm the only one who's on the list to apparate with you because I'm not on probation."

"Fine. But you need to hurry. If we don't weaken the bond, I'll be in too much pain to do anything" I told him.

Theo nodded, "Imperio."

My body went cold and I felt the bond weaken. I tried to reach out to her, but couldn't.

"Take me to where she is Draco. We need to help her" I heard Theo say through the haze.

I began walking out of the castle. When were far enough, I apparated us to Rookwood's house.

I felt the moment Theo removed the curse. The haze in my head cleared, and the bond became stronger.

A wave of pain hit me and I fell to my knees. I could hear Hermione screaming.

I tried to reach out to her, "I'm here love. I'm so close to you. Just hang on a little more."

"Hurts Dray. Need… death" she thought.

I scrambled to borrow her magic. I felt the familiar surge of electricity in my veins. I could feel our magic mixing together.

I felt the electricity on my fingertips. I nodded once to Theo and we charged forward.

We burst into the house. There, in the middle of the room was Hermione, chained to a dirty table.

"Crucio!" someone yelled. I saw the spell hit her.

My anger grew when I heard her scream in pain.

I looked for the source of the spell and my eyes landed on Rookwood.

"Well, well, well. Little Malfoy, all grown up. Thought you'd be rotting in a prison cell next to daddy. Yet here you are, bonded with the mudblood. Interesting. Does daddy know little Malfoy likes to fuck around with mudblood whores?" taunted Rookwood.

My anger flared, "Get. The fuck. Away. From. Her. I swear to Merlin Rookwood, if you don't get away from her, I will kill you."

He stepped closer to her and grabbed her hair, "Bold of you to threaten me when I have two things so precious to you."

I looked at him darkly, not knowing what he meant, "Did she not tell you? Well she probably didn't even know herself. The mudblood whore got herself knocked up! You're going to be a daddy, little Malfoy! Well… you were. After all the times we've cursed her…it's probably gone now."

My magic exploded in front of me, knocking him to the ground. I walked over to him and without saying anything bound him in ropes. I waved my hand over Hermione and watched all her wounds close up and the restraints disappear.

I heard Theo knock out Weasley and bind him too.

I sent Hermione's magic back to her but not before dressing her and picking her up.

We waited for the Ministry to appear and take our statements. When we were let go, Theo apparated us back to the castle where I set up Hermione in the infirmary, and waited for her to wake up.

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