Ride the lighting

Part 8

Ron took Dobby from Harry; "I won't put him down, go to her"

Harry stood up and shot into the house. Fleur sat at her little kitchen table cleaning and sterilizing cuts on Luna's arms and face.

"She is upstairs, Bill has gone for help, the blonde one is with her"

Harry raced up the small rickety cottage stairs and into the first room he found.

Hermione was laid out on the bed, still unconscious and Draco sat beside her with her hand in his.

"Malfoy, what is going on?" Harry blurted, he sank down on the bed as exhaustion finally caught up with him. "Let go of her hand," he growled in a menacing voice.

Draco let go and put his hands up in surrender, "I'm sorry"

"What is going on? You saved her. Why?" Harry snapped, he was worried about the possibility that Draco had taken the opportunity to try and gain their trust and infiltrate the light side undercover.

"Come on Potter. I mean look at her. She's pregnant"

"I know very well that she's pregnant. Why have you suddenly changed your tune?" Harry had moved up the bed so that he was between Draco and Hermione, forcing Draco to push his chair back.

"Not suddenly Potter. You were in the Astronomy Tower that night. You know I couldn't do it. You know I was putting my wand down. I don't want to follow him. I don't want to be a death eater. My father makes me sick; my mother is stuck in a marriage and house that is slowly killing her. I watched as my aunt tortured Granger and took the first opportunity to get us out as soon as I could. I gave Dobby your wands for heaven sake" Draco's eyes had gone from dead to molten grey in the seconds it took to say his piece.

"You gave Dobby our wands?" Harry gasped.

"Well you could hardly fight your way out without them," Draco snapped. "Potter, I don't have much information, but I'll give you what I've got, just don't let them get me. I need to stay alive so I can get my mother out"

"What can you tell us that will be of any use?" Harry griped.

"Well for a start I know how they found you. I know the locations of death eaters, and I know that there is something at Hogwarts that he doesn't want you to find. He's has death eaters all over that place that are not there to teach" Draco replied with false calm.

The door opened before Harry could say anything and Bill walked in with a young pretty witch with rosy cheeks and a big smile, "Harry, Ruby here is going to check Hermione over"

"Ruby Harte, nice to meet you mister Potter" Ruby held out her hand and Harry shook it quickly, moving out of the way for the young woman to check over Hermione.

"What the hell happened to this girl?" she demanded with her heavy Scottish accent as she finally got a look at Hermione on the bed. "Everyone out, now"

Draco and Bill left but Harry stood next to Hermione, "Harry, come on, she won't hurt her"

Harry took another moment before giving in and following the two men from the room. "Who is she?" Harry demanded immediately.

"Harry calm down. Ruby is a healer at St Mungo's and a staunch member of the Order, she'll look after Hermione and make sure the baby is ok," Bill explained, gesturing for the boys to go downstairs.

"I never saw her at the meetings" Harry argued.

"The Order has been gaining members ever since you left. Dumbledore's death was quite a shock to most of Wizarding Britain. They're finally understanding that he's back and that if they don't fight their lives will be hell again," Bill explained in his calm voice.