What If (Drarry)

20. The Battle

Ron watched in horror as a Death Eater stepped out of nowhere and came to a halt right in front of his wife and Malfoy. He didn't think twice. With Ginny at his heels, he stepped out of the shadows and pointed his wand at the hooded figure.

"Leave my wife alone!" he shouted when Ginny shot a wild hex at the Death Eater.

But it was too late. Other hooded men appeared out of thin air - Ron assumed of the shield. Soon they were outnumbered as the Death Eaters surrounded them. They couldn't do anything apart from praying for their lives.

The Death Eaters' circle closed on them. For a split second all four of them thought that it was the end. They closed their eyes and waited for the green light to hit them.

But then...

"Stop!" roared a chubby Death Eater. "Isn't that the traitor Malfoy boy?"

Draco opened his eyes to see every wand was pointing at him. The Death Eaters were observing him before the chubby one roared again. "Tie them up! Maybe it's a more valuable catch than we thought. Lucius will be glad."

Apparantly the others (just as Draco) didn't think the same, but obeyed anyway. Thick ropes appeared out of nowhere and bounded the four captured wrists together.

Draco and Ginny were on the edges, the Weasley spouses in between. Slowly the Death Eaters started to move. When they reached the shield two of them grabbed both Ginny and Draco's shoulders, so when they went through the transparent wall, neither of their captives burnt alive.

As the strange group neared the huge fortress, Hermione lightly poked Draco.

"What?" the blonde whispered.

"Reach into my back pocket."

Draco looked more confused if possible.

"Ahh!" Hermione sighed. "There's my wand in my pocket. Grab it!"

"But... Weasley-"

"Oh, just do it, quickly! Don't mind my husband!"

Finally Draco awkwardly complied and tried to get Hermione's wand without accindentally touching her butt. When he succeeded he looked at the girl questioningly. "And what now?"

"Wait." she whispered back. "When we reach the gate say 'skotino topous' when I say so!"

"Skotino topous?"

"Yes. That's an Ancient Greek incantation. If you cast it in a closed area, the room will be completely dark for a minute. Thus we'll be able to escape."

As the chubby Death Eater, who led the group stopped in front of the huge gate, Draco gripped Hermione's wand a bit tighter.

They got in. Hermione looked around and when the doors were shut behind them, she whispered a quiet 'now' to Draco.

"Skotino topous!" Draco shouted and everything went dark.

The Death Eaters started to shout and they seemed to run up and down desperately. At that moment Draco felt a strong tugging on his wrist. Hermione started to lead them away, he assumed.

"What the bloody hell?!"

"Shut up, Ron! We need to get away, we don't have much time left."

And with that Hermione started to run. Well, tried to run, but it was rather difficult as their wrists were tied together and they couldn't see a thing.

"I think we are in a broom closet." she said when they all got into a narrow place.

And as Draco was groping, he had to admit, she was right. They had to be in the closet near the Great Hall that was used for storing unused brooms at Hogwarts.