The Slytherin princess

Chapter 82 // dobby

Hermione's POV

I looked through my bedroom window, 5 snatchers were walking up the driveway, three others in hand

Parkinson, Weasley, and Potter

Just as I saw them walk through the huge front door someone opened my door, I turned around to see Draco leaning on the doorframe "they want us downstairs"

"they caught him... didn't they?"

he nodded and walked further into my room and put his hand on my cheek "we'll get them out somehow, none of them are dying today okay?" I nodded

taking my hand, he lead me downstairs and into the nearly empty ballroom.

"so why do they need us?" I whispered

"they want us to tell them if it's them or not"

"so we lie?"

"so we lie" he confirmed

I opened the door and took in my surroundings

Bellatrix was holding someone up by the collar of his neck, even though his face was messed up I could tell who it was.

Parkinson and Weasel were shaking, kneeling on the floor, two men holding wands to their throats. Another man stood behind them, the sword in his hand. Two others stood by both entrances.

Draco's parents were both standing at the side, trying to go unnoticed

"Well?"

"I cant be sure" Draco muttered

"Draco... look closely son" Lucius grabbed his neck, my hands balled into fists absentmindedly "if we are the ones to hand Potter over to the dark lord, everything would be forgiven- all would be as it was, you understand"

"I-"

I was cut off by one of the snatchers "now we won't be forgetting who actually caught him, I hope, Mr. Malfoy" oh shush

"you dare talk to me like that in my own house?!"

Narcissa stepped forward and pulled him away

"don't be shy, sweetie, come over" she pulled him down to look at him, face to face, making his hand leave mine. When it did I felt unnerved, cold "now, if this isn't who we think it is Draco and we call him, He'll kill us all. We need to be absolutely sure"

"what's wrong with his face?" I asked

"yes, what is wrong with his face?"

"he came to us like that, something he picked up in the forest I reckon" or maybe it's just a simple stinging jinx

"or ran into a stinging jinx. Was it you dearie?" she pointed at Parkinson.

I knelt down next to Draco "you're gonna be fine Potter" I whispered as quietly as possible

"give me her wand, we'll see what her last spell was" Narcissa came over and gently got both of us up and pulled us back to the corner, I heard Bellatrix cackling "...got you"

I hadn't heard what happened beforehand but Bellatrix attacked all the snatchers and they were now sprinting away

"put the boys in the cellar! I want to have a little conversation with this one... girl to girl!"

Narcissa and Wormtail threw them down the staircase and into the dungeon, by the time I looked back, Parkinson was on the floor, Bellatrix leaning over her "that sword is meant to be in my vault at Gringotts how did you get it?"

she was crying, hysterical

"WHAT ELSE DID YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS TAKE FROM MY VAULT?!" bit loud

"I didn't take anything. Please... I didn't take anything!"

"I don't believe it" Bellatrix started carving something into her arm.
Parkinson started writing on the floor, screaming and crying.
I'd seen this happen over 5 times in my visions and it's never really affected me but it's different now it's actually happening in front of me

I don't know if my ears were deceiving me at first, but her first scream sounded like she said 'Draco' then the second sounded slightly like 'Hermione' as if she was calling us for help before it sounded like a normal, blood curdling, pain-filled screech

"PLEASE, PLEASE!"

"SHUT UP!"

my eyes started brimming with tears too, I don't know why.

Eventually, the screaming stopped, she'd passed out "wormtail! Go get the goblin!"

Pettigrew scampered off and returned with a small Gringotts goblin, I didn't even know he was down there

"Goblin-" a loud crack came from downstairs as if someone was disaparating

"Wormtail, Go see what that was" Lucius ushered him away. We listened for a few minutes; no noise came back "Wormtail what's going on down there?!" Lucius called

"everything's fine!" his wheezy voice made its way back to us

"I am only going to ask you this once, Goblin, think very, very carefully before you answer"

"I don't know..." that's a bad answer

"you don't know? Why weren't you doing your job? Who got into my vault?! Who stole it? Who stole it?! Well?"

"When I was last in your vault the sword was there," I think we're all wondering how it got out not gonna lie

"oh, well, then perhaps it just walked out on its own then" well, that very well could have happened, I mean, you know- magic

"There is no place safer than Gringotts"

"LIAR" she cut his cheek, rude "consider yourself lucky, goblin" she walked away from him "the same won't be said for this one..." she looked at Parkinson, just then someone came running up the stairs

"EXPELLIARMUS"

Weasley threw the wand to Potter

"STUPIFY" Lucius was thrown back.

Draco, Narcissa, and I began a duel with them, they were unable to win considering the odds Even though Draco and I weren't trying very hard

"STOP!" I turned around "drop your wands" Bellatrix was holding her dagger against Parkinson's throat, "I said drop 'em!" they both threw the wands to the floor "pick them up, Draco, now"

he did as told

"well, well, well. Look what we have here, it's harry potter, he's all bright and shiny and new again, just in time for the dark lord... Call him, call him!"

they all looked at me and Draco, I shook my head slightly at Lucius, he rolled up his sleeve instead of us and very dramatically hovered his hand over the vicious tattoo, but something made a noise from above

We all looked up

Dobby

The chandelier crashed down, Draco pulled me back, everyone else threw themselves away but Ginge ran toward it to save his girlfriend

Potter tried getting the wands off Draco, he put up a fight "let him" I muttered, he looked at me, confused but let go anyway

"STUPIFY" Lucius is passed out for the second time

"STUPID ELF! YOU COULDVE KILLED ME!" honestly, that would make life much easier Bella

"Dobby never meant to kill, dobby only meant to maim or... seriously injure" damn, badass.

He took Narcissa's wand

"HOW DARE YOU TAKE A WITCH'S WAND?! HOW DARE YOU DEFY YOUR MASTERS?!" bestie chill

"dobby has no master; dobby is a free elf! And dobby has come to save harry potter and his friends" what's with the third person bro

Potter and Ginger grabbed onto both of his hands, Weasley holding Parkinson and Potter holding the goblin's tiny hand.

They disapparated

Bellatrix, in a rush, threw her dagger at them, just before they had left, her dagger went with them,

one of them was stabbed

one of them

was dead