The darkness and his little ray of light

20s and 0s

An: I am so sorry I haven't updated in so long. I feel so bad about it but I have my reasons: i've moved, school life has been turned upside down, fell out with friends and my dad had an accident so had a fun couple of weeks and months.

Hermione's eyes slowly opened gradually as her stiff body remained in place. She let out a long exhale as if all the oxygen had stored in her body. Her pupils constricted as she gazed upon the lights around the room. She pondered to herself about where she was yet her mind seemed to be failing in the aspect of remembering. She exhaled a lot sharper and in a blurr, her bed was surrounded by shadows and she screamed. Her eyes blurred with tears as she yelled in horror and fright. The people around her called her name but all she heard was a muffle of sound. "Granger! Granger!" They chanted in panic as her feet kicked whilst her hands clawed, scratched and slashed at the shadows in front of her.

"Hermione!" The voice called and her actions were stilled. Her eyes began to soak in the moisture that had filled them. She opened her mouth but no sound came out as her throat ached. "She needs a drink." The voice said again and another figure came into view with water. Their hazel like skin tone made them recognisable in the distance. Blaize lifted the cup to Hermione's lips and she gratefully drank and let out a breath before all the figures came to light.

There stood the horrid and rather scratched up Draco, Ginny, Pansy and Blaize. "I sent everyone else away because we didn't want them to disturb you." Pansy's voice came out soft. "Especially Theo. The little nitwit." Pansy thought about her choice of words and it brought a bubbling laughter through Hermione's laugh that ended in tagged coughing and spluttering. Hermione took another drink of water with a sigh.

"Where am I?" Hermione asked with a expression of confusion written across her face and her eyes glittered with concern. Draco and the others looked at each other shyly and apprehensively as Hermione started to frown. "What?" She asked puzzled.

"You are in the hospital wing... Do you not remember what happened?" Ginny's anxious voice found the air as she brushed the hair out of Hermione's pale face.

"No wh-" her voice broke off as memories swarmed her vision. The memory of Narcissa Malfoy ripping into her skin with a bloody tooth lined edged knife. Then shoving of the blade through her stomach and then doing the unthinkable. Hermione was shaken as Draco looked at her frightened. "I remember... I remember everything." Her voice but a petite whisper against the echoing of the ward.

Hermione's lip began to quiver and her eyes began to fill with unshed tears as her lips parted and a sob erupted from her body. Tears ran down her face like a raging water stream bursting out of a broken dam.

Pansy was the first to move forward and reached out to take Hermione's hand and held it within her fingers. Draco took Hermione's body and gently twisted her around so her head laid upon his chest.

Draco didn't know what happened but by the horrified looks upon the girls faces, they knew. Hermione's free hand lifted itself and enclosed on his shirt as she sobbed. Her shoulders moving with her ragged breaths and all Draco could do was press his lips against her forehead and tell her he was there for her. He couldn't tell her it was going to be alright because he knew it was a lie. He didn't know what would happen.

Blaize moved around to where Pansy was and moved his arm to Hermione's back where he rubbed it soothingly. Ginny came around and held onto Hermione's arm and just rubbed her thumb across her skin.

Hermione looked up at Draco and gazed into his icy grey eyes. When their eyes met, the ice seemed to warm up and leave a heartwarming, glittery, soft grey cloud. She then looked around to her other friends and her lips curled slightly into a warm smile. "Thank you all for being here for me but I think you better go back to class." That's were all the comforting faces frowned but then turned into chuckles and laughter.

"Only our Hermione would think of something like that." Blaize laughed out and Hermione's heart filled with warmth at the fact they all called her theirs. "Class finished an hour ago." Blaize confirmed and Hermione glanced at the clock. Her eyes widened and they all knew what she was thinking.

"How long have I been passed out for..." Hermione asked. Her eyes looked unsure and worried.

"4 days...." Ginny said quickly and Hermione paled. She tried to jump out of bed to feel the hands of all four pinning her down.

"Four days! Get off of me! I need to get my homework! I-I need to see if I can make up the credit!" Hermione ordered and they all buckled and began to laugh at her. Hermione frowned as she saw tears running down blaize's face.

"How about... I get Blaize here to go and talk to every teacher you have to see if you can have some homework whilst you sit and rest." Draco said whilst Blaize started to frown. "Hey, I have a brilliant idea, what if Weaslette goes with you?" Draco said with a mocking tone and Ginny blushed. Draco's eyes widened and he wiggled his eyebrows at the two suggestively. "How does it feel Zabini? Looks like the tables have turned!" He laughed.

"Oh well! I've screwed 20 times as many girls as you!" Blaize began to laugh but then Draco's smirk appeared with a low chuckle as Hermione's heart began to race.

"20 times 0 equals 0." Draco smirked and Blaizes jaw dropped. That action was mirrored by all those surrounding him.

"But everything that we all heard about you. Everything we literally heard from your room!" Pansy gapped. Even she was clueless and that shocked them all.

"All foreplay. I never wanted to do it with any of them." Draco said with a shrug and all of a sudden Blaize seemed to beam with light. "Hey, no ideas. I don't want my first time with some slag who doesn't have any brain cells. I'd like it to be between me and that-"

"- one special person." Blaize grinned and wiggled his eyes at Hermione, who blushed profoundly.That caused Draco to burst in anger before bolting after Blaize who gave a shrill shriek before running away.

Hermione stifled a laugh and watched her friends give a heavy laugh. "So Mr Slytherin Sex God was just a rumour." Pansy said and Hermione nodded. "But by the looks on the Gryffindor princess, that could change and maybe some little ones after."

Hermione smiled and suddenly the happy demeanour changed. She paled considerably with tears starting to trickle down her cheeks. Pansy and Ginny looked at her with wide eyes. They soon grabbed her hands and rubbed them encouragingly. "Hermione... what's wrong?" Pansy said urgently.

"Because I know what she did! She cut out my Fallopian tubes. It was so I wouldn't be the one to continue the malfoy name because she didn't want her family corrupted by such filth." Hermione sobbed out. Hermione took a deep breath and exhaled sharply before speaking again...

"I can't have kids anymore."