Purely Mudblood (Dramione FanFic)

Rogue House Elves

"I didn't even know dungeons could exist this far below the ground!" Ron whined as the quartet, including Hermione, Draco, Harry and the redhead himself, descended down yet another flight of moving steps.

Even with the Marauder's Map, the group had gotten lost several times and had backtracked more than can be counted. The closer they got to the room, the more the ink appeared to fade, slowly edging towards nothingness.

"The room must be enchanted," Hermione began in her I'm-so-bloody-brilliant voice. Ron scoffed in his mind at the thought of how that very tone once made his heart beat a mile a minute. He was almost reduced to tears that he realized, while Hermione held Malfoy's hand for dear life, that voice still did.

"The map will fade the closer we get to the room. It's a fairly complicated spell, but one could cast it to stop all magical things and powers from working in the room. They must be working with a wizard, but whoever has Cammie isn't a magical being."

"What about house elf magic?" Draco asked, clearly interested in what Hermione disclosed.

"Well, I suppose that--"

"What?" Ron snorted, "you think she's been kidnapped by rogue house elves?"

"Listen here, you filthy little--"

But before Malfoy could complete his retort, Hermione clenched his hand and tugged lightly at it, soothingly whispering, "Draco."

Malfoy stood up taller and upturned his nose. He turned and kissed Hermione's forehead, causing her to turn a violent shade of red.  Draco wrapped an arm around her and gently guided her away.

Ron huffed. Harry, whom Ron had completely forgotten about, put his hand on Ron's shoulder. "Okay, mate?"

Ron brushed his long orange hair off his forehead and simply replied, "No." Harry awkwardly made an attempt at consoling him by patting his shoulder, but when they realized Malfoy and Hermione were far up ahead, they ran after the couple.

They sprinted until they nearly ran into the pair, who had stopped abruptly. "Whaddaya lookin' a-- oh," Ron announced angrily, suddenly dropping into an awed tone. He glanced up at what lie ahead of them. "Bloody hell."