Granger Guilt I.M

Chapter 23

I open my eyes from my slumber and I am not in my bed at Draco's manor. I am not even at Malfoy Manor. I am out in the middle of nowhere. Where am I? I quickly check myself.... My wand is lying on the ground three feet from me. When I reach for it I notice I am not alone.Teddy Lupin Potter is lying a few yards away from me. I quickly grab my wand and go to him. He is alive he is just sleeping. "Teddy, Teddy bear wake up." I say I need to get him out of here. After shaking him gently but forcefully and whispering his name multiple times he wakes up. "Aunt Hermione? What are you doing here? I thought you were in trouble? Why am I asleep on the ground?" He is a very observant five year old. "Teddy I am in some trouble but mommy and daddy are helping me. And I don't know why you are asleep on the ground but we need to get out of here. So no matter what happens stay with me. Understand?" I ask him with urgency in my voice. "Yes!" He answers and we get up and as I am apparating with Teddy in my arms we get blast back wards. Someone has cast a barrier so we cannot apparate. During the fall Teddy fell from my arms and onto the hard ground once again a few yards from me. I am about to go to him once more when a cloaked figure comes from behind a tree. "Well it's about time you two woke up I was getting restless of waiting for my toys." As he is speaking I push Teddy behind me. "Oh come now dear let's play." He says with a flick of his wand I am across the clearing of trees and Teddy is face to face with the murderer. I run as fast as I can over to him. Ignoring the shooting pains coming from my body. Once again I sweep Teddy behind me And say, "don't touch him!" I growl. "Oh Miss granger I'm not going to hurt him unless you fail to protect him. If he does get hurt it will be your fault and your fault alone because you failed. So I suggest you don't hold anything back." He sneers. "Oppugno!" I scream waving wand toward him. "Protego" he says casting the spell to deflect mine. "Crucio" he says toward Teddy and I jump in front of him just in time. And he man cackles evilly. I can't do anything but writhe in pain and a scream escapes my lips. "Now we are getting somewhere" he says stopping the curse as I am panting. I pull myself up from the ground. "He is not stronger than me. I can defeat him." I repeat in my head over and I've again. Continuing while I am once again guarding Teddy. "I do believe we need something a little more physical to set you toward the edge" he says walking up to me. My wand has fallen from my hand after he hit me with the curse. When he is within arms length of me he punches me in the stomach and over and over in the face I have fallen to the floor. He continues beating me but instead with his arms and hands his legs and feet. I am coughing up blood and poor Teddy is crying into a tree root. He is so frightened he can barely move.After he has stopped physically torturing me. Somehow I pull myself to my knees and I pull myself to Teddy and am right beside him when he says. "For you final challenge in this session I want to see if you can protect him one more time. "sectumsempra!"He screams. And I throw myself in front of Teddy and get hit by the curse. "Apparate at will dear." He sneers. The pain is so excruciating I can't even scream. I am drowning in my own blood. It has soaked my body and clothing in the few seconds that have passed since he cast the curse. I can barely breathe so when I speak it is quiet and strained. "Teddy come and take hold of my hand and we shall go see mommy and daddy." I say to him. He obeys and takes hold of my hand. "Aunt Mione? Are you going to be okay?" He asks in between hiccups with tears streaming down his face. "I don't know honestly... But I do know that you will be." I say. And with that I put all my energy into apparating is back to Malfoy Manor. With a crack and twist and tug of apparation I can see the manor. "I did it! I saved Teddy with ever last drop of energy I had and he is okay. I succeeded." I thought to myself. And just enforce I drift into nothingness I hear the screams if concerned people. And with that I pass out. I am gone.