The story starts off where Harry, Ron and Hermione have been captured and taken to Malfoy Manor. Hermione has been tortured by non other than Bellatrix Lestrange. Harry and Ron manage to escape the cellar but they're stopped and Lucius touches his Dark Mark, summoning the the Dark Lord. Voldemort is getting closer and Harry and Ron duels the Malfoys. Harry's scar burns as Voldemort flies across the seas, and they have to apparate out as quickly as possible, leaving Hermione on the floor, covered in blood.
The Dark Lord arrives and unleashes his anger, wrecking the house further more, he glances at the rolled up figure on the floor and realises he can use the mudblood to get to Harry. Hermione is locked up the cellar, weak, bloody, and defenseless. She get's treated like dirt until she manges to uncover something real. And meets the real Draco Malfoy. She learns the truth and understands him, but their time is over and the Dark Lord has his weapon to get what he needs.Draco learns from Hermione and helps her, years of hatred gone in a matter of days, does Draco's fear help him to realise his wrong ways?! Will he finally stick up for himself? Because the war rages on and Harry is in trouble, with the pressure of Horcruxes and Hermione still captured. Will he be able to defeat Voldemort.
And Hermione and Draco go along to way to discover something. And that something might just save Hermione.
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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