Evil Kingdom Rising

Hermione looked up from her cup with a horrified expression, like she would rather run away than tell him anything about what happened to her. She tried to look away and avoid the question, but she couldn’t. It was like something was in her drink that forced her to speak. ‘veritaserum’ she thought. She gave up and began to tell her tale.

“It started after Snape killed Dumbledore. Harry decided that we wouldn’t return to Hogwarts for our seventh year, and that Ginny wouldn’t return for her sixth. Ginny and I both wanted to go back, but Harry wouldn’t let us, and Ron did whatever Harry told him. They claimed that they needed our help to destroy the Horcruxes…” She began, then was interrupted by Draco.

“Hold on just a minute. Do you mean to say that Potter knows about the Horcruxes? Draco asked. Hermione looked at him funny for a moment.

“Yes, but how do you know about them? Dumbledore told Harry that only he and Voldemort knew about them, and then Harry only told Ron Ginny and me.” Hermione said.

“I’ll explain that later. For now you continue.” Draco said coldly as he sipped his tea. Hermione swallowed hard and continued.

“Eventually Harry took us to his uncle’s house. What we didn’t know was that he redid the Fidelius charm so that Ron is his secret keeper, and only he and Harry could go there. Well, they could bring me and Ginny with them. When we got there they locked us up in some dungeon that Bellatrix built or something. Then they began to torture us the way that they think the Death Eaters will. They said it was for our own protection.”

“Granger, what did they do to you?” Draco said, putting his teacup down carefully.

“I…I’d really rather not talk about it yet…please…I can’t…” She stammered, her eyes begging.

“Alright, but I will know eventually. Go on, how did you escape?” Draco asked.

“I don’t know. Ron was going to…do something horrible to me, and when he left to prepare for it I cried hysterically and then suddenly found myself in Diagon Alley. I don’t know what happened. I couldn’t get any money because it is all in a Muggle bank, and my parents were killed, so I couldn’t go there. I begged and stole things and wandered around for about a month or so, I’m not really sure how long, until I came here and you saw me.” She finished.

“Why did they torture you the way Death Eaters would? I thought they loved you?” He asked.

“They said it was for our own good. That we would eventually get caught no matter how careful we were, and that we needed to be prepared. They said that if they did it all to us first, when the Death Eaters did it we wouldn’t feel it anymore and we could survive.” She said, staring down into her teacup. When she looked up she started to tremble. Draco was looking at her coldly. His anger was at what the boys did to her, but she thought he was angry with her. He stood up and spoke.

“When I get my hands on those bastards…they’ll wish it was the Dark Lord torturing them instead of me. Hell, they’ll wish they died alongside Dumbledore!” He said in a low, angry voice. Hermione dropped her teacup when he spoke, then fainted.

He looked over at her and felt himself soften a bit. He walked over to wear she was slumped in her chair and conjured up a dreamless sleep potion. He woke her.

“Drink this Granger, now.” He said. She looked up at him fearfully, gulped, and did what he said. Within moments she was asleep again. He picked her up and put her in his bed, covering her with his green and black quilt. He looked at her one last time, and felt the rage bubble up again at what her ‘best friends’ did to her. They completely destroyed her and turned her into a female version of Neville Longbottom, cringing at the slightest show of anger. They completely ruined her, and he was going to ruin them in return.

He walked away and went to his study, where he used the floo to call Blaise. In response to the summons Blaise stepped through and sat down in the chair opposite Draco’s.

“I have a mission for you Blaise. I want you to gather up a trustworthy attack force, quietly. You are going to take that attack force and go after Potter and Weasley, as soon as I get the location from Granger. Potter used the fidelius charm to hide the place, but Granger’s been there so we might be able to work around the charm and get the location from her. You are not to harm the female Weasley, Ginner or whatever her name is, and the boys better be alive when they reach me. I’ll teach them a thing or two about torture.” Draco said.

Just as he finished giving Blaise his orders, they felt the summons of the Dark Lord. Draco cursed under his breath, he’d wanted to see the Lord before the meeting to tell him about Hermione. Now he had to wait for after. They left for the meeting.

At The Meeting…

Draco stood next to Voldemort’s throne and looked with disdain at the Death Eater that failed his mission. It had been a simple mission to destroy a muggle family that was high in power in the muggle government, and he failed to do it. The man was pathetic, and deserved his fate of crucios and the eventual avada kedavra. The meeting was centered around the former Death Eater, and ended quickly. Draco did not leave with the others however.
“Draco, why are you still here, do you wish a private audience?” Voldemort asked.

“Yes my lord, I have urgent business to discuss with you. I know that you agree with my concept of power being everything, and my wish to marry only the most powerful witch possible. Well, I’m going to test your commitment to agreeing with me, because I have found the witch I wish to marry.” Draco said.

“And who is this powerful witch Draco? I take from your hesitance and speech that I will not approve.” Voldemort said.

“Hermione Granger.” Draco responded. Much to his surprise Voldemort did not argue.

“I have to admit that I’d always heard that she was the brightest witch of your age. How do you intend to get Potter’s best friend to marry you, his worst enemy?” Voldemort asked, spitting Harry’s name out like it was poison.

“Well, the guards picked her up in the marketplace today, and I took her to my mother’s house and my quarters there. She is there sleeping now.” Draco said, then told Voldemort about everything that Hermione told him.

“Very well Draco. Bring her to me when you think she is ready to join us and marry you, and she will be judged. Don’t take too long, you should be married before he war truly begins, and you know that we are very close to coming out in force, you have one month.” Voldemort said.

“Of course my lord, and I shall see you at the next summons. Thank you for your permission to begin.” With that Draco left, and returned to his room to begin winning Hermione over.

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Thank you everyone for reviewing! I’m trying to make things longer, I’m just so anxious to get chapters up quickly it’s hard to force myself to wait and write more. I hope this one was a bit longer, this just seemed like a good place to stop. More soon! **Also I know I didn't explain what happened to Hermione in detail. She will go into that later after she gets over the trauma a bit.**