Dance With The Devil

don't own nothign cept plot.
Thanks to everyone that reviewed. you all make me feel special...really you do. make me wanna write more. so heres more!! a transitional chapter..oh la la.

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Hermione sat in a stunned silence. She had never experienced sex like that before. Even her trysts with Ron were quick, simple teen screws. Nothing like that. The more she thought about it the more she seemed to like it. It didn’t seem as bad as the internet site made it seem. She heard a knock on the door. A rush of hope made he think it was Severus returning. When she looked she saw Ginny in the door way.
“How are you doing?” She asked entering the room.
“I’m fine. Severus…Professor Snape seems to be a wise choice. Nothing complicated.”
“Are you sure? Because if I was in your situation then I would be freaking out right now. This law is completely stupid. You and professor Snape have to have sex twice a week. Then you have to have a kid one year after being married or be pregnant. Like come on! Are you sure your not freaking out? Cause its ok if you do.”

Hermione looked at her. She had a point. She was thinking immediate short term until the end of the school year. This law meant that she had to have a child by the time she graduated. Or be pregnant proving she was going to have a child. A child. A baby…with Professor Snape. She had to have active sex with him. All the time. Now it was starting. She was starting to freak out. She wanted to go to university and get her degree, not raise a child and sacrifice herself for this law. She was not a breeding partner.
“Oh Merlin, Ginny. I have to have a baby in a year. A YEAR! What am I going to do? I don’t want to be left with a baby! I want to go to university. I want to have a career! Oh geez Ginny what am I going to do?”
Hermione was frantically pacing back and forth across the study.
“Ok well I think you should talk to you future husband about these things. I’m not him, I can’t make decisions for you. I do believe he has left for the day though. Do you have any way of reaching him?” Hermione shook her head. “Well then let’s get your mind off this wedding stuff for now until you can speak with him.”
“Yeah, your right. No use worrying about it now if I can’t do anything about it.”
“Good, how about a trip to Diagon Alley then? We can go to Flouish and Blotts.” Ginny said in a sing song voice.
Hermione’s face lit up.
“That’s a great idea Gin. But one of the reasons I’m living here now is because I wasn’t safe at home. From other potentially violent suitors.”
Ginny smirked at her. “Yes, you weren’t safe in muggle London. You will be fine in Diagon Alley.”
Hermione considered this. The Death Eaters would be foolish to try anything in the Alley. It would draw too much attention to themselves.
“Ok, let’s go.”

They flooed to the Leaky Cauldron before entering the Alley. Hermione’s first stop was the apothecary. Hermione did want to brew her own contraceptive potion. The ministry wasn’t allowing it to be sold anymore. Hermione made Ginny go in first and buy half the ingredients necessary. The Hermione went in and bought the rest to avoid suspicion. As Hermione was coming out of the shop she tough she saw a person standing to her left out of the corner of her eye. When she looked there was no one there. She dismissed it and the girls continued up the street to Florean’s ice cream parlour. They sat outside enjoying the summer sun and licking their cones. Once again the same thing happened. Hermione saw a person, but when she looked there was no one there.
“So are you feeling a little better?” Ginny asked.
“Yeah, ice cream was a good idea. I don’t know why I freaked out all of a sudden. Professor Snape is a rational good man. I’m sure he has already thought of this whole baby situation. I’m sure he has a plan. He has already said to me that I was free to continue my education anywhere I wanted.”
“Good. I’m glad. Lets go to Flourish and Blotts now.”

They continued to lick their cones all the way to the book store. The bell rang as they walked in.
“I’m going to the transfiguration journals.” Hermione pointed to the section.
“Ok ill be upstairs in the beauty section.”
They parted ways and Hermione immersed herself in the books. She didn’t hear the foot steps behind her coming up fast.
She felt someone grab her arm and turn her around. She found herself looking up into a pair of startling ice-blue eyes.
“Hello Hermione, dear.”
“Lucius, Hello.”
Lucius put both of his hands on Hermione’s arms and shoved her back into the book cases.
“Don’t play silly with me, mudblood. I know you signed Severus’ petition today. Imagine my surprise when I walked into the ministry about a half hour ago to put in my petition for you. I saw you already had a long list of my friend’s petition for you and I saw you had already accepted one. You’re a quick little slut aren’t you?”
He was grinding his pelvis into her. Hermione was frozen with fear. She was supposed to be protected from people like him. But instead she fell right into his hands, so to speak. Suddenly out of the corner of her eye she saw the figure again. This time when she looked she did see some one. It was Severus!
“Severus, help m-“
She was cut off when Lucius spun her around like a human shield and covered her mouth with his hand. She tried biting him but was unsuccessful. Severus was striding towards them. His wand in his hand at his side.
“Lucius, old friend. Nice to see you again. But if you wanted to congratulate us you should have sent a card. Please release my bride. I don’t want her perfect skin bruised for our wedding night.”
“I’m sorry comrade. But there won’t be a wedding night for you.”
When he finished saying that. Hermione and Lucius disapparated with a pop.

Severus was left standing there alone.
“Fuck!” he yelled. He stormed out of the store. He had been following her since she left HQ because he knew she would have tried something like this. It was the stupid Gryffindor brains she’s got. Now where would Lucius take her? He stalked up Diagon Alley. He knew Lucius was pissed off for not being able to marry her himself. Severus knew there was nothing legal that Lucius could do to stop the marriage. But Severus was worried about the illegal things Lucius could do. He knew it was his job to protect her. He had to find her, he wouldn’t let Lucius get away with this. He knew the Malfoy’s manor was the perfect place to take her. But it was too obvious. They had a summer home in the French Rivera. Maybe he took her there? No he better try the manor first. All of Lucius’ toys were there. She must be there.
With that thought he disapparated to the manor.

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*Dun Dun Dun* cliffy!!!