Poison Apple | A Dramione FanFiction

Saviour

Everything was dark. Draco had regained consciousness, and it seemed as if his brain had stopped working. The last thing he remembered was a man with a hood creeping up and silently stunning him. He could feel ropes cutting through his arms and legs, and his mouth gagged so that he couldn't say anything. He was also blind folded, judging by the rough cloth brushing over his eyes.
There was a rustle of a cloak, and a voice snickered nearby. "Draco, you're conscious already?"
Draco realized that he was sweating all over. There was a rustle of a cloak again, and this time the sound came from nearby as a hand snatched off Draco's blindfold and his eyes adjusted to the sharp light. As his vision cleared, he saw that in front of him in a chair, tied up and gagged, her blindfold off was - Hermione!
God! What have I got her into? 
Her eyes wide from fear, Hermione stared at Draco straight in the eye, pleading for help. The man nearby still had his cloak on, his face hidden from them.
"I made it clear that this mudblood will die if you decide to have any backup on the night Remonsa Daques broke into The Room Of Requirement, yet you decided to outsmart me?" he asked.
All was clear now. Remonsa wasn't the leader of the DLRC. This man was the leader, and it was his order to kill Draco. Whatever happened, he was going to kill Draco tonight in front of Hermione... or worse, kill Hermione first.

"You see Draco, this is what you get when you mess up with the deatheaters. Since you defied my orders, I'll kill you first."
He closed up on Draco and took the cloth out of his mouth.
"Any last words?" he asked, still not revealing his face. Draco had an idea, but he wasn't sure if it was going to work.
"Yes." he quickly said.
'Go on then.' He said, polishing his wand on his robes.
"Suzie." Draco declared, as a last ray of hope crossed his mind.
"What!?" the man laughed, "You decide to take the name of a woman as your last words?"
But Draco's eyes were fixed at a figure behind the man: Suzie the house elf. It worked. He had called his elf, and the elf had arrived. Hermione's expression grew as confused as ever.
"Anyways. Time for you to die. Any other thing you want me to convey to your traitor mother?" he asked.
"Stun him." Draco glanced at Suzie, as she gave a nod of understanding.
"What nonsense _" and with that the magic worked, and the man fell to the ground.
Suzie waved her hands, fear in her eyes as she untied Draco and Hermione.
"Draco!" Hermione ran towards him, and fell in his arms, as he supported her falling weight.
"It's alright! We're safe." Draco mumbled, still shocked at what had happened.
"Master Draco ... is you okay?" Suzie asked, as Hermione withdrew from the hug and advanced at Suzie, cuddling the elf in her arms.
"What is you doing miss?!" Suzie pushed Hermione back, her eyes filled with tears.
"Thank you so much for saving our lives!" Hermione said.
"Hermione ... they don't like being hugged." Draco explained.
"What? They're living creatures! They have the right to be loved." Hermione protested.
"Yes, I totally agree. Suzie, can you fetch our wands?" Draco asked, as Suzie snapped her fingers, and the wands landed in her hands. She handed each of them their wands and disapparated.
Hermione gave Draco a nod, as he advanced towards the lifeless figure on the floor. He removed his cloak.
Hermione dropped her wand and gasped, as Draco's eyes widened.
"Professor Tuffets?" Draco half asked, half declared.
"How could he?" Hermione asked, flabbergasted.
"He was inside the school ... in front of us all along ..." Draco said, directing his wand at Professor Tuffets, binding him up with ropes.
"He was the traitor. The man all of us were trusting." Hermione managed to say, as Professor Trelawney's words came back to her.
"Let's go. We have a man to send to Azkaban. God, the Dementors are going to love this."

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