Cruel and Beautiful World by Lena Phoria

Author:Lena Phoria [Phoria, Lena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Harry Potter
Publisher: Fanfiction
Published: 2019-07-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 28: Strawberry Fields Forever

When Hermione woke up, she was on a lone mattress in the center of a cell-like room. Her head had been carefully placed on a pillow but, aside from that, the room was bare.

“Draco?” she called.

No one answered.

“Draco?” she repeated louder this time.

“Next door, love.”

Hermione scrambled to her hands and knees and crawled towards the sound of the voice. “Draco, are you all right?”

“As good as to be expected, I suppose. All things considered.”

“They … they haven’t hurt you.” She gulped. “Have they?”

“Not yet.”

Hermione sighed in relief and sank her back against the wall. “Good.” She began looking around the room, her eyes narrowing as she realized how filthy of a place they had thrown her in. “How’s your room?” she asked.

“Oh, I wouldn’t go as far as calling it a room. Just a dirty, cement box, really.”

“No mattress?”

A pause. “You got a mattress? Well, if this isn’t bloody favoritism then I don’t know what is!”

Hermione chuckled. “While this may come as a shock to your ego, Draco, I do believe they like me a tidbit better than you.”

Another pause. “Bloody fucking nepotism …”

Hermione chuckled again before sighing. “How long do you think we’ve been in here?”

“Stunning Spells of that caliber tend to work on me for just under an hour, and I woke up about ten minutes before you did,” said Draco. “I’ve never run into Weaselette on the battlefield before. I had no idea she was that strong or else I might have at least attempted to block it a little.”

“She’s obviously been practicing,” said Hermione, pursing her lips as her eyes continued to wander around the room. “What do you think they’re waiting for?”

“Probably for some Polyjuice Potion to wear off.”

“Of who?” she asked, crinkling her forehead.

“You, obviously,” he answered. “I doubt they expected to find their Gryffindor princess in such a compromising position with a Death Eater, four years of slavery or not.”

Hermione blushed. Merlin, she had almost forgotten about that. Her blush only brightened when she realized Draco was laughing. “It’s not funny!” she snapped.

Draco laughed louder. “So who do you think is guarding us out there? Do you think it’s someone we know? Are we making them uncomfortable?”

Crap! Hermione had forgotten about that too. She was really rusty at this whole being captured thing.

“Should I go into more detail about what it was we were doing?”

“No!” shouted Hermione, along with a male voice coming from outside of her door. It was the same man who had spoken to Ginny before. It took a moment, but she was sure she recognized it. “Dean? Dean, is that you?”

No answer, but she could have sworn she heard a gulp.

“Fine, you don’t have to say anything. I already know I’m right,” she said. “You can tell Ginny and whoever else is in charge that it’s been an hour and my form hasn’t changed. I haven’t used any Polyjuice Potion. It’s just me.”

There was a small pause before Dean finally said, “They’ve already been informed.”

Hermione pursed her eyebrows and began looking around the room again.

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