tear drops...don't let it end...*runs into room and cries*...only three more chapters...but it is soooo good!!! PAMS!!!

aww I loved it!! So sweet!! Cant wait 4 more!!! *GASPS* only 3 more chapters left!!!???????? OMG Sarah, plez write another FF to follow this one, plez! *gets down on knees and begs Sarah* plez!! PAMS!! PAMSOiD!!

Oh Sarah your such a meanie i hope by at least in this series that you ment that this is not the last fic for this series but if i know my Sarah she will end it in a way that no one else could end one.
i loved the chapter it was such a good one i mean they were tortured together but yet they were still in love and together in the end, hey that's a chapter title in a way, but that's besides the point i loved the chapter.
-sarah

you'll see my plans within the next... I guess you'll find out in the 26th chapter Cause if you haven't figured out the ending, well ya, you'll find out then obviously
I would've posted earlier but I had stuff to do at school cause of Leadership and yet another storm came this way and I walked home in pouring rain (I like pouring rain but it's impossible to brush me hair after it gets wet... and it's poofed up frizzy)
Next post'll be the next chapter

and I MIGHT have another f.f if ideas actually come, but... ya, I can't say without giving the whole ending away.
I MIGHt post the chapter after this (actually, I will. I'll wait for a response and then post it cause I love the ending to the chapter, and this is the thirs-to-last, so next chapter'll be the chapter before it all ends for this F.F)
Anyways, here's the next chapter. It's in Harry's POV btw

Chapter 24
Plans

Harry had just managed to calm Dezi enough to get her to fall asleep. It might’ve taken over an hour, but it was worth it now. He had managed to group together the members of the Order and some of the previous D.A that weren’t official members.
“Ok, it looks like Hermione and Malfoy were taken to who knows where...” Harry stated once he sat down in the kitchen where everyone else was waiting for him.
“And you want us to find them?” Ron interrupted bluntly.
“We all look for them,” Harry nearly snarled. He was getting really sick of Ron’s attitude, he had put up with it for long enough. His friend was starting to toy with his final straw.
Ron looked taken aback, but didn’t responded; smart on his account.
“Where can we look?”
“Dungeons.”
The Order and previous D.A turned to the kitchen and saw Dezi standing by the open door, eyes a bright, pale sky blue.
“Why do you say that?” Harry pushed.
“Daddy talk about Malfoy Manor... in manor, there dungeons,” Dezi responded simply.
Harry didn’t know how to respond to that. It seemed like he didn’t give the four year old enough credit for her intelligence. Of course, she was related to Hermione and Draco, always top students in their year at Hogwarts.
“What’re you doing up?” he asked carefully.
“Hear talking.”
“You should go sleep though.”
“Why?”
“You... can... sleep in... for as long as you want,” Harry offered. He really didn’t know how to persuade a toddler to fall asleep. Dezi just stood where she was, not moving or saying anything. “Well I guess we can’t go to Fred and George’s shop for the rest of the week then...”
At that, Dezi ran off, running up the stairs quietly, and there was no noise. Fred and George were laughing.
“Found another advantage to the shop, eh, Harry?” Fred cracked.
“Another?” Harry asked, pretending he didn’t know any other reasons. Fred and George kept laughing.
“Anyways, she does seem to have a good point,” Harry started, trying to talk over Fred and George’s laughter, which was now dying.
“Yeah, the flower girl does have a valid point,” Mr. Weasley commented. He still didn’t know Dezi’s name, let alone who her parents were.
“So we can start there then,” Harry answered.
“Yeah!” the whole group exclaimed.
“And where is the Malfoy Manor?”
“Wiltshire,” Mr. Weasley responded automatically.
“Ok, so what’s our plan?”
Everyone was silent.
“Well, there were only four Death Eaters there, so we would probably only need eight to twelve people,” Harry pointed out slowly.
“But there could be more,” Ron stated.
Harry scowled.
“Ok, do we have at least eleven other volunteers?” Harry asked the group.
About five people raised their hands.
“Ok, do we have six other volunteers?” he tried again.
No hands went up.
“Oh, come on people!” Harry snapped. “We’re saving Hermione mainly, aren’t you aware of that?”
“But we’d also be saving Malfoy,” Ron spat.
“You didn’t even offer to help at all, Ron, so don’t start saying ‘we’ when you aren’t even part of this,” Harry retorted angrily. Ron just plucked the last straw of Harry’s.
With Harry saying that, he got ten other volunteers.
“Ok, well we’ve got about sixteen people, so we should be fine now.”
Some people in the large mass in the kitchen chuckled.
“So we can Apparate there, those of you who have Invisibility Cloaks use them, and we can just Apparate outside the Malfoy Manor,” Harry said. “I’ll work out a plan... on the way there.” He still got sick at the feeling of Apparition.
The group of people who volunteered shrugged. With a series of pops, they were all gone. Harry Disapparated after he saw his whole group leave, and he ended up in the front of them.
“So, our bright, young leader, what is your plan?”
Harry sighed and rolled his eyes. He didn’t see Fred and George volunteer.
“Well does anyone have an Invisibility Cloak other than me?”
Three people raised their hands; Neville, Luna and Dean. It didn’t surprise Harry all that much that they of all people would have one.
“Ok, slip them on when we go inside, and while the rest of you guide the way, we’ll follow from behind and slip beyond the Death Eaters you all will be battling...”
“Just cause some of us can’t exactly afford or don’t want an Invisibility Cloak...”
“It doesn’t mean we should be punished for it!” George finished for his twin.
“Well you volunteered to help, you were never assigned anything,” Harry shot back at them. “Now, any questions?”
No one said a word.
“Ok, let’s go then.”
The group of 11 people without Invisibility Cloaks got in front of Neville, Luna, Dean and Harry, who were putting on their cloaks.
“Ready?” Fred and George whispered.
“Yeah,” Harry said from under the invisibility cloak.
The twins and a few other volunteers slowly opened the large, creaking oak doors of Malfoy Manor.

Ok fine, I'll post now because I can't hold in the anticipation! -breaks own rule which is somewhat pathetic-
Here you go, now I swear not to post the next chapter for a day at LEAST... well I'll see what I can do Since I've been posting a lot, I'll try to stay away from the site all together until I feel it's right to post... that way I won't post the ending quickly and that way it'll be a surprise post time... (and when I want to post, I'll be checking for comments before posting, since I don't wanna break my own rule again).
Enjoy this chapter, I know you will
Sarah
P.S: You might've noticed the change in colour Just felt like it...

Chapter 25
Fear

Draco and Hermione woke up the next morning, having fallen asleep cuddled together. The light entering the windows was their alarm. The Death Eaters didn’t come for the next while, but just in case, they both put each other’s binds back on. About an hour after they did so, both were dragged out of the dungeon by a Death Eater, gags put into their mouths.
“The look suits you, Granger,” the Death Eater sneered down at Hermione, who was on the ground with Draco. “Should’ve been done long ago.”
Draco swung his legs around, since they were bound, and tripped the Death Eater. They fell to the ground with a hard, solid thump on the stone.
“You’ll pay for that one, Malfoy,” the Death Eater grunted threateningly.
Draco just smirked. He got pulled viciously by the Death Eater, following suit with doing the same to Hermione. They were brought up some stairs, unwillingly hovered up each flight (Draco started hating the manor because of all the stairs by the third flight of being levitated). They were brought to the main floor and thrown into a room, one Death Eater watching over Hermione and one over Draco, since they knew of the attack being laid upon the manor.
The Death Eater that dragged the two left the room, slamming the door behind themselves. They four of them were in silence, the only movement being the wands of the Death Eaters being taken out and pointed at Hermione and Draco.
After a long while, the door started to creak open. One of the Death Eaters flicked their wand at the door, and an Invisibility Cloak was flung into the air. Standing at the door was Neville Longbottom, the last Draco and Hermione wanted to see.
He screamed and ran, grabbing his Invisibility Cloak at the same time. He ran to another room, leaving the Death Eaters cackling as they slammed the door shut.
Not even a moment later, the door opened again, creaking and groaning slowly. Another Invisibility Cloak was flung off, and ‘Loony’ Luna Lovegood was standing at the doorway. Before she could even raise her wand, she was flung out of the doorway and into the next room three hallways down. The door slammed shut again, leaving the Death Eaters still cackling.
The four were waiting for the next victim to show up. A few minutes after Luna was flung out, the door creaked open again. A third Invisibility Cloak was flung off, and Dean Thomas was found standing at the doorway.
“Where’s Harry?” Hermione tried to say through her gag, but it came out ‘air ’air’rr’rry’.
Dean seemed confused for a moment, but it was a moment to long. He too was sent flying to his doom along with Luna. The door slammed shut again, and the Death Eaters were cackling madly, wands back at Draco and Hermione. They all waited at least half an hour and nothing happened.
Bam! Boom! Crack!
The wall in front of them collapsed and fell to the floor below. Debris hit Hermione, scratching her face, and a few cuts appeared on Draco’s, but the Death Eaters were guarded by their masks. Behind the wall stood Harry and thirteen other members of the Order and previous D.A.
“You can’t beat us,” Harry said smoothly. “You’re outnumbered by at 11.”
The Death Eaters seemed to have rid of at least four group-members with one spell from each of them.
“Make that 7...” Harry mumbled under his breath, rolling his eyes.
“You fools, you can’t beat us. We’re stronger, better, more powerful.”
“Think again,” Harry retorted with a cold edge.
The Death Eater that guarded Hermione stuck their wand into her throat, causing her to gag momentarily as she was thrust to her right, side pressed up against Draco’s. The group’s eyes widened briefly.
“You wouldn’t...” someone said in the group.
“We would,” the second Death Eater said as they jabbed the wand into Draco’s throat. He gagged momentarily as well.
For once in his life, Harry saw a bit of fear shining in Draco’s eyes. Harry looked to Hermione and saw her eyes watering in a deeper fear.
“You walk away, and nothing happens to these two.”
Harry clenched his jaw and looked at the group. They looked just as shell-shocked as he was.
“If we attack?”
“They die.”

DUN DUN DUHHHHHHH...
I leave you all hanging at that. Will they die? Will they be saved and survive at the last possible second? Why am I asking all these questions?
All will be revealed... I'll try to stay away for at least a day, preferably two
Your authour truly,
Sarah

Ahhhh!!!!!!! SARAH!!!! That cliffie was most bogus! But please don't go away! PAMS!

bogue as in mean or bogus as in pointless?
It's like, 7am here and I'm on the computer... wow! (had a morning shower at like, 6 and I've always wanted to get on the computer early in the morning).
I'll post the next chapter tomorrow, or if I'm in an ebil mood, the day after Who knows when I'll post... even I dunno when I'll post! It'll be a surprise post I guess...
Sarah

wow wow wow my dear sarah that was not even cool i hope that you post the next chapter like three days away get more readers post more later not now or tomorrow wait and get more readers that want to read and get it really popular.

Ya, well even with supplying the link to the original/first f.f, I've gotten a few new people but none for awhile... (not saying I don't appreciate everyone here! Just saying new people are always fun as well).
I'm keeping myself busy with my other f.f Fallen (I can say right now that it'll be LONG! I'm on like, chapter 18 and it's not even at the Yule Ball yet )
But ya, I'm planning on leaving the last chapter here for awhile to see if I get at least one new person...
I just gotta say, I probably won't continue this as a series, since I'd... it's hard to explain, but if there is another... it'd be a long while until its posted. I'll explain why when I post the last chapter of this f.f, since I'll probably have a better explaination by then Long wait, long time to think of explaination
Til then... -goes to MS Word and types away-
Sarah

OMG LOVED it!! cant wait 4 the next chapter!!! I wish u'd write another story after this 1 !!! PAMS!! PAMSOiD!!!

It's been so long since I've taken more than one day to update one of my bigger f.fs... It's soooo hard for me man! Specially considering I have it all done and everything!
-forces to promise self to stay away from thread as much as possible for next few days-

Good keep your promise i will advertise your FF this one so you can have more readers.! okay okay well i hope you have a good time and DONT POST YET!
-sarah

Oh I'll hold back And thanx for advertising (I have a link for the first .f if you wanna link here instead of to the first one and ya).
-never knew how hard it can be to hold off posting-
Ya, I'm off so I don't decide to break my own promise...
Be around later
Sarah

I wanna read the last chapter!! Post more soon!!

Can you do me a favor? Check out my fanfic? Spinning in Slow Motion
<3Jenn

Yay! My sig is up...
Might change the colour tho (the magenta, if only there was a better colour that kinda stands out). Couldn't decide with the images... I gotta credit them still (4got to add! OMG... -goes to do that-)
I promise to post when I get at least one new reader
And of course -goes to check out Spinnning in Slow Motion-

Ok, I couldn't resist, I'm not posting the chapter, but here's a little teaser (if that's the right word, I"ve obviously never done a foreshadowing-like thing so I think it's a teaser but I'm not sure myself)

He was considering using the killing curse on both, but he would have to decide who he would rather save...

Find out who 'he' decides to save... Or if 'he' saves them at all...
You'll find out when I see one new reader! (and if it has been nearly three weeks and no new readers, I'll post. Three weeks and that's it, it's long, but I don't want this f.f to go 'Inactive' on its last chapter... so three weeks MAX! I'll see if I hold out that long tho)
Anyways ya, just thought I could give a part of the chapter, and I never realized how difficult it was to give a teaser and not give away all that much... of course its hard for me cause the chapter itself is hard to find a sentence that has a full sentence that doesn't give away anything that happens in the end.

P.S: Ok, I've decided I MIGHT do another f.f after this one ends. I randomly got an idea for it (seriously, it WAS random! It just popped into my head, so I'll see if it goes anywhere)...

yay we might get a new FF after this one!! yay!! *hugs twin* lol

"knock knock heard off somewhere" * jumps in* I am back and feeling GREAT! sorry I havn't posted, I got really sick and then came all these tests becuase marking period was almost over. Awesome posts! All of them but I cant stand them being tortured!
*runs off to go check out fallen* PAMS!

depends on if it would work out or not... (for a possible continuation). It all depends on how it goes I guess I'm not making any promises on another f.f tho, just saying it might happen
Anyways, ya, couldn't help but post that teaser, and trust me, it was impossible to find a good sentence that didn't give away anything I cut that one in half cause of it, but ya... I could've added names but then it would've been like, way to obvious *stops with itty-bitty hints and shtuffs*
I post in no more than three weeks depending on if I get another new reader or not or sumthin...
Sarah

Yay, been awhile since I've seen ya post half_blood_princess Nice to see you back, and it's good to hear you're feeling better

New Reader. God! this is like the most awsome story ever i just can't belive it and it's making me like Dr/H stuff gosh.. u really do write well to make a person that never event thougth about Draco and Hermione ever beeing togheter...and now.. think about that and Really like it!!!you can really change someone's perception of things loool u are just too awsome :worship:
I'm sad it's almost over... but i'm happy that i got to post before it's over well anyhow! i can't wait for the rest of it

Yay, new reader! That means...
LAST CHAPTER TO THIS F.F IS COMING! ZOMG!
Ya, I'll post it tomorrow afternoon most likely (more ppl will be on then, and I don't feel like it at the moment).

But wow, thanx Juliana_Potter
Thanx

A video on youtube totally changed my perception of them... mainly cause I wasn't big into HP back then and didn't think of 'ships' back then anyways... and seeing D/Hr at first was crazy, then I loved it! Got into this, it's so much fun to write Dramione (unless of course you get stuck...)
You live in Canada, eh? (I love doing that... lived in the States for 3 years, back in Canada). Which provience? (if you don't mind me asking of course I'm in B.C right now, used to live in Ontario. Started in B.C, moved to Ontario, went to Washington State in U.S for three years, and two years ago now I moved back to B.C. Crazy...)

Ya, I'd like to say 'tomorrow' is technically two minutes for me here, so ya, just saying

BTW, at this time of night, I ramble... MUCH MORE
Yeah, I'm bored, it's 'tomorrow' technically... I'll post the last chapter... NOW! Next post cause I already have this prewritten message I just finished and it'd be weird to have this and that in there.
Next post=next/last chapter

Ok, as I was editing this, I was listening to What Hurts the Most (Rascal Flatts), and just comparing the song to this chapter, the final chapter (if you didn’t know or notice), well, it’s amazing how alike it is (I think so... mainly cause I kinda know since I’m kinda the one knowing what Draco and Hermione think here).
Anyways, there MIGHT be a sequel to this F.F, but I’m not making any promises. I’ve started to try my idea, and I’m thinking it probably won’t work, so there might not be a sequel. Since most of ya read Fallen, I’ll say whether or not I’ll post a sequel, cause I’m already on chapter 3 of it and am stuck...
Anyways, enjoy this chapter, I know I did! (I REQUMEND NOT TO JUMP AHEAD THROUGH THIS CHAPTER, you'd be ruining it for yourself kinda That also means the message I left at the end, it's kinda a spoiler if you read that then the chapter. Your choice on what you do, just saying it'd be better to read the chapter then the ending message).
Sarah

Chapter 26
Choices

“So what’ll it be?” a Death Eater asked in a snake-like way.
Harry was silent. He knew if he left Hermione and Draco, they would both be killed by torture, no food (he could tell they hadn’t eaten enough within the last few days). Hermione watched him with begging eyes. She knew the choices he was thinking of. The groups were completely silent for fifteen minutes.
“Decide?” the other Death Eater asked in a low, cold and smooth way after the fifteen minutes. He jabbed his wand into Hermione’s neck again, causing her shoulders to raise, tensed, and head thrust to the right, landing harshly on Draco’s shoulder. He flinched at the sudden weight on his shoulder. Hermione nuzzled Draco’s shoulder. She felt his soft response of his head rubbing against hers.
Harry didn’t move, but he also didn’t respond. He was considering using the killing curse on both of the Death Eaters, but he would have to decide who he would rather save. He looked at the couple, Hermione’s head on Draco’s shoulder, tears running down her face only to be rubbed away when she rubbed her face on his clothed shoulder. He was considering using the killing curse on both, but he would have to decide who he would rather save, and watching the slight show of affection made it worse.
“Avada Kedavra!”
Draco went limp, his body fell away from Hermione’s, sagging to the ground lifelessly. Hermione shrieked in horror beyond the gag. Tears flooded her cheeks as she saw her love’s dead body laying on the ground. She trembled, nearly fainting and falling herself. The only thing that kept her conscious was the Death Eater’s harsh grip on her, their wand poking and scratching at her neck.
Harry was just as horrified as Hermione. He was just about to go after one of the Death Eaters. He raised his wand at the Death Eater holding onto Hermione. Her life flashed before her eyes, the memories of her and Draco together replayed in her mind over and over like a broken record.
“Avada Kedavra!”
Hermione’s eyes dulled, her body sagged. She hung lifelessly in the arms of the Death Eater, who dropped her a moment later. She landed beside Draco, the life drained from her as had his.
Harry felt tears stinging his eyes, one them slipping down his face. If only he had thought faster, if only he had decided quicker. He looked at the limp body of Hermione, his best friend, the one that had helped him all throughout Hogwarts, the one he had helped for many years, the one with a daughter.
He then looked at Draco. He might’ve been a pain, but he was just like Harry himself, willing to do anything for love, and the two of them had fallen for Hermione. Draco actually had begun to be a big help, he had started to become a better person, starting to act like the father he should be. Now it was all gone, he was nothing but a body, no mind or soul, just like Hermione.
“Avada Kedavra!”
Fred and George had summoned the courage to kill the two remaining Death Eaters. They had just killed their friend, the one always telling them it won’t work. They just destroyed many lives with one spell. Two simple words had shook the lives of many, two simple words stole away their happiness.
The two Death Eaters fell to the ground, dead along with Hermione and Draco. A couple members of the group silently went up to both bodies and took Hermione, and the others took Draco. They Apparated from the manor in silence, they had nothing to say to one another. They might’ve killed the last of the remaining Death Eaters, but they had lost so much more.

There was a funeral for the both of them a few weeks later, both buried in the Malfoy Graveyard. Harry thought it was only fair on Draco’s part, since he was a Malfoy and belonged there. Narcissa had perished months before (she had gone crazy and had been put under to many pills), so she had naught to say about where the burial took place. Hermione was given a space right next to Draco’s. Despite how Harry had hated to admit it, the two belonged together. He had Hermione’s necklace to prove it, he still saw the ruby heart around her neck when they had brought her body back to Grimmauld Place, the Death Eaters hadn’t stolen or taken the necklace off in any way. They buried her with it still around her neck.
Everyone that attended the funeral was deeply saddened. It had a mood similar to Dumbledore’s funeral almost six years before. Ginny found her comfort in Harry throughout the ceremony, she had the biggest loss next to Hermione’s parents (who were present, unable to escape Mr. Weasley, who, despite the circumstances, just had to ask a few questions).
The months went by, and many things had happened. Dezi, who had lost the father she had known for not even a year, her mother who had taught her everything she knew, was legally adopted by Harry and Ginny, who had gotten married and where expecting their first child.
Dezi was in denial for the first while, constantly saying how they would return for her, but after a few weeks, she was like a ghost, lurking around the house without consciousness. Ron had been deeply affected by the death of Hermione, because he never apologized for the way he acted to her. He promised himself to apologize to Hermione after she came back from Malfoy Manor, but she never did, she couldn’t.
Harry and Ron had come to realize what caused everything; their choices. Harry (accidentally) chose not to do anything when the Death Eaters had threatened the life of his best friend and her love, he chose to accept the relationship Draco and Hermione had, he chose to help support them throughout the year Draco had come back. Ron just chose to be a pain in the butt to Hermione, but he deeply regrets it now.
Hermione and Draco chose a path that was doomed from the beginning, the moment Draco had kissed Hermione in the dark dungeons of Hogwarts nearly 6 years before until the moment the Death Eaters took their lives. They knew something bad would happen, but they accepted it, they chose to die together, they chose to stay close, despite their fate.
They chose death.

How dare I end it this way, right? Well ya, I wrote the last three chapters AFTER finishing out my mom had to put my horse down, so the level of the end story kinda came from that. besides, I finished it, thought it was a bit harsh, tried to think of a way to avoid it, and in the back of my mind, I knew I couldn’t cause then the title ‘choices’ wouldn’t truly incorporate as well... I wrote the last... 3 (4 including the last sentence), chapters after realizing it
Hope you all enjoyed this F.F and following Draco and Hermione right until the very end. Like I said, no promises about another F.F after this, and if there is, keep your eyes peeled (like I say, I’ll post whether or not I’ll be having a sequel in my other Dramione f.f Fallen), and it’d be a long wait anyways, that is if I did one cause I like, need to get ahead of the story (so I can get title ideas and not be rushing to post next chapters and stuff, I take so much time doing them ). Right now I'm gonna say this about the possibility of another f.f, it won't be about Draco and Hermione obviously, but about Dezi, and I had trouble with my first idea, and I just randomly got another idea, so I'm trying this one out. It's similar to the original, but at the same time not even close, so ya... I'll say whether or not I'll actually follow through with posting it will happen on the Fallen thread, so if you want to find out if I will or will not do a first f.f, you should catch up with Fallen

gosh, if anyone wants me to change the blue to a different colour cause they can't read it, I'll do it (it's just my vision tho, like I said, astigmatism it really affects some of my reading, and that blue didn't help to much).
So I don't mind changing it to a different colour, but I'm not unless you want me too cause it's just my sight problems and I don't need to read the chapter (I read it at least 5 times, LONG before ever posting it...) Just post and I'll change the colour to Dark Green or sumthin (just trying to get the chapter to stand out a bit more with the blue but I don't mind changing it cause it's like, to stand-outish)

So ya, comments?