Burn Me Down

XXVI_ One Step Closer

Hermione was right about having one Horcrux to get rid of but she had forgotten about Ravenclaw's lost diadem. We headed back upstairs to find Harry. I led the way with my gut saying to go the Room of Requirement.

Sure enough Harry was there. He was up against three Death Eaters. I didn't know what Ron was thinking, but when we got the Death Eaters running Ron went after them.

We then heard a muffled explosion and saw a orange glow. We heard Ron yelling like a lunatic and his voice got louder as he came back towards us.

"AAAH!" Ron hollered. "ONE OF THE WACKO DEATH EATERS SET THE WHOLE BLOODY PLACE ON FIRE!" He shouted as he ran past us.

Sure enough we saw a wave of flames coming towards us.

I grabbed Hermione's hand, "C'mon!" I started running with her and Harry behind me. We were able distance ourselves from the flames but they kept getting closer by the second. I noticed some brooms next to me. "Hey Harry," I said as I grabbed a broom.

"Yeah?" Harry looked at me.

I tossed him a broom. "It's time to see if we still got it," I smirked. Neither one of us had been on a broom since we played Quidditch, which seemed like a lifetime ago.

Harry smiled at me, "You're on."

I gave Ron a broom. Hermione got behind me on the broom I had. She wrapped her arms around my waist nervously. "It's ok, love," I told her, "I won't let you fall."

We took off in the air towards the doors as fast as we could go. We made it by the skin of our teeth. We fell off our brooms and onto the floor as a force from a burst of flames knocked us off.

Hermione was the closest to the doors. She squealed in pain when a huge flame licked at her left hand.

"Hermione!" I grabbed hold of Hermione and pulled her away from the fire. I caught her when she lost her footing.

Harry quickly kicked the diadom into the fire as the doors began to close. The diadom was destroyed almost instantly.

Hermione fell to her knees sobbing in pain. "Here, love, let me see," I said gently as sat on my knees in front of her, "Let me see." Hermione showed me her hand. The majority of it was badly burned front and back starting at her thumb and stopping at her ring finger.

I pulled out a vial of healing potion that Bill Weasley had given me before we left the Shell Cottage. I had been saving it. It was a good thing I did.

Hermione leaned against me and rested her head against my shoulder as she continued to cry. She held her wounded hand in her good one. "Shhh, Shh," I shushed her tenderly as she whimpered loudly in pain.

"Here, Draco, let me," Ron said as he and Harry came over. Ron held out his hand for the vial.

I nodded. "Thanks, Ron," I handed him the vial. I held Hermione's hand still by holding it where it wasn't burned. "Shhh," I purred to Hermione when she lightly squealed as the first drop of the potion hit her hand. It most likely stung the burn.

A few more drops and her burn faded into a scar. Ron gave the vial back to me as I stood up with Hermione. She sniffled as she wiped away her tears. I took her scarred hand and gently kissed it where it was badly scarred and smiled at her. Hermione smiled at me through her stray tears.

We followed after Harry and Ron in search for Nagini, Voldemort's giant snake. When she was dead Voldemort would be too. This all would soon be over, once and for all.

To Be Continued...