Chapter 2

I woke up at the sound of a crack. My eyes were hurting because of the light that was coming through the curtains. I slowly rose up to see that the "crack" came from a house elve.

"Come on Missy. Missy must take a bath and get dressed. The masters wish Missy to have breakfast with them" the tiny creature said. "Missy must hurry or the masters won't be happy with both Missy and Minnie". I finally decided to get out of the bed and walked to the bathroom where the house elve had already run a bath. After I got clean, I got back to the bedroom and noticed that Minnie had let a simple black dress for me. It was a simple dress which didn't reveal too much. I was grateful for that…in some way. When I just finished to put the dress on, Minnie appeared again with the same "crack", and she led me out of the bedroom into the same hallways I went through yesterday. We arrived in front of a large wooden door and Minnie told me to wait here. She disappeared for a moment. While I was waiting for whatever was to come next, I could hear voices coming from the door – two male voices. I recognized Rabastan Lestrange's and there was another one which, I assume, was Rodolphus'.

"It was a foolish move brother. To take her away during the battle of the department of mysteries. Now, every member of that stupid order will suspect us. How long, do you think, before one of them barged in to get her back?" Rabastan seemed angry. I assume they were talking about me, but that didn't explain why I was here in the first place.

"Quite the opposite brother. I saw an opportunity and merely took it. With the confusion that followed the blood traitor's death, I doubt any of them noticed which Death Eater took her. And if they did, well, let's say that the wards around the manor prevent Apparition. So we will see them coming" It all seemed clear and worked up with for the man I assume was Rodolphus.

"And you couldn't wait until we are in a more opportune position. I mean with everyone knowing about the Dark Lord's return, the disaster at the Department of Mysteries, the odds are hardly in our favor" Rabastan seemed skeptical about… something. I guessed there weren't just talking about me but about something else too, and I couldn't put my finger on it… and that really bothered me.

"I've waited long enough the retrieve my fiancé" Rodolphus retorted. Fiancé, fiancé…did he just says fiancé?! Distraught at the new revelation, I quickly turned around and walked away. Fortunately, I remembered when Minnie had let me through the hallways and was able to reach the bedroom. Strangely, I felt safe there. Are you becoming mad Hermione, you are alone in a Death Eater house with two death eaters, you are not safe anywhere. They must have heard me because I could hear a door slam. So, I sped up and reached the room and slammed the door shut once I got in. As soon as I got inside I began frantically searching for my wand. Unfortunately, the two diabolical brothers were not far behind. Only seconds after I closed the door, it opened again.

"Don't bother. It's not here" a deep masculine voice spoke. I froze and slowly turned around to see that Rodolphus Lestrange was standing at the entrance of the room. Even with my average height, he was still towering me. Fortunately or not, his brother was not far behind. Rabastan was almost as tall as his brother, but where Rodolphus was all muscle, he was thinner.

"Someone care to tell what's going on here?" I asked hoping that my voice wasn't trembling. I tried to adopt a defensive position but I felt so naked without my wand.

"You are to be my wife. It has been decided when you were born' Rodolphus spoke blatantly.

"Come on brother, do you need to be always so tactless. The girl here must be rather… distraught" Rabastan stepped in. "What my tactless brother is trying to tell is that we wish you no harm, Miss Granger" He tried to sound friendly, and I almost bought it.. for a second. "I guess, it's Miss Rosier" I wanted to say out loud sarcastically.

"Why can't I have my wand then?" I asked

"Because even if we wish you no harm as Rabastan said, you'll probably try to hex us, and I will be forced to retaliate. And… I would hate to have to hex you" Rodolphus said. He seemed a little be more relaxed than when he first entered the room.

"Shall we transport this conversation in a more appropriate place?" Rabastan sensed that the tension was rising up again. Rabastan then proceeded to escort me out of the room sensing that he was probably a bad idea to let me alone with Rodolphus for now.

A little while, the three of us were seated in a sitting room having breakfast. The Devil brothers were having breakfast while I was too stressed to eat anything.

"You should eat something, Miss Granger." Rabastan interrupted my thoughts. I decided to ignore his remark and he decided to let it go. Well, at least he wouldn't force feed me.

"You probably have a lot of questions. So pray, do tell" Rabastan was clearly the friendliest of the two.

"There is nothing much to say. She is to be my wife as it was decided between her father and me. Period" Rodolphus stepped in. There, he let slip something. He knew the Grangers were not my real parents. I guessed that was official now. There is no way that Muggle hater would have gone to a Muggle house and asked for a Muggle-born witch in marriage.

"My father? The Dr Granger?" I decided to play dumb. If this killer wanted to marry me, I wasn't going to make it an easy task for him.

"Of course not silly girl. Your REAL father. Evan Rosier" Rabastan spoke like this was obvious and he didn't seem to see where the problem was.

"Did you really think we wouldn't have killed you on sight and locked you up and Crucio'ed you in the cellar otherwise. The brightest witch of her age couldn't figure that out by herself" Rodolphus replied ironically.

"Can I go back to Hogwarts?" I decided to drop the topic.

"We'll see about that, and under some conditions" Rodolphus spoke. Okay, I've had enough. I stood up from the chair and started to walk away.

"Where do you think you are going?" That rude remark could only come from one person. Suddenly, I felt a sudden rush of warmth… and realized I had been stupefied.

Meanwhile at the 12 Square Grimmauld

"Where the hell is she? Who took her?" Harry hadn't sleep in days since Hermione was taken. He was currently pacing around the living room.

"You need to calm down. We are tracking down the whereabouts of each Death Eater who weren't captured by the Ministry. Fortunately, that let out only Bellatrix Black and the Lestrange brothers. It won't be long now. We will ger her back Harry, I promise" Arthur Weasley tried to reassure Harry but deep inside he was thinking of the chances of Hermione still being alive.

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