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Chapter 1:
A fierce wind swept through the battlefield, stirring up the scent of the flowing blood and beading sweat. Hermione kept her back to her potion professors, hoping to god that neither of them fell, for surely, if one did the other would certainly. She ducked a curse, and pulled him out of the way with her. They fell into the mud, which was mixed with the blood of their friends and foes. "Granger, to your right!" he shouted at her. She rolled out of the way, just in time and the avada curse hit the ground where she had been.
Moving quickly, Snape, pulled her up by the hand, pulling her towards another part of the fight. Hermione didn't know where they were going, until she saw where they were headed, towards Harry and Dumbledore. Harry was fighting Voldemort, while a thin red stream of power was flowing from Dumbledore's wand into Harry's chest from behind.
Without him saying, she knew they had to protect Dumbledore and Harry from any outside interference, as Charlie, Ron, and Bill were doing. They all five took points around them, protecting them as much as they could.
In glancing down, Hermione saw the face Percy Weasley, blood still pouring from his neck, though he was whiter than she had ever seen anyone before. He was not yet dead, she knew he wasn't.
"Bill, cover me!" she shouted, kneeling beside the fallen man. She pulled a potion from her pocket and poured it into him mouth. He gurgled, for a moment, choking, but it went down and the cut disappeared.
"Protect Harry and Dumbledore at all costs," she shouted at him, over the roar of the pounding rain and shouts of dark curses. She saw Dumbledore's strength fading and quickly went to his side. He didn't avert his eyes from Harry, but when she fed him a magic-rejuvenation potion, he swallowed, and the dwindling line became stronger and thicker as it transferred power to Harry.
She scanned the ground, looking for fallen Phoenixers and saw Sirius Black laying not ten feet away, with Mantusus Crabbe standing over him, smirking, wand pointed at him.
"Professor Snape! HIT CRABBE!" she screeched, running towards Sirius, hoping Severus immobilized Crabbe before she got there, and to her graces he did. He followed her to the spot as well, throwing spells at anyone within his sight, coming close enough to their healer. She tried to shake off the sickening feeling when she glanced at Crabbe and saw his placid eyes staring back at her. He was dead; there was no doubt in her mind.
She looked Sirius over and was thankful he wasn't truly injured, save a broken nose and a sprained ankle. He had just been downed with a simple stupefy. "Enervate," she muttered, before performing a spell to heal his ankle then nose. She was done in fifteen seconds flat, and standing again, back-to back with Snape.
"Get the girl! She's healing them all!" a voice screeched. She knew that it was Lucius Malfoy and that he was speaking about her. Snape tackled her to the ground, covering her with his own body as a multitude of curses were thrown their way. Thankfully, not one hit the Order's healer, and the one that did hit Snape, she was able to quickly reverse.
"NO!" Hermione heard Ron's shriek. She looked up, as Severus quickly pulled her to her feet.Albus Dumbledore lay limp on the ground and in seconds Ron's body joined his in its quiet end. She ran as fast as her legs could carry her, and slid to a stop at his side. Severus dropped to his knees, assuming the position Dumbledore had been in moments ago, and muttered a spell. A red light sprang from his wand to Harry, but the time lapse was too much and he was already too weak. Harry fell to his knees, and an Avada Kadavra finished him off.
Death Eaters closed in around them, and they all joined hands. Hermione saw that the group apparition, the only kind that could be attempted on Hogwarts grounds, as part of their last attempt of escape should they fail, was going to leave Snape behind. She dove for him and threw him into the group, just as they apparated, taking him along with them.
She put up a shield around herself, and stared defiantly at Voldemort, standing tall.
"You were the best thing they had," Voldemort said.
"Harry was the best thing we had, but no matter. We have more weapons than you know. This battle is over, true, but you have not won," she hissed. She dug her hand into her pocket, reaching down past the many bottles of potions, and took out a miniature model of a Firebolt.
"What are you going to do with that, fly on it?" Voldemort laughed.
"Actually, exactly," Hermione said, muttering a spell. It grew in size until it was the same size as a regular broom. It was Harry's. She swooped towards the two and grabbed them both by the arms, hanging on as best she could, but the firebolt helped a lot. She mumbled a levitating charm, and they began to follow the broom, their lifeless bodies limp in the air. She spotted movement on the ground not far away. Dodging curses from the death eaters, on the broom proved much easier than anyone would have ever guess, again thanks to the firebolt. She caught the hand reaching up for help and pulled the person up onto the broom behind her. They clung exhaustedly to her waist. She didn't glance back, but knew it was Remus Lupin on instinct.
She knew every member of the order's body down to the details of the strength of their hands. She had to in her studying healing for this battle know every part of each of their bodies. The only thing she probably didn't know about any of them were things that were to be kept completely private.
She continued dodging spells and curses from the death eaters, until she passed the Hogwarts gates. She landed and let down Remus. "You have to apparate, Remus. I have to get the last of the students out of Hogwarts."
"Hermione, no, you can't go back!" Remus said.
"Take their bodies and go, Remus," she ordered, lowering Harry and Dumbledore's bodies to the ground, and pushed him down, knowing he could stand. He wasn't that badly hurt.
"Hermione! You can't go back in alone," he exclaimed.
"She won't be," Severus Snape's voice came from behind them.
"Trying to get rid of me, Miss Granger, throwing me into the group apparition?" he asked.
"Keeping you alive more like," she replied.
"You think that I couldn't have escaped as you did?" Snape asked.
"No, because I was prepared beforehand for such a situation," Hermione replied.
"Clever… so was I," Snape pulled a miniature broom out of his own pocket, unshrinking it.
"My god, you guys are terrifyingly similar," Remus muttered. "Go then," he said. "I'll get them back to headquarters," he said, looking sadly down at the two dead bodies at his feet.
"Come, we must hurry. They're in the kitchens, I believe," Hermione said. "Professor Dumbledore instructed that they all stay there."
"Yes, I know, Miss Granger," Snape said, in an irritated tone.
"Don't start with me, professor. I can't handle your callousness tonight," Hermione whispered, but he could hear it. Hermione took off for the castle, placing a concealment charm over herself, making her invisible. She saw her professor do the same, or didn't see him more like.
They flew silently. Hermione gasped and tried to dive down, when they saw the death eaters torturing Kinglsey Shacklebock, but her professor anticipated her move, and knew where she was by the gasp she made. He grabbed her arm, and hissed, "There are worse things, like the fifty children still inside that school."
"Fine," Hermione replied, yanking her arm away. Once again they took off, Kingsley's screams of pain following them. He wouldn't betray them, she hoped with all she had, but if he did, she would feel it, due to the spell she had set upon every member of the order. She, Dumbledore, Harry, Sirius, Remus, Arthur, and Severus were linked to the spells alerts
They glided into a window, quietly that was open into the great hall. In terror, Hermione saw a few death eaters chasing Lavender and Parvati around, laughing evilly. Parvati and Lavender looked terrified.
Hermione swooped down at the death eaters, shouting a spell. They all dropped with one spell from her powerful wand.
"Parvati, hurry, we have to get to the kitchens!" she called, removing the concealing charm.
"I'm not flying with him!" Lavender said, when she saw the professor.
"You immature twit, I'll deal with that later," she muttered, thrusting Harry's broom into Parvati's hand and holding her hand up for the professor. He took it, and easily lifted her up, to be seated behind him on the broom.
"Follow," she snapped at Parvati, who nodded. Lavender got on the broom with her best friend.
Again they started through the castle.
"The wards for aparating are still up inside the castle, Hermione! Why?" Parvati demanded.
"They are?" Hermione cried in surprise.
"The first and second years were in kitchen. Lavender and I lured the death eaters away from them. Seamus Finigan is the only one left there to guard them," Parvati said.
"Damn…" Hermione muttered. "Good work, Parvati," she added, ignoring Lavender completely.
"We lost then?" Parvati asked, her lip quivering.
Hermione couldn't bring herself to answer. She pressed her cheek to Snape's back, facing the other way. Her professor stiffened momentarily, then she felt him pat the hand she had around his waist, keeping her on the broom. The touch was brief, but calmed her significantly.
"We're going to have to take the tunnels," Hermione said, still not looking at Parvati. They sped down a staircase and to the picture of a pear.
Severus landed the broom and they both got off it. Hermione took Harry's broom gently into his hands, and tickled the pear. The picture swung open and Hermione found herself pushed aside, by Snape. He got the blunt of a powerful curse, and was thrown back into the wall. Hermione ran to his side. She hadn't heard what curse it was.
"What spell did you use!?" she demanded of Seamus, who gaped at them.
"'Mione," he said in shock.
"Yes, tell me the curse!" Hermione said, exasperated.
"I- the mendenth death," Seamus said.
"Damn it, Seamus!" she exclaimed. "That can only be healed the muggle way. Why didn't you think before you cursed?" she shouted. She could hear voices.
"Get inside," she ordered Lavender and Parvati. She grabbed the Professor's arm and pulled him into the kitchens, which was crowded with children and house elves.
"Each of the house elves take one student and teleport them out of here and to the address specified by Albus Dumbledore!" she ordered. They did as they were told. House elves could only teleport if given a direct and serious ordered by their master and even then they could only take one, which they did. Hermione assessed who was there. Seven first and second years were left, as were Parvati, Lavender, Seamus and an unconscious Professor Snape.
"You three follow me. Parvati, levitate Professor Snape. Lavender and Seamus make sure the students do not fall behind," she instructed. She opened the door, and pulled it shut quickly, as two death eaters walked past. She opened the door again a few moments later. She just had to get across the hall to a secret passage that led to the secret passage way that would take them to Hogsmeade. She ran across the hallway and pushed in a brick. A code board showed up, looking holographic. She tapped seventeen numbers with her wand, a code that only a few people in the order, or at all, knew. The door opened into a small tunnel, made to crawl through, not walk.
They had to try and get out, and she could only hope they wouldn't be seen, by anyone.
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