Hello pplz. This is my first Dramione fanfic. I hope you like it. If you do, plz review. If you don't, then review anyway. =]
Disclaimer: If I were JK Rowling I wouldn't be writing this. I'd be lounging away in Hawaii.
Prologue
A thin, cloaked figure hurried silently in the dark of the poorly lit street, its shadow rippling on the cobbled pathway. The sound of footsteps stalking this shadow announced the presence of company, causing the figure to hasten some more. A sharp intake of breath was heard, as a dead end loomed abruptly ahead. The cloaked figure resignedly turned around to face the footsteps.
"Lumos".
The now lit up street revealed the presence of three Death Eaters standing alongside each other.
"Isn't it a bit late for you to be taking a stroll?" said the middle one with barely concealed contempt.
"I could ask you the same thing Bellatrix," came the calm feminine voice of the cloaked figure. "These are dark times for Death Eaters after all."
"Traitor!" yelled the Death Eater on the right. Avery, the hot-headed fool. "Avada Kedavra!"
The spell missed her head by millimetres, and she knew she wouldn't be two times lucky. Her eyes took in her surroundings, trying to find a place to run.
"Crucio!" screeched Bellatrix. The figure barely managed to suppress a scream of pain as she was thrown onto the road by the force of the spell.
"Protego!" she yelled blocking the spell fired at her by Avery. The spell rebounded and hit the other Death Eater, Mulciber, who tumbled back into a bin, earning him the wrath of the stray cats who were feeding. The woman took advantage of the distraction to get up and attempt to move away to an apparition points that would allow her to apparate to her original destination. But her luck seemed to be off on this particular night. A spell hit the wall causing an explosion, and she was buried under the tonnes of solid bricks.
"Reducto," she gasped, trying to clear a way out of the rubble. She crawled the remaining metres and apparated just as Bellatrix appeared around the corner.
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The bell rang at 8 Grimmauld Place, setting off the usual volley of screeching insults from Mrs Black. Kingsley Shacklebolt sighed wearily and rolled his eyes as he muttered a spell to silence the irate portrait and made his way towards the door. Opening the door to the headquarters of the Order of Phoenix, he frowned as he found no one in his line of sight. As he moved to look around outside, his foot collided with something soft, and he looked down sharply. The tall, imposing man lost his usual cool and gasped a curse. There at his feet was a crumpled unconscious woman, blood seeping from enough wounds to drain her body's entire blood reserves. Shacklebolt quickly turned his head back into the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix and called urgently:
"Hermione! Call Severus and come quickly".
Using his wand to levitate the crushed body, Kingsley stepped inside, gently closing the door behind him. He lowered the bleeding woman onto a settee in front of the fireplace as Severus Snape and Hermione Granger ran into the room, Snape looking worried and Hermione bewildered.
"What on earth is SHE doing in the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix?" Hermione demanded with a mixture of distaste and worry.
There was no answer from the two senior members of the Order. Snape had dropped to the wounded woman's side and was muttering spells over her body, assessing her injuries and healing them as he did.
"No one must be told," Kingsley said in a hushed voice to Hermione, his worry evident in his eyes. "Contact the Order's inner circle, and tell them to report to headquarters immediately."
She nodded tersely and hurried out of the room, deciding to hold her questions for now. However, as Hermione threw the green powder into the fireplace to connect to the floo network, one thought kept flashing through her mind with pounding intensity:
Just HOW in the name of Merlin did NARCISSA MALFOY know the address of the Order of the Phoenix headquarters???!!!
Well there you have it- the prologue of my first Dramione! Hope you liked it. More action on the way... Keep a lookout for my updates and please review!!