A/N: Sorry for the very long intro to the actual story.
Off the radar
Intro:
It's almost dark in the forest not far from London. On an empty spot in the forest is standing a tent with a campfire, not that you can actually see it. It has been surrounded by tons of spells and charms to prevent anyone of finding it. It's very quiet in and around the tent , mainly because there's nobody in it.
And as you all should know many spells can be broken and that is the job of the ministry's spell breakers, powerful wizards trained to break the most powerful spells and charms. Although the ministry is now in hands of Voldemort life goes on as usual but not for these who refuse to join Voldemort's side.
It's not safe for muggleborn's in these days either you get killed or you get locked up in the most secured cells of Azkaban. Half-blood's are a bit safer they have a choice walk over to Voldemort's side, get locked up or give up your magic (after the last one they get killed anyway because they 'betrayed' magic. Most half-bloods walk over and then join secret organizations against Voldemort from within. Purebloods who haven't chosen a side can walk free but eventually they still have to choose between walking over or get locked up.
We'll start with Harry, Harry Potter : the Chosen One, the boy who lived, … his last nickname was the defeated one it's used in the daily prophet and is the only name approved by Voldemort. Harry was killed in the final battle but Voldemort wasn't given that honor, it was one of the death eaters. One of the death eaters who turned his back on his master and decided he should be the one to overrule the country. That death eater got killed by Voldemort afterwards.
What happened to Ron, Hermione or anybody else.
We'll go on with Ron first. He, his sister, Percy, and Bill are kept prisoners in Azkaban most secured cell and his parents and Fred were killed at least that's what the papers say. Nevertheless George and Charlie escaped the arrest and are hiding somewhere. Snatchers and spell breakers team up together and are searching through the whole country for hiding witches and wizards.
Where are we … ah, yes Hermione. Hermione went into hiding as well but she stays close enough to the big crowded city of London where she can easily find food and other supplies without anyone recognizing her after she transformed herself by using polyjuicepotion and some charms. She lived in the tent in the forest from the beginning. Hermione is late, she usually leaves her base when the streets are fully crowded in bright daylight and always returns before dark. Sometimes when she feels unsafe in the forest she stays for one night in a mugglehotel. Each and every time under a false name and in another hotel.
Others like Neville Longbottom are held prisoner in their own house they can leave the house but are followed by members of Voldemort's 'elite following team' (he's working on a name).
(I think you are tired of my long intro and you'll probably hate me if I say this would be one chapter so I'll start the story in this chapter.)
Chapter 1: Living in the woods
Being a lv.5 spell breaker is the best paid job in the whole wizarding world especially when you help snatchers break through thick layers of very powerful protection charms to capture a hiding muggleborn or traitor. Getting through these spells is hard on its own way, finding them is the real problem.
Draco Malfoy is a high ranked Lv.5 Spell Breaker and does some snatcher work on his free time, being a death eater in these times forces of much respect from your coworkers. The title of Death Eater will only be handed out on rare occasions.
Malfoy took the weekend off, he wanted to put some more work into snatching than into spell breaking and he deserved some free time as well. He was searching the woods in London, It was searched hundreds of times but there was never someone found. From his job as a spell breaker he learned on his own how to detect places where are more spells at once on the same place, that's what made him such a successful wizard.
It was nearly dark and with his wand in his hand he wandered though the forest. He had searched the forest before but on this spot he felt something, so he started shooting spell breaking curses into different directions hoping that one of them would stop somewhere in mid air. Malfoy never gave up and took a few steps and casted the same curses again, he did the same thing over and over until it was dark outside.
He saw the lights of London trough the forest and tried to find his way out, on the edge he casted his curses one last time hoping that it would find something but no luck. Malfoy decided to walk back to his apartment. On his way back he saw that the grass on the field before the forest was flatter that the other fields. It gave him a reason to go back tomorrow.
On the same time somewhere in a cheap muggle hotel Hermione checked in as Claire Aury with a fake French passport she had enchanted so the reader would think it was real. She didn't use polyjuicepotion but used some easy spells to change most of her looks. Only people who have heard Hermione's voice before would be able to recognize her. The decision to stay in a hotel came during the day, it was very cloudy and it was dark earlier because of the thick dark clouds Hermione got scared of being alone on a stormy night.
Once Hermione entered her room she immediately protected it with every single spell she knew. On the door and the window she would place extra enchantments just to be safe. Hermione stayed in Hotels quite often for a very obvious reason there is no shower in the tent neither are there a stove or bunk-beds, it isn't even a magical tent it's just a tent. From time to time Hermione removes all spells from her little camping space and packs her tent and hides her campfire and stay's in a hotel. After a few days the place wouldn't feel magical anymore for a few days to any snatchers. Then in the night she would go back and put it all back.
Maybe a little detail and it may sound rude but after Harry died Hermione took Harry's invisibility cloak and wore it when the big war continued … then she left. The cloak had saved her many times from being captured. It easier to travel to quiet places when no one can see you than if there is just that one snatcher.
A/N: How do you like it, I tried to keep it funny but that for you to judge.
To the people who have read my other stories as well: I'll continue with them soon enough.