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Chapter 1: Tottenham Court Road
"Just as a matter of interest, why Tottenham Court Road?" Ron asked Hermione.
"I've no idea, it just popped into my head, but I'm sure we're safer out in the Muggle world, it's not where they'll expect us to be."
"True," said Ron, looking around, "but don't you feel a bit – exposed?"
"Where else is there?" asked Hermione, cringing as the men on the other side of the road started wolf-whistling at her. "We can hardly book rooms at the Leaky Cauldron, can we? And Grimmauld Place is out if Snape can get in there. . . . I suppose we could try my parents' home, though I think there's a chance they might check there. . . . Oh, I wish they'd shut up!"
"All right, darling?" the drunkest of the men on the other pavement was yelling. "Fancy a drink? Ditch ginger and come and have a pint!"
"Let's sit down somewhere," Hermione said hastily as Ron opened his mouth to shout back across the road. "Look, this will do, in here!"
There was only two other others aside from Harry, Ron, and Hermione when they entered the all night café, the waitress and a young girl of about eighteen was staring intently at a map with a cup of coffee in hand, trying to decide where to go next.
As the waitress went to go make the two cappuccinos for Hermione and Ron (Harry hadn't ordered one as he was under the invisibility cloak), four large workmen entered the café. They went up to the unattended counter and looked up at the menu.
"Let's get going, then, I don't want to drink this muck," said Ron. "Hermione, have you got Muggle money to pay for this?"
"Yes, I took out all my Building Society savings before I came to the Burrow. I'll bet all the change is at the bottom," sighed Hermione, reaching for her beaded bag.
The workmen made identical movements, and Harry mirrored them without conscious thought: All four of them drew their wands. Ron, a few seconds late in realizing what was going on, lunged across the table, pushing Hermione sideways onto her bench. The girl sitting at a table near the window, seeing this, crawled under the table for shelter. The Blonde Death eater, unable to see who had cast the spell, fired another at Ron: Shining black ropes flew from his wand-tip and bound Ron head to foot – the waitress screamed and ran for the door – Harry sent another Stunning Spell at the Death Eater with the twisted face who had tied up Ron, but the spell missed, rebounded on the window, and hit the waitress, who collapsed in front of the door. The girl got up and ran to the waitress and shook her in failed attempts to awaken her seeing that this was useless she picked her up and dragged her under a table for safety.
"Expulso!" bellowed the Death Eater, and the table behind which Harry was standing blew up: The force of the explosion slammed him into the wall and he felt his wand leave his hand as the Cloak slipped off him.
"Petrificus Totalus!" screamed Hermione from out of sight, and the Death Eater fell forward like a statue to land with a crunching thud on the mess of broken china, table, and coffee. Hermione crawled out from underneath the bench, shaking bits of glass ashtray out of her hair and trembling all overwhen she was hit from behind and fell forward on her face. Harry then shot a stunning spell at the Death Eater who'd hit Hermione and he too fell
Harry realized he was fighting a losing battle: Ron was tied up and Hermione was in a full body-bind. He had to duel the two remaining Death eaters on his own. When he heard a female voice that didn't belong to Hermione scream,
" Expelliarmus!" Harry turned to see who it was and to his surprise it was the "muggle" girl and she had disarmed one of the death eaters "Locomotor Mortis!" a ray of bright red light escaped from her wand and hit the lone remaining death eater successfully locking his legs together and he fell to the floor. Harry quickly turned around and shot second stunning spell at the last Death Eater, he fell over a chair, there was a sickening crunch when he hit the floor but Harry couldn't worry about that now. Harry turned around to see The Girl standing over Hermione she pointed her wand at her "Finite." She said in a loud clear voice. Harry looked back at Ron and he gave Harry a confused look before Harry pointed his wand at Ron
"Diffindo." The severed ropes fell away. Ron got to his feet, shaking his arms to regain feeling in them. Harry picked up his wand andhanded it to him. Meanwhile The Girl helped a shaky Hermione off the floor
"Are you alright." She asked concern clear in her voice
"I-I think so." She breathed. Hermione caught Ron's eye and she ran to stand with them. Harry raised his wand at her and Ron and Hermione mimicked him, The Girl did the same.
"Who are you?" Harry hadn't really seen her during all the fighting she was actually a very pretty girl with curly, shoulder length, auburn almost brown hair; brilliant blue eyes with dark, thin, perfectly arched eyebrows; a small straight nose; pink, full lips and a slightly pointed chin; she had a round face and a rosy pale complexion. She was thin in stature, fit, she stood at about 5"6' and a half
"I'm Audrey, and I just saved your life, so you're welcome for that." "And you're Harry Potter, you're Hermione Granger, and you're Ron Weasley." She said gesturing at each of them with her wand.
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