They stood on opposite sides of the field, furious golden irises glaring into bottomless blue. The weight of the horcrux felt heavy around her neck. She could feel its sweet caress against her collarbone. Her heart betrayed her with a fluttering motion that she had come to despise. The man across from her grinned, bearing his teeth.

Harry was shouting something next to her, attempting to goad the dark wizard into action. His efforts were futile. He was ignored. Hermione was the man's target. His prey.

She was also his weak spot.

Harry raised his wand to his throat, casting sonorous, amplifying his voice so all could hear him, "You hide behind the name Voldemort. You expect us to run in fear. You expect us to hide. You expect us to submit. This goes on no longer. The end begins now, and we will fight, Tom, until you are dead."

Tom Riddle raised a singular eyebrow, his grin never-fading, his eyes never faltering from Hermione.

She thought he resembled a shark in that moment, the ring of his irises flashing a deep red. His jaw tensing and relaxing as he clenched his teeth together attempting to hold his charming smile. He was plotting. He was enticing. And Hermione was being drawn ever closer to his waiting jaws.

"I rather think you have something of mine, Potter. I will entertain you're childish idea of justice, but first… Hermione."

Her name was a hidden command. She could hear it in his voice. A smooth baritone. The caress against her collarbone became a bite. She instinctively reached towards it as she always did when it caused her pain. She slowly pulled it out from underneath her shirt.

Harry frowned. Ron's jaw went slack. Tom held his hand out towards her, pride gleaming in his eyes. He had trained her well.

Hermione's eyes fell towards Harry. She mouthed one word, 'Sorry,' and then slowly made her way across the battlefield.


Time to escape the clutches of a name,

No this is not a game,

It's just a new beginning.

I don't believe in fate but the bottom line,

It's time to pay,

You know you've got it coming.

This is war!


Short opening is short! I am intending for this fanfic to be thirteen chapters long, each chapter based off a song from the Thirty Seconds to Mars album This Is War. (I find myself mostly inspired by songs, and this idea fell into my head). Not a time travel fic. I'm mainly going to be playing around with the idea of the horcruxes. I'm also going to say it's AU because I'm going to mess around with ages and characters and what not. Obviously I am not J.K Rowling and the characters are not mine yadda yadda yadda you know the drill!