A/N: So, I am a huge Walking Dead fan, and obviously Harry Potter fan. This idea just came to me, so I thought I'd post this chapter, and see what you thought of it. If I get praise from it, I'll continue it!

This takes place after the Second Wizarding War. Voldemort is defeated, and everyone who died in the war is dead in this story. Ex: Fred, Lupin, Tonks, etc. I haven't decided if there will be any romance in this story. I guess you'll just have to find out.

Warning: There will be some character death, and it's hard for me to do, so bear with me.

Hermione was startled awake by screams. At first, she thought she had left her TV on, but glancing over, she saw that it was off. She jumped out of her bed and looked out the window. What she saw was complete chaos. Cars were overturned or on fire, and one car had actually run over someone. People were running away from other people who were chasing after them. But something was wrong with those people. They didn't look normal. Hermione stifled a scream when she saw one of the abnormal looking people take a bite out of a woman's neck.

Hermione got dressed quickly and grabbed her wand.

"Mum! Dad!" she yelled, running out of her room. She ran to their bedroom but didn't find them. She ran downstairs as fast as she could, screaming for her parents.

She stopped when she saw that the front door was open with a 'biter' walking in. Hermione gasped and ran into the kitchen and out the back door. She hoped her parents were alright. What one earth was going on? Why were people biting other people and killing them? Hermione looked behind her and saw the woman who she had seen get bit earlier. She was walking towards her with her arms outstretched towards Hermione. Her eyes were glazed over, and blood from her neck bite was flowing down her body.

"Ma'am? Can I help you?" Hermione asked.

The woman didn't respond, but she grabbed onto Hermione's arm, and tried to bite her.

"Get off me!" Hermione screamed before she got her wand out and sent a 'stupefy' at the woman. The woman stopped for a second, before advancing towards Hermione again. Hermione ran and continued to see people biting other people, and dying, before standing back up and chasing after other people.

Hermione, not knowing where else to go or what to do, apparated to the Burrow, hoping and praying that someone there could help her.

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"Ron? Harry? Mrs. Weasley?" Hermione ran into the Burrow screaming for anyone to help her.

"Hermione?" Mrs. Weasley came out of the kitchen, wiping her hands on her apron. "My dear, what happened?" She noticed the blood on Hermione's arm.

"Mrs. Weasley! Something happened. Something is happening!" Hermione said, trying to get her point across, but she was in shock and couldn't say complete thoughts.

"Dear, sit down. Let me clean you up," Molly said, sitting Hermione down and started wiping the blood off her arm. "It doesn't look like you're hurt. What happened?"

"Th-they bit…died and…c-came back," she said, shaking.

"What –"

"Hermione?" came Harry's voice from the stairs. He stopped when he saw the blood on Hermione, and her shaking, pale body. "Mione? What happened?" He approached her slowly, not knowing if she was hurt. Ron and Ginny, who were right behind Harry, stopped and looked at Hermione with wide eyes.

"Ginny, get me the Calming Draught. She's in shock," Molly said. Ginny disappeared and reappeared with the bottle of Calming Draught. "Here you are dear, take some of this. You'll feel better," she said, handing the bottle to Hermione.

Hermione drank a bit and she instantly felt better. She then started to feel embarrassed. Here she was, a War Hero who had faced Voldemort and Bellatrix Lestrange head on, and she couldn't even speak. She took a deep breath.

"Now dear, what happened?" Molly asked.

"People are killing people," she said. Seeing their confused faces, she shook her head. "I mean, people are biting people, killing them, but then those people who were bitten, stand right back up and start biting people. I can't find my parents, my neighborhood looks like a warzone, I don't know if it's happening anywhere else, I don't know what to do," she said, her voice shaking.

"Hermione, that's not possible," Ron said. "People can't die and then start walking around. And biting people?"

"That's what I saw Ron! I woke up and saw someone bite this woman in her neck, and she fell dead. When I went outside, she was standing there and she tried to bite me!" she said, showing him her blood covered arm.

"But that's –"

"Molly!" Came Arthur's panicked voice. He ran into the kitchen looking panicked and scared. "We need to go. Now!"

"What? Where Arthur? What's happening?" Molly asked.

"I don't know. It just happened out of nowhere. I'll explain when we get there, but we have to go now!" he said, pushing everyone out of the kitchen, into the living room to the fireplace. "Go to Shell Cottage. I have to send patronuses to the Order. Go now!" he said before running out of the house.

Everyone stood there staring dumbfounded. Molly finally took charge, and snapped everyone out of their daze. Within minutes, everyone had arrived at Shell Cottage, still not knowing what was going on with the world.

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Within minutes of arriving at Shell Cottage, members of the Order arrived. Minerva McGonagall, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Charlie, George, and Percy Weasley, Andromeda Tonks, Hagrid, Filius Flitwick, Pomona Sprout, Madam Pomfrey, and Narcissa and Draco Malfoy-who had both defected during the war.

"Does anyone know what's going on?" Minerva asked.

"Hermione does," Ron said.

Minerva looked towards Hermione and gasped when she saw the blood on her arm. "Miss Granger! What happened?"

"I'm fine Professor," Hermione said, trying to calm her. "I saw something this morning, but I don't know what to make of it."

"What exactly did you see Granger?" Draco asked.

"Shouldn't we wait for Arthur?" Molly asked worriedly.

"He already knows what's happening, Molly. He's part of a team I put together to keep things contained for now," Kingsley said.

"Keep things contained? What's going on?" Draco asked.

"People are dying, Malfoy! That's what's going on!" Harry shouted.

"Dying? From what?"

No one seemed to know how to say it. Hermione finally said, "I woke up this morning and I heard screaming. I looked out my window and it was chaos. People were running away from other people who were trying to bite them. One woman got her neck bitten and she fell and died. When I had gone outside, that same woman who had been bitten was standing right behind me. There was no possible way she could have been alive after having a piece of her neck ripped out. She then grabbed me and tried to bite me, which is why I have blood on me."

"Could they be inferi?" Draco asked.

"No, inferi don't bite people and if they do, those people wouldn't come back to life," Kingsley said.

"They aren't really coming back to life though. The woman's eyes were glazed over as if she was dead. She didn't speak, she just seemed to growl or grunt. I don't think they are alive," Hermione said.

"Well if they are up and walking around they must be alive," Draco said.

"Malfoy I don't know how to explain it! I've never seen nor heard of this before!" Hermione argued.

"So where exactly is this happening at? Obviously in London, seeing as how Hermione lives there," Minerva said, breaking off the argument.

"Everywhere," Kingsley said solemnly.

Everyone gasped. "Everywhere? Is there even any chance of containing it?" Pomona asked.

"Why is no one killing these 'biters'? Then that will stop anyone else from dying?" Draco asked.

"I tried stunning that woman, and it fazed her for only a few seconds. I don't know if spells or anything will kill them," Hermione said.

"So what do we do? Hide here and let the world go to hell?" Draco asked.

"We need to find out what caused all of this and see if there is a way to stop it from spreading," Minerva said.

"It's got to be the bites. When a person is bitten they die then come back, and they go on and try to bite people," Hermione said.

"There has to be a way to kill them for good though," Harry said. "We have to stop them from biting and killing people."

No one had suggestions.

"Kingsley, I'm worried about –"

CRACK

"Help me!" Cried Arthur, who's shoulder, was bleeding.

"Arthur!" Molly cried, running to her husband. "What happened?"

"We were overrun. A few managed to get away, but I was holding those things off. One came up behind me and bit me on the shoulder," he said, while Molly and Pomfrey tried to stop the bleeding.

"He's been bitten! If what you said is true Granger, he could bite any of us," Draco said.

"Y-yes, but he isn't dead. Maybe it's only if they are instantly killed that they come back as biters," she said, not wanting it to be true. If it was, then Arthur would turn into one of those things.

"How can you take that chance? How can any of us? If he turns, we're all dead," Draco said.

"What are you suggesting? We just leave him so he can die alone? That's my father, and we are not going to do that to him!" Ginny shouted furiously.

"Enough!" Kingsley shouted. "Molly, I suggest we put Arthur in a room alone. We'll put enchantments on the room so that if he does turn, he can't get out," he said, sounding regretful.

Molly simply nodded, and she and Madame Pomfrey levitated Arthur up the stairs to care for him.

"Now I suggest everyone get some food and some rest. No one is leaving here until we figure this out," Kingsley said firmly.

Everyone walked to the kitchen in silence. Hermione tried to comfort Ginny. She had already lost one of her brothers-Fred- to the war. How could she possibly cope is she lost her father as well.