AN: (The Krabby Patty secret formula reveal song) Welcome everyone to the very first proper chapter of The Champions of Chaos Book Two: Temptation!
For the next part of the story, it will include both second and third years and things will shake up
But anyways my lovely fellow readers, onwards we ride!...into the story.
Chapter 1 – Troubled Voices
It was a warm summer's night that in a small town just outside of London, if you listened carefully enough, you could hear raised voices of a young girl arguing with her parents.
The young girls name in question? Her name was Hermione Granger and she was doing her darned best to convince her parents to drive over to Little Whinging see if her best friend was all right and nothing had happened to him.
"But mum please! British post isn't this slow and he has two owls that could've sent a letter saying that he can't send a letter via the post, I've written him a letter every three days since the start of the holidays and he hasn't replied at all"
"We promised each other to write during the holidays and he hasn't replied at all" Hermione tried to reason with her mother.
"Hermione have you ever thought perhaps he hasn't replied is because your letters could've been lost in the post? Things like this do happen you know" Hermione's mother Gwen asked her as Hermione's father Hugh shook his head in amusement at the situation.
"Yes I have considered that but I wrote his address out just like he told me, the first letter should've got to him in a day and a half but if he couldn't write to me he would've sent an owl explaining his situation" Hermione said to her mother as she sat down onto the family couch.
Gwen looked over to her husband as they started to have a silent conversation between the two, leaving Hermione to look back and forth between them trying to figure out what they were silently saying to each other.
After several minutes of eye talk with her husband, Gwen looked back to Hermione who looked straight at her with a hopeful expression on her face.
"How about this deal Hermione and no groaning" Hermione started to groan the instant she heard the word 'deal'.
"Listen to your mother Hermione and then we can talk about it more in detail, okay?" Hugh asked/told Hermione and she nodded her head in acceptance.
"Despite what you think, your father and I took in what you were saying and we've come up with a suggestion that I think will make all three of us happy"
"Now the deal is: we wait one more week and if no letters from Harry come and your letters go with no reply, then all three of us will drive over to Little Whinging and ask Harry if he'd like to spend the rest of the holidays with us, okay?" Gwen offered her daughter.
"Remember Hermione, either you accept this or you wait until school starts back up" Hugh warned his daughter about the two choices that she had.
Hermione only had to think for a few seconds before she made her mind up, not knowing the effects it would have in the coming weeks.
"I want to go to see him mum, I'm worried about him and something is going on either magical or normal," Hermione said to her mother with a determined face, which made Gwen smile at her daughter's loyalty to her friend.
"Splendid then, I might as well get the guest room ready for young Mr Potter because considering I know your personality Hermione, you'll pretty much demand he come over for the holidays" Hugh chuckled as Hermione's face went bright red as she grumbled at how she wasn't like that at all.
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Three days had passed with several letters sent but no replies from Harry, which made Hermione worry even more for her brother and with the pouring rain and thunderstorms that had started just earlier, Hermione's thoughts had been whirlwind of thoughts.
'Stop worrying yourself girl, he is a resilient person and has always bounded back from the challenges he has faced. He wouldn't want you to worry about him also nothing can be achieved by worrying so calm down girl' Hermione's conscience had tried to calm her down and it was working a little bit but still largely ineffective.
"But what if something has happened to him? What if he has been taken to the hospital? What if his relatives did something to him?" Hermione was asking her questions to her conscience in an almost machine gun fashion.
'I do not know Hermione, I am not omnipotent and if I was I would certainly be able to help us grow because remember; I am just a voice in your head. There are only 4 days until we go get him from his relatives, imagine what he would say if he knew you were worrying yourself over this' Hermione accepted this and started to find a distraction to keep her mind off of Harry for the time being.
"I know what I will do; I will focus on my history studies. That should distract me sufficiently enough until I start worrying over him again" and so Hermione grabbed a spare piece of parchment and started to jot down the history of a particular culture.
Hermione did not even last 10 minutes before she started to worry about her friend again.
Hermione stood up from her chair and paced over to her window to see if the weather had changed at all but it was still in its depressing state.
"Just a few more days Harry, a few more days till we meet again and find out the truth of your situation but whatever your situation is for now just hold on my brother," Hermione said in a hopeful tone.
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In a dark recess of a young child's mind, there lay an area isolated away from the rest of it.
This area was home to a being of immense power and chaos, so chaotic and dark that it could be considered a god of chaos.
The child knew that it held a voice in their head and had come to terms with it, even conversing with it as if it were a friend, a strange one but a friend none the less.
However, when the child slept and ran away with dreams or nightmares, this god of chaos was planning, scheming even.
It was scheming its plans for its young host for the coming year and what lay ahead of them.
"The pieces are moving; those who oppose me are still blind to my young champion their growing powers. It is now only a matter of time before the other discovers them and confronts them about it"
"For now I shall plan for the future and give advice to my young champion for when the time arises"
That is the first chapter of Temptation, it's just a short one to ease ourselves back into the story and prep ourselves for the next one.
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And you have yourself a very good day :)