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WARNING: This story is rated M for implied rape, abuse, abandonment, and violence.
Note: The words spoken in Elvish will be italicized.
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Belonging
By Edhelwen Oneita
~Sacrifice~
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Harry watched her leave wondering what she meant. He turned a questioning look to his Headmaster.
"Well, how should I begin?"
Lord Elrond spoke up causing all the attention to go to him. "Perhaps my companions and I should leave the room?"
"No, no, in fact I believe that when she told me to tell, she meant for everyone in here to hear it. Else, she would have likely specified whom she wanted told." Elrond nodded and went silent again, wondering what it was he was going to tell them.
"Well, you see, Hermione has not had a good life starting when she was merely eight years old. No, on the contrary, it was rather harsh on her and she has been through many dark times." He went on to describe how she was abandoned by her birth father at a park because of her magic and as she tried to find her way home she was taken and held captive by a group of men that raped her repeatedly until she was able to escape three years later. How he had found her huddled in an alleyway when she was eleven years old after having just escaped her captivity. How he took her to a family he thought would love her and care for her. How he learned that that family had whipped her back with a belt and raped her whenever she was home. He spoke of when she came to his office in her fourth year begging not to be sent back there, revealing everything that had happened. Then finally he told them that she had been living at Hogwarts since then only getting on the train so not to add any suspicion to her at the end of the year.
Not even half way through, Minerva had to sit down lest she pass out from what she was hearing. She had no idea Hermione was treated as thus. Nor did she have anyway of guessing. She now realized that Hermione had become proficient in hiding her true emotions. She felt a hand on her shoulder and looked to find Severus behind her with a concerned and pained expression. She knew that he too had a similar past.
Lord Elrond, Aragorn, Legolas, and Haldir were mortified as they listened to Gandalf tell Hermione's story. They found themselves wanting to hunt down and punish the ones who hurt her especially those that swore to care and protect her when they took Hermione in and called themselves her parents. Lord Elrond could not believe that her family, both of them, did what they did. His eyes narrowed at the two boys that further added to Hermione's pain.
At every word, Harry grew paler. What had he done? Why had he done this? Did he really use her like he said he did? He glanced at Ron and was surprised to see that he looked as if what happened to Hermione did not even matter. Did he not care that he had hurt her again? A tear fell down his cheek as he listened. He hated himself for what he did to her. She was loyal to him. Oh, why did he ever listen to Ron's words?
However, Ron's thoughts were different. They were more sinister. He was thinking how when the dark side won how he would have Hermione. He did not care. He had gotten tired of being in Harry's shadow and when the opportunity presented itself, he took it. Soon, the Death Eaters would attack. He had told the Dark Lord about his success in breaking up Harry and Hermione. No one suspected him and he was pleased that he had done well. It was power he wanted and he would not get the power he wanted if he followed behind Harry like a good little dog.
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Hermione was outside throwing hexes, jinxes, and curses at a target that Professor Snape had set up for her so she could release her pent up emotions if she needed to. She found it helped a lot actually. Hermione had been surprised when the snarky Potions Master started to treat her a little differently after he had learned about her past. He became more caring whenever it was just the two of them but when there were other students around, he had to uphold his reputation as the Dungeon Bat. She was sure that not even the Slytherins knew the soft side of the Professor like she did. She counted it as a privilege. He was as close to a fatherly figure she would probably ever get.
Hermione lowered her wand when she remembered how Elrond approached her at the tree. How he said that he was a father. Why did she feel safe with him? It was because she felt safe with him that she ran as soon as he let her go. She did not know him yet she still felt like she could trust him. She wanted to trust him. She wanted to get to know him. Smiling to herself, Hermione sent a repairing charm at the target so she could use it again later if she needed. She turned around and started heading towards Hogwarts thinking that it was nearly time for dinner.
As Hermione walked back, a sudden laugh came from behind her causing her to stiffen. Tightening her grip on her wand, she spun around only to immediately cast a Protego Charm to stop the curse sent at her. There in front of her was Bellatrix. Hermione sent out a series of nonverbal jinxes at Bellatrix and one thankfully hit its mark giving Hermione time to sprint to the castle to set off the alarm. Upon getting to the castle, she ran up the step nearly running over Professor McGonagall who had been on her way to check on Hermione while the headmaster finished talking to the two boys. "Professor! Bellatrix is on the campus! I… I just ran into her." Just as she said this, a flash of bright red light hit the wall near Professor McGonagall's head.
"Quickly, get in Miss Granger, I will sound the alarm. Go!" Minerva pushed Hermione inside as she pointed her wand at the large bell to alert the school of the attack. She quickly shut and sealed the main doors then turned and ran towards the Headmaster's office. Once she got there, she saw the four visitors running out with Severus behind them. Severus stopped and looked at Minerva.
"Minerva, the Headmaster wants you to go retrieve Miss Granger's computer and her bag. You are to give it to Lord Elrond. Albus does not think that we will win but we must protect Miss Granger at all costs. She will be taken to Middle Earth."
Minerva nodded and took off towards the Gryffindor Tower. Sending Hermione to Middle Earth will give her a chance to have a life she deserved. This world has been too cruel to the poor girl and Minerva would give everything to give Hermione another chance. She entered the empty common room and quickly went into the Sixth Year girls' dormitory. Grabbing the items she was told to retrieve, left the tower and found Lord Elrond.
"My Lord! These are Miss Granger's things. I was told to give them to you."
Lord Elrond took the satchel and slung it onto his shoulder making sure it would not impede with his weapons. "Thank you, Lady Minerva." He went to turn so he could try and find Hermione so he was close to her just in case, but stopped when he felt a hand on his arm.
"Please, take care of Miss Granger. Give her what this world could not." Minerva looked pleadingly at him. Elrond nodded and placed a hand on hers, squeezing gently.
"I will. I will call her my own. She will be my daughter." His words brought relief to the older woman's eyes and she smiled.
"Thank you, Lord Elrond." Minerva turned and ran to help the other Professors in barricading the school. Lord Elrond started to move when the castle suddenly shook followed by several loud shouts as the Final War began. He instantly took off running towards the sound of battle keeping a sharp eye out for Hermione. When he found her, his eyes widened with shock at what he saw. She was engaged with a single wizard whose appearance resembled more of a serpent than that of a human. She fought with such a vigor that awed even him. A flash of light quickly brought his attention back to the fight and quickly joined the fray, his silver blades flashing with a deadly gleam.
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Hermione had just finished stunning a Death Eater when a hissing voice sounded behind her. Slowly she turned and glared at the voice's owner.
"Where is your precious Potter, Girl?" Voldemort asked.
Hermione hesitated in her reply. Should she tell him? Should she betray Harry like he had betrayed her? No. She would not do that. She will remain loyal to him despite his betrayal. Baring her teeth she narrowed her eyes at the Dark Lord. "I will not tell you!"
Voldemort laughed at her words. "So loyal. You remain Loyal to a boy who betrayed you!" Voldemort sent a curse at her, which she easily evaded.
Though she did not show it, his words surprised her. How had he known? Who told him? Blocking a few more curses, she sent a few back at Voldemort then quickly stunned some Death Eaters that were coming to aide their Lord. Both Hermione and the Dark Lord kept dueling, him trying to get Harry's location from her and her refusing to reveal where Harry was.
Seeing that he was getting nowhere with the Mudblood, Voldemort started throwing the Killing Curse at her. To his surprise, she easily blocked it. Intrigued, he kept throwing more dark spells at her, wanting seeing how long she would last. Hermione blocked every single one of them, but she was unable to throw any spells at him. The speed the Dark Lord was sending the spells only allowed her to block them or dodge them altogether. Suddenly the spells stopped and she looked at Voldemort only to see him looking at Ron.
Ron looked at her and smirked, causing Hermione to pale. Suddenly the pieces fell together, showing her the bigger picture. Ron had betrayed them. He poisoned Harry's mind to separate them. She felt stupid for not seeing the obvious warning signs before now. She narrowed her eyes and bared her teeth in anger at the traitor. "You." Her voice had such a bone-chilling and deadly tone to it that it caused some of the fighters around her to stop and look at her. All around them, fighters from bother the light side and the dark side stood by and watched the three to see what would happen.
"Me. What will you do, 'Mione? Will you use the Avada Curse on me? I doubt you could even if you wanted to. You are too much of a goody two shoes to cast one." Ron spoke in a taunting manner trying to raise her hackles even more, but instead of a curse like he expected, she laughed. Her laugh was as cold as her voice and it sent chills down both Ron's and Voldemort's spine. How did she get so scary?
"How long? How long have you been under his service?" Hermione looked at him with eyes narrowed dangerously. He did not realize it but she was more deadly in this state than at any other time.
"Since Fourth Year."
"Why?"
"Because Hermione, I got tired of being in both yours and Harry's shadow. I wanted my own power! And I knew I would never be able to match up to you or Harry so I took the offer when it was given. You see, Hermione, it was my mission to break you and Harry apart. And I did a very good job of it. In fact, I had been given a hint that you were abused and I thought the easiest way to succeed was to turn Harry against you saying that we used you. I was very fortunate when you declined Harry's offer to come to the Burrow with us for Christmas. It would have been hard to do the persuading with you there."
"Ron? You… you sided with Voldemort?"
Ron turned his cold blue eyes towards Harry and hissed at him in anger. "It's Lord Voldemort to you!"
At his words Hermione sent a nonverbal hex at Ron, but Ron blocked it surprising both Harry and Hermione. He then turned his wand on her and Hermione fell to the ground screaming as he held the Cruciatus Curse on her. She felt as though her body was being shredded, stabbed, splashed with acid, and lit on fire all at the same time. Then just as suddenly as it came it stopped and she opened her eyes and was surprised at what she saw. Legolas was standing in front of her holding a bow while Aragorn knelt beside her pulling her into his arms. She looked at where Ron was and saw him lying on the ground with a green-feathered arrow protruding from his chest.
Legolas had heard the scream and had taken off towards it followed by Aragorn. When they had arrived at the scene, they saw Hermione on the ground twitching and screaming as one of the boys from earlier pointed his wand at her. Legolas had quickly notched an arrow and shot it at Ron as Aragorn went to Hermione's side. Their actions and appearance had stunned the crowd into silence and Voldemort stared at them.
Harry took this opportunity to shoot a spell at Voldemort to get his attention away from Hermione. He felt like an idiot for not seeing Ron's betrayal sooner. Everyone stopped fighting to watch the duel between Harry and the Dark Lord.
Hermione saw that Harry was starting to weaken and she was not sure how much longer he would last against the onslaught of spells from the Dark Lord. Hermione slowly stood up and once she was steady, she went to help Harry. She was stopped when Elrond came to her side followed closely by Haldir. Hermione tried to go around them but Harry stopped her the second time.
"'Mione, I'm sorry! I'm sorry for hurting you and letting Ron poison my mind. Please, just go! This world is no longer a place for you. Go somewhere where you can have a life you deserve! Please Hermione, do not worry about me, Merlin knows I don't deserve it."
Hermione stood there listening, not understanding what he was saying. Shaking her head, she went to take another step but this time Severus held her back as Harry's voice rang out again. "Stay out of this 'Mione! I'm sorry, but I got to do this." Harry looked at her sadly and sent a stunning hex at her, hitting her square in the chest. She collapsed into Lord Elrond's arms and he picked her up, holding her to his chest. As they turned to leave the area, Elrond met Harry's eyes for a moment and nodded at the silent message he saw within the boy's eyes. "Take care of her and give her what we could not." Professor Dumbledore used the moment to send out a bright light, temporarily blinding those that would pursue them then place up an invisible wall to give them more time to escape. He stopped Severus and looked at him. "Go, take them to my office, have them go through the mirror and go with them. I will follow as soon as I can. The war is lost, Severus. Now go! Make haste, Severus!"
Severus ran ahead of the group leading the way to the Headmaster's office. They ran up the steps and went to the mirror. Lord Elrond, being the only one among them to know how to work the mirror gave Hermione to Legolas, who looked down at her in shock finding her extremely lightweight, and reached out touching the mirror. The mirror started glowing and Lord Elrond told Haldir to go through it followed by Aragorn. As Legolas was about to go through the mirror, the office's door was busted in and Severus immediately went into a dueling stance with his wand pointed at the Death Eaters. Severus yelled at Legolas and Elrond to go through the mirror. He knew he would not be going through because he had to stop the Death Eaters from following. Legolas went through the mirror, carrying Hermione then Lord Elrond went through after him. Once Severus knew they were gone he casted a curse at the mirror shattering it. Closing his eyes, he sent a silent apology to Hermione for not being able to be there for her. He fought hard, taking out several of the Death Eaters before a Killing Curse hit him from behind.
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I apologize to anyone whom I may have offended if any.
Authors Note: I am currently in the process of editing my story. I am fixing any grammar errors, spelling mistakes, or missing words. I am not and I repeat NOT changing the storyline. Just to be clear, as I have had a few attempts in the past to "change" things in my story.
