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A Game Started it All

Previously:

Harry and Hermione become Head Boy and Girl. Harry also gets Quidditch Captain.

The Dark Mark is produced in a nearby village and the people on the Knight Bus are believed to be dead. There is a massive explosion and the village is to be on fire.

Harry, Hermione, and the Weasleys all start to run to the village (Dumbledore gives Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny permission to use magic).

Chapter 7 – The Burnt Village

Harry yells to everybody, "WAIT! By the time we get there running, the entire village will be gone and so will the people that caused it. Mr. Weasley, get your car, Mrs. Weasley and Hermione, ride in it. Me, Ginny, Ron, Fred, and George can all ride brooms. ACCIO BROOMS!"

They all started out there, and mainly arrived at the same time. Everybody except for Harry stopped on the ground. Harry continued flying around looking for any sign of Death Eaters. He spots two, both very tall.

"STUPEFY!" Harry yells, hoping it will hit both of them. Unfortunately, it missed both of them. They both saw the red light, though, and turned their wands on Harry.

"Crucio!" Harry hears one of them yell. Harry accelerates quickly so the spell doesn't hit him.

"Who are you?" He hears a voice yell, and he knows that voice too well, as that of Lucius Malfoy.

"YOU! I thought that I'd find you here!" Harry yelled.

"POTRIFICUS TOTALUS!" And Lucius fell to the ground perfectly still. Then, a shot of green light flew at Harry, barley missing him. Harry took that to mean that the other Death Eater was trying to kill him.

"EXPELLIARMUS!" and the Death Eater was threw back on to his back and his wand flew out of his hand. "Stupefy!"

Then there were several pops and several Aurors came, took Malfoy, and one disapparated to what Harry thought must had been Azkaban with him.

One then turned their wand on the other Death Eater, "enervate" and the other one woke up and started yelling. "Potrificus Totalus." He then lay there motionless and then the Auror disapparated with him.

An Auror then walked up to Harry and said, "I want to thank you, er, what is your name?"

"Har-"

"Merlin's Beard, your Harry Potter!"

"Yes, sir."

"Well, Mr. Potter, I want to thank you for assisting in the arrest of these two Death Eaters," the Death Eater said.

"Anytime. Their boss is my arch enemy, you know," Harry said sarcastically.

The Auror laughed and disapparated. Harry walked over to one of the fires and began saying, and repeating, "aguamenti." Jets of water flew out of his wand and slowly put out the fire.

After a while of putting out fires, most of the town was black and silent, except for Hermione, and the Weasleys.

"Know who's dead?" Harry asked.

"No, not yet," Mr. Weasley said.

Harry, Hermione, and the Weasleys all walked through the rubble and they found no sign of the Knight Bus. They started going through the shops one at a time, until they found a charred body that was laying lifeless (I would hope. Having burns all over must hurt like hell!).

"That's why the Dark Mark was up there," Harry said, quietly.

Hermione looked over at him, saw where his face was looking, and she looked down and screamed at the sight of the body.

After a while, they all went back to the Burrow where Harry went to his room, sat down at the desk, and started writing a letter to Dumbledore.

Dear Professor Dumbledore,

We went down to the village and two Death Eaters were arrested. We put out the fire and found one body. He must have been a Muggle. One of the Death Eaters was Lucius Malfoy, and the other I didn't know.

Harry Potter

Harry then kissed Hermione good-night, and he tried to lay down, until Hermione pulled him pack down and kissed him again.

After about a 5-minute snog, Hermione pulled away and said, "I think you were very brave tonight."

"Thanks. I lo – I love you, Hermione," Harry said.

"I love you too, Harry," Hermione replied, much to Harry's wishes.

With that, the two lovebirds had a very fun and eventful night in the twins' room.

OK. Another chapter up! And now that Harry and Hermione are getting close, the story will begin into the School year. Yes, if my reviewers are nice, I will go through the entire school year, and this could turn out to be a very long story.

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