Harry and Ron were still in the kitchen when the sombre looking group walked in.

"What's happened?" Harry asked instantly.

"None of your business" Hermione snapped before anyone could answer.

Remus, herd this exchange and instantly his interest was piqued. What was going on? Why was Hermione being so cold towards her best friends? He just couldn't figure it out.

"Look Hermione, it is our business if its order business" Ron said but one look at Hermione and he knew he should of kept his mouth shut.

Hermione was livid now. But instead of retaliating with word she had her wand out in the blink of an eye and transfigured Ron in to an orange weasel. Then without batting an eye lid she put her wand away and sat at the table, accepting the cup of tea offered to her by Dumbledore. The only noise in the room was that of Chrimson laughing.

Chrimson was in hysterics. She had never seen anything so funny. She had to admit Hermione was brilliant. She was so calm as she had done it. Chrimson was about to congratulate her friend when she saw Harry with draw his wand and point it at Hermione.

"Change. Him. Back!" Harry said. His voice quivering with anger.

"Go. To. Hell!!!!" Hermione said back with a deadly calm.

Remus could tell this was not going to end well, yet before he could intervene; Chrimson had leapt over the table and had Harry pinned to the wall. Her fangs bared and eyes flashing. Remus was in shock, he had never seen anyone move so quickly. 'She was a blur to even me and I'm a fucking Werewolf!' he thought to himself.

"CHRIMSON!!!! STOP IT!!!! LET HIM GO!!!!" Salina was screaming whilst trying to pry her daughter away from Harry who was starting to turn blue.

Remus finally snapped out of his stupor and rushed over to get his goddaughter off of his friends son. "Come on Chrimson don't do this. He's your god brother" Remus said through gritted teeth.

Dumbledore was watching all of this with a slight smirk on his face. 'So Sirius, you just had to pass on the infamous Black temper as well' he thought to himself.

Hermione finally decided to try and intervene. "Chrimson, please let him go. The fate of the world is on his shoulders. We need him" was all she said.

Chrimson let out an angry growl and literally threw him away from her. Harry landed in a heap on the ground coughing and spluttering.

~*~*~*~*~*~

Back at the clan ....

"What do you mean they are both gone?!"

"That's just it your highness. They are gone. They left earlier and have not checked in or returned."

"But the ceremony... We need this union to strengthen our ties and power as well as saving our clan from being wiped out."

"We have a search party out looking for them as we speak"

"Excellent. I will inform the dark lord his bride will be back amongst us soon"

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Back at headquarters.....

After everyone had calmed down and had a cup of tea in front of them Dumbledore started the impromptu gathering.

"Well, now that the little drama is over with I think we better discuss this idea of yours Miss Granger" he said with a kind smile.

When Hermione was about to refuse, Professor Dumbledore stated "If you don't tell them I will!"

With a deep sigh Hermione nodded and started to tell everyone about what she had been doing.

"A few nights ago I couldn't sleep so I went to the library and continued reading a book on impossible magic and theories. I was especially interested in the section on death, not resurrecting the dead but returning someone from limbo. I just knew there must be a way to reverse the veil and bring Sirius back" Hermione herd the shocked gasps that came from Harry and the returned to normal Ron.

"Why didn't you tell us?" asked Harry. He was really hurt that she had kept something so important from him.

"When I found the answer I rushed to your room to tell you ... but you and Ron were too busy discussing how much you didn't trust me. I knew you wouldn't believe me so I kept it to myself."

"They WHAT?!?!?!?" Remus yelled. He couldn't believe it. "Why don't you trust your best friend? Has she not been there for you through everything and helped you through it all?" Remus was seething. He had never felt so angry towards the two boys sitting opposite him.

Harry and Ron were both shifting in their seats before Ron said "Dumbledore said, there is another spy in the order and as much as we hate to say this, Hermione has been acting very different ever since last year and we thought it might just be her."

Ron couldn't look at anyone around the table now. He couldn't believe how angry he was at himself and how much he hurt knowing that he had helped to push his best friend away forever.

"That doesn't matter now" Hermione stated. "What is done is done, and just so we're all clear the friendship we had is over. It died the day you doubted me. Anyway, I've been looking over the spell I need ..."

"Don't you mean WE!" Chrimson interrupted. She now understood what these two idiot boys had done to hurt her friend and it royally pissed her off.

"Your right Chrimson, I'm sorry. The spell WE need to do ... its more advanced than I thought. I was and still am willing to attempt the spell by myself but it will be easier with Crimsons' help as I need the blood of a family member." Hermione finished.

The whole room was dead silent whilst everyone took in what they had just been told. Harry was the first to break the silence. There was one thing that was bothering him and he just had to ask.

"What would of happened to you if you didn't have the blood of a family member?" he questioned.

Hermione, at first didn't answer but after feeling the eyes of all burning in to her she said in a quiet voice "I would die."

After hearing this Ron exploded. "Are you out of your fucking mind?!?! What do you mean you were going to do this knowing you were gonna die in the process? Do you not care that we would miss you? We need you Hermione. You're meant to be our fucking best friend ..."

"Yes Ronald I'm meant to be your best friend. But if my memory is correct it was YOU TWO who ended this friendship. It was YOU TWO who didn't and don't trust me. Neither of you know what I've gone through this last year. I'm not gonna be missed when I die, and I say when because I don't feel the need to continue living. At least some good can come out of my death." And with that Hermione left the room.