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A/N: I'm gonna attempt a little more dramatic approach to this chapter.. Tell me if you don't like it! Or if you do.. just keep reviewing.. and enjoy!
Chapter 7: What's a muggle?
Ron was too late. The spear had pierced her skin and she lay slumped on the ground.
"HERMIONE!"
Harry simply stood with his eyes open wide in shock, while Ron went full out into panic mode.
"HERMIONE! HERMIONE PLEASE DON'T BE DEAD! PLEASE!!!!"
Harry could feel the lump in his throat already. It kept tying itself tighter and tighter until the only way to untangle it was to completely let loose. He cried out all of his anguish and his fear. Hermione was more than just a friend - not in that way - but was more of a best friend than anything. She was his window into the real world, full of darkness he had yet to experience. And it was slammed close, and he couldn't even feel that last breeze of hope. It had vanished as well.
Harry fell to the ground.
"HARRY!" Ron roared. He shook Harry violently until he could feel Harry's bones rattling inside. "STOP IT! HERMIONE COULD BE DEAD!"
Harry didn't know what to say. He just cried.
Ron looked up to the sky. "Please," he whispered. "Help me. Help Hermione."
As if in answer to his desperate prayer, there was a rustling in the greenery behind them that announced the arrival of a newcomer. Harry and Ron both turned around in fear and saw the snake.
"Oh that's just great. Real GREAT!"
Harry stood up. "Quiet Ron," he said. "Maybe it can help us."
Ron didn't listen. "Well WHAT!! Are you going to finish her off? Is that what you're going to do???" he screamed at the snake, who stared menacingly at them both.
But then something happened, that was so unexpected that .. well it was just surprising. The snake gave a full look of pity, and even Ron shut his mouth.
The snake then proceeded to balance all of its weight on its back half, springing up to a full 5 an some odd inch feet tall. The sight was so strange that Harry couldn't resist laughing.
"Shut up Harry," gasped Ron. "It's going to kill us."
After staying in that position for a second or two, it flashed blinding light and out of the snake's body sprang a slender body with strikingly red hair... Ginny Weasley.
Ron and Harry both gaped, but Ginny didn't waste any time.
"Ron, stop staring like that. Get some water."
He couldn't move.
"MOVE IT!"
He got the water.
"Ginny - how did you- I mean-" Harry was too shocked.
"Harry help me stop the bleeding. She's losing a lot of blood."
"Ok."
"She's going to be fine," said Ginny, pressing the wound over Hermione's heart.
"How do you know?" said Harry, his voice quivering.
She smiled and opened up her robes.
Harry's heart started to race when she opened them up, but he was disappointed when she was still wearing clothes underneath. Instead, she pulled out a little animal... a bird... a phoenix. It was so small and tiny... he could tell it was just a baby. It blinked twice and looked around, apparently startled.
"Phoenix tears!" he remembered suddenly.
Ginny carefully placed the little bird on the injury and they both watched. Nothing happened.
Ginny's confidence began to falter. "Well go on Peep... cry!" she said.
It simply looked up at them with questioning eyes, as if to say, "Well, what do you want me to do?!"
Ginny was getting desperate. "Come on Peepie! Come on! Dare we go! Peepsies jushta wittle birdie-"
"This is stupid," said Harry. He pulled out another freshly caught fish, just as brutally beaten as the last one, and the phoenix immediately let out an indignant squack at the sight of the bloody fish. Immediately the tears began to flow from the shuddering Phoenix, and the wound began to heal.
"Oh thank God," breathed Ginny, as the miracle played out right in front of them.
Hermione finally began to breathe. Her body moved a little bit and she finally opened her eyes.
"HERMIONE!" cried Harry. "You're alive!"
Ron tried to cheer, but he was still crying from the sight of the fish.
"Harry. PLEASE put the fish away," Ginny sighed.
"Oh, right." He pocketed the fish and Ron yelled happily.
Hermione simply looked up at them. "Where am I?" she said stupidly.
"You're on the island."
"Oh."
There was a moment of silence.
"Who am I?"
"You're Hermione Hermione."
"Oh."
Ron, Harry, and Ginny all exchanged a worried look.
"Do you know that you're a witch, Hermione?" said Ginny slowly.
"How dare you! Take that back at once!"
"No, Hermione you're a witch. Like, not a muggle witch. A real witch that can do magic."
"What's a muggle?"
A/N: I'm really sorry but I'm going to have to leave it at that.. I know it's been so long since I've updated! But this won't be the end I will be updating soon. Please tell me what you think! :)
