A/N- I apologize once again for the length between each entry. I have a busy life I guess. Alright anyway please keep reviewing. Thanks!
Chapter 7- All is Lost
August 2, 1934
"...has been named Fuhrer of Germany. Long may he reign!"
"Bloody idiots," Hermione groaned, frustrated. "I mean they're cheering for a murderer."
"Hermione, I reckon they wouldn't know that," Ron replied angrily. "Unless you think they would be happy with it."
"Calm down both of you." The two looked over at Harry who sat away from them fiddling with his wand. "We can't draw attention to ourselves."
The trio had been in this hotel for around two days and were planning on leaving at night. For the past year since their escape from Dachau the three of them had been moving from town to town, never staying in one place for too long. It was difficult and they were getting no closer to escaping Germany and arriving at Hogwarts.
Harry stood up and turned off the radio to the ire of some of the patrons and pulled out a small map.
"Not exactly keeping a low profile with that move," Hermione murmured.
Harry ignored her and spoke quietly, "We need to be planning our next move. We're no closer to Hogwarts. In fact, if I'm reading the map correctly, we're getting farther away. We need to get on this train," he pointed to a path marked on their map, "and it will take us all the way to the border."
"That's not going to be easy," Hermione mused. "I mean they're checking everyone thoroughly. I guess we could use the Imperius curse or something else but nevertheless it isn't going to be a quiet journey."
"It's like anything about this 'bloody' trip has been easy," Ron laughed grimly. "Why not add one more crazy idea?"
"Ron's right. Danger is everywhere, even here. This is our only shot. Travelling across the country like this will take us months. We have to get on that train," Harry agreed.
The rest of the day was spent planning. The group had, at first, wanted to make a Polyjuice Potion, until they realized it was impossible. They had no equipment or ingredients and no idea how to find any. Finally, they decided they would do it like muggles. Disguise themselves and be as discreet as possible.
That night they packed their things and left as quietly as possible. No one even batted an eye as they snuck out of town and made began to make their way to the station.
The trio were silent at first, lost in their own thoughts of home and their life in Germany. Finally, Ron broke the silence by saying, "I wonder what happened to Nigel."
"I assume he's dead," was all Harry said.
"I reckon so," Ron quickly said. "I mean he might be a prisoner. Back to square one."
"Maybe," Harry said as he walked a bit faster.
"Probably back at Dachau," Ron thought aloud as he followed Harry, speeding up as well.
Harry had had enough. "Drop it Ron! I don't want to hear your stupid voice every ten seconds!"
"Don't be such a git," Ron yelled back.
They continued on in silence as they began their trek through a small forest. Hermione looked around in awe as she walked, but soon began thinking about the dark thoughts that she had been having again. She couldn't believe that her Time-turner had done that. She knew that the boys thought it was her fault. And then her torture at Dachau. Her captives. The things they had done to her. They had raped her. They took all her clothes off and then took her as many times as they wanted. Lashed her while they did it. She could still feel the marks in her groin. She remembered her screams mixed with their pleasure. It was disgusting. She had wanted to kill them. To rip off their genitals and feed it to them. She wanted to watch the blood and hear their cries for mercy. Then as they died, she would take them, like they took her. Release as their breath faded away. It was an awful thought, but she knew she was changing. Hermione was no longer the rule follower or the goody two-shoes. She wanted to hurt people now. She knew what this world was like and no longer did she vehemently defend the good in people as she once did. Some people were simply evil.
Harry, meanwhile, was thinking of something different. Nigel. The person who had helped them and tried to defend them from the evil of this world. They had left him to die. "He said to go." "But we listened." "We would have died." "It's our fault he was here in the first place." The two sides of Harry's were at war. He felt guilty and then he would feel relieved that Nigel had been taken and not them. He knew that what he felt was selfish and wrong, but he also wouldn't have had it any other way. If given the chance, Harry doubted he would do the right thing. He just...couldn't.
Finally, Ron was thinking of Hermione. He wanted her in all the wrong ways. His dark thoughts swirled as he pictured her with him. He had some idea of what she had gone through and yet he wanted nothing more than for her to beg him to stop while he took her. He wanted to hear her cry as he broke her. He felt his groin go tight at the thought. Suddenly, he stopped walking. He couldn't believe what he was thinking. This world was breaking him. Bringing out his animalistic instincts that he never knew he had. He had seen so much death. He watched a baby's head get crushed underneath an SS soldier's foot. He had watched a decapitation. He saw the blood drip out of a woman's head as her entrails were eaten by pigs in the streets.
The group continued on, enveloped by their dark thoughts. The world was changing around them. It was growing darker. Who would they be by the time their trip ended? They would soon find out.
A/N- Yeah so this got dark. I've decided to make major changes to the story. First and foremost, I'm cancelling the Part 2 of this story. Originally, this story would have been from 1933-1939 (beginning of WW2) but I don't have the energy or time for that. So the story has dropped the Part 1 from the title. Instead this will have several time jumps and go from 1933-1945 clocking in at about 25-30 chapters. Don't expect consistent releases. Unfortunately, I'm into the track season and don't have time. Next, the rating of this story has changed from T to M. As you can see this chapter is dark. The story from now on will analyze the group's crumbling psyche as they encounter more tragedy. I don't think this story will have them reaching Hogwarts anytime soon. They may even go back to Dachau. However, soon you will know the main antagonist of this story. Alright, as always thanks for reading!
