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Chapter 8:
"Oh, well if it isn't the happy couple." Voldemort said upon their arrival with a mischievous grin on his serpent like face. Shit, Hermione thought.
"My Lord, this is the girl I told you about, Cayslie Wentrix." Severus said after he bowed, giving Hermione the hint to do the same.
"Very nice to meet you, my child."
"It is an honor, my Lord." Hermione smiled, and was relieved that she had remembered to put up Occlumens.
"So, what do you wish to recieve from this visit." The Dark Lord asked as he took a seat on the arm of a couch that was in the corner of the room.
" I wish you serve you, my Lord, I wish to join the dark side and offer any use that I have."
"I like her, Severus, good job." A smile creeped onto Voldemort's face.
"Thank you, My Lord."
"Now, Cayslie, I think I already have a mission for you, just to prove where your true allegiance lies."
The look on his face gave Hermione an uneasy feeling in the pit of her stomach.
"I will do anything for you, My Lord."
"Good... good, I want you to kill Dumbledore." Hermione's heart sunk deeper than she thought to be possible.
"Alright, My Lord, I will do as you wish."
"Not yet, though, wait until I give the okay. In the mean time, I want you to gather up as much information as you possibly can." Hermione nodded in agreement, scared for her life but refusing to let it show. "Severus, show her to your room, that is where she will be residing when she is not at Hogwarts. I am sure you two have no issue with that, am I correct."
"Yes, My Lord." They said at the same time.
"You are dismissed." Voldemort dissapeared.
Once they got back to Hogwarts, Hermione was on the verge of a break down. There was no way that she was going to kill a man that she had grown to love as a father, she just couldn't do it. She was also confused as to how Voldemort knew about Severus and her...
"Hermione... are you alright?" Severus asked as the had reached his quarters
"Yeah... no... I am so scared, Severus. I can't kill Dumbledore, I just can't do it."
"I know..." He pulled her into his arms and just let her cry.
"I need to talk to Dumbledore, I need to tell him what Voldemort wants me to do." Hermione said firmly as she made her way to Dumbledore's office, not noticing that Severus was right behind her.
"Ah, Hermione, Severus... how did it go?"
"Sir, he gave me a task that I just can't complete. I can't do this!" Dumbledire looked at Severus, knowingly.
"Yes, he said it was the only way to see where her true loyalties lied." Severus couldn't look him in the eye.
"Very well then, Severus, you know what to do when the time comes." Dumbledore looked at Hermione, full of sorrow. "Hermione, I must tell you something... Severus will kill me upon my order."
"What! Why?" She nearly screamed.
"I am going to die in less than a year upon my own stupidity, so if you or Severus kill me it will earn you complete trust from Voldemort."
"But, sir..." She was almost in tears.
"Please, Hermione, trust me when I say that it is for the best."
"Okay..." She choked back a sob, and Severus led her to the Gryffindor portrait hole.
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