Heavy footsteps stomped not too far behind as she tried to move swiftly through the forest. Her chest felt tight and her head dizzy as she struggled to intake air, moss covered stones made the ground far too slippery and she had to look down every two seconds to prevent herself from falling. She rounded a very large tree and bumped into something solid sending her sprawling on her back. It felt like hours before she realized what she had collided with her mind still dizzy from the fall and lack of air. Her heart boomed in the back of her throat and all of her senses were on full alert. She subconsciously felt her wand in the pocket of her robe.
"Little witch, what a lovely surprise." He chuckled baring his large sharp moldy teeth
"What is a pretty little thing like you doing in my forest?" He paused and leaned in closer to her so she could smell his diseased foul breath "Not trying to get yourself eaten' are you?" An insane smile spread across his face.
Heavy footsteps came to a stop and she turned her head to see the Death Eater that had been chasing her for so long
Theodore Nott
The man hovering above her attention had been drawn towards the Death Eater, this was her chance. She pulled her leg back and kicked him as hard as she could in the stomach.
He threw his head back and let out a howl, fur replacing ragged clothes, yellow eyes replacing brown eyes and sharp claws replacing filthy hands and yellow nails.
Fenrir Greyback
'How is this possible?' Hermione looked up at the half moon. Fenrir was almost fully turned. Hermione glanced at Nott who was slowly backing away from the scene with a look of confusion on his features not wanting to get in the middle of this fight. Fenrir let out another ear piercing howl that left a buzzing in her ears.
"Stupefy" She screamed out wand pointed at the beast. His strong back legs pushed off the ground hard sending him high into the air dodging the spell. He landed closer to Hermione than he was before. She subconsciously took two steps back, she held her wand out in front of her never faltering, never lowering it for a second
"Homorphus" A green light shot out of her wand hitting Greyback in the chest. The spell forced him to start changing back into a man again. He leaped forward still in transition and pushed her onto rocks which were the bank for a river. Her back and head collided with the sharp stones that littered all around her and she let out a yelp that was half in surprise and half in pain.
Her head felt groggy as she tried in vain to lift herself from the ground. She lifted her hand and touched the pain she felt at the back of her head. She felt a liquid and brought her hand closer to her face. Red and sticky
"Oh dear look what you have gone and done now." Fenrir said examining his hands. He had been ripped out of his werewolf state and was now standing over her naked.
He snarled and roughly grabbed her hair, Hermione screamed one hand immediately flung to her hair to try easing the pain and the other tried to find her wand which she had dropped in the mist of the battle. Fenrir pulled her roughly to the water and immersed her head in it. Hermione struggled kicking and tearing at his hand with her nails she screamed in the water which just caused more water to go up her nose and into her lungs.
He lifted her head up his hands still holding tight on her hair. She took in big gulps of air her chest heaving forward and back. He pressed his rotten mouth into her left cheek "A muggle death for a muggle girl"
He pushed her head back into the water a crazed smile taking over his features. After a few minutes her struggling had died down she didn't have the energy anymore. She felt weightless and very tired. Visions of Harry, Ron and her Parents shot into her mind and she bid them farewell in her own private way.
"Diffindo" A voice screamed out of the shadows.
It started from his lower back and traveled up his spine to his neck. Fenrir was slowly being ripped apart. The pressure on Hermione's neck had been let go and she was floating face down in the water. Fenrir screamed into the night sky until the curse slowly ripped his throat apart and he lay dead on the harsh black stones.
The figure from the shadows lifted her out of the water and gently placed her on the soft grass. He pointed his wand at her "Impervius" he whispered. All the water that was trapped in her body was expelled and Hermione woke up coughing.
The man smoothed her hair out of her face and whispered some healing charms to her back and head.
Hermione slowly opened her eyes and looked into the face of her savior, he wore a mask. It was gold and in the shape of a two headed eagle. The two eagle heads went high on his forehead, the body of the eagle went down the length of his nose the claws branched out around his mouth while the wings spread high on his check bones. His hair was black and shaggy and his skin was olive. He had the most brilliant blue eyes she felt like she was drowning all over again in them.
"Are you alright Hermione?" His voice was hoarse and his brow wrinkled in what she interpreted as concern.
She nodded too stunned to actually speak.
He smiled weakly "Im sorry you will never get to know who I actually am." He closed his eyes and whispered "Obliviate"
Hermione bolted up in her bed and reached for her notepad and pen. She had this dream so many times before, so many times she had lost count and every time she tried to remember something new to put all the pieces together in the puzzle. But remembering a dream was like trying to keep water in your hands eventually it all escapes through the cracks. Water
"Water" She said aloud to herself. 'Her dream had something to do with water and rocks' she thought as she subconsciously rubbed her lower back.
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Hermione looked at her white plastic clock hanging in her kitchen above her sink it was 5:35pm. She had deliberately missed her dance classes with Draco just to show him no one hurts Hermione Grangers feelings and then expects them to turn up the next day begging for more insults.
She walked over to her kettle and prepared to indulge in a warm tasty cup of tea. 'Hmmm what shall I have for dinner?' She thought happily to herself. Like most women Hermione got quite excited when it came to eating and sometimes even thinking about food. She galloped over to the freezer and pulled out a box of Chicken Kiev's and a steak.
"What do I feel like tonight? Chicken? Steak? Chicken? Steak?" She was weighing them up one in each hand.
"Heck ill have both." She turned the oven on and started preparing the meats.
"And ill need veggies and oh what are those little things called" She tapped her chin and ran over to the freezer. Her eyes lit up and her smile widened when she found what she was looking for
"Potato Gems!"
There was a knock at the door. She looked up annoyed someone was interrupting her feast. It was probably an annoying sales person trying to sell her a crappy mobile phone deal. She walked slowly to the door hoping they would just go away, she stopped to flick through a book.
The knock came again but louder and more aggressive this time "Granger I know your in there I can hear you piss farting around now open the door." She put down the book and rolled her eyes she swung the door open with full force "What are you doing here Malfoy just go away would you." She moved to close the door in his face. But he was to fast for her and he stuck his foot in the door.
His nose immediately went in the air and he sniffed. 'Oh no way' Hermione was now desperately trying to rid his foot from her door "Malfoy jus- could you-"
"Is that food I smell?" His eyes brightened "No- well yes, yes it is but you can't have any Malfoy so shove off." She was still hopelessly trying to push him out the door.
One of the nosey neighbors Mrs. Harbor had come to see what all the commotion was about she had a dressing gown and a shower cap on and her cat Mr. Tinkles ( The name is very appropriate because he tinkles everywhere and he especially likes doing it on Hermione's front mat.) in her hands. She leaned over Draco so she was still blocking him but so that she could address her neighbor
"Oh hello Mrs. Harbor" Hermione said with a fake smile rolling her eyes in her head. "There is nothing wrong here Mrs. Harbor this is Draco one of my friends, you can go back in your room now there is nothing to see here." The fake smile plastered on Hermione's face.
Mrs. Harbor grunted and slowly went back into her room giving what Hermione called 'the death glare'.
Hermione turned back to Draco dropping whatever smile she had on her face and looked up at him with her 'death glare' which in her opinion wasn't as terrifying as Mrs. Harbor but could still shock the socks of anyone most unfortunate to receive it. It was usually Harry and Ron who copped the full force.
"Look Malfoy just seriously go away I am not in the mood for your bantering tonight." She said under her breath but with as much venom as possible. She really just wanted to get back inside sit down and stuff her face.
"Well Granger you should have thought of that before you signed up for this ball, now what the hell smells so good?" He said as he barged past her.
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A/N: Hmmmmm what did you guys think? This story is taking a bit of a turn a bit of a darker turn. But it will still be relatively light hearted. Review please!!!!
