A/N~~Okok, I know there's a bit of a Lord of the Rings crossover here, but I needed a recognizable name

A/N~~Okok, I know there's a bit of a Lord of the Rings crossover here, but I needed a recognizable name! Onwards!~~Lady Lelila

Harry Potter~~Year 4

Part 9

…Sauron?!? Ron's hands shook in fear. He thought that Sauron had been dead for ages…literally. He ran into the Common Room, map still clutched desperately in his hand. He looked around for Hermione. She was behind a pile of books in her corner. He rushed over to her.

"Hermione, look…Harry…with...Sauron…LOOK!" Ron stumbled.

Hermione leaned over and saw the map. They both looked at each other.

"Harry's alive?!? I knew it! We need to tell Professor Dumbledore and…" Hermione stopped realizing that they could not tell the teachers about the map.

"Well, I suppose we should help him." Hermione pondered.

"What if he doesn't want our help? I mean, why hasn't he given us some clue. And…"

"Are you REALLY that dense Ron?

Ron looked at Hermione in amazement. "Well..no.." he sputtered.

"The note. In the woods. Nothing is as it seems."

Ron looked at her, "Well let's hope that the text of his name isn't as it seems either! I mean the text has to be twice as large as Dumbledore's and he's the most powerful wizard alive. I think we should go help him."

"Fine. Go. I think we should get Professor Dumbledore. I mean what if Harry really has turned evil?"

"HERMIONE…this is HARRY we're discussing here! I'm going. See you later."

Hermione sighed. "Wait for me to grab my wand ok?"

Ron grinned. He knew it would work.

Ron and Hermione slipped out of the portrait hole and down the hall following the directions of the map. They stopped when their names were just above the trap door. Both kneeled down to examine the floor. Harry watched their efforts, invisible. They needed a special charm to open it. He tried to figure out a way to help them. Finally he managed to conjure up a piece of paper and a quill. He dropped it in front of Hermione. Hermione picked up the quill and placed it on the piece of paper.

"What are you DOING Hermione?!? Didn't you learn anything from Ginny? Don't mess with anything if you can't see where it keeps its brain."

"Settle down Ron, I think I know what's going on. Watch."

Sure enough, Hermione's hand started to move. The messily scrawled spelled out a charm, Aberit Ostium. Hermione raised her wand and said the words very softly. The door popped off and landed with a large thunk across the hall. Ron and Hermione looked into the hole.

"Well now. How are we going to…" Ron stopped speaking as a rope materialized in front of him. Her grabbed it and climbed down with Hermione close behind. As they reached the bottom they saw an unconscious Harry with an evil looking man standing over him. Hermione glanced up to see that the exit had already been covered.

"Well, who have we here?" He asked. "Not Ron and Hermione. Your friend Harry has denounced you. He is a Dark wizard now, a very powerful one at that. Now you'll have to be quiet for oh…a decade or so…I believe I'll put you to sleep now. Night night." He drew some of Harry's power and aimed it at Ron first. Ron fell over backwards in a deep sleep. Hermione gasped and drew her wand. She managed to conquer the first spell, but the second one knocked her over. The Man With No Heart disappeared. The three best friends lay in the cave beneath Hogwarts, waiting to wake up. Invisible, Harry looked over all three of them. He sat on the floor and began to cry. A movement woke him. He looked up, expecting to see the Man With No Heart returning. Instead…

A/N~~NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS. I'm still looking for a co-author for my next fanfic!!!~~Lady Lelila