Chapter 9

Harry wasn't happy about this plan. In fact, he hated the plan altogether. He knew that this would be dangerous for him but the idea of risking more lives than necessary wasn't a really good one. He looked around the room and saw that the members of the Order were there to help him and he knew that this was for real.

They were all there to take him to the Burrow in safety and they were all anticipating a big fight. Moody had explained them that the Death Eaters would probably already know that they would move him today so they needed to be ready to fight and fight hard. He had told them that the time to use light spells was long gone and they would need to actually hurt their enemies in case of a fight. Harry knew that the truth was that the Death Eaters would try to kill as many of them as they could but he still didn't know if he was capable of actually hurting someone knowing that that person could be Hermione.

Draco seemed to have the same thoughts because he seemed rather uneasy with this task but he still accepted to do it, showing his loyalty to the Order once again.

One thing was for sure, this was going to be a night that they would never forget.

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The day had finally arrived. Hermione looked around the big room and saw that all the Death Eaters were there, even the ones that were always away following the Dark Lord's orders. They were all dressed in black as usual but they were also wearing a golden mask today to hide their identities. The Dark Lord didn't want anyone to know who they were because that would make them easy targets and that would destroy his army.

Hermione knew that this was the day in which her life could probably come to an end but at least she would have her conscious clean, knowing that she had kept her promise.

The Dark Lord was busy distributing orders but Hermione could only stand there and vaguely listen to him while her mind was far far away from there.

"One last thing, don't forget that the boy belongs to me. No one is allowed to kill him. Alright, now that you all know what you'll have to do, get ready. We will leave in 10 minutes."

As soon as those words left his mouth, everyone started to move around and Hermione took advantage of that to make her way downstairs. She opened the door of the basement and went inside without making any kind of noise. She lifted her wand and waved it around to make every prisoner there unconscious, except Sirius Black. The man got up as soon as he realized that something was going on and got ready to defend himself if the situation asked for it, even though he couldn't do much with his hands and feet tied. He relaxed as soon as he saw that it was just Hermione. She walked to him and gave him a black cloak and a golden mask while she untied his hands and feet.

She ordered him to put them on and Sirius did as requested, not sure of what was happening but still trusting her just like he had done many times before. The witch had never let him down and he doubted that she ever would.

"Our sources tell us that Harry will be moved to the Burrow today. This is our best chance to get to him so we're going after the Order tonight."

"And why am I wearing these ridiculous clothes that make me look like and Halloween costume?"

"Because I'm getting you out of here tonight. Just stay close to me and don't draw attention. Everything will be just fine!"

Hermione turned around to make her way to the door when Sirius grabbed her arm to stop her and made her turn back around to look at him.

"There's no way in hell that that will happen…they will find out that you've helped me and they will kill you as soon as they do!"

Hermione was hoping that he wouldn't even go there but apparently she would have no such luck. She sighed before answering, knowing that the words that were about to leave her mouth would do nothing to calm him down. In fact, she was pretty sure that they would have the opposite effect.

"I know that but Harry needs you there with him more than he need me…Sirius, this is the only reason why I became a Death Eater in the first place."

Sirius seemed to be confused by her words and Hermione saw that. She had told him that she had become a Death Eater to help the Order but she hadn't given him any details about that particular subject. Hermione figured that it was definitely time to come clean about it.

"A few years ago, Dumbledore came to me and asked for my help. At first, I had no idea of what he wanted me to do but he explained me that he needed my help to be a step ahead of Voldemort in every occasion. I agreed to help him. A few months ago, he asked me to become a Death Eater to help the Order and to get you out of here so you could help Harry to destroy him."

Sirius was shocked with this revelation. The respect that he had for Dumbledore vanished immediately and was replaced by pure hate and anger. He had basically asked a young girl to ruin her entire life just so he could destroy the Dark Lord. Sirius was honestly glad that he was dead because he was sure that he would have probably killed him himself otherwise.

"Hermione, forget about that. You can't risk your life like this. Please, forget about this stupid and suicidal plan and just go and do what your master ordered you to do!"

Hermione shook her head with tears running down her face.

"I can't do that, Dad. Please, just come with me and help Harry. I'll try to stalk him for as long as I can and you can help Harry with the Hocruxes. Please, do this for me!"

Sirius couldn't even bring himself to show happiness because she had just called him Dad for the first time. He had tears running down his own face and shook his head again.

"You're asking me to be responsible for the death of my daughter and I could never live with myself if that were to happen, Mia. My answer is no!"

"Maybe they won't kill me! You have to hope, right? Please come with me right now!"

Sirius shook his head once again but Hermione refused to take no for an answer.

"I didn't want to use this but you leave me with no other choice. If you don't come with me right now, I'll go into that room and I'll start attacking every Death Eater that steps in front of me until one of them finally kills me."

Sirius saw the seriousness in her eyes so he reluctantly followed her, not fully believing that he was about to do that.

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I know that Sirius and Bellatrix are cousins but they're not in my story. I know that this is very different from the main Harry Potter story but it would be no fun to write something that was just the same as the books, right?

Anyway, please review and I'll update as soon as I can. The big fight will take place on the next chapter with some more surprises. Don't miss it…

BTW, what do you think about Sirius being Hermione's father? Please let me know…

Sarah