Hermione's Secret
AN: you guys know the story and it's another chapter
Chapter 9: Swords and Fires
The morning after the group had found the Locket of Salazar Slytherin, "How do we kill this stupid thing" Ron said as the gang stared at it.
Hermione sighed "Not kill it Ron destroy it" She sat next to Draco how continued to look at the locket. "Well maybe there is some spell that we can use to destroy it" Ron said again, Harry shook his head.
"Hermione knows every spell in any book, and even she couldn't destroy this locket. Maybe it is time we asked Dumbledore for help" Draco snickered and shook his head
"Look, Potter you can't always go running to Dumbledore when you can't figure something out, we have three smart minds in this room"
"Hey! I'm smart too" he said with a scowl, Draco looked at him as if Ron were crazy "Look Weasley unless it's Quidditch or food then you're a genius"
Ron stuck his tongue out at Draco. "What if there is a way to destroy this locket?" Hermione stated Harry looked at her confused "What do you mean Hermione?" Harry asked
Hermione took a deep breath, "Well I mean this Horcruxes was created by the evilest wizard alive, in order to defeat the greatest evil you would need the greatest good" she said with a smile.
Harry nodded, "Hermione I have ever told you, you are brilliant" she smirked "Once or twice" she added.
"So this is an object of great evil, what is an object of great good?" Ron asked eating a plate of cookies his mom had set out for them. Draco rolled his eyes he hated seeing Ron stuff his face.
"I think we need the sword of Gryffindor" Harry said. Ron swallowed his cookie "But how the sword only shows itself to those who need it most"
"Well this would be a good time for it to show itself" Draco suggested Harry chuckled "It doesn't work like that Malfoy; I don't even know how it works exactly" Harry told him.
"Fine go run off and find Dumbledore maybe he has the sword" Draco said Harry nodded and went to find their head master.
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The Dark Lord sat at the head of the Malfoy table deep in thought, when the young Nott came in to room, "Speak" Voldemort said with anger. Nott paused and swallowed the lump in his throat.
"My lord, I have tried to do what you have asked of me, it has become very…..difficult, to find where the Order has hidden the Malfoy's" Nott said with his eyes on the floor.
Voldemort sneered "How hard is it to find TWO DAMN PEOPLE!" he yelled, Nott winced and kept his eyes on the floor. "Nott find them I don't care what you have to do find them!" The Dark Lord said getting up from his set and storming out of the room.
Nott sighed and walked to the nearby fire place "Diagon Alley!" he said and flooed there. The street wasn't as packed as it was back when there wasn't a Dark Lord anymore; most shops had closed down and boarded up their doors windows.
The only shop that was open was the Weasley Wizard Wheezes on the alley. Nott didn't want to go near but knew that he had to, to complete his task appointed to him from the dark lord.
Nott stood nearby and waited for most of the people to leave the shop before he'd strike, it was getting dark now, and then Nott made his move, walking into the shop bell sounded.
One of the red heads didn't look up from sweeping the floor, "Sorry we are closed for the night come back in the morning"
Theodore Nott smiled darkly, "Good thing I'm not here to buy anything" Fred looked up from sweeping and look at the shocked "GEO—!" Fred began to yell for his brother but was cut off by Nott.
"Expelliarmus!" Nott yelled sending Fred flying through the air and over the counter knocking over item that were in the store.
George came running out from the back and saw Fred lying on the ground "FRED!"
Nott sent another spell Georges way but he ducked down behind one of the shelves. "Fight me you coward!" Nott shouted at him. George looked over at his brother "Fred are you ok?"
Fred was still on the ground, "Come out come out where ever you are" Theo said mockingly, George peeked around the shelf and shouted "Flipendo!" knocking glass into Theo's face, it cut his eye and upper lip.
"You'll pay for that Blood Traitor!" Theo shouted "Incendio!" fire erupted behind George's head who ran towards his brother "Fred wake up!" he screamed in his brother's ear. "Bloody hell George! What—whats going on" he said spotting the fire.
"Fred were being attacked" George told him. Nott sent another spell there way "You get out of here I'll hold him off" Fred nodded and with a pop Fred was gone. George notice that the spells had stop come at him.
George pried over the counter "Conjunctivitis!" the spell blinded George and his eyes began to burn he screamed "MY EYES! MY EYES! I CANT SEE AHHHHHAAH! IT BURNS!" tears were coming out of his eyes.
Theo smirk and hoped over the counter to where George was lying there screaming in pain. "Oh shut up you bloody fool, I can end your pain but first," Theo paused and jumped off the counter in front of George "Tell me where Draco Malfoy and his mother are"
George shook his head. "I'll never tell the like of you"
Nott sighed "Alright then I guess I'll have to force it out of you then. Crucio!" he watch as the red head scream out in pain and wiggled around on the floor.
"You will tell me what I want to know and maybe I won't kill you and your stupid family!" Theo shouted and began to kick the red head in the ribs and stomach "TELL ME!" he shouted again.
George spit blood on Nott's boots "Never" Nott kicked him in the face causing George to past out for a second. "Legilimens" Theo said pointed his wand at the red head, he was trying to read his mind.
George put up a strong fight, giving Nott false images of Malfoy and his mother. Nott couldn't continue, Theo was not as strong as the others when it came to this spell. "At least there alive" Nott kicked him again.
"You have not told me all I want to know" Theo said again he cast the torture curse and again George scream out in pain, and would not tell him anything.
This cycle continued for a good two hours, "I grow tired of this you filthy blood traitor, just tell me where they are and won't kill you or your family or burn down this place with you in it"
George's face was swollen, cut, bleeding. He was spiting up blood "I won't tell you a thing"
By that time Nott heard a few distant pops "It took your friends longer than I thought to get here, maybe they can help me" Nott took a step towards the pops but George grabbed his leg.
"N-no y-you l-l-leave t-t-them o-o-out o-o-of t-t-this" George struggled to say coughing up his blood.
"George? George are you alright dear. Oh god the shop there is smoke coming out of it. George!" a famine voice said from outside the shop.
Theo smirked and wiggled his foot out of George's hands, "Well Georgie boy looks like some ones coming to save you, I hope they can make it before the place burns down" Theo said with a sarcastic laugh.
Nott pointed to the walls around the shop, "Incendio" he pointed to the shelves with the love potions on them and said the same spell. The fires grew and Theo lifted George face up from the floor and kicked him so hard a tooth fell out.
Nott said his good bye and laughed as he vanished in front of him.
AN: so that's my 9th chapter there is more to come. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and if you didn't I understand give me some feedback on what I can improve on. Thanks so much
~VampiregirlCS~