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There was a shrill scream, then Hermione appeared out of nowhere, and landed on the ground, face-down. "OWWW..." Hermione groaned, feeling blood trickling down her forehead. Ron landed fifty feet away from her, and before she could find out if he was okay or not, bars suddenly appeared and trapped him inside. "Ron!" She tried to stand up, but failed. Crystal landed next to her with grace. "You know, Hermione? You've been pissing me off for a long time now." she whispered, her eyes glowing. Hermione looked up at her, but said nothing. "And I don't want you to spoil the fun, fun-sucker."

Hermione rolled over so her back was on the ground. "W-what exactly are you gonna-d...do?" She groaned in pain.

Crystal stared at her, and began to grin wickedly. "I'm gonna show you what I'm gonna do once I control the whole Wizardring world!"

Hermione looked at her in confusion, and asked, "W-what?"

Crystal laughed. "Oh Hermione, are you slow, or just plain stupid? What the hell do you think I'm gonna use my powers for? To rule the whole Wizardring world! Maybe even the whole world!" she gave another cruel laugh.

Hermione stared at her in shock.

Crystal then stopped to think for a minute, then she smiled. "But first, I'll give you a little demonstration.!" she casually flicked her wand, and Hermione had a funny sensation on her body. Then, she stood up without wincing, or crying out with pain. She looked taken aback. She stared at Crystal, and Crystal flicked her wand again. A whoosh of air made Hermione almost lost her balance, and when she looked up, Harry was standing in front of her, his eyes glowing white. "Wh-what's going on?" she asked, with surprise.

Crystal's smile widened, and then announced, "I'll give you a chance to defeat Harry....if you ever can defeat him.....and when he's defeated, the spell will break.But there's a zero hundred percent that you can defeat him."Crystal luaghed wickedly. Then she raised up her hands, and eight silked strings appeared in her hands. "I'll show you how a real Puppeteer will do with her puppet!" she lowered her hands, and raised them again quickly. At once, like a mechanical machine just turned on, Harry craned its neck and turned to his left side . He grabbed a huge boulder and, to Hermione's amazement, crushed it with his bare hands. "You're gonna be like that once we're through with you."

Hermione walked silently, watching Harry, who stared back at her. Crystal grinned behind her, then, she raised one finger, and muttered, "Let the battle begin!"

Harry whipped out his wand from the inside pocket of his robes, and cried, but it wasn't his voice. It was like there were two people that was speaking at the same time. "Rictusempra!"

"Protego!" Hermione shouted.

Crystal and Harry growled, and cried out, "Expelliarmus!"

Hermione didn't have a time to react. She got hit in the chest, and whirled several times high in the air, before hitting the solid ground. Hermiome groaned in pain and she tried to stand up but failed. And then a photographic memory flashed in her mind.

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They were in the boy's dormittory, and Harry just woke from his sleep. Hermione and Ron ran like hell when they found out what happened to him. They burst into the room, Hermione's eyes breaming with tears. "Oh Harry! What happened? Are you okay?"

"Yo! No hard feelings man!" Ron said beginning to turn red. "It was just that I was kind of a little mad at Herms, that's all. Please don't get mad!"

Harry cut Ron off before he could say another word. "Before you say anything, I have something to say!"

And he told them.

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A place where there were rocks, cliffs, and hot lava. Hermione looked at the sorroundings, and saw that this was what Harry saw in his dream. It was the future. Hermione grimaced in pain, and tried to get up, but Harry raised his wand once more, and said, "Incarcerous!"

Ropes binded Hermione's feet and when Harry raised his hands, the ropes rose up with Hermione at the end, her whole body dangling in mid air with only her feet two prevent her from falling. "Ah! Let me go! Harry! Snap out of it! Let go of me!"

Harry, and Crystal's voice said, "With pleasure!" they swung the rope and the impact made Harry release Hermione from it, and she went sailing to the other side. She lay still unable to move, because of the pain. Crystal lowered her hands, then raised them up slwoly, with her index and middle finger raised. Harry started to rise up and slowly went to the almost-unconcious Hermione. He picked her up, but there was still strength in her. Slowly, she whispered, "I don't want to hurt you Harry, but I'm sorry."

"Furnunculus!"

Harry was blasted away from Hermione and hit the wall hard. He lay there, as still as a statue. Hermione groaned in pain, and with success, she got to her feet. She kept pointing her wand at Harry's chest in case he makes any sudden movements. Crystal shrieked with rage, and Hermione looked up just in time to duck a huge rock soaring towards her. "I will not be defeated by some puny nerdy booked-worm mud-blood!" She whipped out her wand, and screamed, "Rictusempra!"

Hermione was blasted towards the wall and hit her head hard. Blood trickled down her lips. Her eyes stayed unfocused, and she tried to get up, but Crystal pinned her down. "You're pissing the bloody hell out of me, mudblood! And you don't want me to be angry," she whispered. She pointed her wand in Hermione's chest, and said, "Crucio!"

Hermione shrieked in pain. It was nothing she had ever felt before. It was beyond pain. She wanted to end it. She wanted to die. To just get it over with. It was like her insides were tearing apart. Crystal flicked her wand, with a smug look on her face. Hermione lay on the floor, writhing in pain. Crystal laughed cruelly. She kicked Hermione in the stomache. Hermione groaned in pain, and she tried to get up, but Crystal kicked her once more, and it really did hurt like mad. "Get up you foolish mud blood!"

Hermione mutterd something. "What? I can't hear you?" Crystal taunted.

"I..." her words trailed off. "I- do-not-want-" she got up shakily. Only one eye can be seen in her face because of the shadows. "I-do-not-want-to-be-called-a- MUD BLOOD!" she took her wand, and bellowed, "Expelliarmus!"

It hit Crystal in the chest, and she skidded to a stop fifteen feet away from her. She dropped down the floor, with one knee. There was moments of silence. And then she whispered, "It is unforgivable.... it is unforgivable...." she straightened up, glowed and dust and blood vanished from her body with a snap of her fingers. She screamed, "UNFORGIVABLE!" before punching Hermione in the stomache. She was very strong. Hermione's pupils grew smaller as she recieved the punch, then she spit out blood, and Crystal kicked her in the stomache once more. Hermione graoned and screamed at the same time. She landed with a sickening "CRUNCH"! Every inch of her body was aching, and she knew half of her bones were broken. Just think what Mdm. Pomfrey would say when she saw her in such state. This time, she couldn't get up. She was like a broken thing, damage beyond repair. She spat out blood, and began coughing. Her throat was dry, she was hot from the place. Her robes sticked to her skin.

Crystal was laughing softly somewhere near her. "What's this? I see that you're cowering before me! What's the matter? Is little Ms. Know-It-All giving up? " Crystal gave a cruel laugh. "I thought you can solve everything!"

But Hermione wasn't listening. Looking up with all her might, she stared at the robot liked friend she once had. She choked, but began to talk, or better yet, whisper at Harry who stood there, emotionless, and looked as if he didn't notice a thing. "Harry, if you can hear me...p...please...you...you're the only...o...ne that can save us." Crystal saw what she was doing, and laughed. However, she let Hermione continue. "P...please Haarry..." Harry stayed on his spot.

Hermione moved a muscle, flinched in pain when it hurt like hell, and continued, " Remember...at..th...the dor...mittory...? w...we ask...asked for for....giveness...and yo...you just wiped...o...our sad ex...pres...sions...when...y...you to...told us...we'll a...always b...be friends? y...W...we pr..promised that....t...to each o...other Harry....a...and I said...THAT'S ONE THING CRYSTAL COULDN'T TAKE AWAY FROME US!!!!!" It gave Hermione the feeling of pain beyond imagination when she shouted those words. But she wasn't done yet. "HARRY! YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE!" her words cut through Harry's inside, but before Crystal could notice anything, Harry's eyes became unfocused. he flinched a little but before he can move any of his body again, Crystal raised the strings, and Harry went rigid. But Hermione finally figured out how to free Harry from the spell. But when she tried to get up, Crystal pinned her down, and Hermione groaned in pain, as it shot everywhere up and down her body. "It's too late Hermione, you lose!"

Hermione glared at her furiously, and whispered menacingly, "You know what? Nobody wins unless somebody says so...And I say that its not over yet!" And full of determination and strength from her trapped, unconcious friend, and the friend she knew will not betray her, she slowly got up, wincing now and then, her bones cracking, as if trying to raconnect themselves to each other. She gave Crystal a deathly glare, and whispered, "You want Harry? You have to come through me,"she nodded to Ron, "And him first!"

Crystal didn't show no emotion, and she stared at Hermione with those big, green eyes. Those haunting, shallow, emotionless eyes. And finally, she raised an eyebrow. "Oh really? Well, why don't we find out then?" she raised her thumb, and Harry turned around, and walked towards Hermione. Seeing this, she slowly backed up.

"Please Harry, you have got to remember!" there was another glint in Harry's eyes. "We're friends! And that's one thing Crystal could not take from us!"

Crystal glared, raised four fingers, and chanted something that Hermione couldn't hear. Harry charged towards Hermione and she didn't have time to escape. He punched Hermione hard on the ribs. The pain was unbearable. She thought she was dead. But she wished she was.

Let the pain go. Let it all end, I want it to end! Please! she thought, her eyes half closed.

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Harry was someplace he didn't know. He looked around as if trying to know where he was. But there was only darkness. It was engulfing him, and Harry wanted it to stop. Sitting like a helpless little boy, he whispered to himself, "Help! I'm trap! Somebody help me!" he just stayed in that position, until he heard footsteps.

He looked up, got to his feet, and began to run. "HELP! Can you help me!" There were muffled shouts. "Help! Is somebody there? Can you help me?"

He tried to make out the words but all he can hear was 'come', 'hold', and 'no'. "Is somebody there? Help me!" It was only now that he heard laughter for the first time. But it wasn't merry nor anything happy, it was cruel, mean, and evil. Harry tried to cover his ears but the laughter just grew louder. "NO! STOP!......."
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Crystal laughed. It echoed through the cave, and it seemed like there were thousands of Crystals luaghing their heads off. "And here I thought you were challenging! But I thought wrong! And now," she lifted her four finger slowly. "...It's time for you to die!"

Harry walked towards Hermione, and picked her roughly from the floor. Hermione shrieked but Harry just tightened his grip. He lifted her up above his head and carried her towards the cliff. She tried to jerk free, but Harry ignored. She screamed her head off trying to fall off his grip. They stopped at the edge of a cliff, where there was hot lava pouring out in differnt direction below.

Oh God no! Hermione thought as she recalled what Harry said. She continued screaming until Harry dugged his finger deep into her skin, and she stopped, feeling more pain.
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Harry watched Hermione a look of dismay on his face. "No!"
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Crystal laughed in victory, and slyly said, "Kill! I want to see in my own eyes how good you are in obeying..."

He lifted her, about to throw her down. Hermione was sobbing. Then, he heard her. "Please...You have to remember...Re...member... You have a choice...you can change the future..you can ch...choose...remember Harry...friends..." and before she passed out, he heard her last three words, "...'til the end..."
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Something inside Harry snapped him out. "Remember...Friends til the end..." then his eyes focused. "Ofcourse! We've always been friends! ALWAYS HERMIONE!"
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And Harry's strings was cut off from Crystal's hands, who looked shock. Green light shot out from his body, and Harry's eyes returned to normal once more.

"Yes Hermione! I remember!" Before he lost his balance, he stepped back and lowered Hermione on the ground. He helped her sat up, and Hermione's eyes openned with a small smile on her face. "I knew you could do it Harry!" They hugged each other tightly.

But it was far from over.

Crystal screamed in rage, ran to them, pushed Harry roughly aside ,who hit his head on a rock and felt woozy, grabbed Hermione, and the two of them began to fight, clawing each other, punching, kicking, screaming, biting. Harry tried to get up, but he felt a little dizzy. He watched as the two girls battled out on who will win. They were at the edge of the cliff.

And then, something happened...

Crystal slipped, grabbed Hermione and they both fell towards the sea of lava.

"HERMIONE!" Harry screamed, ran towards the vanishing robes, and grabbed.
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do you know what Harry grabbed? he he you'll have to find out in the nxt chapter!