Bellatrix skipped into Charms with her late note. 'Ginger bear! Kitty cat!' she sang. Hermione giggled and Ginny moved a chair for her. 'Guess what?' she whispered to them.

'What?' smiled Ginny.

'Tada!' whispered Bellatrix, handing them the rings.

'So early?' joked Ginny, 'engagement?'

'Shut up!' pouted Bella. Hermione was reading the Latin, her expression wide-eyed.

'Amor non modus, non enim bonum et malum. Love has no limits for it is not good or evil.' Whispered Hermione, Bella could see tears pricking in her eyes. 'Bella, these are beautiful.'

'I like the symbol.' Cooed Ginny, 'what does it mean?' Hermione traced the § with her thumb.

'It's beautiful too.' Remarked Hermione.

'It means you're his mon argent serpentēs.' Murmured Bella. 'That you balance on the verge of Dark and Light.'

'His silver snakes.' Smiled Hermione. Bella rolled her eyes,

'How many languages do you know?' she giggled.

'Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Italian and French.' Smirked Hermione.

Severus was pacing the dungeon. It was his duty to the Light to tell them about Bellatrix. Tell them about Miss Granger and Miss Weasley.

But he couldn't.

It was not that he physically couldn't but he was curious as to why they had switched sides, curious as to why Hermione was so pissed off at Dumbledore. And why she was so skinny. At the start of term, on the Hogwarts Express and when she first came down to the dungeons, she looked sickly, malnourished, skinny. Her bones were protruding and her eyes, once bright with intelligence, dull and sunk into her face.

Bellatrix was well known as a killer, a torturer. But she had healed Hermione. Hermione laughed, her smile was real and her eyes shone. Yes, she was very underweight, but she was happy.

How could he take Bellatrix away from them?

'Hermione, Ginny.' Nodded Harry, at the dinner table. He looked as if he was in an unpleasant mood, though that was probably an understatement.

Hermione gripped Bella and Ginny's hands tightly under the table. 'Harry.' She nodded. The other two sent him scathing looks.

'Can we eat at the Slytherin table?' asked Bella. Ginny nodded and was instantly on her feet.

'I would like to talk to my girlfriend.' Harry sneered, he looked at Hermione, his eyes vicious.

'No.' snarled Bella, hand gripping her wand. Harry stared at her, a glint of recognition lighting up in his eyes.

'Who are you, Black?' he whispered. Ginny froze then smacked Harry as hard as she could.

'Bugger off to hell!' Ginny spat.

'Hermione, under our friendship, I demand you stay.' Harry ordered.

Hermione froze, the Unbreakable in here stopping her from leaving. Harry leaned forwards and whispered in her ear, 'I know about the Unbreakable, Hermione, Dumbledore told me. He knew one day you would drift away and I would need you. Sever all ties with Black and both Weasleys. We're leaving tonight to go Horcrux Hunting. You will not tell either of them this, got it?'

Hermione nodded miserably and Bella dragged her away, yelling back that Harry was a miserable son of a bitch.

Draco and Ron watched the display under Harry's invisibility cloak. The maliciousness in Harry's eyes was unmistakable. 'He has a hold over her,' whispered Draco.

'An Unbreakable.' Whispered back Ron. Draco did a double take and openly gaped at Ron.

'And you didn't tell anyone this because?' he spat furiously. Ron smiled gently, his eyes sad.

'I didn't know if Harry knew. I didn't know exactly what the Unbreakable required and I was scared that Hermione might keel over and die if I told people and it became common knowledge.' Draco sighed.

'Ron, you know what you have to do, right?' Ron pressed his lips against Draco's ear.

'What we have to do, Draco. She trusts you too.'

'We can't let her out of our sight.'

Hermione packed quickly. Just a few necessities. 'Are you alright in there? Do you need help?' yelled Bella.

'Just having a puke.' Yelled back Hermione. A lie, she had already vomited up everything in her stomach including an unhealthy amount of blood.

'Need help, kitty?' asked Bella again.

'No thanks!' called back Hermione. 'It would ruin your romantic image of me!'

She hurried out, dressed in a plain black dress and robe. On her left wedding ring finger, she wore her Silver Snake ring. In her little handbag stashed in her pocket she had cast an engorgement charm so she could fit all her belongings inside it. Including the Dark Arts books.

'I love you guys,' she whispered.

'We love you too!' exclaimed Ginny fiercely. 'Don't let that son of a bitch put you down!'

Hermione sighed. Now time to break their hearts and her heart. 'I have prefect duties, guys, with Ernie!' she rolled her eyes, 'the most boring person on this goddamned planet!' Bella laughed.

'Poor you. Do you want me to kill him?" Hermione giggled and swatted Bella's hand.

'Naughty, Belle Belle!' She then turned and exited the dormitories. She cast a dissilusion charm on herself and hurried to the entrance of the Great Hall. She was disgusted to see McGonagall there with Harry.

Don't make me do this! Her eyes begged him as she made herself visible. McGonagall was concentrating hard. 'The anti-apparation jinx is gone- go!' Minerva whispered, sweat beading on her forehead. Harry's hand was like a vice on her own as they turned into suffocating darkness.