Chapter Summery - Hermione and George make a plan.

Chapter Fourteen: Promises - Part One

Hermione raced up the front steps and through the large wooden doors with George following closely behind. George chased after her trying to think of what she meant by promises. Then it hit him - The Unbreakable Vow.

"Hermione...Hermione, stop!" George grabbed Hermione's arm and spun her around.

"What?"

"Are going to make Harry make an Unbreakable Vow?"

"Is that what it's called?" Hermione pulled her arm away as they climbed through the Common Room door. "I remember reading something about it, but I didn't pay any attention to it. But it all makes sense now. I mean, it's so simple!"

She walked over to the coffee table and kneeled down in front of it. She pulled the large book of spells, curses, and potions towards her and opened it up to the table of contents page. Running her finger down the large column, she stopped and moved her finger left to a row of numbers. Repeating to herself "1247, 1247, 1247, 1247...." she flipped through the large book, turned handfuls of pages at a time. She finally reached page 1247...

"The Unbreakable Vow:

The spell cannot be performed using wandless magic and requires that the Bonder's wand be touching the joined hands of the person administering the vow and the person taking the vow. As each clause of the oath being sworn is agreed to, a thin tongue of brilliant red flame will shoot from the caster's wand and winds itself around the joined hands of the participants, remaining in place as other clauses of the oath are sworn to.
However, if this vow is broken, the person taking the vow will die a painless death soon afterwards..."

"This is it, George. It's painless, it's simple, it's...it's..." Hermione sighed and leaned against the cough. "It's perfect."

"Hermione, this things can be dangerous. I mean, you haven't been here a month and you're already going to try something this powerful?"

"Think about it George." Hermione turned and lay her arm on the cushion of the couch and looked up at George. "Dumbldore told me that Harry was going to change and that I would have to kill him. What better way to do it than The Unbreakable Vow to make him promise me he'll never change. I know he will, which will kill him. Just like I'm supposed to do. And it's painless."

"But Hermione..."

"It's the only way, George."

George sighed. "Alright. I'm not going to stop you, but just be sure that you're ready to do this."

"I am. But I want you to be the Bonder."

"What? No. No way." George stood up and walked to stand in front of the window.

Hermione stood up and walked over to him. She placed her hands on his arms, which he had crossed over his chest. "Please, George. I need you to be the Bonder. You're the only one I trust with this."

George looked down at Hermione. She was watching him with the most beautiful hazel eyes and he felt himself go weak in the knees. "Alright. Fine, I'll be the Bonder."