AN: Here's chapter 25...
Disclaimer: Not mine…
We walked down the long road, in which most of the buildings on either side were destroyed. I held Jackie's hand tightly as we looked at the demolished stores and homes.
Alex and Ron were ahead of us. I could tell he was trying to slow her down. She looked around as well. Thunder strucked out of nowhere. It was snowing afterall!
It became darker, darker than it would be on a normal day at 5:00. The dark mark appeared over our heads. We gasped. Black ghostly figures appeared in front of us.
Dementors. Alex stopped with a blank expression on her face. "Alex we need to get away from them!" Ron said while pulling her. She didn't budge. "I'm not afraid of them." she said calmly.
One approached her. She did not move one bit. She only looked up at it. Its ugly face was revealed as it gave a squeal and began sucking the air. Alex gasped as she white sheer light surrounded her. "Expecto Petronum!" Ron yelled.
White light erupted from his wand. The dementor shied away, but the other dementors now came after us. Jackie quickly put himself in front of me. "They won't hurt you baby I promise!" he said as he held out his wand.
The dementor came flying at us. "Expecto Petronum!" Jackie yelled. The power of the light that came from his wand busted unbroken windows around us.
Everyone else was battling the dementors. Alex leaned on Ron as she grabbed her wand out. The dementor in front of Jackie smacked him across his face, which made him fly to the side. I gasped. The dementor begun sucking the air around me. "No!!" Jackie yelled.
'Ms. Granger I'm sorry, but your parents have been in a terrible car accident. They're in critical condition.' Dumbledore said calmly.
I shook my head to rid the bad memory that came across my mind. I looked up at the dementors torn, discolored face. I rose my wand shakily, but Jackie beat me to it.
"Expecto Petronum!" This time the dementor was blown away by the powerful jet of white light. Jackie rushed over to me as I pushed myself on all fours.
"I'm sorry baby! I told you that nobody's gonna-" "It's fine, I'm ok. Let's help the others." I said quickly. He nodded and helped me up. "Pansy!!" Jacob yelled.
Pansy fell to the ground unconscious. Alex looked at her then all the death eaters. She pushed herself off of Ron. "Male' fuoco!!" she screamed. The dementors gave high pitched squeal.
They wrapped their arms around their bodies as they began to burn. We watched as they burn to the ground, until they were just dust. She breathed heavily.
"You should probably take Pansy to the hospital wing Jacob." she finally said. He nodded while picking her up. He apparated with her in his arms. "Let's go then." she said more lighter.
We followed her all the way to the end of the town where the Shrinking Shack was. The Quidditch shop was around the corner, burning. We gasped and ran to the burning shop.
Mr. Herring laid on the ground in the middle of the street, bleeding heavily from his chest. Alex dropped to her knees. I did as well to see if he was ok. Alex placed two fingers on his neck to check his pulse.
She pressed a little harder. "There's a pulse, but it's faint." "We need to get somebody out here." I said while looking around. Almost on queue, Healers and Aurors were appearing everywhere.
"You children shouldn't be here." Tonks said. "We were making sure everyone was gone Tonks." Harry said. She nodded. "Oh, my name's Tonks, well not really, but you know. Welcome to the UK!" she said while smiling. Her hair was a very loud pink, to which I had to narrow my eyes.
The Americans thanked her. "Oh my, we need to help Mr. Herring! We need a Healer over here, someone?!" she called. A Healer ran over to us. "You all should leave. I will escort you if you'd like."
We walked around the town, looking at the once happy town. Everything was mostly destroyed. Rubble laid on the ground as well as snow and shards of glass. We saw a couple of bodies inside houses or buildings. We didn't recognize any students though. We didn't know if they were dead, we just left them for the Healers.
Mr. Griffin appeared in front of us, which nearly scared our skin off. "Are yall ok?" he asked while hugging Alex tightly. "We're ok. We had a run-in with a couple of dementors though." Alex said plainly.
He nodded. "Hello Tonks." he said with a genuine smile. She blushed with a smile. "I'll walk along with yall, to make sure nothin' happens." he said while taking Alex's hand. Ron wasn't too happy about that.
"Yall should've juss apparated to the castle. We don't want you hurt. Where's Lee?" he asked while looking back at us. "He had to take Pansy to the hospital wing." Alex said.
He grunted with a nod. "Is anyone hurt besides her?" We shook our heads. Jackie's jaw was slightly swollen but he didn't say anything. Lavender had tears coming out of her eyes, she was so shaken. Fernando wrapped an arm around her while giving her reassuring words.
We walked in the castle in a comfortable silence. The castle, however, was not so silent. Many students were walking around talking about the attack on Hogsmede.
"I heard the dark mark was over the whole town." a 1st year said. "I heard Mr. Griffin started it." an American said. Alex stopped. "No Alex. It's ok sweetie, let it go." Mr. Griffin said while tugging her.
Alex glared at the girl who had a terrified look on her face. "She bet' not be in the hall by herself." Alex said dangerously. "I want to talk to Alex." That was our queue to leave.
Alex's POV
"Did anything happen to you baby?" ma' daddy asked. I nodded. 'Do you realize how much danga you puttin' yo' kids in?!!' my momma yelled. 'I'm doin' this so they won't hurt yall!! I'm doin' this so they won't kill yall.' He began to sob uncontrollably.
I groaned and held my head. "Baby? You ok?" He stopped to place his hands on my shoulder. "The dementor thing sucked some memories, and stuff. I'm fine, really daddy." He looked at me with worried eyes.
"Alex, don't put yourself in danga' like that anymore, you hear me?" I nodded, not really meanin' it of course. "Alex?" he said firmly. I looked up. "You have to promise me. Unless you're defending yourself, don't get yaself involved, ok?"
I looked away. Oh, ima get involved alright. "I promise daddy." I said. He hugged me tightly. I didn't let go. My daddy was in danger himself. If he made any false moves, he could easily be killed…
He finally let go. "I had to do some stuff prier to the events of today. I didn't hurt anyone, thank goodness. I juss had to destroy some stuff." he said while rubbing his lower arm, where his mark was.
He stared at me. "Whatever happens Alex, I want you to know that I will always, always love you." He's told me this so many times. I do believe him of course.
"I love you too daddy." I said feeling that familiar uncomfortable tug in my throat. I sighed heavily to stop myself. He looked at me. "You weren't at Hogsmede all day, were you?" he said with an eyebrow up.
I shook my head. "We went to the Spectrum Mall back home." He nodded. "Let's walk." We began to walk down the long hall towards the Great Hall.
"Did you get your dress and stuff?" I nodded while smiling. "It's brown and crème. It's what Ron's wearin'." He smiled. "You'll look nice without ya' normal black." I laughed.
"Gee thanks dad. I'm gettin' it altered so I'm goin' back next Thursday to get it." He nodded. "I'll come with you. I need to get something to wear maself." he said while rubbin' his chest.
I grinned. "Do you have a date daddy?" He laughed. "Yes. Ya momma's comin' here." I grinned in excitement. Ever since my daddy became a death eater, my momma wanted nothin' to do with magic, since she's a muggle.
She didn't even wanted to be around it. I don't do much magic at home, unless I need to, or to hex my siblings. "That's great! What made her wanna come?"
"She said she wanted to see how cute you look without her dressing you." I laughed. I didn't forget what happened today, but it was in the back of my head now.
Hermione's POV
We sat in the Great Hall along with the other students who were chatting about what happened. Fruits, vegetables, and other snacks were placed on the tables.
Lavender was still being consoled by Fernando. Harry seemed to be deep in thought. "Harry, are you ok?" I asked. He smiled weakly. "This isn't going to be a normal year." he said before chuckling.
"Silence please!" Dumbledore yelled. We all became quiet. "I know most of you are calming down from what happened today. We alerted the Ministry as soon as we heard. Hogsmede is now closed for investigation and cleaning. No one will be able to enter."
Everyone started whisper to their neighbors. "I do hope all of you shopped for the Ball coming up next Friday. 4th-7th years are allowed only, unless you are a younger date. You may stay in here until dinner, but other than that, you may leave."
Most people got up and left. "Yall wanna wait for Alex?" Jackie asked. We nodded. After a few minutes, Mr. Griffin and Alex came it talking and laughing. I smiled. I'm glad their happy now. I could tell the whole situation bothered Alex.
"Hey yall." she said gleefully. Ron smiled. "I'm goin' ta' talk to Professor Dumbledore. See yall at dinner." he said before disappearing. "What's got you so happy?" Yalonda asked.
Alex grabbed a few grapes. She popped them in her mouth and shrugged. "I was juss talkin' to ma daddy and he made me feel better. I mean, of course I haven't forgot what happened…" she said.
Mariah still looked down from earlier. She linked her arm with Harry's and laid her head on his shoulder. 'Alex?' I thought. She looked at me. 'Yeah?' 'You need to apologize to Mariah.' She sighed.
"Mariah." She said. Mariah looked up at Alex. "What?" she said firmly. Alex sighed again. "I'm sorry for earlier. You're not an illegal citizen." The American boys laughed.
"Alex that was wrong man. I would've cussed you out man." Allic said while shaking his head. Mariah stared at Alex. "It's ok. I should've juss ignored you. Sometimes, it juss hurts when you say stuff…" she said while looking away.
Alex rolled her eyes. "Man, you know I was playin'. I know you're a freakin' citizen, or they would've came n' gotcha." she said while smiling. We laughed. Soon after, we got into our own conversations.
Jackie looked at me with those gorgeous eyes. "Are you ok?" he asked. I nodded with a smile. He sighed and looked down. I frowned. "What's wrong?" I asked while placing my hand on his.
He looked up at me. "I promised you that nothin' would happen to you, and something did. I practically lied to you baby. I juss feel so bad that I didn't protect you like I should have." He took off his hat and rubbed his curly hair.
I smiled. "Jackie you did protect me. You were attacked! If you weren't than I'm sure you would've protected me faster. But the point is you did! If you hadn't saved me, my mind would've been lost. I owe you Jackie." I said while rubbing his hand.
He sighed and smiled. "I guess, but I'm goin' to make it up to you one day. I can really promise you that." I grinned. "How are you going to make up to me." I said innocently.
He smirked. I bit my lip as he came closer to my ear. "I might have to tell you that later baby. They too young to be hearin' the stuff ima do…" I laughed.
Jacob walked in by himself. "Hey guys." he said dully. "How's Pansy?" Alex asked. "She's awake, but the old lady said she needs her rest, so she's stayin' over night." he said sadly.
"Aw, she'll be ok." Ginny said. He nodded. "We were gonna eat alone tonight for dinner, but I guess we'll do it some other time…" he said while looking off to the side.
"Ay cheer up man. You get ta' have dinner wit' us." Fernando said while smirking. Jacob laughed a little. "Where were you going to take her?" Millicent asked. He shrugged.
"I was gonna take her to my room-" the boys howled and wolf-whistled. "And, have dinner. We were probably goin' to watch a movie or two…" "Or make one…" Jackie mumbled.
The Americans laughed. "What's that mean?" Ginny asked. "Oh nothing…" Yalonda said while grinning. We shrugged. It probably wasn't that important anyway.
Alex was talking to Ron with a smile on her face. He smiled back as she talked and eventually made him laugh. He grabbed her hand and began playing with her fingers as they continue talking.
"Hermione?" Jackie said. I looked over to him. "Do you think we could have a date like that? You know, whenever?" I grinned. I bit my lip, trying not to look too excited. "Of course we can! Whenever you like." He grinned.
"Cool! I was thinkin' after the Yule Ball. Maybe in the Room of Requirement…" "That would be perfect." He grabbed my hand and kissed my knuckle.
"It's a date then." he said softly. "Isn't that cute?" Alex said with a smirk on her face. Jackie rolled his eyes while smiling. "Well, we were only duplicating what you and Ron were doing." I said.
Everybody 'ooohed'. Alex laughed. "You're juss pushin' my buttons today!" I laughed. "Hermione? When the dementor sucked out one of your memories, what did you see?" she asked randomly.
"Maybe she doesn't want to talk about it Alex." Jackie said defensively. "It's fine. Um, it was when Professor Dumbledore told me that my parents had been in a terrible car accident."
She nodded. "When did that happen?" she asked. "In our 5th year. They had a collision with an eighteen-wheeler." The Americans hissed. I nodded. My parents had quite a few injuries, but after therapy, they were back in the dentist office.
"They're ok right?" Yalonda asked. I nodded. "They're just fine! It's like it never happened." They nodded. "Um, what is an eighteen-wheeler?" Draco asked.
"It's a big truck that carries trailers of stuff to places. It has eighteen wheels of course. It's a lot bigger than the cars that you might've seen before." I said "How big?" Ron asked.
I thought about how I can make it simpler for them to understand. "Hmmm… It's like a few cars combined." They nodded. "More like several…" Yolanda added. I hated to talk about it. It was a hard time for me, worrying about my parents and my school work. "How about you Alex?"
"Well, it was when my parents were arguing about ma' daddy bein' a death eater. That was the first time I ever saw him daddy cry. After that he began to hit me and my brothers and sister frequently." she said while fiddling with her fingers.
"But, he's slowed down of course." "Has he ever made you bleed man?" Allic asked. She shook her head. "Naw, there's many times where it felt like stuff was bleedin' but-"
"Ewww! You said 'stuff was bleedin'!" Yalonda said before laughing. Me and my friends blushed as the Americans laughed. "Shut up Yalonda. You act so retarded sometimes!" Alex said while shaking her head.
"Why were you asking Alex?" I said. "Because I thought that dementors suck the good memories out of you, so I asked which one did you have." I nodded.
"I'm sorry to ask, but what does it feel like?" Ginny asked. Alex looked around, while tapping her chin. "Well, it feels like… Oh! Like you're having a bad déjà vu moment. Of course, relivin' a bad memory is painful, so…"
That's exactly how it felt. The force that I felt around myself brought me to my knees. When I closed my eyes they burned as I tried to shake out the memory.
"Not a good feeling at all." Harry added. So many times, Harry had been through what happened today. His scar no longer was covered by his hair. His hair was growing back, but it was still short.
Harry rubbed his hand over it, then he adjusted his glasses. "Do you have a scar like Harry Alex?" I asked curiously. She frowned and nodded. "It's on my arm, see?"
She held out her arm, turned it over, and pulled up her sleeve. It was a short scar in the shape of a check. It was darker then her skin color and it puffed out slightly. "Does it hurt when He's near?" Harry asked.
She nodded. "It hasn't done that since our school was under attack. He actually showed up." We gasped. "Oh yeah…" Jackie said dully.
"It was a lot of death eaters around attackin' us, left to right. Nobody died, but of course there were a lot of injuries. Voldemort-" Draco, Ron, Ginny, Blaise, Millicent, and Lavender jumped.
Alex frowned. "Why do yall jump when I say Voldemort?" She asked, and they jumped again. "Well, they were told to not say, um His name, or something will happen." I said.
She nodded. "Well anyway, He Crucioed me Himself." I gasped. "Did it feel different than anybody else doing it?" Ron asked concerned. She shrugged. "I'd never had it from anybody else. It hurt so much though man! He let it sit for awhile. I think I was literally smokin' after that, like I was done cookin'…"
She moved a piece of hair from her face. "My daddy did somethin', I don't know. I was like, too weak to look up. I didn't hear what they said, but it resulted in my daddy's current state of bein' a death eater." she finished.
"I'm sure it won't be for long." Harry said. "N' why is that Mr. Potter?" Alex said with an eyebrow. "Because, I plan on taking him down this school year." he said plainly. We were all taken aback
"Well, how do you plan on doin' that by yaself man?" Alex said. He adjusted his glasses as we waited for an answer. "I don't know…" he said softly. She smiled.
"I'll help ya, don't wor' bout it." she said while she patted his hand. He smiled. "Then how are yall gonna stop em'?" Allic asked. She shrugged. "We don't know." she said and began laughing.
We joined her. "We'll help yall…" Jackie said while grinning. We continued to talk the rest of the night.
AN: Lil' long, yes… I know they said death eaters were there last chapter, but they juss happened to miss them, ok? Male' fuoco means evil fire. I actually have a scar on my arm in the shape of a check, juss a lil' fun fact. That is all…. JussMee