A Grand Escape
The Golden Snitch:
Ollivander's Wand Shop:
Wood-Walnut: write about Hermione Granger
Words: 1047
House: Shipka
School: Durmstrang
House: Slytherin
Year: Third
Category: Short Story (my second short)
Prompt: "you have no power of me!" "Are you sure about that?"
Words: 1047
Are you Crazy Enough to Do it Challenge:
Prompt 372, No less than 1000 words.
Words: 1047
Au with evil Dumbledore.
Thank you to Rav3n Owl for doing a great job Betaing both my shorts.
Hermione Granger found there was something eerie and disturbing about Grimmauld Place. She felt on edge there, and was nearly always shivering. Maybe it was the darkness, maybe it was the house elf heads, or maybe it was Walburga Black's painting screeching at them all.
Because of this, Hermione could understand why Sirius Black hated being stuck in here. After a day here, Hermione was going mad from it all. And she at least could go out. She would hate to be stuck in here twenty-four seven.
However, at the moment; Hermione was feeling a little lost. The Weasleys had gone out to Diagon Alley for lunch and Harry was not talking to her, which left Hermione alone. Then she remembered Sirius was at home. So, Hermione went to find him.
Hermione searched the rest of the house before she tried the kitchen. She hadn't found him yet, so she hoped he was in the kitchen. As she reached the door of he kitchen, she heard raised voices.
"You have no power over me!"
"Are you sure about that? You have done everything I said, so I could think you are under my power."
Said the voices of Severus Snape and Albus Dumbledore. Hermione had no idea what she just over heard, but it didn't sound good.
Panicking about the consequences of being found eavesdropping, especially by Snape who would be furious, Hermione turned and ran to the staircase, desperately trying to find somewhere to hide.
Huffing, she mindlessly ran to a random room upstairs; which happened to have Sirius and Harry in it. They both jumped up and turned to face Hermione as she ran in and quickly shut the door behind her. They sat back down again, seeing it was Hermione.
"I just overheard something disturbing," Hermione said puffing. Then she explained what she had heard in the kitchen.
"That makes sense from what you've just been saying, Sirius," Harry said gravely.
"Huh?" Hermione asked, feeling confused.
"Dumbledore is planning to get us all to die so it looks more impressive when he wins the war; Minerva told me. She's gone to New Zealand, which is why we haven't seen her for a couple of days. I packed the Weasleys off-hopefully they're safe now. We need to escape, though. If Dumbledore is trying to get Snape to do something which he doesn't want to do, we'll be next," Sirius said.
"But what should we do?" Hermione said, feeling scared.
"Grab our wands and run, there is no time to do anything else," Sirius said firmly.
"If we all have our wands, let's go," Hermione nodded. Sirius and Harry jumped up, and they exited the room and ran downstairs. As they reached the door, they ran into Dumbledore who was blocking the door.
"Where are you off to?" Dumbledore asked.
"We are going for a walk," Hermione said quickly.
"I'm afraid I cannot allow that, especially with Harry going. It is not safe," Dumbledore said gravely.
"I can walk out that door! You have no power over me!" Harry cried.
"Are you sure about that? Think, Harry: all those things you've done, you have done for me. You saved the stone, you told Voldemort I was the greatest wizard; you won the Triwizard tournament. No matter how you look at it, it all comes back to me. I have full power over you all," Dumbledore said cockily.
"No, you don't! We're free people! Stupify!" Hermione cried quickly flicking her wand out and casting the spell.
"Hermione! I never thought you'd hurt a teacher!" Harry cried.
"Sometimes things are dire; like now. Come on! I have some Muggle money in my pocket; so, I'll phone my parents to tell them what's happening, then let's go," Hermione said.
Sirius and Harry nodded, and the three ran outside, and out into the street. They ran to the first phone box the found, and Hermione rang her parents up. When she hung up, Hermione said, "They are going to move to Switzerland: can we go there, too?"
"That is a good idea, Hermione. Let's go over here and apparate to Gringotts, we can get our escape there," Sirius said, leading them over to a narrow alley.
Hermione and Harry followed. When they were in the alley, Hermione and Harry both grabbed Sirius's hands, then he apparated them off. They arrived at an alley just near the Leaky Cauldron. Sirius turned into a dog, then they walked out and down to the Leaky Cauldron.
({[-_-]})
What happened next was a blur to Hermione. They rushed down Diagon Alley, Sirius turned back to human upon reaching Gringotts, and he talked to the goblins as soon as they entered. Hermione and Harry sat down nearby. Sirius came over to them with a big bag of money, and a bronze plate.
"Touch this," Sirius said. Hermione and Harry touched the plate which they realised must have been a Portkey.
"Portkey," Sirius said, and the Portkey activated. A very inventive Portkey activating code, but a easy one to remember.
The Portkey took them to the Swiss Ministry. Sirius took Harry and Hermione to a magical hotel, then Sirius went back to the ministry, telling them to wait in the hotel room. Hermione and Harry were waiting for Sirius in a hotel room, as asked.
"Imagine, the nerve of what Dumbledore did to us: it was not very nice!" Hermione said bitterly.
"Yeah, using us like that was very dishonest," Harry agreed.
"And then him thinking he had power over us!" Hermione started.
"Well he did, until he pointed it out; to be fair," Harry said.
"Oh yes; good point I suppose. I hope Sirius is alright," Hermione said.
"Yes, hopefully," Harry nodded.
A few minutes later, someone knocked on the hotel door. Harry jumped up and opened it. It was Sirius.
"I'm free! The Swiss have cleared me! The nice sods the lot of them!" Sirius cheered.
"Really? That's great!" Hermione said sincerely.
"Yes, it is," Harry said, hugging Sirius.
When they broke, Sirius said, gesturing for them to follow him, "Come on! Let's go and celebrate our escape!"
"Okay," Hermione and Harry nodded.
They all left the room and went downstairs to have dinner in the restaurant and celebrate their escape from Dumbledore.