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To yellow 14: Li will tell Dumbledore that Hermione is capturing the cards and Hermione will have to take care of it. Of course this will make Hermione even madder.
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Chapter 49: Writing to Li's Mother
When classes started the next day everyone was talking about the match between Ravenclaw and Slytherin. The Slytherin's were glad that their Seeker was back, but Hermione had more on her mind then a stupid match. She needed to find a way to keep Li from telling the Headmaster that she was capturing the cards. Ron tried to put a few things on the table but Hermione turned them down.
"Maybe it's a good thing if he tells," Ron said.
Hermione shot daggers at him.
"What is so good about the Headmaster knowing my business?" she asked. "Professor Snape-."
"I want to know about that," Ron said, cutting her off.
Hermione looked at him.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"Well you're spending a lot of time with Snape," Ron said. "What are you two doing?"
Hermione felt like hitting him. However she just crossed her arms and looked at him.
"And what has your mind come up with?" she asked.
Ron grinned at her.
"Well I think that you two are going out," Ron said. "Am I right?"
"No, your not," Hermione said coolly. "He is helping me with the cards, by keeping me out of trouble."
Ron looked at her as though he didn't believe her. This got Hermione angry.
"If you don't believe me then come with me when I capture one of the nasty cards," Hermione suggested. "Then you'll know that we're just friends and he's helping me out."
Ron considered this and then agreed. Deep down Hermione hoped that it wasn't a truly nasty one.
When she finished eating her breakfast she hurried off to her first classes. Hermione used the time-turner to get to her classes and tried to focus, but she couldn't. She was still worried about the warning the Li had given her and how much he could follow through. Finally she decided that she would write to his mother. She figured that he had the same last name as his mother and she knew that the owl would get to her.
So skipping class she wrote her letter and went up to the Owlery. As soon as it was gone she hurried back to Gryffindor tower.
"Where were you?" Ron asked when he returned from Charms.
Hermione looked at him.
"Why do you want to know?" she asked.
"Because Professor Flitwick wanted to know where you had gone to," Ron said.
"I wrote a letter to Li's mother," Hermione admitted. "I'm hoping that she isn't like her son and support what he's doing."
Ron stared at her and then sat down.
"Do you think she can control him?" he asked her.
Hermione sighed.
"I hope so. Anyway, I couldn't focus," Hermione admitted. "I've got this whole thing with Li to worry about."
"Do you want me to tell McGonagall that he returned?"
Hermione shook her head. She knew that if Ron told her that Li had appeared she would demand to know why he would come back after all. That would lead her to accidentally slip that she was capturing the cards and that Li wanted them.
"Are you sure?" he asked.
"I'm positive," Hermione answered.
Hermione didn't attend the match between Slytherin and Ravenclaw. She knew that Ron would tell her what had happened in all the details and that would be just as good as being in the stands. As she did her work an owl arrived and she took the letter that it had. She opened it and read:
Dear Hermione,
I'm very upset by what you've told me. Li had no right to demand the Clow Cards from you. Also he knows that by telling the Headmaster about them that he endangers them. I will be coming to England to see Li and hopefully this nightmare will end. Be careful of the cards and keep a watch out for them.
Li's Mother
"Well that's something," Kero said. "Let's hope it works."
"Me too," Hermione said.
Hermione spent the rest of the day working on the homework that she had. When she was finished she headed down to the Great Hall for dinner. As soon as she arrived she knew that something was wrong. She rushed into the Great Hall and saw no one.
"Oh no," Hermione whispered and bolted for the pitch.
When she arrived she saw that no one was there. The entire school had just vanished.
"Kero," Hermione yelled when she re-entered the dormitory.
Kero looked at her and saw her shocked expression.
"What happened?" he asked.
"The students are gone!" Hermione reported. "I don't know where they went."
Kero thought about this and then snapped his fingers.
"It's the work of the Erase Card," he said.
Hermione stared at him.
"What do you mean, the Erase Card?" Hermione said.
Kero grinned at her.
"Clow Reed created that card to make things vanish," Kero said. "I think he created it for the fun of making his mother think that he had cleaned his house. Anyway, that card is nasty. If we don't find an away to get to it and seal it then there will be no Hogwarts left."
Hermione had a bad feeling about this.
A/N: Oh not, poor Hermione. Don't worry; she'll have help in this.
