AN: Happy Monday my wonderful readers! I love that we're getting close to fall, it always makes me feel so happy and carefree and what does that mean? More chapters! So today is August 31, 2015 and this is the first chapter today. Once again anything you recognize is JK Rowling's and anything you don't is mine.
Hermione POV
"Hermione, Ginny, get up!" I woke with a start and sat up so fast my head hit the top of the tent. Remus was standing nest the the bunk bed his eyes a brilliant yellow.
"What? What is it Remus?" I asked around a large yawn.
"What's going on, Professor?" Ginny asked, rubbing her eyes.
"Put on a coat. Now!" I jumped down from the bunk disoriented. Ginny stood up next to me pulling a robe on over her purple pajamas. I yawned and pulled a coat over my pink nightdress. Something was wrong. I couldn't put my finger exactly on it. It took me a moment and then it registered, people were screaming.
"There's no time to explain." Remus said grabbing my arm. His hand shook and I frowned down at it. Why couldn't I feel his emotions?
"Why are you blocking me?" I whispered so Ginny couldn't hear us but to be perfectly honest I didn't need to whisper. The people screaming outside were a pretty good cover.
"It's Lord Voldemort's followers, they're terrorizing the Muggles." I stiffened and abruptly stopped but Remus yanked my arm so I would move faster. Why would they be here now?
"What are you going to do?" I hissed, looking over my shoulder at Ginny. Her eyes were barely open and she looked about ready to collapse.
"I can't be anywhere near you, I can't take the chance that they could figure out we're Mates." Remus pulled me out of the tent and my eyes widened with shock. It was absolute chaos. People were running and screaming into the woods. But I could tell they were running away from something. A flash of brilliant green lit up the surrounding area and the little scream was out before I could stop it. There was a mass of masked people with their wands pointed at four people who were floating in midair. It was the nice Muggle man who had helped us earlier. Good Merlin. A tear trickled down my cheek, then another.
Harry and Ron ran out of the other tent and stood next to us staring at the scene in horror.
"Hermione, Ginny, stay with Harry and Ron. They will keep you safe. I have to help the Ministry!" Remus said before running off.
"Go into the woods and stick together! I will find you after!" Mr. Weasley said chasing after Remus. Bill, Charlie and Percy ran after them a moment later.
"Remus!" I yelled, about to run after him but someone grabbed my arm. "Let me go! REMUS!"
"Come on, Hermione, you'll only distract him." Ron said, pulling me towards the woods. Fred grabbed Ginny and George's arms and ran through the crowd of people. It didn't take us long to loose the others in the crowd but Harry and Ron held tightly to my arms so I wouldn't go tearing off after Remus.
People pushed me around us and Ron cursed and yelled in pain.
"What happened?" I asked anxiously, stopping so abruptly that Harry walked into me. "Ron, where are you? Oh this is stupid — lumos!"
I illuminated my wand and directed its narrow beam across the path. Ron was lying sprawled on the ground.
"Tripped over a tree root," Ron said angrily, getting to his feet again.
"Well, with feet that size, hard not to," said a drawling voice from behind me.
Harry, Ron, and I turned sharply. Draco Malfoy was standing alone nearby, leaning against a tree, looking utterly relaxed. His arms folded, he seemed to have been watching the scene at the campsite through a gap in the trees.
Ron told Malfoy to do something that I had never heard before but it made me blush all the same.
"Language, Weasley," Malfoy said, his pale eyes glittering. "Hadn't you better be hurrying along, now? You wouldn't like her spotted, would you?"
He nodded at me, and at the same moment, a blast like a bomb sounded from the campsite, and a flash of green light momentarily lit the trees around us.
"What's that supposed to mean?" I said defiantly.
"Granger, they're after Muggles, "said Malfoy. Anger like I had never felt before rushed through me. "D'you want to be showing off your knickers in midair? Because if you do, hang around. . . they're moving this way, and it would give us all a laugh."
"Hermione's a witch," Harry snarled, pushing me behind him as if to protect me.
"Have it your own way, Potter," Malfoy said, grinning maliciously. "If you think they can't spot a Mudblood, stay where you are."
"You watch your mouth!" Ron shouted.
"Never mind, Ron," I said quickly, seizing Ron's arm to restrain him as he took a step toward Malfoy. Ron darted a look at me and slowly relaxed.
Then came a bang from the other side of the trees that was louder than anything I had heard. It hurt my ears and I winced. Several people nearby screamed. Malfoy chuckled softly.
"Scare easily, don't they?" he said lazily. "I suppose your daddy told you all to hide? What's he up to - trying to rescue the Muggles?"
"Where're your parents?" Harry said, his eyes flashing red. "Out there wearing masks, are they?"
Malfoy turned his face to Harry, still smiling.
"Well. . . if they were, I wouldn't be likely to tell you, would I, Potter?"
"Oh come on," I said with a disgusted look at Malfoy, "let's go and find the others."
"Keep that big bushy head down, Granger," Malfoy sneered.
"Come on," I repeated, and I pulled Harry and Ron up the path again. Like I was going to stoop down to Malfoy's level of fighting, I was better than that.
Luna POV
I ran through the woods tears streaming down my face. Dad was missing. I couldn't find him anywhere. The only good thing was that the giant black dog had stayed with me and seemed to be trying to protect me.
I finally came to a stop in a clearing when I was crying too hard to move onward. The sweet dog whimpered and nudged my hand before I fell to my knees. He licked away my tears and I wrapped my arms around his large body.
"Thank you." I whispered pressing a kiss to the dog's snout. He panted and let his tongue loll out of the side of his mouth.
A group of students crashed through the trees and I gasped sharply. It was the golden trio! Maybe they could help me?
"Excuse me!" I called, jumping up from the ground. The three of them turned to look at me. The girl had extremely bushy hair while both boys had messy hair but in different colors, black and red.
Hermione jumped before turning to look at me, "Yes?"
"Have you seen my father? He's the editor of the Quibbler." I asked hopefully bouncing on the balls of my feet.
"I'm sorry I — Oh!" She was staring at my dog in shock. So were Harry and Ron. The dog jumped forward and pressed his paws against Harry's chest before licking his cheek.
I was about to ask them if they knew my dog when a voice shouted, "MORSMORDRE!" and a brilliant green skull formed in the sky out of stars with a serpent emerging from its mouth.
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