Hermione Never Did Die
Chapter Seven
A. Madalong
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"Ron, what exactly are we doing here?" Harry asked with a tad of frustration in his tone.
Harry's eyes quickly surveyed the late Hannah Abbot's room. The dresser, window clasps, picture frames and other inanimate objects that used to smell of life, had already faded to memories with the muggle dusting powder to find fingerprints. Every inch of the room had been photographed by the police, and Hannah's body had been lifelessly dragged to the morgue.
"This seems more of a-...well an Auror's job," Harry added.
Ron was searching through one of Hannah's dresser drawers. He mumbled, "There's something here...Something the Aurors missed...Something they wouldn't think to look for."
"What?" Harry replied a tad shocked. "You mean-...Wait a second! This isn't exactly a protocol mission, now is it?"
Ron looked up from the drawer. He had half of smile on his face, and a small, metal object in his hand. "They didn't make you an Argo for nothing," he smirked, throwing Harry the object.
It was a shiny metal crest, no larger than the palm of Harry's hand. The crest was engraved with a marking of a silver snake curled around a large sword. Protruding from the sword, was a small emerald jewel that glinted in Hannah's dim lite room. After examining the crest, a puzzled expression came across Harry's face.
"I understand why my badge didn't work now," Harry said. "I understand that you were the one who sent me the owl briefing- and I understand this isn't an Argonaut mission at all."
Ron nodded, "Very good, Harry."
"But what I don't understand is why we are here? Or what this crest-thing is?"
Ron quietly remarked, "There is more to Hannah's death than it appears...Try pressing the jewel on that crest."
Upon following Ron's instructions, the room suddenly was engulfed by a black darkness. Then, a green flare glinted from the emerald, and sparkled as it flew around the room. Then another green flare did the same- and another and another. The green sparkles twirled through the room, causing Harry to become slightly dizzy. They flew faster and faster- faster and faster. Until- suddenly, the sparkles froze, taking the shape a snake slithering around a sword- the same picture that appeared on the crest.
The snake's head turned to face Harry eye-to-eye. It hissed as it opened it's mouth, revealing two large fangs. Harry jumped back in fear and by reflex, hit the jewel again. To his relief- the room transformed back to it's regular state.
Harry wiped the sweat from his forehead and regained his footing. His eyes squinted at Ron, trying to adjust to the light in Hannah's room.
"What was THAT?" he gasped.
"It's the sign," Ron answered. "It's the mark of the Prince of Darkness."
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Samantha hadn't remembered climbing a tree since she was seven years old. Only two more branches to go til she could pry herself into the bedroom window, Samantha's hands were bleeding and blistered.
"Fin-a-ly here," she groaned, clutching the window ledge.
"All- I- have- to- do- is -pull- my- self- up- and-"
Samantha's eyes could now see in the window. Oh no! People! No one was suppose to be in that room!...Samantha could vaguely see two silhouettes through her blurry, tired eyes...Then, one of the figures- Oh no! Did he see her?...The shadow walked toward the window. Samantha tried to grab the tree branch- this was such a horrible idea!...Too far!...Then-
"STUPEFY!"
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A/N: I hope you enjoyed=^_^= More to follow soon...
(Unfortunately school is crazy right now- but I'll update AT LEAST once a week. But who knows? Maybe the Goddess of Homework Procrastination will give me a kick in the boot and you might see another chapter earlier!)
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