Chapter Four: One New Message…
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"Who would want to hurt you?" Harry asked the next day after I told him about the letter. I shrugged. Knowing that someone was out, wanting to kill me just made Christmas anything but the best holiday.
"I don't know, but he's after me and Val." I said sitting next to him on the couch. He smirked. "Well, he better leave you two alone. You know how protective Nail is of you two." I smiled.
"Yeah." Then it hit me what he said. Was he not protective of me? I sighed. 'He doesn't like me.' I thought. 'Hermione! You're twenty-two years old! You know better than to act like some teeny-bopper!' I mentally slapped myself. Did I have a crush on Harry Potter? Me? Hermione Granger?
"I mean, and I am too. You know Nail, though. He has a better reason to be protective of you two. You're his sister, she's his fiancée." He said looking me in the eyes. I gazed into them for a while. I had to tear myself away from the power of his emerald green eyes. (A/N: Don't we all? J!!)
"Thank you, Harry." I looked at the clock. It was ten o'clock am. I was always the first up. Just then, Val came down. She was wearing a short halter-top sundress. It was green and baby blue with tiny white flowers on it and blue high heel sandals. Her long hair was silky as usual.
"Morning, Harry. Morning, Mione." I smiled.
"Good morning, Val." I said happily. She smiled.
"I'm going out for breakfast. Wanna come?" I smiled. "Sure." She looked at Harry as if to ask if he wanted to join us. He looked down at his shoes and then back up to Val, his green eyes sparkling. He lightly shook his head.
"No thanks, Val. You two go out and have some fun." She smiled.
"You sure?" She asked. He smiled. "Yeah." She looked at me and shrugged. We walked out to Val's silver BMW convertible she kept over at Sascha's. She started up the car and backed out. On the way there we had a good conversation.
"So," she began, as she looked straight ahead, "you don't seem too bothered by that letter." I sighed. Bothered? Ha! That was the only thing on my mind. Every time I saw a piece of paper or anything…I remembered the "letter from no one". At least, that's what Nail had been calling it. He was goofy. He would say stuff like: "Mione, have you gotten another letter from no one?" I smiled. 'But he is a sweetie.'
"I am bothered by it." She nodded.
"Yeah, I know what you mean. It is scary that there is someone out there that knows about us. Ya know?" I smirked and nodded. "I know exactly what you mean. It is really freaky."
She sighed. "I wonder if Dumbledore has heard about it."
"Probably. I owled him." She looked at me and back at the road quickly.
"You owled him? When?"
I shrugged. "Late last night." She bit her lip.
"Damnit, Hermione! It's not that serious!" She yelled. I rested my head on my hand. "Val, it sure as hell is too that serious! Someone threatened to kill us! Me! And- and you!" I yelled back. She sighed and nodded, as she stopped the car in front of The Breakfast Chamber.
"You're right, Mione. I'm sorry." I looked at her shocked. "Huh?"
"You're right. It is serious. If anything happened to you I- I would die!" She said sweetly. I smiled and hugged her. "Same here." I whispered. She smiled as we walked in. "I mean, we're best friends, right?"
"Almost like sisters." I reminded her. We laughed and walked inside.
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We got home from town about three o'clock. She decided that we go shopping and see a movie, and we did. When we walked in Harry was sitting on the couch watching Quidditch with Nail. It was their team. Harry had taped it.
"You see! I told you he cheated!" Harry said smirking. Nail shook his head. "You got good eyes, man. I have watched this thing eight times, and I haven't noticed it!" He said smiling. Val looked at me and smiled. She pushed the door shut. It made a loud slamming noise. They looked up at us.
"Hey, Mione!" Harry said smirking. Nail walked up to me and grabbed my arm and took me to the kitchen. My heart was beating rapidly. Yeah, Nail was the rebel, but he wouldn't hurt me…right? When we got to the kitchen he gestured for me to sit down. I followed his orders seeing that he was older and of course taller than me. (He is 6'6 ½.)
"What's wrong, Nail?" I asked, my voice shaking. He looked up at me. (He was sitting down.) "Hermione, someone called for you today."
I acted shocked. "Really?" I asked sarcastically. He cut his eyes at me.
"Mione, this is serious! He didn't say his name. He left a message on the machine." I looked at my older brother shocked.
"Do you suppose it's the same person that sent the letter?" I asked nervously. He shrugged. "Maybe."
I followed Nail into the living room. He walked over to the answering machine and pressed the big blue button. I couldn't believe what he said:
He was serious! I could hear it in his voice. The man was serious…and he was nuts! He wanted to kill two young girls because he assumed they were witches. Well, he assumed right, but he didn't have to do this. This isn't Salem. This is Dobber! I sat down on the couch shocked. "I'll leave you alone." Nail said softly. I nodded.
I sat there in the room alone, crying. When had my life turned so wrong? What had I done? Why was he doing this? Why did he want to kill me? And Val? I didn't know why, I just sat there and cried.
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A/N: Okay, the next one will get better. Umm, any ideas? Help
me if you can PLEASE!!!!!!!!!
Chapter 5 will be up soon. I promise. LOVE YA'LL!
Xoxoxoxoxoxo,
Buffy
S.