The Wrath of Lord Voldemort… (Part 12)
The Judge looked at the little slips of paper in his hands. "The re-count is… 12 innocent and zippo Guilty." The Judge said, looking up at the courtroom. He then took his little hammer and knocked it on the wooden platform. He then got up from his chair and left the courtroom. Everyone gasped, and looked from Sirius to Fudge, not knowing how Fudge would react.
Hermione then looked up to where Draco and his father were sitting. Their smirk was wiped off their faces and they looked like they wanted to beat the crap out of Hermione and Sirius. Hermione then turned away and pumped her hand into the air. She then shouted; "We did it." She said, and looked over at Sirius. "Are you OK? You look weird." She stated. Sirius snapped out of his trance. "Huh? No, I'm fine. Just… I'm free once again." He said, smiling at her "And I owe it all to you." He continued on. By that time, everyone else had made it over to where they were. Everyone looked shocked, that she had actually pulled it off. She said the change back for the spell and she changed back into a fifteen-year-old girl.
"Thanks so much 'Moine. I owe you one." Harry said, while hugging her. "I don't really think so. I did it just for you." She said. They let go off each other. She turned to the others. "While, looks like I can finally leave the Dursley's and lead a perfectly normal life, well as normal as a magical life can be." He re-stated. "Me too!" Rally said, squeezing through the little group. Everyone laughed. All of the sudden, behind them, someone cleared their throat behind them. Everyone turned around and looked at the person. It was none other then Fudge.
"What do you want?" Rally snapped, glaring over at Fudge. "Hold your tongue little girl." He snapped back. Rally made an attempt to hit him, but Ron grabbed her, and held her back. She was still struggling to get out, but he wouldn't let her go. Fudge looked over at her, and looked back over at the others.
"I still don't believe you, you will always be marked as a murderer on my list. Until I get proof that you're innocent. And where did that Lawyer go." He said, looking around. "Right here." Hermione said. "I used a charm." She continued on. Ginny rolled her eyes, and knocked Hermione out of the way, and looked Fudge Square in the face. "He's innocent. And we have proof. Pettigrew is here!" She shouted. Fudge looked at her. Then at Ron. "I know you. You're Arthur's kids. Maybe he should know that his kids are getting in the way of Ministry Business. Both of them paled. Ron let go of Rally.
"Ugh. Just leave them be. I dragged everybody into this." Harry said, looking Fudge straight in the eyes. "Leave it to Potter. Dumbledore, this kid's story's are getting for crack potted every year." Fudge said. "First, he helps the murderer escape. Then he killed Cedric, when he took him to see Voldemort. Now, he thinks that Pettigrew is alive. How do you know that his parents are dead? Maybe they just orphaned him at his Aunt and Uncle's house. Also along with his stupid sister." Fudge shouted, going purple in the face.
Hermione was starting to get all mad. So was Sirius. He then stepped forward, thrusting a finger out at Fudge. "Don't you dare insult my god-children. They are better then they are, and their parents did die. Their house was in ruins. Don't you get it." Sirius yelled. "Ugh. Pettigrew is alive." Ron said. Hermione then ran up the stairs and grabbed a person and dragged it down the stairs to where everyone was.
"Here. Hermione said, and dropped the person. The person looked up, didn't say anything or even move. Only because he has all tangled up. They took all the ties off him and there stood Peter Pettigrew. "This is impossible." Fudge muttered, staring at the person. "Who are you?" He demanded. "Peter Pettigrew." The man said. Fudge gasped and sighed. "Looks like the story checks out." He said, and he left the courthouse, Pettigrew behind him.
The rest of the little gang there, left the courthouse, out into the sunny daylight. "Well, I guess we better get backs to Hogwarts. Things to attended to." Dumbledore said, looking around. Everyone got their wands and they apperated back to the Hogwarts Castle.
Once they got on the ground, everything looked peaceful. The students were finishing their homework or daydreaming into space. The water squid was propelling itself around the water with not a care in the world. The gang split up. The teachers went back into the school. Sirius went off prowling around the grounds, while Harry, Hermione and Ron walked over to the eater and sat down in the shade of the trees.
"When are you leaving for the Muggle World?" Harry asked, looking over at Hermione, who was glancing across the lake, then over to Ron and Harry. "I have to start packing tonight. I'm going to miss you guys so much!" Hermione said. Harry looked over to her. Got up, walked over and sat down beside her. "Don't worry about it 'Moine. I'll always be here for you. Wizard or muggle." He said.
Ron looked from one to the other. "I'll catch up with you guys later." He aid, and felt the two alone and walked up the grounds and into the school. "Where did Ron go?" Hermione asked, after a few minutes seeing that he was gone. "I saw him go up to the castle. But you know him." Harry replied. They nodded, and went back to staring across the lake.
Within a few hours, of being out into the sun, and the sun was just setting. Ron came back out of the castle looking for Harry and Hermione. He found them, sitting in the same place they were sitting before. He walked over. "Hey. Hate to break up the little love fest here. But you guys missed dinner. Hello? Are you listening to me?" He said, looking at them. They didn't move or anything. "The sunset is beautiful." Hermione finally said. "Yeah. So let's go." Ron said, rolling his eyes.
"We'll be up later. After the sunsets." Harry said. "Alrig—No way. I don't trust you and you together. You might try something." Ron said, glaring at the two of them. Hermione then turned around, and gave him that 'glare.'
"Ron. Just Shut-up. Why would I try anything? I'm never going to see Harry again." Hermione said, looking like she was going to cry again. "Fine. If you don't want to se me again, and all you care about is Harry. Bye." Ron said. Hermione smacked him. "Don't be thick." She replied. He sat down beside her. They went back to gazing at the sun setting.
Within a few minutes, Ron was bored out of his mind. "This is so fun. Nothing more fun. I hope we can do this again tomorrow." He said, sarcastically. They just glared, at him. "Alright. I'm leaving. He said, and walked back across the grounds.
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The Next day…
It was around six in the morning. No one was really up yet, through out the whole school. Only some of the teachers and Hermione. Who was getting all her belongings and getting ready to walk out of the magical world for all entirety. The only thing that she wanted more then anything was to stay in the magical world for all entirety with Harry and all of her other friends.
But, all she really wanted to do was leave quietly, so that she wouldn't have to see he's a face again, and start crying. Seeing his face again would just make it harder to leave. She walked down the spiral stairs and into the common room. No one was around, so she left the room, and walked down the hall, and out the front doors to where the 'car' was waiting for her, with her parents inside, getting ready to leave for good. She sighed, took one last look at Hogwarts, got into the car and they went down the road.
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Back inside the school…
*Knock, Knock* Dumbledore looked up from his studies, to the door. "Come on in." He said, thinking it would be one of the professors. "Dumbledore? We've come here to talk about Hermione, and making her leave Hogwarts. We think that she should be with her friends. So… we are going to transfer to muggle's but let Hermione finish here at Hogwarts." Mrs. Granger said, looking at Dumbledore. He looked up at them and gasped. "Didn't you just pick her up? Because she just got in a car and left." Dumbledore replied. He then looked from them to outside. "Damn it. You go and get her back; and I'll go and pay a visit to the Gryffindor's. They all left the room in order to go their separate ways.
He ran down the halls; 'Where's no way that Voldemort could come back to full power again? But Peter is still out there. I don't know, what to think.' He thought making it down to the Gryffindor tower. He opened the portrait hole and inside, to where all the Gryffindor's were. They all looked at him. He beckoned Harry, Ron and Ginny outside. All the others looked to where they disappeared. Thinking that they must have gotten into big trouble again.
But they were ever so wrong. Nothing of the sort. The three of them came back in, all white faced, and thinking of Hermione, who had been kidnapped and didn't even know it. They were quiet for the rest of the day, even in Potions, which surprised everyone, even Snape. Who had no idea what was even going on. The day went by slowly, wondering if they'd ever see her ever again. They doubted it, because she didn't even know what was going on. She might now, considering that it was light outside now. But you never know, do you? She'd probably just pop up when you think she'd be as good as dead. That's Hermione for you.
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It was after dinner, everyone was having a good time, even Harry, Ron and Ginny were starting to get lively, because how ling could they be sad? Forever? That would take a miracle. In the words of everyone else at the school. All the sudden, a white owl appeared at the window, tapping on the window. It was a snowy white owl. It was Hedwig. Harry let her in. A letter dropped to the ground and out Hedwig flew to the Owlery. Harry read the letter out loud…
Dear Mr. Potter and friends…I have your little girly friend here, Miss. Granger. If you ever want to see her, you have three days. If you're not here at the end of the three days, you will never see here again. Only because her neck will be slit and she'll see you, when you die. Mwa hahahaha.
A person.
"Great… Hermione goes and gets herself kidnapped, and worser on a death roll." Ron mumbled, looking at the roof. Ginny looked from Harry to Ron. She was just as nervous as the rest of them were. "Hermione's smart… she can handle this on her own. I swear." Ginny said, putting on a fake smile, hoping to cheer everyone up. Which they both looked like they were going to jump out the window in hopes to find her.
"I'm going to sleep on it. I'll see you guys in the morning. Later." Harry said, got up and walked up the spiral staircase and into the boy's dorm. "He's going to run away tonight, and is going to try to get Hermione back single handed. I swear that he's going to die someday, for thinking he would be the hero that lives to be 100." Ron muttered, rolling his eyes.
Another owl then swooped into the common room and dropped a letter on Ron's lap, and swooped back out of the room. He opened it seeing that it was Hermione's daily paper thing. But… she wasn't there, so he looked at it. Sirius's face was on the front page. Saying that he was now innocent of all charges, and that Peter Pettigrew had been caught. A picture of Peter Pettigrew was there, in the courtroom, trying to escape Fudge."Now that is what I call Comedy." Ron laughed, handing the paper over to Ginny, and walking up the spiral staircase and into the boy's dorm room. Only to see that Harry was gone, and the window was open, the Firebolt and the Invisiblity Cloak was gone. "There he goes again… trying to be the 'hero' again. Why can't he just give up!" Ron said, to himself and went to hope, hoping that Harry wouldn't try anything stupid again.