Harry Potter and the Jade Heart
Chapter 20
"Wrong Turn"
"What do we do now?" Ron asked Harry. "Are they going to kill us?" Harry knew they weren't going to kill him, but he couldn't guarentee Ron the same thing.
"I don't know what they are planning on doing."
Just then Hermione bent down and tapped Dean with her wand. He slowly woke up, and then jumped to his feet. He tried to back away from the death eaters but almost backed into the fire. He turned around and saw -- "Ron!"
"Dean! Don't panic!"
Dean turned back around. "Seamus? Hermione? What are you two doing?"
"We're death eaters now," said Seamus. "You should join us. Think of all the advantages you would have."
Dean looked scoldingly at him. "Never, and I can't believe all of you, well, I can understand you" -- he said to Draco -- "but the rest of you...I am shocked!"
Hermione walked right up to Dean. "Well, if you aren't going to join us." She raised her wand. "Say your goodbyes, Ron."
"You first," said Ron, pointing his wand directly at Hermione.
"You honestly think you can hurt me?" asked Hermione, laughing.
"People under stress are known to do horrible things."
Hermione tore her eyes away from Dean and looked at Ron. "Try me. You don't have the guts or the skills."
"Ron, don't do anything you're going to regret," said Harry.
"She's one of them now! Once a death eater, there's no turning back. I'll be doing her a favor."
"You're gonna kill me?" Hermione said with an attitude. "Puh! I'd like to see that."
"Ron, no!" Harry said.
"Did Voldemort give your parents a chance? Did the death eaters give Cedric a chance?"
"It's Hermione! She's not a death eater!"
Ron lowered his voice and sounded extremely serious. "It's Hermione or Dean. One of them is a traitor. What else can I do?" Before Harry could say something Ron shouted, "Avada Kedavra!" At the same time Hermione pushed Dean directly into the line of fire. Ron's curse had taken a different direction. Rather than going straight, it shot out at an angle, and Hermione had knowingly acted on it. A flash of green light and the sound of a body hitting the ground left a deafening silence only to be broken by Ron's wails. "DEAN!"
Chapter 20
"Wrong Turn"
"What do we do now?" Ron asked Harry. "Are they going to kill us?" Harry knew they weren't going to kill him, but he couldn't guarentee Ron the same thing.
"I don't know what they are planning on doing."
Just then Hermione bent down and tapped Dean with her wand. He slowly woke up, and then jumped to his feet. He tried to back away from the death eaters but almost backed into the fire. He turned around and saw -- "Ron!"
"Dean! Don't panic!"
Dean turned back around. "Seamus? Hermione? What are you two doing?"
"We're death eaters now," said Seamus. "You should join us. Think of all the advantages you would have."
Dean looked scoldingly at him. "Never, and I can't believe all of you, well, I can understand you" -- he said to Draco -- "but the rest of you...I am shocked!"
Hermione walked right up to Dean. "Well, if you aren't going to join us." She raised her wand. "Say your goodbyes, Ron."
"You first," said Ron, pointing his wand directly at Hermione.
"You honestly think you can hurt me?" asked Hermione, laughing.
"People under stress are known to do horrible things."
Hermione tore her eyes away from Dean and looked at Ron. "Try me. You don't have the guts or the skills."
"Ron, don't do anything you're going to regret," said Harry.
"She's one of them now! Once a death eater, there's no turning back. I'll be doing her a favor."
"You're gonna kill me?" Hermione said with an attitude. "Puh! I'd like to see that."
"Ron, no!" Harry said.
"Did Voldemort give your parents a chance? Did the death eaters give Cedric a chance?"
"It's Hermione! She's not a death eater!"
Ron lowered his voice and sounded extremely serious. "It's Hermione or Dean. One of them is a traitor. What else can I do?" Before Harry could say something Ron shouted, "Avada Kedavra!" At the same time Hermione pushed Dean directly into the line of fire. Ron's curse had taken a different direction. Rather than going straight, it shot out at an angle, and Hermione had knowingly acted on it. A flash of green light and the sound of a body hitting the ground left a deafening silence only to be broken by Ron's wails. "DEAN!"