Draco stopped instantly when he saw the man and was in shock so he
wouldn't move. Then man fired a shot and just as the bullet was about to
hit Draco straight in the heart, the auburn-haired man jumped in front of
him and with that was shot in the stomach and landed hard on the stone
path. Everyone was staring at the wounded man when they heard a scream.
The assassin grabbed both of Hermione's hands tightly and held them
behind her back while pointing the gun straight at her head. She bit her
lip to keep from screaming. "Anyone moves and this young lady dies." he
said coldly. He looked around and saw that no one was moving. ".Is this
girl even worth anything to anyone?" he said while laughing cruelly.
Hermione looked straight at Victor who kept his mouth shut. She gave him an
angry/sad look as a silent tear ran down her cheek. I wish Harry or Ron
were here. They'd do something! She thought to herself. All of a sudden
someone spoke up.
"Look." a black-haired rather handsome boy said, "We'll put our
weapons down if you let the woman go." At least someone's standing up for
me! Hermione thought. "I'm not lettin' this pretty lady go until this
stupid 'so called emperor' feeds his people!" he impatiently.
"You can have your food!" Draco said loudly. "As long as I get the
girl."
"No!" Hermione shrieked. "Not a word outa' you ya stupid girl." the
man said as he tightened his grip around her hands which caused her to
shriek pain. "I'm gonna fire in ten seconds if I don't get my bargain!" he
said coldly. "ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two--" All
of a sudden there was a huge bang. Hermione screamed louder than she ever
had before. As she fell to the ground.with the dead assassin.
All of a sudden another crazy assassin started shooting everywhere
and before she even knew what was going on the 'black-haired rather
handsome boy' jumped on top of her, covering her head. After a few
seconds the gun shots stopped, and the man slowly lifted his head up
putting all of his support on his arms. He looked Hermione straight in the
eye. His eyes looked strangely familiar to her. "Ok. I'm going to ask you
this one last time.are you alright?" he asked kindly. She was breathing
heavily. "I.I think so." she said in shock.
He started laughing and turned to the other boys wearing cloaks like
him. "She's O.K. guys." he said. All of a sudden the auburn-haired man got
up and brushed off his robe. "Well," he said, "That was exciting!" The man
who saved Hermione noticed that she was confused and said, "Oh, he was
wearing a bullet-proof vest." She just nodded.
All of a sudden he noticed that he was still on top of her, blushed
lightly and helped her up. She stumbled a little and fell into his arms.
"Woh!" he said, "Take it easy there."
"Yea." Hermione replied a little dazed. All of a sudden Krum walked
over. "I am so glad dat you are alright!" he said uneasily. Hermione all of
a sudden came back down to earth and looked at him hatefully in the eye.
"Oh yea, and no thanks to you!" she answered angrily and started walking
away. "Her-mio-ninny! Wait!" Victor yelled.
That caught Harry's attention. He slowly turned his head around
towards the beautiful young woman. That couldn't be Hermione. It
just.couldn't. He thought to himself.
"Victor! Leave--Me--Alone!" she yelled trying to break loose from his
tight grip on her arm. Which caught Harry's attention even more. "Oh my
god!" he said aloud while still staring at Hermione who was fighting with
Victor. "What is it mate?" Ron asked. Then he noticed what Harry was
staring at. "Oh." he said with a sneaky smile, "Yes, she's a pretty one.but
I think she's already taken." He laughed but Harry didn't seem to hear what
he had said.
"Hermione?" he asked. Ron looked at Harry and then at the young
woman. "Harry," he whispered, "I think all this excitement has gone to you
brain, let's find an inn or something, k?" Harry ignored him. "Hermione?"
he asked again, this time a little louder so that she heard him. "Yes?" she
looked around to see who was calling her.
"H-Hermione.G-Granger?" Harry stuttered. "Yes, why?" she replied
confusedly. He didn't answer. He just stared into her dark brown eyes. They
had changed. They no longer sparkled or shone. They seemed.empty. "Oh. My.
God." Ron said staring at Hermione with Harry.
"Are you two alright?" she asked concerned and a little scared. How
do they know me? she thought to herself. "Y-You don't remember us?" Ron
asked, a little hurt. "I'm sorry, what are you talking about?" she asked
even more confused than before. "Hey Harry!" Seamus called. Harry turned
his head to him. "Neville needs help; he got shot in the leg."
"Be right there." he replied.
When he turned his head back to Hermione she eyed him, then Ron, and
was about to say something but her voice didn't work. Her head shot up in
the air suddenly and everyone knew she was going to pass out. Victor
stepped back and Harry ran as fast as he could towards her. She took one
last breath and fell into his arms, unconscious.
