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.