Escape to Battle

A/N sry 4 the wait, ideas shall bloom..lol.

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Everyone instantly screamed, even before seeing who it was. However, they screamed for the right reasons..it was Voldemort and his Death Eaters.

"Guys! This way," Harry whispered, and they ran fast, yet secretly, up the stairs to the dorms. As they all entered, Ron closed and locked the door.

"I can't believe this is happening," Ginny whispered, and Harry put an arm around her shoulder, kissing her cheek. Hermione was in the corner of the room, tears flowing down her face. Ron quickly went over to her and kneeled in front of her.

"Hermione?" He asked softly. She didn't answer, but looked up. Her eyes showed fright. As much fright as they did when she told him what Krum did to her. She then, very slowly, got on her knees and hugged Ron, who hugged back. They didn't let go, until they heard voices outside the door.

"Hermione, if something happens, I want you to know that I love you very much," Ron said, turning to her from looking at the door.

"I love you to, Ron, but nothing'll happen!" she cried. That was when they kissed a very passionate, long, and sweet. They then broke apart just as they saw a green light through the door cracks.

"This isn't enough help," Hermione said, looking around. She was right; it was an obvious place to look. "Here, how about we go in the closet?" and they ran in. It was a very small closet, but the only way for survival, or so they hoped. Suddenly, the doors burst open. Silence at first, but then. . .

"No one's in here, master," someone spoke. It must've been a DeathEater.

"They could be hiding. Check under the beds," another said. It was surely Voldemort's. They then heard some movements, and sounds that were as if someone was throwing things around.

"Nothing, master. No one's here," the Deatheater said.

"What about the closet?" Voldemort asked. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny held their breaths while their hearts started beating faster.

"But, sir, it's much too small to fit anyone in there," the Deatheater replied, and Voldemort sighed.

"Fine, then. Let's check the other rooms. Harry Potter and his friends must be here somewhere," he said, and they heard a door open and close. After waiting a couple of minutes, they flung the door open and fell out of the closet.

"That..was a close one," Ginny panted.

"I'll say," Harry agreed, also breathing hard.

"What now?" Ron asked.

"Well, we should escape-" Hermione started, but Ron cut in.

"Escape? Can we just stay here? They've already checked, so they might not check again," he said.

"Might, though. We should go to the teachers and such," Hermione replied.

"That makes sense," Harry said. With that, the four of them got up and went to the door. Right when Hermione was going to open it, Ron gently grabbed her hand.

"Let me open it. It might not be safe," he told her, and she smiled at him, while nodding. Slowly, he opened the door, and peeked out. "It's clear. Which way, now?"

"Um..go right," Hermione said, and they quietly went to the left and down the halls. So far, they didn't run into anything, though they saw some muggles. They must've been with Voldemort yet again. Soon enough, they ran straight into someone. It was, of course, a Deatheater. He whispered something into his watch (or so they though it was a watch), and took out his wand.

"Harry Potter and his little friends. The master with surely be happy that I've found you," he said. Before they could run away, a pair of arms grabbed each of them tightly.

"Let us go!" Harry shouted, but the DeathEaters still held them tightly. Seconds later, Voldemort showed up and stood in front of them.

"Finally. Harry Potter and his friends are now mine. I don't think, though, that this is a very good place to kill. The Great Hall is, I shall say. Follow," Voldemort said to each Deatheater, and they did. When they entered the Great Hall, everything was in ruins. The tables were cut it half, the banners were torn, and the windows were broken. It even seemed as if the whole room would fall on them. The Deatheaters just stood there, waiting for command.

"Let them go, but keep an eye on them," Voldemort said, and they were finally released. The first to speak was Ron.

"What the hell is your problem?" He yelled at Voldemort.

"Ah. Mr. Weasley. You were suppose to be dead the last time I saw you. If I try to kill someone, it always works," Voldemort said.

"Well, you've seemed to have lost your touch, haven't you?" Hermione said. She hated that Voldemort dissed Ron in such a way.

"And Miss Granger. I don't think we've met face to face, did we?" he sneered, and took out his wand. "I'll be making sure we talk some more. Now, you are here because I want a battle. A battle which all of you guys are against me, and only me. Seems fair?"

"There's a catch.." Harry started, but Voldemort laughed.

"No catch. I'm only allowing you to have more because I know I'm going to win," he said. "Get your wands and get ready for death." Without another choice, they did so, while Harry held Ginny's hand, and Ron holding Hermione's. They then separated and huddled together.

"Guys, we need a plan. Luckily, though, I was looking through a spell book, and I saw one about defeating the Avada Kadavera curse. In order to do it, though, we would need four people, and we do, of course. So, it goes like this, 'The curse has no power, we will defeat it at last, think like a big tower, defeating it fast. In the end we will survive, the horrible spell will be gone, safe at last we will get by, only to notice we still have time.' It's not like a regular spell, but I'm sure it'll work. We can't start off like that, though. We'll have to try to weaken him first. You guys'll remember the spell, won't you?" Hermione said, very fast. Ron, Harry, and Ginny nodded slowly, and went back to face Voldemort. Ron looked at Hermione, who was looking back. He smiled at her and muttered, 'I love you'. Hermione smiled and muttered, 'I love you, too'. Then Voldemort spoke.

"Ready? Ok, now the battle will begin," he said, and with that, yelled some curses. All of them got out of the way, and hid behind some objects. Slowly, Ron lifted his head out to see. Voldemort was walking around with his wand pointing in front of him, though no one was there. Ron looked around to see if he saw Hermione, Ginny, or Harry, but no sight. 'Hopefully they're alright', Ron thought and with that, he pointed his wand at Voldemort and yelled one of the unforgivable curses, but he missed. Voldemort turned around and saw Ron hiding, and smiled evilly.

"So, Mr. Weasley, you're brave enough to use one of the unforgivable curses, hmm? Well, don't worry. You can see how they're like, but you can only see one, because it'll be the death one, and hopefully you'll die from it," he sneered, and yelled the Avada Kadavera curse, but before he finished, Hermione inturrupted him.

"No!" she screamed, and jumped out, wand ready for battle. "You're not going to kill anyone, especially Ron!"

"Miss Granger..sacraficing yourself for him? That's so sweet..not. Oh, well. I'll have to kill you sooner or later, why not make it now?" Voldemort said, yelling the curse at her. She dodged it, and yelled it back. Voldemort put a force field around himself so that the curse bounced off. He then laughed.

"You won't be able to curse me, you mudblood," he yelled at her, and yelled the death curse at her yet again, and for the last time. Hermione was unable to dodge from it as the last time, because she stumbled while trying. The curse then hit her in the stomach, causing her to fall to the ground.

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A/N Evil cliffhanger, eh?? Well, w/e, lol, cause I would've made it longer, but then the next chapter wouldn't make sense. Well, hoped ya liked it, and again, sorry 4 the wait!!! Newayz, the next chapter will be a song fic thingy. It's gonna be by Evanescence, called ..well, you'll just have to wait! If I say, it'll give the whole thing away. Oh, the end was kinda stupid..wasn't it? Well, to me, I know I could've done better. Also, in the middle, they were suppose to be escaping through the windows and into the Dark Forest, but I decided not to write it, as u can see. Well..PLZ REVIEW!