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CHAPTER TWO:
'It's alomst like a Hurricaine had hit London,' Hermione thought as she walked home from work that evening. It was nine pm

and she had to stay at work late to get that dreadful magic article done. She clutched her coat to her waist

tightley and tried to brave the wind. Her hair billowed behind her and the wind was ripping at her

clothes.

"I....hate....storms." Hermione recited at every step. She then yelled in frustration as it

started pouring (the rain). She mumbled under her breath and cursed everything she could think to

curse... to no avail.

If she had it her way she would just use a weather charm, but she couldnt do it in the middle of muggle

London, not unless she was asking for trouble.

She turned around and saw that there were only a few other people out on the road so it may be

easy for her to apparate if she just found a quiet alley again or something.

'No, Hermione! Its not safe to apparate unless you have to! ESPECIALLY IN A STORM' she mentally

yelled at herself.
And so she continued to walk on, 5 minutes went by, then ten and she was half way home. Almost, there,

just a little, farther... she thought and continued walking against the wind.

She was now completley soaked, her hair sticking to her face and neck while the other locks were going

wild in the wind.
It was then that she felt some one watching her. She turned around and saw no one there.

"Great, now Im hallucinating!" she told no one in particular.

But she heard footsteps behind her. she turned around and there was a figure cloacked in black.

She started walking faster and faster. But so did the other figure.

Soon she broke into a run and was sprinting home, her jacket whipped at her so she ripped it off and

thresw it at the attacker. She turned the corner to her falt and ran into the lobby, locking the door

behind her and fmbled with her key to get in the door.

The cloacked person slammed into the glass door and pounDED, scarning Hermione out of her wits.

He reached into his pockets and pulled out a wand.
"SHIT!" Hermione said and ducked as a curse shot through the window breaking it.

"Expelleramus!" she screamed but the attacker only laughed. And jumped out of the way.

Suddenly there was not only one but two more filled into the lobby of her apartement building

and Hermione felt very, very alone.

How had they known she was here? She had done everything to be secretive about returning to London.

"Crucio!"

One of them yelled and Hermione screamed while crawling under a table and knocking it over as a shield.

She popped her head up and pointed her wand at the attacker.

"STUPEFY!" she screamed and then ducked her head as two more curses were thrown her way.

'Must get out of here!' she thought.

She rolled out from the tables protection and heard them yelling more curses and hexes.

"AVADA KEDAVRA!" one of them screamed and Hermione saw a green light flash and she wuickly jumped away.

"EXPELLERAMUS!" she screamed at laughed as it hit the shorter one of them.

Suddenley out of no where the last attacker was right beside her and grabbed her Picking her up

by her shirt collar and bringing her face closer to his.

" Any last wishes, Mrs. Hermione Granger?" he asked, pointing his wand at her head.

She kicked and screamed and tried her best to get away but he had her wand...
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