(TFG: This is a sad chapter for me to write, and so's the next, but... it makes a good storyline, so here goes!

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Dark Queen of Roses-I didn't put them together... they were already, sorta... but they're not going to be in this story.)

Discoveries-25-Oh My God!

Hermione stood there, frozen to the spot. She couldn't go forward. It was just, too, terrible what had happened. She already knew it had, and there was nothing she could do about it. She needed to go get help! But where was the castle? She'd been wandering around for so long, she didn't know where she was! FANG!

She looked down at him, and said, "Fang. Where's the castle, huh? Can you find it?" Just then, Fang started walking towards the tree, and Hermione said, "No! I can't! The castle! We need to get help! Fang, no!" But Fang just continued to go, and since she didn't want to be left alone, she followed. But he went past the tree, and only about ten feet before they came to a clearing. And not just any clearing, the edge of the woods. They were right behind Hagrid's hut. It was right there the whole time, and she'd wasted all that time. She could've saved him. She could've, and she knew she could never forgive herself for that.

She ran to Hagrid's front door, and knocked hard and fast. She heard noises inside, and the door swung open. "Hermione, what's the matter with yeh? Yeh look like yeh've just seen a ghost!"

"Hagrid! Ifoundhiminheforstndhe'sdeadneedhelprightway!" Hermione said, all very fast, and not very clear.

"Whoa! Slow down, Hermione. I couldn't tell what yeh were sayin'!"

"Dead! In the forest! We need to get help!" Hermione said, urgently, attempting to drag him out of his cabin.

"Who is? Who's dead? What happened?"

"I don't know what happened. But I think I know who's responsible for it. It's those horrible Slytherin sixth years! A group of them! All boys. They've been teasing him and making fun of him all year, and now... now this! They even thought we were going out, but we're just friends, and they got mad at me for something, and then went and killed HIM!"

"Who? Who is it?"

"A first year Gryffindor, named Craig!" (TFG: Told you to THINK HARD! I'd never make Draco die! Well... in my one that's gonna have a sad ending, that I haven't written yet, he and Hermione will, but... nevermind!)

"Yeh mean Craig Yokiva? That short, fat boy who's always bein' made fun of?"

"Yes! That's him! He's out there, hanging from a tree!"

"Well, let's go then!" Hagrid said, pushing right past her and out into the forest. "Which way?"

"This way," she said, going ahead of him, and walking a bit. "I... I can't look! It's that tree though... the other side of it." She pointed, and looked the other way.

"This tree here?" Hagrid asked, and she turned and looked.

"Yeah, that one."

"There's nobody here. Are yeh sure it wasn' a diff'ren' one?"

"I'm positive!" she cried out, walking over and looking at it. "It was RIGHT here!"

"Well, it's not now. Maybe yeh were just 'maginin' things. Come now, let's go back teh me hut, and have a nice cup o' tea."

She agreed. Maybe she was just out of it. The note really scared her. Was she sure of what she saw? It could've been her active imagination. It had been like that lately. She was so frusterated, and scared, that she didn't know WHAT to do. She could've sworn she'd seen it.

"Wait," she said, stopping, and looking around a second. When she still saw nothing, she said, "Okay. I'm coming." She turned. He wasn't there. "Hagrid?" she asked, cautiously. "Hagrid!" a little louder. "HAGRID!" She yelled. Where had he gone? This was NOT her imagination. He was there just a moment ago! And where did Fang go? He was with them, too! Now they were both missing.

Or did she wander off? Was it her fault? Did they forget her? Nah! They wouldn't do that. They were her friends. No matter how angry her other friends were at her, Hagrid and Fang would never hold a grudge like that. And she'd talked to them at least twice, since the year started, and they didn't act any differently towards her.

But if they still cared about her... where were they now? She began to get scared. What could've happened? Did someone get them, too? No! They couldn't've! Hagrid was WAAAAY too large and strong for someone to kidnap them.

She continued walking, when suddenly, something fell on her. "OH MY GOD!!!!!" And she burst into tears.

(TFG: Okay, I know this and the previous chapter were REALLY short, but I wanted to make cliffhangers. Just a little FYI, this is turning out WAAAAAY creepier than intended. This wasn't even going to be a scary story in the beginning, or sad, but now it is! And I keep jumping up in my seat while writing this (shows how brave I am, huh?) because either the phone rings (last night), or my mom'll start humming the "Trading Spaces" theme! lol! and I was like, Oh my gosh! you scared me! Anyways, SORRY if you don't like this! Don't worry, the ending WILL NOT be sad. Not like cry-your-eyes-out sad, anyways. Just a bit, because she notices he's not there at a certain part, and... I can't give it away! Please be kind and REVIEW! And please, no flames or anything like that, I was just trying to make it all different genres. I'm REALLY SORRY!!!!!)