Disclaimer: you'd think that with all the time I spend reading other people's disclaimers (a few of which are crack-ups) I'd be able to think of something a little more creative...but, no....I DON'T OWN HARRY POTTER!!!!!!!
Thanks to the reviewers I had (I really appreciate it guys!):
Arcee: :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
AllieSkittllez: :) No, he isn't Dudley Dursley...I just wanted a stupid sounding name, no offense to anyone who is called Dudley.
Brion: Thank you, I don't have a beta reader and I try really hard on my grammar. :)
Part II
"Hermione!" With a shriek of surprise Hermione jumped and spun around to face Ron.
"Don't do that, Ron!" Ron rolled his eyes.
"Whoa. Well if you don't want me to bellow at the top of my lungs, answer the first time, or even the second..."
"Aawww....lickle Ronnikins can count," Fred and George popped in, "We're so proud, Ronnieboy!" Hermione giggled - Ron's face was a picture.
"Hey stop it you guys...." They turned back to the quiet Hermione.
"What's this? Hermione Granger, it is the end of July and you haven't overdone your homework yet," Fred joked. Hermione ignored the sarcasm in his voice.
"I just don't feel like doing it now," she groaned.
"It's the end of the world!!! Hermy doesn't want to work!!!" Fred and George did dramatic faints. Strange enough, Ron didn't seem surprised, and didn't tease her......He had seen the newspaper beneath her parchment: "The-Boy-Who-Lived Still Missing."
"They still haven't found him, have they?"
"No....." None of them spoke for a while.
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Diagon Alley, despite disappearances and rumored attacks was still very busy before the start of the school season. Shopping for her new books made Hermione feel better. Ron was arguing furiously with the twins about some new trick they had invented. Apparently George thought the new sweets should turn your face red, Ron purple, but Fred won with a brilliant neon pink. She smiled tiredly. The boys were dealing with Harry's disappearance the best way they could. Dumbledore said that while he couldn't find him, there was not as yet any evidence that Harry was dead.
Hermione stopped where she stood outside of Flourish & Blotts. A soft hissing and screams in the distance filled the air....
Mr. Weasley had frozen as well, then spun around.
"Everyone hide! Get out of site it's another attack!" Hermione could here him shouting to Mrs. Weasley to get the kids out of there with the Floo powder network in Madame Malkin's. They never got there.
People everywhere were shouting spells curses and screaming. There were masked riders on broomsticks above the crowd....Deatheaters. She, Ron, and Ginny dived down a space between two shops. Bricks in the wall whizzed pass them as they stumbled more or less around cans crates and whatever else you would find in such a place...They almost made it to the light at the end.....
A shadow flashed over them. Seconds later a Deatheater landed in front of them, blocking there way with a lifted wand.
"Ahh...There you are...My Lord will be particularly glad to have you.....so, where did you put Potter?"
"L-like we'd tell you!" Ron bluffed, suddenly launched himself before his sister and friend. He yanked his wand out. It was a brave thing to do but Hermione could see he was terrified. She pulled out her own wand opening her mouth to shriek a desperate spell with Ron before they were killed. Ginny did as well despite hysterical sobs. Is this what it was like years ago, Hermione thought.
"Wingardiam Leviosa!" Ron must have said the first thing that came into his head. Their opponent's wand shot up into the air.
"Stupify!" The Deatheater avoided Ginny's spell with a desperate lunge but Hermione's landed right on target, he fell over, stunned.
"Come on! Let's get out of here," Ron panted. They hurried forward and into the open. Several masked figures spun around to face them.
"Uh-oh.......we're in..."
"Knockturn Alley......" Several spells shot out, disarming Hermione and blasting Ron back into her. Ginny screamed as they closed in. ...............
WHAMMMM!!! A bundle that used to be a Deatheater slammed into the wall behind them. Another howled as he followed shortly after. There was a figure standing just behind them, swathed in a black cloak. A hand lifted with all five fingers out stretched pointing at the remaining Deatheaters, who suddenly found themselves rising a good distance into the air. There was the horrible sound of bones splintering as they were launched with incredible force back down to the ground.
The figure turned to face the breathless trio before coming towards them. Ron scrambled to his feet.
"Who are you?" Ginny squeaked out breathlessly. A soft chuckle answered her.
"You don't need to worry about that right now," a soft voice whispered. There was a pause. "Granger, I believe your wand is over there." Even as she headed for it, it rose and shot into the stranger's hand, which held it out for her to take. It was then she realized that this person had no wand at all.
"You were very brave. I guess it just goes to show that you are Gryffindors," the stranger commented. Suddenly a Deatheater staggered to his feet behind him. The mask was torn off, revealing the contorted face of Lucius Malfoy.
"Look out, behind you!" Ron choked out. The figure swung around, but was too late.
"Avada Kedavra!" the curse hit the stranger full force. Hermione gasped, and watched in horror, waiting for the dead body to hit the flagstones.
But it did not fall. Laughter rang out. Cape snapping and rippling like in a turbulent gale, the figure spun around to face Malfoy. This time both hands were outstretched.
"SPELL THAT SEEEKS MY SOUL TO CLAIM, RETURN AGAIN TO WHENCE YOU CAME!" The eerie green curse transformed into a titanic wave of burning white power. Washing over Malfoy, who crumpled to the ground. It spread until all of Knockturn Alley, Diagon Alley, witch, wizard, and Deatheater was flooded in a torrent of white light.
Ron gasped gripping a limp Ginny and Hermione before following them into gentle, black oblivion.
Thanks to the reviewers I had (I really appreciate it guys!):
Arcee: :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
AllieSkittllez: :) No, he isn't Dudley Dursley...I just wanted a stupid sounding name, no offense to anyone who is called Dudley.
Brion: Thank you, I don't have a beta reader and I try really hard on my grammar. :)
Part II
"Hermione!" With a shriek of surprise Hermione jumped and spun around to face Ron.
"Don't do that, Ron!" Ron rolled his eyes.
"Whoa. Well if you don't want me to bellow at the top of my lungs, answer the first time, or even the second..."
"Aawww....lickle Ronnikins can count," Fred and George popped in, "We're so proud, Ronnieboy!" Hermione giggled - Ron's face was a picture.
"Hey stop it you guys...." They turned back to the quiet Hermione.
"What's this? Hermione Granger, it is the end of July and you haven't overdone your homework yet," Fred joked. Hermione ignored the sarcasm in his voice.
"I just don't feel like doing it now," she groaned.
"It's the end of the world!!! Hermy doesn't want to work!!!" Fred and George did dramatic faints. Strange enough, Ron didn't seem surprised, and didn't tease her......He had seen the newspaper beneath her parchment: "The-Boy-Who-Lived Still Missing."
"They still haven't found him, have they?"
"No....." None of them spoke for a while.
~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~
Diagon Alley, despite disappearances and rumored attacks was still very busy before the start of the school season. Shopping for her new books made Hermione feel better. Ron was arguing furiously with the twins about some new trick they had invented. Apparently George thought the new sweets should turn your face red, Ron purple, but Fred won with a brilliant neon pink. She smiled tiredly. The boys were dealing with Harry's disappearance the best way they could. Dumbledore said that while he couldn't find him, there was not as yet any evidence that Harry was dead.
Hermione stopped where she stood outside of Flourish & Blotts. A soft hissing and screams in the distance filled the air....
Mr. Weasley had frozen as well, then spun around.
"Everyone hide! Get out of site it's another attack!" Hermione could here him shouting to Mrs. Weasley to get the kids out of there with the Floo powder network in Madame Malkin's. They never got there.
People everywhere were shouting spells curses and screaming. There were masked riders on broomsticks above the crowd....Deatheaters. She, Ron, and Ginny dived down a space between two shops. Bricks in the wall whizzed pass them as they stumbled more or less around cans crates and whatever else you would find in such a place...They almost made it to the light at the end.....
A shadow flashed over them. Seconds later a Deatheater landed in front of them, blocking there way with a lifted wand.
"Ahh...There you are...My Lord will be particularly glad to have you.....so, where did you put Potter?"
"L-like we'd tell you!" Ron bluffed, suddenly launched himself before his sister and friend. He yanked his wand out. It was a brave thing to do but Hermione could see he was terrified. She pulled out her own wand opening her mouth to shriek a desperate spell with Ron before they were killed. Ginny did as well despite hysterical sobs. Is this what it was like years ago, Hermione thought.
"Wingardiam Leviosa!" Ron must have said the first thing that came into his head. Their opponent's wand shot up into the air.
"Stupify!" The Deatheater avoided Ginny's spell with a desperate lunge but Hermione's landed right on target, he fell over, stunned.
"Come on! Let's get out of here," Ron panted. They hurried forward and into the open. Several masked figures spun around to face them.
"Uh-oh.......we're in..."
"Knockturn Alley......" Several spells shot out, disarming Hermione and blasting Ron back into her. Ginny screamed as they closed in. ...............
WHAMMMM!!! A bundle that used to be a Deatheater slammed into the wall behind them. Another howled as he followed shortly after. There was a figure standing just behind them, swathed in a black cloak. A hand lifted with all five fingers out stretched pointing at the remaining Deatheaters, who suddenly found themselves rising a good distance into the air. There was the horrible sound of bones splintering as they were launched with incredible force back down to the ground.
The figure turned to face the breathless trio before coming towards them. Ron scrambled to his feet.
"Who are you?" Ginny squeaked out breathlessly. A soft chuckle answered her.
"You don't need to worry about that right now," a soft voice whispered. There was a pause. "Granger, I believe your wand is over there." Even as she headed for it, it rose and shot into the stranger's hand, which held it out for her to take. It was then she realized that this person had no wand at all.
"You were very brave. I guess it just goes to show that you are Gryffindors," the stranger commented. Suddenly a Deatheater staggered to his feet behind him. The mask was torn off, revealing the contorted face of Lucius Malfoy.
"Look out, behind you!" Ron choked out. The figure swung around, but was too late.
"Avada Kedavra!" the curse hit the stranger full force. Hermione gasped, and watched in horror, waiting for the dead body to hit the flagstones.
But it did not fall. Laughter rang out. Cape snapping and rippling like in a turbulent gale, the figure spun around to face Malfoy. This time both hands were outstretched.
"SPELL THAT SEEEKS MY SOUL TO CLAIM, RETURN AGAIN TO WHENCE YOU CAME!" The eerie green curse transformed into a titanic wave of burning white power. Washing over Malfoy, who crumpled to the ground. It spread until all of Knockturn Alley, Diagon Alley, witch, wizard, and Deatheater was flooded in a torrent of white light.
Ron gasped gripping a limp Ginny and Hermione before following them into gentle, black oblivion.
