A/N: Here's the new chapter! It's exactly five thousand words, so get
comfy!
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Hermione did not sleep at all that night, and it was a Hogsmeade weekend that day, so no classes. 'Thank God,' Hermione thought.
She told Ginny she was in love with Ron when the common room was empty except for Seamus, Dean and of course Ginny.
Though, Hermione spoke so quietly that only Ginny would hear.
"OH MERLIN! You're in love with my git brother?" Ginny gasped. Hermione nodded weakly. "Are we talking about the same Ronald Weasley that you met in your first year?" Ginny asked. Hermione nodded. "I'm gonna faint." Ginny said and faked a faint. "That's not funny! I CANNOT HELP IT WHO I FALL IN LOVE--- Hello, Ron!" Hermione said. Ginny jumped up and saw Ron and Harry.
"What were you two talking about?" Harry asked. Seamus said, "Hermiones' in-" Ginny slapped a hand over his mouth. Hermione got so close to Seamus's face; they could feel each other's breath.
"You say what I was talking about with Ginny, I'll tell Lavender WHAT you SLEEP in," Hermione threatened. Seamus nodded weakly.
"Are you in trouble!?" Ron asked. "No. Not really." Hermione said. "What is it?" Ron asked. "NOTHING! Trust me. I'll tell you when I'm ready," Hermione said. "Ok. Girls, are you two ready to be escorted to Hogsmeade?" Harry asked. Hermione and Ginny giggled. "Come on," Hermione said grabbing her denim jacket that matched her pants. Hermione was wearing dark blue jeans that were flared, and on the bottom of the jeans, it had large ice blue flames. She wore an ice blue tank top to match.
Ginny was wearing black jeans and a simple red v-neck, long flared sleeved shirt.
When the four teens were walking down to Hogsmeade, they saw Cedric and Cylia in a lip-lock.
"OI! DIGGORY! I REALLY DON'T WANT TO LOSE MY LUNCH!" Hermione yelled. Everybody laughed. "Why are you talking to us about kissing when Charlie and Tina keep kissing in front of me?" Cylia said. Ron and Ginny stopped laughing. Cylia and Cedric smirked and they walked into Hogsmeade. Hermione said she was going to The Three Broomsticks. Ginny, Ron and Harry were going to the twins' joke shop.
"Hey guys!" Ginny said to Fred and George as she walked in. They were all talking about Quidditch when they heard an explosion, gun shots and screaming. Draco ran in. "Gin. Death Eaters. Attacking. Dumbledore wants you and I to take care of it." He said.
Ginny snickered. Harry, Ron, Fred and George looked horrified as Ginny walked up to the door with Draco.
"OI! CRAP BRAINS! GET YOUR ARSES IN HERE!" Ginny yelled.
"You take the ones on the left side, I'll take the ones on the right side," Draco said. Ginny nodded.
One Death Eater walked in through the left door and Ginny tripped him, pulled his arms behind his back and twisted. Harry and Ron shared a glance as Ginny did a very complicated high kick from the ground with one Death Eater holding her down.
"DRACO! BEHIND YOU!" Ginny yelled. Draco turned around and punched a Death Eater that was behind him.
Ginny ducked as the killing curse was shouted at her, and luckily, it only hit one Death Eater who was behind Ginny.
"That was close," She muttered. A death eater wrapped an arm around her neck from behind her and she ducked herself down, causing the Death Eater to fall.
Draco punched one Death Eater that was trying to escape. Ginny kicked a Death Eater who was about to use sleeping gas that he obviously saw on the racks.
Draco and Ginny continued fighting until there were at least twenty unconscious Death Eaters' on the floor.
They heard gunshots coming from The Three Broomsticks. "HERMIONE!" Ginny and Draco yelled. Hermione was the only one with a Muggle gun they knew about. Draco and Ginny ran out, followed by Harry, Ron, Fred and George. When they got there, they saw plenty of Death Eaters who had been shot, and Hermione crying at her fathers' side. He had also been shot.
Cylia ran in, followed by Cedric. "Harry, go find Stacey!" Cylia said. Cylia was wearing a cream colored see through shirt with a black camisole under it. She quickly took off her cream colored see through and put pressure on Mr. Grangers' wound. "Hermione, hold my shirt here," Cylia said. Hermione couldn't. So Ginny did. Cylia leaned down towards Mr. Granger and noticed he had stopped breathing. She grabbed her wand and pointed it at Mr. Grangers' mouth and muttered, "Oxyino" three times before he started breathing again.
Stacey ran in followed by Oliver and Christina. Mr. Granger was rushed to Hogwarts and healed. He was in shock still, and needed rest.
~*~
Cylia walked into the Great Hall and saw Sirius was the only one in there.
"Hey," He muttered. "Hi." She smiled. "What are you doing here?" He asked. "Oh, Hermione and I are about to go pick up Sean from America." She answered. Hermione walked in, followed by Ron.
"OK, it takes off in two minutes!" Cylia announced.
Hermione was getting ready to touch the Portkey that would take her to America.
"Don't worry! I'll only be gone for like five minutes!" Hermione said to Ron. He hugged her. Cylia was going with Hermione to protect her. "Ready Hermione?" Cylia asked. Hermione nodded. Cylia and Hermione touched the sock, which would take them to Hermiones' aunts' house.
"Nice place," Cylia said when Hermione fell on her back. Cylia offered Hermione a hand. Hermione was back on her feet when she heard her aunt talking to Sean while walking in.
"Hey, big boy!" Hermione said taking Sean in her own arms. "Cylia, can you take his bag?" Hermione asked. Cylia nodded. Hermione and her aunt didn't get along, so all Hermione said was 'bye' before touching the other Portkey (A soda can) and she was back at Hogwarts.
"Ah, Miss Granger! Welcome back! Now, Mr. Malfoy is bringing his baby sister, Kim, here. Kim and Sean will be in the same nursery on the forth floor." Dumbledore said.
"I suggest you both take turns in who will take care of the babies. It'll only be easier," Dumbledore said as Hermione, Draco, Kim and Sean were in the nursery.
Hermione agreed to take care of Sean and Kim from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The next day was uneventful. It was Sunday and Hermione was in the Gryffindor common room with Sean and Kim.
For some odd reason, Kim and Sean both started crying hysterically.
"No! NO! NO! NO! Please, don't cry!" Hermione said picking up Kim and Sean. Seamus, Harry, Ron and Dean walked in. Hermione started singing softly and the babies soon fell asleep. Hermione stood up and saw Dean, Seamus, Harry and Ron staring at her in awe.
"What?" She muttered. "How did you learn to take care of kids so well?" Harry asked. "I'm a natural," Hermione smirked and walked out with the babies.
Seamus smirked at Ron. "She's a natural," Seamus said in a girly voice. "Shut up!" Ron said. "Aww. You know you want to marry her after Hogwarts. Then you want her to have Ronnie Jr. and Hermie Jr." Seamus teased. Dean and Harry laughed.
They froze when they heard a scream. Then they heard laughing. They walked out and saw Sirius and Ginny. Ginny was scowling while Sirius was smiling. "That was not funny! Want me to tell Aliza?" Ginny scolded. Sirius stopped laughing, then started laughing again.
"What's going on here?" Harry asked. "Sirius made that suit of armor jump out at me!" Ginny said. All the guys were laughing and Ginny stomped away. Then they heard Ginny scream again. They ran towards her and saw why she was screaming.
Cylia was lying on the floor; blood was in her hair from where she had been hit.
Sirius picked her up. "I'll take her to the hospital wing. You all return to the common room until we find out what happened." Sirius said.
Later, Cylia woke up. She had a horrible headache. She remembered who had hit her. She scowled. "Who attacked you?" Sirius startled her. "That Carter Nott kid." She answered. He nodded. "Get some rest," He said in a voice she never heard anybody speak to her with. It sounded like he cared for her with love. He started walking towards the door when she said, "I thought you didn't give a crap about me?"
"You can be vindictive and snide sometimes, but I dunno. Something about you makes me care in a way," He shrugged and walked out before she could say anything.
She remembered where she had heard that tone in his voice.
It was the one he used for Harry and Stacey. She was released in time for dinner. ~*~
Kim and Sean were starting to annoy Draco around 6:15 p.m. and he really wished Hermione, or should he say "Arminny" like the babies did, would take them.
He walked into the Great Hall and shouted, "OH ARMINNY!"
She turned blood red.
"DO NOT CALL ME THAT!" She shouted back.
"Can you PLEASE take them back?" He pleaded.
"No! You've only had them for twenty minutes! I've had them all day! Jeez, she's your sister! And he's my brother, 'Wrecko'!" She said.
The babies called Draco: 'Wrecko' and that annoyed him.
Harry walked in with his arm wrapped around Ginnys' waist. "What's going on?" Ginny asked.
"He wants me to take the babies back! He's only had them for twenty-two minutes now!" Hermione said.
Harry and Ginny snickered.
Kim barfed on Draco, causing Hermione to spit out her drink. "Eww!" She said.
"Eurgh!" He yelled.
Hermione flicked her wand and the barf was gone.
"Now, Ginny! Tell me where you and Draco learned how to fight so well!" Harry said.
"I can't!" Ginny replied.
Hermione and Draco smirked.
Stacey ran into the Great Hall panting.
"What's wrong?" Harry asked.
"Oliver. Won't. Stop.. Talking. About. Quidditch!" She panted. Everybody laughed.
Oliver ran in. "AAAAAAAARGH!" Stacey yelled.
"OI! LEAVE MY SISTER ALONE! IT'S MY JOB TO ANNOY HER!" Harry yelled.
Stacey rolled her eyes.
"True! It's the youngest job to annoy their elders!" Ginny said, turning red in the face from trying to keep a straight face and hold the laughter in.
Cylia walked in and asked what was going on. "Nothing." Harry said. Cylia looked at him for a moment before snapping her fingers and his hair turned neon green.
"Nice hair. Kinda adds a glow to your eyes." Cylia smirked. Everyone burst out laughing.
Sirius walked in and laughed.
"OK, who did that to my godson!?" He yelled. Cylia raised her hand.
"Me," She said. Sirius grabbed her and started tickling her.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" She yelled. Cedric walked in.
"Hey!" He said. Then he saw Cylia. He laughed.
"OH! NICE TO KNOW YOU CARE!" She yelled between laughs at Cedric.
She snapped her fingers and everyone now had to tickling charm on them except for Cylia.
Cylia snapped again and the charms were off. She smirked and walked out.
Cylia realized she had left her jacket in the Great Hall, so she went back. "Back so soon?" Cedric teased.
"I just left my jacket-" She stopped when she saw a familiar black owl make its way towards her.
The envelope had a silver Dark Mark in it. All the students were in by this time.
Cylia opened it, only to see it was a dark howler.
"YOU WILL PERISH FOR BEING DISLOYAL! I WILL SEE TO IT THAT YOU AND ALL THE STUDENTS OF HOGWARTS DIE A SLOW AND PAINFUL DEATH! YOU HAVE BROUGHT SHAME TO THE DARK LORD!"
And it burst into the dark mark. Cylia quickly snapped her fingers and the mark disappeared before anybody could see it.
"I should leave. I should have never of come here," Cylia said. She put on her jacket and walked out. Harry and Sirius followed without her noticing. She was walking in the direction of the cabin her mother was murdered in the Forbidden Forest.
Once she made it, she kicked the table she saw. "You could seriously hurt your foot by kicking things," Sirius said as he walked in.
Cylia spun around and saw Harry and Sirius looking at her. "What are you two doing here?" She asked.
Her voice wasn't rude in any way.
"To let you know that we're not going to allow you to leave," Harry said matter-of-factly.
"Oh, really? What are you going to do to stop me?" She hissed.
"This," Sirius said and threw her over his shoulder.
"SIRIUS BLACK! PUT ME DOWN THIS INSTANT!" Is what she yelled the whole way back to the Great Hall.
When they got back, they noticed Penelope Clearwater and Stacey putting charms all over the castle for protection.
"PUT ME DOWN RIGHT NOW!" She yelled when he walked into the Great Hall.
Everybody looked at them.
Sirius chuckled and set her down, only for Harry to pick her up this time. "You told ME to put you down. You never said anything about Harry," Sirius said.
"ARRRRRRGH!" Cylia yelled. Even though everybody just got a death threat, they couldn't help but laugh at Cylias' ticked off red face.
Harry sat her in a chair and towered over her. "Now listen here, Cylia! You are NOT leaving. You are NOT going to leave because of a death threat! You are going to STAY and help us." Harry said.
Cylia rolled her eyes, but nodded. Harry walked away.
That night, Cylia didn't get any sleep. Her dark mark on her arm was burning black, and she kept having horrible nightmares.
One nightmare though was her killing every student painfully. She woke up screaming because she saw the black owl again.
It dropped two letters. Panting, she opened one of them.
"Cylia, There will be a Death Eater meeting tomorrow, and you better show up or I will kill your foolish boyfriend and sister.
Your father, Voldemort"
She ran to Dumbledores' office, only to crash into three people at once.
"OW!" The four shouted.
It was Harry, Cedric and Christina. "You-You all got letters?" Cylia panted.
"What did yours say?" Christina asked. "It said that I had to attend to a Death Eater meeting tomorrow or HE will kill both you and Ced," She said.
"Come on, we'll read each other's letters aloud when we get to Dumbledores' office!" Harry said.
The four made it and began drinking tea.
"Harry, read yours," Dumbledore said.
"Potter, You will not defeat me. I will defeat you and your friends. You have turned my daughter against me, and I will make you pay.
Voldemort" Harry read aloud.
Cylia shivered.
"No. I heard him talking about how he was going to take my powers away and kill me! That's what turned me against him!" Cylia said.
"Christina, yours next," Dumbledore said.
"Christina, You may be my filthy daughter, but do not expect me to show mercy on you. Your life is now in the hands of Cylia.
Voldemort" She read. "What does he mean? 'Your life is in now in the hands of Cylia'?" Christina asked.
"It has to do with my letter," Cylia said.
Everyone looked at her, so she read, "Cylia, There will be a Death Eater meeting tomorrow, and you better show up or I will kill your foolish boyfriend and sister.
Your father, Voldemort"
Cedric put an arm around her shoulder.
"What did yours say, Ced?" Cylia asked. Cedric looked at her sadly before reading,
"Diggory, I asked what your business what my daughter was, remember? Well, since you never answered, I decided to kill your father. You're a fool, Diggory.
Voldemort"
Cylia hugged him. "I'm so sorry," She whispered. "This is all my fault. I got all of you involved!" She cried. "Shh. I wouldn't have let you handle this on you own, anyway." Cedric said.
"Well, what did your other letters' say?" Dumbledore asked. "I don't know. I haven't read the other one." Cylia said.
They read them to themselves and Cylia leaned over and read Cedrics'.
"Hey! Our letters are the same.. BLANK!" Cylia said.
"Ours are blank too." Harry and Christina said.
"He's trying to get me to use dark magic," Cylia murmured.
"What?" Harry asked.
"There is only one way to get the words to appear. It's a dark magic charm. He knows if I use dark magic, the ministry will arrest me because I'll look bad," Cylia explained.
"No. Use it. My office is charmed," Dumbledore said. Cylia looked as though she were about to cry.
She nodded.
They put the letters in a stack.
She closed her eyes, placed her hands on the stack, there was a bright black glow, and her body started to shake and words started appearing slowly.
"CYLIA STOP!" Christina yelled. She could tell by her sister shaking that this was killing her.
The words all appeared, but Cylia couldn't let go. It was like she was stuck to the letter. She was trying to pull back. Christina pressed her hands on the letters, too, and the black glow turned from gold to red to white until Cylia could let go.
She stumbled back. "I'm ok," She said. Christina and Cylia hugged. "What did you do?" Cylia asked Christina as they stopped hugging. "I put good into the dark," She said simply. Cylia nodded and looked at the stack. The four papers combined into one.
Cylia picked it up and began reading,
"I have a spy, so don't try to fight me.
There is more power than you could imagine in me.
I am more powerful, and I will kill you all.
Beware of those you think you can trust.
It will happen when you least expect.
I know your weakness, and your worst memories will haunt you.
I have connections.
Lord Voldemort"
"It's some sort of riddle. He has always done this. Questions need to be answered. Who is this spy?" Cylia demanded.
"I don't know." Cedric said.
"Stand up, Cylia, Cedric and Christina." Dumbledore ordered.
They obeyed and Dumbledore pointed his wand at them.
"I will make you all have a bond," He said and muttered something.
Cylia, Cedric and Christina now had two hands together with a ribbon wrapped around them imprinted on their collarbone area.
"This represents a bond that cannot be broken," Dumbledore explained. Harry looked at all of them.
"I cannot tell you why they need this bond, Harry," Dumbledore said. Harry knew not to argue with Dumbledore, so he nodded.
The next day wasn't the best.
Ginny, Draco, Oliver, Hermione, Stacey, Sirius and Aliza all got the Hand Bond Mark on their collarbone area.
"I can't believe that letter you got! I want to know who this bloody spy is! Argh! This is like those freaking suspense mystery Muggle horror movies!" Hermione exclaimed while Oliver, Cedric, Stacey, Christina, Cylia, Ginny, Draco, Sirius and Aliza were talking about the riddle.
"He said it was somebody we can trust! We all know we can trust each other, because the bond marks each have two hands instead of one!" Ginny said.
"Who is somebody we think we can trust? Somebody who can also know about these plans?" Aliza asked.
"I can't think of anybody. It can't be a Gryffindor that's all I'm saying! It must be a Slytherin." Cedric said.
"But. What if it is a Gryffindor? What if it's.? Oh, my gosh." Hermione groaned.
"What?" Sirius asked.
"Ron looked up the bond marks in a book last night. He doesn't know I know. I also saw him reading a book on dark magic!" Hermione said.
"But my brother? Why?" Ginny asked.
"Remember in his forth year how he refused to talk to Harry because he was jealous? Because he was sick of not being in the spotlight just once? Well, this would get him a lot of attention!" Hermione said.
"But Ron? Seriously, Hermione!" Aliza exclaimed.
"He almost tied with me on D.A.D.A O.W.L's scores. That test had mostly questions on DARK MAGIC!" Hermione pointed out.
"It is true. Look, Ginny, Hermione, I'm sorry. But I don't think you should be talking to Ron much." Sirius said.
Ginny started crying. Oliver walked to her and hugged her.
~*~
"Hermione, hello? Is anybody in there?" Harry started waving a hand in front of Hermiones' face.
"Huh what?" She asked.
"I was just asking why are you avoiding Ron?" Harry asked.
"Harry. Ron is one of our suspects in this whole spy thing. We put the puzzle together. Ron knows a lot about Dark magic. He got high scores on the O.W.L's because of his knowledge of Dark magic. And I also saw him reading a book on Dark magic last night." Hermione said.
"Are you serious!? Ron? Nope. He can't be the spy. He's on our side!" Harry said.
"Look, I've got to go. If Ron asks if you've seen me, say no." Hermione said and walked away.
The reason Hermione had to go was because her bond mark started glowing white, which meant somebody needed to talk to everyone in the bond.
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"What is it?" Hermione asked as she made it to the common room that the bond shared.
"We have two new suspects. Pansy Parkinson and Cho Chang." Ginny answered. "I was the one who caused the marks to glow." She said.
"Cho!?" Cedric asked.
"I caught her snooping in the files with our plans for the final battle. Then I caught Pansy looking through my note book which I was writing down about the final battle." Ginny said.
"OK, so far we have: Ron Cho And Pansy." Hermione said.
"This mess keeps getting more confusing!" Aliza said.
Cylia frowned.
"Oh NO!" She groaned.
She stood up.
"What?" Sirius asked.
Cylia removed her jacket, showing that the Dark Mark on her left arm started burning into a deeper shade of black.
"The meeting!" She cried and ran out.
"Is she crazy!?" Oliver asked.
"She can't go! It's a trap!" Ginny said.
Sirius quickly stood up and ran after her.
"CYLIA! NO! It's probably a trap!" He said when he caught up with her.
"I have to go to it!" She said.
He through her over his shoulder like he did before and took her back to the common room, ignoring her protests.
"ARGH! BLACK, I SWEAR IF YOU DO NOT LET ME GO I WILL HURT YOU SO BAD!" Cylia shouted when he was in the middle of their common room.
Everyone laughed.
He put her down and Cedric pulled her down, wrapping his arms around her so tight she couldn't move.
Then Hedwig started tapping on the window.
"HEDWIG!" Ginny shouted opening the window.
She dropped a letter for Cylia, bit her ear affectionately and flew out.
"Why is Harry sending me a letter?" She asked.
"Just read it," Sirius said.
Cylia read aloud,
"Dear Cylia,
Thought you might like to know Ron has your bag. He wanted me to tell you to meet him at 5:30 p.m. by the lake so he can give it to you.
Harry"
"He has your bag!?" Aliza exclaimed.
"I have to get it back!" Cylia said.
"No, I'll get it back." Hermione said.
Hermione walked to the Gryffindor common room and spotted Ron.
He had the riddle Voldemort had sent Cylia, Cedric, Harry and Christina.
"You read it?" Hermione startled him.
He glared at her.
"Is this what you and my sister have been keeping from me?" He hissed.
"Just give me Cylias' bag, Ron." Hermione said.
"Why?" He asked.
She glared at him.
"Because it's not yours, it's hers!" She said coldly.
"Why aren't you being honest with me? There is something else." Ron said.
"I can't tell you, because. How do I know you're not the spy?" She asked.
He didn't say anything, so she grabbed Cylias' bag and left.
She walked back to the common room she was sharing with the bond (Cylia, Christina, Oliver, Draco, Ginny, Sirius, Aliza, Cedric and Stacey. Hermione is also in the bond!).
"Ron is making himself look more like the spy every time I see him! HE READ THE RIDDLE!" Hermione yelled when she closed the portrait of the Unicorn.
"He did!?" Cylia exclaimed.
"Yes! I've never seen him look so. Evil and mean." Hermione said.
"We don't know if he is the spy yet. So lets just continue with trying to solve every part of the riddle!" Aliza said.
"Could you repeat it? We'll solve it line by line." Draco suggested.
Cylia cleared her throat and began,
"I have a spy, so don't try to fight me.
There is more power than you could imagine in me.
I am more powerful, and I will kill you all.
Beware of those you think you can trust.
It will happen when you least expect.
I know your weakness, and your worst memories will haunt you.
I have connections.
Lord Voldemort"
" 'I have a spy, so don't try to fight me', that's just trying to scare us into backing down." Sirius said.
" 'There is more power than you could imagine in me' meaning since I have gained more power since I came here, he's trying to use some of it." Cylia said.
" 'I am more powerful, and I will kill you all', again, trying to scare us." Sirius said.
" 'Beware of those you think you can trust', he's talking about the spy," Christina said.
" 'It will happen when you least expect', he's talking about when he attacks. He must have changed the day he plans on attacking." Ginny said.
" 'I know your weakness, and your worst memories will haunt you', what does that mean?" Aliza asked.
"Dementors!" Hermione cried.
"What?" Draco asked.
"Dementors! They can make your worst memories come back! He must have some on his side!" Hermione said.
"Crap! This isn't good." Ginny said.
" 'I have connections', meaning me. He can enter my mind sometimes. So. I guess we just have to keep my mind clear." Cylia said.
"There's a potion to do that. It can block anybody who has that kind of connection from reading your mind." Hermione said.
Cylia nodded.
"Well, we have that solved! Now we just need to figure out who the spy is." Oliver said.
"Can we call it the day? We've been working for hours!" Ginny whined.
"She's right. Let's go get some dinner. Eurgh! Just think, one month until battle!" Cylia said standing up.
"That's weird to think of." Laughed Sirius.
They made it to the Great Hall.
Cho was glaring at Cylia and Pansy was glaring at Ginny.
"What is with them?" Cylia whispered to Ginny.
Ginny snorted.
"Who knows?" She laughed.
"True. They are acting suspicious!" Cylia said.
Then the doors opened and Mrs. Malfoy walked in. She was bruised and pale.
"Mrs. Malfoy?!" Cylia asked.
Mrs. Malfoy walked up to Cylia and grabbed her.
"Protect me." She said before passing out.
Draco ran up to them.
"Get her to the hospital wing. Ask Penny to put a protecting charm on her," Cylia ordered Draco.
Mrs. Malfoy woke up at 11:45 p.m. and Cylia was by her side.
"Mrs. Malfoy, do you remember me?" Cylia asked kindly.
"Yes, you were the one Lucius hates the most. He told me you had come here and are now helping Dumbledore. I had to come here and warn you! Voldemort knows the date and the people who are involved in the special bond." Mrs. Malfoy replied.
"Mrs. Malfoy, you are now in danger. We will hide you here until Voldemort is killed." Cylia said.
"Thank you," Mrs. Malfoy whispered.
"Want me to get Draco?" Cylia asked.
Mrs. Malfoy smiled and nodded.
Cylia walked to the common room and said "Special Bonds" to the portrait of the Unicorn and entered the common room.
"Draco, she wanted to see you. But first, I want to say. Voldemort knows all of you are in this bond. He knows about the bond marks. And he knows our date of attacking." Cylia said.
"What!?" They all shouted.
"Look, let's get some rest. Draco, go see your mum. Good night everybody!" Cylia said and went to her room.
"Who is this spy?" Cedric was sitting on her bed.
"I don't know," She sat beside him.
He looked at her.
"Who could it be?" He asked.
"I'm betting its Cho." Cylia muttered.
"Cho!?" He roared, standing up.
"Look, I know you used to love her and all, but she has been glaring at me since I had arrived here! She's been snooping through files that have to do with our plans!" Cylia yelled standing up, too.
"I don't care! She wouldn't do anything like this! I know her, and she wouldn't!" He said.
"Cedric! I grew up with you! I have known you my whole life, not including the first three years, and I know you are smarter than this! Use your brain! Think with your brain and not your heart!" Cylia said.
"You're the one to talk!" He said.
She glared at him, and had one tear flow down her cheek.
"That was in my past, Cedric! I thought you knew that!" She yelled.
"I know. I'm sorry," He said softly, sitting down on her bed again.
She sat down again, too.
"I'm sorry too. I'm sorry things are the way they are." She whispered.
He leaned down and kissed her.
She felt so safe in his arms. If only she could be like this. Forever.
She pulled back. "You go to go to your room before we get accused of having sex!" She laughed and pushed him off the bed with a thud.
He paled.
"I know that!" He said.
She laughed again as he walked out. She shook her head and turned off the light.
~*~
R/R! Whoo-hoo! Long chapter!
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Hermione did not sleep at all that night, and it was a Hogsmeade weekend that day, so no classes. 'Thank God,' Hermione thought.
She told Ginny she was in love with Ron when the common room was empty except for Seamus, Dean and of course Ginny.
Though, Hermione spoke so quietly that only Ginny would hear.
"OH MERLIN! You're in love with my git brother?" Ginny gasped. Hermione nodded weakly. "Are we talking about the same Ronald Weasley that you met in your first year?" Ginny asked. Hermione nodded. "I'm gonna faint." Ginny said and faked a faint. "That's not funny! I CANNOT HELP IT WHO I FALL IN LOVE--- Hello, Ron!" Hermione said. Ginny jumped up and saw Ron and Harry.
"What were you two talking about?" Harry asked. Seamus said, "Hermiones' in-" Ginny slapped a hand over his mouth. Hermione got so close to Seamus's face; they could feel each other's breath.
"You say what I was talking about with Ginny, I'll tell Lavender WHAT you SLEEP in," Hermione threatened. Seamus nodded weakly.
"Are you in trouble!?" Ron asked. "No. Not really." Hermione said. "What is it?" Ron asked. "NOTHING! Trust me. I'll tell you when I'm ready," Hermione said. "Ok. Girls, are you two ready to be escorted to Hogsmeade?" Harry asked. Hermione and Ginny giggled. "Come on," Hermione said grabbing her denim jacket that matched her pants. Hermione was wearing dark blue jeans that were flared, and on the bottom of the jeans, it had large ice blue flames. She wore an ice blue tank top to match.
Ginny was wearing black jeans and a simple red v-neck, long flared sleeved shirt.
When the four teens were walking down to Hogsmeade, they saw Cedric and Cylia in a lip-lock.
"OI! DIGGORY! I REALLY DON'T WANT TO LOSE MY LUNCH!" Hermione yelled. Everybody laughed. "Why are you talking to us about kissing when Charlie and Tina keep kissing in front of me?" Cylia said. Ron and Ginny stopped laughing. Cylia and Cedric smirked and they walked into Hogsmeade. Hermione said she was going to The Three Broomsticks. Ginny, Ron and Harry were going to the twins' joke shop.
"Hey guys!" Ginny said to Fred and George as she walked in. They were all talking about Quidditch when they heard an explosion, gun shots and screaming. Draco ran in. "Gin. Death Eaters. Attacking. Dumbledore wants you and I to take care of it." He said.
Ginny snickered. Harry, Ron, Fred and George looked horrified as Ginny walked up to the door with Draco.
"OI! CRAP BRAINS! GET YOUR ARSES IN HERE!" Ginny yelled.
"You take the ones on the left side, I'll take the ones on the right side," Draco said. Ginny nodded.
One Death Eater walked in through the left door and Ginny tripped him, pulled his arms behind his back and twisted. Harry and Ron shared a glance as Ginny did a very complicated high kick from the ground with one Death Eater holding her down.
"DRACO! BEHIND YOU!" Ginny yelled. Draco turned around and punched a Death Eater that was behind him.
Ginny ducked as the killing curse was shouted at her, and luckily, it only hit one Death Eater who was behind Ginny.
"That was close," She muttered. A death eater wrapped an arm around her neck from behind her and she ducked herself down, causing the Death Eater to fall.
Draco punched one Death Eater that was trying to escape. Ginny kicked a Death Eater who was about to use sleeping gas that he obviously saw on the racks.
Draco and Ginny continued fighting until there were at least twenty unconscious Death Eaters' on the floor.
They heard gunshots coming from The Three Broomsticks. "HERMIONE!" Ginny and Draco yelled. Hermione was the only one with a Muggle gun they knew about. Draco and Ginny ran out, followed by Harry, Ron, Fred and George. When they got there, they saw plenty of Death Eaters who had been shot, and Hermione crying at her fathers' side. He had also been shot.
Cylia ran in, followed by Cedric. "Harry, go find Stacey!" Cylia said. Cylia was wearing a cream colored see through shirt with a black camisole under it. She quickly took off her cream colored see through and put pressure on Mr. Grangers' wound. "Hermione, hold my shirt here," Cylia said. Hermione couldn't. So Ginny did. Cylia leaned down towards Mr. Granger and noticed he had stopped breathing. She grabbed her wand and pointed it at Mr. Grangers' mouth and muttered, "Oxyino" three times before he started breathing again.
Stacey ran in followed by Oliver and Christina. Mr. Granger was rushed to Hogwarts and healed. He was in shock still, and needed rest.
~*~
Cylia walked into the Great Hall and saw Sirius was the only one in there.
"Hey," He muttered. "Hi." She smiled. "What are you doing here?" He asked. "Oh, Hermione and I are about to go pick up Sean from America." She answered. Hermione walked in, followed by Ron.
"OK, it takes off in two minutes!" Cylia announced.
Hermione was getting ready to touch the Portkey that would take her to America.
"Don't worry! I'll only be gone for like five minutes!" Hermione said to Ron. He hugged her. Cylia was going with Hermione to protect her. "Ready Hermione?" Cylia asked. Hermione nodded. Cylia and Hermione touched the sock, which would take them to Hermiones' aunts' house.
"Nice place," Cylia said when Hermione fell on her back. Cylia offered Hermione a hand. Hermione was back on her feet when she heard her aunt talking to Sean while walking in.
"Hey, big boy!" Hermione said taking Sean in her own arms. "Cylia, can you take his bag?" Hermione asked. Cylia nodded. Hermione and her aunt didn't get along, so all Hermione said was 'bye' before touching the other Portkey (A soda can) and she was back at Hogwarts.
"Ah, Miss Granger! Welcome back! Now, Mr. Malfoy is bringing his baby sister, Kim, here. Kim and Sean will be in the same nursery on the forth floor." Dumbledore said.
"I suggest you both take turns in who will take care of the babies. It'll only be easier," Dumbledore said as Hermione, Draco, Kim and Sean were in the nursery.
Hermione agreed to take care of Sean and Kim from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The next day was uneventful. It was Sunday and Hermione was in the Gryffindor common room with Sean and Kim.
For some odd reason, Kim and Sean both started crying hysterically.
"No! NO! NO! NO! Please, don't cry!" Hermione said picking up Kim and Sean. Seamus, Harry, Ron and Dean walked in. Hermione started singing softly and the babies soon fell asleep. Hermione stood up and saw Dean, Seamus, Harry and Ron staring at her in awe.
"What?" She muttered. "How did you learn to take care of kids so well?" Harry asked. "I'm a natural," Hermione smirked and walked out with the babies.
Seamus smirked at Ron. "She's a natural," Seamus said in a girly voice. "Shut up!" Ron said. "Aww. You know you want to marry her after Hogwarts. Then you want her to have Ronnie Jr. and Hermie Jr." Seamus teased. Dean and Harry laughed.
They froze when they heard a scream. Then they heard laughing. They walked out and saw Sirius and Ginny. Ginny was scowling while Sirius was smiling. "That was not funny! Want me to tell Aliza?" Ginny scolded. Sirius stopped laughing, then started laughing again.
"What's going on here?" Harry asked. "Sirius made that suit of armor jump out at me!" Ginny said. All the guys were laughing and Ginny stomped away. Then they heard Ginny scream again. They ran towards her and saw why she was screaming.
Cylia was lying on the floor; blood was in her hair from where she had been hit.
Sirius picked her up. "I'll take her to the hospital wing. You all return to the common room until we find out what happened." Sirius said.
Later, Cylia woke up. She had a horrible headache. She remembered who had hit her. She scowled. "Who attacked you?" Sirius startled her. "That Carter Nott kid." She answered. He nodded. "Get some rest," He said in a voice she never heard anybody speak to her with. It sounded like he cared for her with love. He started walking towards the door when she said, "I thought you didn't give a crap about me?"
"You can be vindictive and snide sometimes, but I dunno. Something about you makes me care in a way," He shrugged and walked out before she could say anything.
She remembered where she had heard that tone in his voice.
It was the one he used for Harry and Stacey. She was released in time for dinner. ~*~
Kim and Sean were starting to annoy Draco around 6:15 p.m. and he really wished Hermione, or should he say "Arminny" like the babies did, would take them.
He walked into the Great Hall and shouted, "OH ARMINNY!"
She turned blood red.
"DO NOT CALL ME THAT!" She shouted back.
"Can you PLEASE take them back?" He pleaded.
"No! You've only had them for twenty minutes! I've had them all day! Jeez, she's your sister! And he's my brother, 'Wrecko'!" She said.
The babies called Draco: 'Wrecko' and that annoyed him.
Harry walked in with his arm wrapped around Ginnys' waist. "What's going on?" Ginny asked.
"He wants me to take the babies back! He's only had them for twenty-two minutes now!" Hermione said.
Harry and Ginny snickered.
Kim barfed on Draco, causing Hermione to spit out her drink. "Eww!" She said.
"Eurgh!" He yelled.
Hermione flicked her wand and the barf was gone.
"Now, Ginny! Tell me where you and Draco learned how to fight so well!" Harry said.
"I can't!" Ginny replied.
Hermione and Draco smirked.
Stacey ran into the Great Hall panting.
"What's wrong?" Harry asked.
"Oliver. Won't. Stop.. Talking. About. Quidditch!" She panted. Everybody laughed.
Oliver ran in. "AAAAAAAARGH!" Stacey yelled.
"OI! LEAVE MY SISTER ALONE! IT'S MY JOB TO ANNOY HER!" Harry yelled.
Stacey rolled her eyes.
"True! It's the youngest job to annoy their elders!" Ginny said, turning red in the face from trying to keep a straight face and hold the laughter in.
Cylia walked in and asked what was going on. "Nothing." Harry said. Cylia looked at him for a moment before snapping her fingers and his hair turned neon green.
"Nice hair. Kinda adds a glow to your eyes." Cylia smirked. Everyone burst out laughing.
Sirius walked in and laughed.
"OK, who did that to my godson!?" He yelled. Cylia raised her hand.
"Me," She said. Sirius grabbed her and started tickling her.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" She yelled. Cedric walked in.
"Hey!" He said. Then he saw Cylia. He laughed.
"OH! NICE TO KNOW YOU CARE!" She yelled between laughs at Cedric.
She snapped her fingers and everyone now had to tickling charm on them except for Cylia.
Cylia snapped again and the charms were off. She smirked and walked out.
Cylia realized she had left her jacket in the Great Hall, so she went back. "Back so soon?" Cedric teased.
"I just left my jacket-" She stopped when she saw a familiar black owl make its way towards her.
The envelope had a silver Dark Mark in it. All the students were in by this time.
Cylia opened it, only to see it was a dark howler.
"YOU WILL PERISH FOR BEING DISLOYAL! I WILL SEE TO IT THAT YOU AND ALL THE STUDENTS OF HOGWARTS DIE A SLOW AND PAINFUL DEATH! YOU HAVE BROUGHT SHAME TO THE DARK LORD!"
And it burst into the dark mark. Cylia quickly snapped her fingers and the mark disappeared before anybody could see it.
"I should leave. I should have never of come here," Cylia said. She put on her jacket and walked out. Harry and Sirius followed without her noticing. She was walking in the direction of the cabin her mother was murdered in the Forbidden Forest.
Once she made it, she kicked the table she saw. "You could seriously hurt your foot by kicking things," Sirius said as he walked in.
Cylia spun around and saw Harry and Sirius looking at her. "What are you two doing here?" She asked.
Her voice wasn't rude in any way.
"To let you know that we're not going to allow you to leave," Harry said matter-of-factly.
"Oh, really? What are you going to do to stop me?" She hissed.
"This," Sirius said and threw her over his shoulder.
"SIRIUS BLACK! PUT ME DOWN THIS INSTANT!" Is what she yelled the whole way back to the Great Hall.
When they got back, they noticed Penelope Clearwater and Stacey putting charms all over the castle for protection.
"PUT ME DOWN RIGHT NOW!" She yelled when he walked into the Great Hall.
Everybody looked at them.
Sirius chuckled and set her down, only for Harry to pick her up this time. "You told ME to put you down. You never said anything about Harry," Sirius said.
"ARRRRRRGH!" Cylia yelled. Even though everybody just got a death threat, they couldn't help but laugh at Cylias' ticked off red face.
Harry sat her in a chair and towered over her. "Now listen here, Cylia! You are NOT leaving. You are NOT going to leave because of a death threat! You are going to STAY and help us." Harry said.
Cylia rolled her eyes, but nodded. Harry walked away.
That night, Cylia didn't get any sleep. Her dark mark on her arm was burning black, and she kept having horrible nightmares.
One nightmare though was her killing every student painfully. She woke up screaming because she saw the black owl again.
It dropped two letters. Panting, she opened one of them.
"Cylia, There will be a Death Eater meeting tomorrow, and you better show up or I will kill your foolish boyfriend and sister.
Your father, Voldemort"
She ran to Dumbledores' office, only to crash into three people at once.
"OW!" The four shouted.
It was Harry, Cedric and Christina. "You-You all got letters?" Cylia panted.
"What did yours say?" Christina asked. "It said that I had to attend to a Death Eater meeting tomorrow or HE will kill both you and Ced," She said.
"Come on, we'll read each other's letters aloud when we get to Dumbledores' office!" Harry said.
The four made it and began drinking tea.
"Harry, read yours," Dumbledore said.
"Potter, You will not defeat me. I will defeat you and your friends. You have turned my daughter against me, and I will make you pay.
Voldemort" Harry read aloud.
Cylia shivered.
"No. I heard him talking about how he was going to take my powers away and kill me! That's what turned me against him!" Cylia said.
"Christina, yours next," Dumbledore said.
"Christina, You may be my filthy daughter, but do not expect me to show mercy on you. Your life is now in the hands of Cylia.
Voldemort" She read. "What does he mean? 'Your life is in now in the hands of Cylia'?" Christina asked.
"It has to do with my letter," Cylia said.
Everyone looked at her, so she read, "Cylia, There will be a Death Eater meeting tomorrow, and you better show up or I will kill your foolish boyfriend and sister.
Your father, Voldemort"
Cedric put an arm around her shoulder.
"What did yours say, Ced?" Cylia asked. Cedric looked at her sadly before reading,
"Diggory, I asked what your business what my daughter was, remember? Well, since you never answered, I decided to kill your father. You're a fool, Diggory.
Voldemort"
Cylia hugged him. "I'm so sorry," She whispered. "This is all my fault. I got all of you involved!" She cried. "Shh. I wouldn't have let you handle this on you own, anyway." Cedric said.
"Well, what did your other letters' say?" Dumbledore asked. "I don't know. I haven't read the other one." Cylia said.
They read them to themselves and Cylia leaned over and read Cedrics'.
"Hey! Our letters are the same.. BLANK!" Cylia said.
"Ours are blank too." Harry and Christina said.
"He's trying to get me to use dark magic," Cylia murmured.
"What?" Harry asked.
"There is only one way to get the words to appear. It's a dark magic charm. He knows if I use dark magic, the ministry will arrest me because I'll look bad," Cylia explained.
"No. Use it. My office is charmed," Dumbledore said. Cylia looked as though she were about to cry.
She nodded.
They put the letters in a stack.
She closed her eyes, placed her hands on the stack, there was a bright black glow, and her body started to shake and words started appearing slowly.
"CYLIA STOP!" Christina yelled. She could tell by her sister shaking that this was killing her.
The words all appeared, but Cylia couldn't let go. It was like she was stuck to the letter. She was trying to pull back. Christina pressed her hands on the letters, too, and the black glow turned from gold to red to white until Cylia could let go.
She stumbled back. "I'm ok," She said. Christina and Cylia hugged. "What did you do?" Cylia asked Christina as they stopped hugging. "I put good into the dark," She said simply. Cylia nodded and looked at the stack. The four papers combined into one.
Cylia picked it up and began reading,
"I have a spy, so don't try to fight me.
There is more power than you could imagine in me.
I am more powerful, and I will kill you all.
Beware of those you think you can trust.
It will happen when you least expect.
I know your weakness, and your worst memories will haunt you.
I have connections.
Lord Voldemort"
"It's some sort of riddle. He has always done this. Questions need to be answered. Who is this spy?" Cylia demanded.
"I don't know." Cedric said.
"Stand up, Cylia, Cedric and Christina." Dumbledore ordered.
They obeyed and Dumbledore pointed his wand at them.
"I will make you all have a bond," He said and muttered something.
Cylia, Cedric and Christina now had two hands together with a ribbon wrapped around them imprinted on their collarbone area.
"This represents a bond that cannot be broken," Dumbledore explained. Harry looked at all of them.
"I cannot tell you why they need this bond, Harry," Dumbledore said. Harry knew not to argue with Dumbledore, so he nodded.
The next day wasn't the best.
Ginny, Draco, Oliver, Hermione, Stacey, Sirius and Aliza all got the Hand Bond Mark on their collarbone area.
"I can't believe that letter you got! I want to know who this bloody spy is! Argh! This is like those freaking suspense mystery Muggle horror movies!" Hermione exclaimed while Oliver, Cedric, Stacey, Christina, Cylia, Ginny, Draco, Sirius and Aliza were talking about the riddle.
"He said it was somebody we can trust! We all know we can trust each other, because the bond marks each have two hands instead of one!" Ginny said.
"Who is somebody we think we can trust? Somebody who can also know about these plans?" Aliza asked.
"I can't think of anybody. It can't be a Gryffindor that's all I'm saying! It must be a Slytherin." Cedric said.
"But. What if it is a Gryffindor? What if it's.? Oh, my gosh." Hermione groaned.
"What?" Sirius asked.
"Ron looked up the bond marks in a book last night. He doesn't know I know. I also saw him reading a book on dark magic!" Hermione said.
"But my brother? Why?" Ginny asked.
"Remember in his forth year how he refused to talk to Harry because he was jealous? Because he was sick of not being in the spotlight just once? Well, this would get him a lot of attention!" Hermione said.
"But Ron? Seriously, Hermione!" Aliza exclaimed.
"He almost tied with me on D.A.D.A O.W.L's scores. That test had mostly questions on DARK MAGIC!" Hermione pointed out.
"It is true. Look, Ginny, Hermione, I'm sorry. But I don't think you should be talking to Ron much." Sirius said.
Ginny started crying. Oliver walked to her and hugged her.
~*~
"Hermione, hello? Is anybody in there?" Harry started waving a hand in front of Hermiones' face.
"Huh what?" She asked.
"I was just asking why are you avoiding Ron?" Harry asked.
"Harry. Ron is one of our suspects in this whole spy thing. We put the puzzle together. Ron knows a lot about Dark magic. He got high scores on the O.W.L's because of his knowledge of Dark magic. And I also saw him reading a book on Dark magic last night." Hermione said.
"Are you serious!? Ron? Nope. He can't be the spy. He's on our side!" Harry said.
"Look, I've got to go. If Ron asks if you've seen me, say no." Hermione said and walked away.
The reason Hermione had to go was because her bond mark started glowing white, which meant somebody needed to talk to everyone in the bond.
~*~
"What is it?" Hermione asked as she made it to the common room that the bond shared.
"We have two new suspects. Pansy Parkinson and Cho Chang." Ginny answered. "I was the one who caused the marks to glow." She said.
"Cho!?" Cedric asked.
"I caught her snooping in the files with our plans for the final battle. Then I caught Pansy looking through my note book which I was writing down about the final battle." Ginny said.
"OK, so far we have: Ron Cho And Pansy." Hermione said.
"This mess keeps getting more confusing!" Aliza said.
Cylia frowned.
"Oh NO!" She groaned.
She stood up.
"What?" Sirius asked.
Cylia removed her jacket, showing that the Dark Mark on her left arm started burning into a deeper shade of black.
"The meeting!" She cried and ran out.
"Is she crazy!?" Oliver asked.
"She can't go! It's a trap!" Ginny said.
Sirius quickly stood up and ran after her.
"CYLIA! NO! It's probably a trap!" He said when he caught up with her.
"I have to go to it!" She said.
He through her over his shoulder like he did before and took her back to the common room, ignoring her protests.
"ARGH! BLACK, I SWEAR IF YOU DO NOT LET ME GO I WILL HURT YOU SO BAD!" Cylia shouted when he was in the middle of their common room.
Everyone laughed.
He put her down and Cedric pulled her down, wrapping his arms around her so tight she couldn't move.
Then Hedwig started tapping on the window.
"HEDWIG!" Ginny shouted opening the window.
She dropped a letter for Cylia, bit her ear affectionately and flew out.
"Why is Harry sending me a letter?" She asked.
"Just read it," Sirius said.
Cylia read aloud,
"Dear Cylia,
Thought you might like to know Ron has your bag. He wanted me to tell you to meet him at 5:30 p.m. by the lake so he can give it to you.
Harry"
"He has your bag!?" Aliza exclaimed.
"I have to get it back!" Cylia said.
"No, I'll get it back." Hermione said.
Hermione walked to the Gryffindor common room and spotted Ron.
He had the riddle Voldemort had sent Cylia, Cedric, Harry and Christina.
"You read it?" Hermione startled him.
He glared at her.
"Is this what you and my sister have been keeping from me?" He hissed.
"Just give me Cylias' bag, Ron." Hermione said.
"Why?" He asked.
She glared at him.
"Because it's not yours, it's hers!" She said coldly.
"Why aren't you being honest with me? There is something else." Ron said.
"I can't tell you, because. How do I know you're not the spy?" She asked.
He didn't say anything, so she grabbed Cylias' bag and left.
She walked back to the common room she was sharing with the bond (Cylia, Christina, Oliver, Draco, Ginny, Sirius, Aliza, Cedric and Stacey. Hermione is also in the bond!).
"Ron is making himself look more like the spy every time I see him! HE READ THE RIDDLE!" Hermione yelled when she closed the portrait of the Unicorn.
"He did!?" Cylia exclaimed.
"Yes! I've never seen him look so. Evil and mean." Hermione said.
"We don't know if he is the spy yet. So lets just continue with trying to solve every part of the riddle!" Aliza said.
"Could you repeat it? We'll solve it line by line." Draco suggested.
Cylia cleared her throat and began,
"I have a spy, so don't try to fight me.
There is more power than you could imagine in me.
I am more powerful, and I will kill you all.
Beware of those you think you can trust.
It will happen when you least expect.
I know your weakness, and your worst memories will haunt you.
I have connections.
Lord Voldemort"
" 'I have a spy, so don't try to fight me', that's just trying to scare us into backing down." Sirius said.
" 'There is more power than you could imagine in me' meaning since I have gained more power since I came here, he's trying to use some of it." Cylia said.
" 'I am more powerful, and I will kill you all', again, trying to scare us." Sirius said.
" 'Beware of those you think you can trust', he's talking about the spy," Christina said.
" 'It will happen when you least expect', he's talking about when he attacks. He must have changed the day he plans on attacking." Ginny said.
" 'I know your weakness, and your worst memories will haunt you', what does that mean?" Aliza asked.
"Dementors!" Hermione cried.
"What?" Draco asked.
"Dementors! They can make your worst memories come back! He must have some on his side!" Hermione said.
"Crap! This isn't good." Ginny said.
" 'I have connections', meaning me. He can enter my mind sometimes. So. I guess we just have to keep my mind clear." Cylia said.
"There's a potion to do that. It can block anybody who has that kind of connection from reading your mind." Hermione said.
Cylia nodded.
"Well, we have that solved! Now we just need to figure out who the spy is." Oliver said.
"Can we call it the day? We've been working for hours!" Ginny whined.
"She's right. Let's go get some dinner. Eurgh! Just think, one month until battle!" Cylia said standing up.
"That's weird to think of." Laughed Sirius.
They made it to the Great Hall.
Cho was glaring at Cylia and Pansy was glaring at Ginny.
"What is with them?" Cylia whispered to Ginny.
Ginny snorted.
"Who knows?" She laughed.
"True. They are acting suspicious!" Cylia said.
Then the doors opened and Mrs. Malfoy walked in. She was bruised and pale.
"Mrs. Malfoy?!" Cylia asked.
Mrs. Malfoy walked up to Cylia and grabbed her.
"Protect me." She said before passing out.
Draco ran up to them.
"Get her to the hospital wing. Ask Penny to put a protecting charm on her," Cylia ordered Draco.
Mrs. Malfoy woke up at 11:45 p.m. and Cylia was by her side.
"Mrs. Malfoy, do you remember me?" Cylia asked kindly.
"Yes, you were the one Lucius hates the most. He told me you had come here and are now helping Dumbledore. I had to come here and warn you! Voldemort knows the date and the people who are involved in the special bond." Mrs. Malfoy replied.
"Mrs. Malfoy, you are now in danger. We will hide you here until Voldemort is killed." Cylia said.
"Thank you," Mrs. Malfoy whispered.
"Want me to get Draco?" Cylia asked.
Mrs. Malfoy smiled and nodded.
Cylia walked to the common room and said "Special Bonds" to the portrait of the Unicorn and entered the common room.
"Draco, she wanted to see you. But first, I want to say. Voldemort knows all of you are in this bond. He knows about the bond marks. And he knows our date of attacking." Cylia said.
"What!?" They all shouted.
"Look, let's get some rest. Draco, go see your mum. Good night everybody!" Cylia said and went to her room.
"Who is this spy?" Cedric was sitting on her bed.
"I don't know," She sat beside him.
He looked at her.
"Who could it be?" He asked.
"I'm betting its Cho." Cylia muttered.
"Cho!?" He roared, standing up.
"Look, I know you used to love her and all, but she has been glaring at me since I had arrived here! She's been snooping through files that have to do with our plans!" Cylia yelled standing up, too.
"I don't care! She wouldn't do anything like this! I know her, and she wouldn't!" He said.
"Cedric! I grew up with you! I have known you my whole life, not including the first three years, and I know you are smarter than this! Use your brain! Think with your brain and not your heart!" Cylia said.
"You're the one to talk!" He said.
She glared at him, and had one tear flow down her cheek.
"That was in my past, Cedric! I thought you knew that!" She yelled.
"I know. I'm sorry," He said softly, sitting down on her bed again.
She sat down again, too.
"I'm sorry too. I'm sorry things are the way they are." She whispered.
He leaned down and kissed her.
She felt so safe in his arms. If only she could be like this. Forever.
She pulled back. "You go to go to your room before we get accused of having sex!" She laughed and pushed him off the bed with a thud.
He paled.
"I know that!" He said.
She laughed again as he walked out. She shook her head and turned off the light.
~*~
R/R! Whoo-hoo! Long chapter!