Disclaimer I don't own the characters but I do own the plot!
A/N: I'm back and I'm feeling good! It's been awhile, and Lovable843 has been patiently waiting. So here it is! It's been quite awhile. Read the last chapter. this one picks up right away from there, so read it to remember what's going on!
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"Ron, honestly. Why would the thing from the Forbidden Forest come after Hermione?" Harry asked raising his eyebrow.
"It has something to do with me." Ron sighed as he slumped down against the wall in Hermione's hallway.
"Don't be ridiculous. Some animal probably got into her flat."
"In the middle of London?" Ron asked, looking quizzically at Harry.
He shrugged, "You never know. We are wizards after all."
"Exactly."
"Come on now, Ron. Maybe Hermione has a cat or something."
"A cat? No. I stayed here for almost two weeks. I think I would've noticed a cat by now."
"Maybe she's watching it for a neighbor. Let's just look around for a food dish or a saucer of milk or something."
"Harry, the claw marks are all the way up the wall. Cats can't climb walls."
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"You know who has the medallion?" Snape asked quickly.
Hermione looked him over carefully, nodding slowly; "I saw it around Ron's neck the day Harry brought him to my flat. I was changing his clothes when I noticed it."
"You have to tell them!"
Hermione's expression changed almost immediately. "Are you crazy? And have them go after Ron?"
"They just want the necklace!"
"Yes, and they're willing to hurt people to get it."
"It doesn't matter! If one of the many Weasleys has to die for me to get out of here, then so be it." Snape whispered harshly in her direction.
Hermione took a sharp breath and reached her hand out. She slapped Snape hard across the face. "How dare you? You should've died in the forest that night."
She turned away from him as her shoulders began to shake along with her hushed sobs. Snape slowly brought his hand to his cheek. It burned, and he could feel the heat from it radiating off of his fingers.
On his knees, he pushed himself in her direction and rested his hand on one of her shoulders. "I'm sorry." He whispered quietly. He heard Hermione stifle her cries and she sniffed.
"I should apologize too. I shouldn't have said that. I'm glad you didn't die that night. I truly am. And I see where you're coming from. I would have drove myself crazy if I were in here as long as you too."
Snape smiled fondly at Hermione and wrapped his arms around her. Her movements mimicked his and for the first time in probably his whole life, Snape felt happy.
"You know," he said looking down at the sleepy brunette, "We're really going to have to work together to come up with a plan to get out of here."
"I know," Hermione said through a yawn. "First thing tomorrow."
"Right." He leaned back against the wall and shut his eyes.
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"See, no cat. Do you believe me now?" Ron asked stepping around Hermione's pushed over coffee table. Harry's head popped up from behind the counter.
"There has to be a reasonable explanation for this."
"Harry," Ron said crossing the room, and laying a hand on his friend's shoulder. "You know as well as I do, that whatever attacked me in the forest came here to attack Hermione."
"But why?"
"It must have thought that I was still here." Ron shrugged. "They came here for me but found nothing."
"Maybe they did find something," Harry said as he stared blankly at the counter.
"Huh?" Ron looked to the counter, but didn't see what Harry was seeing.
"There. Hermione's cloak, and her purse." Harry watched as Ron nodded. "Have we ever known Hermione to leave somewhere without her coat and a little money in her pocket?"
"No." Ron shook his head confused.
"Either she left in a rush, or . . . "
"Someone took her."
"Exactly."
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A/N: Short. yes I know. I wanted to end it there, though. The next chapter is being worked on right now. No worries, it will be up a.s.a.p. Too!
Also. Snape and Hermione are not getting cuddly. Eww, no! He provides the wise fatherly figure in this story. Snape's not bad deep down!
A/N: I'm back and I'm feeling good! It's been awhile, and Lovable843 has been patiently waiting. So here it is! It's been quite awhile. Read the last chapter. this one picks up right away from there, so read it to remember what's going on!
~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~
"Ron, honestly. Why would the thing from the Forbidden Forest come after Hermione?" Harry asked raising his eyebrow.
"It has something to do with me." Ron sighed as he slumped down against the wall in Hermione's hallway.
"Don't be ridiculous. Some animal probably got into her flat."
"In the middle of London?" Ron asked, looking quizzically at Harry.
He shrugged, "You never know. We are wizards after all."
"Exactly."
"Come on now, Ron. Maybe Hermione has a cat or something."
"A cat? No. I stayed here for almost two weeks. I think I would've noticed a cat by now."
"Maybe she's watching it for a neighbor. Let's just look around for a food dish or a saucer of milk or something."
"Harry, the claw marks are all the way up the wall. Cats can't climb walls."
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"You know who has the medallion?" Snape asked quickly.
Hermione looked him over carefully, nodding slowly; "I saw it around Ron's neck the day Harry brought him to my flat. I was changing his clothes when I noticed it."
"You have to tell them!"
Hermione's expression changed almost immediately. "Are you crazy? And have them go after Ron?"
"They just want the necklace!"
"Yes, and they're willing to hurt people to get it."
"It doesn't matter! If one of the many Weasleys has to die for me to get out of here, then so be it." Snape whispered harshly in her direction.
Hermione took a sharp breath and reached her hand out. She slapped Snape hard across the face. "How dare you? You should've died in the forest that night."
She turned away from him as her shoulders began to shake along with her hushed sobs. Snape slowly brought his hand to his cheek. It burned, and he could feel the heat from it radiating off of his fingers.
On his knees, he pushed himself in her direction and rested his hand on one of her shoulders. "I'm sorry." He whispered quietly. He heard Hermione stifle her cries and she sniffed.
"I should apologize too. I shouldn't have said that. I'm glad you didn't die that night. I truly am. And I see where you're coming from. I would have drove myself crazy if I were in here as long as you too."
Snape smiled fondly at Hermione and wrapped his arms around her. Her movements mimicked his and for the first time in probably his whole life, Snape felt happy.
"You know," he said looking down at the sleepy brunette, "We're really going to have to work together to come up with a plan to get out of here."
"I know," Hermione said through a yawn. "First thing tomorrow."
"Right." He leaned back against the wall and shut his eyes.
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"See, no cat. Do you believe me now?" Ron asked stepping around Hermione's pushed over coffee table. Harry's head popped up from behind the counter.
"There has to be a reasonable explanation for this."
"Harry," Ron said crossing the room, and laying a hand on his friend's shoulder. "You know as well as I do, that whatever attacked me in the forest came here to attack Hermione."
"But why?"
"It must have thought that I was still here." Ron shrugged. "They came here for me but found nothing."
"Maybe they did find something," Harry said as he stared blankly at the counter.
"Huh?" Ron looked to the counter, but didn't see what Harry was seeing.
"There. Hermione's cloak, and her purse." Harry watched as Ron nodded. "Have we ever known Hermione to leave somewhere without her coat and a little money in her pocket?"
"No." Ron shook his head confused.
"Either she left in a rush, or . . . "
"Someone took her."
"Exactly."
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A/N: Short. yes I know. I wanted to end it there, though. The next chapter is being worked on right now. No worries, it will be up a.s.a.p. Too!
Also. Snape and Hermione are not getting cuddly. Eww, no! He provides the wise fatherly figure in this story. Snape's not bad deep down!