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The betrayal.
When Harry woke up, he immediately sensed Hermione was no longer there. For a moment he was puzzled about where she was but then he remembered about the day before and sighed. With a groan he stood up and went to wake up Griffin. The two boys changed in their grey gym clothes, around their necks they wore the phoenix necklaces like the one Hermione had. Without a sound they went out the house and after a few stretches they began to run to the park.
"What do you think will happen?" Ron looked at Harry.
"No idea, we will just have to wait for Hermione to return." Ron nodded.
"With Voldemort no one ever knows what to expect. I hope everything goes alright."
"Do you really mean it?" Ron frowned and looked at Harry. The face of the other boy was completely blank, but Ron knew him well enough to see the fury in his eyes.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, if everything comes out we will have to return to Hogwarts, right?"
"Probably."
"Do you want to return there?" Ron stayed quite for a few minutes pondering that question. Sure, he wanted to return, he had learned to love the muggle world but the magic world was where he really felt at home. But now that Harry asked him, he realised that returning also meant that he would be facing all his supposed friends, and worse, his family who in his heart he felt had betrayed him. Finally he answered Harry who was patiently running at his side.
"I don't know. I would love to be in the wizarding world again, but facing everyone again... I'm not sure I want that." Harry nodded at his side, it was exactly the same thing he had been thinking. Besides, for Griffin it would be worse, his brothers and sister attended Hogwarts while he only had Sirius who wasn't even around most of the time, and Lupin, if he was still teaching, but he could more or less avoid him if necessary.
Ron and Harry ran for some minutes more, when they had run around the park twice, they started going home again. They were half on their way, when Dragon stopped short, all his senses were alert. Ron stopped too, and nervously began to look around.
"What's that?" Ron looked at Harry, who had begun to move to a side street.
"Magic, someone's using very powerful spells not far from here." Ron followed him.
"Shouldn't we be going away? I mean they might notice us, and that wouldn't be very good right now." Harry stopped and considered this, then he looked at the nearest building.
"You are right, but I want to know what's happening, I don't like the fact that someone's using so much power near our house. Lets go take a look from that building. Wingardium leviosa." With those words Dragon floated himself to the top of the building and disappeared from Ron's sight. Ron shook his head but followed him. When he arrived at the top, he saw that Harry was kneeling at one side looking intently down. With a look, Harry told him to come nearer and he obeyed without a word, he kneeled at his side and looked at the fight that was taking place at the street. About ten Death Eaters where fighting against five aurors, who were protecting two men. Ron cursed under his breath when he recognised Percy's fiery hair.
"What the hell is my brother doing there!"
"I don't know."
"Should we help them?" Harry pondered the question and summoned a black cloak.
"We will if it's necessary." Griffin nodded and summoned another cloak. After wrapping it around him, he looked down again, it seemed the death eaters weren't doing very well, the aurors were driving them against the wall of the other building, but all changed when the first death eater started using crucio on the aurors. Harry stood up.
"Come, they need our help or they will end up killed." Ron nodded and he and Harry jumped out of the building putting a floating charm around them and keeping the cloaks around them.
Once Harry touched the ground, he sprang before the blonde auror who at the moment had been put under the cruciatus. She immediately stopped itching, her breath was raged but otherwise she seemed to be fine. He diverted his attention to de death eater, who still was shooting the curse at him. He was very thankful to be wearing the phoenix necklace, the pain produced by crucio, wasn't something he cared to remember. With a motion of his hand he sent his foe crashing against two other death eaters who had been fighting a little, bald man. The man stared at him and Harry made sure his cloak was covering his face. Ron on the other side, had landed before his brother just when a death eater went past a tall auror, he stunned him without a word and went after the other death eaters. Harry joined him in his work, the death eaters, seeing they were no rivals for those mysterious men just disaparated, leaving behind six of their companions. Harry looked around, three of the aurors were taking care of the death eaters, making sure they were unconscious, while the bald auror had gone to the woman's side, Percy and his companion, who Harry now recognised as Ludo Gepp, were also at their side. He wondered who that woman was, at first he had thought she was an auror, but now he wasn't so sure anymore, for one, she wasn't wearing the uniform, and besides she seemed slightly familiar. Ron startled him out of his reverie, by putting a hand on his shoulder.
"Come on Dragon, we better get going before they remember about us." Harry nodded and with a last look at Percy he followed Ron out of the street and to their house.
When they arrived, they were startled to see it was already ten in the morning, they had already missed their first class, their second class was half on it's way. Running they took a quick shower and changed clothes before going out of the house with their books in their arms.
"Boy are we ever in trouble, detention two days in a row."
"Yeah, professor Villjé is going to be really pissed of at us, and poor Phoenix..." Ron shook his head.
"Come on, we are in enough trouble as it is, no need to tempt fate more. And I don't want to meet more death eaters today." Harry nodded and they both hurried to the school.
When they arrived the second period had just finished and they went with the other students to their third class.
"What do we have now?"
"Math." Griffin groaned.
"I hate math, professor Gil is nice and all, but I just can't stand it." Harry smirked.
"Don't worry, we will probably be called by professor Villjé."
"And that's supposed to be better?." Ron's tone was flat, he looked around at his schoolmates, lots of girls were gaping at them, but they had long ago learned to ignore it." Hermione isn't here yet.
"Did you expect it? The trial just began an hour ago."
"Yeah." When they entered the class, professor Gil looked at them.
"Don't bother in sitting down, Professor Villjé wants you in her office." Harry nodded and the two made their way out of class again when the bell rang. In no time, they reached the professor's office, they knocked and went inside when a voice told them to do so. Their guardian was sitting in her chair talking in the phone, with a stern look she made them take place in front of her. Harry looked out of the window, it looked like it was going to snow any time, it was nearly December and Christmas was approaching quickly. With a bang the professor banged the phone down making Ron and him jump in surprise.
"Where's Phoenix?" She never called them by their real names, Harry wondered if she even knew them. They themselves barely used them and had made a point of ignoring everyone who used them. Ron was looking straight at the wall behind the professor, his expression was as blank as Harry was sure his was. They really had learned how to do poker faces. The professor knew that when they put on those faces they were impossible, and she never got anything out of them if they didn't want her to know, she sighed. "Do you at least know where she is?"
"Yes."
"Has it something to do with what happened yesterday?" Damn, she still remembered, Dragon found it annoying to have someone who could read them as well as she did, she always seemed to know what was happening around her.
"Yes, but it's not important, she just needed to go hear something." Ron looked worried now, he didn't enjoy lying and he was worried about Hermione, what if someone noticed her? Or what if something went wrong?
"I'm not going to get anything else out of you, right?" Harry just looked down, all of a sudden he was feeling very tired, that fight with the death eaters was catching up on him and he was sure Ron was feeling the same way, for he had leaned in his seat and was just looking out in space. Professor Villjé looked at them intently, she could clearly see their exhausted features, she knew they had lots of problems. Not at school, they were probably the best students she had ever had, always perfect marks, not very sociable but never rude. If someone needed help they were willing to help, they didn't have friends besides themselves, but everyone liked them. No the problems came from before they entered the school, she didn't know much about it, she knew they didn't want to talk about it and she respected it even if she was very curious. She only knew that they had been accused of things they hadn't done, and had therefore been expulsed of their old school and banned of their houses. The details of what had happened never came out. With a much gentler tone she continued. " Pick up your books, I'm going to bring you home, you look like you could use a good sleep." She knew something was really wrong when they just nodded and stood up. Normally they would have protested and just gone to their next class, but that wasn't the case today, Harry just wanted to sit down and have everyone leave him alone to ponder his confused thoughts and to wait till Hermione returned.
To be continued...
The betrayal.
When Harry woke up, he immediately sensed Hermione was no longer there. For a moment he was puzzled about where she was but then he remembered about the day before and sighed. With a groan he stood up and went to wake up Griffin. The two boys changed in their grey gym clothes, around their necks they wore the phoenix necklaces like the one Hermione had. Without a sound they went out the house and after a few stretches they began to run to the park.
"What do you think will happen?" Ron looked at Harry.
"No idea, we will just have to wait for Hermione to return." Ron nodded.
"With Voldemort no one ever knows what to expect. I hope everything goes alright."
"Do you really mean it?" Ron frowned and looked at Harry. The face of the other boy was completely blank, but Ron knew him well enough to see the fury in his eyes.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, if everything comes out we will have to return to Hogwarts, right?"
"Probably."
"Do you want to return there?" Ron stayed quite for a few minutes pondering that question. Sure, he wanted to return, he had learned to love the muggle world but the magic world was where he really felt at home. But now that Harry asked him, he realised that returning also meant that he would be facing all his supposed friends, and worse, his family who in his heart he felt had betrayed him. Finally he answered Harry who was patiently running at his side.
"I don't know. I would love to be in the wizarding world again, but facing everyone again... I'm not sure I want that." Harry nodded at his side, it was exactly the same thing he had been thinking. Besides, for Griffin it would be worse, his brothers and sister attended Hogwarts while he only had Sirius who wasn't even around most of the time, and Lupin, if he was still teaching, but he could more or less avoid him if necessary.
Ron and Harry ran for some minutes more, when they had run around the park twice, they started going home again. They were half on their way, when Dragon stopped short, all his senses were alert. Ron stopped too, and nervously began to look around.
"What's that?" Ron looked at Harry, who had begun to move to a side street.
"Magic, someone's using very powerful spells not far from here." Ron followed him.
"Shouldn't we be going away? I mean they might notice us, and that wouldn't be very good right now." Harry stopped and considered this, then he looked at the nearest building.
"You are right, but I want to know what's happening, I don't like the fact that someone's using so much power near our house. Lets go take a look from that building. Wingardium leviosa." With those words Dragon floated himself to the top of the building and disappeared from Ron's sight. Ron shook his head but followed him. When he arrived at the top, he saw that Harry was kneeling at one side looking intently down. With a look, Harry told him to come nearer and he obeyed without a word, he kneeled at his side and looked at the fight that was taking place at the street. About ten Death Eaters where fighting against five aurors, who were protecting two men. Ron cursed under his breath when he recognised Percy's fiery hair.
"What the hell is my brother doing there!"
"I don't know."
"Should we help them?" Harry pondered the question and summoned a black cloak.
"We will if it's necessary." Griffin nodded and summoned another cloak. After wrapping it around him, he looked down again, it seemed the death eaters weren't doing very well, the aurors were driving them against the wall of the other building, but all changed when the first death eater started using crucio on the aurors. Harry stood up.
"Come, they need our help or they will end up killed." Ron nodded and he and Harry jumped out of the building putting a floating charm around them and keeping the cloaks around them.
Once Harry touched the ground, he sprang before the blonde auror who at the moment had been put under the cruciatus. She immediately stopped itching, her breath was raged but otherwise she seemed to be fine. He diverted his attention to de death eater, who still was shooting the curse at him. He was very thankful to be wearing the phoenix necklace, the pain produced by crucio, wasn't something he cared to remember. With a motion of his hand he sent his foe crashing against two other death eaters who had been fighting a little, bald man. The man stared at him and Harry made sure his cloak was covering his face. Ron on the other side, had landed before his brother just when a death eater went past a tall auror, he stunned him without a word and went after the other death eaters. Harry joined him in his work, the death eaters, seeing they were no rivals for those mysterious men just disaparated, leaving behind six of their companions. Harry looked around, three of the aurors were taking care of the death eaters, making sure they were unconscious, while the bald auror had gone to the woman's side, Percy and his companion, who Harry now recognised as Ludo Gepp, were also at their side. He wondered who that woman was, at first he had thought she was an auror, but now he wasn't so sure anymore, for one, she wasn't wearing the uniform, and besides she seemed slightly familiar. Ron startled him out of his reverie, by putting a hand on his shoulder.
"Come on Dragon, we better get going before they remember about us." Harry nodded and with a last look at Percy he followed Ron out of the street and to their house.
When they arrived, they were startled to see it was already ten in the morning, they had already missed their first class, their second class was half on it's way. Running they took a quick shower and changed clothes before going out of the house with their books in their arms.
"Boy are we ever in trouble, detention two days in a row."
"Yeah, professor Villjé is going to be really pissed of at us, and poor Phoenix..." Ron shook his head.
"Come on, we are in enough trouble as it is, no need to tempt fate more. And I don't want to meet more death eaters today." Harry nodded and they both hurried to the school.
When they arrived the second period had just finished and they went with the other students to their third class.
"What do we have now?"
"Math." Griffin groaned.
"I hate math, professor Gil is nice and all, but I just can't stand it." Harry smirked.
"Don't worry, we will probably be called by professor Villjé."
"And that's supposed to be better?." Ron's tone was flat, he looked around at his schoolmates, lots of girls were gaping at them, but they had long ago learned to ignore it." Hermione isn't here yet.
"Did you expect it? The trial just began an hour ago."
"Yeah." When they entered the class, professor Gil looked at them.
"Don't bother in sitting down, Professor Villjé wants you in her office." Harry nodded and the two made their way out of class again when the bell rang. In no time, they reached the professor's office, they knocked and went inside when a voice told them to do so. Their guardian was sitting in her chair talking in the phone, with a stern look she made them take place in front of her. Harry looked out of the window, it looked like it was going to snow any time, it was nearly December and Christmas was approaching quickly. With a bang the professor banged the phone down making Ron and him jump in surprise.
"Where's Phoenix?" She never called them by their real names, Harry wondered if she even knew them. They themselves barely used them and had made a point of ignoring everyone who used them. Ron was looking straight at the wall behind the professor, his expression was as blank as Harry was sure his was. They really had learned how to do poker faces. The professor knew that when they put on those faces they were impossible, and she never got anything out of them if they didn't want her to know, she sighed. "Do you at least know where she is?"
"Yes."
"Has it something to do with what happened yesterday?" Damn, she still remembered, Dragon found it annoying to have someone who could read them as well as she did, she always seemed to know what was happening around her.
"Yes, but it's not important, she just needed to go hear something." Ron looked worried now, he didn't enjoy lying and he was worried about Hermione, what if someone noticed her? Or what if something went wrong?
"I'm not going to get anything else out of you, right?" Harry just looked down, all of a sudden he was feeling very tired, that fight with the death eaters was catching up on him and he was sure Ron was feeling the same way, for he had leaned in his seat and was just looking out in space. Professor Villjé looked at them intently, she could clearly see their exhausted features, she knew they had lots of problems. Not at school, they were probably the best students she had ever had, always perfect marks, not very sociable but never rude. If someone needed help they were willing to help, they didn't have friends besides themselves, but everyone liked them. No the problems came from before they entered the school, she didn't know much about it, she knew they didn't want to talk about it and she respected it even if she was very curious. She only knew that they had been accused of things they hadn't done, and had therefore been expulsed of their old school and banned of their houses. The details of what had happened never came out. With a much gentler tone she continued. " Pick up your books, I'm going to bring you home, you look like you could use a good sleep." She knew something was really wrong when they just nodded and stood up. Normally they would have protested and just gone to their next class, but that wasn't the case today, Harry just wanted to sit down and have everyone leave him alone to ponder his confused thoughts and to wait till Hermione returned.
To be continued...
