Chapter 23: Indicium Reproba (false information)
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'What-? How?' Hermione ran over to the picture and saw her parents, together with her. The only thing different was that she looked a bit older. Harry walked towards her and examined the rest of the pictures. Suddenly his eye fell on a picture of him as a baby and his father and mother. 'What? Hermione! Look!' he pointed at the picture that was above hers. 'Harry! Your parents...' she turned to face him. Harry couldn't control his tears but quickly wiped them away with his sleeve. Hermione smiled softly. '....What are these pictures doing here?' she asked, now turning towards the wall again. 'I don't know...' Harry replied. Suddenly, the picture of Hermione and her parents began to shake. 'Harry! Look!' a flash of green light entered the picture and Hermione's mother dissappeared. Hermione opened her mouth in shock and another flash of green light entered the picture, now hitting her father, who dissappeared too. Hermione took a few steps back, shaking her head. 'No,.. no this can't be...' she whispered under her breath.
'What? What can't be?' asked Harry. Hermione clapped her hand in front of her mouth as the Hermione on the picture grabbed her wand and attacked something outside the picture, but then a ray of red light hit her too and she dissappeared from the picture. 'Harry,... this.. this is the place,... I've read about it... this is the room, the Locus de Amor...' she now turned to him. 'In this room,... are pictures of who we love the most,.. they are different to each person who enters it...' Harry frowned. 'But I can see your picture too, so...?' he asked confused. Hermione shrugged 'Probably because we entered the room at the same time...' she shook her head 'But that's not it, that's not what I'm so shocked about. It's because the Locus de Amor tells the future.. the future that awaits your beloved ones,...' she tried to force herself to a smile, but her lips didn't curl. Harry looked at Hermione's picture again, now empty. 'So... so..but, Hermoine, your picture,...' he looked at her, eyes wide in shock. Hermione cast her eyes down. 'My mother's already died... so...' Harry suddenly remembered how her mother had vanished from the picture and said; 'But, that wasn't a normal death the picture showed us,.. your mother's been attacked by someone!' Hermione nodded. 'Mom was away for her job,... but now I know she was probably doing something that had to do with magic,.. because she wasn't a Muggle,..' Hermione shrugged, hang her shoulders and looked up at Harry, her eyes filled with tears. 'And dad,.. maybe he will be attacked by a wizard too,.. even though he is a Muggle...' Harry narrowed his eyes. 'Hermione,... you died on that picture too,...' Hermione smiled weakly. 'I think that means I'm gonna die too,...' Harry suddenly pulled her into a hug.
'Harry,.. what are we going to do now? We can't stay here, can we?' Hermione asked, resting her head on his shoulder. Harry sighed. he was looking at the picture of his parents. Both of his parents dissappeared the same way as Hermione's, only he stayed alive. He let go of Hermione and looked around the room. 'Do you think we are still at Soleil School?' he asked. Hermione nodded. 'Yes, the Locus de Amor is at Soleil School,.. though I don't know exactly which wing this is,...' she popped her head around the door. 'Coast's clear,... let's get going' Hermione said.
'We need to find that boy!' Lucius demanded when the four Death Eaters announced Harry had escaped. 'And that Granger Mudblood too' he added furious. 'They could mess up everything! Hurry!'
'We need to conceal ourselves,..' Hermione whispered to Harry, while they were tiptoeing through the long corridor. Harry widened his eyes. 'Hermione! The invisibility cloak! I have it with me, wait a second,...' he grabbed a little handkerchief (or so, it looked like one) and whispered 'Reducio!' while tapping on it with is wand. Immediatly, the cloak became it's original size again. 'Harry! How smart of you! Now quick, ..' Hermione got next to him and he wrapped the cloak around them, so they became invisible. 'Where do you think they keep Lupin and Tonks?' asked Harry. Hermione narrowed her eyes in deep thought. 'Maybe,.. the only the place I know around here which is good for hiding is probably the dungeon,.. it's not used anymore because they don't teach Potions anymore at this school,...' Hermione suggested.
The way to the dungeons was long and difficult; one time they had to pass a group of Death Eaters and Draco, who were going up the same stairs they were descending, but luckily, none of them noticed. They descended two more stairs and then walked into a small and dark corridor. 'If somebody comes towards us,...' said Hermione shaking, narrowing her eyes to see in the dark. 'I think I see the entrance'. It was indeed the entrance, but it was locked. 'Alohomora!' tried Hermione, but it stayed locked. Harry frowned. 'There must be another spell...' Hermione bit her lip to remember 'Effringus' she tried. The door gave a clicking sound before opening.
The room behind it was dark, like the corridor, but Harry could immediatly see what the room was used for; printing. A huge machine was printing newspapers, piles of them. Hermione whispered 'Lumos' after making sure no one else was in the room. Harry and she read the title and both gasped. This was were the Quibbler was pressed.
Hermione and Harry both read the front page ; 'Harry Potter: The boy who killed: another body found, Harry Potter, the 'muggle' friend, possible murderer of Muggle (Mr. Q. Granger)' Harry's eyes almost popped out of his head and he immediatly turned towards Hermione. She didn't say a thing. She just shook her head while folding the paper. 'r-rubbish,.. I-I.. I know it wasn't you,...' she said quickly. Harry didn't know how to respond. So this was why they had published he killed Bellatrix LeStrange.. they tried to make a murderer, a muggle hater, of him. And Voldemort had used Imperius on Mr. And Mrs. Lovegood to be able to use their school as hideout and their newspaper as his own way to reach the people and tell lies about his enemy,...
Hermione whispered something under her breath and suddenly the whole pile of papers vanished in blue flames.
'We have to walk on. Or else,..' Hermione tried, but Harry shook his head and pointed at the door in front of them. The door was being guarded by a Death Eater.
Hermione clapped a hand against her mouth to prevent herself from talking. She quickly extinguished her wandtip, but was afraid it was already to late. Luckily, Harry whispered that he saw that the Death Eater was asleep. She let out a sigh of relief and whispered 'Petrificus Totalus!' so that the Death Eater woke up, but immediatly froze. She grinned and stepped over him, followed by Harry.
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'What-? How?' Hermione ran over to the picture and saw her parents, together with her. The only thing different was that she looked a bit older. Harry walked towards her and examined the rest of the pictures. Suddenly his eye fell on a picture of him as a baby and his father and mother. 'What? Hermione! Look!' he pointed at the picture that was above hers. 'Harry! Your parents...' she turned to face him. Harry couldn't control his tears but quickly wiped them away with his sleeve. Hermione smiled softly. '....What are these pictures doing here?' she asked, now turning towards the wall again. 'I don't know...' Harry replied. Suddenly, the picture of Hermione and her parents began to shake. 'Harry! Look!' a flash of green light entered the picture and Hermione's mother dissappeared. Hermione opened her mouth in shock and another flash of green light entered the picture, now hitting her father, who dissappeared too. Hermione took a few steps back, shaking her head. 'No,.. no this can't be...' she whispered under her breath.
'What? What can't be?' asked Harry. Hermione clapped her hand in front of her mouth as the Hermione on the picture grabbed her wand and attacked something outside the picture, but then a ray of red light hit her too and she dissappeared from the picture. 'Harry,... this.. this is the place,... I've read about it... this is the room, the Locus de Amor...' she now turned to him. 'In this room,... are pictures of who we love the most,.. they are different to each person who enters it...' Harry frowned. 'But I can see your picture too, so...?' he asked confused. Hermione shrugged 'Probably because we entered the room at the same time...' she shook her head 'But that's not it, that's not what I'm so shocked about. It's because the Locus de Amor tells the future.. the future that awaits your beloved ones,...' she tried to force herself to a smile, but her lips didn't curl. Harry looked at Hermione's picture again, now empty. 'So... so..but, Hermoine, your picture,...' he looked at her, eyes wide in shock. Hermione cast her eyes down. 'My mother's already died... so...' Harry suddenly remembered how her mother had vanished from the picture and said; 'But, that wasn't a normal death the picture showed us,.. your mother's been attacked by someone!' Hermione nodded. 'Mom was away for her job,... but now I know she was probably doing something that had to do with magic,.. because she wasn't a Muggle,..' Hermione shrugged, hang her shoulders and looked up at Harry, her eyes filled with tears. 'And dad,.. maybe he will be attacked by a wizard too,.. even though he is a Muggle...' Harry narrowed his eyes. 'Hermione,... you died on that picture too,...' Hermione smiled weakly. 'I think that means I'm gonna die too,...' Harry suddenly pulled her into a hug.
'Harry,.. what are we going to do now? We can't stay here, can we?' Hermione asked, resting her head on his shoulder. Harry sighed. he was looking at the picture of his parents. Both of his parents dissappeared the same way as Hermione's, only he stayed alive. He let go of Hermione and looked around the room. 'Do you think we are still at Soleil School?' he asked. Hermione nodded. 'Yes, the Locus de Amor is at Soleil School,.. though I don't know exactly which wing this is,...' she popped her head around the door. 'Coast's clear,... let's get going' Hermione said.
'We need to find that boy!' Lucius demanded when the four Death Eaters announced Harry had escaped. 'And that Granger Mudblood too' he added furious. 'They could mess up everything! Hurry!'
'We need to conceal ourselves,..' Hermione whispered to Harry, while they were tiptoeing through the long corridor. Harry widened his eyes. 'Hermione! The invisibility cloak! I have it with me, wait a second,...' he grabbed a little handkerchief (or so, it looked like one) and whispered 'Reducio!' while tapping on it with is wand. Immediatly, the cloak became it's original size again. 'Harry! How smart of you! Now quick, ..' Hermione got next to him and he wrapped the cloak around them, so they became invisible. 'Where do you think they keep Lupin and Tonks?' asked Harry. Hermione narrowed her eyes in deep thought. 'Maybe,.. the only the place I know around here which is good for hiding is probably the dungeon,.. it's not used anymore because they don't teach Potions anymore at this school,...' Hermione suggested.
The way to the dungeons was long and difficult; one time they had to pass a group of Death Eaters and Draco, who were going up the same stairs they were descending, but luckily, none of them noticed. They descended two more stairs and then walked into a small and dark corridor. 'If somebody comes towards us,...' said Hermione shaking, narrowing her eyes to see in the dark. 'I think I see the entrance'. It was indeed the entrance, but it was locked. 'Alohomora!' tried Hermione, but it stayed locked. Harry frowned. 'There must be another spell...' Hermione bit her lip to remember 'Effringus' she tried. The door gave a clicking sound before opening.
The room behind it was dark, like the corridor, but Harry could immediatly see what the room was used for; printing. A huge machine was printing newspapers, piles of them. Hermione whispered 'Lumos' after making sure no one else was in the room. Harry and she read the title and both gasped. This was were the Quibbler was pressed.
Hermione and Harry both read the front page ; 'Harry Potter: The boy who killed: another body found, Harry Potter, the 'muggle' friend, possible murderer of Muggle (Mr. Q. Granger)' Harry's eyes almost popped out of his head and he immediatly turned towards Hermione. She didn't say a thing. She just shook her head while folding the paper. 'r-rubbish,.. I-I.. I know it wasn't you,...' she said quickly. Harry didn't know how to respond. So this was why they had published he killed Bellatrix LeStrange.. they tried to make a murderer, a muggle hater, of him. And Voldemort had used Imperius on Mr. And Mrs. Lovegood to be able to use their school as hideout and their newspaper as his own way to reach the people and tell lies about his enemy,...
Hermione whispered something under her breath and suddenly the whole pile of papers vanished in blue flames.
'We have to walk on. Or else,..' Hermione tried, but Harry shook his head and pointed at the door in front of them. The door was being guarded by a Death Eater.
Hermione clapped a hand against her mouth to prevent herself from talking. She quickly extinguished her wandtip, but was afraid it was already to late. Luckily, Harry whispered that he saw that the Death Eater was asleep. She let out a sigh of relief and whispered 'Petrificus Totalus!' so that the Death Eater woke up, but immediatly froze. She grinned and stepped over him, followed by Harry.