Chapter Nine

"The Betrayal"

Hermione wanted nothing more than to be alone,completly ingulfed by solitude.She stared out the window in Professor Dumbledore's office.Fawkes had perched himslef on Hermione's leg and sang.Harry had packed a few suitcases,reducing them to the size of a pocket watch,and placed them in his roeb pocket.He would be taking her somewhere,but where,she did not know.

"You have found someone to teach Hermione's classes?"she heard Harry ask.

"I have."she heard Dumbledore say.

She turned her gaze from the window and saw Dumbledore handing Harry a large amount of papers,including a large amount of money.

"The train will be arriving here shortly.I'm pretty sure Ron and a few other Auroras will be here to ecsort you to the "hide-out"."said Dumbledore."I wish you good luck."

Hermione was led outside to an awaiting train.A familar sight of red hair,blue eyes,and tons of freckles brought a smile to her face.

"Oh Ron,I'm so glad to see you."she said while hugging Ron.

"I'm very glad to see you're okay."he said.

He then hugged Harry,both slapping each other high fives afterwards and mouthing that Aurora's rule.

"So,where exactly are we going?"Harry asked Ron while helping Hermione on the train.

"Somewhere so private that not even I don't know."Ron replied.

Hermione seated herself by the window,staring out as the ladnscaped changed.Harry and Ron played Wizard's chess,stopping quite often to ask if she wanted anything.The sun dipped low as the train pulled into a deep patch of woods.The train slowed down and stopped in front of a large,white building,that looked like an abandoned church.

"I guess this is the place."said Ron.

Hermione held Harry's hand as they were escorted off the train by a large group of Auroras.The noises,much like that of a jungle,pierced through the cold air like an arrow.Large,sulky oak and willow trees bowed at the wind as the group of people made their way to the church.The church's bell tower had several Auroras perched in it.They were look-outs that were watching for anything that may attack.The boards of the church were stained with a blew mildew and green moss.The stained-glass windows,or what remained of them,were covered thickly in a blanket of dust.They shuffled inside.Hermione was afraid that the church would collapse any moment,but once inside,she felt a little better.

The church looked as if it were as new as it was the first day it was built.The ceiling,covered in a mural of cheribs and angels all leading to God,winked at them from above.The windows were breath-takingly beautiful,not broken or covered in dust.Many beds and tables were liend up inside the church.Candle-lit chandelirs swung a little as the doors of the church closed.

"It was bewitched to look abandoned."said Ron."You have no worries.We have over fifty Auroras around here.If the ones in the bell tower suspect anything,they'll ring the bell"

Harry led Hermione to a bed in the corner.

"Dumbeldore requested that you take some potions and get plenty of rest."he said to her as she pulled the covers over her.

Harry and a few other Auroras

He kissed her on her forehead.Hermione felt nothing,nothing but the dead cold of the night creep upon her. She didn't know if what Harry,Ron,and the others were doing for her were really worth doing.She knew though,that Tom was near,for her necklace felt warm against her body.She could here his voice in her head.

"Hermione,I am coming for you."he said to her.

Hermione smiled an evil grin.

"I know."she said in her mind.

She quietly left the safety of her bed,knowing physicaly what she was doing,but mentally lost.She was no longer herself.

OUTSIDE IN THE BELL TOWER.

An group of five Auroras,all drowsy yet attentive,watched in the dark of the night and listened in the quiet of the night.A small ruffle in the woods had made a thin and balding Aurora become fully alert.

"Did you here that?"he asked the others.

"Hear what."

"This."said a voice from behind them.

Three hooded figures surrounded them with raised wands.

"Avada Kedevra,"the three shouted.

All but one Aruroa collapsed to the floor dead.The remaining Aurora dashed to the cord of the bell,he rang it,before he too had been killed by the wand of one of the hooded-figures.

INSIDE THE CHURCH.

Harry was awoken by the screams and shouts of the Auroras in the church.He ducked behind a fallen bed as a wave of sparks from the Auroras and several hooded figures,Death Eaters no doubt,shot curses at each other.A fire had been started in the church.Smoke poured in,choking everyone inside.Harry looked at Hermione's bed.She was gone.

"Oh no!"he thought.

He saw that a door in the back was open,leading into a dark room.He took out his wand and said "Lumos!" to lighten the room.He saw tons of old wooden pews and chairs.A window,a large clear glass one,was wide open.He jumped through it and landed on the hard ground.He saw a glimpes of a white gown heading into the woods.

"Hermione!"he shouted over the sounds of explosions and screams.

He followed Hermione into the woods.

She found him waiting for her.Tom took her into his arms and kissed her ferociously.

"You are much more darker than I ever imagined."he said in a seductive voice.

"Hermione!"yelled Harry as he ran toward them.

He tripped over a large tree branch and slammed into the ground.His scar suddenly exploded with pain.He curled up into a ball and clutched his scar.A thin,tall shadowy figure walked toward him.

"Hello..Potter."said the figure.

It was Lord Voldemort.Harry tried hard to get to his feet,but Lord Voldemort kicked him in his side.

"You think you can take me?"he asked Harry.

Harry whinced a little as the pain in his body surged through him.

"Crucio!"yelled Lord Voldemort.

Harry screamed in agony as the fire from hell egulfed him in a terrible pain.Lord Voldemont laughed.He walked over to Hermione and kissed her once more.Harry saw it in her eyes.She was not herself.She looked lost,yet found.Harry had got on his feet.Lord Voldemort began leading Hermione away.

"No!Hermione!"Harry shouted.

He managed to knock Lord Voldemort over,just enough time to grab Hermione's hand.Hermione stopped dead in her tracks.She slowly turned aroudn to face Harry.

"Don't go Hermione!"he said to her.

Hermione's hand became chilly in his.He dropped it immediently when he saw he once cinnamon eyes become as dark as the shadows of the night and as cold as ice.

"My name..."she said"Is Katrina!"

Hermione plunged a dagger into Harry's back.Harry fell forwards,pain worse than the Crucio curse attacked his body.He watched as Hermione and Lord Voldemort aparated from the spot Hermione had hurt Harry.No,she was not Hermione.Hermione would never dare hurt someone she loves,try to kill them,and leave them out here for dead,nor would she betray them and join the side of the Dark Lord.

Harry layed there,slowly bleeding to death,his world shattered and broken,his face covered in tears,sweat,and mud.The only woman he ever loved had betrayed him.Harry closed his eyes and felt everything grow dark and cold.The screams from the church had dimished to a low murmur.The dense smell of smoke still lingered in the air.Harry Potter's world became cold and dark.His heart,no longer recognizable after the heartbreak he had just experienced. :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:- :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:- :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: Author's Note

Thanks again for all the reviews!I will try my best everyday to write and put up a new chapter.I have been swamped with things to do such as basketball practice,marching band practice,school work,hunting for a job,and helping my mom look for a house.I hope that this chapter is better than the last!

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