Death comes on silent paws,

All are at peace,

They are blind,

They lead there happy lives,

Not knowing death is standing beside them.

Death creeps up the walls,

A dark beast,

To no one is death kind,

Piercing them like stabbing knives,

And Death is as silent as the wind.

They see it to late,

But Death can't wait.

Author of Death Creeps on Silent Paws~ Jessica R. (aka Dream Serpent)

Lord Voldemort smiled as he leads his faithful death eaters and soon the reached a top of a hill and Hogwarts came into view. Soon he would be lord of the entire world and she would be his queen.

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Hermione was still up. Her party the other Gryffindors had given her was great. They even got a huge cake that had red frosting and in gold frosting said "Happy Sweet 16 Hermione "Mione" Granger." Mostly people got her books and they got ones she didn't have. Harry had got her a red and gold necklace with a lion on it. Then she started to get a bad feeling in her stomach. She felt like something was going to happen and just as she finished that thought something did. She heard Professor McGonagall's voice call them down to the common room. Hermione ran down to the common room with the others and standing there was a very scared Professor McGonagall. Hermione went and stood next to Harry who was rubbing his scar. Hermione felt to stomach drop she realized what was going on.

"Voldemort is going to attack Hogwarts," McGonagall stated with a slight flinch, "All 1st though 5th years will go to the dungeons and meet Professor Binns there. All other students will decide where they want to go." The younger students started going out the common room, very scared but somewhat calm. Hermione knew that more people were going to be coming to Hogwarts, some for protection and some to resist Lord Voldemort. Most of the Gryffindor 6th and 7th years followed her outside. The teachers were standing outside the gates of Hogwarts with students from Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and even a few from Slytherin, along with about 200 Aurors, all standing there watching a hill in the distance in their deep blue robes. They were there standing in their school robes, thanks to a spell performed by McGonagall, preparing to battle the Death Eaters coming over the hill.

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Dumbledore had seemed to have just got them together when all hell broke loose. Powerful magic crackled in the air and people fell like flies, on both sides. Hermione found out from Dumbledore that Snape was protecting the school and the people in it. The number of people coming to Hogwarts kept growing as the battle raged on. Hermione nearly fell when she found Ron's body but she knew she had to move on. But, they seemed to be losing. The Death Eaters are getting closer and closer to Hogwarts. Then an idea comes to Hermione, the protection spell she finished. She could put the extraordinarily incredibly powerful spell on Hogwarts. So she turned and ran back toward Hogwarts not knowing that Lord Voldemort was following her every movement.

Voldemort had kept an eye on the powerful witch the whole time of the battle. She had cast some spells that neither he nor Dumbledore could ever cast. He knew she was up to something he saw an idea spark in her amber eyes. So he followed her. Hermione had reached the gates and put her wand away, she wouldn't need it. She slowly began to focus on the spell, drawing the power from the world around her and deep inside herself. She slowly began a haunting chant in some ancient dead language. She felt the power grow quickly inside her but, she also felt her life energy flowing out of her. Hermione realized that this would most likely kill her. But she just kept on chanting, she had never been afraid of death. She opened her eyes and they were pure silver but she still saw the protecting magic surround Hogwarts. She watched as a bright yellow glow surrounded the castle growing brighter and brighter by the minute. She poured what ever she had left to make it stronger, to protect the people inside. Their lives were worth her small sacrifice, well small to her anyway. Then she let herself fall into the abyss

Lord Voldemort had watched the whole event in awe. But when Hermione fell he went to her side and gathered her in his arms. He pushed her deep dark brown hair with honey highlights away from her smooth cream colored skin. Her lips were the color of pink roses. He held her tall, slim, but curvy frame against him. He smiled as he realized that she was still alive and her heart was very slowly starting to beat stronger.

"My brave little Gryffindor why did you do it," he said placing a pale hand on her cheek. "My sweet love, my queen." Then he realized that he wouldn't win to today but he would next time. After all he had gotten her. So he sent up the signal and then he and Hermione were gone. Ginny Weasley got up from her hiding place still bleeding and began to cry, she had snuck out to help her friends and her brother. She stood by in shock of what Hermione did then in Voldemort's reaction.

"Oh gods Hermione," She said, "I let you slip away." Then she ran to find Dumbledore or anyone that could help.