Chapter 3
Rescued
"Who's there?" asked Hermione. "No one," came a reply. In the little circle of light that came from the ceiling a person appeared. "Who are you?" asked Harry. "Harry, Hermione, that is not important right now, get up." They could now see the lower half of his face. He was wearing a white robe with his hood up only two reflections of light in his eyes. They stood and walked toward him, he spoke a strange language and they heard a click and rocks rise from behind them. "Harry, Hermione go now, take care, don't get caught, do not take the Knight bus, it will be watched," he said, "This is not what he planned." The door where they had seen Death Eaters enter shook and the handle turned. It did not open however. Then there was an explosion that knocked Harry and Hermione off their feet. The stranger simply turned and did not seem to notice. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHO ARE YOU?" roared Voldemort. "I am letting them go, who am I?" he said quietly. He looked at Hermione with a smile, "You will never know my real name Tom, but you can call me,…" he paused gave her a smile and finished, "Neo." Hermione let out a snort of laughter. "What?" whispered Harry. "I'll tell you later," she whispered back. "Children, go, now!" 'Neo' barked. They ran towards the opening. It started closing behind them, Harry looked back, Neo lifted his hand, Voldemort lifted off his feet and rammed into the wall. "Enough," he said as Death Eaters poured in. "I think the numbers are against you," sneered Voldemort. "Numbers are overrated," he replied. Then the door slammed shut behind them. Hermione continued to stare back at it. "HERMIONE," yelled Harry. "What?" Hermione snapped. "Come on," said Harry. They continued to run down the passage way, Hermione was having trouble, she tried to keep up with Harry, but the weeks caught up with her she dropped in a dead faint. Harry looked back, "Hermione!" he called. Hermione didn't move. Harry ran to her side and shook her. "Hermione, come on, wake up." Harry picked her up and continued to walk as fast as possible toward the end of the passage.
Hermione awoke and sat up quickly. "Don't worry Hermione, your safe," said a familiar voice. "Mum!" Hermione hugged her mother, "How did I get home, I just remember that awful place… Then starting to escape." "Harry brought you back pumpkin," said Mrs. Granger, "Now rest." "But mum, where is Harry, is he okay?" she asked. "Yes, he's fine, he had a fight with his uncle and was thrown out yesterday. So he'll have to stay here until Hogwarts begins." Her mother replied, "He's resting now, he fainted too, after he got both of you to safety. But he woke up two days ago." "How long have I been out?" she asked. "A couple days, now REST," her mother ordered her, "Harry will say hi, after you both have had some more rest." She went down the hall to Harry's room, on the way she looked in on Hermione's baby sister. Her second daughter was sleeping soundly.
Then she proceeded down to Harry's room. "Harry? Are you up yet?" she asked almost in a whisper. "Yes," Harry replied quite calmly, "How's Hermione?" "Fine," said Mrs. Granger, "I guess in an hour you can visit, okay?" "Thank you, Mrs. Granger." Harry said. "You're quite welcome, thank you for saving our Hermione," replied Mrs. Granger. "I would have done it for anyone," said Harry turning a little red. "Maybe," said Mrs. Granger closing the door. Harry got up and looked out the window. "Good job Harry," said a quiet voice, the same voice that saved them from the dungeon, "You did very well considering the circumstances." "You're the one that saved us?" asked Harry not bothering to turn around. "No, you saved yourselves, I merely opened the door, you had to walk through it. Now, you may go or stay. Be careful, Voldemort was not pleased." With that 'Neo' disappeared. Harry looked back, 'Go or stay? What did that mean?. He pondered. Harry tiptoed to the door and opened it.
