(A/N: To my faithful readers and reviewers, I'm so sorry its been so long!!!! My computer wouldn't let me log in! =( I apprecitate all the wonderful reviews! They totally brighten my day, Thank you! Anyway, here is the next long awaited chapter...enjoy!)

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~*~*~*~*~* CHAPTER FOURTY SIX: DEATH EATERS

Ron and Hermione had lost one another after about 5 minutes. Three Death Eaters had approached them and Ron, attempting to be a diversion, bravely ran into the forest with two Death Eaters following him. Hermione had screamed at him to come back, but Ron was rather stubborn and she feared for his life, being alone in the Forbidden Forest with two Death Eaters like that. But Hermione didn't have long to think about Ron as the Death Eater in front of her was swiftly coming closer.

"STUPEFY!" Hermione screamed as she walked backwards, away from the Death Eater.

The Death Eater didn't speak, it just moved closer and closer to Hermione. Hermione, walking faster, tripped over a stump and fell to the earth floor, scratching her face and arms profoundly. She scrambled about for her wand, but couldn't find it among all the leaves of the forest.

Please! Please! Hermione prayed, as the death eater only became closer to her. "Accio wand!" Hermione cried desperately. The wand flew into her hands as she whipped around and screamed "Stupefy!"

The creature now stood no more than a foot away from Hermione. Her heart pounding in her chest and her breath ragged, she attempted to shout stupefy but nothing came out. The Death Eater silently, reached up for her hand in the air and grabbed her wand against Hermione's struggles. Hermione gasped, horrified, as she heard a loud crack, and knew that the Death Eater had snapped her wand in half.

Defenseless, Hermione knew only one thing to do. She ran; she ran so hard she thought her lungs would burst. She dodged branches, leaped over stumps, all the while her mind frantic. Hermione ran towards the nearest clearing only to run into another Death Eater! She gasped, breaking free of the Death Eater's grasp, and ran the other direction, the Death Eater right behind her. She ran into a little clearing before she realized...she was trapped.

Hermione threw herself behind a tree and pressed her back against it, a feeble attempt to hide herself. Hermione heard the Death Eaters approaching and she held her breath, realizing there were now more of them, which wasn't easy to do considered she'd never ran so hard in her life before.

"She's gotta be in here somewhere boys. Keep looking."

Hermione winced; she began to pray...to anyone.... that the Death Eaters would pass her.

"Hello dear" A raspy but ice cold voice said, before he violently threw Hermione onto the forest floor, landing her over a large fallen tree. Hermione screamed. She screamed so loudly; that she was certain that even the students locked away in a Hogwarts Tower heard it. Her body had blood running down it and her head felt like a sack full of galleons from the impact.

The Death Eater pulled out his wand and pointed it at Hermione. She closed her eyes. This was it.

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(A/N: Cliffhanger! I know, I'm very very evil! Lol, hope you enjoyed it!)