Chapter 14: "Black" Raven
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Hermione dropped down on the couch in front of the fireplace, and muttered a spell to turn on the fire. She just sat there and waited for Draco to come back from the Gryffindor Common Room. The Gryffindor Team just had their last Quidditch match of the season; they had won the Quidditch Cup.
Hermione wanted to go see the game, but she had some much work to catch up on after her five-month absence. She had asked Colin Creevey to Videotape the match, but the tape mysteriously broke when he put it in. It might have been the magic around Hogwarts, or maybe a bad tape. Whatever it was, she had missed Draco catch the Snitch with his feet, or so said all the girls walking by the Head Boy/Girl Common Room.
"The Prior Incantato charm reveals a wand's most recently cast spells. I cannot believe we just learnt this, I have known this spell since First year. Hey, Tom Riddle's Wand on the table, I wonder what the last spell was."
Hermione walked over to the desk and took Riddle's wand; she pointed at it and muttered, "Prior Incantato!"
Words began to appear over top of Riddle's wand, Crucio, Imperio, Stupefy, Crucio, Imperio, Crucio, Crucio, Crucio."
Hermione could not look at it anymore, there was too many Crucio, but when she turned back to mutter the counter curse she saw something that sparked her interest. Fidelius Diffindo!
"He split a Fidelius? Defigo Palma!"
A date appeared over the wand, it was the same date that Harry's parents died the same date that Voldemort lost his power.
"Magis!" Hermione yelled.
Above the wand, the name of the wizard who had used this wand to use the entire previous curse, and the Fidelius Charm. The name above the wand said: "Percy Weasley."
"Percy?"
The Common Room Door opened and in came Draco, who, she guessed, had showered in Gryffindor Tower. She just stared at him with a blank look
"Hermione, what's wrong?"
Hermione handed Draco the wand with the spell list, date and user of the spell on it. Draco looked at it and dropped the wand. He grabbed Hermione's and pointed at the wand, then yelled a curse, "Avada Kedavra!"
Hermione's wand backfired and pushed him across the room. If it had been Draco's wand that had backfired, Draco would have been killed instantly.
"DRACO! MOBILARBUS INFIRMARY!"
Draco began to slightly float out of the Common Room, and down to the infirmary.
"Draco… Draco…"
Draco woke up to see himself looking at him, only this wasn't an alter ego, this was the Draco from Hermione's time.
"Get up you slob! You know what you are. A disgrace to the Malfoy name! If you were a real Malfoy, you would not hang out with a Mudblood like Granger! She is a dirty Mudblood! She knows nothing of the Dark Arts, study them, and you will defeat the Dark Lord, Then take all your fame, and destroy the world. If you get caught, pretend to be Voldemort!"
"You're despicable! What does blood have to do with it? As long as the couple is happy then…"
"Don't give me this old speech, its all about blood these days…"
"Maybe to you, Impedimenta!
Malfoy hit the wall and Draco began to get a headache, he should have known, this is his brain, anything that hurts his surroundings, hurts him.
"Nice shot, but take this," Malfoy pointed to the ground, "Avada Kedav..."
Draco woke up from his dream, he got up, but saw nothing around him except darkness. But he felt warmth around him, "Lumos!" His wand lit up and he saw a sleeping Hermione lying right beside him. He wondered what she was dreaming.
"Welcome Miss. Granger, to Crystal Coast, where all your dreams come true." Said a voice inside the gates. The Muggle opened the gate and Hermione walked in. She saw Draco and he grabbed her hand. They walked down the sparkling sanded beaches and beautiful waters. Draco and Hermione walked down the beach until they hit a pedestal. On it was Draco's wand, and Hermione picked it up.
"Here you go," Hermione handed Draco the wand and he smirked.
"That was the biggest mistake of your life Mudblood! Now, which spell should I use on you? Crucio? Imperio? Impedimenta? Nex Necis?"
Hermione had her anger level rise again, she heard the word 'Mudblood' echo in her head before she took out her wand.
"Crucio!" Hermione yelled.
Draco, or the Draco in this dream, was twitching in unforgivable pain. Hopefully, in Hermione's eyes, the curse would not hurt the real Draco.
"Hermione, wake up! Something is around us…"
"Mmm… Good morning Draco."
"There's no time!" Draco whispered.
"What's with the whispering?"
"The Black Raven!"
"What Raven?"
"The one standing right outside the window."
Hermione looked at the dark window and saw it. A scary looking raven that had piercing eyes, not unlike Madam Hooch's. Hermione got out her wand and pointed it at the raven, "Impedimenta!"
The raven flew into the room and took form, it took form into Madam Hooch.
"Hermione and Draco… you are in deep trouble," Madam Hooch began, Hermione noticed all the wounds on Madam Hooch's body, she must have come from Voldemort's Castle, "The stone… do you still have it?"
"Yes, but you're not getting it. I have strict orders not to give it to anyone. Or let them see it!"
"I don't want it Mistress Hermione, I must make sure you have it, for it is the only way to defeat Voldemort."
"You said his name… Who are you?"
Madam Hooch took out her wand and muttered "Finite Incantatum," and her disguise fell, it revealed Sirius Black, but this was not the Death Eater of this world. It was Sirius Black, Godfather of Harry Potter.
"Sirius?" Hermione muttered before running over to him and hugging him, "How did you… But you… Bloody Impossible!"
"We must get out of here, Voldemort will be here soon. We must speak to Dumbledore…"
"It's too late Black," a dark voice said.
"Voldemort!" Sirius replied as he got out his wand.
All the time, another Black Raven was watching the whole thing.
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This was not the greatest chapter ever. The next one will have more action and excitement.