Another chapter for you all! I've been a slave to drama club all week,
since our big competition is Saturday, but I figured I'd get it in before I
got too caught up in everything. Enjoy!
Solin- Thanks for the review! I think the death eaters would have some tabs on the Aurors, so Crabbe and Goyle must've had an easy way to break in. Auror headquarters could be in several locations, not just in the ministry. They could be all over the world!
LuthienGranger2004- Thank you! I'm glad you took a liking to it!
BuckNC- Your review made me smile so much! I think everyone tries hard to make their stories the best they can, so every writer deserves SOME credit. Thank you for being so passionate about the story.
Raina- Sorry, I'm busy a lot between school, homework, and drama. I only get to update about once every week.
Spidermonkieesrkewl- Yup, this is my first fic. I'm glad that you like the story so much. I really hoped to keep it somewhat suspenseful and I'm glad it's working! I'll try not too keep your cursed impatience waiting too long for the next chapter!
VENGEANCE by MyKonstantine
Chapter 7: Operation Hollow Castle
Harry sat on the edge of Ginny's bed as the morning sun glimmered through the curtains, tying his workers' boots. He was nervous, but he tried to hide it as he felt the bed sunk in on his right side.
"Almost ready, Harry?" Ginny cooed from beside him. Noticing his face, she said, "What's wrong?"
Harry thought for a moment about 'Operation Hollow Castle', Ginny had nicknamed it the night before, and turned back to her.
He let out a long sigh. "Do you ever feel that someday you're going to get too deep into some battle and never make it out?" Ginny sighed herself and then put her head on his shoulder.
"We have to do this for Hermione. I think if any of us were sent by fate to die a hero's death, it would have happened already." Her words of wisdom sunk in slowly, before he nodded.
"Let's go get Ron." Harry said, putting on his brave face once again.
It was a short walk down the hall before Ginny opened the door to find Ron staring at a picture of himself and Hermione at graduation. He looked up at them, looked back at the picture for a moment, and then stood up. "Let's do this."
Ginny had set a portkey the night before that would bring them directly to the hotel room that she and Hermione shared that fateful day. They all grabbed onto the old wooden spoon, and were soon felt a familiar tug.
After much more tugging and spinning, they landed safely in the hotel room.
"How exactly do we find an entrance now?" Ginny asked, looking around the seemingly normal hotel suite.
Ron pointed to a spot on the carpet near the large bloodstain where a body had once lain. "Hermione's necklace was here, I won't expect the entrance to be too far."
Harry began to knock on walls, mumbling various opening and unlocking spells to them. Ginny looked for any magical signs under the bed or behind a painting. Ron just rushed everywhere, searching for an entrance on any possible surface.
It was then that they heard the scream.
"Hermione!" Harry yelled back into the wall. They tried every spell they knew on that patch of wall that the scream had come from behind, but nothing worked.
"No, please Hermione! Please!" Ron began to call out against the wall. A single tear slid down his cheek.
"Nothing's working!" He screamed, knocking over the lamp on the nearest table in his rage.
"Not the spells! Not the Aurors! Not this damn necklace!" Ron ripped the necklace of his neck where it had been lying ever since he was given it. He threw it against the wall, and it broke from the force.
To their surprise, the green potion burned through the wall like acid as it dripped down the side. It didn't open the entrance more than a few inches, but that was enough for them to try to tear through the wall surrounding the hole.
The ripping began to seem slow and fruitless until they heard Hermione's scream again, this time more clearly. "Kanena."
"That's it! Stand back!" Instead of waiting for them to move, Ron pushed Harry and Ginny away from the wall. "Kanena!"
Almost instantly, a grim archway that was only about five feet tall and three feet wide formed in the wall. There was a large, long stone corridor on the other side.
"This is it!" Ron said, lighting his wand as he went to enter.
Harry grabbed him by the shoulder. "No! They can't see the lights from our wands or hear us putting out the light in there! It'll give us away!"
Ron let out an exasperated "Nox," before looking to Harry. "Alright then, how do you suggest we see?"
Harry put up a miniature flashlight from the bedside table. "It's a muggle device. You just push this button forward to put it on, and let go to shut it off." Harry gave them a demonstration, and the flashlight was soundless.
Before another word could be exchanged, another shrill scream could be heard, but this time it was a long, painful noise.
They began to rush through the archway and down the corridor in a silent panic.
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As an unforgivable curse burned through her body, Hermione Granger could only fear from the life of her friends.
The Death Eaters had heard them knocking on the wall, and were now punishing Hermione severely for yelling out the entrance enchantment. If she made it out alive, she never wanted to hear the word "Crucio" again.
Her head throbbed as the pain ended. Her friends were walking into the hollows, and the Death Eaters were expecting them.
Draco walked up to her with that signature egotistical grin painted on his face. "Voldemort may be dead, but his enemies will all be dead soon all well, my dear Mudblood."
He rubbed his hand along her cheek and she thrashed her head as far away from his hand as it would go as she lay on the floor.
"I think we'll kill you last." Draco ruminated aloud. "Yes, you'll be much better off watching your friends die first."
In the corridor just outside the room, she heard someone shout the first spell. A great battle had begun.
"Stupefy!" "Incendio!" "Petrificus Totalus!" "Rictusempra!"
Draco stood up as to guard Hermione's almost lifeless body from a safe rescue.
She could vaguely see through her smoky eyes that the light was getting closer and closer, and finally the three Death Eaters that were left standing backing into the room, still dueling with Ron, Harry, and Ginny.
If she was ever going to be saved, this would have to be that time.
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I love evil!Draco. I'm definitely not a big believer in him switching to the side of good, so I'm trying to make him seem extra evil here.
I got so many awesome reviews! Keep 'em coming!"
Solin- Thanks for the review! I think the death eaters would have some tabs on the Aurors, so Crabbe and Goyle must've had an easy way to break in. Auror headquarters could be in several locations, not just in the ministry. They could be all over the world!
LuthienGranger2004- Thank you! I'm glad you took a liking to it!
BuckNC- Your review made me smile so much! I think everyone tries hard to make their stories the best they can, so every writer deserves SOME credit. Thank you for being so passionate about the story.
Raina- Sorry, I'm busy a lot between school, homework, and drama. I only get to update about once every week.
Spidermonkieesrkewl- Yup, this is my first fic. I'm glad that you like the story so much. I really hoped to keep it somewhat suspenseful and I'm glad it's working! I'll try not too keep your cursed impatience waiting too long for the next chapter!
VENGEANCE by MyKonstantine
Chapter 7: Operation Hollow Castle
Harry sat on the edge of Ginny's bed as the morning sun glimmered through the curtains, tying his workers' boots. He was nervous, but he tried to hide it as he felt the bed sunk in on his right side.
"Almost ready, Harry?" Ginny cooed from beside him. Noticing his face, she said, "What's wrong?"
Harry thought for a moment about 'Operation Hollow Castle', Ginny had nicknamed it the night before, and turned back to her.
He let out a long sigh. "Do you ever feel that someday you're going to get too deep into some battle and never make it out?" Ginny sighed herself and then put her head on his shoulder.
"We have to do this for Hermione. I think if any of us were sent by fate to die a hero's death, it would have happened already." Her words of wisdom sunk in slowly, before he nodded.
"Let's go get Ron." Harry said, putting on his brave face once again.
It was a short walk down the hall before Ginny opened the door to find Ron staring at a picture of himself and Hermione at graduation. He looked up at them, looked back at the picture for a moment, and then stood up. "Let's do this."
Ginny had set a portkey the night before that would bring them directly to the hotel room that she and Hermione shared that fateful day. They all grabbed onto the old wooden spoon, and were soon felt a familiar tug.
After much more tugging and spinning, they landed safely in the hotel room.
"How exactly do we find an entrance now?" Ginny asked, looking around the seemingly normal hotel suite.
Ron pointed to a spot on the carpet near the large bloodstain where a body had once lain. "Hermione's necklace was here, I won't expect the entrance to be too far."
Harry began to knock on walls, mumbling various opening and unlocking spells to them. Ginny looked for any magical signs under the bed or behind a painting. Ron just rushed everywhere, searching for an entrance on any possible surface.
It was then that they heard the scream.
"Hermione!" Harry yelled back into the wall. They tried every spell they knew on that patch of wall that the scream had come from behind, but nothing worked.
"No, please Hermione! Please!" Ron began to call out against the wall. A single tear slid down his cheek.
"Nothing's working!" He screamed, knocking over the lamp on the nearest table in his rage.
"Not the spells! Not the Aurors! Not this damn necklace!" Ron ripped the necklace of his neck where it had been lying ever since he was given it. He threw it against the wall, and it broke from the force.
To their surprise, the green potion burned through the wall like acid as it dripped down the side. It didn't open the entrance more than a few inches, but that was enough for them to try to tear through the wall surrounding the hole.
The ripping began to seem slow and fruitless until they heard Hermione's scream again, this time more clearly. "Kanena."
"That's it! Stand back!" Instead of waiting for them to move, Ron pushed Harry and Ginny away from the wall. "Kanena!"
Almost instantly, a grim archway that was only about five feet tall and three feet wide formed in the wall. There was a large, long stone corridor on the other side.
"This is it!" Ron said, lighting his wand as he went to enter.
Harry grabbed him by the shoulder. "No! They can't see the lights from our wands or hear us putting out the light in there! It'll give us away!"
Ron let out an exasperated "Nox," before looking to Harry. "Alright then, how do you suggest we see?"
Harry put up a miniature flashlight from the bedside table. "It's a muggle device. You just push this button forward to put it on, and let go to shut it off." Harry gave them a demonstration, and the flashlight was soundless.
Before another word could be exchanged, another shrill scream could be heard, but this time it was a long, painful noise.
They began to rush through the archway and down the corridor in a silent panic.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
As an unforgivable curse burned through her body, Hermione Granger could only fear from the life of her friends.
The Death Eaters had heard them knocking on the wall, and were now punishing Hermione severely for yelling out the entrance enchantment. If she made it out alive, she never wanted to hear the word "Crucio" again.
Her head throbbed as the pain ended. Her friends were walking into the hollows, and the Death Eaters were expecting them.
Draco walked up to her with that signature egotistical grin painted on his face. "Voldemort may be dead, but his enemies will all be dead soon all well, my dear Mudblood."
He rubbed his hand along her cheek and she thrashed her head as far away from his hand as it would go as she lay on the floor.
"I think we'll kill you last." Draco ruminated aloud. "Yes, you'll be much better off watching your friends die first."
In the corridor just outside the room, she heard someone shout the first spell. A great battle had begun.
"Stupefy!" "Incendio!" "Petrificus Totalus!" "Rictusempra!"
Draco stood up as to guard Hermione's almost lifeless body from a safe rescue.
She could vaguely see through her smoky eyes that the light was getting closer and closer, and finally the three Death Eaters that were left standing backing into the room, still dueling with Ron, Harry, and Ginny.
If she was ever going to be saved, this would have to be that time.
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I love evil!Draco. I'm definitely not a big believer in him switching to the side of good, so I'm trying to make him seem extra evil here.
I got so many awesome reviews! Keep 'em coming!"