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Chapter 8
Will had been sat in the chair Hermione had pulled up. He had been sat there for a while; listening to Hermione, Harry, Ron, Lupin and Sirius talking about things he did not understand. Occasionally Hermione would cleverly translate the things too him. Looking around he saw that the shop he was in was very bright and full of things he had never seen before. Getting up with out been noticed he alerted Hermione by touching her arm again, then left the shop to explore Diagon Alley. The streets were so crowded. Full of people running in and out of shops, all of which looked old and medieval. He didn't know what to expect from this place. He was unprepared for anything that could happen, making him venerable.
After walking around for a while, examining shops, he started back to the ice cream parlour he was in before. On his way back he pasted a shop selling weapons. Of course there were no stakes, but the were swords. Knowing that he could not be seen, Will walked into the shop. As he stepped into the shop the faint musty smell stuck to his clothes, he could taste it in his mouth. He walked foreword to see an old lady, wearing a bandana cleaning a sword. The lady looked up, which for a moment scared Will. After the lady looked back down he began to look at the swords. When he found one that he knew Hermione would like, he picked it up.
" Are you going to pay for that?" Will turned around to see the woman looking up at him.
" You...you can see me? How?" Will question.
" I am a psychic. That is one of the reasons I was given this shop to look after. So you are buying this for a girl." She asked with out waiting for an answer." She is a very strong girl, very brave and courageous." Will could only nod. " She is going to need this sword, yet you cannot pay for it. Can you?" Will shook his head. " Take it for free." Just as Will was leaving she spoke again, " Here hive her this." She threw a silver cross into his hand.
After he managed to find his way back too Hermione he slipped the cross into her pocket then, dazed he left. Hermione had not noticed, and set off to buy her school supplies.
After spending the day in Diagon Alley, the five companions left for the Weasleys. Being with her friends made Hermione forget about Will, not that it mattered anyway. He had already left. Getting into the cab, Hermione took off her coat. The drive to the Burrow was going to be a long one. Hermione was in a cab by herself, while the others were in the other cab. Hermione was by herself as she had only just enough money to pay for herself. Looking out of the window, Hermione watched field after field go by. The journey was so long and boring, that she fell asleep. This time Hermione had another, peaceful sleep. She was running through a field full of yellow flowers. Her hair was flowing behind her. She was totally in peace until she heard a banging on the car door. She woke up to see Ginny standing there.
Hermione was glad to see Ginny. Ginny looked very grown up. She had her tied in a bun at back of her head. She was wearing a bit of makeup around her eyes. She looked very pretty. She had the natural look. Hermione thought to her self, to remember to ask Ginny too help her with her look. Her hormones had kicked in and, she now wanted to look beautiful and yet sensible too. After getting her cases out of the cab, she turned to the house. The Burrow looked quiet and peaceful. Yet Ron had told Hermione and Harry that the two twins where locked up in their rooms again, Bill, Percy and Charlie, where all away working. Hermione laughed at the thought of Percy over working himself and running around for his boss.
Ginny grabbed one of Hermiones cases, and carried it into the house. " You're case is a lot heavier this year Hermione" Ginny complained.
Hermione realising that she had a few weapons in there, and a few text books and her slayers handbook she took the case from Ginny with no problem. Mrs Weasley now moved towards Hermione and embraced her in a big hug. " Hermione dear, it's good to see you."
Hermione gasping for breath replied, " Yes its good to see you all too".
After settling down, they were shown to their rooms. Ron and Harry were sharing Ron's room. Hermione could not stop thinking about everything that had happened. Her thoughts were interrupted by the howl of Crookshanks. Hermione ran into the corridor to see what was happening. Hermione stared in amazement as Crookshanks, leapt up at Ron, who was holding his owl. Ron now bright red with anger shouted at Hermione. " It's not happy trying to kill one of my pets. NO!!!!!!!!!!! It needs two." Hermione tried to call Crookshanks, but could not control her laughter. She burst out in hysterics. Everyone except Ron, who was too busy trying to check his owl, turned too Hermione. Hermione grabbed Crookshanks and dumped him on her bed. Sitting next to him, she jumped when Ginny ran in and slammed the door. She was clutching a letter.
" Its for you" Ginny said out of breath. " I'm guessing that's why Crookshanks was jumping for Pig then." Hermione replied. " Did he deliver it?" She then questioned already knowing the answer." Yes" Ginny answered.
Hermione looked at Ginny, Ginny not getting the hint, sat down on her bed and watched Hermione. Hermione had looked at the cover; the seal was not something she recognised, so figuring it was important she left and headed downstairs into the kitchen then through to the garden. Crookshanks who had followed her, jumped onto her lap as she sat down on the grass. Nervously she opened the letter.
Dear Friend,
Hello, it's Will; I just wanted to say I hope you liked your cross. I put it in your pocket before I left. The council have informed me that there is a vampire terrorising locals in a small village near where you are staying. I know that your friends house is located near the village.I've been doing some research, this is no ordinary vamp. I'll tell you more, but I cant now because I don't want information to get into the wrong hands. Meet me at the village hall, nearest to the house at 10pm tomorrow.
Your sincerely Will
P.S- bring something to use, and wear your cross, for your own safety.
Hermione folded the note up. Crookshanks, knowing that something was wrong, looked up at Hermione then rubbed his back against her arm. This reassured Hermione, Crookshanks had never been wrong. It was now 6'o'clock. Hermione had until 10 pm the next day to prepare, for her first fight. Nervously she walked back into the house. Harry noticing Hermione walk straight past them tried to get her attention. " Hey Hermione, over here" That had obviously not worked so he kept trying. " Hermione" still not getting his attention he yelled, " HERMIONE". This worked.
She snapped her head around to see Harry and Ron stuffing their faces while staring at her. " What?" She asked irritably. Noticing the plate on the table that had not been touched, she sat down before it. Picking up her fork, she started a conversation, with her best friends.
" So, what have you two been doing?"
" Well" said Harry as he got up and grabbed some seconds " We were unpacking, and then trying to find you" Hermione nervously looked around.
" So where is everybody?" Hermione asked.
" Well mum and dad have gone to the Wizard market, and Fred and George have gone with them." Ginny replied as she walked through the door.
Ginny sat down next to Hermione. " So what do you all want to do?", the four looked around at each other.
" Well, we could go down to the village or something, or, raid George and Fred's room." Everyone raised their hands. " Ok then see you up stairs" Everyone ran up.
Ginny tried to open the door, but it was stuck. Hermione with her know it all attitude tried Alohamora, but that did not work, to the disappointment of the teens. Deciding after most had been tugging at the door handle for ages, to give up, the four all went their separate ways and spent the rest of the day lying about. Well, everyone but Hermione. Curious as to see if she could open the door, she silently crept upstairs and pushed the door ever so gently. To her surprise it opened. Looking inside she saw a room that you could say was the twins without even trying to think. The walls were covered with posters and workings out. It was very bright and colourful. On the wall she saw what looked like water balloons, or paint balloons. It was a mess; if Hermione had wanted to go in she couldn't have due to the serious lack of space on the floor. The carpet could not be seen, as clothes, wasted, used paper, and pieces of what she guessed was the result of some of their experiments, covered the floor. Knowing the twins, they would not of left their room, with all their ideas unguarded, it was too easy if anyone had wanted to break in.
Ron and Harry who were now walking up the stairs, aw Hermione with her head in the room they had tried to get into before. " Hey Ginny quickly, Hermiones gotten in" shouted Ron up to his sister. Hermione turned around as she heard Ginny jumping down the stairs.
" How did you do it Mi? I mean it you just can't do it so easily."
Hermione now thinking quickly replied, " Well it's simple really, I used a basic spell to open up a lock, not necessarily for a door, but it works anyway. I keep telling you, you have to read Hogwarts a history" in her usual know it all voice.
" If we read as much as you we'd be cross eyed," laughed Ron. Hermione gave him a 'I'm not impressed look', which shut him up. Harry now laughed.
" So Hermione, what does this spell go like?"
"Well" said, Hermione actually referring to a spell that she had seen on page 321, " You put your wand next to the door and say 'Vexiturn'."
" Oh" replied Ron. He didn't care much about how you get into the room but what's in it. He dashed into the room, which was a mistake.
As soon as he stepped into the room he glided, clumsily, through to the window, where he was then pelted with, small exploding balls. Every one laughed yet also showed some concern at the same time. After they were sure that the traps were over. They ran to help Ron up. " Ron are you ok", Hermione asked.
" I'll be fine".
The rest of the day went rather quickly. After getting washed and ready for bed Hermione, began to go over some moves she had been taught, in her mind. Because she was sharing a room with Ginny, Hermione was subject to constant discussions about how much Ginny weighed, how she looked and how much she was eating. 'Fascinating' Hermione thought to her self as Ginny moved on to describe new nail shapes.
2:50 am
" Sir we have new information as to the whereabouts of the new slayer. Well where she will live for the rest of the year. She is a schoolgirl attending Hogwarts. We do not know who she is or what she looks like, but at least we now know where she lives."
" Impressive." Replied a man sat on a chair in front of a fire. " We cannot attack Hogwarts, it is too dangerous, but we could, I guess attack places surrounding it."
Hermione woke up after yet another nightmare. This time it was about Hogwarts and her. They knew where she was, and it would only be a matter of time before they found out who she was. Getting up she walked to the mirror. Looking at herself, she noticed that she had grown, trying not to be vain she noticed how much prettier she had become. Crookshanks who had woken immediately, walked to the door and scratched at it. " I know, I'm coming". Hermione opened the door, and let him downstairs. As she turned around she saw the letter Will had sent her.
After reading it, she remembered that she had not got the cross. Frantically she searched her bag. It was not there, she looked in the pockets of her coat, until she found it. It was a silver cross with, a weird pattern that was barely visible etched into it. She flipped it over in her hand, on the other side were the initials of whom, she supposed had made it. HG. Hermione was surprised that the initials matched her own, but supposed it only to be a coincidence. As she wrapped it around her neck, the cold silver, sent shivers down her spine. A she put on a pair of deep blue, plain jeans, with brownish beige belt, the cross adjusted to her normal body temperature.
Hoping that some one else was awake, she crept downstairs to the kitchen. Luckily Mrs Weasley, the twins and Mr Weasley were already down, all eating, behind her Hermione could hear the footsteps of two people, rushing down.
The day seemed to Hermione to have lasted forever. She could not wait for tonight. She had been going over the instructions in the letter. Impatiently she went upstairs and was not seen for the rest of the day.
With Ginny now asleep, Hermione dressed mostly in black with a stake in her inside pocket, listened for the clock to strike 9. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, . 'nine, time to go'.
Knowing that Mr and Mrs Weasley would be in bed by now, as they needed to be ready for the next day, she slowly manoeuvred herself past their room, downstairs, and through the back door. Her heart was pounding. This was going to be her first vampire staking, yet she was worried that something might go wrong. Also she had not planned about how she would get to the village. It looked like she would just have to walk. it was only a 45minute walk, and she could not wait to see Will. She had been angry with herself for leaving him. well forgetting about him in Diagon Alley the other day. As she started her trek over hills and through fields, she could not stop worrying about someone waking up and finding her gone. They would probably panic, thinking that Voldemort had kidnapped her. Well she couldn't worry about that now. She was a slayer. She had no time to worry, 'people's lives are at stake' Hermione thought too herself, once again, to reassure her.
The trek to the village was tiring and a bad idea. She had already worn herself out, and for the fight, she needed her energy. She was now covered in mud. However Hermione did not notice, as she was too busy thinking. She was now very nervous, probably more nervous than she had ever been before. At the same time she was excited and slightly sick. She was excited because this was who her life would be from now on, and sick because she was so nervous.
Hermione began to see the faint glimmer of lights in the distance. As she reached the top of the hill, the village was now in her sights. Quickly yet nimbly she sprinted to the village. When she finally reached it, she noticed how quiet the village was. No lights were on, no movement from travellers, the street lamps were the only source of light and even they were only slightly lit. It was as if the whole village was hiding. As she walked further into it she saw a small light heading straight for her, or at least in her direction. She jumped behind a nearby car, and with her bobble tied up her hair. As the figure approached Hermione crawled further behind the car, until, it had taken a turn, and was now right in front of her.
Hermione gently lifted her head, to see Will standing there looking slightly amused. " Will, you scared me stupid. What are you doing wandering around the street, I thought you were going to be in the cemetery." Hermione asked, slightly annoyed.
" I was going to the cemetery just now. Its only 9:30. You are the one who's wrong for once" Will replied, slightly annoyed him self. Yet proud that he had beaten Hermione in an argument for once.
" Fine then, whatever, where's the cemetery?" Hermione now asked, without the annoyed tone.
" Over there". Will pointed to an old fashioned Iron Gate, beyond it lay hundreds of headstones. As they both approached it, they said nothing.
" So you said you had something important to tell me, and that this is no ordinary vamp" Hermione said.
" Well, this vamp is stronger than most. He feeds off, not only blood, but organs, like a leech. I can't remember the name, too long and compli" He was cut off by Hermione.
" So basically a vamp with a very bad sweet tooth?" Will just looked at her, and began to rummage through his pockets. " I take that as a yes then" Hermione said sarcastically.
Will was now tugging at the gates, but could not open them; Hermione could not help smiling at his attempts. " Here let me", she said, pulling him away. With one kick Hermione broke open the gates, and then cautiously walked in, Will close behind. As Hermione scanned the graveyard carefully. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a figure move stealthily past a tombstone. Will who had not seen the figure, watched Hermione as she walked further into the graveyard.
Hermione was scanning the graveyard again for the vampire but could not see him. From behind her she could now hear desperate gasps. She turned around to see Will's neck in the hands of one ugly vampire. Hermione could not move. She just stood in shock as the vampire, who had now noticed Hermione, let go of Will, then lunged towards the throat of the unguarded vampire slayer. Hermione before she knew it found herself on the floor with a vampire stood above her. The last thing she saw as she slipped out of consciousness was the vampire moving down towards her.