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*****Dani says thanks for all the reviews. She's glad you like her story. I will put up a few more chapters tonight, maybe we'll find out what happened to Hermione.
Harry was dumbstruck. Had Hermione been kidnapped? What did they mean by
'Hermione is no more?'
Ron went up with Cho. He saw Harry sitting down on a chair.
He came running to Harry.
'You idiot! Why did you leave her side? What the heck's the matter with you?' he bellowed.
Harry stood up to argue but Ron was a little too quick because Harry was in disbelief. Ron punched him. He fell down.
He was on all fours when, 'Harry, you're a coward! You're a coward and good for nothing!' screamed Ron.
Harry would've returned the punch and add another but he didn't blame Ron. He blamed himself. He was looking at the floor, tears filling his brilliant green eyes, blood dripping from his face.
Ron saw this. Dumbledore asked everybody but Harry and him to leave at once. Professor McGonagall was on about fighting is not allowed but she knew it wasn't intentional.
Cho was now gone along with everybody else. Ron looked at Harry.
'Why? Why did you leave her alone when she was in danger?'
'She told me she had feelings for me.' he said finally.
'And so? What's wrong with that?!' he said, his voice rising again.
'I...'he began.
'Harry! Tell yourself the truth!'
Harry wasn't planning to say anything but he wasn't in control of his mouth.
'I was scared, okay? I was scared that I might actually love her back! Was that what you wanted to hear? Are you happy now? IT'S MY FAULT!'
Ron just looked at him, not with pity, not with anger but full of meaning.
'Harry, we can still get her back.'
'I hope so, Ron. I hope so.'
'I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do that.'
'I don't blame you. I want to punch me, too.'
'Harry, I think we'd better go to the common room now.'
'Can you go first?'
'Sure. I'll see you there.'
And Ron left. Harry went over to Hermione's bed. The dark mark still fresh. He took the diary and he left. But as he was approaching the door, his scar burnt so badly, he fell on all fours again. Then, he heard it.
'She's one of us, Potter! You'll never get here back! Never!' said a cold and cruel voice which he recognized as the one he heard on Christmas. It faded but Harry listened long enough to memorize it. They turned Hermione to the dark side!
Harry went straight to Dumbledore's office. He was stopped, however, by the ugly gargoyle statue. He didn't know the password! He stood there making up passwords and saying the first things that came to his head.
He was kicking the gargoyle so hard, his feet were now hurting. He was so frustrated, he started punching it. Then a voice called out from behind him.
'Putting all your anger on something which had nothing to do with it, is just saying you blame yourself.'
'Professor Dumbledore, I heard the voice of the person who erased Hermione's memory! He said, he said... .'
'Calm down, Harry. Let us step into my office.'
He went in, still not knowing how to say Hermione's been turned over to the dark side.
'So, what was it you wanted to say?' he asked calmly.
'Sir, the voice told me that Hermione was now one of them and that... we'll never get her back.' he said sadly.
Dumbledore looked like he had been told bad news after another. Then, finally, he himself broke the silence.
'Harry, do you think we'll get her back? To our side?' he asked in a voice that deserved rest.
'Yes, sir. I do. I know we will.'
'Then I ask you to leave it all up to us. Don't do anything in order to save her. You are not old enough.'
Harry would have believed Dumbledore but he saw a twinkle in his eye that indicated Dumbledore was just saying this. Probably because the walls had ears.
He nodded which meant he understood the real meaning of his sentence.
'Now, if you please, Mr. Potter, there's a lot of work to be done.'
He left Dumbledore's office with no questions asked. He headed for the Gryffindor tower when he was stopped by none other than Malfoy.
'My, Potter, you do look like you've just lost a friend!' he laughed. Harry just ignored him.
'What's the matter, Potter? Did I hit a nerve?' he paused. 'Where's your little Mudblood friend?' Crabbe and Goyle gave sniggers.
He was about to give Malfoy a mouthful but he just smiled and said, 'Why? Has she been trouble for your father and his little friends?'
'You can't prove anything, Potter!'
'That's right, but when we get her back, I'll bet she's got something to say.' and he turned and went straight to the common room.
Then, as if something in his head was opened, Harry remembered his silver key! He could check the girl's dormitories. Hermione must've left something there to give him a clue to what she was trying to tell him.
He had told Ron about his plan. He offered to help. Harry was relieved at this.
That night, Harry took his invisibility cloak and silver key. Ron stayed outside the door of the girl's dorm while Harry went in, quietly.
It looked like it did when he came there before, only this time, it was a little darker because all the lights were out.
He came into Hermione's room. Her bed was all made up, very neatly. He smiled at this. Even before all this happened, she made her bed so neatly. He looked around the room. He saw Parvati, Lavender, and three other Gryffindor girls. They were sound asleep.
He went to Hermione's trunk, and opened it. Harry saw books, books, and more books. He looked through all of them and none of them bore the title he was looking for. He had close-calls when one of the girls woke up and looked to see if anyone was there. She fell asleep rather quickly after that.
Harry kept looking and he saw, at the very bottom of her trunk, there was a picture. It was still dark so he couldn't make out who it was. He put it in his pocket, without thinking.
Then, there it was, a moldy looking book. He read it carefully and more than once. Founding Fathers of Hogwarts, from Past to Present. He took the book slowly and quietly and put everything else back. He closed the trunk and went out as fast as he could.
Ron met him at the entrance. Harry showed Ron the book cover and he gestured him to their dorm.
They entered it and went straight to Harry's bed. He opened the book and read it from page to page.
They found out new things about how the founding fathers of Hogwarts were when it was their time. They found out a lot. But, they didn't find anything on who the heirs were.
Harry just found an empty page. Nothing was written there, not even a page number. It was at the very end of the book.
By now, Ron had fallen asleep. He analyzed the book, carefully. Page by page. He would sometimes come across sentences that are supposed to be read backwards.
The most useful of those said:
evarb noil si tub sselesu ot eht gninnuc ekans tuohtiw eht pleh fo eht drah gnikrow regdab. Revewoh, ti, oot, si sselesu tuohtiw eht dnim fo na tnegilletni elgae.
Harry changed every letter from backwards to front.
He had this result:
The brave lion is but useless to the cunning snake without the help of the hard working badger. However, it, too, is useless without the mind of an intelligent eagle.
Harry didn't really get this sentence but he decided to keep it in his robe's pocket.
******Awwww!!! Harry loves Hermione!!! Isn't that cute? Didn't see that one coming did we. Of course we didn't, it's not like this is and H/H fan fiction is it?? Haha. Just had to say something stupid. Now, time for me to start the next chapter!
*****Dani says thanks for all the reviews. She's glad you like her story. I will put up a few more chapters tonight, maybe we'll find out what happened to Hermione.
Harry was dumbstruck. Had Hermione been kidnapped? What did they mean by
'Hermione is no more?'
Ron went up with Cho. He saw Harry sitting down on a chair.
He came running to Harry.
'You idiot! Why did you leave her side? What the heck's the matter with you?' he bellowed.
Harry stood up to argue but Ron was a little too quick because Harry was in disbelief. Ron punched him. He fell down.
He was on all fours when, 'Harry, you're a coward! You're a coward and good for nothing!' screamed Ron.
Harry would've returned the punch and add another but he didn't blame Ron. He blamed himself. He was looking at the floor, tears filling his brilliant green eyes, blood dripping from his face.
Ron saw this. Dumbledore asked everybody but Harry and him to leave at once. Professor McGonagall was on about fighting is not allowed but she knew it wasn't intentional.
Cho was now gone along with everybody else. Ron looked at Harry.
'Why? Why did you leave her alone when she was in danger?'
'She told me she had feelings for me.' he said finally.
'And so? What's wrong with that?!' he said, his voice rising again.
'I...'he began.
'Harry! Tell yourself the truth!'
Harry wasn't planning to say anything but he wasn't in control of his mouth.
'I was scared, okay? I was scared that I might actually love her back! Was that what you wanted to hear? Are you happy now? IT'S MY FAULT!'
Ron just looked at him, not with pity, not with anger but full of meaning.
'Harry, we can still get her back.'
'I hope so, Ron. I hope so.'
'I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do that.'
'I don't blame you. I want to punch me, too.'
'Harry, I think we'd better go to the common room now.'
'Can you go first?'
'Sure. I'll see you there.'
And Ron left. Harry went over to Hermione's bed. The dark mark still fresh. He took the diary and he left. But as he was approaching the door, his scar burnt so badly, he fell on all fours again. Then, he heard it.
'She's one of us, Potter! You'll never get here back! Never!' said a cold and cruel voice which he recognized as the one he heard on Christmas. It faded but Harry listened long enough to memorize it. They turned Hermione to the dark side!
Harry went straight to Dumbledore's office. He was stopped, however, by the ugly gargoyle statue. He didn't know the password! He stood there making up passwords and saying the first things that came to his head.
He was kicking the gargoyle so hard, his feet were now hurting. He was so frustrated, he started punching it. Then a voice called out from behind him.
'Putting all your anger on something which had nothing to do with it, is just saying you blame yourself.'
'Professor Dumbledore, I heard the voice of the person who erased Hermione's memory! He said, he said... .'
'Calm down, Harry. Let us step into my office.'
He went in, still not knowing how to say Hermione's been turned over to the dark side.
'So, what was it you wanted to say?' he asked calmly.
'Sir, the voice told me that Hermione was now one of them and that... we'll never get her back.' he said sadly.
Dumbledore looked like he had been told bad news after another. Then, finally, he himself broke the silence.
'Harry, do you think we'll get her back? To our side?' he asked in a voice that deserved rest.
'Yes, sir. I do. I know we will.'
'Then I ask you to leave it all up to us. Don't do anything in order to save her. You are not old enough.'
Harry would have believed Dumbledore but he saw a twinkle in his eye that indicated Dumbledore was just saying this. Probably because the walls had ears.
He nodded which meant he understood the real meaning of his sentence.
'Now, if you please, Mr. Potter, there's a lot of work to be done.'
He left Dumbledore's office with no questions asked. He headed for the Gryffindor tower when he was stopped by none other than Malfoy.
'My, Potter, you do look like you've just lost a friend!' he laughed. Harry just ignored him.
'What's the matter, Potter? Did I hit a nerve?' he paused. 'Where's your little Mudblood friend?' Crabbe and Goyle gave sniggers.
He was about to give Malfoy a mouthful but he just smiled and said, 'Why? Has she been trouble for your father and his little friends?'
'You can't prove anything, Potter!'
'That's right, but when we get her back, I'll bet she's got something to say.' and he turned and went straight to the common room.
Then, as if something in his head was opened, Harry remembered his silver key! He could check the girl's dormitories. Hermione must've left something there to give him a clue to what she was trying to tell him.
He had told Ron about his plan. He offered to help. Harry was relieved at this.
That night, Harry took his invisibility cloak and silver key. Ron stayed outside the door of the girl's dorm while Harry went in, quietly.
It looked like it did when he came there before, only this time, it was a little darker because all the lights were out.
He came into Hermione's room. Her bed was all made up, very neatly. He smiled at this. Even before all this happened, she made her bed so neatly. He looked around the room. He saw Parvati, Lavender, and three other Gryffindor girls. They were sound asleep.
He went to Hermione's trunk, and opened it. Harry saw books, books, and more books. He looked through all of them and none of them bore the title he was looking for. He had close-calls when one of the girls woke up and looked to see if anyone was there. She fell asleep rather quickly after that.
Harry kept looking and he saw, at the very bottom of her trunk, there was a picture. It was still dark so he couldn't make out who it was. He put it in his pocket, without thinking.
Then, there it was, a moldy looking book. He read it carefully and more than once. Founding Fathers of Hogwarts, from Past to Present. He took the book slowly and quietly and put everything else back. He closed the trunk and went out as fast as he could.
Ron met him at the entrance. Harry showed Ron the book cover and he gestured him to their dorm.
They entered it and went straight to Harry's bed. He opened the book and read it from page to page.
They found out new things about how the founding fathers of Hogwarts were when it was their time. They found out a lot. But, they didn't find anything on who the heirs were.
Harry just found an empty page. Nothing was written there, not even a page number. It was at the very end of the book.
By now, Ron had fallen asleep. He analyzed the book, carefully. Page by page. He would sometimes come across sentences that are supposed to be read backwards.
The most useful of those said:
evarb noil si tub sselesu ot eht gninnuc ekans tuohtiw eht pleh fo eht drah gnikrow regdab. Revewoh, ti, oot, si sselesu tuohtiw eht dnim fo na tnegilletni elgae.
Harry changed every letter from backwards to front.
He had this result:
The brave lion is but useless to the cunning snake without the help of the hard working badger. However, it, too, is useless without the mind of an intelligent eagle.
Harry didn't really get this sentence but he decided to keep it in his robe's pocket.
******Awwww!!! Harry loves Hermione!!! Isn't that cute? Didn't see that one coming did we. Of course we didn't, it's not like this is and H/H fan fiction is it?? Haha. Just had to say something stupid. Now, time for me to start the next chapter!