"What do you want with me?" Hermione cried as Voldemort chained her to a wall.
"You're just bait, I intend to use you to lure Severus here," Voldemort said evilly.
"What will you do to him?" Hermione asked, her voice shaking.
"Kill him, naturally," Voldemort said conversationally.
"Why are you doing this?" Hermione asked, crying.
"Ask Severus, by gallivanting with you, a mudblood, he signed his death warrant," Voldemort explained coldly. Hermione opened her mouth to say something, but no words came out, there was nothing she could say to stop him and she knew it.
"What are you going to do with me?" Hermione said finally.
"Torture you, he'll come looking for you, coming to your rescue," Voldemort told her.
"T-Torture me? How?" Hermione asked nervously.
"In my favorite way, like this, CRUCIO!!!" Voldemort yelled. The sparks were flying right at Hermione, she closed her eyes, knowing she couldn't stop them. Then, just when the sparks should've hit her chest, they were absorbed by another force. "What the……CRUCIO!!!" Voldemort yelled again. The sparks were absorbed again. "AAAAARRGH!!!! Fine, I'll figure out later what to do with you! Glacio!" Voldemort yelled. Soon, Hermione was trapped inside a huge block of ice.
'For being trapped in a ice block, I'm actually rather warm,' Hermione thought. Then the ice started to shake. It exploded, freeing Hermione. Then it hit her, "Severus' necklace!" she whispered to herself. She felt the warmth threw her body.
Voldemort didn't know what to do. Out of frustration, he yelled "CRUCIO!!" again. The sparks were absorbed for a third time. Voldemort started screaming angrily.
(Meanwhile, back at Hogwarts)
"Severus? What's the matter?" Dumbledore asked urgently.
"It's Hermione, Voldemort came, he took her away. I tried to save her but I couldn't…." Snape said, crying harder.
"I'm sorry, Severus, but there's nothing we can do….." Dumbledore said sadly, patting Snape on the back.
Then Snape felt it, the strange warmth. He lifted up the red jewel that he on the chain around it's neck and found that it was emitting the strange warmth. "Yes there is!" Snape said triumphantly, smirking. He began to run off, toward the direction the red jewel was pulling him.
"Severus? Where are you going?" Dumbledore asked confusedly.
"No time to explain, just follow me!" Snape said, being pulled along by the necklace. Dumbledore followed, not asking questions. Within minutes, Snape and Dumbledore was at Voldemort's hideout.
"He's in there? You're sure?" Dumbledore asked, eyeing the building.
"Positive," Snape said, bursting through the doors.
"We've been expecting you, Severus," Lucius Malfoy said slyly.
"Malfoy! Where's Hermione?" Snape demanded.
"Who? Oh, the mudblood, I would expect that she's already dead," Lucius said casually.
"You're bluffing!" Snape said skeptically. 'Maybe he's not, maybe we're too late," he thought urgently. Then he felt it again. The strange warmth coming from his chain. He knew that she must still be alive.
"Am I?" Lucius said, smirking. Draco laughed.
"Yes, STUPEFY!" Snape yelled. Lucius fell to the ground. Then Snape noticed that the two Malfoys weren't the only people there. There were at least half a dozen other Death Eaters there, facing him and laughing. It was seven Death Eaters versus Snape and Dumbledore. Snape recognized all of the Death Eaters there, Lestrange, Dolhov, Rookwood, Crabbe, Goyle, Macnair and Draco. All of their wands at the ready.
"EXPELLIA….." Rookwood began.
"TARACTICUM OFFICINALE!!!!" Dumbledore yelled. Where Rookwood was standing, a flower was there.
"STU…" Draco began, but his puny spell was no match for two grown wizards.
"STUPEFY!!" Dumbledore said. Draco fell to the ground, next to his father.
"This is taking too long, we're going to be too late!" Snape said nervously.
"Right you are," Dumbledore said, he pushed Severus to the ground and waved his wand. There was a puff of smoke, and all the Death Eaters were knocked unconscious. "Are you okay, Severus?" Dumbledore said, helping Snape up.
"Fine, lets go!" Snape said, running, Dumbledore at his heels. Snape burst through the next door, he gasped. On the ground right in front of him, was Hermione's dead body. He fell to the ground next to her and began to cry. Perhaps the strange warmth coming from his chain right this second meant nothing.
"Anything strange about this picture, Severus?" Dumbledore asked calmly.
Snape looked around, there was blood all over her body, yet there wasn't so much as a cut anywhere on her. He smirked as he raised his wand. "Riddikulus!!!" he yelled. The boggart immediately blew up and popped, and went back into the darkness. They moved on. They hadn't gone very far when they saw Hermione again, and Snape's chain began to shake violently. She was still alive.
"Thought you'd never get here, isn't that right, mudblood?" Voldemort said coldly.
"I knew…" Hermione said weakly.
"I bet you weren't expecting me though, eh, Tom?" Dumbledore said.
"Dumbledore! No matter, DIFFINDO!!!" Voldemort yelled, aiming for Dumbledore's wand. Dumbledore simply spun his wand around in his fingers and dodged the spell.
"STUPEFY!!!" Snape yelled, aiming at Voldemort. Voldemort easily dodged it.
"I'll take care of him, Severus," Dumbledore said winking. Snape nodded and ran over to where Hermione was tied up.
"Alohomora!" Snape yelled, pointing his wand at the chains. Hermione was free. She ran up to Snape and hugged him tightly.
"We should help Dumbledore," Hermione said finally, breaking the hug.
"Right, you go behind Voldemort and I'll attack him from the side," Snape whispered. They ran off to their posts. Snape nodded to Dumbledore, signaling that all was ready.
"IMEPIMENTA!!!" Dumbledore yelled. Voldemort was frozen.
"FEREVERTO!!" Snape yelled. Voldemort was transfigured into a goblet.
Hermione knew what she had to do next. "REDUCTO!!" she yelled. The goblet that was Voldemort was reduced to dust.
"Is it over?" Snape asked, looking at the dust.
"Lets hope so, but I do it could be this easy," Dumbledore said. Soon, the dust began to shake. The pieces came together, and the goblet was back in one piece. It started to shake. It was about to become Voldemort again.
"RUN!!!" Snape yelled, pushing Dumbledore and Hermione threw he door. They ran past the Death Eaters and back outside. Voldemort ran up to the door and stopped.
"Tomorrow at sunrise," Voldemort said and faded away.
"What did he mean by that?" Hermione asked confusedly.
"The war will begin tomorrow," Dumbledore said, still looking at the spot where Voldemort was seconds before. "We must go alert the Order."
They went back to school. As it turned out the Order was already there, completely. As were hundreds upon hundreds of students.
"I alerted them all," Harry explained. Dumbledore nodded.
"I notice no Slytherins are still here," Snape said disappointedly.
"I'm afraid that's incorrect," Sage said, running to the front of the crowd. She was the only one there.
"Where are the others?" Snape asked her.
"Gone, they all left to help the Dark Lord," Sage said, looking sadly at the ground.
"When will it start?" Tonks asked nervously.
"Tomorrow at sunrise, I advise that you all get a good night's sleep, off to bed with all of you," Dumbledore said, they all went out of the hall.
"I hope they're all ready," Snape said.
"I have the utmost confidence in them all," Dumbledore said, and they both went in their separate directions.
A/N: well, I want you all to be honest, in a review, how many of you actually believed for a second that Hermione was dead? I thought it'd be an interesting twist to the story. Well, thanks to all my reviewers! Be sure to R&R my one-shot RW/GW fic "What Will the Family Say". anyway, I'll try and update before the end of the day.
"You're just bait, I intend to use you to lure Severus here," Voldemort said evilly.
"What will you do to him?" Hermione asked, her voice shaking.
"Kill him, naturally," Voldemort said conversationally.
"Why are you doing this?" Hermione asked, crying.
"Ask Severus, by gallivanting with you, a mudblood, he signed his death warrant," Voldemort explained coldly. Hermione opened her mouth to say something, but no words came out, there was nothing she could say to stop him and she knew it.
"What are you going to do with me?" Hermione said finally.
"Torture you, he'll come looking for you, coming to your rescue," Voldemort told her.
"T-Torture me? How?" Hermione asked nervously.
"In my favorite way, like this, CRUCIO!!!" Voldemort yelled. The sparks were flying right at Hermione, she closed her eyes, knowing she couldn't stop them. Then, just when the sparks should've hit her chest, they were absorbed by another force. "What the……CRUCIO!!!" Voldemort yelled again. The sparks were absorbed again. "AAAAARRGH!!!! Fine, I'll figure out later what to do with you! Glacio!" Voldemort yelled. Soon, Hermione was trapped inside a huge block of ice.
'For being trapped in a ice block, I'm actually rather warm,' Hermione thought. Then the ice started to shake. It exploded, freeing Hermione. Then it hit her, "Severus' necklace!" she whispered to herself. She felt the warmth threw her body.
Voldemort didn't know what to do. Out of frustration, he yelled "CRUCIO!!" again. The sparks were absorbed for a third time. Voldemort started screaming angrily.
(Meanwhile, back at Hogwarts)
"Severus? What's the matter?" Dumbledore asked urgently.
"It's Hermione, Voldemort came, he took her away. I tried to save her but I couldn't…." Snape said, crying harder.
"I'm sorry, Severus, but there's nothing we can do….." Dumbledore said sadly, patting Snape on the back.
Then Snape felt it, the strange warmth. He lifted up the red jewel that he on the chain around it's neck and found that it was emitting the strange warmth. "Yes there is!" Snape said triumphantly, smirking. He began to run off, toward the direction the red jewel was pulling him.
"Severus? Where are you going?" Dumbledore asked confusedly.
"No time to explain, just follow me!" Snape said, being pulled along by the necklace. Dumbledore followed, not asking questions. Within minutes, Snape and Dumbledore was at Voldemort's hideout.
"He's in there? You're sure?" Dumbledore asked, eyeing the building.
"Positive," Snape said, bursting through the doors.
"We've been expecting you, Severus," Lucius Malfoy said slyly.
"Malfoy! Where's Hermione?" Snape demanded.
"Who? Oh, the mudblood, I would expect that she's already dead," Lucius said casually.
"You're bluffing!" Snape said skeptically. 'Maybe he's not, maybe we're too late," he thought urgently. Then he felt it again. The strange warmth coming from his chain. He knew that she must still be alive.
"Am I?" Lucius said, smirking. Draco laughed.
"Yes, STUPEFY!" Snape yelled. Lucius fell to the ground. Then Snape noticed that the two Malfoys weren't the only people there. There were at least half a dozen other Death Eaters there, facing him and laughing. It was seven Death Eaters versus Snape and Dumbledore. Snape recognized all of the Death Eaters there, Lestrange, Dolhov, Rookwood, Crabbe, Goyle, Macnair and Draco. All of their wands at the ready.
"EXPELLIA….." Rookwood began.
"TARACTICUM OFFICINALE!!!!" Dumbledore yelled. Where Rookwood was standing, a flower was there.
"STU…" Draco began, but his puny spell was no match for two grown wizards.
"STUPEFY!!" Dumbledore said. Draco fell to the ground, next to his father.
"This is taking too long, we're going to be too late!" Snape said nervously.
"Right you are," Dumbledore said, he pushed Severus to the ground and waved his wand. There was a puff of smoke, and all the Death Eaters were knocked unconscious. "Are you okay, Severus?" Dumbledore said, helping Snape up.
"Fine, lets go!" Snape said, running, Dumbledore at his heels. Snape burst through the next door, he gasped. On the ground right in front of him, was Hermione's dead body. He fell to the ground next to her and began to cry. Perhaps the strange warmth coming from his chain right this second meant nothing.
"Anything strange about this picture, Severus?" Dumbledore asked calmly.
Snape looked around, there was blood all over her body, yet there wasn't so much as a cut anywhere on her. He smirked as he raised his wand. "Riddikulus!!!" he yelled. The boggart immediately blew up and popped, and went back into the darkness. They moved on. They hadn't gone very far when they saw Hermione again, and Snape's chain began to shake violently. She was still alive.
"Thought you'd never get here, isn't that right, mudblood?" Voldemort said coldly.
"I knew…" Hermione said weakly.
"I bet you weren't expecting me though, eh, Tom?" Dumbledore said.
"Dumbledore! No matter, DIFFINDO!!!" Voldemort yelled, aiming for Dumbledore's wand. Dumbledore simply spun his wand around in his fingers and dodged the spell.
"STUPEFY!!!" Snape yelled, aiming at Voldemort. Voldemort easily dodged it.
"I'll take care of him, Severus," Dumbledore said winking. Snape nodded and ran over to where Hermione was tied up.
"Alohomora!" Snape yelled, pointing his wand at the chains. Hermione was free. She ran up to Snape and hugged him tightly.
"We should help Dumbledore," Hermione said finally, breaking the hug.
"Right, you go behind Voldemort and I'll attack him from the side," Snape whispered. They ran off to their posts. Snape nodded to Dumbledore, signaling that all was ready.
"IMEPIMENTA!!!" Dumbledore yelled. Voldemort was frozen.
"FEREVERTO!!" Snape yelled. Voldemort was transfigured into a goblet.
Hermione knew what she had to do next. "REDUCTO!!" she yelled. The goblet that was Voldemort was reduced to dust.
"Is it over?" Snape asked, looking at the dust.
"Lets hope so, but I do it could be this easy," Dumbledore said. Soon, the dust began to shake. The pieces came together, and the goblet was back in one piece. It started to shake. It was about to become Voldemort again.
"RUN!!!" Snape yelled, pushing Dumbledore and Hermione threw he door. They ran past the Death Eaters and back outside. Voldemort ran up to the door and stopped.
"Tomorrow at sunrise," Voldemort said and faded away.
"What did he mean by that?" Hermione asked confusedly.
"The war will begin tomorrow," Dumbledore said, still looking at the spot where Voldemort was seconds before. "We must go alert the Order."
They went back to school. As it turned out the Order was already there, completely. As were hundreds upon hundreds of students.
"I alerted them all," Harry explained. Dumbledore nodded.
"I notice no Slytherins are still here," Snape said disappointedly.
"I'm afraid that's incorrect," Sage said, running to the front of the crowd. She was the only one there.
"Where are the others?" Snape asked her.
"Gone, they all left to help the Dark Lord," Sage said, looking sadly at the ground.
"When will it start?" Tonks asked nervously.
"Tomorrow at sunrise, I advise that you all get a good night's sleep, off to bed with all of you," Dumbledore said, they all went out of the hall.
"I hope they're all ready," Snape said.
"I have the utmost confidence in them all," Dumbledore said, and they both went in their separate directions.
A/N: well, I want you all to be honest, in a review, how many of you actually believed for a second that Hermione was dead? I thought it'd be an interesting twist to the story. Well, thanks to all my reviewers! Be sure to R&R my one-shot RW/GW fic "What Will the Family Say". anyway, I'll try and update before the end of the day.