Chapter 31: The Game
Ginny stood outside the Dungeon door with Draco, Fred, George, Harry and Laura. She looked around and waited for someone to be the first to go inside and see Hermione.
"I think I have a better idea." Fred said grinning as he pulled Hermione's wand out of his robe and held it in front of him.
"And that would be?" Ginny asked him when she noticed it was Hermione's wand he was holding.
"How about a little game of cat and mouse." Fred said smirking.
Ginny looked at him puzzled. "I'm not quite sure I follow you, Fred." She looked around at the rest of them. "Do you?"
George immediately stepped forward laughing. "Gin, I think what he is trying to say is that we give the mudblood her wand back."
"And why would we do that?" She asked with her hands on her waste.
"Quite simple actually." George stated. "See we give her wand to her and tell her she has a five minute head start before we come after her. First one to her gets to finish her off." George smirked.
"So it's a game then?" Ginny asked interested.
Fred and George both nodded their heads while Fred handed Hermione's wand over to Ginny. "So what do you say, Gin Gin?"
"I say lets do it." She grinned evilly. "Everyone else up for it?" She asked as she looked at Draco, Laura and Harry.
All three of them nodded their heads. "Ok, so how do we make this game fair then?" Draco asked. "Do we have to split up?"
"Well you see. We tell her about the game, give her the wand then leave." Fred stated. "We all have to go out of the dungeons the same way, but once we get to Draco's library then we are all on our own and have to split up."
"Alright, mate. Let's get it started then." Harry spoke from behind Fred.
Draco then stepped forward, but before he opened the door he turned to look at the rest of them. "Why don't you four go ahead and start back to the library. Ginny and I can apparate up there after we tell her what is going on." He smirked. "We will get more time to spread out that way."
"Alright. See you upstairs then." Harry said then began leading the other three out of the dungeons.
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"Back so soon?" Hermione asked as Draco closed the dungeon door behind him.
"We all have decided that we would like to play a game with you." Ginny said as she looked down at the girl.
"A game?" She asked. "What kind of game." There was a hint of nervousness in Hermione's voice. She obviously didn't trust them.
"We are going to give you your wand back and give you a chance to get out of this place." Draco said as he moved up to where Ginny was standing. "But beware that we will be hunting you. And whoever catches you, gets to kill you." Draco said as he approached her slowly. "And honestly, I hope Its me that catches you, because I would love to be the one to end that sorry excuse of a muggle life.
"So let me get this straight. Your going to give me my wand back and let me try to escape this place?" Hermione asked as she stood up in front of them. "Do I get a head start or do I just have to make a run for it?"
"You get a five minute head start. So I would run if I were you, because it might take you that long to get out of our dungeons." Ginny said before handing her over her wand and apparating out of the dungeons with Draco.
Once Ginny and Draco left her standing in the dimly lit room by herself she didn't move. She wasn't really sure where to go or what to do. She slowly crept up to the door and stuck her head out into the hallway. When she saw no one was there she began running in the direction of the steps at the end of the hall. She didn't look back or slow down. She didn't even think of where she was going to go once she got out of here. All she was worried about was getting out of this house before her ten minutes were up.
Once Hermione got up to the top of the stairs she noticed a lever. "This must be the way out." She thought aloud then pulled it down. Suddenly a door slid open and a beautiful room came into sight. She slowly stepped through and when she saw that the room was empty she made her way to the door and slowly opened it. She peeked her head out and looked down the hallway one way and turned her head the other way and looked down the other side. "Oh god. Which way do I go." She thought inside of her head. "Left or right. Left or right?" After a couple seconds she decided not to even bother going into the hallway. She figured that since she came out of the dungeon that she must be on the ground level of the house. So she went over to the window and looked out. And sure enough she was. And straight across from her was a forest. "I could escape that way." She said then she took out her wand and pointed it at the window. "Alohomora." She whispered then heard a small noise which she guessed was the window unlocking.
After unlocking the window and climbing out she made a mad sprint for the forest. But before she could reach it she heard a man's voice yell "Stupefy!" She quickly ducked then turned around to see Fred Weasley running after her. Her quickly pointed her wand at him and yelled "Immobulus!" Fred suddenly stopped moving and fell to the ground stiff. Hermione then quickly took back off towards the forest.
Once she was in the forest she picked up her pace even more. She didn't know what was in here or who was in here for that matter so she didn't want to give anyone or anything a chance to catch her. After running for what seemed forever someone yelled from the right side of her "Crucio!" Hermione quickly jumped out of the way and rolled on the ground to dodge the curse. Once she got up she pointed her wand at who she now knew was Draco and yelled "Immobulus!" Draco fell stiffly to the ground just as Fred had before.
Without giving Draco a second look Hermione continued running deeper and deeper into the forest. Just when she thought she had lost everyone far behind her Laura and Ginny stepped out from behind trees on either side of her. "Well, well, well." Laura said maliciously. "You seemed to have got yourself in quite a predicament." Without saying a word Hermione backed up so she was no longer in between the two and raised her wand to Laura "Petrificus Totalus." She spoke with anger in her voice.
Then Hermione quickly turned her attention to Ginny who was watching her with a rather amused look on her face. "Well done, Granger. Well done. But it won't be that easy with me." She said as she pointed her wand at Hermione. "Stupefy!" Hermione got hit in the chest with the spell and went flying backwards into a tree. Without hesitation she stood up "Immobulus!" She yelled at Ginny. And Ginny just like the rest of them fell over stiff as a board. The spells didn't last long, but it gave Hermione more time to run away and get far enough away that she could apparate to her house. No one knew where she lived since she lived in the muggle world. So she figured she would be safe there for the time being so she could owl Ron and tell him what was happening.
Ginny once again began running. She figured she wasn't off their property yet, because this was Malfoy she was talking about and he probably owned a lot of it. Hermione's body was starting to grow tired from all the fighting she had done today and all the running she was doing tonight. She felt like she hadn't slept in days.
Up ahead in the far distance Hermione saw a fence. "Oh thank god!" She said loudly and began running towards the fence quicker. Once she got up to the fence she was met by none other than her best friends older brother George Weasley. Without saying a word she casted another Immobulus spell and watched him fall to the ground ridged.
"Now to get over this fence." She said aloud then began climbing over it. The fence was quite high and it took her a couple minutes, but she made it up and over it. Once her feet landed on the other side she collapsed onto the ground. She knew she shouldn't be sitting down, but her body needed to rest for a couple minutes or she wouldn't have enough energy to apparate away.
After she regained her composure Hermione stood up and apparated to the front steps of her parents house. She quickly rushed inside and began yelling for her parents. "Mum! Dad!" She said as she ran into the dining room to look for them, but when she got in there she saw then both tied to separate chairs with their mouths taped shut. "Oh my god!" She said and started to run over to them, but stopped when Harry walked out of her kitchen she stopped dead in her tracks.
"Harry, what happened here." She asked as she looked from her parents terrified faces then back to Harry. "We have to help them." Hermione said before starting to walk over to him.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Harry said as he pointed his wand at her.
Hermione looked at him oddly. "Harry, just what are you doing in my parents house? And why are you here this early in the morning?"
"Isn't it obvious?" He asked. "I'm here to kill you." He stated as he advanced on Hermione. "Don't tell me you think the game is over just because you are here?" Harry asked.
"The game?" Hermione asked. "You were involved in that?" She said then put a hand over her mouth in shock. "Your a…a…" She couldn't even bring herself to say it. She didn't want to believe it was true. That Harry was a Death Eater.
"That's right. I am." He whispered.
Hermione quickly reached into her robe and grabbed her wand. She then pulled it out and placed in front of her facing Harry.
"You really think you a match for the great Harry Potter?" He laughed at her. "Well let's find out then." He said before shouting. "Crucio!"
The spell hit Hermione quickly and she dropped to the floor still holding her wand. She writhed and screamed in agony for what seemed to be an eternity before Harry took the spell off of her. Hermione was in so much pain, but she knew she had to get up and fight him to protect her parents. So as quickly as she could she pointed her wand at Harry from the floor and yelled "Expelliarmus!"
Harry's wand flew out of his hand and hit the wall. While Harry went to retrieve his wand as quickly as he could this gave Hermione enough time to get up and regain her composure. She pointed her wand at him as she backed up into the living room. She wanted to get this fight as far away from her parents as possible without having to take it outside into the muggle streets.
Once Harry had his wand back Hermione screamed. "Rictusempra!"
Harry for about a minute began laughing uncontrollably. This gave Hermione enough time to cast a spell on her parents to release then from their binds so they could run upstairs to hid until it was safe. She also told them to use her owl to owl Ron and tell him to get here quickly.
Once Harry stopped laughing he casted a spell on Hermione to send her flying into a nearby wall. Harry slowly walked up to her with a look of pure enjoyment on his face. She couldn't believe that Harry was enoying this. He then pointed his wand at her and said in a low voice. "Crucio!"
Hermione screamed in agony until Harry released her from the spell. "Had enough yet, Granger?"
"Not even close." She said as she casted a spell on Harry to send him flying into a cabinet that was hanging on the wall. Before Harry had a chance to get up Hermione used her wand to levitate objects around the room and throw them at Harry.
Harry in the mist of getting things thrown at him managed to raise his wand to Hermione and throw her back in the wall. She hit her head and fell to the floor hard, but wasn't knocked out. She then looked him dead in the eye. "I wish I had never met you, Harry Potter. You're a horrible man. The sorriest excuse for a wizard I have ever met."
This angered Harry so much that as soon as he got up he said to Hermione. "I'm sorry you feel that way and I'm also sorry to inform you that this game is over." He then pointed his wand at a fear filled Hermione and said those two words no wizard ever wants to hear "Avada Kedavra."
Then without a second look at Hermione apparated out of her house and back to Ginny and Draco's.
To Be Continued…
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