Chapter 8- Day 4

A/N Hooray! Apparently the last chapter was pretty good. I'm busy this summer but I love writing fanfics! As some of you might know, this fic will have a sequel. I've written up to Chapter 10. And if you can actually read this, it's because the bestest beta here, MilesFromNormal, has so carefully fixed all of my horrible mistakes. READ ON!

Disclaimer As we all know by now, I am not talented or creative enough to be JK Rowling so... just though I'd let you know.

To clear up stuff, Dumbledore is on the safe side. If people saw the infamous trio and Ginny ith Dumbledore... if there was a spy...

Dedicated to my awesome beta MilesFromNormal, thanks for everything



Hermione woke up shaking. She looked down. 'No wonder.' She thought to herself. She was wearing the clothes her Aunt Elaine had given her. That woman wouldn't know Hermione from a hole in the wall.

Hermione stood up and wrapped her blanket around her. It was no use considering how much she was still shaking. But she knew that it wasn't all because of the outfit, it was partly because of what happened... what she had heard... last night on the phone.

FLASHBACK

Hermione rushed to pick up the phone. Hopefully, it wasn't her parents. Or Ron's for the matter.

"Hello, who is this?"

"Miss Granger. It is Professor Dumbledore."

"Oh! Hello professor!"

"I am afraid I carry morbid news."

Hermione winced at the thought of what he might say. "Yes?"

"Mr. Harry Potter has been attacked."

Suddenly, the phone dropped, Hermione turned deathly pale, and fell into Ron's arms.

END FLASHBACK

Hermione now found herself shaking even more, if that was at all possible. She carefully crept to the kitchen. She gasped when she saw Ginny in the guestroom, still in last night's clothes. She happened to see Viktor sleeping on the couch in the living room as she made her way to the kitchen. She briefly wondered where Ron was but pushed that thought aside. She had more important things that required her stress; She gingerly sat down at the kitchen table. Hermione glanced at the clock. '6:12 am.' She thought to herself. She figured she had an hour to make a plan.

'First off, I need to change out of these ridiculous garments.' Thought Hermione, noting it down on a scrap piece of paper. She knew why she had worn those in the first place, but now it seemed so trivial. If Ron wanted Amy, he could have her.

'Then, I need to find a way to break it to Ron and Ginny.' Hermione sighed and placed her head in her hands. 'This is going to be difficult.' She sighed heavily as she got up. She pulled her blanket tighter around her and went off to address the first item on her list, changing.

She put her blanket down gently as she began the search for a comfortable outfit. She finally settled on some worn but comfortable jeans, a plain blouse, and her old Gryffindor scarf. After all, she was still cold. She looked at the mirror at herself. Her hair was bushy and she didn't look particularly good but today was not that kind of day. Today was, "save Harry" day.

She looked at the clock when she returned from the kitchen. '6:32. Wow, time sure flies when your best friend is lying unconscious somewhere.' She thought sourly to herself. She couldn't stand it anymore. She stood up and began to pull on her shoes.

"Holy crap! Who put that there?"

Hermione jumped and placed her hand over her heart. She quickly got up, with her left shoe on and the right one still on the floor, and went to investigate.

"Ron." She heard herself give a sigh of relief.

"Oh, sorry 'Mione. I didn't know anyone was awake."

"Ron..." Ron watched as Hermione's face turned pale, and then paler.

"Hermione? What is it?"

"Ron, Harry was attacked last night." She bit her lip as she waited for his reaction. He turned pale, paler, paler...

"Bloody hell! 'Mione, we have to do something!" he began storming the kitchen in search of his shoes.

"Ron." Said Hermione, pulling him back. "We can't just run off." As much as this idea appealed to her, she knew Dumbledore wouldn't approve.

As if to prove her point, a gray-speckled white owl entered the room. Ms. Granger and Mr. Weasley, I know that by now, you have been informed of the attack made on Mr. Potter last night. However, I must request that you remain where you are until more details are disclosed. At this moment, we are not sure of the nature of this attack, but we must ask you to remain where you are. You should be receiving another owl shortly.

Professor Dumbledore

Ron gaped as he read the letter.

"What the hell? He wants us to stay here while Harry... Harry..." He was now crimson and his eyes were flashing dangerously.

"What's going on?" asked Ginny who was rubbing her eyes groggily as she made her way into the kitchen. Ron thrust the letter to his still half- asleep sister.

It was obvious when she had finished reading the letter. Her eyes got big and her eyes immediately began to water.

"We... we need to go find him." Her voice showed determination but with further inspection, Hermione could see that Ginny was doing her best to hide the pain and hurt.

"Aw, Gin." Said Hermione, hugging her friend, trying to comfort her.

"Vhat's going on?"

"Aw, Viktor. Just get the hell out of here." Said Ron, waving Viktor angrily out of the house.

"Um...Viktor, if you don't mind coming back later..."

"It's ok, Hermy-own-ninny, I play against London today, I need to get ready." Said Viktor as he exited the house in what seemed to be one swift movement.

Ginny's tears suddenly erupted from her eyes but the determination was still evidently there.

"Come on, let's go." She said through gritted teeth.

"Gin, we're not going. Yet."

Ginny looked at Hermione and slowly nodded her head in agreement.

"What the..."

"Ron, you need to listen. Harry would want you to be safe." "Oh, come on, Hermione. How would you know what Harry wants?"

He immediately regretted his words the minute they left his lips.

Hermione's eyes filled with anger and hurt. "RONALD WEASLEY! I KNOW WHAT HARRY WOULD HAVE WANTED JUST AS MUCH AS YOU?!"

"WELL, MS. GRANGER, ENLIGHTEN ME, WHAT WOULD HARRY WANT!"

"HARRY WOULD WANT US TO BE SAFE!"

"You're both wrong." Two angry, flushed faces turned to face Ginny.

"What the hell are you talking about Ginny?" questioned Ron.

"Me and Harry talked about this. What he wanted us to do. In case this ever... happened..." the tears were welling up in her eyes again. "He wanted us to..."

But Ginny never got to finish what Harry wanted. The arrival of the owl from earlier interrupted her.

Hermione reached up anxiously and untied the letter.

Ms. Granger, Mr. and Ms. Weasley,

Good morning, Ms. Weasley. Updates have been made, but cannot be disclosed in this letter seeing as how it may be intercepted. But please feel free to apparate to Hogsmeade. I trust you to use your intuition to figure out the details as I do not feel it safe to disclose this. However, since 3 would attract onlookers, if it is possible, I request only 2 of you attend.

Professor Dumbledore

"Ginny, stay here."

"GRANGER, ARE YOU CRAZY?! YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WE LEFT HARRY ALONE! NO WAY IS GIN STAYING ALONE!"

"FINE MR. WEASLEY, I'LL STAY BEHIND!"

"NO, HERMIONE! ME AND YOU CAN GO AND RON CAN STAY!"

"GIN! THANKS FOR SUPPORTING YOUR BROTHER!" shouted Ron. His face crimson, which matched everyone else's face.

"OH, SO ARE YOU SAYING RON, YOU WOULD LEAVE ME IN DANGER!" Truth be told, Hermione was interested in hearing the answer.

"I... I...YES!"

Hermione felt hot tears sting into her eyes. She didn't want to lose the argument but it would be far more worse to cry in front of Ron. So she quickly turned on her heel and stormed out of the room. She shot one last menacing glare to show Ron she wasn't giving up.

But the question still remained, Who was going?

Bad chapter, not so good chapter? This chapter is more of a transition chapter and those are always difficult to write. It might be a bit slow but the next chapter will pick things up. Please R & R!

Tabytha