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Chapter 3
The Burrow
After Harry and Hermione had finished telling the Weasley's everything that had happened, Mrs.
Weasley told everyone but Hermione to go to bed. When they had she took Hermione and led
her to the small living room.
"Honey, I know you're going through a rough time right now," Mrs. Weasley started, "I want
you to know you can come to me any time you want to talk. Okay?"
Hermione nodded in response.
"Good, now you need to get some sleep. You've been through a lot. I'll set you up on the
couch down here for now, and then for tonight I'll set up a bed in Ginny's room." As Mrs.
Weasley started set up the couch Hermione stood up.
"Mrs. Weasley, do you mind if I sleep in Ron's room with him and Harry tonight? I really don't
want to be alone right, and those two are so close to me. I feel like I need to be with them right
now."
By the time she was finished, Mrs. Weasley was crying. "Of course, dear, I should have thought
of that myself."
So she walked up the stairs with Hermione and knocked on the door.
"Whaddya want?" Ron asked rather rudely.
"Ronald Weasley, you open this door this instant!" his mother screamed, earning some groans
from the other rooms.
The door opened immediately and Ron was standing sheepishly in the hall. "Sorry, Mum. I
thought you were Ginny. She's been coming in every five minutes asking if I think it's alright to
go to sleep now."
At this Hermione looked confused, and she was about to ask a question when a look from Ron
silenced her.
"Alright, well Hermione wants to sleep in here tonight, so make sure you clear some space up."
Mrs. Weasley told him. Her eyes darted to Harry who was sitting on his bed, looking a little
disturbed. "Are you alright, Harry?"
He jumped as he heard his name, "Wha-, oh, yeah, I'm fine. Goodnight Mrs. Weasley," he still
looked upset about something, but managed a small smile.
Mrs. Weasley nodded and left the room. As soon as she disappeared around the corner
Hermione asked, "Why did Ginny want to know if it was alright to sleep?"
Ron immediately looked down at the floor, and Harry looked at the ceiling, each of them silently
asking the other to do the talking. When Harry finally gave in he beckoned Hermione to sit on
his bed. She walked over and silently sat down, with Ron joining on her other side.
"A lot happened tonight, Hermione," he started, choosing his words carefully,
"Lestrange came here expecting to do the same to the Weasleys' as she did to you." He
stopped when he heard her take in a sharp breath. Both he and Ron immediately grabbed her
into a huge hug. "It's alright, it's okay, we here, Hermione. We won't let anything happen to
you," Ron was saying soothingly to her. Harry just hugged her tighter.
"I know. I love you guys so much. I don't know what I would do without you." She said
through her tears. "Please, tell me what happened."
Harry looked at Ron who slowly nodded.
"Well, when she got here, she found something she wasn't expecting. Bill and Charlie were just
apparating in," he began, "She hadn't been expecting them, but I guess she figured she could
handle them. So, she started to shout a spell, but, I suppose she was a bit tired after everything
else, she missed and instead of hitting them, it swerved and hit the house. Everyone inside woke
up and rushed outside. They found Bill with his wand in position to attack, but not moving. The
reason was Charlie was on the ground in a full body bind in front of Lestrange. If Bill had
attacked, Charlie would have been hit, too." Harry stopped as Ron shuddered. Hermione,
thinking the worst, let out a whimper.
Ron looked over and hugged her again. "No, it's okay. Lestrange was busy watching Bill and
his wand, she never saw dad whisper the counter spell. Charlie kicked her ankles, and she fell to
the ground with the wind knocked out of her. Bill was about to put her in a body bind when she
apparated." He stopped and looked at Hermione, who had a strange look in her eyes. Instead
of asking her what was wrong, he finished by saying, "and that's why Ginny is upset. She's
afraid of Bill and Charlie, or any of us really, getting hurt, so she keeps coming in here asking if
we've heard anything strange. She's scaring herself."
By now, Ron had stopped talking again because he felt the bed shift. He looked over at Harry
who was tensed up. "What's wrong, mate?"
Harry nodded at Hermione. The look she had had was now intensified. Ron didn't understand,
but Harry did. He had worn the same look after he had found out about his parents and after
Sirius had died. When he had worn this look, it was Hermione who had helped him the most.
Now she needed him to help her the same way. He had thought, from the conversation in the
woods, that she was going to be okay, but it seemed that after hearing about Ron's family, she
was ready to do anything to get Lestrange.
His fears were confirmed when he felt Hermione start to get off the bed. Ron, still confused
looked from one to the other. He finally understood as Hermione started to walk towards
Harry's Firebolt. "Hermione, no!" They both yelled. She stopped, seemingly coming out of a
trance.
"I'm sorry guys. I'm okay, really. I just got a little...mad, I guess." She said looking down.
The boys were around her in a heartbeat.
"You need to sleep, Hermione. We'll figure something out later, but now, sleep." Ron said,
taking her and leading her to his bed. "You sleep on here tonight, I'll stay over here," he pointed
to a bunch of pillows and blankets in the corner. "You need a better sleep than I do right now."
She looked up at him thankfully and hugged him. Then she went over to Harry and hugged him,
too. "You two are the best. I love you guys, thank you for everything." And with that she lay
down on Ron's bed and fell into a fast sleep.
Before Harry and Ron went to sleep, however, they set up some old cans around Hermione's
bed so they would know if she woke up and started to walk around. They needed to make sure
she stayed in the room and off the warpath to Lestrange. Sharing one last worried glance, the
both fell silent, but neither of them slept.
AN: I know, it's a little short, but if you review, I'll try really hard to make the next chapter longer!!! Please review! I just want to know what you think of the story!!!