Read… True Love Doesn't Break The Heart NOW

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Back to the story…….

Everyone stared at Piper and Hermione's bodies. They were now both unconscious.

"What just happened?" Harry asked, looking at Ron with one eyebrow raised.

Ginny ran towards the couch and tried to shake Piper awake. It didn't work, there was no movement from her or anything. Then Ginny ran up to Hermione and did the same to her. Hermione woke up, frowned at Ginny, then sat up.

"What happened?"

This was followed by a very short explanation of what had happened while Hermione had been unconscious. Hermione nodded every now and again, to show them she understood. She quickly got off the couch, so they could lie Piper down onto it.

"So, what did it say?" Ginny asked Hermione.

Hermione looked thoughtful for a while then shrugged.

"I can't remember. I can barely remember it happening, never mind what it said, in English, or any other language."

Ginny frowned. Things weren't going well.

"Well, is there anything we can do to help?"

Hermione stood up suddenly.

"I need to go to the library."

"She remembered!!" Ginny yelled, also standing up. She followed Hermione out of the Common Room and to the library. Everyone apart from Dean and Nevile trailed after them.

As soon as they got there, Hermione went to Madame Prince to ask her if there were any books on foreign languages. The others were a bit confused about this, but said nothing. Hermione scanned the section hurriedly, then they saw her eyes widen as she pulled out a thick volume. She slammed it down onto a table, ignoring the stares she got from people near them. She opened it up at the index, and trailed her finger down the page. Her eyes narrowed as she found what she was looking for, then she quickly turned to page 1988.

The print was very small, the others could hardly read it. Hermione squinted down at the page.

"Figures," They heard her murmur. All of them frowned.

"The whole lot, I can't read it." She explained, turning to them. "But I know who can." She whispered, turning her head back to the book.

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"She might not be that eager to read it, though." Hermione explained to her friends as they made their way back to the Common Room, the volume clutched in Hermione's hands.

"You still haven't told us who she is, Hermione." Harry persisted.

Hermione looked at him, worry in her eyes.

"You'll find out soon enough."

They entered the Common Room, to find Dean pointing his wand at a very astonished Piper, with Nevile hiding behind him. It seemed like Piper had only just woken up.

"I asked you, where are they?"

She seemed terrified, but at the same time, angry.

"Here." Hermione said boldly, striding up to Piper, and laying the volume down on the desk in front of her.

Piper looked down at the floor, while Hermione stared at the book as if willing it to do something. Then, as if a great wind had picked up, the book opened by itself, and turned its pages to page 1988, the same page Hermione had been looking at earlier.

"You-You." Ginny seemed to be having trouble speaking, as she pointed at the thick volume. Hermione, however, was staring at Piper as if she couldn't believe her eyes.

"I knew it." She whispered, still not taking her eyes off Piper.

Piper narrowed her eyes at Hermione. She had known all along. Piper was so angry that she let her body be completely controlled by it.

A few seconds later, she heard a whimper. She opened her eyes to find herself looking down at the ground, from Gryffindor tower with no window in front of her. She lost her balance, as reality came back to her. Falling towards the ground, she clutched at air for something, anything to save her from certain death. Her fingers found a hard, cold ledge, and she grasped at it, willing someone to come and help her. She looked up, and saw the warmth of the Common Room. She had to get there somehow.

Meanwhile, Hermione was trying her best to stop the people in the Common Room from rushing to help Piper. If she was right, Piper wouldn't just come out of this alive, she'd also be reformed, in more ways than Hermione thought.

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Great, this is how this chapter is going to end, I'm afraid. Piper hanging off a ledge, and Hermione determined to kill her. Of course, is this what happens?

*grins wickedly* hmmm….now that would be telling!!!!

*leaves audience in suspense for next chapter*