Relive your memories...one by one....
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"Look at it. Look at me! Please, Hermione!" Harry pleaded. He shook the flame in front of her face, trying to capture her attention once again, but she kept her head lowered. Every now and then, she mumbled something, as if trying to reassure herself.
"It won't work, Potter," Draco sneered, but he looked worried. "Hermione has chosen her path. She and I are the greatest Dark witch and wizard in the world, next to our Lord Voldemort. We have everything we could ever want..."
Harry ignored him, speaking only to his long-lost friend. "Don't you remember, Mione? Remember all the adventures we had? Like that time we tried to keep that amulet safe in our fifth year.."
~*flashback*~
"Well, it could be a basilisk," Ron suggested. "We know the school has one of those."
"No, Harry and Fawkes killed it. And besides, why would they have a basilisk guarding the amulet? It would kill everyone, even the people who were allowed to go near the amulet," Hermione said matter-of-factly.
"How do we even know there is an amulet?" Harry asked. "I mean, sure, there are a lot of people talking about it, and it is said to have these great magic powers. So what? It could be a legend, just like Professor Binns said."
"...uh, Harry? Since when do you listen to Professor Binns?" Ron asked. "Besides, we know there is one, because Snape was trying to steal it!"
Hermione sighed exasperatedly. "Professor Snape is a Hogwarts teacher! Didn't we go over that in our first year, when we thought he was trying to kill Harry!?"
Harry and Ron shrugged.
"Honestly, don't you two have any recollection of our earlier years!? Oh, nevermind!" Hermione rolled her eyes. "Anyway, what about that new professor?"
Ron looked at Hermione, aghast. "How could you suggest that!?? Romulus is Remus's brother!!!"
"I wasn't talking about Professor Lupin!!" Hermione screeched indignantly. "I was talking about that wizard who replaced Madame Hooch!!!"
"Oh."
Harry shook his head. "No way. Professor Specter in a great guy!"
Hermione shrugged. "Just a thought. Anyway, it's late. We should get some sleep."
"Why?" Ron whined.
"Because I think we should go check out that dungeon place where the amulet is supposedly held!"
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Harry, Ron, and Hermione were up early the next morning. They ate a quick breakfast, then tiptoed down to the dungeons.
"Uh, Mione? Why the dungeons? Wouldn't a secret passage be more appropriate?" Harry asked.
"No. I overheard Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall talking last night. Apparently, the amulet is inside a locked dungeon."
"Just locked?" Ron inquired.
"Well, they said that there was something else there, but I wasn't paying attention."
"Hermione, not paying attention!? Gasp!" Harry grinned.
"Shut up and follow me," Hermione said, concealing her smile. She led them down a winding corridor, inside a painting, and down another cold hallway. Soon, they heard a faint growling.
"What do you suppose that noise is...?" Ron asked.
"Maybe the thing they got to guard this amulet from Voldemort." Harry replied.
"Say You-Know-Who, will ya?" Ron said nervously. "The last thing I need is to hear the name in a dark, cold, deserted corridor!"
"Shush, you guys!" Hermione chided. "I think we're....almost...th.." she trailed off, staring straight ahead.
"What's wrong?" Harry asked. "What is it, Hermi..." he, too, stopped.
"Guys? Could you tell me..." Ron's face took on a ghost-like quality.
Standing in front of them was a very strange creature. It had the head and front legs of a eagle, and the body and hind legs of a lion.
"W..w...what is that!!?" Ron squeaked.
"G-g-griffin," Hermione replied faintly. "It's a creature that guards treasure..and...feeds on.raw meat.."
"Raw...meat!?" Harry said.
They looked at each other. "RUN!!!"
~*end flashback*~
Harry grinned feebly. "Well, we tried protecting it, anyway."
Hermione still wouldn't meet his eyes. 'I chose *this* path. This is the right one. I am powerful. I am feared. I am evil...'
Harry threw the necklace in her lap. "Fine! Fine, Mione! Kill me if you're going to! But please...keep the necklace and remember me..."
Remember me...
~*flashback*~
"Harry?" Hermione said shyly, poking the raven-haired boy in the back as he sat reading a book in the Gryffindor common room.
"Yeah, Mione?" Harry closed the book and turned to face the girl, who was carefully looking down.
"Harry...you know that I love you, right?"
"Of course, Mione. I love you, too."
"You know that I'll cry if I ever lose you, right?"
"Oh, Hermione, you won't have to cry, because I'll always be with you."
"You'll remember me always, right, Harry?"
"How could anyone ever forget you?"
~*end flashback*~
Hermione shrieked again, jerking back from both Harry and Draco. She looked at them, wand raised, eyes darting.
"One of you is going to die," she said slowly.
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a/n: Alright, I have a strange mind. Impulse writing, indeed. Thanks to those who reviewed - Phire Phoenix, Oria, and Lacey Evans. =D
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"Look at it. Look at me! Please, Hermione!" Harry pleaded. He shook the flame in front of her face, trying to capture her attention once again, but she kept her head lowered. Every now and then, she mumbled something, as if trying to reassure herself.
"It won't work, Potter," Draco sneered, but he looked worried. "Hermione has chosen her path. She and I are the greatest Dark witch and wizard in the world, next to our Lord Voldemort. We have everything we could ever want..."
Harry ignored him, speaking only to his long-lost friend. "Don't you remember, Mione? Remember all the adventures we had? Like that time we tried to keep that amulet safe in our fifth year.."
~*flashback*~
"Well, it could be a basilisk," Ron suggested. "We know the school has one of those."
"No, Harry and Fawkes killed it. And besides, why would they have a basilisk guarding the amulet? It would kill everyone, even the people who were allowed to go near the amulet," Hermione said matter-of-factly.
"How do we even know there is an amulet?" Harry asked. "I mean, sure, there are a lot of people talking about it, and it is said to have these great magic powers. So what? It could be a legend, just like Professor Binns said."
"...uh, Harry? Since when do you listen to Professor Binns?" Ron asked. "Besides, we know there is one, because Snape was trying to steal it!"
Hermione sighed exasperatedly. "Professor Snape is a Hogwarts teacher! Didn't we go over that in our first year, when we thought he was trying to kill Harry!?"
Harry and Ron shrugged.
"Honestly, don't you two have any recollection of our earlier years!? Oh, nevermind!" Hermione rolled her eyes. "Anyway, what about that new professor?"
Ron looked at Hermione, aghast. "How could you suggest that!?? Romulus is Remus's brother!!!"
"I wasn't talking about Professor Lupin!!" Hermione screeched indignantly. "I was talking about that wizard who replaced Madame Hooch!!!"
"Oh."
Harry shook his head. "No way. Professor Specter in a great guy!"
Hermione shrugged. "Just a thought. Anyway, it's late. We should get some sleep."
"Why?" Ron whined.
"Because I think we should go check out that dungeon place where the amulet is supposedly held!"
~ ~ ~
Harry, Ron, and Hermione were up early the next morning. They ate a quick breakfast, then tiptoed down to the dungeons.
"Uh, Mione? Why the dungeons? Wouldn't a secret passage be more appropriate?" Harry asked.
"No. I overheard Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall talking last night. Apparently, the amulet is inside a locked dungeon."
"Just locked?" Ron inquired.
"Well, they said that there was something else there, but I wasn't paying attention."
"Hermione, not paying attention!? Gasp!" Harry grinned.
"Shut up and follow me," Hermione said, concealing her smile. She led them down a winding corridor, inside a painting, and down another cold hallway. Soon, they heard a faint growling.
"What do you suppose that noise is...?" Ron asked.
"Maybe the thing they got to guard this amulet from Voldemort." Harry replied.
"Say You-Know-Who, will ya?" Ron said nervously. "The last thing I need is to hear the name in a dark, cold, deserted corridor!"
"Shush, you guys!" Hermione chided. "I think we're....almost...th.." she trailed off, staring straight ahead.
"What's wrong?" Harry asked. "What is it, Hermi..." he, too, stopped.
"Guys? Could you tell me..." Ron's face took on a ghost-like quality.
Standing in front of them was a very strange creature. It had the head and front legs of a eagle, and the body and hind legs of a lion.
"W..w...what is that!!?" Ron squeaked.
"G-g-griffin," Hermione replied faintly. "It's a creature that guards treasure..and...feeds on.raw meat.."
"Raw...meat!?" Harry said.
They looked at each other. "RUN!!!"
~*end flashback*~
Harry grinned feebly. "Well, we tried protecting it, anyway."
Hermione still wouldn't meet his eyes. 'I chose *this* path. This is the right one. I am powerful. I am feared. I am evil...'
Harry threw the necklace in her lap. "Fine! Fine, Mione! Kill me if you're going to! But please...keep the necklace and remember me..."
Remember me...
~*flashback*~
"Harry?" Hermione said shyly, poking the raven-haired boy in the back as he sat reading a book in the Gryffindor common room.
"Yeah, Mione?" Harry closed the book and turned to face the girl, who was carefully looking down.
"Harry...you know that I love you, right?"
"Of course, Mione. I love you, too."
"You know that I'll cry if I ever lose you, right?"
"Oh, Hermione, you won't have to cry, because I'll always be with you."
"You'll remember me always, right, Harry?"
"How could anyone ever forget you?"
~*end flashback*~
Hermione shrieked again, jerking back from both Harry and Draco. She looked at them, wand raised, eyes darting.
"One of you is going to die," she said slowly.
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a/n: Alright, I have a strange mind. Impulse writing, indeed. Thanks to those who reviewed - Phire Phoenix, Oria, and Lacey Evans. =D