A/N: Finally I was able to update! But unfortunately I still don't have my computer fixed. This is a different version of Chapter 6 that I wrote yesterday. But the I think this is the better version. The other one strayed slightly away from my original plot. If I'm able to save the files from my computer I'll post it as an alternate chapter to this one. Anyway, I know you waited a long time for this and I won't keep you anylonger.
Chapter 6: The Spell
Harry and Ron stood in complete astonishment. The letter fell from Harry's hand to the hardwood floor with a little whoosh. "Well?!" Hermione's harsh voice shattered the uneasy silence that had stood in the air since Ron's last comment before reading the letter.
"Sshh, Hermione," Ginny scolded her older friend. "You don't have to be that rash with them." Both men backed up from the middle of the room and sat down on the couch on the wall by the door. Hermione scowled at her and bent down to retrieve the fallen letter.
"So, you were doing a protection spell then?" Ron asked.
"Yes," Ginny replied, walking over to her husband and sitting in his lap. She laid back and wrapped her arms around his neck. While Harry draped his arms around her waist. "You ok, Harry, honey?"
It took him a moment to respond, "Yeah, I think so. It's just that we tried so hard to escape from Voldemort, and now we get this letter from England saying that he knows where we are and is coming after us."
"Now, Harry, you can't be so sure of that," Hermione said.
"And just why not? You did read the letter didn't you?" he retorted.
She sighed and settled herself beside Ron before saying anything, "I think you misunderstood me, Harry." He gave her a look that clearly said, well-if-you-had-been-a-bit-nicer-about-it-I-might've-understood-you. "What I meant was that he might not know exactly where we are. Not that Voldemort is coming after us, because he obviously is." Silence stood in the air for the second time that night.
"So, now what?" Ron ended it.
"Well, we should finish that spell," Hermione stated.
"What? We thought you guys did finish it," Harry said, sitting up and forcing Ginny off him. She didn't look too happy, but got up to get the book off of the table on the other side of the room.
"No, we didn't get the chance," Ginny replied, returning to the middle of the room and opening the spell book. Harry got up and went to look at the book.
"Which spell is it?" he asked.
"This one," Ginny answered, putting her finger on the page.
"Hmm, a protection spell," Ron joined them. "And a very powerful one at that."
"Ginny, maybe they could help us this time," Hermione suggested. "It might make the effect more powerful."
"Right," she said, "here guys, you need to memorize the words to the spell." Ginny handed Harry the book and he and Ron went back to the couch to read it over.
"Do we have any incense?" Hermione asked, as she pulled four large, white candles out of an old cupboard.
"I don't know," Ginny said.
"If we have any it'll be downstairs in the potions cabinet," Harry called, not looking up from the book.
"Why do you want incense anyway, Hermione?" Ron asked.
"It enhances the effectiveness of the spell, as will these candle's," she responded, before heading to the door. She hurried down to the main floor and went into the kitchen. Flipping the basement light on, she dashed down those stairs and over to the potions cabinet. The jars that held the most of the potion ingredients were covered in dust; the incense was in the front on the first shelve. She grabbed it and ran back up to main floor. Turning off the light, Hermione grabbed some matches off the kitchen counter, what they were doing there she had no idea, and entered the attic a minute later. "Ok, everyone ready?"
"Yeah," they replied in unison.
"Alright this is what we need to do," she responded. "Each of you take a candle and light it. Here's some matches. Ginny, can you get that basin over there?" She nodded and handed it to Hermione. "Now sit in a circle on the floor in the middle of the room." They all went over with their lighted candle's and sat down. "Place the candle in front of you." She lit the incense and placed it in the middle of them. As everyone else put the candle's down. "Join hands, and close your eyes." She paused and reached for Ron and Ginny's hands, then closed her eyes. "On the count of three say the spell four times without stopping or breaking the circle. Ready?" Hermione said, as she got a chorus of yes's. "Ok, one, two, three..."
Together they recited the spell four times in a row. A little ball of white light appeared in the center of the circle and grew with every recitation. Finally at the end of the last time, the light spread throughout the house. Leaving, an invisible, yet protective barrier against dark magic on the house and it's inhabitants.
A/N: Chapter 7 should be up in a few days. Thanks for reading and don't forget to review!