Necant faced Voldemort waiting for him to say something. Finally Voldemort looked at him.
"What do you want?" Voldemort asked.
"I have news of the standings at Hogwarts. They used a truth spell on all the members of the Order to discover the spy and they found out about Hermione. I was unable to resist both the power of the spell and Hermione as she wanted them to know. The good news is that I got her away and brought Harry too. They should be here within the hour." Necant said bowing to his lord.
"This is unexpected, they will probably be tracing Harry and Hermione as they make their way here. I was hopping to get Harry out at night so he would be behind the wards before they realized he was missing, and I'm still not quite ready for him but given the circumstance we seem to have little choice." Voldemort got up and walked over to the fireplace, he pressed his hand against it and it slid away revealing a corridor on the other side. Turning back to Necant he said, "Bring them to me when they arrive." With that he walked through the passageway and out of sight.
Necant turned as the fireplace slid back into place and left the room to await the arrival of Hermione.
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Forty-five minutes later Necant was back in the room with Hermione behind him, on the ground next to her was an unconscious Harry. Necant placed his hand to the fireplace much as Voldemort had and led her into the long hallway, Harry's body dragging along behind her. As the fireplace slid back into place Necant felt the wards settle over them. No one would find this place easily, but then again if the Order had been tracing them the wards would mean little.
Necant led them down the hallway until he reached a door branching off to the left. He knocked and then entered.
Voldemort looked at them before instructing him to chain Harry up against the wall and to remove his wand. Then turning to Necant he said, "You can leave now, you and Hermione stand guard."
Necant bowed and they left the room.
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Moody looked up from a map he was standing over, "They disappeared." He told the others crowded around him.
After Ron had finished telling them about Hermione, and after he was reprimanded for not having said something before, they had gone back to the Order's headquarters and Moody had tracked Hermione and Harry.
Dumbledore looked at the spot Moody was pointing to, nodded and stepped away so others could get a good look so they would know where to apperate too.
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Hermione and Necant stood in the shadows surrounding the doorway to the house. Both were near impossible to see, their vampire abilities allowing them to blend in with the surroundings. They were wearing identical uniforms, black metal tipped boots, black leather pants, a black long-sleeve shirt and black leather coat, and black leather gloves with metal covering the knuckles. To sum up, they were wearing black.
They watched unnoticed as first one, then a dozen people apperated near-by and started walking up to the door.
Hermione recognized all of them, Dumbledore, Ron's father and brothers, Moody, Snape, Mcgonagall, and others. Then she saw a smaller figure step out from behind one of the adults. Ron was here and she was going to kill him.
As if Necant knew what she was thinking he turned to her, the top half of his face covered in shadow so that his grin was illuminated as he spoke two words, "Kill them."
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Ron had used a port key to follow the older members of the Order, he had refused to stay behind. He and the rest of them members were slowly advancing on the house, wary of any trap or ambush. Satisfied that the way was not blocked Dumbledore took a step forward and grabbed the door handle. Instantly two figures clothed in black sprang into action. The taller of the two shoved Dumbledore out of the way and stood in front of the door. The smaller figure circled around behind them cutting them off.
"Prepare to apperate! Ron use the port key again!" Dumbledore cried getting to his feet.
"Sorry but it would be rude of you to leave now, don't you think?" The taller figure said stepping into the light cast by the many wands. He was tall with dark hair and a pale complexion. As he spoke sharp, canine teeth were visible. "I mean you just got here." He finished. He reached into his coat and pulled out a small crystal and placed it on the ground, behind them the smaller figure was doing the same.
Before any of them could react a force field went up around each crystal, effectively cutting the group in two.
"Too break the shield you have to kill the one who set it up," The vampire informed them, "Unfortunately for you, me and my partner are of one mind and if one of us needs help the other will provide it, you see while you cannot get out of the shields, we can."
Ron drew out his wand as and the others in his group turned to face their enemy.
"Long time no see." Hermione said grinning to expose her own sharp teeth. "I would advise you not to hold back if you are reluctant about killing me, I have no such issues."
Then she attacked.
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Voldemort looked at the figure of Harry, finally he would be able to take his revenge on the one who almost destroyed him. Someone else might have noticed how young Harry really was, or recognized the fact that Harry had had no control over the events leading up to the murder attempt, but Voldemort saw none of that. To him, people were all the same, it didn't matter what age or sex, all that mattered was that they were alive, and hence needed killing.