The next day, everyone in the Order set up their final plan. Dumbledore, McGonagall, Lupin, Tonks, Sirius, Snape, Lily, James, Bill, Percy, Harry, Ron & Hermione all went to the Department of Mysteries. There was only one way to stop everything that Luscious had said from happening. Someone would have to go back through the veil and stop it, that could only be two people however. The only people who left because they were in a sense let out, and given the chance to start anew, to fight.

"I don't want you to go! Let me go, I don't want anything to…"

"Happen to me? Nothing is going to happen to me Harry, I love you guys too much." She looked over at everyone and smiled. "Besides, I'm the only one who can go other than Sirius and we both have to go to set things straight. Now just let me through and we'll get this over with, I'm coming back don't worry."

Harry wasn't very happy with this arrangement but he gave her a kiss and let her go. Ron, Lily, James, Arthur, Bill and Percy all gave her a hug and she walked through. Sirius ruffled Harry and Ron's hair, kissed Lily on the cheek and childishly hugged Lupin and James and then walked through. The group just stood there, waiting. If anything went wrong then one or both of them would be stuck there and wouldn't be coming back.

"She'll be fine mate." Ron said reassuringly.

"She's strong Harry. She's stronger than me, that's for sure." Lupin laughed. "She can handle herself, and besides, Sirius is with her."

"He told me yesterday how much he thinks of her as a daughter. When they were both-well-erm-up there together, he always had her back. She's like a daughter to him and he won't let anything happen to her." Lily was trying her best to comfort her son.

"And he knows just how much you care about her." James winked at his son.

"As much as I hate to interrupt this family moment, we really must be watching out in case something goes wrong." Snape glared at them all.

"Now Severus, please be patient. I have no doubt in my mind that things are going to go over just as planned. Sirius and Hermione know exactly what to do and can control this. If I am wrong however, they will still know what to do. They are prepared for the worst." Dumbledore just stared into the veil. He didn't want to look at Harry and let him know that he was worried.

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"Come on Sirius, over here!"

The two walked as quietly as possible. In order for everything to work, they needed to find Voldemort and let him know what was going on. They would have to tell him everything and get him to help the Order. They finally arrived at the place where Voldemort was hiding out. Hermione knocked on the door and slowly walked in with Sirius at her back.

"Hello? Dad? Its me, Amanda."

"Amanda?" Sirius was confused.

"Yes, my real name is Amanda."

"Oh, well that would make sense I guess. If the Order was trying to keep you safe then they would definitely change your name. But I mean come on, Hermione? Who thought that one up? Why didn't they just put a sign over your house that said 'I am Voldemort's daughter.'"

Hermione shot him a dirty glare and proceeded to walk through the house. They found him in the living room, sitting on the floor muttering to himself and rocking back and forth.

"Amanda? Is that you? And who did you bring with you?"

"Hey there. I brought Sirius with me. Look, we need your help. Just summon all of the Death Eaters together and we will do the rest."

"Alright, but why? What are you going to do?"

"Don't worry about that, just get them there. Look, what's wrong? Why are you sitting on the floor?"

"Why not? I am perfectly fine!" Tom Riddle suddenly went from being sad and gloomy to being very over excited. "I am always fine! Perfectly fine, dandy even!"

"Hermione, he's delusional. It has to be a curse, It looks familiar, it takes away everything inside of you and your just kind of there."

"Nariscus Infectious." Hermione muttered under her breath. She remembered what the spell was.

"The Death Eaters must have found out what happened when Malfoy killed himself and wanted to get revenge by-"

"Well, well. Looks like your back and ready to die for good this time. You are very smart I must admit. The minute I died, everyone here knew what a traitor he is!" Malfoy pointed at Voldemort and cursed him. He shuddered in pain and then collapsed on the floor. "Poor Potter is going to be devastated again. Say your good-bye's now because you aren't going back home."

Hundreds of Death Eaters then emerged from everywhere possible.

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Meanwhile, everyone was getting worried. They had been gone for too long.

"What the hell is taking them so long?" Harry was pacing around the room. He knew that of anything was going wrong that they would get a sign, the same sign that was given before.

"There probably just-" But before James could finish his sentence a loud bang filled the room. Everyone shuddered and looked outside to see that the rain was pouring from the sky. Lightning lit up the sky and thunder boomed throughout the empty halls.

"Oh, no. Oh dear." McGonagall was speechless. Dumbledore moved towards the veil. He knew what he had to do, but he stopped at a standstill. Everyone waited for the two of them to come back out but nothing was happening.

"Come on Professor! That's the sign! If you don't act now, everything could change for the worst." Percy was yelling.

"No, just give them one more minute Albus, Please!" Lily was yelling to be heard over the thunder.

Suddenly voices could be heard coming from just beyond the veil. Everyone's hearts were racing. Nobody said a word, even the rain and thunder seemed to quiet down a little bit. Harry and Ron just looked at each other and listened intently. Lily was in the arms of her husband.

"No! Leave him alone!" Hermione's screams could be heard throughout the room. "It's not him that you want and we all know that!"

"Oh really? Well, for once you don't know everything you little brat!" Luscious spat at Hermione.

"I know what you did to him! You cursed him so that he would barely be able to move! You killed yourself and told everyone here exactly what happened, that he betrayed you. Well your wrong! If anyone betrayed anyone then its you!"

"Hermione-"

"No Sirius! Let me finish!" She took in a deep breath and walked even closer to the man who was ruining everything. "Did you forget to mention to them that you happened to be the one who actually caused all of this, that you murdered Tom Riddle's wife and almost his child. He would have been even greater if you had just left him the hell alone! The grief of losing his family is what turned him so weak, what made him go after the Potter's. That's what brought him down!"

Everyone in the room silenced both in front and behind the veil. The Death Eaters slowly moved toward Malfoy, each one of them yelling louder and louder. Hermione and Sirius knew what was coming and started to head for the veil. She started to head for her father but Sirius stopped her.

"Come on Hermione! We have to go! He's gone for good, Luscious finished him off. We have to get out of here before they see us!"

He grabbed her and started to drag her away from the spot where her father lay. Spells began flying everywhere and screams could be heard coming from Luscious Malfoy. Hermione pulled herself together and started to finally walk by herself. As they were turning toward the veil, suddenly a loud voice could be heard booming from inside the crowd.

"Their getting away you worthless idiots!" Hermione and Sirius looked at each other.

"Well, I really don't think that's anything good." Sirius & Hermione took out their wands and began to fight. They dodged several spells and made it within a few feet from the veil.

Back on the other side of the veil, everyone listened in horror. Then a huge gush of wind came and the other side of the veil was suddenly visible. They could see Sirius and Hermione fighting for their lives and there was nothing that anyone could do to help them. Harry and Ron started to run towards the veil but before they could. Lupin grabbed Harry and Bill grabbed Ron.

"Hermione look out!" was all that could be heard coming from Sirius. Hermione turned around and a spell came flying right towards her. It knocked a large piece of rock apart that was just over the veil. It shattered and went everywhere. A very large piece hit Hermione in the head and another piece pinned her down to the ground. Sirius' arm was broken. Many Death Eaters were hurt as well.

"Hermione, wake up! Come on we have to get out of here! This whole place is going to collapse!" He shook her slightly and her beautiful honey brown eyes opened, looking around wildly. "Come on, we have to get you out of here." He tried pushing the rock off of her but it was no use. It was just too big and both their wands were smashed during the rock fall.

"I'm stuck Sirius, go, go back before your stuck here as well!" She was trying desperately to get that rock off of her legs but it wouldn't budge. "Sirius, it isn't moving-go!"

"No dammit! I am not leaving you here! You're like a daughter to me and you're everything to Harry. I am not leaving you!"

But before she could argue everything started to shake. The walls were coming down. With one last shove, Hermione pushed Sirius through the veil but not without saying, "Tell Harry I love him and keep him and Ron out of trouble okay?" Harry watched as Sirius came tumbling out of the veil and everything closed in around him.

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"Sirius!" Lupin ran over to him followed by James and Lily.

"I'm fine okay! I'm bloody frickin fine!" He got up and walked over to Harry and Ron.

"Boys, I-"

"Its okay Sirius. We saw everything. We know that Hermione pushed you out." Harry was talking so low that even Ron could barely hear him.

"We saw how hard you tried to get her out of there." Ron walked over to his brother and made sure that everything was ok. Harry needed to be alone right now and everyone knew that. Even Snape shut up for once. Silent tears slowly started to flow from Sirius' eyes.

"I should have tried harder. I should have gotten her out of there! She had…has everything ahead of her and-"

"Harry." A low whisper could be heard coming from what was once the veil.

"I don't want to talk right now-"

"Shh, listen." Bill shushed Harry and everyone listened.

"Harry? Ron? Anybody? Help me!"

Harry and Ron sprang up and ran over towards the rubble. They knew that voice and no one was going to tell them otherwise. They started digging at the rubble and the voice started to get louder.

"Harry!"

"Hermione where are you?"

"I don't know! All I know is that I've got this really big rock on top of me and its kind of hard to breathe!" She said sarcastically.

Dumbledore, James, Lupin and Bill all raised their wands and instantly moved all the rocks. Lying on the cold hard floor, was Hermione. Harry and Ron rushed over to her.

"Hermione!" They screamed in unison.

"I told you guys that I would be fine!"

"Hermione, what-how?" Sirius was yelling as he ran over to her.

"I know that by the looks of things I probably shouldn't be here right now but he saved me. Voldemort wasn't unconscious after all. He got up and moved the rock, pushing me through the veil just before everything came crashing down."

Sirius gave her a huge hug and looked at her smiling. Lily and James came over as well, along with Tonks, Bill and Lupin.

"You weren't crying were you?" Hermione asked looking up at Sirius.

"Me? Crying? Never." He winked at her and smiled.

"We're so glad your okay Hermione." Lily gave her a hug.

"Good thing you are, you're probably one of the best of the Order." James looked at her and smiled.

"I knew you could do it." Bill was laughing.

"Now, now. We are all very glad that everyone here is okay but I'm afraid that we have something much to important at hand right now. We need to go back to Grimmuald Place and inform everyone else what has happened tonight. But first, why don't get Miss Granger cleaned up."

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They arrived back at Grimmuald Place to find that everyone was a nervous wreck. Mrs. Weasley was cleaning around the house trying to keep her mind off of what she knew could be happening. Ginny was playing wizards chess with Moody who was beating her very badly. Fred and George were running around the house trying to find things to make a mess with but nothing seemed worth it. Mr. Weasley was pacing the house randomly muttering things to himself.

A loud pop was heard and Mrs. Weasley let out a little shriek. Everyone ran into the living room and saw that everyone was okay. Harry and Ron were helping Hermione to the couch and Lily, James, Sirius and Lupin were all talking about something. Minerva, Albus and Snape were walking towards Mr. and Mrs. Weasley.

"Everything is fine Molly, everything is fine." McGonagall was trying to calm the poor woman.

"Did anyone get hurt? Did everything work?" She was talking so fast that it was a shock even she could understand herself.

"Everything worked out as planned, well almost. I'll explain everything in the meeting room. And to your question as to if anyone was hurt the answer is yes." Molly looked around the room making sure that everyone was there.

"Molly, everyone is alive. Hermione was injured pretty badly but we took care of it as best we could. Sirius only has a few minor cuts and bruises-"

"And a broken arm! Don't forget about the broken-"

"Everything will be discussed upstairs now come on." She gave Sirius a dirty look and began walking up the stairs.

They all headed upstairs except for Ginny, Fred and George because they weren't part of the Order. Once everyone was upstairs and in the meeting room. Hermione and Sirius told their story. They told everyone everything that had just happened. Once they were finished, everyone was shocked. Nobody said a word.

"I'm okay though, really." Hermione was trying to make Mrs. Weasley feel a little but more comfortable seeing as she looked like she was going to pass out.

"Rocks? You-Know-Who saved you?"

"Yes he saved me! Why wouldn't he? He's my father, you know that! You have known it since the first day you met me, all of you have!" Hermione got up and stormed out of the room as best she could because of her leg. Harry went to go after her.

"Hermione, wait!" Harry was running after her, surprised at how well she was moving.

"No! I'm just so, so, sick of this Harry! I can't do this anymore! I just cant." She sat down on the floor and started to cry in Harry's arms. Fred and George figured that they should just let them be and took Ginny into the other room.

"Shh, its okay Hermione. It's okay. Shh."

"No, it's not okay! I can't keep doing this!"

"Doing what?"

"This! I can't keep acting like everything is okay when it's not. That's all I've been doing ever since my, well, my so-called parents started abusing me. I let everyone think that I was okay because I didn't want anyone to worry about me. When they put me in that car and drove off that road, I just didn't know what to do. So I went to the Order and then found out that they weren't really my parents at all. I found out that my real parents were Tom and Elizabeth Riddle. I couldn't let anyone know how much I was freaking out. I had to be strong because I knew that I had to defeat Voldemort. But knowing that all these years, everyone knew; Arthur, Molly, Dumbledore, Lupin, Sirius, McGonagall, Snape, Tonks, Moody, your parents. Your parents died because of me. You and Ron could have died because of me! The people that raised me and put their lives at risk died because of me! My father, Voldemort died because of me! And I-I have to hold it all in-"

"You don't have to hold it in anymore Hermione. You can talk to me now."

"I know, but, I miss him Harry."

"Who?"

"My father. I actually miss him. A man I barely knew. He may have been Lord Voldemort and he may have been behind everything that's happened to you but I still miss him. I mean, I saw him right before he died. He was so calm, so actually pleasant. I mean, he's my father."

"I understand that Hermione. I know that you miss him. He's your father, why wouldn't you miss him? It doesn't matter what he did, he's still your father."

"I know but, I just wish I could have gotten to know him, the real him."

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