Chapter 14

Hermione, along with Ron, Ginny and Fred, watched as Harry made his way to his desk and frantically rummaged through his drawer. He reemerged holding 5 envelopes.

"I was supposed to give these to you when, um, these are for you," Harry sighed handing out the letters. He gave George's to Fred and then slumped onto the floor and silently began to cry.

Stunned at everything that was happening, Hermione slowly picked up her envelope. Her name was written neatly across the front. Looking up she saw that everyone had found somewhere to sit and had already opened their letter. Fred placed George's letter beside his brother's head.

Hermione gently ripped open her envelope and pulled out the parchment inside. She took a deep breath and started to read.

Hermione,

You have always been a daughter to us and we love you like one. You have been such a big part of our family and we will never forget you.

Look after Ron and Harry for us. We know we can count on you to keep them in line. Take care of Ron especially. He loves you whether he's told you or not. Watch over Ginny too. You're the only women figure she has now. We know she can look up to you.

You are the brightest witch of your time, don't ever forget it. You'll have a long life and go far.

We love you always,

Molly and Arthur

By the time she was done reading Hermione's page was covered in tears. Mr. and Mrs. Weasly were such good people. They didn't deserve to die. She folded her letter up and placed it in the envelope.

Ron sat on a chair across the room. His arm rested on his knee and propped his head up over the parchment he was reading. Fred sat on the floor next to George's bed. He seemed to be rereading his letter again. Ginny stood by the door. The pieces from the chair Fred had smashed scattered around her. She stood emotionless. Not one tear falling from her face as she read her letter. She had cried all she could that day. Harry had stopped crying. He sensed Hermione looking at him and looked over at her.

Hermione's vision once again blurred and the next thing she knew Harry beside her, holding her tightly.

"Why is this happening Harry? Why?" Hermione cried into Harry's shoulder. "This shouldn't have happened. This shouldn't have happened," she kept repeating herself.

"Shhhhhh…" Harry murmured. "You're right, this shouldn't have happened. I'm going to make sure nothing else happens. I swear to everyone here, nothing else will happen," Hermione sensed the anger in his voice.

Harry pulled away from her and made his way over to Ron who was still reading his letter. He bent down and whispered something to Ron and then without another word left the room.

"Where is he going Ron?" Hermione asked, concerned about what her friend was going to do.

"He's going to write a letter. He's going to send for help," Ron got up and made his way to sit next to Hermione, still clutching his letter. "We need to get out of here. We need to get back to our world."

Hermione nodded her head. They did need to get back to their world, although the world they were going back to wasn't somewhere everyone wnated to be."Ron, I'm ready to fight in this war, but I'm scared," Hermione whispered so no one else could hear her.

"I am too," Ron said taking her hand in his and kissing her forehead. Hermione sighed. Things seemed to keep getting worse.