The Dark Lady
Chapter 13 – Third's a Charm
By gracie5412
Shout outs to –
Kendra is cheese,
A/N - What's happened to my reveiwers lately? do you all hate me or something? I'm feeling very unloved.
Grimmauld Place was in shock. Rachel had been missing for two weeks, no note, no sign, nothing. The last person to see her had been Ethan, who was now being held for questioning.
While all this was going on Hermione had been on a little 'holiday' as had been suggested to her by Dumbledore just after Rachel had gone missing. She had decided on Cornwall. And after a week of looking and asking questions she had finally tracked down Ben Miller. Now she had two weeks to convince him and a final week to put her plan into action.
She looked at the piece of paper in her hand and then looked at the block of shabby flats she was standing in front of. The addresses matched so she pressed the buzzer for the fifth floor. After a minutes or so wait the intercom crackled into action and after a quick conversation Ben buzzed Hermione in.
"So may I ask what you're here for?" He asked as she came inside.
"Well I'm from the Order. I've been asked to tell you that the execution has been moved two days forward. They don't want lots of wizards there to see it happen so keep it quiet though. Ok?"
"Can I see some identification? Sorry but I've always been trained to be suspicious."
"That's no problem." Hermione said, smiling, as she pulled out her dog tags.
"Wait you're Hermione Granger? As in the Hermione Granger that killed You-Know-Who?" He asked looking shocked.
"Yeh that's me. So anyway I'll meet you at the ministry in a month. I'm the one that'll unlock the doors. Then you'll wake them up and we have to take them to a keeping place in secret for them to be taken away."
They went through the details once more to make sure they were both clear before Hermione left and made her way back down to London and to The Riddle House. She met Draco in the Library and they started planning the last two things that they needed to do.
The first being how they would be able to get Hermione out of Grimmauld Place for quite a while and how they could give her an alibi so she wouldn't be suspected of the breakout.
The second, how were they going to keep a whole floor of the Ministry clear for enough time to get all the deatheaters out of the building without being seen?
The first was fairly easy to accomplish. All they needed was to stage an attack and maybe kill a few people. Easy. They did it two days after Hermione returned to Grimmauld Place.
Hermione was walking down a corridor with Ginny, Harry and Ron, who had made up in the time that Hermione had been away. There were five loud 'pops' as people apperated in. After a second screams were heard as they were recognised as deatheaters.
"Where is she?" One demanded grabbing a woman who had been close. "Where the hell is the Mudblood bitch?"
"If you take her to us now no one will get hurt." Another one said.
"Well where is she?" The first yelled into the woman he was holding's ear. She broke down and started crying, loudly.
"I-I don't know." She managed to stammer out.
"Wrong answer. Avada Kedavra." A flash of green light momentarily blinded them all as the woman fell to the floor, dead.
"Now we'll say it again. Where is the mudblood bitch, Granger?" another said pointing his wand at the crowd.
They all turned to look at where Hermione and her friends were stood and slowly the crowd parted. Hermione started to walk towards them.
"Hermione are you insane!" Ginny hissed holding her back.
"I'm not going to let others die because of me." Hermione said as shook off Ginny's grip.
"I'm here." Hermione said to the deatheaters.
"Good now we can kill you." One said as they all advanced upon her. A young man jumped in front of them.
"If you are going to kill one of the best witches in the world then you'll have to get through me first." He said trying to sound confident.
"Ok then." One deatheater said and after a few minutes duel the young man was dead.
"Now anyone else going to piss us off?" They asked as they grabbed Hermione. No one answered. "I didn't think so." He said before the all disapperated.
They appeared in The Riddle House and Hermione went into her room to plan for future attacks while back at Grimmauld Place everyone was beside themselves with worry.
After around twelve hours Hermione started to get ready to get back to Grimmauld Place. She first put a charm on herself to make it look like she had been in a duel and had been walking for a long while. She then charmed her wand so that it was useless until she said the reverse incantation. After that she apperated to the doors of Grimmauld Place where she staggered in. her dramatic entrance was slightly damped by the fact that there was no one there to see it, but she continued to stagger down the Dumbledore's office just in case she was to bump into someone.
She walked into the office and Harry jumped up and took her arm to steady her.
"Herms! Where have you been? Are you ok? What did they do?" He asked very quickly.
"I'm fine. I've healed most of my cuts and stuff but it still hurts a little. I don't know where they took me. It was the outskirts of London and we started fighting. Five against one and I still killed every single one of them. I know it was wrong to use the killing curse but I had no other choice nothing else worked. I'm sorry. Am I in trouble?"
"I think we can overlook it this time Miss Granger." Dumbledore smiled. "So you are ok? No injuries."
"I'm physically fine but something's wrong with my magic. My wand doesn't work and I can't apperate." Hermione said looking worried. "Have I lost my powers?"
"No, no of course not. It's common for a witch or wizard to not be able to use their magic after a stressful time. So it would be expected for you not to have yours at the moment."
"Well how do I get it back?" Hermione asked.
"You just have to wait."
"Sir. I think I should leave Grimmauld Place. It's not safe for the others while I'm here. I've caused three deaths. I couldn't bear anymore dead bodies on my conscience."
"But Hermione you're safe here!" Harry protested.
"Well I'm obviously not. That two attacks now. The death eaters know where we are and know that I'm here. They're going to keep on coming until I'm dead. It would be best if I went away for a while. It would throw them off. Plus if I would be able to have a break from it all and get my power back."
"Sir tell her she can't just go!" Harry shouted.
"Mr Potter, please calm down. I can't tell Miss Granger what to do or not to do. If she wants to go then she can. Though I wouldn't strongly suggest that she shouldn't be alone right now if she has no magic."
"I'm sorry but my mind's made up." Hermione said firmly. "I shall leave in the morning. I won't tell you where I'm going but I will owl you when I can."
She left the office and went to her room where she undid the spell on her wand and magically packed all her possessions into a case before reapplying the charm to her wand.
The next morning Harry, Ron and Ginny stood with her in the front hall to say goodbye.
"Where will you go?" Ron asked.
"I can't tell you. But I'll be fine I promise." Hermione reassured him.
"You will write won't you?" Ginny asked.
"Of course I will."
"And if there's any trouble come straight back here. Be safe." Harry instructed.
"Harry I'll be fine. All of you stop worrying. Now I have to go. Bye everyone." She hugged and kissed them all before walking out the door.
As soon as she was out of sight she apperated to the Riddle House.
