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Chapter 4- A fight in the park
"So what are we doing today?" Hermione asked Harry.
Harry was about to answer when he felt burning hot pain in his scar. 'Voldemort had just killed someone,' Harry thought. He closed his eyes and waited for the pain to die down. He saw Hermione look at him anxiously but Harry gave her a reassuring smile. "Um we could just go to the park and hang out for the day Hermione," Harry said.
"Sounds good Harry," Hermione said.
After Hermione and Harry had gotten dressed, they went to a park nearby Four Privet Drive. The temperature was only twenty three degrees Celsius so the day wouldn't be too hot. Hermione was wearing a short sleeve shirt with jeans that hugged her body tightly and Harry couldn't help but stare at Hermione. Harry had just started to notice that Hermione was no longer the bushy haired girl he met on the Hogwarts Express but rather she was more beautiful and had started to develop into a fine young woman. Unlike Ron, Harry had noticed that Hermione was a girl the first day he met her but he didn't realize his feelings toward her until now.
Meanwhile Hermione was staring at Harry who was wearing a T-shirt over a muscle shirt and a pair of jeans that seemed to be large on him. 'He looks so sexy' Hermione thought sighing softly. They were now sitting on a park bench with Harry's arm around her shoulder and her head was lying against his chest. Hermione had feelings toward Harry ever since her first year but she had thought of them as a schoolgirl crush at first. During her fourth year though, she had realized her feelings were not that of a schoolgirl crush but rather, she loved him. She had hid those feelings ever since but now that they were no longer hidden, Hermione felt much better.
"Harry...," Hermione started to say before Harry interrupted her.
"Yes Hermione dear?" Harry said with his usual grin.
"Well I just wanted to say that before I went to Hogwarts, I had read all about you and what happened to you during your childhood. When I saw you for the first time, I was somewhat disappointed because you were just a normal kid who was small and skinny. Then there was that issue with the troll. I figured that you were the one who wanted to save me and not Ron. It was then that I realized even though you weren't too imposing physically, you were one of the bravest kids and you weren't afraid of anything," Hermione said looking at Harry.
At first Harry tried to absorb what Hermione had said. She had said that Harry wasn't special when they had first met but she had seen his heart and courage when he and Ron saved her from the troll. Harry sat there as Hermione kissed him lightly.
"That's the difference between you and Voldemort," Hermione said. "You are braver than him and you know the meaning of love, something that Voldemort doesn't know about," she continued.
Harry sat there thinking about what Hermione had just said. "Thank you Hermione for being there for me," Harry said as Hermione hugged him tighter.
"I love you Harry," Hermione said as she kissed Harry.
Both Harry and Hermione then spent the next few minutes in silence thinking about their new relationship. Hermione sighed and then put her head on Harry's shoulder while Harry kept his arms around Hermione. A few minutes later, Harry broke the silence.
"Hermione, what do you know about the black plague?" Harry asked.
"The black plague? I know its a disease that caused over a thousand people to die and its a disease that can be spread real easily," Hermione said, after thinking for a minute. "Why do you ask Harry?"
"Erm, well Dumbledore thinks that Voledmort will use the black plague on wizards and muggles and a laboratory in Liverpool was broken into and two scientists plus some samples of the black plague were taken," Harry replied looking down at the ground.
"Oh my gosh Harry, if that happens then the world is doomed," Hermione said in shock.
"I know Hermione," Harry said. "That doesn't matter though, I will defeat him in the end and before he can unleash the plague on the world," he said.
Hermione looked at Harry and saw the determination in his eyes. It was times like these that Hermione realized that Harry was more powerful than he seemed. She honestly thought that Harry would be able to defeat Voldemort at the end and she was going to be there when it happened she thought. Since Hermione didn't want to discuss Voldemort anymore, she changed the topic. "So Harry how was your childhood?" Hermione asked.
Harry looked stunned at first. "It was horrible," he said. Harry then went on to describe how the Dursleys didn't love him and treated him badly. He told Hermione about the cupboard under the stairs, how the Dursleys would send him there and starve him as a punishment for accidental magic he had done. Harry then went on about how the Dursleys hated magic and tried to hide the fact that he was a wizard only to have Hagrid visit and reveal the truth. Harry then told Hermione that Dudley had used him as a punching bag when he was younger and that he was often the most unpopular student in school. After telling all this, Harry felt more relieved only to see Hermione crying.
"Hermione, what's wrong?" he asked her, wiping away some tears from her face.
"How can you stay with these horrible freaks?" Hermione said through sobs.
"It's for my own protection Hermione," Harry said, holding Hermione tighter.
"What do you mean for your own protection?" Hermione asked.
"You know my mother died to protect me right? Well I was able to survive the killing curse because of her protection and it runs in her blood. My aunt is my mom's only relative so Dumbledore put me with her to protect me from Voldemort. While I'm there, Voldemort can't touch me," Harry said sighing.
"Oh Harry," Hermione said before kissing him. Harry started to kiss back only to be interrupted after a few seconds.
"Well, well its Potter and his mud-blood girlfriend," someone said as both Harry and Hermione looked up only to see a dozen Death Eaters.
"What the fuck do you want you scumbags and assholes?" Harry asked, reaching for his wand.
"Watch your language Potter," the Death Eater closest to Harry said. "Why we are here to take you to the Dark Lord himself. Now you can surrender or we will fight you. I think it would be wise to surrender since you are outnumbered six to one. Oh yeah and you don't really have the power to beat us Potter," the Death Eater said.
Harry was about to say something when he heard a voice say "Stupefy," causing a Death Eater to fall unconscious and leaving the rest of the Death Eaters scared and looking around nervously. "Mundungus, is that you?" Harry whispered, catching a sniff of a mixture of tobacco and alcohol.
"Aye lad, I'm here," Mundungus said.
"Mundungus, I'll hold off these Death Eaters, can you go get some help from the Order?" Harry asked.
"Aye lad and be careful," Mundungus said then disappeared, heading to Order headquarters.
"Stupefy," Harry said, aiming for a Death Eater who was instantly unconscious. By now the remaining Death Eaters drew wands and Hermione also had her wand out.
Curses started to fly back and forth between Harry, Hermione and the Death Eaters. Harry was able to knock out three more Death Eaters while Hermione had knocked out two Death Eaters. The duel continued but by now Harry and Hermione were starting to get exhausted and the number advantage for the Death Eaters was starting to get to them. 'Come on Mundungus, where are you right now,' Harry thought as he hit two more Death Eaters with an Impedimenta jinx. By now Hermione had fallen because of a curse some Death Eater had sent and Harry was left alone against three Death Eaters.
"Give up Potter?" one of them asked, breathing heavily.
"You wish," Harry said then shot stunners at the remaining Death Eaters, knocking out another Death Eater and causing the remaining two Death Eaters to roar in rage.
"Crucio," one of the Death Eaters shouted aiming at Harry who easily avoided the curse thanks to his quidditch skills.
"Avada Kedavra," shouted the other as Harry easily ducked both curses and shot some more stunners at the Death Eaters. Curses started to fly between Harry and the remaining Death Eaters after they had all taken a short break.
Meanwhile Mundungus had apparated outside the headquarters of the Order. Mundungus couldn't help but think about how calm Harry was and how he seemed to be a natural leader. 'Voldemort and his band of idiots are going to be in for a tough fight with Harry around,' Mundungus thought as he entered headquarters and saw Tonks, Moody and Lupin.
"Harry and Hermione are under attack," Mundungus said breathlessly, seeing the fear and concern in their faces.
"Where are they?" growled Moody who quickly recovered after Mundungus came in with the horrible news.
"They are in a park near the Dursley home," Mundungus said. "Harry and Hermione were facing eleven Death Eaters when Harry told me to get help," Mundungus said.
"Damn Death Eaters trying to fight when they got the odds," Moody grunted before he apparated to the park where Mundungus had left Harry.
With several pops, the four members of the Order apparated to the park where Harry and Hermione were fighting the Death Eaters.
Harry had been dodging curses from the two remaining Death Eaters for over five minutes now and he was starting to get tired. 'Damn where the hell is the Order,' he thought when he heard four pops indicating the arrival of Tonks, Moody, Lupin and Mundungus. When the remaining Death Eaters saw the members of the Order arrive, they disapparated away.
"Damn cowards," Moody growled. "Always willing to fight if the odds are on their side but once the tables turn, they run like cowards," Moody muttered to himself.
"Harry! Are you hurt?" asked Lupin with concern in his face as Moody, Tonks and Mundungus began to tie up the unconscious Death Eaters.
Harry, who had been relieved to see the Order members appear found out that he wasn't hurt but Hermione was still unconscious. "I'm okay but Hermione's unconscious," Harry said.
"We'll take you back," Moody said as Tonks picked up Hermione's body and then went back to the Dursley home.
Meanwhile, the two Death Eaters apparated back to Little Hangleton. They then went into the room where Lord Voldemort was in and entered. They then told Voldemort how the members of the Order had appeared then they fled. Judging by the look on Voldemort's face, he was most displeased.
"You fools," he hissed. "You have failed me and now you will pay the price," Voldemort said, reaching for his wand.
"My lord, please we won't fail you again," one of the Death Eaters said pleading with Voldemort.
"Silence!" Voldemort yelled. "Now you will pay the price," he continued before pointing his wand at one of them. "Crucio," Voldemort said putting him under the Cruciatus curse before turning to the other Death Eater and putting him under the Cruciatus curse.
Now there were ten extra Death Eaters Voldemort had to free from Azkaban all because they had failed to capture Potter and the mudblood. This had been an unfortunate incident but he hoped that the rest of his plans would work out well. Now there were only around eighty Death Eaters with him instead of a hundred all because of that damn Potter. Voldemort sighed. It was time to regroup and come up with another plan. Then Voldemort thought of a good plan. He would free the imprisoned Death Eaters in Azkaban first and get the dementors on his side. Voldemort would then wait and let everyone get their guard down then he would attack Diagon Alley.
In the smallest bedroom at Four Privet Drive, Harry was watching Hermione rest. Tonks and Lupin had assured Harry that Hermione was okay after a brief checkup but they had said she needed to rest for a while so they put Hermione on his bed before going to pick up the captured Death Eaters. Harry found himself watching Hermione breathe. 'She looks so peaceful,' Harry thought before hearing a tapping at his window. Harry went to let the owl in only to see it was Ron's owl Pig. 'Oh shit what does Ron want now?' Harry thought. With a sigh, Harry started to read the letter from his best friend Ron.
Author's notes: I try to write as much as I can but I do have other things to do. Please read and review.