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Chapter 34- Attack

Hermione was sitting the Gryffindor common room, surrounded by Harry, Ron, Ginny, Lavender and Parvati. Draco had to be in the Slytherincommon roomsince he was still a Slytherin, even though he was staying in a different room then his house mates.

"I bet it's the battle," Hermione said quietly. "It's going to happen really soon. That's why we're in here waiting."

"It'll be okay 'Mione," Ginny said.

"But what if something happens to Fred?"

"I'm sure he'll be okay," Ginny said.

2 Hours Later

There was a commotion at the door to the common room and everyone in the common room looked up to see what was going on.

"Dumbledore needs all the students who are 5th year and up to go to the Room of Requirement immediately," said Sir Nick. "He says to be careful."

The group of students made their way their way quickly, but carefully and quietly to the Room of Requirement, where they found many bewildered students trying to figure out how to get in there. Students who were in the D.A. the previous year showed everybody howto get in. A few were brave enough to stand outside and wait for any stragglers.

"Okay, now that we're all here, I'm going to explain the plan to you," said Tonks.

Tonks grouped people together, putting the few Slytherins who had shown up with people from the other 3 houses, hoping that there was the chance that they might have heard some things that would be useful to the other group members. After she grouped everyone together, she told them what spells would be useful. She directed them to different locations and told them to stay together if at all possible.

Hermione was now standing behind a statue with Harry, Ginny, Ron, Luna, Draco and Neville.

"It's the same group as last year," remarked Ginny. "Except for Draco."

"Last year?" asked Draco.

"The same group who was at the Department of Mysteries last year," Ginny clarified. "I forgot that you might not know about that."

"But we're glad you're here," Hermione added.

"I feel like I'm doing something useful," Draco mentioned.

"We all do," said Neville. "Anything to defeat You-Know-Who."

Everyone agreed with Neville's statement but fell silent when they heard footsteps.

"Now what?" Ginny mouthed to Hermione.

"Let's wait to see where they go," Hermione mouthed back.

The people, whoever they were, walked by without saying anything, but no one wanted to see who it was for fear of their hiding place being found.

"I wonder why we're hiding here," Luna said.

"We probably have to protect Harry from the Death Eaters. I don't know if Voldemort's going to be in the school or if he sent his followers here just so that they could destroy the school, so we probably have to make sure they don't capture him," Hermione said thoughtfully.

"It wouldn't surprise me if there was a plan to get Harry to You-Know-Who. There's probably some plan to get Hermione and myself to Voldemort," replied Draco.

"But why would they want you two?" asked Neville nervously.

"Me because I didn't get Hermione to You-Know-Who's side and Hermione because of her own prophecy," Draco explained. "Think about it. If You-Know-Who gets Hermione, Harry might not be able to defeat Voldemort."

"Thanks Draco," Neville said.

They were behind the statue for several hours, and had no idea what was going on with the battle.

"How long do we have to wait here?" whined Ron.

"I don't know Ron," snapped Hermione. "Until someone gets us, I think. Anyway, as Draco was saying earlier, Harry, Draco and I need to be kept safe."

"But why couldn't we stay in our common room and have someone get us?" asked Ron.

"Weasley, I know you have a brain, but I don't get why you don't use it. There are death eaters in the school. If someone came to the common room, the death eaters would be led to not only you guys, but the whole Gryffindor common room. I don't think that would go over very well with a lot of people," Draco said.

"I hope everyone's okay," said Ginny.

Ginny, Neville, and Luna had been relatively quiet during the hours that they had been hiding. They heard footsteps again, and they all tensed up, hoping that no one heard them talking.

"I know they're here somewhere."

They let a breath when they realized that it was only Tonks (better known as "Professor White" to half of the group).

"Great. She forgets what statue they're hiding behind," muttered Fred.

"I never told them what statue to hide behind in the first place," retorted Tonks.

Hermione peered over the statue, and told everyone quietly to follow her.

"There you guys are," Tonks said.

"Is it over?" Neville asked nervously.

Tonks shook her head.

"We need you guys to try to defeat Voldemort," Tonks explained.