Chapter Six: Important Allies Part 1
They had seen this in real life only one time before…she was pretending to be a werewolf. Hermione made her transformation slowly so as to seem like a werewolf's transformation. She felt Crabbe let go and back away with a terrified look on his face. She finishes changing and whirled around on him and snarled, revealing long, sharp, white fangs. Crabbe's eyes widened and with a pop he disappeared. At this point Pansy had woken up to see her and also disappeared. She changed back and smiled at the three boys in front of her as she dusted herself off. Draco was looking at her in a shocked manner, as if he thought she was really a werewolf.
"How….how did you see the moon? It was behind you!" Draco said.
"Well the angle of the knife let me see behind me. I saw the reflection and changed." Hermione answered simply.
"Hermione you could have been killed! I thought you could see through things like that!" Ron said angrily.
"Ron! Chill out! Nothing happened I'm fine and that's all that matters." Hermione said.
Ron's jaw dropped in outrage. He knew she could have gotten killed. If she hadn't left that note she wouldn't be here now! Hermione rolled her eyes at him and walked back toward the house. Draco shrugged and headed back that way too. Soon they had all reached the house and swore not to say anything about it. If they did the parents would have a fit.
An hour later all was back as it was and everyone remained bored. 'I can't believe this…we're on a secret mission and there's absolutely nothing to do!' Hermione thought as she sat on the couch. Draco sat next to her fiddling with his fingers. She snatched Draco's hand and pulled him with her up the stairs and into his room. Harry raised a brow at Kat who merely shrugged in response. He looked over at Ron who seemed slightly angry, though Harry was only judging by the red on the tips of his ears and the way his hands had formed into fists. Draco looked at Hermione oddly and she merely looked up at him with a puppy dog face.
"What do you want?" he asked.
"I want you…." Draco's eyes widened, "…to come with me back to my house…" Was it getting hot in here or was it just him???? "…and help me search for clues." She finished.
Draco dropped his head down to his chest in embarrassment. Why on earth would he have thought that? Perhaps her wording…maybe the fact that he was a guy and it couldn't be helped. He would never know.
"Uh…yeah sure but why me?" Draco asked.
Hermione knew what she was doing. Flattery had to work here. She knew men liked their egos to be fed so why not go ahead and feed his?
"Well I need a strong guy to protect me. I figured you would be perfect for the job." She said deviously.
That was all Draco needed. They had apperated to her house in the blink of an eye. There wasn't much of a mess for her parents being kidnapped. Very odd indeed. As if they went willingly.
"Curious isn't it?" she asked.
"What?"
"That my parents were taken…yet there is no sign of a struggle. Oh well…lets just get out of here. It's kind of creepy. I don't think it's safe to be here. They could come back anytime." Hermione said glumly.
The next morning Hermione awoke to someone roughly shaking her. She groaned and rolled over as she pulled the covers over her head. It couldn't have been past seven yet. The person who had shaken her pulled the covers roughly away from her and she fell off the bed with them. She sat up and rubbed her head as Draco sat next to her and apologized repeatedly.
"Ugh will you stop apologizing and tell me why you had the nerve to wake me up?" she asked.
"Sorry…I mean…okay we need to get ready. We're moving out today instead. The plans have been changed. Come on I'll help you." Draco said.
"No…it's fine I mean you still have to pack too." She said through a yawn.
Draco rolled his eyes and waved his wand. Hermione turned around to see that all her things were magically packing themselves. She shrugged and stood up. Why would the plans have been changed? Could Voldemort have found out about them? Did they even know where he was hiding? Oh well. She would have to wait to find out.
Hermione and Draco descended the stairs and were hit fairly hard by the smell of Mrs. Weasley's cooking, though Draco still wasn't all that familiar with it yet. But Hermione remembered the long summers she and Harry had spent at the Burrow. She smiled at the sight of everyone sitting and eating.
"So Draco finally managed to get you up?" Harry asked.
Hermione gave him an odd questioning look and he continued.
"Everyone tried to get you up and we finally sent him in and you woke up."
"Yeah me and George even tried one of our Waker-Upper bombs." Fred commented.
"Oh nonsense! She was just a bit tired that's all. Dig in sweety don't mind them." Mrs. Weasley said.
Typical. She was like a second mother to Hermione. She seemed to always be there when someone needed a motherly symbol. After Hermione, Kat, and Ash had eaten their fill they had stood up to go into the main room but Lupin stopped them.
"Listen girls. You have to leave while the rest of us erase any evidence of us being here. I have coordinates for each of you to go look for allies. I want each of you to apperate to these coordinates and then, if you can get any help, bring them here. Memorize these and get rid of them." He said as he handed each girl to slips of paper.
Each girl stared at the papers for a while and soon all of them had burned the papers. They looked around at each other before Hermione gave them a single nod and disappeared. Kat and Ash did the same and soon Lupin had walked away to help the rest of the members of the team to finish up with the house.
"Where's Hermione?" Ron asked casually.
"Yeah. Now that you mention it I noticed that Kat and Ash are gone too." Harry mumbled.
Draco looked up from his work for a nanosecond before looking back down. If Hermione, Katherine, and Ashley were gone then they must have gone to get help. Why would they go alone? Someone must have sent them. He hoped they were alright. Animals could become vicious. He knew the phoenixes wouldn't give Ashley any trouble, they were loyal enough. The bears would be simple. Win them over with words. The wolves. Hermione would have a lot of trouble with them. Why on earth would anyone send them out there alone?
"Hey….Malfoy?" Harry asked.
Ron shook his hand in front of Draco's face in a futile attempt to snap him out of his trance. Draco squinted and looked up at the red head.
"What?" he asked.
"Hermione and the others…have you seen them?" Ron questioned.
"They went for help. I think they left right after breakfast."
"Guys!" Mr. Weasley bellowed from the top of the stairs.
Everone gathered at the top of the stairs to see what Mr. Weasley needed.
"Everyone. Hermione, Katherine, and Ashley have left to find help. Hopefully they will get the help we need without any trouble. I do realize that it probably was a bit dangerous to send them out there on their own but they seem to understand the importance of our situation. If we are all ready then we'll need to apperate to the point of meeting, the coordinates are on these papers. Destroy them once you have them memorized. The girls will be apperating there whenever they get help so we need to move out. I suggest you bring a coat. It'll be freezing if you don't." Mr. Weasley explained.
With a few odd looks everyone gathered the things they would need and apperated to their meeting place. A shiver ran through the group as they looked around. They were in the wilderness and snow surrounded them completely. There were trees all around them and it was very dark. Apparently most of the older people knew where they were. Draco looked around and smirked.
"Alaska? Not exactly a known territory. Perfect for a hideout." He said.
"How did you know where we were?" Mr. Weasley asked.
"I remember them talking about it. Plus the fact that hardly anyone dares to venture out into the wilds of Alaska. You could easily get lost and be dead by morning."
"Woah…we're in America?" Harry asked.
"Yeah…figures we're actually here and we don't even get to go to the beach." Fred growled.
"Come on now. We have to set up a camp and put a spell on it so it won't be detected." Lupin said.
"How?"
"Don't we need Hermione for that?"
"She'll be back soon…hopefully. Don't worry I'm sure we can manage."
'I hope she gets back soon…I'm actually starting to worry…a little…' Draco thought as he helped Harry and Ron gather wood.
A/N: Hey! Sorry it was a bit short…the next few chapters'll be like that. But they'll be good I promise! A special thanks to all those who reviewed and an extra special one to dracohermionelover for unknowingly helping me out with the Hermione part….which shall come later…hehe. Anyway the next chapter will be about Ashley and her part in the…attaining of allies! MWAHAHAH! Well anyway I should be going…must get to work on the next chapters! I LOVE YOU ALL!hugs
Emma
