AN: I cant believe I updated so fast! That was NOT my plan! Ok- I have been so evil. That was my first intentional cliff hanger and it's a good one. Some people might hate me for it but ha ha I love it! WOW I finally got reviews! And fast too! I guess people really want to know what happened to Hermione!
Nightwing 509: Thanks! Once again, you read and reviewed really quick! I appreciate it so much! Harry is very protective of Ginny, and Hermione. ( notice how he yelled at Dumbledore at the end of last chapter)
EbonyFirePhoenix : Glad I have you hooked! And thanks so much for reviewing! Hmm I updated sooner that I wanted to for people like you…. I wanted to drag out the process but OH WELL! That was very mean of me!
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Thanks again for reviewing!
Harry looked at Dumbledore pleadingly. "Please tell me she's ok. I don't know what I'll do if she's not ok!"
"Harry please calm down. Truth be told, we do not know where Miss Granger is now. We suspect she is either stuck somewhere in the wreckage at Diagon Alley or kidnapped by death eaters. Either way we need to find her soon." Harry jumped out of his chair and started towards the door.
"Harry, I know I can't keep you from looking for her but please. Let me help." Dumbledore said. Harry looked as though he was thinking.
"Alright. Let's head to Diagon Alley first. We need to look around." Dumbledore called upon Fawkes to take them there. As they stepped into Diagon Alley, it was basically in ruins. Some shops were burned to the ground, others had broken windows, but it didn't slow Harry down. He had to find Hermione. He began frantically looking for her.
He saw volunteers already searching through the rubble, but he suddenly had an urge to look elsewhere. He was being led past that area, by some source. He wandered for quite a while, far past the areas being searched, when he saw a delicate figure and a mass of bushy hair lying motionless on the ground.
"HERMIONE!" he yelled sprinting towards her. She had been hit by a deep slicing hex, and had obviously lost a lot of blood. Her skin was white and her hands cold. Harry broke down. "Professor! Over here!" Cried Ginny from behind him. " Is she- .." Ginny couldn't continue.
Professor Dumbledore appeared and bent over Hermione. " She is not dead, but Harry, I don't think she will make it much longer. I don't think there's anything we can do."
"No!" Yelled Harry. Once again tears consumed him. "We have to save her!" Dumbledore stopped him. "Harry, listen to me! There is nothing we can do!"
Harry completely ignored him. All of a sudden, he felt a calm go over him, and didn't know what he was doing. He moved his hands over the deep cut down her side. Slowly and miraculously, the cut healed.
Both Dumbledore and Ginny were staring at him, mouths agape. "Harry, healing the cut won't make up for the blood she has lost.
Harry put his hand on her forehead and suddenly the color began to return to her face, then her arms, then legs. To everyone's surprise, Hermione groaned and opened her eyes slightly, before passing out again.
"We will talk about this later, Harry. For now I'll take Hermione back up to the castle, for she is not out of danger yet. Meet me in my office." Dumbledore said before quickly making a portkey and disappearing with Hermione back up to the castle.
Harry felt slightly weakened after healing Hermione. Ginny understood and helped him back up to the castle by using some floo powder in Flourish and Blotts.
As soon as they were safe inside the castle, the ran to Dumbledore's office to get news on how Hermione was doing. He was waiting for them at the foot of the stairs, and led them up to his office.
"Miss Granger is in critical condition but should be fine, thanks to you, Harry. We need to talk about your new powers. You, it seems, have special powers, that will surface when you come of age. Since you are already 16, your powers are emerging. It seems that you have the ability to shoot multiple spells at the same time, and as we saw today, heal people in who are in mortal peril.
"You will undoubtedly receive many more powers, and Miss Weasley will also share some of your powers as she is your soul mate. Now I think it would be a good idea if you go and visit Miss Granger in the Hospital Wing. Mr. Weasley is already down there and she should be waking soon."
Down in the hospital wing, they saw Ron hunched over Hermione, his head in his hands. When he heard Harry and Ginny entering, he turned to see them. He looked terrible. His eyes were red and tear marks ran down his face. His clothes were rumpled and his arms and legs were scratched, obviously souvenirs of the battle. When he saw them he ran up and hugged Harry, sobbing. " I thought I'd lost her." Soon, there were tears running down Harry's face too but he quickly brushed them aside.
Seeing Hermione's limp form in the bed, he hurried over to her and grabbed her hand. Her eyes fluttered open. "Harry," she whispered. Ron Rushed over and broke down once again, never wanting to let her go.
Ginny and Harry decided to leave them alone, but would come back to visit her later. " I guess that prat really does love her" Ginny said. "Harry you were really amazing. There's no doubt you'll beat Voldermort now."
Feeling strengthened, he walked towards their new rooms, to find his books and supplies laying on his bed. It was strange to think that school would be starting up in less than a week. Ginny came up the stairs as he was thinking.
"Harry, up for a game of chess?" Ginny asked, trying to take his mind off things. Harry smiled. "All right then." They got out the chess board and began to play, but Harry learned that Ginny must have learned from Ron. All 5 times they played, he lost worse than he ever had to Ron.
" Lets go down to the Hospital wing. Ron should have pulled himself together by now." They soon saw that Ron had indeed regained his composure, and had a nice time visiting with Hermione who, thanks to a pepper-up potion, was feeling better. "Can I talk to Harry alone for a second?" Hermione asked. The other two left and Hermione tried to sit up, but couldn't.
" Professor Dumbledore's just been down to tell me what happened. I really don't know how to thank you." She said sincerely. "Why don't you just start off by telling me the story?" Harry said.
"Well after you had left quality quidditch supplies, I went out to fight too. Obviously I was one of their targets, so I didn't get far before about 10 were on my case, and I was able to outrun them for a while before the circled around me. I took out about 4 easily, but then the remaining death eaters started using nastier curses, trying to get me subdued. Finally, it was between me and the two strongest ones, and one of them was shot from behind with a stunner.
"Unfortunately, the one left was very well trained, and was obviously not going down without a fight. Just as he managed to sent the slicing hex, I shot a stunner that broke through his defenses, and he collapsed. We were so far away from everyone else, no one could hear me yelling, so eventually I passed out."
"Hermione, you were really brave. I cant believe you took out 10 death eaters all by yourself." Hermione blushed at the praise. " Has Madam Pomfrey said when you are getting out of here?" Harry asked.
"No, but I am feeling better, so it should be within the next few days." Something else came to Harry's mind. "When I was out looking for you, something called me to you, even when you were unconscious." Harry said.
"Well that means we have a very strong connection and we love each other very much." Hermione said. "After all, you are my best friend. Probably more like a brother now."
Harry was pleased by this. "Definitely. We'll be visiting you whenever we can until you get out." Harry said. "I think Ron will probably stay with you 24 hours a day. He's probably run upstairs to get a change of clothes so he can stay tonight. Be good." he said before kissing her forehead and entering the hall where, sure enough, Ron waited with an overnight bag.
Ginny followed him to the common room and said goodnight before retreating to her room. Harry, as he got dresses in pajama bottoms, couldn't believe the events of that day. It felt weird to be sleeping in the room all alone, and he found the absence of Ron's snores strange. As he was thinking this, a bright red head peered in the curtains surrounding his bed. She opened them and he saw she was in already in her pajama shorts and tank top.
"I couldn't sleep in that room alone." said Ginny. "Can I sleep in here tonight?" Harry nodded. Harry expected her to climb into Ron's empty bed, but surprisingly, she snuggled in right beside him.
"Err- you do know that if Ron finds us like this, I'll have a mob of Weasleys on my case, don't you?" Ginny giggled. "The we'll just have to make sure he doesn't find us." she said as she placed her head on his bare chest.
"I could get used to this." Harry said. Ginny responded by leaning up and kissing him hard on the mouth. Harry, slightly taken aback, wondered how this would look to anyone who were to walk in on them. Ginny stopped and raised an eyebrow, obviously hearing his thoughts once again. "Ah- screw it." Harry said before resuming their kiss.
In that time and place, the kiss was getting pretty heated. Harry knew what this would continue into if he didn't stop it soon, so as much as it pained him he said, "Ginny, we need to stop."
Ginny nodded, still breathing hard. "Right. We definitely don't need to go that far. Good night Harry." she said before giving him one last kiss and turning on her side to go to sleep.
"I love you Ginny, goodnight." she said kissing her cheek briefly before laying down and holding her in his arms. They fell asleep that way, and neither of them had any nightmares, but rather dreamt of each other.
AN: Did you honestly think I was going to kill anyone off this early in the story? Nahhh.. But thanks for finally reviewing. I know you people are busy but thanks for reading my story! OH yeah ..sorry if there are mistakes but its almost bed time for me and I'm just such a good person that I did two long chapters in one night (ok so this one isnt incredibly long but all the same-).. so sorry for the mistakes but get over it people!