Hey everyone, sorry for the long wait..college is hectic as hell…ok..here's chapter 8..enjoy..thanks to my reviewers…u guys are great!

Chapter 8

Darkness Hinders

A few months after Hermione's…. "accident" everything seemed to be going along fine. But..there's been something going on with Voldemort.

"Uhh, my lord?"asked a very scared Peter.

"What is it Wormtail?"seethed the dark lord.

"I…I found out where we can corner her."

"I'm listening."

"Well, Hogwarts is having their last quidditch match tomorrow, and at one point, she'll have to go to the bathroom because of her condition."

"Her condition?"

"Well, you see my lord, she's pregnant with Lupin's child."

"Why didn't you tell me this before Wormtail!"

"Well…I…I"

"Forget it, this brings a new whole idea….Ms. Granger..or..ha Lupin..is pregnant…hmm..this girl from the future will come in handy more than I thought….DEATHEATERS..GATHER AROUND!" Voldemort all the while had a smile on his contorted snake face.

Hogwarts………….

The group was just sitting around in the common room, just making small talk.

"Hermione..how are you..?"James asked.

"James…I'm only three months.."giggled Hermione.

"Still…oh..I'm so excited…and Lily…our children will grow up together."he smiled. It turned out Lily was pregnant as well. So basically, Hermione and Lily were going to have their children together.

"Remus…you're going to be a father..how do you feel?"asked Sirius. Even though he knows he can't have Hermione, especially now, he still loved her with all of his heart…even though it hurt, he was more than hapy for her and his best mate, Remus.

"It's something I've always dreamed of, never though it would happen though."Remus chuckled.

"Well my love, it did..so…what do you hope for?"Hermione asked.

"Just as long as he or she is healthy…I don't care."he replied and wrapped his arms around his wife.

"What about your parents..what did they say?"asked James to Remus.

"They want to meet her…so I told them we'd come for a weekend…I asked Dumbledore..he said we just have to let him know when."replied Remus looking at Hermione.

"How about this coming weekend?"she asked.

"Perfect..I'll go inform him."Remus said getting up.

"No, I'll go, I need the exercise."Hermione said getting up.

"Hermione…I.."

"Remus don't event start, I'll be fine..Lily would you come with me?"she asked seeing Remus' stern face.

"I'd be glad to, you boys just wait here."Lily replied.

"But.."all three boys started.

"No buts boys..come Lily."and the girl left.

The girls were on their way back from Dumbledore's office when the lights went out in the hallway.

"What's going on?"asked Hermione looking frantic.

"Probably some stupid first year playing jokes."said Lily lighting her wand. Hermione did the same and what they saw nearly frightened them to death.

"Hello ladies."came a voice they knew very well.

"Peter..what…what are you doing?"asked Lily.

"I just want to speak with Hermione…I have no need for you,"and he did a spell and Lily was knocked out cold. Some deatheaters were laughing.

"Now..let's talk…Ms. Granger.."he said eyeing her ruefully.

"It's Mrs. Lupin..or is that hard for you to say?"she said in anger.

"Very funny, now we can do this the hard way..or the easy way, it's up to you."

"What are you talking about?"she raised her wand but it got knocked out of her hand by a nearby deatheater.

"Now now, Mrs. Lupin..can't have you shouting spells everywhere now can we, besides..no one will hear you…you are in a force field so to speak. I was in fact going to corner you tomorrow during the game, but this just seems more appropriate."

"What do you want?"she sighed..seeing there was no way out since she was without a wand..and four deatheaters surrounding them.

"The dark lord wishes to make a deal with you."

"Hahaha…HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA..like I would make a deal with him, never in my lifetime..you understand..NEVER!"

"Well unless you want your HUSBAND and friends to die..I suggest you listen."smirked Peter.

"You will not harm them!"she yelled trying to get her hands on him, but she was held back by two deatheaters. No one saw, but he flinched a bit..he knew this girl had power..seeing the fire in her eyes…

"Just listen you wench..if you agree to come back with us…and become the dark lords wife..he'll spare your friends…and husband."

"Ha..like I believe that, either way he'll kill them…I'd rather be by their side then with that contorted snake like asshole!"she cried.

"Hmm, I'll give you two weeks…I'll come back…same time, same place. Meet me here two weeks from now with your decision. Trust me, you'll want this…you really

don't have a choice."and just like they had come, they were gone. The hallway was normal with light again..it's as if nothing happened. Then Hermione remembered Lily. She saw that Lily was still knocked out.

"Lily….Lily wake up."she shook her body lightly then heard a moan. "Lily..you alright?"

"Hmmm..yeah..what happened…I don't remember."she rubbed her head.

"Nothing..you just tripped and fell…let's go tell the boys Dumbledore said ok,"she lifted Lily up and they walked back to the common room.

What am I going to do…I can't just say yes…either way they'll die…what does Voldemort want with me anyway…it's not like…oh no, he knows about me..this isn't good..not good at all..

"Hermione you okay?"asked James as they sat back down.

"Yeah…I just don't feel well, I'm going to bed…see you all in the morning."and she kissed Remus and went to the Head Girl's room to bed.

The next morning….

"Alright…food..then quidditch..who are we playing again?"asked Sirius.

"Umm, Slytherin.."Remus mumbled.

"Great..just what we need..go figure..last game of the year and it just has to be them…ughhh…"said Sirius stuffing his face full of food.

The game started…everyone was cheering..then 10 minutes into the game…Remus got knocked out by a bludger, courtesy of Malfoy and Snape. Lily told Hermione to go ahead and go…so she did.

"Remus….Remus..you okay?"

"Ugh..odnfa aong Malfnoy…."

"What was that..?"

"Yeah..I'm fine..bloody Malfoy."

Hermione chuckled… "Don't worry about it."

They stayed in the hospital wing for an hour when Sirius, James, and Lily came in smiling.

"Moony, we won!"said Sirius in all smiles.

"Really? That's great.."said a smiling Remus.

"Yeah, Malfoy and Snape are furious..you should have seen their faces.."said Lily.

"I bet they were mad..oh Severus..what will we do..I don't know Lucious..we must make them pay…hahahahah"Hermione said in a Snape and Lucious like voice and the others were in hysterics.

Hermione had been thinking about what Peter had said. The end of the two weeks ended tonight. Hermione had met Remus' parents..they didn't really take to her too well. But Remus explained that it was hard for them to trust someone..no matter who it is. That didn't really comfort her at all. She tried to put a smile on her face these last two weeks..everyone seemed to buy it…but Sirius.

"Hermione..is there something on your mind?"he asked her. They were alone in the library.

"No..why do you ask?"

"Because there is…..that smile isn't a real one…you're hiding something."

"No..really, Sirius, everything's okay..don't worry."

"Hermione, you know you can tell me anything."he tried to make eye contact with her.

"Sirius..really…there's..there's…"she shifted in her seat slightly.

"Hermione?"came Remus' voice. He walked over to them.

"Oh..hi Remus. Sirius and I were just talking. He was telling me about a joke he played on Snape the other day."

"Uh, yeah…well I'll leave you two alone."and Sirius took one last look at her and left.

"So..since it's the weekend..wanna go to Hogsmeade with me?"Remus asked.

"Uhh..sure.."she said, remembering that her and Peter's meeting was tonight..she wasn't so sure if she'd be here tomorrow.

"The other's are coming with us too..so..what are you reading?"he asked while getting a chair to sit next to her. The rest of their day was spent in the library talking about different books and spells.

That night…….

Hermione was walking to the spot where Peter said he would be. Once she was there..the lights went out again and Peter along with four deatheaters appeared.

"Well Hermione..what is your decision?"

"Let's get a few things straight, if I go, no on will hurt my friends or husband, no- one attacks anyone..period, and I get to keep my wand with me at all times, and I walk freely of my own accord.

"Agreed..so that means you'll come then?"

"First I want to know something, why does he want me?"

'That, you're going to have to wait to find out."

"No, I want to know now!"

"Fine..the dark lord knows of you, he thinks you would be perfect for his plans..and well…he knows of your unborn child..he wants an heir..and the thinks your child..would be perfect.."smirked Peter. Just then two of the deatheaters got on either side of Hermione.

"WHAT…HE WILL NOT HAVE MY CHILD..NEVER!"

"That's what I was expecting." The deatheaters grabbed Hermione.

"NO..YOU CAN'T DO THIS..I WILL NEVER SIDE WITH HIM…YOU EVIL COWARD!"and with Hermione's last screams, they all vanished.

The next morning…..

"Hermione..hey..I have some…"Lily didn't finish her sentence..finding that Hermione wasn't in her bed. She left down to the common room, she wasn't there, she went to the library. Hermione wasn't there either. She then went to the Great Hall where she found the guys.

"Have any of you seen Hermione?"

"No..why?"they asked.

"I can't find her anywhere..she wasn't in her bed..it looked like she hasn't slept in it at all."said a worried Lily.

"Everyone spread out..she must be here somewhere."said Remus. They did in fact spread out..Sirius and James took the grounds, flying with their brooms. Remus and Lily checked the castle..even the secret passages..by night time..they were really worried. They all went to Dumbledore and told him what happened. Dumbledore hearing this sent all the teachers to look for her. It took them two days to finally realize, she was in fact gone.