Ok exciting news everyone! I have been waiting for this moment for some time now and I had to tell you all before I start the chapter.
A prequel is being written for this story by dancing in rain, and she has put up her first post! The prequel is called History Unveiled. This story is closely tied in with mine as a lot of the ideas and extra characters have been collaborated on, but the story is entirely hers. I have put in a lot of things in this story that will suddenly make total sense when you read the prequel, and dancing in rain is brilliant when it comes to characters and their relationships with each other!
I think you will all enjoy reading it as much as I have so far and I hope you give it a read because it is the true start to the Sirius and Hermione relationship that I have written.
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Now on with the chappie!
Sirius wasn't surprised to see bodies on the first floor as well as they exited the stairwell and Draco and he avoided them as they walked closer to little Hailey. The young witch was watching the three wizards as they worked on the wards that had been placed on the door, but turned to give them a shy smile when she noticed them approaching.
"I think they are getting close." The young witch said aloud.
Sirius and Draco placed Colin gently on the ground. Sirius was near his breaking point so it was with determination that he approached the door and worked wandless on the door as well. He could sense that the wards were almost gone just before Harry looked over to him. "The Aurors must be here working on the other side because a few of the wards dropped at once suddenly."
Sirius nodded mutely and wondered what the Aurors would do when they saw the mutilated bodies within. This would be hard for them to cover up and he hoped that Arthur was smart enough to send in those that could be discrete about things. What was he thinking, of course the new minister would because he was the complete opposite of Fudge. The biggest worry for now was Hermione, but he knew that tomorrow's worry would be Remus and his discovery of what happened this night.
Ginny and Draco stood behind Hailey, watching helplessly as the wizards worked on the wards of the door. Ginny could sense the moment that Draco's eyes drifted from the men and over to view her profile. She tried to keep her eyes straight ahead, but eventually gave in and turned to look at him. When she saw the expression on his face she couldn't help but suck in her breath suddenly.
What was running through his mind at that moment she wondered to herself. His expression was hard, controlled, as if reining himself in from something. Before she could realize what was happening, he had dragged her away from Hailey and back into the stairwell.
"What are you doing Draco?" She exclaimed while trying not to trip over an extended arm of a dead guard.
He spun around suddenly, causing her to bang into his chest and then she felt herself being turned and propelled backwards until her back thumped against the wall.
"Wha.." She had started to say, but was interrupted by the lips that suddenly claimed hers and the tongue that teased her gently. To say she was shocked was quite the understatement, she was..she didn't quite know what she was at that moment. Stunned, floored, shocked, all those terms fit readily. Before she really realized the full impact of what was happening Draco had pulled away and muttered quietly turning away from her.
What was he doing? Her brow furrowed and once again her mind tried to catch up while wading through all the thoughts and emotions muddling it. He started to walk away but she stopped him as she grabbed his shirt, yanking it slightly so that he was forced to look at her. She stood there and gauged his face, reading the emotions that he usually never showed. Silence reigned for the next few moments before Ginny decided to break it.
"You know Malfoy, all you ever needed to do was ask." A sly smirk started to form on her face as she saw first the look of shock, then realization set in and his trademark smirk appeared.
"You know Weasley that Malfoys never ask, they take." He purred.
Ginny chuckled softly as she pulled him towards her and she did not stop until his face was mere inches from hers. She leaned forwards, letting her lips hover close to his and knew that he would feel them against his as she spoke. "It is a good thing us Weasleys are polite then because then I wouldn't be asking you to kiss me again."
She watched as she saw his pupils dilate suddenly and in the next second his mouth was on hers. What a heady emotion lust was, she thought to herself but then she knew this was more than just lust.
Sirius's nerves were on edge and he wasn't sure just how long he could control himself any longer. The door was a barrier between him and Hermione and he needed to be out there trying to find her as she had once found him in the past. The last thing he would do now is let her be taken from him when they had just realized how they felt about each other.
When the wards on the door were finally broken, they opened to a forest filled with Aurors. Fred and George ran through to them, asking immediately if everyone was alright before suddenly stopping to drop their jaws. The scene behind the group was gruesome, and for those who hadn't been there it looked somewhat unbelievable and yet this was the floor that suffered the least damage from Remus.
"What happened?" Fred asked his brother.
"SIRIUS!" Harry suddenly called out as he saw his Godfather run through the group of wizards outside the building and into the trees.
Sirius turned for a moment to point at his Godson. "Don't you even think about telling me to stay Harry. I'm not your lapdog!" He turned once again and ran into the trees.
Severus couldn't help but chuckle in amusement at the play on words made. When he turned to look at Harry, the boy was giving him an awkward look and so he put on his best scowl and grumbled at him.
"George and Fred, send some of your men down to the third level to obliviate the guards caught in the cells. This man needs to be taken to St. Mungo's immediately, he has been bitten by Remus and he needs further medical attention. We also need to search this building from top to bottom as well for anything connected to these…" Harry turned to call Draco and Ginny forward but noticed the two were nowhere to be seen.
"Draco? Ginny?" Harry called out, looking down the hallway and wondering where the two had gotten to. Suddenly Draco and Ginny fumbled into the hallway from the stairwell and Harry couldn't help but smirk.
"What?" Draco muttered, trying to look nonchalant.
"Why you!" Ron cried out suddenly and started to run forward. "I'll kill you, you damn ferret!"
Ron stopped abrubtly though when Ginny stepped forward and cracked her brother across the cheek with the palm of her hand. "Ronald Bilius Weasley, don't you dare lay a hand on him."
Draco smirked and leaned up against the door jamb, his chest somewhat puffed out as he realized Ginny was defending him.
"You mean you wanted him to snog you senseless?" Ron asked with confusion clearly on his face.
"That is exactly what I mean Ron and you know what? I even asked him to snog me senseless, so lay a finger on him and I swear you will regret it. You think mom was scary when she was angry, you do not want to see me lose it." Ginny said angrily as she poked her brother hard in the chest.
"Fine!" He exclaimed as he threw up his hands in the air. "Bloody sister has gone barmy I tell you." He muttered as he turned to Harry who in turn laughed before turning serious once more.
"Ok, as I was saying we need to find out as much about these as possible." Harry explained as he pointed to Draco and Ginny's collar. "We will need to search files and even any of the muggle computers, if there are any still working. This all needs to be done as swiftly as possible, because who knows when the next shift of guards will be in and the last thing we need is more trouble. Got it?"
Everyone nodded in understanding and splitting up into groups they all set off to do their individual tasks.
"What about Hermione Harry?" Ron asked.
"I'm going to find her and Sirius. I want you in charge here Ron." Harry stated in a commanding tone.
"Ok, be careful. Remus is still out there remember." Ron said.
"Tell your brothers that we will need to find and contain him as soon as we can after the building is secured." Harry added.
Ron nodded and the two men shook hands. "See you later mate." Ron said before turning. Harry exited the building meanwhile and started off in the direction that he saw Sirius run off.
Sirius ran until he was out of view of the Aurors. When he knew it was safe he shifted into his animagus form and lifted his nose into the air, sniffing to locate where Hermione's scent was strongest. When he caught wind of it the sound that broke through the night air sent chills down his body. Remus's howl was longing for something. In his canine form Sirius seemed to pick up the tone of the call, but he couldn't let Remus distract him from what was important right now.
Hermione was in danger and he needed to help her. His legs ran swiftly and it was with the agility of a dog that he avoided tree stumps and twigs. Her scent was getting closer with each step, so close, close enough that her scent was now a taste in his mouth. Oh how he wanted to taste her again, and he would as soon as he found her.
The closer he got to Hermione, the more his hackles rose on his back alerting him to danger. Finally when he got close enough to hear them talking he slowed so as not to alert them. All he could rely on at the moment was his sense of smell and hearing but when he suddenly caught a new scent as the wind direction suddenly changed. Remus! His mind screamed at him and now he didn't care about stealth, instead he barreled through the bushes racing towards them so that he could save Hermione.
Just up ahead. He could smell them, he could hear them and he wanted to tear Marcus and Malcolm to shreds. His anger was taking a hold of him, but when he entered the little clearing that they had seemed to stop in he froze. Hermione was on the ground on her stomach with Remus standing over her. His paw was holding her down upon her back and Marcus was backing away slowly as Remus was snarling at him with bared teeth.
Sirius scanned the clearing to find Malcolm on the ground, blood seeping from his body. Good, one less shithead that I have to worry about. He thought to himself. It seemed like everything was in slow motion for him, yet it all had taken place in mere seconds. Remus wasn't feeling as threatened by Marcus anymore it seemed and his nose was lowering to Hermione. Sirius wasn't sure what the werewolf was up to, but he had to take care of his friend before he did anything to his lover.
His body coiled up and he lunged towards the werewolf, toppling Remus over from the surprise attack. Sirius could hear Hermione's cry as she realized who it was attacking the werewolf, but he couldn't let her distract him for now. Remus needed to be neutralized and he was going to have to do it himself.
Hermione felt the weight suddenly lift off her back and when she turned to see what was happening she saw Sirius attacking Remus.
"Snuffles!" She cried out, but he wasn't being distracted by her. She knew that he was trying to save her, and she had no idea what Remus was going to do to her exactly but she was thankful for the interruption.
Hailey! She thought to herself suddenly. The young witch had run off into the woods under her command and she needed to find her. Turning around she noticed that Marcus had made himself scarce. Coward, she thought to herself before running into the surrounding bush.
"Hailey." She called in a voice just barely above a whisper. The last thing she wanted to do was attract attention to herself. Her eyes scanned the area surrounding her until she noticed a cluster of bushes just off in the distance. Something had drawn her eyes there and she waited for a moment until she saw what it was. An arm waving at her, Hailey's arm to be exact.
She ran towards the bush and when she got close she saw Hailey standing and looking at her with large scared looking eyes.
"It's ok Hailey. We are going to be ok. I know you are scared, but we need to go now." She said as she walked towards the young witch.
"I agree Poppet, we do need to go now."
moonyNZ – heheh well Remus didn't bite Hermione! But he sure wanted to. ;) lol The house elf thing made me laugh. Thanks bunches for reviewing and I hope you liked this chappie as much as the last.
Remusgrl01 – Remus didn't claim Hermione, but don't think it will be the last you hear of this situation in the story. :evil cackle: Thanks so much for the review hun!
JTBJAB - :) I just had this clear picture of Sirius taking advantage of the situation, but I think Draco might get his revenge at some point. Lol
dancing in rain – Thanks so much hun. I think you know just how much I appreciate everything that you do to help me with my story! I'm doing the happy happy joy joy dance though now because of the PREQUEL! YAYAYAYAYA
Raspberri13 – To answer your question first, there was no indication of his actually leaving the building. This was a line in chapter 33 though….snips….Hermione noted the amount of dead bodies and the door that stood wide open revealing potential freedom and the end of their nightmare, but somehow Hermione knew that it was just getting worse instead of better…..end of snipping. As Remus was on the first level at this point and a door wide open to the forest, I figured people would get the idea that he ran off away from all the stinky humans. :) Thanks so much for the review, and I'm sorry if I confused you at all.
CharmedLeoLvr – hehe and here is another cliffy for you. Lol I know I know…people are going to have hate parties for me. I think dancing in rain is accepting new members into the 'Get BrennaM for her Evil Cliffies' fan club. Thanks again for all your reviews!
Elbereth Gilthoniel – All in good time! And be sure that the answers will probably suddenly be revealed near the end. Or perhaps not. Lol basically I have no idea when it will all be revealed, because these characters are taking me places I never thought I would go. Thanks for the review hun!
Remus Gurl – I'm glad you liked that quote of Devon's. I was driving in my car when that suddenly hit me. I had to try not to speed so that I could get home to write it down. Lol Anyways I'm feeling much better thank you! Thank you again for your review!
Dark Me – Very cool! I live just an hour north of Toronto. You will have a blast there. Lots to do and see. I hope this update was quick enough for you! Of course anything is better than the 2 weeks I between my last updates. Hehe. Thanks bunches for your review hun.
Lee Swain – Oooo new reviewer! Yay! Welcome to the story! Thank you so much for the review, and I'm thrilled you are enjoying the story so far.