Chapter 5: Doubts

"Harry!" Hermione Screamed.

Harry was trapped, and tried to think of what he could do. If only I had my wand…As he thought these words, it was like some outside force was reading his mind. Suddenly, Harry turned to see his wand flying through the air.

"Ascendio!" He screamed, and just as quickly as he had spoke those words, he was flying out of the hole, and up towards Hermione. Ron was still no where to be seen.

"Harry! Oh my god, are you alright! Are you hurt!" Hermione was speaking so fast that Harry could barely understand a word she was saying. "Here, you have a cut on your arm." And with that, his arm was healed.

"You know, I've got to hand it to you. I never really got the hang of this whole non-verbal magic thing. I prefer yelling spells anyway."

"Harry! We're in the middle of a life and death situation, and you are getting off task!" Harry noticed that she didn't sound as serious as she should have been though. "Come on, we have to find Ron!"

"Hermione, where exactly are we?"

"I don't exactly know. Last minute, we were in the room with the horcrux, and now we are in some kind of cavern type place."

"You know, this place reminds me of the Chamber of Secrets a little bit."

"Wish I could say the same. I don't really remember much from that time period though." She stated with a soft chuckle.

"And yet you yell at me!"

"I'm sorry I couldn't help myself. Anyway, I'd rather be laughing than feeling horribly depressed about the fact that we're carrying the piece of someone's soul."

"Yea, that is a little depressing when you say it like that. I wonder what he would be like if he hadn't gotten sucked up in all of this Dark Magic. I wonder what my life would be like…"

"Oh Harry, I'm sorry," But Harry interrupted her.

"Don't, it's not your fault, it is Voldemort's, and that's exactly why we're here."


Ron awoke in the middle of a room that he couldn't remember ever entering.

"Where am I? Harry! Hermione! Where are you guys!" He called out, but there was no response. Well, I better start looking for those bloody idiots.

Ron wandered around the room for a bit, and tried to figure out where he was. The last thing he could remember was Harry pulling some stupid trick on the Inferi, and blowing the room up. Hermione must have found him. Well, that's good, now I just have to find them…It was strange, this room didn't seem to have been affected by the explosion, or whatever that was.

Suddenly, Ron tripped over something on the floor. He bent down to pick it up. It was a golden cup of some sort. Who would have a cup with some stupid little weasel thing on it? Oh well, I'll bet Hermione will know what it is… I'd better save this.


Harry and Hermione had made their way to a room that was set off to the side of the wreckage.

"How did you know that spell Harry? It seems a little too destructive for your tastes." Hermione questioned as she looked around the new room.

"I don't exactly know. I just remember other spells have terra and reducti in them, so I just put them together to get an effect that I wanted. What I was going for was for a piece of the floor to cave in, not the entire room."

"Well, I just hope that Ron is alright." Hermione added. Harry had somehow forgotten about Ron.

"Why didn't he end up with us? Wasn't he with you?" Harry asked Hermione.

"Well, he was, but I ran over to you when you passed out, and he must have been too scared to move." She replied.

"How are we going to find him!" Harry questioned, more or less to himself than Hermione.

"I have no idea. That's what is frightening about this. Hermione Granger, little miss prefect, is completely useless. What was the point in coming on this trip if Ron and I are just going to keep getting in your way!" Hermione started crying, and Harry rushed over to her to try and calm her down.

"Hermione, you're not useless. Who else would have thought of the idea of switching wands? If it weren't for you, I would have been dead right now, and Voldemort would finally be able to take over the world. You may think that your simple idea was just a way to trick the barrier, but you insured that the Magical World will be able to survive past Voldemort, and that maybe we can stop him."

"Oh Harry, thank you." She replied through soft sobs.

Harry bent over to hug her, and they sat there on the floor together.


"Where are you guys!" Ron called out. "Come on, I'm getting hungry!"

Ron had entered a room that looked like a mountain landscape. He was climbing across a ridge when he saw something at his foot. It was a blue ribbon, just like one Hermione usually wears in her hair.

"Blimey, I hope they're alright!"

Just then, he heard a noise, it sounded like someone, crying. He hurried toward the sound. It was coming from a room just across from where he was. Ron ran as fast as he could, knowing it had to Harry and Hermione. Thank god they're alright. He ran in, and saw the two of them just sitting there on the floor, Harry obviously trying to comfort Hermione. It angered him that these two could just sit there on the floor, when they knew Ron was missing.

"Hey guys." Ron called out to the other two, hoping that they would jump up and run to him, to make up for not looking for him. Instead they just looked up at him, almost wondering why he was here.

"Ron, you found us… where were you this whole time? We went looking for you, and we couldn't find you, that's when we ended up here, and Hermione got upset about you two coming along with me, and now you're here… What's that you're holding?" Harry asked.

"It's nothing really, just some stupid cup. I figured it might be worth something, and I thought maybe Hermione would know what it was." He said showing Harry the cup.

"Ron drop that goblet now!" Harry yelled, fear growing in his eyes.

"Why, it's just a stupid…" but then Harry pointed his wand at him and Ron dropped it immediately. "Harry, what's going on…"

"Ron, that's the Horcrux. I must have dropped it when I passed out. We still have no idea what to do to it. Are you sure you feel alright? It's not like Voldemort's horcruxes to be non-active like that. We shouldn't have touched it."

"I'm sorry Harry, I had no idea…I feel fine, I mean, I just thought it was a cup…"

"Ron, it's alright, but we need to get out of here. Hermione, do you still have that ribbon that we were going to use as a portkey?"

"No Harry, it must have fallen out of my hair when we fell…I'm sorry, really I am…" She said between sobs.

"Hermione, calm down, it's ok; we can just use a pebble or something. I don't know how to do this, so you're going to have to calm down and focus, okay?" Harry commanded.

"Harry, I don't think I can, I've only read about how to do it, I've never tried it before. What if I mess up, or I miss the target, or we become disfigured or frozen in time or worse? Harry I can't do it!" She screamed.

"Stop doubting yourself! If any of us could possibly do this, it's you, and you know it. I have no idea why now all of a sudden you're in this 'I am completely useless' phase, but you know as well as I do that you can make something as simple as a portkey. Now stop crying and get up and do it!" Ron commanded, while Harry looked taken aback.

After he finished yelling, Hermione got herself up and found a decent sized rock on the floor, and closed her eyes, concentrating on Harry's parents' house, and then said 'portus' and held out the rock. Within seconds, the Trio was off spinning through space, until they were dropped right in the middle of Harry's living room, Kreacher waiting with some tea.


A/N: I'm sorry it took so long for me to get the last two chapters up. I really meant to have them done a long time ago, but I got side-tracked with holidays and school and I've been working on a student film, and it seems as if I just haven't had the time. PhoenixFirebolt's story The Heirs of Hogwarts was a major inspiration to this story, although I can say you won't see Illustris anywhere in this.

Thanks to anyone who reads this story, and try not to laugh at how much it sux too hard, because it does take some time to make you know, and I'd like to see you try, unless you already have and your story is better than mine, in which case I'd have to say congratulations.

I'd also like to mention that this story never gets beta'd, so these ideas are my first and my last, so if you think something should have gone a different way, get over it because I frankly don't care AT ALL! GET IT!

Look for the next chapter soon, but don't count on it, because I'm not making any promises.

-CrazySmartid666