Chapter Six
After they had both cried themselves out. Which took Harry longer than Hermione, Harry said something.
"You aren't going back. I will get Ron and we will go and get your stuff from your Dad's house tonight. I will be back tomorrow morning. Just don't be sorry. If they let you out tonight which I doubt, then come to the Burrow ok?" She nodded and he stood to leave.
"Harry be careful ok? My Father can be a very powerful person. Even with out magic."
"Ron is of age if he acts up then we will stun him and Ron will apperate all your stuff to the Burrow then me then we will wake him up then leave. Don't worry." With this he turned and left. He stopped outside the door then turned back to her. "It will be ok. Don't worry." Then he left. Closing the door behind him.
He walked through the halls swiftly then he walked out of the window and straight to the alley. He pulled out his wand and stuck out his right hand. A purple triple Decker bus had squeezed itself into the alley and Harry clumber aboard.
"The Burrow please Stan." He stopped only to pay his fare then he walked up the stairs and sat on a bed on the second floor. He sat there waiting until.
"Mr. Potter your stop." Came Stan's voice from down below.
"Thank you Stan." Harry retreated down the stairs and out onto the soft grass in front of the Burrow. He walked up to the front door and knocked. He waited a minute before it swung open to reveal,
"Ginny hello. Is Ron here?"
"Oh yes. He is upstairs. You're early."
"Yes I know. But it is kind of urgent do excuse me." With that Harry flew up the never-ending stairs of the Burrow and pounded on Ron's door.
"Ron come on! I need to talk to you!" Harry's fist made contact with nothing as the door swung back.
"Jesus mate. What is it? Its only midnight."
"Hermione." With this word Ron's ears perked up.
"Yeah what about her?"
"She was attacked by Death Eaters. She doesn't feel safe at home. She wants to know if she can stay here." Harry finished by looking at his knuckles.
"Really? Is she ok? Where is she?"
"St.Mungos. She apperated herself there just after it happened."
"Ok yeah let me talk to Mum." Ron pushed past Harry and walked down the stairs. Harry waited until Ron came back up. "Yeah mate that's fine. But when will she be here?"
"As soon as they release her. She doesn't want to go back home until she is of age. Which isn't for another week, so she wants us to get her stuff for her. Maybe Ginny should come too. That way she can get the clothes." Ron nodded and walked down the stairs again. This time Harry followed. When they got to Ginny's room Harry put a hand on Ron's shoulder to stop him knocking. Instead he knocked.
"Ginny! Its Harry we need you open up!" The door swung open to reveal Ginny half asleep and in her night clothes.
"What do you need my help with?" She asked eyeing him suspiciously.
"Hermione is coming to stay and we need to get her things. But we don't want to have to do the clothes." Ginny nodded and closed her door. Opening it a minute later to reveal that she had changed but not taken her hair down.
"Ok so let's go then." Ron just stared at Harry with amazement. Ginny never would have come if Ron had tried his hardest. Harry just shrugged and followed Ginny down the stairs. Ron followed quickly and once they were in the garden Harry held onto Ron's arm Ginny took his hand and they were gone. They appeared in a room that couldn't be Hermione's. The walls were black and there were no pictures anywhere. Everything was messy and no books in sight. Then Harry remembered what she had said earlier. "He wouldn't let me read any of my other books." So Harry just pointed to Ginny and mouthed for her to check. She obliged by opening the closet and pulling out Hermione's favorite shirt. Ok it was Hermione's room. Ron nodded to Harry and they turned and opened the door. Harry turned and mouthed to Ginny to pack as much as she could then wait there. She nodded and immediately began picking things off the floor and vanishing them with her wand. She would get a warning later but Harry knew it would be her first. Since she lived in the Burrow the ministry couldn't tell if it was her or her parents so she was fine. He smiled at her and left.
Ron and he crept down the stairs to find that they were walked straight into a living room. The television was on and there was a man sitting there. He turned as Ron stepped on a stair that creaked horribly.
"Who the hell are you? What are you doing in my home?" Then he spotted Ron's wand and froze." You're a wizard from that freak school aren't you? You need to leave now!" He yelled at the top of his lungs. Harry glanced up the stairs and saw Ginny immerge with her wand in her hand. He shook his head and she walked back into the room and vanished things like she would never be able to again.
"We need to have Hermione's school things." Harry said pulling out his own wand.
"No I won't give them to you." He said stubbornly.
"Yes you will. Either you tell us or we knock you out and find them ourselves." Harry said with more courage than he felt.
"I won't tell you. Even if you do find them they are locked in you can't open the door."
"Oh yes we can. Don't worry about that. Now where are they?" Harry asked as he strode to the mad and put his wand in his face.
"The basement." He said as he scrabbled around to the back side of the couch.
"Which is which way?" Harry said following his movements with his wand.
"That way!" The man pointed down a hallway to Harry's left and Harry motioned for Ron to go get his things while Harry would be right there. Ron nodded and walked down the hall.
"No Ron come here for a second." Ron turned and walked back toward Harry.
"What mate?"
"Knock him out please." Ron waved his wand and the man crumpled as a jet of red light hit him in the chest." Thanks now let's go." They turned and made their way down the hall together. Once they got down into the basement Harry found that the school things were in her trunk as he predicted. He opened the trunk and started to look through it." This is gonna take forever. Ron would you get it please." Ron obliged by saying "Accio Hermione's wand." Nothing flew out of the trunk and Harry looked at Ron." This is a new wand mate it should have worked. Hermione taught me mate" and that closed the matter.
"Take the tank back to your room and I will see what I can find. Come straight back here when you're done." Ron nodded and grabbed the handle of Hermione's trunk and then with a loud CRACK was gone. Harry looked around the room and found a safe just as a little pop announced Ron's arrival.
"Mate come here." Ron followed Harry's voice and found what he was pointing at. He pointed his wand at it and the lock sprung open.
"Good one Harry." Said Ron as he reached into the safe and pulled out a few old records.
"It isn't here."
"Only one way to know." Ron turned on his heel and walked up the stairs Harry following. They emerged at the top and found Hermione's Father standing there a baseball bat in his hands. "ACCIO!" Ron screamed and the bat flew up in the air and into Ron's outstretched hand." Thank you." Ron said as he put his wand in the man's face." Where is her wand?"
"What that stick? She took it with her to France." He said simply. With this they walked up the stairs and yelled for Ginny. She immerged with four or five duffle bags over her shoulders. They raised their eyebrows in unison.
"I used a spell Mum taught me. There is like twenty more though." They walked in the room and saw that the only thing left in it was a stripped bad and an empty dresser. They both turned and raised their eye brows at her again." Well he didn't seem to nice so I didn't think she would want to come back if she could help it." She turned away and Ron vanished all of the bags to the Wesley's garage as well as the ones on Ginny's shoulders. She straightened up at this and thanked Ron." I was carrying the ones with all her books I think. I found a stash of them in her closet." Ginny had barely finished saying this before Hermione's Father yelled, "What! She had books! The nerve of the bitch!"
"I think you were right Gin." Said Harry as he grabbed her hand and attached it Ron's wrist and then grabbed the other. "Hold on." He grabbed the wand out of Ron's hand and erased the man's memory. He nodded at Ron and handed him his wand back retaking his place beside him. He waited for the squeezing sensation to come. When it finally did he wasn't ready for it and he lost his breath.
"So if Hermione wasn't there then where is she?" Ginny asked hands on hips.
"Well she is in St.Mungo's actually." Said Harry sheepishly.
"WHAT! IS SHE OK? WHAT HAPPENED?" Ginny screamed.
"Gin hush don't brig Mum out here." Ron said as he put a hand on her shoulder.
"She was attacked by Death Eaters but she is fine. But yes she doesn't want to go home. Ever if she can help it. I think she has a room in Paris that we will need to clean out later."Harry said.
"Oh well that is a little odd. Are her parent's divorced or something?" Ginny asked.
"Yeah they are. Anyway we need to get to bed. Come on." Harry said and they all walked into the house.
Harry woke earlier than Ron and left him a note telling him that he went to see Hermione and not to come. That she would be there soon but that they had certain things they needed to talk about. He walked out into the road and pulled out his wand. He stuck out his hand and instantly the Knight Bus appeared. He told Stan the same thing as he did yesterday and he walked into the window and sat down in next to Hermione's bed in a chair while she slept he thought. Her stuff wasn't going to fit in the burrow. She needed to move out into a house. But where? Then it hit him. Number twelve Grimuald Place. It was his after all. He, Hermione, Ron and Ginny could all move in there. If it was ok with Mrs.Weasley that is. He might have to tell her about Hermione though. That would be Hermione's choice. Harry silenced his thoughts and sat up. Hermione had just stirred and she lifted her head. She smiled and asked again," Harry?"
"Yeah." Harry said as she reached for his hand. He took it and she smiled.
"So how was my Father?" She asked in the same whisper she had use the day before.
"He tried to beat Ron and me with a baseball bat." Harry chuckled.
"Really? Wow that is pretty weird. I didn't think he would even care. I figured he would be glad to be rid of me."
"Well he was pissed. We took Ginny so she could deal with your clothes. Only she packed everything. All that's there is your bed. I thought about it and you have too much stuff for it to all stay at the Burrow. Well I think I figured it out."
"Did you?"
"Yeah I am going to ask Ron first then Ginny then Mrs.Weasley. But I think we should all move into Grimuald place. Ginny of course so that you have company. Ron and I so we can watch over you. I told Ron that you were attacked by Death Eaters. He wasn't too happy."
"But you didn't tell him did you?"
"No. But I think you should tell Ginny and him the truth. Just them. That way we can help you. I don't think they will take it wrong. I just hope that Mrs. Weasley doesn't ever find out."
"So you want to move into Grimuald Place eh'? How are you planning on talking Mrs. Weasley into that?"
"Well I think I will tell how scared you are about the Death Eaters. Then how Ron is the only one of all of us that is of age so he should come. Then how Ginny is your only girl friend. I think she will cave eventually. I hope to get you out of here soon that way your parents can't come and claim you. I really don't want you going back. Not ever."
"I don't want to go back either."
"Good and you can tell Mrs.Weasley that when we go to the Burrow after they let you out tomorrow."
"How do you know it will be tomorrow?"
"Well I am going to prompt the nurse. Ask her what condition you are in. Then ask her if tomorrow is out of the question."
"When are you going to do this?"
"In about five minutes when she comes in to change your bandages."
"Ok well let's wait then." They waited for the five long minutes and then the nurse came in just as Harry had said she would.
"Oh good your awake. I need to change your bandages. Then I need you to tell me what happened." She started to undo the bandages and Hermione told about how the Death Eater had said all the things to her then slashed her wrist. Then how she apperated and came here. "Well this is probably a dumb question but do you know if he used a special kind of blade?"
"Yes it was goblin made."
"We had thought so when it wasn't healing normally so that is what we treated it for. Wow your arm looks great! You will probably be able to leave later tonight. Do you need me to call your parents?"
"Oh no that won't be necessary. Harry here is taking me home. I don't want to see my parents any sooner than I have to."
"I understand your Mother didn't seem to happy with you when she came."
"No she wasn't." Hermione said with a smile. "But that's ok."
"Good to hear it. Well Mr. Potter I will ask the healers to come and have a look and then I will tell you when to come and get her."
"Thank you miss."
"Your welcome. Excuse me. I will be right back." They waited until she came back with the healers and they told Harry that he could take Hermione whenever she felt ready. Then they left and Harry asked her if she felt ready.
"Oh yes. Get me the hell out of here. Lets go and see Ickle Ronnie Kins shall we?"
"Well lets get you changed and get you some food first eh'?"
"Ok then can you wait in the hall while I get ready?"
"Of course." Harry turned and left the room. Hermione emerged wearing a black mini skirt with ruffles on it. She also had on a black t-shirt that said something on it. "Ready?"
"Of course. Now lets get some freaking food I'm starved."
"Where would you like to go?"
"Definitely the Leaky Cauldron better to be in the wizarding world where my parents can't come."
"Good point."
"So how are we getting there?"
"Only my personal favorite. The Knight Bus."
"Oh shit. Ok then." They walked out the window Hermione's arm still covered in bandages. The Healer had told her not to remove them for any reason until Friday. It being Tuesday she still had some time. They walked into the back alley and Harry pulled out his wand and stuck out his arm.
"Been waiting for you to flag us down again Mr. Potter. The Burrow I presume?"
"No Stan not right now. We will be going to the Leaky Cauldron if you please."
"Not on the run again are you? Didn't have much luck there last time did you?"
"No not on the run just getting some food."
"Oh I see." Harry pulled Hermione up the stairs before Stan could continue their conversation.
"Wow not very conversational are we?"
"Shut up."
"Not nice to talk to an injured lady that way."
"Wow out of the hospital five minutes and already pulling the injured card are we?"
"Well I can't pull it on Mrs. Weasley so I figured I should pull it on you."
"Wow thanks." They spent the remainder o the trip contemplating different ways to talk Mrs. Weasley into letting Ginny come. Once the Knight Bus stopped they got off and wished Stan farewell. They walked into the Leaky Cauldron still contemplating ways to talk her into it. They decided on just thinking on their feet. Once that topic had been tired out and they had their food Harry asked her if she was going to tell Ron and Ginny.
"I don't know. I just want them to understand. Do you think they will?"
"Of course they will. Their your friends."
"Ok then yes I will tell them. But only once we get to Grimuald Place."
"Ok then." They finished eating and walked over to the bar. Harry paid the barman for their food then turned back to Hermione, "Would you mind floo or would you prefer the Knight Bus?"
"The Knight Bus I hate floo powder!" Hermione said in a matter of fact tone, Once she heard what she had said she broke out laughing. Harry just stared at her eye brows raised.
"Let's go then." Harry walked out of the pub and slid his wand up his sleeve. He stuck his arm out and the Knight Bus appeared.
"Welcome to the Knight Bus."
"Yes Stan thank you we know." Hermione was the one who spoke and pulled the sickle out of her purse. She paid her fare and Harry did the same. They walked up the stairs together chatting about which rooms they fancied at Grimuald Place.
