A/N: Sorry about the wait folks but I'm really focusing on finishing my POTC story and it's very time consuming. That and homework and my job keep me really busy. Thanks for reading and luv you lotz! Laterz –Writing Fairy-)

Chapter 7, What to do, Where to go

The room chilled over and Harry, Ron, and Hermione just sat their, frozen. What were they going to do anyway? Finally Harry got his wits about him and grabbed Hermione by the arm who in turn grabbed Ron.

"Come on!" Harry urged the two, dashing behind the counter at the small cafe, ignoring the workers protesting calls to their retreating backs. He pushed passed a cook and dove for the door at the end of the kitchen. They burst through it only to get immediately drenched with cold stinging sprays of water as they sprinted down the alley. Fortunately it wasn't a dead end and they ran out from the isle of brick only to wish they hadn't.

Dementors. They swarmed everywhere up and down the street. Stricken, the three just stood there, very unsure about what they should do and it didn't take long before over half the dementors zeroed in on the trio.

"Um, Harry?" She asked.

"Yes Hermione?" Harry questioned as the dementors got closer and closer and he could just hear the faint sound of a woman screaming, "HHHAAAAAARRRRYYY."

"What are we supposed to do?" She squeaked as her skin paled and she could feel the dementors tugging away every dreg of hopefulness she had.

"Run?" Ron offered stiffly. But not much more could be said as Harry whipped out his wand and yelled, "Expecto Patronum!" A bright white light erupted out of his wand in the form of a stag and began chasing the dementors away, "Follow me!" Harry ordered, running off towards the train station. To which it definitely wasn't time to board their train. He glanced down at his watch and swore, they had another forty-five minutes before their train would arrive!

"Hermione, are you confident in your apparating abilities?" Harry asking panting as they stopped just inside the station, soaking and dripping water.

"Alone, yes, but I mean, I can't take others, I haven't exactly tried-" Hermione stuttered.

"Now's as good a time as any." Harry informed her impatiently grabbing her arm. Ron dutifully grabbed her other arm and gave her an expectant look. The large station started to chill over.

"Not here!" Hermione protested, looking around at the bustling crowd. Harry swore again. She was right.

"Well, then where!" Harry demanded.

"I don't know! The bathroom!" Hermione cried frustrated. Why were they always looking at her for all the answers!

"Brilliant!" Harry exclaimed.

And that's how Hermione found herself shifting from foot to foot next to a urinal in the boys bathroom. Surprisingly it was completely empty. Hermione had been skeptical about the whole bathroom idea just because the girls bathroom was always so crowded. Apparently it was different in the boys. And you always wonder why the girls line extended out into the hallway and the boys just walked right in (and out two seconds later. Seriously, how do guys do that?).

"Stop jittering and apparate." Harry scolded.

"Why is no one in here?" Hermione couldn't help but ask.

"Hermione!" Harry and Ron yelled.

"Well I don't know what I'm doing! What do you expect!" She snapped angrily. A chill started to fill the bathroom and the ice crept up the windows. Time was running.

"Apparate!" Harry ordered grabbing her arm tightly, Ron mimicked him.

"Where!" Hermione cried, jumping up and down nervously. This was all on her. And her was very, very lost.

"187 Broker Street! Where else!" Harry shouted frantically as he heard his mother calling his name again.

"Well I don't know!" Hermione retorted frightened. She was just trying to get out of this. There was NO way she was going to do this and have them all be in one piece!

"JUST APPARATE!" Ron yelled, his voice echoing in the ceramic tiled bathroom as the door blew open and the dementors became visible.

Hermione took a deep breath, squeezed her eyes and focused...187 Broker Street...I can't do this!...187 Broker Street...187 Broker Street...