In Blood

Chapter One

Dark Mark In Blood


The Deatheaters were too powerful. The Order of the Phoenix were loosing members quickly. Hermione Granger ran as fast as she could. Deatheaters were close behind. She turned and shouted a bunch of spells and curses. "Crucio! Stupify! Crucio! Avada Kedavera!" Yes, Hermione was now using curses in revenge of the deaths of lots of her friends. Bellatrix lay on the ground, dead. The murderer of Sirius Black was finally dead. Again, she ran. Five minutes later, she stopped. She had run right into a field of both Deatheaters and Order members, all dead. There must have been 50 or more people in the field. Hermione nelt down. Neville Longbottem was lying on the dirt ground, with a large knife in his stomach.

"Oh my god, Neville. Please, hang in there. I have to get the knife out." As unpainful as she could, she got the knife out and slid it on the inside of her belt.

In a small whisper, Neville said, "Her...mion-...sorry...too many of them. They...they killed...R...Weasle-...I tried to stop them..."

"Neville, just hang in there. I-" Hermione started.

"I'm not g...goin..to make it."

"Yes, you will. Neville, please don't give up! You-" Hermione was cut off.

"Hermione! Listen t-to me. P-Promise me that you'll get H-Harry safely back. I-I'm sorry. I failed you guys. I know I haven't ever been the bravest in Gryffindor, but I-I..." Neville stuttered.

"Don't say that! Neville, you are very brave. What you did today was the bravest thing you've ever done." Hermione whispered.

"I-I can't..."

"No! Don't give in! Not now!" Neville died with a smile on his face.

Before she could stand up, she was grabbed from behind. They smashed her head against bolders and trees. Her left eye was brused and her nose, lip, and forhead was bleeding. Lucius Malfoy didn't bother to pull out his wand. Again and again, he smashed her head and time-turner into a tree. Hermione thought, 'Just let me die. Make the pain stop!' Lucius held out her left arm. Hermione closed her eyes. Then, she felt a knife cut into her flesh, the dark mark.

"Father?" someone shouted. "Stupify!" Lucius froze. Something terribly wrong happened at that moment. Hermione's time-turner shattered. She dissapeared.

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Hogwarts, 1977

Sirius was running back from his last class. It was raining and he didn't want his hair all wet. He fell and landed on his back. A girl his age held a knife at his neck. He stood up slowly. "Hey! Wow, I didn't do anything, I sware. Put the knife down." Sirius' eyes were wide.


I know it's really short so far, but I'm gonna have the next chapters be longer. PLEASE REVIEW! THANKS!