Chapter 12

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"RUN" came Harrys yell from the middle of the room "SHES COMING!" Fred turned on the spot and sprinted for the door, wand out. The corridor was a mass of running people as the DA bolted. Ron sprinted past him, Dean and Seamus on his heels. He saw Smith barge past Hermione causing her to cry out as she fell. Fred slowed just enough to help her up and they ran on together.

"In here." Said Fred, grinning again at the thrill of the chase. He pulled her behind a suit of Armor, grasped the torch bracket and pulled down. A small dark opening appeared by their knees, circular and large enough for a man.

"Go!" said Fred, urging Hermione before him. She didn't hesitate, feet first she dropped into the blackness. After a second of free fall she felt the tunnel as it turned into a smooth, slimy slide.

She felt as the tunnel seemed to twist and spiral, ever downwards. She could hear Fred behind her, thudding slightly at the corners. Then she sensed the slide level out and she shot out of the end and landed heavily on a cobbled floor, skidded a few feet and clambered to her feet. Fred shot out after and collided with her, knocking her down again.

"Ow!" She said, extracting herself from the tangle of robes. "Lumos" The light from her wand showed her the walls of a vast tunnel, but its beam wasn't strong enough to penetrate the deeper darkness.

"Where are we?" she asked Fred as she helped him to his feet.

"One of the tunnels that take you to the chamber of secrets" he replied casually. "George and I made it our mission to find as many as we could after Harry and Ron found the main entrance. We figured the Snake must have had multiple exits around the school, else someone would have seen something"

"We are in the chamber of secrets?" said Hermione in an awestruck voice.

"Not the actual chamber, just one of the tunnels that lead there. But we could never get into the actual chamber, don't know any Parsletounge" he looked extremely disappointed at this.

"I hope they all got away" she said, looking up towards the slide. Fred looked at her face, worried in the wand light and took her hand, giving a light squeeze.

"Let's get out of here and find out" he said. Keeping hold of her hand, he led her down the dark tunnel, their footsteps making wet slapping noises as they went.

After a while Fred turned to her and said.

"Hermione, I'm leaving Hogwarts." She stopped walking and stared at him.

"George and I, we've got our premises, we've got the investment, were ready to start the business. I've tried delaying him as long as I can, but he's starting to lose patience with me."

"Leave? But you can't just leave Hogwarts. You still have your NEWTs to complete. You can't just leave school Fred. It's not allowed." Her voice came out with a bite of impatience.

"We don't care about the grades Hermione, we don't need them."

"Of course you do." She snapped. "You can't leave. I won't allow it. I am a prefect after all. I'll stop you." She stared defiantly up at him, but her mind was humming with a blind panic. After a moment she whispered,

" You can't just leave me." Hot tears had sprung into her eyes now. Fred cupped her face with his dirty hands and she clutched at his wrists. They stood holding onto each other for a long moment.

"Please, Fred, please don't go." She whispered. Fred gave her a sad smile and kissed her softly, tasting the salt from her tears.

She clung onto him, deepening the kiss with an almost desperate urgency about her. At once the static energy surrounded them, crackling in the echoing tunnel, a breeze came from nowhere, swirling around the and teasing at their hair. They broke apart in wonder as they looked about them, in the pitch blackness of the tunnel the fine gold threads that Hermione had imagined were visible, crisscrossing around them, little bolts of light pulsing along them. Hermione stayed in Fred's arms as she reached out to touch the anomaly and as her fingers connected she felt like a jolt of electricity passed through her, pleasantly making her nerves tingle all over her body. Fred must have felt something too as he shivered and tightened his grip on her. She looked up at him and saw a hungry expression she hadn't ever seen as he lowered his face to hers and kissed her passionately. She moaned into his mouth as his hands roamed over her body, he squeezed her close to him and in one fluid motion had lifted her robes so she could wrap her legs about his waist. Desire flared inside her. Desire like she had never felt before. It was a hot wave of molten pleasure as Fred kissed her, she tilted her head to allow him more access to her neck and he took full advantage. He lowered her feet back to the ground but didn't break the connection of his lips on her. His hands came up and in his fervour and need, he ripped her robes from the neck line to her navel, exposing her cami that she wore beneath. She gasped as his hands touched her bare shoulders, bolts of pleasure coursing through her. He slipped his hand under the straps and eased them over her shoulders. Then his mouth followed his hands as he feathered kisses along her collar bone. His face came back up, where his lips found hers again as his hands felt their way up from her hip to her breasts. He grazed the soft skin that was exposed above her bra, and at her whimper of need he pulled her bra down on one side and allowed his thumb to brush over her sensitive nipple. She gasped and he lowered his head, catching the erect nipple in his hot mouth and sucked gently then replaced his hand as he kissed his way back up her neck. His hands continued to squeeze and stroke her exposed breast as he lowered the rest of her bra. He let his tongue dart out and taste the soft flesh and she gasped as the cool air ghosted where his tongue had been. Fred kissed one breast while his fingers gently pinched and rolled the other, then he swapped. Hermione was squirming with need now, she had never felt this before- never in her wildest dreams imagined anything could feel this good.

"You. Are. Incredible" he said between kisses. Hermione shivered and flung her arms around him and moulded her body to his, kissing him deeply.

When they paused to look at each other, their pupils were wide and black in the light from their wands, that lay abandoned on the floor. The golden globe had disappeared again, but the air still crackled with magic about them. Fred seemed to remember where they were- in a dark, cold, damp tunnel beneath the school and looked at his dishevelled witch. He gently put her clothes straight again and collecting the wands her muttered 'Reparo' at her torn robes. Then he lowered his head and kissed her again, softly this time. Hermione was still breathing heavily, trying to overcome the desperate desire that still coursed through her. She felt like Fred had awoken something inside her that she never knew existed. She felt feverish and a little out of control, there was a deep ache between her legs. She was trying to calm down herself down, but the sight of Fred's eyes, filled with a desire to match her own wasn't helping. Fred took her hand and gently kissed her wrist. Then he took her hand and together, they walked.