For the next few weeks they tried to only move if they felt they needed to. Hermione did develop some mild morning sickness but was not incapacitated by it. They settled into a domestic routine, only one that included being paranoid about light and noise and spells. Keeping a watch out for being followed or noticed. Since they had run out of money they used the confundus charm to steal food from local stores and occasionally pubs. The sex they had at night was still great according to the both of them. The weather was late winter bleah at best. So they stayed towards the southern end of the island. Since they where in the southern end of the country they decided to go to the Longbottom estate and see if anything had survived.

They used the map they still had and skirted the Burrow by several dozen miles, even if they where flying under an invisibility spell they still didn't want to risk it. Arriving at the Estate they where saddened to see it a gutted wrecked mess. Fortunately a few of the out buildings survived and they managed to clean and convert one into a small sort of cottage. They made a nest out of their sleeping bags and cuddled up together. The buildings had been ignored although the main house had been looted and pillaged

She had gotten pregnant in January and was now barely 8 weeks along in early March. Her body had made a few minor changes and the spell kept showing their son glowing blue and healthy. She was trying to figure out what she was going to do when he got there but she would she supposed. Women had been doing that since time began.

A few nights after they moved in there was a series of explosions and flashes of light to the north. They stayed where they where though with utterly no desire to investigate, at least tonight. They spent the night on edge with the fear someone would come from the battle and investigate the estate. No one came but they had not slept well.

The next day was quiet and clear. They discussed the battle and decided that since no one came to the estate it was none of their concern. They where running low on resources so needed to walk into town and get some more food. They loaded their packs, having discovered there was room to store their brooms in them even.

They where walking down the road towards the town when they thought they heard something. Drawing their wands and attempting to be alert they watched everywhere. Suddenly a Bombarda Maxima hit near their feet tossing them in two different directions. Harry had to scramble as a tree came tumbling over that had been reductoed. He heard Ron Weasley laughing and looked for him. He also heard Hermione screaming in sheer agony so he tried to get to her but Ron was intercepting him. Trying to keep him away from Hermione.

"Whats a matter Potter your filthy mudblood bitch getting hurt making you upset. Don't worry Ginny will take good care of her."

"Come out here and face me you coward." Harry said throwing reductos and bombardas at random where he thought he heard the voice.

Harry had his left arm bone get snapped by a bone-breaker curse. This only slowed him down a slight bit. He saw Ginny casting crucio on Hermione. He threw a bombarda at Ginny which caused her to get blown backwards. Hermione just laid there doubled up. Ron took that moment to throw an Avada Kedavra which Harry barely managed to dodge. Unfortunately that was the opening Ron needed to throw a tripping hex and then an incarcerous rope hex. Ron walked up to the helpless Harry with a wicked gleam in his eyes. "Dumbledore is going to reward me majorly for this you bastard. All you had to do was just play along. Do what Dumbledore wanted. Instead you listened to those crazy brats and the mudblood over there." Harry rolled to try and see Hermione as she cried out. Ginny had kicked her in her abdomen.

"Hey Ron the bitch's pussy's bleeding. I think he knocked her up. I popped the kid out of her yahoo."

"Hey did you knock the mudblood up or did you trade her for some food or safety. Hunh you bastard. I can't hurt you cause Dumbledore wants you safe. OI hey sis, leave me some of that bitch."

"What for her cunny's bleeding you ain't gonna have much fun there."

"Hey she's still got a mouth don she?"

Harry was surprised though to hear two spells strike Ron and Ginny. The twins came striding up and released Harry. He immediately ran to Hermione who was holding her belly and curled up on the ground. "Hermione. Oh my god." Harry had no idea what to do.

"help her. Please help her." Harry looked at the twins who looked at each other then nodded. They grabbed the backpacks and each took one of their friends. They apparated somewhere. Harry was not sure because it was a dark building and the twins had to give a code phrase. They where suddenly hustled down a set of stairs and around and down hallways. Hermione was taken from him and put in a bed. Healers began to work on her.

Snape showed up and took Harry by the arm off to the side. "Potter. What where you doing near the Burrow?"

"We where staying at the Longbottom estate. In one of the outbuildings. We'd turned it into a cottage and was working on James' room. We where walking into town to get some more food."

"James?"

"Our baby. She's pregnant. We hadn't settled on Daniel James or James Daniel for a name.

The twins silently looked at each other then shook their head when Snape looked at them.

"Ah I see. Well it looks like there will be a lot to discus when she is feeling better."

"yeah. Where are we?"

"This is the headquarters of the resistance. We are fighting a very strange war Mr Potter. It would seem that there is a cold war between Dumbledore and Voldemort with the Ministry, us and the muggles caught in the middle."

"oh." Harry was only partially paying attention as he saw the healers turn away from Hermione and they wheeled her down a corridor. He started to go after her when the Healer stopped him.

"She's ok. She's asleep and will be for at least the next 48 hours."

Snape frowned. "What happened?"

The healer looked at Harry then Snape. "Tell him. He deserves to know what happened to her."

The healer nodded, "She was exposed to a high power Crucio. The person who cast it must have hated her with a passion. She was pregnant but lost the baby. She also suffered multiple pulled muscles and some internal injuries. We won't know about brain or nerve damage until she awakens."

Harry collapsed on the floor. He didn't feel the healers and Snape pick him up and put him on a bed. He passed out.

When Harry awoke he was in a room with low murmuring voices. He groaned and one of the voices came over and helped him sit up. He felt something soft and smelled like flowers. He was handed his glasses and saw the face of Lavender Brown looking at him. "Hello Lavender. What's going on?"

"Well you're finally awake. They got you fixed up so that's nice."

"How's Hermione." He said looking around and seeing her on the bed to his left.

"Still asleep. She's not had any problems so far we can tell. She woke up enough to drink some water a while ago." Lavender said looking at Hermione too.

"That's good. So how're you?"

"Well better. They tried to get me to agree to be Ron's mate at the school. So I ran away and made it here. I'm a nurse I guess. Sort of. I help out around the Infirmary and keep track of stuff."

"Nice." Harry noticed he was in a pair of pajamas and smelled cleaner. "Um did you happen to be the one that changed me into these pajamas."

Lavender blushed a bit. "Yeah. Hermione's a lucky girl."

Harry blushed. "Thanks. I'm the lucky one I think."

Lavender patted his arm. "If you say so."

"Looking around where are we?"

"Hmm I'm not allowed to tell you really. But we're in the Resistance now. Dumbledore and Voldemort are squaring off against each other and the ministry is doing nothing, the muggles don't know anything. So everyone is either choosing a side, getting dragged into aside or stuck in the middle."

Harry frowned. "So how did you get here and what's going on at Hogwarts?"

Lavender sighed, "Its not a nice place anymore. They're teaching everyone to be child soldiers. Also Dumbledore has some kind of weird breeding program thing going on. He's been choosing third years and up and assigning us 'partners' that we'll be having kids with eventually. He for some reason assigned me to Ron Weasley so I left. I eventually wound up here."

"But you're not a third year."

"I know but he was giving everyone proper notification so that we could prepare ourselves for it." she said imitating the headmaster.

"Wow. That's just wrong. So he's picking and choosing who gets to be with whom as like parents?"

"Yeah to ensure that proper family planning and blood issues rectified we will be developing a breeding program." She said in the imitation again.

"That's just sick. He's gone crazy."

"I know. Right. That's why I left."

"What about Neville. Have you seen him?"

"He's still at Hogwarts. Last I saw he was still there. Keeping his head down and not getting in trouble or ahead of the pack. He did help me escape though, so I guess he's doing something."

"That sounds like Neville.

Harry chatted with Lavender for a bit longer, asking who else was here from school only to find out that Seamus, Hannah Abbot and the Twins where it besides her. Everyone else was still trapped there.

The next morning Hermione woke up Harry was right there waiting. "Hey pretty girl. How ya doing?"

Hermione put her hand on her belly and started crying. "He's gone. He's gone isn't he?"

Harry got up and hugged her. "Yeah. Ginny crucioed you and you lost him."

Hermione sobbed until the healer came up. She managed to stop herself after a few tries.

"I'm sorry for your loss Mrs Potter. Its not an easy thing to have happen."

Hermione nodded. "No its not. Thank you."

"I'll need to examine you now that you're awake but the fact that you don't seem to be having any muscle spasms or control issues reduces the chance of nerve damage and the fact you're speaking without slurring your words shows that there probably isn't any brain damage. How do you feel?"

"Like I got run over by the entire North Fleet." She sighed.

"Okay well lets get started." He ran the tests and examination. She seemed to be healthy and recovered. When she cast a Patronus of a doe he nodded. He had her get up and walk across the room, touch her nose and several other physical and manual dexterity tests. She passed all of them with flying colors. Just a bit slow and stiff from being in bed and achy. The rest of his examination was brief and had her count backwards and do a few other speech tests as well as memory recollection tests.

"Well Mrs Potter, your youth and general good health seems to have worked in your favor. You don't seem to have suffered any long lasting repercussions from the exposure."

Her hand resting on her belly she bit her lip and asked, "Will I be able to have children someday?"

"Yes you'll be able to carry children. There is no physical injury. I'd just give your body some time to recover before you go jumping into anything. Say a month or two at least"

Hermione smiled and nodded her head, "Okay. I think we can try at least."

The healer chuckled. "Ah yes young hormones. Do your best at least. We don't exactly have a maternity ward down here. Now get out and stop filling a bed I could use for sick people. Ok?"

"Yes sir." Hermione said.

Once they where away from the infirmary she stopped Harry, "Why are they calling me Mrs Potter?"

"They kinda assumed you and me where married and I haven't exactly corrected them. I mean I thought you'd be okay with that."

She hugged Harry so tightly he felt his ribs where in danger. "Oh yes I am very much ok with that my husband." Then she started kissing him.

Lavender walked up. "Oh geez guys get a room."

They stepped apart. "Sorry. By the way. Where are our things and do we have a room?"

Lavender laughed. "Yeah you have a room, or at least part of one. There isn't that much space. If we started expanding it and doing other big magics the ministry or Dumbledore would notice. Its just this way."

They started walking down corridors and past various rooms. Harry saw people sitting around nursing wounds, eating or otherwise trying to relax. Some where making repairs on equipment. "How bad is it?"

"Not great. Fortunately its mostly hit and run stuff. We've got bad intelligence, no intelligence or wrong intelligence. So we go in blind a lot. We're trying to fight against them so they are kept off balance and stuff. But they out number us. Teh ministry is the weakest of the three so we only go after them if they get in the way or do something too much aligned with one or the other."

They reached a door with the names Lavender Brown, Harry Potter and Hermione Potter on it. "You're bunking with me. Sorry, but at least I don't snore. I stayed up all night once to make sure." She said with a giggle. Hermione shook her head.

"Sorry. I just came off a long shift and I heard that there's a mission planned for later. So I'm feeling a bit slappy."

"Its okay. We get it." Harry said walking into the room behind her. There where two beds a small desk with a chair and not much else. Sitting on one bed where their backpacks on the other was a bunch of bedding and some clothes. Lavender went over to that one. Hermione started checking their packs.

"Don't worry no one's touched your stuff. That's almost a death sentence around here. Snape's really big on not messing with stuff that isn't yours." She yawned and stretched. Doing nice things to her shirt Harry noticed. Lavender saw him noticing and smiled. She turned her back and took off her shirt then unhooked her bra. Harry suddenly found the wall over his and Hermione's bed very interesting. "Sorry but I wanna grab a nap." Harry heard. Hermione was sitting on the bed watching him and smirking as she shook her head. "I'm safe and covered."

Harry turned back around as Lavender had put on a sleep shirt of some kind that went to her knees.

Hermione frowned. "Aren't you concerned about getting caught dressed like that?"

"Well they haven't found us yet. And if they do then we should have enough time for me to at least get my shoes on. I can deal with these things bouncing by throwing a spell on them. But the shoes are optional."

Hermione raised her eyebrow. "but if you get caught undressed."

Lavender sat on her bed looking at Hermione. "If I get caught undressed or dressed the end result could be the same. I'd rather get some sleep in comfort at least. And besides if my bouncing boobs distracts a death eater for a moment then maybe I can get a spell off in his face. Who knows. I'm not going to worry about it. Now um sorry but while you guys may have had the last couple days on your back I've been on my feet. Go out the hall, at the next intersection turn left and you'll wind up in the main room. Seamus call sit a wardroom. Says he heard it in a war movie."

Harry smiled. "Ok Lavender sorry. Enjoy your nap."

She had already rolled over and pulled her blanket up, "Thanks Harry."

Harry and Hermione left the room and followed Lavender's directions. They came to a medium sized room with several tables and chairs. Along one wall was a coffeepot, a tea samovar and a plate of various baked goods. Seamus was looking at a book sitting in a chair when they came in. He looked up and smiled bidding them to join him.

"So where is everyone?"

"Probably getting some rack time. We've got a big raid coming up. Snape's making the final plans with his lieutenants now."

"Great. Are you going or are you staying?"

"I'm going. Snape calls me his demolitions expert. Since most of my spells go boom anyhow that's not a problem." Seamus said with a smile.

Hermione shook her head, "Just as long as the things you want to blow up are what blows up."

"I've not hit any friendlies yet."

"Good." Hermione flatly said getting some tea and a donut.

"So what are we going to be doing?" Hermione asked.

A door on the other side of the room opened and Snape walked out. "You're going to be waiting here to go in with Lavender and the other medics. I need them protected."

Harry gave a start as he noticed Snape's left sleeve was pinned up to his shoulder. Snape noticed this and gave a wry grin. "It was the most efficient way to avoid the summons from the dark lord."

Harry nodded and accepted that. "I'm sorry sir. I appreciate the help you've given us."

"Thank you Harry. I hope you can help us too. Lavender and the others are important. I'll trust the two of you to help protect them."

The tall slender brown reedy man who walked out behind him looked at Harry then grinned, "Harry. I'm glad to finally meet you."

Harry stepped back and Hermione stepepd in front of him in a defensive move when the man moved to hug Harry. He stopped short and looked at the wand pointed at his nose. This didn't stop his grin though. "Excellent reflexes Mrs Potter. 10 points to Gryffindor. And Please accept my apologies for startling you and your husband."

Harry looked at Snape who smirked "Remus Lupin. Harry and Hermione Potter. Mrs Potter if you would be so kind as to lower your wand before you remove the head of my second in command I would greatly appreciate it."

Hermione blinked and nodded. "Sorry sir. He just moved wrong."

Remus raised an eyebrow. "Well I shall refrain from doing so again. Harry I was one of the Marauders. Your fathers old gang as it where."

Harry recognized the name from Celeste's constant talking about their family. He stepped forward and hugged the werewolf. Hermione did the same. "Its ok. Hermione is a bit jumpy."

"With good reason I am sure. Given the things I have learned." Remus said holding each of them on the shoulder in a good natured fatherly way.

"Very well now that that is done shall we call the forces?" Snape intoned in his usual demeanor.

The troops where called and trickled in. Harry and Hermione stood by Lavender who was wearing a uniform and harness of some kind with various potions and other materials. There was a couple other young medical people there as well as a few security people. Portkeys where distributed and the first attack wave swept out. 30 minutes later Lavender Harry and Hermione stepped out of their portkey landing in a crouch.

They where in a small village somewhere in the northern part of England it seemed like. Apparently the fighting had been moving northward from where they where as there where bodies dropped all over the streets. Several houses where on fire. Hermione saw a girl with bright purple hair wearing an auror uniform laying face first on the ground she rolled her over and saw her chest was a gaping hole. She also saw strapped to her right thigh a dragonhide wand holster. Hermione shrugged and took it off the girl and strapped it to her leg. Harry and Lavender looked at her and she said, "What she isn't going to need it."

Harry shrugged and went back to watching the streets. Medics moved up behind the combat and stayed low. A couple of their own wounded was found as where a few muggles. It seemed that neither side was taking prisoners. They helped out as much as they could before Remus called for them to withdraw so they grabbed their portkeys and jumped. The death eater cell that had been in the village was destroyed but at the cost of several muggles, aurors and resistance members.

Harry and Hermione stayed with lavender on her team helping and protecting her. Since they stayed in the same room as her Harry and Hermione got quite used to her and enjoyed renewing their friendship. They even got used to Lavender's lack of concern at being seen in various states of undress. Not that she was doing it to flirt or be seductive but they where living in small quarters and having to do make do. Several missions had them involved in close combat ass the death eaters did not respect the concept of medics and the order wanted to capture them as did the ministry. Occasionally they even took fire from confused muggles that just saw everyone as a threat.

Sex was still out for health reasons but also due to the living conditions. Knowing that Lavender was in the next bed over or could walk in at any moment was a bit of a mood killer. Although one day Harry and Hermione where playing around when Lavender walked in. Saw Hermione's position with her head down on Harry and just sacked out acting like she saw and heard nothing. The fact they heard her give a rather large sigh a few minutes later made them blush but understand the way things where working. Lavender was involved in a relationship with Seamus who was bunked with Dean Thomas when he arrived. So their own love life was stolen moments and hidden kisses too. Hermione had begun to like Lavender as she had not gotten along with her back in school. This Lavender was more mature and less of a gossip. Someone more capable of holding a conversation and being responsible.

Hermione and Harry got close to Lavender as her friend. She was close to Seamus as more than friends though and their relationship might have a future she thought. So when Seamus was killed on a raid when a potion bomb he was getting ready to toss had been hit by spell-fire and he was reduced to a red mist they held her while she cried herself to sleep for multiple nights. After that they paid special attention to keeping Lavender safe as she did not do so herself. Harry still had a bit of his saving others thing as Hermione called it but he was a lot more choosy about who they where he risked himself for. Lavender was one of the few they let in that deep.

Each time they went out they risked being caught as the reward for Harry and Hermione had grown. The muggles where even beginning to notice things where getting strange. SO many times they had to run from a three way battle or more if the muggle became involved.

The ministry had their own issues as Dolores had tried to surrender to Voldemort but others in the ministry had risen up against her and fought back. Amelia Bones was the current minister with Arthur and Percy Weasley working with her as department heads. Arthur having moved over to the head of the DMLE. There was no word why he was not at Hogwarts with his wife and youngest two children. Bill was with the Goblins at Gringotts. The largest of the banks and the most secure so the nation had all sealed up within their fortress behind their doors. They had heard Filius Flitwick had left Hogwarts to join his brethern at Gringotts.

Summer turned to fall and Lavender began to recover. She was laughing again occasionally. Small soft chuckles but good to hear. Harry, Hermione and her still cuddled as it kept any of them from having nightmares. They never did more than hold each other though. They would talk about Harry's wild idea to escape and join Celeste and her family. Lavender asked if she could come too and they fully agreed. She was going to be part of them and make a new life elsewhere. Maybe even see what her other self was like.

It was near the end of September. The former Hogwarts students still being tutored in things by those who had a few moments to spare. Suddenly the sound of spell fire, shouting, alarms and running people reached them in their quarters. Hermione grabbed her always ready pack and tossed Harry his. They grabbed Lavender who was groggy having been awake for a long time as the Death Eaters had begun to use crossbows with barbed bolts coated with a poison to kill their targets. The poison was a nerve toxin that would cause the target to die unless the proper antitoxin was administered. No one knew why they had changed their methods like this other than because it was cruel. Wizards had a chance to resist the toxin long enough to get help but muggles died quickly and in agony. The other benefit of the crossbow was that it was silent and would not trip any spell sensors the ministry had begun to deploy in magical areas.

Assessing the situation they soon discovered that their base was being over run by death eaters. The distinctive silver and green faceless uniforms standing out among the rag tag band. They heard Snape's voice call out magically enhanced for everyone to flee the base was falling. They heard him call out the code word that meant the base was going to be destroyed by their own hands. Seamus had been inventive and installed cables and bottles filled with a magical version of explosives ten times as powerful as dynamite or C-4 he claimed.

Running towards the emergency port-keys they had to fight their way through clusters of death eaters. Corridors where choked with the dead and the dying. They reached one of the port-keys and grabbed for it. The three of them side by side when they heard Lavender make a strange garbled shriek just as they activated it.

Falling out of the sky in the usual port-key arrival they rolled and came up in a defensive crouch. At least two of the three did. Lavender was on her hands and knees the fletching of a bolt sticking out of her back.

"Hermione, medical." Harry called out. Realizing they where in the middle of a woods somewhere so at least for the moment was safe.

Hermione turned with a frown until she saw Lavender in his arms. The bolt protruding from between her breasts. She was looking at it in confusion as if to try and figure out how that had happened.

"Hermione will fix it Lav, don't worry."

Lavender smiled and caressed Harry's cheek, "She doesn't have the anti-toxin. Its was back at base."

"Hermione?" Harry almost whispered as she knelt beside them.

"Ok Lavender lets not give up ok? How do I get the bolt out of you first then I'll work on the poison and anything else." Hermione assumed the same professional tone she had heard her friend take with someone in the field.

Lavender smiled with bloody teeth as she coughed up a pink froth. "You cut the bolt off at the back and push the rest through. Can't pull it out or it'll tear more. Can't leave the back on as they will cut more."

Hermione nodded and sliced the back of the bolt off then slowly pulled the head of the bolt out of the girl. She arced her back in pain but only whimpered. A gout of blood came shooting out.

"Harry I'm scared." Lavender grasped his hand.

Harry tried to smile reassuringly. "Hermione is great she'll figure something out. We'll go see Celeste and her family and things will be great ok. Don't worry. Harry rasped out in a rush.

Hermione was trying every spell she knew, had heard of or saw.

The wound was not closing. Blood was polling out staining Lavender's shirt a deep scarlet. With each breath more pink froth appeared on her lips. Her breathing became more and more labored and shallow.

"I love you guys. Remember me."

Harry kissed her forehead "We love you too. We'll never forget you." He managed to choke out between the growing sobs.

Lavender smiled for the last time as her breathing ended with a shallow sigh. Her soul escaping to be with Seamus and her friends and family. Harry howled and held her tightly. Another friend gone. Hermione just sat down staring. Trying to feel something. Trying to process another senseless death. Lavender was a healer. Her robe had the Caduceus on the front and back the symbol of healers. She was not a warrior. She shouldn't have died.

The person who chose that moment to apparate into the clearing had to suddenly go on the full defense as Hermione unleashed hell upon him. Cutting curses, blasting hexes, everything violent she could unleash. As angry as she felt inside the spells where over powered and none of them where less than lethal.

Remus Lupin had been trying to find the trio after they port-keyed out. He was one of the few who knew where each port-key went. They where scattered over most of England and Wales to try and throw the death eaters off. He had a brief sight of Harry kneeling over a bloody body when a familiar brown haired witch spun on him and started throwing every attack spell that was known and a few that she had to have invented. His werewolf enhanced senses and reflexes the only thing that prevented him being a charred and blasted stump in the forest. He started yelling for her to stop but either she didn't hear him or the bloodlust was too strong for her to want to stop. Knowing how that felt he wasn't sure he was going to be able to get her to stop before she killed him or he had to do something.

Harry was crying so hard he barely noticed the sudden arrival of someone. He dimly registered the volume of spells and Hermione's inarticulate cries increase. He thought he heard a familiar voice calling his and Hermione's names. Finally it clicked in his fogged brain and he recognized Remus Lupin. He looked up and saw the man scrambling from tree to tree, parrying some spells but having to duck and run as for each one he parried or blocked three more came in. Hermione was a whirlwind of magic. But Remus was not an enemy.

"Hermione." he called out. "Hermione stand down. Please."

The sudden silence in the now much larger and more cluttered clearing was only broken by the sobs of Harry, Hermione's breathing and Remus carefully picking himself up from under a small tree Hermione had tried to impale him with.

Carefully walking over in as non-threatening manner as possible he felt the wolf within recognize the greater predator in Hermione at the moment. "Harry. What happened?"

"Lavender got shot in the back by a bolt. We tried. Hermione tried to save her. "

Remus knelt and closed the girl's eyes. He cleaned her off and she looked like she was sleeping in Harry's arms. "Harry we need to go."

Harry stayed where he was. Remus felt Hermione's eyes on his back. The wolf raising its hackles in fear if he made the wrong move right now she would have him sliced and diced before the next breath. He reached slowly into his pocket and pulled out a small mirror.

"Sirius I need you here. Please be careful and non-threatening. Code word lightning."

A brief moment later Sirius was standing off to the side. His hands up and no wands visible. He smiled when Hermione spun on him.

"Hey Hermione. What's new."

She just glared at him, "They murdered her. She was a healer and those fucking bastards murdered her."

Sirius looked across at Harry holding Lavender's still form. Covered in her blood and his tears. "IS any of that his?" He urgently asked. Remus shook his head still carefully watching Hermione whose wand hand was pointing between Sirius and Remus but still firmly gripped to the point her knuckles where turning white.

Sirius walked over carefully. "Harry your friend is gone. We need to get someplace safe before they discover us. We'll take her with us but we need to go right now. Will you let me take you?" Harry nodded and looked at Hermione who responded to his look by lowering her wand but not returning it to her holster. She held her other arm out to Remus so they could side along apparate. Sirius took hold of Harry and Lavender and they left. In a few minutes the death eaters arrived but all they found was a large puddle of blood and a broken crossbow bolt. Aside from several downed trees, gouged out craters and a few small brush fires.

Sirius and his group appeared in the drawing room of a very Victorian house. Its décor looked like it had been new in 1860 and chosen by an undertaker. They laid Lavender on the table and Harry stood up shakily. Hermione came over and without a word they stood together by her.

"Hey Hermione why don't you take Harry upstairs to the bath and get him cleaned up. Second floor, first door on the right is a bedroom, bathroom is the next door on the right." Sirius said pouring as much charm and friendliness as he could into his voice.

Hermione nodded and holding Harry's hand led him off. There was a brief crash and a woman's loud voice started to screech an insult before a loud bang fwoosh ended the noise. Sirius peeked around the corner and put the remains of his mother's portrait out before it caught the rest of the house on fire but the picture was firmly destroyed. The paint somehow melted from the frame into a puddle on the floor.

Hermione put their packs on the floor and pulled Harry's clothes off of him. Putting him in a tub of hot water she sat on the floor beside him. Helping him scrub when he didn't move. She dried him off and got him dressed in clean clothes. The ones covered in her blood she destroyed. They went back down to find Sirius and Remus each sitting in a chair looking over Lavender's body.

Sirius took a deep breath, "Do you know what your friend, Lavender wasn't it, wanted done if she um died."

Hermione shook her head. "We never discussed it. "

"Harry did you know?" Sirius asked

"No she didn't discus it with us." Hermione replied again. Harry just stood there silently looking at the reposed form of their friend. He had not loved her the way he loved Hermione but he had cared about her. Had enjoyed being around her and laughing with her. Had even enjoyed the cuddling as the three of them tried to forget about the fighting and the injured and dead they saw every day. So he guessed he did love her in a way. Hermione had loved her though. He knew that. She and Lavender had talked about girl stuff. They had been close friends. Brushing each other's hair and he had walked in once and they where talking about him and Seamus and who could kiss better. Hermione had invited Lavender to kiss Harry as she was certain he kissed better. So Lavender and him had kissed that one time under Hermione's watchful eye. Which when Lavender said he was okay that got him laughed at and said he must be having performance under pressure issues. Hermione merely smirked and said he was being nice and let Seamus win otherwise lavender couldn't handle it. He had turned and went back out scared of what they might compare next. He regretted leaving now. After Seamus died he recalled how they had held Lavender as she cried herself to sleep. How she had stopped laughing and clung to Harry and Hermione. How when they where out in the field she had stopped being cautious and had to be protected much more closely. He hated this war that was spiraling out of control.

"Ok well um I'm really not good with words like this so I guess.." Sirius started to say when Hermione held her hand up to silence him.

"In the name of the light and magic we commend this empty body to the nothingness. Her soul having already been blessed we ask that the gods receive her in their bosom and welcome her to her eternal rest." Hermione said then pointed her wand at Lavender's body which glowed then vanished into nothingness. She then sat down on the couch.

Sirius blinked at how empty Hermione sounded. How she had not blinked or cried. Harry looked like a broken shell. How when he sat down next to Hermione he still stared at the now empty table.

Sirius still standing cleared his throat to get their attention. "So would you guys like anything to eat or drink?"

Hermione looked at Harry who shook his head in the slightest movement possible. Hermione stared at him for a few moments before he gave a brief nod. "Yes we would. Do you have any wine?"

Sirius was surprised, "Wine, Um yeah. I have some wine. Give me a moment. Hey Remus wanna help me in the kitchen for a second."

Remus nodded and the two of them left the room. Hermione held Harry's hand and they sat in absolute silence. The only sounds their breathing and the ticking of a grandfather clock in the corner of the room. This allowed them to better hear Remus and Sirius talking from the vent.

"Remus what the hell. Where did she learn to do that so cold?"

"She worked in the medical detail with Lavender. Sometimes they helped out in the morgue detail."

"Shit. Do you think he's gone round the bend?"

"No. He's had a shock. They where close to her. Lavender had lost the boy she was involved with several weeks ago and they where the ones that helped her out of it. They lived in the same dormitories in the barracks. "

"Okay. Get the cheese out of the icebox and help me get some snacks made up. Maybe if we get some food and some sleep they'll feel better."

They heard the clinking of plates and glasses. A few minutes later Remus and Sirius came back up and started to set the plates on the table Lavender had recently been occupying when Sirius thought better and moved that table to a far corner of the room and a smaller round one he placed there.

He opened a bottle of fey wine and poured a glass for each of them. Giving the traditional toast of "Absent friends" he sat down quiet. Hermione took some of the small meat and cheese crackers handing some to Harry who ate mechanically. They each enjoyed a small glass of wine. Then Hermione got up, "Good night gentlemen where may Harry and I sleep?"

"The first bedroom you where just in earlier. Remus has the one down the hall and I've got the one up one floor."

"Thank you. "Hermione said taking them and their packs up stairs.

The two of them settled in more or less. That night was spent holding each other. Hermione letting Harry cry himself to sleep. Holding him when he woke up from a nightmare where it was her instead of Lavender. She didn't tell him the only reason she was awake was that she had the same dream only it was Harry instead of her.

The next morning they came down to breakfast to find Remus sitting alone at the table. "Where is Sirius?" Hermione asked.

"He isn't exactly a morning person." Remus chuckled.

"Oh. So I take it he doesn't have any house elves?" As she got Harry and herself some food and coffee.

"He had one but he died. He just couldn't accept the fact that Sirius was his new master and committed suicide."

Hermione shrugged at that. "Sucks. Is that the Prophet?"

"Yes a few days old of course but we do try to keep up with whats going on as much as possible."

Hermione scanned the headlines. The Leakey Cauldron had been sealed to the muggle-world. The new Minister of Magic Arthur Weasley had declared that he was separated from his wife Molly Prewitt due to irreconcilable differences. There had been some breeches of the International Statute of secrecy but the department of internal security was dealing with them.

"Department of Internal Security?"

"A new department bringing the obliviators and aurors together to keep the peace they claimed. Make government more efficient and streamlined. The usual sort of authoritarian drabble."

"And Arthur Weasley did this?"

"Well I think it was Percy who whispered the ideas into his head. Arthur is too nice. If he had his way we'd all sit down with some nice hot tea and work this out."

Hermione nodded. Wishing that there where more Arthurs in charge and fewer Dumbledores. Arthur was goofy, clueless and entirely too naive sometimes but he was at least honest, ernest and willing to accept anyone. In many ways he reminded her of her dad. Which brought a twinge of pain to her as it had been over a year since they had been killed in front of her. She hadn't had time to truly mourn and still didn't as she had to be ready to run. To take care of Harry. To support him in whatever crazy idea he was going to come up with, including this finding a way to the other world.

Their days settled into a routine. Having breakfast with Remus talking about the current situation and wondering how it was all going to end. They then studied in the library trying to find ways to fight back, to deal with it. Or somehow cross into other worlds. Harry was still adamant about that plan. That was pretty much his focused plan of action. Aside from stay alive.

Remus would go off and do various things. Things they never got asked to help with which was fine with them. Sirius would sometimes join him, sometimes not. Sirius tried talking to Harry but stopped after Harry just stared blankly at him with Hermione answering any direct questions for the both of them. Sirius did make sure they had food available.

Harry and Hermione had sex a few times, never completely relaxing enough to really enjoy it. More of a desire to sate a physical need than anything else. They made sure to use protections and alternatives as much as possible. While it would be safe for her to have a child it would not be a good idea under the current conditions. They did still talk about the future when they would have children. When they would be safe.

For the full moon they had to lock Remus into a cage in a special room in the basement. Since they where unable to brew the special wolfsbane potion that would help him maintain his composure he had to suffer greatly.

Halloween saw Sirius go all out to try and provide a feast for them. They at least tried to appreciate it. He let them each have a single glass of wine as well.

Harry would sit in the sitting room staring at the table which had been the last bier for Lavender quite frequently. Until he one day banished it. Sirius never asked for an explanation or apology.

Christmas saw them sitting around a small tree singing carols sadly. They didn't give gifts really as they had no real desire to, nor had they been able to go shopping. Hermione and Harry remembered the last Christmas in church with her parents. Parents he had begun to look forward to as calling mom and dad too. Sirius left them a bottle of wine as he spent the evening crawling into a fire whiskey bottle. Remus was gone somewhere. They didn't know where. They didn't care.

New Years was anti-climactic. They went to bed early and ignored the change of the calendar. Time being pointless to keep track of. Sirius said it was reminding him of his time in Azkaban. Harry and Hermione did not mind. She had worked her way through almost half of the Black family library and Harry was a third of the way through. They had each other. That was all they needed for right now.

January showed that the muggles where starting to wake up and notice that there was a small war going on within their own country. People had begun to vanish. Buildings and bridges had begun to collapse for no reason. A plane fell out of the sky with no explanation. It was all very odd. The forces of Dumbledore and the Death Eaters seemed to have the nation divided with the south areas and Norfolk in the Death Eater hands. Scotland and the Area around Hogwarts where firmly in the hands of Dumbledore. The Ministry still controlled London but not much else. The Prophet was only reporting the Ministry approved news bu the WWN radio network reported that which Dumbledore approved. So with the muggle news giving a third option they managed to figure things out.

February was quiet. They had a brief moment of panic as they saw familiar faces out the window on the sidewalk. A red haired boy and girl. Walking around trying to see if they could see something it looked like. When they called Sirius over he shrugged and said not to worry as the house was protected by a fidelius charm so anyone who didn't know the secret would be unable to find them no matter what. They slept with the packs at ready and fully clothed for a week after that. Hermione had almost been ready to throw an AK at the red haired bitch but Harry had convinced her not to as that would have revealed their presence there. Which even if the house was hidden would have brought reinforcements for Ron.

March was rainy and wet. Blustery and cold. Winter had not wanted to go away any more than Harry and Hermione wanted to stay in this world. Harry was becoming obsessed saying there had to be a way to open a gateway and travel to their world. To join them in safety and peace. Celeste had told them so much about the castle and their world. Something kept tickling the back of his brain. Until one day he woke up and remembered something she had said about wanting to see the Room of Requirement her older siblings had told her about. A magic secret room that could become anything you wanted it to be. He asked Hermione about it and she remembered Celeste mentioning that but not where it was or how to get to it. Secret rooms being secret and all that. Neither Remus nor Sirius knew anything about a secret magical room like they described either. Although Remus did say he had always had suspicions about the 7th floor west hallway being a dead end the way it was. Like there was supposed to be something there but they had never found anything.

They discussed possible ways of finding out and wondering if there was a way to open the room or how it worked. They even checked the Marauder's Map that Harry had gotten back from the twins before all the mess happened. No sign of anything other than the seventh floor west corridor ended with no rooms or stairs visible. No secret passages where marked either.

April saw nerves getting thin and stretched. Remus had come back from one of the missions with a gash across his back that even his werewolf stamina had trouble dealing with. Sirius said it was from a silver blade. Apparently there where werewolf hunters around. Sirius nursed Remus back to health but it was close. Their supplies became dangerously thin but Sirius was able to bring in enough to keep them going for a little while longer.

May was when it all ended. Their world was brought to a standstill.

Sirius came into the library where everyone was still researching the ways to open magic doorways away from the world. "Hey guys we got mail!"

Remus looked up with a frown, Hermione and Harry both glared at his cheery pronouncement.

"Who in the world would be able to send mail here?" Remus growled. Having given up on the resistance as there was no word from them at all anymore.

"Flitwick at Gringotts. He says he has information about our dear chatterbox friends from another world. Apparently they managed to contact their Gringotts who contacted OUR Gringotts and bam. We got an invitation out of here!" Sirius did a little dance.

Harry and Hermione felt their heart catch. Would it really be that simple and easy.

Remus shook his head taking the letter from Sirius, "Are you absolutely certain this is from Flitwick?"

"Its got all the appropriate magical signature, the appropriate code words. The only way they could fake it was to have the little guy somehow trapped and held. And with him being a world champion dueler several times over I doubt it. Plus Goblins are tough little bastards. Pack your bags folks we're off to Gringotts."

Remus frowned. "And how exactly are we to get there? There is an anti-apparate or portkey zone over Diagon. The Cauldron is closed and sealed from the muggle-world. The only way in or out of Diagon is through the floo in the leaky cauldron. Which has a strong ministry security presence there."

"Yeah but they are looking for Remus Lupin Werewolf, Sirius Black , Hermione Granger and Harry Potter. Not Mr and Mrs Nathan Pirelli and their son with his faithful pet."

Remus looked at Sirius like he had lost his mind.

"Well its either that or we use get help."

"I'm not doing get help. That never works."

Sirius just grinned. Harry looked like he was going to say something but Hermione's hand on his arm stopped him.

Remus sighed, "Ok So I take it Hermione and I will be the lovely couple while Harry is our son. Now how do we floo. Yours is disconnected."

Sirius chewed his lip for a second then smiled, "Longbottom estate should still be connected even if its not active. Right?"

Remus considered it. I suppose. Its been several months but the I doubt the bureaucracy has had the time and effort to go switch off the floo."

"There transportation solved." Sirius beamed.

"Next problem in case you had not noticed Hermione does not exactly look old enough to have had a 12 year old son. Who would be legally required to be in Hogwarts."

"Unless he was in Slytherin who get certain privileges."

"And Hermione?"

"Hmm well I have a few idea. Maybe a couple of disguise potions. Some clothing and people won't even look at her face."

Remus started to say something when Harry jumped up, "I like this idea. Lets get started."

Sirius grinned a mile wide. "A true Marauder like his father."

The four of them hustled to get things together. Sirius had in his attic a great many odds and ends. Clothes, a bottomless shoulder bag was handed to Hermione to put their things in as the backpacks would have been far too conspicuous. A set of Slytherin Robes where handed to Harry. Remus brewed up a pair of disguise potions. By late afternoon they where as ready as they where going to be.

Taking each of their hands they apparated to Longbottom Estate. Harry and Hermione where saddened to see that it had only gotten worse. With parts of the roof having fallen in. They picked their way into the house finally reaching a room with a working Floo.

Remus conjured up a screen. "Ok Hermione ladies first. Go behind the screen and change into your disguise. We'll all wait here for you. Don't forget to undress before taking the potion as it doesn't affect clothes."

Hermione frowned. "Why should that matter?"

"Your disguise is um rather larger than your current form." Remus explained looking at the floor.

Hermione shook her head and stepped behind the screen with her things. They heard her grumbling under her breath about perverts and dirty old men. When she drank the potion she gasped and they heard her moan. Harry went to check on her but Sirius stopped him and shook his head.

"What the fuck is wrong with you twisted perverts. I look like a porn star." Hermione hissed from the others side of the screen.

Sirius chuckled. "You have to admit you won't be mistaken for yourself now will you."

They heard Hermione getting dressed, "Sirius there is no bra in this mess."

"Hon you won't need one with that dress. Besides we want them looking at anything other than Remus or me. If they are focused on your pretty little assets Voldy himself could come strolling through."

"There is nothing little about these assets." She said coming around the screen. She stood almost 6 feet tall with the heeled boots she was wearing. The dress was tight and had a slit up the left side that almost reached her waist. The bodice of the gown held up two large melons whose nipples where poking through the material in an obvious attempt to work their way through it seemed like. The amount of cleavage being shown was blinding. A mink cloak finished off the disguise hiding a large round bottom.

"You look fabulous dear. Much better than when Remus last wore that."

Harry snurked at that. Remus just frowned, "Yes well we where known as the Marauders for a reason. And Besides Lily already had her own dress like that."

Sirius was briefly lost in thought. "Yeah for some reason James and her always disappeared into their bedroom after a mission where she had to wear that..."

Harry chuckled as Remus handed him his disguise. "Ok Harry your turn. While your changes won't be as dramatic they will be noticeable."

Harry nodded and stepped around Hermione who was still trying to practice walking in her high heels.

"More sway less stomp there dear." Sirius tried to help.

Harry drank his potion. He felt his insides boil and bubble. He felt things shifting and changing his perspective altering as he grew a few inches taller. His shoulders widening and chest becoming more defined. He felt himself needing a bit of a shave even. Once the physical changes had stopped he pulled out the clothes and put them on. The Slytherin Robes made him feel dirty briefly but then figured that anything to get out of here. Besides given Sirius' sense of Humor he could have been the one playing Mrs Pirelli while Hermione was their son.

Coming back around Remus smiled at him. "Oh Sirius I do believe your brother Regulus is here."

Sirius had an odd look on his face as he looked at Harry. "Hey Harry. How do you feel?"

"Better than the alternative I guess." Harry shrugged.

"Okay now you're in Slytherin. Try and act like it. That means everyone else is scum. They are beneath you and you are doing them a favor by gracing them with your mere presence. Try and out Malfoy Malfoy."

Harry took a deep sighing breath. "Well that's going to be fun."

Hermione took Harry's hand. "Don't forget if this works we'll get Neville too and be with Celeste and her family soon."

Harry smiled back. "Yeah I know."

Remus came around. He was taller, swarthier and had a full beard. "Well shall we get going? The longer we wait the less likely this is going to work. Now remember. No matter what Harry, Hermione. Your job is to get to Gringotts. Sirius and I are expendable. You are to get to Gringotts ring the bell and say 'Can you show me the way to sesame street.' apparently that's what your friend said to tell them to let them know its you. Nothing else matters but the two of your reaching those doors."

Harry shook his head while Hermione nodded grimly. She knew she might have to knock Harry out and drag him but she would do everything in her power to throw him through the damn doors if she had to. Remus saw the expression on her face and nodded. Understanding.

Sirius dropped down to his dog form and they lined up at the Floo. Passing through into the Leaky Cauldron was a disturbing sensation. They came out into a grim empty room with 3 aurors standing there looking at them with their wands drawn.

"State your name and purpose."

Remus drew himself up tall. "I am Count Nathan Pirelli. We have just arrived from Malta and I find myself needing to draw supplies for my son to go to Hogwarts."

"Why is he already wearing his house robes." The one auror said more than asked.

Hermione slinked up to the guard. Letting her cloak fall open to expose her dress underneath.. "Because as a favor to me the headmaster already accepted him as a Slytherin. After all that's my family. I do have such a fondness for snakes you know. Especially big long thick ones..."

The guard was distracted but tried to stick with his script. "I'm sorry but I'll have to search you all for contraband or other prohibited marks or items."

Hermione stepped back and let her cloak fall tot he floor. "I don't think I can hide much in this now do you?" The guards drank in the form and Sirius was right. He was sitting there with a dumb lolling expression on his face but Harry swore he could see him wink at him.

She bent over slowly to pick up her cloak and then walked past the guard. Pausing long enough to run her finger down his chest. "I like you maybe we can have some fun later."

The guard choked up and asked, "What about your husband?"

"Oh he likes to watch.." and she sauntered off.

Remus just gave the guard a cursory nod and smirk as he followed Hermione through with Harry and his dog following.

Once outside Remus put his arm around Hermione's waist leaning in to ask, "Are you ok?"

"I think I'm going to puke. " She said shivering. Acting dirty like that made her feel disgusting. Unless it was with Harry.

"Don't worry just a little bit further." Remus said looking out.

The alley was deserted. Stores boarded up and closed. Fortescues, quality quidditch and even madam malkin's all sat empty and abandoned. There was an air of sadness over the entire alley. Only a few stores still had lights on and where open. They walked down the middle of the street on high alert.

Unfortunately they somehow missed the huge form that shimmered into view as his invisibility spell failed. Hagrid ran up and kicked Sirius so hard he flew for about 5 feet before landing in a crumpled pile. Remus shoved Hermione sideways shouting "GO!" as he drew his wand. Hagrid was upon him lifting him by the throat and slamming him into the brick wall behind the werewolf hard enough that there was an audible snap as bones broke.

Sirius leaped on Hagrid's arm biting down as hard as he could. This caused the half giant to grab him by the scruff of his neck and fling him against the wall with his other arm. There was sickly dull thud and a loud brief yelp when Sirius hit. Blood sliding down the wall from his crushed skull. This let Remus pull himself up enough to point his wand at Hagrid and say "Avada Kedavra."

The green light sped out and struck the giant in the chest. He toppled and fell like a mighty oak. Harry screamed out. Remus looked Hermione in the eyes and shook his head. She grabbed Harry and began to drag him. Her wand in her other hand.

Other invisible persons suddenly appeared. She started firing spells left and right. Death eaters came pouring out of Knockturn Alley. Ministry aurors hearing the ruckus came out of the Leaky cauldron. Soon the entire alley was a war-zone. Harry pulled himself together and joined the fight. Hermione sliced a head off a death eater who came too close. They kept trying to run and dodge. Heading for Gringotts. Not sure how they where going to get in when suddenly a portkey hit Harry. Since he was holding Hermione's hand at the moment they where both plucked out of thin air and deposited miles away in a cold hard dimly lit stone room.

Groaning Harry reached for Hermione to check her. "Mione. Are you ok?"

She struggled to sit up. "Yeah I thought they had anti-portkey fields up?"

A strange voice chuckled, "Yes the ministry did. Fortunately we have moles inside the ministry so they where able to be dropped at our command."

Harry and Hermione turned to see a tall austere looking man in a set of black robes staring at them on the other side of a cell door.

"Hello Harry and Hermione. Nice disguises. A certain improvement."

They stared at him. Hermione casting a cutting curse at him only to see the bars absorb the spell. A bombarda had no better results.

The man sighed like he was bored. "The bars are made from a special alchemical alloy that the dark lord formulated. They are fed by spell energy and only grow stronger. The more energy you expend the more you entrap yourself. "

Hermione sneered back at the man, "Well we're not going to willingly give up."

"Oh really? Pity." He said and threw a glass globe into the room where a blue smoke started swiftly filling it Hermione tried to cast a bubble-head charm but the gas had worked too quick.

The next thing Hermione knew she was waking up aching and sore. Her arms stretched over her head and her legs spread wide chained down to something hard. From the air reaching places where it normally shouldn't she could tell she was naked. She kept her eyes closed tight. She heard Harry groan from nearby but she tried to keep still.

"Ahh I see you're both awake how nice. Its much better to have the subjects awake don't you think boys? It makes it a lot more fun."

Hermione heard a couple of chuckles and a yeah dad. She recognized the voice as that of Gregory Goyle.

"Oh Miss Granger the table is spelled to let me know your health status. So I know you are faking it." He said as he grabbed one of her nipples and twisted as hard as he could.

She arched her back and screamed. Her eyes filling with tears.

"See boys all you have to do is apply the proper motivation and they will respond. Remember degradation is very effective on females." The voice said in a bored clinical format.

"So when do we get to rape her?" Goyle was asking.

Chuckles, "All in do time. Don't be too anxious. There is plenty of fun to be had before then. Remember Rape isn't about sex its about control and domination."

Hermione began to whimper. She heard Harry start struggling. "Stop it you bastards. Stop it. What do you want?"

"What do we want? We want her to suffer, we want her to die. And we want you to watch as the dark lord commanded it. Then you will join your little mudblood princess here in the bliss of Oblivion." As he said that Hermione felt him run his hand from her knee up to her very personal private area. His fingers tickling her curls.

Harry struggled harder but then started making a choking noise. "The dark lord wants you to live long enough to see the light fade from this bitch's eyes. He did not say you had to have a tongue to do so. Keep it up and I'll rip it out. Understand."

Harry stopped making noise and Hermione was afraid he had been accidentally killed but his gasping sobbing breathing reassured her.

She felt the hand move from beside her pubic region to directly on it. "Now remember boys never force her to give you oral. The teeth can do some serious injury and you don't want to have to deal with having that part of the anatomy regrown. Much better to hold her down and force penetration."

The voice kept going on like he was teaching a class on how to be a sadistic bastard. Talking about where the most sensitive parts of the female body where. How to inflict pain without leaving any marks. He did each of those with an example on Hermione being used. Causing her to flinch and twist.

Harry would occasionally struggle but he'd get a sharp slap.

"Bellatrix says the only way a wizard should inflict pain is with the crucio. That anything else is just dirty muggle filth."

Hollow laughter, "Ah yes crazy bitch Bella. For all her insanity she truly lacks an imagination. You can't prolong the fun with Crucio. Look at what she did to the Longbottoms. Turned them into freaking rutabagas. Wheres the fun in that. With this we could keep her going for days, weeks, months even. Get her so totally broken and cowed that she won;t even resist if we give her to the entire legions. Hell if you do it right she'll come crawling to you and beg you to rape her all night long. Do whatever filthy dirty thing you want to her and she'll thank you for it, Its all about using your brains. Something that bitch Bella knows nothing about."

"What was that Draco?"

Hermione flinched. Draco Malfoy. That was no surprise. She opened her eyes a crack to see what was going on. Draco and Goyle where standing there at the foot of the table. The same tall man from earlier was standing beside the table his hand casually twirling her pubic hairs.

"I said Bellatrix is the Dark Lord's favorite. You might want to remember that. As well as Malfoy Manor was chosen as the Dark Lord's Headquarters. Not Goyle Place."

A harrumph. "Just because she has decided to take a liking to you and initiate you into the mysteries of sex does not make you my equal Draco. You're not the first Bella has taken to her bed, you won't be the last."

Draco just sneered back "No but I'll be the best."

A short barking laugh from Harry got him a slap and a brief burst of cruciatus from Goyle. Draco just sneered, "Oh scarhead how would you like to find out. If all you've had to compare is this mudblood its no wonder you have no idea about good sex. Bella might even be nice enough to let you go for a second round."

The door opened, "Victor, the dark lord sent me to bring you. They have a prisoner with potentially more vital information for you to question."

"Oh really? I suppose our fun will have to wait my dear. Any idea who it is?" He asked as he walked off after patting Hermione right on her folds. In such a friendly manner like he had pattered her on her head.

"Yes Pomona Sprout from Hogwarts. Apparently..." The door shut before she could hear anything else.

Goyle was sneering at her. "Hey Draco why don't we go ahead and do her while dad's out dealing with the huffnpuff."

Draco sighed and moved over to a bench by the door. He opened Hermione's bag and started rifling through it. "You go ahead. That mudblood doesn't excite me. Not after I've been with Bella."

Goyle dropped his robe and trousers. Climbing up on the table he positioned himself right at the entrance to Hermione's vagina. She was whimpering and Harry was struggling as hard as he could.

Goyle was teasing her with the tip "Oh you're gonna love this. A real man after that Potter pencil dick. You'll never wanna..."

That was as far as he got since he was so focused on Hermione he didn't notice Draco standing up and whispering Avada Kedavra behind him. The spell striking him full in the back and causing him to collapse on top of Hermione. Fortunately when he died his erection died with him so she was not penetrated. Draco rolled him off of her onto the floor.

Draco called out "Dobby."

"Yes master." A small house elf in rags appeared.

"Take this body and put it with the others then come back." He said kicking Goyle in the side.

The Elf popped out with Goyle's body and Draco released Hermione and Harry. She rolled off the table away from Draco and grabbed Harry. "What do you want?"

"I want out. I know you have a plan Granger. You always do. I'm done with this madhouse and want out."

Harry and Hermione looked at each other before he gave a wary nod. Draco tossed her her bag where she pulled out her wand, some panties and a shirt. The elf popped back in by the time she was done.

"Took you long enough. Dobby we are going to be escaping here. We need to go somewhere safe." Draco started before the door opened. Lucius Malfoy walked in and suddenly drew his wand seeing the prisoners standing opposite Draco.

"Oh and where exactly where you going Draco?" the elder Malfoy snarled.

"Nowhere father. I was just applying some of Victor's ideas to torture them. Make them think they where safe only to hurt them again."

"Yes I'm sure Draco. You know. I just don't think your heart is into this."

"Of course it is father. I am absolutely loyal to the Dark Lord."

"You've resisted taking the mark. You won't join in any of the rituals. And from what Bella tells me you aren't the most enthusiastic partner shes ever had."

Draco shrugged, "I am a loyal servant. I serve in my way. Bellatrix is too old and not atttractive enough."

"And the mudblood is?"

"No, besides why would I sully myself with Potter's sloppy seconds."

Lucius smirked at that. "True well then I guess I'll just take the trash out for you then."

Draco shouted "NO." Composing himself he finished with " She's mine to do with father. Let me."

He turned towards Hermione and took a deep breath. He raised his wand and said "Avada." As he started turning towards his father. Lucius was a second faster and got his killing curse off before Draco had finished turning. Dobby grabbed Harry and Hermione's hands and popped out.

The next thing they knew they where in a dusty dirty bedroom. The elf was collapsed on the floor in the middle of the room rolling around. He raised up on his hands and knees and looking at Hermione whispered, "Killl me. KIILL Me. The master is calling me and he'll force me to tell him where you are. Please kill me."

Hermione took her wand and sliced the elf almost in half. His arm falling off as his chest peeled open like a banana peel. The elf collapsed on the floor his last sighing words "Dobby is free..."

Hermione and Harry fell into each other's arms breathing hard. Harry kissed her with all his might. "Oh my god, are you ok?"

Hermione nodded and grabbed the rest of her clothes out of the bag. She tossed Harry his invisibility cloak. "Yeah I think so. Go look out the windows and see if you can tell where we are."

Harry threw the cloak on and started scouting around. Hermione got herself put back together after casting several cleaning spells on her pubic region. Her breasts and all of her. It was the best she could do as she wanted to do nothing but stand under a hot shower for the next week but she knew she had to be strong still.

Harry came back in with a grin on his face. "We made it. We're at Hogsmeade. I can see the castle from here."

"That elf had a funny sense of someplace safe."

"Maybe he knew we needed to be here to get out of this world." Harry said pulling out the Marauder's map. He started looking it over for a way in as well as for their friend Neville.

Hermione looked in the bag to make sure there wasn't any surprises or stuff missing. It looked like it was all there so she began to repack everything. Letting Harry figure out the plan to get into the castle. She would look it over too but it gave each of them something to do to calm down after Malfoy Manner.

Harry grunted, "Ok I got it. Neville is in the greenhouses. He's not alone he's with someone named Lenara Kahn."

Hermione thought for a moment. "She's a Ravenclaw in our year."

"Ok. Here's how its going to go hopefully." Harry laid the map out.

"When has anything gone the way we planned so far?"

Harry just glared at her a moment then nodded. "Ok we take the tunnel onto the grounds. It comes out under the whomping willow. There's a knot we have to touch to calm it down for 2 minutes.

We then run into the forbidden forest. Sneak along the edge until we get to the greenhouse and go in. If this Lenara starts anything then we zap her. If not then we take her with us I guess."

"I don't know her Harry." Hermione's tone was one of warning.

"Well we can ask Neville about her." Harry pointed out.

Hermione nodded and gestured for the map to be folded and put away. Harry kept the cloak on and they crawled through the tunnel. Once they got the whomping willow stilled they crawled out and ran the shortest distance into the woods. Pausing to see if it seemed like they where spotted and make sure Neville was still in the greenhouse. Hermione raised her eyebrows as it seemed like the footprints marking Neville and the girl had merged but otherwise where still in the greenhouse. Harry just grinned and shrugged.

They snuck through the woods. Moving as swiftly as they could. Fortunately the undergrowth had not come up yet so they where able to move quickly, unfortunately it was more open and they did not have as many hiding places as they would have liked. They made it to the greenhouse with Neville and the Lenara in it. They creaked open the door and snuck in.

Towards the back on a bench they heard grunting and moans of passion. Rounding the corner they saw Neville with his trousers down and a tall dark haired dusky skinned girl locked in the arms of passion. They backed around the corner and sat down. Hermione stifling a giggle.

When they heard the sounds that signaled a mutual completion they snuck back around the corner. Neville was off tot he side getting himself straightened away. She was still laying back on the bench her skirt pushed up everything on display. "Oh my god Neville you are a beast. I'm surprised I'm not pregnant with how much power you have."

"Uh yeah I know. Maybe I really am a squib in that too."

The girl laughed "Oh I doubt that."

Neville looked up and Saw Hermione and Harry's floating head there. He almost cried out when Hermione held her finger to her lips and nodded towards Lenara with a questioning expression. Neville nodded and picked his wand up off the bench. He turned and pointed it at Lenara when he said "Stupefy." She passed out immediately.

"hey guys. Man I'm glad to see you." Neville said giving them a hug each.

"Hey Nev. So who's the girl and isn't it rude to stupefy your girlfriend?" Harry teased.

Neville glared at the girl. "She's not my girlfriend. She's the one I was assigned to impregnate."

Hermione gaped, "What?"

"Dumbledore announced a breeding program to replenish the number of pure-bloods. So he got all the pure-bloods together. There more males than females so not all of us got one. I've been feeding her herbs to keep her from getting pregnant since the fall but I think Molly may be starting to figure it out. She's had me give her several samples of my um seed."

"Wow. Ok. So don't you like her?"

"No she's almost as bad as the slytherins. She's a casual bigot who hates muggleborns almost as much as Draco."

Seeing the look cross their faces Neville tilted his head in question.

"Draco's dead. His dad killed him for helping us."

"Oh. Well can't say I feel much about it."

"About her. You don't want to bring her with us to see Celeste?"

"No. I don...See Celeste? You figured out your magic door?"

Harry was nodding while grinning. "yep. Something called the Room of Requirement on the 7th floor west."

Neville grinned. "Ok lets go."

Harry and Hermione nestled under the invisibility cloak. Neville leading the way. They avoided as many people as they could. Unfortunately there where patrols and people out. At one point Harry had to physically restrain Hermione as they walked past Ron and Ginny who where holding hands for some reason. Harry tried not to figure that out as he was more concerned with Hermione not starting a battle in the middle of Hogwarts.

Eventually they did reach the corridor. Hermione got out from under the cloak to start examining the wall as did Harry. Neville stayed up the corridor a little ways as lookout. Harry was getting frustrated and started pacing thinking about way to get to Celeste. How they needed to get to Celeste. His nervous energy making him not stand still.

Hermione had turned to tell Harry to stand still when she saw a door suddenly appear in the wall in front of her. She opened it to find a room with a large golden archway with gently wafting lace curtains hanging across it.

"Harry. It worked." She said standing in the doorway. He grinned and gave Neville a thumbs up who had turned his head when Hermione had called out. That was unfortunately just enough time for Ron Weasley to step out and shout Avada Kedavra hitting Neville in the back. The look of happiness on his face was replaced with a surprised look just before the emptiness took him and he fell. His wand clattering on the floor.

Hermione launched a spell she had learned in the Black library called Fiendfyre at Ron causing him to dive and run for cover. Harry didn't want them to get Neville's wand so he accio'd it to him. Saying a silent goodbye to his friend, his brother, he ran through the door Hermione was holding open.

When the door shut it faded from the wall. The fiendfyre consumed and ate. It grew and served as the pyre of Neville Longbottom. Ron's screams where heard in the great hall as where the wards alerting Dumbledore that the castle had been breached.

In the Room of Requirement Harry and Hermione stood in front of the arch. They held each other's hand. When they stepped through they felt a strange sensation like they had been turned inside out then folded back together. The taste of oranges permeated their mouths for a brief moment and the next thing they where laying on the cold empty stone floor.

Picking themselves up they saw the door open. Tensing up they saw a lovely blonde woman that reminded them a bit of Lisa walk in followed by Minerva McGonnegal and a glasses-less older Harry Potter. Harry smiled. He and Hermione had done it. Then he passed out.