Disclosure Hp belongs to Jkr. The storyline, new character development, new events, and new characters are my intellectual property. Glorioux

The Rescue - With a little help from Hades

Hermione looked around, and saw many people whispering. The more she looked, the better she could see them. Hermione recognized faces, all Magical people, some of them, she had only seen in portraits. She wasn't so sure, maybe she was making it happen, giving them shape and form.

She could hear, "Beautiful stay with me," or "take me," and so on, just whispers. They started moving towards Hermione. She was glowing like she was a lamp, and the crowd began to move towards her, like moths attracted to a candle.

Darn it was freezing cold,. The whispers got louder, and Hermione was a little scared. That was when she noticed that Sirius was gone, but Camellia was walking in front of her; seeing Camellia walking calmly like it was a day in the park put Hermione at ease.

Oh my, she saw a gigantic shadow approaching them fast. She didn't want to run, where? Into the encroaching sea of people, if that was what they were? There, the shadow had reached them. Hermione saw a monster dog-like, who looked bigger than Fluffy, Hagrid's three-headed monster dog. She could smell herbs and a strong of eucalyptus, and hot steam; ah, he smelled like a sauna, not unpleasant.

"My girl, my sweet baby, they said you would be here, come to Papa, my little doll," the voice was deep and gruff, Hermione cringed. It was Cerberus, the Hades dog guard, amazingly scary.

Camellia did her flying jump trick and landed on top of him, at this move, Hermione nearly had a heart attack, "Sirius where are you, please come back." She talked, against Sirius advice.

"My dear lady, I will guard you. Thanks for taking care of my baby, the nasty Red maltreated her, she will pay." The monster who smelled like a moving sauna talked in a deep, gritty voice,

Of course, she heard a voice from Hades' underbelly.

Ah, he meant Ginny. At hearing the monster who had to be Cerberus, calling Ginny the nasty Red, Hermione snickered. Ginny picks her enemies well, he, he, Hermione laughed inside and said, "Much obliged, err," how do you call the watcher of Hades' entrance? Hermione got it, "Lord Cerberus."

He answered with deep, rumbling laughter, "No, no, call me Cerberus my Lady."

Camellia looked like a white tick hanging from Cerberus' nose, Hermione saw her balancing. It was more than balancing, she looked like a surfer. Hermione had to giggle.

She remembered that Sirius had stressed her to be silent, and she hadn't. From there on, she'd said nothing else; she hoped everything was okay.

No, it wasn't, it was too late to follow the advice because the next second, she saw a cloud of undetermined things coming fast towards her. Ah, thank goodness, there were only big transparent, lighted bubbles. It is not so bad, Hermione thought, until she saw the bubbles were armed with rows of translucent serrated teeth. The things were basically, rows of jaws opening and closing. 'Wrong, it is terrible,' Hermione told herself, mentally, that was.

The knife, ah, that was why she needed it. This, she was ready when they came. She punctured them, and horrible screeches surrounded her. When the whatever things exploded, they released noxious gases that smelled of dead rotting flesh, falling on the ground.

Camellia was showing her her three heads, and jumping meters high. She looked like she was a ball of fire, with her powerful jaws and double rows of teeth, she also burst them. Cerberus chuckled looking at his tiny granddaughter and helped by stepping on the ones still moving. They were a tag team.

The attack lasted a few minutes, which felt like days. Hermione was sure, this qualified as one of the most gruesome experiences during her witchy career.

When it was over, Camellia stood on her Papa once again. Cerberus licked her with the very tip of his tongue, which constituted a full-body bath. Once again, Camellia was white and fluffy, all the slime off. The sight helped Hermione forget some of the horrors of the last minutes. The giant monster loved the tiny terror; 3it was a fact.

But the ordeal wasn't over, far from it, Cedric and Fred came towards her, "Hermione, takes us, you can, take us away, we want to go home."

She was about to say yes, when she saw their empty eye sockets, inside she could see an intermittent glow. Those weren't her friends. Cerberus knew, and his growl nearly made her deaf. Camellia barked as well. Camellia's bark was one of a Tibetan Mastiff, between the two of them they kept others from approaching.

It wasn't long before she saw Sirius. He had the same clothes he wore the day he fell into the Veil. However, but looked like he did just minutes before, much younger.

At that moment, Hermione felt so very happy; this was her new-try-year. All the gloom and doom that stuck to her like a second skin, since she decided to divorce Ron, was gone, poof, by magic. She realized that she had never stopped thinking about Sirius She thought about him daily, studying old scrolls to find a way to rescue him.

She ran into his arms, "Sirius, I do love you, probably did since the first time I saw you." It not only sounded right, but she could believe it. Yes, it wasn't said for others to hear, it was true.

"Sirius I want to marry you, come with me, come, my love," she kissed his mouth softly, a quick peck...

"Yes, I will. Use the knife cut your hand, right now!" He sounded hurried.

His request caught Hermione by surprise, "Ah?" She didn't know what to think.

"Yes, do it quickly and next cut mine."

Fast-rolling shadows were approaching them. The things that looked like people were calling her, "Hermione take us; Hermione, don't do it, Hermione…." It sounded like an eerie chant of many voices. When she looked at the rolling shadows, Hermione recognized it, the shadows were really a giant flapping piece of something of, "Bloody hell, that is the Veil." Yes, it was the Veil, but it was best not to call it; it was bad enough as it was.

Hermione didn't need to be told twice, and with expediency, she made a small cut on their palms.

He held her hand and let the blood mixed. Sirius started glowing, like a beacon of light, "My Hermione, will you be my wife?"

"Yes, I will." Hermione also answered, very fast, keeping an eye on the approaching Veil.

"And I will be your husband. Let's go, Mrs. Black."

What Hermione saw made her want to scream, "What is that?" She asked, looking at the Veil, which now was a multi-legged monstrous creature, nothing she had ever seen before.

"Later, now run," Sirius held her hand and started running.

No need to run, there was a better mode of transportation, the giant three-headed monster approached them, lowered down, and told Hermione, "You two jump up, quickly, my dear Lady."

Sirius had not planned this, but a free fierce ride was more than welcome. Both leaped on Cerberus back, and Camellia barked happily. She licked her Papa several times while he ran.

In no time they could see the stairs of Grimmauld, where Harry stood by Ginny, who held a wand, ready to fire.

"Don't," Hermione yelled, "Ginny, stop, it is me, Hermione. I am coming, Camellia is here with me."

Camellia barked agreeing.

"It is a demon, kill it, Harry, kill it." Ginny urged him, well knowing that it was Hermione.

"No, it is really me, I am with Sirius, please stop." Hermione couldn't believe Ginny was going to attack them.

Ginny wasn't taking chances, after all, Sirius meant no Grimmauld. She knew what she needed to do, so, she started firing.

It didn't look good for them, the Veil was on their tail, and Ginny was firing full blast, unforgivables, and nasty curses, aiming straight at them.

Sirius growled, "Nasty pieces, wait till I talk to them."

"If we are alive," Hermione said.

Cerberus wasn't happy, "I am unable to punish her, presently, but sooner or later, Nasty Red will come this way."

Camellia licked one of Cerberus' noses, and woofed twice. Indeed, Ginny would get what she deserved sooner or later; Camellia was sure.

a/n hmm.