In his hide out ...

"My lord, I have news"

Voldermort looked down at the cowering wizard in front of him and sneered.

"What do you want Malfoy?"

"My lord, the girl will be heading to the department of mysteries tomorrow. It will be just her and the mudblood" Malfoy said quickly. He was practically vibrating out of both fear and excitement.

Voldermort smiled a sinister smile. "Excellent. We shall be there to collect my bride. She had evaded me for long enough". He said.

'Soon I will have the ultimate weapon and then no one will dear to oppose me'he thought to himself.

Back at headquarters the next morning...

The alarm was ringing. Chrimson reached out blindly and hit the clock as hard as she could causing it to shatter. " Oopps" she muttered looking over to her sisters bed and finding it empty.
Chrimson managed to drag herself out of bed and stomped down the stairs to get something to drink. 'I think I'll have O neg today, I had AB+ yesterday'was all she had on her mind.

Chrimson staggered into the kitchen and looked around. The room was empty so she carried on to the cupboard and retrieved her mug to warm up her breakfast.

Chrimson had just sat down at the table and was practically inhaling her beverage when her mother came running into the kitchen.

"What are you still doing here?" Salina asked her daughter in shock.

"What do you mean by that?" replied a grouchy Chrimson.

"I found the note Hermione left earlier saying that ..." Salina trailed off.
'She wouldn't!' she thought. 'She promised she wouldn't attempt this on her own' Salina started to hiss.

"Mum, whats going on?" Chrimson said starting to worry.

"We have to get to the department of mysteries now!" was all Salina said before she turned on her heel and ran out of the room calling for the rest of the household.

'Hermione, what have you done?!'was the last thought to go through Chrimsons mind before she sprinted after her mother.
~*~*~*~*~

Hermione was stood in front of the vial in silence. She knew she had hurt a lot of people by coming here alone but it was the only way she could think of to do this.
"It's now or never" she said in to the silence.

She started to take everything she needed for the spell out of the bag she had brought with her. 'Ceremonial dagger, ritual robe, wand, hair of a loved one (taken from Harry) and last but not least blood of a relative (transfused from Chrimson while she slept). That's everything'she thought to herself.

She knew that someone had by now sounded the alarm at the house and that they would be most likely on their way here to stop her. But she couldn't allow that.

She put on the robe and started chanting and mixing the hair and blood together with the dagger.
Hermione was so entranced in what she was doing that she didn't hear the apparition of a dozen other people.

Voldermort and his death eaters appeared at the top of the stairs leading down to the platform that held the vial. He looked around expecting to see the girl he was after but all he saw was the mudblood.

"Malfoy, where is she?" Voldermort asked with a disarming smile.

"She is meant to be here my lord, she may be late" Malfoy replied.

"She better or you will be going through the vial" Voldermort promised.

Malfoy gulped nervously. He knew he was in trouble if the girl didn't show. He turned and started down the stairs to the mudblood. It was all her fault and he was going to make her pay for making him look bad.