Author's note: Hello lovely readers, I hope you all forgive me for taking so long to upload this, but I had exams and I have been working on this as some sort of break from studying, but well that's not as easy as it looks ;-) I hope you bare with me! My last two exams are this week so from next week on everything should go a little better
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It was nearly nightfall when I finished the other potions. I was completely lost in thought, lost in my own world. Until my wards began screaming at me. Screaming for intruders. screaming for danger.
This isn't happening, they couldn't have found me here. This can not be true. My mind was trying to grasp what was happening as I was looking for an explanation. My mind went blank. My body stiffened as I heard voices coming closer. No way somebody found me. I'm not going back. I can not put my friends in danger. Thinking this seemed to have worked. It seemed to shake my brain awake. I checked my wards. They were still intact. The intruders were not able to see me. So I cleaned up the potions really quick with a flick of my wand. Made sure the tent was secure and put another invisibility charm on it, just to be safe. And then made my way in the direction of the sounds.
I was ready for them. Ready for anything. Ready to attack, ready to protect myself. I was ready to fight first and flee if I had to. Although I was hoping that my wards would just keep them out, that they would not notice me, that they would leave me in peace.
So I stood at the very edge of my wards, waiting, wand at the ready to start shouting spells at the possible intruders. Three people came walking through the trees. They were holding something in the middle. I couldn't see very clearly. At least they didn't look like aurors, they didn't look like they were here to find me.
When they came closer I could see that there were three men walking very careless and playful, they looked like they knew each other very well. They were carrying something that looked like a dragon egg in the middle of them. The egg was big and had a blueish color. But they still seemed to have a lot of fun doing it, nudging each other in the arms, trying to tackle each other and making all these terrible jokes.
I inspected the three men individually. One had half long, fiery red hair, was quite tall, tanned and very muscular. He had a lot of scars on his muscled arms, but they didn't look bad on him, they made him look very manly. He also had something that looked like a tattoo, but it was covered up by his shirt pretty good, so I couldn't be sure. He had a very pretty face and his hell green eyes just popped. He kind of reminded me of Charlie Weasley. But he couldn't be, right? Charlie was still at the Burrow last time I saw him, and he had no intention of leaving it. This guy certainly couldn't be him.
The next one was even taller than the redhead. He had pitch black hair and very broad shoulders. He also was very tanned and muscular and you could see he had a fresh burn on his arm, but he wore it with pride. He looked scary and intimidating, but he seemed to have a big heart, the way he was interacting with the egg and the two other people, almost fatherly.
And than the last one was apparently a woman. I had to look very closely, because it was a very androgynous woman, but if you looked at the tiny splash of make-up on her face and her feminine hands you could definitely see that she was a woman. She had really short hair and a very manly figure. She had broad shoulders, a little too much muscles for my liking and not enough curves. But not like she was ugly or anything, far from it, she had something about her.
The three people past me and I was grateful they seemed to be oblivious to the fact that I was there. Or at least I thought they were oblivious. As I was walking back to the tent I was checking my wars again, murmuring the spells over and over to keep them strong and healthy. But apparently the wind that brushed past me had brought a whiff of my perfume in their direction. The redhead immediately turned around looking for the intruder.
I was starting to freak out. He looked like he was hunting for a monster. Like he wanted to see blood. And hell, maybe he did. Maybe he thought I was somebody else. "homenum revelio" I heard the redhead mutter. I knew what that meant. No sooner that seconds later he would find out that there was another magical presence nearby. I had to flee, again. His wand revealed a small red string of light, splitting into three pieces. Two strings attached themselves to his friends, but he knew that of course. The one other string, he was more interested in. It went straight for my wards, revealing them, but not yet revealing me.
I still had some time left. I had to be quick. They would think I was going to steal the egg, or hurt them, or I don't know. Who knows what they are thinking. I needed to get out of there. I quickly grabbed my stuff, summoned my tent, put everything in my purse. As soon as the tent went in my purse the enchantments were lifted so I was left in the open. I put up the strongest shield I could manage, shouted "I'm sorry, I didn't want to scare you!" and was off, running deep into the woods, not looking back.
I felt something trying to break my shield, but I kept it firm. I looked back. The red head was firing spell after spell while trying to outrun me. He was faster and taller than me, I had to admit, I needed to escape. But I could not apparate. This was were I needed to build my new life, if I apparate now the Harry would find me here with his Aurorfriends and he would make me go home. So I decided for once I would do what I never would have thought, I would fly my way out of this.
I hated flying. Not really flying per se, just flying on a broomstick. Flying on buckbeak hadn't been so bad and even the thestrals were a great experience. But flying on a broomstick I absolutely hated.
The redhead was closing in, I could hear him yell "STUPEFY", luckily my shield was still strong as ever. I opened my purse, quickly muttered " accio broom" , trying not to loose focus on my shield as well. With the broom in my hand I ran a little further and then I jumped of, jumping on the broom, flying off in the open sky. I was only using this as an escape so I wasn't going far.
I could hear the redhead scream in anger as I made my perfect escape. There was no point in denying it. I was prepared for everything. As I was hovering over the tops of the trees to keep tabs on the person that just tried to capture me, I could hear him walk back to his friends, explain them what happened and I could hear them take off.
They were planning on coming back to these woods to do a thorough sweep of the area, looking for any anomalies. For instance, me living there. So I had to be careful the next few days.
But why were they this protective. A normal person would have just let me run away. I was not going to be a threat to them. I just wanted to live in peace and be left alone. I just wanted to be normal again. Not that that was ever going to happen, but still.
When the forest sounded silent and normal again I looked down through the leaves, I saw nobody standing in close proximity and I hadn't heard anything for at least a half an hour. I put my feet back on the ground and felt the sudden urge to roll on the ground and kiss it, but that would just make me look stupid. So I pulled out the tent once again, put it op with a flick of my wand and began putting up the wards around the tent. I was meticulous not to forget anything. I repeated them at least ten times to make sure they were all secure in place. Then I pulled out my cauldrons and made sure my wolfsbane and polyjuice potion were still okay. I did the next steps of the potions and then I left them to boil again.
When I finished looking after my potions I started preparing my dinner. Today it was beans in a tomato sauce. Nothing special. But I was hungry as hell and defiantly because I had been chased after by a crazy redhead who had probably mistaken me for somebody else. I was so tired I could barely keep my eyes open while I was eating, so when I finished eating I just went straight for my bed.
That was, looking back on it, not such a good idea. I had a terrible, horrifying nightmare. Starring me, running for my life and the murderous redhead. Also present was Fenrir Greyback, the full moon and some of my old friends I had yet to try to forget.
**I was running, running away. Being chased down deep into the forest of Hogwarts by Fenrir Greyback. He, in his werewolf form, was much faster and much more adapt to running in the forest of course and he soon caught up with me. Jumped me from behind.
I yelped, in surprise, in terror. I don't know which. But Fenrir was just toying with me. I managed to send a curse his way and get up again. This got him angry. He launched another attack, this time it wasn't just a playful one. It was a full frontal attack. Teeth at the ready, sinking into my neck.
I yelled and screamed, I was getting angry. He had just bitten me. ME. He was going to pay. I started running again, running away. And somewhere alongside the running, Greyback turned into the crazy redhead.
The redhead was shouting spells. But this time he wasn't alone. He came prepared. I was lured in the trap. I was surrounded by a bunch of angry people, pointing their wands at me. No not again. I screamed in anger, wand at the ready, startled them with my full on approach and fast thinking. I needed to get out.
But then they got me, they bound me up and tortured me, while they were laughing, enjoying it. **
I woke up in sweat, screaming. The covers on the floor, the room looked like it had lived through a disaster. Darn, maybe I did this tonight. Note to self, remember to take a dreamless sleeping draught if you go to bed right after eating dinner.
The next few days I was on high alert. I moved my campsite around, hoping that the redhead and his friends weren't going to return like they said.
Of course, all my wishful thinking was in vain. I would never find my peace.
Three days after the first incident, my wards were screaming at me on high alert again. So this time I just started packing up everything immediately. I knew the redhead would be there and he would be sure to catch me this time.
I was smart enough to use a disillusionment charm on myself before I broke up the tent and put it in my purse, so I wasn't left in the clearing all bare. I also took out my broom so I wouldn't have to go off running, because I hated running. And although I hated flying even more, I knew I had no chance against all these trained people.
But first she would wait and see who it was she was running from. Who it was that was hunting her down, treating her like an animal. She wanted to imprint them in her mind so that one day she could hunt them down and make them feel what it was like to be preyed on.
Several men were walking towards the clearing, the red head up front. Of course it was him. Her dream was right. He was going to capture her and torture her. She had to get away.
Fear taking hold of her once more. She couldn't breathe. She tried to keep calm, but she just couldn't.
The Redhead walked towards her, whispering a spell every once in a while. It was the same spell he had used to uncover her wards the last time. And once I was within his reach a new red light left his wand and went straight for me. This was going to be my end.
Adrenaline kicked in. Her blood started pumping. "protego" I thought. Since the war I was very good at silent spells, which was very lucky for me, because only seconds later the people around me started shouting spells at me. They were quite harmless, just to knock her out, just so they could capture me. Why would they want to capture me.
"It would be nice if we could actually see the witch!" The tall father-figure shouted at the red head. And at this they started breaking down my shield, using slightly stronger charms to break it. When it broke, I got hit with the jelly legs curse. My disillusionment charm wore off. And they all began firing at me, now being able to see me they were all much more accurate.
I needed a quick escape. But I was prepared. I even knew that they were probably prepared for me to fly away on my broom, so I was going to have to stay low by the ground. I counter cursed the jelly legs curse, I put up another shield around myself and I jumped on my broom. I flew off between the trees, trying to avoid hitting any trees in the process and still shooting of some curses, mostly stupefy to hold them off.
Where was I going to go now? I didn't know anything around here. There is no place I could go. I needed to be away from them.
While I was trying my hardest not to hit trees and keeping a high speed, zig zagging through the trees, I didn't notice that the red head was gaining on me. And I also didn't notice that my shield wasn't as protective as it should have been.
Two of his spell licked my shield before it broke. Apparently he could hold himself in any longer, using silent spells on me, because at the third spell I could hear him yell so loud that I looked him straight in the eyes before the red beam hit me in the chest. I was knocked out stiff and fell of my broom, slammed into a tree and lay there.
The red head, being an legendary ex-seeker, had outsmarted her on a broom. And he felt good about himself right now. But then he looked down at the hopeless tiny body that lay on the ground against the tree and he couldn't help but wonder who she was. He would have to get her back to the reserve anyway to question her and such.
He picked her up and gasped when he saw her face. This couldn't be. No way. He had just plainly attacked his, well, 'sister'. He quickly laid her back down in the grass and cast a patronus. His majestic chinese fireball, his favorite dragon came to him, he gave her a message and then sent her off. A couple of seconds later his friends apparated by his side.
"Do you know this girl Char?" The big father-figure asked, " Isn't she one of the golden trio? That Hermione girl? I thought she went missing a couple of months ago?"
"I do know her, Max, and yes this is Hermione, she's my kid brother's best friend. But what is she doing out here? We could've killed her." Charlie sighed. "We need to take her back to the reserve, mate, she needs to rest up and than she can tell us everything."
Charlie picked her up from the ground once again and apparated to the reserve. He went straight for the small hospital that was located on the reserve and explained to one of his healer-friends what had happened. After that he just couldn't do much anymore but sit and wait until she wakes up.
I had a dream again. I was being chased, again. But this time, it was worse.
** The red head was following me on a broom, shooting one hex after the other. First they were harmless, trying to disarm me, knock me off my broom. But seeing as how I got so good at deflecting them or dodging them, he got angry.
He started to use more effective hexes, first stupefy, but then gradually worse, untill my shield broke with one of his unforgivable curses. "crucio" I was in so much pain. I fell from my broom, I was knocked against a tree, all the wind knocked out of me. My head was spinning and he yelled again "crucio", and he started laughing, as he was flying in circles above me. I was withering in pain, trying not to yell, trying not to make a sound, I wouldn't give him the satisfaction. I closed my eyes tight, hoping the pain would go away. But when another more brutal wave of pain crushed my body..**
My eyes shot open. When the first thing I saw was the red head from my dreams, I screamed. I jumped out of bed, took my wand of the nightstand and held it against his throat.