Hello all, and welcome to Mondays update of HERO.

please, i am working so hard on this, and even though the chapters are short, please follow it through to the end OK?

and if you read, please review. and if you have alerted this or FAV'ed it, then review! its a bit rude not to...

Would you save my soul tonight?

CHPTR 5

The chill of the Riddle Dungoens was so cold it would even give Jack Frost the flu, but Potter diddnt care. He was here for one thing and one thing only... revenge.

Harry's gaze was so steadfast and fierce on the quivering body of Severus Snape that he never noticed Hermione had given him something till she had spoken.

"Here Harry, use it."

He looked in his hand at the now dirty and soiled locket.

"Mya? Your Head Girl pendent?... Why?"

"Its the one thing that could save you. Tom has two to go, and you need a ...a back up plan."

Harry nodded his understanding, feeling the pang in his head that she was right, while suffering a pang in his heart as he saw the magically concussed body of Ginny's brother just appear in his line of sight.

"Snape" he snapped, as he turned back to face the dual traitor. "We are now even. Your life debt is repayed"

The potions master nodded, looked at the young man one last time, and blessed himself.

"Goodbye... Harry."

His last words were punctuated with a sudden whooshing sound and a blinding green flash.

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Harry could hear Hermione's strangled yelp, but didn't respond. Instead, he clutched the red and gold pendant to his heart and silently cast the parseltounge spell to cut his soul.

Without a word, he sprung around and placed the chain around the neck of its owner.

For the first time in a long while, the little voice in his head decided to speak up.

She's always in your heart, and now owns part of you soul. Are you sure she isn't more then just a friend?

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Hermione was surprised. Only seconds before she had been feeling weak and sore, and suffering from the several injuries she had incurred during Ron's retrieval. The thing was, as soon as the pendent hit her breast she had felt the most calming and warming force she had ever experienced.

Was this a normal reaction to a horcrux? Or just because she was so close to the person who had gifted her part of his soul? For once, Hermione was stumped.

Ohhhhhh, Snape used his life debt to give Harry a "Back Up Plan". and whats happening with Hermione and this "Feeling" now that she owns a piece of his soul?

LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!!!!