HALLOWS VS. HORCRUXES
Hermione saw the pale face of Voldemort; red eyes, slits for a nose; he came flying from above the treetops, and landed right on her left. Hermione turned around to face him, forgetting for a moment that she was still under the cloak.
His snake Nagini was draped around his shoulders; Voldemort's pale skin seemed to emit a pearly glow, which made the snake's skin shine.
'I…sense someone…,' he hissed, barely audible.
'Is it you, Granger? The girl I've been told so many times about by Severus? Smartest in your year? The girl Draco despised, Harry Potter's best friend?'
'-or girlfriend.', a greasy voice commented, and she recognized the voice of her former Potions teacher at once. A few Death Eaters sniggered. Voldemort surprisingly looked close to a smile.
'Mudblood, before I deal with you, I want you to know about your blood traitor friend Weasley and your boyfriend,' He paused.
Hermione was scared. Scared, and frustrated. Her knees were shaking and she couldn't say anything. Voldemort didn't wait for a reply.
'Your friends are dead. Dead.'
She felt like this was all a joke. She kept mum, and instead took out the stone.
'HARRY POTTER, the Boy Who Lived, The Chosen One, the one Dumbledore trained half his life to kill me, is now DEAD!'
Hermione could tell from his tone that he was enjoying this.
She ignored him once more and turned the stone around in her hand and wished Harry and Ron were alive. Nothing happened.
'Don't you hear me, Mudblood? HARRY POTTER IS DEAD!'
'NO!' she shot back, 'they are not dead… Harry and Ron are alive, I know they are!' as she said this she felt a dozen wands being pointed at her.
'NO! They are dead, I say, DEAD! Draco, bring their bodies here!'
Hermione felt infuriated as she saw Draco run into the thick forest on Voldemort's orders.
There was a short pause, where the only sounds were the owls hooting and Hermione's heavy breathing. It was interrupted when she heard the sound of someone stepping through the bushes.
'Ah, here they are. Weasley, Potter – my most prized trophies.
She chanced a look. She saw a flaming – red haired boy and the feet of whom she supposed was Harry, the latter piled on top of the other.
She was about to look away; she couldn't take it, but she gasped – was Harry's chest heaving?
This gave her a new hope.
'See? SEE, MUDBLOOD? I KILLED HARRY POTTER!'
'I don't believe you.' She said calmly.
'What insolence! This is what comes of Mudbloods!'
He was stroking Nagini with his free hand.
'You do not deserve to live! AVADA KEDAVRA!' She felt the cold voice slash through her like a knife; she knew there was no use fighting back. She would have twenty other spells thrown at her before she could say anything.
The green flash of light was blinding; she never imagined to die like thins.
This is it; she thought, Harry lost, Voldemort won, he was going to take over, Dumbledore training went in vain.
The spell was aimed at her, it sparked through the air and bounced right off the Cloak.
It missed him by inches, but it hit his snake, Nagini. It crumpled to the ground with a thud.
Voldemort's scream made her realize of the great danger ahead. She grabbed her stone and wished, wished really hard, that she was in the beginning of all this, so she could fix everything – Sirius could be alive, Dumbledore could be alive, Harry could have his parents…
Not much after these thoughts crossed her mind, the ground under her feet swam. Her surroundings dissolved together like the paint on an artist's palette. She felt like she was traveling by portkey, floo powder, and disapparating at the same time. She shut her eyes tight and let herself drop to the ground, shaking; clutching her wand and the stone.
After what felt like half an hour, she felt like she was on solid ground again; she stood up and brushed away her tears.
She opened her eyes, a little nauseated, and looked around.
She was in a plain green field, with trees on one side. Looking right, she saw a clear black lake, the moon's reflection shining back at her from the middle.
Turning left she gasped. The familiar building of Hogwarts towered over her.
Ok, so I split the chapters. Felt it was better like this. Which means another opportunity 2 post another chapter went by. Don't worry, might post by soon as my Eng. Lit. Syllabus is done, and 2 chapters of Physics, I'll post another chapter. Seriously.
