AN: Expect a surprise. . .I don't know how this chapter happened but I'm glad it did! This chapter concludes Seducing Granger, with a definite sequel (You'll find out why it's definite). It's been a bumpy ride and I will eventually edit the entire series. I'd like to thank all my reviewers, you guys kept me going. . .even when I was down. You guys are the best. Anyway, enjoy. Let me know what you think. I'm a little nervous about this one. . .

Chapter Sixteen: Foreign Land

The air was thick and laden with fog. It was nearly impossible for the four to see within a few feet of their illuminating wands.

"Ow!" Pansy said as she stepped on a sharp twig. "Where were we supposed to meet McGonagall anyway?"

"She didn't say. I assumed it wouldn't be difficult." Harry explained. The silence was unbearable, especially for Draco who was baffled by Hermione's choice to ignore him.

She stood next to Harry and avoided any eye contact. Meanwhile, he noticed Pansy eying him with suspicion, but he didn't have the energy or the patience to cook up a story. His thoughts returned to the brown-haired girl in front him. At first he was angry but that boiled down to sadness, something the Slytherin Prince rarely felt. The last time he could remember feeling low was during his mother's death. It bothered him how the Mudblood had this much effect on him.

Does she care at all?

His frustration was evident in his short, impatient strides. His thoughts were so muddled that he failed to the notice a tree's branch sticking out of the ground. His wand flew out of his grasp as he landed on his bottom. Harry and Hermione turned around and Harry wouldn't give up a chance of hurling an insult at the Slytherin.

"Let's just hope you cast your spells better than you maintain balance," Harry laughed. Hermione forced a smile and contemplated on helping him up but Draco didn't give her time to decide.

He dusted his robe as Pansy handed him his wand. He snatched it from her hand and he heard her gasp in surprise. She didn't deserve to be a victim of his anger, which was boiling like an active volcano, but he couldn't help it. The first thing he was going to do after getting out of here was to make the Gryffindors' lives miserable.

The next five minutes passed sans conversation. The only sound emerged from the crunching of the leaves beneath their feet.

"Maybe we should go back," Pansy said reluctantly. She remembered her father and mother cautioning her of this part of Hogwarts. There was no telling what or who was present in these woods.

"Calm down Parkinson, we are still on Hogwarts grounds." Harry mumbled.

"Harry, maybe she's right. If McGonagall wanted us to find us she would have made sure it was in a well-known place. We have been wandering around for over thirty minutes. I say we go back," Hermione reasoned.

"What is this?" Draco questioned as he bent over to find a tattered Daily Prophet. No sooner as his fingertips touched the parchment, he felt his whole body being pulled into the paper. He immediately realized that this was a portkey.

"It's a portkey!" he shouted, frantically.

The others soon touched the battered paper as well. It felt as if the world was spinning at an unimaginable rate and everything around them converged into a blur. All of them were afraid to let go because no one hem knew where this mysterious portkey was going to take them. Finally, Harry made the call.

"WE ARE ALL GOING TO LET GO ON MY CALL!" Harry yelled at the top of his lungs in order to get his voice through.

"WHO GAVE YOU PERMISSION, POTTER?" Draco retorted.

"FINE, YOU MAKE THE CALL!" Harry shot back.

"NOW!" Hermione exclaimed. She couldn't believe they were bickering at a time like this.

Dumbledore's Office

Albus Dumbledore was a man of patience. Years of experience taught him that losing his head only made things worse, but tonight was an exception. McGonagall was to witness his wrath.

"How did this happen Minerva. I want answers!" he bellowed. Even Phoenix stood motionless and didn't dare move a feather.

"I-I'm not sure, Albus," Though she had seen him angry, even she wasn't prepared for this.

"Ginny informed me that Harry and Pansy went into the Forbidden Forest, under your orders!"

"Albus, you know I wasn't on Hogwarts Ground. I left to meet with Kingesely about another attack. I informed you of my absence. Now, whoever did this obviously planned this out. With the aid the polyjuice potion and an unregistered portkey, the evidence is uncanny." She explained, her confidence building with every word.

Dumbledore stood up from his desk and approached the pensieve. The reflection of the slivery light danced on his moon-shaped glasses, his expression was solemn.

"I believe you Minerva. It's just. . ." he drifted. "Maybe the past holds some answers." McGonagall nodded and understood that he wanted to be left alone.

Forks, Washington:

Bella Swan was racking her brain with her Calculus homework when she heard what sounded like bullets emerge from the woods adjacent to her house. She walked over to the window and stared into the vast greenery, but everything seemed ordinary. However, her definition or ordinary was a paradox.

She wasn't sure if she should tell Edward, he had enough to worry about. She finally decided to mention it to him; she learned that you could never be too careful. Although she knew that if she did tell him he'd would obsessively search the entire woods and not leave her sigh; she didn't want to be a burden. One thing was certain; she had spent way too much thinking about this and too little on calculus. She let out a sigh and returned to her work.

Derivatives took her mind off the strange noise but somewhere in her subconscious memory was fear of what caused the noise. She finally shut her textbook after an hour of practice problems and checked the clock on the wall. Edward would be here in a half-an-hour, so she decided to get her human necessities out of the way. She grabbed her towel and walked into the bathroom.

Hermione stood up with a hand rested on her throbbing head. She spotted the others and proceeded to wake them.

"Harry, I don't think we are on Hogwarts grounds anymore," she mumbled, looking around the unfamiliar surroundings.

"I knew we should've gone back!" Pansy cried. "This is all your fault Potter,"

"The Slytherin is playing the blame game, what else is new? Want to add anything else Malfoy?" Malfoy ignored Harry's statement and got on all fours shuffling through the soil.

"What are you doing?" Harry asked, ticked off that Malfoy had ignored him.

"Looking for my wand. I suggest you do the same."

Thankfully, everyone had their wands but none of them knew what to do in this foreign land. The portkey was inoperative and was fractured in the middle.

"Well, we can't stand around forever," Hermione advised. "Point me North," Her wand rested on her palm and it whirled to point straight ahead.

"When in doubt, go north," she said and for once, no one argued.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Harry Potter of Twilight, they were created by J.K Rowling and Stephanie Meyer respectively.

Now you know why I didn't add the disclaimer in the beginning, I didn't want to give it away!

This is a pretty abrupt place to end Seducing Granger but I didn't want to leave you guys hanging. I was initially going to end it after the scene in Dumbledore's office but I knew it wouldn't be fair. . .This concludes Seducing Granger and I'm going to start on my sequel, which is a Twilight/Harry Potter crossover. I'm contemplating on the title, any ideas?

What do you guys think of the series as a whole? Ex: character development, plot, anything really.

As you are waiting for the sequel, be sure to check out the one-shot titled Just like a Pill and my next venture besides working of this sequel called Skin Deep. Both can be found on my author's page. :)

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