Hey everyone! Here is the next chapter! Let me know what you think!
~Isis
p.s. Key Disclaimer all of the above same as last time.
Special thanks again to CrossParingsLover for granting me permission to use this idea and to bend it to my whims!
~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 2 Hermione + Harry ~~~~~~~
It was approaching Christmas and the four friends were trying to work out a schedule so that every family could be visited.
"I wish we could just have them all get together." Harry mumbled.
"Harry you know Sirius is wanted, while Luna's father would have no problem with that Mrs. Longbottom would." Hermione admonished lightly.
"I know. But it is so much moving around and with Umbritch using blood quills and being a bitch it doesn't leave much time for relaxing." Harry sighed.
"You little demon!" Umbridge hissed to the laughter of everyone else.
"Nice one Harry!" The Weasley twins shouted across the hall.
"I know darling." Hermione said with sympathy running a soothing hands across the scars on the back of his hand.
"What if he came in dog form?" Luna asked merrily her bell earrings chiming with every shake of her head.
Harry looked to Neville "Your gram won't mind?" he questioned.
"She doesn't like dogs." Neville muttered with a shake of head at Harry's question.
Neville shook his head. "I don't think she will. But who's dog is he going to be?"
"I can have dad say Sirius is his." Hermione volunteered. "But then my parents will want to be let in on the secret.
"How do you think they will cope with that?" Harry questioned.
Hermione shrugged "There is only one way to find out."
Hermione, Neville, Harry and Luna all apperated into the Grangers backyard garden the evening of the 21st. Sirius had made his own way there and was waiting beside the fence.
"Hey! I have seen that dog in Hogsmead!" Ginny pipped up looking at Sirius black at the head table.
"Unregistered?" Minerva questioned.
Sirius and Remus just nodded turning back to the screen.
"Sirius." Harry whispered his eyes shining with happiness. It had been a while since the two had seen each other. Sirius could not change his form so settled on jumping on Harry, giving him a dog slobber bath in the process.
The other three smiled at the scene for a few more moments before Hermione ushered everyone inside.
"Awwww." The female population sighed at the emotional display.
Once everyone had tea, provided by the lovely Mrs. Granger, and were seated comfortably Harry started the tail, with Hermione, Neville and Luna pitching in with their two cents at random intervals.
At the end of the tail the Grangers were silently looking at each other, communicating without words in their own way. This made the teens and Sirius a little uneasy, they could not read how the two Grangers were reacting to this news.
"Are they reading each others mind?" Daphne asked watching the couple closely.
"No." Dan answered from beside Emma. "We have just been married a long time and understand what and how the other thinks." Emma kissed his cheek in response to his answer.
After several moments of silence Dan looked at the kids, and Sirius.
"Well if we are going to have a dog, he is going to be living with us from now on." Dan began.
"He will be clean, fed, and have his very own room." Emma finished with a smile.
Harry's face lit up like a light and Sirius transformed into a man, thanking the two wholeheartedly.
"Thank you Mr. and Mrs Granger." Sirius said to the couple with tears in his eyes.
"We would do it again in a heartbeat." Emma said after a quick look at her Husband.
The group finished the evening with a nice meal before Neville and Luna said it was time to go.
The teens stood up and hugged the adults, everyone exchanging loving goodbyes before they were interrupted when the front door flew into the room with a bang.
Screams rang out throughout the hall as a few people pushed themselves back in their chairs.
Voldemort and Bella had looks of glee on their faces at this new development.
Several death eaters poured into the house, cutting off every exit from the living room before the people even had time to react.
"What is the meaning of this!" Dann shouted while standing protectively in front of his wife. He noticed out of the corner of his eye how the two young boys were standing in front of their witches while Sirius stood beside him.
Luna and Hermione both kissed Neville and Harry, respectively, on the cheek in thanks. Causing both to blush. Dan noticed this and gave Harry an evil "father" glare. Harry shrank back in his seat before tearing his eyes back to the screen.
"Well well well." A sickening voice cut through the crowd of death eaters.
Harry and Hermione exchanged glances with Neville and Luna. They knew that voice. No one answered the females questions though, all were standing rigidly waiting for the death eaters to make the first move.
Bella giggled in excitement from her corner of the hall causing most to inch away from her, even though they were all 'safely' encased in their bubbles.
"Oh how rude." She huffed.
"Enough of this Bella." A male voice cut through her while he stepped forward. "The dark lord wants the females that it. the others are to live"
"Really!" Harry asked in shock. "He doesn't want me!?"
"Full of yourself aren't you Potter?" Severus snarked.
Harry glared back at him, as did several other people.
Bella huffed. "Thats no fun. I wanted to play." she whined with a stomp of her foot.
Harry and Neville stiffened, fear coursing through their veins.
"Pansies." Draco chuckled under his breath, secretly glad he was not there.
"What do you want with us?" Hermione snarled.
"Why I thought you would have figured it out now my dear. After all you are the brightest witch of your age. Oh wait you are only so bright because of your link to Mrs Lovegood here." The death eater hissed eyes narrowing behind his mask.
"Actually." Luna said with a cheery voice. "Hermione was smart before we linked, now we are both geniuses!"
"Shut up." Another death eater snarled. "Just come willingly and we won't hurt anyone else!"
Half the hall snorted at this remark while the other half narrowed their eyes in suspicion.
The group of teens snorted.
"At least show us your faces." Hermione shot back. "Or are you too scared to come out of hiding?"
The death eaters hissed, several of them taking off their masks, showing their identity.
"FOOLS!" Bella hissed! "Being taken in by a child!"
Voldemort narrowed his eyes at Severus and Lucius. They both shifted away uncomfortably.
"Fools!" Bella hissed "Now we have to kill them all!"
Lucius Malfoy and the other male who had spoken both hissed in displeasure at this before starting in on Bella.
While the death eaters were arguing the group took stock of who was there, making up a game plan as well.
Lucius stood with his mouth hanging wide open at the mistake of their 'others'.
Voldemort hissed at them in displeasure.
"Sirius." Harry whispered getting his uncles attention. "Get them out of here!" he said pointing to the two Grangers. Sirius nodded his head in understanding.
"There are too many of them Harry." Neville whispered taking in the ten death eaters surrounding them. Harry nodded grimly.
"We just have to distract them long enough to get away." He answered with determined eyes.
"Hermione and I will take this half if you two can focus on that half." he indicated with his head just before the death eaters turned back to the group.
"Finally Fools!" Voldemort hissed.
"Not to bad of a plan, but will also put yourselves in unnecessary risk." Dan said critically eyeing the battle before.
"Its a pitty more pureblood will have to be split tonight." Lucius sighed sadly.
"Now surrender, hand over the girls, and you will all die peacefully." The other male said.
Bella swirled her wand gleefully, hoping that surrender would not come. She wanted to hex them all, torture them slowly, watch the life drain out of their eyes.
The Death Eaters waited three seconds, no one moved, before Lucius laughed.
"Oh Gryffindors, how they do like to be brave. Foolishly so." The blonde smirked. "Remember the girls must live! The dark lord wants them!" he hissed.
"Oh how true!" Lucius and Severus said in creepy unison.
Minerva and her cubs growled in displeasure while the snakes smirked in glee at the put down.
The spell fire started with a loud bang as Harry blasted a death eater into a wall.
Hermione was next firing a cutting curse at another one. It seemed as though this group were not the best of fighters, as one after one their side went down, leaving only Bella to be dealt with.
"Wow." Harry spoke. "That seemed way too easy." Everyone else nodded even Bella who was looking slightly sick about the ease in which her team was dispatched. Though the fact she was the last standing made her somewhat happy.
She had not fired any spells, just simply moved out of harms way waiting until it was just two of them against her. Oh how she wanted to hear them scream.
'Just like me.' She thought smugly.
Luna and Neville were not doing as well as the other two. They had downed three but the two males still remained. Lucius Malfoy and the other unknown male.
Luna sidestepped a green spell easily while sending several cutting spells at the unknown male.
Neville was having one heck of a time with Lucius. It seemed the blond was not all talk, he could fight, and darn well. Spells were fired in rapid succession not giving Neville a chance to cast his own as he dodged, jumped, and spun around the multi colored lights.
Lucius smirked smugly pleased with his prowess.
"This is getting us nowhere!" Neville panted once he was in hearing range of Luna.
She quickly look at him while sliding under a dangerous purple light.
"I know." She hissed back.
"Sirius got the Grangers out?" Neville asked dancing around a few different sickly colored lights.
"I don't know!" Luna hissed back just before a red light hit her arms, leaving a deep gouge and a train of red as her blood was spilt.
Neville's face grew pale. "What a stupid mistake." he whispered.
"Its okay Nev it happens." Luna said simply with a kiss on the cheek.
"FOOL." Lucius shouted at the unknown death eater while turning his wand away from the teens.
Neville and Luna shared startled glances as the spell fire was lifted off them. They watched for two precious seconds as the two death eaters fought before shaking themselves out of their shock.
Everyones mouth dropped, even Voldemorts, as Lucius of that realm stopped focusing on the person he was supposed to be capturing to turn on his team mate.
"I would never." Lucius said appalled.
They looked around to see Sirius outside taking down the fence with Dan and Emma hiding behind a rose bush. Harry and Hermione had their hands full dancing through Bella's spells with difficulty.
Hermione's blood was the next drawn as a red light grazed her cheek leaving a small cut in its wake.
Luna ground her teeth. "We need to start getting everyone outside, its the only way we have a chance!" She hissed.
"We just need to get them turned around." Neville answered.
With a nod Neville started firing at Bella while Luna hid behind him opening the connection to Hermione fully.
"Luna!" Hermione gasped once the connection took.
"We need to switch your places. Nevilles taken this side, try to get you and Harry so your back faces the Garden. Sirius is waiting for us." Luna said hurriedly.
"Got it." Hermione said closing the connection off once more.
"That is rather useful." Hermione mumbled as Luna nodded.
Hermione, Luna and Neville managed to push Bella back into the house and get Harry where they wanted him. At that moment Lucius, who had killed Mr. Unknown joined Bella with a hiss.
"We need to finish this!" Lucius hollered at Bella. "Stop messing around."
The teens had finally made it to the back garden.
"Messing around." Bella hissed at him her wand swinging around towards Lucius in her anger.
Bella gasped and let out a strangled scream "What are you doing you stupid idiot!" She screamed at her other self.
"Not one of my death eaters is worthy in this realm!" Voldemort hissed his eyes narrowing in displeasure.
"Yes!" He hissed back.
Bella shot a Crucio at him causing him to fall to the ground in pain.
"Run!" Hissed Harry taking his chance.
The teens ran to the open fence joining Sirius and the Granger Parents.
"I can't apparate." Sirius whispered frantically.
"Why can't he?" Dan asked.
"No wand is my guess." Remus answered.
"Its fine." Harry gasped.
Luna grabbed Sirius and spun away, shouting out to meet them at her house before she was gone.
That shout caused Bella to turn around. "NO!" She shouted shouting more spells at the group.
Neville grabbed the arm of Emma and spun them away while Harry and Hermione distracted Bella.
"Get your dad!" Harry yelled diving in a bush to get away from the green light.
Hermione hesitated not wanting to leave Harry behind. That was all it took. Bella stole her chance with a glee filled face. The green light hit Dan square in the chest.
Hermione watched in slow motion as her fathers eyes widened, his body soaring out as the impact threw him.
"DADDY." Hermione cried in anguish.
Emma screamed grabbing her husband with all her might while Hermione fell from her chair in silent despair, eyes riveted to the screen.
No one spoke as Hermione's other self broke down in despair. A few shifted uncomfortably shifting in their seats at the scene.
Harry took his chance and dove at Hermione as she dove at her father. Harry caught her mid air and twisted them around. They were gone before they hit the ground.
Bella screamed in outrage aiming her wand and anger as the gasping, bleeding Lucius on the ground.
"THIS IS YOUR FAULT!" She screamed before blasting him with a green light. She disappeared without a sound.
"Wow." Lucius said startled.
Bella cackled gleefully while Voldemort sent him a killer look.
Harry and Hermione landed with a hard thud in the green grass of Lovegood Palace.
Hermiones anguished sobs could be heard by those around them.
As you all know, these other worlds are being shown to you so that you may find your mistakes and fix them now before your world can be destroyed. Even the smallest of errors can lead to death. As you have seen.
Amun's voice broke through the shocked silence of the room, giving everyone here something to think about.
~~ END CHAPTER ~~~
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~Isis