OK so… I'm writing this story. I'm trying to start a new fanfiction story, and I'm starting my book, which I fear that if I don't' start now it will never get written… so if it is some time between updates I am very sorry.
Chapter is Beta'd
Quote for you…
I had Ambition, by which sin
The angels fell;
I climbed and, step by step, O Lord
Ascended into Hell
-W. H. Davies, Ambition
Enjoy
Chrys
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"They can't be dying… we just got them back. It's not fair, how can they be taken from us when they just came back…" Harry was on the verge of tears, and Ron could see his friend was shaking.
Luna patted Harry's shoulder; "We'll figure it out Harry."
Harry stood up, brushing Luna's hand off of his shoulder, "I don't know if you realize this… but the person that we would usually turn to at a time like this, is currently fighting for her life against a mentally unstable Ginny…"
"Hermione isn't the only person that can figure this out Harry." Neville said, his eyes darting to Luna for support.
"Even if she was, we are going to get her back before this curse kills any of us." Sirius said, slowly opening his eyes and looking up at Harry.
Harry sat down on the couch, next to Sirius, slipping his hand into Sirius' again.
Remus and Tonks slowly opened their eyes. Andromeda helped her daughter get up and move next to Remus, all three seemed extremely exhausted.
"Did anyone else find anything?" Harry asked, his head hanging down, and the hand not enclosed in Sirius' rubbed over his brow.
"We checked out Connor's house. His parents are on Holiday, but from what we saw it looked like he stayed home. When we got there the kitchen light was on, and there was old food on the table and an open book, like someone came to the door and they took off before he could do anything." Ron said.
"We sent a message to Arthur, he's going to check if Connor's family has any other properties, and send us a list if they do." Tonks added, her head resting on her husband's shoulder.
"As soon as we get that list I want everyone out searching those properties… It can't be a coincidence that he is missing." Harry stated in a voice that held no questions.
"It might be better if we got some sleep, and start again in the morning." Andromeda suggested.
"We don't know if Ginny is sleeping, we don't know how long we have before Ginny does something even more drastic. You guys can do what ever the bloody hell you want but the second I get that damn piece of paper, I'm going to check every one of those properties."
"Don't worry mate, as soon as we get that paper, we'll be out there." Ron remarked.
"Look…" Harry cracked his knuckles and took a breath. "Everyone get some sleep… when Arthur sends over the list then I'll get everyone up and we'll start searching."
Tonks, Remus and Andromeda stood and moved up stairs after making their "good-nights."
"We will find them in time Harry… You just have to believe that." Neville said before wrapping his arm around Luna.
"The Knicklespurks will protect her…" Luna piped in before leaving with her boyfriend.
Harry nodded and tipped his head back, staring at the ceiling, "You should get some sleep Ron…"
"I'm used to going a few days without sleep. They do that to us at The Quidditch Pool, that way we never have an excuse for bad performance once we get on a team. Why don't you two get some sleep, I'll wait up for my dad and let you know."
Harry looked at Sirius for a moment, "Fine, but I want to know the second that the list comes in, don't wait till morning to give us more sleep." He looked at Ron seriously.
"I wouldn't think of wasting time we could spend finding Hermione by letting you sleep." Ron answered back.
"Come on, Harry. We both need some sleep." Padfoot got up, yawning.
"K." He couldn't stop thoughts of losing Hermione and Sirius at the same time from running through his head. He grabbed his lover tighter and disapparated them to their room.
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Ginny enchanted two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in front of Connor and Hermione's mouth, so that they would move closer with every bite. Enabling her to be on the other side of the room, and neither of their hands to be untied.
"Everything is set into motion. Tomorrow all of this will be over, and everyone that stood in my way will be nothing but an unhappy memory." Ginny stated, smirking and glaring at the two others in the room.
Hermione took the final bite of her sandwich and swallowed. "Ginny… What are you going to do to us?" attempting to sound as helpless as possible.
Ginny grinned at the girl, figuring she had Hermione exactly where she wanted her, "We are going to enter the Department of Mysteries tomorrow around noon, through a back door that no one knows about. We are going to find our way to that lovely room that you spent so much time in over the summer. Without anyone knowing your going to find yourselves on the other side of that veil, and Harry is going to find me, knocked unconscious at the base of it. When I wake up, I'm not going to remember anything since he defeated Voldemort. They will assume that I was hit with some off the wall curse that I finally snapped. I won't remember what happened to either one of you, and will have absolutely no idea what I've done. He'll have no choice but to take me back and forgive me for everything."
Hermione had to stop her self from gasping… Ginny was going to push them inside of the veil, and no one would know how to get them out… she didn't even know how she got Sirius, Remus and Tonks out of there. She sent up a silent prayer that Harry and Sirius would find her soon.
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Ron sat back down where he had been before Tonks had fainted. He picked up his bowl of soup and began eating, relaxing against the back of the couch and staring at the thousands of books that lined Hermione's library. He wondered how many of them she had read, and couldn't stop himself from wondering if she would ever read another.
He hated the fact that it was his own sister that had torn up their lives. He hated that he was hunting down his sister, in order to protect his friend, but Ginny had made her bed, and now she had to sleep in it, and if that meant time in jail for kidnapping… and Merlin knows what else, so be it.
Ron finished his soup, and decided to not be lazy and actually take it back into the kitchen and rinse it out before placing it in the sink. When he got back into the library he realized that the book and piece of old paper were still on the table. He sat down looking at the book first, and reading through the section about bringing one back. It seemed to end at the bottom of the page, and it looked like the spell was the last part of what a person had to do. Ron flipped the page anyway to see if there were any more helpful hints about bringing one back from the dead. But the words on the next page started in the middle of a sentence, about a completely different subject.
Ron shook his head for a moment, and flipped back and forth a few times before realizing that the pages were stuck together. In fact it looked as if the pages had been enchanted together for some reason, as if someone didn't want the reader to see what was on that page. He thought for a moment, trying to remember if he had ever learned a general spell for removing charms on objects. Getting up, he figured there was a chance Hermione had something in her desk that would help him out. Luckily for him, he found a bottle of "un-stick" glue, that when applied around the edges of something permanently stuck together, would unseal it.
He took the bottle back over to the table and sat down, unscrewing the lid, he slowly applied the liquid to the edges of the pages, and allowed it to seep down a bit, until the pages split apart. To Ron's surprise, the passage about bringing people back from the veil did not stop on the page before, but continued on:
Once the spell has been performed the caster must cause a ripple in the space between realms. If a person, or persons are on the other side, the ripple will give them passage back to the land of the living. They must bring with them the item that caused the ripple. Once back they will be restored to true life once again, in order to connect with the pure love they have left on the other side.
For life after return, please see "The Price of Return" by Braxton Len.
"The Price of Return? Hermione wouldn't have read that one… because she never got to see this page." Ron said out loud, wondering what exactly the "Price" was. He was about to look through the books to see if Hermione had a copy when his eyes caught again on the paper next to the book. The redhead carefully unfolded the paper, making sure to not damage it in anyway, and laid it flat on the table.
To Whom Ever Found This:
It is vital that you do not use this spell to bring back a person from the dead, for it holds terrible consequences for both you and the one that returns. If you were able to get a hold of the book "The Price of Return" you would know why. If you do manage to bring someone through a veil, and return him or her to life, they will only have one year more to live. Yes, you read that correctly, they will only live for one additional year, and you will be forced to watch them slowly deteriorate in front of your eyes.
Three months after they return, they will begin to get sick. Throwing up, fainting, loss of appetite, fatigue and so on. At six months, the fainting will occur more frequently, they will lose color, and will to live. If they haven't died by nine months, they will slip into a coma, one in which they will not awaken from, and when it has been exactly a year, they will succumb and die, and will not be able to return.
If you thought it was difficult to live without the person before, you will find it, heart wrenching and excruciatingly painful, to watch them slowly die in front of you. I can guarantee that if you are a person who holds pure love for the one in the middle realm, you will feel the pain of watching them die again, a million times over, and it will never leave your soul, until you, yourself succumb to death.
There is only one way to stop them from dying. A willing sacrifice must be made to the afterlife, through the portal in which you brought your loved one back. There is no other way.
I hope that this letter finds you, before you are able to bring your pure love back, for it will save you the heartache in which I had to endure. This is my last letter before I take my own life and join my love beyond. I wish you all the luck in the world.
Sincerely,
Kai D'Vitamors
Ron's hands were shaking when he finished reading the paper. Sirius, Remus and Tonks had no chance, unless someone willingly died by throwing themselves through the veil for them… It was completely unfair. Those people, who loved them enough to sacrifice themselves for them, were the very people who they would want to live with.
Ron took the paper in his hands and slowly folded it, sticking it back behind the page of the book and closed the book. He wasn't sure what would be worse, no one knowing what they were dying of and being gone in nine months. Or if he told them what was happening, and no one willing to sacrifice their own lives for them. Ron was sure both Harry and Hermione would be more than willing to jump through the veil, if it meant seeing Sirius on the other side, but the problem was, with them dead, Sirius would live, and again they would be separated.
Lost in what to do, looked up at the clock, noticing that three hours had gone by. Ron put the book over on one of the far tables, so that it wouldn't be in the way, when his father came in to the library.
"I'm sorry it took me so long to find the list, but it was deep in the archive room, mislabeled, and in the completely wrong section covered by a thick layer of dust."
"It's ok Dad. Thank you for finding it for us. This might just be what we need to find them." Ron breathed, pushing the book and the letter as far from his mind as possible.
"Any news I can take home to your Mum and brother?" Arthur asked.
"Well… we know where she isn't so far, but we think she might be at one of these estates. If not, we're back at square one." The younger man told his father.
Arthur nodded, "I'll tell your Mum… she'll probably have some food for all of you in the morning. We'll make sure to keep an eye out."
"Thanks Dad." Ron gave his father a hug, before dashing up the stairs to wake everyone up.
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I really wonder why no one realized that the one thing that Sirius, Remus, and Tonks all had in common was that they were the three people that came back from the dead… I thought it was obvious and that I was a stupid writer… but apparently I don't know my own talent and threw a few of you for a loop…anyway… What do you think?