Runaway to Home
:Here's the sixth chapter. I don't want to say much, but thanks to those of you who reviewed. I appreciate it much.:
Chapter 6:
Ronald Weasley was getting very worried. Harry had only written once and he hadn't heard from Hermione at all this summer. He thought he would try writing to them once more before they went to school.
Dear Hermione-
I've not heard from you or Harry all summer! What's up with you two? Please write back.
-Ron
Hello Harry-
How's your summer been? Mine's been great! I can't believe we've only got one more week before school! Well I'd better get going. See ya!
-Ron
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Hermione sat in her closet crying for hours. She wouldn't talk to anyone.
"What the hell have I ever done to deserve this?" she yelled at herself. Hermione was scared her dad would be home soon. She feared what he would do to all of them. "I cannot stay here anymore. I have to leave, for my family."
Hermione packed her thing and threw them out her window, in to the bushes, in her back yard.
She waited in her room until she knew everyone one was asleep. She was glad her dad hadn't come home. 'He must be scared too.' Laughed Hermione. She unlocked her door and walked to Devrik's room. Hermione packed a few of his things and slowly crept to her room window, and lowered his bag to the ground. She silently woke Devrik.
"Devrik….Wake up" she whispered. He rolled around in his bed to see why he was being woken up.
"Hermione! What are you doing?" He whispered a little loud.
"Shhh! someone might here you! Now get up. I've packed a few of your clothes and you can pack a few other things you might need. Okay." She explained. "I'll tell you why later just now we need to hurry."
"Okay."
She walked out of Devrik's room and down the hall into the small twins' room. She quietly gathered a few clothes for them and a small blanket and pillow. She dropped them out their own window as it was so close to Hermione and Devrik's things. Then she got their money containers as she knew her mom had put money in their room for emergencies only, she only took half… then she walked over to Leesil and Latisha to wake them up. She said the same thing to them as she told Devrik.
"Why are we leaving?" Latisha asked.
"I will tell you when we get out of here. Now move!" She whispered back.
Hermione walked back to her room and wrote a quick note to the rest of her siblings. Then she walked back out into the hall where she met Devrik. He opened his mouth to say something but stopped when a tear fell from Hermione's face.
Hermione quickly brushed them away.
"Stay here." She said firmly to Devrik. "Wait here for the twins, then lowers their bags out the window and then let the twins down and you climb out and wait for me on the ground. Okay." Devrik nodded his understandment. But he was still very confused as to why Hermione was acting like this.
Hermione turned away and walked to her older brother's room. She quickly found his stash of money and grabbed all of it.
She walked past her older sister's room afraid that they would wake up if they heard Hermione, as they are light sleepers. Hermione continued to cautiously walk to her parent's room.
The coast was clear so she took her time in counting out a fourth of her mother's money and all of her father's money. She knew the rest of her family would pay for that but they needed it to survive.
Then Hermione carefully walked down the stairs and down another set of stairs to her fathers den. She was always very scared to walk down there because of the very little light. She quickly found her dad's secret stash and stole all of it. She didn't care that he would be broke but she did however care deeply for her family so she wrote a quick note saying I.O.U. –Hermione. She quickly ran up to the main level breathing very hard.
Devrik grabbed the twin's bags and lowered them and dropped them. Then he told the twins to slowly lower themselves down to the ground. He was surprised at how well they did. And then He slowly lowered himself and got to the ground safely. He was holding onto the rope not sure of what to do with it when the other end of the rope hit him on the head. The twins tried very hard to stifle their laughter.
Devrik was scared and got really close to the house so the person looking out the window wouldn't see him, but no one was there. He ran over to the twins and told them to pick up their own bags and sit by them. They all tensed when they saw a dark figure walking towards them.
"Hermione?" Leesil asked the figure.
"Yeah?" Hermione replied. They all sighed when they heard her voice. When she got close enough she handed each of them a flashlight. "Here. Turn 'em on. Don't shine them at houses, cars, or other people. Follow me." Hermione explained and grabbed her trunk and pulled it on its wheels. She didn't like the fact that it made a lot of noise on the cement so she walked in the grass.
The night was silent. They walked alone the sidewalk until they reached the park. Hermione sat down on the curb and waited. For what Devrik didn't know, but sat next to her and the twins did the same. They all soon found out why they were waiting.
The night bus appeared before them.
"Good Evening. My name is Stanley Shackpipe and I will be your conductor for tonight." Stan read off a piece of paper.
"Hermione." She said shaking his hand. "Devrik, Latisha, and Leesil. "She pointed at her siblings.
"'Ello." Hermione walked onto the bus and waited for the rest to follow. Devrik was a bit hesitant but followed the twins. Stanley got all their bags onto the bus.
"Don't be scared. You'll get used to it." Hermione assured them all. "Grab and bed and get some rest while you can." Hermione turned to Stan and said, "Harry Potter's house please."
"Alright." Said Stan. "Take it away Ern!" The knight bus took of and Hermione fell on a bed. A few minutes later the bus pulled up in front of the Dursley's house.
"Wait here please. And Watch the others please." Stan nodded and helped Hermione down.
Hermione walked to the backyard of the Dursley's knowing their front door would be locked. She found an open window and quickly crawled through it. She looked around for a light but found none.
"Oh well, I can do this in the dark." Hermione quickly found her way to Harry's room, and tried to slowly open it. But the knob wouldn't turn.
"Shit. I need a key." Hermione slowly opened the door down the hall to find it was Dudley's room. "Ewe. What a pig." She laughed.
She checked the door across from Dudley's and this time found the right room, Uncle Vernon's. She looked around the room for some keys and found ones that looked like car keys and ones that looked like house keys,
"Ah!" She whispered. "There they are." She walked across the room slowly and o so very quietly. On Vernon's bedside table was a big ring of keys big and small.
"These have to be them." She quickly covered her mouth; she was standing very close to Uncle Vernon. He snorted and rolled over. It seemed like the whole room shook with him. Hermione stifled a laugh and walked carefully, but a bit quicker this time to Harry's room.
Harry woke to the sound of his locks being unlocked. He pretended to be asleep but was prepared to be beaten.
"Harry?" He heard a sot voice.
"Hermione?" He called back.
"Yes... shhh. Come on lets go to the Weasleys. Do you want to come?"
"Hermione, why are you here?"
"I'll tell you in a bit. Are you coming or not?" She asked one last time.
"Sure. Anything is better than this dump." Harry said after a brief hesitation.
Within a few minutes Harry had packed his things and locked his door, with his many locks, again. He and Hermione walked out the back door after Hermione put back the keys. They jumped on the bus and thanked them for waiting.
"So." Harry said, sitting on a bed next to Hermione's, when the bus began to move. "Are you going to tell me why you came to my house?
"I ran away Harry." She replied sighing with relief written all over he face. "With my brothers and sister."
"Your wha-." Harry said shocked. "You have siblings? Since when? Why didn't you tell Ron and me?"
"I was told not to by my father. Long story."
"We've got time."
"No no. Maybe later."
"So will you tell me why you ran away with your siblings? And are they all magic?"
"Shhh. No not know. I will tell you and Ron together so I don't have to explain it twice. I just needed to be away from my house." Hermione looked teary eyed. She turned around to look at her siblings, she felt sorry for leaving the others but she would go back for them. 'I hope.' She thought.