Author Note: See I told you I would have this chapter up soon! This is my favorite chapter so far. I present to you...CHAPTER FOURTEEN!

When Hermione woke up she noticed that Voldemort had already vacated her rooms. She smiled briefly, then looking around she called out tentatively for a house elf and although she hadn't seen one her entire stay a House Elf cracked into existence before her. It looked up at her fearfully and bowed low to the ground. "What can Binky do for the Missus?" It asked shaking all over.

Hermione got up quickly, pulling on a robe, and took the second copy of her plans out of hiding. Handing it to the elf she asked, "Is the Lord in a meeting?" "No. The master's meeting starts in two hours." She grinned broadly at the elf. "Binky I want you to give this to him in the middle of that meeting…along with a dozen roses." The elf nodded his consent and she added as an after thought, "Oh and run then, don't let him hurt you." With another low bow and a crack the elf was gone.

In two hours she'd be long gone, in two hours Hermione Granger would set in motion the beginning of the end, and in two hours Hermione would have to choose an ending to the battle she planned. She knew both sides would do what she'd come up with because of their trust in her. It didn't take her long to pack her things, sneak out of Voldemort's "heavily guarded lair", and apparate away.

When she arrived at number twelve Grimwauld place only a few people were there and they were expecting her. Harry and Ron nearly suffocated her with hugs; Mrs. Weasley tried to shove food down her throat, convinced she was malnourished; Lupin, McGonagall, and Snape remained in the background, though the former two were smiling. Then, she was ushered into the library to explain her plan of attack in more detail and recount most of her time with Voldemort.

Only Snape could see the love in her eyes when she talked of the other man, and he wouldn't tell anyone of what he knew she'd already decided. He would even keep that decision from Hermione herself if she didn't know it yet. Two hours later found her sleeping in an upstairs room. In her sleep it was like Hermione left her body and went back to watch the chaos she'd left behind. Voldemort was on a nice long tirade when the elf came into the room with a large bouquet of red and black roses. He set them on the table in front of Voldemort, handed him the papers and vanished quickly. Voldemort looked at the flowers for a moment before turning to the first page.

"Dear Tom,

By now I'm gone, not back to Harry or away from you. I am simply gone. The following pages are my plans for the battle follow them exactly. I'm guessing you've gone on and looked at them over, they are curse and hex free, but you've no doubt noticed they are incomplete. Don't worry follow my instructions exactly. As always I love you,

H.G."

Voldemort scanned the following pages and realized that the plans would lead both groups to an impasse. He didn't need to go to her rooms to check on her absence he could feel it. Pushing the roses aside he continued talking as if nothing has happened. He would introduce Hermione's plans as his own the next night. Hermione then returned to her own body and fell into an even deeper sleep. That night Voldemort slept alone in her bed with Nagini guarding him as always; the snake could tell something was wrong with her master but couldn't do anything to help him.

"Hermione." Poke Poke.

"Hey 'Mione." Poke

"HERMIONE!" Shake

"Ron!!" "Sorry mate" Hermione's eyes opened to see her two best friends peering down at her, Harry smiling brightly and Ron looking guilty. She sat up and just looked at them expectantly for a moment. "Yes?" "Well we were wondering if you wanted to come outside and uh go for a walk or something. Ron and I are leaving tomorrow to finish hunting for the last horcrux other than that snake." He was looking at her hopefully. "It's the diadem. Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem at Hogwarts." Hermione informed them her eyes taking on a slightly dead look.

"Are you sure?" Ron asked as Harry's mouth was just hanging open in utter shock. "Yes I'm sure now please just go away! I don't feel well." With that she turned over and sunk back under the sheets leaving Ron and Harry to wonder downstairs looking like kicked puppies. That's how she stayed for the next two days not eating, leaving her room only for the loo, and not saying a word to anyone. It got to be so bad McGonagall called for Snape to see if he could give her anything and this was how Snape found her when he arrived.

He entered her room, even after she'd shouted to go away, and sat on the edge of her bed. "Miss Granger, you are of no use to anyone if you just stay in bed and sulk about leaving him. Besides I informed him of your situation and I have a task for you from the Dark Lord himself." At Snape's words Hermione say bolt upright, eyes wide. "Ah, ah, ah. I shall only tell you if you shower and eat first." Then, he stood and swept from the room pleased. An hour and a half later Hermione met him in the library where he handed her a red leather book. "Its empty." She stated leafing through the book.

"Way to state the obvious Miss Granger. He wants you to fill it." "With what exactly?" "Anything, and everything apparently. I've already checked it for curses or hexes of any sort and there are none." She looked back and forth between Snape, the empty book, and back to Snape again. "This is from Voldemort?" He nodded but added a hint of a smile before sweeping out of the room…again. She continued to look at the book and finally sat down at a desk, opened the book, dipped a quill in ink, and started to write.

First she wrote about potions, their ingredients, and how to make them. After ten pages of that she moved onto History of Magic, which after fifteen pages turned into her memories of her 'captivity' much like a journal. Two hours and ninety- six pages later it was a journal. Hermione's hand ached when she finally set the quill down and looked at the book. It was amazing how much better she felt after pouring everything out, than she had a short while ago.

As she flipped back through the book she noticed with a start green ink that hadn't been there before, subsequently she noticed that the handwriting wasn't her own but…his…Voldemort's. Quickly she went back to the beginning of the book and read all the additional comments he'd added. Next to most of the potions he'd written things like, "Useless, Created in my time, Very useful, Acceptable." To History of Magic he'd added details that she either forgot or didn't know. Then, of course, he'd moved onto the things she wrote about her stay with him.

She hadn't finished by any means, leaving off when he'd told her about the fighting she'd have to do. But under it she noticed he'd circled the line, "I realized early on I love him. I just don't understand why." Next to it he'd written, "Do you know why yet?" Hermione picked up her quill and wrote, "We cannot help whom we fall in love with." " Touché Hermione. But some say that love is simply an illusion of the mind, having nothing to do with the heart. Now it is dinner time and I'm sure the Potter brat and the red head blood traitor are waiting for you." "Ronald is not a blood traitor and neither is Harry a brat… all of the time. Will you be here when I return?" "Indeed."

"Then, I'll go. I do love you." She held her breath and waited for his reply but when none came she shut the book and went to dinner. It reminded Hermione of the dinners she'd had before, it was as if she was her old self again and no one made any mention of her absence. After dinner she went with Harry and Ron to play wizard's chess. Ron beating Harry as usual but Hermione beating them both, unusually. Later she took the book back to her room and sat it down on her bed next to Crookshanks, who must have shown up earlier. After showering, again, and changing into her nightclothes she sat in bed and flipped open the book to the last page she'd written on.

And there, at the bottom, under her I love you, were new words in green ink.

A/N: I know cliffhanger! Haha well I hoped you all enjoyed this chapter. Please review because it makes me happy!