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Chapter 9
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(Hermione's Point Of View)
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Everything Ciel had said was true, and yet…
She didn't trust him. Her instincts screamed a warning about Ciel that could not be ignored.
However, truth was truth.
He'd told them that he had dangerous abilities back when they'd first met. He'd even demonstrated the truth to them about that fact. Even though he didn't have to tell them anything, and the memories were obviously painful, He'd explained about his past.
Ciel had been very open with them about everything, plus he'd made sure that they had a good meal before leaving.
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She didn't understand why he had been so insistent about them swearing friendship with him or why he had wanted to go with them. Nor could she understand just how and why it was that he was able to destroy the horcrux the way he had.
She had already known that he was dangerous and now she had just seen a few of his other skills.
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She strongly suspected that Ciel Phantomhive was up to something; but whatever that might be, the young earl was not their enemy. If he was he'd had more than enough opportunities already to harm them.
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And truth was truth.
They owed him their lives. If he hadn't been there to save them, they'd be dead now. A life-debt wasn't something that a wizard could ignore.
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The incident between Harry and the traitor Peter Petigrew was a good example.
Harry had once saved Peter's life. As a result, a few days ago when they got captured and then managed to escape, Peter had been literally unable to attack them or stop them, no matter how badly he had wanted to, even knowing that he would die if he let them get away.
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And now they owed a similar debt to Ciel.
It was too bad that a debt of this type wasn't something that you could choose to ignore.
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Besides that, they had pledged him their friendship. Friends don't abandon friends, even if the person in question is a bit scary.
Also, they couldn't risk getting on Ciel's bad side and they needed his help to destroy the other horcuxes.
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Hermione took a deep breath, pushed back her fear, let go of Harry's hand, and stepped forward and out from under the cloak of invisibility.
She reached out and clasped Ciel's hand with her own.
"Thank you for saving us. I thought we were dead for sure."
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Ciel grinned (a nicer one then earlier) and was about to reply as Harry & Ron also came out from under the cloak, when the door of the doorway that the boy and his butler had been lurking in earlier suddenly opened, spilling golden light into the dismal alley way.
A voice called out, "Potter, in here, quick," and the four of them hurried over and entered.
The door was immediately slammed closed behind them.
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Thus ends my shortest chapter. The next one will be longer.
9/6/2012
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