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Slytherins in the Attic	By : elruefaerie Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Hermione Views: 3904 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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CHAPTER 2

�Left in the Lurch�- Abandoned in a difficult position without help.

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It was nearly pitch black when the group reassembled by the turnabout of Brandon Road. In front of them stretched the sleepy town of Thetford. Most of the homes had extinguished their lights for the evening, while a few pubs kept them glittering in the darkness. To the northwest was a golf course, which was closed during the night. The only light reaching out came from the small clubhouse up the road. There was no traffic passing them on the street, but the small contingent of wizards held their wands at the ready just in case.
A few days ago, they would have felt nervous and twitchy as they waited for the Aurors to arrive. Now they were tired and worn, used to the stress of worry and more cautious with their actions. It had been their own idea to follow the Aurors out of Grimmauld Place in pursuit of Kreacher, the Black family house elf. He had run off with the Black Family Locket, which he had successfully hidden during the group �housecleaning� over a year ago, in attempt to stop Harry and the others from destroying the Horcrux. Ginny, who had overheard him while he mumbled under his breath after dinner one night, followed him to the attic where she found him in possession of a Portkey that released him out into the world for a short time. A general ruckus had ensued as she had tried to wrestle it away from him, coupled with Harry who had apparently seen Ginny as she crept along the hallways in pursuit of the house elf.
In truth, as Hermione had been told later that evening in the secrecy of her and Ginny�s room, Ginny and Harry had really snuck out of the dining room for a quick snog before bed. Hiding in the attic, Kreacher had gone up there to use the Portkey, but instead he was met with the unsightly view of the two half dressed teenagers. He had begun to shout obscenities at them when Harry, still blaming the elf for the death of Sirius, had launched an attack on him to keep him quiet before the whole house could find out what he and Ginny were up to. Kreacher had dodged the charm and went scuttling to the spot where both the Locket and Portkey had been hidden, leading to his escape.
Regardless of Harry and Ginny�s quick action, the adults had heard the shouts upstairs and arrived barely in time to keep Harry from jumping through the Portkey himself after the elf. Once a search party had been organized, and the attic locked to keep the teens from following, the Aurors had left the house. However, Harry and Ginny still felt responsible for their secret escapade, the guilt eventually convincing them to find alternate means of leaving the safety of the Black household on their own. Hermione had first made an attempt to keep Harry from leaving the house and its protection, but that had been a short conversation. With the help of Mrs. Black�s portrait, the group was able to distract Mrs. Weasley and anyone else in the house from noticing as they snuck out the front. After their first night of being out on their own, Harry, Hermione, Ron and Ginny had run into Fred and George who were returning from a meeting with their skiving snack boxes supplier on the outskirts of Diagon Alley. Being that the twins were commonly the start of mischief, it took less than seconds for the two boys to recognize the group was not stopping in for a friendly visit. They had spent the night reviewing and planning with the Aurors and the next morning Tonks had directed everyone to the small meeting stall in London where they had met only hours before.
Something stirred in the distance and shook Hermione from her reverie. A figure walked slowly up the road and Harry nudged Hermione and Ron on either side of him with his elbows. The twins and Ginny melted into the trees behind them and they all raised their wands a little in defense. When the newcomer stopped about fifty feet away from where the group stood a small pulse of light blinked three times from their wand. This was the signal identifying Tonks, and warning them that the Aurors were already in the town.
Harry muttered a short spell and his wand blinked slowly three times to match the signal Tonks had given. After a few moments the seven cloaked figures joined and walked towards a silo at the edge of a farm house down the road. A few commands were whispered and the group split up into teams. The twins marched to the east of the town while Ginny and Tonks walked west. Harry, Ron and Hermione ventured south passing a few small homes and moving over the wide expanse of what might have been a school. Hermione stopped and frowned at the surroundings as they passed a basketball hoop. Harry and Ron stopped a few feet ahead and turned to look at her.
�Hermione? What is it?� Harry asked, coming back up to stand by her. Ron crossed his arms and tapped his foot impatiently as if to say she always seemed to stop them short of getting somewhere first. She scowled at him in the darkness and pointed behind her at the school. �Harry, this isn�t right. Notice anything out of place about this school?�
Harry frowned for a moment, his forehead wrinkled in concentration. It looked no different than the schools he and Dudley had attended in his years before Hogwarts. In fact, it looked like any normal school in England. It was maybe a little smaller than where he had gone, but inside there probably were the same desks and blackboards every Montessori had. There were probably even kids just like his cousin who would beat up the smaller, weaker students who couldn�t defend themselves like he had; but that was before he�d learned magic and�A sudden realization hit him.
�This is a Muggle town,� he whispered and turned to see Ron had backtracked and joined the conversation. �This school,� he pointed behind Hermione. �It�s a Muggle school.�
Ron�s face scrunched up in thought and Hermione almost laughed in spite of the situation. It was a face she rarely saw on him, one that meant he was thinking. She often noticed it when Ron was focusing on a game of Wizard�s Chess planning his next move, or coming up with a creative reason to con her into helping with his class work at Hogwarts.
�But why would Kreacher hide in a Muggle community? He hates anything to do with them,� he asked, finally reaching Hermione�s point.
�He wouldn�t! Whoever, whatever is here, is not Kreacher,� Hermione supplied, feeling panicky.
Just then, there was a crackle of light and the three looked up in time to see red sparks dissolving into the night sky. Without a word they ran toward the emergency call through a few trees and down a hill finally stopping beside a river, where Ginny leaned against a tree looking pale. She was wet up to her knees, having crossed the river as she ran. Bits of leaves and bracken clung to her hair and torn robes. Harry noticed she was holding her left arm in an awkward position as he sped up to meet her.
�Death Eaters!� She squeaked, pointing towards another clump of houses across the shallow water. �Someone must have known we were coming!� Ron reached his sister first, prying her away from the tree trunk to lean on him.
�How many are there?� Harry asked.
�Not many, maybe four. Tonks sent up the warning when I got hit by a jinx. The rest of the Aurors should be there by now.�
�They�re still outnumbered.� Hermione counted, figuring Lupin and Moody were helping Tonks. �Can you walk?�
Ginny nodded. �Yes, but I think my arm is broken.�
Ron held her tighter and looked at Harry and Hermione, almost apologetically. �I�ll get her out of here. You two go on ahead.�
Harry nodded and he took off in the direction of the shouting, Hermione following close behind. They didn�t bother to try staying quiet as they sloshed through the water and up the river bank towards the fracas. As they got closer, they could hear more curses being shouted and small crashes as those spells hit either their intended target or some inanimate object in its way. A jet of red light bounced off a tree by Harry�s right side and exploded from its force, showering Harry and Hermione in splinters. Hermione covered her head and ducked behind a tree to keep from being caught by another rogue hex. She turned to look over her shoulder to examine the battle. Tonks was dueling with a Death Eater Hermione had never seen before, his face was scarred beyond recognition; nasty gashes from previous encounters marred his cheeks and a large chunk was missing from his nose, almost matching Moody�s, but much more grotesque. Moody was around the corner of a nearby farmhouse, shooting spells at two more Death Eaters whose backs were to Hermione. Lupin was the closest to where she stood, fighting the Death Eater whom Hermione recognized as Avery. Hermione took a deep breath and left the shelter of the tree to stand behind Lupin, casting an effective Impedimenta that caught Avery right in the chest. Lupin turned in surprise, his face mixed both with gratitude and shock, just in time to see Harry launching himself at the Death Eater confronting Tonks a few feet away. Hermione made towards the two Death Eaters moving closer to Moody when another chorus of soft pops were heard around the clearing.
�Avada Kadavra!� A jet of green light narrowly missed Harry as Tonks dove at his ankles, successfully knocking him to the ground and out of the way. Three more Death Eaters had appeared amongst them; the night cloaking their faces with only the moon glinting off their masks. Lupin grabbed Hermione�s shoulder as he ran past her.
�Get out of here!� he shouted, diving for Harry and pulling him back into the darkness of the trees.
Hermione turned on her heels and started running for the woods, crashing through a throng of nettles as she went. Her ankles began to sting and she looked behind her to see Tonks running in her wake, turning every now and then to throw a jinx over her shoulder at the Death Eater following them, the same one she had been fighting moments ago.
Hermione turned to run up a hill that led deeper into the forest. Jumping over a fallen log, she had only barely noticed, she heard a muffled shout behind her immediately followed by a crunching sound that grated on her ears. Hermione slowed enough to turn around and see Tonks sprawled on the ground, her face full of dirt. She hadn�t seen the log, and her foot was twisted in an awkward position. Hermione turned and started back when Tonks looked up again.
�Run!� Tonks yelled, seeing Hermione coming back for her. �Don�t worry about me! Go!� She shouted again, twisting to look over her back just in time to deflect a hex of the misshapen Death Eater chasing them.
Hermione turned again and ran toward the forest, darkness looming around her as the trees grew thicker. After several minutes her foot caught on a bared root which sent her flying forward. A surprised �Oh!� escaped her lips as her body met with the ground. She lay still for several minutes, listening for movement of anyone following her. When the silence began to press upon her more than her fear, she got up and brushed the dirt from her robes. Her hair had bits of leaves clinging to it and her hands were scrapped from the impact of her fall. She pulled out her wand and muttered �Lumo...� when it went flying from her hands.
�Expelliarmus!�

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