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Lendoren	By : septentrion Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Snape/Hermione Views: 19648 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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The characters belong to Jo, the story to kelokelo, the translation to septentrion and the betaing to Tanit

34. The discovery.

Hermione and Ron came to a halt in Moaning Myrtle�s bathroom and searched the area. Neither Harry, nor Ginny were there, though their labels were visible on the Map right where they were standing. Hermione turned around slowly until she spotted Ginny�s bag. It felt icy to her, which meant the Dictator�s magic was on it. Did this mean that the bag had destroyed Harry and Ginny? She didn�t believe it. She didn�t want to believe it. It was more probable was that it had taken them elsewhere while tricking the Map in believing that they were still here. The bag ought to be a Portkey, or something like that. But to go where? Not that far, if the iciness she felt from the Dictator�s presence was any indication.

Ron watched Hermione thinking in front of Ginny�s bag. He was scared beyond anything he�d felt until now. He didn�t know anymore whom he�d preferred to meet first: Voldemort, the Dictator, or the Potions Master, who was bound to throw a fit if he found them there. Moreover, he felt nearly powerless when compared to Hermione, and he knew he wasn�t as good as Harry, or even his little sister. In short, if some one should put out oneself to die, he should be the first to do it. It wasn�t a very enjoyable idea, and he�d tried not to think of it, but now, he was up against the wall. Hermione suddenly grabbed his arm and asked him to visualize the Chamber of Secrets entrance. Effortlessly, he heard Harry asking to come into it in Parseltongue, he saw the long shoot they had slid down, but his memory couldn�t go farther than the corridor in which Lockhart had tried to Obliviate them.

Hermione knew what she was doing wasn�t very ethical, but she could see Ron�s memory through Legilimency and managed not to see anything else. She Apparated the both of them without further ado and asked him in a whisper, �Is that it? Is it the Chamber�s entrance?�

�Yes, but How�� Ron answered, dumbfounded.

�Shush, later. For now, let�s go forward under the cloak.�

They climbed over the five year old rock falls with difficulty and slowly made their way through the gap, their wands clutched in their hands. Hermione resisted the urge to protect herself from the growing cold by using Lendoren magic. However, the coldness around them proved that, once more, she�d thought correctly. The Dictator had come here, and didn�t seem in a hurry to get in the upper grounds. She needed to know why.

They moved forward cautiously, and soon, they heard voices. They had their hearts in their mouths. They were back being two children not very sure of what they were doing. But like they did in their first year, they carried on moving, dodging the puddles here and there to not betray their presence. When at least they were in front of the door, they could hear the voices very clearly, and Ron nearly moaned out of anxiety. Voldemort, Death Eaters and � a being, if one could call it so, in front of whom Voldemort was stammering. He wasn�t dreaming, the great Dark Lord, who had everyone bending in front of him, looked like a scolded child.

Ron and Hermione could hear snatches of conversation, but they didn�t dare coming nearer. They started though when the Dictator�s voice rose.

�Do you realise what you�ve done? We could have killed them at any time during the last nine months, and you didn�t tell me? Shut up, Riddle, you imbecile! Find Snape�s companion before midnight. It shouldn�t be that difficult to find who turned seventeen nine months ago, should it? Kill the teachers, the Headmaster, the students if need be, but do find her and bring her to me. Right now! Then, you can take care of Potter,� he said, pointing at two shapes on the ground.

Voldemort and his Death Eaters bowed and went at a running pace toward a corridor situated on their left. Only the Dictator remained with Harry�s and Ginny�s bodies.

Hermione and Ron felt relieved, but how to reach them? How to get them out without being caught? Before anything else, Hermione decided to warn Erwin about the coming attack. By instinct, she knew she would have to do it as discreetly as possible if she didn�t want to be heard.

�Erwin,� she whispered while gagging him, so to speak, through their link. �Listen to me. They�re all under the castle. Voldemort�s going up, he wants the list of Hogwarts students. Destroy everything that has birth dates on it. Hold on until midnight. I�m hidden with Ron. Harry and Ginny are alive but look unconscious.�

She�d spoken very quickly and had shut up as soon as she saw the Dictator freeze. He could feel her, she was sure of it. She made Ron go back as quietly as possible. She wanted to keep the enemy in sight, but not to be too near to him. She looked at her watch: it was only 10 p.m. They had to stay hidden for two hours.

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Severus felt like he was going mad. The whole Community and the Order members were there while the students had barricaded themselves in their common rooms. They could not find a clue about the whereabouts of Voldemort or his Death Eaters. As he heard the first cries of alert coming from the dungeons, he felt himself being gagged by Hermione. He also felt her cut their link a few seconds later. She hadn�t told him where she was, but she�d given him important information and something to do. He turned around and dashed to the Deputy Headmistress� office where the list of the students, and hence their birth dates, could be found. He came across the Transfiguration teacher and told her, �Minerva, follow me to your office. We have papers to destroy.�

Professor McGonagall didn�t lose time in asking him why. Besides, her face wasn�t an invitation for conversation. Harry, Ginny, Ron and above all Hermione had managed to escape his notice, the Death Eaters were attacking Hogwarts, and the Dictator was somewhere in the school. There was nothing in this to improve his mood, and McGonagall didn�t want to be with him when his anger, mixed with his worry for his companion, would explode. When she�d learnt that someone even more terrifying than Voldemort did exist, and that her colleague, through his link with his companion, was the only one who could face �him�, she knew instinctively that she would do whatever he would ask of her.

Unfortunately, the Death Eaters seemed to have accurate information: they already were in the Transfiguration teacher�s office. As soon as they saw the two teachers, the fight started, unequal, for they were two to ten. Although they were both outstanding fighters, and although Severus made the best use he could of his Lendoren magic, they needed several minutes to get rid of the Death Eaters who were guarding the door. When at least they could come into the office, they knew at once that the enemies had found what they were looking for and had gone through a hole they�d made in the back wall. The racks with the students� files were empty, including the one mentioning Hermione�s birth date.

Then they caught up with Dumbledore, who had already faced Voldemort. Their sparring match and magical duel had been interrupted by a Death Eater who had shouted, �Master, it�s done. We�ve got them. We only need to read them.�

Now, Dumbledore understood what it had been about.

�Do you know where she is?� he simply asked to Severus.

�Undoubtedly nearer to the Dictator than we are.�

He cast a nervous glance at his watch, it was only eleven p.m. She had to stay hidden one more hour.

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When Ron and Hermione heard hasty steps in the corridor in which the Death Eaters had disappeared, they grimaced but tried nonetheless to get closer to have a better idea of what was happening. They hadn�t dared trying to save Ginny and Harry, who were still unconscious, and they had waited, their eyes riveted on the second hand of Hermione�s watch. Voldemort came back, triumphant, with the most wanted answer.

�It�s Hermione Granger!�

It was only eleven. She still had an hour to wait.

The Dictator skimmed the file and raised his head for the first time. Hermione and Ron barely checked a cry of horror. He was like an Egyptian mummy, but his eyes were the same red as Voldemort, or was it Voldemort who had his master�s eyes?

His face showed a scornful rictus.

�We�re going to finish it now. Wake them up.�

He pointed at Harry and Ginny. Voldemort cast an Ennervate on them, and they woke up slowly. They were so scared by what they saw that they couldn�t move: they both recognised the Chamber of Secrets. Voldemort was standing in front of them, along with a hooded horrible sight. Ginny huddled up against Harry, who felt protective of his girlfriend.

�This time, I will finish that Lendoren vermin,� he said, sending a putrid breath in Harry�s face. �A Gryffindor and a Slytherin? Impossible! The couple is shaky. They�ll never be able to get along enough to use their magic. So, tell me where Granger is, I want it to be over quickly.�

*Rictus: Pronunciation: 'rik-t&s ; n ; 1 : the gape of a bird's mouth
2 a : the mouth orifice b : a gaping grin or grimace

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