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Serpentine Series	By : HarmonyB Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Hermione/Voldemort Views: 12060 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Only two places besides Hogwarts came to mind when Harmony thought of where her best friends were. She knew Aurors were keeping guard over Harry to protect him from Voldemort and also from surviving Death Eaters who got any big ideas of finishing their Master's work. Even if Harry was at Hogwarts, she had no desire to be anywhere near there now; it was undoubtedly surrounded by Ministry workers. So she left it up to her two destinations. And if they weren't there, then…she wasn't sure what she would do. She hardly wanted to think about it.
The first place Harmony searched was the Burrow. Ron Weasley's home had been a frequent hideout for all of them in the past, so when she had an accurate image of the Burrow's large, irregular formation in her mind, she Apparated. When she arrived, the snap from her Apparition echoed around the hills and valleys that surrounded the lopsided building. She looked up at the enormous structure. It looks empty, she thought with a sinking feeling. Everything was silent and still; no birds sang, not even the grass made any noise while it quivered in the wind. Her heart ached at the thought that Death Eaters had beaten her to it.
Heavy with worry, she sprinted inside the Burrow.
The Weasley's were like her second family. She was heartbroken when she found Fred Weasley dead during the battle at Hogwarts; she couldn't think she could handle all of them gone. When inside, Harmony looked around frantically, calling out their names, but there was no reply. Thankfully, there were no dead bodies, so that simply meant they weren't there. She looked around for some hint of where they could have left to, but it appeared as though everyone had Apparated on the spot. So with a silent good-bye, Harmony left the Burrow.
She imagined her next destination in her mind and Apparated with a snap. Opening her eyes, she was standing on a quiet street in the suburbs. Straight ahead of her she saw Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place. It was the late Sirius Black's home and Headquarters to the Order of the Phoenix. If Harry and his Guard were anywhere, Grimmauld Place had to be it.
Harmony scanned the neighborhood. She looked out of place in the Muggle setting with her black clothes and cloak, but luckily there wasn't anyone walking nearby. She strolled up the stone steps to the house and very slowly opened the door. She was met with darkness when she stepped inside and—like the Burrow—it was dead quiet. Harmony could see things scattered across the ground as though the place had been ransacked.
She swung the door behind her and it slammed shut.
"FILTHY MUDBLOODS! CURSED DISGRACE ON THE HOUSE OF BLACK! BLOODY MUGGLEBORNS! TERRORS! ABOMINATION! DAMNATION-"
Harmony sent a Bombardia spell at Sirius' charming mother. Everything—along with the curtain that usually concealed it—blew to shreds and scattered to every corner of the room. When all was silent, Harmony released her breath. "Sorry about that, Sirius." But she could imagine his gleeful laugh at his mother's new look. Mrs. Black's shrieks would have no doubt reached every corner and crevice of the house…so where was everyone?
"Hello?" Harmony cried out, standing at the foot of the stairs. When she heard no reply, she sulked to the kitchen. Harmony gasped at the sight she was met with; every cupboard and drawer was raided. Like the Burrow, most of the food was gone. She let out a breath of exasperation. They had to have been here before. It must have become too dangerous to stay; its presence probably reached Death Eater ears and they had to leave—quickly, by the looks of things. They had to find another place to hide, why else wouldn't they be here?
Harmony dropped into one of the chairs at the kitchen table and covered her face with her hands. What was she going to do? She couldn't stay here if the Ministry knew about it. What if everyone was at Hogwarts? Should she go anyway and risk being caught by the Ministry? Wanting to make that a last resort, Harmony tried to think of anyone else who could help her. Her mind drifted as she thought of fellow Griffindors from school and Aurors that may be sympathetic enough to let her explain her story. The further her mind drifted, the stranger her ideas became.
What if I went to Narcissa Malfoy for help? She was somewhat civilized toward me when I was with Voldemort…Maybe I could go to the Riddle mansion; there may be someone there who could help me…
At that moment it felt like the best idea she had ever thought of, but then she jerked herself awake. She had been drifting off to sleep with her head in her hands. Now that she was fully aware, she began to realize the insanity of her thoughts. Go to Narcissa for help, find the Riddle mansion, she thought in disbelief, I must be going insane. Or just desperate.
This was nothing new to her. These past couple weeks she had been trying to put her life with Voldemort in the back of her mind, but whenever she went to sleep images and memories of him always showed up in her dreams. The strange thing was the dreams made her miss that time she was with him.
With her tummy rumbling, Harmony rose from her seat and found some jam and bread sitting forgotten on the counter. As she munched away at the bread, she thought of who else she wanted to be with right now. She reallymissed her parents. She missed being taken care of, of being loved unconditionally.
The last time she had seen her family was a year ago when they dropped her off at Platform Nine and Three-Quarters. Her mum and dad would never listen to a word written in the Daily Prophet about her. They would believe her, without a doubt. She wondered what her parents would think of her being the wizarding world's most wanted criminal. Harmony laughed and thought, How would the wizarding world react if they found out my parents were dentists, of all things? She wanted to go to her parents—just to see them and hug them—but she wouldn't be able to stay there long. She couldn't just hide away from the wizarding world with her Muggle parents. No matter what she would still be a criminal, and she would risk bringing Ministry officials to her house. They might take her parents away.
Suddenly the bread became hard to swallow and it jammed in her throat. What if the Ministry already has my parents,she thought in horror. She tried to get the image of them sitting in a cold Ministry cell out of her mind. Her parents were just harmless Muggles; the Ministry would have no reason to incarcerate them. But it was a high possibility the Ministry had people keeping an eye on them in case she showed up.
Harmony sighed. "Is there anybody that could help me?"
As though answering her, she caught a small gold glint on the ground near her foot. She frowned and bent over to pick it up. It was a galleon. Harmony gasped, wiping it clean with the edge of her cloak. Her mind raced, hoping above hope the galleon was exactly what she thought it was.
In her fifth year at Hogwarts, she had made special galleons for Dumbledore's Army club to let members know when they were to meet in secret. She had told the Order about the galleons and they thought it was such a good idea they wanted some made for themselves. On the Order's galleon was a location of where they were going and when. If it was one of the Order's galleons, Harry would be with them.
She looked closer at the piece of gold, licking her lips in anticipation. Sure enough, inscribed on the edge was a location and date.
"Shell cottage," Harmony read aloud, and then read the date. "Yesterday."
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