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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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The venom in Harmony's eyes tripled as she looked back at Zeth.
Bill's voice was hesitant and unsure when he said, "Sorry?"
Now Zeth's eyes left Harmony, shooting to Bill; his calm exterior was slipping away. "I know you are young, Bill, but don't be a fool. We both know you are holding a wanted criminal against the Ministry."
The group was silent, and Harmony knew the same question was going through everyone's mind at once: how did he know? Bill quickly exchanged glances with the others, but when no one else spoke up he took the responsibility on himself and said to Zeth, "We believe Dumbledore had to do with why Hermione Granger was involved with Voldemort."
"On who's word?" Zeth was quick to ask. "Hers?"
"She is trusted among us," Lupin said in defense.
"But not with the Ministry, and you being Ministry officials, aiding the enemy would only make you criminals yourselves."
"The enemy?" Bill exclaimed. "Zeth, she is just a child. Come, at least listen to her story-"
"If she needs help, then she would best get it at the Ministry."
"Help?" Moody roared. "If you turn her in to the Ministry you really think she will get a fair trial? Like Sirius Black had a fair trial?"
"Not to mention the reward," mumbled Tonks.
"A reward there may be, but my only incentive is justice."
"Bullocks," one of the younger wizards said and Zeth looked around the group angrily to spot the culprit.
Bill looked hard at Zeth and pointed a finger up at him, "No one touches the girl. You hear me, Zeth?"
Zeth's once calm exterior was gone and the rising sun now enflamed his raged face. With a hard voice he replied, "That is not up to you, neighbor." He nodded his head to Harmony, "She comes with me to the Ministry now or all of you will be hunted until she is caught."
"Justice is keeping an innocent from behind bars. When the Ministry is ready to accept that, let us know. But in the meantime," Bill said up to Zeth, "she stays away from you."
Zeth was silent at this, and Harmony could imagine the battle going on inside his head as he thought. His hand twitched for his wand, and she knew he was considering whether or not to fight his way to her. As though he knew Harmony noticed this, he bunched his hands into fists to restrain himself. When he realized fighting was not an option, he straightened his shoulders and lifted his chin to the rising sun behind them, showing reluctant defeat.
"Very well. She better be gone in ten minutes," he said icily, "because that's how long it's going to take me to contact the Ministry." With a snap he Apparated and was gone.
Mad-Eyed Moody swore under his breath as everyone exchanged frantic glances.
Molly Weasley spoke first, "Do you really think-?"
"I think he's bluffing it," George said.
"I wouldn't risk it," Bill said, settling the matter.
Harmony's heart dropped to the pit of her stomach like a boulder weighing her down with guilt. All she could think of were Snape's words. He was right, she thought. She was a liability to them. Her friends were in danger because of her. Would the Ministry punish them for helping her? She looked around in time to see Mrs. Weasley flash a glance that was everything but warm, and Harmony quickly looked away. In her mind's she saw Fred's lifeless body lying against the wall during the battle at Hogwarts. The Weasley family had already been through so much; who was she to put them into this kind of danger?
Harry was different. He was the "good" guy trying to get rid of Voldemort. He was worth the trouble, while she…wasn't.
Moody spoke the very thoughts that raced through her mind. "Bring Snape back, he'll need to take her right now."
Lupin nodded and immediately sent a massage by Patronus.
Bill came up to Harmony and laid a hand on her shoulder, "This is happening so much quicker than I anticipated. I really had no idea my good friend and neighbor, Zeth, knew." He gripped her shoulder. "I'm very sorry, Hermione."
Harmony flinched at her old name as though he were speaking to a stranger. She nodded sadly in understanding. "It's okay. I don't want to bring any more trouble to all of you."
Waving her hands about like a worried old hen, Mrs. Weasley shooed Harmony inside to quickly retrieve her things. Ginny, Harry, and Ron followed her back into Shell cottage.
"I don't want you to leave," Ron said to Harmony's back as they raced up to Ginny's room.
"I know," she replied, and she spun around when Ron grasped her elbow to stop her.
"I don't want you to leave," he repeated through gritted teeth. "I hate that you're going with Snape, of all people. It's dangerous out there."
"I'll be fine, Ron," she replied, reclaiming her elbow. "I've been in worse danger." She almost laughed at the truth of her words. "It's nothing I can't handle."
"I trust Snape," Harry said quietly to Ron. "I don't like her leaving either, but he'll protect her just fine."
Harmony gave Ron a quick glance before turning away and continuing up the stairs to get her belongings. She found her Horcrux book and her green and silver Slytherin celebration dress. She had considered giving Ginny the dress, but apart from not wanting to part with the souvenir, she realized Ginny would want nothing to do with anything Slytherin.
"Message us by Patronus sometime," Ginny said as she embraced Harmony after they got ready to leave the cottage. "Just let us know that you're still alive."
"Thanks," Harmony said. "I will. Thanks for everything." She looked at each of her friends in the eye. "Really, I mean it. Thank you for listening to me," her eyes drifted to Harry, "I know how hard it is, but it means so much to have your support." Tears flooded her vision, "I really needed you."
Ron was next to wrap his arms around her and she thankfully wiped her tears away on his knitted sweater.
"We're not dead yet," said Harry with a weak smile. "I'm sure we'll see each other again."
"Oh, Harry," Harmony whispered, and she unwound her arms from Ron, reaching for Harry.
When they embraced, she was utterly unprepared for what happened next.
From the point their bodies met it felt as though a bolt of lightning coursed between them. The sound of a woman's scream reverberated inside her head; pain unmercifully pounded her mind like a hammer. Harmony was filled with unfamiliar hunger…a hunger to kill. The searing pain blinded her briefly, but with a snap her mind was cleared. She felt a sudden burst in the chest, forcing the air out of her lungs, and she saw Harry had shoved his hands in her chest to push her away. His face was enraged, teeth gritted, as his hands reached up to his lightning bolt scar.
She looked around wonderingly and her eyes her reflection in a mirror on the wall. Beneath unruly bangs, the whites of her crazed eyes showed over dark half-circle shadows. The corners of her mouth were curved upward in a sneer that reminded her all too much of Voldemort.
Who am I?
In seconds, her mind cleared and the sneer on her mouth faded. Her brown eyes turned back to normal and with a trembling hand she brushed her bangs away from her face. She looked at everyone out of the corner of her eye. Ron and Ginny stared at her as though she were a rabid animal waiting to be released from her cage. Harry's face had gone slick with sweat and she saw beneath tender fingers his scar was flaming magenta. His eyes were too full of shock to register any anger.
What have I done?
"I…" Harmony choked, not knowing what to say.
"I thought I'd never feel that way again," Harry whispered as he gingerly messaged his scar. "The way I felt, it was just like…like you were…him." He shook his head, unable to go on.
"I don't know what to say," Harmony said in a hushed tone. "I had no control over what just happened. I'm sorry-"
"You need to go," Harry interrupted, and when his eyes met hers he looked conflicted. "You need to hurry before the Ministry arrives."
Harmony bit her lip, knowing this was the worst possible way to say goodbye, but with a quick glance at Ron and Ginny, she spun around and sprinted out the front door. She ran from the building overwhelmed by déjà vu. This very moment was like when she ran from Voldemort after erasing his memories. Just like then, she was running away with the fear of what she couldn't explain.
Snape's dark figure was waiting for her like the grim reaper standing alone at the top of the hill. She passed around quick hugs and fervent thanks before taking a step towards what felt like the end. But she knew she still had a long way to go before "the end" would be in reach.
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