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The Dragon Chronicles	By : TheLadyMiya Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Hermione/Voldemort Views: 55728 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 6
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A/N: Hi! Since I want to update every two weeks, my beta, Ozzy hasn't had time to finish beta this. I still really appreciate what she has done and if you rather read this fully betaed, then I suggest you wait.

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Chapter 5

The power of a magical bond with Kara was more than Hermione could even comprehend. She wasn't sure what had changed, but she just knew that things were different. She was stronger and more secure in her abilities.

However, it wasn't the bond itself that made Hermione feel as if she was ready to rescue her friends, but a trick that Kara had taught her.

Dragons could always find their families. Bonds of love were the strongest there were, no matter if it was between partners, family or friends. She just had to go within herself and picture Harry to sense him in the air, so to speak.

It took her a couple of days to learn the technique properly. For Kara, it was second nature, which made it a bit harder for him to explain how you did it. But with the mind link, she was able to pick it up.

Thus, on a sunny afternoon, Hermione climbed upon Kara's back and guided them towards Harry. She had decided to start with him since she was more certain of how she loved Harry. He was her friend, but also like a brother to her, and he had always been. Her feelings for Ron were more complicated, and she didn't want that to muddle her ability to find him. Hopefully, they were kept together somewhere.

Kara was a fast flier, and it didn't take long until they were flying over the channel separating Britain from the rest of Europe. She had cast an invisibility spell over them, so no Muggles would see them. Wizards were probably able to pick up something shimmering, but they would have to look upwards at the right moment, and she didn't find that likely. Kara was a fast flier.

As they got closer, Hermione was starting to dread where they were going: Hogwarts. That was not good. She had hoped that Voldemort was keeping Harry somewhere secluded that only he had warded. Hogwarts was infused by generations of magic, and there would be no way to enter unnoticed.

However, with Kara's help, she hoped that they would catch them off guard. Classes would just have started again after the summer break, and it would take them some time to realise what was going on.

She could feel the wards as they passed them. Kara let out a yelp of surprise, also sensing the magic, but Hermione urged him forwards.

The castle looked just like she remembered, standing proud and tall in the sun. She hadn't thought she would ever see it again. It was uncomfortable how normal and familiar it looked, considering that Voldemort and Snape controlled it.

She hadn't more than thought the words when her most hated professor came running out from the castle, waving his wand, trying to shot her out from the sky.

Hermione easily blocked it. She was surprised just how easy it was. Like stopping the spell a first year had cast.

Kara landed in front of the Headmaster, sending away a blast of fire towards him.

Now Snape was the one who blocked, but he was forced several feet back as he did it.

Hermione jumped off Kara's back, her wand ready.

"Where is Harry, Snape?" she growled, advancing towards him, mentally telling Kara to stop firing.

The look on Snape's face was almost comical. She had never seen him so flabbergasted before.

"Miss Granger?" he asked in disbelief.

Hermione fired three stinging spells in rapid succession to scare him.

He managed to block the first one, but the other two hit him on each leg, making him jump back, letting out a yelp of pain before landing on his behind.

"Where is Harry?" she asked again, readying herself to cast something more severe.

"I've already sent a message to the Dark Lord," Snape said. "He knows you are here."

Hermione felt a shiver go down her back, but she ignored it. She would take care of Voldemort once Harry was safe.

"Don't make me ask again, Snape," she spat out his name. "Or I'll have my friend cook you alive."

I've never tasted a wizard before, Kara said in her mind. Do they taste good?

Hermione wasn't sure she wanted Kara to find out, but she kept that thought to herself.

"The Dark Lord has him somewhere only he can enter," Snape said. He actually looked scared for a change, which was very satisfying for Hermione.

"The Chamber of Secrets," Hermione said, rolling her eyes. "Of course."

Without any warnings, she fired a stunning spell towards Snape. He managed to make up a shield, but Hermione had made the spell so strong, it broke right through it, hit him straight in the chest, and made him fly backwards into the wall. He sank down to the ground, unconscious.

"Come, Kara," Hermione said. "We have to hurry."

Hogwarts wasn't made for a dragon, but most the corridors were still big enough to fit one. A few Death Eaters tried to stop her, but she only hit them down the same way she had done with Snape. Any student that saw them ran screaming in the other direction.

When they came to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom, Hermione did have to make a hole in the wall for Kara to come through, and she sent a silent apology to the founders of Hogwarts.

The ghost of Myrtle was there, and she looked absolutely giddy by the sight of the dragon.

"Oh, are you here to rescue Harry?" she asked. "He thought you would."

Hermione looked at her in surprise. "You know where he is? Is Ron there too?"

Myrtle threw her hair over her shoulder, looking proud. "No, Ron isn't at Hogwarts, but I followed You-Know-Who down to Harry one time. He didn't know I was there. I've visited Harry a few times. He is pretty lonely, you know."

She was very disappointed that Ron wasn't there, but as she thought about it, she wasn't surprised. Of course Voldemort wouldn't keep Ron and Harry at the same place where they could escape together. He knew she would try to break them out.

"Please, take me to him, Myrtle," Hermione asked.

"Fine, but I can't open the doorway for you," Myrtle warned.

Hermione looked at the sink that hid the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets. "Not a problem."

She blasted it out of the way, revealing the hole.

Jumping upon Kara again, they flew down the pipes, following Myrtle. Hermione had never been in the Chambers before, but she shivered at the sight of it. She still remembered the feeling of being petrified by the Basilisk, and even though she knew it was dead, she couldn't quite shake the fear.

Myrtle took them to a far off corner of the Chamber, which only showed a plain wall.

"He is behind there," Myrtle told them. "I can go through the wall, but You-Know-Who does some spell to get through."

Hermione had figured as much, but dragons were good at breaking through magical wards. She closed her eyes and saw what the wall looked like through Kara's eyes.

There was a thick bluish light floating over the wall, showing the potency of the spell. She had guessed Voldemort would cast something strong to keep Harry in. Unlike her, though, he hadn't had a dragon on his side when he did it.

Together with Kara, they focused their magic on cancelling the magical ward, and removing part of the wall.

It just took a few seconds. When she opened her own eyes again, she saw Harry standing in the middle of the room behind it, his mouth hanging open.

"Hi Harry," Hermione said, smiling in relief over seeing him alive and relatively well. "Want a ride out of here?"

Harry ran towards her and threw himself into her arms. She hugged him tightly, feeling a few tears fall from her eyes.

"I knew he was lying," Harry muttered into her ear. "I knew he couldn't be married to you."

Hermione shuddered again, but decided that she would wait with the whole tale. Instead, she let go of him.

"We have to hurry. I knocked Snape out, but You-Know-Who is probably on his way already."

Harry nodded, and then glanced at Kara. "Where did you find a dragon, Hermione?"

"It's a long story," Hermione said. "Come on."

She helped Harry get upon Kara's back before getting on herself.

"Thanks for the help Myrtle," Hermione called down to the ghosts.

"Yes, thank you for the company," Harry said.

Myrtle shrugged. "It's not like I have anything important to do. I don't have a life or anything."

"I'll come and visit again," Harry said, but Hermione had already urged Kara onwards, so they didn't hear Myrtle's reply.

They flew back up through the pipe and this time, Hermione didn't bother taking the normal way out of Hogwarts, she just blasted a hole in the wall in the bathroom, and Kara leaped through it.

Behind her, Harry let out a gasp, but Hermione kept her eyes on the horizon. Once Voldemort found out Harry was gone, he would no doubt punish Ron. They had to get out of here and find Ron.

However, it seemed their escape wouldn't be as simple as she had hoped.

She hadn't even made it cross the Hogwarts wards when two other dragons appeared. Between them, a man was flying, without a broom or anything.

He looked very different from when she had last seen him, but she knew without a doubt that it was Voldemort.

Kara turned around, trying to fly in the opposite direction, but with both Harry and Hermione on his back, he wasn't as fast as the two other dragons.

They surrounded them, hissing and spitting fire at them. Hermione kept a protective shield around them, but her hope was quickly sinking. Voldemort had somehow managed to get two dragons, and she only had one. That was bad news.

"Hermione, my dear," Voldemort said, floating in front of them. "How nice of you to drop by. But it's not nice to steal from your husband."

"I thought married couples were supposed to share everything," Hermione bit back, thinking hard, trying to come up with a way to escape.

"That's not what it says in our vows," Voldemort said with a smile.

Now she saw exactly what was different with him – he looked human. He was still bald and pale, but he had a nose again, and his lips were fuller. However, the biggest different were his eyes – they were dark, almost black without any hint of red in them.

"I will not let you keep my friends," Hermione growled, trying to sound threatening even though she was getting worried.

"Ah yes, but you only have one there, don't you?" Voldemort said, looking over her shoulder at Harry. "I believe Ronald Weasley is also your friend, no? It would be a shame if something were to happen to him, just because I miss Harry."

"Don't you dare touch Ron," Harry called from behind her back.

Hermione, Kara suddenly said. Those two are young. They don't know much. I can get us away from here.

Hermione hesitated. If they left, and Ron died, Harry would never forgive her. But something was different now – she could see it on Voldemort's face. He had changed, even more than just having got a bond with a dragon. They had a chance here.

Besides, he wouldn't kill Ron, she suddenly realised. He would use him as bait.

Take us out of here, she asked Kara in her mind.

Voldemort had just opened his mouth, no doubt about to goad Harry some more, but Kara let out a high pitched scream, fire coming out from his nose.

The two other dragons screamed as well, their wings coming up to protect their bodies, and they started to sink to the ground. At the same time, Kara rose like a projectile straight upwards.

Hermione, who had somehow sensed what Kara was about to do, kept a tight grip on his neck as well as Harry.

Hold your breath, Kara advised her.

Since she couldn't relay this message to Harry, she simply cast a bubble spell around her and Harry, keeping the air around them breathable as they rose to an altitude where the air was very thin.

They could no longer see Hogwarts below them, and now, Kara hard started to move south as well, flying faster than Hermione had ever experienced before. Through their bond, she knew that it was the thin air that made him fly this fast and that he wouldn't be able to keep it up for long. Dragons needed to breathe as well.

Though, it seemed to be enough to shake Voldemort. Because when they finally sank to where the air was breathable, he was nowhere in sight.

Hermione told Kara to land somewhere secluded, and Kara took them down next to a small lake, where they were protected by trees from all sides. Hermione helped Harry off, who were shaking slightly.

"Hermione," he said, as they sank down on the grass. "What on earth is going on? How come you have a dragon? Why does Vol—"

"You-Know-Who, Harry," Hermione quickly interrupted him. "The Taboo is still in place."

Harry took a deep breath. "Why does You-Know-Who have dragons? And did he really say you were married?"

Hermione sighed. Kara, sensing her distress, laid his head next to her side and bumped her arm with his snort in a gesture of support.

Hermione smiled and stroke Kara's snort. "Well, it's a pretty long story, but if we are to find Ron, I guess I'll have to tell you it from the beginning."

Thus, she did. Harry looked completely horrified when she explained that Voldemort had tricked her into marrying him (even though she skipped telling him about the wedding night). She then went on to explain the Dragon Chronicles and how she had got Kara in hopes of preventing Voldemort from ever getting a dragon of his own, but how that seemed to have backfired. Last, she told him how she had found him and how she hoped that they'd find Ron the same way, but through Harry this time.

"Though, You-Know-Who will see us coming now," Hermione finished, dejected. "And he knows about Kara, so I doubt we'll get the drop on him this time."

"He said he would kill Ron," Harry said quietly. "We have to try."

Hermione shook her head. "He won't. He will use Ron as bait and something to haggle with. It wouldn't surprise me if he will let Ron go free in exchange for us. But Harry, we can't let him capture you again, you have to keep finding the Horcruxes and destroy them."

"But we have to rescue Ron," Harry insisted.

"Yes, I plan to," Hermione said, a bit annoyed that it was all Harry could think about when they had so much going on. "We'll find him the same way we found you, scout the area and come up with a plan. We can't just rush into this, though. Too much is at stake now."

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Voldemort wanted to punish someone for Potter's escape. His dragons were closest, but before he even had time to raise his wand, he stopped. It was a peculiar reaction. He had never had the problem to hurt another being when they had failed at something. And Elva and Tolv had failed in stopping Hermione getting away on her dragon.

However, the urge to not hurt them were stronger. In fact, he didn't want anything to hurt them. It would be like hurting himself.

Cool flying, Elva commented in awe. Apparently, the twins didn't understand why it was so bad that they had got away.

Fast, Tolv agreed. Must have practiced much, like Elder Tvenne.

"They shouldn't have got away," Voldemort hissed. "You should have stopped them."

Elders haven't taught us to fly like that, Elva answered, clearly not discouraged by his tone.

"Make sure to practice soon, then, because I'm sure we'll run into them again," Voldemort growled.

Tolv flew closer to him and bumped Voldemort's arm with his head. Tom-wizard strong and will capture them next time.

Voldemort started to sink down towards the ground. "Yes, I most definitely will."

The dragons followed him down, and they landed close to the entrance of Hogwarts. There were quite a few students lurking in the doorway, and glancing out through the windows. Voldemort hoped they hadn't seen much. He loathed having people witness his failures.

Or, he reasoned when he saw Snape getting back on his feet, the failures of his minions.

"My Lord," Snape gasped, clearly having had his breath knocked out of him. "Granger was here – I have no idea where she got that dragon, but—"

"Get Ronald Weasley and bring him here," Voldemort ordered.

Snape was staring at him in surprise, and at first, Voldemort wondered if Snape had got all wit knocked out from him. Could he no longer follow simple direction? Then he realised it must be Voldemort's new looks that caught him off guard.

"Now, Severus," Voldemort said softly.

Snape immediately bowed and hurried away. It was good that there were still some people around that understood the importance of pleasing Lord Voldemort. Not that it would do Snape much good. He would be punished once he had brought the Weasley boy.
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