Ride the lighting

Part 6

They spent the next few days trying to get into a routine in regards to taking the night watch shift and spent hours throwing ideas around of where to look next.

Ron spent much of the time alone sulking. He refused to sleep in his old bed, as he didn't want to be alone in a room with Harry and took over the small room that Hermione had in the tent, tightly zipping the piece of canvas that closed the area off so that they couldn't see him.

Hermione and Harry did their best to take his mood in their stride, but as frustration with the hunt reached higher levels and Hermione's hormones began to change, moments came where they would argue and nasty words were thrown around.

Harry spent the time when Ron was in his room and Hermione was outside taking her watch -which she insisted on every time Harry suggested that she shouldn't- reading the healer book Hermione had with her.

He wanted to take Hermione to a Healer and get her checked over but it wasn't possible, the only places he knew were St. Mungo's and Madame Pomfrey at Hogwarts, neither was even remotely possible and he knew Hermione would lecture him about the danger for hours if he dared to mention it.

The book clarified his questions and worries over her constant morning sickness and mood swings, but when he began to read into the things a pregnant woman should be doing, such as eating certain types of foods and taking potions he would worry about what the hunt was doing to her and their unborn baby.

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As weeks went by Harry got better at catching food, he refused to go back to the tent until he had something for them to eat and Ron came out of the room more, although he still didn't say very much. The atmosphere became just bearable.

Hermione stopped throwing up everything she ate and got to the point where she could go a few days without being sick, which in turn lightened her mood.

Before they knew what had happened two months went by and the weather changed as the month turned into March.

"Hermione, you're bump has really grown" Harry remarked, trying to sound offhand and not like he had been staring at it for hours.

"Yes I know. I had to magically expand all my clothes" Hermione mumbled back, her head firmly in a book that she knew off by heart, backwards sideways and upside down.

"Hermione why are you reading Hogwart's: A History again? You must know it better than the author" Harry asked her.

"I was hoping that something would jump out as to the location of a Horcrux. Voldermort has major ties with the scho..." Hermione caught her mistake and her jaw dropped.

Harry's eyes widened. Both their heads snapped up as Ron pelted into the tent with his wand out. "Four snatchers and Fenrir Greyback just apparated right outside our enchantments" he hurriedly whispered.

"Hermione said the taboo" Harry answered Ron's unasked question.

"Ron do they know we're here?" Hermione hurriedly asked, stuffing the book into her beaded bag and silently summoning the other possessions lying around the tent.

"They're looking around, they can't work out who said the name" Ron described the scene from where his head was sticking out of the tent entrance.

"We'll have to pack up and get out of here without disturbing the enchantments. Harry, Ron take the tent down, be quiet just in case any of the enchantments falter" Hermione ordered as she headed for the entrance.

"What are you doing?" Harry hissed.

"We're set up near the tree line. I'm going to see if there is anywhere we can go to apparate without them hearing us" Hermione quickly answered back before running out of the tent entrance.