She Is Alive ~ V | d.m.

7. Strong Perfume

I found myself standing beside Granger who quickly covered her mouth upon my arrival.

Before I could say anything she motioned for me to be quiet as I turned to see snatchers walking in our direction. The person leading, however, only happened to be a Death Eater herself, she carried a bow and a pouch of arrows while the other snatchers carried bodies and foreign objects.

We stood still and held our breaths as they walked by us, then one stopped, "What's that?"

He turned and held his nose up as he smelt the air. He walked back towards us and stood directly in front of Granger. I quietly pulled out my wand and held it reinforcing the spells she had already placed.

Then just as the man spoke again, you could barely make it out, his words were muffled, "What's that smell?"

He began to take a step forward, however, one of the other snatchers dropped the body and he turned, "What are you doing?"

"It's heavy."

"Oh, sorry. Do you want me to carry it?" The first man responded sarcastically.

"Yeah, actually. Thank you."

"Don't be ridiculous, pick the body up," the man countered before Liberty grew impatient.

"We have a job to do, both of you quit it and continue forward. Now."

The men nodded and returned to the path they were on, and the moment they were out of hearing range, I let out a smirk at Liberty's work before we both ended up sighing, "Hmph, stressful."

"Agreed, and I'm glad you're back and safe."

"Thanks," I looked around for a sign of shelter but there was nothing.

"Up just over the hill is a tent. Past the second barrier," I nodded but jumped slightly as Harry walked up behind me.

"Snatchers. Good to know your enchantments work. Oh, and welcome back."

I nodded as Granger sighed again with slight tears forming, "He could smell it. My perfume."

I rolled my eyes but waited before both Harry and Granger turned walking towards the hill. I walked behind them in silence, barely listening to the words they were saying.

~

"I've told you, Ron isn't strong enough to apparate."

"What about Scarlett? Can't you heal him?" Harry turned to me and I shook my head.

"How long has he been injured?"

"A couple of hours, maybe a day."

"I can heal fresh injuries instantly, but the best I could do is make it comfortable for him and maybe speed up the healing process, but we still wouldn't be able to apparate."

Harry sighed but continued, "Well, then, we'll go on foot. And next time, Hermione, as much as I like your perfume, just don't wear any."

I looked up once we passed the second barrier and smiled slightly as I saw Ron exiting the tent. But he didn't seem too happy, seeing Granger and Harry walk together.

That's when I saw, Salazar's Locket, the real one. I could sense it, "You guys found the Horcrux?"

Granger turned to me and nodded, "We infiltrated the Ministry of Magic and nabbed it from Umbridge."

"Ahh, let me guess, Polyjuice Potion?"

Harry now nodded, "Yeah, Hermione had some spare up for us."

"Smart."

Granger's smile then fell, "But we have to wear it in turns. Something about it changes us. Makes us angry, and vengeful."

I shook my head, "I don't know if you want me wearing that then, just a warning."

"Right, probably for the best."

We returned to the tent and called it a night, soon making our journey the next day.

~

"And now for the names of the missing witches and wizards. These are confirmed. Thankfully, the list is short today. Jason and Alison Denbright. Bella, Jake, Charlie, and Madge Farley..."

The list went on and on and I was starting to lose it, but I had slowly learned to tune it out.

We walked through fields and trailer parks, hid in barns and under bridges as Death Eaters flew overhead. At one point we stopped for a while but I only took the opportunity to take a nap, while the other three did who knows what.

Soon enough we were on the move again and I didn't do much, only followed.

I had put myself in the position of conjuring the food and supplies while Harry led us with the help of Granger.

Meanwhile, Ron was just there and I could tell he was beginning to grow annoyed by it.

Tensions were high and they were only growing.