The Slytherin princess

Chapter 81 // running from the devil himself

Hermione's POV

KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK

A man, in his late 40s, with greasy, dirty white hair and ugly rag-looking clothing on his body opened the door, he could've been Lucius' brother if it hadn't been for the obvious carelessness for cleanliness and the fact he looks broke as fuck

"what is it? Who are you? What do you want?"

Potter moved to the front of the steps "Hello. Mr. Lovegood, I'm harry potter we- we met a few months ago" that's how I recognize him, he's Luna's dad "can we come in?"

bit blunt Potter, the man doesn't even know you

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"where is Luna"

they were all sitting in his cluttered living room, drinking tea

"Luna? She'll be along" either he hasn't noticed she's been kidnapped or he's lying for some reason "so... how can I help you, Mr. Potter?"

"well, actually- it was about something you were wearing 'round your neck at the wedding... it was a symbol"

Xenophilius held up a sign, the same one Parkinson's been seeing on her book "you mean this?"

"yes, that exactly. What we've wondered is... what is it?"

"what is it?" he repeated "w- well it's the sign of the deathly hallows of course"

"the what?"

"the deathly hallows. I assume you're all familiar with 'the tale of the three brothers'"

"yeah"

"yes"

"no"

"I have it in here" Parkinson searched in her very small handbag for something, noises came from within it which probably confused anyone who didn't know it was an extendable charm "here..." she pulled out a baby blue book "there were once three brothers who were traveling along a lonely, winding road at twilight-" Edward and Bella? That you?

"midnight. Mum always said midnight... but twilight's fine, better, actually" he's trying too hard

"do you want to read it?"

"n- no it's fine"

"there were once three brothers..."

I'm not listening to this, it's the most boring story ever

I jolted myself out of the trance and was faced with the dark lord and most of the death eaters staring at me "they're in Xenophilius' house"

they seemed to already know this, no one was surprised "what are they doing there girl?"

"talking about some story of three g's in the middle of the night" the dark lord looked angry as if he knew what they were doing now

"alright... Greyback, Lestrange, Bellatrix, Yaxley, and... Hermione and Draco" he was looking at me, when he said it, looking for a flicker of fear, I didn't show any- I hope I didn't show any "get ready, you're going to find the golden trio, bring Potter back alive, I do not care what you do with the other two"

*

I took a deep breath and muttered "mortem igne comedente"

I looked around me, everyone was already burning through the walls. I did the same, making sure to try and 'accidentally' miss potter.

I heard luna's dad screaming from the doorway "STOP! I'VE GOT HIM, I'VE GOT POTTER!"

I felt pity for the poor man and stupefied him, so he wouldn't draw attention to himself and get himself killed by Bellatrix's short temper.

I stopped flying around and landed where the trio was about the apparate, without thinking I grabbed onto Potter's shoulder and went with them

The familiar sensation of being pushed through a thin tube began and stopped a few seconds later

We had landed in some kind of forest, they all immediately turned on me, their wands out

"Woah, Woah, Woah, let's not be hasty"

"not be hasty? This is your fault"

"once again with the accusations! No one is ever gonna give me a break" McDonald pushed me against a tree "ow" I muttered, wincing

"you took Luna"

"actually, the others took Luna, and like I've told so many other people. I'm not the villain here, okay?" I pushed him off me and addressed the others as well "I've done so much for you lot during all this. I've stopped the carrows from murdering Longbottom multiple times, I've taken care of Ollivander and Luna, I've given you at least three bits of crucial information, and- let's not forget, I've gone through agony almost every other day to stop the dark lord from finding out where you are. So next time- duck"

I pushed them all to the ground, a spell whizzed past, I recognized them, a couple of snatchers

"run" whispered to them "run!" they finally did as told and sprinted away

"well don't hang about- snatch 'em"

the rest of the snatchers started chasing after them

I disapparated