My Double Agent

Chapter 15 ~ Dumbledore's Death

The day has come, Monday, June 30th. Harry had already left to go see Dumbledore. Hermione was already in the library watching the top of the astronomy tower. She couldn't focus on anything all day. She buttoned up her pink cardigan as night drew near and the air grew colder. Then she heard it, the loud pop. She looked and saw Harry practically carrying Dumbledore until they fall to their knees. He was already weak, Hermione's eyes already started to water up. Soon Harry looks behind him and Hermione can tell Dumbledore gave him an order cause soon after, Harry walked down the stairs.

Dumbledore stood up, then Draco slowly walked out pointing his wand at him. Soon Bellatrix, Astoria, and a bunch of other death eater showed up behind him. She can tell something was wrong, Bellatrix seemed like she was yelling at Draco. Hermione worried for his safety, then her husband walked in. Astoria runs over to Draco, and they held onto each other. And then, something she wasn't ready to see. Severus kills Dumbledore causing him to fall off the tower, Hermione screams as she watches him fall. She looks back up crying as she and her husband locked eyes before he turned away and grabbed Draco and started to run. Bellatrix then screams as she makes the dark mark appear above Hogwarts.

Hermione couldn't stand to not see Severus one last time, she gets up and runs all the way to the courtyard. When she gets out there, it seemed the whole school was already there. She walked up and stood next to Ron who was holding Lavender, she was crying her eyes out. Hermione then looks at Luna who also seemed to shed a tear. Soon Harry comes out, Hermione could tell that he chased after Draco and Severus. Hermione watches as Harry kneels in front of Dumbledore's body and puts a hand on his chest. Hermione starts to cry softly as Ginny kneels next to Harry and hugs him.

Soon, everyone held their wand up into the air, causing a bright white light to fill the sky, eradicating the dark mark from the sky. Hermione then falls to her knees crying, not only was Dumbledore dead, but she just lost her husband and two friends for who knew how long. It was too much for her to handle. Ron and Lavender kneel with her and bring her into a group hug, Harry and Ginny soon joined the hug. Everyone seemed lost in what to do at this point.

The next day, everyone was sent home, so they could prepare for the funeral. Hermione felt guilty that she was allowed to attend. Why would Severus do Draco's task? She didn't understand it, maybe he was trying to save Draco from having to do it himself? She just couldn't understand. The train ride back was quiet. Ron and Lavender sat together holding each other, Harry and Ginny did the same. Hermione sat at the window, watching the clouds roll by. Then Harry broke the silence, "I knew Draco was a Death Eater, but I don't think he chose his path. He seemed really hesitant."

Hermione sighed, "Harry..."

"No! I saw it happen Hermione! You don't know what it was like!"

Hermione couldn't hold it back. She turned to Harry and screamed, "You're wrong! I do know what it was like! I was in the library, Harry! When I heard a weird sound, I looked out the window... I saw everything!"

Harry looks at her and frowns, "I'm sorry Hermione... you shouldn't have had to see that."

Hermione turned away refusing to look at him, had he known she was in on the whole thing, "It's fine, we're all upset."

"Oh, I found out who the Half-Blood Prince was."

Hermione looked at him quickly, "What?"

"It was... him... Snape."

"How do you know?"

"He told me... I tried to use that spell on him, the one that almost killed Draco..."

Hermione had to hold her tongue, He dare try to kill him?! She had to calm down, "And what happened?"

"He blocked it, he crated the spell. That's when he told me he was the half blood prince. But then he left... Why would he not kill me right there and then?"