My Double Agent

Chapter 28 ~ Not Wanting to Say Goodbye Again

 Severus woke up the next morning and looks at Hermione and smiles at her, she looked peaceful. He then frowns, he hated that he was going to have to lose his wife all over again. He stood up out of bed and walked over to his desk, grabbing a piece of parchment and a quill. He took a deep breath before writing his letter.

Harry Potter,

  You don't know me. But I have found out some disturbing news about your friend, Hermione Granger. She was snatched by the snatchers, and I know where she is. If you want to save her, Seek out Xenophilius Lovegood. He can help you. I'd hurry if I was you, Bellatrix has done a number on her. They have been keeping Scabior at bay for now, but he is getting antsy.  You must act quickly.

S

Severus rolled up his note, walked over to his window, and handed it to one of his many owls, "Find Potter, deliver this to none other." The owl squawked and flew away. Severus closed his window and crawled back into bed next to Hermione. He brushed her hair out of her face before pulling her close to him. He had no idea how quickly Harry would receive his letter. But once Harry gets it, he will take no time in saving Hermione.

~

Harry starts walking up to the camp with Ron, he was glad to have him back. He looks up at the tent, "Hermione?" No response. He figured maybe she was just really tired. He walks closer to the tent, "Hermione, you'll never guess who I found, and what we did!"

"Thought you said she was here?" Ron asked confused

"She was.... Hermione?!" Harry runs into the tent to find it empty. He turns around and walks back outside to see Ron looking at him worried. 

"Where is she?"

"I don't know, she's gone!"

Ron looks at Harry concerned, "What do you mean, gone?! She doesn't have her wand, Harry! She has no way of defending herself!"

"I know! Let's see if her purse is still here."

Ron and Harry walk into the tent and start looking around. Soon Ron finds her purse near her bed, "Here it is, at least we can put the tent away properly."

"Thats what you are worried about?"

"We need to take the tent anyway Harry."

They start taking the tent down when all the sudden, a letter falls into Harry's view. Harry looks up to the sky to see an owl fly away, he didn't get a good look at the owl sadly. He picks the letter up and opens it. After reading it, he looks up, "Ron!"

Ron runs over and looks at the letter with Harry, "Who do you think sent it?"

Hary shrugged, "Maybe Malfoy?"

Ron nodded, "No, look. It signed S. Unless Malfoy did it to disguise himself, I wouldn't put it past him. This whole war doesn't seem his style."

"Look, it says we need to go speak to Luna's father."

"Then what are we waiting for?"

The pair continue to pack up the camp site.

~

Hermione wakes up and looks up at Severus who looked at her and smiled, "Good morning beautiful." Hermione smiled, "Morning my love." Soon, she remembered where they were and what happened to her. The pain in her arm shot up to her shoulder and she jolted up in pain, "Ah, my arm..." Severus leans up and rolls her sleeve up, it wasn't looking good, "Please let me heal it."

"No, if they save me and I have not a single injury, they'll find it weird."

"Fine, at least let me numb it for you then."

Hermione nods and Severus waves his wand over her arm and the pain subsides. She looks up at him and smiles softly, "Thank you." Severus nods and gets out of bed. Just then Hermione realized he was already dressed.  She stands up and looks over at the pile of clothes on the dresser, "Wait where are my clothes?"

"They are over here. Don't worry, we aren't washing them or anything so you can put them back on for when you are... saved."

"Thank you." She picks up a black formfitting dress and looks at Severus with a goofy smile, "Do- do I wear this?"

"Yes, Narcissa gave you some of her clothes. She said you two were the same size."

"Who is Narcissa?" She asked as she slips the dress on.

"Draco's mother." He turns and loos at Hermione. She looked like she was going to a funeral. Black was not an everyday color for her. He could tell that she agreed when she turned and looked at him and forced a smile. He couldn't help but chuckle, "The smile looks painful."

"It is... I'm not dark and edgy... this looks bad huh?"

"No. You still look beautiful. You just look like someone died."

Hermione smirks at him, "Keep laughing, and that might be you." She giggles as she walks up to him. He grabs her cheek and kisses her. They pull away and stand there with their foreheads touching for a few moments. Hermione sighs, "I know."

"I don't want to say goodbye so soon."

"Maybe it won't be so fast. Harry doesn't even know where I am."

"He will soon." Severus pulls away and sits back down on the edge of the bed. Hermione sits next to him and looks at him confused. He frowns at her, "I wrote him a letter."

"What?! Won't that blow your cover?"

"I didn't sign it. I just told him a way to get to you."

"You told him specifically the manor?"

"No, I told him to Seek out Xenophilius Lovegood first."

"Why?"

"He'll instantly try to turn Harry in."

"Wha- why would he do that?"

Severus looks down in shame, "Because.... we have Ms. Lovegood here."

"Luna is here?!"

"In the Dungeon below."

Hermione jumps up and looks at him, "Why?!"

"They kidnapped her to try and keep her father from publishing support for Mr. Potter in The Quibbler."

Hermione shook her head in disbelief. Severus stood up and grabbed her hand, "But, Astoria has been checking up on her."

"But that'll blow her cover."

"Luna sworn to secrecy."

Hermione nodded and sighed in relief, "Astoria is to kind for her own good."

"Agreed. Come along, we are to discuss the plan over breakfast on how we will all act when Harry arrives."