Alyss Granger: First Year

Facing Death

CHAPTER 28

Hermione's PoV

"No?" I said hoarsely. They weren't going to let me help.

"No, Hermione, no. Stay will Ginny." Harry said looking at me like I was some injured dog, which I was acting like, so I suppose I deserved it.

"HEY! No way, I'm going with you lot! Mum can look after them with Hermione! Harry, don't you dare!" Ginny said positively glowering at Harry.

"Ah, no little sisters." Ron said.

"Hate to tell you, mate, but I can't come up with a reason she shouldn't come. Since we can't have the one who memorized every spell." Harry said. "Now that we got that done."

"WHAT ABOUT ME?" Teddy bellowed.

"No, Teddy, stay with me." I said weakly. "If they fail, I can't lose you and Alyss. Please Teddy."

It seemed the sheer despration in my voice did it for him. None of them had seen me like this. Not even Ron. I had never been so desprite and unable. I had never been helpless and just unable to save my own sister.

"And Tom and Matt?" Teddy.

"We'll stay, so no need to get into another fight." Tom said.

Matt looked abandoned. "No we won't!"

Tom gave him a glare so like Alyss' that even Teddy was silence. And Hermione broke into fresh tears. Even Ginny looked close.

"Yes we will..." Matt muttered in complete shock at Tom's sudden urge to take over the leadership Teddy and Alyss usually shared.

Alyss' PoV

It was getting harder to hope on the final day, was it that important to keep the Hallows safe? It must be so hard for Hermione, knowing I'm here, unable to help myself.

I tried to focus myself on my hands but it was no use. I was going to die. It didn't matter, the Hallows were more important. I understood. It would help, in the long run.

Suddenly, Vol walked furiously into the room. It gave me a strange satifaction. He didn't want to kill me, if he had his way he would have the stone and the cloak and I would be free.

"You too? I'm not very happy about the way this turned out either." I said happily.

"Not now, Granger, no." He said closing his eyes and a look of intense focus on his face. His mouth formed a word, now. "Come. They know we're here."

"Can I ask where here is?" I asked innocently. Too innocently, Vol raised his eyebrow. I don't think he was suppsed to be acting civil to me, but he was.

"No." He vanished the boundery around me. I had been waiting for days for this to happen, for me to get this opportunity. It was something I had only seen in movies and I wasn't even sure if it would work. But I had no other ideas and what else could I do? I punched him.

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K. I wanna have a bit of a competion. I'm not going to do Alyss' 2nd-7th years, I just don't have time or a plot. I will, however, be doing when she's 18. So, I obviously need a cover for that. So the person who can get the cover for that gets to create a character for the story.

But I WILL be doing her memories of years 2-7. So I also need a cover for that. So TWO people can win. This will be open until I finish this story and if I still need covers it will continue so, please!

Alyssa