Harmione and the Prisoner of Azkaban

The Dementor

As Tom, the innkeeper gave Harry his usual toothless grin as he woke Harry up, Harry got dressed and went down for breakfast. He saw Ron who was chasing after Scabbers again and Hermione had Crookshanks laid on her lap and she saw Harry and went red. Harry slipped down next to Hermione who was still quite red, Hedwig and came and flew onto Harry's arm and looked at Crookshanks. Hedwig started to coo and went and ruffled her feathers against Crookshanks purred and allowed Hedwig to come closer and they started to fall asleep.

Hermione's jaw dropped "W-" 

"They," Harry went even redder "like each other," Ginny then came down and scowled and sat as far away as she could from Harry and Hermione. Hermione shrugged and Harry looked at Ginny who looked worse than she did yesterday, her face was beet red she had her fists curled up and kept on snapping at everyone.

Later that day Harry was going with his trunk to Hogwarts when Mr. Weaskey took him to the side and Harry knew what was going to happen.

"Harry I need to tell you something, there is-" Mr. Weasley began

"I know, about Sirus Black," Harry sighed

"Ok, well Harry what ever you don't go looking for Black," Mr. Weasley. Harry nodded and went onto the train and slumped down next to Hermione who was looking anxiously at Harry who was slightly nervous.

"What did Mr. Weasley ask or tell you?" Hermione said

"Oh, he told me not to go looking for Black," Harry said frowning

"What?" Ron said a bit gawped, so Harry and Hermione filled in about what they had heard with the Weasley's argument.

"So let me get this straight, Sirus Black's escaped Azkaban to come after you?" Ron said frowing as Hermione frowned again

"Yep," Harry replied 

"But they'll catch Black won't they? I mean everyone is looking for him," Hermione said looking at Harry with wide eyes.

"Sirus Black, after- yy-you, wow Harry looks like someone's always hunting you down," Ron said sitting across from Harry and Hermione. The talk was about Sirus Back until they noticed there was a man with sharp brown hair, quite young but tired looking across from them sleeping. He had worn down robes and a battered briefcase, although he looked young flicks of grey were wisped into his hair.

"Who's that?" Ron asked

"Professor R.J.Lupin," Hermione replied

"Who'd you know that?" Ron said and Harry chuckled

"It says it on his briefcase," Hermione snapped

"Oh, I wonder what he teaches?" Ron said

"There's only one role left Defence Against the Dark Arts," Hermione said glaring at Ron, "people say it may be jinxed though,"

The sky went very dark and rain started to splatter down from outside, the clouds covered in dark water and the whole landscape had gone from a nice green and a roaring sun, to dull, eerie and wet. Just then the train came to a halt and the brakes screeched, Hermione's hand fell onto Harry and she squeezed it so much that Harry's hand went red. After Hermione had released it she had gone very red before looking around.

"Why are we stopping we can't be there yet?" Hermione asked

Harry stuck his head out the door as did everyone else on the train, "I don't know?" Harry said sitting back down. The train jerked again and Ron gave out a little yelp and Hermione went very pale.

"What's going on?" Ron yelped

"D'know maybe we've broken down?" Harry said. Just then all the light's switched off and the carriage went dark.

"Ouch Ron that was my foot," Hermione said in a hushed voice as the train jerked again

"There's something moving out there!" Ron said. Hermione began to squeeze Harry's hand again just then two people scrambled in. Hermione let out a small scream before she saw it was only Ginny and Neville, Ginny was looking at Hermione and Harry's holding hands and Neville was shivering. The carriage went freezing cold and the windows turned slowly to ice, a bottle of water also turned to ice as Ron quickly removed his hand away from the carriage window and Hermione squeezed Harry's hand harder. Ron shouted again just as the train jerked again, and then they saw it. A large hooded figure with a black cloak covering it appeared at the carriage door, it had scabby hand and rattling breath as if it was trying to suck the life out of the room. It's cloak seemed to be attached to the creature, and it was not human. Hermione's hand was so tight Harry was feeling like his hand's life had been sucked out of it and the train jerked again. The creature opened the carriage door and Harry felt his chest tighten and could feel his heart thundering against it. Hermione looked like she was going to faint yet the room remained silent, the creature came inside and rose to its full height and revealed to have no face but a scabby grey mouth which no noise came out apart from the rattling noise. Hermione snuck up to Harry and began to hold him as the creature turned away from Ron and Neville and towards Ginny, Hermione and Harry. It began to make a sucking noise and Harry felt as if he was being torn apart and he could hear screaming, Hermione looked the same and went white before falling to the ground. Ginny, Ron and Neville were frozen to their seats, as Harry saw Hermione felt the same as him and screaming got louder until he was sure everybody could hear it. The man in the corner leapt up for the first time and said something funny and a silvery-white light came out his wand and it hit the creature flew away as Harry crashed to the floor with Hermione.

"HARRY! Harry!" someone was slapping him and shaking him, his eyes flashed open and he saw Hermione who was still out cold and it was Ginny who was shaking him. Harry woke up and he saw Hermione was slumped against him stirring and the Professor looking at him, he was holding a bar of chocolate and handed it to Harry and Hermione who looked pale and as if she had been disconnected with the living world.

"Eat," Lupin said as Harry slipped a piece into his mouth as did Hermione

"What was that thing?" Harry asked looking out the door

"A Dementor, the guards of Azkaban, they were looking for Sirus Black," Lupin said "I just need to have a word with the driver," he got up and left

"What happened to me, and the screams," Hermione asked so pale Harry made sure she finished the packet of chocolate

"I heard the screams as well, and then the world went dark," Harry said as Ron looked at them in awe

"There were no screams," Ginny said

"And the shouting?" Hermione snapped

"No one was shouting," Ron said

"Yes there was, I heard it too," Neville said "I heard the screams as well," 

"Well, Hermione you went cold and pale then you fainted and then you started to shake as if you were having a fit and so did Harry, then he fainted and Neville was having a fit but then it went away and Neville just went cold," Ron said

"But-" Hermione began and she then she went silent and Harry was looking out the window and she was sure he was thinking the same thing, why had they fainted and sprawled to pieces when everyone was fine. She looked at Harry who looked blank and pale and as if he would never be happy again.

Harry, Hermione and Ron sat down near Ginny, Neville and the Weasley twins as the hall filled up. Hermione had refused to go to tinge Hospital Wing and sat down next to Harry across from the Slytherin table.

"Oi, Potter, Granger is it true, you two actually fainted?" Malfoy hissed as Goyle did impressions of fainting before Hermione turned Harry around as some of the Slytherin table burst out in laughter as Dumbledore introduced Lupin and talked about the Dementors guarding the school. He also said that Hagrid would be a teacher and then Harry went to his dorms. This year was going to be just as bad as the last.