Forever and Always - Dramione/Blinny Veela Sequel

Ch. 27

Hermione and Ginny quickly got lost inside the house's hallways. While it wasn't as large as their manors, the old house was still a confusing mess.

"Where's the bloody front door?" Ginny muttered in a frustration tone from behind her.

Hermione stayed quiet, looking around the corner before proceeding. They were unable to light their wands for fear of being caught quickly, which only added to their anxiety. What would happen if they were caught before they could escape? Hermione didn't want to think about that and pressed on, leading her and Ginny down the dark hallway.

"Revelio."

The two girls jumped and whirled around, wands out as they faced Rodolphus. Hermione felt a creeping warmth fall down her body and looked in horror as she and Ginny were no longer blending into their surroundings.

She grabbed Ginny's hand again and attempted to apparate themselves away, but nothing happened. She tried again, only to let out a frustrated noise while Ginny attempted to apparate as well with no success.

Rodolphus let out a rare bark of laughter and said, "You have no ability to apparate here. You can thank Dumbledore for that idea."

Ginny reacted first, sending off a jet of red light towards the Death Eater. He blocked it and sent a counter red light, which hit Ginny squarely in the chest and sent her flying back towards the wall. Hermione immediately sent off a Knock-back jinx followed by a Stunner, which caught Rodolphus off guard and sent him backwards, his head bashing against the wall and knocking him unconscious.

"Ginny!" Hermione exclaimed as she ran over to her friend.

Ginny groaned and held her head as she sat up. "That one hurt."

"Are you alright?" Hermione asked quickly, looking her over. "Can you stand up? I don't know how long he's going to be knocked out!"

"Yeah, I think I can-"

"Confringo!"

The wall behind them exploded and Hermione grabbed Ginny's hand, pulling her up and running down the other hallway. There were blasts following them as whoever was chasing them fired off spell after spell, hitting the walls as the girls ran. They sent curses back over their shoulders as they tried to evade their attackers, unable to see exactly who was chasing them due to the smoke from the explosions mixing with the dust from the old house getting stirred up.

The hallway led them to a large open foyer and Ginny cried out in happiness when she saw the door. But they realized that they were not on the ground floor of the house as they had originally thought and raced around the railing to the top of the stairs.

Hermione looked back quickly to see Alecto and Amycus enter the large area from the hallway and Alecto sent a Stunner in their direction. She immediately jumped in front of Ginny, but the spell hit her hard and caused her to fly into the other witch, sending both girls falling down the steps.

She was unable to move for a few moments, feeling dazed from her head hitting the stone floor. Ginny cried in pain next to her and was holding her leg. Quickly reaching and grabbing her wand, Hermione aimed it at the floor beneath the two Carrow siblings and yelled, "Reducto!"

The floor beneath them blasted into pieces and the Carrows fell through the floor, landing in a heap on the ground away from them. When neither of them moved, Hermione turned her attention to Ginny and immediately went to her.

"I think my leg's broken," Ginny cried through tears and gasping breaths. "I can't move it at all!"

Hermione panicked for a moment and then remembered exactly what to do. She pointed her wand at Ginny's right leg and said, "Ferula."