XIII
"Get him up," Severus said firmly and walked to the door. Ron still looked after by Lavender, but Harry and Draco both reacted quickly. They grabbed the man all on one arm and pulled him up the stairs. Severus took a deep breath and opened the door.
"Conner," he said politely, "How can I help you?" "Well," now that he stood in front of Severus, he was somewhat embarrassed, "I wanted to see if anything in them is in order. "" Yeah sure, "replied Severus him as confident and Conner for a moment, nothing said he was on the verge of closing the door.
"What was that light?", It finally burst out of the man. Severus reached for his waistband. He wanted to save it to the man, but apparently he had no other choice. It would certainly not be easy to Oblivate to dose correctly. He only hoped that he not badly affected his memory.
His hand was still trying his waistband after the wand. Where was he condemned. All of a sudden stopped Severus. He again had the rebound in mind. It had it pretty hard hit, falling while he ran the wand. He had to lie still up.
Harry and Draco moved his heavy body up the stairs, while Hermione and Neville wore behind his legs for as little as possible to make noise. "Hell is the heavy," complained Harry and Draco was when they had reached the top, clearly out of breath.
"Who the hell is that?", It broke out of Draco.
"Duncan Lannox" said Hermione just looked up and motionless on the body of the man.
"And what he did or how he came up here at all to come here? "wanted to know Harry and Hermione turned it on, but she remained silent and did not take her eyes off Lannox. "He was imprisoned there in the lab," said Lavender, pointing the finger at the open door. "Yes," said Hermione almost overcame her, and now look to Lavender, "and what you did there? The door was closed with a Colloportus. "A slight shade of red colored
Lavender's cheeks and gave her back a healthy look. "I, well," stammered she, "tell You'd also recommend what, "she pushed Ron lightly with his elbow in the side, staring at himself laid the floor. "It was like," she began, after all even tell, "the prevention elixir that I had from you. It was all there and I thought ... "" Oh man, "she thought Draco annoyed the word," that is, just because Weasley and his little friend to drive it like rabbits, have Here we are now a corpse around. "
" Oh, you dirty reared ...", , Ron, and was immediately detained by his sister. "Malfoy is right, the door was locked and you would not there be allowed to go inside," said Ginny, "but none the less I would like to know what this man had no business up here. & Ldquo and you looked now with a questioning expression on Hermione and the others followed Ginny's curious example.
"Severus has brought him got there," said Hermione.
"Oh say what you do not? Severus was so? "Harry went to her," I thought the love was Neville's. " Neville's head was colored bright red, but no one seemed to notice him. They all stared at Harry and then Hermione. "That evening when her ankamt here, he tried to touch me. I could not tear myself away somehow and then I ran. "
" When you're with him, you'd have thought you so that he does eventually want from you, "Ron said gleefully.
"Rooon" said Ginny, rolling her eyes here, "she speaks of Lannox." Confused the red-haired boy looked first to his sister, then to an angry Hermione, and finally to the dead man on the ground. "Oh," he said sheepishly. "Let him bring us into the lab until we know what we do with him," said Draco and attacked again by one arm.
Conner him with curious eyes, as Severus was again realized that now he still owed an explanation. "The light?" He began, trying to at the last moment something to suck his fingers, "my wife, you have the old curtains do not like it," he said, "She wanted something colorful like . The green light must pass through it shine through. "
Conner looked at him skeptically, but he said nothing, instead he be thoughtful counterpart with a brief nod and a Scottish sound that expressed something between indifference and suspicion. "Then I wish them a pleasant evening," Severus said goodbye and closed the door behind you.
He went up the stairs into the empty corridor. The door to his lab was a large gap wide open. Lannox lay on the ground, someone had put a towel over his head. They were all around him, looking now banished to Severus. "What we do with him? "asked Draco. Severus narrowed his eyes thoughtfully eyebrows. "He has to go here," he said. "And where are we to Request by e-him?", Mingled now and Harry. "No matter," said Severus, "somewhere, as I'm in the forest, the animals will eat him and no one will ever find."
Hermione drew shocked his breath. "You can not just leave him but somewhere and feed the animals," she said indignantly and called, in her distraught face particular to Severus. He stared for a moment. "We could have," he said with raised eyebrow, which opens her mouth to say already. "But it would be better to bury him," he ended his sentence before she could say anything.
He went to the window and looked out. In the darkness he could see nothing. The moon was a silver band on the sky the little beam of light donated. He did not know if perhaps there was someone out there, but the probability that they will be viewed by anyone at all, seemed to him rather low. However, the Corpse had to get out of here and as soon as possible.
only now occurred to him again that his wand was still somewhere in the hallway. He left out the room to the hallway and searched the floor until he finally discovered him in a corner. Even when picked up, he noticed that he had apparently were not getting anything. Slowly, he turned it between his fingers to his eyes to a small gaping crack was in the timber. It was no great damage, nothing that is not addressed by a "reparo" read, luckily.
He went back to the lab, where he went straight to Hermione and grabbed her by the waist and turned in both directions until it was apparent that he was looking for. Her wand stuck in the waistband on the left side of her skirt. He pulled it out and set it up with a short "reparo" on his own before he returned to his seat in his pocket.
The crack was back, but it was a rough bump on this very spot back. Severus turned his back between his fingers. Finally, he took him by the handle and set it on the small rug near the window and turned it into a big gray cloth. Well, it thus seemed to be all ok.
They wrapped the dead body in it. It was a very to break peculiar situation, a so-secret silence that no one dared to Severus finally spoke again. "Draco, Potter, you two to come." His words were determined, and his attitude did not tolerate opposition speeches or questions. He put a muttered spell on the big gray bundle and left bundle herschwebend the right to the room.
Harry and Draco followed him down the stairs. It would have been no point to contradict him, even if Harry would have liked to, just to show him that he accepted all that he does not flatly woman gave so sublime. This time he had looked like this from this situation and decided to just get behind him.
They left the house through the back door, the side facing away from the village. A simple read Lumos light up the ends of their wands and lit up at least a few meters in front of their feet. They walked a while in silence next to each other until they stopped at last.
"Ok, we have it here and let the animals just do the rest," said Draco. Severus saw the blond boy searchingly as he seemed to think about this proposal. "This is what we can not," , Harry spoke up, "it would be wrong and also we have promised Hermione," he added, looking into Snape's black eyes. "I will say nothing to the sludge blood," said Draco and Harry looked at it menacingly.
Severus was still silent. "We buried him," he said finally, and acted as if he had Draco's moan unkindly ignored.
Ron, Lavender, Ginny, Hermione and Neville were still in the small laboratory. Ginny was the one who broke the silence. "Girls" she said, "you did not desire to come to my room? We can wait there and we also had a long conversation no longer with us, "she finished, and cast a furtive wink Lavender, which is now clearly weighed in the head, whether they prefer the time in bed or when wanted to spend gossip and backbiting and opted for the latter, as she walked up to Ron, to explain to him with a sugary sweet voice, why he first had to make do without them.
"We go even before time," said Ginny and Hermione pushed through the door, "Just come to when you're ready." "What are you doing?" Asked Hermione as they entered Ginny and Harry's common room and the door slammed shut behind them. "I have as an idea," said her red-haired friend, "If we have Lavender on our side, we have Ron. And if all made friends with the situation have also Harry have to give sooner or later, especially if I lay it all day in the ears, "Ginny said conspiratorially.
Hermione looked at her friend confused, but eventually came into her mind what she wanted out apparently. "You mean the thing with Severus and me?" She asked security to once again, confirming her Ginny with a smile and a vigorous nod.
Hermione put on the big bed and took off her shoes to continue to climb up to the wall was up, the room door and came in Lavender. She had a corked bottle and three dark glasses in hand, of which she gave each one in his hand. "We need it in the right mood," she said with a grin and crawled to her friends on the bed. Ginny took the bottle from her hand and gave each a full glass of sweet palm wine.
"Girls, I have convened this meeting because we have to talk about an important new event," said Ginny played with a serious expression, as the other two broke out into laughter. "Quiet please," she said, tapping with a wooden brush on the small bedside table on which she had found them, as did a judge otherwise. They obviously had trouble staying still serious, so she took a large sip of her palm wine. played "The first item on our agenda," she said further, "There is something new in this desolate village? We know more about how we get out of here? "
" No, "said Lavender stretched and give you a another glass of palm wine," all the same. I hate this place. "" We have spoken to Dumbledore, "Hermione said casually, and now had the full attention of her two friends. "Oh yeah? What did he say? "Asked Ginny. "We are still going to Boston" is, reported, "but it looks like it wither someone who we may can help to return. "
" That sounds good, "said Lavender stretched and relish on the soft bed," I just hope there are no problems when we try through the gate or what the well may be, to come to Boston. I will finally down from this damned island, civilized back into the beautiful world. "
" So then, we come to some interesting topics, "interrupted Ginny Lavender's ruminations and turned with a wide grin at Hermione, who stared blankly back. The fact that Hermione had understood Ginny doubted not, but rather the fact that they would voluntarily move out in full detail. "Well come on already mine, you know exactly what I mean," Ginny said and leaned on her elbows. She took off Hermione almost empty glass and Lavender pressed into his hand. "This is a refill," she said, "We probably only have time to run a little warm."
"Let her, if she does not want," said Lavender emphasizes matter and made the glass ter , water, one by one, full again, "Snape I want to talk anyway." "You can go so, if you're not interested," Ginny said defiantly, "Hermione dares Perhaps even more then what to tell. How did he kiss? What he has to offer so under it? How is he in bed? "
Lavender listened to them, especially if this involved about their favorite subject and Hermione threw a furtive, curious glance. Ginny had almost imperceptibly nodded his head to Lavender and Hermione now beamed encouragingly, "Then at least catch on with the harmless stuff."
Hermione seemed to weigh more, "But woe unto you lose even a single word," said she and her friends looked at threateningly. "Well, he can be very affectionate," she began before her for a brief moment, "if he wants," pushed even afterwards, "He usually is rather demanding. He is not a lot of questions and he does not talk much trappings. He takes what he wants, "she said, could not resist a smile. "And yes, he has a lot to offer," she admitted with a grin as she addressed the curious eyes of her friends to be saw, "and more I will not tell you. Severus would kill me. "
Lavender stared aghast at Hermione. "Oh, she's not a joker, our Hermione," Ginny said with a laugh and gave Hermione placed a firm pat on the shoulder.
***
"Come on," said Ginny and Hermione pushed a step forward, "if this continues, we will still all be bored to death on this island, and also , but can not hurt to meet new people. "She got both of Harry as well as Hermione, a their conflicting views, which they ignored each other still could. "Well," Ginny admitted, "we do have some strange figures met here is higher but the likelihood that we will finally meet a few times on normal people," tried to persuade them well . They stood in the backyard of the big church and Ginny went straight to a wooden table that was set by both sides with a wooden bench on which sat four young girls. Harry, Hermione, Lavender, Ron and Neville followed her, albeit reluctantly.
A relief spread in Hermione's stomach when she saw a girl as Mary. "Hello, may we share it?" Ginny asked in a friendly and ignored the non-obsolete curious glances they threw to the other three girls. It was very rude, like Hermione quietly remarked, moreover, they had said nothing, and still let the friends are. "" Yeah sure, "said Mary, and finally ran over from the other three their thoughts. Ginny smiled at her kindly and sat on one of the free spaces on which followed her the rest.
It was interesting to see how Mary smiled faintly Neville and meant to get in on the empty seat next to her. For a moment there was an uncomfortable silence while the three other girls were whispering to each other and while Harry glanced again and again. Two of the girls saw Hermione as the two sisters, Amy and Megan, whom she had met once before for Mary. It was again Ginny took the first word. "Hi, I'm Ginny and here are Hermione, Lavender, my brother Ron, Harry and Neville," she said, pointing with one hand on each one.
you left off to whisper. "These are Amy and Megan," said Mary, pointing to the two red-haired sisters, "and that's Charlotte." She nodded to the other kind. Again turned in an oppressive silence. The Scots were not very talkative, noted Ginny and sat in a renewed attempt at conversation. "What are you doing so if you are feeling bored here", she said. The girls looked at her thoughtfully. "There's a lot to do," Amy finally said, "we take care of the animals, help with the garden, cook and wash. "" Yes, but what do you do to amuse you, "she interrupted Lavender. They seemed to think again. "What have you done now?" Ron asked curiously. The question was simply, as Megan, the other sister replied directly, "We have talked about the upcoming meeting," she said.
Hermione listened. "What meeting?" "Well, the one that was convened for this evening in the church," Megan said her naturally. "And what is the Topic of the meeting be? ", She cut further. "He," said Megan and pointed with his index finger at Harry, who stared at the girl now confused. "The whole village is talking about nothing else", now her sister said again, "You know how you want to do that? How do we get out of here? "She turned to Harry, who looked slightly surprised.
"but are not yet all agree in terms of cause," said Charlotte, the third of them. Well, apparently they had found a subject in the still itself was for Scottish conditions discussion. On all sides were questioning glances directed at the girls and encouraged them more to tell. "Well, there are some who do not believe in it and some do here, I think, not away."
"So I would find it very exciting," Mary said with a dreamy look, " I've never been anywhere else and father told me about the big cities. He said there is a city in over a thousand homes. "Hermione had to the small Execution smile, but she said nothing more. "When will this meeting take place, then?" She asked instead. "Just before daylight to evening," replied Mary, "but Pastor Crawford is, as always, before ringing the bell."
Charlotte got up from her seat. "I got to go," she said, "Mother is waiting for me that I help her." The two redheaded sisters decided to also go. They sat at the table alone with Mary. "Maybe we should go too," said Hermione, "There are still a lot to do." They were all down to Neville stood up and looked at him curiously now. "Oh, works only," he said shyly, "I bring the letter to Mary," he said somewhat embarrassed attention to the questioning looks. "You go even before time," said Harry, "Ron and I have to get something done." Ginny looked at him suspiciously, but she said nothing.
***
They sat in a threesome in the kitchen and talked for quite a while as Hermione already smaller preparations for dinner arrived. Ginny went to one of the cupboards and pulled out three glasses and a bottle of palm wine from her cupboard and poured cold conjured them one. Hermione took her a cold drink from grateful, while Lavender is only listlessly pushed to the side. Ginny looked at her with a questioning face and jokingly put her hand on his forehead. "You have no fever, what's up Lav?" She asked, amused. "I feel the whole day not very good. Perhaps the last glass of palm wine last night was too much ", admitted it.
Hermione looked at her. "Yes, perhaps, little you have not even been drinking," she admitted with a grin. "Wait," she finally said and disappeared into the adjoining treatment rooms. It did not last long because they came with a small bottle in the back gleamed a purple liquid, and set it on the table in front of Lavender. "What's that?" Lavender asked. She actually looked a little pale around the nose, "remarked Hermione. "This is what anti-sickness," she answers it. Lavender took the bottle and poured the contents down at once. "Thanks," she said in a hoarse voice and a distorted face as she shook violently. - Well, no one has claimed that it would taste good.
you just made it, the bottle again to put on the table, then ran through the back door of the house. The following sounds clearly revealed that she had to vomit. "You all right?", Called to her Hermione. Lavender does not respond, instead, a moment later she came with a pale face back in and nodded her friend. "Maybe you should lie down dear," said Hermione. Lavender did not argue. She walked up the stairs and disappeared into her room.
It took a while to Ron and Harry finally got to. Ginny was immediately jumped up and rushed towards them. "What have you still need to do important?", Wanted to know curious. They looked at each other briefly, then they went to the big table and sat down. "I must help them," Harry said finally. Hermione and Ginny looked at him curiously. "Well, the people here," he said, "We have been thinking about what this woman said." has "But Harry," interrupted Hermione, "but that could all be just a coincidence." Ü ;. but superior to it, "he continued," yet there was nothing that had to do with the scar, a chance "
Ginny nodded in agreement, while Hermione looked even more skeptical. "But Harry," she said, "how do you imagine that? We ourselves do not know exactly whether the door everything works fine. And if have we are only about a minute to go through. How will you create 100 people at this time because of? How are you going to explain this and what if it does not work? What if they end up somewhere else? "Harry looked at her briefly, but then ignored it again.
Hermione felt the anger boil in itself. She went a few steps toward him and stood with arms akimbo in front of him. "Look at me, Harry," she said determined. He did it reluctantly but he looked at her with bad-tempered face. "You've got yourself heard," he finally said aloud, "The People here rely on the fact that I help them. Do you want to leave them here while we make us from the dust? Did he have done so cold as he is? "He asked bitterly. Hermione looked at him calmly. "No," she finally said, "but what were you thinking that? Have you ever done it about it? "
" Random, yes, "he spat at her. "We were a magical storm brought forth, but these people here were traveling with a normal ship. When, before a ship eight p.m. Years, so this made her have to get away, we just with a ship from here. "Hermione rolled her eyes. "You have neither a ship nor can you control one," she said curtly.
Harry was about to reply, but he was of a bell, the sound from a distance through the open window penetrated interrupted. He got up and grabbed Ginny's arm. "Let's go to the meeting," he said, "I want to hear what people say." Ron looked behind the two before he looked around the kitchen. "Where is Lav?" He asked. "They does not feel well and has put up put down "replies Hermione. He looked to the stairs and then back to the front door. "I'm sure she's asleep," she said, "we should rather go without it and tell her after the meeting." Ron nodded. "Yes, you're right," said he just left and also the kitchen in a rush to catch Harry yet.
Hermione stood alone in the great room. You'd better go, she thought and walked through the front door. To their surprise, Severus was before it. "Come on, let's go to the meeting," he said, and grabbed her by the arm. "You know that?" She asked, surprised. "Yes, Conner told me this morning like this," he said. "Oh and you do not you say?" She was out of breath because he showed such a fast pace, but her voice still managed to always sound offended. "Do not worry, I would not have gone without you," he said and pulled her even more quickly behind him.
They were the last, all the others were already there. Quietly opened to the wide wooden door. On the benches people sat huddled together tightly. Severus was still holding Hermione's arm in his hand and pulled her to one of the wooden pillar. Up on the small platform in front of the parish desk was Crawford, who seemed to gain an overview of who it had happened.
"Quiet Please!" Said the old man in a loud voice, and brought the buzz to silence, "there must be before anyone can express their own opinion, I would only say a few words. I know that many of you want to be happy away from here. Almost twenty years we have anything left to find our happiness in the new world and God has given us this Garden of Eden. We are rich in food and clothes and do all the good life. Why do you want to put the risk? Let's say, it actually creates the boy and somehow you come to the mainland. What do you want to do without a house without sparked court and without money? "
A lively buzz in the crowd, until one man stood up somewhere in the middle of the room and all of a sudden it was quiet again. "I'm not a farmer and I'm not grown up in the country," the man said it was Lindsay, the man from the Hermine had the book. "I had a good running and printing of books, before I had taken everything," he further said, "I wanted in this new world and I wanted to start over. And what did I do now? Nothing but a goat. This one, I might have had in Scotland. I know that my time is over, but I want at least that my sons have this opportunity. "
It pulled back a murmur through the room. Hermione whose hand still on Severus arm, was now increased its grip as she twisted her face and composed doubled. He looked at her anxiously. "Is everything all right?" He asked her, but the answer had no time for, instead she ran to the door and threw up. A few minutes later she came back inside. Severus looked at her anxiously. "What's the matter?" He asked. Hermione shrugged. "I do not know," she said, "Lavender had already not feeling well today, maybe we have eaten so what is wrong." She looked pale. He looked at her, until the events in the earlier space again caught her attention.
"And Nguvumali has seen it," a woman shouted from the crowd. "Do you really trust the words of this witch?" Said Crawford in the room. "It would not be the first time that they were right," said a male voice that map Hermione could not because the man sat in his seat.
Conner stood up well, he sat at the front in the front row and stood next to Crawford. "I do not believe in prophecy or magic," he said, "but I think we should try it get out of here. All are sure to attempt a trip to the mainland, now raise your hand. "Hermione, as well as Severus looked around carefully. About two thirds of people had raised their hands, the others belonged mainly to the older residents of the village.
"Let us go," he whispered to her. Hermione had been hooked on him, but they did not go to the door, instead they walked toward the other end of the room. In one corner, she saw Harry, Ginny and Ron are on the Severus marches straight. He grabbed Harry by the collar and pulled him to his protest without the insults or respond to outside the door, while Ginny and Ron followed them. "Let me go!" Harry shouted at him, "We go," said Severus and let go of his collar. "What do they imagine that they started ...", lousy at Harry. "If you'd rather stay here want to explain to people the same, how do you intend to save them, you'll be glad to do," Severus interrupted him rudely. Hermione had her hand still his arm, which enabled him to turn it around with him and move in the direction of the house.
She turned around and saw that Harry followed them reluctantly and with an angry face with Ginny and Ron. "He follows us?" Asked Severus, Hermione was affirmed with a nod. "Have I had known," he said contentedly. "I think we need to help them," said Hermione as they arrived almost back at the house. "I do not think that the fate of these people is our responsibility," Severus replied, "but if I know you, you will be out of this idea is not safe to take." "Let's talk tomorrow about it & ldquo ,, Finally, he said a moment later and opened the door to the kitchen.
The others had not yet caught up. "Did you actually see Draco," Severus asked. Hermione seemed to consider, then shook his head. "No," she said, "but that's not unusual right? He is hiding but said no other whatsoever, and what he does or where he goes. "" Yes, you're right, "agreed her Severus. He took her head in her hands and kissed her on the mouth. "I must do something, "he said, and walked up the stairs.
A moment later, Harry came into mashed angry. He was honored not look at Hermione, and marched straight toward the stairs. Ginny had followed him and Ron also went up to check on Lavender. What's
, thought Hermione, I just do dinner alone. It was anyway the most already prepared. She went to the large stone oven and opened the small door. It was only a charred heap of ashes forth therein, which had wood. She had a stack always under the spacious kitchen counter rightly placed. "It would be even better, a little more wood into it down," thought she, and grabbed as many logs on the arm as she could bear. She carefully stood up and walked with small steps, because it obstructed the view of the many wood in the direction of the oven. She heard someone had opened the door and the next moment a breeze, as if she had something to hit. "Oh wait," said Mary, "is what you fell down."
She went to her. Hermione was just behind her magic wand that was their fallen out of the federal government. Mary bent down to pick it up. Hermione sparkled behind a cabinet and fell clattering from the wall to the floor. She dropped the wood and turned scared to Mary, the petrified with Hermione's wand in his hand standing.
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