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Chapter #9: Complications.

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Harry couldn’t believe it, Voldemort’s bloody snake decided to make an appearance during their operation and now he and Hermione found themselves trying to avoid the attacks of the thing as it was just as scary as it was vicious.

And the thing was incredibly powerful for its size, he and Hermione had difficulties dodging the snake’s attacks, and the thing was able to easily dodge their counter-attacks but the fact that a stupid snake was as equal as them made Harry angry, that this thing, the same one that Voldemort promised she could eat his body back then at the graveyard was trying to harm him and his girlfriend made his blood boil.

Those memories made Harry snap, he was feeling angrier and angrier with each second that passed, Voldemort had taken a lot from him and now his stupid snake was trying to harm him and his girlfriend, he wasn’t going to give the thing the satisfaction and Voldemort to do more damage, and with all the anger he felt towards her master Harry could only say two words.

“Avada Kedavra!” He said with all the anger he had been holding on since the day Cedric died, all the anger he felt towards Voldemort was released in that spell.

Surprisingly, the snake wasn’t able to avoid the attack and the moment her head exploded due to the strong spell, something black came out of the thing, it was a black mist that released a scream and the mist had the face of Voldemort, that’s what came out of the snake causing Hermione and Harry to gulp at the sight.

However, their thoughts were suddenly interrupted the moment they heard someone close to them, they gulped once again because it was clear that the other person was agonizing, and it seems like the screams of the thing that came out of the snake caused the alarms of the ministry to activate.

“That voice…Mr. Weasley!” Hermione said desperately.

Soon, her suspicions were confirmed, Arthur Weasley was lying almost unconscious on the floor, it seemed like the snake managed to attack him, there was only one thing they could do now knowing that the Aurors were probably on their way.

“Harry, we need to do something,” Hermione said desperately.

“I know, but we can’t help him while we’re like this, we need to get back to Grimmauld Place and tell Sirius or anyone from the order about this,” Harry said desperately.

“But Harry…What are you going to say to them? You and I weren’t supposed to be here!” Hermione was on the verge of tears.

“Don’t worry…I have the perfect excuse and we can even find out why Nagini released that ugly black mist when she died if we’re lucky!” Harry suddenly called for Dobby. “Take us back home Dobby!” Harry asked the elf.

It didn’t take too long for them to get back to his room and Hermione was about to say something but Harry quickly stopped her.

“Hermione please transfigure our clothes back to how they were and then get back to your room…I’m going to see Sirius!” Harry said desperately.

Hermione was trembling but in the end, she did it, she made the clothes change and soon they were wearing once again their regular sleeping robes, Harry looked at himself in the mirror and luckily, he looked like he had been through a very difficult dream.

“Dobby thank you so much for helping us, I will call you tomorrow to pay you but for now, I want you to go back to where you usually stay, it won’t be good if one of the order members sees you here,” Harry told the small elf who nodded without thinking twice.

“Let’s go…” Hermione said on the verge of tears.

“Come on love, get back to your room, we’ll see each other soon,” he gave her a quick reassuring peck before they parted ways.

After seeing her enter her room, Harry quickly knocked on Sirius' door as hard as he could, he was knocking as if he were possessed, he was praying that the marauder hadn’t put silencing charms.

“Sirius it’s me, please, something happened, this is a matter of life or death!” Harry begged as he knocked on the door furiously.

He was about to call for Kreacher but luckily, Sirius suddenly opened the door and he had a very worried expression.

“Harry, what’s going on? Have you seen the time—” Sirius was stopped by Harry.

“There’s no time for this Sirius, something happened, I had a vision, it’s Mr. Weasley…He has been attacked by Voldemort’s snake, I saw it in first person, I know he was in a dark room filled with spheres!” Harry said desperately.

Sirius’ eyes widened, he was going to tell Harry that everything was alright but hearing that he knew about Arthur's mission to guard the prophecy even thought it was a secret from the order, quickly put the marauder in fight mode.

“I’m calling Albus, Harry…If you can please wake the rest of the Weasleys and tell them that something happened to Arthur,” Sirius finished and then, they heard Hermione’s door open.

“I’ve heard everything, I’ll help you, Harry!” Hermione said on the verge of tears.

Sirius smiled at her before he sent the headmaster a patronus with all the information Harry gave him.

Harry and Hermione entered Ginny and the twins’ rooms and told the siblings about Arthur's attack, then Fred and George moved as fast as they could to wake Ron and their mother.

“Sirius, what happened?” Asked Molly desperately as she joined Sirius and the rest in the living room.

“You remember where Arthur was supposed to be tonight, right?” Asked Sirius and she nodded furiously.

Then Sirius proceeded to tell her everything that happened and how Harry saw the attack in first person.

“Harry…What happened after the attack?” Asked Sirius with a concerned tone.

“Nagini, the thing continued moving, it seemed like the thing was searching around the crystal spheres for something but then, the thing exploded…I don’t know why but I was able to see the thing dying reflected in one of the spheres, it was like seeing myself dying through a reflection, and I wasn’t able to see much but I was able to see the thing turn into a black mist before the connection was broken, oh, and the mist had Voldemort's face for some reason,” Harry lied and Hermione was impressed by his quick thinking.

Hermione was holding him and they were so dangerously close that Ron and Ginny were glaring at them from time to time, however, they were more worried about their father right now, and thinking about things like love seemed completely stupid at the moment.

Soon, a patronus arrived, it was from Kingsley informing that Arthur was found in a critical state, luckily they acted fast and he was now in St. Mungo’s, Kingsley also said that he was on his way to Grimmauld place to escort the Weasley family to the magical hospital and he arrived just a few seconds later.

“Hey, it’s time to go guys, don’t worry, Arthur is a strong wizard, he’s going to survive, I can assure you that!” Kingsley said with a serious tone after he arrived, he tried to comfort the Weasleys who smiled weakly at him. “We’ll be going now Sirius,” Kingsley nodded at the marauder before using the floo network with the Weasleys.

Harry and Hermione suddenly collapsed on one couch, they sighed relieved, not only Arthur was being taken care of but they managed to complete their mission without being caught.

“I think you two should get back to sleep,” Sirius said in a worried tone.

Harry was about to protest but Hermione quickly stopped him.

“Sirius…I know it may be kind of obvious but I have to tell you and me and Harry are dating so, I hope you don't object to us sleeping together, after all, Harry has been through something very traumatic too,” Hermione told Sirius with an assuring expression.

Sirius’ grim expression suddenly changed for an amused one.

“So you two finally decided to listen to your hearts, good for you, well, if the two lovebirds want to comfort each other…” Sirius said teasingly.

“We’re not doing what you’re thinking!” Hermione blushed and protested but Sirius couldn’t stop laughing.

“Fine fine…But don’t forget to use the contraception charms…” He winked at them before disappearing.

Harry and Hermione stood in the living room with flustered expressions, however, they suddenly shook their heads and focused, they needed to talk about what they accomplished tonight.