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Chapter #49: A new day.

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Hermione was in trouble, the Aurors were outside while the old witch behind the counter couldn’t stop cackling, she played her out, not only did she rip her off with her prices but she also called the Aurors about her location, she knew they were ready to arrest her and Harry and yet, she decided to risk it all.

“So you think you’ve won, don’t you?” Asked Hermione to the old witch.

“I always win dear, not only I made you pay more than three times the price of the potions but I’m also going to get a juicy reward,” the old witch cackled once more.

“I should turn you into a squib…But that will take me more time than I have,” Hermione suddenly did something that the store clerk didn’t expect.

She took a random piece of clothing from her bottomless bag and the old witch's eyes suddenly widened the moment her most recent client disappeared. Soon the Aurors barged into the store and started to question the store owner.

“Where is she?” It was Tonks and she didn’t look happy.

“She was here, she used an invisibility cloak!” The old shopkeeper said with an incredulous tone.

“An invisibility cloak?” Tonks couldn't believe it.

That was a good clue, those were rare but she knew what it meant, it meant that it was over, the suspect was gone, still, they tried to find her by trying to summon the invisibility cloak, and when that didn’t work, they tried to grab the cloak out of thin air but they couldn't grab anything, Tonks sighed defeated.

“Thank you for telling us about this,” Tonks said to the shopkeeper and soon she and her team got out of the store.

“Hey, where’s my reward?” Asked the old witch with an angry tone.

“That was only in case the information led to an arrest and well, we couldn’t arrest anyone, sorry, you should read the terms more carefully,” Tonks mocked the old lady who seemed to be fuming.

Tonks needed to talk to her boss about this new discovery and soon, she was gone. Meanwhile, Hermione arrived at her parents' place, she awoke Harry but before he could start whimpering she fed him a potion to ease the pain and then another to help his bones recover.

It had been a long night and soon, Hermione couldn’t contain herself any longer, she fell asleep in her boyfriend’s arms, and after a few hours, they realized what they needed to do next.

“Well, I'm sure our versions that stayed at the party already disappeared, everyone must be sleeping, I think we should head back to Grimmauld Place,” Hermione told her boyfriend. “How do you feel?” She asked with a small smile on her face.

“A bit better, what did you give me and how did you get it?” Questioned Harry with a worried tone.

She knew this conversation was meant to happen but she wasn’t ready for it yet, she couldn’t help but sigh before she looked straight into his eyes.

“I used Polyjuice potion and went to Knockturn Alley, I managed to get some healing potions from a secret and illegal shop that requires no prescription,” Hermione answered with complete honesty.

“Fuck…” Harry said in a disappointed tone.

Hermione glared at him for saying that, she risked his life so he could get better, she wasn’t expecting him to be happy about her decision but she had no other choice.

“Oh, Mione, don’t misunderstand me, I’m grateful for what you did but…It makes me hate myself and my weakness, you know? If I hadn’t been that weak you wouldn’t have to risk your life!” Harry said disappointed in himself.

But then, his thoughts were distracted the moment his girlfriend decided to kiss him passionately. The kiss was intense and Harry could feel the need and hunger from his girlfriend and he was happily going to give her what she wanted, they kissed for some time until the need for air became too evident.

“I think we need to lay low for now,” Hermione told him out of nowhere.

Harry was about to protest but she stopped him.

“No, I don’t regret doing this but, it seems like Aurors are getting closer and closer to catching us, now that we’re on the Christmas break, we can take advantage of this opportunity to use the notebook more often,” Hermione’s words made Harry consider the situation.

“I don’t like the idea of draining our magic but we don’t have classes to attend, we can switch between days,” Harry said with a thoughtful expression.

“Let’s make the DMLE believe that we’re only going to attack in the shadows, this is going to mess up their plans I’m sure about it,” Hermione’s words made sense to the dark-haired wizard.

“Yes, that sounds like a good idea actually, it’s going to be painful but I’m sure it won’t be as painful as this was,” he couldn’t help but sigh and Hermione nodded.

Soon, she gave him a quick peck.

“Don’t worry love, we’re going to continue doing our part but we’re going to be more discreet about it,” Hermione said with a confident expression.

That smirk of hers was always a fuel that motivated him to keep going.

“Do you feel better? I think we should head back to Grimmauld Place, we need to appear completely normal, it won’t be a good idea if they realize we’re not there because I’m sure you’re going to get questioned about your invisibility cloak soon,” Hermione told her boyfriend as he slowly got on his feet.

“I’m feeling better now, I still feel like I ran a marathon, however, this is better than feeling your body completely destroyed,” he said with a weak smile. “Did you have to use the cloak in front of them?” He asked with a raised brow.

“Yeah but the cloak had a glamour to make it look like a normal invisibility cloak like the ones the order uses,” she answered with complete honesty.

She was hoping her boyfriend wouldn’t get mad at her.

“Good,” he said with a satisfied expression. “Still, I can’t help but feel a bit jealous, you faced them and you got away unharmed!” Harry said amazed.

“Well, I’m sure they were ready to capture me and once they got me to the station, things weren’t going to be pretty, that’s for sure,” Hermione couldn’t help but sigh.

“You know what Hermione? I regret nothing, I know we put our lives at risk tonight but…I have no regrets, we managed to take the magic out of many people who were trying to cause chaos during a happy celebration,” Harry looked at her with a loving expression.

“Terrorists,” Hermione muttered out of nowhere.

“What?” Harry asked with a confused expression.

“Don’t call them people Harry and don’t say they wanted to cause chaos…They wanted to cause terror because that’s what they are…Terrorists,” Hermione concluded leaving no space for argument.

However, Harry completely agreed with her, it was a bad idea to humanize these people, it doesn’t matter if they had a tough life or if they were regretting their actions now, they knew what they were doing.

“You’re right,” Harry nodded at her.

Soon, they took their hands as they stared at the small glimpse of light coming out from the horizon as the dawn was starting, yes, this was a new day with many possibilities so they could keep doing their duty, knowing that they put an end to lots of terrorists tonight felt good.