"OMG!!! YOu won't believe what happened today!"
"Firstly Harry went missing. Then we learnt that Professor Lupin was a werewolf! Not that I didn't know about it earlier but yeah. And after that, we learnt Sirius Black was after not Harry but a man called Peter Pettigrew and that they were all illegal Animaguses/Animagui(?) when they were at Hogwarts."
"And would you believe it!? Ron's rat was Peter Pettigrew! I knew Crookshanks knew something was wrong with him!! Crookshanks is the best!!"
"I also happened to figure out why Loki suddenly started to meet me 'coincidentally' after my classes. It was because he knew about the Time Turner. I don't know how he knew, but he did. He said he divined it, but I don't believe him. He has that sneaky smirk on his face all the time as if he is up to something."
"But turns out he's really a seer. Professor Snape explained today how there are different sets of people who have magical abilities, beyonders. And he said that Loki was a Beyonder, a Mystery Pryer if I remember correctly."
"Apparently purebloods are special because they are Beyonders. I asked Ron if his family had Beyonders too but he said he knew nothing about it. Maybe his parents don't think he should become one?"
"Or…maybe they are not well off enough to be one? That explains why Malfoy always calls them blood traitors…at least a little bit."
"Is Daphne a Beyodner too? Did she know Loki was one? Is that why they talk like they're walking on eggshells whenever the topic turns towards Loki's divination abilities?"
"Can I become a Beyonder too?"
"I'll ask Loki if I can. See you."
"Loki told me becoming a Beyonder was not something I should even think about. He said the following and I quote, 'Good Beyonders are often guardians but they are also a bunch of miserable wretches that are constantly fighting against threats and madness.'"
"I think he said that just to keep me away from becoming a Beyonder, otherwise why would he choose to become one? And why would the Professors and Nobles become Beyonders if it was really so dangerous?"
"I want to become a Beyonder, I shall ask Professor McGonagall if I can become one to learn about the mysteries of magic. I'm sure she will help me."
"That's it for today, see you."
"I asked Professor McGonagall about becoming a Beyonder after returning the Ti- magical item that helped me schedule classes but she was very disapproving of my ambition to become one."
"She then asked me how I knew about Beyonders so I told her what Professor Snape had told me. She grew weary as she listened to me and asked me if I had asked Loki about becoming a Beyonder, I said I did and told her exactly what Loki had told me about it."
"Professor McGonagall agreed with Loki's description and said it was an apt statement that was perfect to describe good Beyonders and tried to dissuade me but I stood strong since I wanted to understand all the mysteries of magic."
"Eventually Professor McGonagall sighed and told me that if after Summer Holidays I was still just as eager to become a Beyonder as I am now, she would personally guide me along the same pathway that she is a Beyonder in, she said it was the Mystery Pryer pathway."
"Did she help Loki become one too? But why did she help him and not me? Am I not good enough?"
"That's it for today, see you!"
"Ron invited me to the Quidditch match, it seems Harry will be there too along with Sirius who has begun living with Harry at the Potter house for some reason. Although I don't like Quidditch very much, I think it will be fun."
"Will Loki be there? I haven't gotten a letter from him and I don't know where he lives to send him one through Ron or Harry. I hope he's alright. I shall keep an eye out for him at the camp where Ron said we'd be waiting for a night."
"That's all for today. See you."
Hermione closed her eyes as tears dripped from them.
Her body trembled with fear involuntarily as the small incision on her neck bled freely.
'Is this what Loki meant when he told me Good Beyodners fight against madness? Madness like the ones these Death Eaters are displaying?'
Hermione wanted to scream and wail but unfortunately, her mouth was sewed shut with a magical rope that burned her each time she attempted to do anything.
The only indications of her pain were her reddening eyes and flowing tears.
She glanced over at the crowd that had gotten riled up trying to fight off the Weasleys and a few other good people, trying to stop them from interfering with the ritual the Death Eaters were conducting.
She spotted Harry and Ron fighting those opposing them, trying to claw their way towards her, but Sirius was looking at Nicolas and Prenelle with immense fear as he kept dragging them back, trying to stop them from doing something stupid. But to Hermione, it looked like Sirius was trying to save himself and Harry.
Hermione's gaze eventually landed on the back of Nicholas Flamel, a figure she'd come to greatly respect during her first year but one she'd come to despise now.
'Can I even say that what he's doing is wrong?'
'What's wrong in wanting to protect your life?'
'And why would he even give up his life for a foolish person like me?'
'After all, isn't his life as the maker of the Philosopher's Stone worth much more than the life of a random Hogwarts student?'
'Is he a beyonder too?'
'Is he also turning mad? Trying to save his own life in spite of the sacrifices it might take?'
Tearing her disappointed gaze away from the crowd that was fighting in front of her she eventually turned to look at the leader of the Death Eaters who had started the ritual.
'Am I going to die?'
'Just like that?'
Tears flooded Hermione's eyes as she looked ahead.
An unending silent scream never leaving her voice erupted out of Hermione as she grew more and more desperate to struggle for her freedom.
But the Death Eater behind her gripped her hair and held strong after tightening the rope knotted around her, not allowing her to move or fight back.
"I"
"I pray for the power of the Abyss."
"I pray for the power of desire."
"I pray for the Goddesses's loving grace."
"Please accept my sacrifice and bestow the power of rebirth onto this womb!"
"Blood of the servant willingly given, the liquid that belongs to the devil, I pray for you to bestow your powers onto my incantation."
"Blood of the sacrifice unwillingly taken, the liquid that belongs to the abyss, I pray for you to bestow your powers onto my incantation."
There was no sound for a few seconds.
At that moment, be it the leader of the Death Eaters, the Death Eaters themselves, the hostages and the crowd that was split two ways, everyone turned silent.
Suddenly, without warning, the yellowish-orange flame of the two candles turned a deep shade of red.
The flames looked like lips, flickering with desire and mischief.
As the flame flickered for a few more seconds in silence everyone suddenly felt a terrifying gaze down upon them.
An immense feeling of fear crept up into the hearts of everyone present.
Most people collapsed to the ground, having passed out from the immense pressure.
Nicholas looked upwards, toward the sky where pinkish-red clouds had gathered around the now rapidly deepening redness of the moon and seemed to be preparing for an unstoppable strike.
Everyone awake grew tense and became nervous.
'Are we all going to die?' Hermione questioned with the last of her consciousness as she looked at the continuously flickering flame that looked like it was about to speak.
She took in everything she could see and was about to lose consciousness when she suddenly saw the flame turn silver-green.
'Slytherin?'
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