Over the Edge
Chapter Eight- Hogsmeade, Diagon Ally, and Transfiguration
Neville Longbottom and Colin Creevy were dead. They never saw the end coming, especially from someone like Harry. Someone they considered a friend, someone they trusted, the same someone who took their lives in violent ways. There wasn't a possibility of Harry waking one morning, deciding he wants to murder someone, plan it, and then actually doing it. Something in his mind that he had no control over, and it was taking over his life. The problem was, he knew it was there, he just didn't know what it was. Any further, and Harry could find himself in Azkaban prison for the rest of his life.
While the tension in the room was as thick as stone, Hermione fell asleep, her head in Harry's lap. She knew what happened and who did it so there was no reason to worry, plus exhaustion was well over her.
Ron found them before Harry drifted off himself. " She's probably the only one who can sleep, she's never afraid".
" Maybe if you knew" he said in such a way, that if Ron had the slightest clue on what was happening, he would have figured out right there that his best friend was the mysterious murderer.
In both fortunate and unfortunate ways, he didn't. " Knew what?".
He reconsidered his decision about telling anyone else. There was no reason to tell Ron, he had to tell Hermione only so she wouldn't accuse of herself of the murder she didn't commit. But it would be betraying her, and the desperate attempts she has to help him. " Nothing, forget it".
Seamus, the newest Head Boy for Gryffindor, stood on one of the desks, a replacement for McGonagall. " Every student will be leaving school grounds any moment. Revenclaw and Slytherin are going to the Leaky Cauldron in Diagon Ally, ourselves and Hufflepuff to Hogsmeade. Please try and stick together for the love of Dumbledore, we'll probably know more when we get there".
Ron watched Seamus step down. " I'm going to see if Ginny is alright, I don't want her getting left behind".
" No you don't" Harry muttered as he walked away. He looked down at Hermione, still sleeping. Gently shaking her shoulder, she moaned, but didn't wake. " I guess I'm going to Hogsmeade" he whispered in her ear.
Suddenly she shot up, gasping. " Like hell you will!" she grabbed his shirt collar, nearly strangling him.
" I was only joking" he said.
Hermione released him, then gazed around the room. " Uh oh" she jumped off the table, dragging Harry with her. Dashing out of sight behind an old bookshelf, she slid to the floor, as did he.
Keeping a hold on his cloak, Hermione was occasionally peering around the corner as the remainder of the students filed out. Within a minute, it was completely silent.
" Where's your Indivisibility cloak?"
" Back in the room".
Hermione stood, taking a few steps back. This was the first chance that Harry got to see what little she wore to bed compared to what she wore during the day.
" Maybe I shouldn't be saying this, but the Fat Lady does have a big mouth. If she did let you in, she'd defiantly rat you out".
She grinned, " say it all you want Harry, it's only a waste of breath". In a blink of her own eye, Hermione disappeared. She transperated, obviously, illegally. He couldn't complain about breaking any laws.
Seconds later, she reappeared, his silver cloak draped over her arm. " Can I trust you to stay here?".
" Where are you going?".
Hermione wrapped the cloak around so only her head was visible. " Snape's classroom" she could tell he was about to ask why, " if you're going to tell me what's going on, you can't know what you're saying".
Foreshadowing for Chapter nine- Hermione goes through with her plan, what's it going to do to Harry?