Left Behind

Chapter 15

Hermione helped them up. One of the students was a Ravenclaw girl while the other was a Hufflepuff boy. Hermione walked with them to the Great Hall. Almost everyone watched her as she personally walked them to their tables.

She glared at the Slytherins table and that when an object started to fly at Hermione. But Hermione was way too fast for it. She had a shield up ready to protect herself and others around her. The object landed right in front of her. Hermione causally picked it up but it was just a book from one of the student's bag. Hermione just turned to look at the Slytherins and smiled when she through it up in the air and casted it on fire. Hermione went back to the Gryffindor table and said,

"Don't mess with a Trio."

Everyone was silent and did not know what to say. There were a few people smirking at Hermione. She smiled to Ginny and Neville. They were trying to laugh. Hermione leaned in and whispered to Neville and Ginny,

"We are going to need to take action soon. It is not going to be safe not that much longer. These underage students are going to need somewhere safe."

Ginny nodded and said,

"We will start with the upper level students and DA members escorting each other to classes. Get the word out the DA is back in action and needs to be ready to fight."

"We protect each other and keep each other safe. Hopefully we will not have to go into hiding yet." Neville agreed.

Neville, Ginny, and Hermione went to the three different house tables beside Slytherins to talk to the others. No teacher stopped them. Severus and the two new teachers were not in the room. So the other staff did not care that those three were trying to protect each other. Hermione went to Ravenclaw table, Neville went to Hufflepuff, and Ginny stayed a Gryffindor. They told the others what the plan was and everyone agreed. Right then the three teachers walked in and one of the Death Eater screamed,

"What is going on here?"

Everyone stood up as Hermione, Ginny, Neville, and Luna walked in front of them and said,

"Nothing Professor. Just friendly conversation with classmates. No harm in that."

"Not true Professor. They were planning something. They all were whispering before you got in here. They have some type of plan going on and these four are the leaders of it all." Goyle squealed.

Ginny glared at Goyle and if looks could kill Goyle would be dead. The two death eaters looked at Snape and asked,

"Will you allow us to punish them?"

"You are the new disciplinarian. Do what you need to." Snape said walking away.

Hermione stepped forward and screamed,

"Coward!"

Snape turned to look at her and just glared. Hermione could see something different in his eyes. Hermione nodded and just stood there strong. Snape walked away and said nothing. Hermione, Ginny, Luna, and Neville followed the two Death Eaters out of the Great Hall.

Later on the day Hermione, Ginny, Luna and Neville went back to their common rooms. Hermione through herself onto a chair and everyone stayed quiet. They could see that the new teachers were not going to go easy on anyone. They had cuts and bruises on their bodies. Dean ran over to them and asked,

"Are you alright?"

"We will be. Can someone please go up to my room and get me some of my bottles that are on my shelf." She asked looking at the girls.

The Patil twins nodded and ran upstairs quickly. They came back down with bottles in their hands. They brought it back Hermione. She opened the bottles and started to applying them on Neville's and Ginny's wounds. She quickly sent an owl to give Luna some of them to apply for herself. Everyone stays quiet while Hermione worked. Neville then helped her do her own wounds.

"These new teachers are worse than we thought. How could Snape allow Death Eaters be head of discipline and DADA?" Lavender asked.

"They do not believe in normal punishments. So I would be care on what you say around them. But I would not back down. But I would recommend you younger students keep your head down and not cause any trouble. Do you understand?" Ginny stated.

They nodded and everyone went to bed. It had already been a long day for everyone. Hermione and Ginny stayed in the common room relaxing for a while. They could not sleep. Hermione was too worried about her two best friends. No one had heard word about them or from them. It scared Hermione that they would do this all without her. Ginny turned to Hermione and asked,

"Hermione, why did the separate you from us? I mean I saw Neville get punished and he watched them punish me. But they took you to a different room. You to punished longer and much worse. What happened?"

Hermione looked to the fire and said,

"They were trying to get answers from me for their precious master. But also for everything we have put them through. They think that they can take it out on me. But I would not talk."

Ginny did not know what to say. She now understood why those three did not tell anyone what their plan was this year. She looked to her best friend and just sat there. They both looked at the fire quietly for the rest of the night.