Weekend at home (( Hermione ))

[Brian]

"Kim! Lets GO!" Brian yelled up the stairs to the girls' dormitory. It was nearly 3:00 and they'd have to get to Hogsmeade soon in order to meet theri mom and go home for the weekend. At last Kim came down with her bag full of stuff and two smaller bags in each hand. "Lets go Kim!" Brian said as he turned for the exit to the common room. Walking briskly down the hallways they soon exited the castle and then made their way across the lawn and onto the path that led them to Hogsmeade.

The day was hot and the walk took a bit longer than he'd expected since Kim had so much she had to carry. Eventually they arrived in the village and immediately proceeded to the center to where stood the large water fountain. Setting down his bag, Brian sat down on the bench as Kim threw down her things and collapsed next to him. "Is Hermione coming?" Kim asked as she turned around and began to splash water on her face to cool down. "I don't know, but it's almost 3:30" replied Brian as he nervously looked back down the road to Hogwarts. He hadnt' seen Hermione today and didn't get any message from her as of yet and so he wasn't quite sure whether she was coming or not. "Well mum isn't going to want to wait very long" said Kim as she turned back around and had her face completely soaking wet. "Be quiet Kim, mum will wait for Hermione." Brian then sat back and nervously waited as the time slowly passed by.

[Hermione Granger]

Hermione was sitting in her dorm in complete horror, it was three o’clock and she had yet to get an owl back from her parents about her spending time with Brian over the weekend. Hermione was frantic, she couldn’t just go without her parents’ consent, and the school would never allow it. She was on the brink of sheer panic when she heard a tapping at the window, it was Hedgwig, and she had a note. Hermione flung open the window and allowed the owl in, “Thanks, she said as she took the note and began to read it. A huge smile broke on her face as she read, she then grabbed her bags, yes she had already packed in case she got the go ahead as she hoped.

Hermione grabbed her two rather small bags and ran from the room, she dropped a note in the boys’ dorms for Harry and Ron so that they would know where she was all weekend and bolted for the porthole out. She ran down the halls, the Fat Lady was calling after her but she couldn’t stop Brian was waiting for her in Hogsmeade and she was already terribly late. She ran down the seven flights of stairs and out the front door, she had to get to Hogsmeade and in a hurry. Hermione was in luck there was carriage left back from the trip the fourth years had taken earlier that day, “Hello? Can you take me to Hogsmeade please, its’ kind of important?” the driver looked at her and told her to get in.

They raced towards Hogsmeade and before long they had arrived, Hermione jumped out of the carriage and thanked the driver. She looked around, where was she to meet Brian? Oh yes the fountain, she looked at her watch it was twenty minutes to four, she was extremely late. Hermione made her way through the huge crowd that was to be found in the village that day, but finally she found her destination.

Hermione walked up to the fountain, she saw Kim before she saw Brian, but a few seconds later she was far enough out of the crowd to see him, “Brian!!” she called out exhaustedly, “I though I might have missed you.”<br>

[Brian]

Brian was sitting staring back towards the castle when Kim yelled out "Mummy!" looking over Brian saw his mom walking towards them. She was a thin witch with blonde hair in her mid 40's. Kim jumped up and ran over to her and hugged her. Brian however remained seated as a wave of sorrow flooded over him, it was now time to go and Hermione had yet to arrive. "Brian dear, where is Hermione?" his mom asked as she came over and sat down next to him with Kim bouncing all over the place. "I don't know mum, I guess her parents didn't want her to come" he said as he bent down and picked up his bags set to go. "Oh don't worry, I'm sure she is coming, she is probrably late. Here, I need to run to the herb shop for a few potion ingredients, you two wait here I'll be back in a few minutes. Then we will go." Brian then watched as their mom went into the shop.

The time slowly ticked by and still there was no Hermione. All of the sudden he heard someone calling his name, looking down the road he was quite relieved to see it was Hermione and she had her bags with her. When Hermione reached them, Brian hugged her tightly. "I'm glad you came, I was scared you weren't coming" he said as Kim walked away and began to play in the water fountain again. Only a few moments later, their mom returned with a bag full of various potion ingredients. "Hello dear" she said "you must be Hermione, I'm Lisa Sullivan, it's so great to finally meet you. I've heard quite a bit about you. Well we must get going."

Mrs. Sullivan then led them into the Three Broomsticks and over to the fireplace. "Mummy! Can I get a butterbeer!?" Kim asked as she pointed back to the bar. "No Kim we have to go, we have plently at home." she said as she took a handful of Floo powder and stepped into the fireplace with Kim. In a flash they were gone. "Do you know how to use FLoo powder?" Brian asked Hermione as they stood by the fireplace.

[Hermione Granger]

Hermione almost dropped her bags as Brian hugged her, in her attempt to hug him back, “I’m so sorry I’m late. My mum’s owl didn’t get back until a few minutes ago, but I was lucky there was a carriage left over from the trip earlier and he agreed to bring me.” Hermione was a little breathless, but she was calming now that she had seen Brian and she hadn’t missed him. A few minutes later a woman approached them, she was blonde and in her forties from what Hermione could tell, it was Brian’s mother. Lisa introduced herself, Hermione put down one of her bags, she shook her hand, “Hello Mrs. Sullivan, I am very pleased to meet you and that you have allowed me to spend he weekend with your family.” Hermione gave Brian a sweet smile, she wondered what he had told his parents about her.

Once the introductions were made, they were ready to be off, the four walked towards the Three Broomsticks, and its fireplace. Brian turned to ask her if she had ever travelled by floo before, “No, not personally, but Harry told me how he used it. You throw the powder in the fireplace and then step in and say where you want to go, right?” Hermione was a little nervous, she recalled how Harry had ended up in Nocturn Alley instead of Diagon Alley in their second year, she would hate to get lost and have no way back to Hogwarts or to Brian’s home.

[Brian]

Brian didn't think too much of Hermione's answer. His goal was to spend the weekend with Hermione, not spend it trying to figure out where she ended up. The Floo System was vast and he didn't want to run the risk of her ending up the wrong place where she would possibly be harmed. "Uh, Hermione just come with me" he said as he took her by the hand and walked into the fireplace. Then grabbing a handful of Floo Powder he dropped it into the fireplace "1346 Hamilton Place" he said and in a blast of green light they were gone. With a sharp pulling sensation they disappeared and soon reappeared in the fireplace in the living room.

Stepping out of the fireplace Brian brushed off the few bits of soot that had gathered on his robes. "Well, here we are" he said as he stepped out and found that his mother had already gone to the kitchen and was by the smell of it, well on her way on cooking dinner. Kim had also made quick work as she had thrown her bags down onto the floor in the middle of the living room and had plopped herself down in front of the TV where she was now beginng to play a video game. "Come on Hermione, I'll show you where you'll be staying" Brian said as he pointed the way to the stairs and led her up the stairs. At the top of the stairs he made a turn and walked down the hall. "Here's the bathroom" he said as he pointed to the first door on the right. "My room is down the hall and so is Kim's, your room is right here, across from the bathroom" he said as he opened the door and walked inside. In the room stood a small couch, a bed, a desk and a few other things to make a guest comfortable. "Do you need any help unpacking?" he asked as he took Hermione's bags and set them down on the table.

[Hermione Granger]

Brian took Hermione’s hand “Okay,” and they both stepped into the fireplace, it was a little unnerving for Hermione being that it was her first time travelling the floo system. Hermione barely heard Brian announce his address before they were whisked away in a sea of smoke, ash and speed. The floo system was nothing like Hermione had imagined, she now understood how Harry had gotten so dirty when she had seen him that day in Diagon Alley before their second year. She was turned and spinned and pulled in all directions, she pulled her arms close into her, but even with all that her body was doing she noticed the vast array of grates that they were passing, each leading to different home, store for office…remarkable. A few seconds of tugging, later her feet landed with a thud in Brian’s fireplace in his living room.

Hermione stepped out if the fireplace after Brian, she brushed off the soot that was on her clothes and looked around as Brian announced that they had arrived. The smell of food cooking soon filled Hermione’s senses, its scent was divine, the room was spacious and homey, Hermione instantly took a liking to it as it was so much reminded her of her own home. Brian led her to where she was to stay, she followed him up the stairs, when they finally reached the top they turned and continued in another direction, he pointed out the bathroom, Kim’s room, his room and finally her own, right across from the bathroom. Hermione entered the room, she smiled, it was lovely, there was a couch, a desk if she wanted to write, a few other commodities and of course a bed.

Brian enquired as to whether she needed help unpacking, it was a kind gesture but she would rather not have Brian seeing her unpack her underwear, so she declined his help, “Thank you but no, I can handle it.”<br>

[Brian]

Brian looked at Hermione as she declined his help. "Ok, um, well I'll leave you then to, unpack and . whatever you need to do" he said as he walked over to the door. "When you are done I'll be downstairs" as he turned to leave he saw the clock which read 4:37. Turning back to Hermione he added "oh, don't take too long either, dinner here is served usually at 5 sharp, mum is always like that." he said as he turned and shut the door behind him.

Walking into his own room he tosses his bags into his closet and looked around. Nothing had been touched since he'd left here a few weeks ago at the end of winter holidays. Of course it was clean as their mum had no doubted hit the room with cleaning charms daily, if not more than daily. Leaving his door open he walked downstairs and into the living room where he found Kim deeply emersed in her game. "What are you playing?" he asked to which Kim replied during a break in the game "Soul Calibur 2... you know this is the one mum got me for Christmas, but it didn't work so she had to take it back and get a new one but we had already left for Hogwarts when she finally got a new one." Watching Kim play for a few seconds Brian shook his head "Kim did you even read the instructions?" he asked. "Why?" came Kim's quickly reply as she once again lost. "Umm, maybe if you read them you might not lose all the time" he said as he picked up the little book and tossed it to her, but Kim just set it aside and went back to loosing badly.

While Kim played, Brian picked up the newspaper and began to search for the movie listings. They'd be here for two nights and he needed to find something to do, he had ideas but wanted to find other things as well.

[Hermione Granger]

Hermione gave Brian a smile as he took her rejection of his help and eased his way out allowing her to get to the task at hand, unpacking. Hermione turned to her bags, which she had placed on the bed, she began to open the nearest to her when Brian spoke again. “Downstairs…dinner at five, got it.” She smiled at him, that didn’t give her much time, she wanted o get out of her school robes and unpack, oh well she would just have to rush it. Hermione watched Brian leave and shut the door behind him, “Okay, what first?”<br>
Hermione opened her bags and began to put items of clothing in various empty drawers in the nearby dresser, she then took out a pair of capris pants and a strap top to put on so she would not have to wear her robes to dinner. Hermione looked around, all her things were where they should be, she grabbed her clothes and took off her robes, folding them neatly on the bed, and she then put on her muggle clothes. Hermione walked to the mirror, and looked at her reflection, she wanted to make a good impression at dinner, she was nervous about it, she took up her brush and set to work making her hair look presentable.

Hermione emerged from her room at five minutes to five, she walked down the stairs to the living room, and there she found Brian and Kim. Kim was playing a game and Brian was ready the newspaper, she walked up to him, first giving Kim a smile, she cleared her throat to get Brian’s attention, she then sat next to him, “What are you reading?” she was looking at the page.

[Brian]

Brian had been reading for only a short period of time when Hermione had returned from upstairs. She was now dressed in regular clothing, a thought that had just now reaching Brian. "Oh.." he muttered as Hermione sat down. "Right then, I should have changed too I suppose, oh well I can change later." He then held the newspaper over for Hermione to see. "I was looking at the movie section, there are some new movies out now, well since we were last here. Do you like movies? There is a theater not to far from here we can go tonight if you would like to" he asked as he pointed to the listing for the nearest theater.

In a few short minutes their mother returned from the kitchen "Come on kids" she said in a pleasant tone as she took off an apron from around her waist. "Your father sent an owl, he's going to be a bit late tonight so we just have to start without him." She then disappeared back into kitchen with her wand in hand. Standing up, Brian held out his hand to Hermione and then walked her into the dinning room which was situated next to the living room. He then pulled out a chair for Hermione to sit in next to where he normally say. Less than a minute later Kim came sprinting into the dinning room and jumped into her chair directly opposite of Hermione's, which wobbled a bit and nearly fell over as she landed on it full speed.

Soon Mrs. Sullivan returned with wand in hand and floating behind her were several dishes piled high with food which she gently set down upon the table. She then waved her wand a second time and each plate piled up with mashed potatos and roasted chicken. Dinner rolls were set upon their little plates with butter on top and each person had their glass full of butterbeer. "YAY! Butterbeer!" Kim exclaimed as she saw her glass fill up and she immediately seized it and began to take large gulps, quite to the shock of Mrs. Sullivan "KIM! MANNERS!" she exclaimed. Sheepishly Kim but her glass down and looked down at her food and began to eat. "I'm sorry Hermione dear, I hope you like the food, I'm afraid I'm not the greatest cook" she said as she put her wand down on the table and sat down across from Brian. "Hermione I hope your room is alright, it gets a bit cold in that room for some reason, there are extra blankets in the bottom drawer if you need them. You can use our owls if you want to write your parents as well, anytime you need to you can use our owls. Just let me know dear, anything you need I'll be glad to get for you. So are you kids going out tonight?" Brian, who had been sitting quietly for a while looked up at his mum "I don't know yet mum..." he said as he nervously looked around the room.

[Hermione Granger]

Hermione smiled at Brian, and looked him up and down, “I suppose you could have change, but you’re fine, I just couldn’t stay in my robes anymore.” Hermione took the newspaper that Brian offered her, and looked as he pointed out the movie section, there were a few great movies showing. “I like movies, I just spend quite a bit of time reading, but the odd movie is a treat.” Hermione thought about the idea, and decided that it sounded like an excellent idea, “Sure, I’d love it. Are we going to take Kim?” she asked in a hushed tone, unsure if Brian wanted to Kim to know there were making plans to go out later, just in case she would not be joining them.

Hermione turned around as the sound of Brian’s mother’s voice caught her attention…dinner was ready. Hermione closed the paper, they would decide on a movie after dinner, Brian offered her his hand and she accepted it willingly. Hermione walked with Brian into the dinning room, it was lovely like the rest of the house, she noted as she took the seat Brian set for her, next to him. A few seconds later she witnessed as Kim made a mad dash for her seat and almost fell over because of it, “Be careful Kim,” she said as the chair rocked precariously. A few minutes later Mrs. Sullivan returned, the dishes of food following close behind her, they set themselves down and Mrs. Sullivan cast the spell piling each of their plates with the sumptuous morsels and their glasses with butterbeer.

Hermione watched as Kim immediately tore into her butterbeer, she did seem to like to do things quickly, “Oh no Mrs. Sullivan it’s great,” Hermione replied as Mrs. Sullivan asked her if she was okay wit the meal and claimed to be a poor cook. Hermione was taking a sip of her butterbeer when Mrs. Sullivan asked her how she liked her room, “It’s wonderful. It reminds me a lot of my room at my grandparent’s home, she said with a smile. Usually things that reminded her of her grandparents cause a problem for Hermione, but for some reason, this time it proved comforting. “Extra blankets in the bottom drawer? Got it. Thank you. I think I should write them, to let them know we arrived all right. Thank you again Mrs. Sullivan,” was all Hermione could say as she was offered more and more assistance and was treated with such kindness.

When Mrs. Sullivan asked Brian whether or not her planned to go out that evening, she noticed a nervous look about him, she wondered if it was because of Kim of something else.

[Brian]

Brian sat there at the table and looked back and forth about the room. "Um, well we were, I was thinking that maybe we could go out to a movie or somewhere. So, can we borrow your car?" Kim who had been busy shoveling food into her mouth immediately sat up. "Ya! I wanta go too! I want to see Mooseport!!" Mrs. Sullivan who had quietly listened to both her kids answers then put her hand up to stop them from the ensuing arguement she knew was about to start. "Sure you can borrow my car tonigh, you two have fun, if you are going to be really late though please call OK?" She then turned to Kim who was looking quite happy. "Kim, you can't go, we have to go to Church tonight for the Beckington's wedding aniversary, 40 years being married is quite an achievement. Your friends Karen, Jenny and Molly will be there though, you'll have fun." Silently Brian smiled while Kim looked as if about to break out in tears. "We'll call mum if we're late" he said as Mrs. Sullivan then brought out bowls of triple chocolate vanilla swirl puddings.

A loud bang from the living room announced Mr. Sullivan's arrival. Entering the room, he was a tall man, a few inches taller than Brian with short brown hair and thin glasses. "Hello kids!" he said cheerfully as he sat down at the head of the table and kissed Mrs. Sullivan. Digging in to the plates of food in front of him he then stopped and stared at Hermione. "Hello, and who are you?" he asked. Mrs. Sullivan must have deliver a swift kick to his leg as he soon made a welp noise as she butted in "This is Hermione, Brian's gilfriend, remember, I TOLD you several times they'd be here today, and I TOLD you to be on TIME!" she said trying to remain cheerful though she was far from it. "Ah, yes, right indeed, pleased to meet you Hermione" he said as he stood and extended his hand to her.

After dinner was completed the rest of the Sullivan's piled into their father's car and headed off to the local church, leaving Brian and Hermione alone. Sitting on the couch he waved his wand and lit the fireplace ablaze. "So, do you want to see something tonight? Cold Mountain is suppose to be a pretty good love movie" though he in fact detested those romance movies, he figured he might as well get used to them.

[Hermione Granger]

Hermione ate silently as Brian informed his mother that they wanted to go see a movie that night, she looked at Kim when she burst in with such enthusiasm saying she wanted to go too. Hermione had no problem with Kim going with them, but Mrs. Sullivan told her she couldn’t, she probably thought that she and Brian would want to go out alone. Hermione continued to eat in silence as Brian asked for the car and got permission from his mother to use it, Hermione could drive, her parents had her learn when she turned sixteen but few people knew that, not even Ron and Harry, in the wizarding world what use was there. Hermione finished her dinner and then looked at the bowl of triple chocolate vanilla swirl ice pudding Mrs. Sullivan placed before her, it looked absolutely decadent.

Hermione was putting a spoonful of pudding in her mouth when a loud bang from the living room jumped her. She watched as man, not much taller than Brian entered, she presumed this to be Brian’s father and she was right. After a few awkward moments, it seemed Mr. Sullivan had forgotten that Hermione was going to be staying at their home for the weekend and had to be reminded, not to subtly at that, by Mrs. Sullivan. Finally after remembering, Mr. Sullivan rose from his seat to shake Hermione’s hand, she got up a little and took his hand, “Pleasure Mr. Sullivan,” she said before taking her seat once more.

When dinner was finished, the Sullivans, including Kim, left for the evening and Hermione and Brain were left home alone. Hermione walked over to where Brian was seated and sat beside him, “How about we go to see The Missing instead, or The Last Samurai?” the fire was warm and the room comforting, Hermione could definitely see herself falling asleep in a room like this if she wasn’t careful, especially after the hectic day to get permission to come here. Hermione was not partially to any particular film genre, in fact she thought it very interesting to guage the different movie typed and styles against each other.

[Brian]

Brian sat on the couch as Hermione looked at the listings, for a few silent moments only the ticking of the clock on the wall was heard. Hermione then spoke and made two suggestions, the first was The Missing, something Brian had never even heard of, therefore had no real opinion. "Hmmm mm" he said as she then proceeded to the second, the Last Samurai. Ah that was the movie with what's his face, the guy from the Mission Imposible. "What's his face? Jon Cruise or something, you like him?" Brian asked curiously as he thought about what he'd heard of that. "That's kind of violent you know" he said though it did seem quite the dumb thing to say. It had Samurai in the name, of course it was violent. "Sorry" he said as he stood up and held out his arm to Hermione "we better get going then" he said. He then pulled off his robe revealing a pair of white pants and a T-shirt he had worn underneath today.

Brian led Hermione through the kitchen and opened a door to the garage. Flipping on the light he opened the door to the green Honda that was sitting in the garage and helped Hermione in. As he entered the car he tapped the ignition slot with his finger and the car came to life. "Mum put a charm on the car, it runs without gas, mum doesn't see the point of paying for gas when it can work for free."


In a few short minutes they arrived at the mall complex. Walking through the automatic door Brian looked at his watch. "We have about 30 minutes until we should go to the theater, you uh, want to go look around?" Brian wasn't too sure about this, Hermione didn't seem to like to shop too much when they had gone to Hogsmeade before, but this was a mall and it might be a bit different.

[Hermione Granger]

“His name is Tom Cruise, and he is alright, but I heard this film is very good and I would like to see for myself.” She smiled at him, it was cute how he didn’t know Tom Cruises name. Hermione knew it would be violent but after last year, there was nothing that shocked her anymore, nothing. She took Brian’s hand as he stood and suggested that they leave for the movie. “All right,” Hermione said as she took Brian’s hand and stood, smoothing out her clothes. Brian made a quick change, removing his robes to reveal what he had worn underneath all day, she gave him a smile and then they were off towards the car.

Hermione followed Brian through the kitchen and out into the garage, there she found a green Honda waiting for them, Brian helped her in, to which she gave a gracious, “Thank you,” and then buckled herself in. Brian got in and started the car, he told Hermione how his mother had charmed it so it wouldn’t use gas, “That’s an ingenious way, gas causes too much pollution anyway in my opinion.” Brian put the gar in gear, the garage opened and off the sped towards the mall and the movie.

A little while later they pulled up at the multiplex, they got out and headed towards one of the many mall entrances, going through the automatic doors and entering the air-conditioned building. “Thirty minutes,” Hermione repeated after Brian, Hermione hesitated a second, “Okay, I suppose we could look around to kill time.” Hermione was not in a shopping mood, as she rarely was, so this would be just about browsing around until the movie was ready to show, “How about that store over there?” she asked pointing to a sports shop, her dad loved sports as much as any male, and if perchance she decided to get a souvenir for him, she would at least have something in mind.

[Brian]

Brian followed Hermione's finger as she pointed and hoped it wasn't some shop full of smelly perfumes and other girly things. He had no intention of being seen in one of those shops. Perhaps the only thing worse was if he were to have to carry Hermione's purse while she tried something on, thus leaving him apparently alone in a woman's clothing store with a purse. As his eyes found the store she pointed at relief fell over him, she'd picked a sporting goods store! Though it wasn't his favorite store as they tended to have a bit higher prices than others, still it wasn't a bad shop. Reaching out he held her hand and walked over into the shop.

"So is your dad a sports fan?" Brian asked, Hermione wasn't big on sports so there had to be a reason why she chose this store. "Well why don't we split up and we can look at our own things, you will probably be bored out of your mind if you follow me." Walking through the store he made his way to the back of the store away from the most of the customers where was located the less popular items. Growing up entirely around muggles except for his parents and sister, Brian had adjusted to muggle schools and sports. Two of which he was most found of was soccer and hockey. The later of the two was his favorite, but was far from popular. In the rear of the store he found a collection of hockey equipment, sitting right next to baseball and American football products. Looking at the various sticks he began to pull out some of the new models and began to lift them and feel them out for the right weight balance. The stock the store carried wasn't very good, only two or three sticks were even what he'd consider useful. Still the large "CLEARANCE" sign above the rack was enough reason to compel him to more closely examine the three remaining sticks.

Brian didn't really know how long he'd been there, but it must have been some time as soon he saw Hermione coming over to him.

[Hermione Granger]

Hermione clasped Brian’s hand and walked towards the sports store, it was nice she supposed, not knowing much about sports herself, it was her dad’s thing and she indulged him when she could. They walked into the store and Brian asked her about her father being a sports fan, “Yes he is, you know I don’t know that much about sports.” She looked around and Brian suggested that they split up and look at separate things so she wouldn’t get bored, “Okay,” she said and released his hand and headed towards the far left of the store. She looked at one thing and then another, her father was a fan of Real Madrid, a muggle football team, he adored David Beckham, he swore that her was the best football player around in his opinion.

Hermione scoured the aisle and finally found an entire section dedicated to David Beckham, she looked at the different items, there were hats, T-shirts, jerseys, mugs and many, many other things. Hermione picked up a T-shirt, a medium, since her father was not a big man; she then grabbed a mug with Beckham’s picture on it and went to find Brian. Hermione looked around the store, no Brian, finally she found him over by some hockey equipment, and she smiled, “Found anything you like I did,” she said raising her items for him to see.

[crabbe]

Crabbe Sr. was sound asleep one night in his manor. A cold chill awoke him from his sleep as he sat up in bed. His bed room door was opened. -Why in the world is the door open.- he wondered as he slowly stepped out of his bed and walked toward the door to close it. Crabbe, not too far away from the door noticed two red eyes apear in the hallway. “My Dark Lord!” He said confused as he quickly bowed and stepped into the hallway. “My Lord what brings you here?” he asked stunned. A dry fuming voice spoke. “I have a job for you.” He pause. “Its time that we retaliated. I know you understand.” A skeleton like hand rubbed up against Crabbe Sr.’s face. “Oh, yes I understand.” He nodded with full knowledge of what should be done. “What do you want me to do first, Lord?” he asked. Lord Voldemort replied flatly. “Kill his friends. Starting with that damn Mudblood Granger.” He ended with a snarl. A half an hour passed when Crabbe Sr. returned back into his bedroom.

The next day.

Crabbe. Sr. enjoyed a lunch with his wife the next day. He ate the last bit of food that was on his plate as he said, “ ‘amn Mudbloods. ‘Mm going o’t of the after-noon, dear.” He said with his mouth half full with food. He swallowed as he finished. “I have to go do something, you understand.” He said as he got up and left his dinning room. He walked into his den as he opened is closet door. Crabbe reached in and grabbed a long black cloak with a large hood. Slipping his arms into the sleeves, he buttoned the cloak closed, and put on the hood. He held his wand as he said, “Apparate” with a slight sound he showed up at Manchester Mall, in front of a sporting goods store. Being noticed by many muggles he walked into the store and made his way to the back. Noticing Hermione Granger standing next to a Hogwarts student, named Brian Sullivan, Crabbe took out his wand and walked closed to the couple.

Less than 30 feet away from the two he felt a jabbing feeling in his back. Quickly turning around he noticed a man in a blue outfit hitting him with a bat of some sort. “Damn Muggle. Inferior being! Don’t bother me.” He held up his wand as he forcefully said “REDUCTO!” as the Man flew backward and hit a wall of glass. The body, lifeless slid down the glass. Noticing he brought attention to himself, he quickly turned back to Granger and Sullivan. With his hood covering his face, he pointed his wand toward Hermione Granger as he said powerfully, “STUPEFY!” A red beam of light shot out of his wand straight toward the couple not too far away from him.

[Brian]

Brian smiled as Hermione came with some things she had picked out for her dad apparently. "No, not really anything good" he said as he put the sticks back. As he placed the last one on the shelf a strange figure caught his eye coming towards them. The person was dressed in a robe with the hood pulled over their face and it appeared as if they were wearing a mask. Closer and closer the person got and then he saw it, the masked person removed a wand! What was going on!? He wondered as he reached into his pocket and pulled out his own wand.

Taking a step closer to Hermione he saw the stranger raise their wand preparing to attack! Without any thought, Brian grabbed Hermione by the arm and pulled her closer to him and then spun her and shoved her in the opposite direction of the attacker. Raising his own wand he heard the person call out their first spell. "PROTEGO!" Brian exclaimed as the red light from the attackers wand crashed into his own white protective barrier and fizzled away. Taking a quick glance over his shoulder, Brian found Hermione OK, "RUN HERMIONE!" he yelled as he raised his wand at their attacker. "REDUCTO!" he said and shot a blue blast from the end of his wand and sent it right at the attacker.

[crabbe]

Crabbe saw the boy with Granger repell his spell. " Damn Miscreant!" he exclaimed as Sullivan sent a spell back toward him. Crabbe wasnt in the mood for this whole ordeal. He brought to much attention to himself already. He wanted to get this whole thing over with so he could kill Granger and get out of there. With an evil look in his eyes he, quickly replying to Brian Sullivan's spell. He said, "FORTUIKUS!" A yellow light blasted out of his wand and over powered Brian's spell. Shortly after the two beams of light vaporized away.

"Mudblood, move!" He exclaimed as he held up his wand. He stood balenced as he look out the tip of his hood. Crabbe quickly shouted out, "AVADA KEDAVRA!" A thick red light came from his wand as it flew toward Granger. Crabbes eyes narrowed as he waited his light to hit his target.

[Brian]

Brian watched as his spell was blocked by the masked attacker. "GO ON HERMIONE! RUN!" he yelled at her, this was not the time for her to be just standing around here. Taking a step closer to where Hermione was, he planned on giving her another shove to get her going. As he sidestepped he aimed his wand ready to send the next spell on it's way. There was however no time as the attacker cast a another spell. He didn't hear the words the person spoke, but raised his wand anyway "Prote..." he began but was unable to finished as a bright red glow surrounded him and shoved him back a few feet where he then dropped his wand and slumped to the floor dead.