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Hermione Granger (cerebralwitch) wrote in wished,
@ 2009-12-29 18:06:00

Entry tags:

!1997: 12, !complete, !plot, harry potter, hermione granger, ron weasley

Who: Hermione, Harry, Ron
What: Horcrux discussion, and destruction!
Where: Forest of Dean
When: Today
Rating/Warning: Some Violence, Language, and Danger

She couldn't believe it was that easy. There right in front of her in Dumbledore's notes. The next horcruxes. She knew what they were! Hermione stared at her journal in silent awe for at least five full minutes before she jumped up, tearing through the tent to find Harry.

"Harry!" She called, then pulled open the divider to his bedroom in the tent. "Harry! Get up! I've figured out the next two horcruxes! I know what they are!" Which, of course, didn't help them to destroy this one, but it put them one step further. Two steps, really. Two very large steps closer to what they needed to eventually do, which was destroy all of them. And, if they could talk together about what this might mean if she was right, then maybe Gryffindor's Sword would be the answer to this riddle, too.

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geroffme
2010-01-01 03:21 am UTC (link)

Ron nodded. Harry had a point about the owl, but Hermione was right - they could be intercepted, and he'd rather not have people wondering why Ginny, or anyone connected to the three of them, was asking around about Dark wizards. If it really was a clue to something, it would be nice if they were the only ones who had it. "If he doesn't, we can start trying for somewhere else to look ... but might as well start at the beginning, I guess." He liked the thought of stopping by a friendly house, as well. He knew he was going to be missing his bed very soon.

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cerebralwitch
2010-01-01 03:25 am UTC (link)

"Okay," Hermione said, and that had really been easier than... well, anything she'd tried to get out of either of them for months, really, and she sighed happily - the horcrux was dead! - and picked up her soup agian. "So we should get some sleep tonight. Maybe let you and Ron rest tomorrow, too, and go the day after? Because .... well," She shrugged, looking at Harry. "I don't know about you, but I feel like I haven't slept since the Ministry."

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sonofastag
2010-01-01 03:35 am UTC (link)

"Yeah," Harry agreed. "I think that little nap from nearly dying is as close as I've gotten to sleeping well for a while," he told her with a wry smile.

And Harry could find some reasons to be out of the tent a bit and leave Hermione and Ron time to talk, too.

"We should let the Order know we're safe, too. I haven't even peeked in the journals lately." Harry had found it too frustrating to see things from afar he couldn't do a thing about, with the horcrux hanging over them.

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geroffme
2010-01-01 03:57 am UTC (link)

Ron felt a little surge of guilt as he wondered how long it would take for word that he had run away again to reach his mother's ears. "A day off sounds like a good idea," he said, taking up his bowl. "That might be enough time to think of something to tell them that doesn't send Mum off the deep end. Probably better leave out the bit about running around in the woods messing with swords."

Even if he spent the day lounging around doing nothing but freezing, it felt wonderful to know that weight of guilt would be off his shoulders at last. He was where he belonged again, he was sure of it - and they had made some actual progress, something he'd thought pretty near impossible, not long ago. The last thing he'd expected was to return to see things looking up - but here they were.

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