Buried Alive for Miss Granger

"This devil has the same ability as Allen and the others—he can sense in advance what magic other people are using!" Hermione gave up on the idea of using the Perception Mark to tell Allen. Baal was the Greater devil Lucius had warned Allen about, the one You-Know-Who had bought off to assassinate Allen. He had to be coming for Allen. "Ever since we learned about this, Luna has made sure at least one of her avatars stayed with Allen. Even if the devil realizes Allen isn't here and goes to Diagon Alley to find them, there shouldn't be any major problem."

Hermione frowned and glanced at Baal, whose outline was like a giant humanoid figure and like a body cloaked in drifting shadows, with a core of roaring flames. She grabbed Ginny's hand. Amid panicked screams, the crowded masses fled outward. "We'll rush out of Hogsmeade first, then I'll take you away by Apparition and notify Allen and the others to come."

Ginny tightened her grip on the wand in her hand. Pale with fright, she nodded obediently. She had seen what happened to those Aurors who tried to Apparate in front of the devil. Trying to escape right in front of him was obviously impossible.

Hermione let out a short cry to call her companion. Just seeing the Implosion Curse the devil had begun casting so casually, the kind that made people collapse from the inside, was enough for her to know she definitely was not Baal's match. The two young witches darted quickly through the crowd, fleeing as much as possible in the opposite direction from the devil.

"Stop!"

With a single syllable Baal uttered casually, a sudden, tremendous terror enveloped them. They stood rooted to the spot, unable to move. It was not just Hermione and