The Potter Twins: Heroes of Two Different Worlds

Chapter 15 (Part 3)

"We trust you 'Mione. We know that you'll get all of us out of this." Harry said. The Ravenclaw took a deep, shuddering breath and turned to her friends.

"Harry, I'm going to have you and Percy be Bishops. Neville, you are going to be the Left Rook. Draco, you're going to be a knight with me. I need to have a good vantage point so I can figure out where to move, and I would like your help with that. We can sit on the horses to see." She explained. Draco nodded and walked over to the knight on the right of the King. He gestured to the knight as he got off the horse and walked off the board, allowing Draco to take his place while Hermione asked the other knight to step off of his horse. The knight helped her up and then saluted her before stepping off the board. The other three quickly realized they needed to take their places and moved to take their positions.

"Alright, white's going to move first, like in normal Wizard's chess, and then we can make our move." Draco explained. The first years watched nervously the white pawn in front of the right bishop moved two spaces, allowing room for the piece behind it to move if it needed to.

Hermione pointed to the pawn in front of Neville. "Pawn to A5!!" She shouted, relieved when the correct piece moved forward two spaces. The pawn in front of the other white bishop moved forward two spaces.

"The bishops are opening first, that's going to be important." Hermione noted, assessing the pieces before pointing at the pawn in front of the other rook and giving her next order. "Alright, Pawn to H5."

The game continued the way it had started, with both opponents sending out their pawns until they met and the white team took out the first black pawn. Everyone was shocked by how violent the white team was when capturing their opponents, but with Draco's support, Hermione was able to stay calm as she deftly weaved his pieces and friends around the board. They were able to predict the next moves of the white pieces once Hermione figured out it's strategy, and they swiftly moved their friends out of harm's way until there were only a few pieces left.

Both sides gave it their all, and were almost evenly matched. The only pieces left for the black team were the five friends and the king, while the white team only had it's queen, king, a bishop and a rook left. However, Hermione was torn. It was either putting Harry, who was still injured and tired from the keys in the last room, or herself in the way of the queen so that Neville could checkmate the king. Finally, she made a decision, and hoped that she didn't seriously regret this.

"Percy, you have to make sure no one moves after this next turn except for Neville, okay?? Do not move until Neville moves down the board to checkmate the king!!" She warned. Percy paled as he realized what she was implying.

"Don't you dare 'Mione!! We need you!!" He shouted, panic filling his voice.

"What's he doing??" Neville asked. Draco, who was the closest to the boy, turned to him with a grave expression on his face.

"She's going to sacrifice herself!!" He exclaimed, his face whiter than they have ever seen.

"No Hermione, you can't!! You'll get hurt!!" Neville yelled, joining in with his friends' protests.