~ In this fic, I will be referring to the past a lot ~ if it's someone thinking about it, I will put *THOUGHTS* and end it with *END OF THOUGHTS* but if it's just for the point of the story ~ I will just put it in * these *!!! ~

~ The Characters you know and love do not belong to me; they belong to that brilliant woman known to you and me as JK ROWLING! I will be using my own characters too, but will tell you they're mine when I introduce them! ~

Talking in codes

"Hiya Harry!" said an excited voice, Harry looked up and saw it was Colin Creevey - the muggle born who was in the year below Harry, and always has pleasure of saying 'Hello' to Harry.
"Hello Colin!" said Harry dully over the paper he was reading.
Harry was reading the 'Daily Prophet' catching up with what was going on in the wizard world; he couldn't get it delivered to Privet Drive because his Uncle would have thrown him out ~ and that was a threat. And he only caught glimpse of muggle news; which his Aunt and Uncle were very suspicious about.

* "What you doing boy, creeping around like that?" Uncle Vernon yelled at Harry
"I wasn't creeping, I walked in, to see what was on the news!" Harry snarled back at his uncle.
"Don't take that attitude with me young man, and what would a 15 year old boy want to watch the news for?"
"Because I want to," Harry said through gritted teeth, he ignored his uncles moaning about him being 'abnormal' and took a seat on the empty chair to watch the news - nothing strange came on. *

Colin walked off, and Harry went back to scanning the paper; there wasn't that much in it, which he supposed was something to do with Fudge - as he didn't believe Voldemort had returned, he even called Dumbledore and Harry a liar.
After about five minutes he folded the newspaper, and slammed it on the seat next to him. He was disappointed their wasn't any news in there ~ he didn't want anyone to get hurt or killed, but if Voldemort or his death eaters had damaged somewhere at least Fudge would know he was back, which he then could inform everyone else and maybe catching him. He didn't want to think of what happened to Cedric, it just upset him.
"You alright Harry? You look a little pale!" Ginny asked him, Harry looked up at her and smiled typical Ginny - just like her mother.
"Yeah fine, just wish there was something a little bit more interesting than, 'Fudge gets voted best Minister of Magic in a hundred years' I mean half the paper is about him now, no proper news."
"I know, but until he believes you know who is back, there will be nothing in there worth reading, and no doubt the little things that happen - which will be down to TMR, they will get put down to something else; he's a stubborn man Harry!" Ginny said knowingly.
"TMR?" Harry said puzzled.
"Yes Harry, TMR ~ think about it; you see I have been thinking there will be times we need to talk about these things; but won't be able too because there will be other people around, or listening!"
"Oh yes good idea, Tom yeah I get you. Sometimes Ginny I think you and Hermione are the same person with the things you both come out with!" Ginny blushed with the compliment.

LATER ON ~

Hermione and Ron where back in the carriage; after they had been told all their duties as Prefects.
"That was utterly boring, I swear Dumbledore's of it for letting Malfoy be a Prefect - all he'll do is give everyone detentions, especially Gryffindors! There is no way we're going to win the house cup this year! Oh well every time he takes points off us, I'll take double the amount off Slytherin!" Ron chuckled to himself.
"Ron, you can not abuse your position, it could be removed from you and what good will that be? Besides Dumbledore didn't pick the new prefects; you know that - the head of houses choose them, and Snape was obviously going to choose Malfoy," Hermione said to her friend.
"Yeah I know, but he has no right to abuse his "position" either, and figures!"
"Figures, Ron I wish you would explain yourself a bit more,"
"Yes figures snappy woman, figures that it's not Dumbledore choosing who will be the new prefects; other wise our pal here would have been made one instead of me. He's brainier and braver, aren't I glad McGonagall chose? Only joking mate, still trying to think that one out; might ask her when we finally get to Hogwarts!"
"No problem mate, don't think I'd want the responsibility of being a prefect hanging over my head; especially not now my zig spikes every few ticks!"
"Your what does what?" Hermione and Ron said in unison.
"Oh yeah me and Ginny have decided to talk in code on things like that; you know just in case someone is listening in - like the bug with glasses did last year - or in case we need to talk when we are in the company of others."
"Oh yeah you mean ya sca."
"RON SHUT UP, yes he means his ZIG! Don't you listen? He has to talk in C.O.D.E.S!" Hermione said in a louder voice than normal. Ron stood there thinking for a bit, then after realising what C.O.D.E.S meant said 'Aha got ya!'

~ Ah there we go, Chapter one FINISHED - it's only short I know, but if I carried on with it, it would have been too long!!! If you liked it ~ woo! If you didn't ~ blegh!!! This is just something that popped into my head; and decided to add it on here!