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"Into That Good Night"
It had been a long time coming. Harry, Ron, and Hermione stood at the threshold of their lives. They swore they would stand by his side years ago, and nothing was going to stop them now.
Their mission was their destiny. Some greater power had brought them together. Through all of their individual faults, they were strongest together. They had a connection; they had the ultimate bond of friendship.
Harry stood at the window of his dormitory looking out at the grounds. Oh, how he loved Hogwarts. It was the first place he could ever really call home. He reflected on the events of the past year.
First there was Ginny, beautiful Ginny. He loved her, but he had to protect her. He knew that there was a chance, a huge chance, that he would not survive the war. What if the war took years? She had to be able to move on. He couldn't expect her to sit and wait for him for 5, 10, even 20 years.
Then there was Dumbledore. His death hurt Harry as much as Sirius' did. It had hit the magical world extremely hard. And then there was the mission that Dumbledore had assigned Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Even Harry admitted that Dumbledore wanted Ron and Hermione to know about what the "private lessons" were about because he intended all three of them to hunt Horcruxes together.
That is why Harry was up tonight, at two in the morning. Behind him he heard Ron close the curtains around his bed. "Time to go, Harry." Harry turned around and looked at Ron standing behind him and Hermione sitting on Harry's trunk. Harry nodded and followed his friends out of the dorm, careful not to look back.
When they reach the common room they found that they were no longer alone. Neville, Ginny, and Luna were sitting by the fire waiting for them to arrive. Neville was the first to speak, "I see that you are going out after hours again, only this time it looks like you're not coming back."
"Neville, listen—"started Ron.
"No, Ron, you listen," interrupted Ginny, "I knew you three were up to something. Every morning this summer I kept expecting you three to disappear. Every time I'd hear Hermione breathe from bed I was completely relieved that you were still there. You're leaving Now? How could you leave and not say goodbye?" Ginny looked straight at Harry at this last comment.
"Harry, I think you should know that we have decided that you are not going anywhere without us. You could try to curse us, but we would have to fight back and that would draw a lot of attention." Luna stated this to the trio with immense calm and serenity.
"Ok," said Ron, "I really think they mean it." Harry and Hermione nodded at Ron and he continued. "You three need to realize that this is not a game. This is life and death. In fact this will end in death, just hopefully not one of us."
"This isn't even going to be like the ministry adventure" Hermione continued. "This is going to hard, dangerous, frustrating, and well war."
"We understand that, Hermione, but we all have a stake in this. We deserve the right to help." Neville was right; he deserved this opportunity as much as Harry did.
Harry stepped into the middle of the group. "Alright, everyone goes, but please be quiet or we'll wake everyone up. Hermione where is that letter?" He thanked her as she handed him a piece of parchment. "We are going to have to add that these three came with us. So that no one freaks out. Well, at least Molly will know that she went us and wasn't kidnapped by Deatheaters. Ron, do the auror's have a witness protection program?"
"A what?"
"A program where the auror's will hide us, give us new identities, and keep your Mum from killing us."
"Once she finds out that no only did we run away from school, but let Ginny come along while underage, there is no place that we can hide."
The six friends laughed at Ron's comments knowing that he spoke the truth. After they had summoned Dobby and given him the letter with the instructions to give it to Professor McGonagal, they left the common room. Harry, by use of his map, led them to the secret passage way.
Once out of the passage and in Hogsmeade, the six turned for one last look at Hogwarts. Then three by three they went on their way into that good night.