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Chapter 1: Polaroid
"What d'you reckon?"
Harry didn't have to ask what he meant.
He was standing in the middle of a suburban street with Ron on his left, and Hermione and Ginny on his right. Staring at a plain-looking suburban house. It was just past midnight when they had seen it from the Inn in the town. And it was not the first time they had seen it this summer.
"I think he knows we're on his tail" Harry turned to them. "If you don't want to come in…"
"You ask us that every time." Ginny said as she walked toward the house. "And every time we come in."
"I ask because it's dangerous, that's the dark mark up there!"
"We know Harry, we're coming." Hermione clutched his arm as they walked up the front steps and pulled the door open. Ron pointed his wand up at the mark and muttered "Demordrum" and the skull with a snake in it's mouth began to fade.
"C'mon, let's split up." Harry suggested and they separated. Hermione climbed the squeaking stairs, and Ron opened the door to the basement before descending. Harry turned into the living room where there was a light on and discovered a copy of 1000 magical herbs and fungi laying open on the coffee table. "Well, damn….It was a wizard," He yelled to the others.
"Or a witch!" Ginny shouted back, causing Harry to chuckle.
Harry closed the book and looked over at the dusty fireplace. "Hang on…Guys come in here!" There were several pictures on the mantelpiece, one of which contained the smiling faces of Fred, George, and their friend Lee Jordan.
Ron and Hermione both came running into the room. "Have you found them?" Hermione asked.
"Look at this," He took the picture and showed them.
"You don't think…" Hermione started.
"Fred and George?" Ron interrupted. "You don't think…"
"I think this is Lee Jordan's Parent's House." Harry said.
"I think you're right" Ginny said as she came in the room. "I've found them."
She took them out of the lighted living room across the front hall and into the dining room. The chandelier light cast shadows on the terrified looks on the parents of Lee Jordan. Their meal still on the table, it seemed the Death Eater they'd been following had just barged in.
"My God." Hermione was holding what looked like a Polaroid. It was a picture. A Picture even Harry had trouble looking at. It was MacNair. The Death Eater who used to be an executioner at the ministry, he was sitting in one of their nice dinning room chairs eating their meal with their dead bodies sitting on chairs on either side of him.
"I think I'm going to vomit," Ginny ran out of the room. Harry took the picture and ripped it in half and tossed it in the garbage.
"Why would he do that?" Ron said.
"Because he wants us to follow him," Hermione said.
"He's giving us a message." Harry said.
"Well, what are we going to do?" Ron said.
"We keep following him…He's our only link." Harry told them.
"But…clearly Lord Slash-and-Burn knows," Hermione said.
"I'll," Ron cleared his throat. "Uh…Pig's back at the Inn. We can go send a message to Madam Leona."
"Who's Madam Leona?" Ginny asked as she returned from the bathroom.
"New head of Auror Office," Hermione Answered. "The Old one was under the imperious curse, He's in…uh…St. Mungo's."
"All right. Let's go." Harry said, leading Ginny out of the house."
"I'll never get used to this." Hermione said to Ron as she continued to stare at the deformed bodies of Mr. And Mrs. Jordan.
"Which is why we're here." He grabbed her hand and kissed her on the cheek. A Practice that had begun at their first murder scene of this little trip.
"We're still no closer to finding any of the Horcruxes." Hermione said.
"I know…We'll get there." Ron said.
"I hate this. Everything is so…different. Everyone's acting strangly. People are changing all around. I mean…look at you!" Hermione said.
"Me? What's wrong with me?" Ron said, surprised.
"No, I mean…You being with the actual comforting." Hermione said.
"What choice do I have?" He said. "We need to go get Pig. C'mon."
"When are you going to get a real owl?" Hermione said, smiling as they left the house.
"There's nothing wrong with pig!" Ron said, offended.
"He's a tiny little thing who can barely make it to London and back!" She said.
"London's far away!"
"We're in a suburb of London."
"Well, The weather's been off cause of all this Dementor crap….Besides I'm not the one with a murderous Cat!"
"We've been through this…" She said as they both walked up the lane smiling, leaving the two bodies in the lighted house behind them.
To be honest, Ron had noticed this change in himself also. Ever since he and Hermione had been going out, but even before that. These murder scenes, they were…disturbing. There was nothing that could move him more then the sight of the dark mark. Even though he was the only one who seemed to be able to use the 'demordrum' spell to get rid of them. And it all wasn't helped by what seemed like the endlessly unspeakably awkward perpetual double-date with him and Hermione and Harry and Ginny who had gotten back together during this trip.
"C'mon Ron! Hermione!" Harry called. "After we send Pig we've got to get moving!"
"I hate this, my sleep schedule is completely off." Ron said. "Why do these death eater types only move at night?"
"I think they may have outgrown the throwing-into-Azkaban that would happen if they wandered around while people were awake." Hermione laughed.
"I know, but it's annoying…Hey, look at that." They had caught up with Harry and Ginny and an Owl was flying down at them. It landed on Harry's shoulder and he took the letter from it's leg. Immediately he threw it on the ground and set it on fire with his wand.
"He better hope there's not a parchment shortage after all this!" Harry yelled as they continued walking.
"Scrimgeor again?" Hermione asked.
"Naturally." Harry said. "Is there something unclear about the word no?"
"No." Ginny said.
"Because, I don't understand how many times it will take."
"We're about to get the "Scrimgeor's an idiot" speech, better hang back." Ron said to Hermione, as they continued walked toward the inn.
"He's right though." Hermione said.
"Not in question," Ron responded.
"Have you ever seen the movie Star Wars?"
"I've never seen a movie, period." He said to her. "Why?" He asked suspiciously.
"Well in the movie…there's this president guy, who basically turns one of the main characters evil. It's very sad, I've been worrying about that, with the ministry and what not."
"That Scrimgeor's with Voldemort?"
"You said his name." Hermione turned to him, and smiled.
"Yeah, I did," He smirked. "Want to do something about it?" He asked playfully.
"They're almost sickening." Ginny said, looking back at the pair of them laughing and chasing each other in circles.
"No…It's good that they love each other. About time too." Harry laughed… "Listen, Ginny…"
"You don't need to explain anything to me." She said. "I know you love me. But, I know you need to defeat him. And You know I'll be with you, I'll do whatever you need, and when it's over, should we win, then we can really be together."
"Wow…" Harry looked surprised. "I mean…Wow…Exactly."
"I'm not stupid…" She smirked. "I can wait." She leaned over and kissed him.
"I do love you." He said to her.
"I know."
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Chapter 2- McGonngal's Warning