The next few days were a wave of planning scenario after scenario. We knew that Voldemort was using the Malfoy Manor as headquarters, so obviously we'd stage the attack there. We knew we'd have to get past at the very least all of the Malfoys, including Bellatrix, and how ever many cronies were hanging around at the time.

We managed to get to Bill and Fleur's a few nights before the attack was planned. It was nice to finally be in a real house again, with good food, and other people to talk to besides Ron and Harry. Ron, however, was still looking at me with adoring eyes. A few short months ago and I would have been puddy in his hands, but lately I was only feeling annoyed. How did he not understand how badly he'd blown any chance with me? Harry couldn't get enough information on how Ginny was doing, causing Bill and Fleur to smirk and when an owl arrived from her, they danced around Harry, taunting him playfully with the letter until he threatened to stun them. It was the first time ive laughed in many months, possibly a year. Has it been more? It was July…yes it had been over a year, we should have already graduated a few months ago, Ginny will be starting her seventh year soon. Unbelievable…. Id missed my own birthday!

We began the final preparations the following morning and said our possibly final goodbyes to Bill and Fleur. Harry handed Bill a letter for the Weasleys and another for just Ginny if he didn't return. They would stay behind and help us escape if anything went wrong or we hadn't returned by morning. Dobby was on alert as well. The gold coins from D.A. would signal them.

Ron, Harry and I stood outside the property in silence, words were not needed now. We faced each other in a circle and embraced in a tightly in a three-way hug. Before we let go we apparated as one. 'I wish I didn't have such a bad feeling about this…'

We released each other outside the Malfoy Mansion. It was down to business now. We crept up under the invisibility cloak and spotted the first batch of deatheaters standing outside. Four of them, all male. At once we all whispered "Stupefy" and three went down, the unfortunate fourth pulled out his wand and looked around frightened, he got a triple dose. We levitated the bodies to a darkened area under the bushes, and pulled some hair from one of them. I pulled out the polyjuice potion we'd gotten from Bill and added the hair. Harry looked sick as he transformed , his features rounded, she shrank a good 2 inches and quickly gained around 40 pounds.

The transformed Harry walked up to and through the front door with Ron and I following close behind under the cloak. We entered and my jaw immediately dropped. The Malfoy's mansion was huge! It could have easily been converted into an average school. Although it was dead quiet, we had previously decided to take out as many deatheaters as possible before we found Voldemort, so as to hopefully be able to take him on three to one, and make the Avada curse 3x as strong.

One by one, room by room, we found deatheaters, stunned them, and levitated them into closets, behind curtains, anywhere they wouldn't be readily found to give us away. I'd already lost count when the trouble came and a shrill and harsh voice barked from the other side of the room.

"Grant!" We froze. It was Narcissa Malfoy, and following close behind was her darker sister Bellatrix Lestrange. "what are you doing this far inside? Isnt your patrol outside?" Her pale icy blue eyes flashed, it was easy to see her evil son got his eyes from her.

"what do we do?" Ron whispered to me 'think fast harry' I thought 'we don't have a chance if were caught now'

Harry shrugged nonchalantly "im taking a break. It's hot out there and ive been at it all day!" he whined.

"You whiney, selfish oaf!" Bellatrix raged, storming to him, wand raised. She pointed it at his throat and stared him down "You! Shall return to your post maggot, and the Dark Lord will be hearing about this when he returns. How dare you put us all in jeopardy!!!" she screamed.

"My apologises" Harry looked uncomfortable under her gaze. Ron and I didn't dare to breath.

"Go" she spat. Harry bowed and proceeded back the way we'd come, but as he left Bellatrix yelled and a gash appeared on his back. He cried out in pain and his knees buckled, but he did not fall. The sister left the room grumbling as they went about loyalty. Ron and I waited a few minutes before deciding we could breath normally.

"What now? He's not here" Ron whispered.

"they'll know we were here when they start to find the stupefied deatheaters…..but if we stay, we wont get him, its basically pointless. Why hadn't we thought of what to do if he wasn't here?" I was angry with myself now, 'how could I have been so careless?' We headed back out, we needed to regroup no matter what. We found the front door again easily, only to find Lucius Malfoy standing with his back to us, speaking to the transformed Harry.

"What do you mean you don't know where the others are? Its your job to know." Lucius's voice was calm but impatient.

"ill find them, ill find them now" Harry said, but his voice tremble slightly. Lucius didn't move just stood there watching as Harry walked off to "look" for the others. Our way out was blocked, but there was a narrow opening between the door and Lucius, after a few minutes I decided it was our best option to get out now and motioned to Ron to follow me. We walked dreadfully slow towards the door, stopping every other step to make sure we were not heard. The past year worth of starving was suddenly worth it as the opening was plenty big enough for my too tiny frame to fit through.

Unfortunately, the sisters coming up behind us and Lucius turned to greet them, and turned into me as he did so. He cried out in surprise and before he could have a chance to react I shouted "RUN" to Ron and I took off running, Ron quickly passed me clutching the cloak, but stayed close to me "Ron, GO!" I shouted and surprisingly didn't put up an argument. I risked a look behind us and saw the transformed Harry running after us, intentionally missing us with the spells he threw, and bellatrix and Lucius also. Ron reached the edge of the property and looked back, I was only a few yards behind, with harry right behind me, so he disapparated. Harry was only a step or two behind me now and then a shot of pain went through me and I was on the ground, unable to move. Harry stood over me. "Go Harry, you have to go" I pleaded suddenly not caring what happened to me as long as Harry and Ron made it back to safety "No"

"ill be fine, remember the plan, GO!" I made a mental note to give him a long lecture on not following the plans we'd set down after we were out of this mess. Harry didn't argue anymore, but quickly reached into my robe and grabbed my wand so they couldn't break it and a small vial we each carried with us, which he poured into my mouth. "

"well come for you" he looked like me might cry, but he did what he had to and ran, quickly reaching the edge of the property and disapparated. I was alone and stunned with Bellatrix Lestrange standing over me. I was already starting to feel the effects of the potion.