I could not get off of the floor, my legs were very weak and I was not sure that I could stand. How could someone steal my poor baby? She is probably scared and alone. I could not keep the tears back much longer; I let them poor down my face. Ron came and sat beside me. He wrapped his arms and around me and just rocked me in his arms till my sobs subsided.

"We will find her, 'Mione. I promise you." Ron whispered into my ear.

"I just do not understand why this is happening. What did I ever do to deserve this?" I sobbed into his chest.

"If it is the same person then I know what they want I just hope it is not to late to fix this." Ron said to me.

"What are you talking about?"

"Hermione, I want you to always remember that I love you. Always and forever, time would not stop my love for you. What we need to do now is go to the Ministry of Magic; we need to get people on the search for Paige."

"You are right. I love you too. I am ready to go." I got up off the floor and I wiped off my face. I grabbed my wand from my room and Ron took my hand. We headed out the door.

We entered the auror's offices of the Ministry and already everyone was waiting for Ron. He told everyone what had happened and asked for information on the whereabouts of Vaughn, both the son and the father.

Ginny rushed into the office with Harry. She ran up to me and hugged me. I wanted to break down crying again but I knew I had to be strong. Ginny took me into Ron's office and poured a cup of coffee for me. I sat behind Ron's desk and drank the coffee. I looked at the pictures on his desk, there was one of his whole family when they went to Egypt, next to that one was one of Ginny and Harry hugging and smiling at the camera. The last picture made me start to cry, it was one of Ron and myself when we were together. We looked so happy, kissing and hugging each other. It just looked right.

"I should never have come back but at the same time I could not stay away any longer. I did want Ron to meet Paige but I did not want her to be kidnapped in the process."

"I do not think that anybody wants her child to be kidnapped."

I laughed at myself. She did have a point; I was just really scared that we may not find Paige. My little girl meant the world to me. I had to know what was going on. Ron walked into the room.

"Ginny, can we have a minute alone?" asked Ron.

"Of course. I will be right outside if you need me sweetheart." Ginny walked out and shut the door behind her.

"What is going on?" I asked Ron.

"The Vaughns have gone missing but Moody tracked them to a house in the Hallows."

"Is Paige with them?"

"I do not know yet but we do have reason to believe that they do have a girl with them. We also have evidence that Kurtis was the person who poisoned you in The Leaky Cauldron."

"I do not understand why he would take Paige, though."

"We are going to bring her back. Harry and I leave in a half an hour."

"I am going with you."

"No, I do not want you in danger. I can not lose both my girls in one day."

"She is my daughter to. I need to be there for her. I need to go."

"Okay. I will tell Harry that you are coming." Ron walked out the door to tell the group that I would be coming with them. I knew I had to pull myself together. I would be back with Paige soon. I just had to make it to her and then everything would be okay.

Ron walked back in. He looked so tired. I wanted to tell him that everything was going to be okay but he looked so sad. I never saw him like this before and it scared me.

"Ronald, she will be back soon. Then we can do something as a family. She would like that. We could take her to Diagon Alley and spend sometime with your brothers. You could buy her a broomstick; she has been dying to learn how to fly. I always told her that you would teach her. I could buy her some books while we are there. Then we can go for dinner. She would have a blast and I would love to spend time with you."

"I would love to do all of that and I promise that one day that will happen but for right now I need you to promise me something.

"What?" I asked him. He looked so serious, like at any moment he was going to lose it.

"When we get there you have to promise to get to Paige and then leave. We will deal with the Kurtis and Mitchell. I need to know that the two of you are safe in order to make sure that everything works the way it should."

"What are you talking about?" His tone of voice scared me. It did not sound like this was going to be easy.

"Just promise me you will get Paige and leave." He pleaded with me.

"I promise." I did not know what I just agreed to but I knew it was not good.

Ron took me into his arms and kissed me like his life depended on it. I wanted to melt he tasted so good. I could not believe that I had gone three years without kissing Ronald Weasley. I wanted nothing more than to stay by his side for the rest of my life. Harry came into the room. He said it was time to go and Ron grabbed my hand. We walked out of the office together.

When we got to the house, my stomach was turning. I was scared that this was going to change my life forever. Harry and Ron broke through the door and we came face to face with Kurtis and Mitchell. Harry and Ron managed to disarm the men before they had figured out what had just happened. I help bind them so they could not move.

"Hello, Hermione," said Mitchell.

"Where is my daughter?" I asked them, my voice dripping with hatred.

"She is right where I left her. I knew you would come for her but I am sorry about the fact that you had to bring your little boyfriend. Then again that was the idea." Mitchell said to me.

"Where is Paige?" Ron screamed at them.

"She is in the bedroom over there" Harry watched where Kurtis' eyes moved to and entered the room. He yelled that everything was clear and I ran into the room. There was my beautiful baby, lying in the bed sleeping. I pulled her into my arms. She woke up and whispered "Mummy?" I almost cried when I heard her voice.

"Yes, baby it is Mummy. She is going to take you home." Paige curled up in my arms and fell right back to sleep.

"Hermione, you have to take her out of the building. Take her back to my place and I will be there as soon as I could."

I nodded my head and started to walk out of the room. I turned back around and said, "Bring Ron back to." I turned on my heel and walked out of the room. I walked past Ron and he turned and kissed Paige then me.

"Remember I love you both very much. I will be with you soon." I kissed him one last time and then walked out of the house. I got about halfway down the street when I turned around. There was a ton of green and red light coming from the house and my stomach fell.

When I got to Ginny's and Harry's I put Paige into the guest room where I was staying. I lay next to her for about an hour before I walked into the kitchen. Ginny was there with ice cream on the table. She knew that was what I needed. We sat at the table and ate the ice cream in quiet for awhile.

"Ron and I are going out with Paige when all of this is over." I said to her.

"I am happy for you two. You guys have always been perfect for each other."

"Thank you. I am sorry if I have caused all this panic."

"It is not you. You are not the reason that Draco Malfoy hates Ron."

"Draco Malfoy?" I asked puzzled.

"Didn't Ron tell you?"

"Tell me what?" I asked.

"Draco has been trying to kill Ron because of what he did during the war?"

"You mean he is trying to kill him because he killed his father?"

"Yes. Malfoy wants revenge on what Ron did so he was using the Vaughns as the pawns for his plans."

"When did Ron find out about Malfoy being behind everything?"

"Tonight. Harry and him found out before you left."

"That is why he wanted me out of the house, so Malfoy could not get to Paige or me."

"He was only doing what was best."

"I know." We sat in silence for what seemed like ages. I got up and moved to the living room to wait for Harry and Ron to come home. I could not sleep, my stomach hurt and I had a headache. I did not want to do anything but wait. Ron should be here soon. All they had to do was capture the Vaughns and Malfoy, then send them to Azkaban.

I must have fell asleep because when I woke up Harry was sitting on the floor by my side. Ginny was in his lap crying. I looked at Harry.

"Where is Ron?" I mumbled half asleep.

No one said anything. "Is he in with Paige," I asked. I went to get up but Harry stopped me.

"I am so sorry, Hermione. We tried everything but Malfoy came out of no where. We were outnumbered. Ron fought for so long till Draco hit him with the curse." Harry started crying.

"No. He is okay, a curse we can fix. He can go to St. Mungo's."

"We all know what curse it was. No one lives from it."

"YOU DID!"

"That was different. I am so sorry Hermione."

I could not believe what he was saying. Ron was not dead. He was coming home to me. He was coming home to Paige. We were going to spend a day together. He said I would see him soon. SOON! He was coming back and this was just a dream. I got up and went to check on Paige. She was still sleeping. I got into bed next to her. I fell asleep after about an hour.

The next morning I thought that I would wake up and Ron would be standing next to the bed but he was not there. He was not anywhere in the flat. Harry held my hand through breakfast and I spent the day playing with Paige. I did not know how to tell her that the father she just back into her life was gone for good. I could not do that to her.

Ginny took Paige out to dinner while I spent the night crying over my lost love. I was going to kill Malfoy for this. Harry told me that they did not capture him. He was still out there somewhere. I made it my goal to kill him, and I would stop at nothing to make sure that I succeeded. He would not get away with what he did.

The funeral was set for the next day. I did not know how I was going to make it through till then. Molly was in bed since she heard the news. I went to visit her and we spent hours crying and holding each other. I told her I just needed to be around him, so I left and went to his flat. I went into his bedroom and laid on the bed. I cried for hours, I do not even remember falling asleep. I was a shell of myself since I heard the news. Ginny brought Paige over and I held her and brushed her hair. I was just calming down a little when I heard her voice.

"Mummy, where is Daddy?" My heart broke again.