A/N: Sorry again! I've had exams and unfortunately life got in the way of writing…Hope everyone enjoys the chapter and please please review.

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Rose POV

I turned to face Lily, my heart pounding. She looked to be on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

'Rose,' she gasped, her voice hoarse. 'Rose, this is all my fault. I'm so, so sorry…I should have figured out who he was earlier…'

I cut her off. 'It doesn't matter, Lily, we can discuss this later. For now, we have to get out of here.'

'I don't think that's likely to happen,' a smooth voice said from behind me. I whirled around, only to find Tom, leaning casually against the wall of the cave, hands in his pockets, looking as if he was simply waiting to meet a friend. 'There is no way for you to get out of here. You will remain here until your uncle comes after you.'

'Oh, yeah?' I retorted, sounding much braver than I felt. 'And then you'll just let us walk out of here, will you?'

'Well,' he replied, the side of mouth curling into a malicious grin, 'I wouldn't count on that.'

Deliberately turning away from him, I flounced to the side of the lake, and sat down, my back to him. I could hear Lily quietly sobbing in the shadows, and wished I could tell her that I might have a way to get us out of here after all.

When he'd Stunned us, Tom had taken both our wands, and clearly thought that without them, we had no chance of outwitting him. But I did have one last hope. I could feel a small object in the pocket of my jeans, digging into my waist. The mobile phone Swarna had given me last Christmas. The one Uncle George had charmed so it would work anywhere, including Hogwarts. And including caves in unknown locations.

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Hogwarts Library
Scorpius POV

Slowly, I turned to face the others, the book still in my hand. They all knew the full story of where Tom had come from by now; Swarna had told James and Hugo on the way to see Headmistress Bones. And the moment they saw the book, I could tell they'd come to the same conclusion I had. The same horrific, terrifying conclusion.

'That can't be!' Helen stuttered. 'Tom can't be Voldemort!'

'He is. There's no other explanation.' James sounded grimmer than I'd ever heard him. 'And he's taken Rose and Lily and disappeared. What are we going to do?'

'What's going on? How can Tom be Voldemort?' demanded Albus. I suddenly noticed him and Nigel, their gazes swivelling between the book in my hand and the expression on James' face, and remembered that they knew nothing about any of this.

James and Hugo exchanged glances. 'Albus,' Hugo said carefully. 'Rose and Lily have gone missing, and…well….we think Voldemort took them.'

Albus and Nigel looked more confused than ever. I couldn't say I blamed them. Not wanting to waste time, but recognising that they – especially Albus – had a right to know what was going on, I joined the others in telling the story as quickly as possible.

'Can we come with you to rescue them?' Albus asked eagerly, as soon as we'd finished. 'You're going to find them, aren't you? You're all going?'

James looked briefly round at all of us, his gaze lingering on Lucy and me. I nodded, almost imperceptibly, and saw her do the same out of the corner of my eye. I looked at her in surprise, but she showed no hesitation at wanting to come with us. As for me, I knew I would do whatever it took to get to Rose. For the moment, I was trying hard to avoid the problem that we had no idea where she and Lily actually were.

Albus and Nigel were now staring at James, identical looks of mingled fear and excitement on their faces. James, for his part, looked more than a little worried about taking two eleven year olds to face Lord Voldemort in some unknown location. After a second, his face cleared .

'Actually, Al, it would be much more helpful for us if you two could go to Grimmuald Place, and tell the adults what's going on, so they could start looking for Rose and Lily too. I'm sure we can find some Floo powder.' He looked at the rest of us for support.

Albus and Nigel nodded, and I felt a little of the burden fall off my shoulders. Surely the remaining members of the Order of the Phoenix would be able to find Rose and Lily? Despite this, I knew I would still be doing everything in my power to find Rose, and I could see similar expressions on the faces of the others.

'OK, then,' said Hugo, taking charge. 'I say half of us try and find some Floo powder and send Albus and Nigel to Grimmauld Place. The other half try and work out where Rose and Lily might be by…um….' he trailed off, obviously unable to come up with any ideas. I couldn't blame him, I was drawing a blank on this particular problem myself.

'Well,' offered Helen, 'Tom's only about seventeen, isn't he? So he'll have spent most his time at Hogwarts, and as we know they aren't here, surely there are limited number of places he can have taken them? Maybe looking up what his life was like as teenager would help,' she finished indicating the book in my hand. James nodded at her approvingly, smiling slightly.

'Wait,' I said slowly, something occurring to me. 'How do we know they aren't in the castle? How can we sure they aren't in a secret passage or something?'

Lucy looked as if she thought this was a fair question, but the others looked slightly embarrassed.

'They're not.' said James briefly. 'I've got…er…a map my father gave me. It shows the location of everyone in the castle and grounds at any given moment. We've already triple checked it. They aren't here.'

'Wow,' Lucy breathed. 'I'd love to see that.'

Despite being just as fascinated by the description of the map as she was, I kept focused on Rose, and could see James doing the same thing.

'I'll show you, after this is over,' he promised, looking at Lucy. I realised the fact that she was willing to try and help rescue his sister and cousin must have drastically changed the way he thought of her.

It was decided that James, Swarna and I would take Albus and Nigel to find some Floo powder, leaving Hugo, Lucy and Helen in the library to try and discover where Tom could have taken them. I didn't think it likely they would find much, but I didn't have any better ideas.

I didn't have time to think about this, as our own problems began the moment we left the library. James and I instinctively headed for the staircase, only to notice after about two steps that no one was following us.

'Um, guys?' said Swarna from behind us. 'Where are you planning on getting Floo Powder?'

That stopped us both in our tracks. 'Well…'James offered weakly. 'I suppose we just thought we'd…er….go and have a look upstairs.'

Swarna shot her boyfriend a scathing look, and he trailed off.

'Because I was thinking,' she continued. 'The only place in this school where there will definitely be Floo Powder is Headmistress Bone's office.'

'Well, let's go!' James bounded off in the direction of the staircase before anyone could stop him.

I looked at Swarna. 'OK, guess I'll just point out the obvious problem when we get there then,' she sighed.

***

By the time the rest of us reached the stone gargoyle, James was standing in front of it, staring at in silent contemplation. After what had happened that morning, he seemed reluctant to wake it up, especially as we knew the headmistress wasn't inside the office to come and stop it screaming.

'I see you found the obvious problem,' said Swarna innocently. He glared at her briefly, then turned back to the gargoyle.

'I suppose we'll either have to guess the password, or find someone who knows it,' he said. 'Anyone know anyone who's ever been sent to see the headmistress? Or any useful ghosts?' he added as an afterthought, turning to Albus and Nigel.

We all looked blank. 'OK, you three start guessing, I'll go and ask the house elves or something.'

'Why on earth would they know?' Swarna asked, looking as doubtful at the soundness of this plan as I felt.

'Well, if they don't, they may be able to Apparate me in or something.' James replied. 'They have special powers, don't they?'

Swarna looked as impressed as I felt. 'OK, you go try that, but hurry,' she said, reminding me that we were wasting a lot of time here.

He turned to leave, but before he could go anywhere, a female voice came from behind us.

'What are you all doing?'

I turned around, and only just managed to prevent myself groaning. Suzy Edgecombe stood before us, flicking her long hair over her shoulders and staring at us curiously.

'This isn't the time, Suzy.' James said gruffly, trying to push past her, but she moved in front of him. Swarna was glaring at her. Rose had told me what had happened at Grimmauld Place over Christmas, and I knew this meeting must be just as awkward for James and Swarna as it was for me, if not more.

'Wait,' she said, folding her arms across her chest. 'Are you trying to get into Headmistress Bones' office?'

No one said anything, but she could apparently read the answer on our faces, as added, indicating the gargoyle.

'Why don't you just wake it up? She'll come when she hears it.'

'She's not in there,' said James shortly. 'Will you let me past, please?'

'Well, where is she then?' Suzy pressed

Ignoring this, James tried again to get past her, but she sidestepped him yet again.

'And why do you want to get in?' she asked.

'That's really none of your business,' James said, now sounding truly irritated.

'Oh, really?' she replied, raising her eyebrows. 'What if I told you I knew the password?'

That stopped him in his tracks. I opened my mouth, but James beat me to it.

'Suzy, please, I'm begging you,' he said quietly, looking her straight in the eye. 'Tell us the password. It's urgent.'

She took an involuntary step back. 'No,' she said, but her voice shook slightly, and she didn't sound sure of herself.

I could feel Swarna tensing next to me, ready to explode if Suzy didn't give in, and felt it was time I stepped into the fray.

'Suzy,' I said, trying to keep my voice calm. 'Please. We need to know the password.'

She looked at me for a second, then nodded slightly.

'OK, I'll tell you,' she said, and all five of us breathed a sigh of relief.

'As long as you tell me what's going on,' she added.

At this, Swarna did actually lose her cool, drawing her wand.

'Just open that door, before I hex you,' she snarled. Suzy made to draw her own wand, and I hurriedly stepped between them, rapidly making a decision. Having one more person know would hurt less than wasting time duelling or asking house elves to help us get in.

'OK, we'll tell you,' I said to Suzy. 'Just let us in, we don't have time to waste here.'

She looked at me doubtfully. '

'Suzy, I promise I will tell you everything, just let us in.' I said desperately. We weren't moving fast enough.

She looked at me for a second more, than turned to the gargoyle. 'Starlight,' she said clearly, and the gargoyle silently moved aside.

James, Swarna, Albus and Nigel immediately began sprinting up the spiral stairs. Sighing, I indicated that Suzy should go first, and, as we climbed, told her the full story in as few words as possible.

By the time we reached the top, she was gobsmacked, but I really didn't have time to help her process anything. Instead, I hurried to the fireplace, where James had already thrown a pinch of Floo Powder into the fire.

'You might as well go together, you're small enough,' he said, ushering Albus and Nigel into the fire. The two eleven year olds linked arms, then Albus yelled the destination, and they were gone.

James turned back to Swarna and I. 'OK, they've gone, adults know, let's go see if the others have any ideas.'

As one, we turned and sprinted back to the library.

***

Grünwald Palace, Germany

At the top of one of the Palace towers, a disused fireplace suddenly filled with flames that burnt a bright emerald – a colour than no one in the district had ever seen before.

There was a pause, and then out of the fireplace tumbled two very small, very confused eleven year old boys.

***

Rose POV

As subtly as I could, I wormed my hand into my pocket and slid the phone out, immediately dropping it between my crossed legs. There was no way to fully disguise the light of the screen, but if I could just prevent Tom noticing for two minutes…

I was more proficient at using the phone than Helen and Lily, but was by no means good at it. For obvious reasons, I couldn't risk phoning the others, but Swarna had attempted to teach me another process, one apparently called 'texting', in which text could be sent from one phone to the other. I had never really understood the point of it, but did so now. Keeping the phone between my legs, I pressed the buttons as rapidly as possible, not even bothering to check if I was doing it right. I quickly hit the button Swarna had assured me would send the message, and selected her name from the list, watching in relief the message went.

'Rose!' Tom's voice came from the other side of the cave, sharp as a knife. 'What's that light?'

***

Scorpius POV

Helen, Hugo and Lucy looked up at our approach. My heart sank; I could tell by their faces they hadn't found anything.

'Did you send them?' asked Helen. 'And wait, what's she doing here?'

I turned, only to discover that Suzy had followed us from the office.

'What do you think you're doing, Suzy?' asked James furiously.

'I'm coming with you,' she said smoothly. 'I'd say you could use all the help you could get.'

James opened his mouth, probably to start vetoing this, but we were interrupted by an unnatural, high-pitched noise, the likes of which I'd never heard before.

'What on earth is that?' asked Lucy, looking around.

'It's my phone,' said Swarna hollowly, holding up a strange looking object which appeared to be emitting light. 'It's a message from Rose.'

Please review! If you want to know who Suzy is, or how Rose got the phone, please read my other fic, Changes, with is the prequel to this one. And I really will try and update soon.