It's been a few days since the DA meeting. Friday. Two days til Sunday. When Tom comes back.

I suppose he thought me a trophy. It was like being in the cupboard under the stairs again. Except with more freedom. And they were definitely trying to make me happy. Okay, so it's not that bad.

Draco and I had become something between friends and acquaintances. He would keep me out of trouble and in return I would support him. He would give me something, and I would give him something back.

Right now we were in the library, reading books on Quidditch, Potions, and spells. We were looking for a way to help Snape. So far, nothing. At least nothing useful. The Trace...

I sighed, dropping my book. "I've not found anything. Can wizards even track Muggles? Voldemort expects Snape to be able to do this?"

"Hey! Don't insult him! Snape's done this type of thing before. Took him only five days."

"Then shouldn't Snape be back by now?"

"Maybe he already has, and the Dark Lord is just refusing to see him or He just hasn't decided to pick you up yet."

"How often does he visit? He does visit right?"

"He's my Godfather. He usually visits every year on my birthday."

"When is your birthday?"

"5 June. You missed it. He attended and so did the Dark Lord. There was so much tension, you could cut it with a knife."

"Awkward. Wait… HE attended your birthday without me?"

"What? You expect him to tell you what he's doing 24/7? He does well to tell you what he already does."

"Where does Snape live?"

"Spinner's End."

"Where is that? Then we can go check." He frowned.

"Somewhere in England. Maybe Cokesworth?"

"Ask Lucius." He got up and left, unsure but still he left. I kept reading about the Trace and found it hard to concentrate and understand what I was reading. When he came back, I had my face down on the table, having been banging on the table earlier. I looked up, smiling at the sight of him.

"I know where it is. Want to go now? I've asked permission to go. It's in Spinner's End, Cokeworth, Midlands, England. I put an s when there wasn't one."

"Yes! I want to go now."

"Quiet. Don't want Bellatrix to hear you." I followed out of the house and through the gates, holding onto his arm, before we reached freedom. We Apparated to the destination. When we got there, Draco ran to the door before knocking. No answer came. He looked at me. I walked up to the door and Draco grabbed the handle before opening the door with a spell. Alohomora.

"Severus! It's me, Draco!"

"Professor Snape! Are you here?" We didn't get an answer, so we split up and began our search. There was no sign of him. He'd not found the Durselys yet…