Hermione had just stepped into the Ministry when she felt the wards on her office ping. She knew Severus was still at home, having kissed him goodbye in her room less than five minutes ago. Harry and Kingsley wouldn't enter her office without sending her a patronus first. That left only Luna or Bill that could enter without her presence. I wonder what they are doing at work on a Saturday. Normally she wouldn't be here, but she had been working yesterday when a few ideas for the wolfsbane potion popped into her head. She had written them down, but accidently left the paper on her desk and couldn't remember what she had written.

As she stepped into the lifts and watched the door close, she felt her wards alert her that the person in her office had left. Something felt off, and she wished the lift would go faster. The doors opened and she quickly made her way towards her office. She thought she felt something brush past her, and a few moments later, she heard the lift start again.

Had someone entered the lifts from here? Or had it been called back to the Atrium? Quickening her steps, she half jogged to her office. At first glance, nothing looked out of place. Had Bill or Luna just entered to borrow one of her Muggle pens they loved so much? No, the three she always kept on her desk were still there.

Looking around again, she noticed the tome for Morgana's amulet was missing. She knew she had left it on the shelf behind her desk because she always glamoured it to look like Sense and Sensibility, her favourite Jane Austen novel. Growing frantic, she scanned the office to see if it had been moved. It was sitting on the table between her couches even though she knew she put it back on the shelf. Panic was starting to move in.

They had installed a safe that required a blood sacrifice to keep the amulet in. They wanted to make sure that even if it was discovered, no one but the six of them could get to it. Cutting the tip of her finger with her wand, she dropped the wards and swore loudly as it opened to reveal it was empty. The amulet was missing. There was no reason for Bill or Luna to have the amulet. Thinking of the night she had spent with Severus before, she called forth her patronus.

"I need you to go to Kingsley, Severus, Harry, Bill, and Luna," she spoke to her otter. "The amulet is missing. Meet me in the Atrium."

Five streaks of light sped through the open door, and she followed them. Running towards the lifts, she punched the call button and bounced with anxiety as she waited. The lift opened in front of her and she jumped on, slamming her hand on the Atrium button before repeatedly pressing the close button until the doors finally closed and she felt the lift move up.

The doors opened and she ran towards the wall of Floos, knowing that is where everyone would arrive. She was halfway there when Harry, Bill, and Severus (still pulling on his shirt) arrived. A pop of Apparation sounded behind her and she turned to see Kingsley.

"What happened?"

"What do you mean it is missing?"

"Hermione?"

"Are you sure?"

The voices of the four men echoed around the vast room, but Hermione didn't answer them.

Looking around she asked, "Where is Luna?"

"Neville said they were spending the day with his parents today," Harry answered. "Hermione, what happened?"

Everyone who had access to her office, but Luna was here. Had she taken the amulet? What for? What need did she have of it? And why would she take it out of Hermione's office? The rules they had been given were very clear, the amulet was never to be talked about or removed from her office. Not even her boss knew about it.

"Why are you here today?" Kingsley asked.

"I forgot some notes I wrote for an updated wolfsbane potion Severus and I have been working on in my office last night. We were going to work on it today so I decided to come in and grab them. When I got here, I felt the wards on my office ping. By the time I made it there, I noticed the tome had been moved." Hermione took a deep breath. "I checked the safe, and it was empty. Were any of you in there?"

A chorus of negative replies met her ears. Kingsley took charge of the situation. "The only other person that could have taken it is Luna, and she is missing. Harry, are you sure Neville said they would be with his parents today?"

"Positive. He told me that he and Luna are pregnant and he wanted to tell his parents this morning. He was really excited about it."

"Okay, that is our only lead. We have to get to St. Mungo's."

Hermione felt Severus' magic caress her body and looked at him. He had added a glamour to himself. Glancing at the rest of them, she realized he had glamoured all of them.

"It will attract too much attention if we all go running into the hospital at the same time. This should help us blend in."

Hermione couldn't help thinking that she was dating- sleeping with? Living with? Hmm, maybe think about this at another time, Hermione- a very smart man for thinking of that as they all took off towards different Floos before being deposited in the toilets above. Running out of the Ladies, Hermione latched onto Severus as he turned and Apparated them to the alley beside the hospital. They didn't speak and didn't wait for the others. They took off running towards the entrance.

"Fourth Floor," Hermione hissed as they made their way to the stairs.

They made their way into the hallway Hermione had only visited once in her fifth year. Severus' magic rippled over her as he removed the glamours. Pushing on the door to the Janis Thickney ward, they made their way to the Longbottom's private room and she wasn't surprised to find it warded. Harry, Kingsley, and Bill burst through the double doors at the end of the hall and ran towards her. She and the four men pulled out their wands and started to dismantle the wards.

They had just finished and she was about to push open the door when she heard Neville yell.

"Luna, what in the hell are you doing?"

His screams filled the hallway, and the group forced their way into the room. Luna was standing with her wand drawn, the sunlight from the window silhouetting her. At her feet lay a dead Alice Longbottom, Neville's arms wrapped around her. Before any of them could disarm her, Luna put up a powerful Protego before turning her wand on Frank.

Hermione couldn't hear what spell Luna used over Neville's screams but watched as green light shot from her wand and Frank Longbottom fell to the floor, dead.