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When he finally awoke he found himself in a dark room with no windows, only torches for light. As he started to stand up he found himself face-to-face with- Ron

"Ah! Harry you scared me!" he said "Mum just wanted me to check up on you and make sure you were awake now. I'm really sorry I didn't mean to startle you," he apologized.

"No, no" said Harry. "It's ok, really, just…where are we? What happened? All I remember is a crash and-" his voice trailed off.

"That's all anyone remembers, but it's alright. We're safe. Some Ministry members have been by already to check up on us. Most of the wizarding part of England is down here," explained Ron patiently.

"But where are we?" asked Harry again. He was quite curious to find out exactly where they were as the only place he remembered being so dark like this was –

"Gringotts" said Ron "Apparently they took us underground to Gringotts. Supposedly it's a safe haven. They said that they've been preparing it for quite some time now."

"But what about school?" asked Harry earnestly. It wasn't that he would mind some extra vacation time, but he really enjoyed school for the most part (except for maybe potions he reasoned) and he really wasn't to keen on spending more time than was necessary underground like this although the Ministry had obviously tried to make it as comfortable as possible. Harry looked around again and realized for the first time that he was on a bed.

"No one's quite sure about school yet." Ron said with a sigh "They were thinking about a portkey to transfer us to Hogwarts. It's alright for us to be there because it's one of the only safe places left, what with Dumbledore and all."

Harry who was remembering all of his trouble with the portkey last year in the tournament sighed and asked "Isn't there an alternative to portkeys?"

"What and have us all travel there by Floo Powder? That would be a sight now wouldn't it!" Ron laughed. "But I suppose it is a better alternative after what happened at the third task last year..." said Ron in a whisper. Just as he aid this there was a slight moan in the bed next to Harry's for the first time Harry noticed who was in the bed next to him. His heart flip-flopped as he saw Ginny. "Wha- what happened?" asked Ginny meekly. "Where are we?" Harry fought to keep down a laugh as he followed a very irritated Ron to go to explain things all over again to Ginny.

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"Ahem, ahem. Excuse me! Pardon me but may I have your attention for a moment?" Albus Dumbledore asked as he tried to address the crowd underground. "Thank you" he said when they quieted.

"Now listen, the reason that you're all down here is because of the threat on so many of our lives by Voldemort. His sudden reappearance over the several months has made it a summer of fear for many of us. This is why we have decided that it would be best if we were all in the same place at once with trained aurors, and the Ministry as well as ferocious beats such as dragons to guard you. As you may know there has been a threat to certain witches and wizards"

Dumbledore's gaze pierced through Harry. "But we have all deemed it safe for our younger witches and wizards to use portkeys to travel back to Hogwarts. Due to recent events there will be either a qualified Ministry member or a trusted Hogwarts staff member with each portkey group."

At these word Harry heard Mrs. Weasley give a little sigh of relief, At this Ron winked at him as Dumbledore looked at him again with a slight smile on his lips.

I am also pleased to introduce our new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher and her assistant.

Harry stared not believing his eyes and he saw Ron turn red and Hermione looking up at the new assistant stormily as Ron said the very words that Harry was thinking...

"No." said Ron in disbelief it can't be Fleur!"

But it was, and that wasn't all. Harry sat there dumbfounded still numb in disbelief. The new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher was none other than Harry's old neighbor from Privet Drive, The elderly Mrs. Figg.

A/N: Please bear with me as I write this it's my first real piece and also remember- I just turned 14 and between High School and moving I can only do so much! I know that these two chapters have been quite short but I'm working on making the next one' longer- just don't complain about how long it takes for me to put them up! ;) Also thank you so much for you lovely reviews, I hadn't expected to get so many right away!