"Shush you two!" Ginny, glared daggers at both Jay and Tom.

"Ginny, why so....touchy today?" Jay innocently asked

Mumbling something about boys, Ginny, with a quick gesture, sprinted towards Harry.





"Hello Harry" Jay curtly bowed, in a mocking way.

Harry grinned. "What are you guys doing here?" asked Harry looking nervously at Ron and Hermione.

"We'd like to ask you the same thing" said Tom, as pleasantly as he could.

"We- oh never mind, what do you want-Ginny-?" Ron impatiently muttered.

"What are the secret passages to Hogesmade?" Jay interrupted

Hermione and Ron stared at Jay with their jaws open. "H-H-How-"

"Oh come on! The rest of the kids are going!" whined Ginny, her eyes pleading.

"Ginny, how-how do you know that WE know about this-?" Ron irritably responded.

"Look my dear brother- I know how to blackmail and if you are not going to tell me how to get to Hogesmade,...well I'll just-" Ginny's eyes twinkled mishieviously.

"You wouldn't" said Ron flatly.

"Oh yes I would..." Ginny shot back.

Ron turned to Harry, who looked at Tom and Jay grimly, "Seriously guys, why black mail us?"

"Ginny's idea" Tom innocently pointed to Ginny, who had her jaws clenched with anger.

With a sigh and a small grin, Harry said, "We're going to Hogesmade too, wanna come with us?"

"If you guys were going then why didn't you guys go when the rest of the kids were going?" Jay scratched his head.

"Er- well, you don't have to know" Hermione carefully put in.

"You're not allowed to go the Hogesmade, are you Harry?" Tom raised his eyebrow.

Harry looked flustered, his cheeks turning scarlet, "Well, no- I mean yea....I guess, what about you Tom-?"

"Yea, I'm not allowed to go out, but I need a break- please? Can I go with you?" Tom asked quickly.

Harry slowly looked over to Ginny and Jay who were nodding their heads earnestly.

"Fine,"

There was a explosion of cheers and whoops, as they all headed out.













"Butterbeer anyone?" called Jay quickly glancing at his small bag of money.

"Yea, let's go get some!" Ginny agreed walking towards Three Broomsticks.

"Harry, you coming with us?" Tom looked up.

"Er- yea- oh yea, I'm going with you guys....-" Harry absentmindly muttered.

Tom frowned as he watched Harry whispering to Hermione and Ron. "Well...let's go!"

"Oh-right" Harry mumbled as he followed the excited Jay into the inn.









"Ah!" Jay exclaimed after drinkly deeply "nothing like butterbeer!"

"Hear, hear" Tom agreed out loud, drinking the rich foaming hot butterbeer.

Tom noticed that Harry was not touching his tankard of butterbeer.

"What's wrong?" Tom looked concerned.

"Oh! Tom, er- have you ever had dreams before?"

Tom, surprised by the question, shook his head."Why Harry?"

"Never mind, "Harry's eyes flashed and he shook his head as if changing his mind, "I-I had a dream..."

Tom didn't understand, "What do you mean?"

"Y-You're...."Harry looked around seeing the rest of the lot staring at Harry, intently listening "in big danger"

Tom snorted, surprising everyone. "Tell me something I don't know"

Harry found himself speechless, as he gawked at Tom.

"Tom, you don't know how dangerous-" Hermione cut in.

"Hey lady, Dumbledore's already told us that Tom's in trouble" Jay lowered his voice.

"Now did he?" Ron asked amusedly watching Ginny nod earnestly.

Harry frowned, "He's out to get you" said Harry in a softer voice.

Tom paled, "Can we not talk about this?"

Jay agreed, waving his tankard of butterbeer, in the air "So how's Quidditch-"

BOOM

A loud crackling sound echoed through the inn, deafening Tom's ears. "What the hell-"

Harry, glanced out the window, seeing nothing but flashes of green light...

"HE'S HERE!" a woman shrieked, causing total chaos and panic in the inn. Butterbeers splashed on the floor as chairs noisely clattered onto the floor.

"SHUT UP!" a strong voice cried out, and there was silence.

Tom turned to look who it was-

"Jay!" Tom was surprised to see Jay standing on top of the table waving his hands.

"Everyone calm down, " Jay commanded, watching frightened eyes stare back at him. "Voldemort's just outside, he's not in here, so all we need to do is to stay in this place, quietly"

Tom smiled, never had he known the leadership of Jay.

"He'll probably walk past this place, and we'll make a run for it...but not now, "Jay continued, "if we run outside and cause chaos, we'll probably die so, please everyone calm down!"

Satisfied at the now quiet crowd, Jay jumped off the table.

"Wow Jay" Ron breathed.

"AVADA KEDAVRA!" a roar was heard from outside, more green lights flashed.

Whimpers and small cries muffled through the lot of people, who were standing far away from the door.

Tom frowned, "I think I'll go check it out"

A sudden pair of hands flew to stop him.

"Are you crazy! " Harry's eyes flashed angrily, "Voldemort's gonna kill you"

Tom jerked away from Harry's grasp, "So what are we to do? Wait here until he finds us?" spat Tom.

Harry blinked surprised, as Tom continued, "There's gotta be some way"

"Hey you fellows!" a cry came out of no where.

They all turned. The shop keeper, Madam Rosmerta ran towards them, after comforting a wizard couple.

"There's an upstairs that leads to the roof"she hissed, her eyes wide with fear.

Hermione whimpered, "So what are we going to do?"

Jay stared nervously out the window as the shadows and the dark presence drew nearer.

"Save yourselves" whispered Madam Rosmerta.

"What?" Ginny asked, astonished.

"You need too" Madam Rosmerta turned to Harry and Tom, "the Dark Lord wants the two of you dead, please go, before there is no time"

"What about the rest of them" Hermione's eyes drifted towards the people in the room.

"Please" the woman's eyes held bravery.

"Thank you" whispered Jay as he pushed Tom.

"What about the rest of them?" Tom croaked again, Harry's eyes were bright with tears.

"Come on!" Ron whispered fiercely.

"The stairs is in that back door" Madam Rosmerta pointed at the corner door. "and hurry, seek help-if you make it"

Tom nodded, his vision blurring, "You are a brave woman,"

"Come on!" Ginny ran to the door opening it, while Madam Rosmerta distracted the the crowd.

Quickly one by one they went through the door and up the stairs quickly climbing, Tom was the last.

"We can't leave these people" Tom frantically thought closing the door behind him.

"Tom? Hurry!" a figure helped him up the stairs.

CRASH

Everyone on the stairs froze. Just outside the door, people were screaming and crying. The Dark Lord had come.





A.N.: Hehehehe, cliffhanger!