~2 days later~

        Harry stood there, beside the hedge, in his invisibility cloak, watching the Weasleys arriving home Charlie was there and Ginny was with them now.

[Ginny must have been at a friend's house. I don't remember seeing her at the house or the hospital.] thinks Harry.

The Weasley's house looks strange to Harry now.

[I guess it's because I am so mad at Ron] thinks Harry. [Why must he be such a great prat all the time!] Harry, not thinking throws a stone at Ron's head.

It hits dead center, and Harry takes off at full speed towards his house.  Ron glares around and Hermione looks a bit distressed and nervous.

[Oi! Now I'm the prat,] thinks Harry. [Way to go Potter.] 

Harry doesn't stop running till he gets inside the door. Sirius was standing there and pulled out his wand.

"I KNOW SOMEONE'S THERE!! SHOW YOURSELF OR GET BLASTED!! I'll give you to the count of three." he yells. "One… Two…"

"NO! Sirius it's me." Says Harry removing the invisibility cloak.

"Oh, Harry, it's you. *Phew* I thought it might have been a Death Eater or something." Says Sirius. "WAIT A MINUTE!!! WHAT IN THE BLOODY H-E DOUBLE L WERE YOU DOING OUT WITHOUT TELLING ME?!?!  YOU COULD HAVE BEEN CAPTURED OR ATTACKED OR… OR…" Sirius trails off. "Never go out without telling me again not for now any way. Considering the fact that… Well you know."

"Yes sir." Says Harry heading towards the stairs.

Sirius grabs his shoulder. "You didn't answer me. Why were you out of the house in your cloak?"

At The Burrow

        "Honestly Ron, what has gotten into you?" says Hermione. "Harry hasn't been seen by anyone except Sirius for the past 2 days. You've really done it this time."

"It's not my fault Harry acted like a prat. He shouldn't have yelled at my mum." Says Ron. "If he'd apologize I might forgive him."

"Now you're the one acting like a prat. He apologized to her the day he yelled at her!" says Hermione. "Besides, he's been really stressed lately, ever since that attack on him by that git of an uncle he's got. What he needed after that was for you to be a friend not be such a great prat yelling at him!" With that Hermione turned and stormed out of Ron's room down the stairs and out of the door into the yard.

She looked around, and down the road, and decided to take a walk over to Harry's house. She walked down the road and towards Harry's house. When she got there her mouth dropped open. The house was gigantic; it was 3 stories excluding the attic and cellar. It was painted black and it had statues of 2 'Grims' beside the door.

[Oh my. I never knew Sirius had this much money] thinks Hermione not realizing that the door has opened and Sirius had pulled her in.

She comes out of her trance and looks around and realizes she isn't where she was. She opens her mouth to scream but Sirius puts a hand over her mouth.

"It's me Hermione." Says Sirius taking his hand off of her mouth.

"Oh. Oh my. I thought you were…" Hermione trails off.

"It's ok though. I'm not." Says Sirius starting to laugh.

"It's NOT FUNNY!!" says Hermione sounding so much like McGonnagal Sirius shuts up.

"I didn't come here to make jokes. Where's…" says Hermione.

"Harry? He's out back on the Quidditch pitch." Sirius finished the sentence for her.

"Ok thanks." Said Hermione walking toward the other end of the room where two large wooden doors were.

She opened the doors and saw… "AN INDOOR QUIDDITCH PITCH! WOW! Ron…" Hermione trailed off seeing Harry coming down off of his broom and glaring at her.

"Oh Harry. Come off it. Ron was being a prat I know but so were you and you know it."

Harry glares at her.

"Fine then keep being a git. I know you miss Ron. I also know that Ron misses you but he's too stubborn to make the first move. He was wrong to act like that towards you after what happened with your uncle. You were wrong to yell at Mrs. Weasley," ~Harry opens his mouth to protest. ~ "but you were stressed and Ron should have understood that. I set him straight. Well I'm going to the Weasley's for dinner you can come if you like and be the bigger man by apologizing first. Mrs. Weasley says it's okay. I'm leaving good bye." Hermione turns and walks through the doors.

Harry sits there for a moment then he runs to catch her. He meets her outside on his porch.

"Okay. I'll come Hermione, but only because I like Mrs. Weasley's cooking." Says Harry.

They start walking back to Ron's house and halfway there they run into… "RON! What are you doing here?" says Harry.

"I can walk down my road can't I?" says Ron.

"Look Ron I'm…"says Harry.

"No that's okay I was being a great git. I deserved you yelling at me. Friends again?" says Ron.

"Yeah of course." Says Harry as he and Ron embrace like brothers.

They start walking back to the Weasley's laughing and joking, ("Yeah I did look like a fish didn't I?" says Harry) until they get to the house and see… "OH NO THE DARK MARK!!" yells Ron. "No. No. NO!! THIS CAN'T BE!!!"

They run up to the house and find a note on the door:

Dear Weasel,

     I have most of your family, and I am holding them hostage. If you ever want to see them alive again come to Malfoy Manor at 3 o'clock today, bring Potter or anyone.

Yours truly,

 Voldemort

P.S. There is a little surprise inside...