Harry led Snape and Hermione down the stairs to the cupboard below where Uncle Vernon stashed his school stuff.

"It should all be in there." He said. Snape held his wand out and unlocked the door. It opened with a squeak and everyone paused. Harry flinched and closed his eyes as footsteps were heard overhead.

"Not good…not good." Harry whispered, he was cut off when Professor Snape slapped a hand over his mouth and pulled him and Hermione into the closet. Hermione cast a worried glance towards Snape and saw his eyes focused on the closed door. The footsteps neared the stairs and the three tensed up. The footsteps came down the stairs, Snape pushed all of them further back into the cupboard. Harry looked up at Snape and whispered.

"That's not--" Snape slapped his hand over his mouth again.

"Listen and listen carefully…be quiet." He hissed. Harry and Hermione nodded sharply as Snape removed his hand from Harry's mouth.

'That's not Uncle Vernon..' Harry thought. Snape shot him a quick look and pushed the two behind him, he leaned closer to the door and opened it a crack, just enough to peer out of. The figure ended the stairs and stopped, Snape adjusted to close the cupboard door a little more and still have enough room to look out.

A black figure made his way through the house, after descending down the stairs, he poked his head into the living room. Sensing no one was in there, he made his way down the hall. He slowed down near the middle of the hall and stopped in front of a cupboard. He turned slowly towards the cupboard door and stood there listening. He watched the door, carefully.

Snape narrowed his eyes as the black figure rounded into the hallway. When the figure paused in front of the cupboard door, that's when Snape pushed back and stared at the door.

The black figure moved towards the door. He gripped the small door knob and gave it a pull. He was pushed back to the wall by Professor Snape.

"Why are you here?" Snape's voice sounded harsh.

"I..I came to warn you."

Snape narrowed his eyes. He couldn't see his face, as it was hidden by a dark hood.

"About what?" Snape tilted his head, keeping his eyes narrowed.

"There's…there's going to be an attack."

"An attack?"

Harry tightened up. Hermione did as well. They stood behind Snape, watching everything.

"Yes..yes s-sir--" The figure made a choking noise as Snape put a grip on his throat.

"And who sent you?"

The figure didn't answer. Snape tightened up on his grip.

"Who…sent…you?"

Snape gave him a little jerk and the figure's hood fell from his head, revealing white skin and golden blonde hair. Snape let go and the figure's hand went straight to his throat.

"Malfoy?" Harry exclaimed, louder than he should have, for Uncle Vernon's footsteps and growls could be heard from his bedroom. The three looked at Harry.

"Well, you've done it now." Draco sneered. Harry didn't have time to glare as he was being pushed back into the cupboard by Snape. Harry pushed his way up to the front of the group and whispered, dodging the hands that kept trying to cover his mouth.

"Just let me handle this."

"Harry, no, you'll get us all caught" Hermione butted in. Harry looked at her.

"It's either I get caught and take the blame or we all get caught."

With those words, Harry pushed his way out of the cupboard, despite all the hands trying to grab him to keep him in.

"The freak is out Dad!" Dudley's voice rang throughout the house.

"What?" Uncle Vernon didn't sound too happy, Harry quickly pushed the cupboard door closed and ran into the kitchen just as more steps were heard running down the stairs. Harry quickly filled a glass with milk and walked back out of the kitchen door, almost bumping into his aunt.

"How did you get out?" She squawked.

"The door was open--" Uncle Vernon pushed past Aunt Petunia and backed Harry into the wall.

"Don't lie to me boy." He growled.

"I'm telling the truth…I pulled it open, easier than a--" Uncle Vernon gave Harry a push, causing Harry to drop his glass and having it shatter and splatter everywhere.

"Now look what you did…if you would have stayed in your room this wouldn't have happened."

"I'm sorry…I'm sorry"

"You'll be sorry later, after you clean this up." Uncle Vernon pushed his face a few inches away from Harry's.

"And..since you're already up, you might as well start with your chores."

"Bu--yes sir." Harry bit his lip and looked down. Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia and Dudley, who were all crowding Harry, turned, in unison to return back upstairs. Before they had a chance to take one step, Snape, Hermione and Draco were lined up in the hall. Aunt Petunia's face formed into fright and confusion, Uncle Vernon hesitated before stepping up to them.

"What the hell do you think you're doing here…and who are you?"

Snape cleared his throat.

"Harry…get your things…and as for you, Vernon.." He spat out the name as if it was a curse,

"You needn't worry about Potter any longer."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, he'll be coming with us."

Harry took a step forward and was held back by Uncle Vernon.

"Don't you even think about going with these…these…freaks boy.." He turned back to Snape.

"And as for you…I advise you to leave before I call the cops and have you arrested!"

Snape sneered, he pulled his wand and held it out, causing Harry's relatives to jump back a little.

"And I advise you to let Harry come with us before I hex you." Vernon and Snape stared at each other before Uncle Vernon brought his hand down.

"Alright. But if he goes with you, he may not return. We've warned him once, we've warned him twice about all you…you…you trouble makers. As far as we're concerned, if he takes one step out of the doorway, he'll be--"

They were interrupted by a loud crash. The front door was burst open and there were more black figures everywhere, surrounding everyone. Harry quickly dashed for the kitchen, but was caught by one figure. He glanced around and saw Hermione being dragged out the door, Snape and Draco stood untouched, but watching everything with wondering eyes. That was the last thing Harry saw before something painful was inserted into his neck and everything went black.

~8^}

Yay! Newsflash for you all, just incase you haven't heard…I have heard that the fifth Harry Potter book is due out the 21st of June! How exciting! Hopefully everything will run on schedule and we'll all be happy to read the newest book in the series! Well, I best be going. Peace, Love and bullet-proof Marshmallows

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