Chapter Five: A secret message
Ron's door opened with a loud bang. In the doorway stood Hermione.
She grinned at the both of them, but her expression changed when she saw the looks they were wearing.
"What's wrong? Ron? Harry?" She asked in a rather uncomfortable way.
"Oh, it's nothing much," Ron said sarcastically. "My dad's just missing, and he's left us this note."
"WHAT?!" Hermione dropped her trunk with a loud BANG and strode over to where Ron was sitting. "Let me see the note," she demanded.
"Here," said Ron rather dully.
"This is brilliant!" she hissed after she had had a good look at it.
"What's brilliant about Ron's dad gone missing, Hermione?" Harry said quizzically.
"Don't you realize what this is? This note is a secret message! Don't you see? All the letters he left out spell something! But what?" She looked excited.
"Ok, so all we have to do is take out the use the missing letters to see what this spells!" Ron cried.
"'G' for George," said Harry.
"'O' for George," said Ron.
"'D' for do." Hermione cried.
"'R' for care."
"'I' for children."
"'C' for come."
"'S' for please."
"'H' for help."
"'O' for yourselves."
"'L' for yourselves."
"'L' for while."
"'O' for do."
"'W' for worried."
"What's that spell?" Ron asked quizzically.
"GODRICS HOLLOW? What's that?" Hermione asked, double checking their work.
Then a picture formed in Harry's mind. There was a blinding flash of green light, a cold, mirthless laugh, and high-pitched screams. It then dawned on Harry. That was the place where his parents were murdered.
"Harry?" Hermione said softly. "What is it? What is Godrics Hollow?"
"It's the place my mum and dad were murdered," he said heavily. Then something struck Harry like a bolt of lightning and made him realize how much danger Mr. Weasley must be in. There had been many people killed there, and Mr. Weasley was in grave danger.
"RON! You're dad, he's in grave danger! Don't you know that's one of the most popular places that murders happen? That's where my parents were killed!" Harry cried, leaping up from the bed.
Ron's face turned green. "N-no, not d-d-dad, he c-can't die!" Ron burst into sobs, and Hermione and Harry patted him comfortingly, not that it would do much.
"Well, the only thing we can do," said Harry straightening up, "is go find you dad and get him out of there before it's too late."
