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Summary: Harry and Hermione are in love, engaged and ready for action. They've made it past their personal troubles, but what does life have in store for them once they leave school?

A/N: Well, it wasn't as soon as Chapter 4, but at least it hasn't been months!! Okay, I don't have much to say at this point, so here's Chapter 5, I really hope you all like it!

~*~*~ Lost Without Her ~*~*~

"I don't understand! They were both fine this morning!" Ron exclaimed. Harry paced back and forth in the Real Kitchen. Ron sat at the table, leaning back against the wall. Both were deep in thought and looking for answers. Neither Hermione nor Lavender had come home that night. It was now very late and their boyfriends were starting to cross the border between concern and extreme worry.

"It seems odd that this happened right after Lavender didn't come home for a night." Harry said, almost unsure of himself.

"But that was because she fell asleep. That's not suspicious, is it?" Ron responded.

"That's what she said happened." Harry said, causing Ron to look up at him, upset that his best friend was accusing his girlfriend of lying. Harry ended his pacing to look intently back at Ron. "I'm not accusing her, Ron." Harry read Ron's thoughts. "It's just . . . it's not like Lavender to do that. Whenever she has had too much work before, she always came home and sleep, then went in early to work, hasn't she?" He paused, waiting for a reaction from Ron. None came. Harry continued. "Did you notice anything different about her? Anything she did that seemed odd?"

"She ate cinnamon toast. Damn it - cinnamon! Lav hates cinnamon!" Ron shot out of his seat. "Why didn't I notice that? Who the hell was here? Where's Lavender?" Ron stared at Harry, horrified that he had missed something so important.

"Cinnamon. You're right! Lavender flipped when Mione brought home those . . . whatever they're called, snickerwhatsits." Harry started pacing again.

"But . . . why Hermione?" Harry asked himself.

"Hermione? What about Lavender?" Ron demanded. Harry shot him a look.

"It seems as if Lavender was taken to get to Hermione, otherwise they wouldn't have sent the fake Lav home to take Mione shopping."

"Yeah, you're right. I'm sorry, I just . . . you know."

"I know." Harry responded. There was a moment of silence, which only held until the kitchen fire flared up in a wild green blaze. Harry walked over and tapped it with his wand.

"Harry, I'm glad I caught you." The Minister of Intelligence's face floated in the flame, once again a normal orange.

"Caught me? Where else would I be, Artimus?" Harry responded. Artimus ignored the question.

"I need you to come in right away."

"Are you serious? Artimus . . . I . . . Hermione and Lavender are missing! I can't come in tonight. I'll come in when I've found my goddamn fiancé!" Harry shouted at the fire.

"It's about them, Harry. Our people have recovered a Sight off of Ms. Brown's screen. It was recently deleted. I think you need to see it." Artimus Digger never raised his voice, but it was firm enough to force Harry to slowly nod, agreeing to come in. "Mr. Weasley should come in, also."

"Why?" Harry asked.

"For his own protection." Artimus responded. Ron looked at Harry, fearful.

"We're on our way, Sir." Harry and Ron Apparated immediately.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"They found the Sight." Sean looked at Yvonne and she quickly discovered why people say looks can kill.

"They what?" She didn't answer; but then, he didn't really expect her to.

"Just before I left. They pulled it out of some insane back up file that I've never heard of. They know what we're doing. We need to cut our losses and get the hell out of here." Yvonne looked at her boss with pleading eyes. "We have to go, Sean."

"Cut our losses? Kill the women, you mean." His voice didn't fluctuate, but the anger was ebbing through. "Killing the women without him there wouldn't accomplish much, would it? Would it, Yvonne?" He looked at her, with a raging fire in his eyes, his voice rising slowly. "We have been working for years to accomplish an end, Yvonne, we have been working for years! Even if we don't finish, if we kill them now, then no one can finish. He needs to be there. He needs to be defeated. He embodies good; he is an icon of power. But he is bloody human." He fell off.

"I didn't mean kill them, Sean. I meant leave them and go. Let some one else finish. We need to go, because they have our faces and it will only be a matter of time before they are here. All of them, not just a distraught Harry. The plan was to have her die in his arms; the plan was to poison her so that she would die before he could do anything about it. The plan has been compromised."

"Damn it." Sean whispered to himself. "Damn it!" His voice gained force. He threw his wand across the room, causing a large section of the opposite wall to explode. "What about Lavender? She's disposable. We could kill her." He knew it was a bad idea, but Sean was never one to complete a job without a body count.

"I know what you're thinking, Sean. It's a bad idea. Harry will hunt you down and kill you if you hurt Lavender. He's likely to do so anyway, just for taking Hermione. We're going. Now."

~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"Other heirs?" Ron asked.

"Yes, it seems that in order to gain control of the Magical World it is necessary to defeat the three Heirs of the Light: Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Gryffindor. Voldemort could have presented a problem as well, despite being the Heir of the Dark; you three, however, have already dealt with that. This Sight tells us that Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw have already been defeated. Harry is all that stands in evil's path." Artimus explained.

"And Hermione is the key to my undoing?" Harry asked.

"It appears so. Naturally, a number of advanced protection charms will be put around both of you as soon as she returns, which will prevent any similar attacks in the future. But we need to concentrate on getting Hermione and Lavender back safely now." Harry and Ron nodded.

"Do we have people tracing the location of the Sight?" Harry asked.

"Yes, one of our best teams. We will find them, Harry." Artimus promised.

"Don't make promises, Artimus, not in this business."

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