Chapter 7- The Meeting

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Hermione drew back the red curtains to her four-poster bed with a sick feeling in her stomach. She remembered the previous nights events and grimaced to herself. She went to the window and sat on the ledge, the grounds were dreary and dull, soaked with rain. Hermione dressed and went down to the Great Hall, finally deciding that she needed to tell Harry about Malfoy.

Harry and Ron were already in the Great Hall eating breakfast and talking animatedly about their Quidditch game against Slytherin, scheduled for the next day. Hermione approached the Gryffindor table sneaking a look at Malfoy who had his long pale arm around Pansy. She cursed under her breath and sat across from Harry and Ron, slamming her book bag hard on the table. Harry and Ron looked up.

"Hermione? Are you okay?" Ron asked uneasily.

" Fine just.." Hermione started but couldn't finish because Dumbledore arose from the staff table, signaling for silence.

" Good morning students, I am sorry to interrupt your breakfast but I have a rather important announcement to make."

The Great Hall was silent as everyone waited for Dumbledores announcement.

" Classes will be cancelled for the day and all prefects will lead their houses back to their dormitories, where they will stay for the remainder of the day. No one is to leave their house unless summoned by me, or a teacher. Prefects, you will now lead your houses back to your common rooms, and would the headboy and girl please remain behind."

Dumbledore finished and resumed his seat at the high table, looking calm, with no hint of worry in his eyes. Hermione assumed her role of prefect and stood patiently waiting for the Gryffindor's to assemble in line. Everyone rose quickly from their seats and followed their prefects back to their separate houses, no one saying a word, not even the twins.

Harry, Ron, Hermione, Fred, George and Ginny sat at a table near the back of the common room. All the Gryffindor's were puzzled about the cancellation of lessons and why they were being sequestered for the day.

" Well this gives us time to catch up on some homework, right Ron?" Hermione stated. Harry looked at Hermione, trying to send her a message with his eyes.

" What Harry?"

" Nothing.I was just thinking that we have the whole day off, we could spend some time together." Harry said quietly, blushing a little. Hermione looked at him apologetically, remembering that she promised herself she'd tell him about Malfoy.

She was about to say something, when she felt something tug at her sleeve. She looked down and yelped in fright. A little house elf stood quivering by the table, obviously frightened by Hermione's scream.

" M-Miss.Granger, Professor Dumbledore requests you and Mr. Potter's presence in his office immediately ma'am." The house elf said close to tears. Harry put his hand over Hermione's squeezing it under the table, saddened by the fact that his plans for a quiet afternoon with her were crushed. Hermione apologized for frightening the house elf, and then it broke down into heavy sobs thanking Hermione for her kindness. It ran off, and Harry and Hermione left through the portrait hole, walking swiftly towards Dumbledore's office, hand in hand.

They reached the gargoyle and suddenly realized they didn't know the password.

"Umm. lemon sherbert?" Harry tried, but nothing happened. They didn't need to stand there for long, because Snape came around the corner, his black robes billowing behind him.

"Mr. Potter! Miss Granger! I thought you were told to stay in your house common rooms! 50 points from Gryffindor each and return now!" Snape's anger was rising, as he pointed a finger down the hall, indicating the way back to Gryffindor Tower.

" But professor."

" Severus, leave them be, I have summoned them. And I do recall telling you that patrolling the corridors was unnecessary. Please return to your office." Snape regarded Dumbledore with such hatred, Harry and Hermione thought he was going to lunge out and hit Dumbledore, but instead he walked away towards the dungeons muttering something under his breath. Dumbledore motioned for Harry and Hermione to follow him up the stairs leading to his office. Once inside Harry and Hermione took a seat opposite Dumbledore and waited. Dumbledore looked around his office waiting for something. His gaze circled the room resting on the fireplace. Harry and Hermione looked at it expectantly, but nothing happened. Hermione rose and walked towards the fireplace.

" Shall I start a fire going profess.ARGH!" Hermione leapt back as a head appeared in the once empty fire pit.

" Sirius!" Harry ran to Sirius' head and waved.

" Hello Harry! How have you been?"

" Well..." Harry began but was cut off by Dumbledore.

"Sorry to interrupt, but we do have something to tell the both of you that must be dealt with."

" I am sorry Albus. Harry, Hermione, I bring news of Lord Voldemort." Sirius said darkly.

" For a time now, I have been looking for Voldemort and where he has been hiding. For a while I searched in the south, until I got word from Remus, or Professor Lupin that Wormtail was spotted in a town called Chillingham. I traveled to the North and found Chillingham quite easily. Wormtail was not hard to locate and I followed him into a large house deep in a forest. I found a concealed door covered by ivy. Stepping on a knot in the ground I entered the house. It was not vacant as I expected, but full of house elves and a variety of black cats. I found a room in one of the upper floors of the house with it's door slightly ajar, and voices coming from inside. I realized there were four in the room, one of them wormtail, another MacNair, one unrecognizable, and the last was none other than Lord Voldemort. I listened to them cautiously discovering their plans."

" Sirius has told me of what he heard, and that is that Lord Voldemort has a new plan to regain his power, involving a spell that hasn't been used for centuries upon centuries. It was destroyed 800 years ago, but has been recovered, for this sole purpose."

" I don't understand professor. What does this spell have to do with me?" Harry asked innocently. Dumbledore looked at Harry and Hermione sadly.

" It must be performed on the one who defeated the spell- user, and that would be you Mr. Potter." Harry's jaw dropped and scared look appeared on his face, quickly replaced by determination and bravery.

" But, professor, that means he can't successfully cast the spell without me. How will he ensure, he has my co-operation? Which he doesn't!" Harry's face was red with anger. Dumbledore looked at Sirius sadly.

" They will take Miss Granger hostage." Hermione's eyes went large and her lips trembled, she was on the verge of tears.

" Now that we have informed the two of you, there is nothing to do Mr. Potter, except wait."

A/N: WHEW! That took me 4 hours to write! I really hope you like it because I do! I cant wait for your reviews to see how u like it! Sorry for all the dialogue at the end and I know, nobody talks like Sirius in real life, but oh well, I tried to make it interesting. Oh and sorry for the line, "no one saying a word, not even the twins." It sounds like the night before Christmas! LOL. Oh and remember the town Chillingham, it has importance in the story. Oh and one more thing, REVIEW! ~MWA~