Cherry wandered the halls of Hogwarts mumbling to herself. St. Mungo's had managed to heal her more or less as soon as she'd arrived. Logan had been by her side the entire time, while everyone had been waiting with baited breath with the baby's life. It had lived . . . just. She scowled on remembering the look on Jessica's face when she'd been hit with the spell; it was an extremely unpleasant smirk. Cherry shook her head to clear her thoughts and focused on the task at hand. Her father needed Potter and that needed to be done today, but first . . . she had to free a sniveling little rat!

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Harry sat down in class, feeling thoroughly bored. They were in History of Magic and as usual, Professor Binns was droning on in the same old monotone voice. Jay was busy whispering in Emily's ear, who kept giggling occasionally. Professor Binns didn't even seem to notice. Ron was already asleep, drool falling down the side of his mouth as he mumbled something. Hermione was listening attentively to every word that was being said by the Professor and Harry couldn't help thinking that if *he* fell asleep, maybe he could borrow some notes from Hermione.

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"Man that was one of the most BORING lessons that I've ever had in my entire life!" Ron yawned, whilst rubbing his eyes. They were now in the Great Hall having dinner and Hermione was quickly eating everything on her plate.

"Wow Hermione, you're hungry" Ron observed with wide eyes. The only other time he'd seen her eat this fast when she was planning a campaign for House Elves without the others knowing. Hermione smiled.

"I need to go to the library to finish some research on our History of Magic project" she said quickly, before hurrying off, leaving a bewildered Ron and Harry behind.

Emily laughed, while Jay chuckled.

"That girl is really determined when it comes to school-work" Emily observed. Harry rolled his eyes.

"You mean that you've only just noticed? We've known ever since we first met her" Harry told her. Jay grinned.

"Aw, Emily used to be like that until she let me into her life. You see, I'm a good influence on her, don't you think?" Jay questioned, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively. Emily snorted with laughter.

"If anything, Jay, you're a *bad* influence on me, I used to be such a sweet and innocent girl"

"But now you're a bad mischievous girl who likes messing around with bad boys" Jay said with a mischievous smile on his face. Emily smacked him round the head.

"Shut up!" she hissed "If my mum hears what you just said, she'll freak" Meanwhile, Harry and Ron were cracking up in silent laughter.

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Cherry wearily stepped into the Potions classroom, feeling worried.

"Sev?" she questioned softly. Snape whirled around and smiled slightly when he saw it was just her.

"Are you alright now? I'm sorry about what happened in the Three Broomsticks" Cherry waved it away as if it were nothing.

"Its fine, listen, please forgive me for what I'm about to do" she whispered. Snape raised an eyebrow.

"And what, pray tell, are you going to do?" Cherry shut her eyes, took a deep breath, then opened her eyes again; she raised her wand at him and yelled out "STUPEFY!"

Snape fell to the floor, stunned. Without looking back, Cherry quickly made her exit; she couldn't let Snape be there when she took Potter. He'd try to convince her not to do it and, normally, he would succeed, but not this time . . .

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James, Sirius and Lupin were all seated in a spare classroom, discussing their next topic on Defense, when Sirius softly spoke up.

"There's something I need to tell you guys" he said seriously. Lupin and James looked to him curiously.

"I-I'm giving up my role as a teacher, I'm going to become an Auror" he whispered "I'm going back to my old job"

Lupin and James stared at him in astonishment.

"But why Padfoot?" James questioned.

"After what happened to Jay . . . I can't let that happen again Prongs, I've got to do something worth while, teaching here isn't going to help protect my family" They both nodded in understanding.

"Be careful Padfoot" Lupin said as he hugged him. Sirius gruffly hugged him back, then pulled James in a spine-breaking hug.

"Take care Padfoot" James said as they both pulled away. Sirius merely smiled.

"If anything ever happens to me . . . I want you guys to take care of Jay" he whispered. James shook his head slightly.

"You make it sound like you're going to die, but you're not. Stop being so dramatic" Sirius chuckled.

"But just in case" he told him. James and Lupin both nodded as they gave Sirius another hug.

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Cherry wandered along the corridors, trying to find the class that Harry would be in right now. She checked the schedule and noticed that Harry would be in Transfiguration. She swiftly made her way to the class and knocked on the door. McGonagall gave her a questioning look.

"I'm sorry Professor, but can I please borrow Harry for a moment?" McGonagall stared at her for a few seconds, before nodding slowly.

"Potter, when you come back, I want you to copy notes from one of your friends" she told him sternly. Harry nodded furiously and exited the classroom. Cherry immediately grabbed a hold of his arm and gripped it tightly. Harry winced at the pain he felt, it was as if Cherry was cutting off his circulation.

"Cherry, where are you-?"

"Quiet Potter, now is not the time to ask questions" she snapped sharply. Harry stared at her, taken aback. Her eyes now showed one of fiery anger and hatred, there was no kind and warmth that normally sparkled in her eyes. What he didn't know was that Cherry had had a lot of practice with her eyes, considering she was the Dark Lord's daughter, she could fool anyone that she'd turned over to the Dark Side . . . except Snape.

"Cherry, where are you taking Harry? He's supposed to be in class!" Lily exclaimed, seeing Cherry dragging Harry by the arm. Cherry whirled around and whipped out her wand.

"Shut up Potter!" she spat "Harry's coming with me!" Lily stared at her in shock, then apprehensively said.

"Are you feeling alright?"

"I feel fine! Now, leave me alone!" Lily made to take a step towards Cherry, but she immediately stepped backwards and twisted Harry's arm and pinned it to his back so that he couldn't move. Harry winced slightly. What the hell was Cherry up to?

She quickly made her way through Hogwarts, and, making it to the entrance; she was stopped by James, Sirius, Lupin, Logan and Amanda.

"Cherry, what do you think you're doing?" Amanda cried, looking horrified. Cherry glared angrily at her mother.

"That's none of your business *mother*" she yelled spitefully. Logan stared at her with wide eyes.

"Cherry-" But he was abruptly cut off by Cherry aiming her wand at his chest.

"My father wants Potter" she stated, her eyes narrowed dangerously. Amanda gasped and let out a small sob.

"No! You promised that you wouldn't-"

"Promises are made to be broken mother" Cherry said coldly.

"Your father? Who the hell is that?" James questioned curiously, looking worriedly to his son, who looked like he was in a lot of pain.

"The Dark Lord!" she spat, then she yelled out "WORMTAIL!"

A rat scurried over to Harry and transformed back into a man. Cherry's eyes glinted evilly as she thrust Harry into Pettigrew's arms.

"Take Potter to my father and try not to fail this time!" she scowled. The short plump mouse of a man shakily took the sixteen year-old boy and aimed his wand at his back. Sirius let out an angry cry and made ran forward to stop Pettigrew from taking Harry, but Cherry stood in the way. Her wand trained on his heart.

"Take one more step Black, and you'll regret it" she whispered dangerously. Sirius apprehensively took a step backwards, not sure what to do. He couldn't attack a pregnant woman, yet he could glare angrily at her. She whirled around, ready to make an exit when a familiar voice stopped her dead in her tracks.

"Going somewhere?" Cherry's eyes widened as she turned to see Snape, leaning against a wall, his arms crossed over his chest and a smirk on his face. Cherry's jaw dropped.

"How did you-?" she spluttered, looking shocked. Snape sneered at her.

"A student undid the spell, luckily. Now . . . are you going somewhere?"

"Yes, I'm going to deliver Potter to my father" she growled. Snape smirked.

"You don't really want to deliver Potter to the Dark Lord, do you? You're scared of what he'll do if you *don't* do as he says" Cherry face contorted into one of rage.

"Shut up Snape!" she spat angrily. Snape walked towards her, but Cherry aimed her wand at him. Snape sneered.

"You wouldn't have the guts" he taunted. Cherry snapped.

"Expelliarmus!" she screamed. Snape quickly dodged the attack and pulled out his own wand.

"I don't want to, but you're leaving me no choice" he warned her. Cherry sneered back at him.

"Oh, I'm *so* scared!" Snape aimed his wand at her and muttered a spell. Cherry gasped and clutched her head, screwing her eyes tight shut and shaking her head to clear her mind.

Cherry let out a scream of anguish and flung Snape's wand from his hand, it went flying to the floor and Snape quickly ran to it, but by the time he was on the floor to pick it up, Cherry had her own wand pointed at his heart. Snape slowly stood up, keeping his eyes locked with Cherry's.

"Go on then, kill me" he whispered "If you've got the guts, that is" Everyone watched fearfully as Snape saw panic flash briefly through Cherry's eyes, but only to be replaced by anger once again. She gritted her teeth and lowered her wand.

"You're not worth it!" she snapped as she stormed off.

"Shouldn't we be trying to stop her from leaving the castle?" Sirius asked frantically, looking to everyone else for support. Snape shook his head.

"No. Let her go" he said slowly "I'll be having a word with her later anyway" he muttered. He turned back to see Lily with tears streaming down her face and James comforting her.

"Potter will be fine" he said in his most assuring voice "Someone will get him out of there"

"Like who?" Lily asked, looking hopefully to Snape "Like you?"

He coughed and looked slightly embarrassed.

"I can try, but the chances of me getting your son out of there and keeping my cover safe as a spy is extremely small" Lily burst into tears and sunk to the floor, her head in her hands as she cried hysterically. Snape suddenly felt guilty.

"I'm sorry" he whispered, not aware that Lupin had heard him.

A/N: Later on in the story, I am either going to kill off Logan or Cherry, I would like a vote as to who YOU want to die! Logan or Cherry? Thank you. Ice Queen11