A/N: Okay, I have like seven chapters already written so I'll try to type them ASAP! ***

It had been almost eight months since the strange disappearance of Harry Potter. The say it happened, both Ginny and Hermione cried all night. Ron was very upset, too. Harry would have been very happy to know that Cho Chang cried a little, too.

When Professor Dumbledore announced that Harry was gone, everybody started screaming and crying- even the Slytherins! Draco Malfoy had apologized for all of his insults. This was a time for sadness.

The Ministry declares Harry dead. Molly and Arthur Weasely went to the funeral in tears. He had been like a son to them. Really, where was Harry Potter, the Boy who Lived?

***
"You can't keep me here forever Voldemort!" shouted someone.

"I never planned to! Tomorrow will mark eight months of being here! I told you, after 12 months, you will be dead!" explained Voldemort.

"You can't kill me!" the other voice exclaimed again.

The voice belonged two a boy that was about fifteen years old. He was trapped in a metal cabinet in a trap door under the Forbidden Forest. Voldemort had captured him almost eight months ago. The boy missed his friends.

"Everybody knew I would get you someday," said Voldemort. "The only reason why you survived the first time was because of your foolish mother's love!" Voldemort turned toward a brown table and picked up a plate with a sandwich on it.

The boy still didn't know why he wanted him to be fed everyday. Also, on why Voldemort wanted to wait a year before killing him was a complete mystery.

***
"Hi!" shouted Hermione.

"Hey!" Ron shouted back. He was heading for the Quidditch field.

"Oh, Ron," Hermione cried. "Where is Harry? It's been almost eight months! Oh, he can't be dead! He has to be all right! We'll find him!" Hermione started to sob.

"Hermione!" Ron rushed over to her. "How about I cancel this practice and we can try to find Harry for about he millionth time.

"Okay," Hermione said sadly.

Ron then headed back towards the castle to put his quidditch supplies away.

***
"Ah, it is almost midnight," said Voldemort. "Eight months, eight months!"

"No, I have to escape," the boy said. He pushed his black hair from his eyes. "Ron, Hermione, anybody! Please help me!"

***
"C'mon, this way!" shouted Ron. He and Hermione were in the Forbidden Forest searching for Harry. It was completely dark out so they had both cast 'Lumos' on their wands earlier so a little light would appear at the end of their wands.

"He has to be here!" Hermione exclaimed.

"Help!" cried Ron suddenly. "Ahhhhhhhh!"

"What is it?" asked Hermione.

"I tripped over, over, this thing!" Ron bent down to see what he had tripped over.

"It's probably just a stick or a tree trunk or something," said Hermione. She walked over to where Ron was bent over.

"Wow," it's something gold!" cried Ron. He brushed away the leaves to see it more carefully. He tried to pick it up.

"Hermione, it's stuck!" Ron shouted.

Hermione tugged, but it still wouldn't budge. "Maybe it's a door and it's locked!"

She pulled out her wand. "Alohomora!" Hermione cried. The gold object rose up to reveal an old, brown, wooden trap door.

"Wow!" Ron said in awe as he opened the door and peered inside. A long, dirt tunnel was decorated with huge chunks of deep blue sapphires, blood red rubies, forest green emeralds, and crystal-like diamonds. There were also big chunks of glittering gold, silver, copper, and bronze.

"This tunnel must be worth thousands of Galleons!" cried Hermione as she looked in, too. "You don't think-" she started but was cut off by Ron.

"This is where Harry is!" he shouted.

"But nobody else found him, how could we have?" questioned Hermione.

"Maybe they just thought it was a belt buckle or something!" suggested Ron.

"Yeah, but, still," Hermione sighed. "Ron, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?"

"If this is where Harry is, we better go in and find him!" Ron exclaimed.

"Ron, we should get Professor Dumbledore or Professor McGonnagall or any of the teachers. We are already breaking a million rules for being in the Forbidden Forest! We would probably be expelled of we went in the tunnel! RON!" Hermione lectured but was cut off when Ron crept closer to the tunnel.

"Oh, Hermione! If we brink Harry back to Hogwarts, we will be rewarded!" Ron cried. "It was your idea to find him, anyways," Ron added under his breath.

"But what if we don't and we get caught?" Hermione shouted.

"Well, I'm taking that risk!" Ron very carefully put his legs into the tunnel.

"Hermione, c'mon," he said. He let go of the edges of the tunnel and dropped himself in. He went racing down a tube of glittering jewels and gold. After about five minutes, he landed with a thud on a marble floor.

"Ahhh!" Hermione cried as she too landed on the olive green marble. "What is this place?"

"Well, there's brown wooden door over there," Ron said. He pointed to it.

"Do you think Harry is in there?" questioned Hermione.

"Well, there is only one way to be sure," said Ron. He started to walk towards the door.

"Oh, well, since we are already down here," Hermione sighed. She quietly followed Ron.

"On the count of three, we'll open the door," Ron said.

"Together?" Hermione asked.

"Um, okay," said Ron. "One!"

"Two!"

"Three!" they said in unison. They reached for the handle and pulled.

***
"It's dusk," said Voldemort. "Twenty-four more hours and it'll be eight months.

"Oh, great, if I ever do go back to Hogwarts, I'll probably have to stay back a year," said the boy, who really was Harry Potter, under his breath.

"Time to get your dinner," said Voldemort as he walked out of the room.

As soon as he left, Harry thought he heard two familiar voices. He then heard the same voices say "One, two, three," and then.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A/N: Okay, here's chapter two. I'll try to post Chapter Three: An Awful Argument ASAP!! And to The Sweet New Zealander: It might seem like a Bertha Jorkins story now, but trust me, it won't in later chapters. REVIEW PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!