Chapter #4
Disclaimer: All things Harry Potter belong to Rowling. No copyright infringement is intended. I do own all new characters.
Spoilers: HP SS, HP COS, HP POA, HP GOF, HP OOTP
Categories: Angst, Action/Adventure, Romance
Author: Aggiefan23
Chapter Number: #4
Chapter Name: Worries at Number Twelve
Rating: PG-13 (Mild Language)
Authors Notes: This chapter is shorter than the rest because I felt that where it ended was an appropriate place to end the chapter rather than continuing. Also, sorry for not updating in a long, long time but I really want to get this story right with the plot and mystery that is to some on ahead, so I have spent the last six weeks doing the outline revising the out line, then rewriting the out line and revising that. It is coming along great and some twist and turns are about to come along with some interesting Original Characters. So be patient because school is almost over and that means more writing time and more frequent updates.
{Grimuwald Place}
Three weeks, it had been three weeks since the disappearance of the boy who lived. The news had not yet reached the ears of anyone in the ministry, or the ears of the Daily Prophet mostly thanks to Dumbledore. Everyone had been busy trying to figure out where Harry had gone, they checked all the obvious places, Hogsmead and Diagon Alley were under constant surveillance and the Knight Bus always had a member of the order on board incase Harry had decided to use the bus to get around. Even with every public place in the Wizarding World under watch Harry still remained elusive, and therefore was still missing, and his absence had taken a toll on everyone who lived in the house.
Everyone was dealing with Harry's absence in their own way, and had been testy since he ran. Once Hermione over heard an order member say that she didn't know if they should continue to concentrate all their efforts on finding Harry, and Hermione had to be held back by both Ron and Ginny to stop at getting to the members throat.
It seemed that, the event had snapped Hermione. She now was always seen doing work. She didn't mention Harry at all, if some one would say his name or was discussing something that related to Harry she would get up and leave the room and wouldn't be seen for the rest of the day. It also wasn't rare to see her with a tear in her eye. This worried Ron and Ginny, she always did her homework but neither of them had seen her engrossed in her work this much. If you tried to talk to her she would answer with automatic responses of yes and no even if it wasn't a yes or no question.
Then again Ron wasn't handling this very well either. The only time that he spoke to anyone was to talk to Ginny to see if she could help Hermione and then he would eventually try to get Hermione to try to talk, but that was about all the speaking that he did.
Ginny was in her own little world. When ever Ron tried to talk to her she would give him the cold shoulder and tell him that if he was so worried about Hermione then he should talk to her himself. Unknowing to Ron and Hermione she sent out a letter to Harry every day. However, each time the letters would return unopened and unanswered. Today was no different she was still focused on contacting Harry, so she got out her quill and parchment and started to write again.
Dear Harry,
Harry it has been exactly three weeks since you left. I can't help but lose hope that you are not going to come back at all. I really miss you, and so does Hermione and Ron. Lupin is pretty bad too I haven't seen him that much but he doesn't look good when I do.. I know that you are gong through a lot and I know that we will never know what it feels like to carry that weight on your shoulders that you carry. We really want to help you Harry but we can't start helping if you don't let us. Please Harry. Come home, we need you here. Come home Harry. Please.
Love,
Ginny
When the letter was flying out of the window it ended yet another day of searching for the great Harry Potter, and it was yet another day when no progress was being made and the hope of the residents of number twelve was starting to dwindle.
~*~
A week had passed since Ginny had sent her letter and once again that letter had come back unanswered just like all the rest. On this day there was Order of the Phoenix meeting and once again the children, as Mrs. Weasley called them had been left out of the meeting.
Dumbledore had just finished up with the meeting and it was yet another day of bad news. He was getting disheartened and was losing confidence, Moody, however, was still optimistic and even skipped this meeting to continue the search. Snape also was not at the meeting but Dumbledore had a private meeting scheduled with him later tonight about Snape's meeting with the Dark Lord that took place the same time as the Order meeting.
Around eight o'clock Servus Snape entered the kitchen of Grimuwald Place where he met the headmaster. He turned and shut the door placed a silencing charm on it and pivoted to face the headmaster. He looked tired and his eye's looked hollowed and empty.
"Good evening, headmaster."
"Ah, Servus I'm glad that you came here with no problems I hope?" The headmaster asked.
"No, there were no problems to speak of."
"Good then lets get started, tell me what has happen, or tell me anything that would be knowledgeable."
Snape took his seat and began. "Voldemort is close headmaster."
"Close, close to what exactly."
"Sir, he is close to finding Harry." Snape answered back.
"How is it possible that he is close when we are no closer to finding him than we were three weeks ago. Servus he can't find Harry before we do." He answered in a panic, because he knew that if Voldemort and Harry met again and Harry died then all hope was lost and Voldemort would rule.
"Sir, apparently the boy…"
"Harry Servus, he has a name." Dumbledore interrupted.
"Right headmaster, Harry apparently didn't learn his lesson last year and it seems that he hasn't been doing his occlumcy. Sir the Dark Lord is entering Harry's mind, but he is doing it with out making his presence known to Harry, much like Harry entered the Dark Lords mind last year. He is using the information he finds in Harry head he is searching for the location of where he is."
"He is entering Harry's mind. Tell me do you know if he has found anything that he would find useful?" Dumbledore asked wondering if Voldemort thought that Harry knew of the prophesy.
"Not to my knowledge, he seems to be bent on finding Harry's location and take out his revenge for a many things, including the failure of his death eaters that he lost in the Ministry last June."
"How much time do we have Servus?" The headmaster asked with a strain in his voice.
"Sir, I can not know for sure, but from what I learned at the meeting tonight I would say a week at the most." Dumbledore seemed to go into deep thought after this pronouncement.
"Thank you, Servus I will keep you updated."
"Good night headmaster." Snape said as he left the kitchen to find Ron, Hermione, and Ginny coming down the stairs. They stopped when they saw their potions master.
"What are you three doing down here, trying to sneak into another private meeting?" Snape ask with a menace in his voice.
Ginny was the one who spoke up. "No, professor we were coming to ask the headmaster if the meeting today was successful and if there was any news as to Harry."
"Well, Miss. Weasley I can answer that question for you. Your hero is still missing. Maybe your poor Potter has finally realized that he isn't special at all just a stupid boy and a pampered smart ass, maybe he finally did him self and the world a favor by running away, and I for one say its about time."
This time Hermione spoke in a quite voice. "You don't mean that, do you professor?" She was starting to cry again.
However, before Snape could answer the front door burst open just as it had weeks ago, but instead of Tonks rushing in this time looking scared, it was Moody looks relieved.
"I've found him."
Disclaimer: All things Harry Potter belong to Rowling. No copyright infringement is intended. I do own all new characters.
Spoilers: HP SS, HP COS, HP POA, HP GOF, HP OOTP
Categories: Angst, Action/Adventure, Romance
Author: Aggiefan23
Chapter Number: #4
Chapter Name: Worries at Number Twelve
Rating: PG-13 (Mild Language)
Authors Notes: This chapter is shorter than the rest because I felt that where it ended was an appropriate place to end the chapter rather than continuing. Also, sorry for not updating in a long, long time but I really want to get this story right with the plot and mystery that is to some on ahead, so I have spent the last six weeks doing the outline revising the out line, then rewriting the out line and revising that. It is coming along great and some twist and turns are about to come along with some interesting Original Characters. So be patient because school is almost over and that means more writing time and more frequent updates.
{Grimuwald Place}
Three weeks, it had been three weeks since the disappearance of the boy who lived. The news had not yet reached the ears of anyone in the ministry, or the ears of the Daily Prophet mostly thanks to Dumbledore. Everyone had been busy trying to figure out where Harry had gone, they checked all the obvious places, Hogsmead and Diagon Alley were under constant surveillance and the Knight Bus always had a member of the order on board incase Harry had decided to use the bus to get around. Even with every public place in the Wizarding World under watch Harry still remained elusive, and therefore was still missing, and his absence had taken a toll on everyone who lived in the house.
Everyone was dealing with Harry's absence in their own way, and had been testy since he ran. Once Hermione over heard an order member say that she didn't know if they should continue to concentrate all their efforts on finding Harry, and Hermione had to be held back by both Ron and Ginny to stop at getting to the members throat.
It seemed that, the event had snapped Hermione. She now was always seen doing work. She didn't mention Harry at all, if some one would say his name or was discussing something that related to Harry she would get up and leave the room and wouldn't be seen for the rest of the day. It also wasn't rare to see her with a tear in her eye. This worried Ron and Ginny, she always did her homework but neither of them had seen her engrossed in her work this much. If you tried to talk to her she would answer with automatic responses of yes and no even if it wasn't a yes or no question.
Then again Ron wasn't handling this very well either. The only time that he spoke to anyone was to talk to Ginny to see if she could help Hermione and then he would eventually try to get Hermione to try to talk, but that was about all the speaking that he did.
Ginny was in her own little world. When ever Ron tried to talk to her she would give him the cold shoulder and tell him that if he was so worried about Hermione then he should talk to her himself. Unknowing to Ron and Hermione she sent out a letter to Harry every day. However, each time the letters would return unopened and unanswered. Today was no different she was still focused on contacting Harry, so she got out her quill and parchment and started to write again.
Dear Harry,
Harry it has been exactly three weeks since you left. I can't help but lose hope that you are not going to come back at all. I really miss you, and so does Hermione and Ron. Lupin is pretty bad too I haven't seen him that much but he doesn't look good when I do.. I know that you are gong through a lot and I know that we will never know what it feels like to carry that weight on your shoulders that you carry. We really want to help you Harry but we can't start helping if you don't let us. Please Harry. Come home, we need you here. Come home Harry. Please.
Love,
Ginny
When the letter was flying out of the window it ended yet another day of searching for the great Harry Potter, and it was yet another day when no progress was being made and the hope of the residents of number twelve was starting to dwindle.
~*~
A week had passed since Ginny had sent her letter and once again that letter had come back unanswered just like all the rest. On this day there was Order of the Phoenix meeting and once again the children, as Mrs. Weasley called them had been left out of the meeting.
Dumbledore had just finished up with the meeting and it was yet another day of bad news. He was getting disheartened and was losing confidence, Moody, however, was still optimistic and even skipped this meeting to continue the search. Snape also was not at the meeting but Dumbledore had a private meeting scheduled with him later tonight about Snape's meeting with the Dark Lord that took place the same time as the Order meeting.
Around eight o'clock Servus Snape entered the kitchen of Grimuwald Place where he met the headmaster. He turned and shut the door placed a silencing charm on it and pivoted to face the headmaster. He looked tired and his eye's looked hollowed and empty.
"Good evening, headmaster."
"Ah, Servus I'm glad that you came here with no problems I hope?" The headmaster asked.
"No, there were no problems to speak of."
"Good then lets get started, tell me what has happen, or tell me anything that would be knowledgeable."
Snape took his seat and began. "Voldemort is close headmaster."
"Close, close to what exactly."
"Sir, he is close to finding Harry." Snape answered back.
"How is it possible that he is close when we are no closer to finding him than we were three weeks ago. Servus he can't find Harry before we do." He answered in a panic, because he knew that if Voldemort and Harry met again and Harry died then all hope was lost and Voldemort would rule.
"Sir, apparently the boy…"
"Harry Servus, he has a name." Dumbledore interrupted.
"Right headmaster, Harry apparently didn't learn his lesson last year and it seems that he hasn't been doing his occlumcy. Sir the Dark Lord is entering Harry's mind, but he is doing it with out making his presence known to Harry, much like Harry entered the Dark Lords mind last year. He is using the information he finds in Harry head he is searching for the location of where he is."
"He is entering Harry's mind. Tell me do you know if he has found anything that he would find useful?" Dumbledore asked wondering if Voldemort thought that Harry knew of the prophesy.
"Not to my knowledge, he seems to be bent on finding Harry's location and take out his revenge for a many things, including the failure of his death eaters that he lost in the Ministry last June."
"How much time do we have Servus?" The headmaster asked with a strain in his voice.
"Sir, I can not know for sure, but from what I learned at the meeting tonight I would say a week at the most." Dumbledore seemed to go into deep thought after this pronouncement.
"Thank you, Servus I will keep you updated."
"Good night headmaster." Snape said as he left the kitchen to find Ron, Hermione, and Ginny coming down the stairs. They stopped when they saw their potions master.
"What are you three doing down here, trying to sneak into another private meeting?" Snape ask with a menace in his voice.
Ginny was the one who spoke up. "No, professor we were coming to ask the headmaster if the meeting today was successful and if there was any news as to Harry."
"Well, Miss. Weasley I can answer that question for you. Your hero is still missing. Maybe your poor Potter has finally realized that he isn't special at all just a stupid boy and a pampered smart ass, maybe he finally did him self and the world a favor by running away, and I for one say its about time."
This time Hermione spoke in a quite voice. "You don't mean that, do you professor?" She was starting to cry again.
However, before Snape could answer the front door burst open just as it had weeks ago, but instead of Tonks rushing in this time looking scared, it was Moody looks relieved.
"I've found him."