A/N: I just need to give a shoutout to Silverbelle…all of you guys should read her fanfic…its absolutely fabulous.

Hermione, Ron, and Harry waited anxiously in the Great Hall, while all the other students filed out, leaving for Hogsmeade. Hermione was roughly bumped into from behind by a certain smirking someone and his new girlfriend. Hermione scowled.

            "That idiot thinks he's won," Hermione said. "He only got Stella for two reasons. One, she just wants to make you angry. And two? She couldn't have you anyway."

            At this Harry smiled, and wrapped his arm around her waist.

            This is how it's supposed to be, Hermione thought. No danger…no risking our lives…just this.

            She rose up on her tiptoes and kissed him softly on the lips.

            "What was that for?" Harry asked.

            "I'm worried that I may not be able to do that ever again," Hermione said, quietly.

            "Don't worry Hermione. We'll come through…we have before," Harry said, soothingly.

            "Well if you two have finished being all lovey-dovey," Ron said, annoyed.

            "You didn't seem to have any problem being lovey-dovey in the library last night with Luna," commented Harry.

            The three laughed. This is just pretend, Hermione thought. What if we never get to laugh like this again? What if there are only two of us…or even one…at our last year of Hogwarts?

            "Harry…" Hermione suddenly turned to him. "I-"

            But she was interrupted by Professor Snape, who had suddenly snuck up behind them.

"Again I find three Gryffindors in a suspicious setting. Not going to Hogsmeade?" he said, nastily.

            "Hagrid assigned us detentions today. We're not to go to Hogsmeade," Hermione explained.

            "Hagrid assigned you detentions? How very interesting," Snape said. "I think I'll ask him about that. It seems he's been assigning quite a few detentions. Several Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws have said the same. No Slytherins though…very interesting…"

            As he walked away, the three looked at each other in panic.

            "He knows!" Hermione hissed. "We've got to leave now, before he asks Hagrid. We can't let them stop us!"

            They rushed up the stairs and into the Room of Requirement, where they found the DA waiting for them.

            "We've got to leave now," Ron said. "Snape's on to us."

            "Is everyone ready?" Harry asked.

            The group nodded, and Hermione was sure she could several gulps, but perhaps it was her imagination.

            Hermione walked over to the fireplace and took out her wand.

            "Lacarnum Enflamare," Hermione said. Her trademark bluebell flames shot out of her wand and into the fireplace. As it blazed, she reached up onto the mantelpiece to find a jar of Floo Powder…something she needed. She cast the powder into the flames, stepped in,  and cried, "Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes!" And she was gone.

            Hermione suddenly appeared in Fred and George's shop.

            "What're you doing here?" Fred said, bewildered. "We weren't expecting you for another half an hour.

            "Snape knew we were up to something, so we had to leave immediately. Confirmation of plans will have to occur here," Hermione explained. At that, several people began to appear in the fireplace.

            "But we haven't closed the shop yet!" George protested. "Business is booming!"

            "Well business will have to boom somewhere else," Hermione said flatly.

            "Then how're we going to get all those people out of here?" Fred asked.

            "Easy," Ron said, who had just stepped out of the fireplace. He grabbed something from the nearest box, (the fireplace is in the stock room) touched his wand to it, and tossed it into the store. From afar shrieks could be heard, followed by a stampede of feet towards the door.

            "You know Fred," Harry said, with a smile, "no one makes Dungbombs quite like you two do."

            After clearing out the putrid stench and pulling down the shades, the DA got together to confirm that everything was set.

            "Alright everyone," Harry said. "This is it. If anyone wants to back out-"

            "Come off it Harry," George interrupted. "If anyone was going to bail, they'd have done it a long time ago."

            Hermione pulled out a large cardboard box from behind the counter of the shop and began to pull out several items of Muggle clothing, handing them to each person.

            "Where did that come from?" Fred said, incredulously.

            "You know, you really should consider putting some Protection Charms on this store. Who knows how many people have already come in here and robbed you," Hermione said, disdainfully.

            "What're these for?" piped up Neville.

            "Put them on," Ron said briskly. "We're going into the Muggle world."

            These words set off a burst of whispers.

            "Quiet!" yelled Harry. The whispering stopped. "We need to get this done as fast as possible. We don't know when Voldemort's going to act, but we know it's sometime today. The sooner we get this done, the sooner we can go back to Hogwarts."

            "If we get back at all," muttered someone.

            "Don't say that!" cried Hermione. "Of course we're coming back!"

            "No, he's right," Harry said, quietly. "We may not."

            What is he hiding? Hermione thought, angrily. He's not telling us something.

            The large group left the store, passed out of Diagon Alley, and walked out of the Leaky Cauldron. Many gasped audibly, possibly because none had been outside of the Wizarding World. Hermione, Ron, and Harry led the way towards the museum. When they finally arrived, Hermione reached to open the doors but stopped for a few seconds.

            This could be it Hermione, she thought. This could be it.

Reviews

Avalon64: Satisfied?

Ashton Rushing: OMG, I am LOVING your fanfic…I've been waiting for you to update!...unless of course you're spending time reading my story…then its okay ;-) I'm glad you liked how I did it!

KawaiiFryingPanChick: No, see…after I see you hitting Harry on the head, I grab a frying pan and hit YOU…and then take the bag with me. Why are you trying to kill of Ron? I think that's a problem only a psychiatrist can solve. Anyway, I don't know if someone's going to die yet. I just haven't decided.

Tekvah Ariel: Yeah, I thought it sounded Hebrew. I told ya I like plot twists! They don't have to go to the Ministry…did I say that somewhere? Cuz if I did, it needs to be fixed! Yeah, the story's almost over. But I found the HBP title at both JK's website (www.jkrowling.com) and www.mugglenet.com , the best HP fansite ever.

Lutefa:  I forgot what you were talking about too or why you suddenly started spouting off about love. What is the plan? You won't know until you get there, just like the rest of the DA

HPfan-Excalibur: Yeah, I was real hyped too.

Dragonnet: Yup, yup! Just like to make you people happy!

Possom2009: No, Stella's not quite out yet, you'll see a little more of her right at the end. Who do I think will be w/ Harry in Book 6? I think I've made that obvious…;-)

Raven-Padfoot-Marauder: You can have Ron if you want. Stay away from Harry. He's mine.

Mara342: Yeah, I know. I'm amazed. This is my first fanfic ever, and I'm pretty amazed. I normally don't do too well on writing assignments. I don't know if I'm going to kill off anyone, but if I do, it's not going to be Luna.

Libyanauthor: Thanks so much, (for putting me on the fave list too)…look at my response to Tekvah Ariel

TumbleChick: Yes, Stella's still in the story. See response to Possom2009. The new title is Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Thanks for all the compliments and putting my story on your fave list! Keep reading!