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Chapter 5: Troubles
**A week later**
"Harry wake up. Your late!" Cho said as she shook Harry. He was normally good at waking up on time but he was off for some reason today. She began to think of why that could be when he sat up her words barley clicking, as he hurriedly got dressed. He gave her a quick kiss and bolted out the door.
She decided to go eat a late breakfast and maybe head into Hogsmade today after lunch. When she walked into the great hall it was slowly empting. She helped herself to some food and began chatting with Dumbledore. On her way to tell Harry of her plans for the day a hand reached out of nowhere and pulled her into a room. The person responsible quickly did a full body bind on her before she could comprehend the situation much less react to it.
A few hours later Harry was frantic. Cho never missed lunch with him. It had become routine to meet at lunch with Sirius and Hermione. Now that he thought about it Hermione wasn't here either. He hurried to Hermione's room. To his relief she was there looking around the room franticly as if she'd lost something.
"Whatcha looking for?" he asked.
"The twins. They were here five minutes ago they couldn't have gone anywhere they aren't even two weeks old." She started tearing the room apart looking everywhere for the tiny children.
Suddenly Harry thought of something. The Maurder's Map! He could use that to locate the twins and Cho. He sprinted back to his room. He grabbed the parchment and tapped it with his wand. "I solemnly swear I am up to no good." He stated and the map of Hogwarts appeared with the little dots moving around. He looked everywhere even in the forbidden forest but to no avail. There was no sign of either Cho or the twins. They weren't on school grounds. They could be anywhere.
Harry ran still clutching the map straight to Dumbledore's office. "Sir, Cho and the twins are missing! I think they have been kidnapped. What should I do? Oh God. What if she's hurt? Or worse the baby? The twins what about them they can't even talk much less defend themselves. Who could have done this? How did they get into the school without getting caught? Better yet how did they get out of the school with Cho and the twins without getting caught? What a---" he stopped when Dumbledore raised a hand.
"First off you need to calm down. Now I'm going to call Mr. Weasley while you go get Mrs. Weasley and we will figure this out together. Also you need to notify Madam Hooch to take your class until further notice. Can you do that or do I have to get Madam Pomfrey to give you a mild sedative until you can calm enough to think?"
" I can do that sir. And thank you." Harry said calming himself as he walked out of the room. He did as he was asked and was soon back in the office with Ron listening from the fire.
"Now when did you first notice Cho was missing?" Dumbledore asked Harry quite calmly.
"About 12:20 when we usually have lunch with Hermione and Sirius. She didn't show up so I checked our room but she wasn't there. So I went to ask Hermione if she had seen her and discovered her looking for the twins. This doesn't help much because the last time I saw her was when I kissed her goodbye this morning and hurrying out the door. Which is around three and a half hours where I didn't see her." He explained hastily.
"Well we can limit it down a bit more because she had breakfast with me this morning and left the great hall around 8:45. She mentioned going to watch your first class so I'm assuming she never showed up."
"Professor that would limit it down to the 15 maybe 20 minutes in between when she left the Great Hall and when Harry's class was supposed to start. How can this help us? We would need some sort of surveillance to figure out who was wondering the halls at that time." Ron stated from the fire.
" That's it. We have figured out the time frame, which gave us locations to work from. Locations in this school are all watched by paintings, ghosts, or teachers. Not a part of this school is really unwatched. Especially the area by the entrance hall so that the headmaster is always aware of what's going on around the school. So if we talk to some of the portraits we might be able to get a description of the kidnapper from one of them." Hermione said, her face suddenly full of hope.
"And this is why you are one of Britain's best Aurors. Now let us investigate. Harry you take the path you always take to your class. I'll take the corridor by your room. Hermione you can take the corridor by your room. Let's go. Meet back here when you are done." Dumbledore instructed them.
Harry ran towards the Great Hall and slammed full force into one of the students. The Slytherin boy looked shocked as he stood and brushed himself off. Harry was about to continue running when he realized what had happened. He turned to the boy. "What are you doing out of class. You better have a really good excuse."
"Might I ask why you are not doing what you are paid to do? I am a prefect and I should not be questioned by someone who is not even doing their job." The boy said arrogantly.
"Normally I am forgiving. Currently I am under a lot of stress and personally I don't care what you are. Prefect or not you should be in class and respect your teachers. In fact I would think that because you are a prefect you should know better. Ten points from Slytherin for being out of class and another ten points for disrespecting the teacher now back to class or I'll add a few detentions to the list. And a word of advice," Harry stated as the Slytherin began to walk away, "bring down the ego and cockiness a bit and it'll save you a whole lot of problems."
Harry went back to running. He reached the Great Hall and asked the picture of an old lady if she had seen Cho. Harry was soon down to the last painting in which a disgruntled looking man responded to his question. "I saw her. She didn't look like she knew what was going on. Looked like someone put her in a full body bind. I bet it was that man that was behind her. Him and his companions didn't look like they were supposed to be here. Those babies didn't look to happy with the group either." The man shrugged.
"What did they look like? Did they say anything?"
"Tall about three inches more than you pointed face slicked back blond hair, pail. The other two were big and stupid looking. They said something about a cave in the hills in Hogsmade. I didn't get all of the conversation but I did get that. I hope you find those poor kids and that nice young lady. Cho is her name right she stops to talk to me once in a while. I hope she's all right." The man went back to whatever he was doing before.
**A week later**
"Harry wake up. Your late!" Cho said as she shook Harry. He was normally good at waking up on time but he was off for some reason today. She began to think of why that could be when he sat up her words barley clicking, as he hurriedly got dressed. He gave her a quick kiss and bolted out the door.
She decided to go eat a late breakfast and maybe head into Hogsmade today after lunch. When she walked into the great hall it was slowly empting. She helped herself to some food and began chatting with Dumbledore. On her way to tell Harry of her plans for the day a hand reached out of nowhere and pulled her into a room. The person responsible quickly did a full body bind on her before she could comprehend the situation much less react to it.
A few hours later Harry was frantic. Cho never missed lunch with him. It had become routine to meet at lunch with Sirius and Hermione. Now that he thought about it Hermione wasn't here either. He hurried to Hermione's room. To his relief she was there looking around the room franticly as if she'd lost something.
"Whatcha looking for?" he asked.
"The twins. They were here five minutes ago they couldn't have gone anywhere they aren't even two weeks old." She started tearing the room apart looking everywhere for the tiny children.
Suddenly Harry thought of something. The Maurder's Map! He could use that to locate the twins and Cho. He sprinted back to his room. He grabbed the parchment and tapped it with his wand. "I solemnly swear I am up to no good." He stated and the map of Hogwarts appeared with the little dots moving around. He looked everywhere even in the forbidden forest but to no avail. There was no sign of either Cho or the twins. They weren't on school grounds. They could be anywhere.
Harry ran still clutching the map straight to Dumbledore's office. "Sir, Cho and the twins are missing! I think they have been kidnapped. What should I do? Oh God. What if she's hurt? Or worse the baby? The twins what about them they can't even talk much less defend themselves. Who could have done this? How did they get into the school without getting caught? Better yet how did they get out of the school with Cho and the twins without getting caught? What a---" he stopped when Dumbledore raised a hand.
"First off you need to calm down. Now I'm going to call Mr. Weasley while you go get Mrs. Weasley and we will figure this out together. Also you need to notify Madam Hooch to take your class until further notice. Can you do that or do I have to get Madam Pomfrey to give you a mild sedative until you can calm enough to think?"
" I can do that sir. And thank you." Harry said calming himself as he walked out of the room. He did as he was asked and was soon back in the office with Ron listening from the fire.
"Now when did you first notice Cho was missing?" Dumbledore asked Harry quite calmly.
"About 12:20 when we usually have lunch with Hermione and Sirius. She didn't show up so I checked our room but she wasn't there. So I went to ask Hermione if she had seen her and discovered her looking for the twins. This doesn't help much because the last time I saw her was when I kissed her goodbye this morning and hurrying out the door. Which is around three and a half hours where I didn't see her." He explained hastily.
"Well we can limit it down a bit more because she had breakfast with me this morning and left the great hall around 8:45. She mentioned going to watch your first class so I'm assuming she never showed up."
"Professor that would limit it down to the 15 maybe 20 minutes in between when she left the Great Hall and when Harry's class was supposed to start. How can this help us? We would need some sort of surveillance to figure out who was wondering the halls at that time." Ron stated from the fire.
" That's it. We have figured out the time frame, which gave us locations to work from. Locations in this school are all watched by paintings, ghosts, or teachers. Not a part of this school is really unwatched. Especially the area by the entrance hall so that the headmaster is always aware of what's going on around the school. So if we talk to some of the portraits we might be able to get a description of the kidnapper from one of them." Hermione said, her face suddenly full of hope.
"And this is why you are one of Britain's best Aurors. Now let us investigate. Harry you take the path you always take to your class. I'll take the corridor by your room. Hermione you can take the corridor by your room. Let's go. Meet back here when you are done." Dumbledore instructed them.
Harry ran towards the Great Hall and slammed full force into one of the students. The Slytherin boy looked shocked as he stood and brushed himself off. Harry was about to continue running when he realized what had happened. He turned to the boy. "What are you doing out of class. You better have a really good excuse."
"Might I ask why you are not doing what you are paid to do? I am a prefect and I should not be questioned by someone who is not even doing their job." The boy said arrogantly.
"Normally I am forgiving. Currently I am under a lot of stress and personally I don't care what you are. Prefect or not you should be in class and respect your teachers. In fact I would think that because you are a prefect you should know better. Ten points from Slytherin for being out of class and another ten points for disrespecting the teacher now back to class or I'll add a few detentions to the list. And a word of advice," Harry stated as the Slytherin began to walk away, "bring down the ego and cockiness a bit and it'll save you a whole lot of problems."
Harry went back to running. He reached the Great Hall and asked the picture of an old lady if she had seen Cho. Harry was soon down to the last painting in which a disgruntled looking man responded to his question. "I saw her. She didn't look like she knew what was going on. Looked like someone put her in a full body bind. I bet it was that man that was behind her. Him and his companions didn't look like they were supposed to be here. Those babies didn't look to happy with the group either." The man shrugged.
"What did they look like? Did they say anything?"
"Tall about three inches more than you pointed face slicked back blond hair, pail. The other two were big and stupid looking. They said something about a cave in the hills in Hogsmade. I didn't get all of the conversation but I did get that. I hope you find those poor kids and that nice young lady. Cho is her name right she stops to talk to me once in a while. I hope she's all right." The man went back to whatever he was doing before.