Harry grinned as he sat on Ron's bed listening to Ron telling him about everything. It wasn't anything to smile about but Harry was so pleased to see his friend again. Hermione had hugged Harry so tightly, he had actually turned slightly red. She was stronger then she looked.

"How's Pavarti?" Lavender asked eagerly.

"She's alright, she's been staying with me for a while. I think she's in Auror training as well." Harry said. Lavender smiled and turned to Dean, who was still very tired from being woken up. The door opened and Jenny burst in.

"Harry!" Jenny said as she ran to Harry. Harry held his arms out and Jenny ran straight into them. She pressed a kiss against his lips and held him tightly.

"I've missed you so much." Harry said, taking in everything he could about Jenny, her smell, her look, her sounds. Ginny followed and grinned.

"What are you doing here?" Jenny asked, sitting on Harry's lap. One arm was around his neck and she was looking at Harry slightly concerned.

"I was going to ask the same thing before." Hermione said smiling. She couldn't help it, none of them could.

"Well, the atmosphere at home is a bit…" Harry stopped, "April's in a major depression and Sirius isn't that much better."

"What happened?" Ginny asked sitting on Hermione's bed. Harry had been slightly surprised to find Hermione and Lavender sharing the room with the boys.

"Well, we went to go and see Wormtail. He admitted to killing everyone April loved and cared about. Jenny Chang, my grandparents, her parents, my parents, well not really my parents." Harry's expression fell, "It was actually quite disturbing, I've never seen anyone so angry. She was ready to kill him"

"Did she?" Jenny asked concerned but a hint of hopefulness was in her voice.

"No, I took her wand away and the guards stopped her, but Voldemort is going to kill him anyway." Harry said.

"How do you know?" Ron asked.

"I have ways of finding out." Harry said slowly. "Sorry, I can't tell you everything, you never know who's listening."

"We won't tell a soul." Lavender said, "Will we Dean?" she looked at Dean.

"Huh?" He said.

"How did you get in here?" Ginny asked, "You can't have just walked in, you would have been killed."

"This is where my dad's old possessions come in handy. Invisibility cloak and Map." Harry said. Jenny looked behind Harry and saw the invisibility cloak on the bed. She put her other arm around Harry and he smiled. He gave her a kiss and put his arms around her. Ginny sniggered slightly.

"I think we let these two have some time alone." Ginny said. Harry and Jenny instantly went slightly red.

"No, it's fine." Jenny said but everyone could see that Jenny and Harry were yearning to spend some time together. "How's training?" Jenny asked, one of her hands automatically went to Harry's hair to fiddle with it.

"It's alright, I've been doing loads, April is trying to get me to do three years of training in less then a year. Same with the Patil sisters." Harry said. "And you'll never guess who's working for the Chinese aurors?"

"Let me guess?" Hermione said sarcastically, "Cho Chang?"

"Yeah, how did you get that?" Harry asked.

"She's the only person we know who's Chinese." Hermione said like it was obvious. Ron looked impressed and smiled.

"Good one" He said with a slight nod. Hermione went slightly red and smiled.

"So, is the outside world as dark as the school?" Ron asked.

"Well, not really. It seems that all of Voldemort's energies are focused on the school. We had Grout come to us the other day. Has he been fired?" Harry asked.

"He's been replaced by Bellatrix Lestrange." Jenny said, "She's chucked out all Gryffindors from the lessons." Harry scowled.

"Do you guys wanna come home with me?" Harry asked worriedly. "I really don't like you guys here."

"Oh, it's not that bad." Ginny said but Harry knew she was lying, "Sure we get the occasional curse coming our way"

"At least you haven't been forced to play the damned piano or sing to the headmaster." Jenny said.

"Excuse me?" Harry asked.

"Jenny sang to some Slytherins to stop them from beating her up. You know how her music can put people in trances and what not. Well, she can do the same with her singing." Ginny said. Harry stood up. He had an arm around Jenny to make sure she didn't fall off but she was still surprised by it nonetheless and it took a couple of seconds for her to stand up properly.

"Isn't Malfoy making good on his-"

"Oh, no. He's trying his best but there's only so much he can do without arousing suspicion." Hermione said standing up as well. The door opened and everyone turned to look at the doorway. Emma stood in the doorway staring at them.

"Harry Potter." Emma gasped. "What are you doing-" She looked like she was deciding whether to run and tell someone or to stay. She was inching towards the stairs and looked like she was ready to run for it

"Emma." Harry said slowly. Emma stopped and looked at Harry. Emma knew the truth now but she was still very confused. Hermione and Lavender watched anxiously while Jenny held onto Harry's arm protectively.

"Are you going to run and tell your precious master that he's here or are you going to let us talk?" Ron asked. Hermione hit him in annoyance at that remark. It was probably what Emma was deciding to do and he was just voicing what everyone was thinking but still! He looked at Hermione like he hadn't done anything wrong. Emma took a step forwards and closed the door behind her.

"I'll let you talk." Emma said quietly, "But don't let it out or father and Draco will kill me."

"I highly doubt Malfoy will kill you." Harry said, "He's working for me right now" Emma looked highly surprised.

"But he hates you." She said. Harry shrugged he turned to Ron,

"So are you playing Quidditch yet?" Harry asked. Ron shook his head.

"Malfoy's told me he's trying to let us play but Voldemort doesn't want Gryffindor to win again and McGonagall can't say anything because, well, she'd get the sack." Ron said. Harry frowned and sighed,

"And McGonagall wants to keep her job because, what was it, someone has to look after us" Hermione said.

"Malfoy is off the Slytherin team?" Harry asked.

"Snape wasn't too happy about it, everyone was getting so angry when he said he'd quit." Dean said with a slight smirk. That meant everyone else had a chance to win because even Dean had to admit that Draco Malfoy was a damned good seeker.

"Yeah, Snape gave everyone detentions that day." Jenny said, remembering that her class were the ones to get the full blast of Snape's anger.

"I wondered why Draco was acting weirdly." Emma interrupted. "He's been disobeying everyone's orders as well. Father is thinking of giving him a…what was it?" Emma frowned as she tried to remember. Harry looked at Emma then at Hermione.

"Can I have the photo of my parents back?" He asked. Hermione nodded.

"Oh, yeah." She picked up her wand. "Accio photo." A photo flew to her from nowhere and she handed it to Harry. Emma watched carefully then looked at Harry.

He had exactly the same eyes as she did, and the same nose. Emma felt her mind tumbling into confusion. He couldn't be related to her, he was so kind to his friends, you just had to see him there surrounded by his friends.

"Well, I have to go." Harry said, "No one knows I'm here, I just sort of, snuck out of the house." Ron smiled.

"Right, well, come visit us again soon mate." He said clapping his friend on the shoulder. Hermione gave him a hug and a quick kiss on the cheek.

"Good luck," She said, "If you're caught then-" She left the rest of the sentence unsaid.

"Tell Pavarti to write soon, I have so much to tell her." Lavender said.

"Give a letter to my house elf next time he delivers a letter." Harry said with a smile. Lavender nodded and grinned.

"Bye Harry." Ginny said. Emma couldn't watch every one say bye to him. It felt like part of her was longing to break out and explode. She could feel the emotions running high in the room and it was actually painful to watch them all say bye to their friends. They were all so close and all cared for each other so much. Like Emma had been with her friends at Durmstrang, but not even they were as caring as the group in front of her. No one in Durmstrang was as kind as that, except her last boyfriend. Emma felt tears come to her eyes as Harry and Jenny said bye. She couldn't take it. She pulled the door open and ran out of the room, she didn't know what it was but her instinct recently had been to run, every time she saw people being so kind to each other. Her family wasn't like that, as much as she wanted them to be. Maybe she wasn't related to the Malfoy's after all, maybe she was a Potter. But that was stupid, if she was a Potter, why did the Malfoy's bring her up?

Emma ran to her dormitory. It was only her Jenny and Ginny, the other Sixth year girls hadn't bothered to return to the school. She needed to do something, she wanted to see her old friends, she wanted a stable family. Damn Hermione for making her feel like this! Why did she have to mess up Emma's way of life by proving she wasn't a Malfoy. Emma let out a scream before throwing herself onto her bed.

Harry watched in surprise as Emma slammed the door behind her.

"What is up with her?" Dean asked. Harry shrugged,

"Well I better go."

"Can I come with you?" Jenny said, "Not like leave the castle or anything but just to see you off." Harry smiled and picked up his cloak and map.

"See you guys some time soon." Harry said. They all nodded and Lavender gave him a sudden, unexpected hug. He smiled and pulled the cloak over him and Jenny and they left the room. They were in the Common room when they heard Emma's frustrated scream. Jenny frowned and followed Harry out of the common room.

"I solemnly swear I'm up to no good" Harry said tapping his map with his wand. He looked as several dots moved around the castle.

"I think it's best to leave this way." Jenny said pointing to a route that led to the main entrance.

"I'm not going that way." Harry said, "This way." He pointed at the entrance to the secret passage by the hump backed witch. Jenny smiled,

"That could be safer." Jenny said. They left the common room and headed towards the hump backed witch statue. They soon came to it and Harry opened it up. Jenny took all of it in and felt like being sick as it came nearer to the time when she'd have to leave Harry again.

"Ok, this is it." Harry said.

"I want to come with you, see where it leads." Jenny said. Harry frowned then nodded.

"Alright, hurry up, Avery is coming this way." Harry said looking at his map. They had just both managed to scramble through as Avery turned the corner and walked down the corridor. Harry let out a sigh of relief when he pulled off his cloak and they were walking through the tunnel. Jenny took his hand.

"It's not outside but it'll do." Jenny said with a smile. Harry stopped and looked at Jenny.

"Why do you want to stay here?" Harry asked, "I mean, I know I almost forced you to come but why do you stay?" Jenny sighed and took both of Harry's hands.

"Someone's got to look after your younger sister." Jenny said, "Besides, it can be useful to have some of us in the school to keep an eye out."

"But I really miss you, I can take you home now if you want." Harry said. Jenny looked at him sadly, "Please, Jenny." Jenny stroked Harry's face. He could see the tears forming in her eyes.

"Mum would kill me if I left my education now." Jenny said.

"She won't, trust me. You can go home and she won't have a go at you. She needs someone right now. Someone who doesn't really remind her of all the friends she's lost." Harry said. He needed Jenny, he really didn't like her staying in Hogwarts while Voldemort was ruling it.

"No. Harry, do you think i'd be any use, she named me after the friends she's lost." Jenny said, "I have to stay, Voldemort would get really suspicious." Jenny wiped away a tear from her eyes. Why did she feel so emotional now when she thought of Harry. Harry sighed and Jenny looked up, there was nothing to see, just a load of dirt. "We must be outside Hogwarts now." Jenny said. Harry nodded silently.

"Well, here, you'll need these." Harry said giving Jenny his cloak and map. Jenny didn't smile. "I'll see you again soon." Harry said. He bent down slightly and gave Jenny a deep kiss. Jenny took it hungrily, she didn't want to let go of Harry. She dropped what she was holding and wrapped her arms around Harry's neck. He pulled away after a while and gave her one last kiss on the cheek before apparating. Jenny sat down against a small rock that jutted out and leaned against the wall of the tunnel. Why didn't she go with him?

A/N:-yes...why didn't she? hmm....no matter. In the next chapter you'll see that more happened in that tunnel then i've written. I suppose i could write what happens next but i really really can't be bothered. I've just spent 3 days windsurfing so i'm in sooo much pain. I haven't used my arms like that in YEARS!! litereally, since i gave up swimming. I should get back into swimming...hm...

Anyway, review replies and wot not:

Lady of masbolle: you have no need to worry. This isn't a HarryHermione fic, as much as i intended it to be...it was supposed to be but by chapter 4 of The Old And The New, it was obvious it wasn't going to be.

uhhhhh dude: You watch sponge bob? YOU watch sponge bob? how can any one watch that. The TV show drives me nuts!! I hate it, i mean what a crap theme tune..."Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? SPONG BOB SQUARE PANTS" (shiver)

Bloomz-baby: I will, i will

Rhia: YOU ROCK MAN!!