A/N: Fine then, pouts, be that way...don't review, see if I care! goes off in a corner and bawls

Harry had been in bed for quite some time now. Hermione had long since gotten up and the sun shone brightly through the window, no matter how much Harry tried to avoid seeing it. What he really wanted was some time alone to think, and he wasn't going to get that with Ron and Hermione downstairs.

The question on his mind was the same question that had plagued him last night: Who was it? Harry had begun to suspect everyone from Crookshanks to Pigwidgeon (what if they were Animagi?). But what struck him even more were the similarities between the Order then and the Order now. They too had been betrayed by a friend, ending in his parents' death...and now possibly his.

As his mind passed to each of the members of the Order (Kingsley...Mundungus...Tonks...), his thoughts were interrupted by the creaking of the door. He looked up to find a blurred vision of Hermione smiling at him. "I can only tell Ron you're asleep for so long, you know," she said.

"You knew then?" Harry said, sitting up and putting on his glasses. As Hermione's face came into focus, his stomach gave a lurch. He was brought back to last night where he had heard Nagini's threat, or rather, the threat that Voldemort had delivered to him. He had promised to torture and kill the one dearest to him before his eyes. Harry replied, saying that he had already succeeded in sending Sirius to his grave, but Nagini had said that Voldemort knew there was another. And Harry realized that he could only mean Hermione. He hadn't told anyone about the threat, and hadn't decided whether he was going to or what he was going to do about it.

"Tell him I'll be down in a minute."

Hermione nodded and Harry pulled on a pair of jeans, a t-shirt, and ventured downstairs. He found Hermione, Ron, Ginny, and Mrs. Weasley in the kitchen, sitting at the table. He had missed breakfast, but Mrs. Weasley was glad to make some for him. She, as usual, served Harry far more than he could eat, piling his plate with sausages and eggs.

"So how'd you do it?" Ron asked, eagerly as Harry sat down.

"Do what?" Harry asked, starting on his eggs.

"Apparate, of course," Ron said. "You did do it, didn't you?"

"What on Earth are you talking about?" Harry said, puzzled.

"You apparated," Hermione said, simply, from behind Hogwarts, A History. "After I screamed, you appeared in front of me with a loud crack. Don't you remember?"

"Oh yeah," Harry said, vaguely. "I suppose I did. I didn't really mean to. I just heard you scream...and then I was there."

"So you didn't do it on purpose, then," Ron said, sounding a bit disappointed.

"Well it's happened before," Harry said, beginning on his sausages. "At school, before I came to Hogwarts, I was being chased by bullies, and somehow I ended up on the roof..."

"Why is it you always have some sort of secret powers that you don't find out until much later?" Ron asked, half amazed. "Is there anything else that happened to you that we should know about?"

"So how come Ministry wizards aren't swooping down on Harry?" Ginny interrupted.

"Well they can't find us, can they?" Hermione said, still engrossed in her book.

"Speaking of that," said Harry, quietly, "Ron, Hermione, let's go upstairs."

"That's not on! What about me?" Ginny asked, indignantly.

"Well...er..." Harry mumbled. The thing was, he didn't know how trustworthy Ginny was. He seriously doubted that she was the traitor, but he didn't know how well she could keep her mouth shut. Right now, the only people Harry trusted where Ron and Hermione.

"Just go on, Ginny," Ron said snappishly, as he followed Harry out of the kitchen. Before Harry went up the stairs, he paused at the window. They were still out there, a different pair, but Death Eaters nonetheless. They were under siege.

Once they had arrived at Harry's room (his real room, now that Ginny had vacated it), he cast an Imperturbable Charm, just to make sure that Ginny wasn't snooping. And as a double insurance, he turned Phineas' portrait to face the wall.

"What's with all the secrecy?" Ron asked.

"We don't know who could be listening," Harry replied. "We've got to figure out who the traitor is."

"Well it's just us here and Ron's mum," Hermione said. "Dumbledore isn't allowing anyone but us, the Weasleys, and Lupin in Grimmauld Place any longer. They're the only ones that he's sure aren't the traitors."

"Well how can he be sure?" Harry asked.

"What d'you mean, how can he be sure?" erupted Ron. "Are you saying that we're traitors?!"

"I didn't mean that," Harry said, quickly. "I don't think that you or any of your family is the traitor, I'm just wondering how he's making sure the others aren't."

"I don't know," Hermione said. "I doubt Dumbledore would use Veritaserum on them...it just doesn't seem like something he would do."

"So who d'you reckon it is, then?" Ron asked. "I put my money on Snape."

Hermione groaned. "Again Ron? How many times have you accused Snape and been wrong?" she asked, exasperated.

"Well how do you know I'm not right now? You might be thanking me later!" Ron said.

"To tell you the truth," Harry said, "Snape's one of my primary suspects. Who else has the in with Voldemort?"

"Well, apparently someone does," Hermione said, dryly.

"Who do you think it is, then?" Ron asked, accusingly.

"I don't know," Hermione replied, shrugging. "It could be anybody at this point. What we really need to think of is why Voldemort told you about the traitor, and what damage he or she has already done?"

"Well the damage he's done is obvious, and in fact, has already begun," Harry said, grimly. "The Order is going to break apart from the outside in. Imagine how everyone else feels, being suspected. We're all going to become suspicious. Right now, the only ones I trust are you two."

"But do you see what this means?" Hermione said, her voice low. "Whatever information we've been getting...some of it, maybe even all of it could be false! The weapon could still be in the Department of Mysteries and the traitor has been misleading us all along!"

"But would Voldemort go to such lengths to trick us? I mean, it would have to be a pretty elaborate plan to trick me into taking the prophecy if he's already heard it. And what about the Necromancer? Was that part of it too?" Harry asked.

"I don't know," Hermione said, putting her head in her hands.

"Well there's something else," Harry said, softly. Ron and Hermione turned to look at him, wide-eyed. "Voldemort threatened to torture and kill..." He couldn't finish nor could he look at Hermione.

"Me," Hermione finished, quietly. Harry looked back up at her in surprise. "I expected something like this would happen."

"Expected?!" Ron said, incredulously. "How could you expect that?"

"Well, naturally, I put myself in danger, going out with Harry," Hermione replied, simply. Harry was about to interrupt, taking some of the blame, but she stopped him. "But the answer's rather easy, isn't it?"

"Easy?" Ron asked, looking at Hermione as though she was crazy. "He's going to try to kill you, and you don't seem worried at all!"

"Well I've already come up with a plan," Hermione said, rolling her eyes. "Just in case."

"And that plan is?" Harry asked.

"We're breaking up!" Hermione said, in a businesslike manner. Harry's jaw dropped.

Reviews:

Merlindamage: Well if you remember, Fred and George were really mad because the couldn't enter in the Triwizard Tournament since they were only turning 17 a few weeks after the deadline, so they were seventeen in their sixth year.

Watervolleyhp: Thanks much!

PinkSmurf04: Hmm, Snape? Maybe...

Chrys-Moony-Marauder: Your reviews mean a lot to me, I think you're my toughest critic, so I welcome the compliments! But what do you mean, cliffie? The last chapter wasn't a cliffie...now this chapter...definite cliffie.

Truly Anna: I try as hard as I can to make them longer, but it just doesn't work! sighs But yes, I am very busy, so can only manage to update on the weekends.

Geena-Waters: The snake probably either got in through the door (most likely) or via Floo powder. The Fidelius Charm doesn't apply to anyone but humans, so the snake could easily get in.