Harry and Ron jogged behind the headmaster who was striding quickly ahead of them.

"Are we taking them alone, Professor?" Harry asked as they made there way down to the entrance hall.

Ah no Harry. We are meeting some friends of ours. I believe you have met Alastor Moody, Tonks, Remus Lupin, Kingsley Shaklebolts, Hagrid of course, and some of these other fine people." Dumbledore said as they came down the last few steps. Standing there were many members of the Order of the Phoenix.

"Harry, Ron!!" Remus Lupin came forward out of the crowd of people to give Harry a tight hug. "How are you?" his face was a mix of emotion as Harry watched him shake hands with Ron. On one hand he seemed happy at seeing his best friends son and former students, and on the other hand there was grief at losing his other best friend, Sirius Black. He also seemed pale and exhausted.

"I'm fine, but Hermione isn't." he said with a frown.

"Well, she always was a good girl." then, examining his and Ron's faces he said quietly, " She's going to be fine, she's smart."

"Yeah, well, so was Sirius!" said harry his voice raised. A silence fell among the order.

"Sirius, no matter how much of a brother he was to me, still had a head too big for his shoulders. He let his guard down and became a casualty of war, Harry." he said quietly.

Dumbledore interrupted, "Before we go, I would like to counsel that everyone should watch out for both themselves and for those around them. Harry Ron I want you to stay out of the way. Find Ms. Granger and get out of the way, do you understand me?"

"Yessir." they said in unison.

With that he turned and walked out the door with the group on his heels.

"You alright, Potter?" a voice beside him asked. His former professor looked down at him with his one beady eye while his other whizzed around looking at everything thoroughly. This always made him very uncomfortable.

Yeah. I'm alright. You?

"As fine as I should be. Watch your back Potter. Don't ever turn your back on an opponent."

"uhuh," he replied.not really listening. He was thinking of Hermione and how he was going to get to her. He was so involved with his thoughts that he almost didn't realize in time that Dumbledore and the rest of the group had stopped. He ran into Ron who had been walking in front of him.

"Ow," Ron whispered.

"Sorry Ron," Harry whispered, picking himself up from the ground.

Harry, Ron, come with me, I have found her. Wait until the fighting has started to get her out. Do you understand?

They both nodded.

Harry and Ron looked from behind a tree, as Dumbledore stood next to them. He whispers an incantation. The next moment a disembodied voice was floating through the air.

"Tom. You hold Miss Granger? What use is she to you?"

The tall, thin, figure in the clearing jumped, but the next second he was completely composed.

"But you already know," it hissed

"You wish to draw out Harry."

To the side of the clearingRon saw a bound figure. It had to be Hermione. She wasn't moving! Oh please, oh please. Tell me she isn't dead!

"And you brought the boys with you! Bad choice, Dumbledore" there was a sudden burst of green light and the tree in front of them burst into flame.

The next second The Order was flooding out from the trees surrounding the clearing. As Dumbledore walked out into the clearing he signaled to Harry and Ron to get to Hermione.As they ran at a crouch to the prone figure ron and harry hoped beyond all hope that she wasn't to badly hurt.

They reached her and as they looked her over they saw that some of the lines around her eyes had been deepened with recent pain. Harry took out his wand and quickly whispered "Enervate" he remembered from the Quiditch world cup in his fourth year how Amos Diggory had used this particular spell on Winky the house elf who remained deeply grieved at the death of her master down in the kitchens of Hogwarts.

As hermione stirred Ron cradled her head in his lap. "Ron?" she said feebly. As she opened her eyes.

"Hermione, are you alright?" he asked as he bent over. He gently kissed her. "We'll get you out of here."

He hoisted her up into his arms and started to creep back to the trees. As he walked he saw Mad Eye Moody fighting with Lucius Malfoy, who had broken out of Azkaban weeks before and had been on the run ever since. Lupin was fighting with Belatrix Lestrange, Hagrid was fighting with fist and teeth his wild giant blood running hot. Half a dozen other Order members were fighting with assorted Death eaters all over the place.

And in the center Dumbledore and Voldemort fought, flashes of light, of all different colors coming from their wands.

Harry and Ron reached the edge of the trees as a flash of green light passed by Ron's ear. He ducked and ran the last few paces.

A voice boomed behind them. I WON'T LET YOU TAKE THIS BODY!! FOURTEEN YEARS I WAITED TO RESTORE IT. I SHALL HAVE MY REVENGE GIVE ME THE BOY!!!!

"You cannot have him you will not keep any student of hogwarts while I am headmaster" came the disembodied voice of Dumbledore.

THAN YOU SHALL DIE.

Not this time, Tom, and never shall it be.

Farther and farther into the trees they ran not stopping until they were all the way back up to the castle. In the entrance hall Professor Mcgonagal and Madame Pomfrey were waiting for them.

Miss. Granger!!Set her there Mr. Weasley." said Madame Pomfrey. On the ground in front of her was a stretcher. Ron set her down.

"Locomotor Mortus" she said and the stretcher rose up into the air.

As she fainted again, Hermione felt Ron put her down. He was so gentle. So caring. But she was just so weak.............

so that was the second to last chapter i know that it has been a while since i updated but it's here finaly read it and review!!!!! and also if you like Garth Nix i wrote a short one-shot if you would like to read it!!