A/N: I think I went a bit over the top with Hermione's ignorance last chapter didn't I? I wanted to give the reader superiority, something this fic lacks because so much of it is told from one point of view, so we can only see through their eyes. But she's much less stupid here, anyway.
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Somewhere We Don't Know

When Hermione woke up the first thing she remembered was Snape's peculiar tone last night, it all came flying back to her; images, voices and suddenly she realised, she stuffed her fist in her mouth to cover her scream. How had she not realised, all of yesterday she'd been pulled along, she thought of last night, what had she said to the man who so obviously wasn't Snape? She'd commented on how she'd seen him already that day – he would have realised that Snape had contacted her, what would happen to Snape now? Would he be subjected to more torture than he had clearly already had?

A long cold shiver trickled down her spine and she shuddered, she dressed quickly and sat at the end of her bed wondering what to do. She could tell Dumbledore, but it was her mess and she didn't want to worry him any more. She would find Snape and rescue. Farfetched. But possible. Harry and Ron might help, and she knew something at least; 'Macnair took house, being used, position unknown' - Macnair must have taken the house, Snape and the others were probably being used for information and Snape didn't know where they were.

Her head told her that she was getting Harry's 'hero bug' but her heart told a different story. She had found someone special, someone that made life worth living, and she had probably caused great pain to him, she had to do something and quickly. She went down to the common room where Harry and Ron were just appearing from the boys' staircase. She beckoned them into a corner and told them everything.

"- I told you, from now on I tell you everything and I did. So what are we going to do?"

"You mean you actually want to go somewhere we don't know and save Snape from an ex-Ministry executioner?" Ron guffawed, "are you completely insane?"

"But Ron, it's not just Severus, it'll be your parents too, and Harry's family; I'm betting Vernon's there. This time it's real, not just Dumbledore trying to hide them."

"I trusted him," muttered Harry, "I thought he would be able to hide them but now this happens…"

"Don't worry Harry; it'll be OK in the end. So who wants to come with me?" Hermione looked at them both,

"Hermione, we don't even know where we're going!" exclaimed Ron,

"And how it's going to work," added Harry,

"You two have no faith in me; I can understand you not thinking it'll work but don't you want to do something, just for the people you love?" Harry and Ron nodded, "well then, we better start planning." This wasn't exactly a positive decision but none of them trusted Dumbledore now and they all wanted to help the people in need, so they decided grimly, to go for it.

"I think the first thing we need to know is where they are," Harry began to direct the operation, "Hermione can you try to contact the real Snape? We'll try to look for clues as to where Death Eater's might be, Malfoy may be the best place to start, we could try the whole Polyjuice Potion thing," Ron and Hermione both threw him disgusted looks, "or not."

They went down to breakfast in silence; they all knew what they had to do. Hermione's eyes glanced to the staff table where Professor Infelix was sitting in Snape's chair, Snape would defineatly not want that when he came back, if he came back, if he was still alive. The day's lessons were attended solomly by the three of them, at lunch they each posted themselves near a group of Slytherin's in hope of catching some clues, but they were too well-known and unable to be inconspicious. Ron came back with a bruised cheek and was rubbing his back.

"Can we try a different technique? I don't particularly want to be used as a punch-bag." Harry nodded,

"This isn't working, of course I now know everything there is to know about Theodore Nott's lovelife but nothing about his dad.

"I think we should still try Malfoy; he's always bragging about something, it shouldn't be too hard,"

"But he's dangerous Hermione, he'll tell his dad and we'll get back into the viscious circle again." Harry sighed,

"OK," said Hermione, "I'll try Severus tonight, but you two shouldn't give up."

After dinner and homework Hermione went quickly to her dormitory and was the first one in. She performed a charm that would not let sound out from inside her curtains, sat on her bed and drew them around her. Now she could shout all she wanted and no-one would hear her. She called his name several times, eventually a face appeared, and she was pretty certain that it was really him.

"Hermione!" he rasped, "why? It's too dangerous,"

"Shh, it's OK Severus, I know what's going on, but can you tell me where you are?"

"Why? Does Dumbledore need to know?"

"Something like that," she muttered,

"To be honest I have no idea, except that it's dark, cold and has big dungeons. You realise what could happen to me if I get caught using this watch again?"

"I know, I'm sorry about yesterday, I didn't understand,"

"You are supposed to be the cleverest witch of your age, and you couldn't understand that?" he snorted,

"Stop it!" she giggled, "I was a little slow yesterday. Are the others with you? And Vernon Dursley?"

"They are, but not Dursley, I don't where he is,"

"How did you get hold of this again, I'd of thought they'd put tighter security on it," she said,

"Let's just say I have many ways of doing things Hermione Granger, many that you won't approve of." He smiled at her, "I think I can hear someone –"

She buried her face in her hands, again he would suffer on her behalf; she had to do something. She sat up and began to think of all the Death Eaters who might have cold, dark dungeons; she shivered just at the thought. There was Lucius Malfoy of course, but that was too obvious, everyone knew about him and his home, it would be someone more elusive, somewhere they hadn't thought about. But they'd have to think about it, and think about it soon.

A/N: That was random… So Hermione's much cleverer here, see; she was just having a bad day yesterday, now she's ready for action. They are a bit stupid though aren't they? They don't even know the hell where they're going but that's something to teach us all; they're doing it for the people they love. Cute. Reviews welcome – you might have noticed a few slip-ins of some things you mention in you're reviews, so cheers.