Previously:

He got in the closet, closed the door and shut his eyes. He heard a noise that sounded somewhat like wind and then he opened his eyes and saw...

Chapter 16 – Destinations

... nothing. He looked around, but all he saw was a room. It looked just like where he had been staying for the past few months, only he knew it wasn't the same room. But there were no people. And where was Draco?

Harry stepped out of the closet and looked curiously around. The room was sparsely furnished.

"Draco?" Harry called, cautiously inching his way around the room to where a hallway was. Draco walked out of the hallway and Harry sighed a sigh of relief.

"I thought I'd walked into a trap." Harry said

"Well you haven't, but even if you had, you would have apparated into a trap." Draco said, smiling.

"Ha ha ha, very funny. You knew what I meant." Harry said, he sat down on one of the chairs and then looked up at Draco.

"So where is everyone. Where's Hermione?" Harry asked.

"That's where I just was, checking on Hermione." Draco replied, and Harry jumped out of his seat.

"Why, what's wrong with her?"

"You've been gone a long time, Harry." Draco said, slowly approaching Harry as if he were a dangerous animal.

"I said, what's wrong with her?" Harry demanded.

"And not all pregnancies are the full 9 months." Draco said, still coming towards him.

"Just tell me, Draco!" Harry finally yelled.

"Harry, she already had the baby." Draco said in a soft voice. Harry slowly sat down again, bringing his hands to his face.

"I can't believe I missed it." Harry mumbled.

"It's okay, Harry, she'll understand. She'll just be happy that you are alive." Draco said, sitting next to Harry.

"Is she okay? And the baby?" Harry asked, lifting his head from his hands to look at Draco.

"Yes, they are both fine. You'll be able to see them soon." Draco said, trying to comfort Harry.

"Alright. Now tell me, where is Ewan?" Harry asked, not looking forward to the answer.

"He's taken your place. In the ceremony."

"What! We can't let him do that, we've got to save him!" Harry yelled.

"Harry, we can't do that. It's already been all worked out." Replied Draco.

"I can't believe I'm just going to sit here and let him die. I've never done that. Ever" said Harry.

"Well you are just going to have to this time. Come on, let's go see your wife." Draco said, extending his hand for Harry to grab.

- - - - -

Tonks hurried down the hallway towards the room where she knew one of her best friends was. Hermione had just had her baby a few minutes ago, and now Tonks had great news for her. The rescue plan had worked, and now Harry was back. The only bad part about the rescue mission was that out of the original 15 Aurors who had started, all of them except for Draco Malfoy, were stuck. They hadn't been captured yet, but if they didn't get out soon, they would most likely be discovered.

Tonks entered the room to see Hermione sleeping. She really didn't want to wake her up, but Tonks was pretty sure that Hermione would want to hear this news, rather than sleep.

"Hermione," Tonks gently shook Hermione's shoulder, "Hermione, wake up."

"What is it?" Hermione said, almost glaring at Tonks for disturbing her sleep.

"He's back. Harry's back. Draco did it." Tonks said, a wide grin on her face.

Hermione tried to jump out of the bed but was held back by Tonks.

"You, stay in bad. He's coming to you. He should be here soon. Draco had to bring him the long way and apparated to probably the farthest spot from you. It's going to take him at least half an hour." Tonks said, "Go to sleep, and I'll wake you when he's here."

Hermione nodded sleepily and then fell asleep.

- - - - -

"Remus, I have to speak to you about something." Albus said. He had been thinking about this for a long time, and he couldn't delay the news any longer. Lupin looked up from an old copy of the Daily Prophet that he had been reading to take his mind off things.

"Yes, Albus, what is it?" Remus said, folding the newspaper and setting it aside to focus his full attention on the old man.

"I'm afraid I have some bad news about your son." Dumbledore said, turning to face Remus.

Remus's face fell, but he continued trying to stay calm.

"Just tell me."

"We won't be able to get him out." Albus said.

"Well is there any chance that he'll be able to get out on his own?" Remus asked, realizing the extent of Albus' bad news.

"No, Remus. He's... he's going to be killed." Answered Dumbledore.

Remus shut his eyes tight, trying to imagine that his long-time mentor and friend had not just told him his son was going to die. He opened his eyes to see Albus Dumbledore watching him.

"You're sure about this?" Remus asked, praying there was some way to save his son.

"We've tried everything. But it was the only way to get Harry out alive." Dumbledore reasoned.

Remus nodded, trying really hard to not feel anger towards his best friend's godson.