Chapter 2

Harry walked Hermione up to her door and waited as she unlocked the entrance. Once

they were inside, Hermione shut the door and turned to Harry, taking his face in her soft hands.

"I had a wonderful time," she said and pulled him into a hug.

"Hermione!" Harry exclaimed suddenly, causing her to jump back.

"What?! What's wrong!?"

"I left my wallet at the restaurant. It must have fallen out of my pocket. I need to go back."

"I'll go with you," Hermione said as she turned to grab her coat but, Harry laid a hand on

her shoulder to stop her.

"No, that's okay. You stay, I'll go get it and be right back." With that, Harry apparated out.

Hermione turned around and noticed a small, folded piece of paper lying on the floor.

Thinking it fell out of Harry's pocket; she picked it up and unfolded it. In elegant writing, the

paper read:

"If I am pressed to say

Why I love her, I feel it can

Only be explained by replying;

Because it was she; because it was me."

Go to the place where I first said "I love you."

Hermione tilted her head to the side slightly as she looked at the note. With a shrug, she

followed its directions and walked out to the back garden. The garden was one of their favorite

paces to sit. She looked around and saw another note resting in a blooming, red rosebush. She

gently took the card out and read it.

"I never thought love

Could feel like this- then you

Changed my world with Just one kiss."

Go to the place where we shared our first kiss

Hermione knew exactly where to go. With a pop she apparated right outside of

Hogsmeade. She walked through the streets and came to Hogwarts and swung the oak front

doors open and walked to the stairs. She climbed to the seventh floor and crossed to the face

the wall opposite of a tapestry. She, then, paced back-and-forth between the window and vase

three times, thinking hard of the first place where she kissed Harry.

A highly polished door appeared in its usual place and Hermione eagerly opened the door.

Hermione gasped as she starred at the room she had stepped into two years ago. Harry had

decorated the room with sparkling stars scattered across the ceiling and glowing faeries of all

colors floating around giving the room a magical romantic look. Then, to Hermione's surprise she

saw Dobby playing the violin as he had that night.

On the table where Harry and Hermione had shared their romantic dinner was a third note.

Hermione rushed over and snatched up the paper. This time it read:

"When you love someone,

All you're saved up wishes

Start coming out."

You're halfway there, go to the place where I gave you a gift that never left your

side.

Hint: It sparkles like the stars in your eyes.

With a smile Hermione folded the note and put it in her pocket along with the others.

"Ms. Granger, miss! What are you doing here!? What am I doing here!?" squeaked a small

figure with huge green eyes. (A/N: Is that really the color of Dobby's eyes? I have no idea!

Someone must tell me!)

"Ha-ha. Hello Dobby. You don't have to be here, you can go on doing whatever you were

doing. Oh, and by the way the tux looks great on you."

"Oh, thank you Ms. Granger, miss! I guess I will see you later," said Dobby nodding his

head as usual with his ears flapping.

Hermione thought of all the jewelry she usually wore and her hand went up to the golden

chain around her neck. The chain hung low on her neck and was a beautiful golden locket in the

shape of a heart. The heart's surface shimmered in the light and Hermione snapped the locket

open and gazed at the pictures Harry had placed inside.

One picture was a wizard picture of Harry and Hermione at Ron's house. Fred and George

had played a joke on Ron and Lavender which ended with Ron screaming his lungs out because

George had brought out Ron's old stuffed animal that was, now, a spider. Ron and Lavender

had been sitting in the garden watching the gnomes when George crawled out from under the

bench and screeching and wiggling the stuffed spider in front of Ron's face. Ron was horrified

and ran inside screaming that he didn't want to tap dance. Harry and Hermione who had been

on the other side of the garden were cracking up and Fred had his camera to get a picture of

Ron's face; while he was at it he took a picture of Harry and Hermione laughing their heads off

to catch the entire moment. Harry took the picture from Fred and minimized it to place it in the

locket. (A/N: "The spiders they want me to tap dance! I don't want to tap dance!" "You tell

those spiders, Ron" "Yeah, yeah, I'll tell 'em..." haha I love that part of the movie!)

The other picture was a muggle picture taken at Hermione's house. Harry and Ron were

staying at Hermione's house right after their seventh year. Ron had gotten a hold of Hermione's

camera and was amazed that it didn't puff smoke and didn't have a huge flash. He went around

taking picture of anything and everything saying "I can't believe this! No smoke! No white dots

jumping around in front of your face! AMAZING! Absolutely amazing!" Hermione eventually

took the camera and taught Ron how to use it properly. For his test she had him take a picture

of her and Harry with wide smiles spread across their face. Harry had somehow gotten a hold of

this picture too.

As Hermione remembered the moments when the pictures were taken a smile formed on

her lips and she knew where she had to go. With a small pop she was gone to find her next

clue.

(Meanwhile……………)

"Imobulis!" Ron shouted while trying to battle the whomping willow. "Why are you still

moving? COME ON! Imobulis!" The tree was still waving its branches around dangerously, only

pausing for a grand total of two seconds. "Harry! I swear if I get hit there will be no bloody

wedding because there won't be a groom by the time I get a hold of you! Im- Ob-U-Lis!" Ron

screamed while hitting the tree with each syllable. "Okay this is my last try you stupid tree.

Imobulis!" The tree froze. "AHA! TAKE THAT! Oooo yeah!" Ron said while jumping around

doing his version of the "happy dance." It consisted of a lot arm flailing and bum shaking.

"E-hem!"

"Wah?" Ron said as he turned to see Professor McGonagall eyeing him worriedly.

"Mr. Weasley," she said in her high pitched voice, "What on earth are you doing?"

"Uhh, well, umm…Professor… The tree it uhhh likes to umm dance…yeah it likes to

dance or watch dancing!" Ron managed to say rather unconvincingly. "I was uhh dancing for it

so it would cooperate and let me hang these lanterns on it for Harry's master plan for Hermione,"

Ron said with a satisfied grin.

"Yes, Mr. Weasley, I totally believe that story. Since I do not want to see you "dancing"

for the tree again I am going to offer you some help."

"That's okay, Professor, everything is completely under control, here," Ron told Professor

McGonagall while puffing out his chest and standing up as tall as he could. Professor

McGonagall just marched off mutter something that involved the words chest and Percy.

Ron immediately turned around the face the Whomping Willow, "Okay, YOU, lets get this

over with."

Ron grabbed a few of the lanterns in his hand and began to climb the tree. "Nice

tree…..gooood tree….just staaay still," he kept saying as he climbed each branch. Soon, Ron

reached the near top of the tree and began to hang the pink, red, and white lanterns in the

branch. After each lantern was hung Ron had to spell-o-tape each one so in case the tree came

back to life the lanterns wouldn't be chucked at any passers by.

"Finally," Ron said with a deep sigh as he hung the last lantern, "I'm finished. Harry owes

me big time." Ron finished spell-o-taping the last lantern and began his descent. He was almost

to the end when the tree began to creek. "Oh no. Please! Good tree." Soon, the branches were

beginning to move and Ron was panicking to get the ground but, it was too late. With a

WHOOSH Ron was off screaming as the tree took him for the ride of his life.

"HAARRRRRYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Pop Hermione gazed around at the glittering light surrounding her. She was standing in

the streets of Venice, Italy right next to the river where Harry gave her the locket. Hermione's

feet shuffled around as she looked for another note or Harry. She walked over to the river and

looked to see if Harry or the note was on a near gondola. There was nothing or no one to be

found.

The wind blew and Hermione was forced to push her bushy hair behind her ears. As she

attempted to gain control of her hair she felt as though someone's hands were on her waist.

Hermione spun around and saw no one. The wind blew again and she felt a soft breath on her

ear that whispered "orchideous." She felt the hand come to her shoulders and leave as she

turned around again to see who had whispered the charm in her ear.

Hermione thought about the word she was told , trying to figure out what it meant. She

strolled over to a near by bench and sat down resting her hands on her knees. Suddenly, a

memory clicked in her mind. Her eyes flicked down toward her wrist and Hermione saw the

bracelet she had worn everyday since Harry have it to her.

The bracelet was gold, as well, to match the locket, and had sparkling diamonds covering

the bracelet in every other spot. The light from the gold and diamond bounced back and forth

creating an even brighter shimmer.

Harry had worked everyday one summer to pay for the bracelet. Hermione remembered

him telling her about sneaking our his window every night and the Dursley's never even knowing

it.

Excited that she had figured out the clue, even though had help, Hemione jumped from the

bench and apparted from Italy.

Hermione landed feeling tuffs of grass on her feet. Her head stretched up and her eyes met

the top of the Eiffel Tower. Hermione looked around for a note hoping that she wasn't wrong

again. Suddenly, something white caught Hermione's eye. She ran through the grass and stopped

right in front of a folded piece of paper. Hermione stretched out her arm and picked up the note

and opened it. Now it read:

"If there ever comes a day

When we can't be together;

Keep me in your heart,

I'll stay there forever."

Go to your favorite place to read.

Hermione laughed as she folded the note and thought that it was a trick because the clue was so

easy to figure out. Hermoine took one last look at France and apparated back to her house.

Hermione landed in her family room and turned to walk up the stairs to her room. As

Hermione walked closer and closer to the door her heart started pounding faster and faster. Her

hand reached out and touched the door knob and her wrist twisted the knob to the right and she

swung the door open.

There was absolutely nothing in her room. Everything was neat and organized as usual

except, there as a book laying on the floor that should have been on its proper spot on her shelf.

Hermione walked toward her bed and bent down to pick up the book. Her eyes met the cover

and she snickered as she saw that it was "Winnie the Pooh."

She had caught Ron reading it a year ago. He "said" that he just wanted to know who

Winnie the Pooh was and that he thought talking stuffed animals in the woods was stupid.

Hermione later looked in on him and saw him laughing and read it.

Hermione reached out and picked up the book. WHOOOOOSSSHHH! Hermione felt a

hard tug somewhere around her navel and realized that someone had changed the book into a

portkey.

She landed face first on grass in the pitch black dark and stood up to look at where she

was now. She couldn't see a thing. Then she saw a pink light moving closer and closer to her.

Hermione stepped back in fear and then stood her ground knowing Harry wouldn't do anything

to hurt her. The figure was almost in sight and then Hermione looked in confusion at the person

and sight that was in front of her.