Disclaimer: Not mine. The only people/things I own are the plot and some new characters.

A/N: does anyone read this, or is it just my imagination? I need at least four reviews for this chapter (that'll make it 10 total) to continue....I really don't want to not post more, but I'm not going to bother if no one is reading it!

Thanks to those who did review:

panchan1: this is in the harry and hermione section because they are both big characters in this fanfic. Just because it's a guy and a girl doesn't mean that they have to be dating during the course of the fic.

A.L.Nowicki: Um...by 'getting back' you mean by trying to outsmart....er...i'll have to write that in, no one else that's read my fic (friends or online) has pointed out that sirius tried to trick him but Ron didn't try back...thanks for pointing that out, I'll have to write it in later on....

Okay. back to the story.

"What?" said Tom.

"Where are Ginny and Cho? They were right here and now they are gone," said Harry.

"I meant what happened to Ginny and MY Cho?"

"Why did you do something to my sister?" Ron asked Colin.

"I never would do something to your sister!" Colin yelled at Ron.

"I was just asking."

"Whatever."

"What happened to Cho?" Tom asked the group in general.

"I don't know," the entire group replied in unison.

"What should we do?"

"I don't know."

That night, Ginny and Cho both showed up, now with a blinking blue necklace. When they were questioned about what happened, they refused to say a word.

A Place Far, Far Away

"Master, we have received an owl."

"Get the note and bring it in."

"Yes, Master."

The plump wizard went to the window where a note was. The wizard brought it over to the cloaked man.

"Wormtail, open it. Read it aloud to me."

"Yes, Master."

The man opened the note and read aloud to the cloaked man.

Master V.

My son Draco has discovered some useful information for you. I don't doubt that you may use it against the child.

He likes a girl named Megan.

He has girls all over him--three of which he knew the names--Hermione Granger, Ginny Weasley, and Cho Chang.

He is still at Privet Drive.

He said to hope that you can use this information against Harry Potter.

Enjoy your "feast"!

Mr. Malfoy

"Thank you, Wormtail."

"You are welcome, Master."

"Lucius deserves a visit. Bring him here."

"Yes, Master."

The cloaked man pulled up one of his sleeves where a list of names was. He touched the name "Lucius Malfoy" with his wand, and suddenly, Lucius Malfoy Apparated right next to the man that this Wormtail guy was calling Master. "Lucius, you deserve a treat."

"Thank you, Master."

Lucius left straight away. Then, Wormtail told his Master said that they would need a Death Eater who would be willing to risk everything and visit Privet Drive. However, this Master guy was telling Wormtail to visit the house to finish off the Potters.

"Be right back, Master."

Wormtail left.

Then, after a most terrible dream of this occurrance, Harry Potter woke with a start.

Back at the School

Harry woke up to the laughs of others. It seemed that he had fallen asleep at the festival. Luckily, only a few had noticed. Unluckily, the people that Harry wouldn't want knowing that he had were there.

Later that day, at mail time, about two dozen letters of reassurrance came for Harry.

"Why am I getting this sort of letters?" Harry asked Draco.

"I may know why," Draco said in a small voice.

"Why?"

"I lied to my father. I told him that you had not come to school this year and that you were still at Privet Drive."

"Oh. My. God. You're kidding me right?"

"No. I didn't want you to be in trouble with You-Know-Who."

"Thanks, Draco."

"You're welcome. Anyways, my father bought it and he told You-Know- Who...."

"You can say his name you know."

"Fine--he told Voldemort what I told him, even though it was false. So maybe something happened at Privet Drive."

"Like what?"

"Your Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia or Dudley may have been killed."

"Oh. That's not too big of a deal."

"Well, we'll soon find out," Draco said as Professor Black along with all of the teachers besides Snape came up to deliver a message for Harry. They looked very seriously at Harry and told him the news.

"We are sorry."

"What for?"

"You-Know-Who visited Privet Drive."

"Someone told us that he had received a letter saying that you were there and therefore had gone there to try and kill you."

"However, you were obviously not at Privet Drive."

"You-Know-Who advanced on your Uncle Vernon and asked where Harry Potter was hidden."

"Of course, they said you were not there."

"Well, You-Know-Who thought he was lying so he killed him and then advanced on your Aunt Petunia."

"She also denied that he was there."

"He killed her too."

"Your cousin was not home at the time, and after Summoning you, which the spell doesn't work if you are summoning something from over a 150 mile radius, he discovered that you were not there and that his source of information was incorrect. Needless to say, he was not happy.

"Your cousin Dudley arrived at home and then noticed his parents were dead. By the time he finally got the number 911 correct, many people were crawling up to see what was going on. Now, your cousin Dudley is on his way here, where for the time being he will be staying. He will be receiving a normal education until we find somewhere for him to live."

"Now, however, we must also find a spot for you to live in. So far, we have three options that are possible."

"Your friend Ronald Weasley's family said that they would be more than happy to take you in."

"Also, your other friend Hermione Granger's family said that taking you in would be wonderful."

"However, we think the most suitable will cost you money, however both you and your cousin can live here. We were going to have another house built for your use in the summer anyways, so we will just get a head start. Your friends may remain with you as well if you wish. We can build only up to three floors however."

"The idea of my own house sounds nice--can I have all my friends with me?" Harry asked the teachers.

"Yes, but we have a maximum amount of space for the house. Choose wisely whom you feel would be nice to live with," Professor Black said and with that the teachers left.

"Draco, you are the reason that my uncle and aunt are dead. I owe you big time--do you want to be in the house?"

"That would be very nice."

"Okay. Anyone else I should ask? Ron is a given, and so is Ginny. I want to talk to her more. Anyone else?"

"You forgot Hermione!"

"Oh yeah--I most definitely will ask her, she is one of my best friends. Who is your girlfriend right now, I'll ask her to come."

"Well, my date for the Valentine's Day Dance is Hermione, so we already covered her. What about that girl, Cristy or whatever her name is? Or Cho, then we could play 'Seekers on Seekers' and that would be fun, I guess."

"Well, let me make a list. I'll make 'invitations' to the house for the summer. If they so wish, I'll allow them to also live there during vacations."

Harry grabbed out some parchment and wrote down the list so far. He wanted to limit it to 12 people, besides himself, one of which prettymuch HAD to be Dudley. Unfortunately, this was true--the teachers wanted Dudley near Harry now that his parents were dead.

LIST OF WHO POSSIBLY SHOULD BE IN THE HOUSE AND WHY

Draco Malfoy--He is the reason that it my aunt and uncle are dead.--

Ron Weasley--He is one of my best friends.--

Hermione Granger--She is one of my best friends too.--

Ginny--She will be with her brother and she may like to be with me too.

Cho--"Seeker on Seeker"

Lorena--Friend of Ron

Megan--My PGF (potential girlfriend, crush)

Cristy--really nice and friends with 6 and 7

Mikeal--Cristy's BF

Wood--Helpful hints on Quidditch

Colin--He'd learn extra spells and be near me (which he would probably love the oppurtunity of.)

Dudley--Not a choice, more of a must--

The names with a star () are in

"I'll ask the others if they want to come," Harry said as he put down the parchment and sent quick letters to Draco, Ron, and Hermione. Dudley understood, however his nervousness about being attacked had now doubled. Harry had made a plan for the house--a total of six areas, all connected only by a tunnel to and from the rooms surrounding it. He then showed the diagram to Draco.

"Nice diagram--I like the couples," said Draco.

"Thanks. I think that the girls should be on the second floor, the guys on the first floor. It seems that the girls like upper areas. Dudley will have a small area, not that big, because all the students, on the other hand, will have four rooms which they can organize any which way they want to. They will have a bathroom, a bedroom, a living room, an a kitchen. You may place your elevator to get from the top to bottom whichever way you want to. Of course, this plan will only work if everyone wants to come, but I think they will."

"Okay, why don't we owl them?"

"Okay," Harry said and they had fun making up the "invitations" to the house for the Easter holidays. Included was a pass to the Easter Ball, which they would hold for only those who lived there. Draco and Harry handed out the invitations, and soon everyone but Lorena and Wood had responded. However, that night, a very suprising

event happened. The house was suddenly built.

The following day, everyone packed up. Lorena and Wood had agreed to come in the house because they were both allowed, and one didn't want to go without the other. (awwwwwwwww!")

As the Valentine's Day Dance grew nearer, the hustle and bustle of students became higher. This was due to the fact that almost all of the students had a boyfriend/girlfriend because of Valentine's Day.

"Do you think he'll ask me?" Harry heard a girl he never spoke to before ask her friends.

"Do you think she'll say yes?" Harry later heard Tom ask his friends.

"Oh, I hope so!" Harry said as he walked in on Hermione and Draco's conversation.

"What are you guys talking about?"

"The house, we're deciding where to put the elevator. That's why everyone you invited is with their portion-mate, they are deciding where to hide the elevator," replied Draco and Hermione nodded.

"We aren't really going to hide it--I mean you need to be able to get to my room since we are friends and all--and how are we supposed to hide an elevator?--but we are going to decide soon."

"Well, I'll see you later," Harry said to Draco and Hermione before heading to his 'portion-mate', Megan.

"Hey Megan, how's it goin?"

"Not bad, you?"

"Not bad."

"What's up?"

"Nothing much, you?"

"Nothing much. Where should we put the elevator for our portion of the house?" Megan asked, and Harry was happy that he didn't have to bring it up- -he didn't want to make a big deal if she didn't really want to hide it.

"I think we should just put it in the center of the room, with entrances to it on all sides, like a square."

"I agree, great idea Harry!"

"Thanks."

"Well, I have to go, see you Harry!" Megan said as she skipped off, looking happy as ever.

"See you," Harry said faintly as he too went to his dorm to finish packing. As it turned out, Dudley had been getting classes, not magical ones, but classes like normal. He was learning what he had to before they sent him to the special boarding school for the year.

Later, it was almost time for the dance. The group all enjoyed their last night in the dorms without their own floors and when they left though it was a bad moment they lived through it.

The following day, the house was completed and the group was moving in. Each couple had placed their elevators in different areas so only they could access them.

That night they had a celebration, and the lights on Cho and Ginny seemed to blink. They took off the lights and put them aside while they danced with their boyfriends.

The next day, they got up for classes, but were very suprised when the announcements came on that morning.

"All classes for today have been cancelled. The teachers come to the meeting, which is still on, at 10:00 this morning. Besides that, we strongly recommend that everyone stay in their dorms."