"Come on Ron," said Fred.

"Ni, you too, come on," added George.

"Where we goin?" asked Ron.

"Dunno, Ni, what do yous think?"

"Out!" Harry clapped his hands, and started towards one of the doors.

"Okie." Ron followed him.

The twins shrugged and followed them. The door Harry chose led to a set of moving staircases. Harry looked around, then bravely stepped on one of the steps and motioned the others to come as well. When they were all on the step, Harry grinned.

"Out," he said.

The staircase separated from the castle, and slowly floated in the air, going downward. The twins gave each other high fives, and looked curiously over the edge. Ron, on the other hand, curled up in a corner, and started to whimper a bit. Harry looked from Ron, to Fred and George, and shrugged. As far as he was concerned, the twins were far more interesting to be around. By that time, all the other staircases moved aside to let the floating one through. Once it was reconnected, Harry and Fred bounded downward, followed closely by George. Ron, sat still for a moment, but then he noticed a pair of orange eyes on him. He instantly jumped up, and hurried after his brothers and new friend.

The castle seemed to shift itself, because only a few minutes later, the kids were outside. (A task that would have taken others a good ten minutes) Harry stopped and looked around. Fred and George were watching him, waiting for instructions. The problem was, Harry knew no more of the school and ground than they did. What he did know is that if he really wanted to be somewhere, all he had to do was walk in any direction, and he would get there. Or at least he suspected it. With that in mind, Harry imagined the scene he had seen from his bedroom window, with the lake, the pitch, and a small hut by the forest.

"Look at Ni," said Fred or George.

Harry look around, he was in the scene he had imagined now. A very, very big man was walking towards them. Following the man was the biggest dog, Harry had seen.

"Look, Fed, Orge, look, doggie," he said as the pair came closer.

"Yup, look Fred, there's a doggie here. Let's play with it Ni," said George.

Ron caught up with them at that time, when he saw what had caught the others' attention, he started to, very quietly, whimper once more.

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Severus had just reached his rooms, when the fire roared, and Dumbledore's voice called his name. He cast a longing look at one of the armchairs, and Flooed to the headmaster's office.

"Hello Severus, how's life with a child going?" Severus really did want to curse the man right then and there.

"Oh, you know, the usual. Everything broken, constantly look over to check if he hadn't killed himself yet. Now there are three more just like him on the loose in the castle," he noticed the look on Albus' face and quickly added "But, I have the house elf looking after them, so both the school and everything in it is safe."

"I'm glad that Harry has a chance to be with others his own age, not many children are you know. What with all the things going on these days," said Dumbledore.

"Why do I have a feeling that this is not why you asked me to come?" questioned Sev.

"Because you're right. I wanted to ask you when was the last time that you were called by Voldemort." Severus stared at him.

"It was about a week ago, why?"

"He's gone," said the headmaster.

"What are you on about?"

"Exactly that. He has disappeared without a trace. He was last seen at the exact midpoint between here, where Harry was, and Godric's Hollow, where Faylese was."

"Are you saying that Fay Potter had something to do with it?" asked Snape.

"I have my suspicions. Though it is quite possible that it was just about anyone else, including Harry. Of course, Voldemort could just be hiding himself, making the whole world believe that he was dead."

"But why not try extra hard and capture a Death Eater, then question him under the Veritaserum about it?"

"That is the strange thing. We did exactly that. We questioned Melissa Lestrange, second cousin of Bellatrix Lestrange, and she said that she last saw him at the special meeting two days ago, when he made the plans to capture both Harry and Faylese. We are not sure of why he only wanted to capture them," Albus suddenly looked a lot older. "We are in grave danger, he could be anywhere.

"But then again, he could really be gone," said Severus.

"But if someone did get rid of him, they would tell the ministry, or something. Unless, of course it really was one of the twins. Although I do not believe that Harry is anywhere near Faylese's power level, I have been known to be wrong. Has Harry been out of your sight last night at all?"

"Only when we went to bed. I was very tired, so when Eli showed us to our chambers, I put him to bed, and collapsed on mine."

"So then it is possible," Dumbledore was silent for a minute. "I would like you to do everything in your power to keep Harry inside the castle at all times, or else, under no less than three pairs of watchful eyes."

"If I must, but I warn you, he will not be happy," said Sev.

"If you are really wanting peace this badly, you can drop Harry and his friends off in my office for the rest of the day. I do not have anything else to do at the moment anyway."

Severus nodded, his thanks, and Flooed back to the dungeons.

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"Come on Ronnie! Come play with Fang and us!" yelled George from Hagrid's porch to his younger brother.

"No!"

"Pwease 'on?" added Harry.

Still, Ron remained at least twenty feet away. Fred grabbed his twin's and Harry's sleeves and dragged them over to Fang, obviously bored of trying to get Ron to join them. Fang was looking down at the four with great curiosity. Every single one of them was at least a head shorter than the dog, and because he was constantly with Hagrid, Fang was not used to that. He was even more surprised when one of the children pushed the smallest one on his back, followed by an older one. The first followed soon after. Fang stood up to shake them off, but when he saw the look Hagrid was giving him, he decided against it.

"Let's go doggie!" yelled Fred of George.

"Fast!" Harry grabbed Fang's fur and gave it a tug.

Fang yelped, and started walking slowly around the cabin. The kids laughed, and Harry pulled a little harder. Fang started to jog around, pleased that it was this easy to satisfy them. Then one of the twins gave him a little nudge with his foot. Fang looked over at Hagrid, but the half-giant had gone inside. If fang could scowl, he would have done so. Now what was he supposed to do. He noted that he had apparently stopped, and his riders were not happy. The dog was very annoyed by now, and decided that if they wanted to ride, he would give them one.

Harry barely had time to grab on to Fang's fur, when the huge dog was running full speed. There was a small scream, and a thump. Harry looked behind him, and only saw Fred. He too let out a yell, but was still on. At that point, they were entering the dark forest. Twigs, and small branched crunched under Fang's paws. Trees, some as tall as the castle itself, were everywhere. In ten seconds, barely any light was present. Harry's green eyes widened, and he started to tug very hard on Fang, trying to get him to stop. There were many eyes, glowing from the bushes and dark corners. Fang finally started to slow down, but was still running fast. Here and there, there were creatures, jumping in and out of their path. After they missed a huge tree very narrowly, Fang turned sharply to the left, and left the path behind. Fred was crying now, clinging to Harry as though his life depended on it. Suddenly, Fang skidded to one side, and both boys fell off him at once. The dog did not notice a thing, and continued on his way. Harry was fighting tears, and losing very horribly, Fred wailing at his side.

"We're lost," said Harry before breaking down completely.

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WOW OVER 100 REVIEWS!! I was gone for a day, and what do I find? 40 more reviews than it was when I last checked. I'm sorry that I was a bit late with this chapter, but I couldn't help it. I know that I chose a good-for-me-bad-for-you place to stop, but can you blame me? It was so perfect.

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~Miki

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