Chapter 5: Hogsmead

"Who's up for a butter beer?" Ron asked. They had just arrived at Hogsmead.

"Ron we just got here!" Ginny scolded.

"But I'm hungry." Ron whined. Hermione sighed and pulled a bag of muggle chips from her bag and handed them to Ron.

All four of them noticed how odd it was in Hogsmead that day. Nobody was there. It looked deserted. As if on instinct all four of them drew their wands.

"Let's look around a bit," Harry said.

They looked for 20 minutes, but they couldn't find anybody.

"Harry, there's nobody here, let's go," Ron begged.

"No, you- err, we haven't looked by the Shrieking Shack yet," Harry said.

They quietly tiptoed off to the Shrieking Shack. As they went Harry and Ginny slowly started to fall behind the others.

It was quick and almost silent. One minute the four of them had been walking, the next minute Ron and Hermione had been captured and Harry and Ginny were watching them, a look of triumph in their eyes.

"What the bloody hell-" Ron started.

But Harry cut them off, "No, no, no, Ron. No dirty language, please." He was smirking and his arm was around Ginny's waist.

"You… you… planned this? But… but why? Why would you do this, Harry?" Hermione asked.

"Glory, riches, power… What else? What does it matter if I'm on the good or bad side if I win?" Harry asked.

"You've got to be kidding. Harry, that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard of. Gasp Have you been Imperiused?"

"No, of course not. I suppose you want to know what's going to happen to you. Well, you'll be dragged off and put in a special prison just for the Order of the Phoenix. Then we will go and capture the rest of the Order and put them in there with you. Then we will take over the Ministry and yada-yada etc. Any last questions?"

"Yeah, will you go to-"

"I have a question, what about Ginny? Ginny, you can't seriously want to go along with this." Hermione half asked, half pleaded.

"Don't I? Why wouldn't I? I love Harry. We are going to be married. I'm going to be the Dark Lady." Ginny's eyes glazed over and went out of focus.

"Ginny, you're a b-"

"Shut up, Ron." Hermione cut in. She was quiet, but she gave Ron a meaningful look. Ron recognized the look that said that she had just found out something important and meaningful. So he shut up.

The Death Eaters took Ron and Hermione away through sidelong apparition.