Chapter 6

Harry couldn't believe this was happening. He never thought that Draco would do this but then again, this was Draco he was talking about. Harry was pacing everywhere, he couldn't think straight, what was going to happen to the people he loved? What was Draco going to do with them and where did he take them? All of this was just too much for Harry to deal with. He was working up a sweat and decided to go for a walk outside to think. Outside Harry was once again among that cavern like place behind his house.. Then it hit him. The place where Draco would go was the Forbidden Forest. No one would think to look there, it was perfect because no one was allowed there and the staff at Hogwarts never had a reason to go there. Harry pulled out his wand and pointed it toward the house.

"Accio Broom!" he yelled.

His broom came zooming at once to Harry's side. Harry mounted it and flew at the speed of light towards Hogwarts.

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Hermione opened her eyes and she saw a small hut and there was no way out. Howie was beginning to whimper as he shivered. Hermione at once pulled off her cloak and covered her son in it. It was indeed cold. The little hut might have been just made and there wasn't a fireplace installed yet. Viktor was over in a corner fixing some tea for Hermione. He walked over and smiled at her, handing her the cup of tea. Instead of smiling Hermione was disgusted at Viktor. Harry was right after all; he wasn't a good person. He didn't have a shred of decency in him. She took the cup of tea and then poured it over Viktor's head. He shouted but he still smiled at Hermione.

"Vhy are you so angry Hermioniny? Vat is vrong?"

"What is wrong? What is WRONG? I'll tell you what is wrong, IT'S YOU! What in the world do you think you are doing trying to kidnap Howie and me? Huh? I think that something is wrong with you! Not me!" yelled Hermione with such anger that the hut shook.

"Hermioniny, I only did this because I love you."

There was an awkward silence. Hermione was ultimately shocked beyond knowledge. The person she had been writing to had secretly been stalking her. She couldn't believe this. Suddenly the silence was broken as Howie called out for Harry. Hermione turned around and picked Howie up. She looked at Viktor with determination and hope.

"Harry. Harry is the one I love, not you Viktor. Howie is my son and he is Harry's on. I'm sorry. Now I would like to go home."

"Harry, HARRY. Humph, he is the one who lied to me. That's right. Your husband lied. How you may ask? Vell it's very simple. In your fourth year at Hogwarts, I asked him vhether he liked you and if you two were dating. He of course said no vhen really he did like you and so did you! He promised me that there was nothing between the two of you and he lied. Look at you know! The two of you are married. So because of him stealing from me, I'm stealing you from him!" exclaimed Viktor.

"Look, I'm sorry Viktor, but that was then and this is now. Things turn out differently and I am not asking that you let me go, I'm demanding it!"

She started to run towards Viktor. She wanted to hit him, and hit him badly. Viktor saw this coming and so he withdrew his wand, having no choice, but to do what he did next.

"Imperio!" said Viktor.

Hermione instantly froze and her face changed automatically. She looked around the room and saw Howie and Viktor.

"What was I doing?" asked Hermione to herself.

"You vere going to give Howie some food," said Viktor in a polite voice.

"Oh, yeah thanks for reminding me," said Hermione smiling.

She went over to Viktor and kissed him on the cheek before going over to Howie. This was perfect, thought Viktor. Hermoine was now under the Imperious Curse and she couldn't remember Harry at all.

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Harry was almost at Hogwarts. He could see the castle faintly ahead of him. It was getting a bit dark and the clouds were coming in. Then out of nowhere someone zipped past him very fast. As he took a closer look, there was no surprise to him, it was Draco. Draco turned around and said, "Any luck Harry? Are you scared? I'll help you get over that, little baby Potter and his mommy should be somewhere very safe and sound, so don't worry."

He sneered and began to laugh uncontrollably just like Voldemort used to do. Harry had enough of this. He wouldn't let Draco hurt Howie and Hermione. He lunged forward on his broom and as he did, Draco pushed off towards Hogwarts.

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Dumbledore sat in his office smiling to himself as he read the newspaper. In it was an article on his favorite students: Harry, Hermione, and Ron. He was thinking of all the old memories he had had when they attended Hogwarts. They most likely didn't know it, but they taught the old guy a lot in those seven years. Dumbledore put the paper away and started to watch the sunset. He was starting to dose off when all of a sudden the window flew open and someone flew into his office.

"What in the name of, HARRY! What a pleasant surprise! Of course there were other way of getting here but knowing you, you would find some other unique way," Dumbledore chuckled to himself and continued, "so how is everyone? OH and by the way tell Howie Happy Birthday from me."

Harry got up and to Dumbledore's surprise Harry was as mad as he was that day, some time ago in Harry's fifth year when eh had told Harry about his prophecy.

"Harry what is wrong?"

"What is wrong? What's wrong? I'll tell you what's wrong! Draco Malfoy kidnapped my wife and son! That's what's wrong!" yelled Harry angrily.

"This can't be! Are you sure that it was Draco? I mean I know he has had a bad side, but nothing like that," Dumbledore said calmly.

"Oh, oh yes it was him. That is why I came here in fact. You see, I saw Draco at my house when Hermione and Howie disappeared, and just now too. I figured he would take them here, to the Forbidden Forest. Draco passed by me when I was flying here. I knew he would do something if it would hurt me."

Dumbledore let this information sink through him. He started to pace back and forth thinking through everything, event by event. Harry stood there just staring at him waiting for an answer. About five minutes passed by and by now Dumbledore had sat down behind his desk All of a sudden Harry jumped up and yelled.

"Are you going to leave me here all by myself to go and get Draco? Do you even care about what happens to Hremione and Howie? WHY WON'T YOU ANSWER ME?"

"Yelling will not help but if you sit down and think through things with a clear mind, you might just see what you didn't see before."

"What in the world are you talking about?"

"Harry you say you saw Draco at your house and yet you saw him again whey you were coming here. Tell me, how long did you wait after you saw Draco to come here?"

"Not long, maybe just a few minutes. Why?"

"If Draco was there but not your family and then he would come here just a bit before you, what makes you think that he could have managed to get Hermione and Howie here and then go back and come again in the same time it took you to just simply get here?"

"So basically what you're saying is that Draco didn't kidnap them, but the wind did."

"No, no Harry. I am trying got tell you that Draco might have been involved but that he was not the one that did the kidnapping. There is no way that he would have had time to do that. I think that he has a partner and that is the person you should be looking for."

Harry quickly stood up and got onto his broom.

"So what are you waiting for? Let's go find whoever did what they did. I love my family too much to give them up without a fight."

There was a noise that didn't sound like anything he had heard in his life. Dumbledore chuckled and said, "Harry I think I hear your stomach growling. When was the last time you ate something?"

Harry smiled and said, "Guess this morning, but that doesn't matter."

"Yes it does! How do you think you are going to save Hermione and Howie on an empty stomach?"

Dumbledore pulled out his wand and gave it a swish. A candlelit table appeared with dinner on it. He gave another swish and locked the room so there was no way out. Hearing his stomach growling again, and seeing that he was going nowhere he reluctantly sat down to eat.

After about ten minutes, Harry and Dumbledore turned to look outside, towards the Forbidden Forest. There had been a sound like a crash. It was faint but they could also see a bunch of birds fly out of the canopy, deep inside the forest. Harry couldn't take this anymore. He stood up and looked at Dumbledore. There was nothing that would stop Harry and he knew that. Dumbledore took his wand and unlocked the room. As Harry got on his broom, Dumbledore left to get help. Harry flew out of the room, and towards the darkness of the forest.

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Harry had remembered his last venture into the Forbidden Forest in his fifth year. He had forgotten everything that had happened while he was in there and about Hagrid's brother. Maybe that would be an advantage to him but he did not know because after his fifth year, Hagrid was seldom around and he only saw him during classes which after they were done he hurried off to the forest. When Harry tried to send him letters, he would reply:

Hi Harry. Sorry but I am very busy but I will talk to you soon.

Hagrid did in fact never have time for anyone anymore. As Harry was thinking about this he saw a bird fly out of the canopy where a flock of them had flown just a few minutes before. Slowly Harry flew into the forest and hid under the cover of the trees. By now it was well after sunset and everything was dark under the canopy.

Harry knew that it would be a great risk to use his wand but he had to if he ever wanted to find his family. He waited a few minutes to listen for any noise around him. So far everything was silent which was very odd for the forest to be. There was usually some sort of creature crawling about calling for its mom or another creature looking for food. He had this feeling that the silence was more that just an occasional silence. Deciding that it was okay to use his wand, Harry said softly, "Lumos."

His wand lit up and now Harry was able to see what was in front of him. Up ahead he saw some sort of trail and it looked fresh; probably from the crash that he and Dumbledore had heard earlier. As he got closer to it, he could not believe what he saw.

On the ground was a puddle of blood that looked like it could have been from some sort of a monster. There was a trail coming out of the puddle and it usually swerved to the right and sometimes to the left. Harry could not imagine what sort of creature would do this to another. The feeling of foreboding had grown stronger since seeing the blood and Harry knew that what ever had happened was going to be intertwined with his mission to get his loved ones back.

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In the dark hut there was a fire and a high chair in front of it. Standing near by was a woman who was tall yet just the right height. She was holding a child in her arms that slept in their warm embrace. Everything would seem just fine and happy even, yet in the mother's eyes was an expression completely different from her face. Her eyes were emitting a gaze that was filled with worry, sorrow, pain and it seemed as if they were calling out for help. One would think that a face would show all of this but instead the face had a smile upon it. It was clear that something was wrong.

Viktor had awakened from his nap to find his love standing next to him in front of the fires. He picked up his glass of wind and took a sip out of it. A she set it down he realized that his new friend Draco was not back yet from his trip. He shook off what little feeling he had of worry and turned to Hermione and smiled. Life could not have been anymore perfect for him.

"Did you have a nice nap dear?" asked Hermione sweetly.

"Oh, vhy yes! As a matter of fact I did! How is Howie doing with his nap?"

"Oh just fine but I think we should keep it down a bit. I will go set him down in his crib."

With that Hermione left the room and went into the other. Just as she did that, another person had entered the room with the fire.

"Well Viktor! I have not seen you since we started our plan! Did everything go accordingly?" asked Draco.

"Hello my friend! Yes everything has gone according to plan! You know I think I might just vant to celebrate! Vould you like to join me?"

"Of course I would! Why don't we…"

Draco was caught off guard as Hermione had stepped back into the room.

"Shh, Howie is sleeping could you keep it down in … DRACO!"

Hermione was too taken off guard as she saw Draco for the first time since being in the hut. This sudden reaction caused Herimone to come out of her daydream and back into reality. She gasped in horror as she realized what had happened.

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Harry was still trying to find the source of the trail. It kept going on and on and it seemed like there was going to be no end to it. But as if to answer this question, Harry suddenly saw a huge figure and coming from it a light moan from pain.

A/N: This is where it ends. From what I wrote two years ago. Should I keep going?