It was Josh Richardson.
"You little-" Harry began, but was cutoff by hearing Seamus's voice.
"Over here, Professor!"
Harry looked up and saw Seamus and Professor Flitwick running over.
"Are the babies alright?" asked Seamus.
"They're fine, but look who took them," said Harry angrily, moving his arm so Seamus could see.
"What?" Seamus exclaimed, "Why that little…!"
Seamus took Lavender and Harry picked up his red-headed "child". Professor Flitwick pulled Josh out of his daze and said,
"Come, Mr. Richardson…we must go talk to Headmaster McGonagall."
"Wait," said Harry, "Why'd you do it?"
Josh didn't answer, he just followed professor Flitwick down the alley.
"I knew he was a fake from the minute I saw him," said Harry grudgingly, "Is Lavender okay?"
"Yeah," said Seamus, "What about Ron?"
Harry checked over Ron, and found that his hands were scratched up and bleeding…of course, Ron wasn't crying. Harry sighed and hugged Ron tightly. Harry wondered if he had ever gotten hurt when he was a baby and how his parents felt when he did.
"You okay, Harry?" asked Seamus, cuffing his friend on the shoulder.
"Yeah," said Harry, "Just thinking…" he took a deep breath…he did not feel like letting go of Ron at the moment.
"About what? Walk and talk." (A.N Walk and talk, I always say that to my friends.)
"Just thinking. I mean, you think about if this is how your parents feel whenever they don't know where you are…I mean…now that we're parents…in a way."
"Yeah," said Seamus, "I know what you mean."
Harry nodded. He sighed, and heard Ron sigh.
"You never did get candy, huh?" Harry asked quietly.
Harry brought Ron into Honeydukes, where they found Hermione and Parvati with Padma.
"Oh, thank goodness!" Hermione exclaimed, running over to Harry.
"He's fine," said Harry, keeping a hold on Ron, "He's fine."
"Who took them?" Padma asked.
"That Josh Richardson kid from Hufflepuff," replied Harry, "Hermione, you may want to check out Ron's hands, they got scratched up a bit."
Hermione looked at the young child's hands as Harry still held onto him. Hermione healed them with a simple spell and took a deep breath before saying,
"You told a teacher, right? You told a teacher that he took Ron and Lavender?"
"Yeah," said Seamus, "I got Flitwick after Harry stunned Richardson. Flitwick is taking him to McGonagall."
"Okay, good," said Hermione.
Harry finally got up the courage to let Ron walk around on his own.
"You know what I just thought?" asked Hermione, as she and Harry followed Ron around the store, "How could Josh have gotten into Hogsmeade to take Ron and Lavender in the first place?"
"No idea," said Harry, "No idea."
And a song lyric to set the mood. From Eminem's album "Encore", it is "Evil Deeds":
Lord please forgive me for what I do
For I know not what I've done
Father please forgive me for I know not what I do
I just never had the chance to ever meet you
Therefore I did not know that I would grow to be
My mother's evil seed and do these evil deeds