1Chapter Six: Harry's Family
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Harry quickly ran up to his dormitory to get his wand and his invisibility cloak. As he ran past the common room Ron and Hermione were sitting on the couch.
"Harry, what's wrong? What's going on?" asked Hermione.
Harry ignored them and got his wand and cloak. He was about to run out the door by Ron stopped him.
"Move Ron, I can't talk, I've gotta go. I don't have the time..."
"Harry you will make time! Now tell us what's going on." demanded Ron.
So Harry sat down and told them a brief summary of what Tonks had just told him. Hermione was practically in tears and Ron had a look of horror on his face.
"What do you mean, she was meant to help you?" asked Ron.
"I have no idea, but I have a bad feeling now that she's in danger, and I've got to find her." said Harry.
"Then we're going with." spoke Hermione.
"No you're not, this is my battle Hermione. I have to fight Voldemort, no one else..."
"Do you really think Voldemort is going to be by himself? Voldemort is frightened Harry, just as much as you are. You're proven you are his equal, in fact, you're better than he is. He'll use anything to his advantage. He's probably got most of his Death Eater with him, and you're going to go in all by yourself? I don't think so Harry. We have just as much to fight for as you do. Yes, it will eventually come down to you and Voldemort, but until that fight, we are going to be on your side." said Hermione.
Ron stood by her side, nodding his head, his face full of fear, but his eyes full of determination. Harry had never seen either of them so strong, so powerful, and Harry was filled with pride to have friends who cared about him this much that they were willing to risk their lives for him. Without realizing what he was doing, he hugged them both, pulling them as close to his heart as he could.
"I love you guys, you are the closest thing to family I have ever known. You've stood by my side throughout everything and there are no one I would rather have fighting with me then you two." said Harry.
Now all three had tears in their eyes. Hermione's were running down her face as Ron and Harry tried to inconspicuously wipe the tears away. Then they all just started at each other, and the room was silence. It was a profound moment when Harry realized he truly was the Chosen One, because these two wonderful people had entered his life.
"So what's the plan?" asked Hermione.
Harry hadn't thought of a plan, since he just found out about everything only 20 minutes ago.
"I have no idea. All I know is that, I think, Voldemort had Demeter in a cave, it's somewhere close, I'd say, right around this area." said Harry.
"Well, we've got to gather as many people as we can, just the three of us won't do much damage." said Ron.
As soon as he said that, Ginny and Neville stepped out into the open.
"We didn't want to intrude, but we over heard you were going to go and find Voldemort, and we want to go with." Said Ginny.
"I don't want to risk your..." said Harry, but Ginny interrupted him saying,
"Harry, you don't have a choice, we are coming with whether you like it or not. Now, we must gather all the Aurors, but we can't tell them yet, or else they won't let us go. We need to find the cave and then send a message back to Hogwarts and the Ministry to let them know where we are. It's going to be hard to fight, but once everyone from the Order and the Aurors get here, we should be able to hold them off for Harry." Said Ginny.
"Right Ginny, good idea, we'll take Hedwig and Pig to send the messages once we get there." Said Hermione.
Harry looked around at the four people he trusted most of all in the world. He couldn't have been more proud or more ready to fight then ever. This was the moment. This was it.