A/N: Sorry forgot to mention. This is the same year as the Ootp. Mainly 'cos I wanted Dumbledore in it and Voldemort had to be back. For obvious reasons. Oh yeah, people! How come you haven't reviewed? If you don't like it I can take that! Just please review. (That doesn't make me sound desperate does it? Ok yes it does. Oh well.)

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Harry Potter characters blah blah blah.

Chapter 2

When Harry woke up the first things he saw were the Weasley twins' faces. "Harry! Hermione and Ginny are gone." Harry frowned at them half asleep. What were they on about? "What?" "Ginny's gone. So has Hermione!" "WHAT!" "They weren't here this morning. Dumbledore thinks they've gone to find Ron!"

A small lane somewhere near Hogwarts

"Ginny. I promise you if you don't stop complaining I will hex you so badly…"

Hermione and Ginny were walking down a lane in the pouring rain. Hermione wished that Ginny wasn't quite so good at persuading. She thought about last night.

She had just taken Harry's cloak and started towards the fat lady when Ginny had stopped her. "Where are you going?" Hermione didn't answer. "You're going to find Ron aren't you? Let me come. That's where I was going." Eventually Hermione had given in. She didn't have the time to hang around.

"Hermione. How do you know where we're going?" "We're going to the Malfoy's manor." "How do you know where they live?" Hermione's jaw tightened, her fists clenched and something in her eyes made Ginny scared. "He had the nerve to ask me out. He acted as though he was some great king granting his attention to a peasant. After all he's done to us… I could have killed him."

"Hermione. Why don't we just apparate?"

"Because we could be expelled from school."

Ginny stopped in her tracks and whirled round to face Hermione. "What's more important? My brother or school."

"I guess you're right. But I can't apparate!"

"You can try."

Hermione sighed. Weasleys were SO stubborn! She closed her eyes.

Ginny screamed as Hermione disappeared. "YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO TAKE ME TOO!"

Hogwarts

Harry almost tripped up while he was running, in his haste to get to Dumbledore's office. He was almost there when an owl swooped at him.

He grabbed the letter.

Harry

Dumbledore sent an owl saying what had happened. How are you + Hermione? Emergency meeting was called. Dumbledore will tell you what's going on. Snuffles.

Harry realised he didn't know Dumbledore's password so he quickly wrote I am coming. Please open. He told the bird to go straight to Dumbledore. He reached Dumbledore's office and while waiting for him to come down he suddenly realised what he felt. He loved her. He had always loved her ever since he had met her. But would he ever see her again?