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A/N: Hey everyone. Sorry I haven't updated in forever. I've been busy with school. Thanks to everyone that's reviewed. If you have any questions feel free to ask them! I know you proabably want to know how the date goes, but that wont be until next chapter. This one is going to focus and the trio's moving to Godric's Hollow and Harry's Birthday. I hope you like it. On with the story.

Chapter 6: A Tear from the Past

Saturday had finally arrived. Which ment it was Harry's Birthday. They had decided that they would leave early that morning, and celebrate his Birthday once they got to Godric's hollow. Harry wanted to get away from the Dursley's as soon as possible. Harry and Hermione hadn't been able to have much time alone together since Hermione told Harry she wanted to be with him. What with Ron's constant presence, and the Dursley's, they had only had time together for five minutes altogether. They both had decided that on Saturday they would go down stairs and make breakfast together so they could be together for a few minutes.

"Happy Birthday!" said Hermione happily as she wrapped her arms around Harry's neck. Harry looked down and smiled at her as he wrapped his strong arms around her waist.

"Thankyou! You know I've never really liked my Birthday. The Dursley's would treat me like dirt as usual. Then they just started ignoring it all together. But I have a feeling that today is going to be alot better." he said smiling.

"And why is that?" said Hermione in a teasing voice.

"Because I'm with you." said Harry sweatly.

Hermione smiled warmly. "Ok well I've got the whole day planned out."

"Really? And what do you have planned?"

"Well first off I'll make you and Ron breakfast. Me and you can have that time to be together and talk. Then you can wake Ron and we'll all eat. Then we can leave here after that and get to Godric's Hollow. We can rent a motel room for the night and start searching for an apartment tommarow. Then we'll have the gifts, and the cake. Then I'll send Ron off to the store for food for tommarow morning so that we can have a few minutes alone again. Then you can do whatever you want after that." she said.

"That sounds good." said Harry. He made a mental note though that he was going to go out on his own afterwards though and find his parents graves. He had been thinking of it ever sine Dumbledore had died. He knew it was probably going to be hard to see them, but he felt that he had to do it. He knew that this was going to be his last day off with peace. Hermione would want to start searching for the horcruxes as soon as possible. And he knew that he would too. He was afraid of the final battle, but he knew that he needed to find and destroy the horcruxes or else he would have no chance of surviving.

"Harry, are you alright? You look kinda sad." asked Hermione.

"Oh yah, I'm fine. I was just thinking of how we would have to start searching for the horcurxes soon." he said.

Hermione's face fell. "Yes, I've been thinking of that also. "

"Lets not talk about this right now." Hermoine nodded. She got up and took out her wand. Soon the smell of food filled the air. Within minutes everything was ready. She now set the plates filled with bacon, eggs, and toast on the table. She filled their glasses with pumpkin juice. She kissed Harry on the check and said, "Why don't you go wake Ron now?" Harry smiled. He nodded and got up to go walked up the stairs.

"Ron. Time to get up mate."

"Five more minutes mommy." he yawned.

"I'm not your mommmy and Hermione's got breakfast ready." Harry said shaking Ron slightly. At this Ron quickly sat up looking wide awake.

"Good, I'm starving, I feel like I haven't eaten in months." he said happily.

Ron quickly got dressed and they walked to the kitchen together. Harry looked out the window and noticed it was still very dark out.

"What time is it?" he asked.

"Quarter past four." said Hermione smiling at Harry.

"So we've been up since three... uh three fifty nine." said Harry quickly looking at Ron. He and Hermione had really been up since three thirty, but they still hadn't told Ron that they were together. They didn't know how he would react, and they didn't want anything to ruin their happiness right yet.

"You've been up since three fifty nine?" asked Ron suspiciously.

"Uh, yah, I was helping Hermione with breakfast." he said ackwardly.

"But it only takes five minutes to cook this stuff with magic." said Ron still suspiciously.

"Uh, well, you see, um.." said Harry before Hermione jumped in to save him.

"Harry wanted it done old fashioned. For his birthday you know. He thought it would be fun to cook it normally." she said quickly.

"Alright." Ron eyed them suspiciously, shrugged, and began to once again devower his food. "Is that it?" he asked after he had licked his plate.

Hermione rolled her eyes. "Theres more in the pan. I had a feeling you'd want more. But hurry up. Harry wants to get out of here before his aunt and uncle wake up."

"Yah, well since your still eating, I'm gonna go up and have a shower." Harry said.

"Yah and since you both are out of the room, I'm going to skip the shower and get dressed." she smiled at Harry and they walked up stairs together grabbing hands once they were out of sight from Ron. They walked into the room together.

"The food was great Hermione." said Harry closing the space slowly between him and Hermione.

"Thankyou." she said. Harry slowly bent down towards her. Their lips were inches apart when a voice came loudly from the hall.

"Hey guys, have you seen my socks?" luckily for them Ron hadn't been looking at them when he had walked in so he didn't see a thing.

"Yah their on the floor beside your bed." said Harry. He looked at Hermione nervously and motioned with his head that he was going to have a shower like he said he was. He smiled and walked out of the room with his clothes.

Wow. That was a close one. Thought Harry as he washed his hair. I guess we have to be alot more careful. And we were so close to having our first kiss. Oh well, there will be many more chances. Especially since we're having our first date on Monday. I'm so happy right now, nothing will be able to change that.

Harry quickly got dressed and went downstairs to find Ron and Hermione all ready to leave. "Ok, lets go." said Harry.

"So your not going to say goodbye to anyone?" asked Hermione.

"No, they want me gone, so I'm gone."

"Ok then mate, lets get going." said Ron. They walked out the door in silence. Harry turned around for only a second to look at his childhood home. He sighed and walked on. Ron and Hermione quickly catched up to him.

"So how are we getting to Goderic's Hollow?" asked Ron.

"By broom. We can use the disillusionment charm so the muggles can't see us. Hermione can ride on back with me." said Harry.

They all stepped behind a bush, and Harry and Ron got out their broomsticks and wands. They got everything secured to the brooms, and they all climbed on with Hermione on back of Harry's firebolt looking nervous. They all then performed the charm on themselves and their luggage.

"Ok Hermione, can you cast the lumos spell on your wand for a moment please?" asked Harry. "Ron can you see that?"

"Yeah."

"Hermione, you keep that on, and Ron, you can follow the light since you can't see us." said Harry.

"Good idea Harry." said Hermione smiling even though Harry couldn't see her.

"Ok, well then lets go."

They had been traveling for about an hour when they saw alittle village come into view below them. "This is Godric's Hollow isn't it?" he asked Hermione.

"Yes. Well that didn't take as long as I thought it would" she said. Harry lightly touched down and Ron followed. They took the disillusionment charm off themselves and their things, and Harry and Ron but their brooms away.

"Well, it lookes like there's a little bed and breakfast up the street there." pointed Hermione.

"Let's go then." said Ron. They all made their way to the little bed and breakfast. They entered a small room filled with flowers.

"Hi, we were wondering if we could have a room for the night?" asked Hermoine.

"Of course." said a little old lady behind the counter. She took out a small book and a quill. "And your names please?"

"Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, and Harry Potter." at this the lady dropped the quill and starred at Harry. She grabbed Harry's hand and shook it over and over again.

"Mr. Potter, its wonderful to see you've returned to Godric's Hollow. Your room is on the house, and if there's anything at all you or your friends here need, please don't hesitate to ask." she said kindly.

Harry smiled at her. "Actually, could you give me the directions to Lilly and James Potter's old house?" he asked.

"Yes of course. It's at the very end of this street. It only goes on about five more houses down. But of course there isn't a house there anymore, as it was destroyed that horrible night." she said handing them their key.

"Thankyou." said Harry. He turned and saw Hermione and Ron starring at him nervously.

"I'm fine guys. Lets just find our room." he said as if reading their minds. They both nodded and followed him.

They walked into a small room on the second floor a few minutes later. "There's only two beds." said Hermione.

They looked at each other akwardly. "I'm not sleeping with Ron. Sorry mate, but you snore horribly." said Harry.

"I'm not either." said Hermione.

"Well I guess you two have to share the bed then." said Ron somewhat jelously.

"Ok, lets not worry about that now. I want to give Harry his present." said Hermione. Hermione pulled out a small wrapped package and handed it to Harry. He unwrapped it and fell out a book that looked like a journal, and a small mirror.

"Wow, a diary and a mirror to look at myself, thanks Hermione."

"No, the journal is so you can write down all your findings of the horcruxes. And you can also us it as a journal if you like, to get your feelings out. And the mirror is a two way mirror. I got the idea from Sirius. I know that Ron and I wont always be able to go with you, so this way we can still communicate and see eachother. I have another one here for Ron and I." she pulled out an identical mirror.

"Thanks Hermione." said Harry.

"Ok, my turn" said Ron. He handed Harry a badly wrapped package. Inside was a book on different seeker moves, and how to do them. There was also a thing of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans, Chocolate Frogs, Droobler's Best Bubble gum, and a few other things from Honey Dukes.

"Thanks mate, I love it all." said Harry. He began opening the other presents on the table. He got a small box of different things from Weasley Wizard Weazes from Fred and George, a green sweater and a mince pie from the Weasley's, a book on different defence spells from Lupin, and a box of homemade sweets from Hagrid.

"Ok, time for cake" said Ron hungerily.

Hermione grabbed a bag on the floor took out a box with the cake inside. It said, Happy 17th Birthday Harry! and it had designs of snitches around the edges. They spent the rest of the evening eating the cake and talking happily until around 6:00 Harry got up from the table.

"I'm gonna go out alone for a little while guys. I'll see you later." he said.

"Ok, see you later mate." said Ron.

After Harry left the room Ron turned to Hermione. "What do you reckon he's doing?"

"Probabley going to find his parents house." she said.

"Oh, right. Do you think we should be with him?"

"No, I think he needs to do this alone."

Harry walked up a long dark path at the very end of the street. This must be where his parents house was. The sky around him was completely dark, and there were no stars out tonight and only a small sliver of the moon shown behind him. He suddenly came to the clearing. Just as he had expected there was no house. But in the very middle of the lawn was two small stones. He slowly made his way up to them. He didn't realize that as he got closer tears started fall. He sank to his knees in front of his parents head stones.

"Hi guys. Its been a long time, hasn't it. I'm sorry I've never been here before now. And I'm sorry I never knew who you were, and that you never got to watch me grow up." His tears started to fall faster now with each word. He knew this was going to be hard but he didn't know it would be this hard. "My life is such a mess right now. Voldemort wants me dead, and I don't know if I'll survive. I might see you soon. I'm so scared. I'm so scared. For myself, for Ron, Hermione, and everyone I know. I don't want to die. I can't leave Hermione. I love her so much, and I don't want to put her through that. And what if I survive and she doesn't? I'll have nothing to live for. I know that. And Ron, he's my best friend, what if he dies?" Harry just sat there on the ground with his head in his hands crying. He must have been there for hours because suddenly he heard footsteps behind him. He felt a gentle hand on his shoulders.

"Harry, you've been here for two hours, are you alright?" asked Hermione.

"Yeah, I was just thinking. Its been so hard, going through life without them. There's so many times I wished they were here to help and comfort me. Especially now. What if we don't find the horcruxes, what if... what if I die? What if I survive, but everyone I know dies?"

Hermione pulled him into a tight hug. "Don't think like that Harry. We don't know whats going to happen, and we can't play what ifs. We have to be strong. I worry enough about what might happen to you." she kissed him on the cheek and continued to hold him for several more minutes until she finally got up slowly.

"Are you coming back home to go to bed soon?" she asked.

"Yeah, just give me a minute. I'll be right there." he said. As she walked away he got up.

"Goodbye" he said.

As he walked away a figure walked in front of him and stopped. They were wearing a black cloak, and a white mask conciling their face.

"Leaving so soon Potter?" Harry realized it was Draco Malfoy.

"Malfoy" he said with a snarl.

"Now don't make this hard for me. I have direct orders to bring you back with me." he said.

"I'm not going to go anywhere with you, so you'll have to fight me." Harry said

"Oh yeah, how are you going to fight me without a wand?" Malfoy asked. Harry realized he forgot his wand back at the room.

"Ron, I'm worried. Harry said he'd be right behind me. Its been another hour." said Hermione pacing the floor.

"Hermione, I'm sure he's fine. He's a big boy." said Ron unsucessfully trying to make her feel better.

"I just know somethings wrong" she said starting to cry. Suddenly the door opened and there stood Harry. He was covered in blood, his face was chalk white and his leg appeared to be broken. Ron and Hermione both stood up in shock.

"Harry, what happened?" asked Ron.

"M-M-Malfoy." was all he said before he passed out and fell to the floor.

A/N: Ok, I know you all probabley hate me for this. But I wanted to leave it on a cliffhanger. I didn't really like this chapter as much, I don't feel very strongly about it. So please R&R and tell me what you think. Sorry if there's any spelling mistakes, but my word processor is messed up.