Author's Note: I'm sorry I haven't written in a while! But, I told you I'd make it up to you guys with Snape's First Admirer. I hope you guys like it. I love how it's coming out. Anyways, this chapter may be short and complicated, but at least you got more, right?

Harry sat beside Ron, his back facing an old and abandoned building that stood behind them.

"Don't get your hopes down mate. I'm sure we'll find them all." said Ron, patting Harry on the back reassuringly. Harry pushed his hand away fiercely and stood up. He walked away a few steps and kicked at a stone angrily.

"Damnit! We won't! I can't do anything without Dumbledore! This is hopeless! I'm as good as dead!" he screamed, ending with a few tears running down his cheeks. He kicked the side of a tree and breathed heavily.

Hermione heard the scream and came running from a nearby corner. She looked worried and calmed herself down once she saw that Harry and Ron were fine.

"Harry, don't scare me like that! You gave me a frickin' heart attack. Don't lose hope. You're as good as dead once you give up. Now, come on, this is just page one of our novel in search for the horcruxes." Ron snorted.

"Page one…novel? You bring the word book into every single conversation that we have. Can't you give it a rest? We're in the middle of nowhere, not the Hogwarts library." Hermione crossed her arms and moved quickly ahead of them.

Harry grabbed Ron's shoulder suddenly.

"What?" asked Ron. Harry gestured at some shrubs that were gently, but noticingly moving.

"There's someone hiding there. I'm going to go check it out." he whispered. He started to walk slowly towards the bushes. It moved rather fiercely, so Harry jumped in them and found himself toppled onto the ground while a hand grasped his shirt.

"Thought you could escape me, didn't you?" the voice cackled. Harry was afraid for a second, but he had his eyes closed. Once they were open again, he rolled his eyes and sat up.

"Ginny…" he said, breathing deeply.

"Did I scare you? You looked pretty frightened to me."

"Ginny, what are you doing here? I thought I told you, you had to remain at home. It's dangerous." he said, grabbing her arm gently, pulling themselves up.

"I know, Harry, but I wanted to help. And look who I brought along!" she gestured a little further behind them to the blonde boy sitting down under a tree.

"Draco's here too? Great! Now I have to watch over you guys as well." he sighed. Ginny hugged him as Draco stepped up and moved closer to them.

"Don't worry, Harry. I'll look after the happy couple," he pointed at Ron and Hermione, "So, you can keep your eyes on Ginny."

"Thanks, Draco. You guys can go on ahead and search some more. I'll stay a bit longer." he waved to them as the three started to disappear through the alleyways. Ginny stared at Harry. He tried not to look at her, but he glanced quickly at her, and of course, she was smiling at him the whole time.

"Come on, Ginny. Don't look at me like that." he turned around as Ginny grabbed his arm.

"Harry, please! I don't know what your fussing is about! I can take care of myself!"

Harry curled his hands into fists and shut his eyes closed, trying not to remember how Ginny almost died in his second year and all the trouble she had gotten herself in the Ministry of Magic, and last year in Hogwarts. He couldn't bare anything else that could put Ginny in such danger.

"I'm not going to lose you. I almost lost you more than three times before, and I won't let anything happen to you." He was choking back tears, but Ginny was the one who needed a tissue anytime soon.

"Harry. I don't care. How many times do I have to tell you? We're in this together, and I'll never leave your side when you're in trouble. Never."

"That's exactly what I'm afraid of, honey. I mean, who knows if right around this corner there's some kind of evil waiting to kill one of us. It really sucks having to think like this, but I just want you alive." Ginny sighed. She thought the same way. They both wanted to make the other healthy and happy. They were rather pathetic, but Ginny giggled softly.

"Is this what it's going to be like all the time?" Harry smiled uneasily. 'Yeah, I guess so.' he thought to himself.

"Come on. Let's go catch up to the others." Hand in hand, they went around the corner that the other three had gone past and ran after them. They were looking inside a window when they saw the two and stepped away from the building the were looking at.

"So, everything good?" asked Draco, with his usual plain face. Harry nodded and shrugged.

"What's there to do? She hypnotized me." Even though it could happen for real since they were wizards, Harry meant it as a joke. Apparently, he found it really funny before, when the Muggles used it, but the wizards take it literally.

"It's a joke, guys." he said at the others, even though Draco got it and was already smiling a bit. Ron and Hermione shrugged, but Ginny giggled.

"Yeah, whatever, Harry." she said, taking his hand and leading him and the others forward.

Harry was facing many terrible things in his life. In his past, there were others, and surely it'll be worse in the future, but he has one thing to guide him through the dark shadows. Someone to lead him to the light. He has an endless burning fire whose touch doesn't burn. He has Ginny. He has his friends, and he has his one eternal love.

Author's Note: Alright, I was about to end this story with chapter 8, but I have a feeling it needs one more chapter, don't you think? Well, now you know, one more chapter, and it'll be worth your while! So…it might take a while since I'm writing a book, and then there's school and all that. Well, see you guys! Thanks for waiting!