Chapter 1

"Harry, keep up" Hermione shouted behind her at the blob moving in the rain. "We have to keep going and find some kind of shelter!" Her voice was hardly audible to her own ears above the wind and thunder. A sudden flash of lightning reviled a cave not too far ahead of them. Hermione was amazed at how beautiful the hills of Dartmoor could look in the current weather; even though she was soaked to the skin and her teeth were chattering that simple flash of lightning seemed to open up a completely different world.

Harry was now standing beside Hermione breathing heavily.
"Where – to – now?" he panted slightly doubled over. Hermione gestured in the direction she had seen the cave.

"That way. I saw a place we can shelter till the rain dies down!" Harry nodded to show he under stood and when he had regained his breath they set off again.

It was much more of an uphill struggle than Hermione had expected, so even she who had been fine up until now was feeling slightly exhausted when they reached the cave.

Once out of the wind and rain Hermione and Harry pulled out their wands. Hermione cast a few spells to make a fire and to get their clothes dry whilst Harry cast spells to keep them protected in the cave away from animals and 'the others'.

When they were warm, dry and safe for the time being they started to talk about what they were going to do.

"We have to find Ron!" Harry said simply.

"But Harry we don't even know if he's alive for all we know he could have been on the receiving end of the Avada Kadarva curse." Hermione was only trying to be sensible but in heart she too wanted to find Ron whatever it took.

"Okay Harry when the rain has cleared we'll go and look for someone who can help us. But let's get some rest we'll need it to get out of this place."

A couple of hours later the rain finally started to show signs of letting up. Harry and Hermione packed up the little camp they had created and set off again. They where headed towards a small town where unknown to them Ron was being held captive by Death Eaters.

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