A/N: Wow…I'm shocked at the amount of reviews I got in the past 20 hours. I thank you all and present you with the next chapter. I don't own Harry Potter…unfortunately.
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It had been two days since Sev had gone missing and we still hadn't gotten the next instructions. I paced nervously in front of the fireplace as the two brothers dozed.
Suddenly the fire burned bright green and a piece of parchment came shooting through. Very good. Now take the necklace and give it to the witch dressed in red that will be waiting outside of Flourish and Blotts. She will give you your next instructions.
"Charlie!" I all but pounced on the sleeping redhead. "Charlie, wake up." He groaned and rolled over so that his face was buried into the backrest of the couch. "Bill!" I yelled, leaping across the distance between the furniture. "Bill, wake up." Bill slapped at the air near my face and I let out a feral growl. "Wake UP!" I yelled, shaking the eldest Weasley son so hard that he fell off the couch.
"Merlin, Hermione. What is it?" He asked, rubbing the back of his head where it had hit against the floor.
"They came, Bill." I held out the note for him to read. "What do we do?"
"We do as they say." He said solemnly, checking the time. "It looks as if Charlie is out for the day," he speculated as he watched his younger brother drool on the armrest of the burgundy couch, "which means you're coming with me. You're okay in the sun, right?" He eyed my skeptically. I nodded and we set out.
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"Do you think that's her?" I whispered to Bill, eyeing the witch in a red set of robes and long talon-like red fingernails.
"I think it's our best bet." He replied. "What do you suggest we do?"
"I don't know," I hissed, "you figure it out."
"Excuse me, Miss." He said, approaching the witch in red. "I do believe you dropped this back there." He motioned behind us as I stuck near his side, eyeing the witch nervously.
Thin fingers wrapped around the offered necklace. "Thank you dears." She smiled and I winced at the sight of her rotting teeth. "Your honesty deserves a reward. Here you go." She extended another hand and in it was a piece of parchment. I gulped as Bill, making as little contact as possible, took the parchment from her with a polite thank you and goodbye.
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"What does it say?" I asked for about the hundredth time as we walked through the door of Charlie's Flat. "Bill just read it already!" My patience was long gone; I just wanted my father back.
"Calm down Hermione." The redhead sighed. "I'll read it as soon as we wake Charlie."
"Charlie!" I yelled, pouncing on the sleeping Weasley. "Wake up right now or I'm going to go get Vol-" I straightened and stared at the fireplace. "Voldie!" I gasped, leaping off of the waking redhead and over to the pot of Floo Powder.
"Voldie!" I yelled as I spun out of the fireplace. A clatter came from the kitchen and I ran full speed into the room to find that it was a mess and Voldie was sitting right in the middle licking his paw. "I'm so sorry I forgot about you!" I scooped the kitten up in my arms and hugged him close to my chest.
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"Would you mind explaining what the frantic wake-and-run was all about?" Charlie questioned as I stepped calmly into his flat with Voldie in my arms.
I looked sheepishly to the floor. "Bill and I got more instructions," I started, "and then I had to go get Voldie before he starved to death." Said cat hissed at the younger of the present Weasley's.
"Great, the demon cat is back." Charlie groaned, running a hand through his hair.
"He's not a demon!" I hugged Voldie closer to me and glared at Charlie. "He just doesn't like you very much." I smiled into the cat's hair as Bill stepped between us to keep the peace.
"Let's just find out what we have to do next so that we can get Professor Snape back." I sniggered and Bill glanced at me, shocked at the sound. "What?"
"You do realize it's been a long time since you've been in school." Bill nodded. "You don't have to call him Professor Snape anymore." I giggled as the eldest Weasley brother flushed a brilliant red.
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There isn't much left. A few more errands that I cannot run for myself and you'll have your father back again. Now what I need you to do is send fifty galleons to Azkaban in a pouch labeled 'NM'. Once I have received word that you have done that I will send you your next duty.
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It had been almost 24 hours since I had sent Charlie's owl off with the money and nearly 11 since it had returned. I stood a mere three feet from the fire ready for another set of instructions to come. The orange flames bled green and I quickly jumped into the fire and found myself standing right in front of…
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A/n: Who do you think it is?? I know, you all thought that Voldie was Voldemort and he had taken our dear Sev for betraying him. Or were you?!? But no, Voldie is merely a cat. Or is he?!? Sorry to cut this chapter so short but I really want to get something posted to…night. Can't really call it today anymore. And voting stands at:
Charlie: 10 (this number makes me kind of sad)
Bill: 5
Twins: 2 (this number makes me really sad)
Draco: 12 (I was shocked at how quickly he pulled ahead.) ((nice try .hateXx but since they were all submitted on the same day it only counts as one vote)) (((Thanks for all the reviews though)))