A/N: Ta! Da! The first actual chapter of this story is here. Hope you like.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter etc. etc. etc.

Chapter 1

"Uh… what happened?" Harry mumbled as he sat up. Everything was blurry around him but he could feel cold cement under him. Harry felt around the ground for his glasses. He felt something under his hand and traced the shape. It was his glasses. Harry picked them up and placed them on his nose. He probably should have kept them off. All around him was rubble and dirt. An eerie fog hovered over the ground.

'Where am I?' Harry asked himself as he looked around.

Everything was dark except for a series of lights coming his way. Harry squinted and sighed from relief when he saw wizards with wands coming his way. Harry stood up and waved which was probably another mistake. Red lights rushed passed him and smashed him to the ground, unconscious.

"Priori Incatantem!" said a gruff voice.

Harry slowly blinked his eyes open. When his eyes were open he jumped back at all the wizards who had their wands at him. They all had scarred and dirty faces. Their hair was extremely long and their robes were scratched and ripped.

"Is there something wrong sirs?" Harry asked.

One wizard stepped up and glared down at Harry. He had sandy colored hair with a lot of gray and looked more ragged than the others. Harry realized who it was.

"Professor Lupin? Oh, am I glad to see you."

Lupin looked disgusted and turned toward the others.

"Professor, I need some help. I don't know where I am and I need to get back to Hogwarts."

The circle of wizards all gasped in horror and shoved their wands even closer to Harry's face. Lupin's face was stony.

"You have absolutely no right to say that name," snapped Lupin.

"What name? Hogwarts?"

The wands drew closer.

"You have a lot of nerve Potter!" shot Lupin.

"Potter? Professor, since when did you start calling me by my last name?" asked Harry confused.

"Don't get smart with me. You have a lot of explaining to do. Take him to the rendezvous," Lupin said to the others.

One more stunner came at Harry and once again he was unconscious. The wizards levitated Harry's body and walked back to a cave near some mountains. They dropped Harry on the ground and tied him up. After Harry was bound and gagged, they used the counter curse.

Harry looked around the dark cave which was soon lit up by torches. Harry squinted by the sudden burst of light and once again looked around. Many groups of ragged wizards and witches sat around fires that were cooking some sort of soup or stew. There were mats and blankets all over the place and there was one table in the right corner. It was dark there but Harry could see that another small group of wizards and witches stood around the table looking at large pieces of parchment.

Harry wiggled around in his bindings but that wasn't a good idea either. A wizard was soon upon him with a wand. The tall wizard called toward back towards the small group by the table. The wizards and witches soundlessly walked over to him and the wizard.

"He was moving around, probably trying to get loose," said the tall wizard.

One of the group was Lupin, the others were still in a shadow.

"Are you sure he was trying to escape?" asked one of them.

"It sure looked like it," said the wizard.

"Mm Mm Mmm Mm Mm Mm!" shouted Harry through his gag.

"What's with the gag?" asked another. It was a girl's voice.

"He might say spells," said Lupin.

"Lupin, you, of all people, has changed the most during this war!" said another girl's voice. Hers was older and sounded wearier.

'War! We're at war already?'

"The war has changed everyone honey," said a man's voice. "Maybe it will end if we get rid of him."

Harry's eyes opened wide. 'I haven't done anything!'

"Now look at that, you're scaring him!" said the younger girl.

"Let's take that gag off. It doesn't look like the Harry we know," said the older girl.

Lupin looked grave but nodded. So did the other two.

The younger girl was on the right and was the first to step in the light. Harry's mind froze when he saw the girl's face. She had fiery red hair and milk white skin with freckles. Her hazel eyes were hard but still had a sparkle. She kneeled down and untied the gag.

"Ginny?"

A/N: Cliffhanger! Please review to be able to read the soon coming chapter.