disclaimer:do i have to do this again?y'all should know it by now.
i may not update for a while again.since softball started a couple weeks ago i don't really have that much time.i might have 1, maybe 2 if i'm lucky, days after school to update and we have tournaments every weekend so. . . anyhoo on with the story.
chapter 8: The Search
"We can split up." Ron suggested.
"ok, Good idea.
"Harry and Ginny can go look in Hogsmeade, Mum and Dad and Hermione's dad can look around the village down the road, and Hermione and I will look at the Shrieking Shack."
"Ok."
"Let's go."
Harry and Ginny apparated to Hogsmeade, Hermione and Ron apparated to the gates of Hogwarts, and the other 3 walked to the village.
"Do you think that we should let Dumbledore know we're here?" Hermione asked.
"Yes. That might be a good idea." Ron answered. "Good thing it is in between classes or it would be sworming with students." Ron said as they walked into the castle and the bell rang. "I spoke to soon." Ron said expressionless.
They walked up to Dumbledore's office, said the password and hopped onto the steps behind the stone gargoyle. Ron knocked on the door and Dumbledore himself opened it.
"Why, hello, Ron, Hermione." Dumbledore said, the twinkle shining in his eyes. "You guys alright?"
"No" Hermione answered. The twinkle in Dumbledore's eyes slowly faded."Death Eaters stole Ginny and well, -here's the details." She handed him ht enote Voldemort left.
Dumbledore read it and then looked up. "Where's everyone else?"
"Harry and Ginny are looking in Hogsmeade, Mum, Dad, and Mr. Granger are in the village and we came here to see if we could look in the Shrieking Shack."
"I approve of the idea. You may look there if you want, but be very careful."
"Yes sir."
They walked out of Hogwarts and followed the path under the Whomping Willow to the Shrieking Shack. They walked into the Shrieking Shack and here muffled footsteps a couple floors above them and thought it best to take there wands out. They walked up the steps to the next floor and the footsteps became more audible. They reached the room in which they heard the footsteps and quietly opened the door. There sat, not Death Eaters, but none other than the escaped ex-convict, and best friend's godfather, Sirius Black, alive and in shape.
"Snuffles. . . -I mean Sirius." Hermione screeched.
He looked over at where the noise had came from and saw Ron and Hermione, and ran over and hugged each of them.
"Where's Harry?" He asked anxiously, looking over there shoulders.
"He and Ginny are in Hogsmeade. Death Eaters stole my baby sister while we were at my mom's funeral and we are looking for them." Hermione said rather fast so she wouldn't cry.
"Oh, sorry. Can we go find Harry and then I'll help you find your sister.?"
"Sure."
"Oh my god."
"What?"
"Are you 2 getting married?" he said as he spotted Hermione's engagement ring.
"Yes."
"Oh I know it was going to happen eventually." He said as he hugged both Ron and Hermione again.
They walked out of the Shrieking Shack. Ron and Hermione were first to make sure that break was over before Sirius came out. It was so they ran to Hogsmeade, Sirius in dog form, to find Harry and Ginny. They searched through all of Hogsmeade's shops and pubs untill the Three Broomsticks was last. They walked into the pub with Sirius behind them to find Harry and Ginny sitting at a table sipping butterbeer.
"Hey Harry, look who would like to see you." Hermione yelled to Harry.
"That do looks like Sirius' animagus form" He said once they reached his and Ginny's table.
"That's because it is."
"What?"
"It is Sirius."
"And again, i say. What?"
"Sirius, show him." Hermione said after she looked around to make sure no one was looking.
Sirius turned back into himself.
"Sirius, you're alive."
"Yep."
"Yep."
Harry ran to him and hugged him.
"I thought I'd never see you again, Sirius."
"I thought I'd never see you again either."
Suddenly Hermione broke out into tears and started to cry on Ron's shoulder.
"Hermione, what's wrong?" Ron asked.
Harry and Sirius broke their hug apart.
"It's just so happy and my life is so sad," She said between sobs."My mom gets killed by Death Eaters, my dad gets tourtured by Death Eaters, it's a surprise he didn't die, and my little sister gets stolen by Death Eaters. Nothing in my life goes right."
"Put it this way Hermione. Look at all the happy memories and all the things you still have like Harry and Ginny, your dad, my family, Sirius, and me. What about our relationship? Ron said as he lifted her chin with his fingers to look at her. "What about us?"
"Well not everything goes wrong."
"That's what I thought. Now lets go find your sister."
"Ok."
All 5 of them left to the town their parents were looking in.
"Sirius, can I ask you a question?" Harry asked with concern.
"Sure."
"How come you are just walking around through Hogsmeade in your human form and not your animagus form? Aren't you worried you'll get caught?"
"Actually no."
"why not?"
"Because my name was cleared a couple months ago."
"How come we didn't see ti in the Prophet?"
"Because it wasn't in the Prophet, it was in the Quibbler. After your interview with them, people started believing in what Loony's dad printed."
"They found Pettigrew wondering Hogsmeade and pushed the truth out of him with Vertaserum."
"That's great. What did they do with him?"
"They put him in Azkaban for life and put a spell on his cage so he couldn't change into a rat."
"that's a great idea."
"Yes it is."
By the end of the conversation they reached the edge of town and found their parents automatically. They were lying outside a little shop unconscience. Sirius turned into a dog and walked up and nudged Hermione's Dad with his nose. Mr. Granger slowly opened his eyes and rolled over to see who had touched him. He first saw a dog and then his daughter and her friends coming near them.
"Hermione, I'm so glad you're all right. Who's the dog?"
"That is Harry's godfather Sirius, Dad."
"A godfather? But he's a dog." he looked over his shoulder."Where'd the dog go?"
"I'm Harry's godfather and the dog." Sirius said holding out his hand.
Mr. Granger slowly reached his hand out and touched Sirius', shook hands quickly and pulled back.
"Wow."Said Mr. Granger warily.
"He's an animagus, Dad." Hermione said noticing her fathers confused face."He can take the form of an animal."
"Oh."
Hermioe helped her dad up and went over to help Ron revive his parents.
"Dad, what happened? We thought when we saw you, you were dead."
"Well, a big bird that looked like a horse and an eagle-"
"buckbeak." Sirius said under his breath.
"Excuse me."
"Buckbeak he's a hippigriff. A wizard animal. I looked everywhere for him after i got out from behind the veil. I thought I lost him. Where is he?" He turned to Mr. Granger.
"I think he's in that shop," he pointed to the shop on his right, "He got the baby I think."
Sirius raninto the shop. Ron was finally able to revive his dad while Hermione revived his mum.
"You alright Mrs. Weasley?" Hermione asked.
"Yes, I'm fine."
"You alright dad?" Ron asked his father.
"Yep."
Ron and Hermione got them to there feet and they walked into the shop that Buckbeak, Ginny, and Sirius was in. Hermione ran to the baby and lifted her up in her arms and kissed the top of her head.
"I love you." Hermione whispered in her ear.
Ron walked over and took both of them into a hug. He also kissed the top of the baby's head and then kissed the top of Hermione's head and whispered, "I love you. You are going to make a great mother Hermione."
"Thanks."
"C'mon let's go home." Ginny said.
"Ok,"they all chimed in.
Sirius, Harry, and Ginny rode buckbeak back to the Burrow and the parents, Ron, Hermione, and Litlle Ginny walked to the burrow, the baby in Hermione's arms. They all got back safe and sound to find Dumbledore ther and the house all cleaned up, everything sparkling and clean.
"I'm here to give teh students their homework and to tell them that they are to be back at school tomorrow. I left their homework on the kitchen table."
"Ok." said Mrs. Weasley.
And with that, Dumbledore apparated.
well there's chapter 8.please review.