Chapter 2

When I left, the first thing I saw on Uncle Vernon's face was dazed look, but bit of a smile when I told him I wasn't going to be back. Hermione asked me all of a suden, "What on earth did you pack, Harry?"

I turned around to her, to get a better look. Her hair was very straight and was tied up in a very neat way. As for Ron, he had a lot of freckles on his face, as usual, and still had brillaintly furious red colored hair. They still had the same eye colors as they did in the past, which was Ron having hazel eye colors and Hermione having brown eye colors.

I told Hermione with a simple shrug, "Just all the light stuff, like cloacks and all, that I own, and some hair dye, just incase we need 'em to dye our hair once people start to look for us. I mean, Muggles might try to help us if Scrimgeour lies to them that he works in some kind of department in Muggle Ministry. Hair dyes will come in real handy."

Ron nodded and said, "Good thinking, Harry. What colors did you choose out, any how?"

I grinned as I told him, "You'll find out later." If I told him right away, I thought he'd disapprove of the color choices, so it was best if I showed it to him later. I suddenly remembered Ginny, Ron's little sister who also had hazel eyes and flaming red hair. I asked him, "How's Gin doing, by the way?"

Ron grumbled, "Never shuts up about you. That's the problem around the house. I wish I worked for Fred and George, to tell you the truth. Being busy will be better than listening to Ginny blabber about you all day long, twenty four - seven. Get's annoying after a while."

Hermione rolled her eyes as she told Ron, "Oh, for crying out loud, Ron! Give it a rest! Ginny and Harry are going out! What's she supposed to do? Blabber about Cedric Diggory? I don't think so!"

Not too long later, we had arrived and it was still bit before the sunrise. When we snuck inside, everything in the Burrow was going as it should be. No one in the house except the three of us were up. Suddenly, Mrs. Weasley, a plump woman with red hair, who was Ron's mother as well, had come charging in, yelling at Ron, "Where have you been? Just like when you were twelve, Ronald Weasley! Do you plan to destroy our second car?"

I interrupted the moment by crying out, "Good to see you too, Mrs. Weasley!" Ron and Hermione looked as though they could start breaking down, laughing, any moment when I cried that out. Mrs. Weasley's head snapped towards me as she smiled from ear to ear with pleasure.

Mrs. Weasley said in a pleaseant way, "Hullo, Harry, dear! So nice to see you so soon, again!"

There were loud thumping on the stairs. A girl with red hair came running in, crying out, "Was that Harry?" When the girl looked up, I recognized the face right away. It was Ginny, Ron's one and only little sister.

I smiled at her as I asked, "No hugs for me, Gin? I'm not feeling the love here."

Ginny giggled as she gave me a hug. She told me, "You know I love you."

I gave Ginny a quick kiss on the forehead and told Ron and Hermione, "Let's go upstairs, guys. I need to talk to you two any way."

Ginny's eyes lit up and asked, "Can I come too? Please, Harry?"

I gave her a weak smile and told her, "Sorry, Gin. This is way off the school topic. Any way, no one wants you to get hurt, unless if it was the Death Eaters."

Ginny turned to Hermione as she cried out desperately, "Hermione! Say something!"

Hermione and Ron weakly smiled at her as well as they both said, "Sorry, Gin. Harry's right. You know he is!"

Ginny rolled her eyes and told us, "Whatever. At least Harry's staying with us for rest of the summer, right?"

I uneasily said, "Well, as for today, I'll be staying. Tomorrow, I'll be going to Grimmalaud Place. I mean, Sirius gave me his place through his will and Kreacher. Come to think of it, Sirius gave me everything that belonged to him."

Hermione, the Weasleys and everyone of my best friends at Hogwarts knew that I had hard time talking about Sirius. I guess the word of Sirius being my godfather spread. I knew it would have one day. That couldn't be kept secret for long time. Even the Weasley family knew.

Ron grabbed my arm and told me in a quiet tone, "C'mon, Harry. We could go up to my room." I nodded and Hermione, Ron and I started to head upstairs to Ron's room, until three of us stopped when we realized that Ginny was trying to follow us.

All three of us turned to her and I told her in a calm way, "Ginny, please. It'll be best if you didn't come along with us to what we'll be talking about."

Ginny looked worried as she asked me, "Why not, Harry? Is there something you're keeping from me?"

I told her, "If you mean by your question if I'm going out with another girl, no. If you mean by question if it's business based between me, Hermione and Ron that pretty much has to do with what happened over the year last year, then the answer is yes."

Ginny sighed and smilled at me. She kissed me and told me, "I'm trusting you, Harry. You better not be quitting Hogwarts. I would be very disappointed if you were." With just that, Ginny went back downstairs.

As we were heading upstairs, I asked Ron, "How's Fred and George doing with their Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes? Doing well, I supposed?"

Ron informed me, saying, "Very busy, just like last year. They still say that you could take what ever you want and as much as you want, but they refuse to let me take any for free. So unfair."

Hermione told Ron as though it was a ridiculous idea, "Of course they won't let you take anything, Ron! Harry was the one who gave those two all those money! Not you!"

Ron sounded as though he was outraged as he asked, "So? I'm their brother, for crying out loud, Hermione! It's not like I owe them any money!"

When we got to Ron's room, I quickly closed the door after Hermione and Ron got in. Hermione asked me as I walked back and forth in the room, "Is there anything wrong, Harry?"

I nodded and told them, "There is something that has been bothering me for some time. Mind you. Ever since Dumbledore's death, I've been meaning to hunt down Snape and Malfoy. But I'm actually thinking of hunting down Bellatrix as well, but only because she mudered Sirius. Most importantly, the Death Eaters has all the things that I want and need in order to kill Voldemort. They know all the items and I'm pretty sure they're counting down which ones are destroyed and which ones are not.

Ron told me warningly, "Harry! No!"

Hermione asked in a panic kind of way like she did when three of us were only eleven on that big chess board, "What? What's going on?"

Ron told her, "He's thinking of leaving Hogwarts just to hunt the Death Eaters down, including Malfoy and Snape! He also wants to find the remaining things that has You-Know-Who's souls in it!"

Hermione cried out, "Oh, for crying out loud, Ron! You swore two years ago that you'd start saying V-V-V-V-V-V-Voldemort's name!" Hermione shot up from where she was sitting as she snapped at me, "Any how, as I told you last year at Dumbledore's funeral, I'm coming along. I still haven't forgotten entirely about that."

Ron got up and said, "I guess I had better come along as well, then. Don't want to be around Slughorn and his Slug Club. That guy's such a moron, any way."

Hermione snapped at Ron, "Ron, don't call him a moron! He may be bit weird in some ways, but not a moron!"

I broke them off saying, "Fine! Seeing that you guys are not going to leave me and not going to give up on me, I'll let you guys come as well. If you guys come though, you might not be seeing your family again. Not even our school friends. Do you two think you could live with that?"

Hermione told me, "If it's for friends, I would give up whatever I have to give up just to help. Even my family and friends at school."

Ron quickly said, "What Hermione just said. I want to get away from Ginny as well."

I smiled at them and told them in a thankful way, "Thanks, you two. It's good to have friends like you guys." I frowned a little as I said, "Now the only problem is, how am I supposed to tell Ginny about this? If any of us tell her, she'll tell Mrs. Weasley. If Mrs. Weasley finds out, she'll tell Mr. Weasley. If Mr. Weasley finds out, well, he'll probably tell Scrimgeour, which means that Scrimgeour will try to get me to stay at Hogwarts. He'll just call me Dumbledore's man through and through, again, any way."

Ron shrugged and told me in a ridculous way, "So? I'm like your man through and through, man. What's the big deal?"

I said, "I don't know. With Dumbledore dead, murdered, I should really say, I guess I don't want to be called that any more. It's almost like I don't want to remember who Dumbledore was, even. I mean, he was a great man and all, but part of me says to just forget about who he is. Even that he existed in the world."

Next thing any of us knew, the door flung open and a farmiliar voice cried out, "Oh, for crying out loud, Ron! If you have companies, tell them to shut up! I've been attacked by a werewolf and I'm a half-werewolf! You know how grumpy I have been lately! I mean, seriously! Even the Healers tell me that it could be one of the effects of the half-werewolves that being grumpy every now and then could be one of the side effects!"

I smiled when I realized that it was one of Ron's big brothers, Bill Weasley. One way I could have told was by his flaming red hair, but the other way was his pony tail. I said, "Good morning to you too, Bill. How have you been?"

Bill seemed surprised by this and said with a smile, "Sorry about that, then, Harry. Didn't realize that it was you and Hermione whom were Ron's companies in his room. I could be better, if I wasn't a half-werewolf because of that cursed Death Eater. How are you, Harry? I hope you've been taking good care of yourself."

I nodded and said, "Thanks for asking." I suddenly remembered Fleur and asked, "When are you and Fluer getting married, Bill?"

Bill told me, "Probably some time next week. You're going to stick around until then, right, Harry?"

I shrugged and told him, "I was going to stay only for today, but I guess I could come back two or three days after I settle in to Sirius's old place."

Bill smiled at me and said, "Great. See you then, Harry. I'm getting some more sleep before I get really grumpy for rest of the day. See ya!"

I said, "See ya, Bill."

After Bill left, Ron asked me, "Where are we going to go, any way?"

I looked outside the window as I told him, "I don't know. I guess to where our hearts lead us."