Chapter 3: A Savoir Missing

A/N: The action is really going to start after this, I'm still trying to work with possible locations for the Horcruxes. I just hope I don't let all you readers down. I really appreciate all the people who have added this story to their favorites or Alert list! But I really want to thank HP18! He was the first person to review my new story, I really appreciate all those who have read this. Now on with the show! I don't own anything Harry Potter! Except this stories plot.

Harry awoke very early, He was nervous. But He was so excited at the same time. He would be well away from all the problems for a while. Until Harry destroyed all the Horcruxes, He would stay in hiding. He knew that this could take years, He only hoped with Hermione's brains they would find them quickly. He woke Ron up, and got dressed. Hermione had shrunken their trunks the night before, they had laid out the clothes they were going to were. Harry and Ron pocketed their trunks, walked down the staircase as slowly as possible. They met the girls down in the kitchen.

"What took you two so long?" said Hermione.

"We had a sleepy start," grumbled Ron.

Hermione handed Harry the letter, "Ginny and I just finished writing this."

Harry took the letter and read it:

We left because there are some things that need to be done in order to weaken Voldemort. Dumbledore left Harry with a job to do, and we didn't want to let him do this on his own. It is better if he has our help. We don't know how long this will take, so we are not returning to Hogwarts. You have to understand that these actions must be taken. If we don't do this, Voldemort cannot be defeated. We have already told you to much. We must go now, with all the love we can give,

Hermione, Ron, Harry, & Ginny.

Harry lay it on the table, the four of them moved to the living room. Harry had Hermione turn his hair a dirty blonde. Changing his eyes to the color blue. His hair was grown down to past his ears, and his bangs covered his scar. Ron changed his hair brown, with hazel eyes. His hair was done up in spikes. Hermione giggled.

"Hey! What's all this?" Ron started.

"Oh shush Ron! It looks fine!" replied Ginny.

Ginny changed her hair to a more auburn color, with blue eyes. Hermione changed her own hair black, it was straight and well passed her shoulders. She changed her eye's to a dark green. With everyone disguised they made their way to the fireplace. One by one they stepped into the fireplace and said, "Diagon Alley!"

They stepped out of the fireplace at the Leakey Cauldron, and made their way through the pub. There was hardly anybody in there. They walked out the back door, into the alleyway, the entrance to Diagon Alley. Hermione tapped the bricks and the door appeared. It looked worse than the last time Harry had been here. More shops were closed down, windows boarded up. They made their way straight to Gringotts, the marble building looked ominous at the end of the alley. Harry hadn't thought about one thing, how was he going to withdraw money from his account? He was disguised not to look like Harry Potter. He voiced his concern with Hermione.

"Harry just show them your key and your wand, and tell them it is for your own safety," said Hermione.

"They have ways of knowing if you tell the truth," continued Hermione.

So they continued walking down till they reached it, up the steps, and through the front door. Once inside Harry went up to one of the counters. A goblin looked down at him, "Yes?"

"Here is my key and wand, I am trying to conceal my identity. I am a known target of Voldemort," Harry said nervously.

"I will require a drop of your blood, to make sure you are who you say you are," said the Goblin.

Harry reached his hand out and he felt a prick on his finger. The Goblin had dripped some of Harry's blood into a container, and was waving his wand over it. After a few minutes he looked up and nodded at them.

"You will have to wait in one of our waiting rooms. If you go down below, your charms will disable. Follow me," the Goblin said, leading them back into a waiting room.

Once they were inside the Goblin turned to Harry, "This room is charmed so no one can here us, what can we do for you Mr. Potter?"

"I was wanting to make a big withdrawal, but I need to know how much money I have in my vault," Harry said.

A folder appeared in the Goblin's hand, and he handed it to Harry, "That is the paperwork for the complete Potter Estate. It lists all the properties, amounts of money, and records of everything in your vaults. This is the Black Estate, what your Godfather left you."

Harry opened the folder to the Potter Estate, and totaled at the top were the total number of Galleons from his accounts. He had just shy of a million galleons. He had three properties, the house in Godric's Hollow, A Manor in the outskirts of London, and a apartment in London. Harry looked at the portion of the Black Estate Sirius had given him. It held nearly two hundred thousand galleons. He of course owned Grimmauld Place, and a cottage in Sweden as well. He was eager to look at some of these properties, perhaps they could stay at his Manor until they left for Paris.

"How much would you like to withdraw?" asked the Goblin.

"I need enough to purchase a house, and to furnish it as well," Harry replied.

"How about we just give you these bank drafts, there like checks. Our we have a endless money bag, you just reach in and get however much you need. It also can change the currency from galleons, to pounds. Or for that matter, any currency in the World. It will give you the right currency when you reach in. Depending on where it's being spent." the Goblin informed them.

"I'll take the endless money bag, and can I get the keys to these properties?" Harry asked.

"I can only give you the keys to the cottage in Sweden, you cant touch anything from the Potter Estate until you turn seventeen," said the Goblin.

The Goblin gave Harry the endless money bag, it was twenty galleons. He also gave Harry the keys to the cottage. The four of them had to look around before they found the small realtor shop, it was about midway through the Alley.

"Do you think they even deal with houses in Paris? It's awful small," said Ron.

"Well there's only one way to find out," Harry said, ushering them into the building.

Once inside they found themselves in a office, with stairs in the back left corner. A woman sat at a desk in the right corner. The room was full of pictures of houses, they walked up to the desk.

"How may I help you four?" said the Woman behind the desk.

"Do you have any properties in Paris?" asked Harry.

"We have three, that I know of," She turned to a filing cabinet behind her desk, pulling out a folder labeled Paris.

"We have two properties in town, near Val-de-Marne, and one near Hauts-de-Seine. They are both apartments, we also have a house on the outskirts of Vincennes," said the Woman.

"How many bedrooms are in the apartments?" asked Harry.

"Three in one, and two in the other," replied the Women.

"How many bedrooms does the house have?" asked Hermione.

"Four, it's a very large home. With an Attic and a basement." once again replied the Woman.

"Can we see it?" asked Harry.

"Yes you may, just grab hold of this," she said as she pulled a sock out of her desk. "It's a portkey, I'll take you for a quick tour."

Harry felt a quick pull behind his navel, and felt the familiar spinning sensation. Harry landed hard on the ground, I'm never going to be able to land properly, thought Harry. When he stood up he looked in the direction the others were looking. There was a two story house, with trees blotted all over the lawn. In the distance you could see the buildings in the city. The house was the typical Parisian Villa. They walked up on the front porch, which covered the front side of the House. The front door, was a rich mahogany color. Once inside, directly in front of you is a staircase. To the left and right of it were hallways leading back further into the house. They took the left hallway. There was three doors down that hallway.

The Realtor walked to the first door, which was on the left side, and said, "This is the Living Room."

It was a very spacious room, with windows on the far side of the room. The next door was a bathroom, at the next door on the right side the woman stopped and said, "Through that door is the kitchen."

Harry and the others walked through the door, the kitchen had hardwood flooring. Straight ahead was another door, which opened up into the hallway on the other side of the stairs. The stairs went directly over the kitchen, Harry could tell by the way the roof slanted upwards in the middle. The cabinets were stained a dark color, there was a fridge, stove, and microwave. They walked forward through the other door, out into the other hallway. Once in the other hallway, they saw another three doors. They were headed back to the front of the house. Down that hallway there was a study, laundry room, and a door down to the basement. The rooms were all on the right hand side of the hallway, opposite of the kitchen. Then they all walked up the stairs, at the top they met a wall, hallways to the left or right. To the right there was three doors, all of them bedrooms. Down the left hand hallway there were only two doors, one the master bedroom. The other a bathroom. Of course the master bedroom had its own master bath. The attic was reached by pulling on a string in the ceiling, and a ladder would pull down. It was very spacious, and had little windows spaced all around it.

Once back outside the guide asked, "So what did you think?"

"I thought it was brilliant," said Ron.

"How much is it?" Harry asked.

"One hundred and thirty eight thousand galleons," replied the Woman.

"We'll take it," said Harry.

"Well lets get back, there's some paperwork that has to be done," said the Women, so they all grabbed the sock. Feeling the tug behind their navels, then the office reappeared around them.

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Once they were finished filling out paperwork for the house, Harry suggested that they go home. After stopping to eat, they apparated to Grimmauld Place.

It looked like nobody had been their the whole year. It was just flat out deserted, cobwebs everywhere.

"This place is falling apart," said Harry.

"Yeah we shouldn't stay to long," said Hermione.

"Well with how lucky we got on the house, I'm hoping we can have it furnished by tomorrow." said Harry.

"We will have to wait until the furniture is delivered," said Ron.

"Well maybe we could check out that cottage," said Harry.

"I wish I was already of age, or else we could stay in my manor." Harry continued.

"We can check it out next week," said Ginny.

"Yeah, that's a plan!" said Ron.

They four of them split up and searched the house, just in case someone might be there. The only thing that they found was Kreacher, who apparently just had died. Seeing Kreacher made Harry remember something from the year before. How he had had Dobby and Kreacher spy on Malfoy.

"Dobby!" Harry called.

The little elf appeared next to him, "Do you need me Harry?"

"Are you still tailing Malfoy?" asked Harry.

"I was sir, but, Dobby thought after what happened-" Dobby was saying but he stopped and a look of terror came over him. "Dobby has been bad-- must punish!"

Harry grabbed the little elf, "Don't worry Dobby, it's fine. I have a deal for you."

"Anything for the great Harry Potter!" squeaked the little elf.

"How would you like to come work for me? I will pay you whatever Hogwarts pays you." said Harry.

"I will not charge Master Harry for my work!" said the Elf.

"Will you at least take one day off a week? I wont take no for an answer." said Harry.

"Sure Master Harry," said Dobby.

"Just please call me Harry," said Harry.

"Yes H-Harry," stuttered Dobby.

"Can you clean this place up some?" asked Harry.

"Yes Harry," said Dobby excitedly.

With that the four of them went to the rooms they had stayed in last summer. They all fell to sleep quickly, and slept well into the morning.

When Harry woke up he went down to the kitchen, Ron was still asleep. When he got down there Hermione and Ginny were at the table eating breakfast. Harry sat down and grabbed some pancakes and started to eat. Ron came down a few minutes later and started to eat. After everyone was done eating, they got ready and left out for the nearest furniture outlet. They ended up going to a place called Harrods, in Knightsbridge, London.

On the way there in the cab Hermione was telling the history of Harrods, and that if they couldn't find it there then there's no chance looking elsewhere. Once they got there Harry understood what Hermione meant, the store was massive! Harry couldn't believe that this place had seven stories.

Harry handed them each twenty-thousand euros a piece.

"Lets furnish our new home!" said Harry smiling.

The four spent almost all day in Harrods, when they finally made it back outside they only had about three-thousand a piece. Harry had went for a contemporary modern sort of look for his room. He had bought all rich mahogany pieces to match the wooden floors. He had bought a sleigh bed, a nightstand, a black leather sofa, a dresser, an armchair, and a small coffee table. That was only for Harry's room, Ron and Hermione both went for a more country setting for there rooms. Ron loved the country, and Hermione had always wanted to live in the country. They planned on turning the study into a library. They bought a big oak dinning room table for the kitchen. The house already had electric hook-ups, so they bought a big screen TV for the living room, two fluffy black couches and a black recliner. A big Entertainment stand, with a DVD player, and a Stereo with surround sound. (Harry had made those purchases) Ginny took the modern look for her room too, of course all four of them had king or queen size beds. They had accomplished there goal, they had bought everything they needed. The only thing that still needed to be done was to fill up the study with books, Harry had lined the walls with bookcases, and had a sofa and two chairs in there. Plus Harry wanted to turn the attic into a training room. He had bought a couple weight machines for the attic. Hermione was going to charm the walls so they would be soft, and various other charms for safety. The basement was going to be for potions. There was already two work benches, all they needed was couple cauldrons and to stock up on supplies.

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When they arrived back number twelve Gimmauld Place, they sat down in one of the living rooms. The furniture would be delivered the next day. Harry had slipped a couple extra pounds to the owner of Harrods for a quick delivery. The four teens were so excited about the prospect of having their own place! There thoughts drifted back to all the people who were probably worried sick about them. After hours of mindless chatting and reminiscing they all went to bed.

The next morning at Breakfast Harry walked into the kitchen, Hermione was already sitting at the table reading the Daily Prophet.

"Good morning Harry, you have to take a look at the paper," Hermione said handing him the paper.

Harry grabbed the paper and there was a huge photo of himself on the front page. The title read 'A Savior Missing', Harry scanned the page for the article.

A Savior Missing

Harry Potter and his friends Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, and Ginny Weasley have been missing for the last two days. They just disappeared without a trace, they left a note, but no one knows what happened to the note. Voldemort is being strangely quiet while our hero is gone. The only hope of the light side has disappeared. Ever since the death of the great Albus Dumbledore, things for the Wizarding World have been in shambles. (For more information on this turn to pg.9)

"Wow," was all Harry could really say, he didn't think that it would cause this much attention.

"Yeah I know, that's crazy isn't it?" Hermione said.

"Well, I hope everyone can just hold on to hope. Just long enough for us to destroy the Horcruxes," Harry said.

"Yeah I know," Hermione said.

TBC…………

Sorry it took so long for me to update, but I have a lot going on. Just as I know everyone else does too. But I am sorry to make you wait! Someone plz review! I appreciate everyone who has added this to their favorites. I didn't think this was a good story, but I will continue. Don't worry action is coming soon, maybe the next chapter!

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