Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, nor am I making any money off of this. J.K. Rowling owns it all.

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"It's like going back in time, Harry," Ron commented as he landed on the sand and looked at the early-morning sky.

"They're not here," Harry stated.

"We didn't even look," Ron said and turned around. "Oh."

"I can see the other side from here...so unless they've suddenly turned into trees..."

"Wouldn't that be funny if they were?" Ron laughed.

"C'mon, let's go."

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"Who do you reckon will find them first?" Ron asked, once they were on another island.

Harry shrugged. "I dunno, but hopefully it's us. Besides, the others don't know what we do...There was a tropical storm that passed through here the other night. If we're going to find them, I bet anything that they've moved onto higher ground."

Ron paused. "Why didn't you tell anybody else?"

"They made a bet on who would find Hermione and Snape first," Harry replied.

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"Ron!" Harry exclaimed excitedly. "I found something!"

"Hermione?"

Harry held up a black object. "Snape's cloak! They're here!"

"Where was it?"

"Thrown on a rock," he replied.

Ron blinked. "There's not anymore...clothing thrown around is there?"

Harry slowly scanned the area, "No-"

"Thank Merlin," he breathed in relief.

Harry pointed up a slope. "I bet they're up there somewhere-"

Before he could finish, Ron was already racing up the incline.

"Wait up," Harry said, as he went to dodging through the branches to catch up with Ron, but almost ran into him instead. "Why'd you stop?"

Ron pointed at the black shirt lying on the ground.

As Harry bent down to pick it up, something on the ground caught his eye. "Is that blood?"

Ron squinted. "What else would it be?"

"Did they go over?" Harry asked worriedly, as he quickly ran to the edge of the cliff.

"Want me to call out?"

Harry shook his head and pointed, "I found them."

Ron carefully walked to the edge.

"They're sleeping," Harry observed.

"They look so peaceful...to bad we have to wake them up," Ron grinned. "You don't have a camera, do you?"

Harry shook his head. "Why?"

"'Cause no one will ever believe us," Ron continued. "Want to jump?"

"What?" Harry asked confused.

"Let's wake them up."

"Ron-"

"C'mon, Harry," Ron said, as he backed up. "Hermione!" He exclaimed, as he jumped off the cliff.

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"Hermione!" Someone yelled, instantly waking the two up.

At first, Hermione thought it was Severus trying to wake her up, but when she realized that she was still touching him, it dawned on her - they were no longer missing. Hermione tried to pretend that she didn't hear him, but it turned useless when she was splashed with water and jumped.

"Hermione!" Ron exclaimed, as he walked out of the water. "Professor! I can't believe we found you!"

"'We?'" Hermione asked.

"Hi Hermione!" Harry waved from the cliff.

Hermione waved back.

"Jump, Harry!" Ron exclaimed, as he took out his wand and dried himself off.

"How'd you find us?" Hermione asked, as Harry jumped.

"It wasn't easy. When you two do something, you always go over your heads. I mean, we found your wands before we found you."

"We found you!" Harry exclaimed, walking up to them. He paused when he saw Severus and then remembered the shirt in his hand. "Professor, I think you're going to uh…need this," he said and handed him the once-again dry shirt.

"Thank you," Severus replied and took the shirt.

"How'd you get here?" Hermione asked.

"We found your wands through a locator charm," Harry said. "Professor, yours was in reef in the Chagos Archipelago, and-"

"Hermione, your wand was somewhere in the Galápagos," Ron informed her. "What was it doing that far away? A bird had it! We had to stun the bloody thing to get it back!"

"Finding you was a lot harder," Harry stated.

"When did you realize we were gone?" Hermione asked.

"Well, Ron and I were looking for you around lunch Sunday…for lunch, but you weren't there."

"We thought you two had finally shacked up while on the trip and decided to extend it," Ron added. "So we didn't look for you."

Harry elbowed him. "Then McGonagall contacted me to see if I knew where you were…that was around dinner. So Ron and I went to where you two were supposed to be, to see if you checked into a hotel. When that came up with nothing, we checked with the potions thing you were supposed to go to and the guy said that you two didn't even show up."

"Thenwe knew that something was wrong. When would either of you skip out on something like that? So Harry and I searched the islands, but couldn't find you at all. That's when we tried a locator charm…Hermione's wasn't that far away, but yours, Professor…"

"So we went to Dumbledore," Harry continued. "He seemed to recall that you two weren't paying attention during the last staff meeting when he was discussing where the potions thing was and then his favorite vacationing spots. And with your wands so far apart from each other, he came up with the conclusion that you two couldn't remember where to go. He also figured that you two were arguing, so you tried going in different directions at the same time, but only your wands made it."

"Wow," Hermione commented. "He hit the nail right on the head."

Harry blinked.

"Where were we supposed to go?" She asked.

"Santa Cruz Island, it's in the Galápagos-"

"I was right!" Hermione exclaimed, and hit Severus on his sleeve.

"And where are we?" Severus questioned.

"Not too far from the Galápagos, actually," Harry replied. "Dumbledore thought you might be in the middle of the two islands, but he had us check around here just in case. He thought that Hermione might have been a little more determined…or angry, to prove you wrong. He'll be pleased to know that he was right," Harry smiled.

"How did you get here?" Severus asked.

"Brooms."

Hermione's eyes widened. "There is no way that I am riding a broom all of the way back."

"You won't have to," Ron said, as Harry grinned again and pulled two wands form his belt.

Hermione gasped and reached for hers.

Harry pulled them away. "A few questions first," he paused. "Why are Professor Snape's clothes all over the island?"

Severus rolled his eyes. "I found it kind of hard to do things in the clothes."

Both of the boys stared at him in shock.

"It rained."

"Seriously you two," Hermione began, "get your mind out of the gutter. It rained a lot the other night and it gets really hot during the day."

"Why is there blood up there?" Harry pointed to the cliff. "Is someone hurt?"

Severus held up his hand, where the two fang marks stood out clearly on his hand.

"Are you alright?"

"Yes."

"Do you want me to fix it?" Harry asked earnestly.

"Nothing against you, but I'd rather wait until I get back," he replied.

"It's not poisonous, is it?" Ron asked.

"I doubt I'd be standing here talking to you if it were," Severus remarked dryly.

"I was just asking; you're a Potions Master. I just figured you could come up with something…" Ron trailed off.

"Now can I have my wand back?" Hermione asked politely.

"Sure," Harry replied, and handed them both back their wands. "Just one second," he continued and took a small object out of his pocket and waved his wand over it. "Did it work?"

Ron pulled an identical object out of his pocket, but only now, it was glowing. "Sure did."

Harry and Ron turned back to find two equally confused faces.

"It's to tell everyone that we found you," Ron informed them. "Green for we found you and red for something's wrong."

"Like Dumbledore's Army!" Harry said proudly.

"Is everyone ready?" Ron asked. "Too bad we can't fly our brooms back…that'd be a load of fun."

Harry smiled. "Yeah, but we need to get Hermione and Professor Snape back. And now we get to rub it in Moody's face that we beat him."

Hermione narrowed her eyes. "'Beat them?'"

"Er…yeah," Harry said. "They didn't think that we'd be the ones to find you."

Hermione looked at Ron, who put his hands up defensively.

"I didn't know about it, until this morning," he replied. "Trust me."

"Alright…to make sure that you bothmake it back this time, Ron's going to apparate back first. Then after you two go, I'll follow," Harry said.

"See you guys in a second," Ron grinned as he disappeared with a 'pop.'

Hermione smiled at Severus before apparating. "You owe me dinner."

His mouth twitched upwards. "That, I believe I do," he said, as he grabbed her hand and they both disappeared with another 'pop.'

~The End~

A/N: Stay tuned for a short epilogue.