Managed to get this chapter up sooner than the last few, sorry about the wait for the last few chapters I've been busy but no excuses. Thank you Georgia and HuffPride for your reviews! Anyway on with the story... hope you enjoy it!

Ron nodded, "Its like this, recently I know I haven't been mingling with the best crowd, and for me to give you this idea you need to be completely open to what I'm about to tell you. You can't hate me for it, otherwise this isn't going to work.

"Spit it out" said Draco.

"For once I agree with Malfoy, I'm not going to hate you you can be an idiot sometimes but you're my best mate, I'm not gonna judge you." Harry frowned, despite his previous statement you could see the tension written across his face. Ginny laid a comforting hand on his, interlocking their fingers. Harry smiled at her gratefully.

"You know how in the past year, magical communities all over the world have been full with what seem like small scale criminal offences, there's been a gradual increase in incidences of muggleborns noticing small things disappearing, anything from hairbrushes to pieces of clothing to jewellery. These have all been taken by the same group of people for some great scheme that nobody knows anything about."

"So what's your useful information then? If you don't know anything about it?" asked Draco angrily.

"I'm coming to it, have some patience."

"We have no clue where the hell Hermione is and she could be dead and you tell me to have patience?" He shouted.

"I'm not going to tell you a thing if that's what I have to put up with." shouted Ron back

"For merlins sake will both of you just stop bickering!" shouted Ginny, the two men shrunk under her glare, inherited from her mother. Harry chuckled silently at the resemblance.

"Well can both of you just shut up and I'll continue", said Ron, glaring at the two of them, "As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted, this group are definitely targeting muggleborns, although why we don't know. This is the hard part, I honestly have no idea how I'm going to tell you this. I hate myself for it. For my weakness." he said quietly, looking at them squarely in the eye, " A few weeks ago they found me lying by the side of the road, unconscious. I'd had too much to drink and picked a fight with someone. I didn't know who any of them were they were wearing these horrible masks. Like the old ones the Death Eaters used to wear." He grimaced at the memory.

Harry and Draco looked up at his mention of the Death Eaters both with an expression of fear in their faces. Both were silent, memories drudged up that neither of them wanted to remember.

"They said if I didn't do what they said they would make sure everybody knew what I had done. You see, the man I picked a fight with. He was dead. I had killed him. I didn't even know who he was, he was innocent yet I had killed him. I knew that this would ruin me. I was scared, I didn't want anyone to know, I didn't want anyone to hate me more then I know they already did. At first it was just small things. Publish embarrassing photos from our school days..."

"That was you! That was how that picture of me and Dean came out? Have you any idea how many times I got asked how he was compared to Harry because of that? I can't believe it. You're my brother Ron how could you do that to me. To us?" tears were pricking at the corner of her eyes and Harry wrapped his arm around her, glaring at Ron.

"I know I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. But the more I did for them, the more they asked me to do. Get papers from Harry's office, tell them things about how we defeated You Know Who. That was why you found me in your office the other day."

Harry looked up in shock, "You mean to say you would sell us all out just to get your way. People could have died with what they found in those papers. And it would have been entirely your fault but I would have been blamed!"

"I know but I can make it up to you. I promise I can and I will. You see they sometimes make me come to meetings where they give me new orders and talk abut what a horrible person I am."

Draco sat forward at that, he could see where Weasley was going with this.

"I've got one in two days time. I was thinking I'll go to meeting, seemingly as normal, but you guys will be tailing me. There's only two people that are there, they figure I'm not going to to fight them anymore. Between the three of us we can easily overpower them, then use Veritaserum to force them to tell us what they know."

"I hate to say this, but Weasley doesn't have a half bad plan. Only one problem, people like this aren't going to tell their followers all of the important information such as where their keeping an important prisoner and these people you're meeting are just going to be the ones that do the dirty work. Therefore they might not have any useful information to tell us." said Draco thoughtfully.

"Well of course you would know all about these kind of people wouldn't you?" snapped Ron.

"You know what Ron considering all the stuff you've told us today I would almost be more likely to trust Malfoy then I would you. However considering this is Hermione we're talking about and I know you wouldn't do anything to hurt her so" said Harry, in his most professional tone, showing that he was hiding the deep hurt he felt at hearing all his friend had done to them recently, "But any information we can learn about these people will help us so I agree with Ron's plan."

Everyone concentrated on Harry missed the look of guilt that flashed over Ron's face that was quickly suppressed.

Ginnys head suddenly shot up, "You said the three of us. Last I looked there were four of us."

"Look, Ginny you know you can't come, it's too dangerous. Especially considering, you know." said Harry, giving her a look filled with happiness which contrasted heavily to the tense mood in the room.

"Wait I'm confused I just thought it was too dangerous what's the other reason?" asked Ron.

Harry looked at Ginny, who nodded slowly, "Ginny's pregnant. About four weeks gone."

"Wow, congratulations. Really, that's the best news I've heard in a while." Ron said in a genuine tone.

"Thanks." was all Ginny said, "But that's changing the subject. I'm coming. No argument. I will be fine. Our baby will be fine. You know I'll protect it with my life. But Hermione is my friend and I need to help you rescue her."

"Are you sure?" Harry asked softly, Ginny looked at him with eyes full of love and leaned in to kiss him.

"Yes".

Draco watched the couple remembering the kisses between Hermione and him. They hadn't been like this, gentle and tender. They had been full of passion. However Draco knew in this moment that this was what he wanted with her. He knew that if he could rescue her they could be like this, if she could give him a chance. Plan decided the four sat around the table in Harry and Ginny's flat, each lost in their own world. Harry and Ginny were in a world of their own full with thoughts of their future child, Draco was filled with thoughts about Hermione and Ron, well Ron's mind was filled with worry and guilt for his still kept secret.