A/N: Hope you are enjoying reading this story. I know I really suck at spelling. Right Now I am looking for a Beta. If anyone wants to be beta please send me a pm. I will be going back and fixing everything soon. For Now here is the next Chapter. Enjoy-Cherokee

Chapter 9

Hermione furrowed her brow who could know all of that stuff and not be in the order. They knew the person was not in the order for the way they talked about Voldemort. Bill and Hermione headed straight for the castle and Headmistress McGonagall's office. When they arrived they found Minister Kingsley and Auror Moody.

"So you beleive that there is some one here at Hogwarts that is a Death Eater?" Kingsley asked from his spot across from McGonagall.

"Yes, from the contents of the letters, that is what it sounds like. Hermione, could you please get the letters so they could read them please. You can use they floo to get there and back." Minerva said with a smile. Hermione nodded and went to collect the letters. When she entered her room she looked around for any sign that some one had been in her room. When she didn't see any she went over to her desk and collected the letters. When she had them all, she headed back to McGonagall's office. When she got there she handed the old letters to Kingsley and the new one to Proffesor McGonagall.

"When did you get this one dear?" She asked.

"While we were at The Three Broomsticks. Some one left it at the counter for us and Madame Rosemarta brought it to me." Hermione explained.

"I also got a letter but not from the same person. Who ever sent my letter wants to help us." Bill said handing Moody his letter.

"And are you going to meet who ever wants to meet you by the shack? It could be a set up." Moody said reading over the letter.

"I am but I am not stupid enough to meet them alone or to bring Hermione just in case." Bill said looking at Hermione.

"And why can't I go along? I can take care of myself thank you very much." She said frowning at him.

"It wont be safe for you to go. If it is a trap, then you could get taken. If not you would still be a distraction Ms. Granger." Moody said glaring at her, like it was obvious.

"This has more to do with me than anyone else around here. It is me that these people want. I will go weather you want me to or not." Hermione said glaring at both Bill and Moody.

"You wont be going Ms. Granger, we will how ever let you know how it goes." McGonagall said with that stern look of hers that ment there would be no arguement. Hermione huffed at being left out and decided to leave the office. She went out the door and was at the end of the hall before she heard some one following her.

"Hermione, you shouldn't walk these halls with out some one with you." Bill said catching up with her.

"I can take care of myself, thank you very much." Hermione said taking off again. This time she ran all the way back to the Gryffindor common room and too her room. She laid on her bed with out changing in to her bed clothes, she cried herself to sleep. When she woke the next Hermione dressed at a normal pace and headed down to the great hall for breakfast.

"What are you doing walking down here without someone. Proffesor McGonagall said you were in danger, as did Proffesor Snape. Are you trying to get taken?" Harry asked when she sat down.

"I can take care of myself, Harry. Why does everyone think I need someone to take care of me?" She asked glaring at Harry.

"'Mione we are just worried about you. With everything that is going on you can't be to careful. So we gotta protect you." Ron said pointing to himself and Harry.

"Oh and why do you," she said pointing to the both of them, "have to protect me? Why can't I protect myself?" Hermione stood and left the great hall. Bill followed her out to the hallway leading to the library.

"Hermione," he called getting her to stop just before the library door.

"What can I do for you Proffesor Weasley?" She asked turning around quickly.

"Hermione, come on. You know I just want to keep you safe." Bill said grabbing her hand.

"I can keep myself safe William Weasley. I am not some weak damsel in destress. I can handle myself." She said pulling her hand from his. She walked in to the library and found her normal table was empty. Bill followed her over to the table and sat with her.

"I don't feel safe with you coming. Something may go wrong. But I know you are stubborn to a point. Get Harry's cloak off him and meet me and Proffesor McGonagall by the main entrance at six. We are going to head out a little after. We hope this is going to be something we can do and not get in any danger." He explained. Hermione smiled at him and went in to the library toget some reading done. When it was an hour before she was supposed to meet, Bill and Proffesor McGonagall in the hall she headed up to Gryffindor tower where she found Harry and Ginny talking on one of the couches.

"Harry I need to borrow you cloak." She said sitting down next to him.

"Are going to be sneeking down after Bill and McGonagall?" Harry asked, thinking he already knew the answer.

"No Bill knows I am going down, it was his idea for me to get the cloak. As a caution." Hermione told him frowning.

"Alright I will go get it." Harry said. He stood giving Ginny a kiss on the cheek.

"I will meet you down here in a few minutes. I have to go change real quick." Hermione told him then headed for her room. When she entered her room she found another letter waiting for her on her bed.

Hermione,

Having a lovers spat? Or did the blood traitor finally come to his sences. I knew the two of you would not last long. Best say your goodbyes, cause soon you will not be able too.

Your Kidnapper.

Hermione shook her head and put the letter in her pocket. She decided to wait and show the letter to them after they went down to the shack. She didn't want to give them any reason to try and make her stay behind. She changed her clothes quickly and headed down to the common room. She found Harry there waiting with the cloak.

"Be careful, this may be able to hide you but it can't stop any spells." Harry said handing it to her. Hermione hugged him and promised that she would be careful before heading out the door. She was the first to make it to the main doors, so she waited for the others to come. The next to join her was Bill.

"Put the cloak on before anyone sees you leaving with us. We don't want the person who is sending those letters to follow us." Bill told her kissing her on the forehead. Hermione nodded and put on the cloak. A few minutes later McGonagall was there ready to go.

"Is everyone here?" She asked quietly.

"Yes, Proffesor." Bill said with a grin. They walked out the doors and down the path that would lead them to Hogsmeade and the shreiking shack. They all walked quietly and after about ten minutes of walking the came in sight of the shreiking shack. At the entrence to the shack they found the person they had come to see. The person was wearing a dark cloak with the hood up so they couldn't see the persons face.

"Show your face. We want to know who you are." Proffesor McGonagall told the person with a frown, they had not come to play guessing games. When the hood went down it was none other than Draco Malfoy!

"What did you want to tell us Mr. Malfoy?" Bill said crossing his arms. He had had an idea that it would be the younger Malfoy.

"Like I said in the letter I know what they are planning over in Bulgaria. My father talked about it all summer. It was all he would talk about." Draco said frowning and looking around.

"What are you looking for Mr. Malfoy? Some one you are waiting on?" Proffesor McGonagall asked raising and eyebrow.

"No I just figured that you would have brought Granger with you. Considering that this effects her." he said eyeing the two.

"It is not safe out here for Ms. Granger. We will let her know what we learn later. Why do you want to help us? Don't you want to see the Dark Lord back?" McGonagall asked.

"Even in the begining when my father started to talk about bringing the Dark Lord back, I didn't want him to come back. I just thought he was ranting and raving. But just a couple days ago he wrote me a letter about a spell that he was going to use to bring him back. And he told me I was going to swap with the Dark Lord. I would die and he would take over my body." Draco explained.

"Did he name the spell specificly?" Bill asked raising an eyebrow.

"The Soul Swaping spell. It needs a potion to go with it. And the potion needs a virgin muggleborn's blood. He told me he was planning on using Granger. He was mad that she, Potter and Weasley were able to bring the Dark Lord down." Draco continued to explain.

"What do you know about the letters that are being sent to Hermione?" Bill asked. This made Hermione move closer so she could hear everything clearly.

"I know it is not my father sending them. He has someone here working for him. It is a seventh year. Thats all I know right now. I am trying to get him to tell me who it is but he wont." Draco said frowning.

"At least we know what year they are in. We can narrow it down looking at everyone who it could be." McGonagall said. At this time, Hermione threw off the cloak and stood next to Bill. Draco raised his eyebrows for a minute.

"Had to protect myself." She said as she pulled out the letter she had gotten that evening. "Have you seen this handwriting before?" She asked Handing the letter over.

"No I haven't, I can tell you one thing though. Who ever is writing this is not in Slytherin. I have seen everyone of their hand writings. Between helping them or writing to them." he told them.

"Are you one hundred percent sure?" McGonagall asked.

"Yes. I can show you some of the letters for comparison, but I know for a fact that it is no one in Slytherin." Draco told her.

"You don't have to we believe you, though I may just use your idea on some of the essays that have been handed in so far this year. Then we can see if one of them matches." Bill told them. They talked for a while longer until the group with Hermione under the cloak went back to the castle. When they reached the castle everyone went their own way. Hermione returned Harry's cloak to him the next morning and he and Ginny asked about how it had gone the night before. She didn't tell them much just that they had confirmed that it was the spell the Death Eaters where using. And she hadn't told them who the informant was either. Ron joined them minutes later and they all headed down to breakfast.

"See Hermione if you stay in the castle you are safe. Something could have happened to you last night." Ron said, he had not been told about her using Harry's cloak the night before yet.

"Excuse me Ronald? Who said I stayed in the castle?" She said turning to face him, her face getting red with anger.

"Well I saw Bill and McGonagall leave out of the main doors, and you were not with them." He said with a small smile.

"Just because you did not see me, does not mean I wasn't there." Hermione said as she grabbed a few peices of toast and left the hall.

"How could she have gone with them, and I didn't see her?" He asked Harry.

"I let her use my dads cloak." Harry said rolling his eyes. Some times his red headed friend acted like a ditsy blonde.

"You let her use the cloak. She could have been grabbed and no one know it." Ron said his eyes wide at his friend.

"It was Bill's idea, and McGonagall knew. Or else Bill wouldn't have let her go." Ginny said to her brother rolling her eyes at him.

"But I thought that Hermione and Bill weren't talking." Ron said looking confused.

"Not anymore, he spoke to her yesterday morning and they are talking again. Why do you care if they are talking?" Ginny asked.

"No reason. Just trying to keep up." Ron said shoveling more food in his mouth. Ginny shook her head once more and returned to her breakfast.

After Hermione had left the great hall she headed to the library to work on an essay that she had for potions. Just as she was about to enter the library an arm grabbed her and turned her around.

"I thought, Ms. Granger that you were told to not walk around this castle without some one with you." Proffesor Snape said as she faced him.

"I was, but I can take care of myself, thank you. I was just going to the library to work on the essay that you assigned us." She said pulling her arm free.

"I know that you can take care of yourself Ms. Granger, but it is not wise to go about by yourself. If it were one on one I have no doubt that you could handle yourself. But if who ever is sending those letters to you is with a group you may not be so lucky." Snape said and turned walking away from her. Hermione shook her head and went in to the library. She knew that the proffesor was right, but she didn't want to have to be followed around the whole day. Especially if it was by Ron. He had gotten on her nerves a lot in the past few days. She stayed in the library all of the morning and most of the afternoon till Colm Byrne the head boy came and got her just before dinner to remind her that she had to patrol the hallways with him. Hermione collected her books and went on her way.

A/N: Okay so those of you who guessed that Draco was the one to send the letter to Bill, you were all right! Congratz. As for who is sending the letters to Hermione you will have to wait and see. I have gotten a few reviews about my spelling, I know there is a good chunk that I have misspelled. As I stated at the top of this chapter I am looking for a beta. So if anyone wants to be beta let me know. Have a good weekend everyone-Cherokee