They ended up in a forest. The group began to walk, looking around, trying to figure out their location. It seemed oddly familiar for some strange reason.
"Okay, we are here. This is a lot better than Vegas." Harry said, looking around him. The rest of the group nodded in agreement while pulling a large tent out of Hermione's bottomless bag.
"First things first though, we need to get back to the army and see if anything has changed." Reina said, closing her eyes. "But should we all go? Someone should probably stay conscious to keep watch."
"I agree with you." Harry said, staring Reina in the eyes. "But who should stay back?" They all looked at each other.
"I'll stay back. They are closer to all of you than to me." Draco said, kneeling down and grabbing a peg off the ground.
"I'll stay back too. It's too risky for all of us to go." Ginny said, squeezing Harry's hand. "But only if you promise to be careful. Don't get caught." Harry nodded.
"Well, Reina, lead the way then. You're the best at this kind of thing." Harry said.
"Okay, well first we all need to lie down on our backs." They all laid down in a line and grabbed hands. "Now, close your eyes and concentrate on the gryffindoor common room. Feel your body begin to get light, and follow my voice." After minutes of silence Harry, Ron, Hermione and Reina all felt their souls separate from their bodies. Their ghostly figures looked at each other, then down at their unconscious bodies. Reina nodded at them, and they went zooming into a big blur. Within seconds, they were in the Gryffindoor common room. The first person they saw was Neville, who was staring at the fireplace, despair in his eyes.
"Neville!" Reina said quietly. Startled, he spun around to see the ghost-like figures of his friends standing behind them.
"How on earth are you guys here?" He half whispered, half shouted as he walked over to them.
"We are astral projecting. Where is everyone else?" Hermione asked.
"Well Luna is reading something in her dorm. Seamus is actually on his way back here. Other than that, I have no idea." Just as he said that, Luna and Seamus both walked in. Luna dropped her book when she saw them, and Seamus almost screamed, but Harry quickly shushed him.
"Okay, you three will be our messengers. Alright?" They nodded. "We are here to report to you, and to see if anything different is going on since we left." Harry motioned for Luna and Seamus to sit down. Luna cleared her throat.
"Well, I have some terribly awful news." She started, sadly looking at Harry and the group. "They…well, they have been torturing people to try to find where you are. They're going after your families. They already have Fred and George in custody, but as far as we know have not hurt them…yet." She paused and took a deep breath, as if to keep from crying. Ron sighed loudly, trying to keep from doing the same thing.
"The only families they aren't going after are Reina and Malfoy, but, those two are obviously not going to count seeing as Malfoy's family is part of them, and Reina doesn't have a family." Neville continued. "But they are leaving tomorrow to seek out Hermione's and Harry's families." Seamus cleared his throat.
"If I were you, I'd go after them before coming back here. Muggles can't protect themselves from magic. We are holding it up here, so far no one else has been seriously hurt or killed. All three of us spent time in the interrogating rooms, it's minor stuff now, truth potions and what not. We will probably go back too, so don't tell us where you are. Because there's no promise they won't slip us something when we aren't looking." The four of them were silent for a moment, Hermione's eyes filling with tears.
"This changes a lot in our planning." She said, looking down at the floor. "We have to go find my family, and of course the Dursleys as well. Get them out of there." The four began to disappear.
"We will be back tomorrow. Have everyone assemble in the room of requirement; all of us will be there. Including Malfoy."
"Are you sure you can trust him though? He's done some shady things in the past…" Neville said, a look of disgust written on his face.
"Yes. He truly has changed. He is part of Dumbledores Army now." Before they could finish their conversation, they felt their souls crash back into their bodies, each inhaling sharply.
"Well? What did you find out?" Draco asked, helping Reina sit up. Ron walked over to Ginny and grabbed her hands.
"I need you to stay calm when I tell you this. Okay?" He said, looking into her eyes.
"Ron, what's going on? What did you find out?" She asked, beginning to worry.
"They've taken Fred and George." She inhaled deep. "They aren't hurt though. Luna said all they are doing right now is feeding students and prisoners truth serums." She seemed to calm down a bit.
"What we have to do right now though, we need to go to Muggle territory again. They are going after our families, and we were advised to go get Hermione's parents; and my family as well and relocate them." They all nodded, listening to Harry speak. "Prepare for a fight, just in case."
"well, where shall we go first then?" Draco asked, standing up and linking arms with Reina and Hermione, as they formed their familiar circle.
"Let's go to the Dursleys first." Hermione said, closing her eyes. "They are more likely to attack them first, since they are related to Harry." Harry nodded. With another crack, they disappeared into thin air, and landed in front of number four, privet drive. Harry turned to everyone, and took a deep breath.
"Just warning you, this is going to be very unpleasant." He walked up to the door and gave a knock. After a moment, a rather large man opened the door, a look of disgust on his face.
"What on earth are YOU doing here?" He snapped, spit flinging from his mouth as he spoke.
"Uncle Vernon, we need to talk to you Dudley and Aunt Petunia, its urgent." Harry spoke in a tone none of them had ever heard before; even Uncle Vernon seemed taken aback.
"Well…" He stopped and exhaled, "make it quick. We were just sitting down to dinner." He turned and walked back into the house. Harry looked behind him, the group of misfits standing behind him had strange looks on their faces.
"I told you." Was all Harry said as he beckoned them inside.
"who was it Vernon?" A womans voice said from the kitchen.
"Harry and a bunch of his freaky friends!" Uncle Vernon said, annoyance lacing his voice.
"What does he want? And why did you let him in?"
"You know, I'm standing right here and can hear you. Now you better get Dudley and sit down, if you want to live that is." Aunt Petunia spun around.
"What on earth are you talking about?" She snapped, before calling Dudley down. The two of them sat down on the couch. Dudley came down the stairs and automatically opened his mouth.
"Who the hell are they and why are they in our house?" He said, giving Harry a dirty look. Harry motioned for him to join his parents on the couch.
"Look, we don't have much time. We need to get you out of here immediately." Aunt Petunia scoffed at him, rolling her eyes. Reina stepped forward.
"This isn't a joke woman!" She said, stamping her foot on the ground. "one of the most dangerous forces in the world is coming here tomorrow to kill you if you don't tell them where We are hiding." They all looked at Reina, who had fire in her eyes. "You should be grateful we even came to warn you, obviously you don't deserve it." Uncle Vernon lifted his hand in the air.
"Okay, you have our attention, um…your name is?" Reina rolled her eyes.
"This is Reina Uncle Vernon." Harry started, beginning to get annoyed. "Next to her is Ron, who you've met. She's Hermione, That's Ginny, and his name is Draco. And you seriously need to get away from here." Just as they were saying this, there was another knock at the door. Aunt Petunia stood up, but Harry raised his wand and motioned her to sit back down. Following suit, the rest of them took out their wands, preparing for a battle. After a second knock, the door was busted down, and two death eaters walked in.
"And here we find you Potter." He smiled, showing rotting teeth. "It seems the whole gang is here, and if you want your families to live, you will all come with us without a fuss." Uncle Vernon stood up.
"What the bloody hell are you doing in my house? Get out of here!" He growled. The death eater pointed his want at Uncle Vernon and with a quick swish, a bolt of light came out of the tip. Harry jumped in front and blocked the magic, sending it back at the death eater, hitting him in the chest.
"Attacking muggles now? How low can you be? We're your opponents, not them. So raise your wand and battle like a man" Ron said, stepping in front of the Dursleys. The group made a barrier between the death eaters and the Dursleys. Ginny walked over to them, the three very shaken up.
"I'm going to get you out of here. One of you grab my hand." She said, holding out her hand. Spells were flying around the house, breaking things, and causing wind storms. She grabbed Dudley's hand, and just as she was about to aparate them out of there, she was hit with a spell so fiercely in the back she flew forward, crashing into Dudley, who fell into the floor. The death eater stormed over and grabbed her by the back of the head by her hair.
"You think you can get by me that quick? Think again." He threw her to the ground and stomped on her back, a loud pop being heard. She screamed out in pain. Harry spun around, flames in his eyes.
"Don't you touch her!" He screamed, raising his wand. He then screamed the words he never thought he would yell. "Avada Kedavra!" The death eater fell to the ground, dead. Aunt Petunia screamed, grabbing onto Uncle Vernon, who stared at the dead man in shock. Dudley whimpered on the ground. The remaining death eater, fear written all over his face, lowered his wand and said,
"You win this time Potter, don't feel so lucky next time." And with a crack, he disappeared. The room went silent, except for Ginny's staggered breathing. Harry ran over to her, putting her head in his lap.
"I'm sorry Harry…I….tried." She staggered. Harry put his finger to her lips.
"That was a brave thing you did Ginny. Can you move?" She tried, but her limbs wouldn't work.
"I think my back is broken." She closed her eyes. "I'll be okay…I promise." Harry moved a piece of hair out of her face and kissed her forehead. Reina knelt next to him.
"Harry, Roll her on her stomach for me and pull up her shirt." Harry nodded and rolled her over; Ginny whimpering in pain. Uncle Vernon walked over to them.
"What on earth is going on here?" He said, fear in his voice. Reina put her hand up to silence him. She bent over Ginny, and the tears began to flow. She let them hit her spine where it had broken, and a glowing blue light surrounded them. The Dursleys all stared, mouths wide open, as Reina cried her healing tears on Ginny. After a few minutes, Ginny was up and walking again. She threw her arms around Reina's neck.
"Thank you so much Reina. You really saved me there." They all turned to the Dursleys.
"Now do you understand why we need to get you out of here?" All three nodded. "Pack as much as you can, Do you have any idea where you could go?" Harry asked Uncle Vernon as Aunt Petunia and Dudley scrambled upstairs to pack.
"Well, I could always call Marge, she'd love the company…" He said, walking towards the phone. "I'll tell her we have termites that need to be taken care of." Harry nodded.
"Good idea." As uncle Vernon called Marge on the phone, Harry walked over to the dead body laying on the ground. He pointed his wand at it, and with a crack the body was gone." Aunt Petunia walked downstairs with their bags. Harry grabbed them and loaded them into the car.
"We are going to stay at Marge's. She said we could stay as long as we wanted to." Aunt Petunia and Dudley finished putting their bags in the car.
"Thanks, for saving us." She said, giving Harry a half hearted hug. He nodded at her as she got in the car.
"And, when all of this is over, bring your little friends back and we can properly thank you, and formally meet your new…uh…girlfriend." Uncle Vernon said, putting his seatbelt on. They pulled out of the driveway and drove as fast as they could out of the area. Harry watched as the car disappeared into the distance, then turned and said,
"One muggle family down, one to go."