Y/N POV

For the past couple of weeks, I've been spending time with Hermione and her family. Ever since Dumbledore's death, things haven't been that great. Mum had gotten over his death, but she was more committed to stop Voldemort with the rest of the Order of the Phoenix. Harry and Lana were preparing for the moment the Order have been planning for weeks on end, but after Nathan's threat, Lana and I had to make sure everyone we cared about was safe.

Lana and I went to Anne's orphanage to ask Grace if she could come with us since her life could be in danger. Since her husband was a wizard, she complied and allowed her to come with us. She was now at the Burrow, where Luna, Ginny and Mrs. Weasley kept her there and safe as she could be. The Weasleys were making sure all their children were safe as well as waiting for Fleur's parents for their wedding. But Hermione's would have been the most difficult.

Since she was the closest to me, Nathan would come after her. And if he couldn't find us... he would most likely go after the Grangers. So Hermione told me that she was going to do something that she had to do to keep her parents safe.

She made the decision... to Obliviate them.

I woke up in the morning with Hermione cuddling next to me, and she had tightly wrapped herself around me in fear of what she had to do. She must have gotten scared of what she has to do and clung on to me. She was practically shaking in her sleep. I turned on my side, wrapped my arms around her, kissed her forehead and combed my fingers through her brown hair. She felt my hands and woke up instantly, but she was still distressed.

"Hey," I said to her and placed my hand on her cheek. "You okay? Hermione?"

She shook her head. "I don't know," She said. "I'm really scared."

"Hermione, it's okay," I said with a kiss. "I understand. And I'm here with you, babe."

She nodded and hugged me tighter. "Can we stay like this for a bit longer? I don't want to go just yet."

"Of course," I hugged her closer to me and kissed her. "Anything for you, 'Mione. I love you so much."

"I love you too," I heard as she buried her head in my chest and kissed me.

A while later, we woke up and got ready. Our things were all packed and Snuffles was resting on our things and I had sent them to the Burrow. I told Hermione that after she obliviates them, I would get them with MACUSA, who I contacted to escort the Grangers to New York, where they would be watched by MACUSA aurors. Hermione picked up the latest issue of the Daily Prophet, which held the news of a Muggle family being murdered.

She kept looking at it as I walked behind her and hugged her. "That's not gonna happen," I said. "Wendell and Monica will be safe in America, trust me. I don't want them to get hurt either."

"I know you do, Y/N," She said. "Besides, if we win the war, how else are we gonna be married?" She chuckled lightly and kissed me until Monica had called for us.

"Hermione, Y/N!" She called. "Your tea is ready, dears."

"C-Coming, Mum," Hermione said as her voice broke and slipped the issue in her beaded bag. We walked down the stairs as Monica saw us coming down and smiled. "There's the lovely couple," she said. "All packed for Y/N's, Hermione?"

They thought Hermione was staying the rest of the summer at my place, but really after this happens, we were going to Privet Drive a few hours later. Moody had some plan for us, so we needed to be ready.

"Are you sure these biscuits are sugar-free?" Wendell said to Monica.

"Quite sure, dear," Monica answered. "See the big bold letters that say 'Sugar Free'? Dead giveaway."

Well, now I know who Hermione got her brains from.

"Mmm, yes," Wendell muttered and saw us. "Hello, kitten. Hello, Y/N. Don't you both look nice." he smiled and walked over to peck Hermione on the head and hug me in a father-like hug.

"Kitten?" I asked.

"Oh, it's a nickname we gave Hermione since she was little," Wendell said as she pouted. "You're welcome to use it if you want."

"Dad!" Hermione pouted adorably. "You haven't called me that for ages!"

"I know, I know," He said. "Just felt like it should have a comeback."

"He's not wrong," I said as I tried to keep her mind off what had to happen. "And it's a cute nickname... kitten." I whispered that nickname into her ear and kissed her cheek as she giggled. They had an Australian Wildlife program playing as the host was going on about bandicoots. "The bandicoot has small pointed ears and a long snout from which it emits a distinctive trumpet sound when agitated..." The television babbled on.

"Darling, don't be suspicious the biscuits taste so good," Monica said. "Be grateful the company's so clever..."

Hermione looked at me with a sad look and drew her wand with the other as Monica and Wendell kept chatting. I took her hand in mine as she pointed her wand toward them.

"Obliviate." She said in less than a whisper. Suddenly, their faces fell flat as their hands connected and in the photos on the mantle, Hermione, through the years, had disappeared from all of them. Before one faded away, I grabbed it and Hermione seemed to not disappear from it and I continued to stare at the image.

It was an image of Hermione celebrating her 7th birthday. She was adorable, standing in the middle of her parents as she blew out the candles. Monica and Wendell didn't know at that time that their daughter was a Muggle-born Witch.

They didn't know of the Wizarding World.

They didn't know about me, her boyfriend, who they would have met seven years after this photo was taken.

And now, they knew nothing about her anymore. It pained me to think about it, but I continued to look at it.

"Hello?" I heard Wendell speak to me. "Do we know you both? What is that you have in your hand?"

I quickly put the photo in my pocket and turned to face them. "Oh, uh," I said before an idea popped into my head and I spoke in my American accent.

"Yeah, I'm... Klaus...Klaus Hargreeves. I've been told to tell you that you are moving to New York City! Free of charge! There are people coming to help you get moving?"

Please buy it, Please buy it, please buy it. Yes, I know I used the guy from Umbrella Academy! First name that came to my mind.

"Really?" Monica said. "We must get packing, dear."

"Yes!" I continued my ruse. "They will be here any second now. My friend and I came here to tell you that."

"Thank you, Mr. Hargreeves," Wendell said as the door was knocked on.

"I'll get that," Hermione said without looking back. I noticed she had a tear coming out as her oblivious parents went to get packed. We opened the door to find a middle-aged woman at the door with two other men.

"We're from MACUSA," The woman said. "I'm Abigail Graves, and you must be Y/N Lovegood, yes?"

(Face Claim: Elizabeth Olsen as Abigail Graves)

"Yes, I am," I said in my normal accent. "You're a Graves? I take it you must be related to Percival Graves?"

"He's my father," She said. "And no hard feelings with that history in 1927. We're here to take the Muggles to safety?"

"Yes," Hermione said.

"Very well," Abigail said. "We'll take care of it from here."

"Excuse me?" Hermione asked softly. "Will you make sure they're safe? They're my parents, I don't want anything to happen to them."

"Of course," Abigail said. "They're in good hands. MACUSA's making sure all of the Muggles are safe."

"Thank you, Miss Graves," I said as I shook her hand. As the Aurors took care of the situation and escorted the Grangers to New York, Hermione cried into my chest as I rubbed her back. She looked at me and nodded as we both prepared to apparate to Privet Drive.

Harry POV

The Dursleys were preparing to leave on the orders of the, well, the Order of the Phoenix. Uncle Vernon nearly put up a fight, but Mum seemed to scare the daylights out of him and they all prepared to leave. I entered the living room as Aunt Petunia was standing in the middle of the now-bare room.

"I've lived in this house twenty years," She began. "And now -- in a single night -- I'm expected to leave."

"They'll torture you. Even Dudley," I said sternly. "If they think you know where I'm going, they'll stop at noth--"

Petunia glared at me. "You think I don't know what they're capable of?" Her voice broke a little as she spoke. "You didn't just lose a mother that night in Godric's Hollow, you know. I lost a sister." The car started outside as Petunia and I walked out. Mum and Lana were standing there as Y/N and Hermione had just apparated there into that spot.

Uncle Vernon tested a strap to his car connecting to a trailer behind it and looked at me. "Well," He said. "This is goodbye, boy."

"Will you use his damn name for once?" Y/N said in the background. "Wouldn't kill ya, would it!?"

I just nodded as they prepared to leave, but Dudley walked up to me and back at his parents. "I don't understand," He said. "Isn't he coming with us?"

"Who?"

"Harry?"

"Absolutely not!"

"Why?"

"Well, because," Vernon stuttered. "He doesn't want to, do you, boy?"

"Absolutely not," I said. "Besides, I'm just a waste of space. Isn't that right, Vernon?"

He glared at me, But Addison looked at him with her eye glowing at him. Dudley hesitated for a moment but brought his hand out for me to shake. "I don't think you're a waste of space," He said.

"Well... thanks," I said as I gripped his hand and watched him leave. "See you, Big D."

He turned back and slowly smiled at me as he got in the car with Petunia and Vernon and left Privet Drive forever.

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I examined the now empty house that was barren to the wall. If the Death Eaters came here, they'd be confused as hell. But I remembered as I walked around.

I remembered how much I hated it here.

I loathed it.

I looked at my first room ever, the Cupboard underneath the stairs. I grew up sleeping there and was treated like a prisoner. And I hated it. Eventually, the empty space would get full over time as more and more people entered. The Weasleys, (all but Charlie and Percy), Fleur, Tonks, Lupin, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Moody, Cedric Diggory (who joined during last year), Hagrid and some short bloke came and stood in.

"All right', Harry?" Hagrid said in his thick Scottish accent. "Yeh look fit. Addison's been taking real good care of you, ain't she?" Mum smiled as I looked and nodded.

"Where is Anne?" Hermione asked Mr. Weasley as she noticed the younger witch wasn't here.
"She's with Molly, Ginny and Luna back home," He assured her and Y/N. "She's safe, don't you worry."

"What say we get undercover before someone murders him?!" Moody grumbled. Everyone spilled in the living room as Kingsley greeted me. " i thought you were looking after the Prime Minister, Kingsley."

"You're more important," He retorted as Bill came and shook my hand.

"Good to see you again, Harry," He said to me.

"Wasn't always this handsome, were ya, Bill?" Fred said.

"Dead Ugly." George grinned and Bill chuckled.

"True enough," Bil chuckled. "Owe it all to that Greyback werewolf. Hope to repay the favor one day."

"You are still beautiful to me, William," Fleur said as she kissed his cheek.

(A/N: Did you know Clemence Posey, who played Fleur was actually in Tenet with Robert Pattinson? I didn't until I looked at the cast.)

"You're forgetting the ones who nearly killed him, mate," Lana said.

"And the one who stabbed him in the bloody eye!" Y/N added. Fleur smiled at them, walked towards them and gave the twins a hug and a kiss on their forehead. "Oh yes, my little twin brother and sister as well." She said as she continued to hug them.

"Hey there, Y/N," Cedric said as he shook Y/N's hand.

"Well, I'll be damned," He said with a smirk. "Cedric-bloody-Diggory. Good to see you. But why are you here?"

"I told you," He smiled. "I owe you one. And I'm a part of the Order, too."

"Just remember, Fleur," Lupin said to her."Once you're married: Bill takes his steaks on the raw side now."

"My husband, the joker," Tonks smiled. "By the way, wait until you hear the news! Remus and I are -- "

"ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT!" Moody bellowed to everyone. "You'll all have time for a cozy catch-up later! We've got to get the hell out of here and soon!" He dropped something to our feet as turned to me.

"Potter," He addressed me. "You're underage, which means you've still got the Trace on you."

"The... Trace?" I asked.
"You sneeze and the Ministry will know who WIPES YOUR NOSE." He grumbled. "Point is, we have to use those means of transport the Trace can't detect: brooms, thestrals, bloody HIPPOGRIFFS and the like. We'll go in pairs. That way if anyone's out there waiting for us -- and I reckon there will be -- they won't know which Harry Potter is the real one."

"The real one...?" I repeated.

Mad-Eye grinned as he took out a flask from his cloak. "I believe you're familiar with this particular brew." He opened the flash with a CHUNK.

"No!" I said as he meant Polyjuice Potion. "Absolutely not!"

Hermione sighed. "Told you he'd take it well."

"If you think I'm going to let people risk their lives for me --" I said before I was interrupted.

"Never done that before," Ron said. "Have we?"

"Cause we've fought a two-headed weirdo together," Y/N said.

"Fought a Basilisk together with Y/N," Lana added "Or faced against hundreds of Dementors..." "Or watched Voldy-Moldy come back to life..."

"This is different!" I said. "Taking that, becoming me -- no."

"Well, none of us really fancy it, mate," Fred said.

"Yeah," George added. "Imagine if something went wrong and we were stuck as scrawny, specky gits forever!"

"Everyone here is of age, Potter," Mad-Eye continued. "and they've all agreed to take the risk."

"Technically, I've been coerced," The short bloke said as he turned and put his hand out to me. "Mundungus Fletcher, Mr. Potter. I've always been a huge admirer."

"Shut up, Dung," Mum, Y/N and Lana said at the same time.

"All right," Mad-Eye said. "Granger, as discussed." Hermione walked quickly behind, grabbed a tuft of my hair and yanked it out my head.
"Blimey, Hermione!" I said as I held the back of my head.

"Straight in here, if you please," Mad-Eye said as Hermione dipped them into the flask and the potion sizzled and began to smoke. "For those of you who haven't taken Polyjuice Potion before, fair warning," He grumbled once more. "It tastes like GOBLIN PISS."

"Have a lot of experience with that," Fred said jokingly. "Do you, Mad-Eye?"

Mad-Eye's eye rotated in it's socket and glared with a look that said, "Don't remind me." "Just trying to defuse the ten-sion!" he took a swig of the Potion and gagged at the taste. The flask went from Fred to George then to Fleur, then Mundungus, Then to Ron, Y/N, Hermione and Lana. Soon enough, they all shrank or grew to my height and slowly adopted my features.

And then I found myself with eight other Harry Potters in the room, each in different clothes.

"Wow..." The Weasley twins said. "We're identical!"

"Not yet you aren't!" Mad-Eye said as he pulled out the clothes from inside with nine identical outfits in them. The other eight and I proceed to get changed. Hermione and Lana went to change elsewhere since they were girls, even if they looked exactly like me and Mum escorted them to another corner. Fleur didn't mind and Bill helped her change.

"Don't have something a bit more sporty?" George's voice complained.
"Yes, don't fancy this color at all," Fred's voice added.

"Fancy this:" Mad-Eye said. "You're not you, so shut it and strip."

"Bill, look away," Fleur's voice said in the nearest Harry Potter body next to me. "I'm 'ideous."

"I knew Ginny was lying about that tattoo," Ron's voice said.

"So? It's cool either way," Y/N's voice said. "Besides, I have a tattoo that says 'Hermione' on my right arm in her handwriting. And she likes it!"

"I love it, actually!" Hermione said from the other room as she and Lana came. "And Harry, your eyesight is really awful."

"That's my girl," Y/N's voice said. "Love ya, 'Mione!"

"Love you too!"

"Nearly forgot!" Moody said as he pulled out a fistful of glasses for everyone. Everyone who was me, but really wasn't grabbed one and slipped them on as Moody addressed them changing. "Right then. We'll be pairing off. Each Potter will have a protector. As for you, Harry..."

"Yes?" All the other Harry said in the room.

"THE REAL HARRY!" Moody yelled. "Where the devil are ya, anyway?"

"Here." I said as I rose my hand.

"You'll ride with Hagrid," Moody said. "Granger goes with Kingsley, Fleur with Weasley, Fred with Arthur, George with Lupin, Ron with Tonks, Lana with Addison, Y/N with Diggory, and Dung... you're with me."

As we all prepared to go with our Protectors, Addison and Lana came towards me and Y/N. "You boys be safe, okay?" She said worriedly as she hugged us both and kissed Y/N's head and then mine.

"Wait, Mum?" Y/N said. "How do you know who's who?"

"Y/N, I'm your mother," She said with a small smile. "I'll always know."

We all exited the house and I let Hedwig out of her cage to fly in the air. A number of transport was outside, a few Thestrals, a couple of Broomsticks and one very familiar Hippogriff.

"Buckbeak!" Y/N said as he walked towards the Hippogriff, who squawked at him. They had a good bond, so Y/N didn't have to bow before approaching him. "How are you, buddy?" Hermione came along to see Buckbeak as well. "Oh, us?" Y/N asked. "Yeah, Hermione and I are together now. Oh, you've been calling it since you've met us? Good on you then."

"Yeah, yeah, very touching," Moody grumbled once more. "Let's go." Hermione and Y/N hugged and Y/N mounted Buckbeak with Cedric while I sat in the sidecar of a motorcycle that Hagrid was driving. Everyone else either took a Thestral or a broomstick.

"Good luck, everyone," Mad-Eye said. "On the count of three. One... two..." Hagrid launched the engine and it lurched forward and flew in the sky.

Hermione POV

As Harry and Hagrid flew off, Kingsley, Addison and Cedric launched into the sky as we followed in the stormy night. We all thought it would be smooth sailing, we'd get to the Burrow fast without the Death Eaters catching up to us. Y/N and I agreed that once we get to the Burrow, we would kiss each other since kissing Harry was weird for both of us. But we were wrong.

Suddenly, men in dark robes appeared in the air and sparked green lights through the dark sky, disrupting our route on the way. I saw Cedric take our his wand and fire spells at them while Y/N and Lana fired lightning bolts at them.

"Hagrid!" I heard Harry say. "We've got to help the others!"

"Can't do it!" Hagrid yelled. "My job's ter get you where we're goin' safe 'n sound -- Mad-Eye's orders!" I think I saw Hagrid press a button and fire came out of the pipes. Y/N raised his hands as his eye glowed and he and Lana pulled the lightning from the sky and struck them with it.

Hedwig was flying around near Harry, and Y/N was continuing to strike the Death Eaters, but one of them raised their wand and was about to kill Y/N until Buckbeak slammed into the Death Eater and protected Hedwig. But the Death Eater managed to yell, "Avada Kedavra!"

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But Buckbeak flew and took the hit for both him and Cedric.

The three of them fell out of the sky as we all watched in horror. I wanted to yell his name, but that would give him away. I could only hope he and Cedric arrive at the Burrow. Hedwig flew into Harry's arms as a shape came and took shape in front of us, revealing Voldemort cackling at us. We all watched in fear as he almost struck another one of us with the Killing Curse, but Harry, as if on instinct, drew his wand at him and their spells collided.

A blast came after as Voldemort wheeled into smoke and disappeared from us. But the motorcycle started hissing and they began to drop to the ground and we had to follow after them. I was still worried where Y/N was with Cedric, hopefully he was close to the Burrow. As we touched down, we saw Harry and Hagrid talking with Mrs. Weasley, Ginny, Luna and Anne. When Kingsley and I landed, I jumped off the broom and Anne ran to me and hugged me. The Polyjuice Potion must have worn off, so she'd recognize me. After she hugged me, Harry walked over and we hugged each other.

"Where's Y/N?" I asked.
"I dunno," He said frantically. "He didn't get here yet. Thank God he wasn't hit, but Buckbeak..."

"Haven't go' any brandy, have yeh, Molly?" Hagrid asked. "Fer medicinal purposes?" He and Mrs. Weasley went into the house as Ginny and Luna walked to us.

"Ron and Tonks should've already been back," Ginny said. "Dad and Fred as well."

"Where's my cousins?" Luna asked in a worried tone.

"Lana's on her way with Addison," I assured her. "But Cedric and Y/N, we don't know. The Death Eaters killed Buckbeak and they dropped out of the sky."

Just then, a CRACK was heard and Remus was walking with one of the Harrys, whose clothes were tattered and his face was bleeding. Since the potion was wearing off, 'Harry' had turned back into who really suffered damage.

George Weasley.

Ginny brought her hands to her face as we all were shocked. "Oh my god!" Ginny shrieked. "George!"

"The house!" Remus yelled. "Quickly!" Harry joined me in helping George inside as we held it open. All of us were panicking as Mrs. Weasley came into the room and shrieked as George was laid on the couch. He was missing an EAR.

Mrs. Weasley screamed once more. "My boy!" She screamed. "My darling boy! What've they done to you!?" Harry looked miserable as he placed his hands on his head, but Lupin grabbed a fistful of Harry's shirt and pushed him against the wall.

"Remus!" I yelled. 'What are you doing!?"

"What creature sat in the corner the first time that Harry Potter visited my office at Hogwarts!?" Lupin yelled in his face as he ignored me.

"Are you mad!?" Harry said.

"WHAT CREATURE!?" Lupin yelled.

"A Grindylow!" He answered as he was released and Lupin turned to me and pointed his wand at me. "Now for you," He said ominously. "When did you figure out you were in love with my godson?"

"Hogsmeade!" I answered quickly. "With our first kiss in front of the Shrieking Shack!" Lupin nodded and then turned to Kingsley as he was pointed his wand at Remus. "The last words Albus Dumbledore spoke to the pair of us?" Kingsley questioned him.

"Harry is the best hope we have," Lupin answered. "Trust him." Both of the men lowered their wands and sighed in relief.

"We've been betrayed," Lupin said. "Voldemort knew you were being moved tonight. I had to make sure you both weren't imposters."

"Who did that to him?" Harry asked.
"Snape," Lupin said as he nodded to George. "He'll be fine, Molly. But that's Dark Magic. The damage is done." Mrs. Wealsey nodded and kept dabbing at George's cut." Another light beamed outside as Hagrid looked out.

"Someone else is back," He announced to us as we all walked out to find Addison and Lana off a Thestral. Lupin raised his wand at her and she did the same to him.

"When did you find out you were Grindelwald's daughter?" Remus asked her.

"Fourth year," She said. "Around the time Langden and I were dating." Another light came around as Tonks, Ron, Fred and Mr. Weasley arrived. Ron was slowly turning back into himself as Lana ran to him and hugged him. He looked a little happy to be near her. Harry and I walked to the two of them and hugged them too.

But Addison was uneasy a little and so was I. Cause everyone was here, but Cedric and Y/N weren't there. "Remus..." She stuttered. "Where's my son?"

She turned to him with a sad look on his face.

"I don't know..." He said. "We haven't seen him or Cedric yet --"

"WHERE'S MY SON!?" She yelled. "I've already lost my father, I can't lose my oldest son just yet!" She was on the verge of tears until I realized something. I pulled my half of the necklace that I got for Y/N that I had charmed to find him. It was now tugging on my neck and pointing in one direction.

Then it changed direction slightly.

Which meant he was moving.

"He's alive!" I yelled to everyone's attention.

"How do you know?" Addison said with a glint of hope in her eyes. "My son's alive?"

"Yes, he is," I said with a small smile. "He has a necklace on him that I charmed that will lead me to him, like a compass. And it moves around in that direction! We can find him!"

Addison now smiled as she hugged me. "I'm going to be a very lucky mother-in-law soon!" She beamed with happiness and let go. "Right then, lead the way, Hermione! Lana, Harry, we're gonna find Y/N."

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As the others were tending to George, the four of us went in search for Y/N, with me leading them and checking the necklace consistently. It took us east, west, north, everywhere until we spotted someone moving. The bushes and reeds ruffled around as we heard voices coming in our direction.

"We need to get out of these reeds! How much further?"

"I dunno, but we must be close! The necklace is pointing in this direction! We must be around the Burrow."

"Good, I do feel bad we had to leave Buckbeak behind."

"Me too. I wish we could do something, he was a great Hippogriff."

"What's the necklace doing anyway? You never said anything about it."

"It was a gift from Hermione. She gave it to me with a really sweet letter on my birthday. It's supposed to help in this kind of situation: If I'm lost, it will lead me to her and hers would..."

Y/N and Cedric brushed through the reeds and found themselves in front of us. Y/N smiled but he was bleeding from his head and arm and his glasses were broken, (they weren't really his glasses and I held on to his) while Cedric was holding his broken arm. I smiled as I fought back tears and Y/N said. "Lead her to me." I ran into him, planted my lips on his and hugged him while Lana and Harry hugged him as well. As we all let go, Addison walked to Cedric and shook his hand.

"Thank you for protecting my son," She said with a smile.

"Of course, Mrs. Lovegood," Cedric shook her hand.

"I take it that I'm not looking like a speckly git, am I?" Y/N joked. "Since we're kissing?"

"Shut up, you prat," I laughed and pressed my forehead on his. "You're alive is all that matters. Here." I took off the fake "Harry" glasses, wiped off the soot and dirt off his face with my sleeve, reached in my bag for his glasses and carefully put them on his face. "That's better, isn't it?" I said to him.

"So much better," He said. "I can see you much, much better, kitten."

I blushed a little and kissed him as Harry and Lana questioned, "Kitten?"

"Long story," We both said to them and then giggled.

"Y/N, you and Cedric are bleeding a lot," Addison said to him. "We should get you back to the Burrow, Molly can help you both."

"No complaints there," Cedric said.

"I'm just glad I'm back with you, Love," Y/N said as I wrapped my arm around his body and helped him back.

"Me too," I said with a kiss on his cheek.

Lana POV

We arrived back at the Burrow with Y/N and Cedric as everyone was crowded around George. Anne heard us come in and as she laid her eyes on Y/N, she smiled and hugged him tightly as Hermione giggled and Y/N hugged her back.

"Hey, Anne," He said with a smile. "How have you been?"

"Safer," the 13 year old witch said to him while still holding on to him. "Why are you bleeding? What happened?"

"A friend of mine... well, he died for us and we fell out of the sky," Y/N said. "What happened to George?"

"He lost his ear," Ginny said. "But it's good to see you both alive." She walked over and hugged both Y/N and Cedric. I saw George stir on the couch where he was laying on as Fred came closer. "How do you feel, Georgie?" He asked his twin.

"Saint-like." George responded.

"Come again?" Fred asked.

"Saint-like," George said with a small grin. "You see, I'm holy. Holey, Fred! Get it?"

Fred snickered. "With the whole wide world of ear-related humor at your disposal, you go for holey? Pathetic."

"Reckoning I'm still better-looking than you," he grinned. "Better-looking than Bill, that's for sure."

Bill and Fleur had just come in, but weren't smiling. They both looked grim and our faces went pale as Bill spoke one sentence.

"Mad-Eye's dead." Bill said as the room went still.

"Y-You're joking, right?" Y/N said while Mrs. Weasley checked up on him and Cedric. "He can't be dead, he's too stubborn to die! We already lost Buckbeak, we can't lose Moody!"

"Wait a momen'," Hagrid grunted. "Beaky's... dead?"

Y/N looked at Hagrid with sorrow in his eyes. "I'm sorry, Hagrid," He said. "A Death Eater was about to kill us, but Buckbeak saved us and took the hit."

Hagrid began to cry. "Bless 'im," He bellowed. "Savin' lives, that Beaky..."

"Mundungus took one look at Voldemort and Disapparated," Bill said.

"Mad-Eye reckoned You-Know-Who would expect the Harry to be with the most skilled Auror," Remus said to everyone. "He knew he'd be in the most danger."

"Doesn't explain how they knew we were moving Harry tonight." Mum said as eyes began to shift around.

"Wha'? One of us? That's mad," Hagrid said. " I'd wager me life it wasn' none of you lot. An' if it was me I'd kno', wouldn' I? Talk in me sleep on occasion, I'll admit, but there's only Fang aroun' ter hear an' mostly it's gibberish an' besides I'd cut me tongue out 'fore 'd betray 'arry e'en in me dreams --" He stopped talking as everyone smiled slightly.

"Wha's so funny!" He said.

"I trust you with my life, Hagrid," Harry said. "I trust everyone in this room. Understood?"
"Understood." Lupin said.

" Ear, 'ear!" George added as Fred looked at him and said, "Better." Bill found some glasses, poured some Firewhiskey in them while giving Anne, Ginny and Luna Butterbeer since they were underage.

"To Moody and Buckbeak," Bill said as he raised his glass with us and we drank it down. As we were done, Y/N sat down on the couch with Hermione laying down on him to rest while I was talking with Harry, Ron, Ginny and Luna. Soon enough we were all sent to bed waiting for Bill and Fleur's wedding to come around. Y/N and Hermione had fallen asleep on the Weasley's couch as Mum held his head to place a pillow under his head and Fleur covered them both with a blanket.

Y/N POV

"Please, Albus."

"Lead them on that path."

"Lead them on that path!"

I woke up 2 hours after I slept to the sound of footsteps walking through the halls. A while later, I saw Ron walk after him.

"Psst.. Ron!" I shouted quietly as it grabbed his attention. "Who left?"

"I think it was Harry," he said. "Want to come and see what he's up to?"

"Yeah, just have to get up without waking up this beautiful angel here," I said as I kissed her forehead. I quietly got up and carefully got off the couch without waking her up and joined Ron as we walked after Harry. We saw he had some rucksack with him as he prepared to enter the reeds.

"Going somewhere?" Ron asked Harry s he turned to see us.

"No one else is going to die," Harry said. "Not for me."

"For you?" I said. "You think Mad-Eye and Buckbeak died for you?"

"You think George took that curse for you?" Ron said. "You may be the Chosen One, mate, but this is a whole lot bigger than that."

Harry stared at the both of us and said. "Come with me. Now."

"And leave my girlfriend and my sister?" I said.

"Are you mad?" Ron asked him. "We wouldn't last two days without them, especially Lana." I looked at him with a look in my eyes.

"Don't tell her that, Y/N," Ron continued. "Besides, you've still got the Trace on you. And there's the wedding..."

"Wedding?" Harry asked.

"Bill and Fleur, Harry," I said.

"Mum's been planning it for months," Ron said. "Only thing that's kept her sane, I reckon. She'll kill me if I miss it. Kill you too. Rather go face to face with You-Know-Who if I'm honest."

"And Fleur is expecting me and Lana at the wedding," I said. "She said she wants us to see and she does want to dance with us there."

"I don't care about a bloody wedding -- no matter whose it is. I have to start searching for the Horcruxes." Harry said. "It's the only chance we have to beat him. And the longer we wait the stronger he gets."

"Tonight isn't the night, Harry!" I said. "We'd only be doing him a favor." We stayed silent for a moment until Ron piped up and spoke. "I mean, they're bits of his soul, the Horcruxes. Bits of him. When Dumbledore destroyed the ring and you destroyed Tom Riddle's diary all those years ago -- he must've felt something right?"

We both looked at him. He does seem to have a point about this.

"I see what you're saying," I said. "If if we do this thing right, if we find the Horcruxes and begin to destroy them one by one..."

"He'd know he's being hunted?" Ron finished as I nodded.

"If we're gonna be hunted by the Death Eaters," I said. "Only fair we hunt Tom Marvalo Riddle."

"And we stop him."