They walked into the cafe together as a couple walked out. They sat at a booth at the back and tried not to draw any attention to themselves.

"What about all the people at the wedding?" Harry asked, "Do you think we should go back?"

"They're after you, mate. You'd put everyone in danger if you go back." Ron told him.

Erica nodded as she looked over the back of the booth before snapping her neck back to face them, visibly more nervous.

That's when a waitress came up to the Herd, "Coffee?"

"Oh, no thanks." Erica shook her head as the waitress walked off,"I don't want to alarm you but I think we made a mistake coming here."

"It was the safest place we could. Besides, it's muggle territory." Hermione sighed.

"No, it's not that. Look at those two over there." Erica pointed to two work men at the booth across from them.

They all looked at them before looking back.

"Okay, so maybe not th-" Parker began but was cut off by the two workmen firing spells at the Herd.

"I told you guys!" Erica yelled, taking out her wand.

"Stupefy!" They all shouted before they began dueling.

The Herd had won as the waitress walked out.

"Go, leave." Parker told her.

"Well, now what?" Harry asked, looking at the two unconscious Death Eaters.

"Lock the doors and turn off the lights." Parker stated while she walked up to the Death Eaters, "This one's Rowle. He's quite the master at Charms."

"The other is Dolohov, correct?" Erica asked, doing what Parker asked.

"Tortures muggles and non followers of Voldemort." She sighed, "Prick."

"That's something we all agree on." Hermione stated, using a spell to tidy up the mess they made.

"You're going to need to erase their memories." Ron told Hermione, "They might wake up and tell the others."

Hermione nodded and raised her wand at the men,"Obliviate."

"Come on. Let's go." Harry sighed before they left.

"How is it that they found us?" Harry asked while they walked.

"Maybe we were followed?" Ron suggested.

"Or they could've tracked one of us." Hermione added.

"All we know is that we can't show ourselves in case they recognise us. We're going on the run." Erica stated, rubbing her eyes.

Hermione stopped slightly and gasped.

"You ok Hermione?" Harry asked her.

"We didn't celebrate your birthday, Harry." Hermione stated, "Ginny, Erica, Parker and I prepared a cake. We were going to give it to you after the wedding."

"Forget the cake, there's a mass murdering psycho out there." Erica sighed, turning to Harry,"No offence but we really need to go."

"Come on. We're not far from Grimauld Place. It'll be safe there." Parker stated while they walked.

"What are we waiting for, let's go." Ron stated, looking ahead.

Soon enough, they all arrived at Grimauld Place, walking in and closing the door behind them. The lights slowly turning on.

"Uh, hello? Anybody home?" Erica asked, looking around wearily.

Hermione used a spell, "No, we're alone."

Erica nodded before tripping over the main rug and falling to the ground.

"Are you alright?" Parker asked, helping Erica back up.

"Aren't I always?" Erica asked back, standing up.

"Eh, sometimes." Parker shrugged, "We should be able to get some rest here tonight."

"Well, the bedrooms are upstairs." Ron told them, starting to climb the stairs.

Once they got upstairs, they all just decided to sleep in the same room incase anything happened.

|The next day|

"Harry! Where are you? Get down here!" Ron shouted for Harry.

"It's too early for this." Erica moaned, rubbing her eyes,"God, I sound like you."

"Well, we found something." Parker told Erica, "Hurry."

She walked back out the room and to the end of the hall. Erica dragged herself out of the room and walked down the stairs, leaning her head on Ron's shoulder.

"Look." Ron pointed to a door that had a name on it.

"Regulus Arcturus Black." Hermione read out.

"R.A.B." Harry realised.

"Let's go in then." Erica yawned, pushing open the door.

His room was a mess, it hadn't been touched in years.

"I doubt we'll find anything in here." Hermione shook her head.

"Yeah we will." Erica yawned, she seemed more optimistic when tired.

"Right then. Let's look." Parker and the others began looking, but soon found nothing.

"Let's re-read it, in the kitchen." Harry told the others.

They all followed Harry to the kitchen and he unfolded the note from his pocket.

"And I will be dead long before you read this. I've stolen the real horcrux and I intend to destroy it." Harry read out.

"R.A.B is Sirius' brother?" Ron asked.

"Must be." Hermione nodded, thinking over the note.

"Maybe there's something in Sirius' room." Erica suggested, starting to prepare some coffee.

"No, there's nothing." Harry shook his head, "I checked."

Suddenly, they heard some rumbling around inside the cupboard beside them. Erica tilted her head and nudged the cupboard with her shoulder causing Kreature, the Black family house elf, to fall out of the cupboard.

Parker sighed, pulling Kreature up and to the side, "You been spying on us, have you?"

Parker had dealt with Kreature before, he was at the Manor sometimes.

"Kreature has been watching." He answered her.

"Maybe he knows where the real locket is." Hermione stated.

Parker turned to Harry and took the locket off of him, holding it infront of Kreature's face, "You ever seen this before?"

Kreature gave a small groan.

"Kreature." Parker warned him.

"It's Master Regulas' locket." Kreature stated, stepping closet.

"But there was two, weren't there? Where's the other one?" Parker asked.

"It was here, in this house." Kreature told her.

"Where? Did someone take it?" Parker pushed.

"He came in the night and he took many things, including the locket." Kreature replied, obviously angry.

"Who did? Who was it, Kreature?" Parker asked, annoyed she wasn't getting full answers.

"Mundungus. Mundungus Fletcher." Kreature answered grimly.

Erica slammed her cup down on the table and spoke only two words,"Find him."

Kreature looked at Parker, then Erica before he apparated away.

Parker put the locket back down on the table, clapping her hands, "Right then. Let's get ourselves busy while we wait."

Her whole mood, changed. Everyone nodded as Erica sipped her coffee.

"Let's go through to the living room." Parker walked past them all and went to the living room.

The Herd followed her and almost instantly, Erica sat down on a coffee table.

"Why do you want Mundungus so bad?" Harry asked Erica.

"One, he has the locket and two, he needs to know that I am very mad about him ditching me." Erica explained, taking another sip of coffee.

"Well, let's hope he has the locket." Hermione sighed.

"Oh, he better." Erica muttered under her breath.

Soon enough, the Herd were all just doing their own thing in the living room. Hermione was helping Ron play the piano, Harry was holding his snitch, Parker and Erica were reading through books to pass time. But then they heard some grunting and struggling coming from the kitchen. The Herd followed the noise to see Dobby and Kreature in a struggle with Mundungus.

"Oh god." Harry muttered while Mundungus fell to the ground, the two house elves moving to the table.

"Dobby, what are you doing here?" Parker asked while Hermione disarmed Mundungus.

"Dobby was only trying to help." Dobby informed them, climbing onto the table,"Dobby saw Kreature in Diagon Alley which Dobby thought was curious and then Dobby heard Kreature talking with the thief, Mundungus Fletcher."

"I'm no thief!" Mundungus defended himself while he walked back to a corner.

"You're a thief Dung, everyone knows it." Ron crossed his arms.

"Master Weasley, so good to see you again." Dobby shook Ron then Erica's hands.

"Listen, I panicked that night, alright?" Mundungus sat down on a chair.

"Panicked? You panicked, did you?" Erica questioned as she started clapping,"Wow, I'm so proud of you."

"Can't help it that Madeye fell off his broom." Mundungus held his hands up.

"Tell the truth. When you turned this place over, don't deny it. You found a locket, am I right?" Parker asked.

"Why? Was it valuable?" Mundungus questioned, starting to get up.

Erica forced him back down, aiming her wand at his chest.

"Have you still got it?" Hermione asked.

"He's only worried that he didn't get enough money for it." Ron nodded.

"I gave it away. There I was, showing my wares in Diagon Alley when some ministry head comes up and asks to see my license. Says she had the mind to lock me up. That's when she took a fancy to the locket." Mundungus explained to the Herd.

"Who was she?" Erica asked, getting closer,"The witch, do you know?"

"No, I-" Mundungus began before he pushed himself off the chair, picking up the Daily Prophet, "Well she's there. Look."

He pointed to the picture of the woman the Herd all hated the most. Delores Umbridge.

"I need a moment." Erica sighed, walking off.

They herd a thud and the walls shook slightly as she then walked back.

"Punch the wall again?" Parker asked.

"You really need to stop doing that." Ron told her, looking over her hand.

"Guess we're going to the Ministry then." Harry sighed.

"Mundungus. You're going to stay here. If you even think about apparating out of here, just know that it won't just be Kreacher and Dobby coming for you. Oh, and don't touch anything." Parker informed Mundungus.

**

Erica signalled to Ron as she crossed the road, the final ministry worker they were going to impersonate was behind him. Ron nodded, bending down to 'tie his lace' while the ministry worker walked up behind him. When she walked past the pillar behind him, Harry stunned her, causing her to fall halfway in the secret doorway. Ron quickly ran over and helped Harry took the worker in, laying her down next to the other four workers.

Hermione bent down and took the workers hair and put it in the potion, "Right. Remember what we said. Don't speak to anyone unless absolutely nesassary. Just, try and act normal, do what everyone else is doing. If we do that, then with a bit of luck we might get inside. Then.."

"Everything gets much harder and more complicated." Erica sighed.

"Correct." Hermione nodded.

"This is completely mental." Ron sighed.

"Completely." Hermione nodded once again.

"Come on. We've got a horcrux to find." Parker stated before they all took their potions.

Once they'd transformed, they all snuck out the door as if nothing happened. They all walked down the the toilets, the girls and boys splitting up.

"What exactly do we do?" Hermione asked while the girls walked.

"You flush yourself in." Parker answered.

"This is the fun part." Erica giggled as she she flushed herself down.

"It's not really. You get dizzy." Parker stated before she flushed herself down, Hermione going after her.

They arrived in the crowded centre area. Erica spotted Ron but kept her distance as she ended up by Harry.

"Fancy seeing you here." Erica muttered.

Harry looked at Erica and nodded before they all met up in the middle.

"Is that?.." Ron began.

"Muggles. In their.. Rightful place." Hermione answered.

"How long did you say this will last Hermione?" Erica asked her, tilting her head.

Hermione looked at Erica and the others, "I didn't." She shook her head.

"Then we better bloody hurry." Ron muttered.

That's when Yaxley, a man Parker remembered very clearly from the Manor placed his hand on Erica's shoulder.

"Come Olivia, we have to prepare for the trial." Yaxley stated, looking down at her.

Parker bit her inner cheek, she always hated Yaxley. She then looked at Erica and gave her a small nod.

Erica followed Yaxley into his office as the others split up.

**

Parker and Hermione were sitting in the stands, near Umbridge and Erica was sat beside Yaxley while Harry and Ron walked in.

"Thank you, Albert." Umbridge nodded to Harry, "Mary Elizabeth Cattermole?"

"Yes." Mary answered quietly.

"A wand was taken from you upon your arrival at the Ministry today, Miss Cattermole. Is this that wand?" Umbridge held up a wand.

Mary nodded meekly as Umbridge spoke again.

"Would you please tell the court which witch or wizard you took this wand?" Umbridge asked.

"I didn't take it. I got it from Diagon Alley, from Ollivanders when I was eleven." Mary looked around the room, "It chose me."

"You're lying." Umbridge stated as Harry started walking around the room,"Wands only choose witches and you are not a witch."

"I am." Mary held back her tears and looked up at Ron, "Tell them, tell them what I am. Reg, please."

Mary continued to beg the silent wand as Harry sneakily drew his wand.

"What on earth are you doing Albert?" Umbridge questioned.

"You're lying, Delores." Harry spoke as his face slowly began to turn back to himself.

"And one must not tell lies." Parker spoke from beside Umbridge, quickly taking the locket while Harry used Stupefy against Umbridge.

Erica began to climb over the stands when Yaxley grabbed her,"Olivia! What are you doing?!"

Erica turned and punched him, knocking him to the floor as she jumped down the stairs and after the Herd and Mary.

"It's Harry Potter!" Mary realised.

"It is, isn't it. This'll be fun to tell the kids." Ron joked, still pretending he's Reginald.

They all ran into the lift as the dementors came up to the gates and began sucking their souls out.

"Expecto Patronum!" Harry yelled, as a bright ball of light left his wand and sent the dementors flying.

Parker let out a shakey breath before the lift stopped and they all ran out. By the time they left the lift, it was the Weasley siblings who hasn't changed back, much to Erica's annoyance. That's when Ron stopped and turned to Mary.

"Go home Mary." Ron instructed her,"Get the kids, I'll meet you there. We need to get out of the country."

Mary quickly looked at Ron before she kissed him.

Erica froze. She didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. Then again, this Olivia person would probably punish them for public affection. That's when Ron transformed into himself and the real Reginald ended up walking beside her.

"Mary?" Reginald asked, "Who's that?"

Mary opened her eyes and stepped back, not being able to process this information.

"Long story, it was nice meeting you." Ron waved as he met back up with the Herd.

"It's Harry Potter!" Some Wizards realised, shouting it so everyone heard.

"Well, there goes breaking in and getting out unnoticed." Harry sighed as the ran towards the fireplaces.

That's when they noticed spells being fired at them.

"It's Yaxley." Parker told them, looking back at Yaxley before she began firing spells back at him.

"You suck at your job!" Erica yelled, finally transforming back.

Parker quickly got a bunch of posters that had Harry's face on them and made them fly onto Yaxley, blocking his view from them. Yaxley quickly swatted them away and continued the chase. They thought they were safe when they reached the fireplace and started to leave but Yaxley grabbed onto them, causing Hermione to disapparate with the Herd, away from Yaxley. They all ended up in a forest. Harry looked to his side and seen the locket, quickly getting up and grabbed it. That's when he turned to see the others surrounding Ron.

"Harry, in my bag you'll find a bottle labelled 'Essence of Dittany.'" Hermione told him, taking off Ron's shirt.

Harry then began pulling books, upon books out of Hermione's bag.

"Accio dittany!" Harry shouted eventually, he caught the bottle before walking over,"God, his arm."

"We know, just hurry." Parker looked up at Harry.

"It's- It's going to sting a little, okay?" Hermione told Ron while she began putting the Essence on Ron's arm.

"What happened?" I thought we were going back to Grimmauld Place." Harry questioned Hermione.

"We were, we.. One more, one more." Hermione assured Ron, "We were there, but Yaxley had a hold of me and I knew once he'd seen where we were, we couldn't stay, so I brought us here but Ron got splinched."

After Hermione finished with the dittany, Ron's wound had closed. She got up and began casting protective charms around them as Erica lightly stroked Ron's hair.

"Get started on the tent." Hermione told Harry.

"Tent? Where am I supposed to find a tent?" Harry asked her.

"Where do you think, genius?" Erica raised a brow, gesturing to Hermione's bag.

Harry looked at Hermione's bag before he went inside and brought out the tent.

"I'll help." Parker sighed, getting up and helped Harry make the tent.

**

The next morning everyone stood a bit away from the locket. Ron, in his sling, was even further back. Harry used a spell to try and destroy the locket, but it wasn't working. They were using all different spells, but nothing. After quite a lot of attempts, he picked up the locket and put it on.

"What are you doing?" Parker asked.

"We need to keep it safe until we find a way to destroy it." Harry sighed, looking at the others.

"Seems strange, mate. Dumbledore sends you off to find all these horcrux's but doesn't tell you how to destroy them? Doesn't that bother you?" Ron asked.

Harry just looked at him before walking back to the tent.