"We're close to Grimmauld." Parker got the keys from her pocket.

"And you're sure we'll be safe here?" Erica asked slowly.

"Hopefully... Only the Order knows about it."

"We'll double check once we're inside, make sure it's just us." Hermione nodded.

The Herd then walked to Grimmauld Place, opening it up and walking inside. It was cold and empty, no one had been here in a while... Not since Sirius' death.

"It's dusty.." Erica commented as she walked in.

"Not like anyone's been here." Harry sighed.

"Maybe there's some old clothes in one of the rooms we can nab." Parker nodded.

"I'll come with you." Erica nodded,"I'm getting sick of this dress."

"We'll have a look around." Ron told them.

"Be careful, you never know if something's been trapped." Hermione warned them.

Parker walked upstairs, walking towards a room marked, 'B.B.'

"Do you want to check there first?" Erica asked.

"Yeah... Besides, we might get some clothes."

Erica nodded slowly and gently pushed the door open, her wand raised slightly just in case.

Parker looked around the room,"Clear."

"That's a good sign." Erica began to look around, aimlessly searching for a light switch.

"There.' Parker pointed.

"Aha!" Erica flicked it.

The lights turned on to reveal a darkly decorated room.

"Bellatrix Black." Parker pointed to the door with a sigh,"Doubt there's any good clothes but... They might work."

"If it's all we have, I suppose." Erica shook her head and opened a wardrobe, littered with spiderwebs.

"Maybe not.' Parker quickly closed the door.

"Don't tell Ron this is here?" Erica turned to her.

"My mouth is closed."

"Let's steal clothes from somewhere else." Erica slowly backed out of the room.

"Maybe... A.B." Parker pointed to another room.

"If this was Bellatrix's... This must be Andromeda's, right?" Erica pushed the door open.

"Aunty Andi." Parker gave a small smile, turning the light on.

"She's nice." Erica nodded slowly as she looked around the more light-colored room.

"You can meet her one day." Parker nodded, opening the wardrobe.

"Ooh, that would be lovely."

Parker looked between the clothes, picking some before stepping back,"She has some nice clothes."

"They feel so comfy and I'm not even wearing them yet." Erica picked some out.

"She was the best sister, I assume."

"Definitely the nicest." Erica hummed.

Parker turned around and got changed, fixing her hair,"I'll grab some clothes for 'Mione. The boys will have to find a guy's room."

"Alrighty." Erica smiled as she got changed.

Parker grabbed an outfit for Hermione, giving a small sigh,"This is our life now.."

"Living on the run." Erica nodded slowly, she almost hadn't... Processed it yet.

Parker slowly turned to Erica before she hugged her. They were best friends... They were going to get through this.

Erica held onto Parker tightly, she didn't want Parker to go away. She didn't want to lose anyone else, not now, not ever.

"Whatever happens, I love you, okay?"

"I love you too." Erica leaned against her.

Parker swayed with Erica,"Why don't we explore? See if we can find anything."

"Maybe, it would be a nice distraction."

Parker ans Erica pulled away, going towards a room. It was a room Parker remembered, it had the family tapestry in it.

"Ooh, what's this?" Erica walked up to it.

"Sirius showed me it, it's the Black Family Tree." Parker hummed.

"Hey, there's your mum." Erica pointed.

"This is what Sirius was hiding when he showed me... He was covering up her picture." She nodded.

"And yours, by the looks of it." Erica's hand brushed over the burn mark.

"I'd be scratched out like the rest of them." Parker sighed.

"You don't need to be part of-" Erica paused,"Hang on, I know that name.."

"What one?" Parker looked in the direction.

"This one." Erica pointed,"Cedrella.."

Parker looked down the tree,"Oh my- Merlin, there's your dad!"

"Y'know, that does make sense." Erica nodded slowly.

"I know all Pure Bloods are related but I never knew we would be this close.."

"So we're like... Third cousins?" Erica turned to her.

"Something along those lines." Parker waved.

Erica smiled and hugged her.

Parker chuckled and hugged back, "We should get some sleep."

"Is it that time already?"

"Everything happened so quickly." She sighed.

"I'm scared." Erica shook her head.

"I know... Me too." Parker rubbed Erica's back.

"When will we be able to go home..?"

"Once we're free."

"But when will that be? How long will we have to run? Be afraid?" Erica's voice shook.

Parker pulled away slowly,"I wish I could answer."

Erica shook her head,"What about Neville? And Blaise?"

Parker looked down,"We could send them a letter... Let them know we're safe."

"But what if it's tracked?"

Parker bit her cheek,"We'll figure something out."

Erica nodded slowly,"Where do uou want to sleep?"

"I think we should sleep in the rooms where we slept last time, just to be safe."

"Right, right." Erica nodded, walking out.

When they got to the room, the trio were already there.

"We had the same idea then?" Ron chuckled.

"It seems so." Erica nodded, walking up to him.

"We found some clothes in my aunt's old room." Parker hummed.

"We got you some, don't worry." Erica turned to Hermiome.

"I might be able to find some in Sirius' for us." Harry looked at Ron.

"Sounds great." He nodded.

"Let's get some sleep." Harry sighed.

"Agreed." Hermione sat on a bed.

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The next morning, Harry shouted on the others, waking them up,"Come see this!"

"What is it?" Erica rubbed her eyes, putting on her glasses.

"Look." Harry pointed to a door once they all joined him.

"This room belongs to... Sirius Black and Regulas Arcturus Black." Parker read out.

"R.A.B." Erica nodded slowly.

"Regulas is Sirius' brother." Ron sighed.

"And he was a Death Eater with the spooky locket." Erica added.

"He was seen as a traitor, like me." Parker looked at them.

"How about we check inside?" Erica leaned against the door,"Maybe there's a clue about the real locket inside."

"We can have a look." Harry nodded.

Erica smiled and pushed the door open. This room was old fashioned, like the others it hadn't been touched in years, but possibly a tad longer.

Erica ran her fingers along a chest of drawers. Surprisingly, there was not a speck of dust.

"Why's it so clean?" Hermione tilted her head.

"Well, Kreacher still lives here." Erica shrugged,"But why would he only really clean this room?"

"He had a close bond with Regulas." Parker nodded.

"I suppose that explains it." Harry sighed, sitting on the bed.

"Kreacher would probably know about the locket, wouldn't he?"

"Let's ask him." Hermione nodded.

"Kreacher!" Parker shouted for him.

Kreacher appeared before them, although as usual, he didn't look pleased.

"Have you seen this before?" Parker held up the locket.

Kreacher studied it as he glared up at the teens,"That is Master Regulas' locket."

"Yes, but there was two wasn't there? Where is it?" Harry raised a brow.

Kreacher shook his head,"Kreacher does not know."

"I think you do.' Parker pushed.

Kreacher looked away,"Master Regulas... He asked Kreacher to take it and destroy it."

"And did you?" Ron asked.

"Kreacher couldn't, it was too strong and full of dark magic." Kreacher shook his head,"And then it was stolen!"

"Who stole it?" Hermione looked at him.

"One of the Order members, Mundungus. He crept in here and took things, many things." Kreacher spat,"Including that locket."

Parker looked back at Erica,"Mundungus?"

"That-" Erica clenched her fists, letting out a sharp breath,"Kreacher, could you find him for us?"

"What does Kreacher get?" Kreacher leaned forward.

"If you find him, we'll help you destroy the locket." Erica told him.

Kreacher looked at Erica before apparating away.

"I'm going to kill Mundungus." Erica shook her head.

"Hopefully Kreacher finds him." Harry sighed.

"If he finds him, he finds the locket." Hermione shrugged.

"Let's do something while we wait." Ron walked off.

"Like what?" Harry watched after him.

"I saw a piano, maybe I can make a song."

"I'll help you." Hermione hummed.

"You can play?"

"Of course I can."

"Fine." Ron shrugged.

"What about us?" Parker turned to Erica.

"What's there to do around here?" Erica asked her.

"Cooking." Parker smirked.

"You want to cook?"

"Bake." Parker shrugged.

"Bake what?" Erica skipped up to her.

"What would you like to bake?"

"I'm not hungry, what are you in the mood for?"

"Strawberry puffs." Parker nodded.

"Ooh, they're nice." Erica smiled.

"You can be my helper."

"I'll be the best helper."

Parker chuckled and went to the kitchen. Erica happily followed after her.

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After around an hour, everyone was in the living area eating on the puffs the duo had made. That's when they heard some clattering from the kitchen.

"Kreacher? Is that you?" Harry headed towards the kitchen.

They walked into the kitchen to see Kreacher with Mundungus, along with Dobby!

"Mundungus, long time no see." Erica smiled at him.

"Oh- Erica." Mundungus looked at Erica,"Sorry about before."

"Dobby, what are you doing here?" Harry asked.

"Dobby saw Kreacher in Diagon Alley and decided to help him with his mission." Dobby smiled.

"Hear that guys? He's sorry!" Erica clapped,"He's sorry for abandoning me mid-air while I was being chased by Death Eaters with no glasses."

"I panicked that night!" Mundungus held up his hands.

"Your panicking caused Hedwig and Moody to die." Parker pointed.

"And if you don't cooperate, well, it won't end well for you." Erica drew her wand,"Now, where is the locket?"

"What locket?"

"You turned this place over and you found a locket... Where is it?" Hermione crossed her arms.

"Look, I sold a lot of things-"

"Who did you sell it to?" Erica grabbed his shoulder,"And don't even think about lying."

"I gave it away... Some Ministry Head comes up to see my licence, says she had the mind to lock me up! But then she took a fancy to the locket.." Mundungus trailed off.

"What did she look like, huh? How much did she pay you?" Erica put her wand to his neck.

"Erica, calm down." Ron shook his head.

"I don't- Hang on... That's her there." He pointed to the front page of the Daily Prophet.

Hermione looked at it and sighed,"Umbridge."

Erica let go of Mundungus, resisting all the urges she had to hurt him.

"I know what we need to do." Harry sighed.

"Break into the Ministry?" Erica turned to him.

"It seems like that." Parker nodded.

"Brilliant." Ron sighed.

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Everyone was outside the Ministry, Ron bending down to tie his lace as his selected ministry worker walked by. Ron quickly got up and knocked him out.

Erica held the door open for him, as Ron dragged the man inside.

"Thank you." Ron took a bit of his hair.

"No problem." Erica smiled.

"You found your worker yet?"

"She's over there." Erica nodded, pointing to an unconscious woman.

"Good." Ron nodded,"Come on, let's get the others."

Erica took a hair from her worker and nodded as she headed out of the little area they were in.

"Got your hairs?" Parker crossed her arms.

"Got our hairs." Ron told her.

Hermione put them all in the potions,"So where are we going after we get in?"

"To find Umbridge?" Erica shrugged,"Try and do 'our' jobs."

"Time to use our acting skills." Parker clapped.

"Try not to stand out too much." Hermione turned to the boys.

"Why are you just looking at us?" Ron blinked.

"No reason."

"You're not the best actor, Ron." Harry patted his back.

Ron rolled his eyes,"Whatever."

"Come on to the toilets." Parker hummed as they drank their potions.

"So excited." Erica shook her head.

"What exactly do we do?" Hermione blinked.

"You stand in the toilet and then flush." Ron told her.

"Right." Hermione nodded.

"Well, here goes nothing." Erica sighed as she entered the bathroom.

"Oh, it smells." Parker sighed before they flushed themselves down.

They soon found themselves inside the Ministry of Magic. Success! Everyone met up in the middle, looking forward to see a statue.

"Its a horrible statue." Erica shook her head.

"It's... Muggles in their rightful place.." Hermione sighed.

Ron crossed his arms,"Where are we supposed to go now?"

"Maybe we can-"

"Come Olivia, we need prepare for the trial." Yaxley, a Death Eater placed his hand on Erica's shoulder.

"The trial?" Erica slowly turned around.

"Don't play stupid, come along."

Parker gave Erica a small nod of reassurance.

"Of course, sir." Erica nodded, following Yaxley away

"Let's get to that courtroom." Parker nodded.

"Before something bad happens." Hermione agreed

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Parker and Hermione sat near the stands of the court room, near Umbridge and Erica who sat near Yaxley. Harry and Ron finally finding the room, walking in.

Erica was looking down at a clipboard, trying to make her glares at Umbrudge less obvious.

"Mary Elizabeth Cattermole?" Umbridge announced.

Mary looked up at her,"Yes, yes, that's me."

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

"Yes, that's my wand." She nodded quickly.

"Would you please tell the court which witch or wizard you took this wand from?"

"I didn't take it from anyone, it's my wand." Mary shook her head.

"You're lying! Wands only choose witches and you are not a witch." She spat.

"I-I am a witch. Tell them Reg- I am a witch." Mary turned to Reginald who was really Ron.

Ron was about to speak but Umbridge dismissed him.

"That won't be necessary, Miss Cattermole."

"Please Delores-"

"I've heard enough."

Harry began to move slowly closer to Umbridge, giving the others a sign.

"Oh Delores~" Erica hummed as she stood up.

"Olivia, sit down." Yaxley ordered her.

"I don't listen to you." Erica punched Yaxley.

"You-" Yaxley went to grab her.

"You're lying, Delores." Harry walked forward,"And we must not lie."

Delores' eyes widened slightly,"Albert, what is the meaning of this?"

Harry's potion slowly began to disappear, revealing himself before he fired a spell at Delores, taking the Locket.

"It's Harry Potter!" Mary gasped.

"Gotta go, love." Ron grabbed her and ran off with the others.

"It's this exhilarating?" Erica hummed.

"What do we do?" Hermione cursed.

"Keep running." Ron sighed.

They all ran until they got to the elevators, all getting into it as dementors began to fly towards them.

'Expecto Patronum!" Harry shot the spell at them.

Ron and Hermione quickly closed the doors, the lift moving down.

"Shit." Parker cursed.

"Its fine, we're nearly out." Erica shook her head.

"Why- Why are you helping?" Mary pointed to Erica.

"Me?" Erica blinked,"Oh- I'm not Olivia. Well, I am right now but I'm not really."

"Your potion will run off soon." Parker nodded as she turned back to herself.

"Oh my goodness." Mary shook her head.

"Nice to meet you, Mary. I'm Erica." Erica hummed, turning into herself as well.

"Go home Mary, get the kids. You need to get out of the country." Ron held Mary's shoulder.

"Oh, Reg." Mary turned and kissed him... As Ron turned back into himself.

As the doors to the lift opened up, the real Reginald in his underwear appeared at the other side,"Mary? Who's that?"

"Reg, I-" Mary turned, then noticing Ron.

"Sorry, have to go." Ron began to run.

Everyone sprinted towards the fireplaces, Yaxley and other Death Eaters close behind, firing spells.

"Hurry!" Hermione urged them.

"We don't have time." Erica shook her head.

"Everyone hold on." Parker grabbed onto them as she began to apparate.

Although Yaxley grabbed onto Hermione. When they landed, it was the woods, not Grimmauld Place. Harry looked around, grabbing the locket before he noticed the others surrounding Ron.

"Hey- Hey, it's going to be okay." Erica stroked his hair.

"Harry, in my bag- You'll find a bottle labelled, 'Essence of Dittany. I need it now!" Hermione pointed.

Ron was screaming in agony, he wasn't ready to apparate so he got splinched. Harry rummaged in the bag before running over with a small vial

"It's going to sting a little, okay? I'm sorry." Hermione emptied the bottle on his arm.

Ron winced as Erica attempted to soothe him.

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

"We were." Parker sighed,"We were there but Yaxley grabbed Hermione and I knew once he'd know where we were, we couldn't stay so I had to bring us here but Ron got splinched."

"You're okay now, I promise." Erica whispered to Ron, taking his other hand.

Ron groaned in pain and squeezed his sisters hand.

"Shh, I won't let anything hurt you anymore." Erica assured him.

"Thanks Er." Ron chuckled slightly.

"Just doing what I can."

"You're doing your best." Ron assured her.

Erica smiled softly, continuing to stroke his hair.