The Potions Master's Daughter (Book Six)

As expected Ginny, Neville and Seamus were outraged that my father would do something like hit me, and when I told them I had mouthed off to him and earned myself another detention with him they looked at my sympathetically. On top of that our plan to steal the sword had failed, so everyone was in a bad mood.

I left that evening to go back up to the Headmaster's office and let myself up the stairs with a heavy cloak tucked away in my bag. I entered the room and put he cloak on as Severus got a few last minute things in order.

"We shouldn't be gone long. Just long enough to hid the sword, lead him to it, and then watch him and make sure he gets it."

I nodded, "Alright let's go."

He took the real sword from the panel behind the cabinet he had pointed out earlier and took my arm before apparating out of Hogwarts to the Forest of Dean. I cast a spell that would pont me n the direction of Harry and Hermione even through an protective enchantments they had put up. We followed the spell until it stopped working in the middle of a small field.

I groaned, "They must have left. This spell will take you to where they last contacted me through the mirror from,so this must be where they apparated away from. I don't know where they've gone."

"I guess we will have to try to get it to them another time," Severus said, "You said you had a way to contact them though? Perhaps you could do that, and we could find a way to get it to them then. Let's get back to the school."

I sighed but grabbed on to his cloak and allowed him to apparate us back into his office. After talking for a few more minutes, and promising I'd get in touch with harry about where he was, I left.

It was risky to try and contact harry and Hermione. If they were around anyone at all and I appeared to them, then our cover was completely broken, not to mention what might happen if someone barged in on me while I was talking to them through the mirror.

I waited until the next weekend to try and contact them, "Harry!" I  called.

HIs face appeared on the mirror, "Jessica! Hermione come here, it's Jessica."

"Oh Jessica," Hermione gushed, "How are you?"

"I'm okay," I told them, "How are you three?"

The two of them exchanged a look and Hermione looked as though she might cry, "Well you see Ron left a little bit ago."

I gasped, "What? Oh god, how stupid is that boy? I'll try to get in contact with him over Christmas break and tell him to go back to you guys, but that's not why I called you. Harry, we are coming up with a way to steal the sword of Gryffindor, and get it to you. It'll kill the Horcruxes won't it?"

"You know where it is?" he asked.

I nodded, "it's here in Snape's office. We tried to steal it once already, but we failed."

"Who is we?" Hermione asked.

"Me, Neville, Ginny and Seamus," i replied.

"And Ginny?? Is she okay?" Harry asked anxiously.

"She's fine," I reassured him, "WE got let off easy. The Carrows have been miserable but we are staying in there, not to mention a lot of other students are fighting against them with us. THe DA is sort of back together, to protect the younger students from the Carrows and Severus."

"That's really good to hear. I'm glad Hogwarts is doing okay," Hermione said.

"I think we can steal it and get it to you over Christmas holidays, but I'll need to know where you'll be. You'll need to contact me, or I'll contact you again once we have it and are ready to give it to you. It's dangerous to keep talking like this, but we have to know exactly where you are to get it to you."