The kitchen table in 12 Grimmauld Place was full. The entire Order Of The Phoenix, all the Weasley children, Harry, and Hermione were sitting, waiting for Dumbledore to arrive. Dumbledore had called a short notice emergency meeting and needed to see everyone immediately. Hermione was so anxious she took no notice of anything, including the conversation that was going on between Ron and Harry who were sitting on either side of her, until Dumbledore walked in.

The entire rooms conversation faded.

"Good evening everyone."

"Good evening Albus please come sit down." Mrs. Weasley pushed back the chair at the very end of the table and Dumbledore sat.

The room was full with anxiety and tension and each person's eyes laid still on Dumbledore.

"As you all know I have called this emergency meeting. I fear that our headquarters, here at 12 Grimmauld Place has been discovered by both the Ministry of Magic and the Dark Lord himself."

A few murmurs were spread across the room but Dumbledore simply ignored them.

"That's impossible! How did they find out?" asked Mr. Weasley, a frown crinkling his face.

"Arthur my dear friend, it is definitely possible. How, I do not know but I must first tell you all that I have a plan."

"What is it Albus?" asked Mrs. Weasley anxiously.

"The Order will split, each member of the Order will go and live in their own secret hide outs or homes with one other member of the Order. Each person here that is not in the Order, those of you who are under age, will be paired with a member of the Order." Dumbledore cast a glance down towards the end of the table where Ginny, Harry, Ron and Hermione sat with the twins.

"But Albus, we can't go on like that for very long, it will be a mess trying to sort anything out!"

"Molly it is the safest way." replied Dumbledore calmly.

"Well then, me and Harry will go pack!" exclaimed Sirius, a grin on his face.

"Sirius, I am afraid you will not be staying with Harry for these next couple of weeks." replied Dumbledore, a twinkle in his eye.

Sirius frowned. "You can't be serious Dumbledore? He's my godson!"

"Indeed Sirius, all the more reason you should not be with him. The Death Eaters and members of the Ministry will expect you to be with Harry, and so will look for you first. I have instead placed you with miss Granger." Dumbeldore looked at Hermione and smiled pleasantly. Hermione nodded. Sirius was smiling again slightly.

"Well, I guess if it's protecting Harry, it's for the best." Sirius nodded at Hermione smiling, and did the same to Dumbledore.

Dumbledore smiled back and then turned to Mrs. Weasley.

"Molly, you will accompany Ginny."

Mrs. Weasley nodded and smiled back at him, and Dumbledore turned to Mr. Weasley.

"Arthur you will accompany Harry." also nodded in agreement.

Dumbledore then looked from Lupin, to Kingsley Shacklebolt, and then to Tonks in turn.

"Remus you will accompany George, Kingsley you will accompany Ron and Nymphadora you will be accompanying Fred."

Each nodded their head in agreement to Dumbledore's commands.

"Well then, I would hope all of you ready to apparate and leave –" Dumbledore looked at his peculiar watch. "Within the hour."

An hour passed by quickly and everyone was in the kitchen once more, ready to leave. Hermione said goodbye to Harry, Ron and Ginny. They all tried to reassure each other that they would all be together again soon but none of them seemed too convinced even by their own words. After saying their goodbyes, each of them went to find their living partner for the next few weeks. Hermione found Sirius standing near the end of the table. He welcomed her as his new living partner with a smile.

"All ready to go?"

Dumbledore entered once more and one by one the pairs apparated to wherever they were going. It was Sirius and Hermione's turn next. He held out his arm and she took it tightly, before she knew it she felt her body being compressed and she almost couldn't breath, and eventually her and Sirius were standing in the lonely hallway of a small cottage in goodness knew where. Hermione looked around and felt Sirius' gaze on her face. She looked up and he was looking at her with a curious expression.

"You'll see your friends soon."

She nodded and released his arm.

"Your bedroom is the one at the top of the stairs, mines the room down at the end of the hall."

Hermione gave him a weak smile and went up stairs. She looked down the hallway and there were three doors. The one right in front of her was hers, the next was a bathroom and the one at the end was Sirius'. Hermione walked into her room looking around. It was a small, cosy room, with a small single bed next to the window and a fireplace on the wall across from it. Hermione looked out the window, it was getting dark and rain was drizzling outside.

Hermione unpacked the small amount she had and after a while she heard Sirius' soft voice from the bottom of the stairs.

"Hermione?"

"Yes?" she called back.

"Dinners ready."

Hermione walked down and entered the small, warm kitchen, a book in her hand.

The small, round wooden table was in the middle of the kitchen and on two plates; there was a steak and kidney pie.

Hermione looked up at Sirius who was smiling at her and she smiled gently back slightly shaking her head.

"You should have told me you were making dinner, I would have done it."

"Ah it's fine don't worry. Here come sit down." Sirius pulled back a chair and Hermione sat down. Sirius took the seat opposite her and they both ate in almost complete silence.

After they were finished Hermione thanked Sirius and told him she was going to bed, but not before she cleared the plates. As she was bringing them over to the sink, a blue light floated into the kitchen and stopped before Hermione. It was a phoenix patronus and Dumbledores voice came from it. His voice sounded grim.

"Hermione… I am so very sorry to be the one to bear bad news…the Death Eaters found your parents. They wanted to know where you were as they thought you might be with Harry. My dear miss Granger I am deeply sorry to tell you, they were killed…"

There was a loud smash. Hermione had dropped the plates onto the hard black tiles of the kitchen. Her back was to Sirius, but he could see her shaking. Sirius got up quickly to comfort her but before he could get to her she had already crumpled onto the floor, on top of the shattered plates and was crying. Sirius sat down next to her and put his arms around her. He stroked her hair and tried to soothe her, through her deep sobs and shaking body.

"I'm here Hermione, I'm here."

Hermione felt her insides aching; she thought she was going to vomit. Sirius tried his best but there was nothing he could do, her parents were dead. Hermione couldn't breathe, this couldn't be happening. Sirius picked Hermione up in his arms; her legs draped over one, and her arms around his neck, still sobbing into his chest. He carried her upstairs to her bedroom and sat her on the bed. Hermione tried to control her breathing and was wiping her face as much as she could but the tears would not stop.

"Thank you Sirius." She whispered huskily.

"Get some rest Hermione, it will be good for the shock." Sirius rested a hand on her shoulder. All Hermione could do was nod. She lay down and curled up into a ball still dressed and tried to sleep.