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So now they were thinking that maybe Draco really wasn’t in Hogwarts. So they had to go check Hogsmead! Harry, of course, knew that Draco wouldn’t be found there. He knew where Draco was. So did Snape and so, he suspected, did Dumbledore.

“Harry, are you OK?” Hermione asked cautiously as she saw her friend had stopped pacing.

“Do I look like I’m OK?” Harry shot back immediately.

“Looks like you’re worried sick,” Ron observed.

“We should have stopped this searching hours ago!” Harry exploded. “If he’d done something stupid like going to Hogsmead, then he would have been back by now anyway!”

“And he wouldn’t have left in the middle of the night,” Hermione added.

“Exactly!”

“So what are we going to do about it?” Ron asked.

“What can we do? They obviously don’t want us involved,” Hermione pointed out. “You shouldn’t even be here, Harry. They told you to go wait in your rooms in case he came back.”

Harry waved a hand at the Marauder’s Map on the table. “I would have known if he came back,” he muttered.

“But if they go to find you and tell you that they actually believe you, you won’t be there,” Hermione continued.

Harry sighed. “Yeah. You’re right. I’ll see you later then.”

“They’ll find him, Harry.” Hermione tried to be comforting.

“Yeah, even if they have to send Dobby to go open the door to Malfoy Manor for them,” Ron joked.

Neither of the two saw Harry stop and smile slightly as he left the Common Room.

Dobby was, as always, ecstatic to see Harry Potter.

“How can Dobby be helping you, Harry Potter?” he asked brightly.

“I need your help Dobby, and it’s very important.”

The House Elf practically squealed his joy at being able to help.