But I'll be close behind, I'll follow you into the dark
[The Ministry] [5am] [anyone, attn: Aurors]
Harry walked into the auror department with a look of determination on his face and an arm full of red roses. It had taken a chat with Evelyn and a week of solitude in the flat to finally come to his senses. He loved Ginny and there was no doubt that she was the person he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. It had been slow in coming but he was sure of his decision; something he couldn't say even a week ago. Harry didn't really want to declare his love at work, but a few days earlier their case took an interesting turn when they started hearing whispers that their group of robbers might be part of a bigger plot. He and Evelyn spent every day working until the middle of the night, while Cho and Ginny always started early, around four or five in the morning. It had been two solid weeks since he had seen either of them for more then five minutes at a time.
He walked into their division keeping his eyes focused on the door to Ginny's office. He knew that the second he looked over at Cho's desk she would want an explanation, and he didn't want to stop. Without bothering to knock he opened Ginny's door and was about to say her name when he saw something hanging in the middle of her office. Fear gripped him and his blood turned to ice; he didn't even notice that he dropped the roses and had grabbed his wand. He was completly focused on the Dark Mark that hung above her desk. Harry tore his eyes away from the mark and looked around her office, noticing the blood on her desk, the over turned chair, the papers that littter the floor, all the while screaming Cho's name. He tried not to touch anything, but searched quickly for a clue as to where Ginny might be or what happened.
"CHO! Cho! Oh Merlin, Cho where are you," he cried. Harry ran out of Ginny's office to get Cho, only to see a second Dark Mark, this one hanging over Cho's desk. The scene was almost the same as Ginny's office and it was clear there had been a struggle. For the first time he noticed the scorch marks on the walls from the hexes. He was so scared he didn't know what to do, owl Kingsley? Alert the Minister? It felt like hours had passed since he walked into their division, but he knew it had only been a minute. And every second that went by was a precious moment lost. Harry was about to send out a patronus when he heard a cough. He ran toward the cough, noticing for the first time that he was holding his wand, though he didn't remember grabbing it. The coughing grew worse and wetter until Harry finally found one of his fellow aurors, Frank, in the back of the room clearly cut with Sectumsempra . Harry started to speak when Frank cut him off.
"It's only been ten, fifteen minutes at the most," he choked out, flecks of blood spraying out of his mouth.
That was all Harry needed to hear; he ran to the dusty cobweb covered blue shiny box and muttered a spell that everyone thought was useless. The box turned bright red and started flashing in sync with the red lights that appeared from the ceiling throughout the Ministry. The voice from the elevator suddenly covered Frank's wet coughs chanting,"We are in lock down. The ministry and Diagon Alley are in lock down. Please get to your secure locations and wait for instructions."
As Harry ran back to Frank he noticed an envelope with his name in an elaborate script. He quickly grabbed it and knelt next to Frank, fruitlessly applying pressure to Frank's wound. Using his teeth he opened the envelope, and watched three things fall out; the locket he gave Ginny for Christmas, a Ravenclaw ring that Cho always wore and a note. He picked up the note and time suddenly seemed to stop as he read the three words printed on the small piece of parchement, "Missing something Potter?"