Bella was staring at Harry's, her eyes locked with his. He couldn't help but look at her deep brown eyes and was sucked into them. "Okay," he said, without a trace of disappointment.

Ginny watched this entire exchange between Harry and Bella, feeling slightly uncomfortable. They seemed to have connected because of their mishaps in their life. "Are we going to go check on Ryan?" She asked, feeling like she had interrupted something private of theirs....like a private moment or something. Shaking it off, she looked at Harry, brown eyes watching him.

"Yes," he said, nodding when Hermione explained the map. "My dad and his friends made it when they were in school here. Quite the mischief makers, they were. You want to see it?" he asked Bella.

"Oh yeah, Ryan!" Harry said when Ginny spoke up and turned to look at her; he had forgotten all about Ryan and his odd behavior. "I suppose we could if you still want to."

Ginny smiled towards Hermione. "It's ok. We can explain to Bella what the map is." She said, nodding towards Bella. Ginny couldn't decide if she liked the girl or not now. Was there something going on between her and Harry?

Wanting to smack herself in the forehead, she shook her head slightly. There was no way Harry would ever be unfaithful towards her. Never. She trusted Harry and she would have to remember that she did at these times.

"Alright, if you're sure you don't mind, Ginny," Harry told them, particularly Ginny. He smiled at her. "I'll just go get the map, and you guys can go on ahead and start explaining if you want." With that, Harry dashed up to the dormitory to get the Marauder's Map.

Comming down the stairs, he saw Bella, Ginny, and Hermione sitting quietly, apparently waiting for him to get back with the map. He laid it out on the floor in front of him, and tapped it with his wand saying, "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." At that the map sprang to life. "So, who wants to explain?" Harry asked, not wanting to dominate the conversation.

Ryan bit his lip. He did have a point. But he was a bloodsucker, they couldn't be trusted. "Uh..I'm not sure where she is, but she's in Gryfindor," he admitted. He kind of lied there, knowing she was in the Common Room. "You'll see her...later." he said. "She should be at dinner."

All of a sudden Harry hears someone, he was pretty sure it was Tori, yelling at them and banging on the portrait. He jumped out of his chair before anyone else could even react and ran over to the portrait hole, opened it by saying the password, and looked at Tori, who looked absolutely frantic. "What? What is it? What's wrong? Is everything okay? How is Ryan?" Harry rapidly questioned her.

Chloe sat silently, leaning against the back of an empty armchair as Harry told Bella his story. She knew all about it, but yet, she still was intrigued when she heard it. When Harry asked about Bella's adventures, Chloe's hazel eyes looked to the girl, curiousity lighting up her face. But when Bella said that it was too soon, she nodded understandably, thought Chloe knew she wasn't talking to her.

She fiddled with the hem of one of her scarfs, but looked up when she heard pounding on the portrait. "What's going on?" she asked Tori, after Harry finished his questions. She looked confused when Tori said that people were looking for Bella, then whispered something in the girl's ear. "What's going on?" she asked again, looking from Tori to Bella, not caring if she was being nosy.

Edward was glad to see that the boy was listening to a bit of reason. He was almost overjoyed by this new information. He nodded to the werewolf. "Thank you.. Ryan," he said sincerly. He gaped after Tori as she took off towards the castle. Edward knew that it wasn't the best idea to run after her and stop her. She was going to try to find Bella. He looked from Alice, to Jasper, to Emmett, and finally to Rosalie sourly.

"What -- someone is here looking for Bella??" Harry asked, now worried. "Why does Bella need to be protected? Are they dangerous?" His tone became softer as he spoke.

Harry was all but frozen in shock. "Okay," he said, more to himself to try to reign in his thoughts than to anyone else, "if they will be able to smell," his forehead creased together in thought at the very ideda, "you, it has to be far away, without leaving a trace... The only ways I can think of to get out of Hogwarts without leaving the grounds are..." By this time Harry's thoughts were going through his mind so fast that they were blurring together. "A Portkey," Harry said at last, "A Portkey or Floo Powder. I think we should use a Portkey; with Floo Powder it's too easy to end up in the wrong place. Now where to go.... Oh! I know! How about Grimmauld Place?" Everything was starting to come together now. For the benefit of the others who might not know what Grimmauld Place is, he explained, "It's this house I own. I think it still has some protective charms on it." Now there was still the matter of someone being with Bella to keep her company, protect her, or move her again if need be. "So, I don't think Bella should go there alone; one or two of us should go with her, while the rest stay here to work things out. Who do you think should go, guys?" Harry said more calmly, now that things were starting to fall into place. Because Bellla knew the situation better than any of them, he asked her, "What do you think, Bella?"

Harry was slightly taken aback by Bella feeling so strongly about wanting him to accompany her, but he was glad that she did. He smiled and nodded at her. "No, you can take portkeys out of Hogwarts, I'm pretty sure. I know I did in fifth year to get from Dumbledore's office to Grimmauld Place after a little...accident, but," Harry said, and then realized he was missing something, "Oh, man! Don't you have to be like registered or something to create portkeys. Yeah, I think that's right; Hermione told me that once. Well, I guess a portkey won't work then." By this time Harry was quite frustrated with himself; he should be able to think up a better plan. "There are too many enchantments around Hogwarts to just fly out of the window, so I guess we'll have to use the Floo Network. I made sure Grimmauld Place was connected to the network, and I took some of the powder from Sirius's stash in case of emergencys--and I guess this would classify as one. So I'll go with Bella. Would anyone like to join us? Ginny? Chloe?" Harry said.