Hiya so here's the fourth year for FFMN and its going to be a bit different, I'm sure there are going to be bits that you don't like but oh wellI like the way that this year has started. Some chapters are longer than others and this one isn't that long, but I shall post the secondchapter on Monday.

Disclaimer: I am not JK Rowling, I do not own any rights to the Harry Potter world, I make no money from this and it is all for fun.

The house was quiet the only sound was the distant sea lapping the soft sand of the beach. The house was almost completely void of life; there was only one person present. In the room closest to the small wooded area a single candle shone, just hidden in its shadows sat a fourteen year old girl. Although darkness surrounded she refused to sleep.

She looked at the photo album in her lap gently tugging at her ponytail. Bad things were happening in the world, her world had just started a war. A soft hoot caused her to jump, it was the fact she was alone that she was so jumpy. Her eyes twitched as a small light pushed its way under the door.

She moved quickly opening her door. A figure stood near her, she could see the outline of his broad shoulders, his hair sticking up on top where he'd been running his fingers through it.

"Caried are you still awake?"

"Oes. I couldn't sleep Tad."

He nodded and signalled for her to join him. She did and found herself on one of the comfy chairs by their fireplace. Tad busied himself for a bit and when he joined her it was with two cups of coco.

"Where's nhad?"

"Still speaking to Henry Potter."

"Pam?" (A/N: why?)

The old man looked at her closely she was growing up quickly. Sat in front of him wasn't a child but a woman, he didn't know when she had become that woman but she had. Her dark eyes shone with knowledge but held a hint of fear. Then there was her long dark hair pulled back off her face letting him see that her features had sharpened. He knew she wasn't quite the woman she would be physically but in every other way she was.

"It's a secret caried, but you'll find out in a couple of weeks."

She wanted to know more but knew there was no point pressing it. Tad and nhad had been to a meeting that Dumbledore had called when news broke at the end of the school year about the war.

Her stomach was knotted with worry for her friends more than anything else. Lily would likely be a target soon enough as unlike the rest of them she was a muggleborn, but then again in a few days she would be with her in this very house.

Then there was Amanda but she was safe at Ginny's and there was no way they could get her. But she knew this was a lie she could feel it within that if Amanda's parents wanted her they wouldn't be stopped by the Dunns.

Then there was Sirius he'd gone home to his family who were part of the problem. She knew that his family had been involved in the murders that had started to take place only two weeks earlier, had it only really been two weeks though it felt like a lifetime. Only two weeks ago she had been happy and carefree how fast time could change.

The person she was really worried about though was Peter, she somehow knew he was safe with his parents but that didn't help the feeling she had. She knew part of it was down to the fact that she was his girlfriend but there was also something telling her that he shouldn't' be allowed to spend to much time with them.

She was aware that Tad was watching her closely so she smiled at him. He knew that she was worried and unbeknown to her was the reason why he was worried about her. She was more vulnerable than she thought and he wanted to protect her from the broken heart he knew she would end up with.

He could tell even though she didn't know it that she was falling in love with Peter, but he also saw that the boy wasn't falling for her in the same way, he wouldn't be faithful he would break her heart in the way that always happened with first loves.

Slowly he reached over to her letting her lean into him and gently he began to stroke her hair in the way he had once done after her nightmares. She often wondered if he was capable of reading minds as he again spoke the words she wanted to know.

"Your friends will be fine Caried, Lily will be here in the morning with us and we're taking care of the others as we speak."

"Sut?" (A/N: How?)

"Your father has been arranging it."

She looked closely at the old man she loved so much.

"Henry Potter! Nhad's asked him to invite Sirius and Peter to stay hasn't he?"

"Maybe."

"Yeah and Mand is staying with Ginny so she's safe."

The old man smiled lovingly at her.

"You shall see."

The twinkle in his eyes told her she would indeed see.