I don't own Harry Potter. JK Rowling does, as far as I know.

Authors note: this came up after I read yet another "Harry goes AWOL when he should be at Privet Drive" fanfic plot.

It was a peaceful day at the Order of the Phoenix's "Headquarters" until Nymphadora Tonks tumbled out of the floo, looking panicked.

"Harry is gone! I checked his room this morning and he'd disappeared!"

This statement drew concern from the Order members present. Strangely, Harry's closest friends just glanced at each other before going back to what they were doing.

"What's the matter with you lot? Aren't you worried about poor Harry?" Cried Molly Weasley.

"Not really. It's not like Harry hasn't gone off by himself before." Ron responded.

The adults in the room gaped. "Just what do you mean by that?" Demanded Remus.

Ginny looked at the "smartest witch in Hogwarts". "What do you think, Hermione? Another holiday disguised as Black? Hunting weird creatures with Luna and her younger self again, maybe? Or another case of time travel back to when the Founders created Hogwarts?"

"I'm betting on another tour around the French speaking magical world. Gabrielle is a really determined young witch, and her father is almost as determined at keeping Harry away from her." Was the bushy-haird witch's reply.

"Nah, that's what he did last time. I'm betting he's gone back to that Quidditch Training Camp in the USA that he owns. He loves it there." Was Ron's offering.

"Got to be better than curse-breaking with Bill in South America," Ginny muttered, "he got really beaten up doing that."

Arthur Weasley finally managed to stop gaping (which put him far ahead of the other adults in the room) and managed to ask a question. "You mean Harry's done all this before? When?"

Ron snorted. "Hey, he hasn't spent more than 15 minutes at Privet Drive since he started at Hogwarts. Makes you wonder what the monitors in Dumbledore's office are doing; the blood wards disappeared years ago."

"Not to mention that he's also taken to leaving a clone at Hogwarts to take his lessons for him," Hermione sighed, "some weird magic he picked up in Japan. I'd yell at him for it except that he somehow manages to learn everything his clone learns so he isn't exactly skipping classes."

Ginny decided that the adults in the room were too close to freaking out, and that a full-blown panic attack might delay dinner. "Just relax. Harry will be fine, he's got more than enough friends out there to keep him safe. Plus he's learned more during his little disappearing acts than any of us could learn from Hogwarts. He'll be back on the Express on September 1st, and then we can all pretend that nothing weird has happened. Again."