In the Shadows
Chapter One
Return of the Evil
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Harry was sitting on his bed, next to Hermione who was cleaning the cut on his leg. He had been chased by Lupin, something had happened to him. He wasn't himself. He isn't able to transform in the daylight. It wasn't even the full moon! Harry wrapped his arms around Hermione and pulled her closer to him.
"Hermione". He said to her. "I don't know what happened to Lupin. He's dissapeared". He kissed her on the cheek and held her. He then stood up and took her hand. "Let's go check on Draco and Ginny". The two of them walked hand in hand to Ginny's room where Draco and Ginny were sitting on Ginny's bed.
Hermione walked over and hugged her friend.
"Ginny, it's okay. You're married now hun, and you have Draco, Harry and I to watch over you. We love you Ginny". She said to her. Ginny was crying in Hermione's arms.
"Oh 'Mione, it's not fair. I want to know what happened to Lupin he-" Ginny was then cut off by Ron who had just ran into the room.
"Harry-" he said, gasping for breath. "Hermione- come quick". Hermione handed Ginny over to Draco and her and Harry ran out of the room.
"Ron, what is it?" Harry asked. Ron looked at the two of them.
"Dark creatures Harry. There are so many dark creatures. There are reports of Werewolf attacks in broad daylight, like what happened today, and there have been vampires escaping from their prisons. Also, all of the dementors have left their posts and they are leaving a trail of kissed people behind them". Hermione gasped and she stumbled into Harry's arms.
"Ron, what's happening? Why are all the dark creatures escaping and acting odd?" Hermione said. Ron looked at her and shook his head.
"I don't know" he replied. "I just don't know. Everyone is confused. We need to find Lupin though. He ran off and we think we can track him. Are you two going to come". Harry looked over at Hermione.
"I will, but I think Hermione should stay here". Harry said. Hermione looked at Harry, shocked.
"What do you mean I'll stay here?" She asked him. "I'm not incompetent. I'm coming". Hermione glared at Harry and he gave in.
"Fine. But you have to stay safe. Stick with me, I don't want to lose you. You're the best thing that has ever happened to me". Hermione smiled and leaned into him.
"I'll be fine. Now come on. We have to change so we can go. Ron, we'll meet you downstairs in ten minutes, okay?" Ron nodded and Harry and Hermione went to their room to get changed into their robes.
They hurried and got downstairs as fast as they possibly could. They saw Ron, Fred, George, Bill, Charlie and Dumbledore waiting for them.
"Harry, Hermione, good you're here". Dumbledore said to them. "What we're going to do is follow the impressions that Lupin made in the ground as he ran off. He's moving towards the east and it's a fact that that's where all the other dark creatures are heading. Now I want you all to be extreamly carefull. We are meeting Moody, Tonks, Diggle and Arthur in front of the forest we went into and Draco will be down in any minute". Harry and Hermione nodded. A few moments later Draco ran down the stairs with Ginny.
"Ginny wants to come too". Draco said to Dumbledore. He nodded and he quickly explained everything to them. He then led all of them out of the house and into the forest.
They met up with Moody, Tonks, Diggle and Weasley in the forest. Arthur hugged his daughter and his new son-in-law. Dumbledore was leading the way down the forest. There were wrecked trees all down and a lot of trees with claw marks on them. Hermione grabbed Harry's hand and they walked close together. Draco and Ginny were right behind them.
Harry was looking around and he saw a shadow move. Harry was worried and he pointed over to the trees.
"Albus". He whispered. "There's something over there". He pointed to exactly where he saw the shadow and Dumbledore went over to investigate.
Harry gripped Hermione's hand harder and they watched Dumbledore.
"There's nothing here". He said to them, but it was too soon to confirm it. As Dumbledore started to join the others again a flash of green light consumed him and he fell to the ground. Harry let go of Hermione and ran over to him. He grabbed Dumbledore's wrist and checked for a pulse.
"He's still alive". He said, relieved. "He need's medical attention". Harry grabbed Dumbledore's arm and lifted him up. Ron ran over to help him. The two of them carried him over to the group. "What should we do with him? We can't just leave him". Arthur looked at him and shook his head.
"I don't know. I think two or three of you should take him to St. Mungo's. He needs help". Ron looked up.
"I guess I will. Why doesn't Draco come with me?" He said. Harry looked at him.
"No, Draco has to stay with Ginny. I think the twins should help you". Fred and George looked at Harry and nodded.
"Okay, we'll go". George said. He took Dumbledore's arm from Harry and the three of them left.
Everyone looked at each other. Tonks sighed.
"Okay, we need a new leader. Someone who knows exactly what he's doing. Someone with high magical talents also". Charlie and Bill looked at each other and nodded.
"We elect Harry". They said in unison. Everyone else nodded in agreement. Harry was shocked.
"Me? But I have no clue what to do". He said to them.
"But you have had more talent in magical talent at thirteen than a lot of us have right now". Tonks protested. "You are the most logical choice. Also, you are the only one that can calm Lupin down while he is in his werewolf state. You are the animagus anyway". Draco and Ginny looked at Harry.
"You are?" Thay asked. Harry looked at them and nodded.
"Yeah, I have been for awhile now, but that's besides the point". Hermione took Harry's hand.
"Harry, you can do it. I know you can". She said to him. Harry looked at her and nodded.
"Okay, I will, but I don't like it". Hermione smiled at him and Draco made a sound like a wipe cracking.
"Chick wipped". He coughed. Harry looked at him and then at Ginny.
"Shut up Draco". Said Ginny and Draco looked at her.
"Yes dear". He said. Harry looked at him and said.
"Now who's wipped?" He asked. Draco glared and Harry laughed. "Okay, let's go". They all followed the trail that was left.
In St. Mungo's, things weren't going as good. Ron, Fred and George were sitting outside in the waiting room as a bunch of Medi-wizards were rushing in and out of the room that Dumbledore was in. After a moment Ron couldn't take it anymore. He grabbed the arms of one of the wizards and pulled him aside.
"How is he?" Ron asked the wizard. The wizard looked at him with sympathetic eyes and said:
"I'm sorry, we can't give out any information to anyone outside of the family until after the operation is finished". Fred stood up beside Ron and looked at the wizard.
"Do you have any idea who you are talking too?" He asked the wizard and he shook his head.
"Not that it matters". George then stood up.
"Actually it does. We are three of the sons of Arthur Weasly, the Minister for Magic and we would like to know how the Headmaster of Hogwarts is. Now tell us!" He shouted at him. The wizard was taken aback and nodded.
"Okay Sir. It doesn't look good. We have every medi-wizard that we can spare right now. We even have some of the finest healers from Taiwan in. We are doing everything that we are physically capible of doing. I don't have a full answer yet, but I think I need to get back in there and help the other healers". George nodded.
"Go". The wizard did a half bow and ran back into the room. Ron stared at his brother and was looking at him with admiration.
"Wow George, I have never seen you so angry". He said with a hint of amusement. George smiled at him and then sat back down.
Harry and Hermione were at the head of the group, walking through the forest. They had followed all of the tracks, but suddenly they dissapreared. Harry was now looking around the small open area that the tracks had dissapreared on and was thinking.
"Where do you think they have gone?" Harry asked himself, aloud. Tonks walked up to him and smiled.
"Harry, It'll be okay. All we have to do is find one clue that will tell us where Lupin and the other magical creatures are and then we can see him". Harry nodded and wandered off to the side for a minute. He then tripped on something invisible.
Harry wondered why he was lying on the ground. Hermione and Tonks were leaning over him with wide eyes. He could tell that Hermione was crying.
"Oh Harry". She said. "I thought that you had died". Hermione was crying again and Harry hugged her.
"Hermione, I didn't die, all I want to know is what happened". Tonks looked at him and shook her head.
"I don't know Harry, none of us do. I had just finished talking to you and you went over to the side. I watched you trip and I went over to help you but a spear came hurling at you. The tip of the speare was poisoned. We all thought that you had died. You have Draco here to thank that you're alive, for some reason he had the antidote on him". Harry looked over at Draco, who was sitting on a rock with Ginny on his lap a little ways off. Harry smiled in their direction and started to get up, but Tonks pushed him back down. "No Harry". She said. "You have to rest for a moment". Harry looked at her and sighed.
"Tonks, I'm fine. It's just a little cut, I can handle it". Harry stood up and started to walk over to Draco and Ginny. Draco looked up at him.
"Hey mate, glad you're feeling better". Draco said with a smile. Harry nodded.
"Hey Draco, Tonks said that you had the antidote for the poison on you, could I see it for a moment". Draco nodded and handed Harry a vial with small script. Harry read the lable and gasped.
"Draco, where did you get this, and what poison was it that was on the speare?" Draco looked at Harry and shrugged.
"I think it was the Fire poison and I got the antidote from my dad. He always said to carry around the antidotes to all poisons known and to have them ready to blackmail someone, but I thought that using it on you would be good also". Harry looked at him and shook his head.
"Your dad gives good advice, but for the wrong reasons". Harry said with a grin. "Thanks mate. I wouldn't be here without you. Now let's get moving. Lupin isn't going to find himself". The three of them laughed and they gathered up the people from their group so they could leave.
Harry was about to leave the open space when he suddenly realised something.
"Hey Tonks, where did I trip?" He asked her. Tonks looked at him and pointed to the center of the space.
"There". She said. Harry nodded and walked over to the area. He then felt around and kicked exactly where the invisible thing was that he tripped on. He ducked out of the way and a speare was shot exactly where he was standing just a second before. Harry wasn't surprised. He looked in the direction the the speare had come in and he found a small red box in a tree. It was almost entirely hidden, but there it was.
Harry looked closely at the box and he suddenly came to think of something.
"Everybody run". He said. He was terrified. He ran to the side and pulled Hermione into the trees. They were followed by everyone else and when they were hidded behind all of the trees and brush Harry explained. "Okay, now I need all of you to be quiet. The red box in the tree is a comunicator, but not the normal kind. It is used to contact the person who set it on to be notified if the alarm was tripped by any witch or wizard. I am not sure why no one is here yet, but I am sure that someone will be here soon".
All of them stayed in the trees, hidden for quite awhile. They were sitting for hours when Ginny started to get impatient.
"Wouldn't someone have come by now?" She asked. "I mean if someone wanted to capture the person who tripped the alarm, they're not going to wait for five hours to come and find them, it's not logical. Harry looked at her and nodded.
"I know it's not, but I guess the people thought the person who tripped the alarm was dead. I mean if it was the fire poison, that kills almost instantly. You have like a minute to live and that doesn't give you much time to get away does it?" Hermione looked thoughtful.
"Well, wouldn't they think that someone might just have the antidote? I mean like Draco did. Not many people who are settng a trap would overlook such a possibility". Everyone nodded in agreement. Harry didn't know what to do, but he did know that something bad was going to happen.
"Hey I have an idea, how about that little red box was there to notify the placers when someone tripped it and they came to spy on the people who are there? Is that an idea or what?" Harry looked around, he didn't recognise the voice, and suddenly he felt a wand poking into his back and pushing it up. "Well, well, well. If it isn't the famous Harry Potter". The voice said again. Harry looked around and saw that everyone he was with had a wizard, pointing their wands at their backs or necks. Harry gulped as he looked over at Hermione, who was looking at him, terrified.
A healer walked out of the room where Dumbledore was being treated. He was wiping his hand and he had an unreadable expression on his face.
"Are you the three Weasleys?" He asked Ron, Fred and George. They nodded and the healer looked at them, with the same expression. "Mr. Albus Dumbledore-"
Star in a daze: wooooooo, two cliffies in one chappie!!! Don't you love me!!! Lol well stay tuned to see what happens to Dumbledore and the gang