Chapter 1

It had been literally months since Ron had come in contact with another member of the New Order. He'd been locked away in the basement of Malfoy Manner for as long as he could remember, his only friend being his own company. Harry had promised Ron that he'd return with the New Order to save him. That had been 4 months ago. He was losing hope.

CRASH. A loud noise sounded from the staircase next to where Ron was slumped away. He jolted to his feet and rushed to the iron bars which prevented his escape.

"Hello?" Ron called, "Is anyone there?" Nothing. No reply. Ron slid down against the wall again, holding his head in his hands. Maybe he was imagining things.

CRASH. No. He definitely wasn't imagining things. Ron whipped out the wand that he had smuggled from Rodolphus Lestrange a couple of weeks ago, and held it out in front of him bravely.

"Hello?" he called, louder this time. "Come out!" Suddenly, another loud crash sounded from the stairwell, as a flash of black flew past Ron's face, scraping his ear, which began to burn.

Ron spun around just in time to see the bundle of black mist crash into the wall, with a loud groan. As the black mist dissipated, a scrawny figure dressed all in black robes was lay on the ground, bleeding. Ron rushed over to the body. He recognised them instantly. "Andromeda?" he gasped.

Andromeda Tonks stood up and threw off her bloody robes, reavesling her grey shirt and waistcoat underneath.

"Nice to see you again, Ron." Andromeda smiled, holding out her hand for him to shake. He did so enthusiastically.

"Did the New Order send you here to rescue me?" Ron asked, happily. Andormeda's face dropped.

"You've missed a lot, Weasley. We'll fill you in when we get back to Grimmauld Place. Rubeus and George are waiting for us outside."

Ron rushed back over to the iron bars that were keeping him in this prison, and was reminded of Tonk's dramatic entry.

"How did you get in here?" he asked.

"Deluminator." she replied, holding up the silver device that had once belonged to Ron.

"Genius!" Ron smiled, turning back to the gate. "But, how are we gonna get out?" he asked.

Andromeda held out the deluminator, and closed her eyes as she began to concentrate. Ron stood and watched in silence, as several glowing balls of light flew into the deluminator from the rooms above them. Andromeda's eyes flew open.

"The whole manor just went into blackout. It won't be long until somebody comes to check on us." Tonks explained. After a couple of moments, as Tonks had predicted, thundering footsteps began to trot down the stairs.

"Got your wand?" Tonks asked. Ron stumbled around in his pockets and pulled out Rodolphus's wand. He nodded to her. "Perfect." she said.

"Weasley!" A voice called from the stairwell. Ron recognised it instantly as that of Corban Yaxley. The very second that Yaxley turned his head around the corner, Andromeda thrust her wand in his direction, as a bright red light shot out the end.

The spell missed Yaxley my a marginal amount, but just enough to give him time to recover. He pulled his wand out, and shot a green bolt of light towards Ron, who managed to duck out the way.

"Reducto!" Yaxley roared, firing the spell towards Tonks, who managed to cast a protection charm, which ricocheted the spell towards the gate, which blew up in Yaxley's face, knocking him unconscious.

"That was...incredible!" Ron laughed, as he followed Tonks towards the stairwell and began to climb up to the main hall. Ron and Andromeda soon reached the grand double doors, but upon a firm tug realised they were locked. Which meant they were locked in. The duo glanced over at each other. They were locked in Malfoy Manor.