Sorry I haven't updated in a while :P been busy. Just to for warn you. This has not been edited, so if you see any mistakes or weird wording, I apologize. Any who, enjoy (:

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It was hot.

Hermione groaned, trying to open her eyes.

It was bright.

She wrenched her mouth open, taking a deep gasping breath.

It was dusty.

She rolled over coughing.

It was…quiet

Her eyes shot open, and she looked around frantically. There was nothing but sand dunes for miles.

Had Sirius been here?

She searched for signs of life on the horizon. There was nothing, the air in the distance convulsed from the heat.

Merlin it was hot.

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Number two leaned casually against the rundown building he called home. The small shaded area was his only break from the never ending sun. There hadn't been darkness in death knell since he came.

He glared at the slumped figure in the square. Who was he to disregard the rules and disrespect the elders?

Not that there were any left-but that was the way it had always been. You abided by the laws the elders created or else. Number two grimaced, shifting his weight to his other leg.

The Dog had only been here for a minute amount of time in comparison to him. He was here when Death Knell was a flourishing valley- not that he remembered; he couldn't even remember his own name. It had been so long.

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86 turns. He had watched that bloody hourglass turn 86 times. Each turn representing one length of time. No one knew how long it took the sand to run through the glass bulbs, only that it was a very long time.

Not that time mattered here. Nothing changed, you don't age, you don't get hungry, you don't need water. You were stuck.

Although, Sirius mused, he was pretty sure that once he got out of this hell hole, he'd have a really nice tan.

The man that called himself number two swore violently and Sirius took this chance to worm his hands out of the rope that held him to the damn post. He would sit there until watch changed and then book it to The Edge.

Then something Duchess said caught his ear.

"Another one, do you think they'll have a wand?" she asked Number two in her nasal voice.

Crap, well there goes that plan, Sirius thought. He'd just have to wait here and see who it was. He laughed quietly to himself, oh how he hoped it was Snivellus.

"Go get them," Number Two ordered his goons. They stumbled around awkwardly before running off into the desert, kicking up a trail of dust behind them.

Sirius hoped to high heaven that it wasn't Harry.

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