I wish I owned Harry Potter, but sadly, I don't.

AUTHOR'S UPDATE – 07/27/2011: This is the new and improved Chapter Two. I chose not to rewrite Chapter One because A) that's my favorite chapter thus far, and B) I feel that there's no need to update it. Anyway, there aren't many MAJOR changes, just some things added here and there. But I hope you enjoy this, and I look forward to hearing your thoughts on how the final draft turned out. And, as always, thanks for being patient.

Time to Rescue a Girl
A Harry Potter Fanfiction

Written by:
alcatluvr13

Chapter Two

Hermione Granger was on the floor, screaming in pain as the older woman sat atop her. Bellatrix Lestrange was scratching her wand into the girl's arm. When she had finished, she stood up and brushed a strand of hair away from her face.

A dwarf entered the room, followed by a small, rat-like man who was pointing a wand at his back.

"Now, dwarf, tell me how the Sword of Gryffindor came to be in possession of this little mudblood and her friends when it should be in my vault at Gringotts?"

A man, lying on the stairs out of sight, watched as the Death Eater screamed at the dwarf. When he said he didn't know, she flicked her knife at his cheek. Behind them lay Hermione; he could see the word "mudblood" had been scratched into her arm.

"Consider yourself lucky, goblin," Bellatrix sneered. She turned away from him and walked to Hermione.

"What the bloody hell are you doing here?" hissed a voice from behind.

Scabior turned to see the red-headed kid and his friend kneeling on the stairs. He smiled slightly.

"I'm here to rescue a girl," he said simply.

The red-headed kid scoffed. "You're the one who brought us here, why should we believe you?"

"We can discuss this later; I think they're going to kill her, so we need to-"

"Like hell! Expelliarmus!" he shouted.

Scabior followed the two boys, slashing his wand to and fro at Narcissa and Draco Malfoy. Lucius had been thrown back before he could attack them.

"STOP! Drop your wands!"

They looked to see Bellatrix holding Hermione, a knife on her throat. The silver sparkled deadly in the waning light.

"I said drop them!"

The wands clattered on the stone floor.

"Pick them up, Draco, Now."

Draco did as he was told, though Scabior noticed his hesitation.

"Well, well, well, look what we have here. It's Harry Potter. He's all bright and shiny and new again, just in time for the Dark Lord. Call him. Call him!"

Lucius stepped forward and pulled his sleeve back and made ready to call He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. But a small noise from above made him pause.

They looked up and saw an elf unscrew the chain holding the large chandelier. The chandelier fell, sending small broken bits of crystal everywhere. At that same moment, Hermione tore apart from Bellatrix and ran towards the red headed kid, who caught her before she fell.

"Stupid elf! You could have killed me!" screamed the hysterical Death Eater.

"Dobby never meant to kill. Dobby only meant to maim or seriously injure," the elf replied.

Narcissa whipped out her wand, but Dobby snapped his fingers and it flew out of her hand.

"How dare you take a witch's wand? How dare you defy your masters?"

It seemed to Scabior that Dobby stood up straighter when Bellatrix spoke.

"Dobby has no master. Dobby is a free elf! And Dobby has come to save Harry Potter and his friends!"

Scabior slowly made his way to the small group at the end of the room. He had no intention of witnessing the fury that would be unleashed in a matter of seconds. He caught hold of the elf's clothing just in time; the last thing he saw was a knife coming straight at him.

This chapter was really hard for me to write, so you'll have to forgive me if its poorly written. I honestly didn't know how to add Scabior into the scene; his role here was small, but I promise things will heat up soon. Oh, and the chapters will become longer. I just don't want to elaborate on what we already know, so for the next chapter (or two) they will be somewhat short.

Anyway, due to the amount of story alert emails that I received, I figured that people really liked the first chapter. I had initially thought that I'd leave it at that and let the readers decide for themselves, but it seems that people really want me to continue. So I shall.

I hope you enjoyed the second chapter, and don't forget to review!