"You must be Snape's friend," Harry said, trying to hide his nervousness.
"I suppose I am," the young man answered.
"Well who are you then?" Harry asked.
"Draco Malfoy," he said. "You've probably heard of my family."
"No. Sorry," Harry said.
"Nevermind then. Enough chatting," Draco said and approached Harry but then stopped short. Harry's anxiety was running high but he didn't understand why Draco was stopping. Harry stared at the buzzing rod with trepidation.
"Are you ready, Potter?" Draco asked. Harry didn't respond to this as he wasn't sure how he was meant to. Was there really a person who was ready to be tortured? And Draco was still just standing there and Harry realized that Draco couldn't do it. He could even look in his eyes and see that he was nearly as afraid as Harry. Harry realized he had to do something.
"You don't want to do this," Harry said.
"Of course I do!" Draco responded.
"No. No you don't. You're scared. I can tell," Harry said. It was almost as if pointing out Draco's fear had increased Draco's fear because he was now trembling.
"How did you even end up here?" Harry asked.
"My family sent me here. Said that I should work in service of the Dark Lord," Draco answered.
"You're not cut out for this," Harry said.
"Well what am I supposed to do? Let you go? They'll kill me!" Draco said. Harry was surprised to even see Draco saying anything about letting Harry go, unprompted.
"Help me and my godfather escape. Come with us!" Harry said.
"Come with you?" Draco asked, sounding nearly repulsed.
"Yes. You're not made out for this, Draco. Help us and we'll help you," Harry said.
"I can't!" Draco yelled and Harry knocked the rod from Draco's hands. Harry tackled Draco then grabbed the rod which he then pointed at Draco, albeit not close enough to accidentally use it.
"You can," Harry said.
Draco and Harry slowly got off the floor. Harry thought Draco looked miserable.
"Open up the door," Harry said. Draco pushed some buttons and the door opened. Harry then gestured for Draco to go out the door with Harry following.
"Okay, now open the room next to mine," Harry said and Draco again pushed some buttons and the door opened. Slowly, a man with long black hair and skin that looked unhealthily pale came out. Harry realized all the years in captivity had taken a toll on him.
"Now show us the way out," Harry said. Harry realized at this point that Draco could simply run if he wanted. But strangely Draco was remaining here. Harry also wondered why there were no guards about. Perhaps, it was to hide the torture. Just then the sound of footsteps began to echo in the hallway.
"What is this?" the voice of Severus Snape echoed.
"Snivellus!" Sirius barked.
"What are Black and Potter doing out of their cells, Draco?" Snape asked. Draco didn't answer.
"Just like you, Snivellus. Sending a boy to do your dirty work!" Sirius said. Snape shoved Sirius against the wall.
"The Dark Lord commanded it!" Snape responded and threw Sirius to the ground.
"You always were a creepy git, Severus," Sirius said from the floor, "but you were never evil. What happened? Is it really just because Lily didn't love you?" Snape didn't respond.
Harry looked over and saw that Draco had taken the opportunity to run away. In desperation, Harry pushed Snape out of the way and grabbed Sirius by the hand and ran after Draco. If Draco planned to escape then they needed to follow him.
Harry ran as fast as he could but Sirius was in bad shape and simply couldn't keep up. And where were the guards? All these corridors and no guards? It didn't make sense.
After running for what felt like an hour but was probably only minutes they reached a large room that opened into space. Harry felt the overwhelmed for a moment. Just then a vessel parked near the opening into space began to lift off and Harry could see Draco's face in the main window and knew he had been too late to catch him.
"Well, that's not good," Sirius said. "Looks like we've nowhere else to run. And Snivellus should be right behind us," Sirius said but that last bit almost sounded like a question and he turned around to look back at the doorway but jumped when a loud sound roared and Harry watched as another somewhat larger vessel entered the room from space.
Harry extended the rod in front of him as if that would stop whatever attackers were on that ship. After a moment a door on the side of the ship opened and a platform extended out. Five people in suits and helmets exited the ship with guns at the ready and march toward Harry.
As they slowly approached, Harry was filled with dread as he was certain this was the end.