A/N: Thank you to Riyabryn the only one to review last chapter. (Stares at the other 65 people who I know read last chapter.) Anyway enjoy! But this time I'm not posting my next chapter until I get at least 3 reviews. Even flames are accepted.
Chapter 6: Saving you
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Wormtail
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It was Dumbledore, so he had to get out of there right now. As in right fucking now.
"Whaa" Dumbledore was stunned. That was a first. 'Kodak moment right now, Dumbledore is amazed.' Wormtail thought.
"Crucio! Stupefy! Expelliarmus" Worm shouted. 'Levicorpus' he thought. Dumbledore blocked all of them. James was in the fireplace. Dumbledore moved quicker than any man over 100 had a right to.
"Accio! Stupefy! Accio! Impedimenta! Portificus tortalus!"
James went flying into Dumbledore's hand. Wormtail blocked the rest. Sirius was halfway in.
"Avada Kedavra!" he shouted in a last-ditch attempt at taking down Dumbledore. Quicker than lightning Dumbledore apparated to in front of Worm, grabbed Sirius, and shoved Worm away. He went tumbling through the fireplace, where he rolled out into the main hall of Voldemort's mansion.
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James
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"Hey." Sirius whispered, on the bed next to him. Still broken, still battered. Still scarred. "So. Who would've thought Wormtail could ever beat one of us- let alone both!"
James chuckled. Pathetic attempt at humor that it was, it showed that Sirius had still somehow escaped with his soul.
"Boy's. I think we should get the hard part over with now. Sirius, are you sure that you can undergo questioning right now?" Dumbledore. Right next to him.
"Yes, I'm not like, crippled." Sirius said.
"Ok. What is your full name?"
"Sirius Orion Black."
"Age?"
"23."
"School you attended?
James could see Sirius was resisting an eye-roll with difficulty. "Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry."
"Blood status?"
"Pure-blood."
"Time under Voldemort's capture?"
"I don't know he wouldn't really let me liven up my cell décor with a calendar. But I'll guess about a year and a half."
"Feeling mentally? And please don't joke. Sorry but this is official."
"Fine."
"Physically?"
"Peachy! That's why I'm in the hospital wing with 12 broken bones, multiple scars, burns, internal bleeding, and welts!"
"That's a bad" Dumbledore told the person who was coping this all down.
"Ok that should be good for now Dumbledore." The man said, eying Sirius with interest.
James groaned. Sirius was still the same. Which meant he still made life difficult.
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Sirius-two weeks later, Godric's hollow
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"Soooooo," he started.
"Here we go again." James said.
"What's the rescue plan for Remus?" James was stunned into silence. That was random. And important.
"Uhhhh, actually we still can't find the HQ so that kind of complicates it."
Sirius laughed. "Oh James. James, James, James. All we have to do is go in animagus form! We can follow any death eaters scent all the way there. But no one can follow us- they'd get lost because of the charms Voldemort placed on the building. And if you dare blame yourself for not thinking of that I think I may kill you."
James gaped. "Uhhhh. Ok, Padfoot you're a genius! But… we would have to try to be undercover-ish. I would suck if it was us against every death eater there ever was plus Voldemort."
"To true. When do you wanna go?"
"What?"
"Friday it is! But I should get a new wand. And maybe we should bring an extra one for moony…"
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Sirius- night of the attack
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Hmm. Maybe they should have thought this out a bit more. They got to moony. He was out, and he had a wand. But he wasn't an animagus. There went that plan.
"Padfoot! Watch out!" James shouted. He was dueling Wormtail. That had to be awkward.
Sirius tried to dodge the 10 inch nail. Ouch. It didn't hit his heart, but his arm, effectively pinning him. Fortunately, he had a high pain tolerance. 'Wonder why.' He thought sarcastically.
Dammit. More death eaters were coming. And scaly-face.
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Flashback
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"You are abandoned by your friends, forgotten by your side, and betrayed. What do you have to protect? Join me Sirius."
"I have memories…" he choked out.
"Make this a memory!" he hissed. Fire-ants. Under the eye-lids.
Wait for death.
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End flashback
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James
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"Prongs! Help god dammit! He's coming!" Sirius shouted, his shattered arm still pinned between a cell wall and nail that someone had thrown. He was dueling with one hand, with 3 death eaters surrounding him. One fell and James saw Malfoy's blond hair spill across the dungeon floor. Sirius would lose soon though.
"James… is that you… I swear it wasn't me… please James… Worm's coming back… no I'm sorry I don't KNOW!" Remus' voice came, pleading and James spun to see him, under attack by Bellatrix and a few dementor's. Wormtail was indeed making a beeline for Remus. 'Thank god we thought to bring an extra wand for moony. But how much longer could he hold out?'
Who should he save? What should he do? The protector or the betrayed? He owed them both so much.
"Hello James. I see you've come to my torture dungeon willingly. Not something most would do. Let's get an early start shall we? Expelliarmus! Crucio! Expelliarmus!" the dark lord's voice was right behind James.
Block, Dodge, and oh shit. It hit. He watched as his wand went flying. Malfoy was revived. More death eaters were coming. Three of the light side. Three of them helpless.
'God dammit. We are so screwed.'
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Wormtail
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"Crucio! Decoco! Aeterna Suppressio1!" Worm said.
Remus dodged the torture curse, blocked the melting jinx, and parried the nightmare spell.
"Stupefy! Everbeo! Accio! Expecto Patronum!" Moony shouted. Bella dodged the stunning spell. The exploding spell hit a window, and Moony summoned the shards. The patronus did almost nothing against the dementors.
Wormtail was amazed. Remus was holding his own. Then Worm turned the shards to fire and ducked. Moony also flew to the floor to dodge the on-coming flames. Where Bella immediately hit him with a crucio. Moony's wand went spinning across the floor as he convulsed.
The three marauders where losing.
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Sirius
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Well. He was no stranger to pain but this was just a little more than expected. And he had expected a lot of it.
He watched as Voldemort raised his wand. He ran as the dark lord said "Avada". He jumped at "kedav-". Several death eaters turned around to stare. After all, most sane people would not try to tackle the dark lord while he was casting the killing curse. But Sirius black had long ago gained a reputation of insanity amongst the death eaters.
Voldemort rolled over, glowered at Sirius, and hissed "Avada kedavra," once more.
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A/NYou know the drill R&R
