Chapter 9

"I knew it" Riley yelled as she read the letter out loud. "They will kill him if we don't do something soon" she added, looking around at the group for a solution.

"We definitely won't be giving him you" Remus told her.

"Look, Mad Eye and Dumbledore have been helping me since I came here; it's been almost 6 months now. I can fight him, I can bring Sirius back and that rat too" She replied.

"There is no way that I will send you to fight him on his terms" Remus told her firmly, his voice rising slightly. Riley was ready for a fight, she had formed her argument in her head as soon as she saw the first line.

"There is no point me being around here if I cant do anything, I have all this power, all this ability to do something and I cant use it" Riley started saying, calmly, she knew she had to keep her cool or they'd put it down to hysteria of finding out Voldemort had Sirius. "I don't even have to fight him directly, I can just get Sirius and leave" she added.

"Do you really think he's going to give us Sirius?" Remus asked, shocked that she could be so naive. "For escaping with me he will kill Sirius, right in front of you and then you'll go back to being his prisoner again and we'll loose the both of you, again" he went on, finally loosing the logical side of himself.

"Got any better plans?" Riley yelled, he was treating her like a child and she wasn't going to let that happen.

"We speak to Dumbledore, he'll have a solution for us all" Remus replied with that same tone that meant to discussion was over, and he walked away.

"Well you go discuss it with Dumbledore, mean while I'm going" She whispered so low, that no one could here her. She didn't have a plan, she had no idea what she was going to do once she got wherever she had to go but she knew that she couldn't just sit there and wait. She grabbed a quill and jotted on the back of the letter, a message back to Voldemort, asking where he wanted her to go, and then attached it the owl sitting out the front.

In the early hours of the morning, she heard an owl tapping at her window. She got up slowly and quietly off the bed and crept over to the window, taking the note from the owl perched outside. It told her to meet them, alone, by some old tunnel about an hour away. They would be waiting all day and if she didn't arrive by Sunset the next day, they'd kill Sirius and send them back his broken body. She wasn't going to wait, she out on some shoes, checked to see if the coast was clear, then went down stairs and out the front door, closing it softly behind her. She left a note, saying what she had done and if she didn't come back, that she loved them all and good bye.

An hour later, she saw the tunnel. It was slimey and wet but she knew it was the right one because there were death eaters, patrolling around the area. Two of them walked next to her and lead her to where Voldemort was waiting.

"Sirius!" She called as she saw the crumpled form of Sirius lying on the floor next to him.

"He's fine for now, but if he doesn't get medical help soon, he wont be" Voldemort said in cold, harsh voice.

"Well you've got me now, so let him go" Riley said, finding her voice and her strength. Voldemort didn't move or say anything, he just stared at her while Peter sniggered as he saw Sirius try to move. "And you Peter, you will get what's coming to you" she added, making Peter flinch.

"Very well Riley, he can go" Voldemort finally replied "Up you get" he instructed Sirius and Sirius' body reluctantly and slowly stood up.

"Riley" he whispered when he saw her "just go, don't worry about me" he added.

"Just go Sirius, everything will be fine" She told him, making her voice as steady as possible "Please, Harry and the others are waiting for you back home" she added, pleading Sirius to just go. She had a plan but she wasn't sure if she was going to survive it and she didn't want him anywhere near it. Something in his head, told Sirius that he should just leave and that she would really be ok, so he started walking which felt like it was against his own will, slowly out the tunnel, taking one last look at Riley before he finally left.

"He's gone now my Lord" one of the death eaters said and then Riley started laughing.

"You really think I'm going to help you?" she asked, looking directly at Voldemort.

"Why yes I do" Voldemort replied raising his wand to use the magic binding curse but Riley deflected it, still laughing at him.

"It's been 6 months, I have much more control over it all" she told him. "There's two ways this can happen" She went on "I will either walk right out of here now or I let loose and blow the whole place up" She added.

"You'd kill yourself in the process" Peter said, shaking.

"IF it means that everyone here comes with me, which is just fine" she told him.

"Looks like I'm going to let loose" she yelled and then she closed her eyes, mustering every ounce of power she had. Curses and spells flew in each direction coming from Voldemort, death eaters and Riley. The walls of the tunnel begun to shake and pieces from above started falling, knocking out different death eaters, including Peter.

"My Lord" A female voice called "We must go now she's going to kill us all" she went on. Voldemort called for all death eaters to leave and rejoin each other later and he too, disappeared just in time. The tunnel walls gave in and collapsed, crushing any death eaters that were left and Riley. Riley was surprised to find, she could lift the pile of tunnel that had fallen on top of her. It was a struggle, but she managed to lift it all off and stand up. Surveying the area, she could hear a few moans coming from half covered death eaters, one of them being Peter Pettigrew.

"You are coming with me" She said as she punched Peter, knocking him out. She muttered a curse, turning the debris into liquid, then muttered something else, turning the liquid solid, trapping who ever was left. "The ministry can come dig you out whenever they arrive" She told them as she walked off, carrying an unconscious rat.

Sirius had finally returned to Grimmuald Place and he burst through the door.

"Sirius" Remus and Harry both yelled as they ran to him.
"We need to go back, the tunnel, Riley is there" Sirius told them.
"I can't believe she left and ignored me, I told her not to leave" Remus said, helping Harry with Sirius.

"Oh but where is the fun in that?" came Riley's voice from the door way. They all turned to see Riley standing in the door way, holding a rat. She was bleeding from so many different cuts and she had a few magical problems. Remus ran up to her and caught her just as she fell.

"Oh you stupid girl" He said, hugging her tight.

"Now Sirius needs the hospital and this thing needs to see the Minister" Riley said as she pulled away from Remus.

"How the hell did you manage to survive and bring back that rat?" Mad Eye asked completely amazed. Riley merely shrugged, she had no idea how or why she was alive. She handed the rat to Remus and walked over to where Sirius was leaning against the banister.

"Missed you" She whispered, looking up into his eyes.

"Missed you too" He replied, pulling her into him and kissing her.

"Oh guys, get a room" Harry said then mimicked throwing up.

"Well I think a trip to the Ministry is in order, let's go" Remus said and they all filed out the door, Remus holding the rat and Riley and Sirius supporting each other.

A/N it doesn't really go on a lot of books based facts sorry. The ending may seem anti climatic but it's the way I planned it from the beginning. If anyone was wondering, Sirius obviously gets cleared, he doesn't die in the veil and he and Riley end up very happy together! Hope you all enjoyed it!