1Disclaimer: Sorry for the delay. I had lost all the data I had on this chapter before, so I had to start back from the beginning. I hope this will be as good as before.
Chapter 10: Rescued, At Last.
Tonks sat in her cell, looking up at the lone window which was casting a faint sliver of moonlight. She had been stuck here for at least a month and rescue seemed less and less likely every day.
"This is the last time I do a favor for someone," Tonks said as she tried in a fruitless effort to escape from her manacles, watching her wrist shrink, and the metal band on it shrink too, keeping its hold. She sighed and fell back on the bed.
"'Just get a stupid stone, it cant be that difficult.' What was I thinking." She said, mocking her self. "Now look where I am." But before she could beat herself up anymore the door to her cell shot open.
There, once again stood Voldemort, This time in a rage. Tonks stared straight back at him coldly. But Voldemort was not going to stand for anything this time. He walked straight to her and grabbed the front of her robes, lifting her off the bed. Tonks could almost feel the rage pouring off of him as he looked into her eyes. She suddenly felt something enter her mind and realized that he was looking for something. She tried to block him out and suddenly a stabbing pain made her head feel like it was splitting open. This wasn't Legimancy, this was something else. Voldemort smiled as he saw the pain.
"You see, I have learned some knew tricks, and soon I'll figure out where you sent my egg." But before he could again probe her Tonks's mind, a roar and a sudden crash was heard on the complete opposite side of the building. Then Tonks felt a shaking, as if a large mass was hitting the ground, followed by the screams of several men.
The crashing grew louder for several minutes, getting closer, then suddenly the wall to the room that had been holding Tonks for so long was blown away. In the dust, she saw a terrifying sight. There stood a green dragon, whose scales glistened as if it were made from emeralds. The dragon looked at Voldemort and roared. The rest of the room shook as the dragon lowered its head and ran at the tall white figure. Voldemort apparated at the last moment, leaving nothing but a small pop that couldn't be heard of the angry roar of the dragon.
But not even the dragon could keep her attention as she stared in wonder as Harry Potter, the last person she expected to see, let alone riding a dragon, left the seat of the saddle on the back of the beast and ran to her. Tonks didn't hear what he was saying as she felt herself fall back onto the dusty bed in a dead feint.
One Week Earlier
It seemed as if it were only hours before that Harry was laying himself down to sleep on the comfortable bed when he was suddenly awakened by a small hand shaking his shoulder. He opened his eyes slowly and saw a small head with silver hair on it.
"Gabrielle," Harry said as he slowly got up, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. "What's up?"
Gabrielle didn't answer, she just stared at Harry in fear. Harry got up, trying to wake up.
"Come on Gabrielle, tell me what's wrong."
"Men," she said. "Zey took over ze castle. Zey took everyone outside."
Harry leapt to his feet, rushing over to a nearby window. He carefully looked out and saw that Gabrielle was right. There seemed to be the entire school out on the lawn. They were surrounded by what looked like thirty masked figures. Harry recognized them at once as Death Eaters.
Jurza. Harry called out with his mind.
What do you want? The dragon snapped. Harry guessed he was still mad about the day before.
Suck it up, you stupid dragon. We have trouble here at the castle. Get back here A.S.A.P.
To prevent any back talk, Harry blocked his mind from Jurza, which he found easy to do. He turned his attention back to the Death Eaters. Harry sped a small pile of sticks, which turned out to be wands. So, everyone is disarmed, Harry said to himself, wondering what he could do next. Before he could decide, a familiar voice drifted into the room.
"Harry Potter," came the drawling voice of Lucius Malfoy. "Come out here and give yourself up, or everyone here gets it. . . starting with him." he said as he pointed at a small boy. He was grabbed roughly from the back by another Death Eater. Lucius grabbed him and held his wand to the boy's temple.
"You've got three seconds. One. . . Two. . . Thr-" but malfoy was cut off by the severing charm that flew through the air, cutting off Malfoy's arm.
"KILL THEM ALL!!" Malfoy screamed as he withered around on the ground in pain, holding his bleeding stump of an arm.
Suddenly, the air was full of screams and voices calling out "Avada Kedavra". Harry realized how idiotic his attack was and leapt out of the window of his room, rushing towards the massacre, hoping that he may be able to stop the carnage. Unfortunately, a Death Eater saw him and sent a flash of green at him.
Suddenly, out of the air Jurza dropped and landed in front of Harry, deflecting the curse and sending a stream of fire at the Death Eater, turning him into ash.
"When did you learn how to do that?" Harry asked as he jumped onto Jurza's back.
I don't know, I just. . . tried.
Jurza leapt into the air and spread his wings. They rose high into the air before Jurza locked his wings to his side and pointed his nose downward, picking up speed in a steep dive. The Death Eaters, getting over their initial shock at seeing Harry Potter riding a dragon, quickly sent a barrage of spells at the two.
Hold on. Jurza said as he spread his wings again and lifted into the air, turning upside down, then locking his wings once again, falling into a dive. Most of the Death Eaters were now in a small group, closely niched together, which was a very bad thing if your fighting a dragon. Jurza sped onwards and let a jet of fire hit the group, incinerating them at once.
The remaining Death Eaters fled, Apparating with a pop. Harry had Jurza fly over the battle field, searching for survivors. It seemed that Jurza was to late to the battle, for they could find no sign of life. Jurza flew back to the castle and landed next to the front door, which was hanging off its hinges, wood strewn over the ground. Gabrielle came running out of the castle.
"'Arry," she yelled, grabbing Harry into a tight hug the second he got off of Jurza. "Oh, I vas so scared. Is zer anyone left?" she asked, looking at Harry with hope. Harry couldn't tell her, he just looked away, unable to watch her cry. He just heard a sob as she clung closer to him, grasping Harry around the waist. Harry just hugged her back, not knowing exactley what she was going through.
Harry. Jurza said, prodding Harry in the small of the back with his nose. I'm sure those guys who got away are going to report to their boss.
Harry just nodded and released Gabrielle from their embrace.
"We have to go." Harry said. "Voldemort's bound to send more troops back. Do you need anything?"
Gabrielle slowly shook her head and wiped the tears from her eyes. Harry pointed his wand into the air and shouted "Accio Saddle" and moments later, the saddle for jurza came flying through the air, landing at Harry's feet. They had the saddle on in minutes and were soon flying away from the scene of mass death and destruction.
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Later on that day, Harry, Jurza and Gabrielle found themselves resting in a large forest. They had been flying for the last several hours and it was late in the evening. The forest was alive with sound, but the group itself was quiet. Harry wanted to say something to Gabrielle, but couldn't find any words that were appropriate for the situation, so he settled to just sitting on the ground reading a book. Gabrielle herself had her back to a tree with her head in her arms. Jurza was curled up, sleeping. The flight took a toll on him, since Harry kept urging them faster.
Harry decided to try to break the ice and closed his book. He got and walked over to Gabrielle and sat next to her. Harry reached over to her and grabbed her into a fierce hug. Gabrielle started to cry into his chest.
"It's okay." he whispered into her ear while he stroked her hair. Gabrielle soon fell silent, and it was several minutes before Harry realized she was asleep. He picked the small girl up and brought her over to Jurza and lay her next to his side. Jurza draped his wing over the small girl and looked at Harry.
What do we do now?Jurza asked.
"We hit Voldemort hard," harry replied.
How?
"We'll hit his forces. If I have learned anything about Voldemort, it's that he is powerless without supporters. Hell, it took thirteen years for him to regain his body, and that was with the help of Wormtail. But first, we have to get Tonks." Harry walked back to his pack and opened it, pulling out the map. "We're about three miles past the Albanian border." he then pointed out a small blot on the map. "This is where Sirius said I can find a small tavern know to be frequented by Voldemort's lackeys. I'll head there in the morning and try to figure out where Voldemort is."
The hell your going into that place alone. What if someone recognizes you, then what? You may be a powerful wizard, but you can't fight off a whole building of people.
"I'm not worried. I have all those spells I made, remember?" Harry had specially made powerful spells just in case this kind of situation came up. The only problem was they were all offensive spells, constantly leaving him open for attacks.
Jurza just snorted, blowing a small jet of fire out of his nostrils.
I'd just feel better if I went with you.
"Yes, because a large dragon catches no ones attention."
I was just saying...
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Harry awoke the next morning with a small weight on his body. He had ultimatley decided that sleeping next to Jurza with Gabrielle was inappropriate. The girl, on the other hand, thought differently. She was lying next to Harry with her head on his chest, her silver hair covering her face. Harry just sat still, not wanting to wake Gabrielle, before he remembered the plan from the night before.
"Gabrielle," he said quietly, shaking her shoulder lightly. "Wake up."
Gabrielle opened her eyes and looked up at Harry. Harry didn't know what to do, so he just smiled at her. He then saw the blood rise to Gabrielle's face, resulting in a fierce blush. She sat up quickly and looked away.
"Sorry," she said. "I got scared last night and couldn't get back to sleep, so I came out here."
"It's okay." Harry said. "Look, I need you to do me a favor."
"Anything," Gabrielle replied excitedly.
"I need to go to a nearby tavern and get some information. I need you to ride Jurza in the air and look out for any Death Eaters coming to the tavern."
"Your going in alone?" Gabrielle said shocked.
"Don't worry, I can handle myself. Will you help me though?"
"Yes," she said, walking up to Jurza, putting her hand on his scaley nose and scratched, causing the dragon to purr like a kitten. Harry chuckled lightly, but didn't say anything. He grabbed the saddle and put on Jurza, then helped Gabrielle get on.
"Be careful," she said, trying to get used to the large saddle.
"You too." Harry replied, checking the straps one last time. He took a step back and Jurza spread his wings and jumped into the air, gaining altitude quickly. Harry watched them climb, then turned and walked into the forest. It was another five minutes before he came to the edge of the wood. He could see the tavern and started walking towards it. It took less than three minutes before he made it to the building.
The inside of the tavern was dingy to say the least. There was an inch of dust covering everything. He even saw several rats scurry into a small hole in the wall. Harry walked over to a table in the far corner and sat down looking around. The place had several other customers, and nobody paid any attention to Harry.
But before he could get comfortable to wait for any information to come his way, the door to the tavern burst open, letting in over twenty Death Eaters. To make matters worse, they were led by Wormtail. He looked around the place and took one good look at Harry and pointed a silver hand at him.
"There's Potter!" he shouted. "Seize him!"
Harry kicked the table over and ducked behind it, just in time to see twenty red spells fly over his head. Harry sent several curses around the side of the table and heard a couple of screams. Harry heard a few more yells and a large chunk of the table was blasted away. Harry, seeing no other option, held out his wand in front of himself and shouted, "Inferno Whip!". A large flame erupted from Harry's wand and turned into a large whip. Harry jumped out from behind the table and lashed his whip at one of the Death Eaters,. The strike was so lethal that the man was cut in half. Harry took out the rest of the attackers with little trouble until there was only Wormtail left. Harry dispelled the whip and walked up to Wormtail and grabbed him by the front of his robes.
"Where is Tonks?" Harry yelled at the small, rat like man.
"I don't know," he squeaked. Harry pulled back his fist and punched the man in the nose. He could feel the cartilage break beneath his fist.
"Don't give me that crap Wormtail. You know where Tonks is."
"Please, I don't know," but Harry pulled his hand back once more and hit him again.
"Tell me!" Harry shouted.
"Okay!" Wormtail said. "Follow the road north and you should see a small fortress. That is where the Dark Lord took the woman. Now please, let me go."
"Oh, I can't let you go." Harry said pulling his wand out and putting it to Wormtail's throat. "Good-bye, Peter." Harry said before using a severing charm to cut off the mans head.
"Scorgify" said harry, cleaning up the bodies and blood that was left over. He tyhen walked over to the owner of the tavern, who was crouched in a corner with a look of horror placed on his face.
"Sorry about that," Harry said, pulling out a handful of Galleons out of his money pouch and leaving them on the table. "You have a nice day."
Harry left the tavern to see Jurza speeding towards the tavern landing roughly in front of him. Harry went to the saddle and jumped on, getting in front of Gabrielle who looked wind swept.
"Follow the road north until you see a small fortress," Harry told Jurza who lifted into the air quickly. They were flying no longer than a minute before they saw the tiny castle like structure.
What do we do?
You ask that a lot, just hit the place hard.
Jurza pointed his nose at the fortress and descended at a rapid place. Gabrielle gripped Harry around the middle tightly. They hit the wall with such force that it almost unseated Harry. Harry just let Jurza do his thing as they tore through the castle, sweeping aside wall and surprised Death Eaters alike. It took several minutes before they reached the last room in the place, leaving a trail of destruction behind. Jurza tore through the wall and saw Voldemort. Knowing him from Harry's memories, he roared fiercely and charged the white figure. Voldemort disapparated before Jurza could reach him and the dragon roared in anger. But Harry's attention was all on the woman chained to the bed.
"Tonks!" Harry yelled as he jumped out of the saddle. He ran up to her but she had passed out. Harry looked at the chain and pointed his wand at it, breaking the metal easily. He picked up the figure and handed her to Gabrielle, who helped put Tonks onto the saddle.
"Alright," Harry said, jumping into the saddle himself. "Lets get out of here."
Jurza spread his wings and jumped up, crashing through the roof, and Harry looked back as he saw the fortress collapse in on itself. He leaned back and enjoyed the flight, he had finnaly got what he came after.
AN— Hey there! Sorry about how long it took to update, but I lost all the data I had on this chapter and had to rewrite it. I hope you liked how this went and that it wasn't to bloody or something. I was going to let Wormtail live, but I decided against it. Also, most of you are probabley wondering about the weird fire whip and how it lacks a freaky deaky latin name. Well, the thing is, I couldn't think of one. I just thought it would be cool to give Harry some kind of super powered spell. Oh and one last thing, as you can see, I added Gabrielle to the pairing. Some of you were concerned that she was going to be like nine years old or something. Well in gthis she is like, I don't know, thirteen or fourteen, about Ginny's age. I'll update with chapter 11 soon. Review!!