They boarded the Gummi Ship and left Fantasia. Then as they were traveling through time and space something peculiar showed up on the radar screen.
"What is that?" asked the beetle princess.
Mr. Wogglebug took a look at the screen and replied, "Why, it looks like another world, what's left of one anyway."
All they could see was a mass of scattered land floating through space and at the center of it there was a tall structure made entirely of black stone.
"What's that on top of it?" asked George, pointing to the structure.
Dobby who had been mostly silent since he had joined them on their voyage now spoke excitedly. "It's the remains of Dobby's world!" he exclaimed jumping up and down. "And that is Azkaban, it is a prison where death eaters are kept, it is. Dobby bets his Master Harry Potter and Master's friends are being held captive in there, he does!"
"Don't worry, Dobby," said Herbert. "We'll go in and get your Master and friends out of there."
They landed their ship right next the building known as Azkaban. Now that they could see it up close they saw just how dark and foreboding it was. There was no light at all to be seen through the windows. In the utter silence they could distantly hear what sounded like the echoes of the prisoners of here from long ago.
"I don't like this place at all," said the beetle princess. "It's so dark and creepy."
"I wonder if it's haunted," said George nervously.
"Well, there have been rumors of ghosts being seen in through the halls," replied Dobby. "It is also guarded by dementors."
"What are dementors?" asked Herbert.
"They is souless spirits who feed on mortals fear and try to drain them of emotions," said Dobby. "They can also suck out your soul if you isn't careful around them, they can."
George gulped nervously at this and his parents shuddered.
"Well, I am not afraid of any dementors!" Herbert declared. "I'm willing to face a whole army of them."
"Good, because Dobby thinks you may have to," said Dobby.
They approached the building and Herbert unlocked the door with the Keyblade. They stepped inside and looked around. They could see a series of hallways in directions and a long flight of stone steps leading up.
"Well, where do we go now?" asked George.
Dobby put his hand over his heart. "Dobby's heart tells him we should go up the stairs and that is where we will find Master Harry Potter and his friends."
"Alright then, Dobby," said Mr. Wogglebug.
They started towards the stone steps and they had barely reached them when suddenly a low hissing sound filled the atmosphere and a deep coldness surrounded them from the outside in. Then from seemingly out of nowhere there appeared in front of them five tall shadowy figures wearing black robes with hoods that concealed their faces floating in midair. They all knew at once what they must be and Herbert and George tried to reach for their weapons but found that they couldn't as a sense of despair had filled their hearts.
Then suddenly they heard Dobby cry out in a voice which made him sound bigger than he actually was, "Expecto-patronum!" as he held out his left forefinger and out of it appeared a bright silver light which took on the shape of what looked like a cocker-spaniel puppy and it flew at the five dementors and they scattered away from sight.
Then as soon as they were gone the coldness vanished also and hope filled their hearts once again.
"That was so excellent, Dobby!" exclaimed Mr. Wogglebug.
"What was that, and how did you do it?" asked Herbert.
"It was the charm you must cry out to repel dementors, and that was Dobby's own patronus," the elf explained. "And you must always first think of your happiest memory to make it work."
"And what did you think of, Dobby?" asked George.
"Dobby was remember his Master, Harry Potter, said he could become his own house-elf. It had always been Dobby's one wish," he replied.
"Well, thank you for the demonstration, Dobby," said Herbert. "Now we know what to do the next time we run into dementors."
They climbed up the stone steps with Dobby taking the lead. They must have climbed up hundreds of steps for nearly an hour before they reached the top.
Dobby stopped them and exclaimed, "This way is to where Master Harry Potter is being held prisoner! Dobby can feel it!" He pointed down a long dark hallway.
They walked down the hallway with Dobby once again leading the way. He stopped them at a great iron door with a giant iron lock on it.
"This is it! Master Harry Potter is in here!" he exclaimed jumping up and down excitedly.
"Alright, Dobby. Be quiet. We don't want to get caught," said George in a loud whisper.
Herbert unlocked the lock with the Keyblade and all together they pushed the door open and inside they found a small dark room full of dust and cobwebs and in the far left corner they saw three teenagers who were chained by their hands to the wall. One was a boy with messy black hair and green eyes with a lightning shaped scar on his forehead, one was a boy bright red hair and freckles, and one was a girl with long bushy brown hair and brown eyes, they were all wearing dark robes lined with red.
As soon as the dark-haired boy saw Dobby his face lit up and he exclaimed, "Dobby, it's you! I knew you'd come rescue us somehow!"
"And it's about time, too," said the red-haired boy. "What kept you?"
"Dobby was lost," he explained. "And these new friends of his came and led him to you. Now we is here to rescue all of you."
They went up to the three captive teenagers and Herbert unlocked the shackles of each of them with the Keyblade. Once they were free the dark-haired boy bent down and embraced Dobby.
"Dobby missed his Master, he did!" Dobby exclaimed, sobbing with relief. "But he never gave up hope he would find you again."
"Just as I never gave up hope you'd rescue us," he replied. Then he stood up and faced the others. "My name is Harry Potter, by the way. And these are my friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. We are most indebted to you for rescuing us. But it's not just us who need to be rescued, there's still Neville, and Luna, and Ginny to rescue."
"Then lead us to them and we'll rescue them," said Mr. Wogglebug.
They left the dungeon and followed Harry and his friends as he led them further down the hallway.
"How did you get in here?" asked Mr. Wogglebug.
"After our world was scattered we were soon found by Lord Voldemort and he and his death-eaters put us in here because he wanted us out of the way," Harry explained.
"Did you say Voldemort?" asked Mr. Wogglebug and he noticed that Ron and Hermione flinched at the mention of the name but not Harry. "I've heard of that name before. I believe I was told he was Malificent's follower."
"Who is Malificent?" asked Harry.
"She is the evil sorceress who is behind the destruction of yours and other worlds," Mr. Wogglebug explained. "And my sons are the ones chosen to defeat her and the Heartless," he added proudly.
"Just as I was the one chosen to defeat Lord Voldemort," said Harry.
"Why are you the chosen one?" asked Mr. Wogglebug curiously.
"Because of a prophesy that said a boy born in the seventh month would and I was born in the seventh month and so Voldemort came to my parents house and tried to kill me but he was unable to because of the protection of love spell my mother had placed on my just before she and my father were killed by Voldemort," Harry explained.
"How tragic," said the beetle princess sympathetically.
"I can believe her love saved you," said Mr. Wogglebug. "There is no magic or power greater than a parent's love."
They stopped at another great dungeon door with a giant lock on it and Harry called out, "Neville! Luna! Ginny! Are you in here?"
"Harry! How did you get out? Come help us!" called out another boy's voice from through the door.
So Herbert unlocked the lock with the Keyblade and they entered to find a boy who was slightly chubby with dark hair and freckles next to a girl with long strawberry blonde hair and light blue eyes, both chained to the wall. They came up to them and Herbert set them free with the Keyblade.
"Harry!" exclaimed Neville. "You've been freed and you rescued us and brought help too, but how?"
"It's all thanks to Dobby," said Harry smiling. "Never underestimate the loyalty or power of a house-elf. Now come on," he added quickly. "We still have Ginny to rescue."
"You're not going anywhere," said a cold voice from behind them.
They turned around and saw a tall man with long shoulder-length blonde hair wearing black robes with an evil smirk on his pale face. At the sight of him Dobby trembled and clutched onto Harry.
"You have got passed the dementors, but you'll not get passed me," he said as he took out a wand.
"Just wait and see, Lucious!" exclaimed Harry as he drew his own wand.
"I see you've brought my elf with you," Lucious said ignoring Harry and looking at Dobby.
"Dobby is not your elf anymore!" Dobby exclaimed boldly. "He is a free elf now and forevermore!"
Lucious gave a loud and evil laugh. "Only because I was tricked into accidentally giving you a sock. I should have done away with you years ago you were never loyal to me like you are to this Potter boy."
"That was because you are a bad dark wizard!" exclaimed Dobby. "And Dobby would rather work for a wizard who has a good heart like Master Harry Potter."
Lucious clenched his wand in his hand. "I'll deal with you after I've dealt with Potter!" He aimed his wand at Harry's head and cried out, "Crucio!"
Harry instantly seemed to be contorted with pain in every part of his body but he still managed to lift his wand and exclaim, "Petrify!"
A beam of red light shot out from the tip of Harry's wand but Lucious almost at once cried out, "Exspelliarmus!" and Harry's wand fell out of his hand as he fell hard to the floor.
"Master!" exclaimed Dobby in horror.
Herbert took out the Keyblade and before Lucious had time to figure it out he cried out, "Thunder!"
Instantly a powerful force of thunder bolted forward and threw Lucious fully against the wall behind him. Momentarily stunned, he quickly regained his senses and aimed his wand now at Herbert.
"Avada -" he started to say.
"Lightning!" Herbert cried out just in time and a great bolt of electricity shot out of the Keyblade and struck Lucious directly in the chest. He fell over with the electric currents coursing through him and dropped his wand.
Harry slowly got up off the floor. He looked stunned when he saw what had happened to Lucious. "Is he dead?" he asked in disbelief.
"I don't know," replied Herbert. "I used a lightning spell on him."
"Well, the important thing is that now we have this," Harry said as he went over to Lucious' still form and picked up his wand at the side of him and tucked it away in his robes, "and now he won't be a bother to us anymore. Now let's hurry to find Ginny!"
They left the dungeon and Harry led them down the hall as he called out, "Ginny! Where are you!"
Finally they heard a young female voice call back to him, "Harry! Is that you! Please hurry!"
They rushed down the hall towards the sound of the voice. However they were soon halted in their tracks when ten small black creatures wearing black cloaks with hoods appeared in front of them. They at first looked like small dementors but they had red glowing eyes peeking out of their hoods and long skinny black arms protruding from out of their cloaks.
"They're demented Heartless!" exclaimed Herbert. "All together now! Expecto-patronum!"
They all cried out the patronus charm in unison and a silvery light shot out of each of the young wizards' and witches' wands. Harry's was a stag, Hermione's was an otter, Luna's was a hare, Ron's was a terrier, and Neville's was a bear. Herbert also found he could produce a patronus with the Keyblade in the form of a centipede.
Having dealt with the demented Heartless they hurried on and climbed up a set of stairs at the end of the hall and found another great iron dungeon door with a giant lock on it which Herbert unlocked and inside they found a girl, slightly smaller than the others, with long red hair and freckles and brown eyes chained to the wall just as the others had been. As soon as she saw Harry and the others her face lit up with joy and relief.
"Harry! Ron! I knew you'd escape somehow and come for me!" she exclaimed.
Once Herbert had unlocked her shackles she at once threw her arms around Harry in a tight embrace which he returned. Then she turned and briefly hugged Ron.
"Come on," said Ron urgently. "There's no time to lose!"
"I'm afraid you've already lost your time!" said an evilly feminine voice from behind them.
They turned around and saw a tall witch in a black dress with matching black hair and eyes and the most evil sneer on her face.
"Oh no! It's Bellatrix Lestrange!" exclaimed Harry. "Voldemort's number one death eater!"
"So we meet again, do we Potter?" Bellatrix said to Harry. I never thought you would escape. Now I suppose I'll save my Master the trouble and deal with you myself now."
And so saying she pulled out a small gleaming silver knife and hurtled it towards Harry's chest.
"No!" Dobby cried as he leaped in front of his master so that the knife struck him instead of Harry lodging in between below his neck and just above his chest and blood spurted out as he fell to the floor.
"Dobby! No!" cried George as he rushed to the fallen elf and hastily pulled out the knife.
"How dare you, you filthy bitch!" Harry shouted at Bellatrix.
"How could the life of that puny little house-elf mean anything to you?" sneered Bellatrix.
"Dobby may be small but at least he has a big heart," said Harry in a rage. "Which is more than I can say for you, you heartless whore!"
Bellatrix gave a most wicked cackling laugh at this. "A fine compliment as well as a fine choice of last words, Potter!" She held out her wand towards him. "Avada -"
Fortunately Harry had seen this coming from the start and was ready for it having drawn his own wand he aimed it directly at hers and shouted at the same time, "Exspelliarmous!"
Bellatrix's wand fell out of her hand as a beam of red light struck it and a beam of green light struck her in the chest and she fell lifeless to the floor.
"Well done, Harry!" said Mr. Wogglebug. "How did you know exactly what to do?"
"I guess I just learned from my previous experience," Harry replied rather modestly. "I always knew Bellatrix's evil would lead to her own undoing. But what about Dobby?" he asked as he quickly rushed over to Herbert who held the elf in his arms. "Is he going to make it?"
"I think he'll be alright," said Mr. Wogglebug. "A knife in the chest is fatal only if it goes to the heart and it doesn't seem to be that deep. Here, you can use my handkerchief to staunch the blood flow."
Harry took Dobby in his own arms and pressed the handkerchief firmly over the wound. "Come on. Let's get out of here before we run into more trouble," he said.
So they left the dungeon and climbed back down the steps they way they had come. However when they reached the door the found a giant snake with long dripping fangs waiting for them.
"It's Nagini, Voldemort's pet!" exclaimed Harry.
"Stand back everyone!" commanded Herbert as he drew the Keyblade. "This is our fight!"
"Let's do it!" said George as he drew his sword.
"Lighting!" Herbert yelled and watched as the electric energy coursed through the snake's body. The snake quickly shook it off and made a snap with its fangs at Herbert's leg but George quickly slammed the back of his sword into the snake's neck. It screamed in pain and wrenched back.
"Tornado!" Herbert spun around many times and caught the snake each time. The snake made snaps at Herbert and finally managed to cut his leg very slightly.
"Ow! This is gonna leave a mark!" exclaimed Herbert.
George was then angered by the snake's hurting his brother and made a great slash at its neck with his sword and created a huge gash in it. The snake screamed again before it fell into a heap on the floor.
"Well done, boys!" said Mr. Wogglebug applauding them. "Here, Herbert, here's a healing potion for you, and here is another one for Dobby."
Herbert at once drank the healing potion and the small gash on his leg was instantly healed. At the same time Harry gently held Dobby's head up as he held the potion up to his mouth while he drank it and the gaping cut in his chest was healed without even leaving a scar.
They then left Azkaban. And Harry and his friends saw them off at their Gummi ship.
"We're safe now, for the time being," said Harry. "But where will we go now?"
"You can go to Traverse Town where we first met Dobby," suggested Mr. Wogglebug. "I'm sure Merlin will help you."
"Thanks," said Harry. "And take this with you," he held out a keychain with a bolt of lightning on the end of it.
"And this," said Dobby as he took out a golden yellow stone. "It will bring you good luck, it will."