Reweave the Fabric of Time
Chapter 14: Harry Hunting
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. I do, however own the plot line and any, if any, original characters that appear within the story.
For something that was suposed to scare the wits out of someone he thought he was handling it pretty well. Despite being held captive just to fluch his son out of hiding and despite the fact that Lily was also there seemed only to fuel his deep hatred towards one Tom Riddle.
It had been raining that Monday morning when he went to wake his child. The week before Harry had told him that he wanted to go meet Dinky, a house elf who had made friends with him, and James had promised to take him. In restrospect, he observed, he spoiled Harry rotten. There wasn't a thing in the world that he would not get for his child. Lily hadn't approved, but he just knew Harry would suffer no ill will in later ears of his life. His Harry would always be pure.
On the way to see the said house elf they had passed the Entrance Hall. The doors were open, like they always were in the summer. The castle always benifitted from a good airing out after housing a whole bunch of teens the school year before. It was just his luck that he saw the dark figures coming out of the Forbidden Forest...It was just his luck that he got hit by the very first stunning spell cast. As the darkness overcame him he remembered telling Harry to run and hide. Apparently, he had taken it to heart, because the Death Eaters had been searching the enitre day and still hadn't found any sign of the boy.
Lily huffed beside him, obviously thinking the same thoughts he was.
"Don't worry Lils, Harry know the castle like the back of his hand. I saw to that. We'll be okay until help arrives." Lily nodded, but her worries did not become any less pronounced. Her son was out there somewhere, unprotected, and she couldn't stand it.
"Phsst!" Their eyes widened and darted over to where the sound came from. There stood Harry crouched very low to the ground looking every part of a spy. The two adults looked uneasily at the guards at the door, but they weren't paying attention, instead they were having a very heated game of wizard poker.
"Harry!" Lily whispered frantically. "You can't be here! you'll get hurt! I want you to get away from this place as fast as possible okay sweety!" Both adults were astounded when instead Harry's face lit up into a devious smile that would make Sirius proud.
"No worries mummy, it's just like Harry hunting back at Privet Drive. They couldn't find me then and they won't find me now. I know the castle to well for that."He reached into his hand into a small pouch that he had taken to carrying around when Sirius had started bringing him pounds of candy at a time. Somehow they knew that this time the bag wasn't filled with candy.. and they were right. As he pulled his hand out the patch they watched in astonishment as their wands came out as well.
"Harry? How?" Harry smiled and crept up to them cautiously.
"I told you, Harry hunting. Besides, when you want to hide the very best place you can choose is a place so close to them they won't even think to look." He untied their bindings, but motioned for them to stay down. "I'll distract them. No amount of speed will get you out of this room unscathed, and I think you will need everything you've got to face that man...Voldy..warts or something like that. Kind of a sad name for a dark lord don't you think?" Despite the situation they both cracked smiles at the boy's humor. "Now, be ready to run. Voldywarts is in the third floor corridor in the room that had the trap door in the floor. You remember, the on Albus said needed remodeling." With that he gave a great big yelp and ran full tilt towards the poker game. The guards stood and aimed their wands, but Harry was too fast and was out the door in a flash, the guards following.
Lily and James took this as their chance and left the room heading for the third floor.
Yaay! chp 14 up and running! I think at the most it may have four more chapters and at the least two...probably two, because I think I can fit everything in...
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