I'm back! A special thanks to Knut and all the other people that took the time to review the last chapter and all the other ones. I always love getting feedback!
So I've decided that I'm going to be rewriting each chapter (since i've acquired more skills since I wrote the first few) ... so yeah!
Chapter 29
(Still Remus POV)
I wandered around the passages, not finding anyone, and was soon pretty tired. I sat down to take a breather when I heard a thump followed by some voices.
"Remus?" it said
"Sirius?"
"You... lived..." Sirius said slowly.
"Yes. Are you alright?" My voice asked him.
"I hurt my ankle," he said.
"Can I borrow your wand?"
I quietly sprinted down a tunnel and turned left. Obviously, I couldn't see myself and Sirius because it was so dark, but I could hear us just fine.
"We haven't got much time," Sirius stated. "Hecate and Agrios are in here somewhere, chasing after everyone. They turned on us in the throne room, and Hecate even killed a Hunter!"
"I saw."
"Well, what do we do now?"
"We go find them and somehow get out of here alive. C'mon."
I followed them down the passageway. "What are you doing that for?" Past me asked.
"I'm feeling for gaps. There are tunnels leading off of this one... 'found one!"
We were approaching Agrios now, who had his wand lit, and so, not wanting to be seen, I slowed my pace and followed Past Sirius and I at a distance.
"Whoa! The walls are smooth now," Sirius remarked, his fingernails lightly scratching the surface.
Sirius and I were running, so I followed suit so I wouldn't lose them. I could now see Agrios, holding his wand high in the room of cabinets. Phil and Annabeth were on the floor, just as I remembered.
Still sprinting, Sirius grabbed his wand from his pocket and pointed it at Agrios. Past me hollered and Agrios turned and faced them.
"You are no match for me." Agrios shrugged. "Petrificus-"
"Expelliarmus!" Sirius blurted and the wand soared from Agrios's furry hand.
Agrios laughed and his wand shot back into his hand. Past me threw an arrow and it was blocked by one of Agrios's invisible shields. We were body-bound and before I knew it, Agrios had extended the necklace.
Alright! I thought. Now I get to find out who the blue jeans are!
Agrios placed the time turner around our necks.
Any second now...
"Bye-bye!" he said as his hand moved toward the centerpiece.
He's not showing up! What should I do? I pondered. A thought struck me. It was a life-saving thought. A wonderful thought that I wouldn't've been able to think if I didn't think it, if that makes any sense.
I'm the pair of blue jeans, aren't I?
I grabbed an arrow and ran up behind the horrid beast. I didn't even aim, but the arrow soared straight into the center of his back, spearing his heart. His hand flicked the centerpiece as he crashed to the spot on ground from which my friends and I had just vanished. Agrios turned to dust.
I was smiling and breathing heavily for a bit, just thinking about how well I had done when some enraged empousai walked in the door.
"Killed our brother, did you?" one said, eyeing the monster dust. "Good job, he was starting to get annoying; almost as annoying as you stupid halfbloods! Get him!" It was three on one, the chances were definitely not in my favor.
If I ever need some sparks, its now, Dad, I prayed before I threw my hands out in front of me. Blue waves of electricity shot in many directions, a few hitting cabinets and causing them to burst into flames. The rest hit the empousai, making their hair stand up straight, almost comically, before they also burst like piƱatas.
Panic-stricken and not wanting to get engulfed in flames, I stumbled down the passageway and eventually found my way out. Annabeth, Phil, Sirius, and James were there to meet me.
"I killed him!" I exclaimed.
"Thats great!" Phil replied.
"Those kids in the cabinet set the room on fire," Annabeth said, "Then these three other kids came in and they all wanted the tiara that the kid that looked like James was looking for. It was all really strange. I'm not sure if you want to go back to your world, Remus."
I was completely shocked. "There must be a way. My family, my friends, and my future are in that cabinet and I need all of them more than I need 2010. I've got to go back."
"Wait a second. So if the cabinet is a time travel device then maybe... " Annabeth began.
"Go on!"
"No. I need to see the cabinet first."
"Alright." We walked over to the cabinet.
She pulled open the door and searched the inside surface. I had no idea what she was doing until...
"Oh! Look at this!" she said, pointing to a wooden knob. The knob had little black numbers circling around it, counting by tens from 0 to 50. It was currently set between 10 and 20, but much closer to the former than the latter. I'd say it was set to about 12.
"How could I have not noticed this before?" I asked.
"So what year are you from?" Annabeth asked.
"1974. Hold up; that means..." Sirius said.
"We weren't in our own time after all! We can still get through!" I said. What a relief!
"Yes!" James agreed.
Annabeth twisted the knob to 36, but then cocked her head to the side and smelt the air. "Is that smoke?"
"Oh gods! I forgot that I accidently set the room on fire back there!" I said. Annabeth cursed and yelled at me for a little and then she realized we were wasting time.
"If you guys ever want to come back to Camp then we need to get this wardrobe out of here! Come on; help me lift it!" she said.
With the five of us carrying it, it wasn't too difficult. Soon, the Hunters came running out of the smoking tunnel, coughing madly, and also helped.
Once the cabinet was outside, we decided that we had to say goodbye to Annabeth.
"I'll write you all a letter!" she said. "I'll put it in the cabinet in a week; how about that?"
"Sounds fine." I said. "Thanks for coming with us. I hope you find Percy soon."
"Yeah, we'll see you next year!" James called.
Phil was just looking from Annabeth to us, deciding who he should go with.
"Made up your mind, Phil?" Sirius asked.
He thought for a moment and then said, "I'm coming with you."
"Great! Now let's get moving!" James said.
We covered our noses with our shirts and darted through the smoky room and then, out of desperation, we all squeezed into the cabinet together. There was a flash of light and we fell out of the other end.
Home! I thought, taking in the peaceful and not aflame Room of Requirement. It all looked really beautiful, even though I'd been in here a few times before and it usually seemed average and plain. I took in the smell of the castle, the one that smelled almost like mold, yet not quite; it had a little bit of laundry smell to it too. I guess the house elves were doing the sheets or something. Its so good to be back, I said.
Excitedly, all of us ran to the door and flew through it and into the stone hallway.
"Welcome to Hogwarts, Phil," Sirius said, grinning.
Phil stood in awe. "This place is a castle? You didn't tell me that! This is totally wicked!"
"Yeah," I said. "I guess we should go see Dumbledore, then?"
"Can't we go show Phil the quidditch field and our common room and the secret passageways and the ghosts and the moving staircases and the talking paintings and-"
"Talking Paintings?" Phil asked, his entire face lighting up.
"I think we better go see Dumbledore first. We don't even know if Phil is allowed to stay."
"Right," said Phil reluctantly.
"It'll be fun. You'll probably get sorted!" James said.
"Oh. Yay!"
Okay! So I'd say 1 or two more chapters and then an epilogue. :( boo hoo. But if you like this then follow me and my collab account Wingedninja123 that I share with Dovewing123. Thanks!
Also, thank you to Pwnie3 for the... interesting review (that was in greek!) which helped me discover the translate button in gmail. And Pwnie3, I hope the other fans DO agree with you and want another update soon, because thats what I'm going to do.
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