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[Ch 35]-Forfeit

"They're noitkus!" said Surlon.

"THEY'RE WHAT?" asked James slightly louder than intended.

"Noitkus, they're creature that eat metal," replied Surlon.

It was true, they were trying to eat the roof of the train off. By the looks of it, there were thousands of them. These creatures were very ugly, they had large wings and a skinny outline. Their skin color was dark purple and was scaly-like but their most distinguishing feature was their teeth, it was extremely sharp but they weren't really big or anything.

"How do we get rid of them?" asked Remus.

"We better do it quick, if not, there would be nothing left of the train!" said James.

"Since they are noitkus, they are afraid of water," said Dumbledore.

"But where are we going to get enough water to get rid of all the noitkus?!" said Remus.

"I wish it was raining right now...," said James.

"That's it! Rain!" said Harry.

He rushed to his bag and started searching.

"What are you doing?" asked James.

Harry didn't answer, he continued searching until he found what he was looking for. He hurried back to where Dumbledore and Surlon was.

"I think I've got a solution!" said Harry.

He took out the fodster that he never used before.

"A fodster! Hurry, make it rain, Harry,"said Dumbledore.

Harry turned a little switch to the rain symbol and pressed the button in the middle. They all looked through the window when they saw small drops of rain pouring down. When it hit one of the noitkus, it jumped and fell off the train. However, they tried to fly back up on top of the train. As the rain drops increases, the noitkus couldn't stay any longer because it seem to be painful when they were touch by rain. When they all finally left, everyone was in relief.

"Harry, how long does the rain last?" asked James.

"I think two hours at the most," replied Harry.

"Good, we'll be out of the noitkus' harm at least for another hour and a half," said James.

"That may be so, but the train has taken a lot of damage," said Dumbledore.

"I'm afraid we must repair some of the damage done or it would not make it for too long," said Surlon.

It was true, the train was in quite a wreak, there were places where the noitkus bit through. Harry and Remus went to examine the bed compartment.

"Looks like someone wasn't too lucky," said Remus.

"Yea...," said Harry.

"He's not going to like this," said Remus just as James appeared.

When he saw what had happened to his bed, it was not a happy expression. His bed was right under a bit through hole and it had became soaking wet from the rain drops that dripped down.

"Oh, great! Just great!" said James.

"Sorry about that. How 'bout you sleep on my bed and I'll sleep on one of the couches," said Harry.

"No, it's alright. I'll sleep on the couch," said James.

"Hey, isn't it a bit weird how we didn't heard a single word from Dobby when this happened?" asked Harry.

"Who?" asked Remus.

"Dobby. The house-elf," said Harry.

"Oh, yea. Maybe we should check on him," said James.

"Lets," said Harry.

The three of them went toward the 'kitchen' part of the train. When they got there, they didn't see any sign of Dobby.

"Dobby?!" called Harry.

There was no answer. Harry called again but this time there was a response. The voice was muffled. Harry only caught some of those words which was "in...oven. stuck."

"Open that oven!" said Harry.

Remus was nearest and he went to the oven, the outside was set on lock for an hour. Remus deactivate the lock and the oven popped open. Dobby jumped out of it immediately. Dobby's skin color had completely changed. He was red, literally.

"Dobby, are you alright?" asked Harry.

"I th-ink s-o. J-just need cooling o-off," said Dobby.

"Dobby, what happened? Why were you inside the oven?" asked Harry.

Dobby conjured up a small tub and fulled it with ice and sat in it.

"Dobby, sir was g-going t-to pre-prepare to c-cook d-inner. When t-the train shook, Dobby fell in oven and b-before Dobby h-had s-set t-the t-imer already. That's how Dobby got stuck. Luckily, house-elves can stand heat," he explained.

Dobby was changing back to his normal color after sitting in the tub of ice for a while.

"We'll come back, Dobby," said James.

"Come on, Harry. We have to see how Dumbledore and Surlon is doing," said James.

When they went back to the compartment, they realized that the train seem to be fixed. The roof no longer dripped water and even James' bed was back to it normal dry self.

"Well, looks like Dumbledore and Surlon did a real good job in fixing everything," said James.

"Thank you Albus and Surlon. Now I have a bed to sleep in," said James when he entered the compartment that they were in.

"You're welcome," said the both of them.

"If there should be no more delays, we will be there in an hour or two," said Dumbledore shortly.

"James, Remus, Harry had already told us what the map says. We'll explain it to you and Harry, you can just take a break," said Surlon.

Harry nodded and left the compartment.

"Just a little longer...I'm coming Sirius. I'm coming," whispered Harry.

He sat down on a sofa with nothing particular to do when an owl came knocking on the side window. Harry noticed that it was Hegwig. He quickly went to opened the window.

"Hegwig! What are you doing here?" said Harry.

Hegwig dropped to Harry's knees and held a letter in her beak. Harry took the letter. He knew almost instantly who it was from.

Harry, we thought that a few words of encouragement is in order. Even Hegwig thought so when she came to us. I'm telling you that YOU WILL BE FINE! We're sure of it! Now stop acting like you're not going to come back! Here's Hermione: Harry, I know you'll do great in this mission and you'll come back with Sirius. Just remember we're with you no matter where you are. Keep that in mind. We're waiting for you to come back soon.

Love,

Ron and Hermione

Harry smiled.

"Oh Ron, Hermione," muttered Harry.

He took the letter and stuffed it in his bag.

^Two Hours Later^

A small thud was heard. James and Remus just walked in.

"Hey Harry, we've landed," said Remus.

"Do you mean that we're there?" asked Harry.

"Yea, we're in Alaska, buddy!" said James.

Harry got up and rushed to the window. He saw nothing but white.

"We'll be staying here for the rest of the night. Tomorrow, early in the morning, we're going to find the temple," said Remus.

"Ok. So, where's Dumbledore and Surlon?" asked Harry.

"Umm, see for yourself...," said James.

Harry looked out the window and found Dumbledore and Surlon outside and they are...

"Hmm...," said Harry after he looked outside.

"What? Why is that smirk on your face?" asked James.

"Um, why don't you come look, prongs," said Remus.

James went over to Remus near the window and looked outside.

"No wonder...," said James.

He turned to talk to Harry but Harry wasn't there.

"Hey, where did he go?" asked James.

"Uh, prongs...," called Remus.

"What?!" replied James.

He turned back to the window and saw Harry outside with Surlon and Dumbledore. They all wore a "fur" coat and sat by a conjured fire and was toasting marshmallow. James grabbed a jacket on the way out and went to them.

"What are you guys doing?" asked James.

"As you can see, we're toasting marshmallows...," said Harry cooly.

"Hmm...ok, smart mouth. Ver-"

Just as James was making his remark, the ground began to rumble.

"What's g-going o-on?!"

The rumbling became so loud that Harry had to yell to be heard. Remus felt the earth beneath the train falter as well. He took his wand and conjured up a huge light that shined toward the direction where Harry and the rest were. They all had dropped their marshmallows and the fire had extinguished. If it weren't for the light that Remus had conjured, they would not be able to see a single thing. The moment light had shed toward them, Remus and everyone else looked beyond their point where they saw a towering mountain standing right before them. Surlon and Dumbledore realizing what was about to happen...called out.

"Move! It's an avalanche! Get back into the train!" barked Dumbledore.

"Yes, hurry!" said Surlon.

Remus quickly opened one of the door of the train.

"Come quickly before the snow and ice comes down!" called Remus.

James did not listen.

"WHERE'S HARRY?!! HARRY!! WHERE ARE YOU?!!" yelled James.

Everyone tuned their attention toward James when they heard his cry. They too didn't see Harry anywhere. Meanwhile, the ground shook more thunderously with each passing moment. James frantically search everywhere for Harry. Surlon, Dumbledore and Remus came to his aid. Then a puddle of water beneath the ice caught James' eyes. That was where the they were toasting marshmallows and was where the fire was conjured. The surface has melt and revealed the icy water underneath it. The first thought that came to James mind was that Harry must have fallen into the water.

"OH MY GOD!!" yelled James.

He rushed over to the exposed water and looked down at it.

"HARRY!" he yelled.

There was no answer. James search with his eyes but did not see a single trace of Harry. He wasn't about to give up. James took off his shoes and his jacket and dived into the icy cold water.

"JAMES!" yelled Remus when he saw what he had done.

Dumbledore and Surlon rushed to the border of the water hole.

"James, get out of the water!" said Dumbledore.

"I don't think Harry's in the water!" said Surlon.

It was no use. James couldn't hear them under the water. Just being in the water for a minute gave him an extensive amount of pain. He felt like he was pieced by needle on every inch of his body. His movements slowly weaken due to the freezing temperature but he kept going.

In the meantime, on the surface of the water...

"We need to get him out of that water!" said Remus.

"Yes, the ice and snow are falling down," said Surlon.

"Get him out before the hole is covered and he won't be able to get out!!!" yelled Remus.

"Tfilituos!!"

The moment Dumbledore said those words, James felt that he was being lifted until he had reached the surface of the water. He gasped for breath. Surlon took his coat which was warmer and threw it on James' pale complexion.

Remus rushed to James and helped him to the train. They speeded up the pace because the ice and snow was tumbling down and was racing to bury them all if they don't leave immediately. They all scurry into the train. The train was lifted off the ground before the ice and snow had reached them. James sat down on the sofa carelessly, eyes swollen. Remus sat next to him and padded James on the back as a sign of trying to comfort him.

"I'm sure Harry wasn't in the water! He probably got away like we did," said Remus.

James didn't listen. He looked out the window seeing everything covered with a thick layer of snow, still searching with his eyes hoping that Harry was alive somewhere...

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