Sirius was lying on the floor. His dark hair was sweat drenched and matted against his face. He was obviously pinned by a cruel spell against a cold black floor. The buttons which held his shirt and coat together had popped exposing a taut chest decorated with both tattoos and painful bruises.

"Never!" He cried, his voice full of defiance and unadulterated hatred. His grey eyes flashed one last time before a low unrecognizable spell was called and his arm began to corrode layer by layer. Blood flowed gruesomely over the floor as his skin bubbled and seethed, leaving pink muscle exposed. Sirius howled in agony. "Harry!" He cried, there was cruel laughter about him. "Harry!" He called again as if his life depended on it.

"Sirius!" Harry awoke, jolted from his bed and immediately began to dress. While Seamus and Neville had put silencing charms around their beds so they were not awaken by Harry's occasional nightly fit Ron had not and was immediately by his side.

"Harry, what's going on!?" He asked as he stood by the bed. Harry stopped attempting to pull a shirt on over his legs. There were tears in his eyes.

"The death eaters have Sirius!" He said weakly and continued dressing as the occasional tear streamed down his face.

"Where?" Ron asked as he started to get dressed as well.

"The Department of Mysteries. I could tell by the floor."

"What would Sirius, be doing there?" Ron asked as he haphazardly pulled on an old red jumper.

Harry was about to answer when suddenly a small and incredibly timid voice sounded through the dorm. "How do you know that it isn't just a trap set up by You-Know-Who?"

The pair looked to see a fully dressed Neville standing beside his bed. His shoes were on the wrong feet and his jumper was on backwards. His hair was a mess.

"I've been taking Occlumency for almost the entire year. And I've been seeing bits of meetings ever since His last attack." Harry said.

"But what would Sirius be doing there?" Ron asked as he pulled on his shoes.

"Who's Sirius? What's Occlumency?" Neville echoed.

"No time to explain now. I don't want to you guys to come and get yourselves into danger-"

"Bloody fucking hell I'm not going." Ron said and Neville nodded. The teenagers then left the dorm only to find Ginny, Luna, and Oleander sitting in the common room. Both Oleander and Ginny looked annoyed whilst Luna looked at them knowingly.

"What are you guys doing here?" Harry asked breathily.

"Mercury is in the ninth house." Luna replied.

"Anyone we know of in mortal danger?" Ginny asked with an irritated sigh and Harry became rigid and paled to a color beyond white before sprinting across the common room. Luna followed behind.

"Maybe Luna's not a complete nutter…" Ginny muttered to Oleander's retreating back and was the last to leave the common room.

"Is the person…on the school grounds?" Luna asked breathlessly as she caught up with Harry at the forefront of the group. They snuck through the bottom floor of the castle nearly ten minutes later and still Harry had not answered.

"No." He finally whispered.

"Then we can take the thestrals. I know where they're kept." Luna said and fell back a bit, Harry too focused on the task ahead to question her.


KatAndMonkey: FEAR MY MAD POETRY SKIZZELS!!!!!!! You'll see. Lucius is just about to make his grand entrance..........

AN: Does anyone know the name of the new Alan Rickman movie?