A/N: If you are American, you probably know that the letter that Alex wrote Brendons dad was from the movie the Little Rascals. Just thought I'd tell ya!



Part Eleven:
Arizona or Bust

Harry, along with Alex, Ron, Brendon,and Hermione, walked briskly up to Dumbledores office. They had just gotten word that Georgia had returned after five days of waiting.

" Harry! Slow down! Dumbledore's not goin' anywhere!" said Alex, who was having to jog to keep up with him.

" I have to find out if it worked!" he said. Ron started to speed up. He looked at Alex as he passed her. She looked at him with narrowed eyes, and began to speed up. He sped up some more. Soon they were both running, and Harry had to stop them because they were going in the opposite direction of the headmasters office.
They finally reached his office. They went in and found Dumbledore sitting at his desk and Georgia on his shoulder.

" Georgia!" Alex screeched. The owl let out a hoot, and flew over onto Alex's shoulder.

" Did it work?" asked Harry.

" Yes it did." said Dumbledore, smiling.

" All right!" said Alex. Georgia flew onto a nearby chair when Alex proceeded to give everyone five.

"We rule!" she said." And it's all thanks to, drum-roll please.....Hermione!" Hermione blushed.

" It was nothing." she said.

" Nothing?! If it weren't for you we never would have come up with such a great plan." Alex said.

" I think we should show her our appreciation." Alex said. She began to applaud. Everyone else, including Dumbledore, followed suit. Hermione blushed redder than ever.

" Georgia has already showed me where they are hiding." said Dumbledore after everything calmed down.

" They?" asked Ron.

" Yes Mr.Weasley. *They*." he got his wand and waved it in the air. A map of America was floating in the air.

" He's in America?!" asked Alex.

" Yes. He is in Arizona. From what I am able to understand, he is hiding underground, and has already gotten many American followers. Most of them are old death eaters, just as he is." said Dumbledore.

" So, I have to go to Arizona. That's over halfway across the world!" said Brendon.

" Well, by portkey you could be there just as quick as you could get to Diagon Alley by floo powder."said Dumbledore.

" Which is only a couple of seconds." said Hermione.

" Correct." said the headmaster.

" Well, when do I leave?" asked Brendon.

" As soon as possible." said Dumbledore.

" And I have to find this place all by myself?" asked Brendon.

" Actually, I will be sending Sirius, Remus, and Harry with you." said Dumbledore.

" Me?" asked Harry.

" Yes. Brendon is the only one who will come into contact with his father. You are just going to help him find him. I am excusing you both from school for as long as it takes. It won't take long though. Georgia is very intelligent and has told me which highway it's on.You just have to find the exact location." said Dumledore.

" Well, lets get started." said Brendon.

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Dumbledore alerted Sirius and Remus, and they were now ready to go. Harry and Brendon said bye to everyone. Alex gave them some bottles of fairydust.

" Just in case." she said.

They loaded up with water, food, and sleeping bags. Harry felt like he was going camping.They said their last good-byes, and then went outside to the portkey, which was a paper cup, they were off to Arizona.

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Harry landed hard on the dusty ground. He heard three more thuds. When he opened his eyes he saw that he was sitting on the side of a two-laned highway that stretched for miles and miles. The sun was hot. All around them dessert stretched for as far as the eye could see.

" We have to search this whole place?" asked Harry.

" Yeah." said Remus. Brendon let out a groan.

" What have we gotten ourselves into?"

" Well, as long as we're here we might as well start." said Sirius. So they stretched out in diferent directions, and began the search.

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Harry nealed on his knees. He had to catch his breath. They had been searching for hours now, and had still found nothing. He raised up once more. He shaded his eyes against the sun. He saw Remus a few feet away from him, and Sirius and Brendon walking from the other side o the road over to them.

" Find anything?" called Remus.

" No." said Sirius. They had changed into shorts and t-shirts before they had left, but that didn't seem to help. Harry had never been in weather this hot. They all sat down and began to discuss the situation. Harry got bored with thhe conversation. His eyes wondered around. Dessert. It went on forever. Dumbledore had said it would be easy. Yeah right. He took a long drink of water out of his canteen. He looked outward again. He noticed a haze. Any other time he would think it was just the heat, but he thought they needed to check it out. He told the others, and they got up, and made their way over to it. Sirius got to it first. He waited for the rest of them to catch up with him. He looked at the rest of them, Remus gave him an encouraging nod, and Sirius touched the haze. As soon as his finger came into contact with it he, and the rest were sent flying backwards. They landed, making huge clouds of dust. Harry coughed. He made his way over to Brendon, they made their way over to Remus, and they made their way to Sirius. They straightened themselves up, and went back to the haze. This time they got their wands out, and all did different curses. Again they were thrown backwards. They tried one more time, but this time when they were thrown back, the haze sent a huge duststorm after them. Sirius grabbed the paper cup, and they all went back to Hogwarts.

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" We couldn't even last a day!" said Sirius.

" It's okay. We just need a little more help. If we had had one more person who was experienced in Dark Arts, then we could have broken the haze." said Brendon.

" He's right. Just one more!" said Remus.

They went to Dumbledore, whom they told about the whole thing.

" One more person, eh?" he said.

" Yeah just-" started Harry, but he was cut off.

" I'm sorry sir. I'll come back later."

" No, come back in Mr.Malfoy. In fact," said Dumbledore, looking at everyone," we could use your help."


Harry and the rest stared at Dumbledore. Malfoy help them? As if !

" What do you need me for?" asked Malfoy. Dumbledore launched into a full description of what had happened.

" And so, you are the only other student I know of that could help in this matter. You have experience in this field?" said Dumbledore.

" Yes, but I am not proud of it." said Malfoy. Harry rolled his eyes.

" Will you be willing to help us?" asked Brendon. Malfoy stood up.

" Yes."he said.