There's No Turning Back!



Chapter Ten:


A/N. I really should be revising, I have my SAT's soon....er, yay????!!!!!!:}



'Come along Harry, dear!' came Jenny's voice, sarcastically, from behind him as she grabbed his arms and propelled him along towards the castle.
'I trusted you! I even...'
'Shut it, brat!' She kicked the back of his legs.
As they walked up to the castle Harry realised how obvious the trap was. Jenny was an Auror. How likely was it she would be captured? What would Dumbledore do when he found out his granddaughter had turned over to the dark side?
The castle wasn't as big as Hogwarts but it was still huge. Even if Harry did escape he would never be able to find his way out. There was a faint metallic tang of blood in the air. The designs on the walls were black drapes, snakes and, most of all, the Dark Mark. It made Harry shudder. Not a word was spoken between the Death Eaters.
Jenny herded him down some steps to the dungeons. One of the Death Eaters unlocked a door at the far end and Jenny threw him in.
'Sweet dreams!' she said with a sneer and then was gone.
Harry reached into his pocket for his wand but Jenny must have slipped it out without him realising, did he actually think they would leave him armed?
Well, that was it then. All he could do now was to wait for Voldemort to kill him. Harry put his head in his arms and must have fallen asleep because the next thing he knew, someone was calling his name.
'Harry!'
He scrambled to the bars, ignoring the stiffness in his legs. Not to his surprise he saw Jenny standing there. At once he became overcome with hate for the girl and wanted to reach out and shake her with frustration.
'I might have guessed this was a trap! How could you become a traitor to us? Well, there's no turning back now! So what you going to do, come and gloat because I was stupid enough to come to your rescue!'
'No,' she said quietly, 'And I wasn't kidnapped.'
'Well, I can see that now!' said Harry, angrily.
'You are so stupid sometimes! Why didn't you listen to Dumbledore, hmm?' she hissed.
'Have I missed something?'
'Let me explain, properly this time, no lies. I am here undercover. Voldemort's supporters think I'm on their side and have been passing information to them. They think I faked my own kidnap to everyone. In truth, Dumbledore knows this but he is the only one at Hogwarts that knows what I am doing. If he told too many people that I hadn't really been captured the information could easily leak out and the Death Eaters would know I'm an imposter. Understand? That's why Dumbledore had to lie to you but even he didn't expect you to go and pull a stunt like this!'
Harry looked at her, confused.
'I'm...a...good...guy!' she said slowly.
'But...but...you said to the Death Eaters that the plan was that I should follow you.'
'I lied. That was something I made up on the spur of the moment when I saw you. You weren't meant to come after me! You're going to get yourself killed, you dodo!'
Harry still wasn't sure whether to believe her or not. Even in the semi-darkness, she saw his skepticism.
'Trust me! What have you got to lose?'
'OK,' said Harry, after a white. It was true, what had he got to loose?
'Good! Now I have your wand but I don't know how to get you out. The door's magic proof and Pettigrew's got the keys...'
'Well, well, well. We are in trouble, aren't we?' said Wormtail, appearing from around the corner, looking confident with his wand in his hand, 'Thanks for the confession. You will be...'
'Expelliarmus!' Jenny shouted, taking him by surprise.
'Thank you!' she said, catching his wand
Pettigrew squeaked himself into a shocked silence.
'The trick is to get them whilst they're talking. Works every time!' she said to Harry.
'I can't have you spreading my secret about.' She pointed her wand at Pettigrew.
'Avada Ked...'
'Wait!' Harry yelled, surprising even himself, 'Don't kill him!'
'But Harry, this rat betrayed your parents! Surly he deserves...'
'I know, I know!' broke in Harry, hurriedly, 'But if he's dead Sirius will never be proven innocent!'
'I suppose so,' said Jenny, reluctantly, 'I have an idea. Imperio,' she yelled at the figure, trying to sneak round the corner.
'Umm Jen, are you allowed to do that?' asked Harry, watching Wormtail's face become blank.
'Yup, self defense,' replied Jenny.
'Give me the keys!' ordered Jenny, turning to Pettigrew. He gave them to her.
'Weak mind,' she muttered, unlocking Harry's door.
'How are we going to get out?' asked Harry, resisting the urge to kick Pettigrew.
'No idea!' she replied, cheerfully, 'How did you get here? By broomstick?'
'On a Hippogrith actually. He's tethered in the forest.'
'Got it!' said Jenny, after a while, snapping her fingers, 'I pretend to be taking you to Voldemort, we're bound to meet someone on the way out, Pettigrew can back me up. The all three of us fly back to Hogwarts on the Hippogrith. I've got to tie you back up though.'
'I don't mind! Anything, just so long as we can get out of here.'
She went round and started to tie his hands together.
'You really are going to be in trouble when we get back. And my little charade with the Death Eaters will be over, they'll know they've been tricked.' She sighed.
'I'm so sorry. I really thought you had been captured and I thought it was all my fault!' he said glumly, 'Ow!'
'Sorry,' said Jenny, loosening the rope, 'I suppose you coming here wasn't a complete disaster. We've got Pettigrew and Sirius can be free!'
'Yeah, that's the good thing. They're going to expel me, aren't they?'
'No they are not!' said Jenny firmly, facing him, ' I won't let them! It's not your fault you act first and think later! You're male!'
Before Harry could think of a reply to that she was marching him out of the dungeon with Wormtail following behind.
They walked in silence until they met Crabbe.
'What are you doing, you little witch?' he roared, making Harry jump.
'Me and Wormtail are taking the brat to Voldemort,' she said, putting her 'evil' voice on.
'Now?'
'Now!'
'Come on Crabbe! If we're not there soon the Dark Lord will not be pleased. He wants to kill the boy as soon as possible before he can slip out of our grasp again!' came Pettigrew's voice from behind them controlled, of course, by Jenny.
'Very well then!' he said, letting them pass.
'We'd better be quick before that oaf tells someone who works out what's going on,' Jenny whispered.
'Good idea,' said Harry, hurrying forward.
'We're going to go out the back entrance. You can bet everything you own that the main entrance will be guarded by people a bit more clever than Crabbe.
Like father, like son, Harry thought.
They slipped out through a small door and ran into the trees before anyone could spot them. Panting, they crouched in the bushes, listening. It was dark. Harry reckoned he must have been asleep all day.
'Can I be untied now?' he asked Jenny. It had been really tough running with his arms behind his back.
'What? Oh yeah, sorry!'
She cut through the rope with a flick of her wand then gave him back his.
'Thanks! So the rat's flying with us?' he said, nodding towards Pettigrew who was sitting placidly, staring into space.
'Yeah, if he'll fit on the back of a Hippogrith.'
'I think he will. Buckbeak's tethered over there...somewhere.'
An hour later they still hadn't found the elusive Hippogriff.
'When...if we get home I am going to murder you!' growled Jenny.
Both their tempers had long since ran out.
' Oh, well. It'll save Voldemort the trouble. Buckbeak's here somewhere, I know it! Aha! See, I told you losing a Hippogrith wasn't a very easy thing to do!'
Buckbeak was standing there patiently, eating. He had managed to get himself untied sometime during the day and had been walking about, grazing. Harry went pale. They would have been in hot water if Buckbeak had flown away.
'Thank God he's still here!' said Jenny, coming up behind Harry and realising what might have happened, 'Er, Harry? You can get up front, I'll go behind you and this thing can get on behind me.'
After bowing to Buckbeak they climbed on his back. Harry felt Jenny's arms slide around his waist and hold on for dear life. It reminded him of the time he and Hermione flew up to the tower to rescue Sirius.
They flew in silence for a while then Jenny spoke.
'I'm sorry I pushed you away,' she said softly, clutching his waist still harder.
'That's all right, I understand. Anyway, I shouldn't have yelled at you!'
'No, you don't understand!' she said, almost angrily, 'I pushed you away because I knew the next morning I was going to have to go. I didn't know if I was ever going to see you again. I didn't want to get close to you incase I hurt you in the long term, so I hurt you in the short term. I'm sorry.'
'It's all right, really,' said Harry then, to his surprise, Jenny snuggled down on his back and went to sleep.
The rest of the journey was uneventful and Harry had stopped worrying if they were going to be chased by Death Eaters on broomsticks or if Pettigrew would fight the Imperious curse.
Jenny slept until first light when Harry saw Hogwarts approaching fast. He decided on the best way to wake her without alarming her and making her fall off.
'Jen! Hey Jen!,' he said, half turning round, 'Wake up, we're home!'
'Hmm?' she mumbled sleepily, raising her head off his back, 'Oh sh...I fell asleep! I'm so sorry!'
'Don't worry about it, we've got a bit more on our plate...'
Down below in the Hogwarts grounds was a crowd of teachers. They must have seen Buckbeak out of the windows.
'Listen Harry, I'll stick up for you, I swear! I won't let them expel you,' she whispered to him quickly as they landed, seeing angry and shocked looks on the teacher's faces.
Harry had no time to reply because Hagrid had grabbed him, pulled him off Buckbeak and set him on his feet.
Luckily for Harry, Pettigrew caused the most uproar.
'Oh my is that...it can't be...he's...!' said McGonagall, struggling to express herself.
'I think I may need to explain now we have Mr. Pettigrew,' said Dumbledore, stepping forward, 'Sirius, you may resume your usual form.'
The black dog at Lupin's heels turned back into a man. The first thing he did was to go across to Harry, ignoring the gasps from the other teachers.
'You're alive! I swear I'm going to strangle you! You're just like your father! Think first act later! You could have been killed! You...'
To Harry's relief Lupin came up and stood next to Sirius.
'Calm down, he's alright! You need to explain,' he said waving at the teachers, most of which were spluttering and trying to find something to say.
All the while this was going on Jenny was talking to Dumbledore. He turned back to the teachers.
'I think we'd better discuss and explain everything in my office. Sirius, dog form please.
They walked up to the office in silence though Harry could hear McGonagall muttering;
'He's an animagi...I never knew...oh my...Pettigrew's alive...oh my heart!'
They sat in Dumbledore's office and Dumbledore, Lupin and Sirius began to explain everything. How Sirius escaped from Azkaban, that night in the Shrieking Shack and everything else, but Harry wasn't listening. He was worried about what was going to happen to him. Even if Jenny defended him, he was still going to be punished. Though he hadn't exactly disobeyed Dumbledore, he never actually said that Harry couldn't run off to find her...
He was jerked out of his dismal thoughts by a knock on the door. Snape opened it.
'Harry!' screamed a very pale Hermione, 'We've been so worried about you. Dumbledore told us everything about how Jenny was undercover and you thought she'd been kidnapped. He had to tell the teachers and us once you'd left. He...' But Hermione had talked herself into silence.
So he had ruined everything. He was going to be punished big time!
Ron had said nothing, he seemed to relieved that Harry was still alive. The both sat down and Dumbledore started to talk again.
'Mr. Weasley and Miss Granger now know about Jenny's situation. Once you had left Harry, I had to tell the rest of the staff that Jenny had not been kidnapped but was in fact on a very dangerous mission. I believe she has told you the whole story?
Harry nodded.
'Why didn't you listen. Why did you go off after her? Why...' started Sirius but once again Lupin stopped him.
'I would like to know what happened to you since you left Hogwarts. I have heard Jenny's version and now I would like to hear yours,' said Dumbledore.
So Harry talked, feeling incredibly stupid. When he had finished Jenny stepped in.
'But it wasn't a complete wild goose chase. We've got Pettigrew now. You're free Sirius! Please don't be angry with Harry. He stopped me from killing that rat, for you!'
Harry chanced a look at Sirius. He hated it when Sirius was angry, especially with him.
'Thank you, Harry. But I'd rather still be a wanted criminal than put you in danger,' he said smiling, almost sadly.
'Y...you're going to expel me, aren't you,' said Harry to Dumbledore, trying to accept his fate, but Snape got there first.
'Considering you foolishly left the castle and traipsed half way across the country...'
'No,' cut in Dumbledore.
'...I should say...No! What do you mean no! He...' Snape spluttered.
'I am quite aware of what he has done Severus,' cut in Dumbledore, once again, 'But I am sure there would be uproar if I tried to expel him...' He smiled at Jenny.
'To right there would be!' she said, defiantly.
'Professor I am so, so sorry!' said Harry, 'I just didn't think. I am so stupid!' He groaned, feeling as though he'd like to go hide under a rock.
'You are not stupid! I am very flattered that you wanted to rescue the damsel in distress,' said Jenny, trying to cheer him up. It worked.
'I thought the damsel was supposed to be sweet and good tempered!'
She pushed him.
'I should have let you rot in that cell,' she said, affectionately.


The End


A/N. I finally finished typing it up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:} I may do a sequel if people ask me to but, then again, I might do a sequel anyway!!!! Did you spot the line where the title comes in, did ya???!!!! No...oh, well...
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