la la la la la No one belongs to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! la la la la
la la la la la Actually, Coral belongs to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! la la la la la
la ti la Yes, she belongs to meeeeeeeeeeeee! Thanks to J.K. Rowliiiiinnnnnggg! LA LA
Harry blinked and looked around. The voices seemed to be coming from left wall.
"Oh, I'm hungry. Oooooooh, a mouse, I'll get it."
"HEY! That's my damn mouse!"
"No it's not you jerk!!!"
"I'll kill you!!!"
"Ouch!!"
"Owwwww!"
"Hey, Bob just stole our mouse!!"
"GET 'EM!!!"
Harry smiled "Yes!"
Hermione and Ron looked around their cell, dumbfounded. "What?" they asked in unison.
"Snakes." answered Harry.
"Oh, er, great." replied Ron, puzzled.
"Don't you see?! We can ask them for directions!" cried Harry.
Harry walked over to the left wall, peered into a crack, concentrated on the snakes voices, and said "Come out."
What Ron and Hermione heard was scary-sounding hissing. Ron winced. He hated the sound of Parsel tongue. It brought back bad memories.
Two little snakes came through the crack. One spoke up. "You called?" he asked.
"Yes, er, do you know a way out where we won't get caught?" Harry asked the little snake.
"What's it worth to you?" asked the other little snake.
Harry sighed. "What do you want?"
The two miniature snakes talked to each other for a minute than turned back to Harry.
"We want you to take us with you and let us live with you. It's very useful to have a human who speaks Parsel tongue around who isn't evil. You can always guarantee a full belly of something that isn't left over mice guts." said a snake.
Harry turned deathly pale at the idea of eating mice guts, and said "Deal."
The little snakes slithered off to one of the corners and said "Lift the carpet."
Harry tore the carpet away from the ground with difficulty. Ron saw what he was doing, and went over to help him. Together, they pulled up the carpet to reveal a trap door.
"Excellent." said Ron.
"Brilliant." said Hermione.
"Thanks, you two. What are your names, anyway?" asked Harry in parsel tongue. The two little snakes looked at each other and then back at Harry.
"We have no names, and we know no names. Will you name us?"
"Oh." said Harry, feeling a little honoured. "Well, no offence, but are you two female or male?"
"We're both males." said one snake gleefully.
"No! You jerk. I'm a female." said the other snake.
Harry laughed. "Okay, you can be called Carollan, and you can be called Parnella, is that alright?"
"Yes."
"Yes"
Having named Parnella and Carollan, Harry led Hermione and Ron down into the trapdoor, holding Parnella and Carollan in his hand. In the trapdoor was a series of passages. Parnella gave Harry directions, while Carollan made fun of Parnella.
'Good God, there's another set of pets that will probably having babies soon too.' Harry thought.
After 20 minutes of walking through the twisted passages, Parnella finally announced that they were at the back entrance. It was incredibly will-hidden, and no one was around.
"Everyone's probably still standing around our cell." chortled Ron, voicing Harry's very thoughts. Harry smiled at Ron.
'Funny how that happens.' Harry thought.
Across from the door, there was a thick forest.
"I don't really know what it's like out here because I've never been. But, I have heard rumours of a great grey surface through the forest." announced Parnella.
"Probably a road." replied Harry. "Let's make a run for it."
Ron, Harry, Hermione, and two passengers ran across a small opening and into a forest. They ran through the forest faster then thought possible, and came to a road.
"This is jolly good fun!" cried Carollan.
"What now? We can't get the Knight Bus because we don't have our wands!" exclaimed Harry.
"That's not the only way to signal it, Harry. When I was little, my mum always told me that if I got lost, to spin around once and say knight bus, knight bus, knight bus!" said Ron, demonstrating as he talked.
With a loud poof, the Knight Bus appeared. Hermione, Ron, and Harry piled on and said "Hogwarts, please."
"We can't go to Hogwarts. This is like apparating, but bigger," said Stan
"Okay, then, Hogsmeade." said Harry.
"Good," said Stan, finally turning to look at them. "That'll be 14 sickles each. Oh wait - Hey Ern, it's our old pal, Neville. We'll give you a discount. 14 sickles for the three of you."
"Thanks, Stan!" cried Harry. He was sure that they wouldn't have 42 sickles. After digging through their pockets, they came up with 14 sickles.
With another loud poof, the Knight Bus jumped and landed right outside of The Three Broomsticks. Harry, Ron, and Hermione jumped out and screamed good-bye to Stan and Ernie. They ran to Honeydukes and waited until they could sneak back and into the tunnel.
It didn't take them long to run the length of the tunnel and hop out.
Once they were safely inside Hogwarts, Harry turned to his friends and said "Right. Shall we go see who's here? Let's start with Dumbledore's office."
Harry led his friends determinedly to Dumbledore's office and started to list kinds of candy.
"Sugar quills!" Harry said finally, and the door popped open, allowing them to get on the moving staircase. Up in Dumbledore's office, he was sitting there, pouring over a map of London.
"Er.... Professor?" asked Harry.
Dumbledore looked up and jumped out of his seat. Harry had never, ever, seen him un nerved like that. Perhaps it was because Harry was always busy trying not to be murdered by Voldemort when Dumbledore was like that.
"HARRY!" What....... how..?" yelped Dumbledore. Albus Dumbledore, the greatest wizard alive, was actually at a loss for words. That was most likely because twenty seconds prior to that moment, Dumbledore was sure that Harry Potter was dead, and Dumbledore was not often wrong.
"Sit down, Professor, and we'll tell you all about it." proclaimed Harry.
Dumbledore sat down, looking considerably more calm.
"What do you know up until now?" asked Ron.
"Miss Granger's sister managed to find her way to her uncle , and he alerted me at once. She said that you three were kidnapped by death eaters. I was trying to pinpoint your location ," he said, gesturing to the map on the table, "Half the wizarding community was looking for you. Speaking of which....."
Dumbledore threw a pinch of something into the fire and stuck his head in after it. After a short conversation with someone, Dumbledore came back out and sat down.
"There. Your parents have been told, Ron, news should spread fast. Anyway, Harry, continue."
Harry explained the whole ordeal to Dumbledore, leaving out the kissing, and allowing Hermione and Ron to explain the parts that they remembered. Dumbledore seemed delighted by Carollan and Parnella, who Harry set on his desk.
"How long was it been? 9 hours?" asked Hermione.
Dumbledore looked surprised. "It's been two days."
Harry looked at his friends incrediously. They all shared his unbelieving look.
"How long were you unconscious, Hermione?" asked Harry.
"I was up 10 minutes before you woke up." answered Hermione.
"What curse did you get hit with?" asked Harry, staring at the floor.
Hermione shrugged, and Ron stared straight ahead.
Harry swallowed, knowing that it couldn't of been very good. He turned to Dumbledore. "Well, I got hit with Crucio, and it hurt a lot more than it ever has before. I was knocked unconscious, and that's a first with crucio."
Dumbledore looked grim. "Voldemort gives all of his death eaters power. That is why people flock to him. Whenever Voldemort becomes more powerful, so do his followers. Voldemort at his full strength would mean some very forceful death eaters."
Ron's eyes went wide at the mention of Voldemort's name, and they gradually became wider at what Dumbledore had to say. Hermione looked about ready to say something when Dumbledore continued.
"Harry, Ron, Hermione, you three have accomplished something that many other people would of never been able to do, parsel tongue or no parsel tongue. I want to tell you-"
But Dumbledore was interuppted, because at that moment, Sirius, Molly and Arthur Weasley, and a very flustered looking Cory came bursting through the door.
(A/N: Yeah, good question. How did they get there so fast? Well, you know , missing people make you run faster.)
Sirius ran up to Harry and gave him a great hug, Molly grabbed Ron around the middle, followed by Arthur, resulting in a kind of group hug, and Cory stopped and looked at Hermione. Cory looked very nervous, and she awkwardly stepped up and gave Hermione a short and semi-sweet hug.
Hermione looked like she was going to say something, but she didn't so.....
Sirius spoke first. "Harry, what happened?"
Harry looked pleadingly at Dumbledore, not wanting to talk. Dumbledore told Sirius, the Weasleys, and Cory everything that happened. When he was done, they all turned to look at Harry, Hermione, and Ron, who looked extremely tired.
"I think it would be best if the three of them stayed here tonight. School starts in two days, and I think it's safer here."
"Can I stay too?" asked Cory.
"I suppose. Will you three show Cory to the Griffindor dormitories? She can stay there with you until she gets sorted. Molly, Arthur, Sirius, I must talk with you." said Dumbledore.
Harry looked curiously at Sirius and said "Good-bye, everyone." as did Hermione, Ron, and Cory, who had bonded quite well with Sirius and Ron's parents during the past two days.
"Good-bye dears." replied Molly.
"Good-bye, everyone." answered Arthur.
"Good-bye." said Sirius.
They shuffled to the Griffindor common room, where Ron and Harry split up with Hermione and Cory, and ran up to their comfortable four-poster beds.
Harry opened his curtains, and was jumping on his bed when he noticed that something was already on his bed.... right where he was about to land.
"Ack! Harry Potter, sir, you just jumped on me, sir." said a familiar house-elf.
"Dobby! What are you doing?" Harry rubbed his back, annoyed. Ron was looking over at them, trying to contain his laughter.
Dobby burst in to tears. "Dobby was so worried sir! Dobby was sure this time that... *SOB!* Harry Potter and his Weasel were dead. But, Harry Potter has survived once more!!!" yelled Dobby, throwing his short arms around Harry's neck.
"Heh heh. Er- thanks Dobby." said Harry, gently separating Dobby's arms and removing them from his neck. "Now, I'm really tired, Dobby, so can I please get some sleep.?"
Dobby's eyes widened. "Oh, Harry Potter must excuse Dobby, sir. Dobby was just so worried, sir." Dobby got of the bed and scrambled to the door and continued before leaving "Harry Potter and his Weasel must have a good sleep now, sirs."
Harry turned to Ron, exasperated, and Ron was softly chuckling as he pulled his covers over himself. The last thing Harry heard before falling asleep was the same soft laughter.
Dear PEEPS,
I hope you like this chapter. Don't forget to reveiw! Notice I'm trying not to sound like a crazy person, and it's taking a lot of effort!!!! Aren't Parnella and Carollan cool? Parnella means 'little rock' and Carollan means 'little champion'. I think they're adorable, and who knows what's going to happen to them. By the way, Parnella is the girl and Carollan is the guy. Does that clear up any confusion? *giggles girlishly* "(That's okay, though, because, I am a girl! And it's okay for guys too, don't bother with any lectures, I get enough of them from the coppers. Which reminds me, don't tell my parole officer that I'm writing fanfiction, it's against my parole. (Long story about a piece of fanfiction that supposedly 'inspired one too many jailbreaks.' I was really getting out to the people with that one...) Oh, yeah, off subject... okay.... Please reveiw me! Well, not me, my story! That's right, it's only my story that wants reveiws...... heh heh heh. I got it out really quickly!!! Thanx to everyone who has reveiwed. Next chapter- something cool and a sweet flashback.
Love,
Katy
P.S. Just for the record, I think that every fanfic should have its very own token appearance by Dobby!!! Also, some people leave these sweethearts out: Hagrid, Neville, ummmm... Fred, George, Lee, Charlie, Bill, ummmmmmm..... Errol (well, he kinda appeared in my story) Ginny, Lupin.... I dunno. Smily face if you think of any others and reveiw me!