A/N at end of chapter
Chapter Six
Harry's eyes snapped open at his words. He drew a deep breath and moved down the hall toward his room. His mind raced furiously as he tried to think of the best defense of what to do. The voices were getting closer, and he could hear footsteps climbing the stairs.
Harry made for the doorway to his room, but remembering that they expected him to be in there continued down the hall to his aunt and uncles room. Just as he quietly shut the door to their room he heard their footsteps down the hall. Harry turned and looked quickly around the room. He'd never been in the Dursley's bedroom before, so he didn't know where anything led.
A pair of old looking drapes hung beside the bed, a sliding glass door leading to a balcony, caught his eye.
"He's not in here!" He heard an unfamiliar voice yell. Panic gripped Harry's heart and lent him speed as he moved to the glass doors. Cold sweat beaded his brown and his upper lip.
Murmuring voices were closing in on him.
He stepped out onto the balcony, looking over the low wall of it to the drop to the ground. Oh God, Harry thought as he pushed himself up onto the wall.
"Check the rooms." the voice called.
Harry closed his eyes, bent his knees, and jumped.
***
"So why have you never been to this world in so long?" Kori called.
"I can't tell you." Diana called back. She signaled her horse and Kori's to slow to a trot, and turned her head to study the human girl. Kori wasn't looking at her elven friend at the moment. Her eyes were on her hands, which gripped the mane of the horse so hard that her knuckles were white. "Loosen your grip, find your balance in your legs."
"Let go?" Kori exclaimed, but did as she told. She nearly toppled forward but caught her balance.
"Don't go against her stride, move with it." Diana instructed, watching intently as Kori again let her hands free. She wobbled slightly in her seat, but this time remained balanced, her hands free. "Good." Diana congratulated, smiling.
***
The drop seemed awfully long. Harry had shut his eyes as he leapt from the balcony, the rushing of the air around him whipping his already untidy hair against his face painfully. I should've hit the ground by now, Harry thought. With a shuddering breath he opened his eyes.
Indeed, he was falling, but very slowly. Harry had absolutely no idea what would cause him to move so slowly. As his feet touched the ground, a loud shout came from above. At the noise, Harry dove under the balcony, out of the vision of whoever saw him.
"Stupefy!" a man's voice roared, but the curse missed, hitting the ground harmlessly. Harry heard the man curse. "He's outside, go get him. GO!"
What now Harry, he thought, he looked around desperately for a place to run or hide. Someone grabbed his arm.
Instinctively, Harry reached for his wand, but (cursing to himself as he realized) he had packed it away with the rest of his school things. Which just happened to be in the house full of a bunch of death eaters after him.
"Let's go." the person who grabbed him said, dragging him around to the back of the house. Harry couldn't see the man; his cloak, which was pulled up, covered his head. They were heading toward the shrubs that separated the neighbor's house from theirs. Harry didn't say anything, not understanding what was about to happen.
To his surprise, the man raised his hand, and gestured to the right. At that, the shrubbery opened its branches, creating a little opening for them to pass through. Harry was pulled through this, and with another gesture, the shrubs moved back to their regular position.
They went through three other people's backyard before Harry stopped dead in his tracks.
"Who are you?" Harry asked.
"Does this look like the time to be asking questions?" the mans voice said harshly.
"Where are we going?"
"It doesn't matter, as long as we get away." the voice said again, the persons back still facing Harry. "Just follow me."
***
"Why can't you tell me?" Kori asked after she got the hang of riding bareback.
"I can't now." Diana said.
"I thought we were friends." Kori said a hurt look crossing her face. Diana looked at her sharply.
"I cannot give you all my secrets Korona. Yes, you are my friend, there are things you aren't allowed to know about me." Diana explained.
"That's rather silly." Kori huffed, and muttered to herself, "I told you about myself."
Diana's sharp hearing caught the mutter, and she smiled sympathetically.
"If you really want to know about me, ask questions. I'll answer those I can." she offered. Kori frowned as she thought; she'd never really asked Diana questions before. She'd had only learned what Diana had taught her, and most of the questions were asked by the elf.
"Tell me about your family." Kori asked, family is a good way to start, she thought confidently. Her confidence faded though when what looked like a pained expression crossed Diana's face. "What is it?" she asked worriedly.
"I had a mother, father, and an older sister once." Diana said after a moment.
"What happened to them?"
"My mother died in 1864. She had gone to the America's to support the Union during the humans Civil War. I believe she was killed when General Grant tried to take Petersburg." Diana said. "She wasn't that old nearing her 300th century."
"I'm sorry." Kori said, looking sadly at her friend. Diana waved her hand, dismissing the apology.
"My father was killed in 1978, and my sister died around the same time." Diana continued. "Our survival with such casualties* were slim soon after, but we made it."
"So you withdrew from our world to protect your people?" Kori asked.
Diana smiled and shook her head. "Something like that." she said.
"Where is this taking us?" Kori asked nodding at the path.
"Here." Diana said and nodded ahead of the path. Kori looked ahead, she was at her school. "We're before the others as well." she heard Diana chuckle.
"I hope you realize that I don't have anything for this stupid school." Kori grumbled her expression sour as she stared at the castle.
"Its been arranged." Diana reassured. She dismounted from the horse, which turned and began its way back into the forest. Kori slid down her horse and watched hers follow the other, slowly disappearing into the shadow bound forest.
A/N:
~~WEEE!~~ took a while for this ja? Well…
*- there were other casualties that weren't mentioned.
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