Chapter 5
Cyprus, an
indisputably magical island, lay in the Mediterranean Sea, waiting for our good
friends at the Ministry, aurors, and others.
It had anti-apparation spells surrounding it, so travel there,
primarily, was by boat. A few large
boats had been rented to convey personnel.
Unsurprisingly, Harry, Sirius, Remus, and Ron's brothers and sister were
on the same boat.
Sirius and
Remus talked excitedly to Fred and George, listening to accounts of their
pranking with great delight. Harry,
Ron, and Charlie were discussing (what else?) Quidditch. Ginny and Hermione chatted idly.
"I bet
Harry's getting offers to play Quidditch for England any day now," said Ron
with a grin.
"Actually, I
got an offer the other day," answered Harry with a smile.
Charlie
patted him on the back. "That's
great! You gonna say yes?"
Harry
responded, "I've got some time to respond, but hopefully, after this mess is
sorted out, I'll get a chance to take them up on the offer." He changed the subject. "Where are we going, anyway?"
Ron quickly
answered. "A port in Paphos. There's a nice little wizarding town near
there called Kallistia that we're staying in for the time."
"Sounds
nice," commented Charlie.
"So you guys
stole the map from Filch? Good going!"
said Sirius.
"In your
first year?" Remus commented in disbelief.
"You guys are good."
Severus
Snape, back in Hogsmeade, walked discreetly through the streets. A figure lurking in the streets with wand
drawn would attract too much attention.
"Gotta find the rest of those scoundrels," he mumbled. "They might be taking a shot at the Ministry
workers in the harbor," he mused. Snape
apparated to the harbor Ministry officials were leaving at.
On the boat
Ronald Weasly was being conveyed aboard, nobody suspected anything to
happen. Suddenly, the skipper burst
into Ron's cabin.
He drew his
wand, and warned them frantically. "Death
eaters on the deck! They just apparated
from England!"
"Damn, why
can't we ever go anywhere without getting attacked?" said Ron.
Severus
Snape appeared at a dock out of thin air.
With his right hand ready to reach for a wand any time, he walked over
to the waterfront.
'Dirty,
muggle, place,' thought Snape with scorn as he walked around the shipyard. Though mid-June, the weather was chilly and
rain was falling. Everyone's (least)
favorite potions teacher used an anti-wetness charm on himself.
Another
boat was leaving when it happened. A
few figures in black cloaks drew their wands.
A Ministry worker stood on the other side of the building, unaware of
his stealthy assailiants.
"Avada
Kedavra!" said one of the death eaters, right as Snape petrified the
official. The petrified worker fell to the
ground, the killing curse missing him. Snape
stunned the first one, and disarmed a second, but two more were conscious and armed.
"We're going
to have some fun with this one," said the first.
"Definitely,"
agreed the second cloaked death eater.
"Imperio!"
he shouted. Snape started running at full
speed toward the water.
Three death eaters
burst through the cabin doors, to find themselves facing eleven formidable wizards.
Sirius acted
first. "We have one word for you guys-"
he pointed his wand at the leader," Stupefy!"
Nereus and
his friends, Robert and Rebecca Williams were readying themselves to board, when
the saw Snape running toward the water.
Robert said to
himself, "I wonder what he's doing that for," but Nereus was off.
Pulling a hood
over his head, Nereus ran behind some equipment. Looking, he mumbled to himself. "Where could they be, where, where?" He scanned the salty shipyard a few more times. "Crap."
Looking around
once more, he spotted a hooded head sticking out from behind a building. The face had a look of glee, and the person was
laughing and moving his wand around with a sick pleasure.
"Got 'em," said
Nereus to himself, as he silently walked toward the other end of the building.
Author's Notes: I think I'll leave you guys here
for now. Like always, reviews are very
welcome. Next chapter is an action
chapter once again. Then, a couple of
chapters from now, when we get to the middle of the story, it'll slow down
some, with less action. "We want
action!" you say? Well, it won't stay
that slow for long, and then we go back to the battles. But if a lot of people say they want this
story to have less action, I'll do less action. Next chapter will probably be up on Friday or Saturday.
