Disclaimer: I own the plot and Saerry Snape. Everything else is JKR's.
Harry Potter and the Dark Defenses
Chapter 27 ***Found Out***
Severus Snape walked aimlessly down the streets of a darker part of London, not paying attention to a group of rough looking fellows following him. When he did, they ran off down an alleyway as fast as they could as he had given them a death-glare.
As he walked past a run-down old building he heard a sudden sharp, piercing scream come from the basement. But the scream had a faintly familiar tone to it…
"Saerry."
Wand out, Severus crept towards the rickety door. Easing it open, he slipped inside.
Inside the building it was pitch black. He couldn't see anything and tripped over something as he walked forward.
"Lumos!"
The tip of his wand gave a little pop and lit up. It cast a bluish light in a circle about him as he walked along.
At the back of the room he spotted the black rectangle that indicated a door. Heading towards it, he saw rough-cut stone stairs spiraling downwards. Holding his wand out before him, he headed down the staircase.
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Down in the basement of the same building Voldemort cast the Cruciatus Curse once again on Saerry Snape. Sirius Black watched from where he lay huddled on the floor, his eyes flashing angrily.
Suddenly Voldemort turned and brought another wand out of his robes, which Sirius recognized as his own.
"Crucio!"
Sirius curled up in pain as the curse took hold. It was a full two minutes before the curse was removed. As Sirius let out a low moan he heard Voldemort's high-pitched laughter echoing through the basement.
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Severus halted on the stairs as the high-pitched laughter drifted up to him. He leaned against the wall, instantly knowing what he had found.
Half of him wanted to run away and get Dumbledore. The other half wanted to charge down the stairs and hurl all he had at Voldemort in order to get Saerry back.
Taking a deep breath, he eased down the stairs, pausing at the last one and leaning forward to look around the corner.
There was the crumbling basement Harry had seen. Voldemort was standing in the center of it, a wand in each hand, his head thrown back as he laughed. Saerry lay curled in a ball to his right and Severus saw another person lying on the floor with greasy black hair and ragged robes that could only be Sirius Black.
Severus clenched his teeth and gripped his wand tightly, swallowing hard to keep the two words that wanted to come out of his mouth from coming. Casting one last glance at Saerry he Apparated away.
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Meanwhile the Aurors were combing through the Forbidden Forest, looking frantically for Harry, who was still asleep in the tree.
Harry was suddenly awoken when an Auror yelled and shot a Leg-Locker Curse at him. It hit the branch hard and cracked it. Harry leapt up at once and jumped on his Firebolt.
Behind him the Auror swore and shot another curse after him.
"Imperio!"
Harry turned, dodging the curse, and shot through the trees. What he didn't see was the group of Aurors standing not too far away.
"Crucio!"
"Crucio!"
The two curses hit him almost simultaneously and pain ripped through him. Unlike the Imperius Curse, Cruciatus could not be fought.
Harry curled up over the handle of the Firebolt, which nose-dived towards the ground. As he hit, Harry felt the brooms handle snap from the impact. He rolled across the ground, finally stopping in a cluster of brambles.
From a few feet away came the cry, "WE'VE GOT 'EM!"
An instant later the Aurors crashed through the trees and surrounded him. The two who had cast the Cruciatus Curse waved their wands, taking it off. Harry gasped for breath as the other Aurors clapped them on the back.
"Let's get 'em back to the castle. We'll deal with him there."
Harry turned his head to see Mad-Eye Moody limping forward, two Aurors following behind him.
One of the two was Ron.
Moody barked, "Weasley, get him back to the castle. Longbottom, Patil, you go with him. But first-Petrificus Totalus!"
Harry's arms snapped to his sides and his legs did the same as Ron nodded and waved his wand over Harry, who floated up into the air. As Ron headed towards Hogwarts, Harry drifted after him, Neville Longbottom and Parvati Patil following.
Harry heard Neville whisper to Parvati, "I never thought I'd have to chase down Harry Potter."
Parvati nodded and glared at Harry.
Ron frowned at the both of them then leaned over and said, "Never mind them. We'll find some way to get you out of this Harry. Don't worry about that."
Harry snorted and whispered, "You'd lose your job."
"So? Our friendship is more important than my job."
"Thanks Ron but no. I won't have you give up your life for me." Harry smiled mischievously and added, "Besides, I've been in deeper water than this and gotten out."
"Harry…"
"Hush Ron. Neville and Parvati are staring."
Ron snorted as if to say 'So?' but kept silent on the long trip up to Hogwarts.
A/N: And that's 27! Hope ya'll liked! ^_^ And a tiny little list of reviewers for chap 26…
Calistal – Yep! ^_^
Spike's Girl
Constantine1453 – Thank ye
Cricket – Of course! And thank'e. I thought that was hilarious
Sophie W
Kaiyo No Hime
Kateydidnt – 'Harry Potter and the Curse of the Purebloods'. Well, I did have a bit of inspiration from that story. But just a tad.
Until next chap! which I will try to get done as soon as I can. And don't worry! Nothing bad's gonna happen to Harry.