Wrath of Lord Voldemort… (Part 8)
They opened the Portrait hole, and climbed out. Hermione looked down the corridor. "No one is coming." She called. Ron and Harry nodded. They walked down the corridor. "So how are we going to get to Azkaban?" Ron asked. "Um… well, we'll just have to sneak out." Hermione said. "What she said." Harry replied. They reached the stairs. They started to walk down it. They then heard someone coming up the stairs. They froze. "Who is it?" Hermione hissed. Harry got the Marauders map. He glanced at it. "Snape." He muttered.
They looked around the corridor. "Where should we go? If Snape bash's into us, we are going to get into some trouble, and I'm a perfect!" Hermione shrieked. The guys rolled their eyes. They glanced around the corridor. Ron made a grab for Harry and Hermione's robes. He dragged them behind a suit of armor. They gave a sigh of relief. Snape had just reached the top of the stairs. He moved swiftly down the corridor and entered his office. They came out from around the suit of armor.
They looked down the corridor. Snape's office door was ajar. They shrugged. "Is anyone coming?" Hermione hissed. Harry looked down at the Marauders map. He shook his head no. They put the hoods of their Invisibility Cloak and started down the spiraling staircase.
*
Azkaban…
"I can't believe this. Harry is coming here, he is going to get himself killed." Sirius muttered. "Right. But… what makes you think that they are going to get here? They can't apperate because they are to young and they can't swim all this way. So, we are still doomed." Remus replied. "Hopefully, they'll think of something before they get here." Sirius answered. Remus got up and stared out the window. It then hit him. "They won't be able to get by the Dementors." He muttered. "The Dementors.? Why not?" Sirius asked. "Two years ago. Remember when the Dementor's where at Hogwarts? Every time the Dementors got close to Harry, he said that he would hear Lily screaming the night that Voldemort came to their house. So, they don't really stand a chance." He muttered. "Great… he's going to kill himself. And it's all my fault." Sirius shouted. "It's not your fault. It's just life." Remus shouted back. Sirius looked at Remus, who looked back.
*
Hogwarts…
"That was the best! We didn't even get caught." Ron muttered. They opened the front oak door's to the castle. "How can we see where we are going?" Hermione asked, looking around the dark castle grounds. "We'll use our wands." Ron replied. Then lit his wand out. Hermione and Harry stared at him. "What?" He asked. "Turn it out, we don't want to be caught." They hissed. Ron muttered something and turned the light out. The group made their way along the ground. Harry glanced down at the map. "Guys stop!" Harry called. Hermione and Ron stopped and looked at him. "You are going to run into Hagrid!" He said. Hermione and Ro turned and walked over to Harry. They continued on their way across the grounds.
They walked around the grounds for about 20 minutes when Hermione collapsed to the ground. "I can't go any further. My feet hurt." She whined. She took of her Invisibility Cloak. They sat down beside and took their hoods off. "We have to get going we only have till sun down tomorrow." Harry said. "I know. But there is a problem." Ron muttered. "What's that?" Hermione and Harry asked. "Remember two years ago? When the Dementors came to Hogwarts? Every time that they would get close to Harry, he would faint and say that he heard his mum scream every time. Remember?" Ron said. "Right. That is a problem." Hermione said. "I'll be fine." Harry spoke up. "When Professor Lupin was here, remember the lesson's he gave me with fighting the Dementors off? I can still do the spell." Harry said. Hermione and Ron nodded.
"Come on. We got to get to Azkaban." Harry said, flipping the hood of the cloak back over his head. Ron put his hood on as well and Hermione put her cloak back on and they were engulfed into darkness. They came to a dead end. "We can't get by. The squid is down there!" Hermione gasped. "Maybe this is as far as we go." Ron suggested. "No way! I'm going to finish what I set out to do." Harry shouted. He lighted his wand and looked across the lake. "Harry! Turn that light out!" They hissed. Harry glared at them. They went silent. Harry then saw it. A bridge going across the lake to the other side. But, it was guarded by a troll.
"It's one of those blasted trolls. What now?" Ron hissed. Hermione shrugged. They glanced over to Harry. Only Harry wasn't there. "Huh? Where did he go?" Ron muttered. Hermione looked at him. "What?" She hissed. "Harry, he's gone. He's not here." Ron muttered back. They glanced over to the spot where once was. All that was there now was darkness. "Maybe he went back inside?" Hermione suggested. "I'm right here." A voice said, above them. Hermione and Ron looked up. Harry was looking down on them, suspended from a few tree branches. "Come on." He said, motioning them up. "How? How are we supposed to get up there?" Hermione asked. "Climb?" Harry suggested. "Duh!" Ron said, from behind Hermione.
Ron walked past her, and climbed into the tree. Ron and Hermione looked down at Hermione. "Are you coming? Or are you chicken?" Ron said, staring down at her. "I'm coming." She mumbled. She walked over to the tree trunk and grabbed onto some branch's.. She finally got up the spot where Harry and Ron were waiting for her. Ron looked down at his watch. "That only took three minutes." He laughed, followed by Harry. Hermione just scowled at them. They stopped at her scowl. "What? It was funny." Harry muttered. "Yeah, ok. Anyway, we got to go. It's almost sun up. We have top get out of Hogwarts before they come looking for us." Hermione said, she pointed to the castle. The guys nodded.
"So where to now?" Ron asked, looking at Harry. "Well, this might not work. But follow me, and it might." Harry replied. He climbed up from that branch, to a stronger branch that could hold all three of their weight. Harry looked down at the ground. It was a long way down. He motioned to Hermione and Ron. They let go of the branch's that they had a death grip too, and they climbed up to where Harry was.
"You're going to hate me for this." Harry said, grinning like a mad-man. 'Oh god. He's going to kill us.' Hermione thought. Harry took a bow, like it was he's last move on earth. He jumped from the branch towards the bridge. He reached out to land on the bridge. He missed the bridge. Oh course at this time, the squid would be swimming by. Ron and Hermione gasped. Harry managed to grab onto the bridge. He climbed up the bridge, knocking some rocks out of the bridge. He stood up on the bridge. Ron was next. He managed to hit the bridge. He got up and they both looked at Hermione in the tree. She looked all freaked out. She backed up from the tree, she jumped, she closed her eyes. She slammed onto the top of the bridge, landing at Harry and Ron's feet. She smiled, and got up. The troll didn't sense of hear anything, so they shrugged and continued down the bridge, leaving Hogwarts castle behind.
*
Azkaban…
"Just think, Remus. Tonight at sun down. We'll leave this world behind, and we'll get to see James and Lily again." Sirius said, glumly. Remus looked up at him. "I know that, we'll see them again. But what about Harry?" Sirius looked at him. "Right, I can't just leave Harry with those awful, freaking muggles. They'll kill him someday." He shouted. He walked away from the window and sat down on his bed. He sighed. "Harry, better know better, and not come here wanting to save us from those Dementors. If I only had an owl, I would tell him not to come here." Sirius said. Remus shook his head. "Wouldn't matter. Harry'll still come." Sirius stared at him. "What if Harry dies? It'll be all my fault. He's my godson, and James kid, I don't want to have that burden on my back till I die!" Sirius shouted. "Calm down." Remus stated, standing up. "I know, sorry." Sirius said.
"I don't know why they are going to execute you. You didn't do anything, you're a werewolf. You didn't bite anyone, did you?" Sirius asked, looking up. Remus shook his head. "Alright. The your innocent, but I'm still not innocent!" He shouted. Remus gave him a 'what-do-you-mean?' look. "I killed James and Lily!" He said. "Did not." Remus replied. "I killed them. I was the one who said that Peter should be their secret keeper, not me. It's my fault." Remus just looked at him. "You didn't know. So it's not your fault." Remus assured him. Sirius sighed. "I know. So you know why I can't let Harry come here and get killed." Sirius said. Remus nodded. "And Harry. He doesn't know all of it. He has a sister!" Sirius stated.
"What? He does?" Remus said shocked. "Remember Rally? She was a month old when Voldemort came to James and Lily's house. Those awful Dursley's wouldn't take in Rally so Dumbledore had to take her to a orphanage." Sirius muttered. "I remember her. Rally. She was the sweet girl. It's hard to believe that her and Harry are brother and sister. Harry has James's hair and Lily's eye's, but Rally has Lily's hair and James eyes." Remus said. Sirius nodded.
*
Castle…
"Hey Ginny!" A voice called. The red haired girl turned around, only to see Dean Thomas and Neville Longbottom running up her. "Hey." She replied. They came to a stop in front of her. "Do you know where Ron, Harry or Hermione are?" Dean asked. "Um… I haven't seen them, unless you mean last night." She replied and smiled. "Thanks anyway." Neville said. "Yeah." She replied. Dean and Neville then walked off to catch up with Seamus. Ginny looked back at the three guys. "If only you knew, the truth." She sighed and walked down the hall and towards the great hall for breakfast. The only reason why Ginny knew where Harry, Ron and Hermione were, was because of last night. Ginny had woken up, because she had someone moving around in their dorm last night. So Ginny knew the whole story about Sirius being innocent and what they were up to. So Ginny had to keep quiet.
Ginny walked into the great hall, only to see that on one was talking and a chair and the old sorting hat was sitting in the front of the hall. She went over and sat down beside her friends Melody and Michelle. "What's going on?" She whispered to Michelle. "New student." She replied. She was cut of, when McGongall walked over to where the hat sat. "Today we have a new student joining Hogwarts. She is a little sister to none other then… Harry Potter." She said. "Come on out Rally." McGongall called. The door swung open and Rally Potter walked in.
Rally looked over at all the other students, watching her every move, Rally walked over and sat down on the three legged stool. McGongall put the hat over her head, the hat was so big that it covered up her eyes. The voice inside the hat talked into Rally's ear.
'Well, I can see a lot of Slytherin in you. You like to win and are always full of smart comebacks. Ah, but then there is some Ravenclaw in you. You are smart and would definitely be an asset to this house. I see no Huffelpuff. Gyffindor! I see a lot of Gryffindor in you as well. You are witty and know when to be quiet. I see all the qualities of Gryffindor.'
The hat went on like this for 10 minutes deciding whether or not Rally should be in Gryffindor or Slytherin.
"This must be a hard one to choose. It's already been 10 minutes." Ginny whispered. "I know. I wonder what two houses the hat is choosing from?" Melody whispered. "I think that it would either be Gryffindor or Slytherin. Because Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw both have the same amount of students in those house's, and Gryffindor and Slytherin both have one less person in the houses then Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff." Michelle said. Ginny and Melody nodded.
'I think that you would best suited for…"
Fred and George looked at her. "You look nothing like Harry. What kind of stuff do you like?" George asked, looking at Rally. Her hair was a mess, with twigs and leaves sticking out of the messy hair. She black robes, weren't really robes. They were black with red trim. She had pants on the bottom of her robes, that flared out, just like the arms. She had on white shoe's on, all marked up. "Um… well anything that I could get messy doing, and pulling pranks." She said. Fred, George and Angelina all were smiling darkly at each other. They grabbed Rally's arm and sat her down between them. "We always pull pranks. You can help us out." They said. Rally smiled. "Great. Lets eat and get some plans." She said, and started to eat. "Great." The other three said and started to dig into the food as well.
*
"I can't believe that we got out of Hogwarts that easily. But getting back inside, won't be as easy." Ron said. Hermione nodded. "I know that. But we only have 12 hours to get to Azkaban. So shut-up. We'll worry about that later." Harry said. "Alright." Ron mumbled. He walked away from Hermione and started to follow Harry off into the bushes. "Wait for me." She yelled and ran off after them. "So where are we going?" Ron asked, pointing to the Marauders Map. "This won't work anymore. It only works on the Hogwarts grounds." Harry said, waving the map around. "Alright. So now what?" Ron asked. Um… I don't know." Harry replied. "That might work." Hermione muttered to herself. Ron and Harry looked at Hermione. She was sitting on the ground, looking over the water. "What might work?" Harry asked. "We can swim all that way." She replied. "What?!? I'm not swimming all that way!" Ron yelled. "I'm not done, dingbat. And not yell, unless you want to be caught." Hermione hissed. The only way that we can get to Azkaban, is swimming. But we need to go back to Hogwarts, and get some Gilly weed out of Snape's private stash." Hermione replied, standing up and brushing the sand of her robes.
"Back to Hogwarts?! Have you lost your mind?" Ron yelled. "No! I haven't! But do you want Sirius and Remus dead? Harry's only living, CARING, relatives." Hermione shrieked. "She has a point." Harry muttered. "Well, we can't get past the troll, anyway, what's the point?" Ron muttered. "I know how to get past him. I'll go." Hermione said. She looked at Harry and Ron and ran off before they could object. "She'll be back, in a bit." Ron muttered. "Right." Harry said. They sat down on the sandy beach, waiting for Hermione to return.
TBC…
Will Hermione get caught going back to Hogwarts? Will Harry, Ron and Hermione reach Azkaban, before sun down? Please r&r.
Clow Mistress