Wrath of Lord Voldemort… (Part 9)
Hermione hurried down the dark path in the forest surrounding the sandy beach, that Harry and Ron were waiting for her to come back. "I hope that I don't bump into anything.' She thought, running up a steep hill. Hermione reached the top of the hill. She could just make out Hogwarts, and the bridge entering Hogwarts. Hermione grabbed her Invisibility Cloak and started to run down the hill towards the bridge at the hill, lading towards the Hogwarts castle.
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Castle…
Ginny was walking down the corridor with Michelle, Melody and Rally. "So what's out first class?" Rally asked. "Potions with Snape. Don't get on his bad side." Michelle replied. Rally nodded. "So your really Harry's sister?" Melody asked. Rally nodded; "But I never knew him. See when our mom and dad died, Harry went to the Dursley's and went to an orphanage, so I really want to see him, again." Rally replied. "Here's Potions." Ginny said. They opened the door and walked in the class. "Today were doing truth potions." Michelle said, reading the board. Ginny looked at the board, she gasped. 'Oh no. Not today. Not with Harry, Hermione and Ron gone.' Ginny thought. Her thoughts her interrupted when she saw Professor McGonagall standing behind her. "Miss Weasley. I need to see you in my office. Ginny nodded and walked off with McGonagall.
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Hermione reached the bottom of the hill and was at the beginning of the bridge, over to Hogwarts castle. She looked over at the troll. He was glancing over to the castle, with his club in his hand. He was looking ready to bash anyone's head in that came along. The troll didn't turn around. Hermione crept along the bridge, quietly so that the troll wouldn't come after her. Hermione was right behind the troll, getting ready to crawl under his arm, when the troll grunted and turned around to face Hermione. He looked around, he couldn't see Hermione because of her invisibility Cloak. The troll started to advance towards her. 'What now?" She thought. She then saw it. The ledge of the bridge, and the grass. Hermione stepped out onto the ledge of the bridge, she jumped off and landed on the grass.
Hermione got up and brushed the dirt and grass off her cloak. The troll grunted and walked back to his post at the beginning of the bridge. Hermione sighed. She looked up at the sun. It was around maybe 9:OO. Hermione shrugged and walked up the grounds towards the big oak doors.
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Azkaban…
"I heard that Rally was starting at Hogwarts today." Sirius said, cheerfully. "It least she'll be able to finally see her brother." Sirius grumbled. "We'll get out of here, if Harry can get here in time. But don't worry about, we can always escape, or something." Remus replied. "How? How could we do it?" Sirius asked, looking up. "Don't ask me. How did you escape two years ago?" Remus asked. "I transformed into a dog, and escaped through the bars, and swam to the sandy beach and went to Hogwarts." Sirius said, thinking there was a plan to get out of Azkaban. "Maybe that won't work. Because I was thinking of going that way, but maybe n…" Remus trailed off. "Not? Right?" Sirius asked, finishing the sentence for him. Remus shook his head. "Nope. We'll go another way." He said. "How?" Sirius asked. "You go your way. I also have my wand, so I can break the bars in the window out and apperate myself to the sandy beach." He said. "Good idea. When Fudge leaves, we'll go." Sirius said, cheerfully. Remus nodded. So they sat back down on the beds and waited for him to leave Azkaban.
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"What if Hermione gets caught by that troll or something?" Ron asked. "That would really suck. But Hermione is smart and I'll know what to do, right?" Harry asked. Ron looked at him. "Um… maybe. Does she have the Marauders Map?" Ron asked. Harry shook his head. "She went away before I could give her the map." Harry said. Ron just looked at him. "She's doomed." Ron muttered, looking out at the water. "I know." Harry muttered back.
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"Well that was easy. I got in here, without being caught. So if I can only get the Gilly Weed out of Snape's cupboard and get out without getting caught." Hermione said to herself. She walked down the spiral stairs and landed on the first floor, where Snape's potion class would be held. She started to walk down the hall. When a door opened, and Ginny walked out. 'Great. Maybe Ginny can help.' Hermione thought. She started to walk over to where Ginny was standing, but then McGonagall walked out after her. Hermione stopped. McGonagall said something to Ginny and walked back into her office. Hermione then walked over to Ginny. Hermione finally caught up to her. She took off her Invisibility Cloak.
"Hey Ginny." Hermione said. Ginny stopped walking and looked over at Hermione. "Hey." She replied. "Have you gotten to Azkaban and saved Sirius, yet?" Ginny asked. Hermione shook her head. "I need to get some Gilly Weed from Snape's private store of things." Hermione replied. "Well, I'm in Potions now and if you want me to, I can create a distraction and then go can get what you need." Ginny said, cherrfully. "Alright." Hermione nodded. She threw her Invisibility Cloak on. Hermione and Ginny then entered the classroom.
Snape looked up from the front of the classroom. He watched Ginny walk over and sit in front of her cauldron. "Miss. Weasley. Why are you late?" He sneered. Ginny looked at him. "Professor McGonagall, kept me behind, she wanted to talk to me about something." Ginny replied. Snape sighed. "Very well." And he went back to his lesson. "So these are what you will need, so get at it. We are going to test it on… Miss. Weasley, because she was late for class." He sneered. 'Oh no.' Ginny thought. Everyone started talking and pouring things into their cauldron. "Hermione then tapped on Ginny's shoulder. It was time for the distraction.
Hermione set off down the center of the room and over to the doorway, leading to Snape's office. Ginny smiled, darkly and took out one of Fred's Dung bombs and she threw it right into Draco Malfoy's cauldron. The second that the bomb hit the potion in the cauldron it blew up. And the people that it hit, they started to spill out the truth. Some of it came towards Ginny, Melody, Michelle, and Rally, then ducked and it hit their cauldrons instead.
Hermione ducked out of sight and into Snape's office. She ran over to the little cupboard behind Snape's desk. Hermione kept listening to the yells and screams outside, told her that she had a bit of time left. She flung the cupboard open and started looking through all the bottle's looking for the Gilly Weed. She then found it. She grabbed the bottle and took a little container out of her pocket. She took the cap off and poured all the powder into her bottle. Hermione put the bottle back, closed the drawer and slipped out of the office, before the sound died away.
"If I ever find out who did this, they will get detention for a whole month." Snape spat, looking at every student in the face. He then came to Ginny and her friends. "It was you." He spat and came over to 'the gang.' "Yes Professor?" Ginny asked. "I know it was you." Snape hissed. He grabbed Rally's robes and stomped off to the front of the class. "Hey! Put me down. Get your filthy hands off of my robes. I didn't do anything!!" Rally yelled. "Oh no." Ginny said, to herself. "What'd you do Ginny?" Michelle asked. "I was the one that threw the bomb." Ginny replied.
Rally and Snape were now at the front of the class. "You're just like your brother." He sneered. Rally just glared at him. "As you see. This girl thinks that she can outwit me? Just like her brother. Take a look at a failure, just like her brother and father." Snape said, to the class. Ginny then stood up. "It was me, who threw the dung bomb. Not Rally. So let her go." Ginny shouted. Snape looked at her. "WEASLEY! Get up here." Ginny walked up to the front. Rally started to walk away. "You both will serve detention tonight." He hissed.
Rally walked up to Snape and glared at him. "I hate you." She said, so that only Snape, herself and Ginny would hear this. "Shut-up girl." He spat. Rally was really temper mental so she stuck her tongue out at Snape and kicked him and stormed out of the classroom. Hermione left the class when Rally left. Ginny knew that Rally had gone to far. "Class dismissed." Snape yelled. Ginny caught up with Michelle and Melody and they left to find Rally.
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'Man, that Rally girl is really tough. Wonder where she came from?' Hermione thought. She continued to ponder about this, until she found herself at the big front doors. Hermione opened the heavy oak door's. She looked around the grounds. A few people were outside. Hermione shrugged it off. She walked down the stairs and unto the grass. Hermione walked across the grounds, dodging some people that almost knocked into her. Hermione came to a stop at a tree. She climbed up the tree and onto the branch that she used to escape before. Hermione climbed out onto the branch. She looked down, and saw the squid looking up at her. "Oh god. I hope that, that thing doesn't kill me." Hermione said. She backed up and jumped off the branch.
Hermione closed her eyes, when she jumped. She landed with a thud on the stone bridge wall. Hermione opened her eyes. She was lying on the bridge, just behind the troll. Hermione got up slowly. She looked over at the troll, he must not have heard Hermione fall with a thud to the ground. Hermione backed away from the troll and off the bridge. She sighed, and looked down at her watch. "I have really got to go. Or Sirius and Remus I'll be goners when we get there." Hermione thought to herself. She started at a run up the hill, towards the sandy beach, where Harry and Ron where waiting for her.
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Sirius got back out of the bed and walked over to the bars, locking them in there. He sighed and looked back at Remus. "He's still here. I hope that he's not here, till he get executed. Because we can't wait that long, and Harry and his friend's might not make it." Sirius said. "Harry will get here. He's not going to want to go and live with those muggles all summer, so he's going to come here and safe you." Remus replied. "I hope that you're right." Sirius muttered, sitting down again. "This is the worst day of my life. I can't believe that this is the end. We're going to be worser then dead." Remsus muttered. "The Dementor's Kiss." Remus sighed. "We have to get out. And I know that Harry'll get here. With his determination. Hermione's smartness and Ron's wild idea's. They'll get here one way or another." Sirius said. Remsus nodded.
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"Hey Guys! Let's go!" Hermione yelled, running down a hill towards Ron and Harry. They stood up and Hermione came to a stop in front of them. "Did you get it?" Ron asked, looking at Hermione. "Yeah. It's right here." She said. She picked a bottle out of her pocket and showed it to them. "All we have to do is eat this, and we will be able to swim all the way to Azkaban. But we still have to be careful. Stay clear of mer-people and grindylows and stuff." Hermione said. "You sound like my mom. And we know." Ron said, looking at her impatiently. "Alright. Well here." Hermione said. She shoved the bottle under Ron's nose. "You go." She replied. Ron poured some of the powder onto his hand, same with Harry and Hermione. They stepped into the lake. They ate the powder, and dived into the water.
They swam for a while, until they saw some land up above. Hermione pointed to it. Harry and Ron followed her up to the surface. They also had to take some more powder. They sat up on this floating cart they found. "I have got to tell you about this girl, I saw in Snape's potion's class." Hermione piped up. "What was she like?" Harry asked. "She stood up to Snape." Hermione muttered. "What?!?!" Ron yelled, almost falling off the cart. "Oh yeah. Ginny threw a dung bomb into Malfoy's cauldron and it exploded. So she got in trouble. Her name was Rally. She got in trouble. And Ginny said that it was here. But they both had to serve detention. So Rally walked up to him and said that she hated him, stuck her tongue out, kicked him and stormed out. "I wish that I was there. That would have been so funny." Ron started to laugh. "Harry you ok?" They asked.
"What was her last name?" He asked. "Dunno. But I can tell you what she looked like, though." Hermione replied. Harry looked at her. "Ok. Well she was the exact opposite of you. She had red hair and blue eyes. She wore black robes, but were way different. The arms were all hanging down, she also had pants on the bottom of hers, and the trims were all red." Hermione said. By this time, Hermione and Ron were both looking at him. Harry gasped. "I know her." He shouted. Hermione and Ron looked at him. "That's my little sister." He said. Hermione and Ron almost fell off the cart. "What?" Ron said. "Snape also said that she was failure like her brother and her father." Hermione replied. Harry had his hands clenched in a fist.
Hermione looked down at her watch. "Come on, we have to go." She said. Ron stood up on the cart, followed by Hermione. She took the bottle out of her pocket. "Come on Harry. We'll deal with Snape later." Hermione sighed. Harry nodded. He got up. They took some more powder, and dived back into the water.
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Sirius and Remus were now, both in a bad mood. Fudge was still in Azkaban. Doing a crossword at the desk across from Sirius and Remus's cell. "I hate this. We are going to die. We have five hours till sun down." Sirius said, looking out the window. Remus sighed. "I give." Remus sighed, in defeat. Sirius's head shot up, and he glared at Remus. "Don't you dare give up. If I know Harry he's on his way." Sirius muttered, so that only Remus could hear him. Remus nodded. "So when will Harry and them get here?" He asked. "Soon. I hope." Sirius muttered. Little did they know that they weren't that far away…
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'We've been swimming for hours. Hope we're almost there.' Harry thought to himself, swimming under the water. He stopped and looked around the water. They had past many mer-people, but no Grindylows. Harry knew that those underwater creature's were dangerous. It was rumored that if people came anywhere near Azkaban, that the Grindylows surrounding it would attack you. Harry hoped that this was only a myth, to keep people away, from saving people from here. But then Harry saw it. Lurking nearer and nearer. A Grindylow! Harry swam faster, trying to catch up with Ron and Hermione. They hadn't seen it yet, because they were going to run right into one! Harry grabbed onto the bottom of their robes. They stopped and looked at him. Harry pointed in front of him. They turned around and saw a Gridylow coming right at them. They got their wands out and started to attack them. Grindylows were starting to swam around them.
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"Rotten, lousy, no good Snape." Rally muttered, sitting down at the great hall table with Ginny, Michelle and Melody. "I know. But don't fret over it. He does this to everyone, but in Slythetrin, because he's the head of their house." Michelle said. Rally nodded. Right then Fred, George and Angelina walked into the hall. They spotted Rally and walked over to her. Fred sat down beside her. "Have you got any idea's to get revenge on Flint?" Fred asked, sitting down beside her, George on the other side of her, moving Michelle out of the way. "We're going to put revenge on him tonight." Fred said. Rally sighed. "Can't. I got detention with Snape, and I didn't do anything." Rally sighed again. "What?!?" George yelled. He glared up at Snape. The Owl post had just arrived. One of the owl's landed on Rally's knee. "Hello Mickey." Rally said. She took the note off Mickey's leg and looked at the letter. She hid it from Fred and George's view. The letter wrote…
Dear Rally:
So how's life? Life at the orphanage isn't as fun without your pranks here. It's a drag. Your owl is so pretty. What did you name her? I might be getting adopted. The people came the other day. They brought their son with him. I don't know his first name but there last name was malfoy. They look nice, I hope that they are nicer then the orphanage. I hope that you are learning magic? At your new school. I hope that you have made some new friends. So what did you go to this place. You said that you were looking for someone. Hope you found them. Write me back. Your best friend at the orphanage.
Rally stuffed the letter in her pocket, when another owl landed on the ground. She untied the letter from the bar owl's leg and read it out loud. "Your detention will be tonight at 6:00. Meet in the dungeons and you will get your job then. Professor Snape." She crumpled the letter and threw it away. Fred looked at her. "You have a firey temper, eh?" Rally nodded.
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Harry, Ron and Hermione finished battling with the last Grindylow. The Grindylow swam away from them. They then realized it. They were turning back into themselves. They swam up to the surface. The Gilly Weed wore off, and they were back to Humans. "Thank god, that we are already here." Hermione said, grabbing onto the piece of land. Ron and Harry grabbed on too. They got up onto the land, zapped their robes dry and walked around the cold ground, trying to find a door, in.
Hermione stood on the cold land scanning the building. "Um… where is that door." She muttered. Harry looked down at his watch. "We only have 2 hours left." Harry said. Hermione and Ron looked at him. "You mean, it took three hours to swim here?" Ron yelled. "Shut-up Ron. Do you want the Dementors to come?" Hermione hissed. Ron shook his head. "Then be quiet. Hermione put her Invisibility Cloak and disappeared around the corner. Ron shrugged and him and Harry followed after her.
To Be Continued…
Will Harry, Hermione and Ron get to Sirius and Remus before the two hours are up? How will they get them out, under Cornelius Fudge's nose? And what does Snape have up his sleeve for Ginny and Rally's detention? Please r&r.
Clow Mistress.