The Wrath of Lord Voldemort… (Part 10)
They finally came to a stop. "So where's that door that you were talking about?" Ron hissed, looking at her. Hermione glared at them. "A read this in a book at the library. There's a door, but I don't know where." Hermione said. Ron and Harry glared at her. "You better remember. 'Cause we have to get them out in the next two hours." Ron yelled. "I know." Hermione shouted, back.
She looked around the wall, and walked off. "Now what?" They asked. "I'm just walking, looking for a door, etc." Hermione shot back. "Ah ha." She yelled. "What now? Did you find a pretty brick?" Ron asked, sarcastically. "Nope. But I found one door." She said. Ron and Harry brightened up and ran over to where Hermione was standing, looking into the window.
"There's a dementor standing there." Ron pointed out, looking over Harry's shoulder. "They can't see though." Harry brought up. "I'm going in, cover for me." Hermione said. Ron and Harry gave her a wild glance. She flung on her Invisibility Cloak. She reached out and opened the door, when Harry and Ron were under there cloaks. The second that Hermione opened the door, an alarm went off.
Hermione shut the door with a bang. She looked at Ron and Harry who had the exact same look of their face. They looked back into the window. Someone was coming towards the door. "Damn." Harry said. Hermione grabbed their cloaks and ran off towards the nearby corner.
The door swung open. Out walked Cornelius Fudge. The three gasped. "What's he doing here?" Ron snapped. "I-I-I don't know." Harry stammered, looking at him. Cornelius Fudge looked around. The three watched his every move. After a few minutes he went back inside.
"This is going to be harder then usual." Hermione muttered. "What's our plan, now?" Ron mumbled. "Um… do you think that we can get through the windows?" Harry asked, looking up at the window's. "We can do that, with a simple spell." Hermione said. "What spell?" Ron asked. "Alakazom." Hermione muttered. She then shot up into the air.
Harry and Ron muttered it as well, and shot up in the air, beside Hermione. "Let's go separate ways. Then we can always shoot blue and white sparks into the air. Alright?" Hermione asked. They nodded, and zoomed off in their separate ways.
"Where are they?" Harry said to himself. Stopping at every window to look inside the window's as he went along. No luck. "Are they already gone?" Harry thought, worriedly. Harry shook it off. "Of course not." Harry then came to a stop. In the cell, sitting on the bed's were Sirius and Remus.
Harry gasped. He then grabbed her wand out of his robes. He shot blue and white sparks into the air, hoping that Ron or Hermione would see them. Harry waited for a few minutes, looking for them. They didn't come. Time was running out. So he shot some more sparks into the air,.
Harry then heard some voices talking. Hermione and Ron came speeding around the corners. "We saw your sparks Harry. Sorry it took us so long. The place is big." Hermione said. Ron nodded, in agreement. Harry pointed into the cell. Hermione and Ron looked in through the windows.
"Hi!" Harry, called down. Sirius and Remus looked up, looking for the speaker. Remus looked up, and saw Harry. He nudged Sirius. "Sirius. Your godson is here." Remus said, pointing up to Harry. Sirius looked up. He bolted up, when he saw Harry, Hermione, and Ron standing there.
He walked over to the window. "What are you doing here." He said. "Were going to be getting you out of here." Harry said back. Sirius looked out through the bars, Fudge wasn't at his desk. "You're going to get killed." Sirius replied. "He's right." Remus said, walking over to the window. "How did you get here?" Remus asked. "We swam." Hermione shrugged. "Come on. We only have… 1 hour!" Ron said, looking at his watch.
"I got an idea." Sirius said. "When Fudge comes and tells us that we are going to be executed and he goes to get the Dementors. We'll escape." Sirius said. Harry nodded. "Here comes Fudge." Remus said, hearing his footsteps echoing down the stone floor.
"Get down." Sirius hissed. Harry, Hermione and Ron ducked down from the window. Right on cue, Fudge came into view and stopped in front of their cell. Fudge sighed. "Men. I am going to get the Dementors." Fudge said, before marching off, army style. Sirius and Remus tried to hold back their laughter.
After he was out of view, Harry and Ron appeared on the other side of the window. "So, how are you getting out?" Harry asked. "Ask Remus, he's got the plan." Sirius said, pointing to him. "Back up guys." Remus said, grabbing his wand. Harry and Ron backed away from the window.
Remus muttered a spell and the bars on the window disappeared. "Good plan. Now let's go." Sirius said. "Only how do we get up there?" Sirius asked, dumbfounded. "Apperate?" Remus suggested. Sirius nodded. They disapperated right then. They landed then with a thud on the outside grounds.
They stood up and brushed the dirt off their robes. They walked up to Harry and Ron. Sirius looked around. "Where'd Hermione go?" He asked. "She'll be back…" Harry trailed off. Smirking at Sirius's and Remus's weird looks.
*
'Man, I hope that this goes over well.' Hermione thought, running along the outskirts of the building. She then saw a door. She smirked. Then remembered the alarm. Hermione saw the alarm box. She zapped the alarm with her wand. Hermione then eased the door open and slipped inside, closing the door behind her. She glanced around the room. Nobody noticed that she came in. She started to walk down the hall's, looking at all the insane people in the cells. She shook her head; 'this is crazy.' She thought.
Hermione then heard someone walking farther away from her, echoing off the stone walls. Hermione raced down the corridor, following the footsteps. Hermione then came to a stop. 'Where did the footsteps go?' She thought. Hermione walked quietly up to the corner of the wall. She peered around the corner.
Cornelius Fudge was standing there, muttering something that she couldn't hear, to one of the prisoners. 'I hope that Harry and Ron, can get Sirius and Remus out of there, before Fudge came with the Dementors. Cause Fudge probably told the Dementors that he would come to get them, and they could do the rest.' She thought. She turned her attention back to Fudge, but he was gone.
"What?!" She whispered to herself. 'He's gone! Where could he have fun." She thought. She shrugged, and started down the corridor. There was no echoing footsteps down the stone corridors. Hermione started to panic.
She was hoping that Fudge and the Dementors went already going down to the cell to well give 'the kiss' to Sirius and Remus. She ran down a corridor, hoping to hear the footsteps again. She paused, and strained her ears. She then heard it. Footsteps, echoing down a few corridors. Hermione broke off into a run.
She skidded to a stop a few corridor's away. She heard someone talking. Hermione peered around the corner. She gasped. Cornelius Fudge was about to talk get the Dementors to come with him. Hermione glanced around. She was all alone. She took the Invisibility Cloak, and stepped into the view of Fudge.
Fudge whirled around, and looked at Hermione. "How did you get in here? This is highly guarded!" Fudge shouted. Hermione shrugged. She smirked at Fudge and grabbed her wand. Fudge gasped at her. "Serilose!" She shouted. Sparks were admitted from her wand and hit Fudge.
He was then engulfed in a pink fog. Hermione stood there, looking at the seen unfold. The pink fog lifted and Fudge stood up and looked at Hermione. He walked over to her. "Where I am? And who are you?" He asked. Hermione shrugged. Fudge looked at her. Hermione threw the Invisibility Cloak on and ran off, down the corridor. She heard Fudge call out; "Where'd you go?" Hermione stifled a laugh.
Hermione reached the door, that she entered through. She hoped that the alarm wouldn't go off. Hermione looked at the alarm. It looked broken, so she put her hand on the door handle and flung it open. The alarm didn't go off. Hermione exited. She wiped off her Invisibility Cloak and ran off to find Harry, Ron, Sirius, and Remus.
After a few minutes of running, so found them, looking across the water. "Hey, Hermione! How'd it go?" Harry called, seeing her walking towards them. "I did it. He doesn't know who is." Hermione shouted back. Remus and Sirius exchanged quizzical looks. Ron saw this, and explained it.
"While we were getting you out, Hermione went inside Azkaban, to fins Fudge. She out a memory charm on Fudge and now he doesn't know where he is, so…" Ron trailed off Harry looked down at the water. "How do we get back?" He asked. "Uh…" Ron replied.
Ron turned to Hermione. "Gilly Weed?" He asked. Hermione shook her head. "None left. We used it all, on the way here." She replied. Harry looked up from the water, and walked over to Hermione and Ron. "So, that means… were stranded?" He asked. Hermione nodded. "Looks that way." Ron sighed.
"Not really…" Remus brought up. Harry, Hermione and Ron looked up at him. "Were not…?" Sirius said, dumbfounded. "Well, Sirius and I are older then you, so we have more magic then you guys, so we can always get back." Remus said, Sirius then caught on, and nodded. "Right. We can." He replied.
Harry, Hermione and Ron, looked quizzical at them. "We can apperate to the shore, across the sea." Sirius said. "What about us?" Ron asked, looking at them. "Come here." They said, in unison. They three some looked at each other and walked over.
"We'll have to leave one of you here. But we'll come back, as soon as we drop the other two off. So we can appearte, with one of you each, and they one of us we'll come back." Remus explained. The three some nodded, and looked at each other. "Who, should stay?" Hermione asked, looking at the other two.
They didn't have an answer either. "Come on. We don't have much time." Sirius called. Hermione looked from Sirius and Remus to Harry and Ron. "Harry should go. Considering that he's Sirius's godfather." Hermione said. Ron nodded, in agreement. "Which one of us though?" Ron asked. Harry looked at them. "Give me something of yours." He said, holding out his hands. Ron gave Harry is wand and Hermione gave him her barrette. Harry shoveled them around in his wands, and put them behind his back and turned to Sirius and Remus.
"Pick a hand." He said. Sirius and Remus looked at Harry. They picked the left hand. Harry held out the barrette. "Hermione looks like you're coming. Ron, we'll come back for you." Harry shouted. Ron nodded.
*
Hogwarts…
'Harry, Hermione and Ron better get back here soon. I can't stall for them forever.' Ginny thought, walking along the shore line, outside Hogwarts. She was looking across the water, when she saw a man, looking out across the water. Ginny walked up to the man.
"Hi. Who are you?" Ginny asked. The man looked up at her. "Hello. I'm Peter Pettigrew." He said. Ginny gasped. She remembered what Hermione had told her. Peter had went back to staring across the water. Ginny got her wand out. Peter saw this. He got his wand out. "Back off, girl. Don't make me kill you." He shouted. She drew the wand out, in front of her. "Maucho Kidova!" She shouted. Vines shot out of her wand, and tied themselves around Pettigrew. He cursed. Ginny smiled, evilly, and ran back up to the castle. Only Ginny, didn't know that Peter could change into a rat.
*
"We'll be right back, for you Ron!" Harry shouted. "Alright." Ron said, sitting down on the ground, looking out over the water. "You ready?" Remus and Sirius asked. "Yep." Harry and Hermione replied, cheerfully. Sirius grabbed Harry and Remus grabbed Hermione. They muttered a simple spell and disappeared. Then the four some landed with a thud on the shore, a few seconds later.
They put Harry and Hermione down. "I'll go back for him." Remus said. Sirius nodded and Remus apperated back to Azkaban, to get Ron. "Maybe, you should change into a dog?" Hermione suggested. "Yeah, you're probably right." He replied. Sirius transformed back into a dog. "What should we do, while were waiting?" Hermione asked. Harry turned to look at her. "I don't know…" He trailed off. "What?" Hermione asked. Harry pointed at something behind her. She turned around.
Lying, struggling was none other then Peter Pettigrew. Hermione gasped. Sirius looked at them. He changed back into a man. "What?" He asked. The pointed behind him. He turned around and saw Pettigrew. "Well, Well, Well, If it isn't you." Sirius shouted, walking up to him. Peter glared at him. Right then, Remus and Ron appeared. "What are doing, Sirius?" Remus asked. "We found Pettigrew.' Hermione filled him in. "Oh really…" He trailed off. He grabbed his wand and walked up beside Sirius.
"Hey!" A voice shouted from the distance. Everyone froze, and looked at the figure. Sirius changed back into a dog. The speaker was none other then Ginny Weasley. "I found Pettigrew. Now Sirius will be free, right?" She asked, stopping in front of them. "She knows about Sirius?" Remus asked. "Yeah. She saw Hermione before we left, and wanted to know what was going on. So Hermione told her. And, she believes us. So no prob." Ron replied. Sirius changed back into a man.
"So, what do we do with him." Hermione asked, pointing at Pettigrew. "The castle, they don't believe me. Only Dumbledore. He knows what's going on, and he's the only one that believes me, so…" Ginny trailed off. "To the castle." Ginny yelled. Everyone nodded.
Sirius changed back into a dog. They managed to get Peter to levitate in the air. And they walked up to the castle. They were just about to go onto the Hogwarts castle. "What about Remus? If he gets caught…" Hermione trailed off. "Um… here." Harry said, giving him the Invisibility Cloak. He put the Cloak on and they walked across the bridge and into the school.
Once they were inside, they stopped in front of a stone gargoyle. "In don't know the password." Harry muttered, looking at the statue. Hermione started to knock, furiously on the door. They waited. No one answered. Hermione was about to knock again. When the door swung open. There stood Snape.
He looked down at them all. Four kids, a grown man and a dog. "What do you want?" He snapped. "We need to see Dumbledore. It's important." Harry said. "The headmaster is busy. Fudge is here, saying that Lupin and Black escaped Azkaban." He snapped. 'The dog' growled at Snape. Snape glared at the dog. Snape closed the gargoyle.
"Didn't you put the charm of him?" Harry hissed, glaring at Hermione. "I did. He didn't remember who is was, or where he was." Hermione replied. "But… then, what does this mean?" Ron asked, looking from Harry to Hermione. "He must have broken through it, some how." She said, and smacked her forehead with her hand.
They sighed. "Sirius, is never going to be cleared, at this point." Ginny sighed, looking at Sirius. Ginny then turned and looked at the door. She banged on it. A few minutes later, Snape opened the door again. This time he looked down at Ginny. "We need to see Dumbledore, now! Let me in, or else." Ginny said, pointing her finger at Snape, and glaring at him. "No. He's in a meeting. And 50 points from Gryffindor, Miss. Weasley." He snapped.
Ginny glared at him, evilly. She smirked and stomped on his foot. "OW!" He yelled. Snape grabbed his foot and started jumping up and down, yelling in pain. Ginny smiled, and ran past Snape. Followed by Harry, Hermione, Ron, Remus and Sirius. They ran up the stone steps. They stopped in front of Dumbledore's office. Someone was yelling at Dumbledore.
"I'm Re-installing the Dementors. Sirius Black has escaped again, with the help of his friend, Remus Lupin." Fudge shouted. Harry, Ron and Hermione exchanged worried looks, knowing that this would be harder to clear Sirius and Remus's names. "Now what?" Hermione mouthed. They shrugged. The footsteps were coming towards the door.
"We gotta hid." Hermione muttered. Harry nodded. They ran and hid behind a nearby stone gargoyle. Dumbledore's office door swung open. Fudge came out of the office, followed by Dumbledore. "I don't want the dementors re-installed, but that is your wish." Dumbledore sighed. Fudge stomped off down the stairs with a swish of his cloak. Dumbledore walked back into his office and closed the door. They came out from around the gargoyle.
"The Dementors are back. Now what?" Remus said. They looked up at Remus. Sirius changed back into a man. "We're doomed." Sirius said, shaking his head. "I have an idea. Change back into a dog, and put the cloak back on." Ginny commanded. Sirius changed into a dog and Remus put the cloak back on. Ginny, Hermione, Ron and Harry walked up to Dumbledore's door. The knocked on the door, and in a few minutes, the door opened.
Dumbledore looked down at Harry, Hermione, Ron and Ginny. "What do I owe this visit?" He asked. He looked around the little group, and spotted a big, black dog. "Hello Sirius." He said. Sirius nodded, and changed back into a man, "Hello, Dumbledore." He replied. "Where's Remus?" He asked, looking around. Remus took off the Cloak. "I'm here." He said. "Come on in." Dumbledore said. They entered Dumbledore's little office.
They sat down in the chairs in front of his desk. Dumbledore sat down at his desk, looking through his half moon glasses, and the group assembled in his office. "So, what is going on?" He asked. "Well, we escaped Hogwarts and swam all the way to Azkaban. Broke Sirius and Remus out." Hermione explained. "Also… when I was supposed to be in Hogsmeade, I was down by the shore, looking across the sea, when I saw this guy. It was Peter Pettigrew. So Sirius is innocent, and never killed Harry's parents, and I have no clue what Remus was imprisoned for." Ginny explained. Dumbledore nodded. "Where is Mr. Pettigrew?" He asked.
They pointed a person, who was levitated in the air, unconscious. "Ok then." He said. He grabbed a quill and a piece of parchment and wrote a letter to Fudge, saying to come to his office, as soon as possible. The owl flew out the window, letter tied to his paw. Right then Snape came bursting into the office. "I tried to get them to go away, but they smashed my foot." Snape bellowed, going on, and on. "Severus!" Dumbledore yelled. Snape stopped and looked at him.
"Leave us alone, Severus. Just go and find Minerva and send her up her." Dumbledore said. "Yes Headmaster." He said, and left the office. Right then an owl flew back into the window. Dumbledore untied the letter and read it.
"Fudge will be here soon. You'll soon be free, Sirius, Remus. And Harry, you then may leave the Dursley's, if Sirius will take you." Dumbledore said. "Thank the gods!" Harry shouted. Footsteps were heard coming up the stone steps. The door opened, a few seconds later, and Professor McGonagall entered the office. She saw Harry, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Remus Lupin and Sirius Black sitting in the office. "Sirius Black?!?! Remus Lupin ?!?! She shouted. "Headmaster?" She questioned. "Don't jump to conclusions, Minerva." He said.
Dumbledore explained, the whole story to McGonagall, about Sirius being innocent, and about Pettigrew being the secret keeper for the Potters. He had just finished explaining the situation to Minerva when footsteps were heard coming up the stairs. The door then opened, and in walked Fudge, followed by… the Dementors. Everyone gasped. The Dementors started to walk over to where Sirius was standing. He gasped and fell to the ground.
Harry ran at the Dementors, and grabbed the back of it's robes. He tried to drag the Dementor away from Sirius. Fudge looked from the shaking Sirius on the ground too, Harry trying to pull the Dementor away. "What are you doing boy? That's an escaped criminal. You have no idea what this man has done!" He yelled, outraged. "YES! I DO! I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. HE'S INNOCENT!!!!!" Harry shouted.
"You don't believe this do you?" Fudge yelled, looking at Dumbledore and McGonagall. We caught him 15 years ago, he killed all those muggles." Fudge shouted. "He even killed Pettigrew." Dumbledore shook his head. "No, he didn't. Pettigrew is here." Dumbledore said, pointing to a corner in the full office.
He gasped. Pettigrew was unconscious and levitated in mid air. "Well, we'll have to give Black a trial, and see what's going to happen." Fudge said. "UM… I need some help!" Harry shouted, trying to hold the Dementor back. Dumbledore mumbled a spell, and the Dementor left the room. "The trial will be held on the 30th of this month, in the town hall." He said, and stormed out of the room.
They looked at the door after he left. "All we have to do is wait." Dumbledore said. "Right." Harry trailed off. McGonagall looked at the kids. "You should get to bed, you have classes in the morning." She said. They nodded, and they left the room. All that was left in the office, was Sirius, Remus, Dumbledore and McGonagall.
The sighed, and looked out the nearby window. "This is going to be harder, then we think." Dumbledore muttered. The other three looked at him. "Why?" McGonagall asked. "Lucius Malfoy, is on the jury, and they say that when he wants something, he bribes them to agree with him. And since, Harry and Draco do not get along, he'll want to give you the Dementors Kiss, because then Harry will be stuck with the Dursley's forever." Dumbledore explained. "Oh." McGonagall said, and they went back to looking out the window.
To be continued…
What's going to happen to Sirius, now that he has a trial? What are the Malfoy's and Fudge up to? Will they be able to get Sirius and Remus's names cleared?
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