Chapter 10
Search For The Victims
Harry gulped as the figure's cold fingers tightened around his neck.
"Now, where is the girl and her mother?" the voice demanded.
"What?" Harry said.
"Don't toy with me! You kidnapped a girl from Gryffindor and her mother who came a few days ago! WHERE ARE THEY???"
"I didn't take them, I'm looking for them." Harry whispered.
The figure seemed confused. "Luminos" he said, and his wand lit up the field.
"Professor Snape?" Harry gasped.
"Whoops…" Snape took a step back. "Forgive me, boy… I thought you were the attacker. You are looking for your girlfriend, I assume?"
"Yeah." Harry said, out of breath. "What are you doing?"
Snape frowned and turned away. "I'm helping you." He said, finally. "Come, time runs short."
Snape and Harry made their way up to the hill where Harry and Jane had sat when Al first approached them.
"Ah ha! It is as I thought!" Snape declared. "Look, boy! It's burrowed underground!"
"We have to go after it!" Harry said. "I'm not going to lose her!"
"You fool. How do you expect to get down there? Unless you turn into a snake yourself, which I definitely will not do for you…"
"Now you listen here!" Harry screamed, grabbing Snape's cloak. "You have no idea what my feelings are for this girl! You are an old man who has never been in love before! You are gonna turn me into a snake or so help me god I'll see you personally to your grave!"
Snape seemed to be more hurt than angry. With a gruff nod, he raised his wand, muttered a spell, and Harry felt his body slim down and shrink, until the grass blades were among him. He noticed that Snape had also transformed.
"No way you are doing this alone." He said. "Let's go."
Silently, teacher and student slithered into the burrow.