A/N: Once again sorry for the long wait but once you read this I think
you'll be happy! Oh and Merry Christmas!
Disclaimer: Harry Potter and all relate stuff belong to JK Rowling, not me.
Harry looked up towards Alex with pure hatred. "I have no clue how I ever stood you." Alex whimpered as she realized that any moment now she would fall, with only the hard stone floor to catch her. Lucius stared at Harry in wonder. Dumbledore however took no notice to either Alex or Harry; he had rushed over to Sandy, who was lying motionless on the floor. "Miss Callinger can you hear me? Answer me!" He picked Sandy up and started towards the door. "And just where do you think you're going with her Albus? I don't recollect calling a truce." Dumbledore's eyes blazed. "Harry take Sandy and get out of here, I have some unfinished business to attend to." Harry glanced up towards Alex, "What about her?" Harry noticed a faint twinkling deep with in Dumbledore's eyes. "Let her down." Harry smiled, "Gladly." Alex screamed in pain as she hit the floor with a sickening thump.
"Make sure that you avoid the statues inside, if you so much as touch one an alarm will go off and our covers screwed." Sirius looked at Draco, "Just get us inside and I'll take care of the rest." A few minutes later Fred startled Ron out of his thoughts, almost making him fall off of his broom, as he shouted, "Look! I see it!" "Why couldn't we have apparated again?" he thought annoyed. Hermione had a worried look on her face. Severus noticed and said, "Don't worry Miss Granger, if anyone can find your friends, I'm sure Draco here can."
As the group rounded a corner, Oliver was the first to hear the muffled sobs. "Does anyone else hear that?" McGonagall stopped and listened with an intense look of concentration on her face. Suddenly she turned and motioned everyone to follow her. She slowly made her way down a small hallway no one had noticed listening as the sobbing got louder. "Hey that sounds like Harry!" the twins said at the same time. After a few seconds Ron quietly said, "I'd recognize that sound anywhere." With that he took off running paying no attention to Draco yelling at him.
"Alex pick yourself up and get out of here now." Alex only managed to whimper as she attempted to push herself up off the floor. Lucius' eyes glittered as he turned his gaze to Dumbledore. "As for you, muggle loving git, you don't know how long I've wanted to kill you." Albus just smiled and put up his wand arm. "And I you, and I you."
"Harry wh-what's wrong? Wh-what hap-happened to her?" Harry looked up startled as he heard Ron's breathless voice. Ron saw the tears running down Harry's face. He started towards him as everyone else entered the room. Oliver took one glance at Harry and rushed past Ron to get to him. As he pulled Harry into a hug he heard a faint whisper. "Sandy, there's something wrong, she quit breathing." Oliver's eyes got huge as he turned towards McGonagall. "We need Poppy, NOW."
Lucius glanced over his shoulder to make sure that Alex was gone. Seeing his chance, Dumbledore shouted the first curse that came to mind. "Afflictio ventre!" Lucius screamed in pain as the curse hit him. He managed to catch his breath and shouted a hex. "Doleo secerno trimembris!" Dumbledore dodged the red beam that came whizzing his way. He ducked behind a table to keep his limbs from being torn painfully from his body. The fight had ground to a standstill, as both men thought of a new strategy. Dumbledore slowly raised his head just as Lucius sent another curse his way. "Agine de portraine efondrer!" Albus crumpled to the floor in pain. Lucius slowly walked over and stood over him. "Tssk tssk tssk.looks like you're in a pickle."
McGonagall quickly mumbled a short incantation under her breath. Suddenly Pomfrey's face was seen floating in the air. "Minerva what's wrong?" McGonagall glanced towards Harry then whispered, "It's Miss Callinger. I think that she is in trouble. I don't think she can hold on much longer." Tears were forming in her eyes as she finished saying this. Poppy now took the time to take look at Sandy. "Oh my Merlin! You have to get her to me as soon as possible. Hurry!" Severus looked around at everyone, and saw that none of them were in shape to apparate back to Hogsmeade. "I'll take her. The lot of you would probably splinch yourselves together." Fred looked up at Snape and sneered, a very un-Fred like gesture, "How can we trust you? All you've ever tried to do was hurt Harry and Sandy. Who says you don't kill her just to HURT HARRY!!!" By the time he had finished George had to grab Fred to keep him from punching Snape in the face. "Mr. Weasley I'm sorry to inform you, but you are once again wrong. I have no intention of harming anyone besides Lucius and Alex." He said all of this in a fairly calm voice. Fred just shook his head.
Dumbledore groaned as Lucius laid a foot against his throat. "No one to save you now you old fool. Crucio!" Dumbledore screamed in agony as pain ripped through his body. When Lucius turned his wand off of him, Albus looked straight into his eyes. "You will pay for that, make no mistake." Malfoy laughed at the idea. "You? You are going to hurt me?" As he was laughing he stepped back away from Albus. Fire lit his eyes as he turned his wand on Lucius Malfoy. "Avada Kedavra!"
Severus went over to Harry. "Mr. Potter please let me have Sandy so we can get her help." Harry looked up at Snape with tears in his eyes. "NO I won't leave her like this. I can't leave her." Snape shook his head, "Ok have it your way then." He grabbed a handful of Harry's robes and quickly disapparated. A few moments later the group apparated into Hogsmeade. When they arrived Snape pulled Harry to his feet, "Come on Harry we haven't got much time." Picking Sandy up he started running towards Hogwarts.
Dumbledore was limping towards the door when he heard a shocked gasp behind him. "FATHER! What did you do to him?" Dumbledore didn't stop; instead he continued his slow gait towards where he knew Harry and Sandy would be waiting. Alex looked up at Dumbledore through tears. "I'll kill you for this you bastard," she said between her clenched teeth. At this Albus finally stopped. "I wouldn't count on that Miss Burnum." Before Alex could grab her wand Dumbledore had already turned around and sent a curse her way. "Petrificus totalus! We'll just have to see what the Dementors say about you." He could see the fear building in her eyes but he turned his back and slowly limped out the door. There would be time for that later, for now he had to get to Harry and Sandy.
Disclaimer: Harry Potter and all relate stuff belong to JK Rowling, not me.
Harry looked up towards Alex with pure hatred. "I have no clue how I ever stood you." Alex whimpered as she realized that any moment now she would fall, with only the hard stone floor to catch her. Lucius stared at Harry in wonder. Dumbledore however took no notice to either Alex or Harry; he had rushed over to Sandy, who was lying motionless on the floor. "Miss Callinger can you hear me? Answer me!" He picked Sandy up and started towards the door. "And just where do you think you're going with her Albus? I don't recollect calling a truce." Dumbledore's eyes blazed. "Harry take Sandy and get out of here, I have some unfinished business to attend to." Harry glanced up towards Alex, "What about her?" Harry noticed a faint twinkling deep with in Dumbledore's eyes. "Let her down." Harry smiled, "Gladly." Alex screamed in pain as she hit the floor with a sickening thump.
"Make sure that you avoid the statues inside, if you so much as touch one an alarm will go off and our covers screwed." Sirius looked at Draco, "Just get us inside and I'll take care of the rest." A few minutes later Fred startled Ron out of his thoughts, almost making him fall off of his broom, as he shouted, "Look! I see it!" "Why couldn't we have apparated again?" he thought annoyed. Hermione had a worried look on her face. Severus noticed and said, "Don't worry Miss Granger, if anyone can find your friends, I'm sure Draco here can."
As the group rounded a corner, Oliver was the first to hear the muffled sobs. "Does anyone else hear that?" McGonagall stopped and listened with an intense look of concentration on her face. Suddenly she turned and motioned everyone to follow her. She slowly made her way down a small hallway no one had noticed listening as the sobbing got louder. "Hey that sounds like Harry!" the twins said at the same time. After a few seconds Ron quietly said, "I'd recognize that sound anywhere." With that he took off running paying no attention to Draco yelling at him.
"Alex pick yourself up and get out of here now." Alex only managed to whimper as she attempted to push herself up off the floor. Lucius' eyes glittered as he turned his gaze to Dumbledore. "As for you, muggle loving git, you don't know how long I've wanted to kill you." Albus just smiled and put up his wand arm. "And I you, and I you."
"Harry wh-what's wrong? Wh-what hap-happened to her?" Harry looked up startled as he heard Ron's breathless voice. Ron saw the tears running down Harry's face. He started towards him as everyone else entered the room. Oliver took one glance at Harry and rushed past Ron to get to him. As he pulled Harry into a hug he heard a faint whisper. "Sandy, there's something wrong, she quit breathing." Oliver's eyes got huge as he turned towards McGonagall. "We need Poppy, NOW."
Lucius glanced over his shoulder to make sure that Alex was gone. Seeing his chance, Dumbledore shouted the first curse that came to mind. "Afflictio ventre!" Lucius screamed in pain as the curse hit him. He managed to catch his breath and shouted a hex. "Doleo secerno trimembris!" Dumbledore dodged the red beam that came whizzing his way. He ducked behind a table to keep his limbs from being torn painfully from his body. The fight had ground to a standstill, as both men thought of a new strategy. Dumbledore slowly raised his head just as Lucius sent another curse his way. "Agine de portraine efondrer!" Albus crumpled to the floor in pain. Lucius slowly walked over and stood over him. "Tssk tssk tssk.looks like you're in a pickle."
McGonagall quickly mumbled a short incantation under her breath. Suddenly Pomfrey's face was seen floating in the air. "Minerva what's wrong?" McGonagall glanced towards Harry then whispered, "It's Miss Callinger. I think that she is in trouble. I don't think she can hold on much longer." Tears were forming in her eyes as she finished saying this. Poppy now took the time to take look at Sandy. "Oh my Merlin! You have to get her to me as soon as possible. Hurry!" Severus looked around at everyone, and saw that none of them were in shape to apparate back to Hogsmeade. "I'll take her. The lot of you would probably splinch yourselves together." Fred looked up at Snape and sneered, a very un-Fred like gesture, "How can we trust you? All you've ever tried to do was hurt Harry and Sandy. Who says you don't kill her just to HURT HARRY!!!" By the time he had finished George had to grab Fred to keep him from punching Snape in the face. "Mr. Weasley I'm sorry to inform you, but you are once again wrong. I have no intention of harming anyone besides Lucius and Alex." He said all of this in a fairly calm voice. Fred just shook his head.
Dumbledore groaned as Lucius laid a foot against his throat. "No one to save you now you old fool. Crucio!" Dumbledore screamed in agony as pain ripped through his body. When Lucius turned his wand off of him, Albus looked straight into his eyes. "You will pay for that, make no mistake." Malfoy laughed at the idea. "You? You are going to hurt me?" As he was laughing he stepped back away from Albus. Fire lit his eyes as he turned his wand on Lucius Malfoy. "Avada Kedavra!"
Severus went over to Harry. "Mr. Potter please let me have Sandy so we can get her help." Harry looked up at Snape with tears in his eyes. "NO I won't leave her like this. I can't leave her." Snape shook his head, "Ok have it your way then." He grabbed a handful of Harry's robes and quickly disapparated. A few moments later the group apparated into Hogsmeade. When they arrived Snape pulled Harry to his feet, "Come on Harry we haven't got much time." Picking Sandy up he started running towards Hogwarts.
Dumbledore was limping towards the door when he heard a shocked gasp behind him. "FATHER! What did you do to him?" Dumbledore didn't stop; instead he continued his slow gait towards where he knew Harry and Sandy would be waiting. Alex looked up at Dumbledore through tears. "I'll kill you for this you bastard," she said between her clenched teeth. At this Albus finally stopped. "I wouldn't count on that Miss Burnum." Before Alex could grab her wand Dumbledore had already turned around and sent a curse her way. "Petrificus totalus! We'll just have to see what the Dementors say about you." He could see the fear building in her eyes but he turned his back and slowly limped out the door. There would be time for that later, for now he had to get to Harry and Sandy.