Chapter Six: Trapped
Ron lead me through to the darkened staircase that I knew as the way to get up to the rooms, but he did not lead me up them. What I had not seen in the past staying here was that there was a door underneath the stairs, that must be where Tom's room was.
"Well, this is it," he said, letting go of my hand. I was almost frightened of being here, anything could happen at any moment, I didn't want to let go of his hand, I felt more safe when I knew he was there.strange. "Should I knock?"
"I suppose," I said, "But don't you think it's rude to wake him up in the middle of the night just to ask where Harry is. I mean, he might get ang-" but I was interrupted when we heard a noise coming from inside the room. Ron put his ear up to the door to listen, but as he did so, the door opened. Tom wasn't standing there.it was another man. He had a greasy black beard, and a pointy face.
"Ah." he said, "And what do we owe the pleasure?" When he talked everything seemed to get cold. "Come in."
It wasn't a question; at that moment the two of us were pulled into the room where we saw Harry and Tom sitting in two chairs by the fire. "Harry, we were worried sick, we thought something had happened to you," Ron said going over to him. I followed.
Harry didn't respond, he couldn't. This man had apparently put a very good jaw lock, and body bind on them, they couldn't move at all. I quickly turned around, "What's going on?" I whispered to Ron.
"I dunno, but I don't like it," Ron said.
"Yes well, I have been sent by a very important man, to get a very important boy," the man said. He walked over to hair and put his hand slowly on his head. I saw Harry flinch when he did this. I felt so awful for him, we had to think of a plan, but what could we do? "Oh don't worry, I'm not going to hurt them. You see my master desperately needed to get a hold of Dumbledore, in the flesh. I knew that if I had Harry here, Dumbledore would come to his rescue. Then when Harry told me that Dumbledore wouldn't come because of official business I had to think of another plan. That's why I wrote the letter to you two telling you that poor Harry here was in desperate trouble. Due to what I have heard about the three of you in the past, I had a feeling you would come running."
I looked at Ron, and then to Harry. There had to be something that we could do, but my mind was drawing a blank. I felt the panic start to rise, and then it hit me. I just had to tell Ron, and that was the hard part. "Alright, well now we're here," I said, trying to see if he would maybe leave us be for a moment.
"Yes," he said swooping over to me, "You are." He muttered a spell under his breath that I couldn't here, and then Ron and I were flung into to chairs on opposite side of the room. "I will come back, so don't try anything funny. I said as my body was stuck to the chair.
Maybe this man wasn't as clever as he thought he was. He had forgotten two essential parts of a kidnapping, wizard style. He hadn't taken Ron's wand or mine. Two, he hadn't bound our mouths shut like Harry's and Tom's had been.
"Hermione, what do we do?" Ron asked as he tried to free himself from the chair even though he knew it wouldn't work.
"Don't worry I've got a plan," and I had had a plan. My wand had been up my sleeve the whole time, and my hand was free enough to reach into my sleeve and get it. It took me longer than I though it would, and after a lot of wrist work, and pulling on my wand, I had gotten it free. The only way my hand would point though was straight at Ron, but this would work.
"Ron, close your eyes," I said. I said what I thought was the counter curse to a binding spell at him, and luckily it worked. Ron suddenly became free and without stopping he sprung up, grabbed my wand from me and aimed it at Harry.
"Okay, what the spell?" He asked. Oh no, Ron was not very good with spells, one time messing up and he could blow everything. I looked at him, there was much determination in his eyes, and I knew that I had to give him a chance, what other choice did we have.
"Okay listen carefully Ron," I said, "Un-bind-dinio."
"Okay, I've got it, don't worry," Ron said. He took a deep breath, and said, "Unbinddinio!" He had done it!
"YES!" I said when I realized I had been freed. I shot up, took my wand from him, and then said the spell to both Harry and Tom. They both got up quickly.
"Oh, my, god," Harry said slowly. He grinned widely and gave both Ron and I a hug, "You have no idea how good it is to see you guys."
"And you to Harry," I said smiling back, "But we don't have much time! Do you still have the floo powder that we brought with us to get home Ron?"
"Yeah," he said, pulling it out. I hoped to god I knew what I was doing. It isn't as easy as you think coming up with the plan, anything could happen but I knew we had to think quickly.
"Good," Harry said cutting in, "I think we should go straight to Dumbledore, before he finds out that something bad has happened to us and he comes to rescue us, where he finds we aren't here."
"Good idea, Harry," Ron said. It was a good idea, but where was Dumbledore.
"When you last talked to Dumbledore, Harry, where did he say he was going to be at?" I asked.
"He said that I big council was meeting with him at Hogwarts. A lot of people were coming, and he couldn't miss it, but you know Dumbledore, if he thinks we are going to be killed, he'll come." This was very true.
"We can travel to Hogwarts through floo powder, right Hermione?" Ron asked. I knew that we could defiantly not apparate under Hogwarts grounds but I quickly remembered that Sirius had appeared to Harry in the fireplace, so this may have worked.
"Yes, I think so," I said, "Don't get me wrong, this may not work, but what's the worst that can happen. But I think instead of going straight to the castle, we should go to Hagrid's hut first." This was agreed.
One at a time each of us, including Tom stepped into the fire, grabbed floo powder and yelled "Hagrid's Hut!"
Ron lead me through to the darkened staircase that I knew as the way to get up to the rooms, but he did not lead me up them. What I had not seen in the past staying here was that there was a door underneath the stairs, that must be where Tom's room was.
"Well, this is it," he said, letting go of my hand. I was almost frightened of being here, anything could happen at any moment, I didn't want to let go of his hand, I felt more safe when I knew he was there.strange. "Should I knock?"
"I suppose," I said, "But don't you think it's rude to wake him up in the middle of the night just to ask where Harry is. I mean, he might get ang-" but I was interrupted when we heard a noise coming from inside the room. Ron put his ear up to the door to listen, but as he did so, the door opened. Tom wasn't standing there.it was another man. He had a greasy black beard, and a pointy face.
"Ah." he said, "And what do we owe the pleasure?" When he talked everything seemed to get cold. "Come in."
It wasn't a question; at that moment the two of us were pulled into the room where we saw Harry and Tom sitting in two chairs by the fire. "Harry, we were worried sick, we thought something had happened to you," Ron said going over to him. I followed.
Harry didn't respond, he couldn't. This man had apparently put a very good jaw lock, and body bind on them, they couldn't move at all. I quickly turned around, "What's going on?" I whispered to Ron.
"I dunno, but I don't like it," Ron said.
"Yes well, I have been sent by a very important man, to get a very important boy," the man said. He walked over to hair and put his hand slowly on his head. I saw Harry flinch when he did this. I felt so awful for him, we had to think of a plan, but what could we do? "Oh don't worry, I'm not going to hurt them. You see my master desperately needed to get a hold of Dumbledore, in the flesh. I knew that if I had Harry here, Dumbledore would come to his rescue. Then when Harry told me that Dumbledore wouldn't come because of official business I had to think of another plan. That's why I wrote the letter to you two telling you that poor Harry here was in desperate trouble. Due to what I have heard about the three of you in the past, I had a feeling you would come running."
I looked at Ron, and then to Harry. There had to be something that we could do, but my mind was drawing a blank. I felt the panic start to rise, and then it hit me. I just had to tell Ron, and that was the hard part. "Alright, well now we're here," I said, trying to see if he would maybe leave us be for a moment.
"Yes," he said swooping over to me, "You are." He muttered a spell under his breath that I couldn't here, and then Ron and I were flung into to chairs on opposite side of the room. "I will come back, so don't try anything funny. I said as my body was stuck to the chair.
Maybe this man wasn't as clever as he thought he was. He had forgotten two essential parts of a kidnapping, wizard style. He hadn't taken Ron's wand or mine. Two, he hadn't bound our mouths shut like Harry's and Tom's had been.
"Hermione, what do we do?" Ron asked as he tried to free himself from the chair even though he knew it wouldn't work.
"Don't worry I've got a plan," and I had had a plan. My wand had been up my sleeve the whole time, and my hand was free enough to reach into my sleeve and get it. It took me longer than I though it would, and after a lot of wrist work, and pulling on my wand, I had gotten it free. The only way my hand would point though was straight at Ron, but this would work.
"Ron, close your eyes," I said. I said what I thought was the counter curse to a binding spell at him, and luckily it worked. Ron suddenly became free and without stopping he sprung up, grabbed my wand from me and aimed it at Harry.
"Okay, what the spell?" He asked. Oh no, Ron was not very good with spells, one time messing up and he could blow everything. I looked at him, there was much determination in his eyes, and I knew that I had to give him a chance, what other choice did we have.
"Okay listen carefully Ron," I said, "Un-bind-dinio."
"Okay, I've got it, don't worry," Ron said. He took a deep breath, and said, "Unbinddinio!" He had done it!
"YES!" I said when I realized I had been freed. I shot up, took my wand from him, and then said the spell to both Harry and Tom. They both got up quickly.
"Oh, my, god," Harry said slowly. He grinned widely and gave both Ron and I a hug, "You have no idea how good it is to see you guys."
"And you to Harry," I said smiling back, "But we don't have much time! Do you still have the floo powder that we brought with us to get home Ron?"
"Yeah," he said, pulling it out. I hoped to god I knew what I was doing. It isn't as easy as you think coming up with the plan, anything could happen but I knew we had to think quickly.
"Good," Harry said cutting in, "I think we should go straight to Dumbledore, before he finds out that something bad has happened to us and he comes to rescue us, where he finds we aren't here."
"Good idea, Harry," Ron said. It was a good idea, but where was Dumbledore.
"When you last talked to Dumbledore, Harry, where did he say he was going to be at?" I asked.
"He said that I big council was meeting with him at Hogwarts. A lot of people were coming, and he couldn't miss it, but you know Dumbledore, if he thinks we are going to be killed, he'll come." This was very true.
"We can travel to Hogwarts through floo powder, right Hermione?" Ron asked. I knew that we could defiantly not apparate under Hogwarts grounds but I quickly remembered that Sirius had appeared to Harry in the fireplace, so this may have worked.
"Yes, I think so," I said, "Don't get me wrong, this may not work, but what's the worst that can happen. But I think instead of going straight to the castle, we should go to Hagrid's hut first." This was agreed.
One at a time each of us, including Tom stepped into the fire, grabbed floo powder and yelled "Hagrid's Hut!"