Chapter 6
Sirius was being restrained by two UKMAF Soldiers in green robes. "LET GO OF ME!"
Sirius pushed his elbows out and walked onto the boat. "And don't touch my wife." Sirius sent a horrible glare at Dumbledore. "I hate you old man! You've cursed me to this! I BROKE NOTHING! I WAS BRAINWASHED! YOU DIDN'T EVEN CARE UNTIL MY LETTER GAVE YOU PROOF YOU OLD…"
The horn on the ship blew and the ship pulled out of the rocky port.
Dumbledore watched as 2 seagulls flew by and the waves hit the rocks with the small ship fading into the distance. Dumbledore wondered, for the thousandth time, if he should've gone to the Ministry.
Serena looked back at the way the waves hit the rocks. Some of the bigger waves swallowed the smaller rocks… that seemed an irony as it was power hungry Cornelius Fudge who started a draft that the late Viktor Krum did not kill and since there wasn't a successor yet nothing could remove the draft order. Seagulls perched high on the biggest rocks and then flew off when the water hit their feet. She couldn't help but think of Fudge's run from the truth she had read in the Daily Prophet's articles while she was sane. She looked towards her husband who looked horrible. His eyes were dark and he looked miserable. Serena knew he missed Harry, Harry was the last link to his old life… and Harry still hated Sirius' turn that was false. Serena was sad for her husband.
He had just gotten off of work at the Ministry. He decided to Disapparate from the alley he always has. Three men follow him without his realizing it.
Harry shot up from his desk.
"Mr. Potter… what is wrong with you?" The voice of Professor Phoenix rang loudly in his head.
"It's happening again!" Harry says louder than he meant to. "3 men follow one into an alley… most likely the one will be reported missing tomorrow…"
"Come with me. Malfoy, watch this class…. No…. Class dismissed but keep it down in the halls. Drake, go get Ginny." Alexander scribbles something on a slip of parchment. "Take this note. Ron, Hermione, Harry, Dumbledore still has the Dream Catcher… let's go."
The man heard the three finally and was attacked. He was hit in the head and gut and back. He turned and started to throw punches but only hit once before he felt a knee in his gut and he doubled up with pain. He then felt something large pound his back and he fell onto his face. He struggled to get to his feet but someone stomped on his head and all went black.
"Should we keep this one alive longer? Bait the Order?" A voice says.
"No he dies tonight! But we will have our fun until then if he refuses the offer." A cold voice says.
"I think he's trying to pretend he's asleep!" Another voice says.
"WAKE HIM UP!" The cold voice screams.
The man's eyes shot open and he stared at the three. One was wearing a blood red cloak and appeared to be the leader over the other 2.
"Welcome back to the land of the living. You may know me as Abbadon, the destroyer." Anubis says. "You have a choice. You can die tonight… and be tortured all day. Or you will join us and spy on the Order. Your choice."
"Then I will be dead." He says.
"Wrong choice, Amos Diggory, enjoy your dry mouth… you'll have no food or water! This is gonna be painful to you… you're weak… you'll break… I'll break you." Anubis spat at him. "Disidratisi Minimo!"
Amos felt his body seemingly dry out a little and his throat was painfully parched. His head spun and he saw six men instead of three. He scrunched his eyes shut and shook his head and his vision seemed normal again at least.
"I must go consult my book… 666 Tortures For The Man Who Won't Betray!" Anubis cackled a cold laugh and he and his two lackeys left.
It had been hours and Amos was starting to feel very sick. The three guys came back to taunt him.
"Our Master has changed our plans… you are to live until you break… you will break. You will seek death… you shall want to die… yet death will flee from you." Anubis laughs. Anubis has Dragon's Hide gloves on and holding a red chain. "Time to make the water deprived fellow sweat and try to scream."
"I… never scream for you…" Amos rasps.
"Of course not your throat is too dry." Anubis says and lifts the chain up. He brings it down on Amos' back as Amos suddenly was chained to the wall with his back facing out. Amos bit his lip as the scorching hot chain hit his back. It hit down on his back in more and more spots more and more times. He was sweating from the heat of the chain which was bad since he was so deprived of water.
"I see you're sweating." Anubis laughs. "And your body is so dry already. I'll bring you some 'water' later." Anubis hit Amos in the back of the head with the chain and Amos passed out.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, Drake, and Ginny had been in Dumbledore's office all day. It had soon become night and they were forced into Dumbledore's office's guest rooms. They knew something was going on but they had no idea what. They just knew it would end with something bad.
"This will make him change his mind…" Amos heard the voice of the fat one say.
"I'll not help you change my husband!" Amos knew that that was his wife.
"Honey…" He tried to say but his throat wouldn't work.
"Amos!" She says when she sees him and he just looks at her. "What've you done to him?!"
"He is under a dehydration spell. He cannot talk anymore… his throat is so dry it probably feels like knives as hot as the desert sands are jabbing his throat." Anubis says. "And now we will torture you until he gives in to becoming a spy for us."
"Don't do it!" She says.
"He can finally have some water. Because he will need to talk soon… I hope." Anubis produces a glass of water and hands it to Amos who gulps it all down. "Now you can spare your wife by agreeing."
He looks to his wife who shakes her head. "No."
"Then this will be her pain… CRUCIO DUPLICATUS!!" Anubis laughs as Mrs. Diggory starts to scream in horrible pain.
Mr. Diggory closes his eyes tight and tries to zone the screaming out.
"HAHAHAHAHA! MAXIMO KINZOKAMRA!" Anubis screams and Mrs. Diggory starts to thrash on the floor hurting her head and her wrist snapped from getting caught weird under her.
"Tell Cedric hello for me…" Amos says and Anubis takes that as his answer.
"Fine… your wife will die like the minister did." Anubis gives Amos another glass of water. "Drink that… Then I'll get to hear your anguish."
Amos stupidly takes it and drinks it up. He watches his wife though he feels drunk and heavy. "I love you."
"Ifilzi!" Anubis says and Mrs. Diggory floats up and lands on the silver spike screaming as Amos cries in pain.
"Oh… shit… what'd I drink?" Amos yells in pain. "No!"
"You'll be changed now! HAHAHA WE GOT YOU!" Anubis laughs and walks off leaving Mrs. Diggory's body for Amos to look out.
"They're gone Dumbledore!" Harry and the others hear a voice yell.
The door slams open. "He's gone Dumbledore!"
"Calm down, Alexander! Calm down, Minerva! Who is gone?" Dumbledore says.
"The Creevey brothers are gone!" Minerva shrieks and the group listening at the door pale.
"Falcore is missing." Alexander says.
The door creaks open and a Ministry Official walks in. "Sir, I was asked to come see you."
"Yes? What is it?" Dumbledore asks.
The Ministry Official looks grim. "Arthur Weasley has gone missing."
Ron paled and slid to the floor. His dad was missing? No that couldn't be right… his dad was too smart to get caught. He couldn't be gone? Maybe he was just… OH… it had to be wrong… it had to! Ron cries silently as Hermione settled down beside him and let him cry on her.
Ginny was in the same state with Drake holding her and telling her it would be alright. "They'll find him… The Order will save him… don't worry… You'll see."
Harry settled awkwardly between the two and felt horrible. Before he had known Sirius it was the Weasleys who had been his family. Mr. Weasley was like a father to Harry. They always had Harry over and helped him out… Oh what poor Mrs. Weasley must be going through…
"That isn't true is it?" Dumbledore asks.
"Yes it is… We have some details…" The Ministry Official starts.
"HUSH!" Alexander yells.
"I am to tell Mr. Dumbledore the…" The man starts again.
"HUSH NOW!" Alexander bellows radiating a power that is equal or greater than that which Dumbledore had shown upon bursting in on the fake Moody 3 years ago.
"NOW YOU SEE HERE…" The man yelled.
"NO! You listen! I deposited 2 Weasleys behind that door along with a Mr. Dragonheart, a Mr. Potter, and a Ms. Granger." Alexander snapped pointing at the guest room door. "I have yet to remove them! If they find out about any 'details' like that I will have to hunt you down and make sure your job leaves from you."
"Well I have my orders!" The man says and starts to talk again but falls to the ground with his lips melted together.
"I'll fix you later… Come out you five!" Alexander says.
The five came out of the room and sat down on the couch or chairs.
"So it's really, really true?" Ron asks.
The Ministry official was trying to find a hole in the melt to tear it apart.
"I think it is. Ron, Ginny, I'm so sorry you had to find out like that." Dumbledore says.
"Better than it being sugarcoated…" Ron says in a half snarl.
The Ministry Official had tore his mouth open and screams in pain. "You're under arrest."
"I have a pardon signed by the late minister that is valid until the end of his term even if he is dead… even if it is null and voided you will never see me in jail." Alexander says. "Do not ask why or I will have to be dead and I have a family I have to stay with."
"Fine… well the best we can figure Mr. Weasley was taken from his office in a huge struggle. We found traces of Stupefy and Imperius and a weird spell that makes shackles… We are doing our best to figure out where they Apparated to with him and rest assured we will find your father." The Ministry Official says.
"You'd better." Ron glares at him.
"So the collar is in place… and you took his chords out on the needle?" Anubis asks.
"Of course. I'm not incompetent." McNair says.
"Sure…" Anubis smirks.
"Come on." McNair snaps.
"Ok… time to let the bird flee." Anubis laughs.
"Hello there Amos. You have a nice collar on." Anubis says and Amos snarls at him.
McNair slaps Amos. "I wouldn't disrespect us if I were you."
"Listen to the oaf because if you don't respect us and our master blades will make sure to join together at the center of your neck." Anubis says. "You can not talk either you will just watch and spy for us or else…" Amos looks defeated. "You are free though. Go and live the life we told you to or else… Goodbye."
Amos was knocked out and woke up a few hours later in the alley he'd been abducted in and decided to Apparate to his big empty home.
It was the middle of October now and everyone was glad Amos was back but there was no word on Arthur Weasley. Hogwarts had been attacked or breached at least five times. There had been no casualties but a few students had disappeared.
Alexander was returning from Hogsmeade with a gift for the kids. He was in the corridor leading to the dungeons when he smelled something in the air and sensed danger. He felt a faint rumble and saw small particles of dust falling to the ground from high up. He saw students in the corridor and the rumbling felt harder. Alexander dropped to the floor with his package under him. "EVERYBODY GET DOWN!"
The students mainly just laughed but suddenly 5 explosions tore through the corridor and sent students flying and suddenly the world went dark as the corridor crumbled around and on top of Alexander.
Ron jumped back away from all the falling debris. He saw it pinning students and Professor Phoenix. The floor sunk through to somewhere else and Ron yelled at people on the other side of the hole to run and get the Professors. Ron leaped into the hole and started to pick debris off of people and get anyone relatively unharmed to help him out.
Students heard the explosions and started to freak out. Students came running from that direction screaming for professors. Harry, Hermione, and Ginny (Drake had disappeared), remembered Ron was down that way and ran towards it through the stampede.
Ron was moving fast and saving students but he was getting exhausted. He was working towards where he'd seen Professor Phoenix but it was far away. Ron panted heavily as he moved more rubble and just as he uncovered a familiar head of blonde hair he collapsed from exhaustion.
Drake woke groggily and saw a collapsed Ron not far from him put he was pinned down and couldn't move. "Ron! Wake up!" Drake wiggles and moves until he's free but he falls due to a broken leg and stares up at the solid ground wondering who all is under the rubble and feeling helpless.
Alexander woke in the pocket shield he'd made and felt his purchase wiggling under him so he pulled it up from under him into some space in the shield beside him. "Hello little Buddy." The puppy, a Crup (that, however, looked like a Weimaraner rather than a Jack Russell Terrier), licked his face and wagged its forked tail. Alexander groaned and grabbed his back. The puppy tried to lick his hands. "No, Buddy. Just stay still or you'll break the shield spell and we'll be in big trouble." The puppy whined an ok and Alexander petted him. "Good boy." Alexander fell unconscious again and Buddy snuggled up to him.
Alexander sensed that it was getting later and later into the day and he wondered what was happening. He feels his neck and grabs his amulet.
{Good I've got it.} Alexander thinks. {ROSALYN! Are you awake? Are you anywhere near this chaos? Are you in this chaos?
{Alexander?} Rosalyn asks.
{It is me.} Alexander thinks back. {Where are you?}
{I'm in our room no one will let me near the accident. Where are you?} Rosalyn asks.
{I'm in a pocket shield under the rubble with a Crup I bought for the kids.} Alexander says. {Air is bad under the shield but If I drop it… it could cause a reaction that will kill more people aside from hurting me and Buddy… that's the Crup's name.}
{Alexander! Get out from there!} Rosalyn yells.
{Shh… I… hear people.} Alexander says. {Talk with you soon}
"HELP!" Alexander yells. "I'm under HERE!" Buddy started to bark and howl but Alexander asked him to hush.
The rubble shifts around above him and as parts become cleared he slowly pulls the shield apart and relishes in the cool fresh air. He reaches up but a horrible pain in his back causes him to faint and the shield seems to flicker but suddenly he is floated up and the Crup is too.
Ron woke up in the hospital and wondered what had happened. He looked around and saw beds full of people and remembered the sound of explosions and the collapsing walls… He remembered collapsing after finding Drake. "Madam… How long has it been?"
"7 hours. There are a lot of losses." Madam Pomphrey says.
Ron sighed. "I don't need a bed. I'm a werewolf… I'm strong I'll do better helping…" Ron hops out of the bed and walks off "Goodbye."
Falcore saw a deep gash in Alexander's back and a small trickle of blood from the back of his head and the backs of his hands were scratched up pretty bad. He checked the Crup over and found nothing wrong. "We have to get him to Pomphrey right away. Can you all handle this?"
"We've got everything under control… get him out of here." Dumbledore says.
"Thank you." Falcore runs levitating Alexander behind him with the little Crup following at full speed.