LMFA! I got the funniest review for this: "YOu should stick only with the Harry Potter characters and not bring in outside characters and please redo your plot and what's with the mystery people?
Outside of hogwarts is boring.
This would have promise and you should check over with a beta reader if possible.
I also noticed that some of the plot is taken from the movie In love and war, well it doesn't work very well in a Harry Potter fic and you should stick with the premise of Hogwarts and the characters."



Oh, but I just have to address this! One: All characters herein *are* in the Harry Potter books. I just don't use their names. Redo my plot? Why? What's wrong with it, that I should redo?



I never state where any of this is taking place. It very well could be taking place in Hogwarts. Some of it did, obviously, since flashbacks happen there.



This would have promise if what? I think you missed a sentence. And it *has* been checked by a beta. ::waves to her slash beta::



There's a movie? ::Looks around blinking:: That involves a war against an evil wizard, and two spies? Oh, and let's not forget a boarding school, and magic! Awesome, I want to see it! But honestly, I've never seen a movie by that name, and if there are any similarities, would someone point them out to me?



Er...I rather thought that the war against Voldemort, Quidditch, spells, wands, invisibility cloaks, potions, Harry Potter Characters, places and ideas *was* the premise. Oh my, guess I'm a real idiot then. :-) Of course, when the review itself is full of errors, I'm not going to take it too seriously.







In Love and War

V



We're not alone. I can hear them, above us. There's maybe...two. I look at him, and I swallow nervously. Okay, so something's gone wrong. Horribly, horribly wrong. I used a charm, to enhance my hearing, just in case. And he says I'm not careful...



"I don't suppose..." He says, quietly. "That they're simply working late?"



"I doubt it." I shake my head. It's after midnight. The only explanation is the worst one, and we both know it. He's got his wand out now, and my fist is closed tight over mine.



"Do they know we're hear?"



"I don't know!" Like I can read minds? He's the one with that sort of talent!



"We have to keep going." He says, and there's this weird light in his eyes that I've never seen before. No, I have. That night in the dorm room. That night when he came in late, and he was shaking. He's scared. Which terrifies me, because he's never scared.



"We can't!" He can't be serious.



"He will kill us!" He insists. I don't know where this sudden obsession with us being expendable comes from.



"No, he won't. This is...for merlin's sake, there's probably Auror's right above our heads!" I hiss. He frowns, and glances at the ceiling above us.



"They're up there..."



"And we have to go there to get out!" I can't believe we're even having this argument! It's madness!



"We have to get those documents!" His voice is sort of high now. I don't like this. I'm afraid he's going to lose it.



"Just calm down." I tell him. "Look....I don't know if they're here because it's standard to guard the Ministry building with Aurors, or if they know we're here. But I'm guessing, since Mr. Perfect Spy didn't mention them...either he's more of a rat then we thought, or they're here because we're here."



"Then they are here because we are here." He says, running a hand over his face. "Pettigrew wouldn't try anything like this, not so soon."



"Okay." We're getting somewhere now. "So that means that they're going to be down here, soon. Abandon the plans. We need to save our hides. He'll understand."



"Yes..." He's finally seeing reason. "There must be another way out of here."



"Get out the map."



The footsteps are getting closer. Of course. Damn it! I left a trail of disarmed traps! They can follow them right to us!



"Hurry up!" I hiss, he looks up at me, almost flustered. I know I must sound in a panic, and I am. If we don't ac fast, we're going to die.



How can this have happened? Where did we screw up? Everything was *perfect*! Did I miss something? An alarm, a detection spell....I couldn't have, but that's all there is to it. I messed up, like he always tells me I'm going to do, and we're going to die for it. *He's* going to die for it.



"Yes...there's another way out, but it's a bit of a long shot..." He frowns.



"That's all we've got." I say.



"We'll never make it in time."



Fear is really setting in now. We're stuck. We were supposed to have those cloaks. He promised us cloaks. Okay, that's hysteria setting in. I need to get a grip. We're not dead yet. We can still walk out of this, if we're careful. Well, one of us can.



"How far is it?" I ask. Footsteps on the stairs. Holy fuck, they're on the stairs.



"I...I don't know exactly. It's here!" He jabs his finger at the map. "And we're here!"



Oh. Yes. That is a rather long ways away. He's right. With them after us, and me having to stop to break every thing in our way...



"All right." My mind's working damn fast now. I study the map. "There's nothing major between us and it. A few little things, but nothing that will kill us if we trip them..."



"It does not matter!" He exclaims. "We cannot make it!"



"You can."



He looks at me, uncomprehending.



"Pardon?" He's so calm, in that instance.



"Go." I tell him. It's the only way, really. And who knows, I'm good with a curse. I can probably kill them. I mean, we're trained for this sort of thing. I'll be fine.



"Are you mad?" He's looking at me like I am.



"No. I'll be fine. Look...even if they get me, they're not going to kill me immediately. They'll want to question me. In that time, I expect a full fledged rescue mission."



"This is suicide." He states flatly.



"Did you just hear me?" They're on our floor. "Look...we don't have time! Go!" I have to shove him, and he's like iron under my hands. He stumbles a bit, and he's still just staring at me like I'm a moron.



"I...I am not going to simply leave you..."



"Yes. You are." We just don't have the time for this! "I'll be fine, you know it. I save your arse now, you save my arse later!"



He's thinking it over, I can see it in his eyes. He's really torn. It's touching, but it's stupid. We're Slytherins...despite the fact that what I'm doing is highly Gryffindor.



"Come on..." I urge. "Remember last night, you asked me if I ever wanted to be like them? Well here's my chance."



"I will come back for you."



"I know." Of course he will! I'll kill him if he doesn't. I'm doing the noble thing for once, so can he. All of this has been for him. I don't serve any Lord, I serve my own heart. And my heart follows him.



"And *this* will certainly be in the history books."



"I know, I know. Now just get out of here!" They're almost on us. He has to get out now. If he goes now, if they don't see him, they never have to know he was here. I won't tell them. They can flay me alive, and his name would never escape my lips.



"I love you."



"Oh, *now* you get all sentimental! Horrid time. I love you too. Go!"



He finally listens. He nods, and he turns and heads down towards the other exit. I take up a defensive stance. If I hide, they could still get him. I'll die before that happens. I've lived my life for him, I'm not going to stop now. It doesn't matter what happens. I know he'll come for me. He'll get a fucking army together and come for me if he has to. Because we can be just like them, when we want to be.



We're all the same, really. They never got that, not one of them, back in school. Houses, rank, all of that doesn't matter. For merlin's sake look at our precious spy? Pettigrew was one of them. And now he's one of us. He's a black hearted, whiny little thing. He's like this puppy who'll lick the hand of any master who treats him well. We're ten times what he is.



He betrayed his friends. He's playing the game, he's serving the Dark Lord. He's a turncoat of the worst kind. I could never do that. To be loyal and devoted for so long, and then turn when things got bad. If I did, I wouldn't be here now.



They won't kill me. They'll want to question me. That's what they do. I'm gonna be fine. It's just another little hitch, is all...



They're here. This is it.



I'm just glad he knows I love him.



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