Where Do We Go From Here?
Chapter 2
Disclaimer: Not my characters. Don't sue.
Author's Notes: Chocolate candy bars to anyone who can tell me where I filched the story title from. Please tell me what you want to see happen. This will be an ongoing, develop the plot as I write, fan fiction. So if you have something you want to see happen, let me know. I can probably work it in. Also, isn't there a site I can go to for looking up Harry Potter stuff to make sure I spell it right (like the spells.)? I can't haul the five books to work daily for referance.
Albus Dumbledore had searched the Owlery, Astronomy Tower and Gryffindor Dormitory without luck. The castle had only been able to tell him that Harry was still within the walls. A spell was keeping Hogwarts from locating precisely where. Albus headed towards the Dungeons, hoping Severus was having better luck. Some nagging sense told Albus that was where Harry was anyway.
Snape followed Draco through many twisting corridors before the Slytherin student stopped and opened a door. Draco pulled his wand out as he entered the room.
"Exparamentus!" Severus said in his most deadly voice. Malfoy's wand flew into his hand. "Pertifico Totalis." Malfoy fell onto the ground in a total body bind. "Luminos."
The room looked as if it was an ancient chamber of horrors. Medieval torture devices were everywhere. Fresh blood could be seen on some of them.
Severus got one good look at the body chained to the wall before he heard robes rustling behind him. He turned, a defensive shield already half built, to see Albus.
"Don't," Severus said, moving to block the older wizard's view.
"Child" Albus began.
"No!" Severus interrupted forcefully. "Take Mr Malfoy. Go. I will bring Potter up to the Hospital Wing through the secret passage."
"Severus, let me pass."
"I would not have you hate one of your students. No matter what we have done, you always forgave and loved. You do not even hate the Dark Lord. I think you would hate Mr Malfoy if you went in there. Please, go, Ada."
Ada. That endearment was the trump card. Severus had adopted it from JRR Tolkien's writings that he had read long ago. It was what he used to convey all that Dumbledore meant to him.
"Wingardin Leviosa." Albus levitated Malfoy and headed out of the Dungeons. Severus turned and went back into the room he dubbed the Chamber of Terror.
Harry was chained to the wall. It was obvious Draco had taken out all his anger on the Boy Who Lived. Severus noted Harry's broken wand on the floor at the boy's feet. Releasing the locks on the manacles, Severus caught Harry and swept the boy up into his arms. Severus was surprised at how light the boy was. He tried to ignore the feel of broken bones grating together under his hands.
Harry moaned, and his eyes opened for a brief second. Then, he was unconscious again. In that one brief moment, Severus was for certain what the vast amounts of blood drying on Harry's face had made him suspect. Draco Malfoy had put out the boy's eyes.
Disclaimer: Not my characters. Don't sue.
Author's Notes: Chocolate candy bars to anyone who can tell me where I filched the story title from. Please tell me what you want to see happen. This will be an ongoing, develop the plot as I write, fan fiction. So if you have something you want to see happen, let me know. I can probably work it in. Also, isn't there a site I can go to for looking up Harry Potter stuff to make sure I spell it right (like the spells.)? I can't haul the five books to work daily for referance.
Albus Dumbledore had searched the Owlery, Astronomy Tower and Gryffindor Dormitory without luck. The castle had only been able to tell him that Harry was still within the walls. A spell was keeping Hogwarts from locating precisely where. Albus headed towards the Dungeons, hoping Severus was having better luck. Some nagging sense told Albus that was where Harry was anyway.
Snape followed Draco through many twisting corridors before the Slytherin student stopped and opened a door. Draco pulled his wand out as he entered the room.
"Exparamentus!" Severus said in his most deadly voice. Malfoy's wand flew into his hand. "Pertifico Totalis." Malfoy fell onto the ground in a total body bind. "Luminos."
The room looked as if it was an ancient chamber of horrors. Medieval torture devices were everywhere. Fresh blood could be seen on some of them.
Severus got one good look at the body chained to the wall before he heard robes rustling behind him. He turned, a defensive shield already half built, to see Albus.
"Don't," Severus said, moving to block the older wizard's view.
"Child" Albus began.
"No!" Severus interrupted forcefully. "Take Mr Malfoy. Go. I will bring Potter up to the Hospital Wing through the secret passage."
"Severus, let me pass."
"I would not have you hate one of your students. No matter what we have done, you always forgave and loved. You do not even hate the Dark Lord. I think you would hate Mr Malfoy if you went in there. Please, go, Ada."
Ada. That endearment was the trump card. Severus had adopted it from JRR Tolkien's writings that he had read long ago. It was what he used to convey all that Dumbledore meant to him.
"Wingardin Leviosa." Albus levitated Malfoy and headed out of the Dungeons. Severus turned and went back into the room he dubbed the Chamber of Terror.
Harry was chained to the wall. It was obvious Draco had taken out all his anger on the Boy Who Lived. Severus noted Harry's broken wand on the floor at the boy's feet. Releasing the locks on the manacles, Severus caught Harry and swept the boy up into his arms. Severus was surprised at how light the boy was. He tried to ignore the feel of broken bones grating together under his hands.
Harry moaned, and his eyes opened for a brief second. Then, he was unconscious again. In that one brief moment, Severus was for certain what the vast amounts of blood drying on Harry's face had made him suspect. Draco Malfoy had put out the boy's eyes.