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I was ready to post this chapter yesterday but a reviewer commented on some mistakes I've made and I decided to sleep on it and check today to make sure that most, if not all the mistakes were caught from this chapter. I have read back on some previous chapters and I literally shutter at some blatantly obvious mistakes that I have let come through here, I am so sorry and I'm glad that you have been able to look past them and continue on reading. I'll try to make more of an effort to correct my work before posting, which also means that it may take a bit longer to post. Next week I'm back to school, so I'll hopefully be able to get another chapter out before that happens. But again, I'm really sorry...
A Different Life
Chapter 37 - They Escaped?
Harry and Draco ducked and jumped to the side as the snake, Nagini attacked, both just missing her poisonous bite by inches.
They had both jumped to opposite sides and they were both crawling backwards, not taking their eyes off the snake, wondering who she would attack first.
Harry pointed his wand at Voldemort's snake and quickly tried to think of a spell or curse that would be suitable to get rid of the snake.
Nagini seemed to take more interest in Harry and instead choose to ignore Draco, sliding its way towards Harry.
"I will kill you and my masssster will be mosssst pleasssed." The snake hissed and was now only a meter away from a very scared looking Harry.
Draco, while still shaking, stood up behind Nagini. Trying not to attract attention to himself, he pulled his wand up and tried to do some quick thinking as to what he could do to kill the snake before him.
"Pleasssse don't hurt me, pleassssse." Harry hissed, not really hearing himself, feeling panicked and hoping that Draco would think of a spell quickly, instead he saw Draco look at him in shock and drop his wand.
Nagini too seemed to pause in shock.
"You too sssspeak our tongue... interessssting." Nagini started to come closer to Harry again, stopping only inches away and bringing its head so it was level with Harry.
Harry looked behind Nagini and at Draco and saw that he still hadn't moved from where he was and his wand still laid on the ground in front of him.
"Draco!" Harry yelled.
Draco seemed to snap back to reality and quickly bent down and picked up his wand. He pointed it at the snake and yelled a curse that Harry recognized as the Conjunctivitis Curse. It affected the eyes and vision.
Nagini hissed and turned around to where Draco was, but unable to see him.
Harry quickly got up and stepped as far away from the snake as he could, not noticing his chain had fallen off and now lay on the ground.
Suddenly Nagini was lunging everywhere, hoping to get one of them. Harry pointed his wand at the snake and remembered reading about a curse in a book. He had never tried it before but he gave it a go anyway.
"Impedimenta"
Nagini stopped mid-lunge and it looked like she was frozen.
***
Severus and Remus were sitting outside in the hallway waiting for Dumbledore to come back out; he had entered a room moments before and was yet to be seen again.
After another few agonizing moments Dumbledore stuck his head out the door and motioned Severus and Remus into the room.
They quietly entered and found the room empty.
"Well?" Severus asked expectantly.
"Cornelius has allowed you both to be present with the questioning of the next wizard that was caught, but you are not to make a noise or a peep. One disturbance and you will be kicked out." Dumbledore said seriously.
"Who is it Albus?"
"Peter Pettigrew."
Remus took a sharp intake of breath and looked cautiously at the door that led to the next room, the interrogation room.
"You have my word Albus." Severus spoke up.
"And mine." Remus said.
"Good, follow me."
***
"Do you think we should have just left it there?" Harry asked, unconsciously looking behind him to check to make sure the snake hadn't somehow gotten free and followed them.
"I doubt it is going anywhere anytime soon Harry."
Harry still felt nervous about Nagini, even if she couldn't see or at that moment, move, it was only a matter of time before someone undid the curses they cast. What if she came back? What if it were while they were sleeping, so they wouldn't even see it happen, they wouldn't be able to defend themselves. Harry shuddered.
"Why did you hiss at it? It sounded like you were talking to it." Draco nervously laughed.
"What do you mean hiss? I wasn't hissing."
"Yes you were."
"Don't be stupid Draco, I can't talk to snakes."
"Of course you can't, if you could then you would have been able to understand it too."
Harry opened his mouth and then closed it again. But he had understood it. Did that mean he was a Parselmouth?
***
"Name?"
"P-Peter Pe-Pettigrew."
Severus listened only half interested as the usual questions were asked. He had already been through it all before. But he only wanted to know one thing, and that was what happened to Harry and where he was now.
Dumbledore too seemed interested in only that and he leaned over to Fudge who was also in the room and whispered something in his ear.
Fudge finally nodded and spoke quietly with the Auror who was asking the questions. Pettigrew seemed to get more nervous waiting for what they would ask.
"Mr. Pettigrew, what can you tell me about the whereabouts of Mr. Harry Potter?" The Auror asked, his voice not giving away any emotion.
"I-I don't- don't know what you're- you're talking about."
"May I remind you Mr. Pettigrew that you are currently under oath and failure to tell the truth will result in the need for a truth potion to be taken."
Pettigrew's eye's widened. "I-I don't know where P-Potter is, I swear."
Severus was about to snap something at him in anger when a firm hand placed itself over his mouth. He slapped it away and glared at the person who it belonged to, which happened to be Remus, but he wasn't looking at Severus to see it. He was paying his pull attention to Pettigrew, he must have known Severus would have spoken because he didn't look like he had taken his eyes off Pettigrew since they had walked in.
"When was the last time you saw Mr. Potter?"
Pettigrew remained quiet and the Auror sighed.
"Bill, go fetch some Veritaserum." The Auror looked at the person guarding the door.
"No- I'll tell you." Pettigrew was obviously aware that the potion had some nasty side affects. "R-right before-" Pettigrew gulped. "Right before you came."
"Where did he go?"
"You-you-know-who sent him to his-his cell"
"And then what happened to him?"
"I don't know- he-he escaped."
"Escaped?"
"Yes- when we went back to re- retrieve him he was gone."
"How did he escape?"
"We think Dra- Draco Malfoy helped him..."
"Is Draco Malfoy with Harry Potter now?"
"They were both gone."
"Where did they go?"
"I already told you- I don't know."
"So you-know-who no longer has Harry Potter or Draco Malfoy in his custody?"
"N-no."
"Do you have any idea where they both could be?"
Pettigrew remained silent but something in his posture said he knew something.
"Cooperation now could help you later on..." The Auror said, trying to get him to talk.
Pettigrew looked up and at the Auror, and then his eyes traveled to Severus and finally landed on Remus where they remained for quite sometime, but as soon as he started to speak he looked at the ground.
"We think that they- they went into the forest. You-know-who already has- has people out searching for them."
"Was either of them hurt?"
"Draco wasn't I believe-"
"What about Harry?" Severus growled out, receiving a glare from both the Auror and Fudge.
"He was- he was injured, but not badly."
"What was done to him?" The Auror asked before Severus could say anything else.
Pettigrew was visibly shaking. He had started to get more confident but it seemed that whatever had helped cause that was failing.
"He was- he had the Cruciatus placed on him- but that was it." Pettigrew left out the fact that Harry had been kicked, hit over the head a number of times and had a dagger stabbed into his arm.
Dumbledore whispered something else to Fudge and he nodded.
"Severus, Remus." Dumbledore walked out and the last question they heard was "What happened Halloween night in 1981?"
Remus looked like he wanted to stay to hear his answer but he followed them both out, knowing he would eventually find out what Pettigrew said later on.
"Albus, we have to find them." Severus said urgently after Dumbledore had closed the door to the interrogation room.
"Yes I know Severus. I will allow you both to help search, but Aurors and other wizards will be present. They will have survival packs there for you to take, with the necessaries to remain alive and warm out there. Also make sure you have your wands handy, there is no doubt that Death Eaters will be hanging around, looking for Harry and Draco as well. And do be careful."
"Yes Headmaster." They both echoed, sounding very much like school boys.
"Good. And I want you to take this." He handed a small box to Severus.
"What is it?"
"Inside this small box is an emergency Portkey. If you find yourselves in any trouble or if you find Harry and Draco, touch the portkey inside and it will transport you to Hogwarts immediately. If my calculations are correct, you should land just outside the front doors of the castle."
"Thank you Albus."
"Quite alright, now off with you." Dumbledore
***
"Hey Harry, what's that?" Draco shouted and pointed up ahead.
Harry had to narrow his eyes to see what Draco was pointing at as it was getting harder to distinguish things, and the rain was coming down heavily. "I'm not sure, should we go check it out?" Harry yelled back, trying to be heard over the loud gusty wind.
Draco nodded and they set off towards the object. Getting closer they realized that the 'object' was actually a house of some sort. A small house, but a house all the same. It looked like it had withstood a tornado.
They cautiously walked up to it and Harry peaked through a window to find it empty of any signs of life.
They walked around until they came to a door, which they unlocked using their wands.
Stepping inside they shuddered. The change from not having the wind and rain whip at their faces was a welcome relief, but it was still cold inside the house. They each muttered drying spells on themselves and smiled at the warmth they felt at not having to wear wet clothes.
Draco saw a fireplace and immediately ran over to it, he started to chuck some wood that was stacked beside it into the fireplace but Harry quickly stopped him from lighting it.
"You can't Draco."
"Why not?" Draco snapped, feeling cold, hungry and very grumpy.
"It's a wood fire." Harry pointed out logically, looking around to see if there was anything useful around the place they could use.
"So?"
"So that means if you were to light it, smoke would come out of the chimney."
"And that's bad because..."
"Because it would direct people to us, namely Death Eaters."
Draco sighed but put his wand away.
"Hey look, food." Harry said as he opened the fridge.
"Is it fresh?"
Harry bent down and looked at it, finally smelling it. "It seems so, which means someone has been here recently."
Both Harry and Draco looked towards the door as if they were expecting someone to walk through it that very moment.
Finally Harry drew his eyes away and back to the fridge, feeling his stomach grumble. "We can't stay here."
Draco's sigh told him he had realized that too.
"Draco, search the place, see if there is anything worth taking, blankets and that type of thing. I'll take whatever food we can."
Draco started searching and slowly he began to accumulate a few useful items.
After quick movement and grabbing from the both of them they were ready to leave again.
"Ready?" Draco asked, receiving a short nod as his answer.
They walked back out into the storm and could see it was almost night time. The darkness was already settling among them.
They quickly found a suitable place to sleep and shielded it so the rain wouldn't be able to get in.
They sat in silence as Harry distributed some food. All he had gotten from the house was some biscuits and he had been able to get some water in a bottle. Any of the other food wouldn't have lasted long out in the weather and Harry didn't know a spell that would have kept it.
Once they had eaten some food and gulped down some of the water they settled onto the ground, getting ready for another restless sleep. Harry looked at his watch that had stayed with him and felt a pang in his heart. This was the watch his father had given to him.
"Harry, have you even been sleeping?" Draco asked, shifting to get in a more comfortable position.
Harry hesitated. "A bit."
"I know you don't want to see him again, and I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like to see... well, you know. But maybe in the situation that we are in, it would be best to know what he is planning, perhaps he might say something about us?" Draco said, referring to Voldemort.
Harry looked thoughtful. "I hadn't thought of it that way."
"Of course you hadn't, that's why I'm here."
"So that is why I let you tag along, I knew there must be some reason..."
Draco stuck his tongue out at Harry and Harry smirked in return.
They settled back into silence and it wasn't long before Draco was fast asleep. Harry took the blankets that Draco had taken from the house and he placed it over Draco and himself as he settled down next to him, lying on his side. He had gotten used to laying on his right side now, since lying on his back took up more room, which he often couldn't as they never had room to spare, and his left arm was still sore from when Pettigrew had stabbed him. The bleeding had stopped but it looked awful. Harry had wrapped it up and hoped it wouldn't get infected. That was definitely the last thing they needed right now.
He muttered 'Nox' and the light from his wand went out and he took his watch off, holding it in front of him, he could just see its outline in the dark.
He felt tears flow down his cheeks as he thought about his father. Asking himself why did he have to die?
***
Severus and Remus were discussing where they should start from. Looking out at everyone they could see that all the Aurors were missing a large part of the forest as they walked through it.
Severus walked up to the closest Auror, who wasn't actually too far from him and asked him why there wasn't anyone searching in that area.
"Because that doesn't lead to anything, at the edge of that end of the forest is just water, they would have to back track to get anywhere."
"What has that got to do with anything?" Severus snapped, he had been increasingly more snappish since Harry had gone missing.
"If you were trying to escape, you wouldn't run into a dead end."
"You forget that we are talking about two eleven year olds. They wouldn't have a clue where they were going."
"Look, if you want to go search there, then fine. Go." The Auror snapped back, pulling his robes around him tighter.
Severus looked over to Remus and he seemed to be sniffing the air around the area.
"Severus, I definitely spell something down here, whether it is them or not I can't be sure. But I can sense something-"
The Auror snorted and looked at Remus with disgust.
"I think we shall look this way." Severus growled out to the Auror and then stalked away without turning back, Remus rushing to catch up.
"This could be a long trip; they are at least two days in front of us." Remus said as he walked next to Severus, having caught up.
"That's if they haven't collapsed somewhere from hunger or the cold."
"If Harry and Draco can survive Voldemort, then they can survive this forest." Remus said confidently.
"Let's hope so..." Severus replied as he began walking into the forest.
I was ready to post this chapter yesterday but a reviewer commented on some mistakes I've made and I decided to sleep on it and check today to make sure that most, if not all the mistakes were caught from this chapter. I have read back on some previous chapters and I literally shutter at some blatantly obvious mistakes that I have let come through here, I am so sorry and I'm glad that you have been able to look past them and continue on reading. I'll try to make more of an effort to correct my work before posting, which also means that it may take a bit longer to post. Next week I'm back to school, so I'll hopefully be able to get another chapter out before that happens. But again, I'm really sorry...
A Different Life
Chapter 37 - They Escaped?
Harry and Draco ducked and jumped to the side as the snake, Nagini attacked, both just missing her poisonous bite by inches.
They had both jumped to opposite sides and they were both crawling backwards, not taking their eyes off the snake, wondering who she would attack first.
Harry pointed his wand at Voldemort's snake and quickly tried to think of a spell or curse that would be suitable to get rid of the snake.
Nagini seemed to take more interest in Harry and instead choose to ignore Draco, sliding its way towards Harry.
"I will kill you and my masssster will be mosssst pleasssed." The snake hissed and was now only a meter away from a very scared looking Harry.
Draco, while still shaking, stood up behind Nagini. Trying not to attract attention to himself, he pulled his wand up and tried to do some quick thinking as to what he could do to kill the snake before him.
"Pleasssse don't hurt me, pleassssse." Harry hissed, not really hearing himself, feeling panicked and hoping that Draco would think of a spell quickly, instead he saw Draco look at him in shock and drop his wand.
Nagini too seemed to pause in shock.
"You too sssspeak our tongue... interessssting." Nagini started to come closer to Harry again, stopping only inches away and bringing its head so it was level with Harry.
Harry looked behind Nagini and at Draco and saw that he still hadn't moved from where he was and his wand still laid on the ground in front of him.
"Draco!" Harry yelled.
Draco seemed to snap back to reality and quickly bent down and picked up his wand. He pointed it at the snake and yelled a curse that Harry recognized as the Conjunctivitis Curse. It affected the eyes and vision.
Nagini hissed and turned around to where Draco was, but unable to see him.
Harry quickly got up and stepped as far away from the snake as he could, not noticing his chain had fallen off and now lay on the ground.
Suddenly Nagini was lunging everywhere, hoping to get one of them. Harry pointed his wand at the snake and remembered reading about a curse in a book. He had never tried it before but he gave it a go anyway.
"Impedimenta"
Nagini stopped mid-lunge and it looked like she was frozen.
***
Severus and Remus were sitting outside in the hallway waiting for Dumbledore to come back out; he had entered a room moments before and was yet to be seen again.
After another few agonizing moments Dumbledore stuck his head out the door and motioned Severus and Remus into the room.
They quietly entered and found the room empty.
"Well?" Severus asked expectantly.
"Cornelius has allowed you both to be present with the questioning of the next wizard that was caught, but you are not to make a noise or a peep. One disturbance and you will be kicked out." Dumbledore said seriously.
"Who is it Albus?"
"Peter Pettigrew."
Remus took a sharp intake of breath and looked cautiously at the door that led to the next room, the interrogation room.
"You have my word Albus." Severus spoke up.
"And mine." Remus said.
"Good, follow me."
***
"Do you think we should have just left it there?" Harry asked, unconsciously looking behind him to check to make sure the snake hadn't somehow gotten free and followed them.
"I doubt it is going anywhere anytime soon Harry."
Harry still felt nervous about Nagini, even if she couldn't see or at that moment, move, it was only a matter of time before someone undid the curses they cast. What if she came back? What if it were while they were sleeping, so they wouldn't even see it happen, they wouldn't be able to defend themselves. Harry shuddered.
"Why did you hiss at it? It sounded like you were talking to it." Draco nervously laughed.
"What do you mean hiss? I wasn't hissing."
"Yes you were."
"Don't be stupid Draco, I can't talk to snakes."
"Of course you can't, if you could then you would have been able to understand it too."
Harry opened his mouth and then closed it again. But he had understood it. Did that mean he was a Parselmouth?
***
"Name?"
"P-Peter Pe-Pettigrew."
Severus listened only half interested as the usual questions were asked. He had already been through it all before. But he only wanted to know one thing, and that was what happened to Harry and where he was now.
Dumbledore too seemed interested in only that and he leaned over to Fudge who was also in the room and whispered something in his ear.
Fudge finally nodded and spoke quietly with the Auror who was asking the questions. Pettigrew seemed to get more nervous waiting for what they would ask.
"Mr. Pettigrew, what can you tell me about the whereabouts of Mr. Harry Potter?" The Auror asked, his voice not giving away any emotion.
"I-I don't- don't know what you're- you're talking about."
"May I remind you Mr. Pettigrew that you are currently under oath and failure to tell the truth will result in the need for a truth potion to be taken."
Pettigrew's eye's widened. "I-I don't know where P-Potter is, I swear."
Severus was about to snap something at him in anger when a firm hand placed itself over his mouth. He slapped it away and glared at the person who it belonged to, which happened to be Remus, but he wasn't looking at Severus to see it. He was paying his pull attention to Pettigrew, he must have known Severus would have spoken because he didn't look like he had taken his eyes off Pettigrew since they had walked in.
"When was the last time you saw Mr. Potter?"
Pettigrew remained quiet and the Auror sighed.
"Bill, go fetch some Veritaserum." The Auror looked at the person guarding the door.
"No- I'll tell you." Pettigrew was obviously aware that the potion had some nasty side affects. "R-right before-" Pettigrew gulped. "Right before you came."
"Where did he go?"
"You-you-know-who sent him to his-his cell"
"And then what happened to him?"
"I don't know- he-he escaped."
"Escaped?"
"Yes- when we went back to re- retrieve him he was gone."
"How did he escape?"
"We think Dra- Draco Malfoy helped him..."
"Is Draco Malfoy with Harry Potter now?"
"They were both gone."
"Where did they go?"
"I already told you- I don't know."
"So you-know-who no longer has Harry Potter or Draco Malfoy in his custody?"
"N-no."
"Do you have any idea where they both could be?"
Pettigrew remained silent but something in his posture said he knew something.
"Cooperation now could help you later on..." The Auror said, trying to get him to talk.
Pettigrew looked up and at the Auror, and then his eyes traveled to Severus and finally landed on Remus where they remained for quite sometime, but as soon as he started to speak he looked at the ground.
"We think that they- they went into the forest. You-know-who already has- has people out searching for them."
"Was either of them hurt?"
"Draco wasn't I believe-"
"What about Harry?" Severus growled out, receiving a glare from both the Auror and Fudge.
"He was- he was injured, but not badly."
"What was done to him?" The Auror asked before Severus could say anything else.
Pettigrew was visibly shaking. He had started to get more confident but it seemed that whatever had helped cause that was failing.
"He was- he had the Cruciatus placed on him- but that was it." Pettigrew left out the fact that Harry had been kicked, hit over the head a number of times and had a dagger stabbed into his arm.
Dumbledore whispered something else to Fudge and he nodded.
"Severus, Remus." Dumbledore walked out and the last question they heard was "What happened Halloween night in 1981?"
Remus looked like he wanted to stay to hear his answer but he followed them both out, knowing he would eventually find out what Pettigrew said later on.
"Albus, we have to find them." Severus said urgently after Dumbledore had closed the door to the interrogation room.
"Yes I know Severus. I will allow you both to help search, but Aurors and other wizards will be present. They will have survival packs there for you to take, with the necessaries to remain alive and warm out there. Also make sure you have your wands handy, there is no doubt that Death Eaters will be hanging around, looking for Harry and Draco as well. And do be careful."
"Yes Headmaster." They both echoed, sounding very much like school boys.
"Good. And I want you to take this." He handed a small box to Severus.
"What is it?"
"Inside this small box is an emergency Portkey. If you find yourselves in any trouble or if you find Harry and Draco, touch the portkey inside and it will transport you to Hogwarts immediately. If my calculations are correct, you should land just outside the front doors of the castle."
"Thank you Albus."
"Quite alright, now off with you." Dumbledore
***
"Hey Harry, what's that?" Draco shouted and pointed up ahead.
Harry had to narrow his eyes to see what Draco was pointing at as it was getting harder to distinguish things, and the rain was coming down heavily. "I'm not sure, should we go check it out?" Harry yelled back, trying to be heard over the loud gusty wind.
Draco nodded and they set off towards the object. Getting closer they realized that the 'object' was actually a house of some sort. A small house, but a house all the same. It looked like it had withstood a tornado.
They cautiously walked up to it and Harry peaked through a window to find it empty of any signs of life.
They walked around until they came to a door, which they unlocked using their wands.
Stepping inside they shuddered. The change from not having the wind and rain whip at their faces was a welcome relief, but it was still cold inside the house. They each muttered drying spells on themselves and smiled at the warmth they felt at not having to wear wet clothes.
Draco saw a fireplace and immediately ran over to it, he started to chuck some wood that was stacked beside it into the fireplace but Harry quickly stopped him from lighting it.
"You can't Draco."
"Why not?" Draco snapped, feeling cold, hungry and very grumpy.
"It's a wood fire." Harry pointed out logically, looking around to see if there was anything useful around the place they could use.
"So?"
"So that means if you were to light it, smoke would come out of the chimney."
"And that's bad because..."
"Because it would direct people to us, namely Death Eaters."
Draco sighed but put his wand away.
"Hey look, food." Harry said as he opened the fridge.
"Is it fresh?"
Harry bent down and looked at it, finally smelling it. "It seems so, which means someone has been here recently."
Both Harry and Draco looked towards the door as if they were expecting someone to walk through it that very moment.
Finally Harry drew his eyes away and back to the fridge, feeling his stomach grumble. "We can't stay here."
Draco's sigh told him he had realized that too.
"Draco, search the place, see if there is anything worth taking, blankets and that type of thing. I'll take whatever food we can."
Draco started searching and slowly he began to accumulate a few useful items.
After quick movement and grabbing from the both of them they were ready to leave again.
"Ready?" Draco asked, receiving a short nod as his answer.
They walked back out into the storm and could see it was almost night time. The darkness was already settling among them.
They quickly found a suitable place to sleep and shielded it so the rain wouldn't be able to get in.
They sat in silence as Harry distributed some food. All he had gotten from the house was some biscuits and he had been able to get some water in a bottle. Any of the other food wouldn't have lasted long out in the weather and Harry didn't know a spell that would have kept it.
Once they had eaten some food and gulped down some of the water they settled onto the ground, getting ready for another restless sleep. Harry looked at his watch that had stayed with him and felt a pang in his heart. This was the watch his father had given to him.
"Harry, have you even been sleeping?" Draco asked, shifting to get in a more comfortable position.
Harry hesitated. "A bit."
"I know you don't want to see him again, and I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like to see... well, you know. But maybe in the situation that we are in, it would be best to know what he is planning, perhaps he might say something about us?" Draco said, referring to Voldemort.
Harry looked thoughtful. "I hadn't thought of it that way."
"Of course you hadn't, that's why I'm here."
"So that is why I let you tag along, I knew there must be some reason..."
Draco stuck his tongue out at Harry and Harry smirked in return.
They settled back into silence and it wasn't long before Draco was fast asleep. Harry took the blankets that Draco had taken from the house and he placed it over Draco and himself as he settled down next to him, lying on his side. He had gotten used to laying on his right side now, since lying on his back took up more room, which he often couldn't as they never had room to spare, and his left arm was still sore from when Pettigrew had stabbed him. The bleeding had stopped but it looked awful. Harry had wrapped it up and hoped it wouldn't get infected. That was definitely the last thing they needed right now.
He muttered 'Nox' and the light from his wand went out and he took his watch off, holding it in front of him, he could just see its outline in the dark.
He felt tears flow down his cheeks as he thought about his father. Asking himself why did he have to die?
***
Severus and Remus were discussing where they should start from. Looking out at everyone they could see that all the Aurors were missing a large part of the forest as they walked through it.
Severus walked up to the closest Auror, who wasn't actually too far from him and asked him why there wasn't anyone searching in that area.
"Because that doesn't lead to anything, at the edge of that end of the forest is just water, they would have to back track to get anywhere."
"What has that got to do with anything?" Severus snapped, he had been increasingly more snappish since Harry had gone missing.
"If you were trying to escape, you wouldn't run into a dead end."
"You forget that we are talking about two eleven year olds. They wouldn't have a clue where they were going."
"Look, if you want to go search there, then fine. Go." The Auror snapped back, pulling his robes around him tighter.
Severus looked over to Remus and he seemed to be sniffing the air around the area.
"Severus, I definitely spell something down here, whether it is them or not I can't be sure. But I can sense something-"
The Auror snorted and looked at Remus with disgust.
"I think we shall look this way." Severus growled out to the Auror and then stalked away without turning back, Remus rushing to catch up.
"This could be a long trip; they are at least two days in front of us." Remus said as he walked next to Severus, having caught up.
"That's if they haven't collapsed somewhere from hunger or the cold."
"If Harry and Draco can survive Voldemort, then they can survive this forest." Remus said confidently.
"Let's hope so..." Severus replied as he began walking into the forest.