Chapter Three
They went to sleep that night curled up in a heap for warmth. Much to Snape's displeasure, he got stuck next to Lupin, who slept between him and Sirius to prevent one from trying to kill the other while sleeping. Sirius felt a little odd about sleeping near Sinistra, but Lupin finally convinced him to; Sirius finally decided that if Lupin gave her his cloak, it would be all right.
Sirius was the first to wake the next morning. He opened his eyes and saw Sinistra huddled up under Lupin's shabby cloak, shivering from the cold, but she still slept on. Turning over to wake Snape and Lupin, he only found the cell floor and Snape's cloak, since Lupin had Sinistra use his. He quickly tried to wake Sinistra.
"Alana, wake up!" Sinistra muttered incoherently and then moved closer to Sirius. "Alana, wake up!" Sirius yelled shaking her. She opened her eyelids and looked up at him.
"Hmmm?" she said sleepily. "Am I late for Breakfast?" He shook her again.
"Alana, Remus and Snape are gone!" he yelled. Sinistra, finally realizing where she was, suddenly shot up.
"But where could they have gone?" She said.
"I don't know!" Sirius replied, panicking.
Just then, they felt a cold presence fill them... Two dementors, along side two Death-Eaters, were carrying two figures by the collars along the dungeon passageway. One of the figures struggled and one of the Death-Eaters put a wand at its side. There was a loud zapping noise and the figure coward away moaning loudly and clutching its side in agony. They came to the cell and Sirius and Sinistra backed up into the corner of the cell as they felt a cold wash over them. The cell opened and Lupin and Snape were thrown in, one after the other. Snape withered on the floor in agony, clutching his side and moaning loudly. Lupin lay motionless on the floor until the guards had gone.
When Sirius went over to help them up, he gasped when he saw their faces. Lupin tried valiantly to get up, but fell, and lay on the floor breathing hard. Sirius held up his hand to Sinistra, "Stay back Alana, you don't need to see this..."
He sat down and tried in vain to conjure some bandages. Sinistra walked slowly over, and what she saw, when she caught sight of Lupin and Snape's faces made her grab the wall for for leverage, hand over her mouth.
They had been brutally tortured. Their faces were ripped and bleeding profusely and bruises covered most of their bodies. Their skin had been torn; They had been stabbed in the arms and the legs, shocked, and beaten. Sinistra fell to her knees next to Snape and ripped a piece off her robe to cover a bleeding gash on his head. He was moaning in pain, still clutching his side. She looked up at Sirius and said, "I don't think we can use magic in the cell! Oh Sirius, how are we supposed to help them?"
"They were worse on Severus." Lupin panted. "They said you two," he paused, "are next!" He stopped, out of breath. There was silence except for pants and cries and constant moaning.
"Why did they . . .?" Sirius asked.
"About Harry and Hogwarts..." Lupin gasped.
After Sinistra used pieces of robes to tie their bleeding wounds, the Death Eaters returned for her and Sirius.
"No!" screamed Sirius, trying in vain to get away from them. In return, he was grabed around the throat by a Death Eater. Snape and Lupin tried to shield Sinistra from them but Lupin was pummeled until he let her go and Snape was hurled hard against the wall. The Death Eaters began to drag them away.
"No! Let her go!" gasped Sirius, fighting desperately.
Lupin and Snape heard a shock, a woman scream, another shock, and a yelp, like a dog and the dungeon doors slamming shut. A few hours later, Lupin and Snape were trying to get Sirius and Sinistra's wounds to stop bleeding. Sinistra looked up at Lupin with determination in her eyes..
"We have to get out of here!"