Harry opened his eyes, and what greeted him, was something out of a serene nature picture. Vast green mountainous terrain as far as the eye could see. The young wizard gasped at the sheer beauty of the scene before him. Harry took a few seconds to take in the scenery around him before locking his jaw and focusing on nothing, but the rescue mission ahead. He had to get them back, he just had to, and he wasn't entirely sure how he was going to go on if he didn't. Harry looked down at his body or rather what had been his body, when he looked down it had taken on the texture and color of the environment around him. "The disillusionment charm I placed upon you has been heavily altered." The snowy haired mage said softly. He conjured a mirror and held it up so everyone could see what he was talking about. Harry gasped again, he remembered the last time this charm had been placed upon him, and only his body had disappeared. This time all of him, from head to toe, had become a human chameleon.
As they trekked up into the mountains, Mad Eye Moody charmed away their footprints in the mud and soft earthy terrain so as to not arouse any suspicious The Auror also got rid of anything that might lead anyone from guessing that someone had ever been there in the first place.
Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall lead the small search party up the mountain. As they continued to climb, the silver hairs on the back of Professor Dumbledore's neck stood up and an ominous feeling fell over the party, it was as if they were being followed and were about to be slowly plucked off one by one, but the elderly wizard wasn't about to let that happen. He drew his wand and everyone took their queues and did the same.
Harry felt his stomach flip over in his chest. He had a bad feeling about this. Remus Lupin's normally heightened senses were now extremely a tuned to the sounds and scents around him. He sniffed the air and readied himself for battle, or whatever was thrown at them. The far and distant crunching of dried leaves drew everyone attention and the group stood absolutely silent, wands up and ready for battle. The tension in the air was so thick it was nearly suffocating them.
Quickly as the crunching of leaves started it stopped, and the air once again was back to being worried and anxious. Remus paused once again; his senses had again started picking up some eerie moods hanging in the air. He suddenly began to wonder if they were being followed, or if they hadn't accidentally set off something. Mad Eye Moody pulled out a sneakeskope, which stood still and absolutely silent. He looked at it suspiciously and stuck it back in his pocket.
They walked for another hour or so before arriving at one of the six rushing waterfalls. The group stepped inside the slippery rock floor and looked around the narrow tunnel of the cave. Remus sniffed the air in hopes of picking up any sign of Sirius and Hermione. On any normal occasion he was an optimistic person, but something about the moods that hung in the air gave him a sinking feeling that all was not well.
The group entered deeper and deeper into the cave, listening and watching for any signs that Sirius Black and Hermione Granger had been there. Nothing. Harry felt the disappointment flow through him, yet he kept himself focused on finding his best friend and godfather. He wondered if he was going to see them again. He shuddered to think that way but, somehow, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was terribly, terribly wrong with one of them.
"Don't worry, Potter, we'll find them, alive. Both of them." Professor McGonagall said, trying her best to give him some comfort, even when she wasn't sure, she'd ever see her grandson and his fiancée alive again. They exited the cave and continued onward. When suddenly streams of light went whizzing by them. "Bloody Hell!" Harry shouted as he rolled to the side. "Potter, shut up!" Moody growled and stumped over to him, roughly shoving him to the side. "Well, well, if it isn't Mr. Potter, and Mad Eye Moody. Come out, come out where ever you are" A mocking voice came from the bushes.
"Where are Sirius and Hermione?" Harry growled not caring. He was quivering with anger as he stared at the man. He knew the man couldn't see him, but the man knew he was there. Professor Dumbledore raised his wand and waved it. The group disappeared and re appeared about 200 feet ahead of where they were. "Potter, you're going to get us killed. Keep your temper under control!" Mad eye hissed.
Harry rolled his eyes in frustration but said nothing. "It is too late to continue now, the others will have been alerted to our presence, we can do nothing else, but retire for the day and continue again tomorrow." Harry felt his stomach flop to the floor, he was about to protest when Remus shook his head curtly and whispered in his ear "Don't even think about it!" It was clear to Harry that Remus was upset with him as well. He sighed and followed the group back to the house Sirius shared with him and Hermione looking extremely angry and disappointed at the same time. As soon as he entered the room his red headed best friend assaulted him.
"Did you find them?" Ron asked extremely hopefully. "Where are they? Are they okay?" He finished his bombardment of questions.
"We didn't find them, we did nearly get killed though." Harry said with a bitter tone in his voice. Ron looked as though his heart had shattered into a million pieces. He flopped down on the nearest couch and buried his face in his hands. The other wizard snuck upstairs and into his bedroom, shutting the door behind him.
Remus Lupin, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, and Mad Eye Moody, meanwhile, sat downstairs trying to come up with a new strategy to recover Sirius and
Were stumped. They did the only thing they could do, wait, and hope for the best, or until somebody sent word of a lead.
As the rest of the day wore on, and evening had settled itself over the United Kingdom Ginny, Ron, Harry, and Alyssa grew increasingly detached from the adults. Each felt that the adults weren't doing enough to get Hermione and Sirius back, and Harry was still furious with Remus.
"Harry, Sirius and Hermione will come back to us, alive, trust Dumbledore and McGonagall." Ginny said running a comforting hand in circles on his back, he shrugged her hand off and stood gazing out the window. He didn't say anything. " Quit being stubborn, you act like you are the only person in this room who loves Sirius and Hermione." The red headed witch admonished sharply. Harry turned to face her. His eyes hid nothing from the other three in the room.
"I know, I just can't help feeling this way, I guess, earlier, I got a very bad feeling that one of them is gravely injured, close to death even." Harry heaved a sigh and stared out the window.
"Ginny, Harry, Ron, Alyssa, come down for a spot of dinner!" Molly Weasley called from the bottom of the stares.
"Come on Harry," Ginny said getting to her feet.
"I'm not hungry you go on ahead." Harry said not moving his gaze from the window this time. Ginny gave a Harry one last desperate look before running downstairs with the others. The brown-headed wizard flopped onto his bead and heaved a despairing sigh.
When the others returned from dinner, they decided to check on Harry. Ginny opened the door to find Harry tucked under his blankets. Whether he was really asleep or not, she didn't know. Not wanting to risk waking him, she shut the door, and the two girls headed for their room and Ron entered the room he shared with Harry and shut the door tight before pulling on his pajamas. The red headed wizard climbed into bed and fell asleep immediately.
The next morning, Harry and Ron awoke to noises in the hallway; they both groaned sleepily and sat up when their door burst open. Happy shouts of "Harry, Ron time to get out of bed. We've got news for you all, so get dressed, and meet us downstairs." Mrs. Weasley moved out of their room. Harry and Ron looked at each other and hoped that it was good news. They didn't want to get their hopes up, but the boys dressed and ran downstairs to find Albus Dumbledore, Remus Lupin, Mad Eye Moody, and Minerva McGonagall seated at the table. 'Good Morning' echoed around the room, before Albus got down to business.
"We have another lead on Miss Granger and Mr. Black. My sources tell me that they have re located—" Albus Dumbledore stopped, and yet again that familiar ominous feeling settled over the house, sending everybody's adrenaline level through the roof. "We are being watched, somebody has tapped in to this house. Every movement, every conversation is being recorded." Dumbledore sent out his feelers once again to ensure he was right, and the only thing anybody could do right now was wait, and worry for the safe return of Sirius Black and Hermione Granger.
Two hours later, when the feelers returned, Albus Dumbledore confirmed his suspicious. He waved his wand and created a wall around the house. When he had finished, nobody would be able to listen in on their conversations. "We need to make this house unplottable, and add every security measure known to wizard kind to make this house safe once again." The others nodded in agreement. The snowy haired mage stepped outside into the cool morning air and muttered a long incantation in Latin, which nobody in the room understood. He then began a long list of spells that nobody in the room had ever heard before. An hour later, when he had finished, he stepped back inside his blue eyes twinkling merrily behind his half moon spectacles and a smile lit up his elderly features. "Now, on to more important things—Mundungus, what news do you bring?" They had just seated themselves at the table when he spotted a head in the fireplace.
"What? Oh, news, yes, we have new news that says the two people in question are alive, one is austerely injured, hovering near life and death, and the other is alive."
"Thank you, Mundungus—We must go, immediately," Albus said standing up, as the others did the same. "However, before we leave, I think that it is time to induct two new members into the Order of the Phoenix. Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, if you will, step forward please." Harry and Ron looked at each other in shock.
"Albus, no! Harry and Ron are still children who have barely left school!" Molly protested angrily.
"Nevertheless, Molly, they are of age. They went to great lengths save my grandson two years ago. They are worthy, of this honor, Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, if you will." Harry and Ron stepped forward. " I can think of no two people who are worthier of this than the two of you, of course, I will bestow the same honor upon Miss Granger when we find her. Please, each of you bend down on one knee." They obeyed. Albus began to murmur a succession of spells, and as he did, a great scarlet and gold phoenix erupted from his wand and swirled around in the air, before flying circles around Harry and Ron. It disappeared into nothing more than two dots of blue light before disappearing into each boy's chest. Dumbledore nodded to each boy, and they both stood up. "Very well."
Everyone exited the house and prepared to dissapparate, but not before Albus Dumbledore placed them under a disillusionment charm once again. When they arrived in the rain forests of Brazil, a very new and distinct smell met their noses; it was earthy smelling, as the rain poured down on top of them. Headmaster Dumbledore raised his wand and muttered a spell that caused the falling rain to avoid them, as if he had created a shield around them. Harry took in the new spells as Remus and the others began their journey into the forests. As they walked, they were greeted with new sounds of animals that lived in those forests. Remus stopped and sniffed the air trying to pick up familiar scents
"They're close, I can smell it." Remus whispered. Albus signaled for everybody to fan out and surround their captors. The Ex. Defense Against The Dark Arts Professor turned out to be right; as they reached a clearing up ahead they heard voices. Dumbledore waved his wand causing the crunching of leaves to stop.
"Impedimenta!" Was yelled before any of the captors sensed a presence. Then the group converged on Sirius and Hermione's captors. "Stupefy!" Dumbledore waved his wand, binding and gagging their captors. The group immerged from the trees and surveyed the scene. Sirius had been bound magically to a nearby tree, he had a deep gash across his cheek, and several cuts and bruises. On the ground, clearly barely breathing, and bleeding profusely was Hermione, she too was bound magically, and her clothing had been ripped which was a clear indication to everyone she had been raped.
"Grandfather, grandmother! Harry, Ron!" Sirius called, he was pale, extremely pale and for the first time in his life, the weakness he felt showed through. Dumbledore and McGonagall ran to Sirius and unbound him. He embraced them fiercely and broke down into sobs on his grandmother's shoulder. Harry and Ron ran to Hermione and knelt down beside her.
"No, please, no." Ron muttered desperately, he too was now pale as he took in the sight of his best friend. He removed his robes and placed them around Hermione's half exposed body. Harry felt for a pulse "She's unconscious, we need to get her to St. Mungo's immediately or she might not make it." Harry's heart was pounding out of control as he stared down at the lifeless body of his best friend. Sirius walked to his fiancée and picked her up, in spite of his own physical injuries, without a word to anyone he dissapparated to the hospital for Magical Maladies. He knew he should also get taken care of, but he didn't care. The only thing he cared about was the return of the woman he loved.