Chapter 28
Harry slowly started to drift back into conciseness. He couldn't remember why he was lying on a cold, dirty stone floor. He managed to raise his head enough to look around the room. A mass of red hair caught his attention at once.
"Ginny?" Harry whispered.
The mass of red hair looked up. Ginny looked scared out of her mind. Harry quickly tried to get up. All at once a very strong pain started in the small of his back. It was only then that Harry remembered what had happened.
Harry could feel three people getting ready to enter the room, but didn't care. He had to make sure Ginny was alright. He had just made it over to Ginny when the door to their cell was thrown open.
"Well, well it looks as though Potter has a girlfriend." The familiar voice of Lucius Malfoy drawled.
"Shove off Malfoy." Harry spat. He was throughly tired of Death Eaters trying to, and usually succeeding, ruin his life.
"I think that we need to teach you how to respect your elders. A little dose of the Cruciatus Curse is just the thing. Although I seem to remember that it didn't seem to have much effect on you, so I think we'll use it on your girlfriend instead." Malfoy said.
"Leave her alone Malfoy. We both know that she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time." Harry said as he reached for his wand and was surprised to find it. "Not that I'm complaining but aren't you supposed to disarm me?" Harry asked.
"Don't think for one minute we didn't try to disarm you. Wormtail has some nice burns to show for his attempts. Your wand seems to have grown oddly attached to you." Malfoy said his normal smirk missing.
"If you touch her I will curse you. It was oddly satisfying to curse your son, except for the fact that he didn't do a very good job of defending himself. If all the new Death Eaters are like him then I don't think I'm in very much danger." Harry taunted as Malfoy gave a small nod.
"Crucio!" The other two Death Eaters yelled.
Harry fell to the ground writhing in pain. The pain was almost as bad as when Voldemort himself had put the curse on him. Even though the pain was unbearable Harry refused to make a sound. He wouldn't let Malfoy have that satisfaction. After five minutes the curse was lifted.
"Had enough Potter?" Malfoy laughed. Harry refused to answer. "I'll leave you to think about showing some respect." Malfoy said as he and the other two Death Eaters left.
Once the Death Eaters had left Ginny ran over to Harry's side. Harry was panting heavily. The curse had taken more out of him then he wanted anyone to know.
"Are you alright?" Ginny asked helping Harry to sit up.
"I'll be fine. Are you alright? What did they do to you?" Harry asked.
"I'm just a little scared. The only thing the Death Eaters did to me was break my wand." Ginny answered. "I saw them try to take yours. Harry did you know that your wand burns people?" Ginny asked.
"I do now. Look, Gin, we need to find a way to get you out of here." Harry said.
"I'm not leaving without you." Ginny answered stubbornly.
"Yes you are. This is not your fight. I will not have you getting hurt because of me." Harry said in a tone very similar to Dumbledores'.
"Fine." Ginny answered knowing that any attempt to argue would do nothing.
"Albus do we have any idea where Harry is?" Lupin asked.
"I'm afraid not Remus. Severus has not returned yet." Dumbledore answered trying to calm Lupin down.
"We can't just sit here and do nothing!" Lupin yelled.
"Remus you know as well as I do that the Order is doing everything they can." Dumbledore answered.
"If I had been paying closer attention then none of this would have happened." Lupin sighed.
"The only way we could have prevented this would have been to not allow Harry to have gone into Hogsmead, and to have kept him in the castle. We both know Harry would have found a way out anyway. Harry being James' son means that he inherited both the good a bad sides of him." Dumbledore answered.
"James would have never left the school if you had told him his life was in danger. He would have understood the fact that you were trying to save his life." Lupin replied.
"We both know that's not true. Look at Sirius last year. He knew why we were making him stay at Headquarters but still he tried to leave. Neither James nor Sirius were content to stay still for very long, and that feeling just greatend when someone they loved was in danger. Harry is the same way." Dumbledore said.
"I'm sorry Albus. I just don't want to lose Harry." Lupin said in a tired voice.
"I think it would be good for you to try and get some sleep. I'll come wake you if we get any news about Harry." Dumbledore said with a small smile.
"I think that might be the best for right now. I think I'll see if Madame Pomfrey will give a dreamless sleep potion." Lupin said as he left the Headmasters office.
"Where are you, Harry?" Dumbledore thought as he retired to try and get some sleep also.
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