The small group started through the swamp like room once everyone had caught their breath. Harry, still shivering like mad, was looking through the book trying to see if it had some kind of description. He was pulled back on track if he started wandering away by a very irritated Snape, who was silently and unanimously put in charge of keeping the boy alive. Giving up on the book he brought his attention back to his surroundings.

There were odd trees that had somehow rooted themselves into the ground that threatened to pull them in should they wonder off the main path. The trees themselves were gangly and reached for the ceiling looking like what appeared to be the roots just continuing up through the base. He was starting to wonder how they survived without any rain. The plant's leaves shifted in a wind that didn't exist. He wasn't sure if he imagined it but he could swear he just heard a cooing.

Harry barely had time to blink after hearing it before something thumped down onto his shoulder. It caused him to jump, his foot going off the path and into the marsh. Finally getting himself together from the shock, he looked to see what was on his shoulder only to find a very fuzzy thing with large eyes looking at him curiously.

As he felt someone try to pull it away the things abnormally long fingers dug themselves into his shirt. Once they gave up trying to pry it loose Harry tried to pull it away to at least see what had a hold of him. Its grip loosened and moved to his lower arms as he held the thing far enough to see it.

Abnormally long fingers had pads on the ends and while they looked delicate the things steel like grip said otherwise. Its almost to large stormy blue-gray eyes watched him with something akin to amusement. A long tail had wrapped itself around its waist. Harry would have sworn, if it weren't for the large ears, that he was holding a long lost species of monkey.

It cooed at him before crawling up his arm. Stopping when it got onto his head. It looked at the others from its perch as if it had always been there. Seeing it wasn't going to move, and it wasn't a danger for the time, they let it stay where it was.

Harry seemed perfectly content with letting the creature stay where it was. While they continued through the thing would coo at him. It sounded as though someone was rolling his or her tongue. If anyone would get, what it thought was, too close it would make what sounded like a mix of a snake and a largecat hissing.

They made it halfway through the room before the thing on Harry's head let out a horrible hiss. It startled Harry more then anyone else as its steel grip was once again in place. He started moving forward again not sure what to expect. The few steps he took moved him out of the way from getting his headknocked off.

A lizard-looking thing had lunched itself from the swampy ground toward him. It made sense now why the monkey thing was such a good climber. The lizard had long legs as well but its back legs were powerful. Made to be used as springs. To lunch themselves forward at great speeds. Its body was bigger then a lizard would have been. Thick, built for power as it already had speed from its legs. It was as big as a large dog, coming to about Harry's hips.

He wasn't given long to look this new threat over as he was pulled into a run. The Aurors provided cover to the back as two more joined in the hunt. Harry heard a yell; glancing back he saw one of the Aurors being attacked by one that had jumped on his back. Grabbing a rock he chucked it as hard as he could at the thing, forgetting the fact that he had a perfectly good wand in his pocket. Seeing the thing get knocked back he let himself be pulled along again.

Snape's long legs forced him to keep a horribly fast pace but as they were running from fierce beasts he wasn't going to be one to complain. What had seemed like a short way was incredibly long while they were running for their lives. Seeing the end of the room he was relieved but just before they got past where the trees ended a group of the lizard things jumpedout in front of them. The three in the back had been usedto chase them into the pack.

The pack consisted of eight all together, three in the back and five up front. He went to grab for his wand but his hands quickly changed direction to cover his ears. The monkey on his head let out an ear-piercing shriek. If he though that it had been loud before he was clearly mistaken, the call was repeated in no less then ten other places amongst the trees.

While he wasn't very thrilled with the screeching he noticed that the lizards disliked it less. They looked around they as if trying to figure out where it was coming from only to find it all around them and moving around constantly. Seeing that they were out numbered they started retreating while yelling out at the shrieks as if trying to scare them off instead.

Harry found himself being pulled to the exit again this time in escape from the noise. After shutting the door the shrieks were immediately cut off and it only took a moment for the one on Harry's head to see that the danger was gone and to quiet down.

For a while after though Harry's ears rung from the silence. They looked around the room they were now in, seeing it was just a simple hall with nothing out of the ordinary they looked to Harry, waiting for him to show which way they were to go.

Harry led them through the many halls and rooms it took to get to the inner chamber. Though they found a few creatures in some of the rooms, there was no more life threatening encounters. Dumbledore seemed to know all of the ones they came into contact with so they didn't need to worry much about them.

Finally getting to the door leading to the inner chamber, Harry was more then happy to be half way done with this whole thing. As soon as they opened the door however the room went black. Again he heard people lighting their wands but it didn't seem to do that much good. The dark pressed in around them to try and extinguish the lights on their wands and Harry had the distinct impression it was trying to push into his soul.

Sorry it took so long I've been lazy… yeah so I'll do two chapters for you! HA! Go me… two chapters in one day and both are rather good… least I think they are… who knows. Reviews would be nice.

lobelia07: Thanks for pushing me to get them done… yeah; I'd probably still be on chapter 1. Anyway see you later.