Hi there!
First of all: Please don't kill me for not updating for six –no, seven months. I won't even search for excuses, I'm just saying I'm very sorry. Hope you aren't mad at me.
Well, here's the fourth chapter of "There is always hope"
Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Nothing is my own
Escape
We are hugging each other as if there was no end. It's like a beautiful dream.
A prisoner of the magical world, hated and feared, locked away in a dark cell in the most horrible place on this planet, but here I am, in the arms of Cho Chang, the light in my dark world.
"I've missed you" she whispers, still sobbing lightly, "I've missed you so much"
Tears are forming in my eyes. Something that hasn't happened for a year – in Azkaban you can't cry, the horror is too great. Crying means emotions, and in this hell on earth emotions were unknown. Well, if you call suffering an emotion...
But that isn't important right now.
She said she'd missed me.
"I've missed you, too" I say very quietly, while a tear is rolling down my cheek.
After a minute of passion we reluctantly let go of each other. And again I find myself falling into those beautiful chocolate-brown eyes.
We are just staring at each other, completely losing ourselves in this deep emotional moment.
Then I'm suddenly wondering...
"Cho, how did you...I mean...how did you manage to get permission to come here? I thought it was forbidden..."
"I didn't get any permission"
"What?" I ask, confused.
"I'm here illegally" she says while lowering her head
"But... Cho..." I stammer, "why...?"
She slowly looks up again.
"Because I want to be with you"
I just stare at her, not believing what she's saying.
"But... why are you doing this? If anyone finds out you'll be in trouble..."
She smiles sadly
"I'll be in trouble anyway"
"What?… But…"
"Harry, I'm here to get you out of this...this place"
My eyes widen. I want to say something, but nothing comes out.
"Kingsley Shacklebolt out there was the only one who was ready to help me, since he –like me and some others- is convinced that you are innocent. And he is an auror so he is allowed to enter Azkaban prison. I came with him, undetected"
A long minute of utter silence.
Then...
"Cho, I don't think it's possible...and even if it is, do you really want-"
"Yes Harry, I want! You are innocent!"
I sense a strange feeling in my stomach. As if there was a huge volcano-eruption inside me. Someone cared about me!
"But how?"
Instead of responding she looks in the direction of the table which is in the middle of the room. On the small table there is a cloak.
"That's an invisibility cloak, Harry. Your invisibility cloak, actually"
My eyes widen even more.
"How did y-"
"I'll tell you later. Now put it on"
"What?"
"Put it on, we must go"
"But..."
"Harry, please put it on. We can get you out of here. I want... I want to help you"
Her eyes become watery again. What is happening? Half an hour ago I was still in my dark cell, thinking about the past, and now...
"I-I'm sorry, it's just... I'm really confused at the moment..."
I slowly walk towards the table and put the cloak on.
"And now?"
"Stay close behind me. We're going through a tunnel that leads outside. It usually isn't guarded"
"Not guarded?"
"Except for one man nobody has ever managed to get away from here, so the Dementors have become a bit too sure in believing there wouldn't be a chance for prisoners to escape. Now we have to go, stay close behind be"
Before I can open my mouth to say something she walks towards the door. So I follow her as quietly as I can.
Shacklebolt is still standing outside. I hear Cho whisper to him "Ok, we're going through the tunnel"
And with that, he disappears in the other direction.
Cho then leads me through the fortress – I wonder where she learnt so much about Azkaban prison – until we get to a small wooden door.
"There we are" she said
She opens the door as quietly as possible and we step into the darkness behind it.
"Lumos!"
With the light of Cho's wand we march through the tunnel that seemed to be endless. After a few minutes we finally arrive at what looks like a door from early medieval times. Cho then turns around.
"Behind this door is the shore, where a boat is waiting. There might be, however, one or two Dementors patroulling outside. I think it's better if we...well... if you threw the cloak around me as well..."
Is there a blush on her face? Are my eyes cheating me? No, she is blushing...indeed.
I feel strange all of a sudden. So light again, like flying...
I then throw the cloak around the both of us and immediately feel the heat rising up my chest. Cho Chang is standing under the same cloak as I am.
The thought alone makes me blush.
"Ok, let's go. If we see Dementors, it would be the best if we just waited quietly until they move on"
"Ok... and Cho?"
"Yes?"
"Thank you..."
She smiles shyly at me.
"You are innocent"
I almost get mesmerized again by her beauty, until she suddenly leanes forward. My heart is racing so fast I'm sure it's going to explode.
Closer...
I can see the sweet little freckles on her nose
Even closer...
And then the world around me disappears.