Draco and Harry came up to the last staircase. "Do you think it odd that we haven't see any death-eaters since the floor snapped?" asked Harry.
"Yes, there's a trap somewhere near," said Draco. "And it's probably these stairs. You don't think there's another way up do you?"
"I don't think so. And even if there was, there's probably traps everywhere anyway," said Harry. "Let's just use the stairs." He set two feet on the first step, nothing happened. "Come on."
"Um, Draco," said Harry about halfway up.
"What?" asked Draco.
"Grab onto something," said Harry. They stairs creaked; he grabbed on another wall lamp.
"Why?" asked Draco as he grabbed a lamp. The stairs weren't stairs anymore.
"The stairs are no long stairs, but a slide," said Harry.
"Now what do we do?" asked Draco.
"Um, I don't know," said Harry. "Hey Draco." He asked a few minutes later.
"What?" asked Draco.
"Do you think you can reach the next lamp on the wall?" asked Harry.
"I don't know," said Draco.
"Well, try. It might be the only way to go up," said Harry.
"Alright," said Draco. He stretched out his free arm, but couldn't reach. "I can't reach it."
"Shit," said Harry. "Neither can I."
Draco looked around. "There has to be a way to get through this."
Harry patted around his wall. "Hey there's a crease here, it kinda feels like a hidden door. Come here."
"And how will I do that?" asked Draco.
"You grab my hand," said Harry. He held out his hand for Draco, who took it. "Just grab hold of me. I need this hand."
"How about your shoulders," said Draco.
"Yeah, whatever," said Harry. He grunted and was pulled back a little when Draco grabbed his shoulders. "Draco, this isn't working."
"What?" asked Draco.
"My arms. Your weight is pulling my arms back. I can't do anything," said Harry.
"Where do you want me to grab then?" asked Draco, completely annoyed that they were stuck and wasting time.
"I don't care, somewhere else. My waist, that'd be best," said Harry. Draco groaned. "Let's not make it a gay sexual feeling!" He snapped at Draco. There was a scream. They both looked up. "Just grab my waist!"
"Fine!" said Draco. He let go of Harry's shoulders with one hand and grabbed Harry's waist. Then with his other hand.
Harry felt around for something that would make the door open. The thing was, was that he didn't exactly know what he was looking for. Draco moved to get in a better position. Harry was pulled back. He grabbed the candle. "Draco!" The door flipped over, so that they landed on theirs heads on the other side. "Well, that went well."
"Whatever," said Draco.
"Where are we?" asked Harry.
"I don't know. It's too dark to see anything," said Draco. "Lumos."
"Um Draco," said Harry.
"What is it now?" Draco asked without looking at him. He took a step forward.
"Do not move another step," said Harry.
Draco turned around. "Why?"
Harry stood next to Draco and moved his hand in front of him. An invisible wall turned blue near Harry's touch. "Protective Spell. Touch it and you will get shocked. You might even die."
"Um Harry?" asked Draco.
"What?" asked Harry.
"Look," said Draco. He pointed to what was outside of the magical barrier.
Harry looked to where Draco was pointing. There were three dementors floating around. They looked like they were guarding the way out.
"You're an Auror, what do we do?" asked Draco. "Do you know how to break the barrier? How did you know there was a barrier in the first place?"
"Look at your wand light. The light stops at the barrier," said Harry. "There's a countercurse, but I don't know if it would work."
"Why not?" asked Draco.
"You need the same wand," said Harry.
"Well, try it anyway. I mean, if Voldemort made this barriers, and your wands are brothers, it might work," sad Draco.
"Maybe," said Harry. "Sai has."
Draco lifted his wand, but he didn't need to. The room became cold. The dementors where coming nearer.
"Expecto Patronum!" shouted Harry. He pointed his wand at the nearest dementor. A silver stag came from his wand and charged at the dementor. It hit the dementor and the dementor flew out the window. "Over there!" Harry urged the stag to charge at the nearest dementor and then to the last dementor. They both flew out the window. "Thanks Prongs." whispered Harry; it vanished,
"Where'd you learn to do that from anyway?" asked Draco as they headed for the door.
"Professor Lupin," said Harry.
"Oh," said Draco.
Draco opened the door. They walked into a bright yellowish color room. Sitting in front of the door on the other side was a sphinx. They walked up to it.
"You're near your way up. The quickest way is past me," the sphinx said in a deep hoarse female voice.
"So move!" said Draco.
"No," she got up and started to pace. "Not unless you can answer my riddle. Answer on your first guess... I let you pass. Answer wrongly... I attack. Remain silent... I will let you walk away unscathed."
"This is Hermione's thing," Draco whispered to Harry.
"I know," whispered Harry. "Let's have the riddle then."
"First think of a person who lived in disguise,
Who deals in secrets and tell naught lies.
Next, tell me what always the last thing to mend,
The middle of middle and end of end?
And finally give me the sound often heard
During the search for a hard-to-find word.
Now, string them together, and answer me this,
Which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?"
Draco started to pace behind Harry. He was muttering to himself.
Harry racked his brain on what it could be. "Hang on! I know this! It's a spider! I heard the same one a couple years ago!"
The sphinx nodded and moved out of the way. Draco opened the door and muttered "lumos" because it was dark. They carefully went up the stairs, tightly gripping the railing.
A/N: Well, there it is! I hope you enjoy it! I can't wait until the next chapter, its going to start up when they get to the top or the stairs so no confusion i hope ... o.0 lol. heheheheh
