Disclaimer: The same deal as in the previous chapters.
Thank you, dear reviewers!
Lark277 – It appears as though you had to wait =) but here's the next chapter.
Pussin Boots – I appreciate your ideas, they sound appealing to me (well especially one, but I'm not telling you anything). I'll think about it, I have some time, since I have to finish her fourth year first. Thanks.
ViviBlack – Whoa. Thanks. Chapter dedication for your idea.
Kagome Senguku – Honestly, that would have been fun, but I think that would have to big impact on the future and would bring the story in the wrong direction. But thanks.
Star Storm Raven – Well, thanks blushing.
Lily and James Potter – Well, that's option, but I kind of messed it up in the last chapter, didn't I? I wrote something like 'I found Draco an hour later' and by that time they'd probably gone already. Well, whatever, I'll see what I can do about it anyway.
Redquail – It appears as you have totally got the right image of her and you're welcome.
Green-Eyed-Moony – Feel free to explain what you mean with 'plot depth'.
Author's note: I messed up a little in the last chapter, so I've changed it a bit. There's no need for re-reading it, but if you think that something is unexplained or weird, you could try re-reading it.
And I'm sorry if details from the book are incorrect. Honestly it's because I'm to lazy to look it up, but let's say it's some kind of Writers Liberty =)
I know I said that I wouldn't write more before my summer holiday but watch what some nice reviews can do!
Chapter 7 – Following
Dedicated to ViviBlack THANK YOU!
I hadn't anything special planned for the evening. Maybe studying a little since there were yet another exams tomorrow, but I didn't really feel for it. Instead, my curiosity made me take a walk by Umbridge's office again. Just as I arrived there, I saw Ron, Neville, Luna and Ginny leave. They all looked pretty black and blue, but didn't see me.
"The forest! I saw them through the window" Luna declaimed.
"Where did Malfoy go?" Ginny asked.
"Who cares?" Ron asked. "C'mon, let's go!"
"Harry's wand" Ginny explained. "He's still got it."
"It would take an eternity to search the castle for that idiot" Luna said. "We've got to hurry..."
All of them hurried away from me, still unaware of the fact that I had been there. I stood like frozen. Then, without thinking, I turned around and ran back to the classroom where I had hexed Draco, but he had left. The corridors were empty; all of the students had gone back to their common rooms after dinner. I sprinted down the corridor, towards Madam Pomfrey. I turned right around a corner, and bumped into someone.
"Miss Malfoy!"
I looked up. Oh, no. Not Snape!
"Professor Snape! I'm really sorry, I..."
"There's no reason for you to be running around in the corridors at this time of the day."
"I know, it was a mista..."
"Twenty points from Gryffindor" he interrupted. "You should try to behave more like your brother, Miss Malfoy."
"Certainly, Professor Snape" I said tiredly.
He looked coldly at me and then walked away, without another word.
"Damn it!" I muttered angrily to myself.
Every time I wanted to do something good and helpful, I messed up. Typically me, damn it! But I continued hurrying towards the hospital wing, slower this time though. I certainly didn't want any more of those nasty surprises.
I had to pass the entrance of the Great Hall, and there were still some students left. Next to the entrance, there is some kind of cupboard, and the door was not entirely closed. I became suspicious and opened it.
"Oh, fuck off Tamara. Do you have to come and mess things up again?" a very familiar voice said. You see, it was Draco who was sitting there.
"Forgot something."
"Like what?!"
"A little peg which you can use to do magic, maybe?"
"You wish" he muttered.
"Be a good boy now, Draco. Give it to me." "What are you going to do with it? Don't help that Potter idiot. He's really stupid, it's a piece of cake to play him."
"What do you mean?"
"Especially since he's always trying to be a hero. I'm sure he was trying to rescue him..."
I pulled out my own wand.
"Feel for some more tickling, maybe? Or some other interesting spells? Right here, where everyone can hear you scream?"
He pulled up the wand.
"Oh, and Snape took some points from Gryffindor. Maybe you could put them back, since you have that kind of powers."
"You'll pay for this, you know."
"Looking forward to it" I said sarcastically and slammed the door.
Obviously it would definitively not be a good idea to walk out through the main door, since everyone would see me. So I hurried towards the hospital wing, because there's a smaller exit there.
Outside the castle, I made sure that I was out of the light as I sprinted towards the Forbidden Forest. Sadly to say, I'm not much of a sprinter, and when I had ran half the way I had to stop and breathe. I walked on, puffing heavily, when I saw something up in the sky.
"Scheiβe!" I muttered anrily. (A/N: Scheiβe is German for shit, pronounced something like schaise. Sorry, just wanted that word...)
I had read about them, thestrals, but since I hadn't seen anyone die, I couldn't see them. It looked pretty weird there, six persons flying on nothing. But back to important stuff, what should I do? I had to follow them. I should follow them. I wanted to follow them. But from where could I get a thestral? Especially when I couldn't see them?
Think quickly now, Tamara. Think, think, think... damn little brain, work!
And then I got it.
"Accio Nimbus!"
We had practiced that spell in the DA, and we had read about it in the DADA class. I could master it pretty well, and I was really glad when I saw that something came flying towards me. It smacked straight into my right hand and caused a lot of pain, but it wasn't really the time for caring about such small things. I got onto the broom and kicked away from the ground.
I really don't want to boast or something, but I was a great flyer. Well, I had to be, since I was a seeker in the Gryffindor team, hadn't I? Anyway, it was damn dark and I didn't see a thing. I flew in the direction where I thought they had gone while spying around. I saw something glimmering almost as far as the horizon.
I was flying at a very high speed. As I saw the lights of London come closer, I also came closer to them. Or, at least I thought it was them. They went down for landing and I did the same. But just as my feet touched the ground I saw that the little group went into a telephone box, and one second later they were just gone.
I left my broom outside (disguised it to a drainpipe) and went into the telephone box. My hair was a mess, so I tied it up in a ponytail.
Welcome to the Ministry of Magic. Please state your name and mission.
I hesitated. Somehow I thought it'd be a bad idea to tell my name, so I thought I'd try with another name.
"Alexia Dawn, er... I'm here to... to visit someone."
Please state your correct name and mission.
I sighed.
"Tamara Malfoy. I'm searching for six Hogwarts students..."
A pin appeared where you usually get change.
Tamara Malfoy, Searching Mission
Huh. Ridiculous. But the telephone box was some kind of elevator, and it started moving downwards. Finally the elevator stopped, and the doors were opened.
Amazed I looked around in the huge hall. There was some kind of reception desk to the right, I thought that one was supposed to announce one's arrival, but I didn't really feel for doing that. Since I probably had broken like a dozen of rules (even though I wasn't sure of which) I didn't really want to announce 'hey! I'm here, call professor Umbridge and get me expelled because I'm breaking a lot of rules'. Luckily, the receptionist was sleeping, so I managed to sneak by.
There was another two elevators in the end of the hall. I looked at a sign between them, which showed which department that was on which floor. Okay, where could they have gone? I searched the list for a familiar name, something that I could remember one of them mention in a conversation... department of mysteries. I remembered hearing something about that, but I couldn't remember in which situation. But that was the only kind of clue that I'd got, so I entered one of the elevators and felt it slowly moving downwards.
I closed my eyes and breathed slowly, trying to calm myself down. What was I doing here? What on earth had I gotten myself into? Turn back, a voice inside me said. But unfortunately, I couldn't cause the elevator to stop and start moving upwards again, so at least I had to go down to the Department of Mysteries floor. Maybe I could go back then or something.
Finally, the elevator stopped and the doors slid open. I stepped out, into a long dark corridor where the only thing I could see was the torches on the walls. I had to make a decision. Continue or turn back? But before had made my choice, I heard the other elevator moving, it came closer, and I quickly took one step into the shadows to hide myself, but of course I couldn't turn totally invisible. Oh, shit. If they saw me, I was in great trouble.
The other elevator's door opened and out came a group of five people; four men and one woman, with light blue hair. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw who the men were. I didn't recognize two of them, but Professor Lupin was there and Professor Moody. Well, I don't know about that professor thing, since it came up that he had been captured, and another man had used the polyjuice potion to pretend to be him, but yet. Then one of the other men turned around and I saw his face.
Holy shit! I recognized his face immediately, even though I had only seen it in the Daily Prophet and that was two years ago. It was Sirius Black.
Author's note: Cliffhanger? Probably not, since you've probably read the book, you'd know they were there. If you haven't read the fifth book, may I suggest that you do so before you continue reading my story? Please review. Nice chapter-reviews, ideas, points, feelings, grammatical mistakes, flames, whatever. Feel free! And thank you for taking your time to read my story. blushing
Thank you, dear reviewers!
Lark277 – It appears as though you had to wait =) but here's the next chapter.
Pussin Boots – I appreciate your ideas, they sound appealing to me (well especially one, but I'm not telling you anything). I'll think about it, I have some time, since I have to finish her fourth year first. Thanks.
ViviBlack – Whoa. Thanks. Chapter dedication for your idea.
Kagome Senguku – Honestly, that would have been fun, but I think that would have to big impact on the future and would bring the story in the wrong direction. But thanks.
Star Storm Raven – Well, thanks blushing.
Lily and James Potter – Well, that's option, but I kind of messed it up in the last chapter, didn't I? I wrote something like 'I found Draco an hour later' and by that time they'd probably gone already. Well, whatever, I'll see what I can do about it anyway.
Redquail – It appears as you have totally got the right image of her and you're welcome.
Green-Eyed-Moony – Feel free to explain what you mean with 'plot depth'.
Author's note: I messed up a little in the last chapter, so I've changed it a bit. There's no need for re-reading it, but if you think that something is unexplained or weird, you could try re-reading it.
And I'm sorry if details from the book are incorrect. Honestly it's because I'm to lazy to look it up, but let's say it's some kind of Writers Liberty =)
I know I said that I wouldn't write more before my summer holiday but watch what some nice reviews can do!
Chapter 7 – Following
Dedicated to ViviBlack THANK YOU!
I hadn't anything special planned for the evening. Maybe studying a little since there were yet another exams tomorrow, but I didn't really feel for it. Instead, my curiosity made me take a walk by Umbridge's office again. Just as I arrived there, I saw Ron, Neville, Luna and Ginny leave. They all looked pretty black and blue, but didn't see me.
"The forest! I saw them through the window" Luna declaimed.
"Where did Malfoy go?" Ginny asked.
"Who cares?" Ron asked. "C'mon, let's go!"
"Harry's wand" Ginny explained. "He's still got it."
"It would take an eternity to search the castle for that idiot" Luna said. "We've got to hurry..."
All of them hurried away from me, still unaware of the fact that I had been there. I stood like frozen. Then, without thinking, I turned around and ran back to the classroom where I had hexed Draco, but he had left. The corridors were empty; all of the students had gone back to their common rooms after dinner. I sprinted down the corridor, towards Madam Pomfrey. I turned right around a corner, and bumped into someone.
"Miss Malfoy!"
I looked up. Oh, no. Not Snape!
"Professor Snape! I'm really sorry, I..."
"There's no reason for you to be running around in the corridors at this time of the day."
"I know, it was a mista..."
"Twenty points from Gryffindor" he interrupted. "You should try to behave more like your brother, Miss Malfoy."
"Certainly, Professor Snape" I said tiredly.
He looked coldly at me and then walked away, without another word.
"Damn it!" I muttered angrily to myself.
Every time I wanted to do something good and helpful, I messed up. Typically me, damn it! But I continued hurrying towards the hospital wing, slower this time though. I certainly didn't want any more of those nasty surprises.
I had to pass the entrance of the Great Hall, and there were still some students left. Next to the entrance, there is some kind of cupboard, and the door was not entirely closed. I became suspicious and opened it.
"Oh, fuck off Tamara. Do you have to come and mess things up again?" a very familiar voice said. You see, it was Draco who was sitting there.
"Forgot something."
"Like what?!"
"A little peg which you can use to do magic, maybe?"
"You wish" he muttered.
"Be a good boy now, Draco. Give it to me." "What are you going to do with it? Don't help that Potter idiot. He's really stupid, it's a piece of cake to play him."
"What do you mean?"
"Especially since he's always trying to be a hero. I'm sure he was trying to rescue him..."
I pulled out my own wand.
"Feel for some more tickling, maybe? Or some other interesting spells? Right here, where everyone can hear you scream?"
He pulled up the wand.
"Oh, and Snape took some points from Gryffindor. Maybe you could put them back, since you have that kind of powers."
"You'll pay for this, you know."
"Looking forward to it" I said sarcastically and slammed the door.
Obviously it would definitively not be a good idea to walk out through the main door, since everyone would see me. So I hurried towards the hospital wing, because there's a smaller exit there.
Outside the castle, I made sure that I was out of the light as I sprinted towards the Forbidden Forest. Sadly to say, I'm not much of a sprinter, and when I had ran half the way I had to stop and breathe. I walked on, puffing heavily, when I saw something up in the sky.
"Scheiβe!" I muttered anrily. (A/N: Scheiβe is German for shit, pronounced something like schaise. Sorry, just wanted that word...)
I had read about them, thestrals, but since I hadn't seen anyone die, I couldn't see them. It looked pretty weird there, six persons flying on nothing. But back to important stuff, what should I do? I had to follow them. I should follow them. I wanted to follow them. But from where could I get a thestral? Especially when I couldn't see them?
Think quickly now, Tamara. Think, think, think... damn little brain, work!
And then I got it.
"Accio Nimbus!"
We had practiced that spell in the DA, and we had read about it in the DADA class. I could master it pretty well, and I was really glad when I saw that something came flying towards me. It smacked straight into my right hand and caused a lot of pain, but it wasn't really the time for caring about such small things. I got onto the broom and kicked away from the ground.
I really don't want to boast or something, but I was a great flyer. Well, I had to be, since I was a seeker in the Gryffindor team, hadn't I? Anyway, it was damn dark and I didn't see a thing. I flew in the direction where I thought they had gone while spying around. I saw something glimmering almost as far as the horizon.
I was flying at a very high speed. As I saw the lights of London come closer, I also came closer to them. Or, at least I thought it was them. They went down for landing and I did the same. But just as my feet touched the ground I saw that the little group went into a telephone box, and one second later they were just gone.
I left my broom outside (disguised it to a drainpipe) and went into the telephone box. My hair was a mess, so I tied it up in a ponytail.
Welcome to the Ministry of Magic. Please state your name and mission.
I hesitated. Somehow I thought it'd be a bad idea to tell my name, so I thought I'd try with another name.
"Alexia Dawn, er... I'm here to... to visit someone."
Please state your correct name and mission.
I sighed.
"Tamara Malfoy. I'm searching for six Hogwarts students..."
A pin appeared where you usually get change.
Tamara Malfoy, Searching Mission
Huh. Ridiculous. But the telephone box was some kind of elevator, and it started moving downwards. Finally the elevator stopped, and the doors were opened.
Amazed I looked around in the huge hall. There was some kind of reception desk to the right, I thought that one was supposed to announce one's arrival, but I didn't really feel for doing that. Since I probably had broken like a dozen of rules (even though I wasn't sure of which) I didn't really want to announce 'hey! I'm here, call professor Umbridge and get me expelled because I'm breaking a lot of rules'. Luckily, the receptionist was sleeping, so I managed to sneak by.
There was another two elevators in the end of the hall. I looked at a sign between them, which showed which department that was on which floor. Okay, where could they have gone? I searched the list for a familiar name, something that I could remember one of them mention in a conversation... department of mysteries. I remembered hearing something about that, but I couldn't remember in which situation. But that was the only kind of clue that I'd got, so I entered one of the elevators and felt it slowly moving downwards.
I closed my eyes and breathed slowly, trying to calm myself down. What was I doing here? What on earth had I gotten myself into? Turn back, a voice inside me said. But unfortunately, I couldn't cause the elevator to stop and start moving upwards again, so at least I had to go down to the Department of Mysteries floor. Maybe I could go back then or something.
Finally, the elevator stopped and the doors slid open. I stepped out, into a long dark corridor where the only thing I could see was the torches on the walls. I had to make a decision. Continue or turn back? But before had made my choice, I heard the other elevator moving, it came closer, and I quickly took one step into the shadows to hide myself, but of course I couldn't turn totally invisible. Oh, shit. If they saw me, I was in great trouble.
The other elevator's door opened and out came a group of five people; four men and one woman, with light blue hair. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw who the men were. I didn't recognize two of them, but Professor Lupin was there and Professor Moody. Well, I don't know about that professor thing, since it came up that he had been captured, and another man had used the polyjuice potion to pretend to be him, but yet. Then one of the other men turned around and I saw his face.
Holy shit! I recognized his face immediately, even though I had only seen it in the Daily Prophet and that was two years ago. It was Sirius Black.
Author's note: Cliffhanger? Probably not, since you've probably read the book, you'd know they were there. If you haven't read the fifth book, may I suggest that you do so before you continue reading my story? Please review. Nice chapter-reviews, ideas, points, feelings, grammatical mistakes, flames, whatever. Feel free! And thank you for taking your time to read my story. blushing
