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Don't want to keep you too long. Here's Chapter Six (short but action packed, I hope):


Chapter Six: Into Darkness

Wotcher, Remus," Tonks said. "We've gotta get you to St. Mungo's. We'll apparate you there, now."

"No!" Remus cried, with as much force as he could manage. "We have to help Harry! Voldemort has him. They're below us in the basement of the building."

"Remus, look at yourself. You can't even stand, much less walk."

"I'll be fine," Remus said emphatically. As if to prove their point, Tonks and Moody let go of him. He managed to stand upright for a moment, but then he had to stagger over to the wall, leaning up against it to catch his breath.

"See?" he said, smiling triumphantly.

Moody and Tonks both rolled their eyes. "We'll see who'll be laughing once we come across some more of those Death Eaters," Moody said.


Remus had to admit, Tonks and Moody had been right. Remus had to go at an extremely slow pace to keep from collapsing again. Moody and Tonks had splinted his arm which, fortunately, was not his wand one.

Every so often, the group would come across a few Death Eaters.

"Remus, look out!" Tonks yelled as a group of Death Eaters began to advance on them. Remus spun, keeping his sharp eyes out for danger coming from any direction. Remus' instincts were very keen around the time of the full moon, but unfortunately weariness and pain were slowing him down.

Simple curses, which Remus had grown up learning to block, were becoming diffucult for him to handle.

"Expelliarmus!" a Death Eater hissed, pointing his wand at Remus.

Remus brought up his wand and began to say the shielding spell, but by that time, it was too late.

The spell threw Remus into a wall, but, fortunately, he did have the sense to shield his head. Remus groaned as he slid to the floor.

"You all right, mate?" Tonks called to him as she defended herself from a hurling hex.

Remus winced as he stood up, checking himself for injuries. "Fine," he said, although it was apparent that he was far from 'fine'. "I think I might've cracked a rib or two, though."


After that incident Remus was more careful about the Death Eaters. Although every movement caused him a great deal of pain, Remus fought with more vigor than he had before.

Remus cursed a pair of Death Eaters as he limped along, clutching his ribs with his broken arm.

Tonks cried out as a Death Eater slashed her cheek with a curse.

"All right, Tonks?" Moody yelled.

"Just scared me, is all," Tonks responded breathlessly, retaliating with a curse that knocked the Death Eater out cold. She wiped the blood from her cheek and grinned at Remus. "Having fun, Lupin?"

"Oh, yeah," he responded sarcastically. "Loads of fun."


Finally, after what seemed like hours, the trio finally reached the stairs down to the next floor, where Remus had heard that Voldemort had taken Harry.

"Stop here a minute, Remus," Tonks said to him. "At least let us fix you up a bit. You look terrible. You're in no shape to face Voldemort, but then again, who is even in that condition?"

Remus sighed, but consented, because he knew she was right.

"Accio bandages," Tonks said, catching them as they apparently appeared from thin air.

Gently and carefully, Moody and Tonks proceeded to bandage Remus to the best of their abilities.

"I feel like a mummy," Remus said at last, once he had been sufficiently covered in the bandages.

"Good," Tonks replied, grinning at him.

"Well, here goes nothing," Remus said, standing up stiffly with the help of the two Aurors. Remus slowly, but, for the most part, steadily, walked down the stairs to the basement of the building where Harry Potter was.


At the bottom of the stairs, Remus came upon a giant set of doors. Voldemort and his Death Eaters must have fixed this building up to suit there own needs, he said to himself, thinking back to the cell he had been locked up in.

The massive doors looked beautiful but felt dark and cold. Remus could almost feel the evil emanating from behind them. He reached out to open them, only to draw back his hand quickly.

"What's wrong?" Tonks asked him.

"The handles are silver," he said, grimacing.

Tonks nodded. All three of them raised their wands, to be ready for any attack. Tonks and Moody each grabbed a door and they swung them open.

The tree of the cringed, as the opened, as if expecting Voldemort to jump out at them. When he didn't, they sighed in relief. They were met only with darkness.

Remus closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and descended into the darkness.


A/N: Sorry to sound repetaitve, but I haven't gotten a review on either chapter five or six, and I really want to know if people are reading them and likeing what they read. If you don't like reviewing, I know how you feel. I was that kind of person, too. But please, I'm BEGGING you: Review! Thanks so much! See you at Chapter Seven!