The Break Out

"Potter stay behind. I need to talk to you." Snape drawled. Harry looked at Hermione curiously and shrugged. She swung her bag over her shoulder.

"I'll see you later, tell Ron to get the team ready for practice." Harry said quietly.

"Alright, I'll see you later. Good luck." Hermione whispered back. Hermione left the Potions classroom with the rest of the class. Malfoy sneered at Harry saying he was in for it now. Harry went to Snape's desk.

"Sir." Harry said.

"You will be required to take...remedial Potions again with your mother." Snape snarled.

"Why doesn't she tell me then?" Harry asked.

"Because I am the potions teacher, Potter. You are to take Remdial Potions and I will test you every two months to see how much you have improved, do you understand me?" Snape ordered.

"Yes sir!" Harry said sarcastically. Snape's eyes narrowed. "Is that all sir?"

"No. Your grades are slipping." Snape said. "I only let you into this class because Professor McGonagall insisted that you could maintain an average of an E. So far your average has been a D, now, if you don't maintain an E I will have you thrown out of this class." Snape said.

"But sir, you've always marked me down." Harry said.

"Potter, watch your tone. Get out of my sight now. Go!" Snape said. Harry ran out quickly, not wanting to get in the way. Just as Harry left Snape hissed in pain. Harry turned to see Snape clutching his arm and closing his eyes.

"Are you alright sir?" Harry asked.

"Go Potter!" Snape snapped. Harry left quickly and closed the door behind him. He made his way slowly towards the Hospital wing. He was in quite deep thought. He was wondering about whether he actually wanted his mum to be his occlumency teacher. She was really great and everything but did Harry really want her in his mind? He was considering this question when he saw Rhia sitting on the end of one of the beds with her fingers pinching the bridge of her nose. She was swinging her legs and muttering to herself. Emma and Kara were next to her whispering to each other. Harry went over curiously.

"What are you doing here?" He asked Rhia.

"She had a run in with a Slytherin." Emma said. Harry looked worriedly at Rhia.

"Oh Merlin, are you ok?" He asked. Rhia gave him a reassuring smile and nodded. "Where's mum?"

"Getting something to stop the bleeding." Rhia managed to say. Harry frowned.

"Don't worry, she'll be alright." Kara said with a smile to Harry. Harry gave her an apprehensive smile before turning back to Rhia.

"There's a quidditch practice tonight, you'll be ok won't you?" Harry asked. Rhia's expression fell slightly.

"I should be." She said. Harry smiled and took her hand and gave it a quick squeeze before turning to see his mum coming towards them with a small cup of liquid.

"Ah, Harry. Snape told you?" She asked with a smile. Harry nodded. "Great, I need to talk to you for a moment." Harry nodded. "Rhia, just drink this then you can clean yourself up. If anything like this happens again just tell a teacher."

"Ok" Rhia muttered. She drank what was in the cup without letting go of her nose. She handed the cup back to Lily. Lily looked to Harry who made his way to the office.

"Ok, you girls behave yourselves." Lily said.

"Do we ever not behave?" Kara asked with a smile. Lily laughed and went into the office where Harry was spinning on her seat.

"Harry." Lily said. Harry stopped and looked at Lily. He was slouched in the chair.

"Yes mother." He said.

"Off my chair." Lily said. Harry sighed as he pulled himself out of the chair. Lily sat down. "It's a tough life Harry." She said. Harry dropped his bag on the floor and sat on the desk.

"Do I have to do Occlumency?" Harry muttered.

"Yes you do Harry, I know you don't want to but it's better then having Voldemort in your head all the time." Lily said.

"Can't I have some of that potion you and April took?" Harry asked.

"That was just for our specific problem." Lily said as she looked at Harry. "And I know you'd rather have me then Snape. He wasn't exactly very forgiving last year." Lily said. Harry managed a weak smile

"You're telling me. I think he made my mind weaker then it was" Harry muttered. He picked up a piece of parchment and read it casually.

"Yes, he did. I have to repair the damage, though April is much better at this kind of thing." Lily took the parchment back. "Don't read my letters Harry." She said.

"Who's Petunia?" Harry asked.

"No one." Lily said quickly. Harry frowned, he recognised the name from the depths of his memory...what was it?

"Do I know her? I recognise her name," Harry said with a frown. Lily gave him a quick smile.

"You don't know her. I made sure you had as little contact with her as possible when you grew up." Lily said.

"Why? What did she do?" Harry asked. Lily bit her lip slightly and looked at Harry. He was looking curiously, he wanted to know.

"She's my sister." Lily said. Harry scoffed.

"You have a sister?" He asked

"Yes I do." Lily said tiredly. "She hates anything magic"

"So why does she talk to you?"

"Because she's my sister" Lily said. "And...she helps the order" She added quietly.

"How? Is she a witch as well?" Harry asked before going over what he'd said. "Wait, is she a muggle?" He asked.

"Yes she is." Lily said, "She blames me for everything that went wrong in her life. You remember her son, Dudley?" Lily asked. A look of anger went through Harry's face. He remembered he evil fat cousin.

"So how fat is he now?" Harry asked hatefully.

"He's just...big boned" Lily said with a smirk. "Anyway, in here Thursday for remedial potions." Lily said.

"Do I have to?" Harry asked.

"Yes Harry." Lily said seriously. "I know it's not fun having Voldemort in your head. Trust me, he's been in my head for twenty years on-off" Harry looked at his mum for a moment.

"Fine" He growled. "But I don't want to."

"You're getting a pocket money raise if you do have Occlumency lessons." Lily said, "Your dad and I decided it last night." Lily said. Harry looked at her.

"Really?" He asked, Lily nodded. "Alright, I'll do it."

"We thought that might make you want to do it." Lily said with a smirk.

Jenny moaned as she rolled over in the bed in Grimmauld place. Since she'd burnt down her own house in a moment of uncertainty she'd been living at Grimmauld place. She pulled her arm out from under the duvet and looked at her previously unblemished skin. The black skull glared angrily at her from her skin. She groaned again and tried to bury her arm in the duvets, willing the pain to go away. Why wouldn't it just go! Why couldn't she just be left alone. The pain in her arm grew and she let out a frustrated scream. There was a thudding of footsteps in the hall. The door opened and April looked in hesitantly.

"Is everything ok?" April asked. Jenny showed April the mark on her arm.

"I don't know why I did it." Jenny said, emotion catching in her throat. "I really don't know why!" April hugged Jenny tightly.

"I think I know why." April whispered. "It's because of Remus." April said, she was almost too scared to say his name. That was all Jenny needed. She broke out into sobs. April sat her on the bed and held Jenny.

"God I miss him so much April." Jenny sobbed. April fought back some tears. "I don't know how I've managed this long without him." She cried. April bit her lip. She didn't trust herself to say anything. She just held Jenny. She didn't know what she would do if Sirius ever died, she just couldn't imagine losing him. If losing Remus had been painful for her...

April shuddered and tried to regain her composure

"You've survived this long." She said slowly. She let go of Jenny slowly.

"I know, but how am I going to last much longer? I can't do this." She whispered.

"You're strong, you can do it." April said, controlling her voice. Jenny looked at April and nodded. April really didn't want to look into Jenny's eyes so she looked away, avoiding them.

"I better go." Jenny said as she held her arm.

"Ok. Oh, tell them that we'll be in Diagon Alley on the first of November" April said. Jenny nodded and began to change. She didn't mind changing in front of April. They'd gone past the awkward stage in their first year of Hogwarts.

"Anything else? He wants news on Harry." Jenny said. April thought for a moment.

"Um..." April thought for a moment. "Tell him that...I'll get back to you on that. I need to plan something with James, Lily and consult Harry." Jenny nodded as she pulled on her jumper. "Hey, Jenny." April said.

"Yeah."

"Just think about getting through the day ok? And good luck." April said. Jenny smiled and apparated out of the room. A feeling of anxiousness and nervousness rising in April. She sighed and went downstairs. She picked up her auror robes and pulled them on. She clutched her wand and apparated to Azakaban Prison. She hated this place but she had to come. Now she was Head Auror she only had to look around once every year and she scheduled today to be the day that she was to look around. She met with three rank five Aurors. She looked at each one. They were staring fixedly at the gates of Azkaban. They weren't even inside yet but the coldness of the place was beginning to unsettle her. The Dementors were gone but their influence still remained. Azkaban didn't need the Dementors to suck the life out of someone.

"Come on." April said. The Aurors nodded and led the way to the Prison. They got to the gates and the guard looked at them. He saw April and nodded. He ordered the gate to be opened so that April and her aurors could get in. She walked into the prison and nodded to the guards that stood by the main entrance. Soon April was past all the security gates and was just walking through the gate into the east wing of the prison where the top security prisoners were kept. She glanced in the cells as she walked past. Unlike when the Dementors were in charge the Prisoners looked pretty alert. They were watching April with such hate that she could almost feel it. April turned her head away and flipped her head away from the prisoners. She walked past a cell where Lucius Malfoy was being kept.

"If it isn't the lovely Head Auror." Lucius Malfoy sneered. April ignored him and continued to walk. "How are the Lupins?" He asked. April stopped.

"What!" She asked.

"I hear Jenny Lupin is going to the dogs." Lucius Malfoy said.

"Turning into a bit of a slag, if you know what I mean." Said a woman in the cell opposite. She had limp blonde hair, her skin sagged slightly around the eyes but she still held the venomous look she had held at school.

"Kiana Darcy." April spat.

"Hello Marsden." Kaina said bitterly. Kiana used to be Peter Pettigrew's girlfriend until she had been caught in an attack gone wrong in an attempt to kill Lily's parents.

"Like the accommodation?" April asked,

"Oh, lovely." Kiana said bitterly. "You and your kind will go down Marsden."

"I believe she goes by the name of Black now." Lucius said. "Two blood traitors that deserve each other." He said. April glared at him. He no longer looked like the high flying well off Lucius Malfoy that had once had control over the ministry.

"You'd be pleased to hear that James Potter is minister now Malfoy." April sneered. "He might be bring in powers to allow us to kill Prisoners if they give us too much grief" She said.

"Potter has a soft heart, he'd never do that and as for someone like you trying to kill someone like me...don't make me laugh Black." Lucius said. April held her wand out and pointed it at Lucius.

"Don't test me Malfoy. If I accidentally kill you now, it'll just be seen as the accident it was." April said.

"Stupefy!" One of the aurors that had accompanied April said. April ducked a red jet of light aimed at her. She looked at the aurors and frowned. They weren't the aurors she'd come in with.

"Good day Black." Came the cold voice of Bellatrix Lestrange. April gripped her wand.

"Impedimenta!" She shouted.

"Protego! Stupefy!" Bellatrix Lestrange retorted. April jumped to the floor and rolled up against the bars of a cell. A pair of hands shot out of the cell and the arms pulled tightly at April's neck. She felt the arms trying to crush her windpipe. She took a deep breath and waved her wand at the person behind her. A flash of purple light shot out and the man screamed in pain as he let go. Bellatrix Lestrange and her two companions had opened the cells of Lucius Malfoy and Kaina Darcy. The two that hadn't revealed themselves continued opening cells. Bellatrix Lestrange took a few slow steps towards April.

"Don't you just love Polyjuice potion. You would think with the world being as it is, you would do a more thorough check on your aurors." Bellatrix said. April scrambled to her feet.

"What happened to my aurors?" April asked.

"They're lying in a ditch somewhere." Bellatrix said, her wand pointing at April. April held her wand ready to fight.

"Expelliarmus! Confundus! Conjunctivitis!" April said in quick succession. She was bound to lose her job over this, that was if she got out. She wasn't going to go down without a fight but she knew she was outnumbered. Of all places to have a fight they had to pick Azkaban prison. She hit Bellatrix Lestrange with the confusion spell and Kiana Darcy with the disarming spell but it didn't do any good at all.

"Nice try Black." Lucius said as he was given back his wand. "Crucio!" He shouted. April rolled onto the floor and cursed the lack of places to hide, she was in the open.

"Kill her!" Bellatrix managed to shout.

"If you kill me, the entire country will be after you." April said, "And you won't be able to find out what was in that prophecy that your lord so desperately wants." April smirked. Lucius Malfoy scowled and flicked his wand at April.

"Imperio!" He shouted. It was coming straight at April.

"Protego!" She shouted, trying to bring up all the magic she possessed to repel the spell. She felt the unforgivable curse shatter through the shield and strike her in the chest. She stumbled back slightly into the arms of a Death Eater that had appeared behind her.

Now stand up and tell us that prophecy

April fought against it. She wouldn't let anything happen but she felt herself getting to her feet.

Give us that Prophecy now April!

"No!" April shouted. She held her wand out and let out a rapid stream of curses and jinxes. She had to try and prevent these Death Eaters from getting out. "Expelliarmus! petrificus Totallus! Immobulous! Rictusempra! Reducto! Confundus!" She shouted one after the other. She'd managed to knock a few Death Eaters down. She dropped to the floor to avoid a jet of green light. It hit the wall and made the stone shatter. The bits of Stone hit April but she ignored the pain. She spun on her knees.

"Incendio!" She said, spreading fire across the hall of the prison. This would block the Death Eaters behind her for a while. She faced Bellatrix and Lucius.

"Don't fight April, it's not going to work." Lucius sneered.

"That's what you would like to think." She said. "Flamora!" A whip like stream of fire stuck Lucius and Bellatrix. Bellatrix Screamed at the sudden pain while Lucius Roared in frustration. April looked up and pointed her wand at the roof. "Reducto!" She shouted. She curled up in a ball as bits of stone and rock fell from the roof in blocks. She looked up when it had stopped falling. The fire behind her had stopped. She was trapped between the two groups of Death Eaters.

"Oh crap." She muttered. She felt fear for her life rising in her but she tried to force it back down. She'd never see Sirius again. No! She shook herself mentally.

"Stupefy! Stupefy! Stupefy!" She shouted at the nearest Death Eaters. She hit each one squarely and they fell to the floor. She looked up and pointed her wand up. A stream of silver cord shot up and latched onto a beam in the roof that was visible through the hole in the ceiling. She held onto her wand as she felt it pull her upwards just in time to avoid a barrage of spells. The spells hit all the Death Eaters opposite the ones who had fired the spells. She jumped onto a beam of wood that was across the ceiling and jumped across them as the floor around her exploded into fragments of stone. She looked down one hole and saw a Death Eater looking up at her.

"She's in the roof!" They shouted. April stayed where she was for a moment. She didn't want to die at all. She knew she was going to. She thought about Rhia, Orion, the twins. She felt herself tremble.

"No! Stop it!" She scolded herself. She continued and heard some voices below firing spells. The guards! They'd realised what was happening. April reached the roof and looked up. She pointed her wand at the actual sloping roof as Kiana came up through a hole.

"Where are you Going April, we have so much to catch up on" Kiana said. April tried to control herself as she made a hole in the roof and climbed out onto the top of the prison. The wind had picked up and it seemed to be growing dark. April's robes caught the wind and it slowed her down as she made her way to the entrance of Azkaban. A spell struck the floor by her feet causing April to loose her footing. She slid down the roof and fell onto her back. Kiana Darcy was on her.

"Impedimenta!" April screamed. The light hit Kaina and she froze. April scrambled free and walked straight into Lucius Malfoy.

"Crucio!" he shouted over the wind. He was too close for April to even try and get away. She fell to the floor screaming as a boom of thunder cracked through the sky. April curled up slightly as the pain shot through her body. She felt someone pull her wand free of her hand.

"NO!" She screamed through gritted teeth. She tried to ignore the pain as she threw an elbow into Lucius' nose. Causing him to drop her and her wand. April caught her wand before it fell off the edge of the roof. She felt her body want to convulse

"Ignore the pain." She chanted to herself. She threw up a shower of red sparks into the air. She heard an alarm sound throughout Azkaban. They knew about the break out.

"You bitch." Lucius said wiping his nose. Bellatrix Lestrange joined them on the roof.

"How long does it take to kill that woman!" Bellatrix shouted. She approached April. April got to her feet and bit her lip.

"Stupefy!" April shouted. Bellatrix moved out of the way and the spell hit the roof.

"Crucio!" Bellatrix shouted. "Lucius sort out Darcy!" The spell hit April and she crumpled to the floor again. The pain increasing two fold. Bellatrix lifted both Cruciatus curses and looked at April, who was breathing heavily and slumped slightly over her knees.

"Now, April." Bellatrix said. She went to April, who was on the verge of losing consciousness.

"Tell us, what is this prophecy that you seem to know" Bellatirx asked, pinching April's chin. April frowned in pain and swung her fist into Bellatrix's stomach. Bellatrix doubled over and April scrambled to her feet again. Lucius and Kiana fired spells at April as she ran as quickly as she could to the edge of the prison grounds. She came to a halt when she reached the edge of the roof. She looked down and looked down into the crashing waves of the sea. The waves crashed against the cliff edge below. The swirling froth of the sea. April felt her head swim and her legs buckle. She fell to her knees and fought to stay awake.

"No, stay awake." She muttered to herself.

"We have you cornered now April." Bellatrix said. April forced herself to her feet and turned to look at Bellatrix.

"What are you going to do now?" April asked. "You're hardly the merciful type."

"And it's a good job I'm not." Bellatrix said. April looked at the three wands pointed at her.

"Can we just kill her?" Kiana asked. April knew the hatred each of them felt towards her. She'd put each one of these Death Eaters into Azkaban.

"Not yet." Bellatrix said. "Tell me the prophecy April!" She shouted

"Over my dead body." April said.

"I can arrange that. Crucio!" April let out a scream as the curse hit her. She could feel her brain start to shut down.

"No!" April shouted. "No!" Bellatrix lifted the spell

"You don't want the curse on you? Tell me the spell April." Bellatrix said. April got unsteadily to her feet again but she was swaying slightly.

"I'd never tell you Lestrange. Kill me for all I care but I'll never help you to hurt my friends or family." April said.

"That's very noble of you April but I'll kill you without a second of hesita-"

"Avada Kedavra!" Kiana shouted. April fell backwards and toppled off the edge of the roof. Lucius, Bellatrix and Kaina ran to the edge of the roof as April fell into the churning maelstrom of waves. Bellatrix grinned.

"Accio Cloak!" She shouted. Something black flew out of the water and shot into the air towards her. Bellatrix caught the cloak. The black cloak had silver lining on the inside. Along the neckline, inside the cloak was the name, April Black. Bellatrix sighed.

"Job done." She said. Lucius grinned and pointed his wand in the air.

"Morsmordre!" He shouted. A skull appeared in the sky in glittering green sparks. A snake was coming out of the skull's grinning mouth. A guard on a watch tower looked over to them. Bellatrix looked at him and held up April's cloak. The guard's eyes widened and he apparated away.

James sat at his desk. He'd just got news that there was a commotion at Azkaban. He wanted to go and try and sort it out but he was forced to stay where he was. He hoped that April could get there and sort it out. He signed a piece of paper enabling aurors to use unforgivable curses if necessary. He dipped his quill into his inkpot and touched the quill to the parchment when the door burst open.

"The Minister is busy! You cannot interrupt!" His secretary said. James looked up to see a windswept looking Azkaban guard. His face had tears going down it.

"What's happened? What's the situation on Azkaban?" James asked standing up and looking at the guard.

"It's April, sir." He stammered. "She-she-"

"What is it!" James shouted at him.

"She...they killed her." The guard said, "They killed her." James froze. April wasn't dead. She was the best aurors he knew, she was like his sister in law.

"No." James said. The Guard nodded.

"I saw it with my own eyes sir. They was fightin' on the roof of Azkaban and she was hit with the killin' curse" The Guard stammered. "She put up a good fight sir. She was outnumbered in the prison and tried her best sir but she fell into the sea and they summoned her cloak back sir. They killed her and they...they is takin over Azkaban sir." James walked slowly to his chair and slowly sat into it.

"No." He said. "No, she can't be dead." James said. "She isn't dead!" He shouted.

"She is sir." The Guard said quietly. James frowned. April was dead. He'd lost two of his closest friends in a year. Lily wasn't going to be able to cope with this and Jenny would kill herself.

"Oh my god Sirius." James said. "Oh my god!"

"There ain' no god sir. If he gone and let Mrs. Black die then we ain' gonna live through this war sir." The guard said. James put his face in his hands.

"Leave me." He said. His secretary ushered the guard out.

"I'm sorry sir." The Guard said.

"Get out!" James shouted. The guard ran out and the Secretary closed the door behind her. James' hands were shaking as he got out a few pieces of parchment from his draws. He picked up his quill and dipped it into the black inkwell instead of his usual blue in. He wrote out six letters that were absolutely identical and put them into black envelopes with an address written on each one in gold ink. Six different names.

Rhia sat with Harry on his bed talking to him. Harry was teasing her about her songs and he was managing to get her worked up. Rhia hit Harry gently.

"You're so horrible!" She said.

"No, I'm just annoying." He said. There was a tap tap at the window. Harry looked up and saw an owl at the window. His dad's owl. He went over and opened the window. The owl dropped a letter in Harry's hand before flying out. Harry Looked at the envelope. It was black with gold letters in his dad's handwriting.

Rhiannon Black

Gryffindor Tower

Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Harry frowned and went to Rhia.

"Um, letter." He said uncertainly. Rhia took the letter and looked at it with a frown. She slowly began to open it and unfolded the parchment.

Dear Rhia.

I am so very sorry at the loss of April Black. She lost her life in Azkaban Prison trying to stop Death Eaters from becoming free. Unfortunately we were unable to recover her body or her wand. I am terribly sorry for your loss and have informed the rest of your family. A service will be held in a week's time. I know I am being weak by sending you a letter but I will be informing your father in person.

Again I am sorry

James Potter

Minister Of Magic

Rhia put a hand to her mouth.

"No." She gasped. She felt tears falling down her face and a sob racking her body. "No!" She cried. Harry looked at her in alarm and ran to the bed.

"What is it?" He asked her.

"She's dead." Rhia cried. Harry froze.

"Who's dead?" Harry asked.

"My MUM!" Rhia screamed at Harry. "She's dead!" She felt like lashing out and hitting someone. She tried to hit Harry but he caught her arms and pulled her into a hug. She cried into his shoulder.

"She's dead." Rhia cried. Harry felt a sob reach his throat and he held Rhia tighter as he closed his eyes.

A/N:-Ok, Due to INTENSE pressure from various of my readers who i speak to on MSN I've updated. I've been teasing them for a while with this chapter. This was what i call a whim chapter...where i didn't know what to do so I ruined everyone's lives....again..as i do when i get bored. Anyway, I've braced myself for the hate emails and the flames etc etc. I know that April was a VERY popular character. :) I would be a tad more sympathetic but I'm kinda watching the Rugrats go wild as I update so it's really difficult when you have Debbie Thornberry bossing around Angelica Pickles!