Eye of the Storm

Authors Note: The character Pende Clion is pronounced (Pen-day K-lie-on) the K is short.

Chapter 3 Waisting No Time

Lucius watched, hidden, as Severus disappeared then he started to walk in the direction Snape was going. Taking another right then left he found himself outside of a rather small but well kept park. Rolling his eyes rather dramaticaly he was about to leave when a movement near the center of the park stopped him. Lucius stared for a while and thought he saw someone running away. He didn't have time to go around chasing muggles, he had more interesting things to do.

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The night wind had picked up and made Harry shiver. A prickling sensation traveled over his back and stopped at the back of his neck. Wide awake from cold and fear Harry sat up and looked around, he gasped when he saw Lucius Malfoy standing only a few yards away from him. Forgetting about the cold and how tired he was, Harry ran and didn't look back.

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"I'm telling you! Death eaters are going to attack!" Severus yelled at Lupin who was absolutely furious when he arrived with no Harry.

"I don't care! Where is Harry?" Remus yelled back, matching his volume to Snape's.

"Yes Severus, where is Harry?" Dumbledore came walking into the front hall when he heard the raised voices.

"I don't know. I ran into Lucius Malfoy on my way to find him and he dropped some hints telling me he was going to attack with some other of his 'friends'. I thought you should know." Dumbledore nodded and turned to Lupin.

"Go get Tonks and Mr.Shacklebolt Remus, I do believe we have some death eaters to stop. Severus," he said turning to the other wizard. "Did Lucius mention where it would be taking place?"

"No Albus. I don't have a clue."

Dumbledore nodded then looked at him again. "Go find Harry, and please come back with him."

Severus nodded and left the protection of headquarters again. he knew the headmaster would have said 'don't come back without him', if it had been in his nature, but he knew better, show up without Harry again and be in big trouble.

Dumbledore watched Severus leave then averted his attention to a young woman walking toward the house. Giving the password the woman opened the door and walked it, she spotted Dumbledore at once.

"Albus Dumbledore?"

"Yes."

"Oh thank Merlin I got the right place. My name is Pende Clion, I would like to join the order."

Dumbledore smiled warmly at her and looked her in the eyes.

"I'm glad you want to, you must answer a few questions first."

"Whatever it takes sir."

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Severus appeared at the same spot he left and headed down the street looking for either Harry or Lucius. Street lamps gave the only light on the deserted streets and for that he was greatful, it wouldn't help if a muggle or another one of his 'friends' saw him walking down the street in the middle of the night. After a while Snape found himself at a small park. Taking a look around he concluded quite effortlesly that Harry was infact not there and he sat down on a bench thinking of what to do next.

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Harry kept on running until he realised he was completely lost. He rarely got to go on walks and even if sometime he had gotten this far it was too dark to notice his surrounding. Remembering what he was running from he quickly looked over his shoulder, there was no Lucius Malfoy. Breathing a little easier Harry walked down an alley and sat on the ground, a few mice ran pass before he fell asleep.

Standing up Severus looked around, he hadn't got any closer to figuring out where Harry was then the first time he started looking. Sighing, he started to walk toward a promising looking street. He didn't get too far before an owl swooped down in front of him dropping a letter. Looking around he didn't see anyone so he picked the letter up off the ground.

Severus Snape, first bench on the left, park. Little Whinging Surrey.

Cautiously Snape opened the letter and started to read.

Dear Mr. Snape,
I know you are looking for the-boy-who-lived but you won't find him in any park. He's not stupid you know.

Snape snorted but continued to read.

He has fallen asleep in an alley off Sugardale Avenue. To get there simply walk to the street lamp farthest to your left and turn right on to Faerie Court, continue down the road until you reach a little candy shoppe, turn right when you pass the shoppe and go about one third of the way down, look to your right and the boy will be there.

Turning the letter over Snape looked for a name, but there was none. He didn't recognize the hand writing and he didn't get a good look at the owl so he had no idea who sent it to him.

'It could be a trap.' He told himself and hesitated before remembering what Dumbledore said. It could be a trap but he was going to have to risk it.

So he started traveling down the street called Faerie Court, pass the candy shoppe and down another street called Stine Road. Looking down the alley where the letter said Harry would be Snape pulled out his wand and muttered 'lumos'. The entire alley was flooded with light and there huddled in a ball was the famous Harry Potter.

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Lucius Malfoy was laughing hystericaly as two muggles were hanging upside down in mid air. He had gathered two of his closest friends and fellow death eaters to join his in the 'sport'.

"I thought you said you were going to get Snape." One of the death eaters said to Lucius.

"He was, occupied. Probably off doing a job for that crazy Dumbledore."

The other man laughed then turned his attention to a woman walking quickly towards them.

"Ah, Miss Ann, how nice of you to join us."

The woman smiled then looked up sharply, "I would hurry and get done with those, someone has tipped off the order. Sooner rather then later you're going to have Mad-eye down your throat."

"Damn it!"

Malfoy and the other two let go of the muggles and they fell to the ground, one with a sickening thud.

"Ah, music to my ears." Lucius said and before he left he waved his wand and the dark mark hovered over the muggles house. Soon more death eaters would come together to support their lord. Lucius smiled, the wizarding world will be reminded of what real power is like.

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"This is pointless! Suppose Severus was wrong, it certainly wouldn't be the first time that's ever happened."

Remus was getting quite annoyed at the whole thing. They had been walking around for what seemed like hours and he was cold, and tired, and his worry for Harry was stronger then it had been a few hours ago.

"Well old Dumbledore believes him. That's good enough for me." Tonks said and ran into Mad-eye who had stopped short.

"There it is." He said growling in his throat.

"What? Where?" Tonks stood on her tip toes to look over Moody, but she couldn't see anything.

"The dark mark. On the other side of that tree."

Working their way over to where Moody said it would be, the members looked up. Sure enough the dark mark hovered in the sky. Remus was the first to notice the muggles on the ground.

"I hope Fudge takes this as a sign of proof."

"I doubt it," Moody said and took a drink from his flask. "I doubt it."

TBC

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