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Chapter 24

(Groan) The Library

"Harry!" James called, running up to the red van. "We found a place to stay! And they have food!"

"Yes!" Sirius cried. "Where is it?" He was jumping up and down at the prospect of food, as was everyone else—including Draco…

"Not too far from here. It's down Grabute Alley in the back of a pub."

"What do you mean? Like Diagon Alley?"

"Yeah! It's like the Romanian version of it! Come on! There's a man there waiting for us," Lily said.

"His name is Mihail. He owns the inn."

"Let's go, then," Sirius cried. "I'm starving!" They followed James and Lily through the streets of the city Victory. Mihail had informed them of where they were. They soon reached the Waxy Candle and walked towards the back. They opened the door; James and Lily led them down the alley.

"What's it called?" Sirius asked.

"The Poison Apple Inn," James answered.

"What?" Ron said.

"Mihail says he named it after the witch who poisoned that princess with an apple in the fourteenth century," Lily said.

"Don't you find it odd that they named it after an evil witch?" Hermione said.

"I did at first," Lily admitted. "But when I walked in, there wasn't a shady character in sight. It's really wonderful," Lily said.

"Here we are!" James said, stopping in front of a sign with a bitten apple on the sign. James led them inside and walked to the back where there was an office. They found Mihail inside working on some papers.

"Oh, hello, James, Lily," he said gruffly. "These must be your friends. Excuse me while I send this owl to a friend," he said, standing up and walking over to a cage where a black owl was sitting. He opened the cage and attached the envelope to the owl and she flew off.

"Now, I have just the rooms for you all. You can have two of the rooms. They're right next to eachother, so that's convenient," he said, handing James some keys. It was then that he saw Harry and noticed his resemblance to James.

"Are you two twins?" he asked.

"No, we're…we're—"

"Cousins," James said, giving Mihail a smile as he eyed them suspiciously.

"So anyway," Harry said, "Where are our rooms?" he asked.

"Follow me and I'll show you." The large man stood up and walked out the door. Mihail walked them up the stairs and all the way down the hall to two rooms across the hall from eachother.

"Each room has two large beds. Sorry I didn't have any extra beds or rooms, but it'll have to do."

"Great, now where's the food?" Sirius asked hurriedly, his eyes wide and mouth watering as his hands twitched.

"This way," Mihail laughed. He led them back downstairs to the main lobby and called to the bartender.

"Hey, Andrei, can you give these guests some service? Give them the best food in the house! They look like they could use it."

"Aye," Andrei said, as he finished cleaning up a few cups behind the bar. "It'll be ready in ten minutes tops!" he called.

Sirius whooped and sat down next to Ron who was already seated with fork in hand.

"Please, tone it down, you two!" Hermoine said.

"Why?" Ron asked.

"Three reasons. One, you're acting mental, two, you're making me even more hungry, and three, we can't afford to draw attention to ourselves."

The food soon arrived and they all dug in. The meal, not surprisingly, lasted over an hour as they kept filling their mouths with food (The boys even put some food in their pockets to eat later). When they finally walked up to the designated boys room, they all sat on the beds and discussed what was to be done next.

"We could just keep driving until we get to the sea," Sirius suggested.

"No way!" Draco called. "I am not going to be stuck with seven Gryffindors for days in a small car with Gryffindor colors!"

"Cool down, Malfoy," Ron said. "The van doesn't have any gold on it." The others laughed, but it was brought to a stop when Harry spoke.

"We will drive."

"Harry's right," Hermione said as the others groaned. "We have to stay one step ahead of the Death Eaters and Voldemort as well as members of the Order and if we drive, it won't be as easy for them to follow us."

"The Order?" Ginny said. "When did the Order come into the picture? It's not like Snape can tell them where we are or where we're going."

"When we fought in that airport, it probably showed up in the Daily Prophet, which means Remus and the rest know where we've been."

"But they don't know where we're going, though," Harry said. "They don't know about the Horcruxes."

"But Remus did," Ginny reminded him.

"And I'll bet Remus told them about it!" Ron said.

Harry ran his hand through his hair in frustration. "This is harder than I thought it would be," he said. "And I thought it would be pretty hard, especially with you three," he said to James, Lily, and Sirius.

"So how are we going to figure out how to get there?" James asked.

Harry thought for a moment, but Lily interrupted his thoughts. "The library."

James and Sirius groaned. "Why the library? It's not like they will have a book about that tells you how to get to wherever we're trying to go!

"Actually, they probably do, but we wouldn't be able to return it if we were allowed to check it out. We'll use a computer."

"A what?" Ron, Sirius, and James asked.

"A computer. It's an electronic device we can use to find information."

"Oh, okay," Sirius said, giving the crazy sign to James behind Lily's back.

"Where are we supposed to find one?" Harry asked.

"We could ask Mihail."

"Why don't you go do that? We'll be right here," Sirius said.

"I'll go with you," Hermione said, standing up and walking out with Lily.

"So where is it we're actually going?" James asked.

"We're flying to a city called Constanta; it's right on the Sea. When we get there, we'll head out to an island out in the Black Sea. It's uncharted and no muggle can see it or get near it. We're going to have to fly out to it on our brooms. It's not that far out. It'll probably only take two hours tops."

"Where are the cups located on the island?"

"Down in a tunnel at the center of the island. It'll take only a day to get to the center. There are a bunch of hurtles we'll have to get through. I'm not sure what they are, though. We'll have to be really careful."

"While we were at school," Ginny said. "We did research on all the dangerous creatures and objects Voldemort could have put there. We should be alright for the most part."

Just then, Lily and Hermione came back in.

"There's a library about ten minutes from here. Who's going to come with us? We don't all need to go," Hermione said.

"I'll go," Ginny said.

"Me too," Ron said. "I want to see what a computer is."

"I think I'll stay here," James said, stretching. "I want to get some sleep."

"I'll stay too," Harry said.

"Okay, but before we go, where exactly are we heading?"

" Constanta," Harry said.

"Thanks. We'll be back in thirty minutes," Lily called. The four left for the library, leaving Sirius, James, Draco, and Harry behind.

"I'm going to sleep," James said. "I'm exhausted." He yawned, causing Sirius, Harry, and Draco to yawn, though Draco tried to hide it.

"Have you ever wondered why yawns are contagious?" Sirius asked, pulling back the blankets on his bed.

"No, I haven't," Harry said. "I'm always thinking about something else." He laughed.

"I can't believe I'm still here with you people," Draco said.

"Don't worry, Malfoy, we hate you too!" Sirius said in the tone of voice that one would say, "I love you!"

James laughed and Harry couldn't help but smirk. James laid his head on his pillow and his eyes got heavier and heavier by the second until, finally, they closed.

Before they left the next day, they went to buy food to take with them so they wouldn't go hungry. When they walked out of the shop, Sirius exclaimed, "It's Moony!"

"Where?" Harry asked. He looked where Sirius was pointing. Remus had just walked out of The Poison Apple and was now heading their way.

"Run!" Harry shouted. They ran for the Waxy Candle and soon reached it. They caught their breath, sitting at a table for a minute, but couldn't stay long, for Remus had just walked in. He looked around and James met eyes with him.

"Harry, he sees us!" he said. He heard Harry gulp and stand up. The rest followed.

"WHAT IN THE WORLD WERE YOU THINKING, HARRY JAMES POTTER?" he screamed. Remus had never used Harry's full name before.

"YOU COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED! SIRIUS, JAMES, OR LILY COULD HAVE DIED! YOU PUT EVERYONE'S LIVES AT RISK! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS? HOW COULD YOU LIE TO ME LIKE THAT?"

"Remus, I'm sorry. This is just something I need to do without any help from you or any other adult. It has to be all me."

"If you wanted to do it by yourself, then why did you bring your friends and your parents, Sirius and…" he noticed Malfoy for the first time. "What's he doing with you?"

"It doesn't matter. Please, don't tell anywhere where we are."

"Oh, I won't. You will. You're all coming back to Hogwarts with me!"

"No! I'm not going back until this is over and Voldemort is dead!" Harry shouted.

"You might not live to return to Hogwarts if you don't come now! You have to wait and go with the Order. Yes, Harry. After you didn't show up on the train, I told them about the Horcruxes."

"Remus, I'm really sorry, but this is something I have to do on my own." With that, he turned around and ran out the door.

It was noon and they had safely gotten to the van and drove off with Hermione behind the wheel. Thankfully, there was no sign of Lucius, Bellatrix, or any members of the Order following.

The ride was wonderful. They slept a little and talked a little, but James noticed Harry did neither the whole trip. He looked really worried and he occasionally saw Ginny try to comfort him or get his mind off whatever he was thinking about.

"I should be the one doing that," Lily said suddenly.

"What do you mean?" James asked.

"I'm his mother. I should be the one trying to comfort him." James put a comforting arm around her and kissed her head. She fell asleep listening to the sound of his heartbeat.