A/N: Alright you guys, I'll tell you from the beginning of this chapter, I'm very sorry if it takes me a bit longer to update. School just started for me (yea it's early) and so I'm going to be getting really busy and it might take me longer to write chapters. And I'll be really busy during September because I'll be preparing for a play I'm doing. Thanks you guys!
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Chapter 4
The "crew"
Harry woke up in his bed, his eyes still shut. He had been having a terrible dream where they broke into the Ministry and Draco surrendered himself to… 'Oh no' he thought as his eyes popped open and he sat straight up in his bed.
"No", he said to himself again as he looked around the Ministry room he had fallen asleep in last night. It was actually very comfortable, made for those who didn't have time to go home and sleep. Harry turned his head as he heard a knock at his door. "Come in", he said, getting up and putting his shirt that was hanging on the side dresser on. Ron opened the door and came in.
"Harry, are you sure this is what you want to do?" Ron asked, closing the door behind him. "And don't say yes if you plan on just abandoning us again."
"Well good morning to you too", Harry said dismissively as he walked over to his washroom to clean up. "What did you really come here to tell me, Ron?" Harry asked, leaning against the doorway of the washroom with his arms folded. Ron frowned at him.
"You only get one visit with Draco, then you have to go", Ron said, turning around on his heel and striding back out of Harry's room. Harry rolled his eyes and threw his hands up in the air, then walked back into the washroom and continued getting ready. He looked at himself in the mirror, running his hands through his hair.
"Am I doing the right thing?" he asked himself, sighing.
"That depends", the mirror suddenly replied. "Are you doing good or "
"Shut up", said Harry, walking out of his room and down to the dungeons where Draco was being held. He got mixed reactions as he passed people in the corridors, some giving him nasty looks, some looking at him with fear, and some completely shocked the he was actually there. He walked passed all of them as if he didn't care.
He reached the dungeons and walked past many closed vaults. Harry shuddered; he really hoped that they wouldn't throw Draco into an airless vault. As he turned a corner the vaults gave way to open cages lining the walls, and at the far end was Draco's cage. Ron and Hermione were already standing there, apparently waiting for Harry. Harry walked up to them, saying nothing.
"You two have five minutes", Hermione said. "Once you are done Harry, we will kindly ask you to leave." Harry looked at her, then turned to Draco. Draco was sitting down inside his new cage on a plain wooden stool eating some food he was just given. He looked up at Harry and smiled. Harry knew he didn't like Draco very much, but for all that he had done for him he just couldn't stand seeing him locked up in a cage.
"Draco I'm so…"
"Drop it Harry, there's more important things that I need to talk to you about", Draco said, putting down his food and walking over to Harry, looking at him through the metal bars. "You know as well as I do that you can't go to Azkaban alone." Harry opened his mouth to say he was perfectly capable of handling this one his own, but then decided not to and closed his mouth, nodding his head. "Now I need to ask you; do you trust me enough to put your life in my hands?" Harry looked at him, slightly confused.
"Draco, what the heck are you talking about? If you haven't noticed it's your life that's in my hands."
"Answer the question Harry." Harry opened his mouth, but then closed it again. He thought for a while, then nodded his head. "Ok, good", said Draco as he took a few tiny pieces of paper out of his pocket. "On these pieces of paper are letters to people that I know can help you. I want you to send for all of these people Harry, not just one or two. They'll be loyal and strong, I know it. You will meet them by a tree outside of the building tonight. Got everything?" Harry nodded his head.
"But Draco", Harry said, looking at him is disbelief. "Why are you doing this?" Draco turned around and leaned his back against the wall.
"Because", he said. "I want their respect and trust now more than ever, so I can finally lead an acceptable life." Harry looked at him with pity, noting a touch of sadness and understanding in his voice that Harry only heard those nights they sat up in front of the fire. Harry took the small papers and put them into his pocket. He looked back up at Draco, who was leaning his body against the bars of his cage. "You will come back, right?" Draco asked quietly.
"Of course I will", Harry said reassuringly. Draco nodded his head, seeming slightly worried. The inside of Harry was tearing himself apart. 'This isn't right' he said to himself, 'I can't stand here and do nothing'. "Draco, there must be something you can do. What about your wand?" Harry stopped as Draco shook his head.
"They took it from me, apparently thinking I would try and break out", Draco said. They looked at each other for a few moments until they heard footsteps coming back down the dungeons. They turned their heads to see Ron and Hermione walking towards them again. Draco turned back to Harry. "Good bye, Harry." Harry nodded his head, looking down. He felt a hard knot begin to form in his stomach.
"Good bye, Draco", he said as Ron approached him. Harry turned towards Ron and began to follow him out, but just as he began to leave Harry felt a hand grab his arm and stop him. Harry turned back around to Draco who was still holding onto him.
"Make it fast Harry, I have a bad feeling I'm not going to enjoy my stay here", Draco said. Harry nodded his head and Draco released him. Then he turned around and left.
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Later that night Harry stood outside a few yards away from the Ministry of Magic. He had followed Draco's instructions exactly and had sent an owl to deliver the messages. He was now waiting next the tree that Draco had told him about. He looked out towards the Ministry. 'He's only a few yards away and I can't do anything about it' he told himself. This was just too much for Harry to handle. No wonder he tried to never get attached to anyone, bad things always ended up happening. Harry slouched down next to the tree, resting his head in his hands. He was completely overwhelmed; one thought after another came zooming into his mind. He was in such a daze that he didn't even notice a small pop and a man standing next to him.
"Harry Potter?" the man said in a deep, cool voice. Harry jumped and looked up, then toppled over in fright as a vampire stood looking at him.
"Wha who are you", Harry asked, standing up and almost falling over again as he tripped over a root sticking out of the ground.
"Draco sent for me. He said to meet you here", the vampire replied, catching Harry's arm as he almost fell. Harry shuddered at the vampire's touch, then settled down, dusting his robes off.
"But…how did you get here so fast?" Harry asked stupidly. The vampire looked at him with a weird complexion, then answered.
"Draco told me to Apparate here, saying he was sure that there would be no one but you around."
"Oh, ok", Harry said, wondering why Draco had sent for a vampire. Suddenly there was another pop and another pop and about five people stood in front of him. Harry looked at them all will a mixture of fear and amazement. They all looked evil and frightful but all acted sincerely and respectable. Then Harry realized something. "There's only five", he said, the group of strange people looking at him curiously. 'There was six pieces of paper' he said to himself.
"What do you mean?" one man asked, who looked like a ghost his skin was so pale. "Where's Draco?" others asked. Suddenly there was another pop, which satisfied Harry because now everyone was there. But as he turned around to face the last pop, his satisfaction turned to dread as he was standing face to face with Kirah, Draco's girlfriend.
"Hello, Harry", she said as if she had already met him. He gaped at her, 'Why the hell would he send her to help me?' he asked himself. Everyone was staring at him. He cleared his throat and scratched his head, not knowing what to say to the strange assortment of people.
"Um…did Draco tell you why you're all here?" Harry began, trying to get things going, but was set back as they all shook their heads no. Harry sighed, how was he supposed to tell them everything? He gave a weak smile, then began talking.
"Ok, well, let's see. To start off Draco is being held captive in the Ministry of Magic", all of them gasped at this. Harry ran his hand through his hair and nodded. This was going to be more difficult then he thought.
"Draco's being held against his will?" they all asked, completely shocked. Harry put his hands together, trying to think of what to say.
"Well, no…not against his will. You see", he stopped, rubbed his eyes, then spilled everything. "Ok, look. We came back to help the Ministry after the book was taken, but then we got in an argument with some people there so Draco surrendered himself so that I could go get the book and bring it back before they tortured him or whatever they plan to do." He finished with a big gulp of air. Everyone stared at him in amazement.
"Oh poor Draco", Kirah said softly.
"So, we've come here to help you get the book back right?" a tall, black haired man asked. Harry nodded, then, to his surprise, they all nodded in agreement, finally understanding their summoning.
"So when do we leave?" a big, bulky man asked.
"Well, quite frankly", said Harry, rubbing the back of his head. "As soon as we can." They all nodded in agreement. Harry looked around at his unusual company, noting that all of them were men accept for Kirah. "Well, first of all, before we leave, would you all mind telling me your names, and who you are."
"My name is Styvart", said the vampire. "I'm a vampire, but I take a potion to subdue me at night." He added as the rest of the group looked worried. Harry nodded his head, then looked at the next person.
"My name is Victor", said the bulky man. "I'm a dragon trainer." Harry nodded with satisfaction as the rest of the men said who they were, till it got down to Kirah.
"My name is Kirah", she said. "Draco's my boyfriend, we met in Egypt. Anyway, I'm an ex-Auror." Harry looked at her in surprise. Draco had failed to mention that his girlfriend used to be an Auror.
"Why ex-Auror?" Harry asked, trying to find anyway for her not to come. Her face hardened.
"They fired me and tried to throw me in jail after they found out I was a spy", Harry's eyes widened. She was a spy! And Draco was dating her? Oh he definitely couldn't let her go. She might still be a spy.
"Ok, well, you can all come. Kirah, I think you should just stay here", he said way too nicely. Her eyebrows rose up into her forehead.
"I think you need me to go with you", she said, her hands on her hips.
"Well, I wouldn't say need" Harry retorted. "I have five men to go with me; I don't think we need a girl to come with us too." She crossed her arms and began to tap her foot.
"Actually, I think we do need her. If she used to be an Auror, she might come in handy", the extremely pale man said, who happened to be called Ghost. The rest of the group nodded. Harry ground his teeth. He really didn't want her on his journey, not if she was that beautiful and talented. 'Wait beautiful and talented? What the hell am I talking about she's probably a trouble maker'. He shook the thought out of his head, then sighed, he was going to have to take her no matter what.
"Alright", Harry said, squeezing his hand together so tight he thought he was going to dig his nails into his skin. "You will all be coming. But I must warn you of the dangers." They all nodded.
"We understand", they said.
"Ok, um…", Harry said, not knowing what to do next. "Let's just go get a hotel to stay in, then we will leave for Azkaban in the morning." The rest of the group looked around at each other and then nodded. Harry, clapped his hands together, impressed at how they all cooperated.
"Ok, let's go then", he said, walking off with his hands in his pockets, his new crew following behind him and all quietly talking amongst each other. So maybe this might turn out better than he thought.
Ok guys! I hope you enjoyed it, I know it's not very eventful, it's just another one of those information chapters, you know. The next few will get more action as they begin their journey I promise, so keep reading. And thanks so much to all my reviewers! You guys are awesome! Keep the reviews coming! And, once again, to those who aren't reviewing, please please review! It is much appreciated!
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