Chapter 10 – Hidden Truths and Rescue Missions.

Pain ripped through his chest. A stabbing, ripping pain that almost brought him to his knees but his stubbornness and determination kept him going. The large doors of the castle were looming in front of him and with an almighty mighty shove he pushed them open, blinking in the sudden brightness. A sob tore its way past his lips mocking him in its mournful sound. Harry looked around for a few seconds and started running towards the lake.

He needed to be clean, to be free of everything and everyone. Trust and love just weren't worth it anymore. Everyone he cared about or thought cared about him betrayed him in one way or another. No one really cared about whom he was but all they cared about was The Boy Who Lived, the saviour of their precious lives, defeater of Voldemort.

"Harry!"

Harry ignored the voice that yelled his name and continued to run towards the lake. Finally he reached the edge of the lake and without a pause he dove into the water and swam further into the lake.

"Harry." The voice yelled once again.

A sharp tug on his ankle pulled Harry under the water before he could reply to whoever was calling his name. Tendrils slowly wrapped themselves around his body pulling it deeper and deeper in to the water. A small struggle was all that Harry gave as they pulled him into the darker depths of the lake.

A muffled yell reached Harry's ears but all he wanted was to be clean, to be separated from the world.

Hands grabbed Harry by the lapels of his top pulling him towards the surface of the water. The tendrils no longer tried to pull Harry down, releasing their grip almost immediately. Harry's misery was what had caused them to pull him down in the first place but now that someone was willing to pull him out of his misery they would no longer take him. Someone cared enough to help him and even though it did little for him now the meaning would eventually come to him later.

"Oh Merlin."

Sounds whirled around Harry, some loud others softer but the one sound that stood out the most was a voice.

"Oh please don't leave me. Breathe Harry, please Harry."

A pounding feeling on his chest soon followed as well as the sudden rush of oxygen that fled into his lungs. His chest fell and as it did a horrible feeling started in his body. He was going to be sick and his lungs were on fire. Water spewed out of his mouth, leaving him breathless and in pain. His throat felt like it had been scrubbed raw and his stomach still rolled with the nausea that had plagued him a few seconds ago.

"Harry, please say something. Are you okay?" A voice asked as two warm hands clasped his head on both sides forcing him to look into worried blue eyes.

"Sirius?" Harry croaked, his voice scratchy and sore from the vomiting.

"I'm here Harry."

Arms soon wrapped themselves around Harry covering him in a cloak at the same time. Harry instead of tensing and flinching at the touch relaxed and burrowed himself further in Sirius's arms.

"You'll be okay now Harry. I won't let anything happen to you." Sirius whispered fiercely while picking him up and cradling him to his body.

Harry just murmured in contentment and nuzzled into Sirius's neck, eyes then sliding shut and with another murmur fell asleep.

Laura hadn't looked back since she had run off the Hogwarts grounds hoping to find a place where she could apparate to the Malfoy Estate. She would have preferred to have someone with her while she was trying to free Draco, but while she had been sleeping something made her realise that all the people that tried to help her only ended up getting hurt or killed. This…this thing that runs in my very blood is going to cause so much grief. I refuse to let people suffer because of me.

A wailing scream echoed in Laura's head, bringing her to her knees by the sheer force behind it.

"Oh no. Please not now." She whispered.

A pale figure withered and twitched on the floor while several dark robed figures threw curses at him.

"NOOOOOOOOOO." The figured screamed as one robed person pulled a whip from a rack hidden in the wall.

"Hold on Drac, please hang on. I'm on my way." Laura whispered in his ear.

He nodded softly and sank into blissful oblivion

With the force of a bullet she was thrown back into her body. Panting heavily she stood up, weary of falling from the dizziness that always came with visions. Laura changed into her canine form and padded slowly onwards trying to find a safe place to apparate from. There were so many blocking spells and wards around that Laura was surprised that she had actually made it this far.

At least they are prepared for an attack. There are a few weak spots in the wards but not many people would notice them. When I get back I'll have to tell someone about those.

Laura walked a few more paces and finally found a suitable spot and with a pop she disappeared, only to appear in the forest surrounding the manor. Changing back into her human form she let her energy stretch out trying to find where exactly in the house Draco was being held and how many people were near him. There were only three people in the building and two of them were upstairs which meant that Draco was in the dungeons under the house.

Changing back into her wolf form she moved towards the Malfoy manor, being careful not to trip off any of the wards. It was extremely useful to have an animal form because most wards were only set up to detect human signatures so as an animal she could easily slip through.

How am I going to get in the building? I can't walk through the front door. Wait. There. Perfect.

It front of her stood an old cellar door which did not seem to be strongly warded or to difficult to get through. She could perform some magic in her wolf form but she found it harder because her natural magic flowed differently while she was a wolf therefore much harder to control. A few small charms and spells and the doors swung open revealing a dark staircase which she quickly started walking down, making sure that she closed the doors behind her so if anyone saw them they would not become suspicious. Draco's energy signal was weak and difficult to follow because he left several energy spots, which were really only a large residue of his energy, around the dungeons because he stayed in that spot for a long time.

Argh…It's going to take me hours to get through all these energy spots, time which I do not have.

Laura padded silently through the dungeons following his signal until finally it became stronger and more concentrated. His silver energy was like a beacon now, even though it was laced with blacks and greys, clearly showing his pain, his depression and sadness. She picked up a bit of speed now knowing that he was near she just wanted to find him and get him out of here as soon as possible. With a happy yip she finally realised where she was, at the same door she had floated through during her vision and all she needed to do was get in and get out.

The door was not even sealed with any charms, or even a simply lock and key but rather, Lucius just assumed that his prisoners would be too weak and broken to even make it to the door. In a blink of an eye Laura changed into her human form and opened the door. What she saw broke her heart and left her numb.

Draco was lying on the floor huddled into a ball, slowly rocking back and forth with his arms wrapped around his stomach. Laura didn't hesitate and immediately crossed the room and kneeled by his side, being careful not to touch him or startle him. Softly so as not to scare him she started to whisper his name over and over hoping to get through to him, to break through the walls he had erected.

"Lau… u… ra?" He finally croaked.

"I'm here Drac, just like I promised I would be. I'm going to get you out of here.

"You'll be doing no such thing you wretched creature. Now step away from that piece of filth."  Laura turned towards the elder Malfoy, and watched him with a look of revulsion on her face. She was itching to throw some curse at him but a whimper from Draco told her now was not the time for revenge.

Laura cooed softly and slowly put her hand on Draco's forehead. Gathering all the hate and anger within herself, she focused on the image within her mind and they both disappeared in a flash of light, ripping through the Malfoy manor wards, leaving a stunned and enraged Malfoy behind.

To Be Continued…

AN: Okay yes I realise that this chapter has taken terribly long but school is horrible as well as a slight diagnosis of writers block. Also I know it's a horrible ending not knowing where they are going to end up but I'm not even sure where they are going to end up so you will have to wait and see. THANKS FOR THE REVIEWS!!! Your reviews are what kept me going. THANKS!!!!!

P:S A special thanks to Stephanie for reading it over and fixing my mistakes. *Big Hug of thanks*