Chapter three: Death Eaters
Disclaimer: I own nothing. J.K Rowling's mind created all of the characters and places, unless they are part of my own imagination (I created them)
"Harry!" Harry didn't hear him. He was paralyzed with fear, too paralyzed to even hear Ron's voice.
"NO!" he said. "No…. anywhere but here!" he got up and ran to the window, Sirius following. He looked out into the slowly darkening hills, and saw what he feared… Black hooded figures moving slowly toward the burrow.
"Death Eaters…" he whispered. "I shouldn't have come here… I knew this would…"
"What is it?" asked Ginny. "Harry, what's…?"
"Death Eaters." He said, his voice began to shake. "I shouldn't have come here! I put you all in danger… You need to get out of here… Apparate! Get Floo powder! Something! Just please get out of here! Please!"
"No." Said Ron.
"Never." Hermione hissed, coming up behind Ron. "We'll stick with you, Harry… to the death." Harry flinched. That was a bad choice of words. He gazed around at them all… they nodded. They really would. The Death Eaters were advancing. They had their wands raised, ready for a fight. Harry pulled out his wand.
"Hide." He commanded them all. "Please hide! Please! Don't let them find you! Please!" he was near tears, begging them to leave. "Please! Only come out if absolutely necessary… if you have to."
"No…" Sirius said. He turned to Mrs. Weasley. "Molly, you and the children hide… we," he motioned to himself, Arthur, Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, and George "can handle this." They all drew their wands.
She nodded, herding them all to different hiding places in the small house. She put Harry Ron and Hermione together in a closet near the edge of the kitchen. It was incredibly dark.
Harry listened to the sounds of the battle as he mentally accused himself over and over again. They heard footsteps slowly advancing toward them, and Harry drew his wand, as did Ron and Hermione.
The door opened, scattering the last fragments of light across their faces.
"Potter…" One of them hissed, as Harry Ron and Hermione aimed their wands at him. "Expelliarmus!" he cried, and Ron and Hermione were thrown into the wall, wands flying out of the closet to land at the Death Eater's feet. Harry's wand flew from his hand into the Death Eater's, as his arm was grabbed and he was dragged out of the closet, having his arms pinned by one of the Death Eater's. He slammed the door, locking Ron and Hermione, but not before Harry had begun to struggle. He dragged Harry out of the hall and into the living room, where Sirius and the others were fighting. They all looked to see what had happened, and during his brief pause, Sirius was thrown into a cabinet, and it came down on him. The death eater stuffed a cloth in Harry's mouth and bound him with invisible ropes, throwing him at another death eater, who grabbed him and hissed,
"Remember me, Potter?" It was the voice of Bellatrix Lestrange.
"B-llugh-!" was all he could manage as he tried to voice the hated name. The death eater that formerly held him walked over to were Sirius had been buried. He laughed deep in his throat, but stopped suddenly when he saw a bristling black dog leap out, past him, growling and baring its fangs at Bellatrix.
"Sirius," she said. "What a pleasant surprise." She muttered something and he turned back into a human. Then she bound him, too. "Oh, so it's the boy you want, is it?" she pointed her wand at Harry, as she muttered something to remove the ropes binding the boy. "Crucio!" Harry tore the cloth out of his mouth and screamed. It was pain beyond pain. He wanted it to end. He was about to black out, when someone came bursting through the door. He saw Sirius stand, and then his pain ended, with unconsciousness welcoming him.
A/n: Hey, read and review, there's more where this came from.