A/N: Hey y'all! I'M BAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK! Um, I'm winging this chappy. Normally, I have them all written out, then I type them, but for this chappy, I'm gonna just go with the flow.

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Danny's POV

"That's twice now that you've tried escaping," Voldemort said when Vlad brought me back. I was feeling confident, even though I was obviously in a lot of trouble.

"Actually, I think it's been three times," I answered.

That ticked him off. "Do you enjoy getting yourself into situations that can get you killed?" he screamed.

"Maybe," I replied cheekily. Voldemort started to bring out his wand. "Or maybe not."

"Good." The wand went away. "Now, Vlad, I heard you had an idea…?"

"Yes, but I will need to take him to a different room. You see, I have a machine fixed up in a halfa-proof room."

"Ah, a machine, you say? What kind of machine?"

"Oh, I wouldn't want to spoil the surprise, would I?" Vlad asked, smirking down at me.

Voldemort laughed. "No, I suppose you wouldn't. But, do tell me later, hmmm?"

"Of course."

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In the halfa-proof room, Danny's POV.

Vlad had been kind enough to tie me up on the "machine" he had been talking about. To tell the truth, it looked kinda like that life-sucking machine from Princess Bride. (A/N: Love that movie, by the way!) It was, well, it was creepy. It was circular and had a metal, spinner-like thingy fastened onto the middle. That was what I had been tied to, that spinner thing. My hands, feet, and stomach had ropes around them to keep me on that spinner thing. There was a metal rim going around the main part, and wires were fastened from the metal rim to the spinner thing. There was a tube connecting the metal rim to a battery. I had finally figured out what this thing was supposed to do—electrocute me, or something—when Vlad came back in. He walked over to a lever that was also connected to the machine and began what sounded like a well-rehearsed speech.

"Now, son—" I glared at him— "I'm sure you're probably wondering what this machine does—"

"You pull the lever and electricity goes through the tube to the metal rim, goes down the wires, onto the metal spinner-thing, which shocks me," I answered. Hey, I spent the past two years studying, okay? Lancer's idea.

"No, I—actually, yes. How'd you know that?" He looked rather put-out.

"You tied me to this metal spinner, that's connected eventually to a battery, and you expect me not to figure that out? You must be stupider than I thought."

"Well, the lever can go from one to twenty—(A/N: Another flashback from Princess Bride)—so, let's start at one, shall we?" He walked over to the lever and pulled it down to the section marked 1. I watched as the electricity flowed through the tube and the metal and the wires and to me. I screamed. That HURTS! Vlad laughed as he pulled the lever back up to Off. "So, how was that?"

"Ow," I gasped. There wasn't much more I could say.

"Good. Well, that's enough for now, maybe next time we can take it up to two, hmmm?"

He left. I panted a little and tried to relax. It was kinda hard, though, since I was tied up so tightly.

"Oh, how the mighty have fallen," someone said. Looking around, I noticed Flare Yang coming out from the shadows.

"What are you doing here?" I asked angrily. "Come to laugh at me, or turn the stupid machine up to twenty, or—or—" I just noticed that the ropes binding me were on fire. They burned off and I fell to the ground. "Or, let me go. Uh, thanks?" She turned around and started to leave. "H—hey, wait up!" I yelled as I ran after her. She didn't stop, but I eventually caught up to her. "Why'd you save me?"

"Because my brother believes you," she answered quietly.

"What?"

"He yelled at me because I said you deserved whatever Vlad was going to do to you. He told me that you didn't mean to kill Hellen, that it was just a mistake, and he yelled at me that I didn't deserve to have such good friends if I wasn't going to believe them. He took off, and I came here so that I could get you out of here, so that Ty would stop being so ticked."

"Wow. Um, thanks, I guess."

"But don't think this means I believe you! I still think it's your fault, but if Ty believes you, then you must be OK." Out of nowhere, Valerie and Pettigrew came running at us.

"Fenton!" Valerie yelled. "You gotta get out of here! Vlad and Voldemort are coming!"

"What?" Flare and I yelled. Flare looked at Val like she was crazy.

"They're coming! You need to leave!" Pettigrew answered.

"Oh, but take this!" Val handed me a pill-like thing. "It's to make you a halfa again."

"Thanks."

"Your welcome, now go!"

Flare and I ran toward the exit, and we were almost there when—

"Stop them!" Voldemort yelled.

We looked back to see about ten Death Eaters following us. Um, yeah, this is not good. We kept running. The Death Eaters were aiming at us and casting several curses at us. We were dodging as many as we could, but it wasn't looking too good for us.

"Flare, keep going, I'll hold them off," I yelled to her. She just kept going. I turned around and started shooting at the Death Eaters with my ectoplasmic beams. They just put up shields. Flare was almost at the door when I heard a scream. "FLARE!" I turned around to see her on the ground, panting, with steam rising from her. Voldemort was standing over her with his wand pointed at her. He must've used Avada Kedavra, I thought. Sure enough, he turned his wand on me.

"I give you a choice," he said, "either come with me now back to your cell, or continue running and die. Your choice."

"…See ya!" I yelled as I turned intangible and invisible. He yelled and started casting the Killing Curse everywhere. I grabbed Flare's—now Fé's—arm, turning her intangible and invisible, and carried her over to the exit. I phased the two of us through the door and, once we were outside, Fé woke up and screamed at me.

"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?"

"I didn't know he was there!"

"I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU WERE THINKING, NOTHING!"

"I DIDN'T KNOW—"

"OF COURSE, YOU 'DIDN'T KNOW'! YOU NEVER KNOW, DO YOU? YOU'RE A COMPLETE MORON, AND YOU ALMOST GOT ME KILLED!"

"I DIDN'T—"

"SHOVE IT, DORK, YOU'RE DEAD!" She came running at me, both hands burning with fire. "I SHOULD HAVE JUST SET YOU ON FIRE INSTEAD OF THOSE ROPES!"

"FLARE!" Tide screamed as he came over to the two of us. "STOP IT RIGHT THERE!"

"NO! HE ALMOST GOT ME KILLED AFTER I SET HIM FREE!"

"Y—You set him free?"

"YEAH, AND HE REPAYS ME BY LETTING VOLDEMORT HIT ME WITH SOME KILLING CURSE!"

"W—What?"

"It was an accident!" I yelled. "I didn't know he was behind us, and I just wanted to get you out of there before you got hurt!"

"WELL, THAT WORKED WELL, DIDN'T IT?"

"IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, THAN JUST GO AWAY, OKAY?"

"FINE!" And she was gone.

"You really know how to impress a girl, don't you?" Tide asked me sarcastically.

"Shut up."

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A/N: Okay! So, Danny has the halfa-pill, Flare's furiated with him still, Tide's trying to help, and Danny's free! I think one more chapter should do it for this story, so YAY! Read and review, y'all!