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Thank you for being so patient with me, as it takes me a while to get my chapters up. And especially, thank you for all of the reviews. I really appreciate your feedback. To my wonderful reviewers:

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Chapter 6: Not Out of the Woods Yet

"Do you see them?" Dumbledore asked Shacklebolt, as they scanned the darkness for a sign of Snape with Harry.

"Nothing," Kingsley reported back.

"They shouldn't be much longer. Voldemort should be back any minute."

"Why do you say that?"

"I just received word that Voldemort found out that it was a setup."

"Then they had better hurry." From the darkness, they heard several loud pops, indicating the arrival of many wizards by way of appearating. Dumbledore's face grew grave, and he didn't see anyway for Snape to escape now. If he did, it would be a miracle.

"Should we go help them now?" came a worried voice from behind Dumbledore's shoulder.

"Give them a minute, Remus," Dumbledore replied. "I have faith in Severus and Harry."

"But I have a bad feeling about this," Remus said. "You know that I don't trust Severus, Albus."

"I know you don't, but that's not what matters. He is our only chance of saving Harry. If he fails, we have nothing else."

"I hope that you're right in trusting him."

"I do too," Dumbledore said, too low for anyone to hear.

"He hasn't much longer," Snape said, before he collapsed, overcome with the poison of the plant which he had just battled. He fell on the ground, immediately unconscious. Laughter rang out from the mouth of Lupin, a cruel, snide laugh. Dumbledore joined in.

"Fool," Dumbledore said.

"Come on, let's not waste time, we must get them to our master." Goyle's voicesaid. He and Crabbe quickly levitated the two bodies back to the building from where they had just escaped. At the same time, two death eaters, named Smith and Johansson, had taken hairs from Severus Snape and Harry, and added them to a polyjuice potion. Then, disguised as the two prisoners, they began to try their way to where Dumbledore and his aurors should be waiting.

It took a while of walking and searching, but eventually, someone caught sight of the wandering "Snape" and "Harry". Relief swept over most of the people their, who had been waiting with anxious trepidation as they waited for the return of Snape with Harry. But as Dumbledore looked at the two figures walking in their direction, he felt that something was extremely wrong. Harry was standing on his own, and appeared to be absolutely fine. But Harry shouldn't be fine; according to Professor Snape, he was nearly dead. And Severus had carried no potions with him to help Harry, lest he be caught with them, and made things look suspicious.

As the two neared closer, and a few of the group were preparing to go out and meet the two, Dumbledore waved his hand for them to stop, and stop they did. They had no clue as to why Dumbledore would not want them to precede to help the returning comrades, but they stopped nonetheless. Dumbledore shook his head, and they sank farther back into the shadows as Harry and Snape advanced.

Meanwhile, Voldemort was hovering over the two prisoners he now had. They had been tied to two poles that were facing each other, so they wouldn't escape. He was simply standing there, and patiently waiting for one or both of them to awaken. But his patience was beginning to run thin, and both of them looked as though they were about to drop dead any minute. "Lucius," he hissed quietly, "fetch two healing potions and give them to these prisoners. But only enough so that they will both be awake. I don't want them healed much, just enough so that they are aware."

"As you wish, my lord," Malfoy responded, bowing deeply. He departed for a moment, then returned with the two potions. He gave Harry a good swallow of it first, and then Snape. "That's enough," Voldemort said impatiently. "Enneverate."

Slowly, both of them regained conciousness. Snape awoke first, aware only that he was restrained, as he couldn't see anything at first. His eyes slowly began to focus, and the first thing he saw was Harry, restrained across from him. He, too, was beginning to stir. "What happened?" he thought wearily, as he recognized the situation he was in.

He looked over, and saw Voldemort, standing before them in an almost taunting manner. "That was very risky of you Severus," Voldemort began. "Very brave, very risky, and very, very stupid. Of all my loyal servants, I would never have suspected you."

"That was where you were stupid," Snape sneered.

"How dare you? Especially when you are in no position to defy me, Severus? But no worries, you will pay. You and the boy. No, I won't kill you yet, but I will make you suffer greatly before you die. You will both pay dearly. Not only with your lives and torture, but with the lives of those you hold dear." And with that, he dramatically swept out of the dungeon. Harry hung his head in resignation, and Snape sighed deeply, only to discover that that hurt considerably.

"Potter?" he asked. "Are you alright?"

The question surprised Harry, but he nodded. He looked at his especially ill-looking professor, and said "What about you?"

"I've been better," he responded.

"Is there any way to escape?"

"Not from here," Snape said glumly. Especially not from here. This place was made so no one could escape."

"Bloody wonderful. Then what do we do?"

Professor Snape was silent for a long time, and he hung his head down. For a moment, Harry was afraid his professor had fainted. Finally, he answered with a "I have no idea."

Harry sighed. Darkness edged into the corners of his brain, but he fought it off for the time being.

"Dumbledore! I have him!" shouted the Snape that was heading in their direction.

"Don't," Dumbledore said to Lupin, who wanted to run in the direction where Snape and Harry were.

"Why? It's them. They've escaped. We have to go to them, just in case."

"No, it's not them."

"How do you know?"

"Look at the way Snape is walking. He's swaggering, not walking in his usual stride. And Harry is perfectly fine. There is no way that he could be better now. It's not them."

"Dumbledore!" Harry's voice called. "Lupin!" Lupin paused in his debate. 'He usually calls me Remus,' he thought.

"Do you believe me?" Dumbledore questioned.

"I think I may." Lupin carefully aimed his wand at the two approaching figures. "Not yet," Dumbledore said. The rest of the Order was waiting for a signal from their leader, and upon seeing the two wands drawn, the rest followed suit. As Snape and Harry approached closely enough that they should have been able to see the Order, Dumbledore gave the order. "Stupefy!" rang from many voices in the wooded area. The two dropped on the ground.

"Should we check?" Lupin asked.

"Tie them up, and we'll see if, within the next hour, the polyjuice potion wears off, or if I was wrong. But I am sure that I am not."

"I believe you." Lupin walked over, followed by Shacklebolt and Moody, and they tied up the two imposters. They moved them quickly into the hiding place, where they could all keep a close and careful eye on them.

"Snape?" Harry asked.

"What Potter?" Snape asked.

"What will they do to us now?"

"Torture us both to insanity," Snape said promptly.

"That was pessimistic."

"You asked, and I told you the truth."

"Thanks," Harry muttered glumly. "Gives me something to look forward to." As he finished his sentence, four death eaters walked into the room, untied their prisoners, and led them out. "Let the fun begin," a voice cackled into Harry's ear as they dragged him away.

"I don't know them," Lupin said. "They must be new or something."

"I can't believe this." Moody said.

"I can't either. I was sure that they would have escaped. "

"What should we do with them?" There was a mysterious glint in his eye, as if he had an idea of his own

"I think we should give them a taste of their own medicine," one suggested.

"No," Dumbledore said. "We will hold them at the same place where we had the Dursleys, and make sure they don't escape. We won't lower ourselves to their leel. We're better than that."

"What about Snape and Harry?"

Dumbledore bowed his head in shame. "I don't know," he admitted. "I just don't know."

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