Eeeek! I had my first two interviews with for prep school! I was a nervous wreck. It was with Chatham Hall and Westover.
Heh- I made friends with the Westover person and we started talking about her seventh grade play but with Chatham Hall we stayed strictly to the interview. I think I did really well for my first interviews.
Yep so that's all I have to say. Here's chapter 10!
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He didn't know how long he had been out when he awoke. All he knew was that his back didn't hurt as much and his burns were only stinging a little. His leg still hurt as much as ever though, but if he didn't move it, it didn't bother him.
Katherine and Sara were at his side as he tried to sit up. Katherine gently pushed him back down. "You shouldn't get up yet." She said quietly. Harry sighed and tried to get comfortable with out irritating anything. He just winded up accidentally moving his leg and white-hot pain struck up it. He winced and then gave up, falling back to his normal position.
After a while he asked looking between the two of them, "How long did I sleep?"
Sara, still in the quiet voice replied, "Four days straight."
Harry rubbed his eyes and added almost as if it were an after thought, "I'm starved."
"They'll bring dinner any minute now." Katherine said looking towards the door. They all sat in silence looking expectantly towards the door. After a minute Harry was starting to think about how stupid they looked all looking towards a door with the hope of food appearing. Right as Harry looked away there was a 'pop' and food appeared from nowhere on a plate.
Harry looked at the food reproachfully. Burnt, old toast crusts. They all took their share and ate in silence. Harry thought that this stuff, (he refused to call it food) would probably be doing more damage than good. Harry needed it though, or he would starve to death.
After a while he tried to start convocation. It could be about anything. He quickly thought and suddenly asked, "Have you guys ever watched Star Wars?" 'What a stupid question!' Harry mentally smacked himself.
Sara and Katherine didn't think it weird though, and they just shook their heads. "Oh— well you should watch it… We can have a movie marathon once we get out of here." They didn't reply just kept on nibbling their toast.
He started to think that something was wrong with the two of them. 'No duh… they are currently in Voldemort's castle in the same cell with his number one enemy.' Harry though sourly, but it was hard to be optimistic when everyone around you thinks that they are going to die.
Every time he would look at one of them, they would quickly look away, and if he asked a question, they answered his questions just in yes or no or a shrug. Harry soon lapsed in to silence also.
What was wrong with them? Well, he guessed, imprisonment did that to people. Even he was showing signs of it. Harry was now becoming a little like Mad Eye Moody; he flinched anytime someone touched him and always tensed up when there was a noise like a door opening. He tried not to seem scared or disturbed though, he didn't want to give Voldemort the pleasure of that.
The next day, somewhere close to midnight, the cell door banged open again. Harry snapped his head up, glairing at the Death Eater that came in. "C'mon, all three of you, up." Said a familiar voice, Katherine and Sara got up with out question but Harry stayed down on the floor, not even trying. "Up!" Said the voice more demanding, his wand out, pointing it threateningly at Harry.
"Well if you haven't noticed, not everybody can stand on a broken leg," Harry said coolly. The Death Eater sneered under the mask. "Always such a baby Potter, even at school."
Harry suddenly recognized the voice, "Malfoy." Harry spat, looking at his former classmate.
"That's right Potter," he said and quickly cast a healing charm on his leg, not wanting to deal with the levitation. Harry suddenly remembered the plan he made up what seemed like months ago, when it was really only a few days. He looked around for another Death Eater. There was none, so Malfoy was all by himself. 'It could work.' He thought, his over load of optimism shining though in the statement.
Harry stumbled up at Malfoy's wand point and went out the door. Should he go through with it? He thought to himself, he wasn't very healed from his personal touchier. Harry thought about the chances of this particular situation happing again. If he passed this chance up, he might never have it again. If he were going to do it, it would have to be at the exactly right moment. Harry looked over his shoulder. Malfoy was idly twiddling his wand in his fingers, his hand lowered. The three of them obviously didn't pose as much of a threat.
Harry counted the steps until he did it, a million doubts still swirling around in his mind. Five, four, three, two, two and a half… one… Harry suddenly whirled around, his arm drawn back, and punched Malfoy in the jaw as hard as he could.
Malfoy, with a yell was knocked off balance was sent tumbling to the floor. As he tried to get up Harry closed his eyes and punched him again and again, until Malfoy was unconscious. Harry, a little skeptical that he just did it, immediately took Draco's wand and went over to the barred window, which was where he hit him the first time.
Harry raised Malfoy's wand, hoping to God that it would work. He said a severing charm quietly and the bar's creaked in resistance, but still held firm. Since it was not his wand he would have to put more power in to the charm. He said it again, louder, willing more magic to go through the wand, and the bars gave away with a large resounding, "Doing!"
Harry smiled. It worked! His liveliness was cut short when he heard, "What was that?" Horrified, Harry quickly pushed out the medal that had not fallen out and looked at Katherine and Sara for the first time since he decided to go with the plan. They were both paper white but with a hopeful/scared look on their face.
He waved them over and whispered, "Run… run away as far as you can… I will try and hold them off for a while. Go to Hogwarts and tell them that I'm still alive… for now. Hurry!" Katherine and Sara scrambled through the window and were out of the building right as two Death Eaters came walking around the corner.
"See! Told ya I heard sumthen!" Said the first of the two, while the second one raised his want and said a body-binding curse lazily. They obviously didn't know that he had Malfoy's wand because when he put up a shield, even if it was weak, the seemed to be taken aback.
Harry fired a "Stupefy!" at the first on, but he dodged it. The two of them raised their wands and one said the jelly legs jinks while the other said "Stupefy!" Harry was barely able to dodge both.
Harry shot a stunner at the two of them and surprisingly it hit the first one before he could put up a shield, but the second one was able to dodge it. By the looks of it, these Death Eaters were not very educated. Before the second one could regain composure Harry yelled, "Expelliarmus!" but unlike the other one, he was able to put up a shield and it hit it in just the right spot that it came zooming back at Harry.
He had to think fast in order to dodge it and he felt the spell ruffle his hair. Before Harry knew it, the Death Eater sent another spell his way and it hit him straight in the chest. Harry crumpled to the floor, unconscious.
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When Harry awoke he found himself back in the same old cell. He didn't know how long he had been out and he didn't know if it was a good or bad sign that Katherine and Sara weren't in the cell with him. He was surprised that his scheme worked; he certainly wasn't expecting it too.
Now that he was alone in the cell, it seemed a lot more forbidding. Not that it wasn't like that to start off with, but he knew that Sara and Katherine were alright when they were in the cell, just waiting patiently for whatever was to come their way. Now Harry didn't know if they had escaped and were hiding with the Jillian's or if they were recaptured and killed. Harry shivered, and all he could think was, 'now what?'
After a day of regaining conscious, he was finally taken out of the cell to see Voldemort. Harry had hoped the moment would never come, but now he would figure out if Katherine and Sara were all right.
Once they reached the top of the stairs they opened the door and Harry was once again led to the middle of the circle and forced to bow down. Harry was sweating and he felt like he was going to hurl. What if they were dead? What if they are still alive and being tortured? What if they got away but got lost and died of starvation?
Harry hesitantly looked up and Voldemort and it was as if his face told the whole story for him. His face was contorted in anger-- even more than usual. His red eyes were glaring daggers at Harry. After the Death Eaters got up from their bow, Voldemort did not start the meeting as he usually did, but instead slashed his wand and Harry was sent reeling backwards. He landed hard on his arm and he felt white-hot pain shoot up it. He cringed as he tried to move it.
Something told him that this would not be a pleasant meeting. Harry looked back over at Voldemort who was slouched over in his chair fuming. Against all common sense, Harry smiled, and barely suppressed a laugh. All that crossed his mind was not the pain in his arm, not the horror to see Voldemort mad, but that they escaped alive.
Harry paid dearly when Voldemort saw him smiling; the spell fired at him sent electricity surging through out his body. After the spell lifted, his throat was raw from screaming and he was smoking a little. He slowly and painfully got to his knees, and then he collapsed again. With pain still in his every nerve, he closed his eyes, and passed out in the middle of the floor. They continued the meeting as if he wasn't there.
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TBC…
Ok- lots of things happened in this chapter… sort of. I liked typing the escape plan… good fun. I've got some reviewers to thank!
Lotty- why thank you!
Heksie- Once again… you bet! But don't worry- the chapters are going to be better from here on out- I think… I don't have this story very planed out… but I know DO know the conclusion! Mu ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Scoey- Thanks! I love Voldie's character too! lol
Ilovethestorys- hoped you liked this chapter- I put the wand thing in to action.
Thank you to all my reviewers… since I am feeling nice today you all get two and a half cookies!
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