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Chapter 37
"Great! Just great. How do we get into the tunnel?" Sirius asked Remus.
The five were dodging punches from the Whomping Willow. Remus didn't reply to Sirius' question out loud, but instead picked up a long stick and pushed the know on the trunk. Immediately the tree froze.
"Oh." said Sirius before walking to the willow and sliding down the now exposed hole at its base, closely followed by Remus, Yvonne, Lily and James.
"Lumos." whispered Remus. "Right, now you two," he pointed at James and Sirius, "Transform. Me and Lily and Yvonne will go under the invisibility cloak."
The four did as Remus had instructed, and Sirius took the lead. He walked fast but looked cautiously around every corner. They walked for ten minutes before they heard voices.
"Our master will not be happy with your incompetence." hissed a voice. "For all we know, she's given them our exact location!"
"Why don't we just dispose of her?" asked a second voice.
"We will wait for our master's orders." replied the first, his voice deadly.
Lily, Remus and Yvonne removed the cloak at the same time as Sirius moved around the corner: He was growling and his hackles were up.
"Stupify!" shouted three voices. The two black forms crumpled.
James and Sirius transformed back to human form and ran up the stars.
"Helga?"
They entered the bedroom. Helga was sitting on the bed, her eyes as round as saucers.
"Who are you?" she whispered, frightened.
James and Sirius shared a worried glance.
"We're friends. We've come to take you back to Hogwarts." replied James.
"How do I know you're not going to hurt me like they did?"
James dug inside his robes, pulled out the note and handed it to Helga. "Did they hurt you badly?" he asked with a hint of anger.
She nodded. James pointed his wand at a nearby chair and transfigured it into a stretcher. "Here. The cruciatus curse really takes it out of you."
Helga tried to stand up and nearly collapsed, but Sirius caught her just in time. She smiled faintly and allowed him to help her onto the stretcher.
*** "Miss Prewitt has lost much of her memory due to the use of the cruciatus curse on her. She will have to be sent to St Mungo's." Madame Pomfrey informed Sirius, James, Lily and Yvonne.
"Will she get her memory back?" Sirius asked.
"Hopefully you reached her in time." Madame Pomfrey replied. "But there is a good chance that she won't. I'm sorry." She turned and walked slowly back to her other patients.
A/N Ok, so the 'rescue' was a little lame, but there's more coming soon so, um, yeah. Anyway, we're going to try and get everything that we've written typed and posted within the next week or so. That's another nine chapters. After that, it may take a while before another update shows up, because we have written a scene that we are trying to perfect. The aforementioned scene contains the BIGGEST BEST and MOST PAINFUL cliff-hanger that we have ever written, or are ever likely to write. (Except for the one a few chapters later. Lol.) No, seriously, if we don't get any feedback saying something along the lines of "You b****es! How could you do that? Argh!!!" we'll probably be a little offended, so when we get up to that bit (and believe us, you'll know it when you read it) don't hesitate to ear- bash us a little. As long as there are no personal attacks, because they suck. Thanks to: "ChaosLightning13" "SjabRox" "Moony2187" "Maddy-Riddle" "sturgis podmore" "ronluvr28" "ReBelleRose"
"Moony2187" I read the start of your essay thingy - it's great! I'll finish reading it tomorrow (when I have more time to take it in properly).
"Maddy-Riddle" Why do you want Snape? I mean, he does have a sort of attractive personality, but he's still a git! (Sorry. I don't like him even if I do respect him.)
"Sturgis podmore" We don't like Harry very much anymore. We know it really wasn't entirely his fault when that person died, but we still can't help but blame him a little. Besides, I think he's very obnoxious. And full of himself. And stupid. I can see why you'd want to stand up for him though. I used to like him.
"ronluvr28" Schmoo? Ok then. Going over here now. *whistles and walks off*
Chapter 37
"Great! Just great. How do we get into the tunnel?" Sirius asked Remus.
The five were dodging punches from the Whomping Willow. Remus didn't reply to Sirius' question out loud, but instead picked up a long stick and pushed the know on the trunk. Immediately the tree froze.
"Oh." said Sirius before walking to the willow and sliding down the now exposed hole at its base, closely followed by Remus, Yvonne, Lily and James.
"Lumos." whispered Remus. "Right, now you two," he pointed at James and Sirius, "Transform. Me and Lily and Yvonne will go under the invisibility cloak."
The four did as Remus had instructed, and Sirius took the lead. He walked fast but looked cautiously around every corner. They walked for ten minutes before they heard voices.
"Our master will not be happy with your incompetence." hissed a voice. "For all we know, she's given them our exact location!"
"Why don't we just dispose of her?" asked a second voice.
"We will wait for our master's orders." replied the first, his voice deadly.
Lily, Remus and Yvonne removed the cloak at the same time as Sirius moved around the corner: He was growling and his hackles were up.
"Stupify!" shouted three voices. The two black forms crumpled.
James and Sirius transformed back to human form and ran up the stars.
"Helga?"
They entered the bedroom. Helga was sitting on the bed, her eyes as round as saucers.
"Who are you?" she whispered, frightened.
James and Sirius shared a worried glance.
"We're friends. We've come to take you back to Hogwarts." replied James.
"How do I know you're not going to hurt me like they did?"
James dug inside his robes, pulled out the note and handed it to Helga. "Did they hurt you badly?" he asked with a hint of anger.
She nodded. James pointed his wand at a nearby chair and transfigured it into a stretcher. "Here. The cruciatus curse really takes it out of you."
Helga tried to stand up and nearly collapsed, but Sirius caught her just in time. She smiled faintly and allowed him to help her onto the stretcher.
*** "Miss Prewitt has lost much of her memory due to the use of the cruciatus curse on her. She will have to be sent to St Mungo's." Madame Pomfrey informed Sirius, James, Lily and Yvonne.
"Will she get her memory back?" Sirius asked.
"Hopefully you reached her in time." Madame Pomfrey replied. "But there is a good chance that she won't. I'm sorry." She turned and walked slowly back to her other patients.
A/N Ok, so the 'rescue' was a little lame, but there's more coming soon so, um, yeah. Anyway, we're going to try and get everything that we've written typed and posted within the next week or so. That's another nine chapters. After that, it may take a while before another update shows up, because we have written a scene that we are trying to perfect. The aforementioned scene contains the BIGGEST BEST and MOST PAINFUL cliff-hanger that we have ever written, or are ever likely to write. (Except for the one a few chapters later. Lol.) No, seriously, if we don't get any feedback saying something along the lines of "You b****es! How could you do that? Argh!!!" we'll probably be a little offended, so when we get up to that bit (and believe us, you'll know it when you read it) don't hesitate to ear- bash us a little. As long as there are no personal attacks, because they suck. Thanks to: "ChaosLightning13" "SjabRox" "Moony2187" "Maddy-Riddle" "sturgis podmore" "ronluvr28" "ReBelleRose"
"Moony2187" I read the start of your essay thingy - it's great! I'll finish reading it tomorrow (when I have more time to take it in properly).
"Maddy-Riddle" Why do you want Snape? I mean, he does have a sort of attractive personality, but he's still a git! (Sorry. I don't like him even if I do respect him.)
"Sturgis podmore" We don't like Harry very much anymore. We know it really wasn't entirely his fault when that person died, but we still can't help but blame him a little. Besides, I think he's very obnoxious. And full of himself. And stupid. I can see why you'd want to stand up for him though. I used to like him.
"ronluvr28" Schmoo? Ok then. Going over here now. *whistles and walks off*