Chapter 24
The Getaway
When I came around, I heard Harry yelling "WE WEREN'T CONFUNDED!"
I groaned and sat up to see Harry shot up in bed arguing with Snape.
"What's going on?" I asked, glaring at Snape.
"Glad to see you join us, sis." Harry said, his expression softening as he turned to me. "Snape's been telling Fudge that we were Confunded by Sirius Black."
I gaped and glared at my Head of House "I wasn't Confunded!" I shouted, shooting out of bed and grabbing Harry "Harry, I want a word…now!"
I dragged Harry into a vacant corner of the Hospital Wing and confronted him.
"What happened?" I asked, giving a demanding glare to my brother.
"Sirius…" Harry started, not meeting my eyes.
"What?" I asked, taking Harry's face and making it look into my own "Harry, I'm your little sister…you can tell me this." I added, pulling up my top to show the scar I had from my kidney transplant surgery. "We have a bit of each other in us, we have to trust each other. That, and we're the only family we've got left!"
Harry gulped and looked at me. "Sirius…he got caught…I think they're gonna give him the Kiss."
I gasped and let my top fall back into place "They can't do that! They have the wrong-"
"I know." Harry said, giving me a hug "I know."
I let a few stray tears fall down my face. It wasn't fair! I knew they had the wrong man! My Godfather didn't kill anyone…the real murderer got away. Sirius was innocent…he did nothing wrong…he was gonna let Harry and I live with him…as far away as the Dursleys as possible.
"Ivy." I said suddenly, wrenching Harry from his thought about Buckbeak "How's she doing?"
"She's doing fine." Harry said simply, turning to the bed Ivy occupied. Ivy was out cold, but she looked better than when Lupin scratched her.
Dumbledore came in right after Snape and Fudge left and talked to all of us (well, Harry, Hermione and I. Ivy was still out cold, and Ron…well, let's say I don't know if Ron was listening or not.) about what Sirius had done to not make him look like an innocent man.
"We need more time." Dumbledore said at last, turning to Hermione.
Hermione didn't seem reactive, but then her eyes widened with comprehension. "Oh!"
Dumbledore gave a wink and said "I'm going to lock the door now…it's…five minutes to midnight. Three turns should do it, Ms Granger." Dumbledore said, smiling before leaving.
Hermione's eyes seemed to light up as she took a chain out from under her shirt and wrapped it around Harry and I.
I barely had time to understand what was going on before we started going backwards, watching shapes speed back from old places and move around.
Just as I felt like I was as dizzy as ever, my feet hit ground once more…still in the hospital wing…but Ron and Ivy weren't there.
"Where's Ron and Ivy?" I asked.
Harry shrugged but Hermione gave me a look.
"They aren't here yet. This is a Time-Turner. It's how I managed to do so many lessons…I'd redo hours, you see. We're using it now to save Sirius and Buckbeak."
"What's Buckbeak gotta do with Sirius-OH!" I said, nodding in comprehension as we walked down onto the grounds to see earlier Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ivy were talking to Draco.
Harry was about to ask what I was understanding when I shushed him and listened to the conversation between the other Harry, Ron and Hermione and Draco.
"Come to see the show?" Draco taunted Hermione.
"You foul, loathsome, evil, little cockroach!" Mione shouted, pointing her wand at Draco's throat.
"Hermione, no! He's not worth it." Ron said sounding as if he wasn't sure whether to let Mione hex Draco's bits off, or to break up an argument.
"Yeah, Mione." Ivy said, glaring at Draco "He might be a git…but he isn't worth our time."
After some persuading, Hermione lowered her wand from Draco's throat.
Draco laughed at Goyle and Crabbe. That's when the other Hermione punched him in the nose.
I watched as Draco ran by the other me as I shouted "DUFF!"
Harry and I looked at each other a moment before following Hermione to Hagrid's.
Harry forced me to duck down as Fudge and the executioner, named Walden McNair went over Buckbeak's execution one more time.
We all crawled out into the back of Hagrid's hut, to find Sheila leaning against Buckbeak, bawling her eyes out.
"S-Stupid M-Malfoy!" She wailed, petting Buckbeak's head "I-It's his fault you're in this mess, Buckbeak. I'll make him p-pay for this!"
I blinked. Now I could see why Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ivy thought that Draco was a dick.
Hermione Harry and I walked up and I tapped Past-Sheila on the shoulder.
"Han!" Past-Sheila shrieked, wrapping me in a hug "Hermione, Harry! Are you here to say goodbye to Buckbeak?"
I shook my head "We're here to save Buckbeak, Sheila." I said simply, smiling when Sheila's face formed a look of elated shock.
"YAAY!" she shouted, wrapping me, Hermione and Harry in a bone cracking hug "You guys are saints, you know that…absolute saints!"
I shushed her "Sheila, you have to be quiet! Or our plan will blow up in our faces."
"Oh, oh! I'll help!" Sheila volunteered, making for Buckbeak's chain "You guys get Buckbeak's food, and I'll let him go."
We all shared a nod of agreement and Sheila released Buckbeak. Hermione grabbed a bucket full of food and gave Harry and I equal shares and went to help Sheila.
Harry and I lured Buckbeak into the Forest with the food in perfect timing, as Fudge and McNair walked out of the back door of the hut, Hagrid following.
Harry, Hermione, Sheila and I ducked under a bush as the Minister and McNair shared looks and yells of shock, and Hagrid cried in joy over Buckbeak avoiding his death sentence.
Sheila waved a quick goodbye to us and headed back to the castle.
Harry and I moved deeper into the Forest, Hermione following leading Buckbeak close behind.
…
Harry, Hermione, Buckbeak and I hid in the Forest for a time up until Harry and I ran out into the clearing to save Sirius from the Dementors.
Harry and I watched as ourselves fought to fend off the Dementors together, trying and failing to produce a Patronus.
I looked to Harry and my eyes widened "You don't think the Patronus we saw were from…?"
"Us now?" Harry said, nodding "Yeah. Let's go save our asses."
I smiled and took Harry's hand as he started out to the clearing.
"Harry! Hannah no!" Hermione shouted.
"EXPECTO…PATRONUM!" Harry and I shouted together, our wands pointed skyward.
A stag and a doe burst from the tips of our wands and charged at the Dementors as we fainted on the frozen lake.
As soon as the Dementors flew away I gave Harry a high five, which quickly turned into a hug.
"We did it!" I shouted "We saved our own asses!" I paused "Man, that sounds weird, even to me."
Harry nodded in agreement and broke the hug as soon as Snape strode over.
Harry ducked me down once Snape conjured a stretcher and added Harry's, Sirius' and my own bodies to the stack that was Ivy, Ron and Hermione.
Harry motioned for Hermione to hand him Buckbeak's reigns.
"Harry, what are you doing?" I asked, shrieking when he grabbed my arm and pulled me onto the Hippogriff in front of Hermione. "I don't like this! Harry let me down! YOU KNOW I'M SCARED OF HIPPOGRIFFS!"
Harry ignored me and told Buckbeak to fly, eliciting a scream from me.
"HARRY!" I screamed, clinging to my brother tightly "YOU ARE SO DEAD WHEN I GET BACK ON THE GROUND!"
All Harry did was laugh and start to follow my Head of House to the castle.
Harry dipped once Snape got to the Entrance Hall, and I screamed the loudest yet.
"HARRY JAMES POTTER IF YOU DO NOT STOP TRYING TO MAKE ME PISS MYSELF, I WILL KICK YOUR ASS!"
Harry laughed as he looked around for where Sirius' body was going "Now, surely, my baby sister, you do not mean that."
"Shut your Clampitt, Harry." I growled, giving him a death glare.
Harry turned to me and Hermione "Flitwick's taken Sirius somewhere."
I blinked once and had a vision:
Flitwick took out the key to his classroom after putting Sirius in it and locked it.
"That should keep you put until the Dementors get to you." Flitwick said, shuddering as he walked away.
I gasped and shook my head, causing Harry to look at me.
"What did you see?" Harry asked, looking me over with a look of concern. "Did it involve Sirius?"
I nodded "Flitwick's locked Sirius in the Charms classroom."
