Chapter 25

Saving Sirius

Harry let me down quickly once I told him where Flitwick locked up Sirius.

"All right." Harry had said to me upon me meeting the ground "You go to the Charms classroom and try to unlock the door and the windows. Hermione and I," he said, motioning to him and Mione "will wait outside one of the windows and wait for you to let him out. We'll get off of Buckbeak then and let Sirius-"

"Ride away free." I finished, nodding in comprehension. "Good plan, big bro."

Harry smiled and nodded with me "Good luck, little sis. You know how to contact me if you hit a glitch, right?"

I nodded, smirking "Twin Telepathy. Good luck to you too, Harry."

Harry gave me one last nod before I started to run into the castle, pulling out my wand in case I needed it.

I had almost run into Flitwick on my way to the Charms corridor. Lucky for me, I had a suit of armour to duck behind.

Once Flitwick had passed, I ducked to the door of the Charms classroom and pointed my wand at the lock.

"Alohomora." I said, giving the lock a gentle prod. The lock clicked.

I smirked and tucked my wand back into my holster and opened the door to see that Sirius had come to.

"Sirius!" I whispered, relieved.

Sirius looked up at me "Hannah…what's going on?" Sirius asked, confusion etched in his face.

"We're breaking you out of here." I said, smirking. "Harry and Mione are outside now with a Hippogriff so you can get away."

Sirius smiled. "Great…but how are we going to get through to the courtyard without anyone seeing us?"

My smirk widened and I shook my head "You have never been more wrong, my godfather. We're not going out through the front door. You're escaping through the window!"

Sirius' eyes widened in shock "And you came up with this plan?"

I shook my head "Harry did." I said, starting to unlock the windows with my wand, looking for some trace of Harry.

"You aren't as bad as I had thought you were going to be…for a Slytherin." Sirius said.

I turned back and tugged at my house tie "You noticed, huh?"

Sirius nodded "Yes, I did. Well, at least I'm not the only family black sheep."

I cocked an eyebrow in confusion. "What do you mean?"

Sirius smirked "All the Black family's been in Slytherin. Well, all but me. I was put in Gryffindor. That's where I met your parents. Did you know that all the Potters have been in Gryffindor?"

I shook my head. "I guess I destroyed that tradition, didn't I?" I asked, ashamed.

Sirius shook his head and lifted my chin up "Hannah. There is a fine line between a twist in fate and ruining a tradition. It was a twist in fate that put you in Slytherin. But I can see a true Gryffindor in you."

I smiled and hugged him "Thanks, Sirius." I said, turning around and opening the last window, where Harry and Hermione were waiting on Buckbeak.

"You're welcome, Hannah." Sirius said, giving me one kiss on the top of the head before I turned back to Harry.

"Ok, Harry, Mione, you guys get off Buckbeak first." I said, holding out my arm for Hermione to take as she began to climb off.

"Thanks, Han." Mione said, smiling at me before giving me a hug.

Harry came in next, waving off my arm and jumped into the classroom himself.

"Thanks, sis. But I didn't need it." Harry said, smirking at me.

"Hey, smirking is my thing…not yours!" I mock-scolded, putting my hands on my hips.

"Han. Not the time to be arguing with Harry." Hermione scolded before turning to Sirius "Sirius, you climb onto Buckbeak now."

Sirius smiled at Harry and I "You know, I still stand behind my earlier statement that you and Hannah look a lot like James and Lily." he said to Harry, before turning to me "And now I add that you two can act like them too."

I smiled at my godfather as he hopped over the window and onto Buckbeak.

"I'll owl you two." he said before kicking Buckbeak and taking off.

I ran back to the window along with Harry.

"Bye, Sirius! Bye, Buckbeak!" Harry and I said together. "Be safe!"

Once we knew Sirius was away from the school, Hermione turned to us and frantically slammed windows closed, leaving them when some reopened a little.

"We need to get back to the hospital wing before Dumbledore locks it!" Hermione said, turning to me and Harry.

My eyes widened in realization "THEN WHAT THE SKINNER ARE WE DOING STANDING AROUND! To the hospital wing!" I shouted, pointing into the air, and running out of the classroom.

"Your sister really can be a tad…nuts, Harry." Hermione said behind me as she locked the Charms classroom door again.

"I know," Harry said, breaking into a run next to me "but that's exactly what I love about her."

I smiled and broke into a faster run, Harry and Mione hot on my tail as I ran up the stairs to the hospital wing.

Peeves, the school poltergeist got in our way, tearing through the corridor the hospital wing was in, laughing his head off as he bounced.

"He must be excited that the Dementors are about to finish Sirius." Hermione said, checking her watch "Three minutes to the door being locked, twins!"

I smirked. Little did Peeves or the Dementors know that Sirius and Buckbeak had gotten away.

Once Peeves' voice had faded away, Hermione, Harry and I sprinted back down the corridor with the hospital wing entrance, just as Dumbledore was coming out.

"We did it, sir!" Harry and I said together, breathless "Sirius left…on Buckbeak."

Dumbledore beamed at the three of us.

"Well done, you three. Very well done. I think-" Dumbledore gave a quick listen at the door "Yes, you have gone. Go on in. I'll lock the door."

I smiled at the Headmaster before slipping into the dormitory, which was empty minus Ron and Ivy, who were still lying unconscious (or that's what I thought) in the end beds.

Pomfrey was in a very bitchy mood over Dumbledore's visit taking up her patient-caring time. Harry and I agreed it would be the smart thing to take her chocolate without saying anything.

We didn't get through our fourth piece of chocolate when we heard a roar of someone really pissed off.

"Someone's pissed." I said to Harry when the door burst open.

Snape was standing there, barging into the wing, the Minister following, then Dumbledore. Dumbledore, in my opinion looked rather amused. Fudge looked angry, but Snape. Let's just say pissed off would be an understatement to describe how he looked.

Snape was ranting and raving over how Sirius had escaped with help from "THOSE BLOODY POTTER TWINS!"

I stifled a giggle. I guess my head of house isn't my biggest fan at the moment. I thought as Dumbledore came to my defence.

Pomfrey and Dumbledore assured Snape that we had been in the wing since Dumbledore locked it ten minutes beforehand and hadn't left our beds.

Once Snape and Fudge left I lied back in my bed and turned to Harry before he started talking to Dumbledore.

"You know how Fudge said Snape sounded unbalanced?" I asked, closing my eyes.

"Yeah, what about it?" Harry asked.

"That's an understatement. Dude was pissed off." I said, smiling as I fell asleep.