Chapter Seven; The Rescue

Harry, Hermione, and Ginny got up from the bed and went to go follow her when suddenly Snape came out of the bathroom. "I'm sorry Dad but we've got to go out again. Eve's about to do something crazy." Harry told him.

"What else is new?" Tobey questioned him from the other side of the room.

"What happened? Where is she, where did she go?" Snape asked him back.

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Eve soared down from out of the sky and landed on the sand beneath her. Then she sat her broom down and withdrew her wand. "I think this falls under the category of life threatening situation even though it's not my own." She said to herself. "Lumos Maxima." She said as a bright light escaped from the tip of her wand. That's when suddenly Harry, Hermione, and Ginny appeared behind her as she started stepping into the water.

"Eve don't!" Harry cried as he quickly grabbed ahold of her arm and tried to pull her back. Eve let out a horrified shriek.

"Merlin's beard Harry don't do that!" she yelled.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you but Dad's worried sick about you." He told her. "He'll kill you if he finds out that you used underage magic, and then he'll kill me if he finds out that I let you." He said.

"I'm sorry Harry but I had to, Hope's in danger." She told him.

"Who's Hope?" Ginny asked her.

"She's the dolphin. I finally realized that she didn't have a name and I had to call her something." She explained.

"No you don't, because she's a wild animal and she isn't yours to keep or name." Harry told her.

"Well I don't care! She needs me! And your biggest belief is helping out those in need you said it yourself!" she cried feeling tears starting to well up inside her eyes.

"Listen Eve, there isn't anything that we can do for her in this situation." Hermione told her with a shake of her head. However that's when they heard the sound of a blowhole.

"Hope!" Eve called as she finally broke away from Harry's grasp and ran into the water. She stopped before the water reached past her ankles and lowered her wand shining it down on the tiny little dolphin swimming out in front of her. "Hope, are you alright?" she asked her as she made a clicking noise with her tongue and rolled over onto her side splashing her flippers. That's when Eve saw that she was covered in oil.

"Oh no, we have to help her. If any of that oil gets into her lungs she could die." Eve said.

"I hate to say it but she's right. We have to get Hope to a marine hospital as soon as possible." Harry said before he dug his cellphone out of his pocket.

"Thanks Harry, I knew that you would come through." Eve told him as he started dialing the number.

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Eve's father wasn't happy with her when all four of them returned to the hotel. "You foolish girl! I would have thought I raised you better than to take off in the middle of the night!" he scolded.

"I'm sorry Daddy but I needed to. Hope could have died if we didn't get there in time." She told him.

"Hope?" he questioned with uncertainty.

"She named the dolphin that." Ginny explained as Snape took a deep breath and sighed heavily.

"Listen, it's getting late and I'm way too tired to want to deal with this right now. So you better get ready for bed. And I suggest you three do the same." He told Harry, Hermione, and Ginny." He said as all three of them nodded in silent agreement but Eve found that no matter how hard she tried she couldn't fall asleep. That's when she finally decided to get up in the middle of the night and wake up Harry.

"Harry," she began in a whisper as she gently shook him awake. He let out a large gasp and quickly opened his eyes before she sat down beside him. "I'm sorry, I didn't want to startle you but I can't sleep. I'm worried about Hope, is she going to die?" she asked him.

"I'm not sure." He whispered back. "I hope not."

"Harry I'm scared. There are a lot of mistakes that I've made in the past, I just hope that that I've done everything I can for her." She told him.

"Well I still think that you went about it the wrong way but I wouldn't dwell on it. It's in the past and you followed your heart. That's the most important thing. Tomorrow we'll go visit Hope and make sure that she's alright in her new home. Right now you better get back to sleep." He told her.

"Alright thanks Harry I love you." She told him.

"I love you too, goodnight." He told her before she got back up and walked back over to her bed while Harry rolled back over onto his other side and smiled at Ginny before he closed his eyes and fell back asleep.