"Well? Where is it?" Umbridge demanded as Ron slowed down his approach.

"Ron…" Hermione acted disappointed and looked down shaking her head. "It's straight ahead…"

"Show me to it, you three ahead of us." Umbridge said making the trio share a glance before entering the acromantula territory. Something scurried past behind them and Harry saw Ron starting to tremble slightly. The sound of a taught string getting pulled echoed around them and Harry resisted the urge to look up.

What was Ron going to do about this? What was his plan? Ron glanced back nervously at Harry. That was when he realised. Ron hadn't thought this far ahead. His heart truly skipped a beat.

"Expelliarmus!" Umbridge gave a dull squeak, cut out as she was blasted back onto a hard bark of tree. She passed out the minute she hit it. The thick layer of cobweb wrapped around the tree made her stay upright.

Harry turned surprised to see Malfoy putting his hand down. The blonde glared at him slightly. He scoffed, as if slightly insulted by Harry's doubts on whose side he was. He shouldn't flatter himself. Harry still had no idea what side Draco was on.

"Right… let's get out of here before Aragog sends his devil spawn after us." Ron said rushing to the exit.

"Wait Ron!" Hermione whispered. "We can't leave her!"

"She'll die if we leave her here." Harry said. He looked at the pink woman in distaste for forcing him into a position where he now has to ensure her safety.

"Good riddance." Both Draco and Ron replied at the same time. They looked at each other. Draco eyeing Ron icily and Ron glaring viciously at the blonde.

"We can't…" Hermione mumbled. Draco rolled his eyes and took a step forward, pointing his wand at Umbridge.

"What are you doing?" Harry asked, hearing the nervousness in his own voice.

"You may be skilled in defence against the dark arts Potter, but I know a thing or two about wards." With that Malfoy mumbled words under his breath making short hesitant movements with his wand.

"Did it work?" Hermione asked, her eyes focused on Draco's wand movements. Ron grabbed a fairly large stone and threw it at the woman. It bounced back a metre before her and hit him on the shin.

Ron cursed and bounced back. "Looks like it." He said with great disappointment.

It was all the evidence Harry needed. "I have to get to Sirius!" He turned and ran back from where they came.

"Harry wait!" Hermione called.

He didn't stop. Not until he got to Umbridge's fireplace, lungs on fire from the run. He tried to control his breath as he grabbed a handful of floo powder and tossed it into the fireplace. He called for 12 Grimmauld place and stuck his head in the fire.

"Sirius!" he called looking around the dark and empty living room. There was no sound. His heart raced wildly. His vision was real! Voldemort had him.

"Filthy blood traitor boy…" He heard the vile little voice of Kreacher coming from the darkness.

"Kreacher! Come here! Tell me where Sirius is! Is he in the house?" Harry demanded.

"Kreacher has no ties to you, Potter. Kreacher has only one true master he need be loyal to."

"Kreacher! Tell me now if Sirius is here or not!" Finally he spotted Kreacher, lurking behind the couch, poking only his head out to him.

"Master has not been here all day." He said gleefully. Harry pulled his head out of the fire and sat back, clutching his chest in desperation.

"Harry?"

"I'm going." Harry stood up and grabbed a handful of floo powder. Draco's pale hand gripped his wrist with a strength that surprised Harry.

"Wait Potter…"

"He's right Harry… we need to think about this." Hermione said.

"While Voldemort tortures my godfather to death or insanity?" Harry asked, eyes focused on the fireplace. "I'm going with or without you."

"Fine… but I'm coming with you mate."

"…I'm also going Harry." Hermione said gently.

"I'll come also Potter." Draco said.

"There is no way we're letting you come Malfoy!" Ron spat glaring at him. Harry couldn't deal with this right now.

"He knows where we're going anyway Ron. I'm not waiting another second." Harry turned to look at Draco Malfoy, his expression not showing anything. Harry could not trust him. Not entirely at least. "Let's go."

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"This is it." Hermione said as they approached the large black door, the corridor empty of anyone else.

Harry nodded and took out his wand, the others following his example. He opened the door and the prophecies gave the endless rows of sky-high shelves an eerie pale blue glow.

Harry walked to the spot where he thought he'd seen Sirius in his vision but no one was here. Had Voldemort already killed him? Had he already disposed of him?

"There's no one here…" Ron whispered.

"Well noted Weasley." Draco replied and Harry turned to snap at them. That's when he saw it. Glowing more than the others, pulsating, calling to him. He approached the shelf and his friends quieted down.

He reached for it. Could this be it? The prophecy that Voldemort wanted? What did it say? He picked it up, showing that he was indeed part of the prophecy. He faintly started hearing a hoarse and distant whisper but before his mind could focus on it several Deatheaters appeared from each corner of the room. Harry held the prophecy close and stepped back to his friends.

Lucius Malfoy stood proudly, wand drawn, standing with Bellatrix and a gruff man that stood tall and wide and intimidating, grinning maliciously at them.

"Well, well. What have we here." The scruffy man said and chuckled maliciously as he sneered at Draco who took a step back but kept his wand drawn. "Family reunion, is it? Malfoy?" And he laughed deep in his throat, turning his steely blue eyes to Harry.

"Keep your silence Greyback." Lucius hissed and turned to Draco. He looked confused and surprised. Harry wanted to roll his eyes. How dare the other be that good an actor? Well, then again, how likely was Lucius Malfoy to know that Harry knew the whole of Draco's mission?

Bellatrix giggled. "My little nephew a traitor? The Dark Lord won't be happy! Hahaha!" She giggled like a madwoman. Her acting was not as good, but had Harry not known about the mission, he would have passed off her comments as those of a deranged woman.

"Give me prophecy, Potter. And we will all part ways peacefully." Lucius stretched his hand out to him and Harry glared raising his wand higher.

"Whatever is in this thing I won't let you have it! You'll have to do something else to get your head patted by your master, Malfoy." Harry said.

Greyback growled at that. "Let me just kill him."

"He belongs to the Dark Lord you mangy flee infested-"

"Enough!" Lucius yelled and pointed his wand at Harry. "Give me the prophecy Potter! Now!"

"Never! Experlliarmus!" Harry yelled, Lucius raised an instant shield and everyone released their spells. Draco grabbed his arm as their spells knocked the Deatheaters back and caused the shelves to crack and start toppling.

"Run!" Hermione yelled as they tried to make their way out, dodging spells and shooting some back as best they could.

"I've got you." Harry heard Greyback's bone chilling confident voice almost a breath away.

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Severus clenched his jaw and resisted the urge to yell profanities and the flee-bitten dog as the other mocked him.

"Coming to check on me? You're not worried about me, are you Snivellus?" Black had the nerve to say.

"Come now Sirius, it is good he's putting Harry's fears to rest." Lupin said.

"Yes, Harry's connection to Voldemort is nothing to overlook." Dumbledore said. That mellowed down Black's smirk to a humourless smile. Black turned up to glare at him, to which Severus made sure to return the look before doing the one thing that annoyed the dog more than anything. He relaxed his features as if uninterested and looked away, as if he were far superior to the ex-convict. He heard him growl in response. Before he could utter any insults Minerva barged in, soot from the old fireplace still latched onto her robes.

"Albus… Potter, Granger, Weasley and Draco Malfoy have all disappeared. They are no longer on school grounds."

"What?!" Severus yelled, Black echoing the same question back at McGonagall.

"Do you have any idea where they are professor?" Lupin asked. Severus cursed. He knew where that stupid Gryffindor was.

"They've gone to the ministry." Severus said. He went with Draco Malfoy as well! If that brat made it out of this one he… he didn't know what he was going to do! But he had to get him back safe. That was all that mattered.

"We're going too." Albus said. Everyone rushed out to call the rest of the Order members and Severus turned to leave too, to make it there first. Albus stopped him. "No Severus."

"Why not? For all he knows I could be there by your order!" Severus argued.

"I will personally go and ensure Harry's safety. I need you to stay here."

"Albus… I remember a very similar promise fourteen years ago." Severus said. He couldn't just stay here. Not this time.

"I know. You must trust me Severus. If he calls you, I want you to go to him immediately and report back." He took a deep breath.

"Very well headmaster…" He whispered.

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"Mate!" Ron called out and reached back, grabbing onto Harry by the sleeve and throwing him forward just as Harry felt Greyback sweep his claws down, tearing his mended robe. Damnit. That made him mad. He managed to not stumble as they ran into a stone room, empty of all but a large stone arch that stood at its centre.

"You're surrounded down Potty!" Bellatrix called. Draco shot a spell her way and she barely managed to dodge. She gasped loudly, her eyes widening with insanity and rage. She raised her wand to attack when several pops were heard all around and Harry saw the order members.

"Sirius!" Harry cried out, relief flowing through him.

Sirius smiled as the deatheaters were blasted back, heavily outnumbered. They seemed to turn to run. Draco ran after his father.

"Hey kiddo." Sirius said reaching to ruffle his hair in a way that made Harry's stomach sore. Just behind him Harry managed to see Bellatrix, sneaking out of the dark tunnel she'd hidden herself in.

"Sirius watch out!" Harry yelled and raised his wand. Suddenly Sirius shoved him to the side roughly.

"Avada Kedavra!"

Harry turned in time to see the green flash hit Sirius in the chest. He stumbled back into the stone arch.

"No… no! No Sirius!" Harry cried rushing to his feet and reaching for him. Sirius' eyes met with Harry's as they turned a pale ghostly grey like the rest of him and then he fell into the void, leaving nothing but emptiness and grief behind. "No! No! Sirius!" Harry screamed. Before he could reach into the voice Remus pulled him back, holding him back with all his strength.

"No Harry! You can't! He's gone…" Harry cried as he heard Lupin's voice break. Amidst the grief a piercing and shrill laugh shook Harry to his core. He turned to see her. Bellatrix. She smirked and turned, running away. Harry let the anger consume him, he let Nagini's darkness consume him as he shoved Lupin off and ran after her.