Disclaimer: I don't own "Harry Potter", it is hereby © to J.K. Rowling. I wrote this story when I was 11-12 years old and between the years 2001-2003, so the actual "Order of the Phoenix" had not been released yet. Errors in spelling and grammar have been purposely left in to preserve originality and my skill as a young writer. This story is complete. This is a repost.
Chapter Nineteen: Bound to Chains pt. 2
"NO!!!" Akira screamed running down the stairs that led to the Great Hall.
Sirius saw Akira and held out his arms and brought her into a fatherly hug. Akira sobbed into Sirius's sleeve.
"I saw the whole thing…I want my sister back! I want Harry back!" Akira cried.
"Professors, look for them." Dumbledore said.
Not another word was spoken. Each teacher vanished going in another direction to find Harry and Cho.
"Everything's going to be all right…" Sirius said, still hugging Akira.
Harry awoke in a room with a fogged up window and he was no longer bound in ropes. He was chained to the wall by his left ankle. He looked to his right. He saw Cho lying on the floor. She was also chained to the wall. He trudged over to her.
"Cho? Are you ok?" he asked.
"Hmmm?" Cho asked, stirring awake.
"Cho! Thank god you're alright!" Harry exclaimed, hugging Cho tight.
"Where are we?" Cho asked, hugging Harry back.
"I don't know…" Harry answered.
"I'm scared…" Cho whispered.
Then they heard footsteps in the hallway. A scrape of a key being pushed into the lock of the door and a turn of the knob, Voldemort walked inside.
"Hello. Sleep well I hope?" He said.
"We don't remember sleeping since we were knocked out…you bloody idiot…" Cho muttered darkly.
Voldemort strode forward and grabbed Cho's chin and lifted her face so he could see her eye to eye. His long fingernails scratched her face threateningly.
"What did you say, girl?" Voldemort asked.
"N-nothing!" Cho stammered.
"Let go of her…" Harry said through gritted teeth.
"I sense a lot of power around you girl." Voldemort stated.
"P-please, l-let go of me!" Cho cried.
"We will test your power, girl, but for now, you shall remain here." Voldemort replied, shoving Cho back down onto the floor.
With a turn of his heel, Voldemort left the room and locked the door.
"Cho, did he hurt you?" Harry asked concerned.
"No. I'm alright." Cho replied.
Harry looked around his surroundings for once. It looked familiar…but he didn't know where he was. Instantly, it came to him. Tom Riddle's Mansion.
"We're in Tom Riddle's home." Harry said.
"Who?" Cho asked.
"Voldemort's father." Harry answered.
"Oh." Cho replied.
She started walking around the room. She went to the window and took off her cloak and started rubbing it against the window. The window was starting to clear and they could almost see outside. She continued rubbing and the window was perfectly clear.
"There. Now all we have to do is find a way out." Cho said.
Cho saw a large white sheet covering a very large piece of furniture. She pulled off the sheet and a cloud of dust filled the room. Both of them started coughing. When the dust settled, they saw a very beautiful bed. The door opened again. It was a house-elf bringing them food.
"Dobby!" Harry exclaimed in shock. "What're you doing here? I thought you were free!"
"Harry Potter, sir! Freed I was, but captured I be. I was brought here. I either serve Master or die. I chose to serve. But I won't become evil like Master. I will stay good like Harry Potter! I brought you both food." Dobby said in a high voice, setting the tray on a table nearby.
Dobby bowed, opened the door and left. Dobby had brought them a tray of sandwiches and iced tea with vegetables and dip.
"At least we won't starve…" Harry said, trying to lighten his and Cho's spirits.
They picked at their food and ate some of it. Later on, Cho got frustrated and started slamming her shoulder against the wall to find a weak spot. She also tried breaking the window, but she had wasted so much energy that when she attempted to break it, she just dropped to the dusty floor and pulled herself up and went to lie down on the bed.
"I'm tired." Cho said.
"Eat. You need your strength." Harry urged.
"Ok, fine…why aren't you helping? Don't you want to get out of here?" Cho asked.
"Yes, I want to get out. But, if we can find something to pick the locks on our chains, we can get out of here." Harry replied.
Cho sighed, went, and ate some more food. They were very hungry. The platter had almost nothing left. Harry went around looking for something. Then he saw a broken shard of metal.
"Cho! I found something." Harry said holding up the metal shard.
"Great!" Cho exclaimed.
Harry worked the shard into the keyhole of the chain and he heard a click and the chain cuff swung off.
"It worked! I'm free!" Harry said in shock.
"That's great, now what about me?" Cho asked impatiently.
"Oh, sorry." Harry said, quickly working the shard into the keyhole of Cho's chain. Click. It opened.
"Quick! The window!" Cho hissed.
"Try and see if you can pull it open." Harry said. "We should avoid breaking it. It'll make too much noise!"
Cho nodded and pulled at the window. It moved slightly. Cho checked her pocket for her wand. It was still there. She would always carefully hide her wand in her clothes. She pulled it out and muttered a spell. The window creakily opened. Then she summoned her broom and Harry's with a summoning charm.
"There." Cho said, dusting off her hands. "Do you have your wand with you?"
Harry checked his pocket. "Yeah." Harry replied. "That makes me really mad. We could've easily gotten out of here with magic!"
"I know…but come on! We'll be caught sooner or later!" Cho said, pulling him towards his broom.
They mounted their brooms and one after the other, they exited the small chamber that they were trapped in.
"Accio Dobby!" Cho cried.
Instantly the house-elf appeared on her broom.
"Why is Dobby here up high Miss?" Dobby asked.
"We're going back to Hogwarts." Harry answered.
"Dobby is so grateful that Miss and Harry Potter rescued him!" Dobby squeaked.
Both put on a burst of speed and they were speeding north.
"Do you even know where we're going?!" Harry shouted over the rushing wind going past their ears.
"Yeah. I feel like I've been this way before." Cho replied, shouting back.
They continued to head north and Harry saw familiar scenery. They could see the tops of the castle and all the windows lit up.
