Ok chapter four and it's longer again. I didn't intend that but hey.

Disclaimer: Owning Harry Potter is a bit like owning more money than the queen from writing about wizards, that is, it doesn't work if you're not J.K Rowling. Unfortunately I'm not the genius herself.

"Don't bother trying to disapparate" the blond Auror said "we put an anti-disapparation jinx on the surrounding area the moment we arrived. Standard procedure" there was a trace of jubilance in his voice.

He had caught them and this time it didn't look as though escape was likely, no wonder he was cheerful. Bastard Sage thought.

"Intruder charms are incredibly useful don't you think." The blond Auror sneered. Sage could see his face through the light coming from his still-illuminated wand "They stop the peering eyes of muggles, even the odd journalist but imagine how surprised we are to catch the main culprits themselves"

"Were not..." Sage started but stopped as the Auror raised a hand.

Katie was stood clutching his arm with trembling hands. Her lips were tightly pressed together and she was staring straight ahead at the three newcomers all of whom were pointing wands at them.

"So tell me why in the wide world did you decide to conform to the old cliché of returning to the crime scene?" The Auror asked in a mocking tone.

"We came to find what we've been accused of" Sage said opting for the truth, he noticed an odd almost pleading tone to his own voice "and show that we have done noth…"

"Nothing wrong and were completely innocent" the Auror continued Sage's sentence in the same mocking tone "I've heard that one too many times mate and too be fair I don't care, I'm just doing my job."

Up until now Sage had thought this man was doing just as he said he was, his job, but now he realised that he wasn't "just doing his job" there was something else going on behind his sneering face. Something malevolent.

Sage glanced at the two other Aurors stood behind the man. It was apparent that he was their superior. Both were dressed in Auror robes though neither of them looked as shabby as the male Auror. The woman on the left was young but ugly with coarse and badly braided blond hair and an unsightly lip piercing. The other was much older, in her mid forties; she was raven haired and wore wrinkles suggesting expression on the currently expressionless face.

"So what happens now" Sage asked trying to suppress the fear building inside of him. He noticed a brief expression on the raven haired Aurors face. Was it pity?

"Well if you hadn't of tried blasting me last night I would be taking you into custody but as it so happens" the blond Auror smirked "we've had to drag two dementors looking for a kiss and an order letting them". He brought out a scroll.

Katie gasped and her trembling increased. A wave of pure fear hit Sage like a sledgehammer.

"Y-Y-Y-You're lying" he stammered "all the dementors are with Voldemort"

"Oh not all of them" the Auror replied his eyes shining maliciously.

It was then Sage noticed something. The two other Aurors looked at each other startled. They were equally surprised. Something was very wrong.

Sage suddenly had a plan. Well not so much of a plan moreover an idea that would as likely get him killed as it would work.

"I want to see that order" he said demandingly.

"Fine" the Auror replied smiling sadistically and threw the scroll towards him. In that same second Sage pointed his ward at the scroll and shouted a spell.

"Waddiwasi"

The scroll suddenly flew back into the Auror with such a force that it sent him flying backwards straight out of the tent. Sage would have to thank Professor Lupin if he saw him. Before anybody could have reacted Sage had used the "Nox" spell to extinguish the light on his wand and the tent was plunged into darkness. Sage grabbed hold of Katie anticipating stunning spells to be slamming into his back at any moment. A few seconds later they hadn't come and Sage took advantage of the Aurors apparent disorientation and leapt forward towards what he thought was a corner in the tent and shouted a spell.

"Diffindo"

There was a large ripping sound and the sound of shouting all mixed together in the darkness. Sage concentrated solely on travelling forward and dragging Katie with him. The fabric fell on him but he charged forward blindly panicked thoroughly with fear. Wildly pushing the fabric out of the way he emerged through the corner of the now collapsed tent into the streetlamp lit road. He yanked a hysterical Katie from the fabric and glanced at the remains of the tent. The blond Auror was lying on the opposite side of the mess of fabric and poles unconscious and Sage could make out the shapes of the two other Aurors struggling against the fallen tent. At that moment everything in Sage told him to run.

And so he did. He ran wildly not focusing on the direction he was travelling or the girl he was pulling along somewhat forcefully. They were some fifty metres away when he registered that Katie was saying something to him.

"Sage where are…" she breathed

"Shut up and run" he shouted back. And so she did.

They reached the various shops when suddenly Sage felt very cold and without warning Katie stumbled and fell to the ground pulling him with her. From the ground he looked back at Katie, she was sweaty, pale and still shaking. Wonderful he suddenly thought I'm being chased by trained ministry Aurors and this stupid squib just made me fall. It was hopeless. In that moment that thought spread like a poison and gripped like a vice. Then he realised this wasn't how he thought or felt, what had that been for. And why was he so cold all of a sudden. It didn't take him long to put two and two together. Dementors.

Sure enough as he turned there were two black shapes floating down the street towards them with the accompanying putrid rotting stench.

"Shit!" he muttered somewhat frantically. He looked over at Katie she was rooted to the spot sweaty, shivering and staring at the creatures. She had never come across dementors before they were bound to have this effect the first time. Sage realised it was up him now and there was no running from these things.

They came closer and a feeling of nausea came to Sage as he peered at the faceless head of the first creature. The dementors had been posted at Hogwarts in his third year and in the D.A he had been taught to perform a patronus but neither event readied him for the reality of the current situation.

Right, he thought, happy memory, there was the first view of Hogwarts and it had been breathtaking. No he was too nervous the first time he saw it, it wouldn't work.

The first dementor suddenly put on burst of speed and with a shriek swooped down at Sage. Katie screamed. Sage closed his eyes. It was his third year, he stared through binoculars holding his breath as Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy reached for the golden snitch. Harry knocked away Draco's arm and wrapped his fingers around the golden ball. The stadium exploded with applause. Gryffindor had won the cup! Tears filled his eyes as Seamus grabbed him still yelling "Go, Go Gryffindor!"

Sage opened his eyes.

"Expecto Patronum" he yelled. There was a blast of white light and the dementor bounced back screeching.

But that was it. Now both dementors were at him. Katie was on the ground shaking. Sage fell to his knees, sweat dribbling down his forehead and panting hoarsely. It hadn't worked. For a moment the despair overwhelmed him but then he looked at Katie on the floor. The memory had to be more personal and it didn't need to be real, right.

He closed his eyes and it came immediately. He was sat in the warm Gryffindor common room on the comfortable chairs near the fire, sat next to him were Harry, Ron and Hermione and also Katie reclining in one of the chairs in the Hogwarts robes. She was a talented witch. They were all laughing at some prank Fred and George Weasley had pulled. He opened his eyes a second time. This time he knew it would work.

"Expecto Patronum" he screamed with all his might.

This time the spell didn't come out as a small blast as it had before moreover it was like a bullet exploding out into the wretched creatures. As the white light came to the ground it formed as a wolf both fierce and majestic. It dived into the dementors. There was a brilliant flash of light and Sage looked away.

When he looked back there was no patronus and no dementors. It had worked. Furthermore Katie was getting up. The jubilation was however short lived.

"Stupefy"

Reacting on impulse Sage dived out the way. The spell flew past him and into the road. The Aurors. Shit.

Sage turned. The two female Aurors were running towards him with their wands raised.

"Expelliarmus" he shouted back sending the spell back at the Aurors. It missed completely.

"Stupefy" the braided-haired Auror shot a spell at Sage directly. He flinched awaiting the moment it hit his body. But it didn't come. He opened his eyes to see Katie collapse in front of him. She had taken the spell for him. Shocked as he was he wasted no time in his retaliation.

He aimed his wand at a nearby car and shouted "Diffindo". The spell hit the car like a chainsaw slamming a cut into the middle of it. Sage knew enough about cars to know they ran on petrol. Petrol was flammable. He glanced at the two Aurors. They were still some way away and wouldn't be hurt.

"Incendio" he said. The car now acted as if a bomb had gone off inside of it. It exploded and the flames were scattered across the road. Sage suddenly felt sorry for the owner but no doubt the ministry would reimburse them. The explosion created a wall of flame and smoke, the Aurors wouldn't get through that quickly.

He leant over Katie. She was unconscious. She'd taken a stunning spell for him. What did that mean? It didn't matter for now. Most wizards his age wouldn't have known what to do but thanks to the D.A again he was equipped.

He Pointed the wand at her and cast "Ennervate". She woke with a gasp and then erupted into coughing. He held her as she awoke. She looked around.

"Are you ok?" he asked with a tone of urgency.

"What the hell happened?" she spluttered. Evidently she was fine.

"Aguamenti" a voice came. The Aurors were coming through. Sage couldn't believe it he thought it would take them a while.

"Can you run?" He asked Katie, she nodded "Good let's go".

Dragging her to her feet Sage leapt down the street.

"Stupefy"

Again Sage dodged the spell on impulse, pushing Katie out of the way. He looked back; the Aurors were emerging through the smoke. They couldn't run down the middle of the street, they would be easy targets. There was only one thing for it. They happened to be outside the department store and they would have to go in. He turned to the door shouting "Alohomora".

He kicked at the door and it flew open. He pulled Katie after him. The Room was huge filled with rows upon rows of muggle clothing. They ran forward between the racks. They had only gone some thirty meters when another stunning spell flew at them and Sage dived between two racks of clothing pulling Katie down with him. The spell hit a rack send the clothing flying like a multicoloured firework. Sage looked back. The Aurors were at the entrance. Leaping up he pointed his wand in their general direction and screamed "Expelliarmus" sending the spell blindly.

Sage and Katie sprinted down the row of clothing, several stunning spells smashed into the racks sending clothes flying in front of them and behind them. None hit their target. They got to the end. Sage frantically looked around for a place to run and saw the staff stairwell and pulling Katie after him ran with all he had for it. He looked over his shoulder to see a spell incoming; he ducked and span around sending a disarming spell back at the pursuers who were rapidly making up the distance between them.

They reached the stairwell at the side of the building and battered open the door, that said "Staff Stairwell" on its plaque, while they leapt over a low aimed spell.

The stairwell was an ordinary square spiral staircase and Sage and Katie flew at it, scaling the first flight in a number of seconds taking two or three steps at a time. The Aurors were not far behind and by the time Sage and Katie reached the fourth flight they were on the first sending stunning spells at them. They ducked and Sage retaliated with his disarming spell. It missed.

Sage and Kate threw themselves around the next few corners ignoring the poorly aimed stunning spells sent at them. They reached the tenth flight as the Aurors reached the eighth. They were catching up. Sage, acting on an idea thought of in the previous few seconds, reached over the banister and aimed at the stairs under the Aurors feet and cast "Evanesco".

The floor under the Aurors vanished completely. The Braided-haired Auror, who had been behind, fell letting out a surprised yell and landed painfully on the steps bellow. The older Raven-haired Auror leapt forward and seized the edge of the stable platform dropping her wand in the process.

The Braided-haired Auror pulled herself to her feet on the stairwell gasping in pain. She had probably broken a rib. Damn this kid! They should have seen it coming though. This kid was smart. Grimacing she called to her partner who had climbed up the ledge.

"You head them off upstairs and I'll find another way around" She said huskily throwing a wand to the other Auror. The raven-haired Auror, catching the wand one-handed, nodded and continued up the staircase.

By this time Sage and Katie had reached the top of the stairway and had burst through the doorway. The room atop was just as large as the one at the bottom, though here they were selling children's clothing.

Excellent Sage thought, if they could get to the other side quickly enough they would have enough time and space to disapperate without him messing up. So they sprinted past the racks of toddler bibs. Both of them were out of breath by now but they were going to make it.

But just as Sage allowed himself to think that something darted out into their path. Startled he misplaced his footing just before the thing and stumbled, crashing to the floor, taking Katie with him and sliding.

What the hell was that? Sage thought. He shot glances all around until he found it. It was a cat. It was a scrawny, flea bitten cat with scars down its body and half an ear missing.

Sage stared at it for a moment, why the hell was a mangled cat in a department store and why had it come into his path? Then he realised there was no time to wonder. Katie had already scrambled to her feet and he promptly followed suit. The advantage over the Aurors had gone they would have to disapperate now.

Too late.

"Stupefy". A stunning spell hit Katie squarely in the back and she was sent hurtling forward and for the second time in a matter of minutes was sprawled unconscious on the floor.

Sage span around with his wand ready. But he was too slow.

"Expelliarmus" Sages wand flew from his hand and landed somewhere amongst the darkness. The Cat fled and the Raven-haired Auror pointed her wand directly at Sage. He was unarmed. It was finished.

Sage put up his arms and blurted what sounded like the most stupid thing.

"I'm not a Death Eater" he said.

To his complete surprise the Auror lowered her wand and replied.

"I know"

"What!?" he exclaimed.

"I've had a fair share of Death Eaters to consider in my time and you certainly aren't one" a look of compassion crossed her face and Sage felt a strange sense of relief, he was in a terrible situation but still someone believed him, "Killing spells not disarming spells tend to be a Death Eaters flavour" Katie had said the same thing.

"Help me" Sage begged suddenly.

In a calm tone the Raven-haired woman replied "I'll try".

Then a third voice came from the darkness.

"Oh how very touching!" the voice was cold and mocking, "The Auror helps the outlaw, almost poetical." Sage couldn't see the man properly; just a faint outline, but he got the impression of a battered runt of a man with a scar across his face and half an ear missing. The Cat he realised. He was an Animagus.

"Who are you?" the Auror asked sharply.

"It is not my name that you should be worried about, Auror" The man spat at her "Rather you should worry about your use in this tale. You happen to be more use to me dead" there was a slight pause before "Avada Kedavra"

"No" Sage screamed.

Around five minutes later the braided-haired Auror reached the top floor and found a body. She ran over to the raven-haired woman, her mentor and shook her.

"Danielle" She called "Danielle"

There was no answer.

Sage and Katie had by this point long since disapperated. The Braided-haired Auror leant over the body and wept, contemplating the revenge she'd get on the kid who had killed her friend.

While I'm here has anyone heard of Harry and the Potters, they are the pinnicle of Wizard rock!

Reviews are, as ever, appreciated. Anyway next chapter is going to be a short one.

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