chapter16
"AAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR!" the scream continued. "NOT HARRIET! PLEASE"
"Step aside girl!"
"NOT HARRIET! PLEEEAAAS!"
"Step aside!"
"NOT HARRIET! … THAKE ME! TAKE ME!"
"STEP ASIDE!"
"Not Harriet! Not Harriet! Not Harriet! Please!"
"AVADA KADARVRA!"
"GET DOWN HEAR AT ONCE!"
"GRRRRRRRRRRRR!"
"Tap tap …"
"Skid. GRRRRRRRRR"
"Tap tap … thump crash"
"Ouch!"
"GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!"
"OOOOOUUUUUUU!"
"GRRRRRRRRR!"
"AAAAARRRRRR!"
"Come on Harriet! Come out and play!"
"He he he"
"Aren't you coming Harriet?"
"Don't be a spoil sport!"
"Come on!"
"Are you scarred?"
"Little skardy cat blindo Harriet!"
"Come on Harriet"
"Ouch!"
" Ouch! Are you okay Harriet? Should I do it again?"
"Get off"
"Get off! What are you going to do to make me Harriet?"
"Kick!"
"Ouch! that hurt a lot! Not"
"Go away"
"Should we go away Christen? I don't think we should"
"Just leave me alone"
"But we only want to play blindo Harriet"
"Go away"
"Kick!"
"Thwack!"
"Ouch!"
"Smash!"
"Whack!"
"Not Harriet please not Harriet!"
"Stand aside girl! Stand aside"
"Not Harriet!"
Harriet opened her eyes, and immediately closed them again.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"
The screaming would not leave her head.
"Want any more Harriet? Or do you think it's Lovegood's turn"
She tried to raise her head.
"Or should I do Weasley next?"
The room was dark.
"STOP IT! JUST STOP!"
She was kneeling.
"Did you say 'stop it'?"
She could feel her knees on the cold floor.
"No!"
Her hands were tied.
"I think that calls for some …"
She could feel the sharp metal against her wrists.
"Crussio!"
Her hair was down. She could feel its warm weight on her shoulders.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" she could hear screaming. Not in her head this time.
"AAAAAAHHHHHH! STOP IT! PLEASE!"
It was near by.
"HAHAHAHA!"
Where was she?
"Did you enjoy that prissy?"
"Chocolate frog" McGonagall said glaring at the gargoyle which immediately sprang aside. "come on Luna" she snapped as she stepped onto the moving stare case.
They moved smoothly up.
All Luna could do was pray Snape would be awake and in his office.
McGonagall wrapped loudly on the eagle door knocker.
"Come in" said a silky voice from inside.
McGonagall entered and Luna followed. She noted as she did so that she had never been here before. It was large for a teachers office.
"Professor McGonagall to what do I owe the pleasure"
"Are you aware that a Hogwarts student has just been taken from the ground by two dementors?" McGonagall demanded glaring at Snape.
He looked totally shocked. "why?" he whispered.
"I was about to ask you that" McGonagall replied with a hard glint in her eye.
"But-" Snape was rendered totally speechless.
"Who was this?" came a voice from behind him.
Luna looked up to see a portrait of Dumbledore in a large gold frame looking at her from behind Snape.
"Miss Harriet Dursley" McGonagall replied also looking at the portrait.
"Harriet" Dumbledore looked shocked. "But what pretence did they have? …" there was a pause. "Or do they know?"
"They can't!" McGonagall's nostrils flared.
"You know?" Dumbledore sounded shocked.
McGonagall nodded.
"Could someone please explain what is going on?" Snape asked in a oily tone.
McGonagall turned to him with a stony stare. "a student has just been taken by dementors to Azkaban under the pretext of being a muggle born"
"And are they a muggle born?" Snape asked.
"No!" Luna replied interrupting the conversation.
"Well unless there is sufferance evidence of that, despite being Hogwarts headmaster there is nothing I can do about it" as Snape said it he seemed to be regretting the truth it contained.
McGonagall glared at him yet again.
"I'm afraid he's right Minerva" Dumbledore said from his portrait. "but perhaps it might be a good idea for us to organise a mass break out.
"but how?" Snape demanded.
"we will talk latter, first you must find out why she is in there, do they know or not"
"know what?" Snape demanded.
"you don't need to know Severus"
"why do you never trust me Dumbledore"
"I will not discuss this with you again, as I have already explained-"
"your a death eater" McGonagall snapped. "isn't that enough reason not to trust you?"
Snape looked as though he was about to argue but from a quick glance from Dumbledore decided against it. "if you don't mind getting out" Snape said instead in a hard voice. "I will do what I can alone"
McGonagall gave him one last stern look before turning on her heal and holding the door open for Luna. "come Lovegood, it seems we will get no help here"
Snape looked after them with blank eyes.
"we will arrange something" he promised himself sitting himself back behind his desk.
"AAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR!" the scream continued. "NOT HARRIET! PLEASE"
"Step aside girl!"
"NOT HARRIET! PLEEEAAAS!"
"Step aside!"
"NOT HARRIET! … THAKE ME! TAKE ME!"
"STEP ASIDE!"
"Not Harriet! Not Harriet! Not Harriet! Please!"
"AVADA KADARVRA!"