AN: Alright people here is some action for you. Some Inferi, some fire breathing and a little ice skating. Go for it.
Chapter 15: Let Me Go
"Hustle, hustle people! You needs muscles! Move, move!" Viktor yelled as the trainees ran through the obstacle course in the dark evening night, the moonlight just beginning to shine
"Viktor isn't this harsh?" Jason asked as Ken slipped a bit and slip three yards on his bum in mud
"Not at all. This is how I was trained in school. It's easy."
"Yeah, for those Hogwarts guys. Look at them. Even Henry is having more fun than torture."
"He just loves to bug me huh?" Viktor and Jason watched as he jumped a hurdle with ease
"Maybe he likes you." Jason nudged Viktor whose eyes widened
"He's not that feminine. He's more manly than some of the guys on our team. It may be just looks but he's anything but girly." Viktor said with confidence in his voice even though even Henry slipped a little bit but actually hydroplaned instead of falling down
"More skateboarding?" Draco asked as he jumped the hurdle and was next to Henry
"Try it. You too Harry and Ron!" Henry called behind him and the four began skating on the mud
"Very creative you guys! What are you going to do now? A figure 8?" Viktor yelled and the Hogwarts students shook their heads and Henry got ready. He jumped and spun twice in the air before landing nicely and continuing his skating
"Very pretty Henry. 9 out of 10." Draco clapped as Henry bowed and slip backwards into the next hurdle
"That one hurt!" the three said as they headed over to Henry, who was slowly swaying as he got up
"Never again will I spin like that." He said in a voice that sounded so much like Hermione's
"Henry? You ok? You sound like my cousin." Harry patted Henry on the back and Henry coughed
"Yeah," he covered his mouth with his hand, coughing all the while "I probably got mud in my throat, is all."
"All right, everyone in!" seven mud covered sixth years kneeled in front of the two mentors who were checking them over "Good job, you're all nasty and dirty. We need to work more on stamina and coordination tomorrow. Now, hit the showers and head home." Viktor pointed behind him and the seven young men went into the showers
"You guys are idiots." Henry said as he grabbed his wand
"What?" Draco asked as he pulled his shirt over his head and work on his pants
"We have magic for a reason." He cleaned himself with a simple charm
"So? And since when did elves use wands?" Draco had stripped down to nothingand headed into the shower with an equally stripped Ron, Harry and Trey.
"I'm a certain type of elf. Any magic not pertaining my type I need a wand." Henry leaned his clean head against the entrance of the showers area, blushing from getting the good view
"And your type?" Harry asked from inside
"Fire elves of the Northern mines." Henry said, trying to get the image of her cousin's... yeah that.
"Oh…"
"Jump in Henry!" Ken whipped Henry in the head with a old fashioned towel-whipping
"Ken!" Henry yelped and jumped into the showers to chase his fellow chaser
"You're the idiot Henry! Just grab a towel and whip him back." Draco pointed to the towels on a table away from him as he turned back to his shower
"Oh…like this!" Henry whipped him in the ass and Draco swiveled around quickly to see Henry run out of the showers area
"Get back here Henry!" Draco didn't even bother to dry off and ran out to follow his elfin friend; Harry and Ron looked at each other and shook their heads
"They can't be gay." Ron said
"I dunno. Draco's as straight as they come but maybe if you meet the right guy…" Harry and Ron looked at each other and took step away
"Holy shit!" Henry saw Draco behind him as he darted in between the locker rows
"Get back here Henry!" Draco roared playfully as he grabbed a towel from a bench
"You think I'm stupid?" Henry yelled behind him before he almost hit the back door and saw Draco close by towel armed and ready
"Yeah you pretty much are." Draco was face to face with Henry, who was looking around for a way out
"No actually, all part of my plan."
"Huh?" Draco lowered his arm and Henry ran past him
"Idiot!" Henry yelled behind and Draco dropped the towel
"That's it! No one makes a fool out of Draco Malfoy!" Draco yelled while charging at the elf
"Just did!" Henry had stopped for a second and suddenly Draco had tackled him "Holy shit!"
"You slippery little bastard!" Draco panted from on top of Henry
"Yeah well, you're the one that's wet and naked Draco." Henry pushed Draco so that he was on top; Draco actually looked down and realized this finally and blushed gracefully
"Oi Viktor, your lover boy has his eyes on someone else!" Jason yelled as he eyed the boys on the ground slowly getting to their feet, Draco soon held out his hand after he had found a towel to wrap himself in.
"You were fast." Henry shook it and the two smirked
"You too. I gotta go home though. See ya tomorrow guys." Henry grabbed his broom and slowly walked out the room; Draco changed quickly and left saying that he had patrol soon
"That's weird I thought Hermione did. Oh well." Ron shrugged and put on his pants as Harry continued to look at the exit
"That was so much fun!" Hermione panted as she walked the Quidditch pitch to get to the entrance
"Henry! Wait up!" Hermione looked over her shoulder to see Draco running after her
"Oh man. A rematch? Catch me you moron!" She said in Henry's voice as she beamed to the entrance.She couldn't make up a lie to tell Draco so quickly as to why she was there so late.
"You're an idiot!" Draco yelled and Hermione stopped
"What did you call me?" Hermione yelled in her own female voice and Draco almost caught up with her
"Hermione?" Hermione stopped and looked around, looking for a place to hide
"The bench…" she muttered as she ran to the lone bench that was on the business filled street, though now empty do to the late hour it was empty except the two prefects
"Hermione? Is that you?" Draco was only a yard away from her bench and she was starting to slowly walk away when he turned to the opposite direction
"Hey!" Draco dived and tackled Hermione into the muddyy ground and held down her wrists in a similar manner from earlier with Henry as he stared in amazement
"Hello Draco." She said and he furrowed his eyebrows in confusion
"Where's Henry?"
"Why? He your boyfriend?" Hermione snapped
"Very funny Hermione. You two are actually alike, have a lot in common." Draco helped her up
"Oh really, like what?" she put her hands on her hips
"You're both cocky little shits." Draco said and Hermione growled
"You asshole!" Hermione jumped him and brought him to the ground
"What the hell was that Hermione?" Draco yelled from below Hermione
"I am not a cocky little shit!" Draco stared "Ok maybe I am cocky but Henry is not a little shit and neither am I?"
"How would you know about Henry?"
"I am Henry!" Hermione hissed in Draco's ear and his eyes widened "Shush!" she covered his mouth with one hand and planted herself flat against Draco as the trainees came out and flew to their schools; the two watched as Ron and Harry flew above them twenty minutes after Henry had left the locker room
"No way…" Draco muttered and Hermione sat up and opened her jacket
"Hello! I'm flat!" The light from a street light made it possible for Draco to see she was right
"But…but…you were good this morning!" Draco finally sat up with Hermione in his lap
"Thank you. But, since I wanted as little magic altering as possible so this is tape." Hermione poked her abdomen
"Oh wow…" Draco poked her stomach and felt the layer of tape underneath her shirt
"I didn't want this. I thought this wouldn't happen." She stepped off him and zipped up her jacket
"What wouldn't happen?" Draco asked her getting up himself
"One of you finding out and then snitching to Viktor and Jason."
I won't tell you no if it's important to you.
"I won't snitch Hermione. You should've been on in the first place. Look, you're covered in mud and sweat again. Let's get you back to school so we can patrol in peace." Hermione nodded and the two flew off together to school when Krum and Jason were heading for the pub.
"I'm so tired…" Hermione yawned as she came back from patrol with Draco, the two of them plopping down next to each other in the couch
"Yeah…who knew telling off fourth years would be so tiring?" Draco joked and Hermione lightly punched him
"It wasn't that Draco. We came an hour after curfew…I…think it was practice though. That fall knocked me pretty good actually." Hermione rubbed her shoulders where the pain had shot up to first during the impact
"Come here." Hermione turned her back to him and Draco gently massaged her shoulder "Better?"
"Yeah actually. You won't be doing this to Henry will you?"
"No. Now shut it or else I won't do it to Hermione either."
"I'm sorry…" they stayed quiet the whole time unless Hermione let out a small sigh or gasp "Hey aren't you tired?" Draco was slowing down and his arms were burning him
"A little." He lied and Hermione told him to turn his back to her; she started off softly before really getting into it "Oh!" Draco groaned a bit "That feels really good."
"Well, you're so tense it should be." Hermione joked and Draco yawned until he groaned every once in a while
"Would you two shut up?" Rigel came out of his room and saw Hermione giving Draco a massage "Oh, that's what…I thought…um…get to bed ok?" Rigel blushed a bit before heading into his room
"He's right." Draco put a hand on Hermione's hand brought it off his shoulders "We should go to bed." Draco stood and Hermione nodded
"Right. I'll sleep here tonight. The girl's will be hounding me about information about the showers tonight again."
"Alright. Night Hermione." Draco headed for the stairs
"Night Draco." Hermione merely laid in the couch and watched the flames of the fire
"I'll bring a blanket later." Draco said and she merely grunted, and he took that as ok
It was about maybe one o'clock when Hermione heard footsteps coming from the boys' dorm. She peered over the back to see Harry heading for the door. 'He probably stayed over' Hermione thought until she noticed the serious look in his face and the fact that the Marauder's Map wasn't with him. The next thought that crossed her mind was the mission Dumbledore had for him. Realizing this, she grabbed her wand and made herself blend in with the background as he headed out into the hall; she left anote for Draco knowing that he would wake up to look for her soon. She followed quickly as he was in the invisibility cloak. Her assumptions were correct and soon he called out the password to the Gargoyle statue. As she followed closely behind, she just barely made out his footsteps on the hard marble. She slipped in quietly as he opened the door to Dumbledore's office and closed it quickly behind him.
"Professor!" Harry yelled taking off the cloak
"I'm right here. No need to shout Harry." Dumbledore came from the back of his office and sat in his chair, indicating Harry to do the same and Hermione merely stood behind her cousin
"What do you need me to do sir?" Harry got to the point and Hermione held her breathe
"I need you to come with me to Egypt. The tomb of Cleopatra actually. It seems that a Horcrux is there."
"Gryffindor?"
"Ravenclaw. It seemed that Rowena was actually a Half-blood, much to Salazar's disappointment. Her mother was half-Japanese, half English and her father full English. Her grandmother had been a priestess or what they called in Japan, a miko. She had a family heirloom: an ancient bow from the early 1200's. That is what we're getting in Cleopatra's tomb in Egypt, which was her favorite country next to England and Japan of course. Now, are you ready?" Dumbledore stood as did Harry
"I'm ready."
"No!" Hermione took off the spell and revealed herself to her cousin and professor
"Hermione? What are you doing here?" Harry gripped her shoulders
"I'm going with you obviously!" she said passionately swatting away his hands and holding his wrists
"No you're not! I can't have you put in danger."
"I've been in danger since Death Eaters have found out I'm muggle-born. I will not abandon you!"
"You won't be abandoning me Hermione. I'll be fine! I'll be with Dumbledore!"
"I don't care if you were personally guarded by the Prime Minister! I am going with you! This is Ravenclaw's weapon and I was almost sorted into Ravenclaw. This is something I should be in on!"
"Hermione no!"
"Don't you tell me no! I'm older than you. I'm telling you right now that I'm going with you to Egypt! Ron's already gone there and I never get to travel." Hermione stated and Harry couldn't tell her anything back so he merely looked at Dumbledore, who had been shocked to talk after Hermione's aggressiveness came out
"Professor. Tell her." Harry said pleading with the old man
"Tell her what?" he asked innocently
"That she can't. It's endangering her life. She needs to go back to bed and not worry about me."
"And what happens with what's inside the tomb? Egyptians didn't have nymphs or sirens but the Romans sure did. And may I remind you that she was with Julius Caesar and with Mark Antony? That means that she probably grew fond with some of their mythology which means that she could've liked anyone of those mystical creatures in her tomb. How you found it I don't know. But I am going!" Hermione put her foot down and the two just stared; Harry simply sighed when Dumbledore reached for his cloak and Hermione crossed her arms and smirked at Harry
"Why?" he asked muttering the question but Hermione patted his head
"Because I care. Now put on your Invisibility cloak. It'll be cold." Hermione summoned her own and the three walked down to Hogsmeade so that they could apparate with Dumbledore
"Hold on. This might feel weird a bit." Dumbledore said and a loud crack penetrated the silence
"Bloody hell…" Hermione and Harry breathed together as they appeared in front of the Sphinx
"I would've expected a better response but you can say that too. The tomb of Cleopatra has never been seen by muggle eyes hence why there isn't a big story on it. It's said to be inside the Sphinx, in the lower levels that have somehow been bare to be turned into a underground tomb for her. The Sphinx was her favorite part of her country, next to the fact that Caesar and Mark Antony visited her." Albus explained as he walked to the mouth of the great half lion
"How are we going to get in?" Harry asked from next to Albus as Hermione stepped next to him, her feet quietly moving on the white sands
"The mouth of the Sphinx will only open to those willing to face impending danger. It shall know if one truly deserves to see the treasures it holds inside of it." Hermione stepped up as sheread therunes that had been placed there for an inscriptionand placed a hand on the large paw
"I believe she's right." Albus nodded as the Sphinx reacted to Hermione's touch; it slowly lowered it's head and it's jaws opened wide, creating a opening wide enough for three trucks to go into
"Whoa… go Hermione." Harry muttered as she turned to them and jerked a finger behind her
"Are we going in or what?" she asked cheerfully before Albus began to walk to the Sphinx and Harry jogged to keep up with the two
The mouth's opening of the Sphinx led to a spiraling sand staircase leading down for Merlin knows how long. There were no drips or creaks that you would expect from someplace so old but it held its youth as if it had been built the day before. The staircase led to a wide hall with an array of doors on both sides.
"Wands out, eyes sharp. Lumos." Albus lit the hall partly and it soon filled with light when two more wands helped it
"There! To our right!" Hermione whispered as she looked in that direction; as she had warned Harry, there were some mystical creatures in her tomb just not happy nymphs or sirens. Maybe a Inferi or two but no nymphs or sirens
"What I wouldn't give to be able to do the killing curse on them." Harry said and Hermione rolled her eyes
"These are corpses Harry they're already dead!"
"She's right again!" Albus said backing into the door behind them as the Inferi got closer
"What…want…you…?" It groaned as it walked to them
"To find Ravenclaw's bow and bring it back to Hogwarts." Albus said calmly, putting down his wand
"No…more…?" the Inferi asked
"No more after we find it. We will not disturb the Queen."
"Very….well…" the Inferi somehow vanished as quickly as it had appeared and left Hermione and Harry staring after Albus as he entered the door that the Inferi had entered from
"I really don't want to see another one of those again." Hermione shuddered as they entered a room that was as bare as the hall they had came from except for a door at the other end
"Too bad. Looks like they really liked you." Harry said because the moment that Albus had touched the second door, it crumbled to reveal three freshly dug Inferi heading for them; the door they had came from was sealed and the other way out was past the three corpses
"Got a spell Professor?" Harry asked as he backed into his teacher
"Let's see which ones work. Engorgio." Albus pointed at a corpse and it soon began to blow up like a balloon
"That's mean Professor! Can't we just slice their heads off or something?" Hermione replied as she beat her Inferi over the head with a bat she conjured, it's head turned 180 and still it walked
"Yeah like that's any better Hermione. Besides, it's more fun. Engorgio!" Harry's Inferi bloated like a whale
"Oh fine. Engorgio!" she dropped the bat and got her wand from her pocket. First the head blew up and then the body, the three explosion resulting in maggots and teeth being spilled all over the room "Well, at least it isn't as bare as before." Hermione said on the bright side before kicking the lower jaw of someone, not noticing the maggots trying to get back together
"That's mean Hermione." Harry saw her kick and she shrugged
"Couldn't you see how old they were. They were wearing ancient Roman armor from the times of Cleopatra and Caesar. They were bound to get kicked in the mouth sometime or another."
"Fierce…" Harry muttered before wandering into the next room; it had no other door or openings, just three walls and the hole they came in from
"They're back." Harry had looked behind him to see the headless Inferi
"Incendio!" Albus yelled and a stream of fire burned the three corpses to a crisp "Have to sayI can't believe I quite forgot that one."
"Brilliant…" Harry breathed
"What's this?" Hermione went to the wall to their left and touched the barrier cautiously as if looking for something;
"What's what?" Harry asked coming to her side
"Oh I see it. Notice here how the stones are built in a somewhat staircase pattern? they nod Now look here." Albus crossed to the opposite wall and pointed again to show them "Here, the stones are one on top of the other with no staircase effect and just straight lines."
"It's behind one of those walls. The one without the staircase effect looks younger though. This sandstone is lighter, more fresher looking than the none staircase effect. On top of the, the staircase effect was seen in the hall we were just in." Hermione said studying the wall and Harry just blinked twice in that wha-? kind off way before shaking his head and bracing himself
"Yeah… so let's go in and get this bow already." Harry said gripping his wand tightly
"Yes but how." Hermione thought aloud and Harry looked around and noticed the hieroglyphics on the ceiling
"Uh…Professor, Hermione. Would that happen to be a clue as to how to open the wall?" the other two looked up
"Harry, you're a bloody genius." Hermione said lightly patting him on the shoulder
"I try."
"Hmm…It says…Ennervate Avis Incendio…" Dumbledore muttered and the wall Hermione had been studying opened up
"Restore the fire eagle!" Harry and Hermione cried into each other's face before grabbing their wands and facing the crumbling wall
"Professor is there more?" Harry yelled as they began to see the fire behind the sandstone
"Yes… Ennervate Avis Aguamenti…"
"Restore the water eagle too?" Hermione asked and the wall behind them began to crumble
"Okay the third one's got to be it- dive!" The Avis Incendio had finally emerged and let's say the wall was just a little to small for him to live comfortably
"There's no more! It's just these two! Aguamenti!" Albus showered the fire eagle with water and it shook its big head
"Squawk! Squawk!" the fire eagle cried until Harry noticed the water eagle behind them
"This is not our day!" Harry yelled as he saw the pedestal holding the bow behind the water eagle
"Squawk! Us either!" squawked the water eagle who clicked its beak at the more violent fire eagle and the two been having a squawking argument; yet…only Hermione was able to understand the birds
"Look." Hermione whispered and pointed at the bow glowing behind the water eagle, who wouldn't notice if someone went by
"Who goes in sir?" Harry asked Dumbledore who looked at the two
"Who is faster?"
"Hermione you're up. Don't get stomped on." Harry said automatically
"I'm already gone." Hermione whispered and she bolted silently past the water eagle who somehow hadn't dripped once…she ran until her lungs burned but it seemed like the bow wouldn't get closer
"Oh the little birdie tried to get past." The fire eagle pointed out and the water eagle plucked up Hermione by the cuff of her shirt and she didn't struggle once "Smart birdie."
"Caw- caw!" she mocked "We just wanted the bow." Hermione said and fire eagle breathed fire near her feet which she raised, annoyed at the bird
"Aguamenti!" Harry yelled and the fire eagle glared at him
"Can I eat him?" he asked the water eagle who shook its head; Harry looked confused, one can only speak so many different languages
"Jush givh dem da boh." The water eagle said, Hermione was still in his beak
"But the riddle." The brother whined
"I can answer anything you ask me Avis Incendio. Give me your best one."
"Hermione. Do you know what you're doing?" Albus asked from below
"Of course. We get it right, we get the bow. Wrong and well, Voldemort's going to have to kill someone other than Harry."
"There's three? Oh Kanna, put her down and let's feast! We haven't had mortal in millennium!" 'Kanna' put her down but glared slightly
"Conner we are not going to eat these humans. They are apparently extremely clever as to not be dead already."
"Maybe that's because we haven't eaten them!"
"Silence. Mortal, I will ask you a riddle. If you are correct in your first answer, I will let you pass and retrieve the bow. You answer incorrectly, and my brother will feast on your livers."
"I like brain better Kanna."
"Shut up Conner. Now, mortals…A boy has 50 cents. He buys two Doritos, then, his friend gives him 25 cents and he buys 10 Bubbaloos. His girlfriend gives him 25 cents and his mother gives him a dollar. He goes to the store and buys ten more Bubbaloos. He owes his friend so he pays him back in Bubbaloos. His girlfriend breaks up with him so he gives her back the money she gave him. How much does he have left?"
"He has 75 cents left Kanna." Hermione said quickly after the riddle was asked and 'Conner' clucked his beak
"We had a deal Ms. Avis Aguamenti. Can we please get the bow now?" Harry pointed out and Kanna bent her beak down to Harry and her liquid blue eyes peered into his green ones, this time, Harry was able to understand
"You remind me of my mistress. She had emerald eyes just as you do young one. Doesn't he Conner?" Conner huffed "Oh you moron, be nice. Well, you remind me of Mistress Rowena. Well, before she began getting serious with that darn Master Salazar. But none of that. Go and get the bow." Hermione ran and finally grasped the bronze bow and smirked as blue energy created a aura around the wood and string and she walked back
"They interrupt our sleep Kanna. They can at least take us to the outside. I haven't seen the earth in centuries…"
"Shut it Conner. Well, can you take us actually? To the top with you?" Kanna asked and the students looked at Albus
"Can we take them with us?" Hermione asked
"Can you get any smaller?" he asked and the two birds suddenly behind phoenix-sized "Very well. I'll take the bow and you two take the birds on your shoulders." Conner flew to Harry and Kanna to Hermione but the bow wouldn't let Albus take it; they turned to Kanna
"Oh…only a true Ravenclaw can touch the bow. It has been passed down to the most clever of my mistress's family. Only the girl can touch it and me." Hermione relayed the message to the men, who shrugged
The five walked back through the room filled with maggots and corpse bits and then the dark hall into the stairs. The sun was just on the horizon and Hermione panicked. After calming her down, Dumbledore was able to Apparate the five of them back to Hogsmeade. Getting the Invisibility cloak, Hermione, Harry, Kanna and Conner made it back into the Head Dorm where a certain Slytherin and Gryffindor glared at them from the couch in the common room, where they had waited for a good 4-5 hours.
AN: Well, thanks for reading another chapter... I can't believe I made Draco tackle Henry while he was in his birthday suit though... Grins But I made all of them that way... Oh boy, she even saw Ron and Harry blushes well, they're not bashful to say the least.
ANN: I'm thinking of reposting the story so you few reviewers out there please tell me what you think because I hat ethe beginning chapters now.