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The five marauders

Chapter 22

Sirius POV

The day before we set off to rescue Jamie went by quickly. James and I stayed in our dorm not speaking or doing anything for most of the day, leaving just for the meals, during which we hardly ate anything. The silence of the dorm wasn't disturbed since all the other boys were at home for Christmas, and wouldn't be coming back until after New Year's Eve.

Before we knew it, it was night. It took both of us ages to fall asleep, and when we did, we had nightmares about what condition we would find Jamie when we get to her.

We woke around 10am. Good timing. We speedily got dressed and washed, and went for breakfast. We then cursed ourselves for doing all this so quickly, since we still had a few hours left. We spent the spare time in our dorm, thinking over the plan.

Finally, at 10pm we made our way to Dumbledore's office.

The stone gargoyle leapt aside as soon as he saw us, and let us through to Dumbledore's office.

The office was completely full. There was barely any place to breathe, that's how many people have come. I recognised the four adults who were present in the office two days ago, except the blond woman was now wearing a black, hooded cloak and a mask. Other then those four, McGonagall and Dumbledore, I didn't know anyone in the room, and there were around ten others.

Dumbledore called the room to order as soon as he saw us.

"Is everything going as planned?" He asked.

"Yes Albus, I went to the department of magical transportation yesterday and let Joshua White, Jemmia's father, know that we will be transporting quite a large group of people the illegal way, but as soon as he heard that it will be to save his daughter, he said he'll take care of it and make sure no one finds out," The man with the crazy eye replied.

"Good. Good," Dumbledore said.

He turned to us, "You two can now put the cloak on, and we will get going."

We nodded, and James threw his magical cloak over the two of us.

We followed the group of adults all the way to Hogsmeade. Thankfully, Hogwarts corridors were completely empty, as were the streets outside.

Once we stopped, we all grabbed onto the witch called Emily. Those who couldn't, grabbed onto someone who could.

I suddenly felt Emily's arm, which I was holding, twist away from me and I re-doubled my grip on her. The next thing I knew everything went black and I was pressed very hard from all directions. It was so difficult to breathe! It felt like there were iron bands tightening around my chest. My eyeballs were forced back into my head, and my eardrums were pushed deeper into my skull.

About a second later, we landed by a large manor. It was at least five times the size of Grimmauld place, and the area around it was much more deserted.

"James? Sirius? Where are you?" Emily asked once everyone let go.

"Here, Emily," James said. And all heads turned to where we stood invisible.

"Well, good luck everybody," Dumbledore said, and started sneaking to his assigned position, as did everyone else.

We followed Emily, as she walked casually through the front door.

The plan was not complicated at all. Basically, everyone had an assigned position around the manor, where they will watch through the windows to check if anyone might give us and Emily trouble, and if they did, then someone would come to our aid. Emily was taking us to the room Jamie was kept in, and we will take her under the cloak and out of the manor. We will then all apparate back to Hogsmeade, this time with one additional person. If everything went well, that is.

No Death Eater stopped Emily, as she walked through the corridors, down and up a few staircases and through some doors. And then, Emily opened the final door.

Inside was a petite figure, sitting on the windowsill.

Jamie POV

I woke up quite early, I think. My hunger was now so terrible that it kept me awake at night. This, plus cold and pain, equals sleepless nights. I haven't been tortured since that day when I had the nine torture curses hit me, but even though it was some days ago, I still felt sore and in pain. I even think that I might have at least one broken rib.

I was used to being bored and lonely by now, so I just sat on the cold windowsill and looked out the window, onto the snowy white fields. You're probably thinking why I didn't try to escape through the window. It's because it was at least three stories high, and I would probably kill myself. Although I did consider dying, so I wouldn't have to live through all that pain anymore. But I still had hope of returning to my friends and family, and until I lost that, I couldn't bring myself to commit suicide. I couldn't escape through the door either, since it was magically locked and could only be opened from the outside.

I spent the whole day on the windowsill, thinking about Hogwarts and home. Then the door opened, and in walked the blonde woman.

Of course, I thought, I haven't been tortured for over four days after all.

I watched her as she opened the door wide, and after a few seconds, closed it again.

How weird.

"Jamie," I heard a soft and familiar voice whisper.

I shot right up when I saw a familiar boy appear out of mid-air in front of me.

I gasped in surprise, and was about to throw myself onto him, when I realised something.

"You're not real are you?" And before he could reply, I carried on, "That bloody torture really did make me mad. I'm seeing things."

I carried on staring at the very familiar form, but still I backed away.

"No, Jamie, It's really me," It said.

"No, you're not. And as soon as I touch you, you will disappear, right?"

Sirius walked right up to me, cupped my cheek, and said, "It's really me. I'm here. I've come to save you."

I didn't really believe him, I still thought that it was some kind of vision. But then I realised, that vision is touching my cheek and I can feel it's warmth. The vision also smells like Sirius did…

"Sirius," I whispered, and threw my arms around him.

We stayed like that for a few seconds, but then a cough interrupted us.

"Not to be rude and interrupt the moment, but we have like, fifteen minutes left," Another familiar voice reminded.

I looked to where it came from, and saw my other best friend appear out of midair. I exclaimed his name, and ran to him, and threw my arms around his neck.

"Hey J," He whispered into my hair.

"Lets get going," Sirius said, standing by my side.

James nodded, and let go of me. He then threw some kind of cloak around us.

"It's a cloak of invisibility, so try to be quiet or you might blow our cover," Sirius whispered.

I nodded, and grabbed the boys' hands to keep us closer together.

James pushed the door open, and whispered, "Got her," To the blond woman.

She nodded, and started walking us through the corridors. We were barely a few meters of the front door.

And that's when things started going wrong.

"HEY! Look what I found!"

We looked at the man who yelled, and found him dragging a young, familiar, wandless woman by the hair.

I stiffened, and felt the two boys on my sides do the same.

They caught Ivy Brooke!

The Blonde stiffened as well, and her green eyes filled with worry. She must be on quite friendly terms with Ivy.

I suddenly felt terribly weak, and leaned on Sirius. He must have sensed something was wrong.

My eyes started to feel slightly heavy, and my legs felt as if made of rubber. I could hear whistling in my ears, and nothing else. The last thing I remembered was Sirius picking me up.

Sirius POV

I felt Jamie lean on me. I turned away from professor Brooke to face her, and found her much more pale then before. Her eyes began to close, and I panicked. James noticed Jamie getting weak, and he motioned for me to pick her up.

I did, and straight away she passed out. I couldn't help but notice how much lighter and skinnier she was now then when i carried her on our first day of Hogwarts. I then realised that they must have been starving her. James stood very close, so the cloak was still covering all three of us.

We stood still, and watched the Death Eaters as they planned on what they should do with Ivy. All ideas were highly brutal.

"Wait…" One said at one point, and looked closely at Ivy, "Only people who bear the dark mark can get past the enchantments placed around the headquarters. This means that someone has betrayed us."

The room went quiet, and everyone started looking around, wondering who would dare to betray the dark side. Suddenly, there was a loud BANG and the front door flew off it's hinges, and spells started flying.

Once the dust cleared away from the air, everyone caught their first sights of the Order of Phoenix, with Professor Dumbledore at the front sending stunning spells at the speed of light.

We suddenly found ourselves in the middle of something that looked like a life or death fight when the Death Eaters fought back.

Brooke got up and started staring around the room with a familiar expression. She was reading everyone's minds… She must have been looking for us.

"IVY!" I yelled in my head. She must have heard something, because she looked at where we were standing, got up, and rushed towards us.

"We're here," I thought to her, and touched her hand through the cloak.

"Follow me! Quickly!" She whispered, and started speedily making her way through the fighting crowd.

There were quite a few curses aimed at Ivy, but she dodged them. One or two almost hit us, but we quickly managed to escape the manor.

"Have you got her?" She asked quietly.

"Yeah. She's unconscious though. She fainted just after you were dragged in. Sirius is carrying her," James answered in a low whisper.

Ivy looked highly worried.

"Grab my hands, I'll apparate us to Hogsmeade," She ordered and extended her hands.

The two of us grabbed them, me with a little struggle, since I was still carrying Jamie bridal style.

She turned on the spot, and we apparated away.

We landed in a little village. In the same place we apparated from on our way to that manor.

"Go, and don't take off the cloak," Ivy ordered, "You are to go straight to the Hospital Wing when you get to Hogwarts. I have to go back and help."

She turned on the spot, but she didn't disapparate.

"SHIT!" She swore loudly, "I can't get past their fucking enchantments!"

She waved for us to follow her, and we half-ran to Hogwarts.

Within fifteen minutes we arrived at the gates of Hogwarts. They opened to Ivy, and we quickly followed the professor into the castle.

We ran through the corridors, and we barged into the empty hospital wing.

"Professor Brooke, what is the meaning of this?" Madam Pomfrey asked confused, coming out of her office, "Is someone injured?"

"You can show yourselves now," Ivy said.

We threw off the cloak, and madam Pomfrey gasped as she saw the unconscious girl in my arms.

"Lay her down here," She ordered, pointing to a bed.

I laid her down, and Madam Pomfrey pushed past me. She started waving her wand over Jamie, muttering something.

Suddenly, some kind of parchment with a list on it appeared on top of Jamie.

Madam Pomfrey took it, and read it out loud, "Common cold viral infection, three broken ribs, fever, empty stomach," She looked up at us, "How could they do such a thing to a young girl?"

She carried on reading the list in her head, and then without another word, went to get a whole tray of potions.

"I will have to Rennervate her," She muttered, and cast a non-verbal spell towards my best-friend.

She stayed still for a minute, and then slowly her eyes flickered open.

Jamie POV

I had such a wonderful dream, I thought, Sirius and James came to rescue me from hell. It worked so well. And that blond woman was there. She helped. But then Ivy was brought in, and I had to wake up!

Today will probably be torture day, after all, I haven't been tortured for a very long time...

But then I noticed that this room was much warmer and more pleasant then the one I was locked in for the last couple of days, and the bed I was in was much more comfortable then the one I've recently slept in.

I slowly opened my eyes, and was met with bright light. For a second I thought I was dead, but then I saw the face of the Hogwart's matron. So I'm alive after all.

Wait… I'm alive, and in the Hogwart's hospital wing… So it wasn't a dream! I was rescued after all.

I propped myself up on my elbows, and looked around at the familiar faces. For the first time in what seemed like forever, I smiled.