Harry could hear nothing but his heart pounding in his chest. The room had gone dark and his wand lay some feet away from him, Lupin's discarded as well, leaving no trace of light. The shock of Embry's betrayal and sudden departure was starting to wear it's take over upon on Harry's mind, now nothing but the crushing feeling of fear was cascading through him.

He snapped back to reality though at the rustling beside him, Lupin seemed to be digging around his pockets.

"Lumos!" Lupin cried out in a shaky voice and the room was lit again. Harry looked over towards Lupin and saw Sirius's wand in his hand, suddenly remembering that Lupin had pocketed it earlier. Harry looked down at Sirius and saw his white face and panic crashed through him again.

"What the hell just happened?" Harry managed to say to Lupin, whose tired eyes met his with a look of fear that matched the way he was feeling.

"I-I really don't know, I thought she wanted to help us." He said weakly running a hand through his hair and staring off into the distance looking lost in thought. He stood up and started to pace the room, pointing his wand at the walls and ceiling and feeling the brick with his hand.

Harry looked back down at Sirius's knowing that Lupin's efforts were pointless, Sirius had been down here much longer then they had been, and obviously came up short of a way out. Hermione and Ron back on the other side of the veil popped into his mind like a beacon of hope. Surely, they would immediately alert Dumbledore, or someone from the Order that they hadn't made it back. But then again, they had thought Embry was trust worthy as well. Perhaps when she met them on the other side she would tell a lie about what happened down here, or worse attack them even for being in the way of her plan. He couldn't understand what her plan was, how this could benefit her unless she was working with Voldemort and or his Death Eaters. He didn't know where he was, he didn't know if he could make it back, if his friends were now in danger as well, and worst of all his god father lay dying on the stone floor.

"Do you think Embry is a Death Eater?" Harry suddenly asked Lupin, breaking down and expressing his fears out loud. Remus looked thoughtful and picked up Harry's wand and strode over to him and handed it to him.

"I hope not, but like you, I think I've reached a dead end on why she would do this unless she was. If anything, maybe she's been put under the Imperious curse." He said sitting back down beside Harry and Sirius. His eye lingered on Sirius's sad crumpled form, there was a hopelessness to the look on his face that made Harry feel even worse.

"I shouldn't have brought you here." Lupin continued a moment later. "I got so damn carried away trying to rush to Sirius's aid, carried away with how much you cared for him and could be of use, that I overlooked how much Voldemort would love to find you in such a helpless place."

Harry shook his head and went to open his mouth in protest but Lupin let out a hollow laugh before he could say anything else.

"James was always the reckless one back when we were friends. I was more uptight and careful, always holding him back from something crazy. Now when it matters most for me to do right by him, I've put his own son in danger."

"My dad would have wanted you to help Sirius." Harry said firmly, he felt a rush of pride swell over him because he knew it was true too. "He would have done anything to help his best mate, he would have done the same as you had." Remus looked at him for a moment in thought, and gave him a weak smile.

"Last summer at Grimmauld Place, Molly told Sirius that sometimes she thought he was guilty of confusing you with James. Sometimes, I find myself being at fault of the same thing." Lupin said and Harry smiled back as well. He couldn't tell what all Lupin had meant by that, but it didn't matter, his dad would have been brave through this and now Harry needed to be as well.

Suddenly though there was a whoosh, and a bright flash of light that filled the room. Several feet hit the floor with a loud thud as a small group of people arrived by Portkey. Harry and Lupin leaped up pointing their wands in the direction of the new arrivals and to Harry's horror he saw Bellatrix, Dolohov, and Draco's mum, Narcissa, standing in front of them with their wands pointing right back at Harry and Lupin.

"Aw what a lovely little reunion to have to break up." Bellatrix sneered with a smile splitting across her face. Anger bubbled inside of Harry as her eyes met Sirius laying upon the floor and her smile widened.

"My Cousin Sirius, isn't looking so good, is he?" She asked taking a small step towards them, her eyes bright with a malicious excitement. Harry directed his wand right at her instead of in the vague direction of all three of the Death Eaters, and she let out a loud cackle of laughter that sounded like a whip and echoed throughout the dusty chamber.

"Are you going to curse me, little baby Potter?" She sneered taking another step towards them. Harry felt his hand shaking with not fear but more anger.

"Expelliarmus!" Harry cried and the jet of red light knocked Bellatrix's wand right out of her hand in a high arc above her.

Dolohov rushed forward and shot a curse at Harry but Lupin shoved Harry out of the way and locked himself in a dwell with Dolohov. Narcissa edged forward her wand pointing at Harry as Bellatrix followed in her shadow still smiling despite being disarmed moments ago by Harry.

"You think you stand a chance this time Potter? There's nowhere to run this time, the Dark Lord will be arriving soon." She said her eyes gleaming as she approached him slowly still.

"Crucio!" She cried suddenly and Harry fell to the ground in withering pain that felt as if his whole body was on fire.

"That's for Lucius!" She cried out vindictively and after what felt like an eternity she broke the curse and Harry rolled onto his stomach panting as if he had just run a marathon, his body aching. He looked up in horror to see that Bellatrix had made her way to Sirius and was now standing over his limp form and with a small wink at Harry she kicked him hard in the ribs.

"STOP!" Harry cried out scrambling to his feet but she only laughed more as her sister hit Harry with a curse that sent him flying back further away from the aid of Sirius's helpless form.

Harry, Narcissa, and Bellatrix all whipped their heads in a new direction however for another burst of light filled the room and more thuds of feet hit the ground. Hope ballooned up in Harry's stomach again for this time the faces he saw were of Tonks, Kingsley, and Dumbledore himself.

Kingsley disarmed Narcissa, while Tonks did the same to Dolohov on the other side of the room, breaking up the duel between him and lupin. Dumbledore started with Bellatrix who foolishly had left her wand discarded in her moment of glory, casting a spell that wrapped her magically in golden ropes that shot out the end of his wand. He did the same to a horrified Dolohov and Narcissa before turning his attention to Sirius.

Tonks had rushed to help Remus up from the ground where Dolohov had him pinned moments before their arrival, while Kingsley extended a hand to help Harry to his feet. They all quickly met Dumbledore who was kneeled on the stone floor beside Sirius's crumpled form.

"Quickly touch the Portkey for this is the only way out of this realm" He instructed briskly and sternly for as Harry remembered Narcissa had warned of the Voldemort's apparently imminent arrival. In which Harry could only assume was Dumbledore's cause for worry as he placed Sirius's limp hand upon an old rubber boot that Harry knew to be the Portkey. Harry grabbed on as well feeling a rush of worry as his hand grazed the side of Sirius's and it felt icy cold. Kingsley, Tonks, Lupin and Dumbledore followed suit and placed a finger upon the old boot as well. Moments later Harry felt the jerk in his stomach and he was being quickly rushed away from that awful dusty stone room.