Author's note: Sorry about the delay! I've been on a writer's block these past few days (and still having right now). But I think I'll be passing this syndrome after a few more days. =) special thanks to WillowEpiskey, your message really helped me reconsider things…thank you!

Note: some passages were from the book and movie; still don't own them…sorry. And sorry in advance to those grammar mistakes you will notice.

Enjoy reading!

Chapter forty one:

When students strikes back (part two)

"Harry!" the two girls exclaimed as they saw the boy on the ground.

He was dazed, not even giving them any sign that he had heard the two. They didn't know if it was because of the crowd's noise or just plain distracted. Either way, he doesn't looked good at all.

Hermione and Renee rushed at his side to aid their friend. Renee shook his shoulders, producing the usual tingling sensation between them. Hermione watched the two as Renee once again try to use the sensation to keep Harry focus. The two females sighed in relief when Harry snapped and finally glanced at Renee.

"You okay Harry? Here, let me help you stand" Hermione offered her hand and helped Harry get on his feet.

Harry slowly gazed at the two and spoke only one word that made Renee's hair all stood up at the very end.

"Sirius"

He finally straightened up; even he got the two in surprise when he suddenly grabbed them out of the crowd. Harry even pushed the other students just to let them through, making the two more confused than ever. Hermione even grabbed Ron as they stumbled with him along the way. And so then, the four of them run inside the castle until they were all alone on the corridors.

"Harry, are you sure?" Hermione asked as they run towards the moving stairs.

"I saw it. It's just like with Mr. Weasley. It's the door I've been dreaming about for months" Harry replied as they went to another stairs that could take them to another floor. "I couldn't remember where I'd seen it before. Sirius said Voldemort was after something. Something he didn't have the last time and it was in the Department of Mysteries"

"Wait, wait, wait…" Renee called as he began to rumble under his breath, like he was also explaining things with himself too. She was beginning to get worried about Sirius too, but she just can't get off that nagging feeling at the back of her head.

"What if he…" Renee trailed, thinking she was actually talking about Voldemort with them. "What if he just set you up to this? What if he was already aware of your connection with him?"

Harry halted running and glanced at the three behind him.

"She's right Harry" Hermione agreed, making Renee mentally glad that Hermione agreed with her too. "What if Voldemort meant for you to see this? What if he only made those up because he's trying to get to you?"

Harry glanced at Hermione with desperate eyes. "And what if he's not? Am I supposed not to do something? Hermione…he's the only family I've got"

All of them didn't speak for a while. Renee gazed at Harry and saw how desperate he was to save Sirius, his only family…his only…

Damn it, I knew being soft to this family thing will only make me in trouble.

"What do we have to do?" Ron asked.

"We'll have to use the floo network" Harry replied and the four continue to run upstairs.

"Or maybe," Renee sighed, as they were about to face another troublesome plan. "We could get someone inside the castle to help us" she interjected, making the trio halted.

"And who are we going to ask? McGonagall wasn't here" Harry told her.

"There is another member of the order who's in here" Renee pressed, making the trio looked at each other like she was just kidding.

…

"Professor" Renee knocked again, "Sir! Open the door!"

The trio stood behind her as she knocked at the professor's office for the third time. The coldness of the dungeon was already getting them and Renee's impatient voice was echoing through the corridors. They have been knocking for several minutes already, but no sound or any movement could be heard at the other side of the door.

Renee kicked the door and cursed under her breath, "Where is he when you needed him…really that greasy foul git…"

"I don't think he would be helping us anyway" Ron muttered, making Renee darted him a dark look.

"He will be helping us, I'm sure of it" Renee repeated, though she was also assuring herself to it.

"Maybe he's not here Ren. We've already called several times already" Hermione patted her shoulders.

"We couldn't ask some random professor about it" Renee sighed and glanced at Harry. "What shall we do?"

"If no adults that could help us...we should do it ourselves"

Great, another adventure without an adult supervision…just great.

"We couldn't use the floo network" Hermione started as they begin to run again, "Umbridge got them all guard up"

"There is one chimney she hasn't guarded up" Harry responded, making Renee thought that their next move wasn't going to be safe.

Not at all

They didn't even notice as they run that there was a certain person looking at them. Pansy Parkinson appeared behind the other wall and gazed at the Gryffindors' back figures with a wondering look. A small smile graced her lips as something came to her mind.

"Draco has to know this"

…

"Don't worry about us, we'll guard the place" Ginny assured them.

"Notify us if something happens, alright?" Renee reminded them again for the second time. Neville and Ginny nodded in unison; Luna, another member of the order had also helped them, as she became their first lookout at the corridors.

Hermione started her work in unlocking the door. After several attempts on it, the door opened and the four entered the pink office. No one was there, for everyone's relief. It was the usual pink room the defense professor was staying; pink walls, frames of cats on the wall, over organized desk with a photo of Fudge on it. Harry run towards the fireplace and sprinkle a handful of floo powder that made the fire turn green. He was about to step on it when Hermione grabbed his shoulders to stop him.

"Alert the order if you can" he spoke, making Renee finally realized that Harry wanted to go there…alone.

"What do you think you're doing?" Hermione asked. Renee and Ron looked at each other, having the same thought that Harry had gone insane already.

"But I need to go there!" Harry desperately told them.

"Alone? You've gone mental Harry" Renee exclaimed, "As mental as you are, we couldn't let you go alone there. It's suicide"

Ron and Hermione nodded in agreement.

"We are in this together" Hermione agreed. Harry glanced at the three, seeing how serious they are just to help him. Even Renee, who's known in keeping herself low and avoiding serious danger as possible as she could has a determined look on her face to help him.

He was about to nod when a familiar high pitched voice echoed the room. The four turned their heads and saw the defense professor very livid in front of them, who haven't changed her clothes from the earlier event.

It was fast, like they had never anticipated what happened. They found themselves all tied up with a Slytherin guarding them and Harry seated on the chair for interrogation. Even Ginny and Luna was already with them now. Renee sighed in resignation.

Why of all days to be caught in the act…why today?

The young Gryffindor gazed at Malfoy as he entered the room with Neville dragging with him. The boastful Slytherin spoke at the defense professor, telling her that he had found him while trying to save Ginny from getting caught. He has an obvious proud look on his face, making Renee itched to get the boy hex.

His smile wiped off on his face when he saw Renee staring back at him. Malfoy slowly went behind them, pulled Crabbe to Neville's side and got him standing behind the Gryffindor girl. Renee stiffened on her spot as she could feel the presence of Malfoy behind her.

"You're going to contact Dumbledore, don't you?" Umbridge asked Harry.

"No" she slapped him in response that the Gryffindors startled at the loud snap it produced.

Renee was really itching to hex anyone from the inquisitor's club right now, especially the pink clothed woman. She began to think of a grand escape plan to get out of the room and dragged the others so they could go and save Sirius. The Gryffindor was beginning to get worried, they had no one to inform about the situation and they got stuck inside the hideous pink room while getting interrogated by something they don't know.

This really sucks. Where is Snape when you needed him?

"You wish to see me headmistress?" the familiar velvet voice echoed through out the room, making the four of them glared at the professor in rage.

He was there, in his usual scowl and black clothes. Renee wanted to shout at the professor and blame him for getting them stuck with the toad, but all she could do was to glare at him.

His eyes wandered at his students until he spotted the glaring Gryffindor.

'How in Merlin are you all here?' she heard the velvet voice inside her mind, making her slightly jumped in surprise that Hermione managed to catch.

'It's because we can't find you anywhere earlier! Harry—'

Their eye contact and their conversation cut of as well when Umbridge spoke, making Renee cursed under her breath.

"Have you brought the Veritaserum?" she asked.

Snape turned at the pink clothed woman and spoke in a very polite manner. "I'm afraid you've used up all my stores interrogating students." He began, "The last of it on Miss Edgecombe"

The four looked with other with shock on their faces.

"Unless you wish to poison Potter- and I assure you I would have the greatest sympathy with you if you did- I cannot help you. The only trouble is the most venoms act too fast to give the victim much time for truth telling…"

Renee watched Snape looked back at Harry to stare at him. She knew he was trying to communicate with the boy through their minds. And she just hoped Harry was thinking the same thing.

"You are on probation!" shrieked Umbridge, and Snape looked back at her, his eyebrows slightly raised. "You are being deliberately unhelpful! I expected better, Lucius Malfoy always speaks most highly of you! Now get out of my office!"

She watched him frantically who gave the defense professor an ironic bow and turned to leave. The Gryffindor started to get panic as their last hope from getting escaped form the Toad's grip was about to be walk out of the door.

"He got Padfoot!" Harry suddenly shouted, making their all heads turn at him. "He got Padfoot at the place where it's hidden!"

Snape had stopped with his hand on Umbridge's door handle.

"Padfoot?" cried Umbridge, looking eagerly from Harry to Snape. "What is Padfoot? Where what is hidden? What does he mean, Snape?"

Snape looked around at Harry. His face was inscrutable though Renee was fairly sure what he was thinking right now.

He was absolutely thinking how stupid, reckless and too Gryffindor Harry is. Even I am thinking the same thing.

"I have no idea" said Snape coldly. "Potter, when I want nonsense shouted at me I shall give you a Babbling Beverage." He finally glanced at her direction, and glanced at Crabbe and Neville.

"And Crabbe, loosen your hold a little, if Longbottom suffocates it will mean a lot of tedious paperwork, and I am afraid I shall have to mention it on your reference if you ever apply for a job.

His eyes flicker at hers and even if it was only momentarily, she heard his voice and made a quick word.

'Tell your idiotic friend that I will inform the Order. Do not- I repeat. Do not do anything reckless. Do you hear me?'

Renee slowly bowed her head and glance back at the professor as indication of affirmation. Snape closed the door behind him with a snap, leaving them all alone with the cruel professor. Renee continued to gaze at Harry, who's having a difficult expression on his face. The poor boy still doesn't know that Snape had already got the message and she was now itching to blurt it now.

But how can I do that? Umbridge is still with us, Harry was having turmoil and Malfoy was behind me watching my every move!

Umbridge began to pace while everyone in the room watching her. She finally stopped, turned down Fudge's photograph and pulled out her wand.

"Very well," she said and then turned at Harry. "Very well…I am left with no alternative…this is more than a matter of school discipline…this is an issue of Ministry security…yes…" Renee and Hermione looked at each other, whatever the Toad was thinking…they were sure it was bad for them.

Don't tell me…

"You are forcing me, Potter…I do not want to" said Umbridge, still moving restlessly on the spot and then slowly aiming her wand at him. "The Cruciatus Curse ought to loosen your tongue" she finally said, making Renee gasped in surprise.

"No!" Hermione shrieked beside her. "It's illegal"

Umbridge didn't rely and still gazing at Harry with eager and excited look, making Renee feel scared than ever.

"The Minister wouldn't want you to break the law!" cried Renee as she tried to stop the professor.

"What Cornelius doesn't know won't hurt him" said Umbridge while all of them watched her pointing her wand at Harry's different part of his body as she was looking for a good spot.

Umbridge took a deep breath; Renee closed her eyes as she waited for the professor's spell. "Cruc—"

"NO!" Renee opened her eyes and glanced at the person who shouted. Hermione was obviously trembling on Millicent Bulstrode's grip.

"No-Harry…Harry we'll have to tell her!" her voice cracked up, as tears were beginning to pilled up on her eyes.

Renee watched her with wide eyes. What the hell is she thinking?

"NO WAY!" yelled Harry, staring at the little Hermione he could see.

"We'll have to; she'll force it out of you anyway. What…what's the point?"

All of them watched the Gryffindor started to cry. Renee watched her with doubtful eyes. It wasn't the same Hermione she knew at all.

"Tell me what?" Umbridge lowered her wand and finally turned at Hermione with triumph eyes.

Hermione wiped off her tears and glanced at her friends. "I'm sorry…but I need to tell" she said and Rene caught some kind of frantic yet determined expression in a split second on her face; but when she turned at the professor, her expression changed into a hopeless and weak one.

"Dumbledore's secret weapon"

…

Harry and Hermione gave the other Gryffindors a look they easily understood. Renee nodded as the three of them, Harry, Hermione and Umbridge closed the door behind them and leave them all alone with the Slytherins. She secretly glanced at the others, who were thinking the same dilemma she has right now…the dilemma how get away from their captives.

What to do?

She began to plan for their grand escape. I think I could grab my second wand on my thigh in about…thirty seconds, Wait…that's too long…I need to get that in less than fifteen seconds, throw Malfoy on the floor, make a riot and everyone will escape.

Not a good plan, she thought. But it was the only way she could think right now to get out of this mess.

Renee glanced at the others. Ginny and Ron were staring at each other, like they had already laid some plans. She thought of a way to help them, maybe distracting some of their captives so they could make their plan in action.

"What do you think you're doing?" the boy behind her spoke.

She glanced at her side as she hasn't tried to do anything…yet. And then she understood what the Slytherin really meant.

And so she began to play along.

"It's none of your business" she whispered as she tried to distract him from glancing at her other housemates.

"Just mind how you will live after I get out of here. Because I assure you, you and the rest of your family will not get away from this; I still haven't forgotten what your father did to me" she spoke in a very low voice, yet she tried to make it colder than her usual voice.

And then Malfoy didn't disappoint her as she could feel him shivered unconsciously behind her.

"Yes, I know everything" she continued as she could see peripherally that Ron was pulling something behind his robes. "You thought I would never know? Pity. If your father had done better plans than sabotaging me, I might consider in forgiving him. But oh well…what done is done" she shrugged and pleased with herself as Malfoy didn't even noticed that the other two Slytherins were already chewing something that Renee wouldn't consider to eat even in a million years.

Renee didn't know why, but she could clearly feel the Slytherin's fear behind her. And the more intriguing part was she's excited about being feared of; a kind of feeling that she was unfamiliar with.

"My father is his right hand" Malfoy replied. Renee smiled wickedly and then slowly turned her head at the Slytherin to reveal her expression that made him extremely scared.

"Not for too long. Because his daughter will replace your father"

In a split second, everything became a riot at the other side of the room where the others were standing. Renee could hear screams from there and saw Crabbe and Goyle on the floor with broils and spots on their faces.

"DOWN!" a girl's voice shouted from behind that made her ducked on her knees.

A dozen of bats flew into Malfoy's face, making the boy shrieked and be in panic. Ginny grabbed her arm and together they dashed off the room.

The five of them run towards the corridors, laughing at the chaos they just did at Umbridge's office.

"You guys were awesome" Renee said between laughs.

"Did you see Malfoy's face? I will pay several galleons to see that again!" Ron grinned at them, couldn't hide his happiness at the Slytherin's misfortune.

Renee grinned back at them. Now that they had already escaped from the Inquisitor's club, the only thing they had to worry about was…

"Oh no…we got to find Harry! We got to stop them!" Renee gasped as she remembered the potions master's reminder.

"What do you mean?" Luna asked.

Renee was about to answered back when several Slytherins blocked their way, pointing their wands directly at them. The five of them halted from their spot and pulled their own wands. Ginny and Luna glanced at the other end, Malfoy and four other Slytherins were there, pointing their wands at them too.

Damn, we're cornered.

"What to do?" Ron whispered.

"You'll pay for this Weasley" Malfoy snarled at Ginny, making Ron unconsciously shove Ginny from behind.

They were really outnumbered by the Slytherins, and getting cornered by them wasn't a very good situation.

Renee whispered back at Ron as the Slytherins were slowly walking towards them.

"First, we need reinforcements" Renee grabbed her galleon and muttered a spell to activate Hermione's charm, hoping that someone could come and help them.

"Second" she grabbed her wand tighter. "No matter what happens after this, someone must find and tell Harry that Snape had already got his message and will now inform the Order. We must stop Harry in getting himself in trouble"

"How did the git inform the—" Ron turned at her this time around.

"Long story, tell you later" she replied and then surveyed their surroundings. It was then she saw the same passage she had used after her last encounter with Malfoy.

"When I say go, Run towards that Armor" she whispered, as the space between them and the Slytherins became smaller. The four nodded desperately. "Push the wall as fast as you can. We must enter the passage before it closes, that's only a one way passage. We must find Harry and Hermione, now"

"One…" All of them braced their selves, getting ready for their one last plan.

"Two…" Renee glanced at Malfoy, who's getting ready to fire a spell at them.

"GO!" she shouted and casted a Smokescreen spell at the same time, making the whole corridor full of smoke.

All of them couldn't see where they were heading. But they still run forward, ignoring all complains and coughs around them. They even heard someone shouted a spell, but then they still continue to run and finally reached the armor.

Miraculously, the Gryffindors were now at the other side of the wall. They were coughing because of the smoke, yet they were still glad that they were out of trouble.

"That was so close!" Ron exclaimed, "You should have informed us about that smoke, Ren." Ron turned behind him to find the other Gryffindor.

"Renee?" Ron and the others looked around, but the other Gryffindor couldn't be found.

"Bloody hell…Renee got caught"

…

"Bloody hell" she muttered.

Renee sighed. She found herself all tied up again at Umbridge's office and surrounded with Slytherins. Malfoy had gone with Crabbe and Goyle to the infirmary a while ago and was now with Slytherins she didn't even know. She was the one who had told them about the one-way passage, yet she was the one who had left behind.

If I this rope binding spell didn't got me…

She glanced at the other Slytherins. No one was actually watching her; they were either gazing outside or talking to each other. The captive Gryffindor sighed once again.

Oh I just wish they had already found them and told about what I've said…oh dear…

There was only one way to find out. She closed her eyes and tried to do what she can do best at this moment; to predict her friends' upcoming events.

The place was unfamiliar to her, but it was the same as Harry describe to them. There are shelves that reached the ceiling that were full of crystal balls instead of books. She looked around, no one was actually there; no Harry, no Sirius and no Voldemort.

Where are they?

"Where is Sirius?" Renee quickly turned around; Harry was standing not far from her with along with Ron, Hermione, Neville, Luna and Ginny behind him.

"Oh dear, they will not manage to stop Harry" she muttered, but no one seems to heard her.

She looked at the person Harry was addressing. The wizard was tall and slender; he has this shiny long blond hair and was holding a cane on his hand.

"You know…you should learn to tell the difference between dreams and reality" the wizard with black robes said, "You only saw what the Dark Lord wanted you to see…now hand me the prophesy"

"If you anything to us, I'll break it" Renee looked back and forth between Harry and the wizard. And then Renee finally realized, it was the thing Voldemort was trying to get for the whole year…and the person in front of them was…

"Lucius Malfoy" she gasped.

Her vision cut off when there was a sudden explosion that made the door broken. Renee fell on the floor with her body still bind with rope as several spells and disarming spells fly across the room, aiming all Slytherins around.

"You okay Renee?" two arms helped her stand and unbind the rope around her.

"Thank you Cho" Renee smiled at the Ravenclaw as she passed her wand at her.

The Ravenclaw and Gryffindor glanced at the slytherins on the ground.

"You've put them all down?" Renee asked with awe. Cho just shook her head.

"We received your S.O.S. signal" a male voice came from the door and Zacharias Smith and his other Hufflepuff friend appeared.

She looked at them with awe, "Thank you" she couldn't help but blush.

"Now let's get out of here before Umbridge appears. Where is she anyway?" Smith asked as the four of them started to walk towards the exit.

"I don't know…I…" Renee halted, "I've got to follow Harry!" she suddenly gasped.

"I think I just saw Neville on a Threstral a while ago" the other hufflepuff replied, making Renee gasped in surprise.

"Oh no…I need to follow them!" Renee began to pace, "I've got to stop them, or else…"

"Then you need to fly through there, but with your flying skills…you'll never get there alive" the three of them glared at the Hufflepuff, "What? I'm just telling the truth!" he exclaimed.

"You're right…I'll be dead before I could reach London" Renee sighed then gazed at Smith with determined eyes.

"Take me to London, Please. I've got to save them, before it's too late"

A/N: dan daran dan…next will be the department of mysteries! That will be the last chapter for OOTP, or so I thought it will be. The moment of truth for me! Though I haven't written about it...yet. XP

Any reviews to make me motivated? Come on, tell me guys what you think!

Renesnee