A/N: I'm really sorry I didn't post yesterday as promised. Some Family members suddenly decided to come over for the weekend and because of that, I didn't have time to check my chapter and it wouldn't be nice of me to leave them alone for three hours. So that's why I'm a day late. I still hope you will like this chapter.
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A/N: Harry Potter is not mine this is a story from a fan.
(BSC 2 C23) C53. Where is Harry?
Poppy had a little smile on her face as she walked towards the Infirmary. As she opened the door she wanted to say hi but what she saw shocked her to her core.
*#*
Minerva was slowly walking behind David and Tonks. She knew that she was going to Azkaban and that it would not be a pleasant stay. But that were not the thoughts she had.
Her thoughts were going to her little cub. She knew as no other that Harry would do anything to get her out of Azkaban. That is if they told him that they would be bringing her there. Again something she thought they would not do, if she would have to make that choice herself she wouldn't do it either.
They took a Port key to the docks near Azkaban and were waiting for the boat to take them to the prison. It was now that Minerva understood the trouble she and her cub were in.
As they were on the boat they could see Azkaban slowly coming into view. It was a big and gray building that only promised you misery if you had to stay here.
It was at the front desk that she heard where she had to stay. To her, Tonks and even David's astonishment she had to be put in a cell in the same wart as where all the death eaters were staying.
David and Tonks couldn't understand why Minerva had to be put there and they also didn't understand why Cornelius did everything to get back at her and Harry.
Minerva on the other hand did understand it completely. But she didn't say it she was only hoping that he was doing this to her and that he was leaving Harry out of it.
The only hope she had left was Amelia. Only Amelia could get her out of here. She knew that she would never leave her there without a trial.
David escorted her to her cell and assured her that there would be a visitor for every day that she would be staying here. But he couldn't tell her who would be the next to visit.
Minerva swallowed hard when the door of her cell closed behind her and she saw David walking away and back to the Exit of Azkaban.
It was now that Minerva was all alone in her cell. Every hour two dementors would make their rounds over the corridor. If they weren't making their rounds they would be stationed at the end of the corridor.
It was three hours or so in her stay there that she heard a small but bitter voice calling out to her.
"So which death eater is being kept in this cell for the time to come?" asked a familiar voice from the cell next to her.
Minerva stood and walked over to the bars and to the corner where she heard the familiar voice. "I assure you I'm no death eater, nor have I ever been one" Minerva answered in her stern teacher's voice.
The voice from the other cell sounded again and now Minerva could clearly hear who it was.
"Merlin's beard, Grandmother what the hell are you doing here in Azkaban. Did you finally snapped and kill that old goat that goes by too many names and ends in Dumbledork. And for the next thing who is taking care of my Harry now that you are here". The voice was clear and didn't leave any space for misunderstanding or discussion.
"I assure you Bellatrix that I'm absolutely innocent. The reason why I'm in here is called Cornelius Fudge. Now you don't have to worry about my cub" Minerva said with a little chuckle. "Your Harry will be taking care of by three ancient and noble houses".
There was a moment of silents before Minerva let another chuckle escape her throat. "I also heard what you want to do to the Dursleys". She couldn't see Bellatrix but knew that she was looking down in shame. "I don't mind but promise me one thing granddaughter of mine". Minerva almost said in a threatening way.
Bellatrix was anxiously awaiting for what Minerva was going to say but she could clearly hear that there would be no room for discussion.
I will let you handle the Dursleys the way you want. But don't get caught what ever you do don't get caught. However Cornelius Fudge is mine and mine alone. I only have to convince Harry to leave him to me". Minerva could hear the chuckle Bellatrix was giving her from the other cell.
Bellatrix was talking until late in the night with Minerva. For her it was the best day she ever had in the prison. The only down side to all of this were the Dementors and the fact that they were in Prison.
Every time one of the Dementors came by they would get an uncomfortable feeling. Bellatrix and Sirius on the other hand had found out that while you are in your Animagus form you were not affected as much.
"What, are you telling me that you are an Animagus" Minerva asked.
"Yes I'm a Black Panther but don't tell Harry. I want to scare him first before he can find out about it".
"I'm not sure if I like that Idea".
"But.. But.. Grandmaaaaa".
"No Bellatrix. I will only like it if I can watch".
After that they were both laughing as they were only thinking about it".
During the night Sirius started to understand who was in the cell next to him. So it was only logical to join in the conversation.
"Sirius before we go on I have one thing to tell you. When you get out of here I want you to write me five hundred times I have to be a better Godfather" Minerva told him.
"Oooh in Merlin's name he told you didn't he" Sirius whined.
"No but I always wanted to do that" Minerva said with a smirk he couldn't see.
*#*
Bella left the Infirmary a little earlier that night. She had told Harry to wait for her because she had to check something.
Harry didn't understand what that could be and wanted to stop her but unfortunately for him he was too late. So there was nothing else for him to do then to wait. He did however saw Dobby standing with Bella just before she ran away. So it was obvious that Dobby knew something and told her about it. It only made him wonder more about what it was that Bella had to check out.
As time went on Harry began to get worried. He knew that Bella could take care of herself bud it didn't meant he had to like it. He wanted to protect her just like he did with the others and there would be no one who could hold him back if he had to.
Suddenly there were screams that went through the castle that made everyone tremble from fear when they heard it.
Harry didn't hesitate and ran for the place he heard the screams. He didn't even hear Poppy arriving in her own office. As he was running out of the Infirmary he also didn't see Susan and Neville following him closely.
With squeaking shoes he ran through the corridors to the place where he thought the screams were now coming from. When he arrived at the corridor where he knew the writings were on the wall, he saw a girl sitting on the floor. Next to her was another person who was obviously petrified. With a closer look he could see that it was a girl and he almost couldn't breathe.
*#*
Poppy stepped out of the flames and knew that she had to bring the students back to their dormitory. The first thing she did however was to put her things away and made herself presentable for the students. She had a little smile as she walked towards the Infirmary. As she opened the door she wanted to say hi but what she saw shocked her to her core.
*#*
Harry was standing like a rock. As he looked at the girl who was lying petrified on the floor. He could only hope that it wasn't his Bella. With little steps he went closer and closer to the girl. Each step he took he became positive that it was his Bella who was lying there.
Angelina who was the one who screamed looked over her shoulder and saw Harry coming towards her. She stood and wanted to stop him from going any further.
Harry didn't let her and quickly stepped around her. With only four steps to go it was clear that it was his Bella who was lying there. He saw the eyes that would always look at him with that smile that would melt his heart. Only this time those eyes looked at him with no feeling at all.
Little tears started to well up in his eyes. First there was his Daphne and now there was his Bella. When did it become his Daphne? He didn't care en sank down next to Bella. He took her hand that didn't move at all in his and just hold her.
While he was sitting there students started to fill the corridor. They all wanted to know who the one was who had been petrified this time. They all saw Harry sitting on the floor holding the hand of a petrified girl. They didn't have to ask who it was because they could see it all in the eyes of Harry.
Harry was looking around himself but his eyes didn't see anything because they were filled with tears. His eyes focused on the writing on the wall and especially at the new line that was written below the others.
HER SKELETON WILL BE LYING IN THE CHAMBER FOREVER.
Somehow it looked like nobody saw the new lines that were written on the wall. For Harry however it was the only thing he could see.
Behind him he could hear a cold voice saying something with a little bit of humor. Harry didn't know if he heard it correctly but the look Angelina gave next to him told him that he heard it correctly. But he wanted Draco to say it again and he wasn't disappointed.
"It's too bad Potter that you are not the one who has been taking into the chamber. It's also sad that she would be the one who had to be Petrified. I never have any luc..."
Harry would never know if he heard it correctly or whatever Draco would have said next. The only thing he saw was a blue looking spell flying passed him. With a look over his shoulder he could see Susan standing there with her wand pointing at Draco and breathing heavily.
Slowly and with a little help of Neville he floated Bella back to the Infirmary. He still hadn't said a word and was only looking at his friend who was floating in front of him.
*#*
Poppy stepped out of the flames and knew that she had to bring the students back to their dormitory. The first thing she did was to put her things away and made herself presentable for the students. She had a little smile as she walked towards the Infirmary. She was thinking about the good news she had and that they would be able to wake up Hermione and Daphne and that they would be able to do it by tomorrow night. As she opened the door she wanted to say hi but what she saw shocked her to her core.
Poppy couldn't say a thing as she saw how Harry and Neville were floating a petrified Bella in front of them. She saw that the three friends were devastated by what had happened to Bella, but she could also see that Harry lost the only thing that was keeping him together.
The first thing she wanted to do was to hold him back and see if he would talk to her but even she couldn't get him out of the trance he was in.
His gaze hadn't left Bella for a second. And the others could only guess what he was thinking. It was only when Dobby appeared next to Bella that Harry looked up. His magic started to dance around him as he grabbed Dobby by his tea towel. "WHAT DID YOU TELL BELLA" he screamed.
Dobby looked up a little fearful at Harry and started to tell him what he had heard in the Greengrass estate.
The eye's of Harry suddenly became big He looked at his friends. "Aunty I think I know where we have to go and tomorrow we will tell Albus what we know so he can save the one that is in the chamber".
Poppy wanted to tell Harry that they would be able to wake them up tomorrow evening, but she also knew that if Harry knew where the entrance was he would do anything to save the girl.
*#*
The next night Harry walked into the infirmary and asked Poppy to get Albus there. He wanted to ask him for help and he wanted to do it with Poppy next to him.
It was five minutes later that Poppy came back from her office. "I'm sorry Harry but it seems that Albus has left the castle. He and Professor Snape have gone to get some special ingredients for is potions storage" She said. She also couldn't tell him what Albus had done.
"Of course he would do that for that slime ball but he would leave my grandmother to rot in hell" Harry muttered.
Poppy knew that Harry didn't think highly of Albus and this wasn't helping him at all. "I'm sorry Harry but I don't know what I can do about it".
"Don't worry aunty, I know he will never be there if one of us needs him so I'm going to take care of it myself" after those words he left the Infirmary and shouted. "Neville, Susan go over to the classroom of that Lockhart creep. I don't care but whatever you have to do just keep him there. I'm going to save Ginny".
"Harry how do you know it is Ginny" Susan asked.
"Susan, she was the only one who was never there when there was a petrification. She was also the one who acted strange every time I was blamed for one of them" Harry told her.
"But Harry".
"No Susan, she was the only one who wasn't there at breakfast this morning".
Susan just looked at him and then realized that he was right. Ginny could be the only one who had done this. "But then why would her skeleton be in the chamber Harry".
"That I don't know Susan but I'm going to find out" and Harry left the infirmary. He never saw Arabella and his mother in all but blood enter the infirmary.
Harry was again running through the corridors of Hogwarts. Thanks to Dobby he now knew where he had to go. So it wasn't much later that he was standing in front of the girl's bathroom next to the writing on the wall. It was here that he went looking for one ghost in particular. It was not long after that that he found Moaning Myrtle in one of the toilet stalls. When he asked her how she died she gave him the whole story. The last thing Myrtle told him was that an hour before he was there another girl asked her the same question. And that it had made her day.
Harry had to swallow by the last thing she had said. But it was not surprising to him that there was a sink with a hidden snake on it. When he asked it to open he saw a long tube that disappeared into the darkness below.
As he was standing at the edge of the hole he thought about what had happened to his Daphne his Bella. What happened to his grandmother? But also his friend Hermione and all the others, he didn't know what he would find down there or if Ginny was a victim or the one who was doing it all. But he would do everything he could just to save his friends.
The only thing you could hear as Harry jumped into the hole was. "Great Merlin how can I be so stupid".
*#*
Arabella and Isabella saw how Harry just ran out of the Infirmary. Even before they could shout anything after him he had already disappeared around the corner.
Isabella did shout something but he would never hear her. She knew that she had to go after him because everything in her shouted the he would need her. But something ells inside her said that she had to go and wake up her daughter and the others first.
The next thing Isabella saw was Poppy bending over a fainted Arabella. She didn't understand it but as she looked at the beds. The first thing she saw was Bella lying in the bed next to her daughter. "Damn, we have to wake them up now and I have to go to him right after this" Isabella shouted at Poppy.
Who only nodded as she woke Arabella up.
Slowly they started to rub the potion on the skin of Bella, Hermione and Daphne. It would take five minutes before the potion would penetrate the skin but then they would wake up almost immediately.
Poppy went over to the cat and Arabella went to Colin to rub the potion on their fur and skin.
After that Arabella went to help those who were slowly waking up.
Daphne and Hermione were the first to come around. Bella on the other hand seemed to be stuck in a nightmare.
"Where am I, what happened" sounded the confused voice of Daphne through the infirmary.
Isabella looked up and immediately walked over to her daughter.
Slowly the eyes of Daphne started to go big. It was Albus, he knows all about it and I have to tell Harry" she told her mother as she looked around the infirmary.
"Sorry sweetheart but you have to tell him later, as soon as we know where he is" Isabella told Daphne in a soft voice.
Daphne looked at her mother and again around the Infirmary. "Mom where is Harry" Daphne asked.
"I don't know Sweetheart".
"MOM, WHERE, IS, HARRY".
"I don't know sweetheart. He was running away and we didn't know where he went. But we first wanted to wake you all up" Isabella told her sadly.
In the bed next to them Hermione was also waking up. She slowly started to sit straight up in her bed and looked straight at Harry. "What did you just say Daphne, is Harry gone, You don't think he's. No he wouldn't. He wouldn't go without Neville. Wait where is Neville".
Hermione was just like she always was. All of her questions were asked in one breath. Daphne just looked at her without blinking and slowly she again started to look around the Infirmary. Arabella was standing by Colin Creevey and was rubbing the potion on his face. Poppy was standing next to the cat. Daphne turned back to Hermione and was about to answer her.
Suddenly Bella started to trash around in her bed. First she was mumbling and then out of nowhere she started to scream. "Harry look out that is Tom Riddle, get away from him".
What followed were a couple of minutes that were filled with complete silent's before Bella started to shout again. "Don't look him in the eyes Harry, It's a Basilisk and it can kill by just looking at you".
Again there was that moment of complete silent's. Everyone was just looking at the other and didn't know what to say.
"I don't know how I'm here Harry, I think it's some kind of dream. Yes Harry I'm in the Infirmary but I don't know if they can hear me" sounded the now soft voice of Bella.
Now everyone in the Infirmary was standing still and were just looking at Bella. They all understood that Bella had some kind of link with Harry but not what kind of link it was. But they did understand that Harry was in danger.
"I'm not sure if they know where the toilet of Moaning Myrtle is. Yes Harry I hope they are hearing me and are on their way to help you".
Isabella looked at Daphne. "That is that crying girl, that ghost that is haunting the girls toilet".
Hermione and Daphne nodded.
Isabella stood up immediately and started to walk towards the door. At the moment that she wanted to walk through the door it opened as Amelia and Minerva walked into the Infirmary. Without any words Isabella walked on and in passing grabbed Amelia by the arm and pulled her along.
Minerva watched Isabella and could see she was on a mission. Suddenly she grabbed her left shoulder and gave a scream of pain and sank to her knees.
Isabella snapped her head around and looked on as Minerva sank down to her knees. She didn't have to think twice to know what was going on.
It was also on that moment that Bella set up in bed her eyes wide open as she screamed. "NOOO Harry, please come back, please don't die".
The tears were now freely flowing over her cheeks. She was just sitting there with a look of intense fear and misery.
Daphne who saw Bella sitting in that way almost tripped over herself as she was trying to get to Bella. As she crawled on to the bed she wrapped Bella into a hug as they both knew that there was only one thing left to do and that was hoping and waiting for Harry.
*#*
It was earlier that afternoon that Amelia was walking into Azkaban. The guard at the front desk wanted to say something but kept his mouth shut as he saw her hatred look. With big and steady steps she went up to the highest floor to get what she wanted.
She was closely followed by Tonks and David.
The guard at the top floor had other ideas than the guard behind the front desk. "I'm sorry but you can't just go in there".
Amelia just walked straight up to him and pushed him against the wall to then walk on. At the cell of Minerva she stopped. "Open this cell now or start looking for another job" Amelia growled at the guard.
Who immediately ran to open the cell of Minerva.
"Minerva I cannot tell you how fast we have to get to Hogwarts. It was Lucius who has done it all. It was him who got you here in a dirty way, We have also found out that Albus knows of the existence of the beast that was living in the chamber".
Minerva looked with big eyes in those of Amelia and wanted to say something but Amelia wasn't done yet.
"I don't know how Harry is doing, but I am sure that if he finds out about this then we all have to visit him here. And on top of it all I found out yesterday that Hermione and Daphne have also been petrified".
"WHAT IS GOING ON WITH MY HARRY, AMELIA YOU HAVE TO LET ME OUT OF HERE. I HAVE TO GO TO MY HUSBAND" Bellatrix screamed from her own cell.
"Bellatrix you know I can't do that, but when I can I will sent word to you about what is going on okay".
Bellatrix understood that Amelia was right and could only nod. Her inside however was screaming that it was unfair to her. She just wanted to go to her little Harry. With longing eyes she looked on as the others walked away. Out of the door and away from Azkaban.
Minerva let her gaze go from Bellatrix to Sirius. She felt for them both. They were innocent and had to stay there. It warmed her heart that Bellatrix wanted to go to her husband, her cub.
It was now that she again started to think about her cub. Minerva knew that something was wrong. Ever sins last night she had the feeling that Harry had lost something important to him.
None of them knew at that point that Bella had also been petrified but Minerva still knew that there was so much more going on that even Amelia knew about. But she could feel it with every thought she had of her cub.
As the boat went away from the prison and back to the shore, Amelia told everything that had happened and what Daphne and Hermione had found out. As she was telling it all Tonks just stood there as a personal body guard while she was listening to it all.
As they all stepped on the dock at the other side Amelia turned her attention to David and Tonks. "You too will go to the Minister and tell him to get his worthless butt, over to Hogwarts. If he doesn't come then you can tell him that he will no longer be a minister when I'm through with him".
David and Tonks didn't say a thing they only laughed while they were both wearing a sadistic smirk.
The first thing Amelia did together with Minerva was to go to Potter castle. There she would see if the potion was ready so they all could go to Hogwarts to free the petrified students and that one cat.
When they arrived at the castle they didn't see them so it stomped Amelia a little bit, because she was sure that they would wait for her and Minerva. Maybe it took her too long and they just couldn't wait any longer. Then again there was Daphne who was also petrified so she understood why they couldn't wait. She would do the same thing if it had been her Susan.
So without a second thought they went to the floo and traveled to the office of Minerva to go to the infirmary from there. They could have gone straight to the floo in the infirmary. But Amelia was silently hoping to see Dumbledore as they walked through the corridors, especially the dumb look he would have on his face if he saw Minerva walking next to her.
As they arrived in the office Minerva immediately sank into a chair. "Harry is scared, he is wild, it's like something is haunting him" Minerva told no one in particular.
Amelia just looked at her with a look of where have I seen that look before.
Together they walked through the corridors to warts the Infirmary. As Minerva opened the door she and Amelia were almost ran over by one Isabella who was storming out of the Infirmary taking Amelia along with her.
It was also on that moment that Minerva grabbed her left arm and gave a scream of pain, as she slowly sank to the ground.
Poppy ran over to Minerva and was looking for what she could do and to take her over to an empty bed in the corner. There was nothing to see on the arm of Minerva so Poppy understood what some of the others were already figuring out. She bent over to look into the eyes of Minerva.
It was also then that Bella screamed. "NOOO Harry, please come back, please don't die
As if on cue Daphne, Poppy and Minerva screamed "HARRY".
*#*
Isabella was walking straight to the toilet of Moaning Myrtle. She was still holding on to the arm of Amelia who was struggling to keep up. "What in Merlin's name is going on Isabella, where are you taking me" Amelia almost yelled.
"You are going to help me get to Harry and then help me to protect him. I'm not sure what that boy is thinking or what is going through that head of his. But I heard him saying something about saving Ginny and also that the monster had to stay away from his Bella and Daphne.
Amelia looked at Isabella with wide eyes as she tried to keep up with her as she was dragged along. She could do nothing more than to just listen.
"I don't know how but Bella seemed to know exactly what was going on with him. It's really crazy but just before you came in Bella sat straight up in her bed. It was then that you and Minerva came inside". It was now that Isabella stopped and looked intensely at Amelia who slammed strait into her back.
"Minerva grabbed her upper arm. That means that something happened to Harry and it happened to his upper arm. I don't understand what but I think that Bella is thinking that he is dead or dying".
"What, why do you think that" Amelia stammered.
"Didn't you hear Bella begging" Isabella asked her.
Amelia just looked into the eyes of Isabella and shook her head.
Isabella frowned. "Bella said. NOOO Harry, please come back, please don't die?"
Amelia had to think. "Ah yes I remember that's was when you dragged me out of there".
Together the two ladies walked around the corner and straight into the toilet. The ghost of Moaning Myrtle was floating above a big hole in the floor.
"Is that the hole where Harry went in to?" Isabella asked the ghost.
Myrtle nodded and watched as the two ladies jumped into the hole.
As the two ladies went down the hole they were shivering from the dirt they were picking up along the way. When they arrived at the bottom Isabella looked around. "I hope that boy is in real danger or he will be grounded for a whole year, making his mother walk through this filth" Isabella said as she looked at all the rat bones spiders and dust around her.
Amelia didn't say anything she just smiled at Isabella as she listen to her resentment.
Isabella and Amelia were walking slowly and step after step through the underground passageway. They had their wands outstretched in front of them waiting for whatever there was to come.
The further they got through the passageway the more freighted they became. Neither dared to say something they were to afraid for what it could do. At the end of the passageway they saw a little light getting brighter and brighter.
They stopped at a big metal door that was covered in snakes. This was it, this was where Harry had gone, this was the secret chamber and this was where they had to help him. The only thing between them and Harry was a thousand year old Basilisk.
With their eyes focused only on the ground, they made their way into the chamber hoping that they would not see the eyes of the Basilisk.
There was no sound at all in the chamber so Isabella started to look up. What she saw made her heart stop for a second. In the distance there were two little figures lying on the ground, next to it sat a Phoenix and she thought that it could be that Phoenix of Albus.
As Isabella started to walk faster Amelia looked up. "Are you two alright" she screamed from behind Isabella.
After two seconds that took forever for the two ladies, Harry finally answered. "We are okay".
Isabella couldn't hold it any longer and ran straight at him. She scooped him up and took him in a hug he had never felt before.
"Harry my son, is everything all right with you" She had just said those words and was now looking at him with a little fear in her eyes. Because for the first time she had called him her son while he was there. She wondered if she had crossed the line by saying that. The only thing left for her to do was to look in those emerald green eyes and wait for what he would say, or if he would push her away.
"Yes mom everything is all right. Tom Riddle is gone and the Basilisk is dead".
What Harry said after he said mom, Isabella would never know. It was after mom that she again held him close to her chest just crying silent tears of happiness. He had called her mom and that was all that mattered to her.
It was after that hug that Isabella saw Amelia pointing over her shoulder with her jaw hanging wide open.
Isabella turned around and saw where Amelia was pointing at. There only ten meters or so away from her lay a dead Basilisk of about sixty meters long. Isabella was shocked en was looking with wide eyes at the size of that beast. Slowly her eyes turned to the door and there was a low growl that escaped her throat that sounded like. "OOO Albus Dumbledork, you will pay for this. Nobody leaves my son and daughter in a school with a beast like this without paying for it".
She hadn't realized that she was saying it out loud.
Amelia however did hear her and was looking at Harry from out the corner of her eye. When she heard Isabella say my son and daughter she saw his eyes look at Isabella with hope and pride. All he ever wanted was a family and now he had the closest thing to a mother he could hope for.
With a smile of her own she started to follow Isabella and knew that all would be all right. She would love Harry like her own so he definitely had a mother.
Amelia bent over to pickup Ginny from the ground who was just looking around in a shocked way. She then had to hurry because Isabella was walking faster and faster and the one thing she didn't want to miss was Albus getting his from Isabella.
A little smile appeared at the corners of her mouth. He deserved it and she would do the same if it had been her Susan who was also like a daughter to her.
A/N: This was it again for this week. See you again in thirteen days.
Gr Winmau.