Chapter 33: Prisoner of Hogwarts School

Kiba felt the sharp claw of Lupin tear through his clothing as it pierced his skin. Thanks to Sirius Black however, it didn't penetrate deeply as Lupin himself was pushed back. Nonetheless the power and speed of the Warewolf's strike was enough to send Kiba flying backwards. He looked down onto his chest, his shirt like his skin had been cut diagonally as a small amount of blood began to pour from it. Hermione ran over to Kiba and knelt down beside him. "are you okay? Kiba?! Talk to me!" She said shaking him.

"I'm fine, I'm alright" he replied sitting upright. He saw Lupin in his full on Warewolf transformation battling with his friend Sirius with murderous intention. Kiba was to focused on the fight to notice Pettigrew grabbing a hold of Lupin's wand and shooting a spell at both Ron and Crookshanks, but luckily Harry was paying attention and promptly disarmed Pettigrew. He smiled and waved at Harry before his head shrunk into his clothes which fell to the floor in a small pile. Kiba got to his feet and saw the small rat run out from underneath the pile of clothing and through the high grass away from the fight.

"Sirius!" Harry suddenly yelled out as he ran towards the howls and barks, Kiba wanted to run to them too but he saw Pettigrew running still, his tiny frame could only carry him so fast. He grabbed his wand from the cold earth and ran after the Rat.

"take care of Ron, will you Hermione?" he shouted back hoping that she wouldn't follow. As soon as he was out of sight he too transformed and was running on his own four paws before he knew it. He had once again become a black panther. The transformation wasn't painful at all this time. However, he could feel the wound he had just received, as blood continued to trickle down his fur coat. But he felt even stronger than ever. His legs carried him at an immense speed, his eyes allowed him to see everything without problem as his nose chased the sent of Pettigrew. He slowed down as the sent became fresher and let his tail drag through the mud. 'i gotta get used to this..' he thought as he lifted it up. He opened his mouth to better smell the transformed man and came to a halt at a tree where the trail vanished into a small hole. "damn it!" Kiba muttered transforming back to his human form. His white shirt was stained red by this time and the boy wished he knew a spell to heal himself. He used his wand to light the small hole beneath the trunk of the tree as he thought of any Feline small enough to fit the tight space but none came to mind over the loud cry of pain.

Kiba stood up straight to get a grasp of the direction that the noise had come from. He heard it once more and could identify it as the cry of a Canine, a dog.. Sirius was in terrible pain. Kiba ran in the direction of the cry, jumping over roots and ducking beneath low hanging branches. He felt a very familiar cold pass over him and he looked up to the sky, and through the crowns he spotted them.. not one, not two.. Atleast a hundred. Every Dementor stationed at Hogwarts was passing above him.. he had to move quickly.

When Kiba reached the rocky shore of the lake within the forest he was surprised to see it completely frozen. He looked across and saw Sirius on his back, Harry kneeling above his motionless body. Dementor after Dementor passed the two until Harry pointed his wand to the sky and shouted "Expecto Patronum!" a wisp of sir liquid escaped his wand but it did no good. Kiba carefully stepped onto the ice and began making his way towards Harry, he shot a few hexes and jinxes at the creatures above him and they retaliated. They began to make their passes by him too causing him to slip and fall in the ice. Kiba felt his heart pounding harder then ever as more blood escaped his wound freezing the moment it left causing his wound to seal off in an uncomfortable and painful way. He could barely see Sirius between the cloaks if the demonic creatures as one if them had it's face pressed against Sirius'.

The Dementor pulled away and they collectively watched as a tiny blue orb escaped his mouth, Kiba knew what had happened. The Dementors kiss, just a few more moments and Sirius' soul would be devoured. "EXPECTO PATRONUM!" Kiba heard Harry scream once more, but not Harry that was with Sirius. He looked to his right and saw it. On the rocky shore he had come from stood a silver Stag, and without hesitation it charged the Dementors sending them flying away in every direction. Kiba watched in awe as a silvery liquid spread over the lake towards them from the shore in the form of a half-dome. It passed right over him, but the Dementors weren't as lucky, it seemed like they were being hit with the force of the entire Hogwarts Express.

Kiba's gaze shifted to Sirius once more, and as he stood up he watched the blue orb return to his mouth. He watched as Harry collapsed beside his Godfather before he checked the sky once more to make sure the Dementors had gone and then once more to the silver Stag. It stood on the shore next to a familiar face that Kiba couldn't see in detail, the person patted the Stag gently before it disappeared into thin air. Kiba took a step towards Harry and Sirius but the ice below his feet had begun to thaw and cracked beneath his feet. Before the young heir realized it he was beneath the surface, unable to move. The water around him coloured red from his reopened wound as his conscience faded. He closed his eyes but felt something grab hold of his shirt firmly dragging him to the surface and the shore. His savior pushed down on his chest once and he coughed up water and blood alike. He opened his eyes and saw Sirius and Harry motionless near him, but when he looked to his savior.. he had vanished into thin air.

Kiba looked to the sky.. the stars.. the moon.. but he didn't feel anything anymore, he was numb and unable to move. A man appeared beside him, his face was blurred but his black hair was a giveaway to his identity. Snape placed his wand in the boys chest and muttered a spell. Kiba's eyelids fell shut and his mind slipped completely sending him down a spiral slide of thought.

Kiba sat bolt upright and his hand shot to his chest. He looked down and saw bandages around his it and sighed. He scanned the room and saw a sleeping Harry and Ron in their respective hospital beds. Kiba slipped out from underneath his covers, pulled on his shirt and afterwards put on his button up shirt only fastening the top most button. The rip in his undershirt was still there, it was no dream. He made his way out of the hospital wing and wandered the halls with haste to find Hermione.. instead she found him. "Kiba are you alright!" she asked hugging the taller boy tightly.

"Fine." He replied "you?"

"I've got a few scratches, that's all.."

"What happened?"

"Snape's told the minister the story" she said "but it was far from the truth.. he made most if it up, Fudge still thinks he's guilty and they'll perform the Kiss"

"what?!" Kibs burst out. 'they can't.. we need to tell Harry. Fudge will believe him!" the two ran back towards the hospital wing. They saw Snape and Fudge stand before the doors. Hermione stopped but Kiba pushed through them with an angry sideways glance at Snape. He pushed open the door and saw Harry beside Ron's bed. "Harry! They're going to perform the Kiss on Sirius" he said

"What?" Harry burst out looking past Kiba towards the minister that entered the hospital wing too "Minister! You've got the wrong man, Black is innocent. Pettigrew is the man you're after!"

"Harry, Harry." The Minister said "you're very confused. Pettigrew is dead"

"No he isn't!" Kiba intervened "he cut off his own finger and blamed everything in Sirius Black. He's alive, we saw him tonight"

"is true!" Hermione chimed in

"You see Minister" Snape said coldly "Confunded, the lot of them. Black's done quite the job on them" but before Fudge replied the doors opened again revealing Dumbledore

"Gentlemen, this is a hospital. How do these children recover with constant interruption?"

"my apologies, Poppy" said Dumbledore carefully "but i need to speak with Mister Potter, Mister Scamander and Miss Granger urgently. You see, I've just spoken to Sirius Black"

"i suppose he told you the same story he planted in their heads?" asked Snape "something about a Rat, Pettigrew being alive and guilty"

"indeed" Dumbledore said observing Snape through his glasses

"And does my evidence count for nothing?" He asked "Pettigrew wasn't in the shrieking shack, nor was there any sign of him on the grounds"

"you were unconscious professor!" Hermione shouted "you didn't arrive in time to hear-"

"HOLD YOUR TONGUE GRANGER!" he snarled.

"I need to speak with them, Minister, Snape, Poppy. Would you leave us?" Dumbledore asked politely

"But, Headmaster. These children need-" Madam Pomfrey began

"This cannot wait" Dumbledore interrupted her "please"

"surely you don't believe Black's story, Headmaster?" said Snape as he took a step towards Dumbledore "you haven't forgotten that he had shown he could kill at the age is sixteen, have you? Did you forget he once tried to kill me?"

"My memory is as good as ever, Severus" Dumbledore replied "however, i did ask you to leave us" the men started at each other. Snape turned around and left followed by Fudge and Madam Pomfrey.

"Please sir, you have to believe us" Hermione begged

"oh i do. However, in sorry to say that the word of three thirteen year old wizards will convince few others." He replied "a child's voice, however honest and true, is meaningless to those who have forgotten how to listen"

"Professor Lupin could tell you!" Kiba suggested

"That maybe," Dumbledore said "if Lupin weren't deep within the forest, incapable of telling anyone anything. And even if he could, within our community Werewolves are particularly mistrusted, therefore his support would come for very little" he stepped over to one if the large windows and looked down to the grounds "Black hasn't acted like an innocent man. Attacking both Ron and the Fat Lady.. without Pettigrew, there is no way of changing Black's sentence"

Kiba was broken. There was Dumbledore, a man of power and quality. Capable of many incredible feats.. yet somehow beaten by a made up story. The hope of saving Sirius was gone, they might as well just have killed Pettigrew. It wouldn't have changed much. The giant Bell ring aloud and Kiba checked his watch as it showed midnight. Dumbledore suddenly turned around, his eyes fixed on Hermione.

"curious thing.. Time" he said "powerful, and when meddled with.. Dangerous" he walked past them towards the two doors as he continued "Sirius Black is in Flitwick's office, thirteenth window to the right of the west tower" he whipped around and stared right into Hermione's very being "you know the laws Miss Granger. You must not be seen, and you would do well, i feel, to return before this last chime. If not, the consequences are to ghastly to discuss… if you succeed tonight, more then one innocent life may be spared" he walked over to the door "i shall lock you in," he turned his head over now "Three turns should do it" he stepped out and pulled his head back in through the door one more time "oh and by the way, when in doubt, i find retracing my steps to be a wise place to begin.. good luck" the doors closed and the lock turned.

"Will this hurt Hermione?" Kiba asked as he stepped closer to the girl. She shook her head and pulled the long, fine golden chain from her times. She hung it around Kiba's neck as well as her own and pulled Harry closer to do the same. She pushed the button on the necklace three times and it began spinning wildly. The world around them dissolved into a blur of colors and people moving backwards. Kiba and Harry watched themselves move around the room at an incredible speed. Then Dumbledore returned and then Snape and Fudge.. everything was moving backwards quickly and then everything stopped. The sounds of the world had returned, and the three were still in the hospital wing.. only difference was the sun shining through the window.

Hermione removed the necklace from around the boys necks and shoved it back into her robes before pulling up Kiba's wrist to check his watch. "seven thirty.. where were we at seven thirty?"

"I'm not sure" Kiba replied..

"Going to Hagrid's!" Harry said. Before the boys knew it Hermine ran off and through the doors and they followed close behind.

"what's going on?" asked Harry who was confused like never before

"it's a Timeturner," Kiba replied "Hermione's been using to get to her classes all year"

"What do you mean her classes?"

"well, she was in divination with you.. but also in Ancient Runes with me.. at the same time"

"but that's impossible," he replied "she couldn't be in two places at once" The three came to a stop near the rock formations that overlooked the path leaving down to Hagrid's hut. And then the two boys saw what Hermione was already accustomed to. "But that's us.."

"Listen, there's one thing you must understand" Hermione said "the uses that are down there are our past, we are their future, and when we were out past selves our future selves were here already" she said "so that means. What ever we do already happened in our past"

"I don't understand" Harry replied

"If i were to place a piece of paper right here, i would have already seen it in the past when we got back here from Hagrid's hut"

"I.. what"

"everything we do now, already happened in our past" Kiba added.

"But, she do we have to do this then at all?" asked Harry again

"If we don't, what ever we did too get here" Kiba said pointing to his feet "won't happen. It'll create another timeline, or something like it"

"Both of you, shut it" Hermione whispered "now come on, we have to save Buckbeak"

"Buckbeak? Are you sure?"

"yes, remember what Dumbledore said? More then one innocent life may be spared today" she replied "come on, we can't be seen!" The three made their way down the small path and snuck into Hagrid's pumpkin garden where Buckbeak had been chained to a post. They had behind a stack of the enlarged pumpkins and looked through the window of the hut.

"Alright, we shouldn't waste any time." Harry said "let's get Buckbeak and go"

"no. Fudge has to see Buckbeak, otherwise they'll think Hagrid set him free" Hermione replied

"there he comes now" Kiba said pointing up the path "that means we should be leaving.. but we're not" Kiba added. They could only watch as Dumbledore and Fudge got closer and closer while Harry stood at the window, clueless of what was coming"

"i got hit in the back of the head when i was standing there" Harry said "that's how i saw Fudge coming" Hermione didn't hesitate and grabbed a small slug-shell that lay ontop one of the pumpkins and threw it. It struck Harry in the back of the head and he turned to look.

"that hurt" the Harry next to them whispered as he remembered the moment he had been hit.

"we need to move" Kiba said "we're about to come out the back door" the three made their way into the woods behind them as they had behind some trees to let their past selves pass. The four of them his behind the pumpkins waiting for Fudge to enter the hut. Hermione stepped out from behind her tree looking at her past self. "Hermione" Kiba whispered

"is that really what my hair looks like from the back?" she asked. Kiba knew that his past self was about to look back into the forest so he too stepped out from his tree, seized Hermione by the hand and pulled her behind a tree with him.

"What is it?" they heard Hermione ask

"I thought i.. heard…" they heard the past Kiba reply. Harry peeked his head out to look "is that?"

"We have to go. Come on" Past Harry said as he pulled Kiba back and covered them all with the invisibility cloak.

"we've got little time" whispered Harry to the other two. "come on" they made their way past the stack of pumpkins and collectively bowed to the Hippogriff which bowed bowed it's head back in respect. Harry grabbed the large chain and untied it from the wooden post but Buckbeak would not move. Kiba looked around for a solution and spotted a crow sitting atop a wooden rack from which hung several dead ferrets. He walked over and shooed the crow away grabbing the string of ferrets and hanging them around his neck.

"Buckbeak, hey" he hissed quietly "I've got a dead ferret for you. Come and get it" Buckbeak rose quickly to his feet and stepped closer. The door to Hagrid's hut suddenly opened and Dumbledore stepped out speaking to fudge

"now look there Minister," he says pointing up the field towards the castle. Fudge aswell as they other ministry men followed his finger and looked on. Hermione, Kiba and Harry stood frozen in place but Buckbeak snatched one of the ferrets Kiba was holding and brought them back to the moment as they continued trying to bait the Hippogriff away from the adults. "just beyond these rocks. Professor Dippet had that ling gardened when he was headmaster"

"ah yes, that's quite something to see" Fudge replied in a way that sounded very uninterested

"and all the strawberries" he pointed across the entire field keeping the Ministry men focused on the field. Kiba figured that the ever one step ahead Dumbledore was distracting them just so Buckbeak could get away.

"I see no strawberries" replied the man with the Axe

"they're right over there," Dumbledore pointed in another direction "keep looking"

"Dumbledore, let's get this over with, please" Fudge said as he turned towards the pumpkins. But Buckbeak had disappeared, "but where is it? I saw the beast, just now!"

"extraordinary" Dumbledore gasped

"come now Dumbledore, sometime had obviously set it free" Fudge replied angrily

"you certainly can't suggest that Hagrid's had anything to do with this, Minister" Dumbledore said stepping towards the large man "afterall, how could he? He's been with us all this time"

"Well.. well," the Minister stammered "we must search the grounds"

"search the skies, if you must" Dumbledore advised "meanwhile, i'd like a nice cup of tea, or a Large brandy" he stepped into Hagrid's hut and poked his head out again "oh, Macnair, your Axe is no longer needed"

"Youll find few small cups in here Headmaster" Hagrid said from with the hut. Dumbledore smiled and at that moment Kiba felt his gaze shift towards them behind the trees…

'does he really know?' next they heard Macnair snarled angrily. He raised his Axe high above his head and swung it down on a pumpkin with all his might and cut it clean in two. The Crows cried out in unison and vanished from the hut in seconds. The three backed away into the forest and hid themselves from view whilest having the whomping willow in their own. They could only sit by and watch as Ron chased Scabbers and as Sirius dragged then both down the hole. The waited and the three of them followed. They sat in silence when soon Lupin appeared. He grabbed a large stick from the ground and poked the willow until it stored fighting as he too entered the hidden passages.

"If only he had taken the cloak" Harry muttered "it's just laying there"

"Sush, here comes Dumbledore" Kiba said as Dumbledore followed by Fudge and the ministry men walked up the steps towards the castle and away from view.

"I'm going to grab it," Harry said "then Snape can't have it"

"No Harry!" Hermione grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him back "we can't be seen, you have to leave it"

"no one's there, I'll be quick"

"Quiet!" Kiba hissed at them as a distant whistling grew louder. Hagrid came prancing up the steps, a large bottle in hand as he began to belt out a song.

"See Harry, if you'd give out there Hagrid could have seen you. We can't change what we know already happened. Snape came in with the cloak, which means it future selves didn't grab it"

"A little help?" Kiba interrupted her as he struggled to hold Buckbeak back who was trying to run to Hagrid. The other two caught in quickly and helped him restrain the large creature, it took them a bit and once they looked back to the willow, the cloak was gone. "Snape's already in…" Kiba muttered "won't be long until we come out.. what's the plan?" he asked looking towards Hermione more then Harry.

"We wait, we let everything play out as it did. Once Sirius is captured we'll save him with Buckbeak" Hermione replied

"we need to go to the lake" Harry said as he stood "i saw someone make the Dementors go away when i fainted" he said

"I did too," Kiba replied "i was on the lake… i almost drowned"

"It was my dad" Harry said "he cast the Patronus" Harry said

"the what?" Hermione asked

"The Patronus charm? It's like a spirit guardian, it's a shield against Dementors"

"that Stag?" Kiba asked

"Yes," Harry replied once more "i know it sounds ridiculous.. he's dead"

"Snape saw it too" Hermione said "he said only a powerful wizard could've cast it. It must've been someone older.." she concluded

"let's go" the three got to the lake quickly leaving Buckbeak tied to a tree. They stood near the large rock that acted as a shore to the lake hiding behind a tree. They could feel the coldness of the Dementors sweep over them as Sirius cried out in pain. The late froze over and Harry came into view throwing himself down next to Sirius.

"watch out." Kiba said pulling his two friends back as his own past self came by very close to them. They watched as Dementor after Dementor made their pass. Past Kiba was shooting spells into the night sky to no avail before he crashed to his knees just like Harry. They waited.. and waited but Harry's father was nowhere in sight.

"you're dieing.." Hermione whimpered softly "all three of you" Kiba was focused on himself. He laid flat on his back, blood pouring from his fresh wound. He placed his hand onto his bandages feeling the pain return. He too wanted to know who pulled him from the water.

"EXPECTO PATRONUM!" Harry cried out through the darkness. Kiba and Hermione looked to their side, this was their Harry. He had stepped forward into the very tip of the rock and had his wand pointed to the sky. A silvery blue liquid poured from the tip as it took the form of a Stag. Like it had done the last time they had seen it, it chased the Dementors furiously, scattering them over the lake.

"wow.." Kiba gasped quietly "that's something…" Harry breathed heavily as he lowered his wand. The cold faded and the staff returned to his side. He raised his hand and placed it ontop of the blue spirits head and closed his eyes, but once he opened them it was gone. Kiba looked back at himself and could barely see his head disappear below the surface. He watched on, remembering that sharp fangs had pulled him from the water, he thought.. maybe he too had to save himself.

Kiba braced himself, ready to transform and leap into the lake. He stopped as he saw something move between the trees gracefully. A white Wolf emerged from the shadows and dove beneath the surface emerging moments later with Kiba carefully held by the shirt between it's sharp teeth. Kiba backed away again watching carefully. 'Luna.. thank you' he thought as she pushed her paws down on his chest to push the water from his lungs.

Her white tail disappeared as quickly as it appeared as another figure emerged from the shadows. It was Snape. Her knelt beside Kiba as he placed his wand in the boys chest muttering incoherently. Kiba had long passed out and Snape levitated him from the ground as he did the same to both Harry and Sirius disappearing with them once again. "we should get to Buckbeak, we'll have to save Sirius soon" Hermione whispered. She was completely in shock and awe about what had happened, realizing just how powerful Harry was, seeing her two best friends almost die was allot for her to take in as she must likely tried to make sense of the white Wolf as well.

They reached the clearing where they had left Buckbeak only to find out empty with a broken chain hanging from a tree. "dammit.. how are we going to get to Flitwick's office now?" Harry asked "Hotaru?"

"She's been in the common room all day," Kiba replied, "and she's from the past too. We can't" he added.

"AHHHH!" Hermione suddenly yelled out in fear as she ran to Kiba and Harry to cower behind them, from behind the tree stepped out a Warewolf, specifically Lupin. He growled nastily as he raised his claws ready to strike,

'watch out!' Kiba heard Buckbeak's voice as the Hippogriff came to their side. He swing his wings to tower above the Warewolf and with one Swing of his giant talons slashed at Lupin's face cutting it open similarly to how he had cut Kiba open. Lupin whimpered and crouched down on all fours before charging into the darkness

"thank you, Beaky" Kiba said bowing down

'always in time,' Buckbeak replied turning to them, he lowered his head respectfully 'a hero is never late'

"Certainly," Kiba said "there's something we have to do, and we could use your help again" he added

'of course' Buckbeak replied 'what do you need me to do'

"fly us to where we need to go" without hesitation Buckbeak kneeled on all four and allowed the three too climb into his back. Kiba stepped on quickly sitting just behind where the neck met the body and hat sat behind him. Hermione was hesitant and carefully stepped closer.

"I don't.. I'm not a fan of flying, I'll stay here" she said

"we shouldn't split," Harry said. Both he and Kiba scooted backwards allowing Hermione to sit in the safest spot. She got in carefully and clung to Buckbeak neck as he stood up slowly.

"Hey," Kiba whispered in her ear as he had his arms around her waist to hold the reigns "I've got you, it's alright" Hermione relaxed slighty just before Kiba gave Buckbeak a light tap to the side with his foot giving him the signal to fly. He stretched his wings and with one swing shot towards the sky. Kiba could barely hear Hermione scream over the wind thrashing at his ears as he guided Buckbeak to one of the windows of Flitwick's office. He grabbed his wand from behind his ear and flicked his wrist "Fenestra" he said quietly. With a soft noise the window turned to little more than dust. Harry climbed into the window and returned a minute later with Black behind him.

"get on," Kiba said "we haven't much time" Black carefully climbed onto Buckbeak behind Kiba as Harry sat behind his Godfather. They were lucky that black had gotten so thin, otherwise they couldn't have for all four of them on the Hippogriff back.

"to the astronomy tower" Harry said. Kiba flicked Buckbeak's reigns and guided him to the tallest tower of the castle where they landed and stepped off. Hermione mostly fell off but Kiba was able to catch her before she injured herself.

"I'll be forever grateful for this" Sirius said as he checked the stairs to make sure no one was coming. "where is the other boy, the ginger" he asked "is he alright*

"he'll be fine" Hermione replied "Madam Pomfrey said she'd be able to fix him"

"you should go" Kiba said "Macnair had most likely gone to really the Dementors by now"

"Yes, thank you.. all three of you" he replied

"I want to go with you" Harry said "live with you, like you asked me to"

"One day perhaps," Black said "but for some time my life will be to unpredictable" he reached out and grabbed Harry by the shoulders "besides, you belong here" Hermione suddenly grabbed Kiba by the hand and dragged him away to give Harry and his Godfather some space

"But you're innocent." Harry said

"And you know it. That's all that matters to me" Sirius answered as his hands moved to gently cup Harry's face "i expect you're tired if hearing this; but you look so much like your father. Except your eyes, of course, you have your Mo-"

"My mother's eyes" Harry finished the sentence for him with a smile

"It's cruel that i got to spend so much time with James and Lilly, and you so little. But know this," Black turned his head and for a moment looked Kiba in the eyes before turning back to Harry "the ones that love us never really leave us. And you can always find them," her placed his hand on Harry's chest "in here"

"it's getting close to midnight," Kiba said "you have to go now, Sirius"

"Right" he stepped back to Buckbeak and mounted him carefully. "I'll take good care of this one, in promise" he said to Kiba "and you, you really are the brightest with if your Age" with one flick of the reigns and a roar from Buckbeak the two escaped into the night sky and disappeared among the clouds. Harry watched the dark above motionlessly lost in thought and dreams.

"he did ask me to come live with him" Harry said quietly "we could live out in the country. Somewhere with a nice view of the fields and the sky. He would like that, after all those years in Azkaban" the loud ringing if the bell alerted the three that they had very little time to get back to the door if the hospital and so they ran as fast as they could. Up the stairs, left turn, right turn down the hall. They saw Dumbledore's back and stopped.

"-i find retracing my steps to be a wise place to begin. Good luck" he closed the door and the three quickly realized to his side. He saw them and smiled joyfully "and?"

"it's done" Harry said

"we did it!" Hermione added

"Sirius has gone.. on Buckbeak" Kiba clarified

"Well done" Dumbledore beamed at them "i think you've gone, too" he opened the doors and all they saw was a sleeping Ron "get inside. I'll lock you in" the three slipped back into their beds and hard Dumbledore lock the door just before Madam Pomfrey came out of her office, ranting on about how she want capable of doing her job under such and such conditions. Just as she finished a loud growl of an angry man exited throughout the grounds and just a minute later a fuming red Snape burst through the hospital does with Fudge and Dumbledore close behind.

"OUT WITH IT POTTER, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!" he shouted as he grabbed Harry by the collar. Kiba instinctively reached for his wand and was prepared to defend Harry but Dumbledore raised his and and gestured for him to lower it.

"He must've disapparated, Severus" Fudge said

"HE CAN'T. NO ONE CAN. HOGWARTS IS PROTECTED FROM SUCH MAGIC. NO ONE CAN APPARATE IN OR OUT IF THIS CASTLE" Snape continued letting go of Harry and facing the minister "THE WINDOW HAD BEEN DESTROYED. HE ESCAPED! AND POTTER HELPED HIM, I KNOW IT!"

"it's my fault" Fudge replied "we should've left someone in the room with him"

"That's enough now Severus." Dumbledore added "Harry has been in the hospital ever since i left ten minutes ago. The door was locked and Poppy was here to watch them" Dumbledore turned to Pomfrey "did Harry or any of the others leave their beds tonight!"

"of course not" She replied

"there you have it. They can't have done anything" Dumbledore said "unless you're suggesting they were in two places at once" Snape snarled angrily and then left the hospital quickly

"fella seems unstable, Dumbledore." Fudge whispered to the headmaster

"Nonsense, he's just suffered a great disappointment" Dumbledore's replied

"so have i" he replied "we had black cornered. And if there escaped Hippogriff story gets to the Daily Prophet then they'll have a field day. I just inform the ministry-"

"And the Dementors?" asked Dumbledore

"yes, they'll have to go" Fudge replied "I'll have them sent back to Azkaban. Never dreamed they'd attack two innocent boys" he and Dumbledore turned and began to walk out "perhaps you should think about dragons to guard the castle" he added

"Hagrid would like that" Dumbledore replied with a chuckle. Kiba, Hermione and Harry shared a joyful expression as they finished their chocolate and were finally able to sleep the rest of the night.

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AN: so. PoA is basically done. since this book is such heavily the setup for later ones i couldn't or didn't want to change much. but book four will be totally different. I'm aware that there are several spelling errors in the previous chapters so I'll try to proofread my chapters better.

you can still PM me your own OC (doesn't have to be restricted to Europe. can be American, African etc as well. next book is expanding in the world much more than the real book did)