tainted transparency || a harry potter story

Chapter Thirty-Three: Breaking In

"Hazel? Hey, hey," Nymphadora crouched down next to me where I was sitting against the wall on the floor. "What's wrong? What's going on?"

"I don't know," I opened my squinted eyes and softly whimpered as tears drifted down my cheeks. "Something doesn't feel right. I-I feel it."

"I don't understand. I need you to explain," She looked worried.

The ache in my chest increased and rocked a sob out of my body. It's Harry. Somethings not right with Harry.

"It's Harry. Something happened to Harry," I cried. "I feel it in my chest. It's Harry."

Suddenly my wand flew up into the air and my Patronus emerged from the end of it. The doe I know and love nudged my face with hers and bounded off through the walls and through the air.

I jumped up to my feet and watched as it bounced off towards Malfoy Manor. Then I raced towards the Quidditch pitch.

"Hazel!! Hazel, don't do it!! Don't you go after it!!"

"Then come with me!!" I yelled back to her as I shoved past the door into the pitch and grabbed a broom. "Come with me! We'll find both of them!"

Nymphadora pondered for a matter of seconds, then summoned her broom and nodded. "Okay."

We mounted our brooms and she followed me as I raced off towards Malfoy Manor.

We found the giant mansion rather quickly. And once we arrived, we saw the damage. There were dementors swarming the place. Death eaters were guarding the doors.

I then saw a flash of blue and saw my Patronus. It shoved through the dementors, bounded right past the guards, and floated through the walls effortlessly.

"Harry has to be in there. He has to be."

"Remus must be too. That's why they haven't found them yet. They've been captured and held captive. We need a plan."

"To hell with a plan," I scoffed. "We'll fly through a window."

"Too loud. We'll land and apparate."

"The Dark Lord runs the whole building. I'm sure he would have thought to place an anti-apparition curse on the place. Especially after my escape."

"Good point," Nymphadora sighed. "Okay. We'll do it your way then. Breaking in."

Before she could say anything else, I'd already zipped through the cold air and flew straight into one of the mansion windows.

The glass shattered absolutely everywhere, covering the grey floor with a blanket of glass shards.

"Come on," Nymphadora helped me up. "We'll have company any second now. We've gotta go fast."

"Hazel?" I heard a sharp whisper from the door of the room. I looked up and saw a head of white hair. "What are you doing here?! I saw your Patronus!"

"Draco," I scoffed and ran to hug him. "You scared me!" I then pulled back and slapped him hard across the face. "How dare you?! I woke up without you!!"

I heard Nymphadora snicker behind me.

"I knew he'd come here," Draco rubbed his face with his hand. "I had to make sure he'd be safe. I've tried so hard. He's got him in the basement, Hazel. I can't get down there."

"Like hell we can't," I scoffed. "I'm riding a raging adrenaline rush. There's nothing stopping me right now."

"Hazel, I'm serious. I admire your confidence but there's no getting down there. Trust me," Draco grabbed my arm.

I sighed sharply. "Okay then how are we going to do this? Because I just broke into a dementor swarmed mansion filled with people who want to kill me. We've already committed to this."

"Find her!! Find that traitor!!" Lucius Malfoy's cold voice echoed throughout the large mansion. His footsteps grew closer. I could hear them. Draco shoved Nymphadora and I into a closet and left the room.

Apparently his father was in the hallway.

"Why were you in that room?"

"Bird crashed through the window," Draco calmly replied. "Wanted to see what was the matter."

"Was it dead?" Lucius asked his son.

"No," Draco answered. "Just injured. Fixed it and sent it back on it's way."

I heard Lucius scoff. "Weak. It should have been dead. Potter and Remus Lupin escaped. That Longbottom girl's patronus helped their escape. She must be in close range. We have to find her. By order of the Dark Lord. Draco, this is a chance to redeem yourself."

"I will, father," Draco forced. Then footsteps receded from the hallway but more jogged to the closet door and opened it. Draco looked panicked. "Go. You have to go now. Harry and Lupin made it out thanks to you. If you stay he'll find you."

"Draco, come with us," I linked my fingers into his. "Please. You don't have to stay with them. We're not a part of them."

"Our arms disagree," Draco gulped, but heavily sighed and glanced down at where our hands were joined. "I can't go with you. I could put you in danger and I can't be the reason why you get killed or hurt or lose someone important."

"Draco, you're important," I urged him desperately. "Please. I can't do this without you. I need you with me. I love you."

"Hazel," Draco sharply scoffed, but looked up and nodded in agreement after a few seconds of silence. "Fine. Fine. I'll go with you. I love you too. We need to stick together."

I grabbed the broom I raced here on that had been flung across the room while Nymphadora summoned her own.

Then Draco mounted my broom behind me and tightly held onto my waist as we flew off out of the window we broke in through. Draco hugged my back to his chest and held me securely.

I have one thing and one thing only on my mind. Finding my father and Harry.