❝happiness can be found in the darkest of times‚ if one only remembers to turn on the light❞
- Albus Dumbledore
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"Professor?" Hermione says slowly approaching Lupin. "Hermione no what are you doing!" I say quietly to her. She continues towards the beast, "Professor Lupin?" Lupins eyes transform with the rest of his body, as he lets out a horrifying howl.
Snape comes out from the hole, coming over to us three. "There you are Potter!"
He turns quickly to see Lupin stalking towards us, shielding all four of us. We stand there in shock, when Lupin stiles upon us. We all fall to the ground, my back land rather painfully. I scrunch my eyes in pain, looking up to see Lupin advance towards us again. I close my eyes, awaiting the outcome that never came.
Sirius then intercepts Lupin in midair. The two begin fighting viciously, but Lupin is stronger. He tosses aside Sirius easily. "Sirius!" Harry runs after Sirius as the two continue to fight. "Harry no!" I yell running after him. Snape and Hermione try to catch me, but I outrun them and follow behind Harry.
"Ariana? No go back!" Harry continued on as I followed loosely behind him. "Harry I'm not leaving you! Stop being so stubborn and let me help you!" He rushes down to an open lake where we see Sirius laying lifeless.
"Sirius!" Harry tries to shake him awake, but nothing.
The air grows thin and cold, the lake begins to freeze over and my heart drops. I look up to see Dementors encircling us fiercely. They swoop down, taking multiple shots at us. I let out a scream, it feels like my body is being separated; my soul being stolen from me. They repeatedly attack me, and the world starts to grow fuzzy as the night sky disappears from my eyes.
•••
The light is harsh against my swollen eyes as they flutter open slightly. I turn and see Hermione and Harry talking to Ron who is also bedded due to the injuries to his leg.
"Harry." I say, my voice betraying me as it cracks. The two run over to me, Hermione sighing of relief as I sit up.
"Are you ok?" Harry asks worriedly. "I'm fine. What about you guys, are you all right?"
"Hermione and I are fine, but Ron has a broken leg." I look over at Ron who smiles weirdly.
"I saw my dad Ariana." My head snaps up to Harry. "What?" I ask confused. "He sent the Dementors away. I saw him. Across the lake." My mind tries to wrap around the idea, and I can't imagine what Harry is feeling.
Hermione looks nervous as she speaks. "Listen, Harry. They've captured Sirius. Any minute the Dementors are going to perform the Kiss." I feel my heart rate speed up. "The Kiss?" Harry asks. "It's what Dementors do to those they want to destroy. They clamp their jaws over the victim's mouth and suck out his soul." Hermione picked at her finger nails.
