Somewhere Only We Know - Part 2 - Sirius Black x OC

Chapter 20: Devil Side

Sirius took stock of the sight in front of him. It was chaos. And where was the help? Surely someone had contacted The Ministry, or even Hogwarts, by now? Surely Aurors and capable Professors were on their way?

As if summoning them by the thought alone, a dozen white wisps of smoke swirled around them, revealing a new selection of powerful witches and wizards. He recognised one wizard immediately; the fucking huge, scary-looking Auror with a magical eye who seemed to hate everyone. Moody; an appropriate name.

Moody blasted two death eaters across the street before flinging another high in the air and smashing him into the ground. Merlin's beard. This Auror did not mess around.

"Sirius!" Gemma shouted, just as she blasted a death eater who was coming at him from his other side. Shit, he hadn't been paying attention. Help might be here, but he still needed to fight.

He turned and disarmed the death eater, then spotted James fighting alone up ahead. Gemma was taking care of a blonde female death eater, so he ran to his friend, and together they battled a couple more together. Out of nowhere, both death eaters were suddenly blasted, stunned and disarmed in quick succession.

"Bloody hell." James whispered, as they both turned to look behind them.

Professor McGonagall stood tall, her wand still raised, her expression stern. Sirius almost laughed; she looked exactly as she did whenever she was giving them detention. It was not a look to mess with. Her eyes travelled to them both and her expression softened ever so slightly. "Potter, Black, are you both ok?"

They nodded. "We're fine, Professor." James replied. "Glad to see you here though."

"You've done well. All of you. But you need to stay here and let us finish this." She turned and headed back towards the main fight.

Sirius frowned just as James scoffed and shook his head. "No chance are we staying back here."

"No chance." He wasn't willing to sit back and let others do the fighting, not when they'd already fought so hard. "Let's go!"

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Gemma pushed through yet another door. Surely she'd find a way out of this stupid maze eventually.

She cursed herself for running and hiding, but really, what choice had she had? She'd been backed into a corner, five against one, and while she was a damn good witch, she wasn't that good. So she'd blasted an arch above the death eaters heads and she'd ran. Through an old, decrepit door, into an old, decrepit building.

She didn't even know where she was anymore. She was fairly certain she'd been behind the old row of shops that had closed down years earlier, but she'd run through so many corridors and doors, she wouldn't be surprised if she ended up back at Hogwarts.

She paused and listened out for the death eaters. Nothing. She was fairly certain none of them had followed her, and even if they had, the maze would likely confuse them. Merlin, Gemma wondered if she'd ever escape!

Deciding to try another door, Gemma pressed down on a handle and was met with a locked door. Interesting. Perhaps a sign that this door led to something other than another corridor?

"Alohomora." The door clicked open and Gemma stepped through, into darkness. "Lumos." The tip of her wand lit up a small space around her and Gemma frowned as she squinted at the room she was now in. Turning to her right, she found a small switch, and was relieved when a warm yellow glow filled the room.

Gemma looked around. The room was set out like a potions classroom; bottles filled the shelves that ran along the walls; a huge desk filled one back corner, while a cauldron filled another; and on a side table, close to the door, sat twenty or so tiny bottles filled with a perfectly clear liquid.