chapter fourteen

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by nqncysluvr

by nqncysluvr

"HARRY." alyra whispered in relief as she noticed the boy starting to slowly sit up, he had been out for a good little while so she was glad he was finally up

"i saw my dad." harry mumbled quickly, and alyras eyebrows furrowed together as she leaned up on her own bed in the hospital wing, wincing a little as he wrapped up leg hurt at the sudden movement she made

"what?" hermione questioned, gasping at his comment

"he sent the dementors away." he told her, "i saw him across the lake."

"listen, harry, they've captured sirius." hermione told the boy, who immediately sat up straighter, "any minute, the dementors are going to perform the kiss."

"you mean they're gonna kill him?!" harry asked, scrambling out of the bed he layed on

"no, it's worse than that." alyra spoke from her own, making harry's gaze move from hermione and to her, "much worse. they're going to suck out his soul, harry."

harry opened his mouth to say something in return when the doors flew open and dumbledore came in quickly, hermione rushed towards him speaking to him as she did so, "headmaster, you've got to stop them! they've got the wrong man!"

"it's true sir, sirius is innocent!" harry added, going up beside hermione

"it's scabbers who did it." ron said, his voice sounded kinda sad as he did so

"scabbers?" dumbledore asked in reply, a confused look on his old face

"ron's ugly rat." alyra said, shivering a little as she wrapped her arms around herself, getting sort of cold, "well, he's not really a rat i guess."

"he was a rat." ron added on, and attention went back to ron but alyras went to harry who pulled off his dark red gryffindor crew neck he wore as he walked towards the bed she still sat on, and handed it to her, now just in a long sleeve top as she took it greatfully, smiling at him as a form of thanking him as she pulled it over her head, "he was my brother percy's rat. but then they gave him an owl, then i got..."

"point is, we know the truth." hermione said, cutting ron off as harry made his way back to dumbledore and hermione, "please believe us."

"please." alyra also added, hugging her arms around herself in the gryffindor sweatshirt which smelled just like harry.

"i do." the headmaster replied to the girls, "but im sorry to say, the word of four 13-year-old wizards will convince few others." he spoke as he walked closer to ron, "a child's voice, however honest and true, is meaningless..."

ron gasped and whimpered a little when dumbledore placed a hand on his hurt leg, patting it as he continued speaking, "...to those who have forgotten how to listen."

suddenly, the headmasters eyes widened and he looked at hermione specifically as he spoke again, "mysterious thing, time. powerful. and when meddled with... dangerous. sirius black is in the topmost cell of the dark tower. you know the laws, miss granger. you must not be seen. and you do well, i feel, to return before this last chime. if not, the consequences are too ghastly to discuss. if you succeed tonight, more than one innocent life may be spared. three turns should do it, i think." the man went to leave, before pushing through the doors once again, "oh! when in doubt, i find retracing my steps to be a wise place to begin. good luck."

"huh?" alyra hummed, her eyes furrowing together in confusion as she looked at harry and hermione

"what the bloody hell was that all about?" ron asked as well

"sorry, ron, sorry, alyra, but seeing as you two can't walk..." hermione pulled what looked like a golden chain out of her shirt and wrapping the other end of the long chain on harry's neck, alyra watched in confusion, sharing a lost look with harry as hermione twisted something on the side of it.

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well so prisoner of azkaban almost over!