Mudblood & Me | Completed

Chapter 37 - Take them down first

Harry's POV

"Yes we are ready to go." I said, glancing around the room hoping that we were because I wasn't very confident in our ramshackle plan but it was the best we had, the best we could do in such a short space of time. We also had a group of powerful witches and wizards who would be really helpful. It could work, it would work. I had to be optimistic otherwise it could all very quickly go downhill and that would be even harder to deal with than what we were already facing. Many of the Order seemed on edge about the idea of Draco helping us due to who they thought he was but there wasn't time to make sure each and every one of them trusted Draco, not that I completely trusted him after all the years of being worst enemies but for Hermione I had moved past it as best I could and seeing how happy she was with him, it was worth it.

"Who's being apparated first?" Ron asked, turning to me because of course I was the one everyone looked to for instructions even though I was one of the youngest people in this room. Mrs Weasley always tried to help and so did Remus and Sirius but still it was mainly me who everyone looked to and I supposed by now I should be used to it. 

"I suppose Ron, Hermione and I better go first and then everyone else can come next. Where are you apparating us to in the Manor, Draco?" I asked, turning to Draco. He was quiet for a moment.

"Well there's a couple options. Either a back corridor near the basement or my bedroom but from my bedroom you will have to get past more people so a back corridor would be better. We will just have to hope that nobody happens to be patrolling the one I choose." He replied. 

"Okay, well then let's go." I said, pulling my wand out in preparation and taking Ron and Draco's hands, Hermione took their other hands then we were being squeezed for a moment before I felt solid ground beneath my feet in a dark corridor, with lights placed at great distances along it so that where we were stood we were in darkness. Then Draco was gone again, I thought of the plans Draco had drawn of his house to work out where we needed to go. I had just worked it out when he appeared with another group and then a couple seconds later everyone was stood in the dark corridor. "Tonks, Molly and Arthur you go with Hermione and Draco to get Willow and everyone else come with me and Ron." I said as quietly as I could. Everyone nodded and Draco started to lead them in the opposite direction to the way we had to go. I tried to move as quietly as possible so that I could hear if anyone started walking down this corridor. Everyone followed behind me walking as quietly as me, even Mad-eye who was normally so impatient and liked to get things done quickly and didn't see the point in going in quietly. 

We then reached a corner, I saw some Death Eaters stood just round the corner talking to each other. I turned to tell the others. "There are 3 Death Eaters round the corner, we'll have to take them down at the same time or they will make noise and attract others." They nodded their agreement so the 3 Death Eaters didn't stand a chance as, when we rounded the corner, 8 different stunning charms were headed in their direction. They all fell to the ground quietly as Remus said a quick charm so that they wouldn't make any noise that could also attract others. Me, Ron and Fred picked them up one by one and locked them in a random room along the corridor that seemed to just be full of boxes covered in dust. Then we carried on along the corridor, stopping before every corner and then finally we reached the last turn and I could see the entrance to the basement as I looked around the corner but there was several Death Eaters standing around in the large room, many directly in the way to the stairs. I again turned to tell the others.

"There's no way we can sneak past all of them so we're just going to have to take them down and then get Sirius and Ginny out the basement. And obviously they all won't hesitate to kill us so we're just going to have to take them down first."

Hermione's POV

I realised, as we headed down many corridors that all looked the same, that I should have looked at the plans of the Manor that Draco had drawn as I had no idea where we were or where we had to go to get to Narcissa. Draco didn't say a word as he led our small group down all these corridors which he obviously knew so well as this was home but I had been here once and that was just his bedroom, which thanks to his father wasn't a pleasant visit at all. Finally we reached a staircase which I took as a good sign because that meant we were slightly closer. The fact that there wasn't a person on this staircase meant that there must be another one somewhere and I remembered that this was an extremely big house, after all it was called a Manor but that must mean that Draco was a whole lot richer than I ever really thought. Then I realised I hadn't really thought about that, I had enough of my own money so I wasn't concerned by how much he might have. But still compared to him, I was probably poor. We then reached a door and I jolted back to reality that's not what I should be worried about but my daughter, Willow. I could have hit myself for momentarily forgetting about my daughter. Draco pushed the door open and there was Narcissa with Willow but what I was more concerned about was Bellatrix sat right beside her.