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Chapter Eighteen

Harry's POV:
Two sixth year Slytherin's were holding Blaise, one fourth Ravenclaw clutched Ron's wrists, three people had to hold Draco, and Hermione and Pansy had two people each. I was thrown in the chair I'd spent too much time in. "Who were you trying to contact?" No answer, "what were you doing?" No answer. SLAP! Everyone gasped as the toad slapped me. I wasn't going to give her the satisfaction of seeing me in pain, so I fought through it. "You bitch! I swear I'm gonna-" Draco was cut off by a silencing charm, none of us could hear him.

"Are you finished? Do I have to keep hitting him until you calm down?" She raised her hand because Draco was still struggling. I didn't close my eyes or flinch. He stopped struggling. "Good." She removed the silencing charm.

"Ah, Professor Snape, have you got the Veritaserum?"
"No, Professor. You used the last of it interrogating students." Snape turned to leave, lucky for me, he did it slowly.
"He's got Padfoot!" Everyone turned to me, some with knowing looks "he's got Padfoot at the place where it's hidden."

"Who's Padfoot?" Umbridge said like the name was a sin, "what-what is he talking about Severus."
Professor Snape took a long hard look at me, "I have no idea." Then left. So much for that plan! At least she can't get anything out of me, she doesn't have Veritaserum...

"The Crutiatus curse should do it." Everyone stared in disbelief. Slytherin's protected their own, even if they don't agree, so every Slytherin did not want that. "B-but that's I-ilegal professor." Montague stuttered.
"What Cornelius doesn't know-" Umbridge faced the ministers picture down, "-won't hurt him." She got closer and closer, I was ready for it, I'd pass out before telling her anything.
"Just tell her Harry!" Draco exclaimed. He can't, he wouldn't betray me like that, I know he wouldn't... what is he up to. "Tell me what?" Now she was pleased.
"Dumbledore's secret weapon." Ok he is definitely up to something, "Harry and I will show you."

We walked through the forest at the earliest hour of the morning, I managed to catch up to Draco who took my hand- Umbridge made a squeak when our hands met. "What are you doing?" I whisper in his ear.
"No idea, I didn't even think we'd get this far. I'm making it up as I go." That was reassuring... We waded through deep puddles, hoped over trees that fell, crushed old leaves and dodged the remainder of animals.

"How much further?" That woman has never been out in the wild. She was wiping herself down every few seconds and managed to point a wand at me still. "He's gone..." Draco muttered grabbing the chain. Gawp had escaped, his chain lay on the ground and I knew what Draco was going to do, he was going to let Gawp take her.

"This was a trick!" Professor Umbridge exclaimed, "you know I never liked children. They're all messy, untidy and hormonal, sick teenagers. I, I thought order and discipline would solve everything. None of you would change!"

Leaves crunched closer, the sound of heals clicking filled the forest. It was a pack of centaurs. "You have no business here centaurs, you are not allowed this close to school grounds." Umbridge was cowering behind Draco and I with her wand still at my head. Then a Centaur fired an arrow at us, I ducked along with Dray and Umbridge shot the arrow away. "I said hold your fire Cadman!" I recognise that voice, I heard it in first year with 'Malfoy' huh, that was the only time I called him Draco up to fourth year.

"Firenze?" Draco asked and the Centaur nodded back, seems like he remembered also. "Leave, now, Centaur. Or there will be dire conseque- Aaah!" The toad faced woman squealed. I looked around then up at Gawp holding the woman firmly. She was screaming and shouting while the Centuars were running and shooting arrows at him. "No stop!" Draco yelled and Firenze held his troops, "hey Gawp, hey, you remember me?" Draco took a step closer both arms stretched out like he was trying to tame a lion.
"Dra?" Gawp innocently asked.
"Yeah, yeah it's me. Give the woman to the Centaur, that's good, good. Well done Gawp." Draco patted a small section of Gawps arm then turned to the pack running away with Umbridge.

"You will pay for this!" Was the last thing we heard before her screams became faint. We ran out the forest, heavily breathing our hands still clamped each others and our other was on our knees. "Nice plan." I said.
"You know I just rolled with it." We kissed for a bit not realising people were watching.
"Hem hem" Pansy did and it was too much like Umbridge. "Are we going then?"

We started to walk when I planted my feet to the ground. "How did you guys get free?"
"Slytherin's honorary code. A Slytherin always has another Slytherin's back." Blaise answered.

We were tretching to Umbridge's office, Neville joined us. Unsurprisingly, Draco and I held hands and we walked by Blaise- Hermione was by Ron, Neville and Pansy. "Are you two?"
"Split up. There's something going on. She wouldn't spend time with me and when she wouldn't, I used to see her and Ron 'talking'." I knew Ron really liked Hermione but he would really try it on with someone taken? And Hermione doing that to Blaise! He said it sadly, yes but, also like he expected it to happen.

"Sorry mate." I patted his back and he smiled at me sweetly, I smiled back. We lingered like that for a while until Draco started talking to me. "What are we going to do when we see V-Voldemort then?"
"Hopefully, kill him. The plan is to get rid of him and the Death Eaters then save Sirius, hopefully not getting any of us killed."
"Always loved your Griffindor optimism." He said and pecked my lips before entering the room.

"Where are we going?" Neville asked.
"The Ministry." Hermione replied.
Neville had more questions I answered: "why the Ministry?"
"Voldemort has Sirius."
"Is there anything else? You're hiding something from me."
"He's after a prophecy in the Department of Mysteries. There's also a lot of Death Eaters. You-you've been practicing right?"
"Yeah, and do not worry, we'll get Sirius back Harry."

I was the first to step into the fire, it was so early that nobody was there. Once we all arrived, my feet led the group to a door that couldn't be opened by a spell. "It has a spell detector on it, we can't go through." Hermione examined the door.
"Now what're we gonna do?" Ron asked. I'm still vexed at him, but now wasn't the time... we had to get in.
Speedily, I prayed for the door to open then I waved my hand like it was instinctive... the door opened. I can do wandless magic? "You can do wandless magic?" Pansy repeated the same question from my head very enthusiastic.
"I had no idea myself. Right now wands out and be on guard. I cannot stress that enough. None of you are dying over me."
"Harry, if we do die, we aren't dying over you... we have had plenty of opportunities to get out of this, all of us, and we aren't leaving you now. Not now, not ever." Draco squeezed my shoulder- if Draco did, I don't know what I'd do.
"It's my fault you're all here in the first place." I muttered then walked into the place followed by everyone else. "Lumos!" Was what myself, Hermione, and Neville muttered......