T W E N T Y F I V E - Let Her Stay

Harry was feeling a lot of things, but mostly worry.  He was worried about Hermione in the Hospital Wing.  She was dying and unless they escaped and got to the place where they could create the antidote, Hermione would be gone forever.  He didn't wanna see her suffer and her didn't want to lose her.

He was also worried about how they would escape, and whether or not to try to take Izzy with them.  At first he thought she was a good person, then he hated her, then he realized she was on their side, and now he didn't know what to think of her.  It was really impossible to figure her out.  And she was so beautiful it was hard to concentrate anyway.

But mostly he was worried about how in the world they were gonna get out of this situation.  He had hoped Izzy would stall for them for a while longer, but apparently she just wanted to put it bluntly and get it over with.  So now him, Ron and Draco had to escape captivity and protect the school.  And he had no clue how to do that without causing a major battle.

He glanced over at Ron, who looked just as helpless as he did.  Looking over to Malfoy, he saw him analyzing the situation and hoped he could come up with a plan.  He never thought he'd see the day when he relied on Draco to keep him alive.  Then again, he never imagined a lot of this would happen.

After the shouts of protest and outrage were silenced by Izzy making a thunderclap noise with her wand, she explained.

"You see, the program that the Ministry installed in this school this year was to help us find someone.  We were going to wait until tonight to find the person we needed, but she was too smart and figured it out herself, therefore causing her untimely death."

That's when the whispers started.  People began putting things together, noticing that all the trio was there except Hermione.

"That's right.  Hermione Granger, your Golden Girl, is dead!" Izzy proclaimed, cackling a little too much like Bellatrix.

People gasped and there were shouts of outrage, many that knew her standing up and crying out.  Harry felt tears of anger prick his eyes, so much so that he almost didn't realize Ginny peaking through the side door.  Their eyes  met and Ginny flicked hers towards Izzy's feet.

That's when Harry came up with a plan.  He turned to Draco and Ron and muttered, "the side door.  Be ready," and then slowly walked closer to Izzy, where the wands were casually hanging out of the pocket in her sleep pants.

Izzy started talking again, making it so i couldn't move more towards her.  "SILENCE!  You all are here so that we can test your blood.  I will have some people go around the tables and-"

"Hermione's still alive!" 

He turned his head to find that Ron had shouted that, now standing on the opposite side of Izzy as him.  As gasps rang through the Hall, Harry took the chance to quickly dash up to Izzy and snatch all the wands, tossing them each to their owner and stunning both of the Carrows in one fell swoop.  

A blur of red hair streaked by the boys and grabbed the white cat near Izzy's feet.  Ginny had taken Voldemort and was running for it!  Draco stunned Izzy and Harry caught her, scooping her up bridal-style and dashing out of the hall.  Ron and Draco covered Harry and Ginny as they ran through the corridors, searching for the fastest exit.

"The broom shed!" Ginny shouted over her shoulder.  All four of them changed directions to head outside to the Quidditch pitch.  Once they got there Ron blasted the doors open and tossed everyone a broom.  

Harry put Izzy down but held a firm grip on her wrist.  "You're on our side?" He asked suspiciously.

"Yes.  I promise."   Izzy said, a meaningful look in her chocolate eyes.  He figured he'd probably regret it later, but he let her go and motioned for Ron to give her a broom, too.

"We're trusting her?  She poisoned Hermione!  She kept Voldemort as a pet!"  Ron exclaimed, beyond enraged.

"We wouldn't have gotten out of the castle if she hadn't made it easy for us to!  She feed us information back in the Hospital Wing, and she hasn't killed anyone yet, so give her a broom and lets get out of here!" Harry replied forcefully.

Ron probably would've debated it more, but a burst of light came from near the doors and they knew they didn't have long.  So Ron gave Harry an I'll-kill-you-later-if-we-aren't-already-dead look and tossed her a broom, only to have her toss it right back.

"I'll stay here and make sure they don't kill anyone until you get back.  Figure out a way to save Hermione and save Hogwarts."  She waved away their protests.  "You can do it without me.   I've caused enough damage as it is, now it's time for me to reverse it and help.  I can't ride a broom anyway."

Draco, Ron, and Ginny were already on their brooms, perfectly happy to leave her behind.   

"C'mon mate.  We've got to go.  If she wants to stay, let her stay!"  Ron said.

"Fine.  Tell McGonagall I said you're safe, and have her help you come up with a plan to keep everyone safe until we get back,"  Harry told her.  He had started to walk away but turned around and kissed her on the cheek before leaving again.

She blushed and as they flew away she called out, "Remember, the antidote can't help her unless you come back within two days!"

Harry watched Hogwarts fade behind them and he felt the air get colder as they climbed higher and higher, thinking to himself just how much he wanted to be done with all of this fighting. 

Bạn đang đọc truyện trên: AzTruyen.Top