I'm BAAACK! A thousand apologies for disappearing for what seems to be forever! The new Harry Potter book sure puts me back on track!
Thank you for all you reviewers … this ones for you!
Okay… Draco thought to himself. Stunning Wormtail was a brilliant idea, yes. He was probably the only one who came up with the idea that when there was an opening to the cage, like when Wormtail stepped through, it must've offset the charm around the room that disabled all magic use. Draco shrugged, wondering why Hermione didn't think of it.
But why did the opening close up like that? How was he supposed to open the doorway again? WHERE THE HELL WAS POTTER?
Deep breaths.
He looked at his hands and, as he spun around to look at the wall again, he saw the blonde hair that confirmed the Polyjuice potion had worn out. Damn.
Draco clutched his fist and, in a feasible attempt to somehow get to the other side, he banged them against the solid wall. Nope; no luck. Maybe they'll figure out someway to get out; they could always torture Wormtail. But then, again, Gryffindors? Torture? It was a likely bet that they would stay in there for a long time.
"Wh-What happened?" Ginny almost shouted. Her nerves were at the edge of snapping.
"WHERE'S MALFOY?" Harry roared, his wand pointing threateningly at Wormtail, only to realise that Wormtail was immobile. Standing there for all of five seconds before he readily admitted to himself that his opponent was motionless, Harry inched closer and unthinkingly prodded Wormtail with his wand.
Hermione watched this and absently wondered what Harry hoped to achieve by it when it all suddenly clicked. (Not why Harry was jabbing Wormtail with his wand, mind you, but rather what on earth had happened to Draco…)
"Oooh," Hermione groaned, whacking herself on the head for not coming up with the idea herself, "When Wormtail came into the room, it must've counterbalance the charm put on the room!" She explained to Harry and Ginny. "I wonder why it closed up all of a sudden…"
"Do you think Malfoy would find a way to get us out?" Ginny asked.
"Probably not." Harry admitted. "I'd guess he'd try, but I'm guessing he'd go off on his own before long."
Hermione nodded in agreement, it sounds awfully like Dra – Malfoy. "And the charm around this room has already been restored!" Hermione cursed her slowness. "Malfoy's going to have to miraculously get us out of here! We're sitting ducks!"
"No; we'll wait, but if someone other than Malfoy decides to visit us, we'll be ready." Harry drew his wand.
Ginny sat in the corner, watching all this, wondering to herself why they didn't take away their wands. Everyone knew, without their wands all wizards were powerless.
Draco looked around the room he unbelievably entered; it was well lit thanks to the wide windows that graced two of the walls opposite each other. Making no noise, Draco crossed from the middle of the wall to gaze out the window. He ran his hand across the walls, the grey stone bricks, unable to be heated by the suns powerful rays, felt cold against his hand. He surveyed outside and rolled his eyes when he realised they were in a castle.
Great.
He was thankful, however, that he didn't recognise his present residence as one of his holiday homes. Judging by the make of this citadel, they were still somewhere within Europe. There was a door to his left, opposite the wall he exited from.
Curiosity killed the cat. It was tempting to just leave and make his way without the others. He'd let Harry and his little friends recklessly break through the door to find out what surprises were held for them on the other side. Draco was, after all, a Slytherin through and through.
"Diffindo!" He shouted, hoping to make a big enough crack in the solid and very thick stone walls. Alarmed that there might be watch guards on the other side of the door and that he only managed a crack in the wall, Draco tried again.
Harry spun around.
"What was that?" Hermione was on watch and stepped closer to examine the crack in the wall. Judging by the position and whereabouts of this crack, the same place Wormtail entered and Malfoy departed, Hermione allowed herself to hope.
"He's trying to crack the wall." Ginny managed weakly.
"Diffindo!" Harry tried, whipping out his wand and taking his cue.
"Diffindo!" Hermione and Ginny then followed in suit.
The stone wall cracked wide enough that Harry somehow stepped forward and squeezed himself through. On the other side, Draco smirked and his eyes shone with triumph and Hermione thought she caught a hint of relief shining in his eyes before Draco got the time to mask it.
"Don't forget the Polyjuices." Draco said, grimacing to Ginny when she was the last one to crawl through the slash in the wall.
After returning from packing away what she thought they might need, she saw Harry, Hermione and Malfoy crowding around each other, the sun enveloping them and she could see how glad they were to be reunited. Feeling a slight pang that the moment was spoilt when she rejoined them; when she rejoined them and reality sank in.
Malfoy had a serious look on his face, and he tilted his head towards the door. It was obvious no one could possibly be behind it, with all the commotion that went on unnoticed, but the four Hogwarts student took care anyway as they approached the door.
God that took a long time! ...like half a year... BUT, not unsurprisingly so, all you faithful reviewers pulled me back on track! Yes, yes, yes: I know it was a scarily short chapter! I felt the need to post whatever I've written before even deserts me once and for all! YAYAYAYAYAY! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH! Lol, you know what to do now…. (REVIEW, GODDAMIT, REVIEW!)