OMG! So I had this chapter written for like three weeks already, but somehow I forgot to post it! I feel extremely stupid.

Sorry for the long wait…But now that school started my updates won't be frequent. I do, however, promise to update my stories at least once a month during the school year (that is, I will be taking turns in updating 5 different stories…hopefully everything will flow).

Enjoy!

Chapter 10

Consciousness came back to Harry as he stirred on the cold stone floor. Understanding dawned upon him when flashes of what happened came to his mind…pain beyond anything else…laughter…and then a mist of blackness. He hoped dearly that the Order found out he was missing…but what good would it do? He himself didn't know where he was, so how in Merlin's beard was the Order supposed to find him?

He looked around. He was in a cell of some sort…but he couldn't be in Azkaban, could he?

Footsteps advanced down the stairs. Harry looked up and realized he was starting into the face of Lucius Malfoy. And then he understood. He was in Malfoy Manor.

"Rise and shine, Potter. Sleep well?" Lucius sneered.

Harry just stared in indignation.

"Oh, but you can't possibly blame me for this. You brought this on yourself. Don't tell me you didn't see this coming?"

Harry stupidly looked for his wand, but then realized that not even Crabbe and Goyle would be dumb enough to leave his wand on him.

"This is your fate, Potter. No need to fight it. Soon enough you'll be with your godfather and your precious parents."

Harry had nothing to say to this. He knew it was true.

Back at Hogwarts…

"What do you mean, Harry was taken outside of Hogwarts grounds? How is that possible? Hogwarts is supposed to be safe!" McGonagall exclaimed.

"There must have been help from within Hogwarts," Dumbledore said gravely, looking extremely pale.

"Malfoy?" McGonagall asked.

Dumbledore nodded. "I'm afraid so. It would have to be someone on one of the Quidditch teams, and no one from Gryffindor would do this. I do not want to accuse, but I am positive that it was him. I cannot do anything about it though; the important thing is to find out where Harry is."

"How would we go about that?"

Dumbledore turned around and spotted Snape. Snape came down to where Dumbledore and McGonagall were seated and looked at Dumbledore questioningly.

"Severus, it seems that Harry has been kidnapped out of Hogwarts grounds. If you are willing, I will need you to find out where he is."

Snape nodded and left the Quidditch field. He ran to the front gate, and when he was outside the apparition wards, he was gone.

Snape had a plan…he wasn't sure if it would work, but he could see no other way to do this without jeopardizing his position as a spy.

He Apparated to Malfoy Manor and looked around it for a sign of Lucius Malfoy. If possible, he wanted to avoid the encounter with Voldemort. Besides, Lucius was more likely to blurt out information than Voldemort.

"Lucius?" Snape called out.

"In the dungeons," was the distant reply.

Snape couldn't imagine what Lucius would be doing in the dungeons at such a time, but headed towards it anyways.

But when Severus Snape stepped from the last step onto the dungeon's floor, he gasped involuntarily. Harry Potter was lying in some sort of cell, beaten and pain-stricken. He seemed unconscious. Snape immediately changed tactics.

"Lucius! The Order has discovered where Potter is. I have no idea how, but they found out, they're on their way here!"

"What! How is that possible? No one even knew about his location besides Draco, Crabbe, Goyle, and of course, the Dark Lord."

"I do not know how the Order found out. I do know that they are one their way and if we don't do something our plan will fail!" Snape exclaimed, though he really had no idea what the plan was.

"Alright, I will think of a place to transfer the boy to. Try to delay those fools as much as you can."

Snape nodded and Apparated away, worry etched on his face. Harry looked terrible.

Snape appeared moments later outside Hogwarts grounds. He quickly ran to Dumbledore's office, where he knew Dumbledore would be having an Order meeting.

Without thinking, he slammed Dumbledore's door open and shouted, "Lucius Malfoy has Potter!"

"Where is he?" McGonagall asked immediately.

"Malfoy Manor. But hurry, they are moving to another hiding place. They think you already found out before I got there."

"Thank you, Severus. The Quidditch match has been cancelled until further notice, so I will need some of the Order members to supervise the students. They are currently in the Great Hall," Dumbledore said calmly. The rest of the Order nodded and left his office.

With that said, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape, Molly and Arthur Weasley, Made-Eye Moody, and Kingsley Shacklebolt once again went to the rescue of Harry Potter. This time, however, they weren't sure if they would be in time.

Harry woke up on hard stone floor once more. He didn't remember why he was unconscious again, or how he had come to hurt so much. His vision was blurrier than ever and his body ached as though he had been under the Cruciatus for quite a long time. Somehow, though, he didn't think it was the Cruciatus this time.

From what he could discern of his surroundings, he was in a shed. No windows, no holes for air…just one door; a far away, most likely locked door.

Anger rose up in him. How could he have been so stupid as to let this happen? He was on a broom for heaven's sake! In Hogwarts! All he needed to do was send a Patronus to his friends, or his grandparents, or even Snape for that matter, and he would have been fine. But it was just his luck to get kidnapped by Death Eaters when no one knew where he was.

He was all of a sudden very uncomfortable. He tried to move, but then realized that there was an invisible barrier preventing him from getting up.

He blearily looked up and saw the door open. It was Lucius Malfoy with a few other Death Eaters he did not recognize.

"Well, Potter. I see you have made yourself comfortable enough."

"No thanks to you," Harry replied indignantly.

Lucius's smirk vanished. "Well good thing you found a comfortable position, because you won't be getting up any time soon. We will bring you some food shortly…but you won't be staying here too long. We'll be moving to a new location soon enough, so that the mudblood-loving fool won't be able to track us down."

"You can save your food. Don't waste it on me, because I won't eat it," Harry retorted. If he was going to die, it was going to be of defiance. He'd rather starve to death than give Voldemort the pleasure of killing him.

"You will eat, Potter, because I said so. I will not let you ruin the Dark Lord's plan because you're too stubborn and proud to do whatever you can to help yourself. The Dark Lord won't let you die that soon…he has more planned for you," Lucius said, and his smirk returned.

"Well, I really do hope I don't ruin anything for him. That would completely destroy my sense of self-control," Harry said sarcastically.

"Laugh all you want, Potter, but you won't be laughing for long. In exactly one week you will encounter the Dark Lord himself, and I can assure you won't come out of it alive…as lucky as you were the previous times."

"We'll see about that," Harry said angrily, but inwardly he thought Lucius Malfoy was right.

Malfoy snapped his fingers once, and a tray of food appeared in front of Harry. Next thing he knew, he was able to move again. Malfoy left the room and left Harry on his own.

Harry stared at the food on his tray, which didn't look edible at all. He felt as if he was doomed either way, so what was the point in eating? Eating will mean he would live longer…which would mean he would suffer longer. It didn't seem worth it.

He tried to sit up, but found that his body was still aching. He reflexively brought his hands up to his stomach when he sat up, for that was the part that was hurting the most. But when he glanced back down at his hands, he found that they were covered in blood. He was bleeding everywhere. How had he not noticed that?

It seemed as though he was attacked with the Cutting Curse several times. He was also covered in bruises, now that he noticed it, but he couldn't think of a curse he knew that would cause bruises. The only thing he knew was his uncle's fists.

When the Order arrived at Malfoy Manor, they had a plan. Snape was to go inside to inform Malfoy that the Order had arrived, as though warning the Death Eaters. A minute later, the rest of the group would conveniently walk through the doors and strike. McGonagall was to find Harry and Disapparate. Once Harry was safe at Hogwarts, the rest of the group would Disapparate.

But when they walked into a deserted looking Malfoy Manor, the plan obviously had to change.

"We're too late, Dumbledore! There's no one here, not even Narcissa Malfoy!" Moody growled. He was getting rather tired of chasing Death Eaters, but he couldn't stand to see them free.

"Albus, how are we going to track them down? They could be anywhere!" McGonagall shrieked.

"I realize that, Minerva, but there is nothing I can do in the matter. If Harry is too weak to fight, then his magical aura will be weak as well. This makes it almost impossible to trace him. But…Severus…if you are willing…I must ask you to Apparate to Lord Voldemort's side…he will undoubtedly ask you to do something for him, but he will share information with you. He trusts you. In the meantime, the rest of us will get back to the school and inform Mr. Weasley and Ms. Granger. The rest of the students will be told that Harry was injured and has to be taken to St. Mungo's. If news gets out that Harry has been kidnapped, Rita Skeeter will most likely do a wonderful job of twisting this into some kind of manipulative story," Dumbledore explained wisely.

Both McGonagall and Molly Weasley seemed ready to argue, but one look at Dumbledore's resolute face told them that there was no use. There was nothing more they could do.

Severus nodded, and Apparated away. The rest of them headed back to Hogwarts, where they knew they would be facing many frustrating questions.

When Snape appeared a moment later at the Riddle house, he was surprised at the chosen place for headquarters. The Dark Lord hated this place.

Voldemort was inside one of the second-floor rooms, along with Wormtail.

"My Lord," Snape bowed. "I have news."

"Why, Severus. Please enlighten me," Voldemort said with a cold smile.

"The muggle-loving fool found out about Potter. He is searching for him and sent me here to find out his whereabouts."

Voldemort smiled cruelly. This intimidated Severus, but not enough for him to give up.

"What shall I tell him?"

"Hmm…this changes things…indeed…the plan will need to be carried out sooner. Very well…you will tell those fools where Potter is…we will be ready for them…but first, I must ask you to do something."

"Anything, Master."

"I want you to go to Haze Field…go in the shed that is northwest of our old headquarters…you will find Potter at a considerably comfortable state, considering the circumstances. I want you to hurt him in the most painful way. You must find the most efficient curse in destroying him and weakening him as much as possible. He does not have his wand, and therefore will be helpless. I do not care what you do with him. Take advantage of him for all I care. All I ask is that it is painful."

"Yes, my Lord. Thank you, Master. I will not disappoint you," Snape answered, but he knew he should report to Dumbledore before he does any such thing.

"You will do this before you report to him, Severus. If you report to Dumbledore first, he will undoubtedly try to stop you, and I do not want them suspecting that you are not loyal to them. You are to report back to me when you have completed your job."

"Yes, Master. Right away."

And so he did what he had to do.

Yay! So next chapter should be interesting…some very fascinating adventures await Harry. Not promising he will survive this….but I'm not saying he won't either…I guess you have something to look forward to :)

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