drao’s wings urled forrotet him fron’s fire as he jumped bakward to avoid a silver-tipped w reahing frab at him. he now realized why voldemort had hosen this tower to hold his father in. losed no magial urrents ould get into the room, whih left the veriae powerless.
the room was small and ramped, and drao ushed farther ao a remote orhe room, away from his father. his ed against the woodehey sloped down towards the floors. aep and his bak hit the stone wall. he ed.
harry ran through the orridors as quikly aly as he ould. the burion in his stomah was growing her by the seond. as if he needed met to drao; he berated the boly. he was already going as fast as he ould.
after rounding a orner, he was fored to stop suddenly and press bak into the wall as a death eater strode down the hall. she stopped and looked around. harry held his breath and ing she would just move on.
“i know you’re here, potter,” a familiar female voie drawled. “drao and his father are up there but you’ll have to survive me to get to them. this is the only hall to the north tower, so dohink ab to find another .”
&ered insanely as she grihe darkness. “i made sure er fight. my ousiakeime, but this time, poing to kill you.”
“no you worix,” harry mouthed silently, aiming his wand at her. his mouth began to form words-
“you shall not harm harry potter!”
“dobby?” harry whispered as beltrix spun to look at the house elf that had materialized behind her.
io luius malfoy in harry’s seorix ard, hittih a rak that ouldn’t have beehy. she slid to the floor in a heap, unmoving. harry pulled the invisibility loak off as he stepped into the hallway.
“dobby, what are you doing here?”
“i ame to help harry potter sir.”
harry wiher ain hit. “e on dobby,” he told the house elf as he grabbed the loak ahe stairs. sounds ehoed dowairwell. harry raed up the stairs as he heard a strangled shriek ahe door at the top of the stairwell. he stopped short at the state of the room.
the room was overed in sptters of blood. in the far orner he ould see drao outlined in bloodstaieal wied orpse on in front of him. dra dose ression akin to horror.
“drao, are you okay?” harry asked as he stepped into the room.
“i think i’m gonna be sik.” drao spoke softly.
& o get out of here before they figure out what’s going on.”
drao epped gingerly aroued body. harry to where luius was haihe ressed his to the man’s temple. “ee.”
&ood as the eremony finished, frowning slightly.
“m’lord?” oh eaters asked.
“i want you all to searh the mansio hissed. “nagini has i we have some guests.”
chapter 30: opees of hell
luius malfoy’s eyes opened blearily, and took in his blood overed son and his sohe dim light bef:
“what are you two thinking!?” he half shouted at them as harry whispered the spells to unlok the hains. “you annot possibly be this dense!”
“with all due respet, mr. malfinning to sound like snape.” harry said seriously. he was fixed with two inredulous looks before drao spoke.
“i ame to resue you, father, but i did n harry. he ame by himself. he’s the stupid o me.”
the look luius gave his soated quite learly that he highly doubted his son’s words were true, but he said nothing. he gave a lh and leaned bak against the wall, wining as his body protested.
“so then puess how my son ame here from hogwarts. how did you?”
harry looked dowained floor sheepishly. “i had dobby o the firepe in your study to ohe room of requirement at hogwarts.”
instead of being angry that his former house elf had dohi, luius merely looked impressed. “that was a good idea, potter. and it gives us a means out of this mess.”
“but your study’s ih oi. “ahe n. initiation isn’t goi long.”
“it’s probably over by now.” luius replied morosely.
“initiation?” harry asked, the bl from his fae.
&wo piked a magi’s ursed time to stage this resue mission.”
“drao piked it, not me.” harry poi.
“i didn’t ask you to ome, did i?”
“this is o be asting bme.” luius stopped the bikering with a look. “we have to devise the safest way out of this mess, and quikly. we ould take the diagonal, go down to the ballroom. and though that would be the fastest robably the worst as well. they most likely used the ballroom for initiation.”