Chapter 93: Chapter - 96 : Shadows and Prophecies
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"Avery! Mulciber! Guard the exit," he heard Lucius shout off in the distance. "Do not let him escape!"
Harry sheathed his wand and tucked the prophecy into his pocket, after quickly making sure that the Death Eaters were still far enough away, he grabbed the shelf hanging just over his head and hoisted himself up. The prophecies on the shelf rolled around a bit to accommodate the sudden intrusion, but by the time they settled down, he was already onto the next shelf, ascending the creaking shelves until he was just out of the Death Eaters' sight.
Comfortable with the belief that his hiding spot would remain unfound for at least a few minutes, Harry rummaged through his pockets, hoping to find his rune stone, but ended up finding something almost better; Sirius' second Christmas gift, half of the two way mirror set. On the back of the mirror was a short note from Sirius.
This is a two-way mirror, I've got the other. If you need to speak to me, just say my name into it; you'll appear in my mirror and I'll be able to talk in yours. James and I used to use them when we were in separate detentions.
"I hope this actually works," Harry muttered, this would be the first time he used the mirror. "Sirius Black," he intoned as loudly as he dared.
For a moment, nothing happened and he was left staring foolishly at his own reflection, but then the surface shimmered and his face was replaced with Sirius'.
"Harry, oh thank Merlin! I just got a fire-call from McGonagall telling me you'd been kidnapped by a crazy Auror! Are you all right? Where are you?"
"I'm fine," Harry whispered, "but maybe not for much longer." He paused to listen for a moment, it sounded as if the Death Eaters were carefully searching every row, he had a few minutes at best before they reached him. "I don't have much time to talk," he said quickly. "Gibbon took me to the Hall of Prophecies in the Department of Mysteries, a bunch of Death Eaters are here but I managed to get away. I'm hiding from them now."
"Hall of Prophecies?" Sirius repeated. "Why did he take you there?"
"I can't explain now, it'd be appreciated if you could get someone to head down here and help me out a bit."
"Of course, I'll alert the Order."
"Fantastic, thank you and…stay safe, Padfoot."
"Shouldn't I be telling you that?"
"Nah," Harry grinned at his worried godfather, "I've got this." And with that, he deactivated the mirror and shoved it back into his pocket. Carefully, Harry peered over the edge of his perch, the Death Eaters were at most three rows away and slowly getting closer.
The shelves were only a few meters apart, so instead of making himself vulnerable and wasting precious time climbing back down to the floor, Harry clambered to the very top of the shelves, which left him at a very daunting height, and leapt. Thankfully, he didn't fall to his death, he managed to grab onto the opposite ledge and, with a bit of effort thanks to his lightly trembling arms, pulled himself up
"Wittle baby Pottie!" Harry heard Bellatrix cackle from below "Where are you?"
Harry quickly flattened himself against the shelf-top knowing there was no way she would be able to see him. Maybe he should just stay up here until the Order sent someone to rescue him.
A loud crash and the collapse of the shelf directly beside him quickly disproved that idea, besides, he didn't do damsel in distress.
Taking a moment to steady himself, Harry crept to the edge of the shelf and leapt, and almost immediately regretted it. A bright purple spell missed him by only inches, so close it singed the hairs on his arm.
"I've found him!" Bellatrix shrieked in delight. "He's on top of the shelves, the little monkey."
An ominous rumbling had Harry jumping to the next shelf just in time to avoid the collapse of his previous one. He didn't even pause to land properly before he was launching to the next one, taking incredible risks just to keep going. The Death Eaters were hot on his trail, destroying shelves he'd only just vacated.
After several exhausting minutes, Harry realized he was coming to the end of the rows. In ten or so more leaps he'd be out of shelf and the Death Eaters would get him, but that also meant the exit was close by. He just had to distract Bellatrix and whoever else was following him long enough to fight off Nott and Mulciber and make it safely out of the Hall of Prophecies.
Harry paused on top of his current shelf and calmly drew his wand (he had always worked best under pressure), it took several precious seconds, but he managed to set up a Caterwauling charm just in time to have Bellatrix trip it. The Death Eaters pursuing him stumbled to a halt as a horrible, high pitched scream rent the air.
"Shut it off!" Bellatrix shouted over the deafening noise. "Shut it off or we'll have the Aurors upon us in minutes!"
As the Death Eaters scrambled to disable his charm, Harry waved his wand and conjured a flock of golden bird, a muttered "Oppugno" had the birds swopping down on the Death Eaters, screeching wildly and clawing and biting at their faces.
Satisfied that they were suitably distracted for the time being, Harry leapt across the last few shelves and cautiously scrambled back to solid ground and took off running, hoping that the exit would be at the end of the row. It was, and as he already knew, it was being guarded by the two burly Death Eaters, Avery and Mulciber. Luckily, the two were more brawn than brain and were easily overpowered. Once the two were subdued, Harry slipped out of the Hall of the Prophecies and cast several high powered locking spells on the door. He knew that they wouldn't do much in trapping the Death Eaters, but it would slow them down long enough for him to get away.
"Potter!" the door shuddered under the barrage of several high powered blasting hexes.
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