All the way II: And Even Further

Glad that she was finally home after this tiring day, Hermione started back up to the castle, Severus walking silently beside her.

The only good thing that had happened this day was that Severus had shown some kind of... care towards Lucius. He seemed to have been really concerned for the blonde. That had to count for something, right?

Hermione was startled from her thoughts as a person ran from the castle, towards them. Pat stopped in front of them, panting.

"Thank Merlin..." She puffed, "Annie told me... to tell you... that Lucius was acting weird... because of the thing today... and they've apperated off some where... and he was really angry with his father... so please track them..."

Hermione rubbed her forehead. How much worse could one day get? She spun on her heal and headed back towards the apperation point outside the school.

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When Hermione had finished the tracking charm, Severus watched as she stamped her foot and let out a string of curses.

"What?" he asked.

"I thought Slytherins were meant to think things through! I thought Gryffindors were meant to be impulsive!" She nearly screamed, "He's only gone back to Azkaban! Stupid, idiotic... Urgh! Now I have to go after him!"

"No." Severus shook his head, "He'll come back when he's ready."

"What if he gets hurt? I can't just let him go there on his own!"

"He’s not on his own." he reminded her.

"And that only makes it worse!" Hermione screeched throwing her hands in the air. She was about to apperate but Severus grabbed her wrists to stop her. "Get out of my bastard way!" She yelled.

Sighing, Severus let go. She apperated away, and he followed.

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Lucius held Annie behind him as he peered around the corner. The guard behind the desk was lounging back in his chair, a fag hanging from the corner of his mouth.

"This is stupid!" Annie whispered, "We can go back! No one will know any different!"

"No!" He turned to her, placing his hands on her shoulders, "He needs to know -"

"He was a child at the time -!" Annie raised her voice.

"I. Don't. Care!" Lucius shouted.

"OI!" The guard hurried around the corner.

Lucius grabbed Annie’s hand and dragged her further into the prison. Looking over his shoulder, he watched as the guard spat out his fag and followed.

The prisoners jumped up from their beds and ran to watch the two young people fly passed their bars and the fat guard puffing, not-so-hot on their tail.

"Where are we going?" Annie yelled as Lucius tugged on her arm, trying to make her go faster.

"I don't know!" He shouted back, "This place is so damn big!"

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Annie and Lucius carried on running through the maze of corridors, until the guard was no longer following. Lucius stopped and let go of her hand, and she turned him to her roughly.

"Please! Let’s just go back! Why did you want to come here in the first place?" She asked.

"I wanted to shout at him..." Lucius shrugged.

"What did you want to say? Surely it can't be this important! We're gonna be in so. Much. Trouble." Annie implored.

He winced, "I know. I wanted to shout at him..."

"But?" Annie prompted.

"But I don't know what want I wanted to say any more." He finished, "Well... I don't think I ever knew what I wanted to say..." he looked at the floor.

Annie reached out for his hand, "Let’s go back to the castle."

"What?" he said, looking up at her.

"I said, let’s go ba-"

Lucius grabbed her against him, staring down to the end of the corridor, "SHIT!"