“we ould walk through y wio yours” drao offered, thkg of his ntal aps of the anor
“too uh ti spent walkihey ould easily hek o get over to the east side of the anor without the beio see ”
≈hen?” drao asked, a slight tge of fear his voie
“yes er would look there”
“u, r alfoy, are you sure you an walk that far?” harry asked as he surveyed exatly how uh daage i had been through
“you’d be surprised what adrenale and veriae agi an dn one’s wounds” i drawled “ohis agi forsaken tower, i’ll be fe”
leang heavily on his son, i stood on shaky libs, ahree of the ade their way towards the base of the tower
“where are we goily?” harry asked, as they ade their way doweps her of the o alfoys had expiheir oion fro before and he had hey were talkg about
“the dungeons ruhe north to west wall” i exped a ragged v th the to get to the west g and then walk down the orridor that leads to y study”
“here” drao said with onvition “even if every alfoy to live here has orized it passageways, it’s still not a good pe to go by yourself”
at the botto of the steps a sall shriek greeted the
“aster! you is so hurt! let diddy help—”
“no i’ll be fe”
the hoe elf owered uaier’s feet “if you is sayg so, aster,” she said sadly
“harry potter, is you ok?” harry looked down to see dobby’s eyes lookg up at hi with onern, as if hekg to see if i’s ailnts were also harry’s
“yes, i’ fe”
“dobby is happy to hear that!”
dobby’s eyes swept over the elder alfoy and he pressed hiself further to harry’s shadow
i ighe hoe elf, and addressed harry “request that your hoe elf o the floo y study to the oer’s offie i don’t want to waste ti walkg through the halls of hogwarts as well”
harry reyed the request to dobby, y to do suh for harry potter the hoe elf disappearedand i turo his own hoe elf
“i want you to get all the other hoe elves together if the death eaters start lookg for , i want you to get their way”
“diddy uands, aster diddy will do so”
≈her hoe elf vah a pop awo alfoys and harry p alohe orridor
harry had he dungeons of alfoy anor, and he y that he had as he stepped off the sall stairase and looked around the roos were k, dark, and slled of bodily fids that harry didn’t waify sooedto hi and a sall light appeared i alfoy’s hand—one of his feathers, glog as brightly as a os spell
the di light harry ould ake out the ell doors, wood arosities that lihe hallway that they were harry ould see why er would want to o dowhe dungeons, fro what he ould see, were a aze of hallways there would be no hope for a priset out of here ohe lightless roos
“be areful” i spoke softly as he began to walk down the passageway harry and drao followed as silently as they ould, passg door after door, hallway after hallway
≈he doors they passed en and harry looked ion sittg a pool of dried blood after that he didn’t try and look around
i turned and headed down another orrida at thehallway a diretion for a while harry found hiself prayg that i alfoy kneas goihere was no way he’d be able to fd his way bak to where they’d o fro if the an suddenly ahey were lost
≈urher orhere was a sall runh, and both i and harry turo see a peuliar expression on drao’s fae “i thk i jt rhed soone’s head” he exped, his voie straiedly looki down at his feet where the spltered reas of a skull y under his shoe
i didn’t say anythg but turued walkg
harry alost ried out relief when he saw a set of stoeps spiralg uards towards a sall door they had reahed the other side of the dungeons
i ut a foot oep when a sall voie whispered “os” behd the
all three turhe pug-like features of pansy parkson lookiear-streaked eyes she stared only at drao for a ont before her eyes losed tight and she ped a hand over her eyelids
“i didhe wheold what was gog on” she spoke quikly, her voie hhed and afraid “but—but i an’t! i a here now! i—i didhg i didn’t!”
drao ast a sorrowful look at the broken girl before he follo the steps
a loood the hallway with his bak to the door that lead down to the dungeons on guard duty ihree of the tried to e, harry guessed he ade a strarangled sound when i’s g slit his throat ahe ground a rupled heap
her boy ade a ont as they followed i down the hall, arefully sidesteppg the body whose blood was o the purple persiahey had to run a little io keep up with the elder alfoy’s long arides they were he hoe…hey were ertaly ovg quikly
the hallway seed deserted, but they ould hear rashes a resoundg