What Words Can Do (TOMARRY)

Year 5 ∆ Part 11

Getting in the door was the easy part. There wasn't security other than a sleeping wizard guard. They probably assumed that no one would be stupid enough to try to break into one of the most avoided place in the wizard world. Which they would be right. Except that Harry Potter was walking in, unseen, to a place lurking with one of the most dangerous creatures known to wizards.

Once he got in the door, things got difficult. He couldn't tell if the dementors could sense him or not. They turned toward him, but never went toward him. Harry didn't know where he was going. Sirius had told him the generals of what to expect, but he was scared. Determined, yes, but also scared. What if Tom didn't want to oblige? What if he was caught?

"Turn right at the fifth fork," Sirius had told him. "Then follow the path until you see a set of stairs. Go down two flights. Then you have to find him on your own." Harry did as he said.

Maneuvering through the hoards of Dementors had been a lot easier than he would have thought. It wasn't exactly easy, though. Everytime one would turn toward him, Harry would hold his breath, waiting for it to turn back away before continuing. After about 30 minutes, Harry finally reached the doorway. It was closed, meaning that Harry had to wait for someone to open it.

Knowing it would be a while, Harry sat down, making sure his invisibility cloak still covered him. Right as he dozed off, he heard a rusty door squeak open. His head jerked up and he saw an auror opening the door. Harry stood up quietly and followed the man in. They walked down the stairs. When Harry had to turn, the man continued down the stairs. He walked past numbers of cells, all of them holding dangerous looking people.

Harry began to give up hope when he reached the last door and saw neat black hair. He felt himself smile, as he drew near the cell. There weren't any Dementors down here, which Harry found rather weird. Not that he was complaining. "Tom," he whispered when he reached the door.

Tom looked over to where Harry stood with a confused expression. Harry, realizing why, took off the invisibility cloak. Tom's eyes roamed over Harry, a memory tugging at the back of his mind, but he couldn't fully remember it. "Who are you?" Tom asked, almost hissing. Harry tried to hide his hurt.

"It's me," he whispered, "Harry."

"You're the kid who has the other diary," Tom noted. Harry nodded, letting a fake hope take over him. "Well, I thought I told you to stop talking to me."

"I'm sorry, Tom," Harry muttered, pulling out his wand, pointing it at the prisoner. "Muffliato." Tom tried to talk, but words didn't escape. With another breath, Harry muttered, "Petrificus Totalus." Tom went stiff.

Harry knew it was going to be harder now, and possibly take more time, but he was willing to risk it for Tom. Pointing his wand at the lock, he quietly said a spell that Sirius taught him. It was like alomahora, but stronger. It took a few times, but the lock did come open. Walking into the cell, Harry forced Tom's mouth to stay open while he poured in the potion.

Tom's eyes mellowed down as memories came back to him. Harry released the silencing charm, but not the binding curse, unsure if it worked. "Harry, I'm so sorry," Tom felt a tear slide down his cheek as he realized what he had caused. Harry wiped it away and lifted the bind. Immediately, Tom engulfed him in a hug.

"Come on," Harry dragged his arm so he could stand up, "we don't have much time left. "Engorgio," Harry said, pointing his wand at the invisibility cloak. The boys slipped it on and began walking out.

A guard walked in right as they got to the door. They held their breath, being extra quiet as they slipped out the door before beginning to run up the stairs. It wouldn't be long before the guard figured out what happened.

It took longer than either of them wanted, but they did get out of the building. They saw Sirius in dog form, only removing the cloak once they ran past him. Once they got far enough away from Azkaban, Sirius changed back to human and apparated them to Hogsmeade. They then took one of the tunnels back to Hogwarts. All of them were out of breath, but they didn't stop until they reached the Gryffindor common room.

"Harry," Tom gripped his wrist once they got inside, "I have to flee. If anyone here sees me, they'll turn me back into the Ministry. Especially since the Ministry lurks around here all the time."

Harry felt tears form in his eyes. "But I just got you back," he wrapped his arm around Tom. "I can't lose you again. It hurt so much when you were gone. Where would you even go?"

"I'm not sure," Tom admitted, "but I'll find a place."

A cough broke the two apart. "If you don't mind me breaking up this reunion," Sirius spoke up. "I'd like to offer you a place with me. You would be with me and my boyfriend, Remus, but I assure you that you would have about as much privacy as you can at Grimmauld Place."

"I'd love that," Tom smiled. "Are you sure it won't be too much to ask?"

"I'm sure."

With that, Tom turned to Harry, pulling him in for a kiss. "I'll see you in a couple weeks, I assume?" Harry only nodded. Sirius and Tom walked over to the fire place.

"Wait!" Harry called out, stopping them. "Do you know who turned you in?"

"I'll explain everything over summer," Tom assured. They threw the floo powder into the fire and stepped through calling the address.

Harry sat on the sofa, looking at the fireplace where Sirius and Tom once stood. Tears still ran down his cheeks, but he didn't mind them at the moment.

"Was that Tom and Sirius?" Harry heard behind him. He saw Ron standing there.

"Yes, Ron, yes it was."

Sorry I didn't update last Friday. I wanted to make this chapter longer while still being good. I figured it would be better for me to just skip a day to make the best chapter possible.