The Hidden One

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Dumbledore made sure that Crouch Jr. was firmly trapped with ropes before standing up.

"Minerva, will you please stand guard here?" Dumbledore asked. Mcgonagall nodded and pointed her wand at the disgusting excuse for a man on the floor. Her hand didn't shake.

"Severus, please go get Madam Pomfrey and help her with Alastor Moody and tell her to help Winky as well. Then go find Cornelius Fudge and bring him here. He will want to question this man himself. Tell him I will be in the hospital wing in half an hours time," Dumbledore said. Snape nodded and exited the room.

"Harry? Rose?" Dumbledore said softly. The two teens stood and locked hands and followed after the elderly man. Rose didn't care if she used all her energy healing Harry, but based on his limp she doubted that she was doing much healing.

"We are going to my office. Sirius is waiting there," Dumbledore informed the two teens once they were almost to his office.

"Professor...where are Mr. and Mrs. Diggory?" Harry asked. Rose noted that a calm had coated his voice. Rose thought that if she could cry anymore she would, but it seemed as if she had no more tears in her body.

"They are with Professor Sprout," Dumbledore said. He had been so calm during the previous encounter, but Rose could hear the tremble in his voice. They walked the rest of the way in silence until they opened the door to Dumbledore's office.

"Rosie! Harry! Are you alright? I knew- what happened?" Sirius asked. Rose immediately collapsed in his chest and Sirius hugged her back before pulling Harry into the hug as well. Sirius let go out the teens and shakily guided them to the couch, sitting down with a teen on both sides. Rose curled into his side with her head on his shoulder. Dumbledore took the chair across from the couch.

"What happened?" Sirius asked again, but much softer than he had before. His hand started rubbing Rose's long hair. It was very tangled and covered in blood, sweat and tears.

Rose zoned out as Dumbledore told Sirius everything that Crouch Jr. had told him. At one point Fawkes had sat on Harry's leg and finished healing his injury.

"Why was my Rosie there?" Sirius finally asked once Dumbledore had stopped talking.

"Miss. Black, did Voldemort say anything?" Dumbledore asked as he looked to the girl. Rose took a shaky breath and sat up straight.

"He...he left me tied to the headstone when he let Harry go. He...said something about keeping me so I-I could work for him, or something like that..." Rose answered. She was so tired she didn't even know what she was saying.

"How did you get free?" Sirius questioned.

"The headstone broke...somehow...I think a spell from the duel...umm...a Death Eater grabbed me but she let me go when Harry started running. I-I had to stun her with her wand and then I left," Rose said.

"Do you know who it was?" Dumbledore said. Rose shook her head no but stopped when it caused her headache to increase. She leaned her head back on her father's shoulder as he gave her hand a squeeze.

The office was quiet for a moment before Dumbledore turned to Harry.

"I need to know what happened after you touched the Portkey," Dumbledore practically whispered.

"That can wait till morning," Sirius spoke up.

"If I thought that putting them in an enchanted sleep would help, then I would. But it is imperative that I know what happened now," Dumbledore said. Sirius nodded, but looked very unhappy.

Harry started explaining everything that happened and Rose would chime in every now and then. Sirius would let out a sound every now and then as if he was going to saysomething, but one look from Dumbledore kept him from speaking. He let out some tears when he heard that both Rose and Harry had been tortured with the Cruciatus curse, and he hugged them closer to his chest. Dumbledore only made a noise when Harry had told them about the cut Wormtail had made.