hp_may_madness

Title: Snape & Harry's Unexpected Adventure (Part 5)
Characters or Pairing: Harry Potter/Severus Snape
Word Count: 265
Rating: G
Warnings:
Challenge: Day 9 Prompt - Birds
Author's Notes: Follows on from Part 4

Snape told Harry what he had found.

“Oh, that’s not good,” Harry said.

“And there’s another thing,” Snape added. “We’re in the middle of the countryside, but what can you hear?”

“Nothing,” Harry replied. “No bells, no pupils, no urgent requests for help. It’s blissful! Oh, wait a minute, there’s no birdsong either. You’d think in such an idyllic spot there’d be lots of birds.”

“Precisely!”

Hurriedly, Harry packed up the tent and slung the bag on his back. “So, do we risk the floo, or do we try to apparate?”

“Hmm.” Snape was concentrating on the far corner of the field. “I can see something through there - it might be a pheasant. If it is, then that means there may be a small chink in whatever is surrounding us.”

“Right, well let’s try it!”

They crossed the field and found there was a small gap, just big enough for a man to slide through sideways.

“We hold hands,” Snape said, “in case there’s a problem.”

Harry grasped Snape’s hand firmly and followed closely after him. Once through the gap they looked around; although still sunny, there were clouds in the sky which hinted at the possibility of rain later. Not that that was deterring the birds, who, much to both Snape and Harry’s relief, were singing loudly.

They turned back to look at where they’d come from and Snape sneezed.

“That was a green field when we were in it,” Harry said, “and now it’s all yellow.”

“I know,” Snape said, sneezing again. “Do you think we can go a little further away?”