Chapter 1

"Kneel, Henrietta." Aymcus Carrow says to me.

I shake my head.

"CRUCIO!" he bellows.

The whole class moans as I writher in pain.

"How dare you!" I scream.

Aymcus slashes his wand at me. A huge gash slices into my stomach. Blood pours out of the gash. Matt rushes forward.

"Get back, boy," he says.

Matt picks me up in his arms and runs me out of the dungeons. The class gasps as he dares do such a thing.

"Stupefy! Crucio! Pertificus Totalus!" Aymcus roars from behind us.

"Matt, where are you taking me?" I ask him weakly as he runs to the second floor. "

I'm going to Professor McGonagall," he says.

"Oh god, you look pale," he cries.

He knocks on Prof. McGonagall's door.

"Who is it?" she calls.

"Matthew, please, it's an emergency," Matt cries desperately.

The door opens. Groans and gasps erupt from the room. Inside are more Gryffindor sixth years and Ravenclaws.

"Oh, Merlins Pants, what happened?" Prof. McGonagall asks rushing forward.

"Aymcus Carrow used the Cruciatus Curse on her and a slashing spell and and and she bloody bleeding like mad!" Matt says.

Prof. McGonagall starts muttering spells over me. I can feel the skin tightening over my tummy. I grunt in pain.

"Take her strait to the hospital wing!" Prof. McGonagall cries.

Matt sprints to the wing.

"Madam Pomfrey! MADAM POMFREY! HELP!" Matt cries.

Matt places me on a bed. Madam P. comes rushing out.

"Oh, not one of those bloody Carrow twins is it?" she asks.

Matt nods.

"Drink this dear," she says handing me a flask.

I gulp it down. With a wave of her wand, my stomach is bandaged.

"Off you go," Madam P. says.

"Thank you," I gulp.

Matt and I run to the great Hall. We see Maisy and James sitting there. Snape sits in Dumbledore's seat. Dinner is served. We eat. Maisy hugs me and so does James. Matt sits with his arms around me and me with my head on his shoulder. We make our way back to the Gryffindor Common Room.

We sit there. Me too weak but gradually getting stronger. Matt just strokes my hair.

"CAN I PLEASE HAVE EVERYONE TO THE GREAT HALL. MAY I REPEAT, EVERYONE TO THE GREAT HALL." Snape's voice echoes around the room.

"We'll be okay, right?" Grace asks me.

She is still in her first year.

"Yes. We will Grace," I say and kiss the top of her head, "I promise."

Matt takes me hand and we make our way to the Great Hall with Maisy and James. We stand in our house.

"I have a question. Has anyone seen Henrietta Mabel from Gryffindor House?" Snape asks.

"What do you want?" I ask bravely.

"I want you dead," Aymcus spits.

"And..." I reply.

"I will kill you and so will the Dark Lord," Snape says.

The houses step apart and I stand in the center. Snape and the Carrow twins draw their wands. Prof. McGonagall comes and stands by my side.

"Stupefy!" We both yell and our stunning spells hit the Carrow twins and they fall in a lump.

"How dare you!" Snape breaths.

"Oh, I dare," McGonagall says.

"Expelliarmus! Stupefy!" The two spells clash and a fire erupts.

"Agumenti!" I yell and the fire goes out. Snape disappears out the window and it smashes.

"IDIOT!" McGonagall cries.

"Quick, someone grab her!" Malis cries pointing at me.

Matt comes and grabs my arm and stands in front of me

. "Students out of bed! STUDENTS OUT OF BED!" Filch comes running in.

"Shut up you blithering idiot!" I say then quickly cover my mouth.

"That was not me," I say.

Suddenly a cold voice echo's around the Great Hall.

"Fight. Fight. Give me Henrietta Mabel. If you give me her, you'll be rewarded. I declare war at midnight. Arm your forces."

"Yeah, rewarded with death!" I yell.

Chatter starts.

"Professor, I'm not giving myself up. We can fight, we can win. That was Voldemort. When he says 'Arm your forces,' he means it. We need to get everyone out who is not going to fight. We need to get the Order in. We need all the help we can get," I say.

"I trust you. EVERYONE!" McGonagall cries.

"Listen to Miss Mabel!" She says.

"Okay, everyone," I say and take a deep breath.