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None of the Harry Potter characters belong to me. Lizzy and Sky are mine. I
hope you all enjoy this story. Its not very good but It's just my first!
% Harry Potter and the Riddle House %
Chapter
1: Good Knows No Evil
Draco Malfoy was standing in his father's parlor. He
had a tough decision to make. His father was taking Voldemort's place and he
wanted Draco as his right hand man. But, for some reason, this didn't feel
right to him. Why did he have to be "evil"? He really did hate it. The
only person he sort of hated was Harry Potter, but even he could accept Harry.
No, something else was wrong. Maybe it was the muggle he met. Her name was Sky. They had hit it off
instantly.
Ever since they met, Draco has been
writing to her. She was not the least bit scared of him when he told her he was
a wizard. She wanted to know all about the wizardry world. He just couldn't
make up his mind. What should he do?
Harry Potter was having the time of
his life with his best friends. He, Ron, and Lizzy had been spending the summer
at Hemrione's house. They were all having a blast. Fred and George had stopped
by before leaving for Africa. They wanted to travel the world before opening
their own joke shop. Lizzy and Ron had become a close couple. They had gotten
to know each other. They all loved hearing stories about Ireland.
"Well, some of the best Irish
stories are ghost stories" Lizzy explained. "Banishes and things like
that, all Irish ghost stories.
"That's what Seamus ALWAYS
says" Ron replied with a smirk. They all laughed. None of them could wait
until they got back to Hogwarts
"Hey,
I've got an idea," Harry said. "Why don't we all go and visit Lupin
and Sirius tomorrow. We all need a change of scenery for awhile." Hermione
glared at him.
"And
just what is that supposed to mean." Harry laughed and soon they all were.
At that same time, Lupin and Sirius
were just sitting down to dinner. Lupin was jumpy and nervous, as this was the
night of the full moon. "Will you relax?" Sirius asked impationtly.
"It's not like I'm going to let you get out."
"I
know but I having a bad feeling today." Lupin stammered. "But, it
might be my nerves. Soon, moonlight started pouring in through the windows.
"Padfoot, you'd better change before I do. It's
just safer."
"Alright,
alright. I'm changing." And with that, a massive black dog replaced him.
By this time, Lupin had already begun to transform. It was painful not just to
him but to Sirius too. He hated seeing his friend go through all the pain. As
Lupin was making the last few changes, a shot rang through the air. All at
once, Sirius heard Lupin whimper in pain. He had been shot!
Chapter
2: The Mysterious Disappearances
Sirius ran over to Lupin. He nudged
him slightly with his muzzle. He had no choice. He had to change back if he was
going to help Lupin. Sirius changed back as quick as possible.
"Mooney?
Can you here me?" The werewolf gave a slight growl, but whimpered more.
He's losing a lot of blood Sirius thought. Wait! Why was he bleeding in the
first place? He looked around but no one was outside. Suddenly, Sirius blacked
out.
The next day, Harry, Hermione, Ron,
and Lizzy were on their way to Lupin's house. They chatted as they walked. Ron
and Lizzy look so happy together, Harry thought, I'm glad he found someone.
"Harry, look!" Hermione
yelled. Lupin's house had been totaled. All the windows were broken, and the
door was busted in. "What the hell?" Harry yelled. He took off at a
run towards the house.
"Harry wait up!" He heard
Ron yell. He wasn't going to stop though. He had to see is Sirius and Lupin
were alright. He sprinted up the steps and through the door. What he saw made
him sick to his stomach. Lupin, in his normal body, was lying on the floor. His
face was covered in blood. "LUPIN!" Harry yelled. He rushed over to
his teacher. Hermione, Ron, and Lizzy had just entered the house. "O my
God!" he heard Hermione scream. She turned away hands over her face.
"Is, is he......dead?" Ron stuttered.
"No. He has just lost a lot of
blood. Hermione, get me a blanket. Ron, search the house for Sirius. Lizzy,
help me flip Lupin over." Lizzy ran to help Harry. As they flipped him
over, they saw a gunshot in his left shoulder. Lizzy whimpered. Lupin groaned.
"At least he's breathing. We need to clean him up though. Liz, get some
wet towels for me please." Lizzy nodded and ran into the kitchen. Hermione
came back with the blanket.
"O, God, will he make it?"
Hermione whispered. Harry didn't answer right away. He was still worried about
Sirius. "He'll be fine. We need to contact Dumbledore though."
Hermione nodded. "I'll take care of that." She walked off towards the
door.
"Ron?" Harry yelled.
"Where are you?" Soon, Ron came into the room. His face pale as a
sheet. "What is it?" Harry asked urgently. Ron didn't answer. He just
handed Harry the note he had found.
We
have taken your friend into our, circle. If you wish to see him alive, you and your friends come to the
Riddle House in London. You
have 24 hours.
Chapter
3: The Riddle
Harry was stunned. "But, but, Voldemort is dead. How can he have
Sirius????" Ron simply shrugged.
Sirius awoke to find himself in a
strange place. It was muggy and he could hardly breathe. What had happen? Then
it hit him. Lupin! Had he made it? Now he was worried. "So, you've
awaken." a voice from behind him said. He wheeled around. "You!"
Sirius growled. Lucious Malfoy was standing before him. He had an evil grim on
his face. His son, Draco, was standing in the shadows.
"Glad to see you alive. Well,
actually I'm not glad at all. I would have loved to have killed you but I'm
after someone else. Someone I am seeking revenge on." he sneered. He was
talking about Harry, Sirius thought. No, he's not going to get his hands on
him. Sirius made a lunge for Lucious, but before he could touch him, Lucious
muttered a curse. "Crucio" Before Sirius knew what was happening he
was on the ground, balled up from the pain. Draco turned away. He hated seeing
people being tortured. "Now, I leave you. Draco, you stay here and watch
this...creature." and with that he strode off. Draco rushed over to
Sirius.
"Are you ok?" Draco asked as
he helped Sirius up. Sirius pulled his arm out of his grasp, and glared at him.
The nerve, he thought.
"I'm going after him I'm not
letting my godfather get killed." Harry growled as he walked towards the
door. "Harry, stop! Lets us help you." Hermione said sheepishly. Ron
and Lizzy both nodded in agreement. "Right now we have to get Lupin to a
hospital." Harry knew she was right.
"That really isn't....necessary."
a low, pained voice said. They all turned around to see Lupin trying to get up.
Hermione rushed to his side. "I don't think so. Your going to stay lying down until we get you
help." Lupin didn't feel like arguing.
Chapter
4: Explanations
Dumbledore soon arrived on the spot.
He was followed by Mediwizrads who had come to look after Lupin. Dumbledore
pulled Harry aside. "Any word on Sirius?" Dumbledore sounded worried.
Harry nodded and showed him the letter. Dumbledore read the letter few times
over. He had a very worried look on his face. "This can only mean one
thing. Voldemort's supporters are rising in revenge
against...well....you." he explained to Harry. Harry nodded and felt a
pain of guilt. He had figured out already this was all because of him. He
turned to Dumbledore. "I need so time to think about this."
Dumbledore nodded and left Harry alone.
"Listen, I hate what my father is
doing. You have to believe me." Draco tried to explain. Sirius could see
hurt in Draco's eyes. He knew he wasn't lying. He soften his gaze, but then
felt a streak of pain in his left side. Draco had seen the cut. "Here, let
me help you." He softly wrapped his jacket around the wound. Sirius was
glad for this. Draco turned to him again. "Listen, I know that you are
Harry's godfather." Sirius was kind of stunned. Maybe he's not as dumb as
he looks. "I've already sent a good friend of mine to tell Harry where he
can find you. Trust me, the letter that was left for Harry is just the start of
a huge trap."
Sky found it pretty hard to navigate
in the wizard world. Remember, just act like a witch. That was what Draco had
told her to do. She knew about everything here so it should be easy. She still
had her doubts though. As Sky rounded the corner, she knew she had found the
place she was looking for.
Hermione had seen Harry standing
alone. She knew he needed someone to talk to. As she made her way over to him,
he looked up and smiled. Hermione smiled back. "Want to go for a
walk?" Harry nodded. As they headed now the street, Harry turned to
Hermione. "What should I do?" As he started talking, she could see
tears brimming in his green eyes. "This whole thing is because of me and
now I have to fix it." Hermione didn't say anything. Before she knew what
was happening, Harry had started crying. She wrapped her arms around him.
"It's going to be ok Harry. I promise." Harry knew she was right.
Everything was going to be ok.
Chapter
5: The Plan
Sky had seen Harry and Hermione leave.
Those are the two Draco told me about, she told herself. I have to tell them.
She quicken her pace so she could catch up with the couple. "Um…excuse me?"
Harry and Hermione both spun around. "Your Harry Potter, right?" Sky really
hoped this was the right kid. Harry nodded with a suspicious look on his face.
Sky looked up and down the street. She motioned for them to follow her. They
both hesitated but followed.
"Look, I'm a friend of Draco Malfoy…"
right when she said this Harry grabbed her and pushed her up against the wall.
His eyes blazing he said "What are you doing here? Why would Draco send anyone
to talk to me?" Sky whimpered. "Harry! Let her go now!" Hermione was glaring at
Harry. Harry relentlessly let Sky go. "Like I was saying, Draco sent me to tell
you not to go to the Riddle House. It's a trap. His father is taking
Voldemort's place and he only made you think your godfather was there." Harry
asked quickly "Where is Sirius?" Hermione was eyeing Sky, searching her. "He's
somewhere that is VERY hard to find. I have the directions." She handed Harry a
piece of paper. "Draco wanted me to give these to you and he also wanted me to
tell you to watch your back. He really does like you." And with that, she was
gone.
Hermione and Harry rushed back to
Lupin's house and explained what had just happened to Lizzy, Ron, and
Dumbledore. "And then she was gone. I couldn't tell if she was lying or not."
Ron was stunned and Dumbledore had a hard gaze on his face. "I believe that
this is not a trap. I think Mr. Malfoy really does want to help you Harry." He
gave Harry one of his searching stares. Harry nodded. He had to take the
chance.
Draco was pacing back and forth in the
cell where Sirius was. Was Sky ok? He was so worried about her. Sirius could
tell something was up. "Oy, what's wrong Draco?" Draco turned to look at
Sirius. "Well, I'm just worried about my friend I sent to warn Harry. She's a
mug…" He suddenly turned away. A muggle! Sirius couldn't believe it. Lucious
Malfoy's son was in love with a muggle. "Your worried she might get found out and
that your father will find out that you love her." Sirius gave Draco a caring
look. Draco knew he was right, but was that all he was worried about?
Sky was hurrying back to her house as
fast as possible. Draco had told her to send an owl as soon as her job was
done. As she walked, she heard something, or someone behind her. She was too
scared to turn around. Sky starting a quick jog. The footsteps did to. She had
no choice. Sky took off at a run. She could hear the footsteps gaining on her.
O God, please help me. She was tiring fast. Suddenly, she heard a formilar
voice mutter a word of some sort. "Crucio" Sky dropped to the ground in pain.
What is happening? Then she saw him. Lucious Malfoy.
Chapter
6: Trouble
Lucious had found out about Draco's
plan to help Harry Potter. No matter. He had taken care of the muggle girl and
now, Draco will pay, he told himself. He looked down at the heap that used to
be Sky. Now, to dispose of this, he thought.
Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Lizzy were
all busy perparing for the next part of their plan. Ron and Lizzy were going to
go to the Riddle House, as thenote said, under the Polyjuice Potion. Meanwhile,
Harry and Hermione would go and get Sirius by following the directions sky gave
them. Dumbledore would follow them while Hagrid, their old friend, and some of
Auther Weasley's friends would follow Ron and Lizzy in case all hell broke
lose. This is it, Harry told himself, the final part of our plan.
Draco was trying to keep himself busy
by waiting for Sky's owl. It can't have taken her this long, or could it? he
thought. Sirius could see he was worried. "Don't worry, everything will
be......" before he could finish, he was yet again in pain. Lucious had
just walked in. Behind him, he drug Sky. "No!" Draco yelled. He ran
over to Sirius. Lucious glared at his son. "Stay where your at son, or
else." Draco didn't care. He started over to Sirius again. "Crucio" Lucious yelled. Draco
doubled over in pain. Sky whimpered when she saw Draco fall. "Shut up you
stupid muggle." Lucious said as he kicked Sky in her side. "So Draco.
Plotting against your own dad, not very smart. You had to know that sooner or
later I would find out. But no, you went right on doing what you please. Well,
that will change right now." He walked over to his son and picked him up
by the scruff of his neck. He dragged both Sky and Draco over to Sirius.
"You like each other so much, you'll all suffer together." With this,
he pointed his wand at the three of them. "Crucio" he yelled. All
three doubled over. Draco gave one last look at his father before he blacked
out.
Lupin had finally come through. He
knew that something was going to happen. He saw Harry and Dumbledore talking.
Harry looked over and say him awake. "Lupin! Your all right!" Harry
rushed over to him. Lupin smiled. "It's not the first time I've almost
been killed." Dumbledore smiled. "Well, you could be just the person
we need to help us. We are setting out on a dangerous mission. Of course you
know that we have to rescue Sirius." Lupin nodded. "Well, Harry,
Hermione, and I would really like it if you acompinied us on our part."
Lupin was stunned and Harry knew it. He started explaning what they were going
to do. Lupin listened carefully. "Ok. Count me in." he said as Harry
finished.
Chapter
7: Let it Begin
When Draco finally came through, his
head was resting in Sky's lap. Sirius looked like he was is serious pain. Draco
tried to lift himself up but couldn't. Sky put a hand on his forehead. "Don't
try to get up. You and Sirius got the worst blow." She noticed Draco's worried
look. "I'm fine, don't worry." She smiled. He returned it. Sirius turned to
look at them. "Draco, do you have any idea where your father went?" Draco shook
his head. " I'm not sure. He might have gone to the Riddle House or he could
still be hear." He looked worried. Sirius and Sky both saw this. "Don't worry.
I won't let your father do any more damage." Sirius told him, but Draco could
not make himself believe this.
Harry couldn't believe all this was
happening and so fast. One minute, Ron and Lizzy were with them, the next, they
had set out. Lupin, Hermione, Dumbledore, and Harry were almost ready to play
their part. "Now, remember, don't let anyone see you inside the chamber,
alright?" Lupin stammered worriedly. He couldn't help it. His bests friends son
was risking everything to save Sirius. What
has it come to, he thought to himself. Shouldn't
it be the other way around? Hermione
laid a hand on Lupin's shoulder. Lupin turned slightly. "It's time."
Draco
and Sky had both fallen asleep. Sirius, who was in his dog form, was curled up
in the shadows. Draco slowly opened his eyes. "Sirius?" he called quietly. As
he did, a big black dog strolled over to him. "What the…?" was all Draco could
say. Suddenly he heard a low rumble. He looked at the dog. Was this dog smiling
at him? He heard a pop and Sirius was standing next to him. "Caught you by
surprise didn't I?" Draco chuckled. "I should have known." He winced slightly
as he lifted his arm. Sirius helped him lay down. "Just stay put. You're hurt
enough without moving about." Draco nodded as sleep over took him.
Lupin
was nervous. He knew something was wrong but he couldn't tell what. He,
Dumbledore, Harry, and Hermione were on their way to Diagon Alley. Harry looked
at Lupin. "Whats wrong?" Harry was worried about his favorite teacher and Lupin
knew it. "It's nothing really. I just can't get over how much you act
like….James." Lupin lowered his head. He missed his old friends so much. Harry
looked at Lupin and smiled. " I have heard that so much, but, I do have my
mom's eyes." Lupin grinned. Just like James.
Sirius
and Sky were deep in conversation on how they could escape. "There has got to
be a way, but I just can't think right now. I mean, you're a wizard and I'm
just a muggle." Sky told Sirius. Sirius sighed. He had no clue how he, Draco,
and Sky would get out. Maybe it would be easy for him and Draco, but Sky was
another problem.
By
this time, Draco was slowly coming to. "Draco! Your awake!" Sky rushed to his
side. Draco winced but otherwise he had no objections to this attention. Sirius
smirked. What a ham, he thought. Draco looked up and saw Sirius smirking.
"What?" he asked. Sirius just shook his head. Draco gave him a clueless look and Sky just giggled.
Chapter 8: Things don't Go Your Way
By the time they had
reached Diagon Alley, all four were tired. Dumbledore turned to his companions.
"We'll stay here for the night. One room should be big enough. I'll go make the
arrangements." With that he turned and headed towards Tom, the bartender.
Hermione turned to Harry.
"Something is not right.
Dumbledore is acting…..well…..stranger then usual." Harry slowly nodded in
agreement. Lupin, to, looked curious about Dumbledore's odd behavior. "I think
we should stick close together until we solve this whole thing." Both Harry and
Hermione nodded in agreement.
"Well, don't you three
just look so cute together?" someone sneered from the cell door. Draco, Sky,
and Sirius whipped around. Lucious Malfoy had returned wearing his way to evil
sneer. Draco started to shake and Sky whimpered. Sirius showed no emotion.
"Well, looks like your brave friends are on their way to the Riddle House. So
dumb are they. They have no clue what they are in for." He smirked. "Too bad
there's nothing you can do. But, for now, I must be going. I wouldn't miss this
for anything." And he turned on his heel and was gone.
Sky giggled. Sirius
turned to her. "And just what is so funny about all of this?" Sky gave him a
grin. "Little does he know that I did warn your friends and they are not
heading towards the Riddle House but to here instead." Sirius couldn't believe
what he hasd just heard. "Who….how…" Sky pointed to Draco. Draco flushed
slightly. "I,I wanted to help. I hate being seen has evil to them. I wanted to
show them that they could trust me."
"Harry! Over here hurry!"
Harry turned and ran over to Hermione. She pointed at two men. Harry gasped. It
was Dumbledore. He was talking to some strange looking creature and pointing
towards Lupin at the bar. "We have to warn Lupin." Hermione whispered. Harry
nodded and turned towards the bar. Lupin was just about to take a sip of his
drink when someone tugged him towards the door.
"Professor, we have to go
now!" Harry gasped. "Dumbledore is up to something alright and he has help."
Lupin's face went pale. "Let's go." And with that, they left.
