It was late at night, and soft footsteps were heard, passing through the
eerie quiet of the Riddle Manor. No one was to be seen, It was Harry and
Ron, making their way slowly to the topmost floor, where it was rumored
that Voldemort was. They knew what was at risk, as it was most certain that
one of them would lose their life.
Reaching the top in near silence, they pulled the invisibility cloak off, revealing themselves. They were only sixteen years, and Ron, had gotten a rather large growth spurt, stood at six foot one inch tall, while harry lagged behind at 5'8. Anyway, height didn't matter as these boys slowly pushed open the door into the attic.
The first sight that caught their eye was not the dark lord, but rather Hermione, her skin viciously slashed, just barely alive. Ron ran quickly to her, as Harry went looking for Voldemort.
"Over Here" hissed a voice from the right of Harry, from the mouth of none other than Voldemort. At his left was Lucius Malfoy, with a look of triumph on his face, and to his right, was none other than the former Hogwarts Potions Master, Severus Snape. Harry knew that Snape was there simply as a spy, and did not support the dark lord in any way.
"Well, it looks the famous Harry Potter hasn't learned his lesson." the voice continued, as Harry spinned, to face him, a look of pain on his face, as his scar was now burning in pain. Without waiting a second, The Dark Lord nodded to Lucius, and with a flick of his cane and the mutter of the word "crucio" barely audiable to anyone else in the room. An eruption came out of the wand, and hit Harry full stream. Despite Harry's urge to scream, he didn't because he did not want to give the death eaters knowledge of his pain. Instead, Harry used a dark spell that Dumbledore had taught him prior, but before Harry could do anything, Snape had pulled out his own wand, and, pointing it directly at Lucius, he shouted "Expelliarmus". The cane jumped from the hand of Lucius, into That of Snape's. After Lucius' cane was gone, Harry found good time to perform his spell, except for the fact that he could only -just-breathe. However, after a few seconds, he took a deep breath of air, and rounded his wand at the dark lord himself, and shouted "Poena Mortalis Flamma" the curse winded a little to the left of Harry's target, but hit the dark lord nevertheless. To Harry's disgust, His spell flickered off, as he was hit by the spell of another death eater, which curse was not certain. It was apparent though, that Voldemort had directly commanded them to use the spell, because The Dark Lord, was now facing Snape, and muttered "Avada Kedavra" just loud enough to be heard. The spell hit Severus Directly, causing a scream of agony before, he looked back to Harry, before shifting over to Ron and Hermione. "Run" Harry shouted to them "Get out of Here NOW" he screamed again. Nodding, Ron picked Hermione up, and ran with speed, to the nearest fireplace, to floo to safety.
However, Harry didn't have that option. Instead, he had to stay here, and fight it out with Voldemort, as he had done so many times. He didn't know if he would make it out alive, but after having defeated him several times now, Harry was filled with pride. He took another step nearer, as Voldemort did the same. Both raised their wands at the exact same time, yet Voldemort attacked first the Words "Crucio" came out of his lips, yet Harry could barely hear over the pain of his scar. Harry was hit full blast with the curse, and fell to the ground, as Voldemort and the others apparated from the Manor to safety in a far away country.
Reaching the top in near silence, they pulled the invisibility cloak off, revealing themselves. They were only sixteen years, and Ron, had gotten a rather large growth spurt, stood at six foot one inch tall, while harry lagged behind at 5'8. Anyway, height didn't matter as these boys slowly pushed open the door into the attic.
The first sight that caught their eye was not the dark lord, but rather Hermione, her skin viciously slashed, just barely alive. Ron ran quickly to her, as Harry went looking for Voldemort.
"Over Here" hissed a voice from the right of Harry, from the mouth of none other than Voldemort. At his left was Lucius Malfoy, with a look of triumph on his face, and to his right, was none other than the former Hogwarts Potions Master, Severus Snape. Harry knew that Snape was there simply as a spy, and did not support the dark lord in any way.
"Well, it looks the famous Harry Potter hasn't learned his lesson." the voice continued, as Harry spinned, to face him, a look of pain on his face, as his scar was now burning in pain. Without waiting a second, The Dark Lord nodded to Lucius, and with a flick of his cane and the mutter of the word "crucio" barely audiable to anyone else in the room. An eruption came out of the wand, and hit Harry full stream. Despite Harry's urge to scream, he didn't because he did not want to give the death eaters knowledge of his pain. Instead, Harry used a dark spell that Dumbledore had taught him prior, but before Harry could do anything, Snape had pulled out his own wand, and, pointing it directly at Lucius, he shouted "Expelliarmus". The cane jumped from the hand of Lucius, into That of Snape's. After Lucius' cane was gone, Harry found good time to perform his spell, except for the fact that he could only -just-breathe. However, after a few seconds, he took a deep breath of air, and rounded his wand at the dark lord himself, and shouted "Poena Mortalis Flamma" the curse winded a little to the left of Harry's target, but hit the dark lord nevertheless. To Harry's disgust, His spell flickered off, as he was hit by the spell of another death eater, which curse was not certain. It was apparent though, that Voldemort had directly commanded them to use the spell, because The Dark Lord, was now facing Snape, and muttered "Avada Kedavra" just loud enough to be heard. The spell hit Severus Directly, causing a scream of agony before, he looked back to Harry, before shifting over to Ron and Hermione. "Run" Harry shouted to them "Get out of Here NOW" he screamed again. Nodding, Ron picked Hermione up, and ran with speed, to the nearest fireplace, to floo to safety.
However, Harry didn't have that option. Instead, he had to stay here, and fight it out with Voldemort, as he had done so many times. He didn't know if he would make it out alive, but after having defeated him several times now, Harry was filled with pride. He took another step nearer, as Voldemort did the same. Both raised their wands at the exact same time, yet Voldemort attacked first the Words "Crucio" came out of his lips, yet Harry could barely hear over the pain of his scar. Harry was hit full blast with the curse, and fell to the ground, as Voldemort and the others apparated from the Manor to safety in a far away country.