THE PAWN
I stand before The Dark Lord, heart beating fast. I should never have been in Gryffindor. I am far too cowardly for Gryffindor. But I am not cunning enough for Slytherin, or loyal enough for Hufflepuff or wise enough for Ravenclaw.
I'm useless.
"My Lord," I say. My voice shakes a little and I hope that he does not notice. He stares down at me with fiery red eyes. I am too scared of him to do what I know is right.
"Yes, Wormtail?" he says, his high voice echoing around the room, amplified a million times.
I gulp and bite my lip. "I know where L-Lily and James P-Potter are hiding," I say. I feel awful for betraying my friends, but I know that they are strong. They are strong enough to hold him off. They are strong enough to escape, at least. They'll forgive me.
"Yes?" he says, looking intrigued. I feel a weird sense of excitement that for once in my life I am the one holding all of the power. I know where they are hiding. Lord Voldemort wants something from me.
"Should I divulge such details in a room full of people?" I ask. I get the big words from my best friend Remus. Or, I think sadly, ex-best friend Remus.
Lord Voldemort glances around the room and nods. "I ask you all to leave," he hisses. The other people in the room scurry almost instantly. "You were saying, Wormtail?"
He looks at me with such pride. I feel like he may even accept me as his follower, may even like me. I lean closer to him and he has to lean down so that my mouth is next to his ear. I whisper the whereabouts of James, Lily and Harry Potter.
"Thank you, Wormtail."
He smiled a wicked smile.
I regret it instantly. I know that smile. He only smiled it if he knows he has won. He only smiles it when he knows that somebody has been foolish.
I have been foolish.
He never liked me. He never respected me. He never accepted me.
I was only a mere pawn in his game. A pawn that could easily be pushed aside.
I'm nothing, and I let myself be that.
~The End~