Chapter 4
A/N It has been a while hasn't it? Almost a year! Well, a lot has happened and delayed me, including an extremely big writer's block but hopefully this update will be good enough for everyone! I've started several other stories while on my break and also made a site – my home page. So read and review people!
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'Why Harry,' Voldemort said, smirking horribly as Harry growled, transforming back into himself, Ginny hiding behind his back. 'Such a pleasure to speak to you again. You've been sending my Death Eaters on a right chase. I'm not too surprised I was the one who caught you.' Looking behind Harry, Voldemort frowned at Ginny. 'It appears you have set my prisoners free as well. Not a wise move, Mr. Potter. You are missing three of your friends anyways.'
'James and Lily are already gone.' Harry murmured. 'You have them.'
'That would be incorrect Harry, some maniac, Black, broke into our establishment and whisked them away.' Voldemort frowned. 'But no matter, I've still got you. And your little girlfriend. And your silly werewolf.' Harry gaped at him.
'Remus?' Harry whispered. 'What have you done to him?'
'Oh, nothing to bad. He should be downstairs in the dungeon of the wolves. But from what I can tell,' Voldemort said, glancing over at Ginny's scratched face which had a particular large claw mark across her nose and cheek. 'They are no longer in their cage.'
'You say it as if they were wild animals.' Harry growled.
'Well they are! Freaks the lot of them!' Voldemort cackled. 'Not that you can do anything about how I treat them anyway.' Harry knew that Voldemort was trying to get him angry, and he was definitely rising to the bait.
'Well Tom I think you'll find yourself mistaken.' Harry muttered angrily and whipped out his wand, quickly sending a full-body bind at Voldemort, which he easily blocked.
'Never call me that again.' Voldemort spat, throwing a similar hex back at him.
'What'll you do, Moldy-Shorts?' Harry laughed, handing Ginny the necklace from behind his back and shielding himself from the spell. 'Hiss at me?' Voldemort let out a roar of pure rage and sent a killing curse straight for Harry. Ginny screamed as it sped towards them, but Harry quickly jumped out of the way, but was hit by a Crutiatus Curse instead. He held in his screams of pain and tried to keep his twitching arms and legs still. Standing Harry shook off the last doses of pain before straightening his back and grinning.
'I've killed you once Tom.' Pulling out his wand and holding it with both hands, Harry held it like a sword. 'And I can do it again.' With a quick slashing movement, Harry sent the killing curse hurtling towards Voldemort, who at the same time sent the same curse towards him. Strangely, Harry's spell was gold instead of the normal emerald green color that Voldemort's spell was.
'You can't defeat me,' Voldemort grunted in effort as beads of sweat began to form across his brow from the effort he was putting into controlling his spell and keeping Harry's at bay. 'You're just a boy!'
'Not just any boy, the Boy-Who-Lived-And-Now-Is-Gonna-Kick-Your-Arse!' Harry shouted through the pain and exhaustion of keeping the spell alive. Suddenly, he felt a wave of power and turned to see Ginny placing her hands on his shoulders, her eyes closed, transporting her power into him to give him strength. The golden light began to move forward, closer towards Voldemort. Voldemort began to panic, the fear evident in his eyes.
'I may not be able to stop you,' Voldemort panted. 'But there will always be some one here to take my place. At this moment, my plan still works and soon, even with me dead, the future will change, dark will rule, and I will live again!' With that, Voldemort released the energy that he had been sending and the green light vanished, the gold light charging towards Voldemort and knocking him over.
The light flooded like liquid about the room though the actual magic of the light was gone, so it caused no pain to either Harry or Ginny. When the white light had subsided, Harry looked around and found nothing left of Tom Riddle apart from a bundle of black robes. Turning, he found Ginny leaning against a wall, breathing heavily, eyes half closed. Running towards her, he quickly transformed into a lion and allowed Ginny to wordlessly clamber on top of him. Harry leapt lightly out of the room and towards the main hall. He was just about to turn a corner when he ran smack dab into something or someone else.
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Anne-Marie, Sirius, and Remus all sat on bench in a row, staring first one way down the long white corridor, then the other. James and Lily were still in critical conditions and they were both worried. Seriously worried. Remus had already had his transformation, and he was now back to his normal self – though not completely. Along with being worried about Lily and James, Paige had been missing ever since she had found out about him. He didn't know who to be more worried about. He had searched, with help of Anne-Marie and Sirius, through the corridors and every place he could think of, but could not find her.
'Eets ok, Remus.' Anne-Marie said with a smile, putting a comforting hand his shoulder. 'I'm sure we'll find 'er.'
'I hope we do…' Remus muttered as he looked down.
'Oh, c'mon mate, she couldn't have been so mad that she left for America or something.' Sirius joked, though was only met with an empty gaze.
'You weren't there, Sirius.' Remus murmured. 'You weren't there.' Sighing, Sirius stood up and offered his hand to Anne-Marie, who took it.
'We're going to go upstairs to the tearoom.' Sirius looked down at hi friend. 'Would you like to come?' Remus shook his head dejectedly, and watched from the corner of his eye as Anne-Marie and Sirius turned and headed down the corridor and into the stairwell. Sighing, Remus stood and walked down the hall towards the door that led to James' room. He peered inside, looking through the glass window of the door. No one was in his room for the time being except for one medi-witch who was casting a variety of spells on him. Remus hesitated, then knocked three times on the heavy metal door.
The witch looked up and then gave him a sad smile. She knew him because she had been the one who brought him to a special room for his transformation and also checked him over when he transformed back into his human form. Nurse Finley was her name, if Remus remembered right. She set down her wand and walked towards the door, pulling it open.
'Hello, Remus.' She said kindly. 'What can I do for you?'
'I-I wanted to speak to James.' Remus muttered, looking down.
'Dearest, James can't hear you.' Nurse Finley said sadly. 'He's not doing too well at the moment and he probably won't even know you're there.'
'But I'll know he's there.' Remus mumbled. 'I just need to be with him right now. Please let me see him….'
'Well…' The Nurse really did pity the boy, she knew all about Paige and how close he was to James…. 'Well, alright. You can see him. He might be able to sense your presence and that might give him the reassurance to wake up even.' Smiling, Remus walked into the room and pulled up a rolling chair to James bed and sat down next to his friend. Nurse Finley smiled sadly at him once more before picking up her wand and leaving the room, closing the door behind her.
'Hey James, its Remus.' He muttered looking down at his dying friend. 'A lot of things have happened since you were taken… And a lot is still happening. I don't know what to do James…' Tears began to well in his eyes as Remus continued…
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'Remus?' James called out. He could have sworn he heard his friend's voice.
'James…' the voice was faint and hard to understand but James could never mistake it for anyone but his close friend.
'Remus? Remus, where are you?' James shouted, running forward, searching through the mist that swirled around him. 'REMUS!'
'I don't know what to do, James...' The voice sounded sad and lonely.
'Remus, tell me where you are!' James cried. 'I can't find you!'
'James…' the voice called 'Come back James….I need you, James….'
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'An-And I ca-can't live like this, James.' Remus cried, tears spilling down his cheeks. 'No-nothing is working o-out for me. Paige i-is gone, you're d-dying….' Suddenly, James' hand twitched. 'James?' Remus called anxiously, quickly wiping the tears from his face. 'Can you hear me ?' All of a sudden, James' hand sprung forward, touching Remus' forehead and not moving. Remus' vision grew dark…everything becoming a swirling mist.
'James?' Remus shouted.
'Remus!' James yelled, running towards him. Remus gasped; his friend was wearing completely white, from his crisp white shirt to his white pants. He was bare footed, and glowing bright yellow. 'Remus, I found you!'
'Oh my god, James.' Remus cried as he embraced his best friend, the tears falling once more. 'You don't know how worried I've been. Where are we James?'
'I'm not sure; I've been here for a while now. But listen, Remus, do you know where Lily is?' James asked in a worried tone.
'Yah,' Remus sniffed. 'She's just down the hall.'
'Down the hall?' James asked in confusion. 'What hall?'
'We're at St. Mungo's, James.' Remus explained. 'I don't know where our minds are right now, but our bodies are sitting in your medical room.'
'Damnnit!' James shouted in frustration, kicking a thick cloud of mist that had been floating past, causing it to break and swirl away.
'James, what's wrong?' Remus asked anxiously. 'Lily's fine, well not really, but she's alive!'
'Not for long she won't be.' James growled.
'What do you mean?' Remus asked.
'We're dying, Remus.' James muttered. 'Both Lily and I… The only way for one of us to live is for the other to sacrifice themselves…Unless we share our energy and possibly get enough energy to wake up and have the St. Mungo's medical people save us….But no matter. Apart, we will die alone. But together, we can live.' Remus looked slightly shocked, and was having a hard time reregistering.
'Listen, Remus, and listen closely.' James said, shaking Remus' shoulders trying to get his attention. 'You must get me and Lily in the same room. You must find a way for me and her to be able to reach each others minds. We can't be separated much longer.' Remus shook his head but when he looked up, James' glow had dimmed and his body was beginning to grow fuzzy.
'James?' Remus shouted in panic. 'James, what's happening? Don't go James!' James tried to shout something back, but the roar of wind around them was too loud. Remus reached out, trying to grab James' hand as he felt the winds pulling him back, but his hand went right through his. Screaming, Remus felt himself sucked back, flying through the air….
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BANG! Remus flew back and out of his chair. Falling to the ground, Remus was breathing heavily and swear covered his face. Looking up, he spotted James, still unconscious, his arm hanging limply from the bed. Standing shakily, Remus walked forward towards the bed. James looked at peace, just the way he had left him.
Suddenly, the door opened causing Remus to jump and twist his neck sharply back with a loud crack. Nurse Finley walked worriedly up to him a placed a hand on forehead.
'Remus, are you feeling all right?' She asked worriedly, leading him out of the room by the arm. 'You should lie down – I think you have a fever.' Remus looked back at his friend one last time before being led out of the room and down the hall, forgetting all that James had told him.
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