Ministry: Fourth Year
Elizabeth wasn't quite sure how she got here. She was fairly good at defence, somehow managing to be one of the best in the D.A., and then she was suddenly roped into a rescue mission to the Ministry. She blamed Ginny. Elizabeth knew that if she went through with this, she would be an even bigger enemy to most, if not all, of the Slytherin house. Although not everyone supported Voldemort, they at least had the protection of being a Pureblood behind them. Although her father was a Burke, and therefore related to the Black family as well, her mother was a muggle and she had been outspoken against Voldemort and his views ever since her very first day. Although that probably wasn't the smartest idea, she wasn't about to let her mother be insulted in front of her. That was probably why the Hat thought that she would make a good Gryffindor, although she had to admit that she loved Slytherin. Yet, she really hoped that Professor Snape was a spy. Even if he had to act like an arse, she would still feel safer.
After escaping from her housemates, Elizabeth smirked at the memory of Malfoy's face, Weasley, Longbottom, Ginny, Luna, and Elizabeth managed to catch up to Granger and Potter. For some reason, Granger and Potter were pretty bloody, hopefully not their blood, and they were currently arguing as to who had to stay and go.
"Neville, Ginny, Luna, and…Elizabeth, stay," said Potter forcefully. Elizabeth blinked. Potter called her by her first name? Did that mean they were friends?
At once, all of those named, except for Elizabeth, protested.
Elizabeth frowned. Did she want to go to the Ministry? It would mean that she would have to be very careful in her own house. However, with her capture meant that the Slytherins already knew what side she was on. Sure, she never hid it, but she hadn't actually physically opposed Voldemort or tried to stop his plans. Still, she hated Voldemort and everything that he believed in. What would her mother say if she saw her daughter hesitating? Her mother would be very disappointed in her, that was for sure…
"Elizabeth?" Potter-Harry's voice brought herself out of her thoughts. "Please, stay. You don't need to risk your life. You don't know Sirius at all."
Elizabeth shrugged. "Maybe I have a 'people saving thing' as well. Shut up and let's hurry. Your godfather needs saving."
"You have more to lose by coming with us," protested Harry. "Your house…"
"I'm already known as a mudblood lover and as a mudblood in general in my own house," Elizabeth said, smirking. "Why don't we make it official?"
"Alright, how are we going to get there?" questioned Ginny. "Only Ron, Elizabeth, and me have brooms as Harry's broom is locked up."
"There are other ways of flying of course," said Luna.
"Just because you can sprout wings whenever you want, doesn't mean that the rest of us can," said Weasley rudely.
"Weasley, shut up," Elizabeth snapped. "Don't talk to Luna like that. She means Thestrals."
"They are attracted to the scent of blood and Harry and Hermione have quite a lot on them," added on Luna, smiling serenely at Elizabeth.
As soon as Luna said this, two Thestrals arrived. Elizabeth both liked and loathed Thestrals. She hated the reminder they gave her, but knew that they were quite gentle and fairly loving creatures.
"Okay, Ron and I will use these two Thestrals as Hermione stays behind to get new Thestrals—" Harry stopped at the protests.
"We don't need to wait," said Luna. She was right, five more Thestrals had arrived. "You two must really smell."
Elizabeth had to stifle a laugh. It probably wouldn't be appreciated in this situation.
Granger, Weasley, and Ginny had to be helped to and onto a Thestral. Harry had moved towards Elizabeth, as if to help her on her chosen Thestral, when Elizabeth calmly climbed on the Thestral.
"You can see them?" Harry said, surprised.
Elizabeth stifled the sarcastic comment that came to mind. "Yes," Elizabeth said shortly.
"Who did you—never mind," said Harry before climbing onto another Thestral. Elizabeth knew what he was going to ask and was glad that Harry didn't ask. She still felt guilty about that death. Sometimes, she still had nightmares about that night. Plus, there was this summer too…
Elizabeth shook her head as if to physically rid herself of her thoughts.
It was time to go to the Ministry.
-x-
It was a trap. Damn it, it was a trap. It was a trap for a prophecy about Voldemort and, perhaps, Harry. When Harry had picked up the prophecy, Lucius Malfoy appeared with other Death Eaters. She even recognized one of them, Bellatrix Lestrange. Elizabeth couldn't believe that she was related to such an insane person. Azkaban really did make people go insane. As the normal bad guy VS good guy talk went under way, Elizabeth was glad that they didn't seem to notice her Slytherin tie and crest. They probably would have killed her as fast as they could, which was probably very fast. Although, she would rather herself get attacked than Ginny, like they were threatening. Elizabeth stood closer to Ginny, glaring at the group. No one threatened Ginny but her. And maybe her brothers, but that was it!
After hearing the signal, as her…teammates(?) destroyed some prophecies using Reducto, Elizabeth shot a stunner at one of the Death Eaters and ran for it with the others. She didn't even stop to see if her stunner had landed. No, she knew that they needed to run and run fast.
She saw Weasley, Ginny, and Luna overtaking Harry, Granger, Longbottom, and herself. She protected her head from the falling glass and noticed Harry getting hit by a prophecy to the face. A hand had also grasped his shoulder and as Elizabeth was about to curse the Death Eater, Granger was faster and stunned the Death Eater. The four of them ran into the hall.
"Colloportus!" Elizabeth said to the door. The door sealed itself. All four of them were breathing fairly heavily, Granger seemingly the worst. Elizabeth seemed to be the best, but that was because she exercised in the muggle world. One never knew when one needs Tae Kwon Do in the wizarding world.
"Where – where are the others?" gasped Harry.
Elizabeth frowned. "Weasley, Ginny, Luna…They're not here!"
"They must have gone the wrong way!" exclaimed Granger.
"Listen!" commanded Longbottom.
Everyone immediately went silent. Footsteps and shouts echoed from behind the door Elizabeth had just sealed. They could all hear Malfoy Senior yelling out orders. "Leave Nott, leave him, I say — his injuries will be nothing to the Dark Lord compared to losing that prophecy. Jugson, come back here, we need to organize! We'll split into pairs and search, and don't forget, be gentle with Potter until we've got the prophecy, you can kill the others if necessary - Bellatrix, Rodolphus, you take the left; Crabbe, Rabastan, go right -Jugson, Dolohov, the door straight ahead - Macnair and Avery, through here - Rookwood, over there - Mulciber, come with me!"
"Colloportus," Elizabeth re-whispered to the door. "That should hold them off for a few more minutes."
"What do we do?" Granger asked Harry, trembling.
"Well, we don't stand here waiting for them to find us, for a start," said Harry. "Let's get away from this door."
They all ran as quietly as they could from the door. They went towards the exit into the circular hallway at the far end of the room. They almost made it when Elizabeth heard a heavy thump against the wall before someone used 'Alohomora' to opened the door. As the door flew open, everyone dived under the desks. They could all see the bottom of the two Death Eaters' robes drawing nearer, their feet moving rapidly.
"They must've run straight through to the hall," said the rough voice.
"Check under the desks," said another.
Elizabeth could see the knees of someone bend near Harry's desk. Then, she could see the wand from Harry's desk. Harry then shouted, "Stupefy!"
A jet of red light hit the nearest Death Eater; he fell backwards into a grandfather clock and knocked it over; the second Death Eater, however, had leapt aside to avoid Harry's spell and was pointing his own wand at Granger, who was crawling out from under the desk to get a better aim.
"Avada –"
Elizabeth leapt from behind the desk. "Silencio!"
As the Death Eater couldn't speak, Harry launched himself across the floor and grabbed the Death Eater around the knees, causing him to topple. Longbottom, who rushed from out of the desk, managed to topple it and cried out, "Harry, get out of the way!" Harry flew himself sideways and Longbottom stunned the Death Eater, whose head flew into a bell jar.
"Good job, Neville," complimented Harry. "Right, let's get out of here—"
"What the hell…?" said Elizabeth, staring at the head in shock.
The other three raised their wands, but none of them struck: they were all gazing, open-mouthed, appalled, at what was happening to the man's head. It was shrinking very fast, growing balder and balder, the black hair and stubble retracting into his skull; his cheeks becoming smooth, his skull round and covered with a peach like fuzz…A baby's head now sat grotesquely on top of the thick, muscled neck of the Death Eater as he struggled to get up again; but even as they watched, their mouths open, the head began to swell to its previous proportions again; thick black hair was sprouting from the pate and chin…
"It's time," Granger said in awe. "Time…"
The Death Eater shook his ugly head again, trying to clear it, but before he could pull himself together it began to shrink back to babyhood once more…
There was a shout from a room nearby, then a crash and a scream.
"RON?" Harry yelled, turning quickly from the monstrous transformation taking place before them.
Elizabeth pointed her wand at Harry. "Silencio!"
Harry immediately stopped shouting. He turned to Elizabeth with a glare.
"You were about to give away our position to the Death Eaters," stated Elizabeth. "Finite Incantatum."
"Thanks," said Harry. "And sorry."
"No problem," Elizabeth said.
"Harry!" Granger screamed, ripping the two from their conversation.
The Death Eater had pulled his head out of the bell jar. His appearance was utterly bizarre, his tiny baby's head bawling loudly while his thick arms flailed dangerously in all directions, narrowly missing Harry, who had ducked. Harry raised his wand, but Granger grabbed his arm.
"You can't hurt a baby!" Granger exclaimed.
"It doesn't matter, let's move!" Elizabeth exclaimed.
However, they could all hear footsteps. Even with Harry's one shout, it seemed that the Death Eaters heard Harry and it gave away their position.
"Come on!" Harry exclaimed, leaving the ugly baby-headed Death Eater staggering behind them they took off for the door that stood open at the other end of the room, leading back into the black hallway.
They had run halfway towards it when Elizabeth saw through the open door two more Death Eaters running across the black room towards them; veering left, Harry burst instead into a small, dark, cluttered office and slammed the door behind them.
"Collo—" started Granger, but before she could finish the spell, the two Death Eaters had come hurtling inside.
With a cry a triumph, and before anyone could react, both yelled, "IMPEDIMENTA!"
Harry, Granger, Longbottom, and Elizabeth were all knocked backwards of their feet; Longbottom was thrown over the desk and disappeared from view; Granger smashed into a bookcase and was promptly deluged in a cascade of heavy books; the back of Harry's head slammed into the stone wall behind him; and Elizabeth was hurtled into a metal cabinet. The pain of the handles smashing into her back made her forget where she was for a moment.
"WE'VE GOT HIM!" yelled the Death Eater nearest Harry. "IN AN OFFICE OFF—"
"Silencio!" Granger cried and the man's voice was extinguished. He continued to mouth through the hole in his mask, but no sound came out. He was thrust aside by his fellow Death Eater.
"Petrificus Totalus!" shouted Harry, as the second Death Eater raised his wand. His arms and legs snapped together and he fell forward, face down on to the rug at Harry's feet, stiff as a board and unable to move.
"Well done, Ha—"
But the Death Eater Granger just cursed made a sudden slashing movement with his wand; a streak of what looked like purple flame passed right across Granger's chest. She gave a tiny "Oh!" as though of surprise and crumpled on to the floor, where she lay motionless. Elizabeth recognized the curse as the Punctum Hex, a curse that was nearly just as deadly as the Killing Curse.
"Hermione!" exclaimed Harry as he fell to his knees beside her.
"Stupefy!" Elizabeth pointed to the Death Eater, who hadn't been paying attention to her. He crumbled instantly.
Longbottom crawled rapidly towards her from under the desk, his wand held up in front of him.
Before anyone could make another move, the baby-headed Death Eater ran through the door. Elizabeth, who was the only one not focused on Hermione, shouted out, "PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!" The Death Eater fell down rigidly, unable to move.
"Hermione," Harry said, not even paying attention to anything that had happened around him. "Hermione, wake up…"
"What did he do to her?" said Longbottom, crawling out from under the desk to kneel at her side.
"It's the Punctum Hex," stated Elizabeth. "It is nearly as deadly as the Killing Curse."
Harry let out a moan of despair.
"He had to do it silently, which means that it would be weaker than it would be if he did it verbally," stated Elizabeth.
Longbottom groped for Granger's wrist.
"That's a pulse, Harry, I'm sure it is."
Elizabeth could see the relief on Harry's body language.
"She's alive?"
"Yes, I think so."
There was a pause as everyone listened hard for more footsteps, but all they could hear were the whimpers and blunderings of the baby-headed Death Eater in the next room.
"Neville, Elizabeth, we're not far from the exit," Harry whispered, "we're right next to the circular room…if we can just get you all across it and find the right door before any more Death Eaters come, I'll bet you both can get Hermione up the corridor and into the lift…then you could find someone…raise the alarm."
"And what would you do?" asked Longbottom.
Elizabeth frowned. Harry kept on talking only about herself, Longbottom, and Granger. That meant…
"I've got to find the others," said Harry.
"Oh hell no," said Elizabeth. "You are not going to find Ginny and Luna and even Weasley without me. Ginny and Luna are my friends and I'm not leaving without them!"
"Then Neville…" Harry started to say.
"I'm going with you both to find them," said Longbottom firmly.
"But Hermione—"
"We'll take her with us," said Longbottom firmly. "I'll carry her—you two are better at fighting than I am."
Longbottom stood up and seized one of Granger's arms, glaring at Harry, who hesitated, then grabbed the other and, with Elizabeth, helped hoist Granger's limp form over Longbottom's shoulders.
"Wait," said Harry, grabbing Granger's wand. Harry put Granger's wand in his pocket. "Okay, let's go."
Elizabeth took the lead. She stuck her head outside the door and looked around carefully. The baby-headed Death Eater was causing a fuss.
"It's alright," she whispered.
They crept out of the office and back towards the door into the black hallway, which now seemed completely deserted. They walked a few steps forwards, Longbottom tottering slightly due to Granger's weight; the door of the Time Room swung shut behind them and the walls began to rotate once more. The recent blow on the back of Harry's head seemed to have unsteadied him; Elizabeth noticed him narrowing his eyes and swaying slightly. Sadly, it seemed that Granger's fiery crosses had faded from the door due to the fact she was unconscious.
"So which way d'you reck—?" asked Harry, but before they could reach a decision, a door to their right sprang open and three people fell out of it.
"Ginny, Luna!" exclaimed Elizabeth as she rushed towards them.
"Ron!" croaked Harry, dashing towards them. "Ginny - are you all -?"
"Harry," said Weasley, giggling weakly, lurching forward, seizing the front of Harry's robes and gazing at him with unfocused eyes, "there you are…ha ha ha…you look funny, Harry…you're all messed up…"
Weasley's face was very white and something dark was trickling from the corner of his mouth. Next moment his knees had given way, but he still clutched the front of Harry's robes, so that Harry was pulled into a kind of bow.
"Ginny?" Harry said fearfully. "What happened?"
But Ginny shook her head and slid down the wall into a sitting position, panting and holding her ankle.
"I think her ankle is broken, I heard something crack," whispered Luna, who was bending over her and who alone seemed to be unhurt. Elizabeth was right next to her. "Four of them chased us into a dark room full of planets; it was a very odd place, some of the time we were just floating in the dark –"
"Harry, we saw Uranus up close!" said Weasley, still giggling feebly. "Get it, Harry? We saw Uranus – ha ha ha –"
A bubble of blood grew at the corner of Ron's mouth and burst.
"- anyway, one of them grabbed Ginny's foot, I used the Reductor Curse and blew up Pluto in his face, but…"
Luna gestured hopelessly at Ginny, who was breathing in a very shallow way, her eyes still closed.
Elizabeth pointed her wand at Ginny's ankle. "Sorry if this doesn't work but…Episkey!"
There was a snap and Ginny's breathing hitched as her ankle snapped back into alignment. She tried to move her ankle, but it still hurt if she turned it too much or put too much pressure on it. That meant walking, not too much running unless really necessary.
"Thanks," Ginny whispered.
"No problem," replied Elizabeth.
"And what about Ron?" said Harry fearfully, as Weasley continued to giggle, still hanging off the front of Harry's robes.
"I don't know what they hit him with," said Luna sadly, "but he's gone a bit funny, I could hardly get him along at all."
Elizabeth turned her wand to Weasley. "Finite Incantatum."
Weasley seemed to get a hold of himself as he grabbed his head as if he had a headache. "Ow…What happened? Everything's gone a bit funny…"
"Thanks," said Harry gratefully to Elizabeth, who shrugged.
"Either way, we've got to get out of here," said Elizabeth firmly. "Ginny, I know that your ankle is mostly better, but you still need to keep pressure off of it. In fact, Ferula."
A splint and bandages appeared, wrapping itself on Ginny's ankle. It probably helped with the pain, but it would cause Ginny to walk funny.
"I don't need any help," Ginny said angrily.
"Shut up and let us help you," Elizabeth retorted.
Without letting Ginny reply, Luna tucked her wand behind her ear for safekeeping, then putting an arm around Ginny's waist and pulled her up.
They all went towards a door when suddenly three Death Eaters ran in, led by Bellatrix Lestrange.
"There they are!" she shrieked. This was Malfoy's aunt? Wow, for once in her life, Elizabeth felt sorry for him. Even if she was related to her too, but still.
Stunning spells shot across the room: Harry, who was in the front, smashed his way through the door, everyone else quickly following after. They were all over the threshold just in time to slam the door against Bellatrix Lestrange.
"Colloportus!" shouted Harry. Elizabeth heard three bodies slam into the door on the other side.
"It doesn't matter!" said a man's voice. "There are other ways in - WE'VE GOT THEM, THEY'RE HERE!"
Elizabeth glanced around. They were right; there were other doors all around the walls. She could hear footsteps in the hall behind them as more Death Eaters came to join the first.
"Everyone, come on!" Harry shouted.
Everyone who could move relatively well and knew the spells went around the room. There were footsteps running along behind the doors, every now and then another heavy body would launch itself against one, so it creaked and shuddered. Suddenly, Elizabeth heard Luna cry:
"Collo—aaaaaargh…"
She turned around just in time to see her flying through the air; five Death Eaters were surging into the room through the door she had not reached in time. Elizabeth saw Luna flying through the air and reacted. "Locum*!"
Luna was placed on the floor beneath the desk. She was still knocked out from whatever spell had hit her.
"Get Potter!" Bellatrix Lestrange shrieked, and she ran at him; he dodged her and sprinted back up the room.
As they were all focused on Harry, Elizabeth pointed at a few of them. "Rictusempra! Stupefy! Pusexsilio**! Stupefy! Obscuro! Stupefy!"
Only two were hit by the curses. One of them was hit by Pusexsilio and yellow pus went gushing out of his nose. The next stunner put him out of his misery. Another was hit by the Obscuro and was then knocked out by the stunner. Ginny had tried to move out of the way of an incoming stunner from the Death Eaters, but was unable to due to her ankle not agreeing with her. She too, fell to the floor unconscious. Longbottom and Weasley were also sending curses, but without any luck. One of the Death Eaters shot their own Stunning Spell at Longbottom and it managed to hit. Longbottom was down and it was only Weasley, herself, and Harry left.
Two of the Death Eaters sent off streams of silver light like arrows which missed but left craters in the wall behind them.
"Oi, you nearly cut off my head!" Weasley yelled.
"I think that's their aim!" Elizabeth shouted. "Watch out!"
But it was too late. With another stunner, Weasley was down. It was only Harry and herself left. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Harry running as Bellatrix Lestrange raced after him. Elizabeth knew that he was probably trying to lead them away from her and their fallen teammates in an act of self-sacrifice, but she rolled her eyes anyways. However, it seemed to work. The Death Eaters streaked after him, knocking chairs and tables flying. After hiding the others with Luna, Elizabeth sprinted after them. She ran a few feet into the new room and felt the floor vanish. She was falling, but managed to send down a cushioning charm so that the fall wouldn't hurt. Elizabeth glanced up. She saw Harry near the veil and saw him surrounded by Death Eaters.
"Let - let the others go, and I'll give it to you!" said Harry desperately.
A few of the Death Eaters laughed.
"You are not in a position to bargain, Potter," said Lucius Malfoy, his pale face flushed with pleasure. "You see, there are eight*** of us and only one of you… or hasn't Dumbledore ever taught you how to count?"
"Stupefy, stupefy, stupefy, stupefy," she whispered. Only one of them managed to land a hit, on Dolohov. The other three were blocked by the Death Eaters. Suddenly, a large Death Eater seized Elizabeth from behind, pinioning her arms at her sides. She struggled and kicked, making her seem weak, trying to find the right moment to free herself. She was really glad for Tae Kwon Do training. Several Death Eaters laughed.
"Well, well, what do we have here?" sneered Lucius Malfoy. "A little girl trying to play with the big boys? Why don't you go back to playing dollies and tea parties?"
"Why don't you take Malfoy with you and leave the country?" snapped Elizabeth.
"Stupid little Gryffindor, thinking that this is all fun and games—" Lucius Malfoy started to say before being interrupted by Bellatrix Lestrange.
"No, she's not a Gryffindor, are you?" stated Bellatrix Lestrange. "Do you not see the colours on her? She's a Slytherin!"
All of the Death Eaters were silent.
"You little blood traitor," Bellatrix Lestrange snarled. "Soiling our good house with your kind of fifth! YOU ARE A DISGRACE! YOU'RE FAMILY SHOULD BE ASHAMED!"
"I'm glad you approve, aunt," Elizabeth sneered. Everyone startled in shock, even Harry. Damn, there went that secret. "Why so surprised? I am a Burke, you know."
"Liar!" shouted Bellatrix Lestrange. "CRUCIO!"
Elizabeth screamed. She felt as if her bones were on fire, like her skin was being squeezed and then stretched to their limits, as if corkscrews were twisting in her hand, she just wanted it to end. She hadn't even realized that the Death Eater holding her dropped her; all she felt was the pain.
Bellatrix Lestrange's voice was dim through the pain. She couldn't see anything; she couldn't hear…Suddenly, the pain was gone. Elizabeth was left panting on the floor. She felt proud that she wasn't actually crying, but felt embarrassed that she had screamed. However, Elizabeth knew it was worth it. Even if she did give away her secret.
"Now, Potter, give us the prophecy or I'll have even more fun torturing this little liar," Bellatrix Lestrange snarled.
"Harry…you give it…to her…and I…will never…forgive…you…" Elizabeth managed to say between pants.
"Still resilient are you?" Bellatrix Lestrange asked. "Crucio!"
The horrible pain was back. She screamed, but as soon as she screamed, the pain went away. She dimly realized that people had burst in and some of the Death Eaters were stunned. She didn't know how, but she managed to move herself. In another moment, Harry was by her.
"Are you okay?" he yelled, as another spell soared inches over their heads.
"Peachy keen," Elizabeth said in return.
"Are you really—?"
"Is this really the time for this?!" she shouted.
A stunner had nearly hit her hand and they both scrambled away from the spot. Then a thick arm came out of nowhere and seized Harry around the neck, but went no farther than that, for Elizabeth, who had noticed that thick arm grabbing Harry away, turned around and pointed her wand at the Death Eater. "Stupefy!"
The Death Eater went down.
"Thanks," Harry said to Elizabeth, pulling her aside as Sirius Black and his Death Eater lurched past, duelling so fiercely that their wands were blurs. Harry pointed his wand at the Death Eater Sirius was fighting and said, "Petrificus Totalus!"
"Nice one!" Sirius Black shouted to Harry. "Now, I want you and the girl to—"
All three of them ducked; the Killing Curse nearly hitting Sirius Black. So, he was one of the good guys. Good to know. Across the room, Elizabeth could see one of the Order members fall from halfway up the stone steps, her limp form toppling from stone seat to stone seat and Bellatrix Lestrange, triumphant, running back towards the fray.
"Harry, take the prophecy and the girl and run!" Sirius Black yelled, dashing to meet Bellatrix Lestrange. Elizabeth did not get to see what happened next as another Order member swayed across her field of vision, battling someone she recognized to be Rockwood. She noticed another green light flying over their heads as they ducked.
"Can you run?" Harry yelled.
"And leave Sirius Black to himself? Are you mad?" yelled Elizabeth. "Bellatrix Lestrange is one of the best duellers in the world! Sirius Black may be formidable, but he won't stand a chance!"
"It doesn't matter!" Harry replied. "Sirius told us—"
Suddenly, a man lunged at them. Both dodged to the side, luckily not being hit by any of the stray curses.
"Give me the prophecy, Potter!" snarled Lucius Malfoy, his wand pointing towards Harry.
"Deprimo!" shouted Elizabeth. Lucius Malfoy felt to the ground, face first, due to the pressure of gravity. His nose broke from hitting the floor too hard.
"Stupefy!" Harry exclaimed, pointing it at Lucius Malfoy and Lucius Malfoy went down.
Then, another Death Eater came at them, but Professor Lupin managed to get into his way.
"Harry, round up the others and GO!" he shouted.
"Elizabeth, let's go!" Harry shouted. "What's more important is keeping the prophecy out of Voldemort's hands!"
As he started to run, Harry hadn't noticed the stray spell flying at him; the Killing Curse. Then again, even if he had, he wouldn't have been able to stop himself at all. Elizabeth reacted fast. "Trinus****!"
Harry immediately tripped and dodged the green light. However, he wasn't expecting that and the prophecy broke on the floor. Both of them stared at it in shock for a second before Elizabeth started apologizing and Harry stood up.
"I didn't mean for the prophecy to be smashed! I'm so sorry, you were right about to be hit by the Killing Curse and…" Elizabeth started.
"It's okay, let's just keep moving," Harry stated.
Elizabeth stared wide-eyed. "Dumbledore!"
Harry immediately turned around. Directly above them, framed in the doorway from the Brain Room, stood Albus Dumbledore, his wand aloft, his face white and furious. Elizabeth felt relieved; there was no doubt in her mind that they would make it safe. The same thought seemed to be running through Harry's mind as he didn't try to leave.
Dumbledore was already at the foot of the steps when the Death Eaters nearest realized he was there and yelled to the others. One of the Death Eaters ran for it, scrabbling like a monkey up the stone steps opposite. Dumbledore's spell pulled him back as easily and effortlessly as though he had hooked him with an invisible line -
Only one pair was still battling, apparently unaware of the new arrival. Sirius Black and Bellatrix Lestrange were still fighting. Sirius Black had dodged a red curse from Bellatrix Lestrange and was laughing at her.
"Come on, you can do better than that!" he yelled, his voice echoing around the cavernous room.
Elizabeth saw it coming and reacted. "Descendo!" she shouted, pointing at Sirius Black. Sirius Black immediately fell face first on the floor, Bellatrix Lestrange's second curse missing him by inches.
Harry also had his wand out and pointed it at Bellatrix Lestrange. "Stupefy!"
With the time it took Bellatrix Lestrange to bat it away, which was practically no time at all, Elizabeth had released Sirius Black from the jinx. Sirius Black had rolled over and stood up as Bellatrix Lestrange faced towards Harry and Elizabeth.
"So the little liar interferes again," Bellatrix Lestrange snarled. "Never again! Avada Kedavra!"
Both Elizabeth and Harry ducked and the curse sailed over their heads, nearly hitting Elizabeth. Sirius Black had continued to attack Bellatrix Lestrange, this time with another Order member joining in. Seeing the combined forces, Bellatrix Lestrange managed to hit the Order member with the same curse that hit Granger, causing him to crumble to the floor and dodging Sirius Black's curse as she ran for it. Sirius Black made to go after her, but was distracted when another Death Eater attacked him. Elizabeth saw Harry's face contort in rage and knew that he knew that Order member. In a second, Harry sprinted after Bellatrix Lestrange and Elizabeth followed. She wasn't going to let Harry face Bellatrix Lestrange by himself.
Plus, she really did owe Bellatrix Lestrange back for those Crucios.
*Locum is the made up incantation I made for the Placement Charm mentioned in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"
** Pusexsilio is the made up incantation I made up for the Pus-Squirting Hex. I'm not sure where it's from, but I saw it on Harry Potter wiki
*** Because two extra Death Eaters were taken out by Elizabeth and they hadn't felt like reviving them.
****Trinus is the made up incantation for the Tripping Hex used by Draco Malfoy in the fifth book. (So this year. xD)
A/N: Yay! Sirius doesn't die! Like I said, this was completely AU. Yes, all of the spells used was researched and taken from Harry Potter wiki. Some incantations are completely made up, those, and noted above. And yes, I just ended it on a cliff-hanger. Don't worry, I already have it written. It'll go on either in a week or when I get…five reviews. Whichever is faster. :) I would normally say ten, but I highly doubt this story is going to be THAT popular. Just the word "OC" probably had most people running for the hills…As for the mysterious Order member…well, you'll see.