A.N.-In response to an anonymous review that I got I would just like to let everyone know that yes I was putting in a lot of details into my chapters. Also yes I will not put so much in because there is going to be a lot of action. I needed to get all of the little things out of the way so I can just focus on the action from now on.
Disclaimer-I still don't own any of the characters but I do own the plot actually…or at least I think I do…
Fred entered the giant castle with his wand raised and whispered, "Lumos." Fred could now see the room. It looked like it was from a horror movie. Like the ones that they watched during his and George's sixth year. Hermione had mentioned something about horror movie so they got a TV and a lot of scary movies. He and George would sit for hours making fun of the characters and how brainless they were. But that wasn't the point. The point was that this entry hallway looked like it was pulled out of one.
Snape lead the way down the entry hallway. Fred noticed that shadows seemed to move in this place and spider webs seemed to be around every corner. White sheets covered in dust hung over chairs and tables, protecting the furniture from bugs and debris. Their footsteps echoed in the large hall and Fred imagined that this place must've looked grand at one time or another.
Either way it didn't matter now. All that mattered was finding that horn.
"Please tell me you know your way around this place." Fred whispered.
"Yes and at the same time no." Snape replied in a hushed tone.
"Care to elaborate?"
"Well I have spent my whole life surrounded by dark magic. After awhile you start to develop a kind of sixth sense to it. I can just tell where it is. It's no different here. But no, I've never been here."
Fred wasn't exactly sure how to take that. It was creepy but also refreshing…? Maybe…?
"How lovely…" Was all that he said.
The two continued through the darkness not saying anything. They came to the far end of the hall and there was a large door.
"I wonder..." Snape murmured. He slowly reached out towards the handle of the door and tried to grab it. His hand came in contact with the handle and he gripped it and pulled the door open. "How strange…" He said. "It looks like we'll have to walk through doors and not walls. That also means that doors could be locked but if I'm correct we'll be able to use effective magic in this place."
Fred smiled and touched the door. It was good to be able to touch something and for that moment Fred forgot that he was dead. However, before he could savor the feeling Snape said, "Let's get going." Fred frowned for a second before following him through the door. They made their way through the large structure. Fred was tense the entire time. Partly because he was in a large, creepy castle but also because finding the horn would mean he was one step closer to being alive.
After what seemed like forever, Snape finally opened the door that lead to the catacombs underneath the building. There was a cliché staircase leading down into darkness.
"That is probably the creepiest thing I have ever seen." Fred said.
"I'm afraid I can't say the same." Snape replied.
Fred rolled his eyes and said, "Do all abandoned castles have dark creepy staircases? I mean you would think someone would use something original."
"And how many castles have you been in, Mr. Weasley?"
"….Just two…"
"That's what I thought." Snape started down the stairs with Fred close behind him. The stairs were old and unstable. Fred took each step with caution but he still almost fell a few times. The walls were damp and slippery so they weren't much of a help. The stairs ended and opened up into a large room. There were five tunnels leading from the room. The walls were lined with coffins and random pieces of bones. Fred shuddered as he walked through the room but tried to not let himself get too worked up. Snape walked through the fourth tunnel.
"Are you sure this is the right way? I wouldn't want to get lost down here..." Fred said and his voice echoed down the long corridor.
"Of course I am. This tunnel is seeping with dark magic. We are definitely close." Snape answered without slowing down. Fred felt his insides clench as the shock of what he had to do soon came rushing at him in one swift moment. His knees started to shake but he kept walking. He had no other choice. It was the only way.
Snape abruptly turned around and said, "It is just around this corner. No matter what happens, you need to take the object and get out. If I am destroyed just get out and get as far away as possible. Return to your shop where I have left everything that you will need to find the rest of the objects."
"When did you put them there?" Fred asked shocked.
"Don't ask stupid questions." Was all that Snape said before rounding the corner. Fred followed and entered a room…or at least that's what he thought it was. It was pitch black except for the small glows of their wands. From what Fred could tell it was an extremely large room with a high ceiling. Fred could tell from the echoes of their feet stepping against hard stone.
Snape lead the way across the large room. It seemed to take longer than it should have but that could have been due to the fact that Fred could feel his pulse beating at an unusually fast pace.
As they reached the other side of the room, Snape ran his wand alongside the wall. Where Fred had expected rock there was rusted metal. "This is it. I don't know what'll happen when I open this door so stand back. Fred obeyed hurriedly and Snape lifted his and said "Reducto." The door burst off its hinges and landed twenty feet away with a large bang that seemed to run around the room and continue down the passage from which they came.
Fred held his breath. He waited for some movement from inside the dark room. Nothing moved. No sound was made. After awhile Fred looked at Snape who took a step forward and into the door. For once, Fred did not follow. Fred could see the glow from Snape's wand as he entered and there, in the center of the light was the horn sitting on a shelf. Fred finally let out his breath. They had found it. From what Fred could see it looked like an ordinary unicorn horn…nothing special.
As Snape reached for the horn, however, a sudden force flew back trough the doorway and slammed him in the back wall. He fell to the ground and didn't stir. Fred was going to run to him but he then remembered what Snape had said. He turned his attention back to the room with the horn.
A blue ball of light appeared and before Fred could wonder what it was it started to grow. It was soon the size of a bludger and then grew to the size of a quaffel. And even then it got bigger. It expanded to the size of Fred and even bigger yet. Fred had to back up as it came out of the room, still growing. When it was almost the half the size of the room, it started to shift form. Fred could make out four legs and a tail. Fred soon realized it was taking the shape of an enormous horse…no, not a horse...an enormous unicorn. As if on cue the room was lit up. Torches that Fred hadn't noticed started burning along each wall. For the first time Fred saw how big the room actually was. It was the size of the Great Hall.
Fred chuckled a little. He was supposed to fight a giant unicorn? How crazy was that. The unicorn stood up on its hind legs and two giant hooves came down. They would have smashed Fred into oblivion if his instincts hadn't kicked in and made him dive out of the way. "Alright," Fred said to himself, "maybe this'll be harder than it looks."
The beast seemed to have all of the powers of an ordinary unicorn…that was until it decided that shooting a giant ball of dark magic at him again and again would be fun. Fred decided that this wasn't fun at all. He dodged out of the way of the first one and casted portago on himself for the next…which wasn't exactly his brightest idea in the world. The dark magic ripped right through his shield like a knife through a piece of fruit. It hit him on his left shoulder and sent him flying.
He was flown back twenty feet and then hit the ground hard. He groaned a little but got back up for he wasn't quite finished yet. He glanced at Snape quickly who still hadn't moved before shifting his eyes to the now advancing unicorn…how wonderful.
"Stupify!" He yelled while pointing his wand at the giant figure. It sailed towards the beast and went directly through it, not affecting it in the slightest. Fred dove out of the way as the beast charges him.
"How the hell am I supposed to beat this thing?" Fred said to himself. One wrong move and he would be destroyed.
He heard a groan from his left where Snape lay. Then came a low mumble but Fred thought he understood. "The horn you idiot…the horn!"
Why hadn't he thought of that? Fred shook his head and decided on one stupid move that would either kill him or…well not. He braced himself as the unicorn charged him again. He could feel its dark power and rage that emanated from its form as it grew closer and closer. Time seemed to slow down as Fred got ready to sacrifice everything. He could feel his heart slow down to a crawl and his breathing became low and shallow. He was completely calm and confident. He kept his gaze on the two front legs and when they had gotten so close the next step would have crushed him, he bent his knees and sprang forward. He twisted his body in such a way that he sailed through the gap in between the unicorns front two legs. He landed in the center of the unicorn's underbelly which still left two legs hurdling towards him. In an instant he had gotten to his feet and rolled right under the unicorn's back right leg when it was highest in the air. The hoof came stomping down right behind him but he didn't have time to stop.
He ran as fast as his dead legs could carry him towards the small room but it wasn't fast enough. The beast had turned around was running at full speed directly at Fred's back. He could feel the dark energy grow as it got closer with every step he took. Fred was five feet from the horn now and right as he was reaching out to grasp the horn he felt something sharp and pointed pierce his back. A smoldering pain shot through his veins and seemed to light all of his insides on fire. He couldn't stop though…he needed to keep going. He was only a few inches away. Fred stretched his arm, barred his teeth and pushed his legs a little further until he could reach the horn…and he did. He finally gripped it in his hand.
A loud screeching noise came from the horrendous beast. He felt it twist and jerk through the horn that was still inside of him. Searing pain shot throughout his bloodstream with every move the creature made. Fred could not help but scream and drop to his knees. Finally the horn tore through back through his body and Fred was released. Fred fell to the ground, still crying out in pain. It was as if he thrown into Satan's infernal house of inferno. Fred watched from ground as the unicorn slowly grew smaller and smaller until it was only a small blue sphere again. Then with a pop it was gone.
That was the last thing that Fred saw before he closed his eyes and the shadow took him under.
A.N.-The end! I bet you didn't guess it would end that quickly but it did so deal with it. Actually I'm kidding…there's still more but it would be really mean if I just ended it. So there will be a next chapter…I promise.
