Sara Montgomery

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Refusing Voldemort

"I'm almost there." Sara Montgomery said as she was trying to find a cure for Avada Kedavra.

In the confusion after Voldemort's defeat, she had been overlooked for guardianship of Harry Potter. The boy's parents, Lily and James, were dead, his godfather, Sirius, was sent to Azkaban, Peter was "killed", Remus was a werewolf, his godmother, Spica, was out of the country with Melissa and they probably didn't even know of their deaths, and Sara's true love, John, was also out of the country, and likely to also not know of James and Lily's deaths either. When Sara had brought the subject up with Dumbledore, he told her that it was safer for Harry to be with Petunia and Vernon due to Lily's sacrifice.

Her best friend, Lily, and her husband, James, had been killed by Voldemort. The 14th anniversary of their death would be on Halloween. She wanted to get the potion done with before then. She was so close. The closest thing she had was a spell to bring ghosts back. She attempted that one on Bertha Jorkins, but wanted to try the A.K. cure (as she called it) on her friends. At least then she could get Harry away from his aunt and uncle.

There were only two written copies of the potion to bring back ghosts. One she gave to Albus Dumbledore to put in the Restricted Section of the Hogwarts Library. The other one she gave to her friend, Remus Lupin. Her copy was in her head.

"Maybe if I change the amount of Dragon Blood." She thought.

KNOCK…..KNOCK

She looked up.

The door opened.

"HEY! I DIDN'T SAY TO ENTER!" she yelled at the intruder as she grabbed her wand to defend herself.

The intruder came into the room where the cauldron was bubbling. She paled at the sight of him.

It was Voldemort.

"It's true then." She managed to say. "Dumbledore said that you've return."

"Miss. Montgomery." Voldemort greeted her.

He was followed by a swarm of Death Eaters.

"What…What do you want?" she asked.

"I have a proposition for you Miss. Montgomery." Voldemort said.

"If it's about John, forget it. He's away from England, so I know for a fact that you don't have him."

"No. Mr. Newton has not shown his face for a while." A Death Eater who sounded like Malfoy said.

"Then, what's the proposition?" she asked knowing what her answer was already.

"You, my dear," Voldemort said, "Are an expert at Potions. Even more so that Severus Snape. However, I question his loyalties."

"And you want me to take his place?" Sara finished.

"But of course. I could use your wonderful knowledge of…"

"Haven't you ever heard the saying "Flattery will get you nowhere?"" she interrupted angrily. "I know where my loyalties lie. And they're with Dumbledore."

"Sara. Please think this over." A very familiar voice came. "You have a better chance of survival if you do this."

"Peter Pettigrew?" she asked. "You're alive?"

Realization dawned on her.

"It was YOU wasn't it? YOU betrayed Lily and James! YOU were the spy!"

"Of course." Voldemort said. "Wormtail is one of my most loyal followers. It's because of him that I am back."

"How could you Peter?" she said. "Did your friendship with Sirius, James, and Remus mean NOTHING to you? You don't deserve to be called "Wormtail". That was a name that James and Sirius thought up. I will NOT think this over. My mind is made up. I will NEVER join you, Voldemort."

"Then you leave me no choice." Voldemort said as he pulled out his wand.

"Stupify!" she yelled at him.

A loyal Death Eater took the stunning spell for his master.

"You just made your biggest mistake Miss. Montgomery. Avada Kedavra!"

A flash of green light hit Sara and she blacked out.

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A few months later,

Sara woke up on a stone floor. Everything was blurry. The last thing she remembered was Voldemort saying those cursed words.

"W-What happened?" she asked as she sat up.

When her vision came back into focus, she looked around. She knew this place, she had performed some of her earlier potions here. However, wasn't she fighting Voldemort in her carpeted living room? This was one of the girls' bathrooms at Hogwarts. But not just any bathroom.

"And why in the world am I in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom?"

Just then, she realized that she wasn't alone. She saw a young boy with messy black hair. She knew him as well, but the last she heard, he was dead.

"James? I thought you were…"

She just remembered that this was the girls' bathroom. And Myrtle didn't usually let boys in.

Wait. What in bloody hell are YOU doing in Myrtle's bathroom?"

"I'm not James." The boy explained

She then noticed the piercing green eyes that used to stare up at her as she held him in her arms when he was a baby.

"Harry? The last time I saw you, you were only a baby learning how to walk and talk." Sara said standing up.

She then noticed a bushy haired girl and a redheaded boy.

"And I see you also have some friends."

"Yes. This is Hermione Granger and the redhead over by the door is Ron Weasley." Harry introduced his friends.

"Weasley? One of Arthur's and Molly's kids?" She asked when the boy laying on the floor started to stir.

"Yep." Ron answered.

"Ouch. What hit me?" Another boy, who was on the floor, asked.

"The killing curse." Harry told him.

"Harry?" the boy asked before looking around.

"Care to explain why we're in the girl's bathroom?" he asked.

"Would you have rather woken up in the Chamber of Secrets, Cedric?" Hermione asked him.

Wasn't Cedric Diggory killed in June? And how would Harry, Ron, and Hermione get into the Chamber of Secrets? And didn't Voldemort use the killing curse on me? What the bloody hell is going on here? Sara thought.

"Good point Hermione." Cedric Diggory said getting up.

"How would we have gotten to the Chamber of Secrets?" Sara asked.

"Oh. Well, Harry is a mmph." Ron said before Harry went over to cover his mouth.

"Well, I brought the cloak just in case we get caught. I'll explain everything later. For now, let's just get to the Gryffindor Common Room." Harry said holding the silver cloak.

"I should have known you'd inherit James' old cloak" Sara said

The End

A/N: Recognize that last part? It's from Sirius' Potion Mistake.