As we began to head towards the portrait, I asked, "Where are we going exactly?"
"The forest, there will be death eaters all over, so stay close and be alert. Don't hesitate to stun them or anything," Harry warned, like he has done this before. Well, I guess he has. We began to run out of the common room, and the first corner we rounded, we saw a couple of death eaters staring straight at us.
"Stupefy!" screamed Harry and Hermione in unison. The two death eaters were on their backs before they could even conjure up a spell. We kept running. I have no idea where we were going, but we slowed down before one of the exits towards the Forbidden Forest.
"Let me go alone," said Harry, acting brave. But, Hermione latched onto his arm, as if saying that she would not let him go without her. Before any of us could decide what was going on, some familiar faces appeared before us.
"Well, lookey who we found, Lucius," Bellatrix sneered.
"Yes. A Weasley. A filthy mudblood. And, oh, of course, Potter. And oh, our old friend, Taylor," Lucius examined. The four of us could only stand there, facing our enemies. If one of us reached for a wand, we were sure to die.
"I think somebody wants to meet one of you. But, seeing as how you all look like you want to stick together, why don't we just bring all of you? Shall we?" Bellatrix suggested. Before we could realize what was happening, they began to get a hold of us. Lucius held onto Hermione and Ron while Bellatrix grabbed Harry and me.
Lucius and his prisoners soon vanished. I guess we were going to dissapparate to the forest. Why couldn't we just walk? Before Bellatrix could dissapparate, I felt somebody latch onto my arm.
We landed in the deepest part of the forest. I have never been here before. When my eyes were adjusted to the darkness, I saw two other bodies lying next to me. Ron and Hermione. Who held on to me before we vanished? Before I could think of the possibilities, I felt a sharp pain in my leg. When I lowered my hand to see what it was, my hand was filled with warm blood.
I began to panic, wondering if my leg was actually there. I didn't have time to think about that either, because two dark objects began to lift me up off of the ground. I didn't even bother to try and wriggle out; I knew that they could kill me with one flick.
I was brought over to a larger group of dark objects. I guess that this was Voldemort's clan. They were speaking to Harry. I could hear Voldemort's slithering voice as he stalked in front of Harry. Harry, however, wasn't restrained. His feet were firmly planted on the ground, and he was staring at the monster before him.
"I can finally kill you Potter. Now that I am stronger than before, I will finally be able to kill you once and for all!"
"Didn't you think that once before? You have no chance. And if you think you do, then prove it!" Harry dared. I swear something was wrong with that boy.
When I fell to the ground, I was not aware of what had just happened. Somebody had stunned whoever was holding me up. I heard someone yell, "Run!"
I was not dumb. I obeyed and began to run as far as my hurt leg could take me. That was not far, however. A tall black-haired woman emerged in front of me.
"What? Were you not having a good time?" Bellatrix asked. When her wand began to twitch in her hand, I knew what she was going to say. As the green light began to shoot towards me, I lunged to the right; missing the killing curse by a millimeter. "What's wrong? Don't you want to go join your worthless mother?"
Oh, she did not just go there. I hopped up, found my wand, and had courage inside of me that I had no idea I had. "Don't…say that about my mother…you bitch," I raged.
"Stupefy!" screamed a boy's voice behind me. I turned around to see a death eater fall, and Draco right behind him.
"Draco! What do you think you're doing?" Bellatrix screeched. Soon, my wand and Draco's wand were facing Bellatrix in a triangle. "I thought you knew that we were coming tonight? Didn't I tell you? Slipped my mind then," she teased.
"So you didn't lie to me?" I asked Draco, turning my attention away from the death eater.
"Of course not. My family didn't tell me that the story I heard was a diversion. Isn't that right?"
"You're smart now aren't you? Did you honestly think we would tell you the real plan? I knew you would go and tell yer girlfriend about it," Bellatrix answered. I should have realized that it was a diversion. It makes sense why they wouldn't tell him about it. That was brilliant on their part.
A bright golden light interfered with our discussion. All three of us looked over to see Voldemort and Harry. Their wands pointed at each other, yet a ball of light was in the middle of the two. I turned back to find Bellatrix still staring at the duel.
"Expelliarmus!" I screamed, and her wand was now on the forest floor. She then had a look of panic, once Draco actually found her wand. At that moment, the air began to grow cold. I felt as if I would never be happy again. Never in my whole life have I felt this unhappy and uncomfortable. Bellatrix knew what was coming and was able to dissapparate before the dementors came looking for her.
The gold light between Harry and Voldemort vanished after it rushed over to Voldemort. The rest of the death eaters began to disappear as dementors began to move closer. The last thing I heard was a large scream as Voldemort disappeared.
A black hooded object made its way over to Draco. It swooped down and began to suck air in. I couldn't let Draco suffer the dementor's kiss. Unfortunately, I couldn't stop his dementor, because I had one of my own. I could not describe how I felt, but it was most unpleasant. I don't know how long the dementors lasted on us. A white object began to float around the area. This scared the dementors away, leaving our souls at ease.
When I gained conciseness, I saw Draco sitting not to far away from me. Hermione and Ron ran out from a couple of bushes in front of us. "Taylor! Are you okay? Where's Harry? What happened?" Hermione ambushed me with questions. I pointed to where Harry was last, and Ron and Hermione ran over to him. I began to stand up myself, but a sharp pain in my leg got the best of me. I fell down in pain. I still have no idea what happened to it.
"Are you okay?" Draco asked. I looked over, and his face looked solemn in the dark.
"Yeah, just my leg. Were you really going duel part of your family if needed; to help save me?" I asked. Wondering what he was going to do when his aunt was with us.
"Yes. I realize that that woman is no family to me if she will hurt somebody I love."
"You love me?" Hearing that come from the boy who has been known for a bad-boy reputation was strange.
"Of course I do. Taylor, I am crazy about you. If I wasn't, do you think I would have told you Voldemort's plan or anything of the sort?" he asked. I smiled because I knew that it was true. He really did love me. "Do you need any help?" he asked when he was standing over me.
He then proceeded to pick me up in his arms like a baby. I leaned my face near his ear and whispered, "I love you too."
We found Harry and the other two. They were beginning to walk towards us. "Taylor, are you okay?" Harry asked. I managed to pipe out that I was. None of us wanted to talk about what happened. All we wanted to do was get back to Hogwarts. By now, the sun was beginning to rise. This made escaping the forest a little bit easier.
As the five of us emerged from the forest, we saw Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall running towards us. "What on Earth happened?" the older woman asked, deeply concerned.
Harry then began to tell what happened. He only needed to tell them that Voldemort was back, when their faces were of sheer terror.
"But, he's gone now," Harry finished. I still wanted to know what happened between them, but I realize that this was not the best time.
"Mr. Potter, you must be sent immediately to the Hospital Wing. Ms. Granger, Mr. Weasley, you two go back to your common room. You too as well, Mr. Malfoy. As for you Ms. Grey, Dumbledore would like a word with you," McGonagall ordered.
"Professor, Taylor is hurt, she can't walk. Let me take her to the Hospital Wing first," Draco proposed. When his sense of care was in the air, Professor Snape began to raise an eyebrow at the boy.
"Very well." We all began to walk back into the castle, splitting apart from Ron and Hermione. Draco carried me all the way through the castle, not caring if anyone saw him. There were many astonished faces crowding the hallways, trying to see what was going on.
Madam Pomfrey rushed outside of the Hospital Wing doors. She hurried Harry inside. Draco then walked inside with me, and set me down on a bed near Harry. I never actually had looked at my leg in the light. The sight of the blood, however, was enough for me. Everything then became black.
"Ms. Grey? Taylor?" echoed a woman's voice. I looked up to see Madam Pomfrey standing above me.
"What happened?" I asked. Madam Pomfrey then began to explain how my leg was splinched when I dissapparated. I then fainted when I saw the blood on my leg. I never did have a strong stomach.
"But, I bandaged you up. Don't open up the bandage yet, I don't want you tear the new skin growing. Dumbledore has asked for you, you can go now," she ordered.
