Hello People of the World,
Sorry if my story feels like it's going out in too many directions. I promise you, I know where this is going. But if you feel like I should skip or add something, don't hesitate to review or PM me. Now, I want to get to the main part of the story, so let's just assume that James already got kidnapped by Felix, k?
After this disclaimer, we present Chapter 9 of The Dark One Rising. Yeah, I changed the title because it was too boring.
Disclaimer:
Me: Hmmm. Who should do my disclaimer today?
Fan Girls: Where did Harry Styles go?
Me: Girls, can you please focus on what's actually important in life?
Fan Girls: Meeting Harry Styles is our ultimate goal in life! There is nothing more important!
Ron: They need to get their priorities straight!
Me: Thank you, Ron!
Ron: There is nothing more important in life than eating. Why would you be obsessing over some celebrity when you could just eat them?
Me: *Gasps* Ron! You're a cannibal?!
Ron: You didn't know?
Me: I think I'm too nauseous to do the disclaimer…
Fan Girls: Are you serious?! You're going to skip the disclaimer? *look mortified*
Me: So you do care!
Fan Girls: Of course we do! The chapter wouldn't be the same without it!
Me: So you'll do it for me, right?
Fan Girls: Absolutely not!
Me: Fiiiine! LoopyToucan does not own the Harry Potter series or any of the original characters. Where's the glory in doing your own disclaimer?
Enjoy!
Chapter 9
Rose's POV
Rose woke up when her body slammed against a cold, stone wall. A moment later, when her fuzzy head had cleared, Rose remembered where she was. Adriana had brought her to the Lower Quarters, the dungeons that would soon be the place of her death.
"It will be a pleasure killing you," Adriana hissed, removing a long knife from the sleeves of her robes. Rose's eyes widened with fear, a few salty drops running down her cheeks. "You have caused me too much trouble. I am doing the world a favor by getting rid of you!"
"D-don't do this," Rose stammered, wiping her eyes.
"Oh, I'm afraid I have to," Adriana replied coolly, stepping closer, the blade in her hand glinting in the damp, dark room. "You are a threat to my existence, so you must die. Painfully," she spat, striding forward.
"I'll do anything you want! Just please don't kill me!" Rose cried, backing up further against the wet wall.
"No, I'm afraid that won't do," Adriana answered casually, her lips curling into a sneer. Her slender fingers tightened, snaking around the black handle of the knife.
Rose squeezed her eyes shut as hard as she could. A stray tear trickled out of her closed eyelids, leaving a gleaming track on her face. A squeak left Rose's lips when she felt the point of the blade rip through the robes covering her heart.
The terrified girl clenched her hands into fists as she felt the knife touch her sweaty skin. Rose screamed as the weapon sliced through her skin. She could only feel unbearable stinging as the knife pressed in harder. A few more seconds of this, and Rose would be dead.
All the girl could see was red. Red blood. Red lipstick. And flashing red lights…
Adriana's POV
Adriana shouted in frustration when the alarms began to blare. She slipped the now crimson knife up her sleeve, and strode towards the door of the dungeon. As Adriana left, she heard the girl collapse behind her.
Adriana's eyes were ablaze. "Stupid Weasleys," she muttered under her breath. "They had to burst in when I was about to kill her!" The wail of the alarm did not help her temper at all.
In her angry daze, she smashed into Dr. Gallagher, knocking him to the ground.
"The Weasleys are here," he reported, getting to his feet.
"Take me to them," Adriana ordered impatiently. The duo practically ran to the sterile lobby where their "guests" were waiting.
As soon as the evil woman entered the room, Ron and Hermione stood up indignantly.
"Where is my daughter?" Ron asked in a voice shaking with anger. Hermione was clutching his hand for moral support, but her expression was also livid.
"Your daughter?" Adriana mocked them. "Why I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about."
"Don't play dumb, Adriana." The bitterness in Hermione's tone was evident.
Adriana continued to look lost, only her slight smirk giving her away.
"Where is Rose?" Ron approached her, wand aimed at her chest.
Adriana dropped her confused manner at once, her wand also out. "Your daughter won't live to see her parents," she revealed, her painted lips parting in her signature smile.
Adriana laughed at the way Ron and Hermione's face changed. Hermione's face had gone pale, and her lips were pressed into a straight line.
"Take us to her!" Hermione commanded.
"And what if I refuse?" Adriana mused, tossing her black hair.
"Then we will kill you," they replied in unison.
"No, I don't think that will work."
Rose's POV
Rose woke up light-headed and covered in a sticky substance. "Where am I?" she wondered aloud, her voice echoing in the stone dungeon. Rose tried to stand, only to crumple to the floor immediately. Pain shot through her body, making her head spin.
"She tried to kill me," Rose realized, her tone disbelieving. "But she didn't." Rose examined herself carefully, but didn't find much wrong. Her arms and legs had a couple of bruises here and there, and there was a huge cut on her chest.
Rose gingerly touched the wound, and flinched. Her fingers were now coated in blood, but the pain was starting to subside. Rose touched her cut again, this time holding her hand there. Besides the initial burning, her injury was healing rapidly. To Rose's surprise and delight, the cut was closing up, and her skin was repairing.
Leaning on the wet stone wall, she managed to get to her feet without falling. Rose's head was still cloudy but after a few minutes, she could see fairly well in the dark dungeon. She started to make her way across the room, holding her arms out in front of her when she heard muffled voices and footsteps.
Rose panicked. She was going to get killed after all. I just need to get out of here, Rose told herself, taking deep, shaky breaths.
Her fearful eyes scanned the room, landing on a crack where light was coming from. Silently, Rose tip-toed across the floor to the sliver of pale light.
She pressed her fingertips against the opening in the wall, and with a creak the dungeon was flooded with life.
Rose had no time to celebrate. The voices were growing louder by the second, and the people would soon discover her. Without a second thought, Rose ran down the corridor, not daring to look back.
Adriana's POV
Adriana walked quickly down the hall, Ron and Hermione in tow. She could not help but grin at the though of what she was about to do. Adriana would lead them towards the dungeon, and then kill them.
With a dark smile and a sweeping motion of her hand, Adriana swung open the door. The couple squeezed in after her, anxious to see their daughter. But the room was empty.
Adriana let out a noise that sounded like a strangled sob, her made-up lips parted in an "o". For what seemed like an eternity, they all just stood there, completely shocked.
"Lumos," Hermione whispered, finally breaking the silence. She covered her mouth when her wand illuminated a puddle of red liquid.
"What did you do to her?" Ron choked, bending down to examine the pool of blood.
Adriana did not answer. She simply stepped outside of the dungeon, and slammed the door shut, still speechless.
Dr. Gallagher's POV
Dr. Gallagher's Pocket Communicator (PC) buzzed loudly in his pocket, interrupting the meeting he was having with the staff.
"I have to take this," he told the employees, going out into the hallway. Dr. Gallagher slipped the PC out of his lab coat, and clicked the right hand button. The vibrating stopped abruptly as he viewed the message some on had sent him.
The girl has escaped. I need you to find her immediately while I deal with her parents. Search the lab until you have found her. Lock every entrance and exit and post guards just in case.
-A
Dr. Gallagher wiped his forehead with his handkerchief, and set out to alert the people in the building that an OP was on the loose.
Rose's POV
Rose froze when she heard her parents' names float down from one of the upper levels. She strained her ears to listen in on the rest of the conversation.
"Adriana has those Weasleys in the dungeons. I think she's about to kill them," a voice said excitedly.
Rose didn't bother to find out any more information; she just rushed towards the place where she had been captive not too long ago.
When Rose neared the Lower Quarters, she slowed down, padding silently towards the door. Cautiously, Rose put her ear against the wet door. From the angry voices inside, she determined that she could spy on the situation without being spotted.
Every so carefully, Rose pushed the door open just a crack. She could make out three faint figures moving slowly towards her lookout point.
The dungeon was suddenly filled with light, and Rose barely muffled her gasp. She could now clearly see Adriana advancing towards her cowering parents, brandishing her wand threateningly.
"Obliviate!"
Ron and Hermione slumped to the floor, their expressions completely placid. Rose clamped her hand to her mouth, gazing at her parents' blank faces.
And she sprinted away, up countless flights of stairs, through any door she came across, unable to get the image of her parents' vacant eyes out of her mind.
Dun, dun, DUUHN! I hope this chapter was good.
Sorry if you guys had trouble finding this because of the title change. I felt that What Happened Next was not an appropriate title, so I changed it to The Dark One Rising. I hope you guys like it better.
Please brighten my day with a review!
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