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Deleted Scenes
Take 1:
Down in the Dungeons
"I just can't believe it!" Parvati screamed. She pressed her arms on the metal bars and the cell shook, loudly. Beside her, Neville, Dean, Padma, Luna and Colin were looking at her sadly. Not able to take it anymore, she threw her hands up in the air. "How could they do this to us? To...Harry? I thought Lavender, Hermione and Ginny were our friends!"
"Harry is dead," Neville said, blankly. His knees were clutched to his face and his eyes were red from crying. "We have no more hope."
"Because those effing bitches killed him," Dean growled, "I can't believe I actually dated a Death Eater...I dated two Death Eaters!"
"Well, I wouldn't have guessed they'd be the daughters of V-V- You Know Who, either." Padma said, bitterly. "Why did they have to betray us? They were on the winning side! They were Harry's friend!"
"Maybe they were never on our side," Luna said, quietly. Her eyes had lost their usual dreamy look and her pale blonde hair was piled up in a messy bun. Her eyes had black marks underneath them, and she looked far from the Luna they knew. Distinctly, she could hear a light thumping sound and she looked up, with true fear shining in her eyes.
"At least we're here together," Colin shivered. The sound of footsteps came closer and they all jerked their heads upwards. Three cloaked figures appeared and instantly they knew who was behind the cloaks. Death Eaters didn't travel in groups of three...only the Dark Sisters did that, and their torture was by far the worst.
"Hm, I'm in a good mood today," said the one in the middle, twirling her dark brown wand, "Gin, Lav, how about we give these little prisoners some...special treatment?"
She was met by a dark laugh from Ginny, who pulled out her own wand, "I say, bring it on, Mione. You ready, girls?"
"I've been dying to try this spell for ages," Lavender smirked, "It's supposed to be a hundred times worse than the Cruciatus curse!"
Colin's eyes flashed. The girls started laughing again and they all yelled out, simultaneously, "Crucixa Imperia!"
Parvati watched, terrified, as a black beam of light hit Colin on the chest. Immediately the boy fell to his knees and started screaming, unbearably. His tortured screams echoed across the dungeons, and behind the cell the three girls were looking at him, sneering at the sheer lack of bravery he had. Parvati glared at them, before shaking Colin, who snapped out of the spell. When Parvati looked him over, she gasped. The small boy had a large scar on his cheek and a one that covered his arm, which were both bleeding uncontrollably. He was clutching several broken bones in his rib and his shirt was soaked red. Padma rushed to the poor boy and slowly pulled up Colin's shirt. Parvati stared at his pale stomach, a lump in her throat. There, carved on his stomach, were the words:
Lady Darkness
"How could you!" Dean shouted, staring at Colin in horror.
"Oh, it was quite easy, really," Hermione shrugged, "The spell was supposed to kill him, but since that didn't work...how about we try the traditional way? Poor old Creevey, they'll say, he died in pain. Avada Kedavra!" There was a bright green light which shot its way to Colin. Parvati screamed and jumped in front of Colin, purely out of reflex. There was a loud thud and Parvati fell to the floor, dead.
"P-Parvati...?" Padma said, tears falling. She turned to Hermione, and screamed. "YOU KILLED MY SISTER! YOU KILLED PARVATI!"
"She deserved it," Lavender said, coldly. Neville stared at her in disbelief.
"Too bad Colin is still alive. Oh well, he'll die of blood loss, anyway." Ginny snickered. She turned to retreat back up the stairs, before sending one last smirk towards them. "We have to go, anyway. We have three weddings to prepare for, you know."
"Weddings...?" Dean asked, his voice wavering.
"You haven't heard?" Hermione sneered. She flashed the emotional prisoners her dark green diamond ring. "Draco and I are getting married, Blaise proposed to Ginny last week and Seamus to Lav yesterday."
Neville's anger rose, "You're getting married! To...to Slytherins...? Who ARE you? I feel like I don't even know you anymore."
"That's because you don't," Ginny cackled. She pointed her wand at Neville, "...and just for that...Crucio!" Neville screamed in pain, and the three girls walked out, laughing. "You'll meet the same fate as your parents, Longbottom!"
A few cells down, a dark haired woman clenched her hand, this was enough. She couldn't have her students suffering this much. They needed help, they needed reinforcements. She gritted her teeth, and using all the magic energy she had, she summoned her Patronus. She felt her magic weaken, and with one burst, she transferred a silvery wisp into a small bottle. Her Patronus flickered and her shoulders shook, but she still maintained the balance. With one final thrust, her Patronus galloped off through the small slit. The woman could barely manage a smile, and instantly she collapsed.
That was the day Minerva McGonagall died.
Take 2:
Order's News
Molly Weasley wasn't in the greatest of moods. Ron and Ginny had still not written to her, and neither had Harry or Hermione. She sighed, as she bustled into the crowded room of 12 Grimmauld Place, where the other members of the Order were already seated. Pushing all the thoughts of her children out of her mind, she quickly took a seat next to Arthur and Charlie (who was visiting for the weekend).
The Order of the Phoenix had sort of 'closed down' after Voldemort was defeated, so for Moody to be calling a meeting, it must've been pretty important. Molly ran a hand through her dark red hair and watched as Moody made his way to the front of the small group. His magical eye flashed around the room, and he waited until everyone was quiet.
"Minerva has sent a Patronus," Moody shouted. Everybody stared at him, not comprehending why that was so important. The man started pacing, "The Patronus disappeared only three hours after arriving to us! Do you KNOW what that means?" Molly looked at him, blankly. "Remus and I could not find ANY trace of Minerva AT ALL!"
Molly gasped, and her hand flew to her mouth. Beside her, everybody was having similar reactions. Moody stopped pacing and held up a single Pensieve, "Yes, Minerva is DEAD! I always told you lot – CONSTANT VIGILANCE! Look where ignorance got old McGonagall! She sent us her memory with her Patronus. I have not yet looked in it, for SAFETY measures. Remus said the entire Order should be here to open it!" Nobody moved. "Well? WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?"
Molly rushed to the front and leaned into the Pensieve. She felt herself being sucked into the memory, and she and the rest of the Order landed in one corner of the Great Hall. She looked at everyone and she saw Moody cast a spell to ensure that they wouldn't be able to move. Molly sighed as she watched the memory.
Laughter echoed across the Great Hall.
"This looks..." Fred began.
"...Normal enough." George finished.
Suddenly the doors of the Great Hall flew open. There was a loud scream from the Ravenclaw table. Cloaked figures with white masks were marching into the room.
"Death Eaters...!" Augusta screamed. "What are they doing here?"
The room broke out in chaos. The teachers tried to rush the students to safety, but there were too many Death Eaters. At the very end of the line, was a dark haired man with dark green robes.
"It can't be! You-Know-Who is dead!" Remus was turning very pale. "Harry killed him!"
More mysteriously, following him were three cloaked figures. One had bright red eyes and the other two a blinding brown.
"There's something weird about them," Moody's eyes narrowed. "Watch the Death Eater with the red eyes!"
Molly nodded, and kept her eyes trained onto the figure.
Cho Chang shot a curse at the DE, but it deflected it with one hand. Cho flew back to the wall and she started bleeding. The DE spoke, "You know, Cho, I would kill you right here and now, but I want you to see something first...but don't worry, I won't leave you without a goodbye gift...Crucio!"
Molly gasped, "How could she be so cruel!"
"That's Death Eaters," said someone behind her.
The Chinese girl writhed in pain and the DE turned around. Neville walked up bravely to it and shot an Expelliarmus. The DE easily dodged it and shot a spell that pinned him to the floor. It put on foot on Neville and bones started cracking. It laughed, "You know Neville, and it's always your bravery that gets you in a fickle. You should've been a Hufflepuff...hm; I always knew you were worthless. Not to worry, I won't forget you this time...Crucio!"
"NEVILLE...NO!" Augusta screeched, as the old lady desperately tried to fight the spell. Tears were falling down her face.
The DE laughed a loud, evil laugh and pointed it's wand at the sky. There was a flash of thunder and the Great Hall became a dim room, with students sprawled across the floor.
"Look – Molly, isn't that your sister?" Amelia Bones gasped, as she pointed to a brunette get up.
Molly gaped, "Celena!"
Celena strode towards Voldemort and kissed him on the cheek.
"CELENA, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" Molly screeched. Moody looked at her, annoyed and she shut up, staring at Celena in a mixture of shock and sadness.
"You are no longer safe here!" Voldemort laughed, "Voldemort has risen once again, and now – Hogwarts is the new lair of the Dark Lord!"
"No, it can't be," Bill gasped.
"You will never succeed," Parvati was struggling against the ropes, "Not unless Hermione, Ginny, Ron and Harry are still alive! They will defeat you!"
"Is that so?" Voldemort sneered, "Come out, girls."
"What is he talking about?"
"Girls...what girls...?"
The three hooded figures stepped forward. They all nodded. The first one stepped forward and dropped her cloak, to reveal a brunette.
"Lavender...?" Arthur said, "That's Ron's ex-girlfriend!"
"S-She's a Death Eater?"
Parvati was shocked, "HOW COULD YOU BETRAY US!"
"Easy," Lavender drawled as she pointed her wand at Parvati, "You guys just didn't have the time, so I made some better friends...Crucio!"
Parvati's scream echoed across the room and the second figure laughed, "Come on, Lav, leave some fun for us!"
The Weasley's paled, that voice was only too familiar.
"Who are you then!" Dean yelled.
"Only your ex-girlfriend," She smiled, sweetly as she removed her cloak, to reveal a red-head.
"NO! GINNY! Why did you go over to that side?" Molly shouted, tears falling.
Ginny sneered, "Ginevra Devia Riddle, daughter of Tom Riddle,"
"Daughter of Tom Riddle...?" Moody boomed, turning to a shocked Molly.
"...And Molly Ravenclaw-Weasley at your service..."
"You and Voldemort...Ginny...?" Bill choked. Percy looked completely startled and Fred and George was gobsmacked. Molly turned death white as she remembered her 'mission' and Arthur paled even more.
The last figure snickered. Everyone turned to her. The last death eater stepped forward, and curtseyed. She slipped of her cloak, to reveal brown hair and red eyes.
"Hermione...?" Many Order Members shouted, "She doesn't have red eyes...but...She's a DEATH EATER?"
Hermione sniggered, "I am Hermione Cassandra Riddle, daughter of Tom Riddle and Celena Ravenclaw-Riddle, heir to Slytherin and Ravenclaw. I am, as you will call me, the Lady of Darkness."
"How is this possible?" Molly cried.
"You-you will never be!" Cho shrieked, "Harry Potter...he will kill you-you betrayers!"
"We'll see," Hermione smirked. "Draco, babe, Blaise...you know your cue."
Draco lowered his hood and pecked her on the lips, who smirked at the students, "Of course, Mi."
"This is wrong!" George cried, distraught. "This can't be true!"
Blaise smiled evilly and thrust forward Harry, who was bleeding in various places and scarred in other. He had several fractured bones and his hair was trickling with blood.
"No! Harry...what they did to you?" Molly wept, as many Order members stared in horror at their saviour.
"This is your last chance," Voldemort laughed, evilly, "You can surrender and join us, or die in the fight."
Nobody moved, but finally Seamus staggered up and bowed to Voldemort. "Sorry guys, but I'm fighting on this side. Besides, I like Lavender too much to fight against her."
"Seamus, no...!" Mrs Finnigan shouted, in vain.
The Dark Mark appeared on Seamus's hand and Padma stared, shocked, and she too yelled, "How could you! How could you betray Harry?"
"You put too much trust into your saviour," Bellatrix screeched, "The Dark Lord will kill him now, and you will have to watch your precious Harry Pothead die!"
"He won't," said Augusta, glaring furiously at Bellatrix.
Hermione laughed and turned to Voldemort, Celena, Ginny and Lavender, "On three...one...two...three..." Everybody stared, worriedly, and the Death Eaters started laughing. The wands grew green and it hit Harry.
"Avada Kedavra!"
"No, no, no!" Tonks shrieked, "Not Harry...!"
Harry looked shocked and the green light hit him. He slumped down, lifeless. Voldemort started laughing and the Death Eaters bowed.
"THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!" Several people bellowed, but Molly was too distraught to pay attention. She was staring at the memory, which flickered to show a different one.
Three cloaked figures appeared and instantly they knew who was behind the cloaks. Neville, Luna, Colin, Parvati, Padma and Dean stared at them nervously.
"Hm, I'm in a good mood today," said the one in the middle, twirling her dark brown wand, "Gin, Lav, how about we give these little prisoners some...special treatment?"
"No," someone said, "Why are we watching this?"
She was met by a dark laugh from Ginny, who pulled out her own wand, "I say, bring it on, Mione. You ready, girls?"
"I've been dying to try this spell for ages," Lavender smirked, "It's supposed to be a hundred times worse than the Cruciatus curse!"
"T-there's no such spell," Nymphadora said, unsurely.
Colin's eyes flashed. The girls started laughing again and they all yelled out, simultaneously, "Crucixa Imperia!"
A black beam of light hit Colin on the chest. Immediately the boy fell to his knees and started screaming, unbearably. His tortured screams echoed across the dungeons. The small boy had a large scar on his cheek and a one that covered his arm, which were both bleeding uncontrollably. He was clutching several broken bones in his rib and his shirt was soaked red. Padma rushed to the poor boy and slowly pulled up Colin's shirt. There, carved on his stomach, were the words:
Lady Darkness
"How could you do that, girls?" Molly asked, tears falling.
"How could you!" Dean voiced Molly.
"Oh, it was quite easy, really," Hermione shrugged, "The spell was supposed to kill him, but since that didn't work...how about we try the traditional way? Poor old Creevey, they'll say, he died in pain. Avada Kedavra!"
Everybody stared, horrified at the scene.
There was a bright green light which shot its way to Colin. Parvati screamed and jumped in front of Colin, purely out of reflex. There was a loud thud and Parvati fell to the floor, dead.
"P-Parvati...?" Padma said, tears falling. She turned to Hermione, and screamed. "YOU KILLED MY SISTER! YOU KILLED PARVATI!"
"Parvati...!" Mrs Patil wept, snapping out of her silent thoughts.
"She deserved it," Lavender said, coldly.
Everybody stared at her in disbelief, and Molly held back a sob as Mrs Patil screamed, "SHE MOST DEFINITELY DID NOT!"
"Too bad Colin is still alive. Oh well, he'll die of blood loss, anyway." Ginny snickered.
"Ginevra, how could you say something like that?" Molly screeched.
She turned to retreat back up the stairs, before sending one last smirk towards them. "We have to go, anyway. We have three weddings to prepare for, you know."
"Weddings...?" Dean asked, his voice wavering.
"What weddings...?" Said Mr Lovegood, quietly...
"You haven't heard?" Hermione sneered. She flashed the emotional prisoners her dark green diamond ring. "Draco and I are getting married, Blaise proposed to Ginny last week and Seamus to Lav yesterday."
"Ginny and Blaise...Hermione and Draco...Seamus and Lavender...?" George stared.
Neville's anger rose, "You're getting married! To...to Slytherins...? Who ARE you? I feel like I don't even know you anymore."
"That's because you don't," Ginny cackled. She pointed her wand at Neville, "...and just for that...Crucio!" Neville screamed in pain, and the three girls walked out, laughing..."You'll meet the same fate as your parents, Longbottom!"
"GINNY, NO...!" Molly shouted, and the same time Augusta said, "NEVILLE, MY POOR NEVILLE!"
The screen melted to show an exhausted looking Minerva. Moody stared at it, his magical eye flicking around.
"Order," Minerva said, "I hope you have gotten this. Hermione and Ginny Riddle, as well as Lavender and V-Voldemort have taken over the castle! Be careful, they are not the nice girls you knew! Harry Potter has...he has died. There is almost no hope. I don't know about Ron, last I heard he was treated worse than Harry, by both Hermione and Lavender. Bellatrix is patrolling the dungeons. Please, the hope lies in you! I shall see you in my next life. Goodbye, I wish you all luck."
The memory faded and Molly fell to her knees, sobbing uncontrollably.
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