Harry Potter
Their Biggest Challenge
By xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx
Disclaimer: Harry Potter and all related concepts do not belong to me! I am merely borrowing them for my own personal enjoyment. All OC's and anything you don't recognize is copyrighted by me: xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx
Rating: K
Pairing: Marcus/Charlie - Fred/Riley - Harry/Ginny - Ron/Hermione
Genre: Adventure/Friendship/Romance/Suspense/Drama
Warnings: Please do not flame me for anything. If you do not like the story, they why are you reading it?
Summary: On their own and on the run, the Hogwarts five must now rely on one another more than ever. Their biggest challenge has yet to begin, as they set out to find and destroy Voldemort's Horcruxes; and fight the Dark Foces that threaten to tear them apart.
Author's Note: Chapter dedicated too: Fan of Fics, Forever Dreaming Grace, BamaRose and Matt-Hardy-Lover-101. Okay up until now, I have had the locket not react to Charlie in the same way it does the others. But maybe it does effect her, just not in the same way it does her friends...can anyone see the effects it has on her in this chapter? I will admit it may be a little hard, so if you can't see the effects don't worry, I will point them out next chapter.
Author's Note Two: Forever Dreaming Grace: yes I used 'Moldyshorts' I really don't like using 'You-Know-Who' all the time, its annoying. And Charlie just loves giving nicknames. And it sounds like something she would use.
Fan of Fics you are most welcome. I always try to interact with the reader as much as possible. And if there is a particular thing you would like to see, don't hestiate to ask and I will try and use it. Promise.
Mat-Hardy-Lover-101 well, it was a reflex. He went for his wand, she protected herself. Self-defence. She may apologize, but this is Charlie we are talking about after all.
BamaRose the end of the story, is still in the works. But I have an idea for it. I hope it will be good enough for you lovely people. Until then...
A Christmas Wish
"Come child..."
Said an eerie voice, it was beckoning her onwards, like a mother would a child. But there was no one around for miles. The only thing that was around was the crunching of the gravel beneath her feet and the misty atmosphere which wrapped around her with every move she made. The moonlight illuminated the path ahead of her, and cast eerie glows over the gravestones on either side of the path. Why was she here? The voice of the mist had disappared for now, but she could hear it every now and again beckoning her onwards. She complied and moved further into the mist.
"Over here my dear child,"
She turned, and there standing in front of her was a woman. The woman had shoulder length black hair, and piercing blue eyes. She was wearing a black cloak over her shoulders and the hood rested lightly against her back. She was holding her hand out to the child in front of her.
The child took it "Why am I here?" she asked
The woman pointed a gravestone that stood a few feet away, but she didnt speak.
A small frown slid onto the child's face as she turned in the direction of the gravestone and moved forward, with anticipation and slight fear of what she might find. The wet grass muffled her footsteps as silence fell over the whole Graveyard.
She stopped in front of the gravestone and stared at the headstone, her breathing caught in her throat at the name which stared back at her:
Serena Hunter
1962 - 1997
May She Rest In Peace
Charlie gave a start, as she sat bolt upright in bed. Her chest rose and fell rapidly as her heart rate increased beneath her hand. The last remanants of her dream lingering in her minds eye, as she attempted to control her breathing. Tears pricked her eyes as she gazed around the quiet tent...
Tent she told herself im safe. Im in the tent! It was just a dream
Swallowing hard Charlie rolled out of her bunk and sighed heavily as she pressed head against the wooden bars separating the top bunk from the bottom. The same bunk, Riley was sleeping in. "Riley..." she breathed out quietly, trying not to wake the others. Hermione's bed was empty, which wasnt much of a surprise, the bookworm often fell asleep in the living area having fallen asleep while reading or something like that.
When the Gryffindor genius didnt answer, Charlie looked up and raised her hand to grab her best friend and shake her awake "Riley!" she said again, but frowned when her hand came in contact with an empty bed "Rils..." she trailed off, looking up at the bed.
Then it hit her.
The fight last night flooded her mind, pushing all remanants of her dream completely out of her mind.
That's right Charlie thought, the ache in her chest returning, and this time it wasnt from her nightmare. The fight with Ron the previous night, and the fact that when he had stormed out of the tent he had taken Riley with him. The young Slytherin sighed, and lowered her head once more.
This was going to be difficult.
Breakfast was a silent affair, Hermione's eyes were red and puffy, clearly showing that she had not slept a wink last night. Harry kept playing with his breakfast, and Charlie's mind was reeling from both her dream and the fact that Riley wasnt there anymore.
They have gone! she kept telling herself as she dressed and packed away her things they have gone and are not coming back! it was difficult to digest, but it was the truth. Riley's protective enchantments would prove that both she and Ron would never find them again. Riley was about to be cast away by her own magic.
"Charlie..." Harry's voice broke the silence in which surrounded the Slytherin as she packed. It was an hour after their usual leaving time, and Charlie knew it was because Hermione wanted to linger incase Ron did somehow return. The protective shields had been taken down, and now they were just waiting. Charlie just hoped Riley would talk sense into the red head and return before it was too late. And hopefully, she would be able to find them after they had moved again. "...we're leaving"
Charlie nodded, but didnt look back at him "I'll be there in a minute," she mumured, staring down at the charm bracelet on her wrist. It was the same one Nikki had bought her back in her first year at Hogwarts. There were several charms dangling form the silver chain, four of which were the crests of the Hogwarts founders, and the fifth was of the Hogwarts crest itself. Each year the charm braclet recieved an extra charm, but for the past two years, things had gotten quickly out of hand and the charm had been forgotten. Broken.
Like the Hogwarts five friendship.
It was broken.
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They Apparated onto a stoney clifftop.
The instant they had arrived, Hermione dropped Harry's hand and walked away. Charlie took the beaded bag from the bookworm and fished out the tent which had only just been packed away. Pointing her wand she muttered a simple charm and watched as the shelter inflated and lodged itself onto the ground, glancing over her shoulder she saw Harry flicking his wand in different directions as he set up the protective enchantments, and Hermione sitting a few spaces away sobbing into her hands.
The Slytherin sighed, as she watched her friend, she knew that Hermione needed comforting; but she couldnt bring herself to do it. Something inside her had frozen and it felt like a deadweight. Swallowing hard and looking away, Charlie ducked into the tent, dropped the beaded bag on the kitchen table and curled up on the sofa, her head buried its pillows.
This was going to be a long journey.
Midnight drew in quickly, and after moving Hermione into the girls bedroom, the Slytherin curled up on the sofa with the Marauders map in her hands, since Riley had left she had taken to looking at it, hoping that she would somehow see Ron and Riley appear back at the castle; of course that would never happen, what with Riley being a Muggleborn and everything. But would Ron really goes as far as to abandon the Genius and return to the castle without her?
Charlie hoped not.
Hermione's sobs echoed out from the bedroom, and the Slytherin had to fight the urge to tell the bookworm to shut up! Yes it was cruel, but right now she didnt care. OK, she understood that Hermione missed Ron, but she missed Riley too; and crying over the fact that they were gone wasnt going to help anyone.
In her determination to ignore the bookworm, Charlie turned her attention back to the map and stared at the far bottom corner in the Dungeons, where the Slytherin Common room was situated. Clustered together on the sofa's and chairs, near the fireplace were her usual friends. She stared at their names: Daphne, Draco, Millicent, Pansy, Blaise, Nathan and even Will. Did they know she was watching them? Did they know that she was thinking about them constantly, wishing away the days where she would be with them once more. Often she found herself thinking back on the days where she would roam the castle with her friends at her side, running riots and staging defences against the teachers, saving Hogwarts from the Dark Forces and fighting Dragons, and merpeople and Voldemort.
Hogwarts was her life...it was her home. It was where she had friends, a family...it was the only place that held the history of her past.
But home was a very far away place for her now.
Footsteps sounded from the mouth of the tent, and the Slytherin looked up to see Harry return. She offered him a small smile, and watched as he sat own opposite her.
"Anything interesting?" he asked, guestering to the map
Charlie shook her head "I thought Ron would go back to Hogwarts," she answered, her voice hoarse from the lack of use "But then I wondered if he would really leave Riley like that, I mean, she can't really return to Hogwarts. Would he really be that cruel as to leave her behind?"
"No," Harry answered, shaking his head "Ron's alot of things, but he wouldnt abandon Riley like that"
The Slytherin nodded and lowered her gaze back to the map "Do you want to look?" she asked, holding it out to him "Ginny's in her dorm room..."
Harry took the map
"...Im gonna keep watch," the Slytherin added getting to her feet and leaving through the mouth of the tent.
Hermione had fallen silent...maybe...just maybe...she had cried herself to sleep.
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Will looked up from his Dark Arts homework with a sigh, he was sitting on the floor near the fire in the Slytherin table attempting to finish the homework that the new Professor Carrow had set them the previous day. Whilst he was doing this the 7th year Slytherins were discussing ways of getting under the new Professors skins, and showing that they werent going down without a fight.
"When no one thought this school could get any worse," Draco stated, as he pulled back into the black leather sofa
"Hogwarts was better before all this!" Will pointed out, dropping his quill onto the table "But im guessing that was because there was more than just purebloods walking around" he sighed.
It wasnt hard to tell that he missed the Muggleborns that used to roam the castle, two of which were like sisters to him. The Hogwarts Genius, Riley Spirit and the Muggleborn Slytherin, Charlie Hunter.
Daphne surveyed the 13-year-old sadly, before reaching down and squeezing his shoulder "They'll come back, Will" she promised "You can bet that Charlie'll come back as soon as she realizes whats happening here. You know how she is"
Her friends nodded. Each of them often wondered how their Muggleborn friend would react if she was here with them now, sitting in their classes with them, having to listen to the Carrow siblings talk about Muggles and how they are filth beyond nature, how they didnt deserve to have children because they bred like Rabbits. It wasnt hard to imagine her standing up and retaliating in way that would put most Purebloods to shame.
"How much trouble did you get in, Will?" Nikki asked, as she sat on the arm of one of the armchairs
"Not much," Will answered "I guess the fact that my mum and Snape are a couple now, saved me to say the least"
"I think it has more to do with it than that," Nathan pointed out "Snape would never punish a Slytherin severely"
Nikki turned in his direction "With Alectro and Amycus here, Snape has to confide to their rules, not his" she explained "This isnt his school! Its the Dark Lord's school"
"Possessive little git, isnt he?" William asked "He has the school, the Ministry, and he wants Charlie and total domination of the Wizarding world" he looked up at the older students "Is there anything he doesnt want?"
Marcus surveyed the 13-year-old "You're starting to sound like Charlie," he said
"Good!" Will nodded "Someone needs too!"
The other Slytherin's exchanged estranged looks
"What do you mean?" Pansy asked
"Well, think of it this way," Will spoke again "What would Charlie do if she was here?"
Blaise frowned "She'd fight back," he answered "Its reflex for Charlie to fight back..."
"Exactly!" Will nodded "Then why arent we fighting back?" he asked "Why are we sitting around and letting them do this to us? This is our school!"
The older Slytherins exchanged looks, Will had been hanging around Charlie for too long, he was starting to sound exactly like her. Like he was fuelling her spirit or something. "But what can we do?" Millicent asked
"We can fight back!" Will all but shouted, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a Galleon sized coin and dropped it onto the table
The others stared at it, realization dawning.
"There is only ten of us, Will" Draco explained, trying to let him down easily "What can we do?"
Will looked up at him "10 against 2," he pointed out "The odds are in our favour. But you're forgetting that we also have Gryffindor, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff beside us. That's what? Thirty of us..." he looked expectant "Think about it? Would Charlie sit around and let this happen?" he asked
The older Slytherins were silent. They all knew the answer to that one.
"No," Will answered his own question "No! Charlie, wouldn't sit around! Charlie would be out there fighting! Charlie wouldnt care if there were Death Eaters in the school, she'd be striking fear everywhere she could. She'd prove that we are stronger than they are! She'd want to prove that we are not going down without a fight, and if they want to take over our school, then they have to go through us first!"
He grabbed the Galleon from the table and tapped it with his wand.
Instantly the Slytherin DA members felt theirs warm in their pockets, and pulled them out one after the others. Small writing burned brightly on their coins.
DUMBLEDORE'S ARMY
Daphne stared at her coin, as her best friend words echoed throughout her mind "You can always reinstate the DA if you have too!"
"Show that we are not going down without a fight," she mumured
"What?" the others questioned turning in her direction
Daphne looked up "Will's right!" she confirmed "Charlie's final words at the end of last year," she grinned "Show You-Know-Who that we are not going down without a fight!"
Will nodded feverishly as he stared at Daphne "What do you say?" he asked, looking around at everyone.
The Slytherins exchanged looks, Charlie's words lingering on their minds, as their coins burned in the palms of their hands.
"How do we tell everyone else?" Pansy asked, looking towards Will and Daphne, a grin plastered on her face.
Will gazed around at the 7th years, a grin sliding onto his features. He shrugged and spoke: "What would Charlie do?" he asked
The 7th years exchanged looks - they knew exactly what they would have to do. Not only would it be a Charlie thing to do, but it would also show the Death Eaters that they werent giving up without a fight.
This was their castle; their school, and they didnt take too well to intruders. Especially intruders who where killers.
That night, when the rest of the school slept, a handful of Slytherins (lead by Marcus, Adrian and Nikki) left the Slytherin common room and graffited the surrounding halls of the castle, with different slogans.
One of which read:
DUMBLEDORE'S ARMY
REINSTATED, AND STILL RECRUITING!
xXxHarryPotterxXx
The weather was getting colder with each passing day. Using the Invisibility Cloak, Charlie had Disapparated to a near-by villiage and taken some Spaghetti Bolognese and tinned pears from the shelf, and headed back to her friends. Naturally it took her a while to find where the tent had been considering the Protective enchantments that had been put up, but finally she had sent out a patronus and at least half an hour later Harry had come to find her. Leading her back to the tent.
While they waited for supper to cook, Hermione had ventured out of the tent, as Harry and Charlie remained inside. The Slytherin reading over the books Dumbledore had left her, and Harry staring at the Snitch.
"Didnt Hermione tell you they had flesh memories?" Charlie asked, looking up from her position on the couch
"Yeah," Harry nodded, holding the snitch "She also thinks Dumbledore has hidden something inside, and that it would open at my touch"
Charlie frowned "But its the snitch you caught at your very first Quidditch game"
"I got that," Harry responded
"Well, you didnt catch that Snitch," Charlie retorted, pushing herself up "You nearly swallowed it!" she reminded him. She pushed herself to her feet, and ventured into the kitchen to check on the food.
Harry watched her go, and turned back to the Snitch as he pressed it to his lips. Faintly, on the side of the golden ball; words appeared. "Charlie!" the Gryffindor called
"What?" Charlie asked, hurrying back in from the kitchen "What's wrong..."
"You were right!" Harry said, passing her the Snitch "Look!"
Taking the Snitch, the Slytherin gazed at the side "'I open at the close'" she read
"Yeah, what's that mean?" Harry asked
"Its a riddle," Charlie answered simply "I'll try and figure it out, but in all honesty, I think you ought to figure it out. Dumbledore left it, and whatever is inside it, to you. Not me" she passed him back the Snitch "Go get Hermione, supper is ready"
Harry nodded, pocketed the Snitch and ventured outside in the evening air.
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"...At first I thought it was an eye," Hermione said, as she sat across from Charlie and beside Harry at the small table as they ate supper. She pushed her copy of Tales of Beedle the Bard towards the Slytherin "but now I don't think it is..." she was pointing at an odd symbol which had been etched into the page
Charlie frowned "I never took Ancient Runes, Hermione" she pointed out "You're best guess would be to talk to Ril -" she cut herself off, and went back to her food.
Harry and Hermione exchanged looks, before the bookworm continued "I know neither of you took Anicent Runes. But it isnt a rune, and it isnt anywhere in Spellman's Syllabary. Somebody inked it in."
Charlie looked back up
"It isn't part of the book," Hermione went on "Somebody drew it"
Harry stared at the symbol "Luna's dad was wearing that at Bill and Fleur's wedding," he told the two of them
"Why would someone draw it in a children's book?" Charlie asked
Hermione shook her head "I don't know," she answered
The three of them were silent for a few minutes, before Harry broke it "I've been thinking," he started
"That's never good," Charlie teased
Harry glared "I-I want to go to Gordic's Hollow," he finished "It's where I was born. It's where my parents died"
Charlie perked up "Oh, hello...Road Trip" she grinned
Hermione sighed "That's exactly where he'll expect you to go because it means something to you"
"And that's a bad thing?" Charlie asked
"Oh course it is!" Hermione responded
The Slytherin frowned
"But it means something to him too, Hermione" Harry interrupted "You-Know-Who almost died there"
Charlie lowered her gaze as she remembered back on the dream she had at Grimmuald Place, and how Voldemort had stood over her crib as she slept, that night 16-years-ago.
"I mean, isnt that exactly the type of place he'd be likely to hide a Horcrux?" Harry asked, breaking through Charlie's thoughts "Charlie, back me up here!" he added turning in her direction
Charlie shook her head and looked up "Yeah. Whatever..."
"Are you okay?" Hermione asked
"Fine," the Slytherin nodded, getting to her feet "I'll wash up, shall I?" and in hopes of something to do, and to avoid the quesioning gaze of Hermione. The Slytherin grabbed the empty plates and hurried back into the kitchen to wash up.
Hermione hesitated "It's dangerous, Harry" she told him "But even I have to admit, recently I've been thinking we'll have to go there. I think it's possible something else is hidden there"
"What?" Harry asked
"The Swords," Hermione answered "If Dumbledore wanted you to find them, but didnt want them in the Ministry's hands, where better than to hide one of them that the birthplace of the founder of Gryffindor?" she asked
Charlie, who had reappeared from the kitchen, paused "Why would Dumbledore hide the Sword of Slytherin, at Godric's Hollow?" she asked "It has no connection there"
The bookworm turned in her direction "But would Dumbledore really separate the two swords?" she asked
"Its possible," Charlie nodded "I don't know..."
Harry hesitated "Hermione..."
The bookworm smiled, and ruffled his hair "Don't ever let me give you a haircut again," she responded
Charlie smirked, and turned away.
So they were going to Godric's Hollow...why did it seem that no good would come of this?
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"I told you leaving was a bad idea!" Riley scolded as she sat opposite Ron, at one of the tables in a dingy bar. It had been a whole week since the red head had stormed out on the cause, a whole week since they had seen either of their friends; and a whole week since either of them had found what they were looking for "I told you that once you were beyond the protective enchantments the risk of returning would be impossible!"
Ron glared at her from across the table "Riley -"
The Genius cut him off "Tell me to shut up, and I will curse you so bad..." she trailed "...You knew exactly what you were saying that night! You deserved everything that was coming to you, even the punch from Charlie"
Ron subconsciously rubbed his lip, which had a small graze from where he had been struck by the Slytherin "I know," he mumured "but I swear, half of it came from the locket. I swear it effected me more than the rest of you"
"Yeah, because you allowed it too!" Riley pointed out, lowering her gaze as a couple of snatchers entered the bar. She pulled her hood up further over her head, to cover her face from view and picked up her bottle of butterbeer
Ron glanced over his shoulder "Maybe we should leave?" he offered "Maybe, try out luck again with the others"
The genius nodded and finished her drink "I'd rather walk around in the forest for hours, than sit here under the watchful gaze of a couple of snatchers" she agreed. Finishing their drinks, both friends slid out from the booth, and headed for the door.
"Hey baby," shouted a drunker regular from the window. His gaze leered at Riley as she passed "Want to come have a drink with us?"
The Snatchers looked up from the bar and in their direction
Hoisting his bag up onto his shoulders more, Ron grabbed Riley's hand and pulled her towards him; wrapped an arm around her shoulders and herded her towards the door "Just keep your head down," he instructed "They won't recognize if they can't see you"
"Okay," she whispered, keeping her gaze on the floor as she walked. Trying to not to seem hasty.
The door was a few feet away from them, the group near the window were still calling, and Ron was still hearding Riley out of harms way. Within seconds they were crossing the threshold, and stepping out in the cool wintry air.
"We need to find a place to Disapparate," Riley whispered, as they moved away from the pub "Somewhere secluded"
The pub door opened behind them "Oi! You two!" someone yelled
Ron chanced a glance over his shoulder "Snatchers!" he hissed "Quick!" and pushing Riley forward, they hurried down the pathway. The Snatchers followed. "We have to Disapparate! Now!"
"Oi!" the Snatchers called again "Stop, we're from the Ministry! We want to ask a couple of questions"
"We have to go!" Riley called back "We've left our daughter with a sitter, we werent supposed to be out this long"
Of course it was a complete lie, but she needed a cover story and quickly, and being around Charlie made lying seem like second nature.
Ron nodded in agreement I hope Hermione doesn't hear about this he thought, his heart aching at the mention of the bookworm. He wanted to go back, to be with her. Whether they were at Hogwarts or on the run, he sometimes wished he hadnt said those things and just maybe the Hogwarts five would still be together, and he could be with Hermione again and Fred he added as an after thought
"This shouldnt take too long," one of the Snatchers said, drawing his wand "Unless of course you have something to hide!"
"Nothing to hide," Riley answered, grabbing Ron's hand "Down here!" she led him down an alleyway "We can Disapparate at then end"
The Snatchers followed them "Then stop running away!"
"Stupefy!" one of them yelled, and a bright red light flew over head.
Ron grabbed Riley and pushed her down, as the stunning spell hit the wall and disappared. "Go!" he shouted, pushing her forwards
"Grab 'em!" the head Snatcher yelled
Pounding footsteps hit the gravel beneath their feet, as Ron and Riley sprinted down the covered alleyway. Riley's hood and fallen down around her shoulders allowing the Snatchers to get a brief look of her, but they didnt see her face. Thankfully. Reaching for her wand, the Genius aimed it over her shoudler and fired off several Stunning spell; as Ron disarmed a near-by Snatcher. He snagged his wand and skidded to a halt, grabbing Riley around the waist and Disapparting with a crack.
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A distinctive crack was heard as three 17-year-old kids, appeared out of thin air in the middle of a snow-covered villiage. Harry, who had refused to take Polyjuice potion, and agreed when Hermione suggested putting a Dillusionment Charm over them incase there was anyone uninvited waiting for them, therefore, if there was, they would only see a middle-aged couple walking home with their 11-year-old daughter.
"Tell me again, why I had to have the little girl?" Charlie asked
Harry turned to her "Because your the youngest" he teased
"And the smallest," Hermione added
Charlie scowled "Im also the one who punches the hardest," she threatened "So keep picking on me for my age and height, and you'll know what Ron felt like!"
She hadnt realized what she had said, before she said it, and sighd when she heard Hermione hiccouph from behind her.
"Way to go Charlie!" Harry scolded
The Slytherin rolled her eyes "Sorry, daddy!" she retorted "Hermione, I mean this in a friendly gesture, shut up!"
The bookworm looked as if she had just been slapped in the face "Oh, like you don't miss Riley!" she snapped
"Of course I do!" Charlie argued "But I don't cry over her every night! Ron made his choice, he wanted out!"she added "He's made his bed, now let him sleep in it!" and she turned away angrily
Hermione stared at the Slytherin, tears still in her eyes "It's starting," she whispered to Harry "Charlie's changing without Riley here to ground her"
"No, she's not" Harry brushed her off "She'll calm down." he took her hand "Come on"
They started into the villiage
"I still think we should have used Polyjuice Potion," the bookworm fretted
Harry shook his head "No. This is where I was born. I'm not returning as someone else."
A bell sounded from the church up ahead, and two people left the Inn behind them "Good night. Ha-ha-ha." a man laughed happily
"I think it's Christmas Eve," Charlie spoke, staring up at the church where she could hear singing coming from inside, she glanced over her shoulder as her friends joined her "Listen!"
The church choir sung indistinctly from inside the brick walls of the building
"Do you think they'd be in there?" Harry asked, his eyes on the graveyard "My mum and dad"
Hermione nodded "I think they will," she confirmed
Charlie stared at the graveyard, her dream from about a week ago surfaced in her mind. Her mum's name on the headstone. She shuddered. Its not real! Your mum's alive! she reminded herself, she would have known...would have heard if her mum had been killed.
There was a kissing gate at the entrance to the graveyard; Charlie pushed them open and ducked inside. Followed by her friends.
Breaking up into different groups, the three of them searched through the gravestones. Charlie was two headstones away from where Harry stood, and was brushing the snow off a grave. She gave a gasp as the snow fell away, to reveal the writing underneath.
Kendra Dumbledore and her daughter Ariana.
Underneath the names were the dates of birth and death, beneath which was a small quotation.
"'Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also'" the Slytherin read, before looking up at the sound of her name. Hermione stood a row away, and was beckoning her over. "What is it?" she asked, as she grew near
Hermione pointed at the tombstone in front of her. The grave was very old, weathered so that Charlie could just barely make out the name. "Ignotus Peverell"
"It's that sign," Charlie mumured, brushing snow off the top of the tombstone "Its the mark from the book..."
The bookworm nodded "Hey, Harry?" she called, looking up
Harry didnt answer
Getting to her feet, Charlie looked around "Oh, Harry" she mumured, sadly, spotting her friend near the back of the graveyard, staring at a headstone. She hurried to his side and gazed down at the white marble, which had the engraving of two names on it:
James Potter, born 27 March 1960, died 31 October 1981
Lily Potter, born 30 January 1960, died 31 October 1981
And just like Kendra and Ariana's grave, there was a quotation under their names.
"'The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death'" Charlie read. She glanced subtly at Harry, who was staring at his parents names.
Wrapping her arm around him, she rested her head on his shoulder as Hermione knelt in front of them and waved her wand. A wreath appeared.
"Merry Christmas, girls" Harry mumured, wiping his tears
Charlie and Hermione turned at the sound of his voice "Merry Christmas, Harry" they responded together, each staring sadly down at the grave of his parents.
A/N: Okay, so I didnt get around to making the schedule like planned. But I will do it.
Anyway, here is another chapter. I was going to do the whole scene in this one chapter, but it's getting late, im very tired and in pain (again). Hopefully my dentist can suggest a solution for me tomorrow, because I really can't go on like this anymore, its just too painful. Anyway, just took two painkillers and I believe it is time for me to get to bed. So I wish you goodnight/morning and god bless.
Oh before I go, I hope you appreciated the fact that I took the time to show what is happening at Hogwarts and with Riley and Ron, and not just sticking too the baseline. Im hoping to branch out more, to make Part 1 longer, so we don't have to wait too long for part 2.
Right im off to bed. Night.
Review (please)
~*Kara*~
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Chapter updated 27 April 2011 at 04:48am