Chapter 12: The Deathly Hallows?
The seven Gryffindors got up and brushed the snow of their clothes and tried to catch their breaths.
"That was awful, and traumatizing." Bethany stated.
"No shit. Chelsea, would you let go of my hand already? I'd like the feeling back in it." Samantha said in an annoyed tone.
"Sorry, but that was one of the most traumatizing moments of my life." Chelsea declared.
"I know you're petrified of snakes, but that doesn't mean break my hand." Samantha said.
"I said I was sorry." Chelsea confirmed.
"You're really that afraid of snakes?" Jimmy questioned.
"Yes, you don't even want to know the rest of it." Chelsea declared.
"You guys, we have other problems right now." Amelia said looking at Harry and Hermione.
Harry was holding his leg, and Hermione looked like she was trying to heal it.
"Harry, did she bite you, the snake?" Samantha asked.
"Yes, she got me pretty good too." Harry replied.
"Don't worry Harry; I have an elixir that will get that healed in no time." Chelsea said pulling said vial out of her bag and applying the remedy to Harry's injury.
"Do you think the familiars now that we're here?" Bethany asked.
"We told them to come here; I think that they're expecting us." Samantha declared.
"Look you guys, right on cue." Amelia said pointing to the sky.
The familiars flew toward the Harry, Hermione, and the Elementals.
"Finally we found you guys." Gollum declared as they landed.
"Is everyone ok?" Arrow questioned.
"Well, Harry got injured but Chelsea healed him, and Chelsea is a little traumatized because we had an encounter with a snake." Jimmy stated.
"Jimmy will you shut up about that already." Chelsea complained.
"As long as you're all alive and okay that's all that matters now." Claw said.
"That reminds me, Hermione where's my wand." Harry asked the intelligent young witch.
Hermione looked at him and didn't say anything.
"Where's my wand Hermione?" Harry asked again.
Hermione removed the blanket that revealed Harry's broken wand.
"It got in the way of one of my jinxes, I tried to fix it." Hermione explained.
"Fine then, give me your wand; I'll take first watch tonight." Harry stated.
"Wait Harry, you're not doing it alone, Bethany and I will do it with you." Jimmy declared.
"And don't even think about objecting." Bethany said before Harry could do so.
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Later that night Harry, Jimmy, and Bethany were sitting outside the tent.
Everything seemed quite for the longest time. It was actually kind of creepy.
"It's quite, too quiet." Bethany said in a whisper.
"I know it's starting to get kind of creepy." Jimmy stated.
"Well, at least nothing is…" Harry paused and looked at something ahead of him.
"Harry, what are you looking at?" Jimmy asked looking in the same direction as Harry looking, and then he saw it too.
"Is that a doe?" Bethany whispered.
"Not just any doe, it's a patronus." Jimmy said.
Suddenly the doe began to walk away, and Harry decided to follow it.
"Harry where you going?" Bethany asked.
"I'm going to follow it." Harry stated.
"Do you want one of us to come with you?" Jimmy questioned.
"No, you guys stay here, somebody needs to keep watch." Harry stated before heading in the direction that the doe went in.
"Are you sure we should just let him roam off like that?" Bethany asked.
"Probably not, but if something bad should happen I'm sure Amelia will wake up and hear it, or Samantha will get a bad feeling." Jimmy declared.
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Several hours later
Bethany and Jimmy continued to sit outside of the tent on guard duty when they heard footsteps approaching. They looked to their right to see just the person they were waiting for.
"Harry." The both said.
"Harry?" The rest of the girls said coming out of the tent.
"Where on earth have you been?" Hermione asked.
"Well, I actually found someone believe it or not." Harry said.
On cue who should come walking up to the group, Ron.
"Ron?" Chelsea and Amelia questioned.
Indeed it was Ron, and he was holding the locket in one hand, and, the sword of Gryffindor in the other.
"Hey." Ron greeted.
Hermione didn't look too pleased and went up to him, grabbed his bag and started hitting him with it.
"You unimaginable, stupid, git Weasley, you show up here after weeks, and all you can do is say hey?" Hermione asked angrily. "Where's my wand Harry?" Hermione asked.
"I don't know." Harry lied backing away.
"Give me my wand Harry." Hermione said chasing Harry for her wand.
With that going on Bethany decided to approach Ron and she gave him a hug, only she electrocuted him in the process.
"There, now we're even…revenge is sweet." Bethany said.
"Good job Bethany." Samantha said.
"Well, don't act like I didn't just destroy a bloody horcrux." Ron said.
"You destroyed it?" Hermione asked.
"And where did you get the sword?" Chelsea asked.
"It's complicated." Harry stated.
"It's complicated?" Hermione questioned.
"Look, I wanted to come back as soon as I left." Ron declared.
"Why didn't you then?" Harry asked.
"I didn't know where to find you. So I apparated. There's something else." Ron said pulling out the deluminator. "This does more than just make lights go on and off. On Christmas night I was sleeping in a pub, hiding from some snatchers, and I had this out and suddenly a little ball of light came out of it and I heard your voice Hermione." Ron declared.
"And what exactly did I say?" Hermione questioned.
"My name, just my name, and then the ball of light went right into my chest, right here." Ron said pointing to where his heart was located. "Then it was then knew where I had to go."
"Interesting…" Bethany thought.
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The eight friends, minus Hermione who was sitting in the tent.
"How much time do you think it will take for us to forgive him?" Chelsea asked.
"We're individuals; we all have to make that decision individuality." Samantha replied.
"Well, I don't know about you guys but it might take me a while to completely forgive Ron." Jimmy stated.
"Same goes for me." Bethany declared.
"Well, at least he came back." Amelia said.
"We need to talk." Hermione said coming into the tent.
"Ok, what about?" Ron asked.
"I think we should go and talk to Mr. Lovegood." Hermione declared.
"Why?" Samantha questioned.
"Harry said he was wearing the symbol that we saw in the book and at the grave yard around his neck. We've seen it three times now; it must mean something, something important." Hermione declared.
"Hermione's right, we should go." Ron said.
"Okay." I have no objections." Samantha said.
"Neither do we." The rest of the Elementals chimed in.
"First we have to go tell the familiars something though. Samantha said.
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The Elementals headed outside to where the familiars were located.
"Hey guys, what's up?" Claw asked.
"We're going to go see Mr. Lovegood. So we need you guys to do something for us while we're gone." Samantha stated.
"And would that be?" Abhay asked.
"You guys remember that potion that we were telling you about that Grandpa gave to us, the one that made Jimmy and me invisible?" Samantha asked.
"Yes." Skye replied.
"Well, we have a feeling we might need more of it soon. So we need you to go to Norfolk and look for an old oak tree. Grandpa was supposedly imprisoned there centuries ago. Call to him, tell him we sent you there and ask him for the potion." Amelia stated.
"Are you sure this will work?" Arrow asked.
"We're pretty sure." Bethany said.
"After that just stay there for a while. We'll come and get you." Chelsea said.
"Okay, we'll head out then." Gollum said.
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Later the Elementals and the Trio apparated to the Lovegood household. They could tell they were in the right place; it looked very quirky and bizarre, from the strange-looking plants to the houses unusual shape.
"Luna." Harry said.
"Luna." Everyone else said.
So they walked up to the porch and knocked on the door. As expected Mr. Lovegood opened the door.
"Hello sir, I'm Harry Potter. We talked at Bill and Fleur's wedding remember?" Harry questioned.
"Oh yes, Mr. Potter hello." Mr. Lovegood greeted.
"We were wondering if could have a moment of your time Mr. Lovegood. We have some questions." Amelia stated.
"Oh yes, of course, come in, come in." Mr. Lovegood said stepping aside.
So the eight friends entered the bizarre looking house.
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"Please, please, sit down; I'll make us some tea." Mr. Lovegood said.
The Elementals and the Trio sat at the funny looking chairs scattered about the room and Mr. Lovegood came back with nine cups of tea. There was no water in the team but the Elementals pretended to drink it.
"Mr. Lovegood, where's Luna?" Hermione asked.
"Luna, she'll be along shortly." Mr. Lovegood replied.
"We wanted to ask you about that symbol, around your neck, what does it mean?" Harry questioned.
"This, it is the symbol of the Deathly Hallows." Mr. Lovegood declared.
"The what?" Jimmy asked.
"The Deathly Hallows, surely you have all heard the Tale of the Three Brothers?" he asked.
"No." Harry, Hermione, and the Elementals replied.
"Yes." Ron said.
"I have it in here." Hermione said pulling out her copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard. She turned to the tale and began to read.
"There once were three brothers who were traveling along a lonely, winding road at twilight. In time, the brothers reached a river too deep to wade through and too dangerous to swim across. However, these brothers were learned in the magical arts, and so they simply waved their wands and made a bridge appear across the treacherous water. They were halfway across it when they found their path blocked by a hooded figure.
And Death spoke to them. He was angry that he had been cheated out of three new victims, for travelers usually drowned in the river. But Death was cunning. He pretended to congratulate the three brothers upon their magic, and said that each had earned a prize for having been clever enough to evade him.
So the oldest brother, who was a combative man, asked for a wand more powerful than any in existence: a wand that must always win duels for its owner, a wand worthy of a wizard who had conquered Death! So Death crossed to an elder tree on the banks of the river, fashioned a wand from a branch that hung there, and gave it to the oldest brother.
Then the second brother, who was an arrogant man, decided that he wanted to humiliate Death still further, and asked for the power to recall others from Death. So Death picked up a stone from the riverbank and gave it to the second brother, and told him that the stone would have the power to bring back the dead.
And then Death asked the third and youngest brother what he would like. The youngest brother was the humblest and also the wisest of the brothers, and he did not trust Death. So he asked for something that would enable him to go forth from that place without being followed by Death. And Death, most unwillingly, handed over his own Cloak of Invisibility.
Then Death stood aside and allowed the three brothers to continue on their way, and they did so, talking with wonder of the adventure they had had, and admiring Death's gifts.
In due course the brothers separated, each for his own destination.
The first brother traveled on for a week or more, and reaching a distant village, sought out a fellow wizard with whom he had a quarrel. Naturally, with the Elder Wand as his weapon, he could not fail to win the duel that followed. Leaving his enemy dead upon the floor, the oldest brother proceeded to an inn, where he boasted loudly of the powerful wand he had snatched from Death himself, and of how it made him invincible.
That very night, another wizard crept upon the oldest brother as he lay, wine-sodden, upon his bed. The thief took the wand and, for good measure, slit the oldest brother's throat.
And so Death took the first brother for his own.
Meanwhile, the second brother journeyed to his own home, where he lived alone. Here he took out the stone that had the power to recall the dead, and turned it thrice in his hand. To his amazement and his delight, the figure of the girl he had once hoped to marry, before her untimely death, appeared at once before him.
Yet she was sad and cold, separated from him as by a veil. Though she had returned to the mortal world, she did not truly belong there and suffered. Finally the second brother, driven mad with hopeless longing, killed himself so as truly to join her.
And so Death took the second brother for his own.
But though Death searched for the third brother for many years, he was never able to find him. It was only when he had attained a great age that the youngest brother finally took off the Cloak of Invisibility and gave it to his son. And then he greeted Death as an old friend, and went with him gladly, and, equals, they departed this life."
"So there lies your answer Mr. Potter." Mr. Lovegood said pulling out a piece of paper and drawing the symbol. "The Elder wand, the most powerful wand in the world, the resurrection stone, and the cloak of invisibility, together they make one the master of death." Mr. Lovegood declared.
"And what happened to the Deathly Hallows Mr. Lovegood?" Chelsea questioned.
Mr. Lovegood paused for a moment.
"You're tea has ran cold." He said heading back toward the kitchen.
"I'm not even going to try drinking any of that tea anymore." Ron whispered.
"We should probably get out of here anyway." Jimmy said.
So the eight Gryffindors went to the kitchen where Mr. Lovegood was.
"I'm sorry sir, but we really must be going." Harry said.
"So soon?" Mr. Lovegood asked.
"You forgot the water." Ron said.
"Pardon?" Mr. Lovegood questioned.
"For the tea." Ron said.
Just as the Trio and the Elementals were headed toward the door Mr. Lovegood said something.
"Wait please." He said almost desperately.
"What is it Mr. Lovegood?" Bethany asked.
"He didn't like what I was writing…he didn't like it at all. So he came and he took her away…he took my Luna away." Mr. Lovegood cried.
"Who…who took her Mr. Lovegood?" Harry asked.
"Voldemort." He said.
Then all the windows shattered and there were massive black clouds swooping into the house.
"Holy shit." Samantha said.
"This isn't good; we need to get out of here." Chelsea said.
So the Elementals linked arms, found the Trio and apparated away as quickly as they could.
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"That traitor, I can't believe he would do that." Ron declared as they landed in a different location.
"He only wanted to get his daughter back though, but it still doesn't make it any better." Bethany stated.
"Guys, we have another problem." Chelsea stated.
"What is it?" Hermione asked.
"Snatchers and they're coming this way." Amelia said urgently.
"Hoods up, and whatever you do, don't look back." Samantha told the others.
"Run." Harry said.
So the friends started running for their lives, and they tried not to look back no matter what. Ron got caught though and the snatchers were getting closer and closer. They noticed Hermione stun Harry's face, and soon both of them got caught.
The Elementals tried to keep running but with the entire trio snatched they couldn't just go on.
Once they stopped the snatchers grabbed some of them and kept their wands pointed against their cloaks. Then they started interrogating Harry and Hermione, but of course both gave the snatchers false information. Then they did the same to the Elementals, but none of them spoke. That is until Samantha thought of an idea.
"You want to know, you have to come closer." She stated.
So the snatcher got closer.
"Closer." She said.
So he moved in closer.
"Closer." She said again.
When the snatcher moved in again Samantha butted him in the head and he fell.
"You really are stupid, and to answer your question, pain and hurt." She said.
Suddenly one of the other snatchers spoke.
"I think we need to take this lot in." He spoke.
Oh God, where are they going to take us?" Amelia thought.
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The Elementals and the Trio were lead to a large mansion. It looked dark and gloomy, but who lived here? Suddenly they saw an unpleasant face at the gates, Bellatrix Lestrange. They were at Malfoy Manor!
"Get Draco." They heard her say.
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Inside the mansion all they could do was watch as Draco examined the stunned face of Harry.
"Well?" Bellatrix asked.
"What happened to his face?" Malfoy asked.
"We found him like that." A snatcher stated
"I don't know." Draco declared.
Suddenly Bellatrix was looking at the snatcher who was holding the sword of Gryffindor.
"Where did you get that she questioned. She didn't sound very happy.
"I found it with her stuff, but it's mine now." The snatcher laughed.
With that said Bellatrix jinxed him.
"Take the boys and their little hooded friends down to the dungeon, as for this one, we need to have a little talk, girl-to-girl." She said looking at Hermione.
"Oh no, Hermione." Chelsea thought.
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Wormtail threw the friends into the dungeon, and locked the door.
"Let us out of here!" Ron yelled.
"What do we do?" Bethany asked.
"I don't know, but we need to get out of here." Harry declared.
"No shit, we have to help Hermione." Samantha said.
"Harry, Ron, everyone?" A high-pitched voice said.
Ron took out his deluminator put some light into the room and looked to see who said their names.
"Luna?" Harry questioned.
Two more figures stepped out of the shadows.
"Mr. Olivander." Amelia questioned.
"Griphook?" Ron questioned.
The Elementals pulled down their hoods.
"It's good to see you all again." Luna said.
Suddenly there was a loud scream; everyone recognized it immediately as Hermione.
Then Wormtail came back down and told Griphook to come with him.
"We NEED to get out of here." Amelia stated.
Harry pulled something out of his sock; it looked like a mirror shard.
"You're bleeding Harry; that's a strange thing to keep in your sock." Luna declared.
"Please help us." Harry said to the shard.
Then a loud swoop caught everyone's attention.
"Dobby?" Harry questioned.
"Hello everyone." Dobby greeted.
"What are you doing here?" Jimmy asked.
"I've come to rescue you all. Dobby will always be there to help Harry Potter and his friends.
"Can you get us out of here?" Harry asked.
"Yes sir, I'm an elf." Dobby said.
"Dobby, I wanted you take Luna and Mr. Olivander somewhere safe." Harry said.
"The shell cottage on the outside of town." Ron said.
"Whenever you're ready sir." Luna said looking at Dobby.
"Sir, I like here very much. Meet me at the top of the stairs in ten seconds." Dobby said before disapperating.
Suddenly there were footsteps again and the seven Gryffindors hid against the walls and as Wormtail hit the bottom of the steps they heard a crash.
Harry opened the door and everyone saw Wormtail on the ground, and Dobby at the top of the stairs.
"Who gets his wand?" Dobby questioned.
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The boys and the Elementals slowly approached the scene and saw Hermione lying on the ground, the words "mud blood" engraved into her arm, and Bellatrix shouting at Griphook as to why the sword wasn't in her vault.
When they got close enough Harry's face began to take its original shape again.
"Well, well, look who it is, Harry Potter, he's all shiny and new again, for the Dark Lord, call him." Bellatrix demanded.
Mr. Malfoy rolled up his sleeve and was about to tap the dark mark on his hand, but Jimmy disarmed him before he can do so.
"He's not the only one who's here." Samantha declared.
The Elementals removed their hoods, finally revealing themselves.
The Malfoys just looks completely shocked.
Suddenly a squeaking noise came from above and Bellatrix looked to find a chandelier about to hit her, but she dodged it and got out of the way.
"Stupid elf you could have killed me." She declared.
"Dobby didn't mean to kill. Dobby only meant to maim, or seriously injure." Dobby stated.
The Malfoys tried to jinx the group but the Elementals and Harry disarmed Draco, Bellatrix, and Mr. Malfoy, while Ron grabbed Hermione. Just as Mrs. Malfoy was about to aim for them Dobby disarmed her with a snap of his finger.
"How dare you take a witches wand; how dare you disobey your masters!" Bellatrix yelled.
"Dobby has no master. Dobby is a free elf; and Dobby has come to rescue Harry Potter and His friends." Dobby declared.
They disapperated, but right as they were doing that Amelia managed to see something.
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When the Elementals opened their eyes they were on wet sand, and everyone was sitting on the ground panting.
"Hermione, you're all right, we're all right." Harry said going over to Ron and Hermione and hugging them. The Elementals joined the group hug, but then Amelia noticed something.
"Jimmy, your hand." Amelia said in shock.
The girls looked and saw that Jimmy was clutching his right hand in his left, and his right hand, had Bellatrix's blade in it.
"Oh my God Jimmy, come here, I have to heal that now." Chelsea declared.
"Don't worry; it doesn't hurt as bad as it looks." Jimmy insisted, but he still went over to Chelsea to have her look at his hand.
"Chelsea, fix his hand. Bethany, Amelia, I need to guys to go get the familiars. I think we need them now." Samantha stated.
"Please allow me to accompany them Miss Samantha." Dobby offered.
"Thank you Dobby. Go you two, Chelsea and I will make sure Jimmy's taken care of." Samantha said.
With that, Amelia, Bethany, and Dobby were off.
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Hi, sorry, this took longer than I thought, but it's also the longest chapter I've written in a while. But we made it to the halfway point. Thank you to my coauthor DevilDragon8 for all of these ideas. Please review, we appreciate input, and as usual, see you in the next chapter!
