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Chapter 11
When Lucius Apparated back to his and Bellatrix's hide out in the cave of a mountain, he saw Bellatrix charm some chains on Harry.
"When will we summon the Dark Lord?" he asked
"After we have had our fun" she replied
"Do you think that wise? If he learned that we did not inform him of Potter straight away, the punishment would be more severe than we have ever imagined"
"Alright, you have me convinces" she said, "summon him, but that does not mean we can't have our fun before he gets here" she pointed her wand at Harry and said, "Enervate". Harry began to wake up.
When Harry opened his eyes everything was blurry, he didn't have his glasses on. Someone then roughly pushed them over his eyes, and everything came into focus. In front of him stood Bellatrix Lestrage and to the side stood Lucius Malfoy. Harry tried to run at Bellatrix, but he was stopped by chains on his wrists and legs
"Scared yet Potter?" asked Malfoy
"Why should I be?" snapped Harry
"You will be soon enough" he replied, he began to pull the sleeve of his left arm back to reveal the Dark mark imprinted onto his forearm. He pointed his wand at it and summoned Voldemort.
"You'll be joining my dear cousin in no time" laughed Bellatrix. Harry's scar then burst into pain; Voldemort was coming.
"You feel him don't you? You can tell he is angry, we should not be summoning him, he is not very happy with us. But we shall be rewarded for our catch" said Malfoy
"If he's coming then I want my fun" said Bellatrix, she pointed her wand at Harry, "Crucio" Harry began writhing in pain, from both the curse and the pain in his scar. She continued torturing Harry with both the Torture curse, and she also used the 'Flagrate' curse (which Hermione used to burn 'X's on the doors in the DOM but,) Bellatrix used it to burn Harry's arms and chest, until..
"My dear Bellatrix, is that any way to treat the 'Boy Who Lived'? said the cold voice
"My Lord I was just-" Bellatrix began
"I understand" said Voldemort holding his hand up for silence, "Tell me, how did you do it? I thought he was in school"
"My Lord, Thicknesse did not inform you? Potter, here has not been at the school for a week, leaving the Weasley girl in tears. However, we were hiding in the forest on the outskirts of Hogsmeade waiting for a chance to catch him. We were surprised yesterday when Potter appeared from under his Invisibility Cloak" said Malfoy, "he nearly heard us, but we were not caught. We planned after he left
"We thought that if he was in Hogsmeade he would be meeting with his Mudblood and Blood Traitor friends. Then today was the Hogsmeade visit so we looked out for them, but we did not see the Weasley friend of his, just the Mudblood, but she was not alone. With her was the Weasley girl and one of the Weasley twins, and he and the Mudblood were each holding a red headed baby.
"We followed them and Potter let the Weasley girl know of his presence. He told her to visit him at the Shrieking Shack, so we left and waited in the house. When he Apparated in we paralyzed him so he could see who caught him. We then stunned him and I organized a plan to make his friends believe him dead, but the Weasley girl showed up early. Bellatrix left with Potter while I dealt with her, but the Mudblood appeared and I left before she, too saw me" Voldemort listened to Malfoy's story and Harry lay on the ground, too weak to move.
"I am impressed that you caught him, and glad that you did not succeed in your plan to make people believe him dead. I will do it myself and show the wizarding world just how weak their hero is" Voldemort said coldly before turning to Harry, "Are you ready Harry? Ready to wish you were dead?"
In Hogwarts, Professor McGonagall had just finished talking to Dumbledore about his conversation with Harry. She was going to the Gryffindor Common Room to talk with Hermione, George and Ginny, who had just left the Hospital Wing. McGonagall owled the Weasleys and Dursley's before she left her office to inform them of Harry's capture. When she reached the Fat Lady she gave the password 'Titillandus' but the Fat Lady would not open
"Is it true?" she asked
"Is what true?" replied the Headmistress
"The nurse from the portrait in the Hospital Wing told Violet, who told me that Harry Potter has been captured" said the Fat Lady
"I'm afraid that is true" admitted McGonagall, the Fat Lady then looked down at her folded hands sadly, and didn't say anything else, she let McGonagall through. When she walked into the Common Room, it was quiet but it looked like every student in Gryffindor was occupying the room.
"Professor?" called Seamus
"Yes Mr Finnigan?"
"Ginny told us, but are you sure? I don't want to believe it" he said
"I'm sorry Mr Finnigan, but we are going on Miss Weasley's word. There were no other witnesses" she replied. Many of the girls had tears silently falling down their cheeks, Ginny was no longer sobbing. She looked dead, she was very pale and just staring into space. Hermione was crying the hardest, having been Harry's best friend for seven years and he was like a brother to her she hugged Selena and cried. Selena was looking at her mother as if she understood. George was holding Hazel and had one arm around Hermione comforting her. George was also taking this very badly, Harry was like another brother, Harry had helped him and Fred start the joke shop up. He had many laughs with Harry, and now he was gone. George was also pale but he stayed strong to try and help Ginny and Hermione, "Miss Granger? Miss Weasley? I need to speak with you in my office" said McGonagall before turning around and leaving the very sombre Common Room. Hermione and Ginny followed, but Ginny was still not all there. Hermione left Selena with George and Hazel. When they reacher her office McGonagall sat behind her desk
"I learned of why Mr Potter was wishing to speak with you. Miss Weasley, you said he already destroyed one?" she asked, Ginny just stared behind the Headmistress and nodded, "Well that was the locket, it had been in the Black house all along"
"What? How come we didn't find it or see it?" asked Hermione, immediately calming down
"You did" said Dumbledore, Hermione got a fright, and it brought Ginny out of her stupor, "remember back in the summer before fifth year? Sirius and Kreaher fought over a locket?" Hermione and Ginny's eyes widened at this information
"So Sirius' brother was R.A.B?" asked Hermione, shocked
"Yes," said McGonagall, "he also mentioned to Dumbledore here, that he may know where another one is. Dumbledore agreed on the location, but neither know how to retrieve it"
"So why did Harry come to find us then?" asked Hermione
"He was hoping for your help Miss Granger. He knows you cannot go, and he will not allow you to go, but you can help with planning" explained the Professor
"OK, so where is the Hocrux hidden or where does he think it's hidden?" asked Hermione
"He believe that it is hidden in Gringotts or more specifically in Bellatrix Lestrage's vault. We are aware of the security at Gringotts but we need to get in there. Do you have any ideas Miss Granger?" asked McGonagall. Hermione was shocked at first, 'do they truly believe I can find out how to break into one of the most secured places in the wizarding world, except Hogwarts as Hagrid once said. But even Hogwarts was broken intoby Malfoy of all people! If this will help Harry defeat Voldemort then of course she would try'
"Hmm...I can try and help. But I can't promise anything Professor" said Hermione
"Of course. It will be very difficult to do this, we will be very grateful for your help Miss Weasley. Harry trusted you, as will we" said Dumbledore
"Thank you Professor" said Hermione, "Do we have any goblins on our side?"
"No, none. They see this as a wizards war and want nothing to do with us" explained McGonagall
"OK, no inside man then, we also can't Apparate in. I'm sorry Professor, but this will take a lot of thought" said Hermione
"I understand. You two better be off to bed" said McGonagall. Hermione stood up and walked towards the door but Ginny stayed seated
"Ginny?" asked Hermione, thinking Ginny was back into her daze
"I'm sorry Professor, but I didn't hear you mention anything about finding Harry" said Ginny
"The Order are out looking for him now. We are trying our very best to find him" said McGonagall sadly
"I'm scared Professor," confessed Ginny, "what if we never find him? What if Voldemort kills him? I know Harry is strong and brave, but he's only seventeen and Voldemort terrorized for years before disappearing and now he's back. I don't want to lose him and if it comes to that I want to be there beside him and die with him. I can't do that if Voldemort doesn't have the courage to duel him but capture him and not allow a fair fight. I couldn't live if Harry- if he was killed!" Ginny said before crying once again
"Ginny we're all scared for him, but we can't think like that" said Hermione putting a hand on Ginny's shoulder
"I c-can't h-help it" sobbed Ginny
"Miss Weasley, we will find him and we will help him win this war and defeat Voldemort" said McGonagall.
In the cave, Voldemort summoned Severus Snape, Crabbe Sr, Goyle Sr, Draco Malfoy and Wormtail. When they all arrived they bowed before him.
"I have summoned you, my closest, most loyal Death Eaters to give you a treat. Lucius and Bellatrix got me a wonderful gift and they shall be rewarded, but first may I introduce our guest of honour. Lucius you may bring him out" said Voldemort. Malfoy Sr. then came out of the shadows pulling a messy, black haired boy bound in chains. At the sight, all the Death Eaters eyes widened, Harry Potter was at the hands of Voldemort. Harry was fighting back, but Malfoy Sr. had a firm grip on Harry's hair, which seemed to cause the Boy Who Lived some pain, but he was mute; Malfoy had put the Silencing Charm on him.
"Crucio" said Voldemort pointing his wand at Harry. It was silent all round but Harry was rolling around in pain and his mouth was open as if screaming, "I want to hear him scream" Voldemort said coldly before removing the Silencing charm and repeated the curse. This time Harry was heard by all. It continued for minutes but it felt like hours to Harry, "Had enough yet Potter?"
"My Lord?" squeeked Wormtail
"Yes Wormtail?"
"My Lord, why are we keeping him here? Why not just kill him and show the world?"
"Tisk tisk, where's the fun in that Wormtail? I want him to wish he were dead and I will grant him that wish. He is so weak I can kill him without difficulty, and it will be done in front of everyone" said Voldemort, "now who wants a turn? Draco? You can repay your school mate for everything he has done. For putting your father in Azkaban," he said looking at Draco Malfoy, all the Death Eaters stepped out of Malfoy Jr's way who stepped forward
"Crucio!" he yelled angrily, Harry once again started writhing around in pain. There was so much anger in Draco's eyes as he looked at Harry on the ground
"Very good son" commented Lucius when Draco stepped back
"Yes, well done. Snape how about you?" Snape stepped forward and looked at his Master, "would you like to cause him pain like his father caused you? Ridiculing you in front of everyone at school. You can use any curse of your choice as long as it causes enough pain to entertain us" laughed Voldemort. Snape looked at Harry on the ground, Harry was breathing very hard and ragged considering he'd been subjected to the Cruciatus Curse many times in one day and had no chance to get his strength back
"Sectesempra" said Snape, as he said it Harry screamed in pain as deep gashes covered his body and one on his cheek. Blood came pouring out, Voldemort and the Death Eaters were laughing at the scene before him
"Brilliant Snpae!" called Voldemort, "now fix him up, we don't want him dying on us" Snape then bent down and muttered some spells over Harry. The blood slowly stopped but there were still scars covering him, if Harry saw his reflection, he would say he resembled 'Mad Eye' Moody, "Good now Apparate him back to Malfoy Manor and throw him into the cellar. We will be going to the Ministry in a few days time, or better yet we will kill him in Hogwarts, in front of all his friends and classmates. Snape you can find a way to get everyone in. You have three days" said Voldemort before Apparating to Malfoy Manor.
"McGonagall!" yelled Hermione jumping up from the Gryffindor table the next day at lunch, leaving a very confused George and Ginny behind. She ran up to the Head Table, "Professor I just thought of a way!"
"A way? What are you talking about Miss Granger?" asked McGonagall putting down her goblet of pumpkin juice
"The conversation we had last night with Ginny, I thought of a way to get in!" said a very excited Hermione. Everyone was looking up at Hermione with either curiosity or confusion, except Ginny and George who had now understood her excitement.
"You do?" asked McGonagall, "then meet me in my office with Miss Weasley after lunch" Hermione then ran back to her seat but had to leave a moment later as Selena was feeling sick.
"Come on Selena lets go visit Madame Pomfrey about this fever" Hermione said softly as she walked out the Great Hall. George stayed behind with Ginny who was holding Hazel.
"Do you think she really has a plan on how to get in?" asked Ginny giving Hazel a bit of toast to chew on
"Come on, it's 'Mione. Her plans are always brilliant and well thought out. Harry wouldn't turn to her if he didn't think she could help him and McGonagall has even turned to her. Even if this plan doesn't work she will think of something," said George, "and you cannot feed my daughter toast, she is too young" he leaned over and took it from Hazel's grasp. This was obviously a bad idea, because as soon as he took it Hazel started screaming very loudly. George, got a quite a surprise, before he could even contemplate giving the toast back to her, he was floating into the air with his hair turning green. Everyone could hear Hazel screaming, some Gryffindors had to cover their ears, and when they turned to see what the problem was they burst out laughing
"Hazel, that's brilliant but maybe you should let daddy down?" said Ginny grinning
"Yeah honey let daddy down" George pleaded, Hazel continued crying and instead of coming down he went up higher and made the sound of animals, "Moo! Hazel please? Oink! I'll give you back your toast. Quack! Woof! Meow! Come on hone, daddy loves you! Hee-Haw!" Hazel stopped crying and began laughing along with everyone else. George began to slowly descend while still mimicking the different animals. Once he landed in his seat he quickle gave Hazel her toast back, "Good girl. Is my hair normal yet?" he asked Ginny
"It's back to it's flaming Weasley red, yes. I can't believe how powerful this little one is, she's only what? Three months and she can embarrass you in front of the whole school because you took her toast," said Ginny, she looked down at Hazel saying, "I will never, ever annoy you that's for sure" making Hazel giggle while biting her, now returned toast.
"I don't know who's side that temper's from, mum or Hermione" replied George stabbing a piece of bacon.
Ten minutes later Hermione returned to the Great Hall with Selena.
"How's little Selena? Feeling better?" asked George
"She's had some Fever Reducing Potion but she's still a little fussy" explained Hermione
"Oh? Well you should have seen this one after you left" said Ginny nodding to Hazel who was now on George's knee
"Why? What happened?" asked Hermione anxiously
"Nothing bad Hermione it's OK" said Ginny
"Not bad for you" George said quietly. Ginny smiled before explaining Hazel's tantrum and use of magic.
"I would hate to be you two when these two are two. That is the worst year for tantrums, and one has already kindly showed us her power" said Ginny
"Yes, it might be difficult. I think Hazel might be the worst though, Selena's a very quiet baby, while Hazel's loud and very magical already," said Hermione before sitting down and looking at Hazel, "But Hazel? Will we make a deal? If you are ever mad take it out on daddy"
"Oi! said George glaring at Hermione
"Don't worry George, I still love you" Hermione said before giving him a kiss, "come on Gin, we need to go meet McGonagall. I'm going to take Selena OK?" she said to George
"Alright, meet you in the Common Room later" George called after them.
When Hermione and Ginny reached McGonagall's office, they knocked and were permitted to enter
"Good afternoon Miss Granger, Miss Weasley and..."
"Selena. This one's Selena. She's not feeling too well so I thought I'd give George a little less work, after lunch's performance Hazel is a lot to handle" Hermione explained, "and good afternoon Professor"
"Yeah good afternoon" said Ginny
"Well you know why you're here, so what's your plan Miss Granger?"
"Well, I don't know much about the history of Gringotts but I do know that it is impossible for on to Apparate into the bank, that is if the 'one' is a wizard. I was wondering if maybe House Elves could Apparate into it, as they can Apparate inside Hogwarts?" asked Hermione
"Hmm...I'm not sure, no one knows as it has never been tried. We can try though, and if it does work we can plan from there. Good work Miss Granger" said McGonagall
At the Malfoy Manor Harry was under the Cruciatus Curse once again, Harry had lost count at how many times he went through the pain.
"Do you want to beg yet Potter? Do you want to beg for mercy, for me to stop?" Voldemort asked coldly
"Ha!" said Harry weakly, "like I would beg! Beg to a coward? I would never go as low as that!" Harry said with as much malice as he could.
"A coward? You dare call me a coward?" spat Voldemort
"Yeah I dar Riddle, because you are one!" cried Harry. This caused the Dark Wizard to torture once more.
"What makes you think I am a coward? I am winning! The wizarding world is scared, cowering at my feet, Dumbledore is dead and you will be soon enough. You will die at my hands in front of everyone you love and care for and then I will kill them!"
"The fact that you did not kill Dumbledore, you sent Draco Malfoy to do it, but in the end Snape did it, shows that you were too afraid to do it yourself. You still can't penetrate Hogwarts and you're weakening me so you can kill me. You won't fairly duel me after what happened in the graveyard. You're a coward! So cowardly that you tried to kill me, kill me when I was a baby because you heard that i was equal to your power! You chose to act when I was a vulnerable child, but that backfired, you cowardly prick!" yelled Harry
"How dare you! That was a big mistake Potter!Now you really will wish you were dead" screamed Voldemort. He pointed his wand at Harry and muttered an incantation. Nothing physically happened, and Harry just stared at Voldemort, Harry began laughing at the wizard before him. It wasn't until he realized what was happening did he stop. He was no longer in the dungeon but in the Department of Mysteries, watching Sirius fall through the veil, it changed, and he was in the graveyard witnessing Cedric Diggory being murdered and Voldemort coming out the cauldron. All of his worst memories and nightmares flew in front of his eyes. Harry was screaming for it to stop he couldn't relive Sirius', Cedric's or Dumbledore's death, he couldn't bear to hear his mother scream or his dad tell Lily to run with him or Ron yelling at him, or the torture's Voldemort put him through. He also couldn't stop it, it hurt too much, but the one memory that hurt the most of all was the memory that wasn't real but he was made to believe, the memory where all his friends were killed and he was forced to kill Ginny...Ginny. It continued all night, Harry thought it would never end and he would go mad. Eventually it did stop, and it left him curled in a ball on the floor
"That will teach you not to call me a coward!" sneered Voldemort when he returned, "now are you ready to beg?"
"I will never beg, no matter what you do to me. Torture and my worst nightmares won't even make me" said Harry shakily
"Fine, but it will soon be over, and everyone's hope will be gone as they watch you die" said Voldemort before turning and leaving
Upstairs, at a very long table, sat all of the Death Eaters waiting for Voldemort to return. When he walked into the room he turned to Snape
"Have you found a way into the school yet?"
"My Lord, it seems that there are two ways. I discovered that Mr Burke still has the Vanishing Cabinet and both sets are in working order. Another way is that if we had someone on the inside then they could make the Room of Requirement into a tunnel from one of the stores in Hogsmeade to the room" stated Snape in a monotone.
"I doubt anyone inside the castle would help us and even if they would we could not contact them. The Vanishing Cabinet is an excellent idea, congratulations Draco. Your plan from last year will once again help us penetrate Hogwarts. Now all of you and my other followers who are not present will attack the castle during dinner and hold all the students in the Great Hall. I will then enter with Potter and show everyone how weak he is and kill him, and then we will kill anyone who refuses to join. We will attack in two days. Now go!" ordered Voldemort.
Down in the cellar, Harry lay in a corner with his knees to his chest tears running down his cheeks. In front of Voldemort he could not show weakness, he couldn't let them know he was scared shitless. He wished he could see Ginny, Hermione, all the Weasleys (even Ron), Hazel and Selena, he even wished he could see the Dursley's. Voldemort was going to kill him and the last thing he would see would be that snake-like face and red eyes, and everyone would be watching his death.
Stupid place is just like Hogwarts, can't Apparate in and out' thought Harry, 'only House Elves could Apparate in and out' Harry sat up so fast that he got head rush
"Kreacher?" he whispered. As soon as his name was said, there was a loud crack and Kreacher appeared
"What was that?" asked Bellatrix upstairs. Harry quickly turned to Kreacher
"Kreacher can you take me out of here?"
"Of course Harry Potter sir. Kreacher has missed you so. Take my hand and I will return you to Grimmauld Place" replied Kreacher, as Harry took the House Elf's hand Bellatrix came yo the stairs and saw Kreacher Apparate Harry out. The last thing Harry saw was Bellatrix screaming and shooting a Stunner after them.
A/N: Well theres chapter 11 for ya..hope you like it. I loved writing this chapter because I for some reason enjoy stories where Harry gets caught. But he escaped!! Yay! (: well hope ya liked it please R&R