"Yes Wormtail, that was valuable information after all, perhaps I was mistaken to punish you for interrupting me." Voldemort said cruelly
Voldemort seated himself in an armchair in front of a large fire place and the crumpled form of Wormtail.
"No, you were not mistaken to punish me my Lord, I deserved it." Wormtail said with an unsteady voice
"You're quite right, you did deserve it, and I dare say that you've been increasingly insolent of late." Said Voldemort
"I am sorry my Lord, please forgive me."
"Yes, yes," Voldemort said in disgust "and you are sure this information is correct?"
"Yes my Lord, I overheard Severus speaking of it, Potter will be there."
"Curious that Severus has not already informed me of this."
"I thought so too my Lord, perhaps he is not to be trusted after all."
"Perhaps, but I do not have the time just now to speak with him just now, I must go quickly to make curtain Potter does not have a chance to leave." Voldemort said standing up
"But, m-my Lord," Wormtail said with a squeak
"Is there something more Wormtail?"
"Yes my Lord, there are others there as well, they might get in the way, like the boys mother did."
"We wouldn't want that to happen again now would we. Wormtail! Summon them." Voldemort said with a look of great malice
"Them, m-m-my Lord?" Wormtail said, his shaking increasing
"Yes Wormtail! Summon them and send them ahead, but tell them not to act until I arrive, they'll be very pleased."
"But surly you do not require their help, not with your power my Lord."
"I would think not, but if any of them decide to be as foolish as his mother, they will be able to handle them and leave me free to deal with Potter."
Wormtail got to his feet and quickly scurried out of the room, sobbing slightly.
"There will be no one dieing to save you this time Potter." Voldemort said maliciously to himself
It was a very quiet night at number 4 Privet Drive and the Dursley family had just sat down to dinner when they heard a loud bang and the sound of splintering wood coming from the region of their front door.
"What the bloody hell was that?" Vernon Dursley yelled, and breath freezing cold filled all three members of the Dursley family
There was a defining bang and the kitchen door was blown off its hinges with a bright flash of light and a shower of splinters. And in the wreckage of the door way stood Voldemort flanked by two Dementors, though the Dursleys could only see the scarlet eyed man.
"Who the hell are you?" Vernon said with a shaking voice "I warn you, I have a gun."
"Is that supposed to be some kind of pathetic muggle threat?" Voldemort laughed as he pointed his wand at Vernon "Crucio!"
Vernon started shaking and screaming then rolled off his chair and continued to do both as he lay on the floor. A smile crossed Voldemort's face as even more fear spread across Petunia's and Dudley's.
"Now," Voldemort said, lifting his wand "Where's Potter, I know he lives here, where is he!"
Petunia stared at her husband who was still shaking slightly and opened her to speak but couldn't.
"Crucio!" Voldemort said, again pointing his wand at Vernon
"STOP!" Cried Petunia and Voldemort lifted his wand
"Tell me where Potter is, and I won't torture your husband again."
"He's," Petunia said, but couldn't get another word out
Voldemort sneered angrily and pointed his wand at Vernon once again.
"He's not here!" Petunia cried before Voldemort could perform the curse, and he lowered his wand
"Then where is he?"
"I don't know,"
"Really?" Voldemort said unbelievingly and pointed his wand at Vernon once again "Crucio!"
With the third use of the curse and the returned screams of his father, Dudley vomited then passed out and fell of his chair. As Dudley fell the two Dementors began to advance but Voldemort held out his arm to stop them.
"Those Lupin and Tonks people took him from here two weeks ago." Petunia said, saying anything she could think of to get him to stop
Voldemort lifted his wand and an immense anger filled his face.
"The Order has him" Voldemort said threw gritted teeth
He turned towards Petunia and his face instantly changed from anger to a twisted smile.
"Very well then, I have found out what I need, and after all I am a man of my word, I will torture your husband no longer, Crucio!" Voldemort said, redirecting his wand to Petunia who immediately began to scream
After a few minuets Voldemort lifted his wand, sidestepped left of the doorway a little and turned to the two Dementors.
"You may take them now, I have no further use for filthy muggles."
The Dementors drew in a rattling breath as if excited, and began to advance towards the doorway. The Dementor on the left reached the door way first and quickly headed for Petunia, when it got to her it lowered it's hood and grasped its rotting hands tightly around her neck and Lifted her form her seat.
As the second Dementor was heading for Vernon there was a commotion at the front door and several people rushed in wielding wands.
"Atrum Servo, take care of them." Voldemort said, addressing the second Dementor just as a silvery wolf erupted from the wand of Mad Eye Moody and charged the oncoming Dementor.
The Dementor holding Petunia opened its mouth wide, drew in a long breath then placed its mouth to Petunia's and there was blood curdling screech of pain. Instantly Petunia's face sunk in on it's self, her eyes rolled into the back of her head, her stomach collapsed unnaturally far, and she began to shake horribly with her arms limp at her side.
The People in the hall all cringed and temporarily looked away, but Voldemort just let out a small laugh and disapparated, though not before firing a killing curse down the hall which just barely missed it's mark.
Before the group had fully recovered the silvery wolf was thrown off by the Dementor hit the wall and disappeared. The Dementor began to charge the group once again and, though utterly astonished, every one of them held up their wands and more than half a dozen silvery forms shot down the hall towards it. The Dementor was hit with all the Patronus's at once and was flung back into the kitchen counter. As the Patronus's reared around for another attack both Dementors rushed out the back door to the garden and disappeared from sight.
"Remus, check the woman!" Moody growled "Baver, Holcomb, check the other two and the rest of ya' make sure those Dementors don't come back and sneak up on us!"
Lupin, Baver, and Holcomb rushed off towards the Dursleys ant the others split up and went to guard the front and back doors.
"How is she Remus?" Moody asked as he clunked his way towards him
"Not good, the Dementor was able to complete the kiss." Lupin said as he bent over Petunia's limb body and looked into her now blank, staring eyes
"Shame," Moody said shaking his head "No one should have to endure that."
"Yes, I agree," Lupin said standing back up "She is alive at least, though I don't know that that's a good thing."
Lupin put his face in his hand and began to shake his head.
"Five minuets, five bloody minuets sooner and we could have saved her." Lupin said
"Don't go blaming yourself Remus, you know damn well that if you hadn't spent those five minuets contacting the rest of us, that not only would you be dead but the other two would have gotten the Dementors kiss as well." Moody said
"You're right, I just feel like there must have been something more we could do."
"Remus if you hadn't acted as quickly as you did I shutter to think how many others would have been attacked, you did as much as you could."
"Mad Eye, both the boy and the man are still unconscious, but otherwise seem to be unharmed." Holcomb said as he stepped up beside Lupin and Moody
"Well that's something, the Ministry will need to be informed immediately." Said Moody
"I'll do it," Holcomb said
There was a gasp from the door and everyone quickly turned around and drew they're wands. Lupin gave a sigh of relief when he saw who it was and tucked his wand back into his robes.
"It's all right everybody, it's just Arabella Figg." Said Lupin "Arabella, thank you for informing us about this, but please, I think it's best if you wait outside."
Mrs. Figg nodded and began to back out of the room with a look of terror on her face.
"Over here Remus, I'd like to talk to ya'." Moody whispered and he and Lupin walked into the living room
"What is it Mad Eye," Lupin asked
"I'm sure you noticed what happened to my Patronus when it went at that Dementor alone." Moody said looking concerned
"Yes I did, we all noticed, I don't understand, I've never seen something like that before."
"Neither have I, sure I've seen plenty of Dementors break through non corporeal ones, but never have I seen one deflect one that was fully corporeal."
"Yes, it's very odd, and I'd be lying if I said it didn't scare me."
"Scares me too, more than anything's scared me in a long time,"
"I need to inform the Order, if Voldemort's found some new form of dark magic to make the Dementors more resistant to the Patronus charm then everyone's in a lot more trouble than we thought." Lupin said and he bade Moody goodbye, then disapparated