Race against time
House: Hufflepuff
Prompt: Running out of time
Category: Short Story
Words: 1453
Characters: Daisy Potter, Remus Lupin, Lily Potter, James Potter,
This is very AU. Probably Canon up to mid to late sixth year? With some underling secret, non Canon things before then. Also contains female Harry (Daisy)
Thank you to spittingllama7856 for Beta-ing this!
Disclaimer: I OWN NOTHING!
Daisy Potter was running. She was nearly out of time, but there was someone she needed to say goodbye to, first. Daisy pushed past one final bush, and she was there. She had arrived at Remus's house.
Without hesitating Daisy hurried on. She had to be back at Hogwarts before midnight, and this might take a while. Daisy went up to the front door, and knocked loudly and quickly. Ten minutes later, no one had answered the door, so Daisy knocked again.
This went on for about thirty minutes, and then she started getting frantic, it had just hit eleven PM! And it would take her thirty minutes to get back to Hogwarts.
Daisy knocked again, and Remus opened the door. Daisy flew at him and threw her arms around him crying, "Remus!"
"Daisy? What are you doing here?" asked Remus, looking a little shocked and confused.
Daisy said, "Listen Remus, I'm running out of time."
"What? Why?" asked Remus, still confused.
Daisy said, "I'm going to sacrifice myself tonight to him. I just can't go on anymore."
"No! If you do that, no one will be able to stop him!" argued Remus.
Daisy said, "I know, Remus. You, me, Sirius, everyone; Dumbledore has lied to us. I discovered this last year, when I looked into the Pensieve when it was in Professor Snape's office. Dumbledore's using us to defeat Voldie, and then he would free Grindelwald and they would run amuck together. Dumbledore killed Professor Snape! He killed him! His spy, one of his staff members. Professor Snape didn't fall from the Astronomy Tower trying to save Astoria Greengrass, Dumbledore used a spell on him, then pushed. Astoria was just around at the time. Professor Snape somehow managed to convince Dumbledore that I saw a memory of you guys bullying him, but obviously, something happened and Dumbledore decided Snape needed to go."
"But, Daisy, are you sure this is the right thing to do? And how did you learn of all this?" asked Remus.
Daisy nodded, then said, "Before I go, I wanted to ask you something. Astoria told me about Dumbledore, and the memory, I guessed that from a few things mentioned, and Snape did pull me into his office once and show me that memory. So, after thinking about it, that is what I came up with."
"What is it you want to ask? If it's a task, I'd be happy to do it," said Remus.
Daisy looked down, and said, "Tell the other side that they need to move the Cup in Bellatrix's Vault. Ron and Hermione know it's there and they are plotting to steal it. And don't worry, it will be fine, I've put in a good word for you."
"Daisy, what have you been up to?" asked Remus.
Daisy said, "Hermione and Ron betrayed me, but Luna, the twins, Ginny, Neville and you haven't. In exchange for my life, they have promised to keep you guys and Teddy and Andromeda safe."
Remus smiled sadly as tears started falling from his face. He said, "Thank you, Daisy. I promise, I won't let you down! Say hello to James, Lily, Sirius and Tonks for me, please?"
"Sure," said Daisy. The two hugged, then Daisy rushed off. Remus shut the door behind her, feeling sad and drained. Then when he felt some of his strength come back, and Remus went to pack his things, and Teddy's too. They had people to see and things to do.
All was silent at Hogwarts, even though there was a war raging. Any idiot walking by would have no idea that Hogwarts had a war happening on its grounds at this very second. But, there was only ten minutes before the fight would start again, unless Daisy got to Voldemort in time. If she did, the war would end, but if she didn't, it wouldn't and the fighting would start back.
Daisy quietly opened the gates into the grounds, then staying in the shadows, she sneaked towards the Forbidden Forest.
As Daisy got closer, she saw people hanging around the edge of the forest, so she slid into the bushes which were growing along the edge of Hogwarts, and she sneaked past the people who looked like Order Members. Daisy recognised a few when she had gotten quite close to them. They were whispering things like:
"We haven't been able to find Daisy or Hagrid anywhere, do you think they got them?"
"Hagrid maybe, but if they got Potter wouldn't they have come out to gloat about it?"
When Daisy entered the forest, she kept to the shadows and away from any Death Eaters she found. Despite the fact she was trying to find Voldemort, she wanted to get there on her own, thank you very much. She didn't want to the Order to find her either. If the Order found her, it would most likely result in her plans being foiled.
When Daisy finally reached the glade the Death Eaters were partying in, she walked straight in. All of Voldemort's inner circle was there, but there were some others too, like; Narcissa Malfoy and Hagrid. Hagrid was tied up, and he cried upon seeing Daisy, "Daisy! What are you doing!?"
Voldemort turned to see Daisy, and Daisy said, "Do it now! And just keep your end of the deal."
There was gasps all around, and the people who were not wearing masks were looking confused. But Voldemort didn't waste any time pointing his wand at her and saying those two words dreaded by every Wizard or Witch, except Daisy. Daisy welcomed the words, for they meant instant death, and to her, death seemed like an old friend.
As soon as the spell hit Daisy, she felt her spirit and body separate, and two pale figures with wings came down to her from the sky. The taller one said, "You've run out of time Daisy. Come, your family is waiting for you. And Death is busy with some other spirits, so we, the Angels of the non magics, of come to get you."
"Okay, I'm ready," said Daisy starting to cry. Then the Angels grabbed an arm each, and pulled her up into the sky.
They kept going up until they reached some golden gates. The Angels pulled Daisy through the gates, and they came across a huge Castle with a Village around the castle. The shorter Angel said, "Welcome to Heaven, Daisy. This is your home from now on. Feel free to explore, and if you ever get bored of this life, just go into the castle, and ask our Lord. He'll fix you up."
Then the Angels led Daisy to one of the houses, and said, "This is where they are. I believe you have a lot to catch up on."
Then they left leaving Daisy feeling very confused. Daisy eventually shook her head, and said, "Well, the only way to find out is to open up that door and go in."
Daisy opened the door and went in. The inside of the house was nice, bright, and homely. As far as Daisy could see from the door, there were two people in the house; one was a messy black-haired man, he was sitting at the table. His face turned to a woman working at the stove who waist length bright red hair. The man must have heard her open the door, because he turned to look at her. He gasped, which caught the attention of the woman, and when Daisy saw her face, there was no mistaking it! they were her parents! Lily asked, "Daisy?"
"Yep! Mum, Dad, it's me!" said Daisy bubbling with excitement.
James asked confused, "But, I don't understand! We were not expecting you for a long time."
"Dumbledore, and some people I trusted were lying, so in exchange for Remus, Teddy, Andromeda and my friends who didn't lie to me, they promised not to kill them if I gave me life up to Voldemort," said Daisy.
James and Lily pulled Daisy into a hug, and Lily said, "We are so proud of you! That's a very brave thing to do. But now, you're finally home."
"Home, that sounds good," said Daisy into Lily's Shoulder.
Then the door opened and it sounded like two people entered the house. A man's voice asked, "What are you doing on the floor, Prongs? Lily?"
"Daisy!?" then said the man and the woman. Daisy turned to see it was Tonks and Sirius.
Daisy said smiling, "Hi Sirius, hi Tonks."
"Hi Daisy!" said Tonks, proceeding to trip over Sirius's foot as she tried to actually enter the house. Daisy giggled: she was finally home, to a place where she'd be happy, forever.