Chapter 25- Department of Mysteries

Rayne

"He should be here!" Harry was shouting angrily, looking frantically around in the darkness.

Hermione laid a gentle hand on his shoulder. "Harry it's not true… He's not here." She tried to tell him.

It looked like Harry was about to protest even more when Neville spoke. "Harry it's got your name on it…"

We all turned to the shelf he was looking at, where a glowing orb was sitting. "Don't touch it!" Hermione warned.

Harry grabbed it anyways and that's when we heard the cold voice drawl from behind us. "Very good Potter. Now give that to me."

We all turned to see Lucius Malfoy standing there with who I recognized Bellatrix Lestrange by his side, though only because I'd seen the picture in the Daily Prophet. Looking around, Death Eaters were surrounding us on all sides.

"Where's Sirius?" Harry choked out.

"The wittle baby woke up fwightened and fwot what it dweamed was twoo." Bellatrix mocked in a high little baby voice.

Harry just shook his head. "No, he's here… I know you have him!" That only caused the Death Eaters to laugh and the rest of us to give him sad looks.

"Time you learned the difference between life and dreams Potter." Malfoy sneered. "Everyone else can realize it."

"Starr…" Bellatrix stepped forward.

"How do you know me?" I snarled, my wand pointing right at her.

She just laughed. "I knew your parents."

I couldn't prevent my voice from shaking. "My parents abandoned me! You don't know them!"

Everyone's eyes were on us, but I barely could notice because I was so intent on knowing who my parents were, where I really came from.

A piece of paper was tossed towards me. Catching it I saw a picture of a man and woman, the man had short brown hair a kind smile and sparkling blue eyes while the woman had longer black hair with a matching motherly smile and warm brown eyes.

"M-my parents." I stuttered.

"Not bad people." Bellatrix smirked. "Until I killed them."

"W-what?" I stumbled back and Neville had to help me keep my feet under me.

She laughed as she sneered at me. "They didn't love you."

That was it. With a feral snarl I ran towards her and tackled her to the ground before she could even get her wand out. "You're going to pay for that!" I screamed, my teeth bared and ready to bite her until I was blasted off her into a shelf.

The shelf shook but didn't collapse on me as I shakily moved to my feet again, my friends looking at me in concern.

"You're Draco's little friend aren't you." Malfoy suddenly spoke. "We all have good reason to kill you don't we?" He laughed coldly.

Before I could put another word in, Harry shouted "Now!" and spells flew everywhere, putting gaps in the circle as Death Eaters went flying.

I felt Ron pull me to my feet and when I regained my feet I ran after him, Ginny, and Luna.

"Uh… Is it just me or are we walking on air?" I questioned as I looked down at my feet.

We had burst into the nearest room and it was very dark and appeared that we were just walking through the air.

No one answered, and that's when I saw the planets appear. That's right, Jupiter, Saturn, all the planets just floating in the darkness.

The door burst open again as Death Eaters charged in and shot spells into the darkness.

We all tried to hide behind different planets but Ron was hit full in the face by a spell.

As I ran over, he began giggling like a lunatic and hanging onto the bottom of my pants. I heard another shout and a Death Eater had Ginny by the ankle.

Snap.

Oh gosh, that's going to take a lot of healing…

"We have to go!" I tugged Ron to his feet and threw his out the door in the back of the seemingly endless room.

Yes threw. Well… Maybe tossed, but we had to get moving and he was still laughing like an insane person.

We ran straight into Harry, Hermione, and Neville. Hermione was out cold, Harry just looked a little shaken, and Neville… Oh crap… His face was just covered in blood, and it was still flowing.

Suddenly I was feeling like Ron was acting. "Uh- guys?" I gave Harry and Ginny, giving them a pleading look as I gestured to Neville's bloody face.

"Oh Merlin…" Ginny breathed, instantly leading Neville a little ways down the hall.

Red began to tint my vision. "Oh no… no, not now." I pleaded with myself.

Luna gave me a long look. "A vampire." She said airily as if it were the most normal thing in the world.

"She's a what?" I hear come from down the hall.

Okay, Neville now…

"Okay, well everyone knows now, so let's get moving." I told Harry, my head spinning as I tried to control myself.

He nodded and Neville and Ginny followed close behind us while Harry and Luna struggled to move Hermione and Ron.

Out of our original seven, one was already unconscious, three injured, and one every hungry vampire about to rip someone's throat out from all the blood.

We came across a room with just an empty archway and then black smoke surrounded us on all sides. I felt myself being pulled up off my feet and someone grab the collar of my shirt and point a wand at my throat.

A cold laugh came around the room as the smoke cleared and all of us except for Harry were being gripped by Death Eaters.

So unfair, Hermione was unconscious….

"Give it to me Potter." Lucius Malfoy growled, stretching out his hand.

Harry glanced over to me as he continued to talk and I knew he wanted me to do it.

I couldn't bite him though. This burly Death Eater as a vampire would be just bad news. So just breaking away was the only answer…

"Now!" I took my nails and whipped around, clawing the man in the face and then stunning him.

White smoke began appearing all over the room, and out of the smoke stepped the Order.

Fights broke out all over the place and I leapt for the nearest Death Eater, knocking him flat on his back before moving to the next one.

Through the chaos I saw Harry running after Bellatrix. I almost wanted to do the same, but knowing my friends needed my now kept me away.

After it was over, Harry still wasn't back yet. "Where's Harry?" I asked.

"Still after Bellatrix." Lupin said.

Usually I wouldn't speak to him, but we all still needed each other and made a silent agreement to get along.

"Where's Sirius?" I asked.

This time there was no response and I realized we'd lost him. "No…" I whispered.

"We have to help Harry." Moody finally spoke and we all ran to the center of the Ministry where the towering fountain was.

When we arrived, Harry was unconscious and Dumbledore was holding him gently, as if he would break if he touched him too much.

"He's getting stronger…" I told Draco softly, just days later.

Draco nodded.

"I haven't been so frightened of something in so long… but I was frightened. I was frightened of him…" I whispered.

Again he nodded.

"I have to tell you something." He said shortly as we boarded the Hogwarts Express.

Author's Note- Aha! Cliffhanger! I'm just evil like that. :)

But anyways, I mixed the book and movie so I don't know if that's good or not.

Also, there are twists coming up in their entire next year so stay with me!

Thanks so much again! :)