Jacen
I'd been communing in the forest with fairies, when I saw them. A group of Knights, guided by their figurehead, dragging a struggling Ella to the lake. It's freezing this time of year, I thought, remembering the first snowfall being just the day before. What are they doing?
I ran out, and Knights surrounded me, but didn't try to hold me down or anything like Ella. The figurehead had a proudness about him.
"We know that you hold the key to our plan, Jacen Emrys," the figurehead sneered.
"What key?" I asked, raising an eyebrow, definitely an expression I got from dear old Mum.
"Nice try, Emrys," the figurehead said patronizingly. He turned to his Knights. "Hold her in the water." She was thrust into the water, and held there by the Knights of Walpurgis. I could sense her fear and panic. I started towards her, but the Knights surrounding me pushed me back and waved their wands threateningly at me.
"Let her go, she hasn't-" I stopped short. She had done some stuff. The figurehead knew it, too.
"We can't have that nosy Emrys girl running around, such a tattle-tale." The figurehead clucked his tongue. "We will spare her, however, if you tell us the location of the Resurrection Stone."
The realization pounded in my head. I could feel her losing oxygen. Jacen, don't do whatever they want you to! She communicated to me.
I can't lose you, I told her. I had to make a decision that I could live with, and quickly.
Ella
The water was freezing. It clung to every pore, and drenched my clothes, and made every part of me feel weak and cold and slow. I struggled to find my way to the surface, but strong hands kept me down, and they were thick gloves. The people keeping me in my water prison weren't feeling any sort of pain at all.
It was fine, for the first few seconds. Then I felt the need to exhale and inhale. I refused to do so, knowing that water would surge into my lungs and I'd be dead. My hair slipped free of its ponytail and billowed out in wisps.
My heart hammed against my chest. Jacen, don't do whatever they want you to! I urged him mentally.
I can't lose you, I heard him reply. I felt my last breath exhale.
Tell Mum and Daddy I love them, and that I'm sorry. Tell Mara-Jade, Kieran, Peter, Tip, and Gavin that I'm going to miss them and I appreciate them in my life. Tell Rowan that I do have a crush, and tell him to be safe. I sent it in, resigned to my fate. I felt almost numb, despite the hammering in my chest.
Jacen
I heard her communication, and I knew what I had to do. I pulled the Resurrection Stone out of the pocket where it was hidden the whole time.
"So you had it," I heard the figurehead say thoughtfully.
"Take it," I told him. He reached out, only for me to close my hand and dodge a spell, and I ran for the guards that were attempting to drown Ella. I focused, and a snarling wolf from the forest leapt out, sensing my need for help, and she began mauling the guards. I shoved the ring back in the pocket where it belonged, and pulled Ella out. She gasped for breath, and was dripping, as well as ice-cold. She didn't lose her head, and pulled her wand out. We were surrounded by Knights of Walpurgis.
"It was a stupid trick, you useless boy," the figurehead snarled. I raised my eyebrows.
"Useless? You say to the boy who you can't steal a ring from," I retorted. I then remembered a trick Mum had told us about.
Ella, remember how you can turn into shadow?
Yeah, she replied.
We're going to do it now, I told her.
Right on sync, we then turned to shadow, and the curses and such passed through us. We ran through them, a good five seconds, and turned solid again. We dodged spells and kept running into the castle. Bad choice. There were more of them sprouting from the walls, and we had to Disarm five of them, and levitate a good twenty apiece. Part of me marveled as to how many there were of the Knights of Walpurgis. Maybe that's why they were such a threat to the Ministry.
Just hurry up.
Okay, okay, Ella! Geez...
We finally got to the Ravenclaw knocker. "When the bird sings what will happen when the tide rolls in?"
Ella glanced at me. "I have no idea."
We both started knocking rapidly at the door and looking at the advancing horde of Knights.
"LET US IN OR WE'LL FLIPPING DIE!" We screamed in chorus. Finally, Gavin pulled open the door, and we stumbled in the common room. Kieran had the foresight the slam the door shut right before any Knights could come get us.
"What happened?" Kieran asked.
"It's the ring, isn't it?" Gavin asked softly.
"How do you know?" I demanded.
"I told him," Ella panted. She was still shivering. Zethes, who was the prefect on duty, came forwards.
"What happened?" She asked imperiously.
"Kn-Knights a-a-attacked, tried to d-d-d-drown me," Ella stammered.
"What is it with you and the Knights of Walpurgis," Zethes grumbled, as Kieran helped Ella to her room. I shrugged, since I couldn't tell her the bloody truth!
"Go to your dorm, I'll go speak to Professor Flitwick," she decided. I was about to protest, when Tip, Peter, and Gavin came up to me, and I knew they'd want details.
We walked together back to the dorm. We four were lucky to have a four-person dorm, since apparently there was an odd number of Ravenclaw boys in our year.
"What happened?" Peter asked. "Gavin said something about the Resurrection Stone-"
"The Knights of Walpurgis thought I knew where it was, and tried to drown Ella to get me to reveal its location," I half-lied. I'd tugged in my collar instinctively, and Gavin smirked, but kept quiet.
Mum was not going to be pleased.