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Chapter 26 – The Bedroom

Fred walked down the stairs with George trailing right behind them. Fred walked into the common room and saw a few Gryffindor students standing around. "Excellent, are we carrying on?" said Fred.

As they reached the bottom of the steps they heard some mumbling coming from behind them. The twins turned and saw Oliver and Katie walking down the stairs side by side. Oliver had only a pair of boxers on while Katie had her nightgown on backwards.

Angelina's jaw dropped as Alicia giggled loudly. "Nice fashion statement…" said Angelina as Katie looked down and saw that in a frantic rush to put on her clothes she had put them on backwards. Katie blushed immediately and hid slightly behind Oliver.

Percy suddenly came running into the room. "Everyone back upstairs!"

Ron ran towards Percy. "Perce—Sirius Black! In our dormitory! With a knife! Woke me up!"

Fred, George, and the rest of the students stood in silence. Angelina gasped quietly and George put his arm around her shoulder. Katie held onto Oliver's hand as he looked at Percy. Fred looked around the room and saw that Ava was not in the room. How could she sleep during this? He asked himself.

Soon Professor McGonagall came into the room. Ron tried to explain to her what had happened and Professor McGonagall just stared at Ron. "Don't be ridiculous, Weasley, how could he possibly have gotten through the portrait hole?"

"Ask him!" Ron pointed towards the portrait of Sir Cadogan. Fred and George watched as McGonagall pushed the portrait back open and went outside. They could faintly hear what was happening outside.

Suddenly Professor McGonagall walked inside and yelled. "Which person… which abysmally foolish person wrote down this week's passwords and left them lying around?" Fred shook his head as he saw Neville raise his hand in shame.

The students in the Gryffindor tower didn't sleep that night. The whole house sat in the common room waiting to hear whether Sirius Black had been caught. Fred sat next to George and kept looking around. "Did Ava ever come down?"

George thought and looked around. "I haven't seen her… maybe she's still sleeping?"

Fred turned and looked behind him. He saw Leia sitting next to a sixth year Gryffindor. "Hey have you seen Ava?"

Leia shook her head. "I haven't been to the room yet." Fred looked at Lindsay who was sitting by the fire. She shook her head no and Fred started to become worried. George saw the worried look on his brother's face and patted his back.

Fred stood from his place on the couch. "I'm going to go check on her." George nodded as he watched his brother walk up the stairs towards the girl's dormitory. As Fred walked up the stairs he could hear voices coming from behind Ava's door. He pressed his ear up the wall. As he got closer he caused a floorboard to squeak. Suddenly the voices stopped. After a few moments of waiting for any sound Fred spoke. "Ava?"

Fred heard rustling from behind the door but he could not tell what was going on behind the door. He knocked on the door. "Ava? Are you there?"

He heard some more rustling and then he heard Ava speak. "I'm here…"

Fred pressed his ear back up against the door. "Why don't you come out? Everyone is in the common room."

"I'm tired… I think I'm just going to go back to sleep." Her voice had grown shakier.

Fred put his hand on the doorknob and tried to open it. The door however was locked. "Want me to join you?" He said playfully. As Fred listened carefully he could hear a man's voice mumble something. Fred took a step back and decided not to take any chances.

He backed up from the door and then rammed his body against the door. The door cracked slightly but didn't open. He ran back and rammed into the door a second time. The third time he rammed his body into the wall the door broke free and Fred came toppling down onto the floor in the girl's dormitory. When he looked up he saw Ava lying in the corner of her room and the window was wide open. When he crawled to her he saw that her body was shaking and her eyes were filled with tears.

I shot up from my bed in a cold sweat. I looked around my room and saw that I was all alone and realized that I had been dreaming. Fred never came into my room. As I went to lay back down I heard screaming again. I sat up sharply and looked towards the door. It sounded as if the scream was coming from the boy's dormitory. I quickly stood and walked towards the door. Before I could open the door I felt someone grab me from behind and put their hand around my mouth before I could scream.

I felt someone breathe heavily against my ear and whisper lightly. "Shh… It's alright." My body immediately fell weak and my heart started to ache. I turned my body around slowly and locked my gaze with the man who haunted my dreams. I saw my godfather smile as he wrapped his arms around me in an embrace. "There, there… I told you we would be together soon."

I felt my body become limp with terror. I could do nothing but weep silently as I shook my head. I saw my godfather hold his wand in front of my face and light the tip of his wand. He brushed a stand of hair from my face, his hand never moving from my mouth. He ran his wand down the side of my face. "I can't have you screaming now can I? Don't worry… this wont hurt a bit." He took his hand from my mouth and pointed his wand at me. "Silencio!"

I opened my mouth to scream but let out no sound. I backed away from my godfather and turned for the door. Before I could turn the knob I felt ropes whip around my body to bind me. I fell to the ground and felt my body being pulled towards the middle of the room. I looked and saw that my godfather had incanted a spell causing him to rope me like cattle. He chuckled lightly. "You've got heart… just like your mother."

He took off his cloak and knelt by my legs. He ran a finger up my calf and smirked. "You may be wondering how I got into the castle…"

I did not move. My eyes stayed fixed on him. He ran his finger along my knee. "I knew Sirius Black was in the castle. Thanks to his stupidity… he provided a brilliant distraction for me to take you." He leaned forward and ran his finger up my nightshirt. My skin burned with every touch. He kissed my neck and I felt as if I was going to vomit. "Now I have you for myself… I've always thought your mother was beautiful but you surpass her beauty. Ever since I picked you up from the station…" He ran his tongue down my neck as he feathered his fingers along my inner thigh. "I've been dreaming about you. Now that your father is gone… I can have you for my own." He trailed his tongue along my cheek and then locked his lips with mine. I could feel him force his tongue into my mouth.

I immediately felt a surge of adrenaline flow through my body. I raised my legs and jabbed him in his stomach. He fell backwards as he grunted loudly. I felt the ties around me loosen. I pulled the ropes off of me as I kicked him in his stomach as he tried to get to his hands and knees. He fell backwards and groaned again. I ran towards the door when I heard the sound of a floorboard creaking. Then I heard Fred's voice on the other side of the door. "Ava?"

I tried to call out to Fred but I was unable to make a sound. I had forgotten that he put the silencio charm on me and I was unable to say anything. I felt my godfather grab me from behind and whisper into my ear. "I recognize that voice…" My eyes closed slowly and my head lowered. "Please Fred… just go away." I thought to myself. My godfather looked at me and then pointed his wand to the door. "Ah… this must be that boy I saw at the train station..."

I heard Fred knock on the door and then speak again. "Ava? Are you there?"

I saw my godfather wave his wand in front of me. "Answer him… if you say anything funny I will kill him."

I opened my eyes and looked towards the door and spoke shakily. "I'm here…"

"Why don't you come out? Everyone is in the common room."

"I'm tired… I think I'm just going to go back to sleep." My voice cracked as I desperately tried to find the right words to say.

Fred put his hand on the doorknob and tried to open it. The door however was locked. "Want me to join you?" he said playfully.

I felt my godfather hold onto my tightly as he backed towards the window. "Join you?" He bit my earlobe hard. "That saddens me that someone has been with you before me."

I suddenly heard Fred slam his body against the door. My godfather quickly opened the window. I then turned and faced my godfather. I punched him hard in the face causing him to fall back against the window. I heard Fred slam into the door again. My godfather then took his hand and smacked me hard against my face causing me to fall to the ground in pain. He walked towards me with fire in his eyes. He raised his hand to strike me again but saw Fred slam into the door and burst into the room. My godfather turned and transformed himself into the weathered looking horned owl that delivered me the letter. My eyes widened as I saw that he was an Animagus. That's how he was able to get inside the castle. Just as quickly as he turned into the owl he quickly flew out of the window.

I looked towards Fred and saw him crawl towards me and pulled me into his arms. I started to sob quietly as Fred held on to me tightly. I heard George run into the room and kneel beside me. He looked to his brother. "What happened?"

Fred looked up at his brother. "Go get McGonagall quickly! Someone was in here."

I shook my head and cried loudly. "No get Lupin… my godfather… I can't be here anymore."

George ran out of the room to get help. Fred started to rock me back and forth. After a while I started to fade in and out of consciousness. Within a few minutes I heard Lupin run into the room. Fred moved and allowed Lupin to gather me into his arms. "Are you alright? I'm here." I heard Professor McGonagall walk into the room. She walked towards us and knelt down.

"Let's get her out of here." I closed my eyes as I felt her help me to my feet as Lupin put his arms around me to help me walk. Before I made it to the bottom of the steps my body went limp and I found myself falling backwards into darkness.

Dear Readers,
I know this chapter was short (and I borrowed a few lines from the book). I wanted you to get where this takes place in the story. Anyways PLEASE review… Reviews make me want to write stories instead of doing my homework (so what's more important? ...me writing an amazing chapter?... or me writing a boring essay for my Ancient Rome class?) Just something to think about... ;) Thank you to those who have been reviewing every chapter! I love you guys :)

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Tinkie