When they got to the large circular room, Harry slowly opened the door, hoping no one was on the other side.

"Anyone there?" Hermione whispered.

Harry shook his head. He raised his wand and slowly made his way into the room. He looked around but couldn't see any open doors.

"How are we supposed to find them?" Neville asked. "They could be anywhere"

As soon as those words left his mouth, they heard a series of crashes. Harry raised his wand towards the door to his left and waited for it to open.

He could see Hermione and Neville get into position on the other side of the door. When the door burst open; Ron, Luna, and Ginny toppled out.

"Harry!" Ron exclaimed. "Boy am I glad to see you."

"You too Ron. Are you all alright?"

"Yeah, we managed to get away from them." Ginny said.

"There are more around here. We need to find a way out." Harry said.

"And how do you suppose we do that?" Ron asked. "This place is a maze"

Before they could do anything, a two of Death Eaters rushed into the room. "Hey!" One of them shouted, "I found Potter! HE'S HERE!"

"SILENCIO!" Hermione shouted, catching one of the Death Eaters. The others, however, dodged and fired at the group. Neville and Ron were caught and thrown backwards.

Hermione rushed to Ron while Harry went for Neville; Ginny and Luna stunned the remaining Death Eaters.

"Come on" Harry helped Neville up and ran through the nearest door. It was a long hallway that led to large room with a stone platform in the middle. On that platform was a large stone archway. Harry slowly approached the archway. He could hear voices, quiet voices as he drew closer.

"Harry, we need to leave" Hermione urged.

"Do you hear that Hermione?" Harry asked, his gaze transfixed on the translucent curtain hanging in front of him.

"Hear what? I don't hear anything." She said, looking around anxiously. "And what are you looking at, this archway is empty."

"No its not, there's a curtain there" Harry said.

"I hear them too" Luna said as the rest of the group came up behind them.

A noise caught Harry's attention, but before he could call out to the others, a black cloud covered them. Harry could feel movement, he knew these were the Death Eaters so he dropped to the ground and waited.

When the air was clear, he stood up and looked around. Each of his friends were being held by a Death Eater.

Malfoy calmly strode forward, "I must say Potter, you and your little friends did a surprisingly good job of fighting us off." He grinned, "But did you honestly think that a bunch of children honestly had a chance against us."

"Except for those you sent into a wall, we're relatively unharmed." Harry said, "That doesn't look to be the case with you." He looked to the Death Eater holding Hermione, his nose looked like it was broken and bleeding. Another who was holding Ron had several scratches on his face and neck.

Malfoy's jaw tightened. "This is your last chance Potter. Give me the prophecy."

"Let them go first" Harry said.

Malfoy chuckled, "I don't think you're in any place to bargain, Potter"

Harry raised a brow, "Oh really?" He raised the prophecy over his head, Malfoy quickly stepped forward and Harry stepped back, "Unlike Voldemort, I don't need this."

"Give me the prophecy Potter!" Malfoy demanded, "Or watch your friends die!"

Harry paused and looked around. He could tell Bellatrix was itching to use her wand on Neville. With a sigh, he lowered the prophecy and made to give it to Malfoy, but something stopped him.

"We're right here"

"Aileen" Harry whispered.

"What are you whispering about?" Malfoy asked. "Give me the prophecy!"

Harry looked back at Malfoy and smirked, "Ya know, I'm not really feeling it." With that, Harry dropped the prophecy to the floor where it shattered.

"NO!" Malfoy screamed. The room seemed to erupt. White smoke, similar to the Death Eater's dark clouds, flew around the room; each one attacking a Death Eater.

Malfoy raised his wand towards Harry, but turned when a hand tapped his shoulder.

Harry was surprised to see Sirius standing calmly behind Malfoy.

"Get away from my godson." Sirius said, then punched Malfoy hard in the face.

Harry smiled and ran to hug his godfather. "Nice punch." Harry said.

"Thank you" He smiled. A stray spell zoomed past them and they both ducked. "You should have heeded Aileen's warning." Sirius said.

Harry huffed, "Yeah, I know. But I thought they captured you and you wouldn't answer your phone." He blocked a curse.

"Sorry about that, still learning how the bloody thing works." Sirius replied.

They continued to dodge and block spells, fighting off Death Eaters together. Harry occasionally got a glimpse of his friends helping the Order fight other Death Eaters. He took a second to allow pride swell in his chest when he saw Neville help Luna take down a Death Eater. All their DA meetings seemed to help. From the corner of his eye, he could see Aileen fighting with Bellatrix.

/

While the Aurors were fighting the Death Eaters, Aileen quickly went for Bellatrix. She had to keep the witch occupied until the battle was over.

"You know, I thought you would be more of a challenge." Aileen taunted as she dodged another spell. She wasn't using any powers, Bellatrix unfortunately needed to be alive after this.

Bellatrix shrieked, "Avada Kedavra!"

Aileen quickly stepped to the side. She wasn't sure if the Killing curse was able to kill her, but best not take any chances in case fate was not on her side. "Did I hit a nerve?" She smirked.

She jumped onto the large stone pillars in the room, closely followed by Bellatrix. "I have to say, you wizards have a very nice world here." She shot a small jet of her own magic at Bellatrix. "That Gringotts Bank is quite large. And it even has dragons." She dodged another spell. "They should really fix that, animal cruelty and all." She jumped onto the pillar Bellatrix was standing on and kicked her off.

"Luckily, there aren't that many. I was able to heal all of them and set them free."

Something sparked in Bellatrix's eyes.

Aileen smirked, "I see you've caught onto what I'm saying."

"Impossible" Bellatrix seethed and shot another curse towards Aileen.

"You would think so." Aileen replied, side stepping the curse. "But no less true. For someone with so much gold, you would think you would have a larger vault."

"You dare!" Bellatrix shrieked. "I am a Black, one of the richest pure-blood families!"

"Yes, but it seems Sirius was left with most of the fortune…being the heir and all. And I highly doubt Lestrange much of a fortune. Your sister married the only other rich pure-blood so I guess you just had to make due. Is that why you are so desperate for Voldemort's attention? He may not be rich, but he is powerful."

"The Dark Lord's name is sullied by your worthless tongue!" Bellatrix hissed.

Ignoring her shrieks, Aileen moved on, "There are perks to being so desperate for his attention. You are his most trusted servant aren't you? He knows wittle Bewa would never ever betray him." She dodged another curse. "And yet, what will he think when he finds out you failed him."

Bellatrix stopped throwing curses and cackled, "And how, little girl, have I failed my Lord."

"Have you not been following my story?" Aileen asked, "You may not have a lot of gold in your vault, but you do have something of great value in there."

Aileen watched as Bellatrix's eyes slowly widened and her face tightened. "Avada Kedavra!"

Aileen jumped away and laughed, "What will your dear Lord say when he finds out you lost one of his most precious possessions. That you failed him."

"Give it back! How dare you steal from the Dark Lord."

Aileen shrugged, "I'm afraid I can't. Unless you want the pieces, I guess I can give you those back. I have no need for them."

Bellatrix chased her onto another pillar. Aileen was about to taunt her some more, but Harry calling out to his godfather caught her attention.

She looked over to see Sirius sitting on the ground, holding his arm and Harry fighting off two Death Eaters. "Harry" She whispered and quickly jumped down to help him.

She brought her twin blades out and quickly cut both Death Eaters down. "Harry, are you alright?" She held him at arms-length, checking him for any wounds.

"Yeah" Harry nodded, "Uh…thanks"

Aileen smiled, "I know you don't particularly like me right now, but I will always be here to help you."

Harry winced, "Alieen –" but he was unable to finish. Aileen pushed him back just as a jet of green light hit her. The force of the spell pushed her through the archway, silencing her scream of pain as she disappeared through the curtain.


Dun, Dun, DUN!

At least it's not Sirius right?