Broken

Azkaban

Cell Number 214

They Still haven't fed me…are they Trying to kill me? At least I've been left alone. For now. I'm lying on my back, looking up into the endless dark ceiling above me. There's always this…fear in the back of my mind. That I'm going to be broken or go insane…What was that? Hearing something, I sit up and look towards the iron door that marks the entrance to the cell I'm in. They took Diana away, and I haven't seen her since yesterday. That worries me. Someone is standing at the door, looking at me. He grins. "About time you woke up. Fudge wants to see you. I know you're human, but I have come up with something to force you to transform back into a beast…" He steps back and kick the door open. I stand and start to back away from the man. "Oh, no you don't." I'm in a corner, my mind frantically trying to figure out how to get past him. He starts towards me, and my terror escalates. "I don't want to hurt you…but it looks like I may have to." He stops in front of me. I force myself to calm down. "…Why am I even here?" I force myself to look the man in the eyes. "I did nothing. And yet he wants to do things to me? Because of what I became? I was trying to defeat the one who's been attacking them, and this is how he repays me? By sending me here so he can experiment on me?" The man says nothing, only stepping back to look at me. "I am sorry," He says, making a hand into a fist and cocking it back, "But this is for your own good." His fist then comes out of nowhere. I hear something crack and I fall, blood trickling out of my mouth and my world goes away.

"Is she awake?" "Just give her some time, please!" Someone sighs. "Jason, let me tell you something. This is for my benefit. Only mine. I do not care if a girl goes insane because of what I am doing to her. I only care to become Dragonus myself. I have made the proper arrangements….now…." ….where am I….ow….is that blood? Who is that in front of….no….no….he's going to-

I hate needles. I hate them with a passion. "You shouldn't be awake." Morgan? "It is I. I have softened your mind. You cannot feel anything, and be grateful that you cannot." Why? "Fudge has figured out how to force you to transform. You have lost so much lifeblood….no!"

"Thought your sister could save you? Think again." Pain from out of nowhere. Something screams, and it's not human. It's animal. "Oh yes, I figured out how to make you transform. You are human no longer. Awaken, and discover what I have in store for you." Blood. Lots of it. It's in the air, and the smell of it is driving me nuts. Which means I'm some sort of carnivore. But what? The voice speaks again. "I made you sister regret ever coming back from the dead to save you. Oh, spirits cannot die, but I made her wish she could." I lift my head and strain against my bonds. Only to fall back against the wall. The man who punched me is standing before me, looking uncomfortable. "You deserved this. I've heard that wolves drink each other's' piss. Let's see if they drink human's." …Drink each…oh….Don't freak out….I've gone through worse, it may seem bad, it may make me feral, but I'll still be alive. It's just water anyway. Now I know why he's naked. Being an animal at the moment, humans being nude doesn't bother me. Being pissed on…..you can't get used to that.

After five minutes of being humiliated, he steps back and shakes his 'friend'. The man then turns and walks off. I'm against the wall, surrounded by a certain yellow-colored liquid. ….I'm alive. I will get through this. I lift my head and glare at the man responsible for all of this. "It will only get worse. Remember when you were branded?" Fudge takes something off of a blood-soaked table, and heads towards me. I'm still chained to the wall, and once I realize what he's going to do, my mind goes blank.

"This brand is to mark you as dangerous. Even if you managed to escape, Magic-kind would try to kill you. Stay still!" Fudge has several of his men holding me down, I'm trying my best not to be branded a second time. I WON'T HAVE IT! I WON'T! I-red hot pain consumes me. My vision goes black, white, and then red. I feel pressure on my right paw, and then it goes away. After a few seconds, I open my eyes, and to see what was once Rachel's symbol. It's gone. Covered by a brand which only certain animals get. Animals who are doomed to be tested on. Animals who were like me, taken from their families and classrooms by Fudge himself. Animals who are broken and released back into society. The Damned. No, really- that's what they're called.

Fudge then picks me up by my neck and carries me over to another animal who is inside a locked room. He sets me down and I notice that the animal in front of me is a canine as well. He then leaves. The animal in front of me sits up, and looks at me. "I know you…all of us know you…" He then turns and howls. Animals answer and soon I'm surrounded by animals in various degrees of sanity. "We are The Damned. The ones who were taken. You have joined us, why, we have no idea. I never wanted to see this day-let me look at you." The wolf stands and walks around me, only pausing to sniff my brand. "Yes," He growls, "This is where that symbol was. Don't try looking for it. It's gone. Hurts, doesn't it?" I nod, unable to say anything. "My name is Quail, and this is our personal Hell. Fudge has wanted to become Dragonus for a long time. You are just this close to snapping. We would leave you be, but we have to stick together to survive. Follow me, if you can." Quail turns and starts to head off towards a room away from the others.

I see shiny things….good God. I'm staring at lots of gold and silver. Amongst it all are weapons and war items. The only one I'm paying any attention to is a certain sword up on a wall. A whine escapes me and I strain towards the wall. Quail stops me with his teeth. "What? Are you mad? That's a human item!" I stop struggling and turn to face him. "That 'item' is my Sword. I have to get it, because I can become human again. It repels all evil. Including curses." Quail lets me go and I lunge at the wall.

"…..I guess you were right. You are no longer a canine…" A flash of metal. …Well…I'm human again…but I've changed. Quail is sitting in front of me, looking interested. "Now that you have become human again, you might be able to take on Fudge. Will you do this? For all of us?" "I will," I swear, getting to my feet, "But not as a human." I then notice The Damned are around me, looking at me like I'm their savior or something. My sword is glowing, and my sanity returns for just a moment. I feel power rise up within me, and I feel unstoppable. "I…I am….." I feel myself transform into the very thing Fudge wants to become. "Dragonus!"

My roar of triumph echoes throughout Azkaban. I hear others echoing after me and I lift my transformed sword to the sky, or to at least the never-ending ceiling. Dragon's Fire emits a fiery glow and sparks fly as I swing it. "Now," I roar, "Let us take back what has been lost, and seek our revenge!" The Damned roar as well, and I lead them on a rampage.