When they started to come down to the tent after the match Percy thankfully transfigured back into Peter Johnson otherwise it would be like walking through a group of zombies being attracted towards Percy , started to advice Fred and George not to tell that they had gambled ,who grinned and nodded saying " They are going to use it in the most possible way " causing Hermione to roll her eyes Of course they need every money they could , for the joke shop.
Ron and Harry animatedly talked about whatever the move Krum did in the match . But Hermione had to admit Krum is a very talented player . Harry was the best seeker she had know in the past three years but he even makes Harry looks like a rookie . Hermione looked at Percy who was looking at the night sky searching constellations. " What is your favorite constellation?" Hermione asked abruptly causing Percy to give her a startled look but when he saw it was her he relaxed and said " Huntress " . Hermione blinked in confusion and thought as far as she know there was no Huntress constellation . On seeing her confusion Percy said " That constellation was noted just nearly two years ago " pointing to a cluster of stars ,Hermione followed his hand and noticed why it is called as Huntress , it looks like a huntress hunting with a bow and arrow .
Hermione looked at Percy and asked " What is the reason ? " causing Percy to say with a sad smile " It reminds me of a friend " .
When they finally reached the tents, nobody felt like sleeping at all, and given the level of noise around them,Mr. Weasley agreed that they could all have one last cup of cocoa together before turning in. They were soon arguing enjoyably about the match; Mr. Weasley got drawn into a disagreement about cobbing with Charlie, Percy and Hermione started to speak about Hogwarts and it was only when Ginny fell asleep right at the tiny table and spilled hot chocolate all over the floorthat Mr. Weasley called a halt to the verbal replays and insisted that everyone go to bed. Hermione and Ginny went into the next tent, and Harry, Percy and the rest of the Weasleys changed into pajamas and clambered into their bunks. From the other side of the campsite they could still hear much singing and the odd echoing bang."Oh I am glad I'm not on duty," muttered Mr. Weasley sleepily. "I wouldn't fancy having to go and tell the Irish they've got to stop celebrating."
Harry, who was on a top bunk above Ron, lay staring up at the canvasceiling ofthe tent, watching the glow of an occasional leprechaun lantern flying over head,and picturing again some of Krum's more spectacular moves. He wasitching to getback on his own Firebolt and try out the Wronski Feint. . . . Some how OliverWood had never managed to convey with all his wriggling diagrams what thatmove was supposed to look like.. . .
Harry saw himself in robes that had hisnameon the back, and imagined the sensation of hearing a hundred-thousand strong crowd roar, as Ludo Bagman's voice echoed throughout the stadium, "I giveyou. .. Potter!"Harry never knew whether or not he had actually dropped off to sleep - his fantasies of flying like Krum might well have slipped into actual dreams -all heknew was that, quite suddenly, Mr. Weasley was shouting."Get up! Ron - Harry - come on now, get up, this is urgent!"Harry sat up quickly and the top of his head hit canvas. "S' matter?" he said.
Dimly, he could tell that something was wrong. The noises in the campsite had changed. The singing had stopped. He could hear screams, and the sound ofpeople running. He slipped down from the bunk and reached for his clothes,butMr. Weasley, who had pulled on his jeans over his own pajamas, said, "Notime,Harry - just grab a jacket and get outside - quickly!"Harry did as he was told and hurried out of the tent, Ron at his the light of the few fires that were still burning, he could see people running away into the woods, fleeing something that was moving across the field toward them, something that was emitting odd flashes of light and noises jeering, roars of laughter, and drunken yells were drifting towardthem; thencame a burst of strong green light, which illuminated the scene.
A crowd of wizards, tightly packed and moving together with wands pointing straight upward, was marching slowly across the field. Harry squinted atthem. . . .They didn't seem to have faces. . . . Then he realized that their heads were hooded and their faces masked. High above them, floating along in midair, four struggling figures were being contorted into grotesque shapes. It was as though the masked wizards on the ground were puppeteers, and the people above them were marionettes operated by invisible strings that rose from the wands into of the figures were very wizards were joining the marching group, laughing and pointing up at the floating bodies. Tents crumpled and fell as the marching crowd ortwice Harry saw one of the marchers blast a tent out of his way with caught fire. The screaming grew louder.
The floating people were suddenly illuminated as they passed over aburning tentand Harry recognized one of them: Mr. Roberts, the campsite manager. Theother three looked as though they might be his wife and children. One of themarchersbelow flipped Mrs. Roberts upside down with his wand; her nightdress fell down to reveal voluminous drawers and she struggled to cover herself up as the crowd below her screeched and hooted with glee."That's sick," Ron muttered, watching the smallest Muggle child, who had begunto spin like a top, sixty feet above the ground, his head flopping limply from sideto side. "That is really sick. . . ."Hermione and Ginny came hurrying toward them, pulling coats over theirnightdresses, with Mr. Weasley right and Percy behind them.
At the same moment,Bill,Charlie, and Percy emerged from the boys' tent, fully dressed, with their sleeves rolled up and their wands out."We're going to help the Ministry!" Mr. Weasley shouted over all the noise,rolling up his own sleeves. "You lot - get into the woods, and stick together.I'llcome and fetch you when we've sorted this out!"
Bill, Charlie, and Percy were already sprinting away toward the oncoming marchers; Mr. Weasley tore after them. Ministry wizards were dashing from every direction toward the source of the trouble. The crowd beneath the Robertsfamilywas coming ever closer."C'mon," said Fred, grabbing Ginny's hand and starting to pull her toward thewood. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and George followed.
Hermione looked behind them and yelled " Percy where are you going ? " causing everyone to loook at him . He replied " You go I will join you afterwards " and disappeared into the crowd .
Hermione without the waste of time took after him . Harry started to follow her but before he could she disappeared into mob of crowds and Fred yelled " Come on Harry ,Percy will take care of Hermione " . Harry hesitantly started to follow Fred and the others and one look at Ron Harry could say Ron was also worried about Percy and Hermione . Percy had grown close to them in a day but Harry knows if anyone could take care of them it is Percy , since he is a great duelist and all.
Hermione don't know what she thought it is unlike herself to do without a plan but here she is following a old friend among the crowd of dark wizards and screaming wizards and muggles .
When she burst into a clearing her blood froze in fear . She looked around and saw a dozen of them burning down the tents . When one saw her , she thought he grinned behind the mask and yelled " Here we have a mudblood guest " causing every others to look at her . They all at her roared in laughter . "What should we do ? " One asked . When the others started to argue one dark wizard said " How about we kill the mudblood in the name of Dark Lord ? '' raising his wand.
On hearing that Hermione's blood froze in fear .One part of her mind said they were about to kill her . But other part of her mind told if she goes down she will go down like a brave Griffondor she is . At a instinct she took her wand and yelled " Incendio" thanks to the Advanced charms class she took with Professor Flitwick causing fire to come out of her wand at all of them .
Immediately she started to run towards the trees . She then heard footsteps behind her . She ran as fast as she could but she was tripped down by a tripping jinx cast by a darkwizard . There were atleast five of them whose robes are half burnt and a smell of smoke came from them .
One looked at her and spat " You filthy mudblood . Trying to burn us down . We tried to give you a painless death but now we are going to torture you to death . One raised his hand to cast the spell , Hermione closed her eyes waiting for the torture curse to hit her but it never came . When she opened her eyes . The dark wizard looked frozen in his place with wand in his hand . When saw closely she noted he looked like he was hit by body binding curse . Unfortunately others had also noticed One looked towards the trees and yelled " Show yourself -" but he was cut of by a spell hitting turning him into a rat causing him to squeak . Then rat also got hit by body binding curse.
Others three looked around in fear . But one caught hold of Hermione and pointed a wand at her while and others two also did "You can defeat one of per time . If you cast a spell on us the filthy mudblood is dead " . She was in fear ,when a figure came out of the trees with a black jacket and a cap . Her heart immediately pounded in fear knowing who he is .
"Kneel down and put your wand down and take your cap " a dark wizard said . Percy did what he was asked and when took the cap down it was his original look rather than the transfigured look causing them to taken back. A dark wizard laughed " Aww. Isn't he the youngest dueling champion ? Some also called him as Dumbledore of this generation " causing others two to roar in laughter . During that time they looked like they had forgotten she is there since they took of their wands .
They all roared in laughter causing not even bothering to watch Percy thinking they had defeated him but now she could see why they had called him as a master duelist at a young age since he took his wand and stunned the two in a fluid motion .When last one started to notice , it was too late since Percy had also stupified him .
She was in too much shock on processing what happened after the quidditch match , she was nearly killed by the dark wizards , if Percy had not come she would be tortured to death . She felt a hand on her shoulder , she looked into the eyes of Percy which was with concern for her . She immediately flung her arms around him and started to cry . She didn't feel like a fourteen years old girl now . She feels like the same five years old girl who cried when she got lost from her parents.
She cried into his shoulders while he just patted her back soothingly . After nearly five minutes she reluctantly pulled back.
Percy looked at her with a smile asked " Are you okay ? " causing Hermione to nod her head . Hermione wiped her eyes and asked " So what are we going to do now ? "
"We are going to handover the dark wizards to the ministry " .
"Death eaters" Hermione said quietly causing Percy to look at her in shock . Hermione nodded and said "Yeah he said he will kill me in the name of dark lord " causing Percy's usual sea green eyes to swirl in fury . He took a long breath and said " You did a good job there using incendio and trying to escape . I saw the five following you so I ran after them ".
Hermione stood and watched while Percy body binded them and turned the other four dark wizards into rats . He then transfigured a rock into a jar and stuffed the rats in them and put a unbreakable charm . Hermione watched in amazement thinking he will even give a tough competition to Professor Mcgonagall in transfiguration . Hermione looked at him in amazement and asked " You are a master in transfiguration . Then why do you have to school at all ? " Percy looked grim and said " I have to complete my education to join M.A.C.U.S.A " causing Hermione to shake her head in amazement . Percy is clearly the strongest wizard she had seen especially for such a young age .
Hermione looked at the sky and gasped in shock . Percy followed her vision , he too have the same look on his face on seeing the dark mark.
Percy said hurriedly " Come on we have to go there because aurors would have arrived there now " . Hermione started to take a step but she winced in pain remembering how far had she run from the campsite . Percy must have also noticed that because he gave the jar of death eaters to Hermione and said " This is a one time thing .Don't ask me to do often " causing Hermione to look at him in confusion . Before she could ask he slowly turned into a large black beautiful stallion causing her to gasp in shock . "You are a animagus " causing Percy to neigh in confirmation .
He motioned her to sit in his back which she did reluctantly thinking it is awkward to sit in her friend eventhough he is a horse.
She tightly clutched the jar in one hand and Percy in other hand since he started to run towards very fast towards the area of dark mark.
When they reached the area Hermione saw Fudge , and other ministry officials on one side while , were towering over Harry , Ron and the other Weaselys asking questions.
A ministry official pointed at them and yelled " Yo there " causing everyone to turn towards them . Harry and Ron yelled in relief "Hermione " rushing towards them . Hermione climbed down and was hugged by Ron and Harry . Ron looked at Hermione and asked " Where were you? Where is Percy ? What is this ? " the last question was pointed at the jar . Before she could answer a loud neigh was heard turning the attention towards the horse which after a minute turned back into a black haired boy causing everyone to take a step back . Ron exclaimed " Blimey is there anything he cannot do ? " causing chuckles from Harry and Hermione .
The officials who don't know about how Percy was there in the world cup looked at him in wide eyes.
Fudge strode towards Percy and asked shakily " what happened ? " to which Percy explained how he went to help the muggles and how he followed the dark wizards into woods and how they attempted to kill her ,at that Harry and Ron squeezed her hands very hard making her to wince and how he defeated them . At that every wizards looked at him in awe and disbelief . Mr .Crouch barked " Do not lie boy . No mere sixteen year old boy could down five grown dark wizards '' causing Percy to glare furiously at him.
Percy took the jar from Hermione and emptied the stunned rats to ground and waved his wand causing rats to turn into fully grown wizards with their masks and burned robes . This sent a series of gasps among the wizards at the skills he possessed . Hermione knows human transfiguration is very difficult even full grown adults have problem with that .
Percy smirked at causing him to turn red in fury . Before anyone could say anything Mr. Diggory reemerged from behind the trees. He was carrying a tiny, limpfigurein his arms. Hermione recognized the tea towel at once. It was . Crouch did not move or speak as Mr. Diggory deposited his elf on thegroundat his feet. The other Ministry wizards were all staring at Mr. Crouch. For afewseconds Crouch remained transfixed, his eyes blazing in his white face ashe stareddown at Winky. Then he appeared to come to life again."This - cannot - be," he said jerkily. "No -"He moved quickly around Mr. Diggory and strode off toward the placewhere hehad found Winky."No point, Mr. Crouch," Mr. Diggory called after him. "There's no one elsethere."But Mr. Crouch did not seem prepared to take his word for it. They couldhear himmoving around and the rustling of leaves as he pushed the bushes aside,searching.
"Bit embarrassing," Mr. Diggory said grimly, looking down at Winky'sunconscious form. "Barty Crouch's house-elf. . . I mean to say...""Come off it, Amos," said Mr. Weasley quietly, "you don't seriously think it was the elf? The Dark Mark's a wizard's sign. It requires a wand.""Yeah," said Mr. Diggory, "and she had a wand." "What?" said Mr. Weasley. "Here, look." Mr. Diggory held up a wand and showed it to Mr. Weasley ."Had it in her hand. So that's clause three of the Code of Wand Use broken, for a start. No non-human creature is permitted to carry or use a wand."Just then there was another pop, and Ludo Bagman Apparated right next to . Looking breathless and disorientated, he spun on the spot, goggling upward at the emerald-green skull."The Dark Mark!" he panted, almost trampling Winky as he turned inquiringly to his colleagues. "Who did it? Did you get them? Barry! What's going on?"
Mr. Crouch had returned empty-handed. His face was still ghostly white, and his hands and his toothbrush mustache were both twitching. "Where have you been, Barty?" said Bagman. "Why weren't you at the match?Your elf was saving you a seat too - gulping gargoyles!" Bagman had just noticed Winky lying at his feet. "What happened to her?""I have been busy, Ludo," said Mr. Crouch, still talking in the same jerky fashion,barely moving his lips. "And my elf has been stunned." "Stunned? By you lot, you mean? But why - ?"Comprehension dawned suddenly on Bagman's round, shiny face; he looked up at the skull, down at Winky, and then at Mr. Crouch."No!" he said. "Winky? Conjure the Dark Mark? She wouldn't know how! She'd need a wand, for a start!" "And she had one," said Mr. Diggory.
"I found her holding one, Ludo. If it's all right with you, Mr. Crouch, I think we should hear what she's got to say for herself."Crouch gave no sign that he had heard Mr. Diggory, but Mr. Diggory seemed to take his silence for assent. He raised his own wand, pointed it at Winky, and said,"Ennervate!" Winky stirred feebly. Her great brown eyes opened and she blinked severa ltimesin a bemused sort of way. Watched by the silent wizards, she raised herself shakily into a sitting position .She caught sight of Mr. Diggory's feet, and slowly, tremulously, raised her eyes to stare up into his face; then, more slowly still, she looked up into the could see the floating skull reflected twice in her enormous, glassy eyes. She gave a gasp, looked wildly around the crowded clearing, and burst into terrified sobs."Elf!" said Mr. Diggory sternly. "Do you know who I am? I'm a member of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures!"Winky began to rock backward and forward on the ground, her breath coming in sharp bursts.
"As you see, elf, the Dark Mark was conjured here a short while ago," said . "And you were discovered moments later, right beneath it! An explanation, if you please!" "I - I - I is not doing it, sir!" Winky gasped. "I is not knowing how, sir!""You were found with a wand in your hand!" barked Mr. Diggory, brandishing it in front of her. And as the wand caught the green light that was filling the clearing from the skull above, Hermione recognized it"Hey - that's mine!" he said Everyone in the clearing looked at him. "Excuse me?" said Mr. Diggory, incredulously. "That's my wand!" said Harry. "I dropped it!" "You dropped it?" repeated Mr. Diggory in disbelief. "Is this a confession? You threw it aside after you conjured the Mark?"
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After the night's event with which Hermione was furious at for sacking his innocent house elf everyone returned to their tent . led Harry, Ron, Percy , Hermione and other Weasely through the crowd and back into the camp site.
Charlie's head was poking out of the boys' tent."Dad, what's going on?" he called through the dark." No one has returned ,we were -"
"I've got them here," said Mr. Weasley, bending down and entering the tent and the others followed him.
Bill was sitting at the small kitchen table, holding a bedsheet to his arm,whichwas bleeding profusely. Charlie had a large rip in his shirt, and Percy wassportinga bloody nose.
"Did you get them, Dad?" said Bill sharply. "The person who conjured theMark?""No," said Mr. Weasley. "We found Barry Crouch's elf holding Harry's wand, but we're none the wiser about who actually conjured the Mark.""What?" said Bill, Charlie, and Percy together.
"Mr. Crouch's elf" said Percy, sounding thunder some assistance from Harry, Ron, and Hermione, Mr. Weasley explained what had happened in the woods. When they had finished their story, Percy swelled indignantly."Well, Mr. Crouch is quite right to get rid of an elf like that!" he said."Running away when he'd expressly told her not to. . . embarrassing him in front ofthe whole Ministry. . . how would that have looked, if she'd been brought up in front of the Department for the Regulation and Control -"
"She didn't do anything - she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time!"Hermione snapped at Percy Weasely, who looked very taken aback. Hermione had always got on fairly well with Percy - better, indeed, than any of the others.
"Hermione, a wizard in Mr. Crouch's position can't afford a house-elf who' s going to run amok with a wand!" said Percy pompously, recovering himself."She didn't run amok!" shouted Hermione. "She just picked it up off the ground!""Look, can someone just explain what that skull thing was?" said Ron impatiently."It wasn't hurting anyone. . . . Why's it such a big deal?""I told you, it's You-Know-Who's symbol, Ron," said Hermione, before anyone else could answer. "I read about it in The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts.""And it hasn't been seen for thirteen years," said Mr. Weasley quietly. "Of course people panicked. . . it was almost like seeing You-Know-Who back again.""I don't get it," said Ron, frowning. "I mean. . . it's still only a shape in the sky. . ."Ron, You-Know-Who and his followers sent the Dark Mark into the airwhenever they killed," said Mr. Weasley. "The terror it inspired. . . you have no idea,you're too young. Just picture coming home and finding the Dark Mark hovering over your house, and knowing what you're about to find inside. . . ." Mr. Weasley winced. "Everyone's worst fear. . . the very worst..
There was silence for a moment. Then Bill, removing the sheet from his arm to check on his cut, said, "Well, it didn't help us tonight, whoever conjured scared the Death Eaters away the moment they saw it. They all Disapparatedbefore we'd got near enough to unmask any of them. We caught the Robertses before they hit the ground, though. They're having their memories modified right now."
Ginny shook her head and said " No . All death eaters did not escape . Five death eaters were caught " causing the three elder brothers to look at her in disbelief .
Ron nodded his head and said " Percy caught them and transfigured them into rats and gave them to Minister . You should have seen 's face he looked like a tomato on seeing a 16 years old showing up with death eaters when even the aurors couldn't catch them " .
Charlie looked at his father and asked " Is it true ? " causing to said with amused smile " True . You should have seen everyone's face there they all looked at Percy in disbelief on catching not one but five of them and they are in the custody of the Ministry who are going to question them about the incident " . The three looked at Percy with awe causing Percy to scratch his neck .
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