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Every Time I Close My Eyes - Chapter 23
One of the Death Eaters went to his master's side, while another advanced
upon them, wand raised.
"You will pay for that." He pointed it at Molly, and said, "Crucio." She
twisted to the side and it narrowly missed her, but the other Death Eater
prevented her from getting any further. She turned and faced the first.
"I'm not afraid of you." She said defiantly, though Sirius could see her
trembling. The man took another step forward, gripping his wand, and
began to say,
"Avada......" but was hurled sideways by a blast of light. Molly turned,
saw the second Death Eater unconscious on the floor, then came face to
face with Albus Dumbledore.
"Well," he said brightly, "Seems you chose the right time frame Remus."
Molly turned, still too stunned to speak, to see a slight scuffle in the corner
of the room. Then Remus Lupin stood up and dusted off his robes, leaving
another Death Eater on the floor. He glanced at his watch as Molly
realised what was happening and ran to her husband.
"One minute." said Remus.
Meanwhile...........
Ron got to his feet and took a step away from the approaching men. He
recognised them both, one was Draco's father, Lucius, and the other was
the man everyone had been fooled by. Mortority. Hermione grabbed Ron's
hand, but said to Draco,
"You traitor! You didn't disappear, you went to join your stinking father!"
Ron glared at Draco as well, but instead of the smirk he was expecting, he
saw a pale wide-eyed boy, shaking from head to foot.
"I....I....." He was cut off by Mortority.
"You shouldn't have come here, I'm afraid." He raised his wand along
with Lucius. Lucius added,
"You'll soon be with your family, Weasel." Ron felt the bubble of fear
inside him turn to white hot anger. This bastard had murdered his parents!
With a scream of rage he threw himself at the startled Death Eater, as he
had done not long ago to his son. But he wasn't alone, with shock he
realised Hermione had managed to punch Mortority square in the face, but
he had grabbed her wrist and twisted it around. Lucius used his hesitation
at Hermione's plight to throw him off, and Ron slammed against a desk in
a heap. He turned in time to see Lucius get up, give him a look of pure
fury and rise his wand again. Then,
"Petrificus Totalus!" But it wasn't Lucius Malfoy's voice. It was Draco.
Eyes swivelling madly, Lucius toppled onto the floor, his wand rolling
towards Ron. Draco was still shaking all over, but decided he had never
felt more alive. He had made his choice.
Mortority turned, still holding a struggling Hermione.
"I knew it. I knew sooner or later a Malfoy would turn. You are just like
your father."
"I'm nothing like him." Said Draco. Mortority laughed.
"So, young Draco, what will you do now? Save the day and live happily
ever after? I think not."
"I don't know what I'll do. But I know If I don't live through this then
neither do you." It came out as a whisper, but he meant every word of it.
He saw Mortority's eye twitch involuntarily. Draco realised that Mortority
couldn't possibly cover the three of them with one wand. Weasley seemed
to see this as well, as he jumped up and ran to the opposite side to Draco.
Ron was astounded at what had happened. Draco Malfoy had stunned his
own father to save them. He saw Mortority's eye twitch and took a chance
to disorientate him. He ran to his other side, and locked eyes with
Hermione. She didn't seem to be struggling any more. In fact, she grinned
impishly at him, before uncurling her hand. She still had her wand! Ron
had to restrain himself from whooping with joy, so settled on grinning
quickly back. She needed a distraction. Only too happy to oblige, Ron
deliberately stepped sideways into a display case, it fell and shattered onto
the floor. Mortority looked around, startled, and Ron saw Draco step
forward. Hermione was faster. As the glass hit the floor, she pressed her
wand next to Mortority's clothes and Ron saw her lips move. There was a
"WOOMPH" and suddenly Mortority was engulfed in blue flames.
He screamed, but he wasn't the only one. Hermione had assumed he
would let her go when he realised he was on fire, but he didn't. She
looked through a haze of pain in her arm, through the flickering flames at
his insane smile.
"Ron! Ron help me!" She cried out again as the flames caught on her
robes. She heard two voices shouting hexes, and multicoloured light filled
the air. Mortority twitched as each one hit, but his manic grin remained.
Hermione sank to her knees, still being held as the confusion of hexes
continued, then, something else grabbed reached into the flames. Through
her tears, she saw another hand inside, saw the skin blistering, saw it
grasp Mortority's hand and heard the Death Eater's wrist break with an
almighty crack. She was free, still on fire, but someone dragged her away
and put out the flames. She looked up past the gathering blackness on her
vision at Ron's tear streaked face. With her last energy, she looked at his
hand, burnt and broken. As she fell unconscious, her blistered face broke
into a smile.
*
Harry stared at his watch. One minute. Just before that, Ron and
Hermione's hands had moved to "Mortal Peril." He watched the second
hand ticking slowly around, each second seeming an eternity. Forty
seconds. He was still shaking all over, and had been for nearly the whole
hour. He couldn't think straight, broken images of the past months
floating infront of him. Mortority hurled someone into a wall, breaking
their neck. Harry looked down and saw the brown curls of Hermione.
Mortority punched someone in the face sending them sprawling down,
down into a black and empty abyss. He heard the screaming voice of Ron.
He saw the familiar flash of green light and two bodies fall, but they were
Neville and Draco.
Harry had somehow got to his feet and approached the Geolite. He stared
with confusion at his watch again. Twenty seconds. He had to use all of
his remaining will power to step through these images, and to reach out to
the stone, tears falling freely down his face. He knew as he squeezed his
eyes shut, what he would have wished for, how it would have changed
things. He opened his eyes and put his hand against the warm stone. He
was then surrounded by the golden glow, and his voice came out in a
whisper.
"I wish....." The images in his mind were stopped abruptly from intense
pain in his scar. He could hear another person screaming, but it was a
scream of rage and fury. He let go of the Geolite, and a buzzing on his
wrist drew his eyes to his watch. Ten seconds. Sirius's hand moved with a
shudder to "Travelling", then to "Hogwarts." Harry stared through the
pain, utterly shocked. Five seconds. Hermione and Ron's hands moved to
"Safe." Then, as if it was what he had been meant to do, as if this was his
very destiny, he ignored the red hot pain in his scar, reached out his hand
and said firmly,
"I wish...." His next words were drowned out by a chorus of angelic
voices that seemed to come from within the Geolite. The ethereal sound
intensified along with the golden glow, and he felt it's heat wash over
him, before the pain in his head and the stress of the task finally caused
him to let go of the Geolite and fall into the blackness.
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Author's notes: *sniff* my last ever cliff hanger! Waaahhhhh! So, what
did he wish for? Is Sirius, Dumbledore and everyone in the past ok?
Where is Voldie after being clobbered by Molly? Not to mention
Hermione! ok, realised I sound like a soap opera, so I'll stop. Can you
believe there's only 1 more part?!? Nooo! No more rhetorical questions.
ok, next part will be up tomorrow, then the day after that I'm doing a
thankyou thing and little individual reply's to all who ever reviewed 'cos I
love you dearly! Ooo, one question you can answer, was I nasty enough to
Mortority?
Author's notes: see bottom of page
Every Time I Close My Eyes - Chapter 23
One of the Death Eaters went to his master's side, while another advanced
upon them, wand raised.
"You will pay for that." He pointed it at Molly, and said, "Crucio." She
twisted to the side and it narrowly missed her, but the other Death Eater
prevented her from getting any further. She turned and faced the first.
"I'm not afraid of you." She said defiantly, though Sirius could see her
trembling. The man took another step forward, gripping his wand, and
began to say,
"Avada......" but was hurled sideways by a blast of light. Molly turned,
saw the second Death Eater unconscious on the floor, then came face to
face with Albus Dumbledore.
"Well," he said brightly, "Seems you chose the right time frame Remus."
Molly turned, still too stunned to speak, to see a slight scuffle in the corner
of the room. Then Remus Lupin stood up and dusted off his robes, leaving
another Death Eater on the floor. He glanced at his watch as Molly
realised what was happening and ran to her husband.
"One minute." said Remus.
Meanwhile...........
Ron got to his feet and took a step away from the approaching men. He
recognised them both, one was Draco's father, Lucius, and the other was
the man everyone had been fooled by. Mortority. Hermione grabbed Ron's
hand, but said to Draco,
"You traitor! You didn't disappear, you went to join your stinking father!"
Ron glared at Draco as well, but instead of the smirk he was expecting, he
saw a pale wide-eyed boy, shaking from head to foot.
"I....I....." He was cut off by Mortority.
"You shouldn't have come here, I'm afraid." He raised his wand along
with Lucius. Lucius added,
"You'll soon be with your family, Weasel." Ron felt the bubble of fear
inside him turn to white hot anger. This bastard had murdered his parents!
With a scream of rage he threw himself at the startled Death Eater, as he
had done not long ago to his son. But he wasn't alone, with shock he
realised Hermione had managed to punch Mortority square in the face, but
he had grabbed her wrist and twisted it around. Lucius used his hesitation
at Hermione's plight to throw him off, and Ron slammed against a desk in
a heap. He turned in time to see Lucius get up, give him a look of pure
fury and rise his wand again. Then,
"Petrificus Totalus!" But it wasn't Lucius Malfoy's voice. It was Draco.
Eyes swivelling madly, Lucius toppled onto the floor, his wand rolling
towards Ron. Draco was still shaking all over, but decided he had never
felt more alive. He had made his choice.
Mortority turned, still holding a struggling Hermione.
"I knew it. I knew sooner or later a Malfoy would turn. You are just like
your father."
"I'm nothing like him." Said Draco. Mortority laughed.
"So, young Draco, what will you do now? Save the day and live happily
ever after? I think not."
"I don't know what I'll do. But I know If I don't live through this then
neither do you." It came out as a whisper, but he meant every word of it.
He saw Mortority's eye twitch involuntarily. Draco realised that Mortority
couldn't possibly cover the three of them with one wand. Weasley seemed
to see this as well, as he jumped up and ran to the opposite side to Draco.
Ron was astounded at what had happened. Draco Malfoy had stunned his
own father to save them. He saw Mortority's eye twitch and took a chance
to disorientate him. He ran to his other side, and locked eyes with
Hermione. She didn't seem to be struggling any more. In fact, she grinned
impishly at him, before uncurling her hand. She still had her wand! Ron
had to restrain himself from whooping with joy, so settled on grinning
quickly back. She needed a distraction. Only too happy to oblige, Ron
deliberately stepped sideways into a display case, it fell and shattered onto
the floor. Mortority looked around, startled, and Ron saw Draco step
forward. Hermione was faster. As the glass hit the floor, she pressed her
wand next to Mortority's clothes and Ron saw her lips move. There was a
"WOOMPH" and suddenly Mortority was engulfed in blue flames.
He screamed, but he wasn't the only one. Hermione had assumed he
would let her go when he realised he was on fire, but he didn't. She
looked through a haze of pain in her arm, through the flickering flames at
his insane smile.
"Ron! Ron help me!" She cried out again as the flames caught on her
robes. She heard two voices shouting hexes, and multicoloured light filled
the air. Mortority twitched as each one hit, but his manic grin remained.
Hermione sank to her knees, still being held as the confusion of hexes
continued, then, something else grabbed reached into the flames. Through
her tears, she saw another hand inside, saw the skin blistering, saw it
grasp Mortority's hand and heard the Death Eater's wrist break with an
almighty crack. She was free, still on fire, but someone dragged her away
and put out the flames. She looked up past the gathering blackness on her
vision at Ron's tear streaked face. With her last energy, she looked at his
hand, burnt and broken. As she fell unconscious, her blistered face broke
into a smile.
*
Harry stared at his watch. One minute. Just before that, Ron and
Hermione's hands had moved to "Mortal Peril." He watched the second
hand ticking slowly around, each second seeming an eternity. Forty
seconds. He was still shaking all over, and had been for nearly the whole
hour. He couldn't think straight, broken images of the past months
floating infront of him. Mortority hurled someone into a wall, breaking
their neck. Harry looked down and saw the brown curls of Hermione.
Mortority punched someone in the face sending them sprawling down,
down into a black and empty abyss. He heard the screaming voice of Ron.
He saw the familiar flash of green light and two bodies fall, but they were
Neville and Draco.
Harry had somehow got to his feet and approached the Geolite. He stared
with confusion at his watch again. Twenty seconds. He had to use all of
his remaining will power to step through these images, and to reach out to
the stone, tears falling freely down his face. He knew as he squeezed his
eyes shut, what he would have wished for, how it would have changed
things. He opened his eyes and put his hand against the warm stone. He
was then surrounded by the golden glow, and his voice came out in a
whisper.
"I wish....." The images in his mind were stopped abruptly from intense
pain in his scar. He could hear another person screaming, but it was a
scream of rage and fury. He let go of the Geolite, and a buzzing on his
wrist drew his eyes to his watch. Ten seconds. Sirius's hand moved with a
shudder to "Travelling", then to "Hogwarts." Harry stared through the
pain, utterly shocked. Five seconds. Hermione and Ron's hands moved to
"Safe." Then, as if it was what he had been meant to do, as if this was his
very destiny, he ignored the red hot pain in his scar, reached out his hand
and said firmly,
"I wish...." His next words were drowned out by a chorus of angelic
voices that seemed to come from within the Geolite. The ethereal sound
intensified along with the golden glow, and he felt it's heat wash over
him, before the pain in his head and the stress of the task finally caused
him to let go of the Geolite and fall into the blackness.
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Author's notes: *sniff* my last ever cliff hanger! Waaahhhhh! So, what
did he wish for? Is Sirius, Dumbledore and everyone in the past ok?
Where is Voldie after being clobbered by Molly? Not to mention
Hermione! ok, realised I sound like a soap opera, so I'll stop. Can you
believe there's only 1 more part?!? Nooo! No more rhetorical questions.
ok, next part will be up tomorrow, then the day after that I'm doing a
thankyou thing and little individual reply's to all who ever reviewed 'cos I
love you dearly! Ooo, one question you can answer, was I nasty enough to
Mortority?