The Searcher II - Ch. 6 A/N: ::Sighs:: A listian's job is never done... Villian's Ball is over. I was going to bring Prof. Snape with me, but we had a problem at last minute, so Valkor came with me. To my fellow listians who are reading this, Happy Beltane! Hope you had one as good as I did. ^_~ For you ff.net authors and/or fellow listians who know what I'm talking about, my time loop story is coming, slowly but surely. Patience, people, patience!!! The third series might take a step backwards, as I want to finish all my unfinished stories first. Let's see, there is a Dragonheart, a Legend, three Harry Potter and an extra Labyrinth story I want to finish first.

As I said before, I will try to explain as I go if you haven't read Harry Potter, but please understand that this was originally a Harry Potter story and His Royal Tightness wiggled his way into it...

Special thanks to all of you who reviewed Chapter5: Lillian (yes, homework is important),Melissa Davis (so, when are you starting Book 1? ^_^), Amber (I can't wait to read your first Potter fic, I hope that is why you had so many questions!), Usagi Tsukino ( Plot twists are what keeps this from being dull and boring, right?), Danalas (er, thanks for not saying anything! - ::gets confused looks from everybody else, while Danalas and Unicorn Lady grin::), Estelle (I saw that you finally read the first part, heh), and Kenraie (Is the job of every responsible listian to insult the Goblin King now and again. This is just our favorite title for him). ::gets tap on shoulder:: Um, hi uncle J! What am I doing? heh.. Nothing, just writing my author's notes.....

If you find mistakes here, please excuse my spelling errors and other horrors, but English is not my first language(and this was my second fic). So let me know any errors you find and I will correct them. As always, please R/R and tell me if I'm doing a good job or if this sucks.

And before I forget,

DISCLAIMER - All characters from Potterverse belong to the magnificent J.K. Rowling. Sarah, Jareth, and everything Labyrinth belong to Jim Henson Productions. I only own Caridwen, the plot, and any other characters you don't recognize.

And now, the story.



The Searcher II:
Harry Potter and the False Ghost


Ch. 6: Things Are Not Always What They Seem...

The four friends made it safely to the tavern from the fireplace, managing to create some curious glances from the people who were there.

They tried to hurry out of the place as normally as possible, and once outside, Harry said, "We have to go back to Hogwarts, we need to tell professor Dumbledore about this."

They left at once, and when they reached Hogwarts, kept going directly to professor Dumbledore's office.

When they reached the gargoyle that would take them to his office, Harry started mentioning every candy and sweet he could remember, but nothing made the statue open.

Harry was feeling frustrated now "No candy or sweets? That's strange! The only thing we haven't tried is Canary Creams, but is not like the twins are selling them…."

He stopped talking as soon as he noticed that the statue opened, and they could get into his office.

They went through the small staircase that led to the headmaster's office, and soon arrived at the door.

As soon as Harry was going to knock they heard from the inside "Please, come in!"

Harry opened the door, and saw professor Dumbledore sitting down behind his desk, looking at them with interest, "I take something happened, if the four of you decided to cut short your trip to Hogsmeade and come here instead."

Harry nodded and proceeded to explain the chain of events to Dumbledore. "…And we got lucky, we caught them by surprise. I never thought we could knock them cold and get out like we did."

Professor Dumbledore followed his gaze from Harry to Caridwen. "Now, young lady, could you explain what were you doing following Pettigrew to Voldemort's hideout?"

"Professor, could we talk privately?" Cari asked.

"Of course. I suggest that the rest of you remain in your tower until dinner", and with that he dismissed her three friends.

Once Dumbledore made sure the gargoyle closed behind them, he sat down at his desk, and with an expression full of curiosity, nodded Cari to proceed with her story.

Cari told the headmaster about her former life, the battle with Valkor the Dark, and her former association with him. Also, she told Dumbledore how her suspicions had been confirmed when she encountered Voldemort, that they were the same person.

"Now I'm afraid that not only Harry is Voldemort's target, but I am as well. I know we are safe here, but I know he will not be happy once he wakes up. He will try something soon. I just thought I should tell you" Cari finished .

Dumbledore assured her that they would be on the alert, and motioned her to join her friends in the common room. She could not keep this feeling that something was wrong, but she could not put her finger on it.

As soon as she entered the common room, she saw that her friends were waiting for her.

Hermione went to her and asked "How did it go?"

Cari looked at her and said "I told him everything. He assured me that we are safe, but I have this nagging feeling…. Maybe I'm just tired."

She could feel Harry putting his arms around hers from behind as he said "Why don't you take a nap until dinner? You had a hard day, and you should rest."

She nodded and headed to the bedroom. Once she got into bed, she immediately fell asleep.

Just minutes after she fell asleep, Cari woke up with a start. She was in a strange bedroom, and flinched trying to make sense of her surroundings. Her eyes opened wide when she saw that Voldemort was staring at her from a chair next to her bed.

"How did I got here? Last thing I remember was falling asleep in my bed in Hogwarts" said Cari.

Voldemort responded with a sneer, "My dear, you never left. Wormtail had the presence of mind to get you unconscious when you arrived. That gave me time to perform a spell I've been working on. It came from a muggle idea, go figure. I just created a clone of you. More effective than Polyjuice potion, don't have any time constraints."

Cari was suddenly getting confused. She could recall some flashes of memory of arriving at the castle and her eyesight going blurry. She still refused to believe him "You lie. Harry, Ron and Hermione rescued me and we arrived at Hogwarts."

"What you have is a recollection of memories from your clone. You can only be conscious when your clone is sleeping, but you will have all the memories your clone has, without having control of her actions, because I do. And when I order her to kill Potter, you will remember everything."

"No!" she screamed and tried to jump out of the bed, being unable to do so.

Voldemort laughed "Did you think I would let you go so easily? I told you I would find a way to break you. The clone spell just let me kill two birds with one stone."

Cari suddenly started feel very sleepy. "What is going on?" she said, disoriented.

"Your clone is probably waking up right now" said Voldemort, an evil laugh in his voice.

That was the last thing Cari heard before everything went black.

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