By: Kaytea
Chapter 1:
Harry woke up with a start. His scar was hurting. Again.
It only hurt when Voldemorte was nearby. Where could he be then? Certainly
Voldemorte wouldn't try to come to Hogwarts with Dumbledore here, but Harry
knew better.
Well there
was no way Harry was going back to sleep, so he may as well wake up. He looked
out the window, and thought about how different this year was, it had only been
5 days since the first day of school, but without Cedric here, the Hufflepuffs
walked down the halls with a sad look in their eyes. He didn't feel any
different being a 5th year, but his classes wre beginning to get
harder.
Harry kept looking out the window, he saw a white unicorn
galloping in the Forbidden Forest, glowing through the trees. He looked at the
lake and saw the giant squid sleepily propelle it's self across the surface. It
was so relaxing. But he saw a figure standing by the lake's side and he
couldn't make it out as anyone he knew. It definently wasn't Hagrid. And not
Dumbledore, or even Snape's crooked figure. Who was out there in the dark? He
stared more intently, the moonlight glaring down on the lake's reflection. He
could barely make it out. …..it looked as if there was someone with it too. The
light shined on the two charecters and he saw a pale man with dark hair, and a
girl with auburn hair and teal eyes that shone in the moonlight. The man was
holding the girl down and tying her hands together. The girl looked up into the
window where Harry was and looked at him with frightened eyes. Harry watched
horrified, parylzed, not able to even move. The man plunged the girl in the
water, and watched her sink. The man darted off into the Forbidden Forest. Harry grabbed his
Firebolt from his trunk and flew out of the window…….there wasn't much time
left! He sped down to the lake, like a bullet. He could feel the wind ripping
at his face. He reached the lake and jumped off his Firebolt and dove into the
icy water. He looked around into the water, swimming furiously deeper and
deeper. He couldn't find the girl, where had she gone to? The water was blurry,
he couldn't see anything. Then he felt bubbles down his neck, he looked up and
saw the girl, her hands bound together and the rope that held them together
caught on a jagged rock. Bubbles were emitting from her mouth and her eyes were
closed….she didn't look like she had much time. Harry hacked the ropes apart
with the knife Sirius gave him, that he always kept in his pocket. She feel
into his arms, and Harry pulled her up above the water's surface.
He leaned
her on a mossy rock. He listened to her heart and felt her pulse. She was still
alive and breathing. Her watched for any movement. And moments later, her
eyeslashes fluttered. She opened her eyes, and Harry saw how bright they were.
Bright green like his, but with blue mixed with it. So they were an amazing
teal. She didn't get up, but simply looked around. Like she was really confused
on where she was. "Are you alright?" Harry asked. She didn't speak, but she did
sit up on the huge mossy rock and stared around. " Umm…..who was that man, who
threw you in the lake?" She looked him right in the eye , "What is a muggle
?" she asked him intently, her lower lip quivering. Harry thought this
was ridiculous to have been asked, didn't every wizard know what a muggle was?
But then he remembered all too well, 5 years ago, before he knew he was a
wizard,he hadn't known what anything was. "Well, a muggle is a non-magic
person. A non wizard." He said slowly.
She stared at him, her hair sopping wet and she shivered in the cold night. "That
…..man…that thing….he called me a muggle and said he had to destroy me , because I was the only thing standing in
his way of killing Harry Potter and taking over the wizarding world and
destroying the muggle world." Harry's inside turned to mush. Had that been
Voldemorte? He had gotten his body back, last year, but had been in hiding
since. Since ….since now he supposed. He didn't say anything, but just gawked
at what the girl had said. She ran her fingers through her hair and stared at
Harry. She reached out and touched Harry's cheek. Then she ran her finger to
his forhead, but finding the scar did not shock her. How could it? She was a
muggle and didn't know who he was. She brought back his hand and stared into
his eyes and gasped. "You're ……you're Lily's son!" She brought her hand to her
mouth in amazement. Harry was shocked. How did this girl know his mother? She
looked about his age. She stammered out in a shaky voice, "So you're the boy I
came to protect. And that man who threw me in the lake, was Lord Voldemorte."
She threw herself at him , her arms around his neck. She started crying softly
onto his shoulder. Harry didn't know what to do. Lord Voldemorte had been just
30 feet below him and he was trying to kill this muggle girl who knew his
mother Lily. Harry put his arms around her shoulders to comfort her. Then his
mind snapped back into reality. Lord Voldemorte was in the Forbidden Forest. He
had to take this girl into the castle and alert Dumbledore. Her lifted her up
in his arms and caried her back into the castle.
He
immediantly went to Dumbledore's office, by giving the stone gargoyle the
passoword 'Exploding Snap'. The office was vast and beautifully decorated.
Harry laid the girl down onto a nearby red velvet couch. He looked around and
called out "Dumbledore!" He didn't know what else to do. Dumbledore appeared
from behind some velvet curtains. He had on a night cape and night robe. He
could see the bags under his eyes perking up with worry at sight of Harry so
early in the morning. "Harry! What ever is the matter?" he asked rationally.
Harry pointed to the girl who looked as though she had fainted on the couch. He
hastily told Dumbledore, how his scar woke him up, and he saw that Voldemorte
had been there and thrown the girl in the lake, and how she was the only way to
stop him and that's why he had tried to get rid of her. Dumbledore, walked up
to the girl and conjured up a floating strecher, he led Harry down to the
hospital wing and they woke Madame Pomfrey. She put the girl in a bed, and
Dumbledore told Harry to stay with her, while he, Hagrid, Fang, and Professor
Truligane(the new DADA teacher) down to the Forbidden Forest to search for
Voldemorte. He would awake Professor McGonagall to seal the entrances and watch
over the castle. And the ….he just left.
Madame Pomfrey drew a tall curtain around the girl
and waved her wand and muttered an enchantation. She drew back the curtains and
the girls wet clothes were gone and she was dressed in a soft nightgown. Harry
took a seat in the chair next to the girl. He was curious on how she knew his
mother and how she could protect him from Voldemorte. Madame Pomfrey went into
the next room with the girl's wet clothes and Harry peered over at the girl…..she
appeared to be asleep, but she turned over and opened her eyes. She looked at
Harry and smiled. Harry had to know who she was at least. "What's your name?"
She smiled and said " My name is Allison BeauxYeux." He looked deep into her
eyes, and there seemed to be a sort of warmness. There was this awckward
silence, but Allison broke it by whisphering in an exausting sigh, "I'm so glad
I found you. I was almost afraid I wouldn't be able too………but you're safe…and …."
She broke off, tears welling in her eyes….,she looked as though she hadn't
slept in days, she closed her eyes and opened them again, wiping her tears
away. Madame Pomfrey returned with a blanket and a goblet of steaming liguid.
She spread the blanket over Allison. Allison drank the potion, she was handed,
and drifted into a deep sleep. Madame Pomfrey gave Harry a blanket and showed
him to a bed. "It's best you stay here tonight. Till things smooth over." She said.
Harry got into bed. His scar stopped hurting since he rescued Allison from the
lake. Perhaps Voldemort was gone? He wasn't sure………he just put it into the back
of his mind and went to sleep………………
