Erika came to about five minutes later to the feeling of blood dripping down her face. Looking to her right she saw Harry lying unconscious next to her, his glasses thrown aside and broken. She went to go crawl over to him, but the second she put her arm down to balance herself, pain went shooting up and she cried aloud.
"Harry?" She gasped, forgetting that she was mad at him. Harry's eyes fluttered and he opened them and looked at her. "Where are we?" She asked in a small voice.
"I don't know." He said and the air was filled with cruel laughing. Both teenagers looked up and their worst fears were realized.
"Micklevalt."
"Voldemort."
"Dumbledore."
"Potter." Suddenly, Harry and Erika both grabbed their scars which were suddenly burning. Erika quickly scrambled to her feet and Harry did the same next to her. They both clutched at their wands.
"How did you know I was here?" Erika questioned, her arm throbbing with pain along with the scar on her neck.
"Well, normally I wouldn't, but luckily for me, there's a dark wizard here, intent on killing your little friend."
"Hogwarts is the safest place to be." Harry echoed.
"Yes, unless to, would be brave but otherwise stupid students go wandering off into the Forbidden Forest." Voldemort said.
"I won't let you hurt her." Harry said stepping in front of Erika. She grabbed the back of his jacket and tried to pull him backwards.
"Harry, no." She whispered and cruel laughter filled the air once more.
"You think you can stop me?" Voldemort grabbed the collar of Harry's jacket and jerked him up into the air.
"I'll take care of you later." He said and Erika watched in horror as he flung Harry as if he was a rag doll. He hit a tree with a grunt and landed hard on the floor, his ankle making a sickening crunch. Erika screamed and began backing up.
Back on the Quidditch field, Ron and Hermione heard the scream. Together they both ran back toward the castle. They made it up two levels when they were stopped by Dumbledore.
"Weasley! Granger! What is the meaning of this running around like two banshees?"
"Please Professor. It's Harry and Erika." Hermione panted and suddenly they had Professor Dumbledore's attention.
"What about them?"
"Forest. Run. Screaming. Dumbledore." Ron gasped out and Dumbledore's face went white as he turned to Hermione.
"Get Madame Pomfrey." She said to Hermione. "Mr. Weasley. Show me about where they are." Ron nodded and began to walk off.
"Wait. Ron." Hermione said.
"What?" Hermione ran up to him and kissed him hard on the lips.
"Be careful." She said and ran off.
In the forest, Erika continued to hold her own against Micklevalt. He raised his wand and hit her with another blast of red light adding another cut to the multiple gashes on her face.
"You're a stupid stupid girl," He said. "Rather be the hero than save yourself. Same as your parents."
"Shut up." Erika said weakly.
"Your parents begged for mercy you know." Erika's eyes narrowed and was hit by a surge of energy and anger.
"SHUT UP!"
"Your mother begged me not to kill you. To let you go on living. I told her I would. And then I killed her. I'm going to kill you tonite. I couldn't twelve years ago and now I'm going to finish the job I started."
"No." Erika said softly, her arm was screaming with pain and her body was begging her to let it shut down and leave the pain. "No." She began to walk backwards, knowing she wouldn't be able to escape. She made it about five steps when a hand closed around hers. Looking behind her, Harry was standing there.
"Harry?" She asked, her voice slightly above a whisper.
"Potter!" Voldemort shouted and pulled out his wand. Harry didn't say anything, but nodded toward the tree. Erika could still see Harry's limp, bloody, and bruised body on the ground, but somehow his spirit was helping her fight the fight. She looked and him and he looked back at her. He nodded and winked. And somehow, she knew exactly what to do. She slowly raised her wand and pointed at Voldemort and Micklevalt. Harry, who too had his wand out, let his hand gently close around her bad wrist.
"Havada!" They screamed together, just as Voldemort and Micklevalt screamed out their curses. A bright light came out from both teenager's wands. Just as their curses hit the two villains, their curses hit Erika. She screamed as she flew backwards and landed next to Harry on the ground. The last thing she saw were two people hovering over her.
"No." She whispered one last time.
Then blackness.
"Harry?" She gasped, forgetting that she was mad at him. Harry's eyes fluttered and he opened them and looked at her. "Where are we?" She asked in a small voice.
"I don't know." He said and the air was filled with cruel laughing. Both teenagers looked up and their worst fears were realized.
"Micklevalt."
"Voldemort."
"Dumbledore."
"Potter." Suddenly, Harry and Erika both grabbed their scars which were suddenly burning. Erika quickly scrambled to her feet and Harry did the same next to her. They both clutched at their wands.
"How did you know I was here?" Erika questioned, her arm throbbing with pain along with the scar on her neck.
"Well, normally I wouldn't, but luckily for me, there's a dark wizard here, intent on killing your little friend."
"Hogwarts is the safest place to be." Harry echoed.
"Yes, unless to, would be brave but otherwise stupid students go wandering off into the Forbidden Forest." Voldemort said.
"I won't let you hurt her." Harry said stepping in front of Erika. She grabbed the back of his jacket and tried to pull him backwards.
"Harry, no." She whispered and cruel laughter filled the air once more.
"You think you can stop me?" Voldemort grabbed the collar of Harry's jacket and jerked him up into the air.
"I'll take care of you later." He said and Erika watched in horror as he flung Harry as if he was a rag doll. He hit a tree with a grunt and landed hard on the floor, his ankle making a sickening crunch. Erika screamed and began backing up.
Back on the Quidditch field, Ron and Hermione heard the scream. Together they both ran back toward the castle. They made it up two levels when they were stopped by Dumbledore.
"Weasley! Granger! What is the meaning of this running around like two banshees?"
"Please Professor. It's Harry and Erika." Hermione panted and suddenly they had Professor Dumbledore's attention.
"What about them?"
"Forest. Run. Screaming. Dumbledore." Ron gasped out and Dumbledore's face went white as he turned to Hermione.
"Get Madame Pomfrey." She said to Hermione. "Mr. Weasley. Show me about where they are." Ron nodded and began to walk off.
"Wait. Ron." Hermione said.
"What?" Hermione ran up to him and kissed him hard on the lips.
"Be careful." She said and ran off.
In the forest, Erika continued to hold her own against Micklevalt. He raised his wand and hit her with another blast of red light adding another cut to the multiple gashes on her face.
"You're a stupid stupid girl," He said. "Rather be the hero than save yourself. Same as your parents."
"Shut up." Erika said weakly.
"Your parents begged for mercy you know." Erika's eyes narrowed and was hit by a surge of energy and anger.
"SHUT UP!"
"Your mother begged me not to kill you. To let you go on living. I told her I would. And then I killed her. I'm going to kill you tonite. I couldn't twelve years ago and now I'm going to finish the job I started."
"No." Erika said softly, her arm was screaming with pain and her body was begging her to let it shut down and leave the pain. "No." She began to walk backwards, knowing she wouldn't be able to escape. She made it about five steps when a hand closed around hers. Looking behind her, Harry was standing there.
"Harry?" She asked, her voice slightly above a whisper.
"Potter!" Voldemort shouted and pulled out his wand. Harry didn't say anything, but nodded toward the tree. Erika could still see Harry's limp, bloody, and bruised body on the ground, but somehow his spirit was helping her fight the fight. She looked and him and he looked back at her. He nodded and winked. And somehow, she knew exactly what to do. She slowly raised her wand and pointed at Voldemort and Micklevalt. Harry, who too had his wand out, let his hand gently close around her bad wrist.
"Havada!" They screamed together, just as Voldemort and Micklevalt screamed out their curses. A bright light came out from both teenager's wands. Just as their curses hit the two villains, their curses hit Erika. She screamed as she flew backwards and landed next to Harry on the ground. The last thing she saw were two people hovering over her.
"No." She whispered one last time.
Then blackness.