Chapter 21 Chaos
"Harry? Harry? Harry?!" a voice rang in Harry's ear. Harry opened his eyes to see Ron and Avalon hovering over him. Harry was lying on the ground in the great hall. "What happened?" Harry asked getting up. "You all of a sudden, just. fell!" Ron explained helping him up. People were all staring at him. They all sat down at the table. "Wow. that was weird." Ron thought scratching his head. "I mean, all of a sudden, bang, your on the ground without giving a clue, like ow or ah, or anything." Ron explained. "What happened Harry?" Avalon asked. "I don't know." Harry replied feeling his head. "Harry? Ron? professor dumbledore would like a word with you." Professor mcgonagal said walking up to them. "ok." Ron replied. "We'll be right back." Harry said looking at Avalon which merely nodded, sat down, and began to eat. They followed mcgonagal out of the great hall and up some steps through a tapestry and into a large wooden door. "Just go straight on and knock at the door." Mcgonagal explained walking out of the door. Ron looked at Harry who shrugged. They both slowly walked down the hallway till they reached the door. They knocked once before it opened to reveal Sirius black and dumbledore.
"Sirius!" Harry shouted. "Harry! Ron!" Sirius replied walking up to Harry and hugging him and Ron. "I'm free!" he added smiling. "Thought you would like to see him." Dumbledore said smiling. "Wow. This is great!" Harry said. This was to good to be true. "I'm going to go find a place, then, this summer, you can come and stay with me! All summer! We'll have so much fun!" Sirius explained smiling. "You bet!" Harry replied. after talking for awhile, Sirius had to leave, and so Harry walked to the gryffindor common room very happy meeting up with Ron and Avalon who were reading comic books by the fire. "Sirius was let free!" Harry told Ron as he entered. "what?" Ron asked looking at Harry. "Yea! Isn't it great! I can't believe it, I'm going to stay with Sirius instead of the dursley's!" Harry said smiling. "Wow. That's so cool Harry!" Avalon said smiling. "Yea." Harry said smiling. Suddenly, the portrait hole busted open, and a demonter flooded in and stopped as the portrait closed. Avalon looked up and sat her comic book down and stood up. Harry walked backwards toward Ron who was looking at the demonter with fear. "Come along now miss Avalon." the demonter said in a dark, sorrowful voice. Avalon began to shake her head slowly as she moved her foot back ready to run.
"Do not fight the urge." The demonter ordered. "No." Avalon whispered. The demonter floated towards her slowly reaching out its bony hand. Ron and Harry crept away from it keeping their eye on Avalon and the demonter. Suddenly, Avalon began to run up the stairs towards the girl dormitory, the demonter followed as did Ron and Harry. "let me go!" Avalon screamed. Harry and Ron began to run up the stairs. They could hear Avalon screaming. Along with the other girls who were in the room which were now running down the stairs panicking. The boys went into the common room to see what was going on. As Harry and Ron got to the top, Harry could see the demonter holding Avalon by the cuff of her robes, it looked like he was giving her the kiss of death! "Let her go!" Harry shouted taking out his wand and shouting, "Expelliarmus" Harry shouted. Red flares shot out of Harry's wand and went to Avalon and the demonter. Avalon flew to a bed and the demonter looked at Harry. "You have chosen the wrong path, you shall awaken the darkness that will destroy you all!" it shouted before opening it's mouth and screaming. Harry tried to cover his ears, but the sound was deafening. Harry blacked out. When Harry woke up, he was lying in the hospital wing. He pet on his glasses as madam pomfrey walked up to him to see how he was doing.
"What happened to me?" Harry suddenly asked. "Well, you got hit by the demonter's scream. Which makes whoever hears it, black out. nothing can stop the scream, not even ear muffs. It liked the mandrakes. But the demonters can't kill you. They just find you're fear till next time you meet it, which you will, mind you, unless you be careful, and it will try killing you with your fear." Madam pomfrey explained. after that, she checked Harry's pulse. "You were out for about 3 days now. Bout time you awoke." She explained. "As soon as I come back, you can leave." She explained walking away. Harry sighed as he tried to remember what the demonter had said about choosing the wrong path, but he couldn't remember it. "Harry! You awake!" Avalon shouted as she walked by the door, but instead walked inside. "yea I'm awake. You ok?" Harry asked. "Yea. But that scream sorda made me form or somethin." Avalon explained pointing to her teeth, which showed fangs. "Now everyone knows. they won't even go near me. I've been keeping my mouth shut, and not talking much. Ron and hermione are at breakfast still. They don't mind about it." Avalon explained.
soon after that, people began to scream and run down the halls. "What's going on?" madam promfrey had returned to check the commotion. "Ms O'Connell. How are you today?" madam pomfrey asked seeing Avalon. "I'm ok." Avalon replied not making eye contact with her. there was more screaming. "Harry! We gotta get out of here! Now! Dumbledore told everyone! Come on!" Ron and hermione were now at the hospital wing. Soon after that, dumbledore glided in. "yes, please, go outside to the lake and stay there. The prefects will tell you what is going on. please hurry. Madam pomfrey, we need you now. A 3rd year has gotten hurt from the demonter's scream in the great hall." Dumbledore explained. madam pomfrey nodded and walked out. Dumbledore followed her. "What do they want this time?" Harry asked. "My guess is Avalon!" Ron relied. "Let me go!" lavender screamed as Harry, Ron, hermione, and Avalon made it to the hall. A demonter was holding onto lavender looking at her. lavender was shaking and screaming as tears were coming down her cheeks. "let her go!" Avalon screamed waking up to the demonter and grabbing it's hands that held lavender.
The demonter dropped lavender who ran down the hall and looked at Avalon. "uh-oh." Avalon whispered as the demonter picked her up and looked at her. "You must die!" the demonter shouted as it began to drain Avalon's energy. "NO! let me go prune head!" Avalon screamed. But instantly, she dug her teeth into the demonter's hand making him let go and throw her into a wall. "Bad idea." Avalon explained. suddenly, the demonter started to turn into dust and began to scream in agony. The gang began to run outside, Avalon right behind them. They made it outside as there were more screaming from the demonters that made the castle shake. Minutes later, the teachers and dumbledore walked out with one of the demonters.
"The only way you'll stop coming is if you take ms. Avalon?" dumbledore asked. "yes. That is all we want." The demonter replied. "I want you all to leave now. With out her." dumbledore replied. "I do not think that is a good idea. We will not leave. We will drain every student, and teacher here, till we get the girl." The demonter replied. dumbledore as all the teachers, took there wands out and pointed it at the demonter. "Leave!" dumbledore ordered. The demonter began to scream as it disappeared with thousands of black locusts followed it then shot in every direction for a scary affect. People everywhere were mumbling, some even heard what the demonters wanted, and wanted to give Avalon to them so the demonters wouldn't come back. Others were to scared to care. After a couple of minutes of standing outside in the cold, they were all allowed back into the castle. But they all had to go to their common rooms for there head teacher, and further instructions. Ron, Harry, Avalon, and hermione walked in side, as did everyone else, to see the castle in shreds. But, dumbledore saw this, wiggled his wand, and the castle was back to normal.
"Why do they want you Avalon?" Ron had to ask as they rounded the stairs. "because. I-I hold something. and-I can't say." Avalon replied looking around to see dumbledore looking up at her as they all went through a tapestry. As they got to the portrait of the fat lady, more chaos was created. People began to scream and run away as they saw the portrait in shreds, and blood on the floor. Professor mcgonagal walked to the portrait and saw it, and gasped, putting her hand to her mouth in shock. "This has to stop." She whispered as she looked at Avalon for a second. Dumbledore now showed up to see what happened after hearing people screaming. "Where is the fat lady?" dumbledore asked. "We don't know. She just disappeared. Before we got here." A second year explained. "We'll have to get a new person till we find the fat lady." Dumbledore explained. "What is all that blood on the floor and sinking through the portrait?" mcgonagal asked. Dumbledore muttered something under his wand, and the portrait opened.
"You have chosen the wrong path, you shall awaken the darkness that will destroy you all!" a raspy voice shrieked as blood fell down from the floor. The common room was ripped to shreds with graffiti on the walls, torn up couches, blood spluttered everywhere, and a girl was lying on the floor. People began to scream, some gasped, some fainted, and other began to whimper and cry. "We are going to have to close hogwarts if this keeps up?" mcgonagal asked dumbledore. "There is something other than the demonters lurking about creating all of this. The demonter o was talking with told me, that the tavern of whispers has been opened. And this, this is the tavern from long ago." Dumbledore explained. Harry looked at dumbledore, and saw he had no twinkle in his eyes. This was just like when he was 12, when the chamber of secrets was opened, they almost had to close the school, because the attacks of students being petrified wouldn't stop. And now its happening again, but another way. and the gryffindor common room, was once the tavern of whispers. what was this tavern of whispers though? He had to find out.
"I want all the students to go to the great hall now." Dumbledore ordered. "Who is that child?" mcgonagal asked. Dumbledore walked into the room, but there was gust of winds and he was blown out. "Only one who opens may enter. Death with become of all. the dark lord shall awake through a child in the mists of hogwarts, where she will lye, in pain, till he becomes whole. We have made our sacrifice. The ritual has started!" a raspy voice shrieked as wind shut the portrait door shut. Dumbledore turned to see Harry, Ron, hermione, Avalon, and mcgonagal looking up at him. "What's going to happen?" Avalon asked. "The school will go on as it is. but the gryffindors will stay in a new place that I shall create in a new position till further notice. You all need to be careful." Dumbledore explained. "You not going to close the school.are you?" Harry asked. "I don't know at the moment Harry. Please, all of you, lets go to the great hall where I will explain as much as I can." Dumbledore explained as they all began to walk to the great hall in silence.
"Harry? Harry? Harry?!" a voice rang in Harry's ear. Harry opened his eyes to see Ron and Avalon hovering over him. Harry was lying on the ground in the great hall. "What happened?" Harry asked getting up. "You all of a sudden, just. fell!" Ron explained helping him up. People were all staring at him. They all sat down at the table. "Wow. that was weird." Ron thought scratching his head. "I mean, all of a sudden, bang, your on the ground without giving a clue, like ow or ah, or anything." Ron explained. "What happened Harry?" Avalon asked. "I don't know." Harry replied feeling his head. "Harry? Ron? professor dumbledore would like a word with you." Professor mcgonagal said walking up to them. "ok." Ron replied. "We'll be right back." Harry said looking at Avalon which merely nodded, sat down, and began to eat. They followed mcgonagal out of the great hall and up some steps through a tapestry and into a large wooden door. "Just go straight on and knock at the door." Mcgonagal explained walking out of the door. Ron looked at Harry who shrugged. They both slowly walked down the hallway till they reached the door. They knocked once before it opened to reveal Sirius black and dumbledore.
"Sirius!" Harry shouted. "Harry! Ron!" Sirius replied walking up to Harry and hugging him and Ron. "I'm free!" he added smiling. "Thought you would like to see him." Dumbledore said smiling. "Wow. This is great!" Harry said. This was to good to be true. "I'm going to go find a place, then, this summer, you can come and stay with me! All summer! We'll have so much fun!" Sirius explained smiling. "You bet!" Harry replied. after talking for awhile, Sirius had to leave, and so Harry walked to the gryffindor common room very happy meeting up with Ron and Avalon who were reading comic books by the fire. "Sirius was let free!" Harry told Ron as he entered. "what?" Ron asked looking at Harry. "Yea! Isn't it great! I can't believe it, I'm going to stay with Sirius instead of the dursley's!" Harry said smiling. "Wow. That's so cool Harry!" Avalon said smiling. "Yea." Harry said smiling. Suddenly, the portrait hole busted open, and a demonter flooded in and stopped as the portrait closed. Avalon looked up and sat her comic book down and stood up. Harry walked backwards toward Ron who was looking at the demonter with fear. "Come along now miss Avalon." the demonter said in a dark, sorrowful voice. Avalon began to shake her head slowly as she moved her foot back ready to run.
"Do not fight the urge." The demonter ordered. "No." Avalon whispered. The demonter floated towards her slowly reaching out its bony hand. Ron and Harry crept away from it keeping their eye on Avalon and the demonter. Suddenly, Avalon began to run up the stairs towards the girl dormitory, the demonter followed as did Ron and Harry. "let me go!" Avalon screamed. Harry and Ron began to run up the stairs. They could hear Avalon screaming. Along with the other girls who were in the room which were now running down the stairs panicking. The boys went into the common room to see what was going on. As Harry and Ron got to the top, Harry could see the demonter holding Avalon by the cuff of her robes, it looked like he was giving her the kiss of death! "Let her go!" Harry shouted taking out his wand and shouting, "Expelliarmus" Harry shouted. Red flares shot out of Harry's wand and went to Avalon and the demonter. Avalon flew to a bed and the demonter looked at Harry. "You have chosen the wrong path, you shall awaken the darkness that will destroy you all!" it shouted before opening it's mouth and screaming. Harry tried to cover his ears, but the sound was deafening. Harry blacked out. When Harry woke up, he was lying in the hospital wing. He pet on his glasses as madam pomfrey walked up to him to see how he was doing.
"What happened to me?" Harry suddenly asked. "Well, you got hit by the demonter's scream. Which makes whoever hears it, black out. nothing can stop the scream, not even ear muffs. It liked the mandrakes. But the demonters can't kill you. They just find you're fear till next time you meet it, which you will, mind you, unless you be careful, and it will try killing you with your fear." Madam pomfrey explained. after that, she checked Harry's pulse. "You were out for about 3 days now. Bout time you awoke." She explained. "As soon as I come back, you can leave." She explained walking away. Harry sighed as he tried to remember what the demonter had said about choosing the wrong path, but he couldn't remember it. "Harry! You awake!" Avalon shouted as she walked by the door, but instead walked inside. "yea I'm awake. You ok?" Harry asked. "Yea. But that scream sorda made me form or somethin." Avalon explained pointing to her teeth, which showed fangs. "Now everyone knows. they won't even go near me. I've been keeping my mouth shut, and not talking much. Ron and hermione are at breakfast still. They don't mind about it." Avalon explained.
soon after that, people began to scream and run down the halls. "What's going on?" madam promfrey had returned to check the commotion. "Ms O'Connell. How are you today?" madam pomfrey asked seeing Avalon. "I'm ok." Avalon replied not making eye contact with her. there was more screaming. "Harry! We gotta get out of here! Now! Dumbledore told everyone! Come on!" Ron and hermione were now at the hospital wing. Soon after that, dumbledore glided in. "yes, please, go outside to the lake and stay there. The prefects will tell you what is going on. please hurry. Madam pomfrey, we need you now. A 3rd year has gotten hurt from the demonter's scream in the great hall." Dumbledore explained. madam pomfrey nodded and walked out. Dumbledore followed her. "What do they want this time?" Harry asked. "My guess is Avalon!" Ron relied. "Let me go!" lavender screamed as Harry, Ron, hermione, and Avalon made it to the hall. A demonter was holding onto lavender looking at her. lavender was shaking and screaming as tears were coming down her cheeks. "let her go!" Avalon screamed waking up to the demonter and grabbing it's hands that held lavender.
The demonter dropped lavender who ran down the hall and looked at Avalon. "uh-oh." Avalon whispered as the demonter picked her up and looked at her. "You must die!" the demonter shouted as it began to drain Avalon's energy. "NO! let me go prune head!" Avalon screamed. But instantly, she dug her teeth into the demonter's hand making him let go and throw her into a wall. "Bad idea." Avalon explained. suddenly, the demonter started to turn into dust and began to scream in agony. The gang began to run outside, Avalon right behind them. They made it outside as there were more screaming from the demonters that made the castle shake. Minutes later, the teachers and dumbledore walked out with one of the demonters.
"The only way you'll stop coming is if you take ms. Avalon?" dumbledore asked. "yes. That is all we want." The demonter replied. "I want you all to leave now. With out her." dumbledore replied. "I do not think that is a good idea. We will not leave. We will drain every student, and teacher here, till we get the girl." The demonter replied. dumbledore as all the teachers, took there wands out and pointed it at the demonter. "Leave!" dumbledore ordered. The demonter began to scream as it disappeared with thousands of black locusts followed it then shot in every direction for a scary affect. People everywhere were mumbling, some even heard what the demonters wanted, and wanted to give Avalon to them so the demonters wouldn't come back. Others were to scared to care. After a couple of minutes of standing outside in the cold, they were all allowed back into the castle. But they all had to go to their common rooms for there head teacher, and further instructions. Ron, Harry, Avalon, and hermione walked in side, as did everyone else, to see the castle in shreds. But, dumbledore saw this, wiggled his wand, and the castle was back to normal.
"Why do they want you Avalon?" Ron had to ask as they rounded the stairs. "because. I-I hold something. and-I can't say." Avalon replied looking around to see dumbledore looking up at her as they all went through a tapestry. As they got to the portrait of the fat lady, more chaos was created. People began to scream and run away as they saw the portrait in shreds, and blood on the floor. Professor mcgonagal walked to the portrait and saw it, and gasped, putting her hand to her mouth in shock. "This has to stop." She whispered as she looked at Avalon for a second. Dumbledore now showed up to see what happened after hearing people screaming. "Where is the fat lady?" dumbledore asked. "We don't know. She just disappeared. Before we got here." A second year explained. "We'll have to get a new person till we find the fat lady." Dumbledore explained. "What is all that blood on the floor and sinking through the portrait?" mcgonagal asked. Dumbledore muttered something under his wand, and the portrait opened.
"You have chosen the wrong path, you shall awaken the darkness that will destroy you all!" a raspy voice shrieked as blood fell down from the floor. The common room was ripped to shreds with graffiti on the walls, torn up couches, blood spluttered everywhere, and a girl was lying on the floor. People began to scream, some gasped, some fainted, and other began to whimper and cry. "We are going to have to close hogwarts if this keeps up?" mcgonagal asked dumbledore. "There is something other than the demonters lurking about creating all of this. The demonter o was talking with told me, that the tavern of whispers has been opened. And this, this is the tavern from long ago." Dumbledore explained. Harry looked at dumbledore, and saw he had no twinkle in his eyes. This was just like when he was 12, when the chamber of secrets was opened, they almost had to close the school, because the attacks of students being petrified wouldn't stop. And now its happening again, but another way. and the gryffindor common room, was once the tavern of whispers. what was this tavern of whispers though? He had to find out.
"I want all the students to go to the great hall now." Dumbledore ordered. "Who is that child?" mcgonagal asked. Dumbledore walked into the room, but there was gust of winds and he was blown out. "Only one who opens may enter. Death with become of all. the dark lord shall awake through a child in the mists of hogwarts, where she will lye, in pain, till he becomes whole. We have made our sacrifice. The ritual has started!" a raspy voice shrieked as wind shut the portrait door shut. Dumbledore turned to see Harry, Ron, hermione, Avalon, and mcgonagal looking up at him. "What's going to happen?" Avalon asked. "The school will go on as it is. but the gryffindors will stay in a new place that I shall create in a new position till further notice. You all need to be careful." Dumbledore explained. "You not going to close the school.are you?" Harry asked. "I don't know at the moment Harry. Please, all of you, lets go to the great hall where I will explain as much as I can." Dumbledore explained as they all began to walk to the great hall in silence.