CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE- Truth (Ron's point of
view)
"AMY?!" Hermione, Jasmine and Harry screamed.
"Yes?" She asked.
"You." Harry whispered.
"Me." She said.
"It was you. not Peggy, not. Ron!" Harry turned and saw me on all fours, breathing hard. "Ron I am so sorry!" He shrieked, running to my side.
"Ron knew. that's why he put the Cruciatus curse on you." Jasmine said, looking at Amy.
"In. the. dreams." I managed, standing up.
"So I take it the dreams were not blunt enough." Amy sneered. She was no longer beautiful but evil looking.
"I wouldn't of realized it if it weren't for the third dream. the Faerie that killed Harry was. purple." I breathed, clutching my sides. "a lot of stuff was purple. and purple is your favorite color."
"Imagine. If I never said that. you'd all be captured and poor pathetic Peggy would still be the one blamed." Amy sneered.
"Peggy. the note." Hermione said in confusion.
"Did you write up a fake note for us to find?" Jasmine asked.
"No. That was her note. I don't know what it means. but imagine how happy I was when you all put the blame on her." Amy said, twirling her wand.
"Amy, where is the Stone?" You-Know-Who said.
"I. do not know." Amy said slowly, glaring at Harry. "He never told any of us where he has so cleverly concealed the Stone."
"Where is it, Harry?" You-Know-Who raised his hand and another Death Eater appeared. It was Wormtail. From his hand shot a light and Sirius cried out in pain.
"I don't have it." Harry said, clenching his teeth.
"LIAR!" You-Know-Who screamed. "you have it with you. Or else your godfather would be dead."
"I do NOT have the Stone with me!" Harry screamed.
Hermione, Jasmine, and I were cowering against the wall. Amy crossed the room and pointed her wand at Harry. "Veritas!" She yelled.
Harry fell to the ground, screaming in pain as a bright golden light shot into his chest. "Do you have the Stone?!" She screamed.
"No." Harry said.
Amy pulled her wand away and looked at You-Know-Who who was positively enraged. "The spell must not of worked." He sneered. He shot a curse at the four of us, and we were flung against the wall, as well as Sirius. "ARVA!"
Arva appeared at You-Know-Who's side. "Yeah?"
"Kill the other three." He hissed.
Arva turned to us and I found myself being flung against the ground. "Mr. Prediction." She hissed, arms folded and a sneer on her face. "time to say good-" She never finished.
"CRUCIO!" Screamed a new voice.
Ofcourse nothing happened. Arva turned and saw who had (tried) to curse her.
Draco Malfoy stood there looking confused.
"Malfoy." You-Know-Who said.
"Jasmine." Malfoy said, staring at Jasmine.
"Draco help me!" She shrieked.
But he couldn't for he was flung against the wall. "I can't believe the son of Lucius Malfoy is betraying us all." Amy said, shaking her head.
"Justice shall be served upon the betrayer, who will be discovered. The traitor shall die." Arva recited.
That prediction wasn't about the traitor for us. it was the traitor for them.
"NO!" Jasmine screamed.
"I think we should kill them one. by. one." Amy sneered and looked at us. "and can I start with him? He's already on the ground." Her eyes landed on me.
"Go right on." You-Know-Who said.
"Say goodbye." Amy said and raised her wand.
There was a hawk-cry and a huge red-tailed hawk flew from the ceiling and knocked Amy's wand from her hand. "Toby?" Jasmine asked but it was way too big to be Toby. The hawk began attacking Amy relentlessly.
"Master help me!" Amy cried as the talons and beak struck against her. The others just watched. I closed my eyes as the beak dove into her neck. and Amy was silent.
"The traitor shall die." Arva said.
"Kill them, Arva." You-Know-Who said.
"I want to start with this one." Arva said and Malfoy was flung to the ground. "try and put the Cruciatus curse on ME will you."
I was still on all fours, breathing hard but I spotted a new animal coming into the cave. It was. an otter? With something in its mouth.
The otter ran over to me and dropped a sharp, silver knife at my hands. The handle was black but had a gold lion on it.
I leapt up. "If curses can't kill you maybe this will!" I screamed and flung the knife.
It sunk into her body and she screamed in pain and fell to the ground. then disappeared, obviously Apparating. "Your friends fight bravely, Harry. You've already gotten two of mine down." You-Know-Who sneered and pointed his wand at me. I cringed back. "tell me where the Stone of Power is or-"
Not so fast, Voldemort!!!! shrieked an extremely familiar voice.
It was the otter. You-Know-Who looked down at it and began laughing. "An otter? Oh how-"
There was a *pop* and the otter was now human.
It was Peggy. She was dressed in black leggings, a black turtleneck and black boots that came up to right below her knees. But she looked different. her hair was extremely curly and she didn't have her glasses on. It made her look very different.
"Peggy?!" We all shrieked in confusion.
"Put the wand down Voldemort." She said.
"You think YOU can hurt ME, little girl." He sneered.
Peggy narrowed her eyes. "Little girl? Isn't that what you called my mother before she. oh I don't know. nearly killed you?"
You-Know-Who's eyes got a bit wider. "You're Alexandria's daughter."
"Very good, Voldemort- yes."
"Peggy. what the hell. are you doing here?" I managed.
"No time to chat." She said and flicked her wand towards the others. They fell to the ground. "And I do NOT think so, Wormtail!"
Wormtail, who had been trying to sneak off, fell to the floor paralyzed by Peggy's wand.
Peggy turned back to You-Know-Who. "Harry told you he doesn't have the Stone. But you don't believe him? Even after she-" Peggy nodded her head towards Amy's dead body, "put the Truth curse on him?"
"I killed your mother and I can kill you." You-Know-Who said, pointing his wand at Peggy.
She shook slightly. "My mother nearly killed you. and I have been more trained she is was. Plus I'm backed by two other fully-trained agents."
The red-tailed hawk suddenly became human. It was a tall boy that looked remarkably like Peggy. His red-brown hair waved back and he narrowed his eyes, wand drawn. "Three fully trained agents against one egocentric maniac killer? Hmm, wonder who'll win." He said.
"Anyone care to take bets?" We all looked. Sirius had turned human and had his wand drawn.
"Yes, Sirius. I'm betting. on us." The boy said. The three stood shoulder- to-shoulder, wands pointed at Voldemort.
"You will never, ever get me." He turned to Harry and pointed his wand. "Avada Kedavra!" He screamed before Disapparating.
I didn't even think. I just leapt and shoved Harry out of the way.
*** (Harry's point of view)
The next few seconds seemed like decades. Time slowed. I felt myself being shoved against the ground, and the heat of the Death Curse surrounding me, but hitting the one who had shoved me out of the way.
Ron was dead before he even hit the ground.
"NO!" I screamed and flung myself at him. "No! Ron! You CAN'T BE DEAD!" I screamed, shaking his body. Tears fell down onto him from me as I hunched over, gripping his shirt. "You're my best friend. you can't die. you can't be dead." I sobbed, shaking him. "you can't! You can't! You can't!"
"Harry." Sirius grabbed my robes and tried pulling me away.
"NO! RON IS NOT DEAD!" I screamed but Sirius managed to pull me off of him.
"Is there anything you can do?" He asked Peggy and the boy.
"Harry where is the Stone?" Peggy asked.
"I don't know but Ron is not dead. He can't be. He can't."
"Harry where is the Stone?" Peggy demanded.
"I c-can't remember what I did with it." I sobbed, burying my face in Ron's robes. "he can't be dead. he can't be dead."
"Harry." Hermione said gently, touching my shoulder.
"NO!" I screamed, pushing her away. "Ron isn't dead. he's not dead. he's not dead."
*** (Weird girl (maybe Peggy)'s point of view)
"He's not dead. he's not dead. he's not dead. he's not dead." Harry repeated over and over as we took them back to Hogwarts.
Hermione was sobbing into her hands. Jasmine was crying into Draco's shoulder. Sirius, Paul and I were looking grim and Ron's dead body floated between me and Paul. Wormtail's paralyzed body was floating between me and Sirius.
"Harry what did you do with the Stone?" I asked though it was totally useless.
"He's not dead. he's not dead. he's not dead. he's not dead. he's not dead. he's not dead." Harry whispered, eyes closed. "he's not dead. he's not dead. he's not dead."
"Padfoot!" Professor Lupin appeared, looking shocked. "What. what happened?" He asked.
"To make a long story short. two of Voldemort's followers are dead, Voldemort is gone again, we have Wormtail, Ron's dead and Harry is in shock and can't remember what he did with the Stone." Sirius said, rubbing his wrists.
"Harry. what did you do with the Stone?!" Professor Lupin demanded.
Harry looked blankly up at him. "He's not dead. he's not dead. he's not dead. he's not dead."
"He's in total shock." I explained.
"Peggy you have a lot of answering to do." Hermione somehow managed between sobs.
"I'll do my best." I mumbled.
We went into the castle, and to a dead-end passage. At the very end was a dull portrait of a sleeping bear. "Marinated Chicken." Sirius said and the portrait swung open to reveal a door. Sirius knocked and Professor Dumbledore answered, wearing his pale blue robes and a sleepy expression.
"Sirius? Remus? Har." He trailed off seeing Ron and Wormtail. "I have a feeling I won't be getting any more sleep tonight."
*** (Hermione's point of view)
Jasmine and I tried telling everything the best we could, since Malfoy didn't go through it all, and Harry was in total shock.
"And what is Mr. Malfoy doing here?" Dumbledore asked.
"I followed Jasmine. Sir." Malfoy said, glancing at Jasmine.
"Then Voldemort disappeared."
"After shooting the Death Curse and it. it." I trailed off and found myself crying again.
"Ron shoved Harry out of the way, sir." Peggy said slowly. "he died to save Harry."
Dumbledore looked at Ron's dead body. "I see." He turned to Harry. "where is the Stone?"
"He's not dead." Harry said, staring straight ahead.
"Sirius, take Wormtail back to Headquarters." Dumbledore said.
"Yes sir." Sirius waved his wand and left the room, Wormtail floating along behind. I noticed Sirius allowed Wormtail to bump into anything in the way (and things that weren't really in the way).
"Albus what is going on?" Remus demanded.
"I think more then one person wants to know." Dumbledore said, eyes falling on me.
"Yes." I looked at Peggy who's face was stony. "I would like to know." I said, trying not to get in hysterics yet over Ron's death. "What was that note with 'master wants to see you right away' or whatever?" I demanded. Peggy and the boy snorted with laughter. "Master. that's what we call Mr. Martin." Peggy said.
"Who is Mr. Martin? Why were you in such a hurry? How did you know Sirius?!" I demanded rather angrily.
"Its not that important. what's important right now is getting Voldemort." She said and turned to the boy. "C'mon Paul."
And with that, they left.
I began crying then slowly looked at Ron. "One good shall die." I sobbed and wiped my eyes. "that was you."
"AMY?!" Hermione, Jasmine and Harry screamed.
"Yes?" She asked.
"You." Harry whispered.
"Me." She said.
"It was you. not Peggy, not. Ron!" Harry turned and saw me on all fours, breathing hard. "Ron I am so sorry!" He shrieked, running to my side.
"Ron knew. that's why he put the Cruciatus curse on you." Jasmine said, looking at Amy.
"In. the. dreams." I managed, standing up.
"So I take it the dreams were not blunt enough." Amy sneered. She was no longer beautiful but evil looking.
"I wouldn't of realized it if it weren't for the third dream. the Faerie that killed Harry was. purple." I breathed, clutching my sides. "a lot of stuff was purple. and purple is your favorite color."
"Imagine. If I never said that. you'd all be captured and poor pathetic Peggy would still be the one blamed." Amy sneered.
"Peggy. the note." Hermione said in confusion.
"Did you write up a fake note for us to find?" Jasmine asked.
"No. That was her note. I don't know what it means. but imagine how happy I was when you all put the blame on her." Amy said, twirling her wand.
"Amy, where is the Stone?" You-Know-Who said.
"I. do not know." Amy said slowly, glaring at Harry. "He never told any of us where he has so cleverly concealed the Stone."
"Where is it, Harry?" You-Know-Who raised his hand and another Death Eater appeared. It was Wormtail. From his hand shot a light and Sirius cried out in pain.
"I don't have it." Harry said, clenching his teeth.
"LIAR!" You-Know-Who screamed. "you have it with you. Or else your godfather would be dead."
"I do NOT have the Stone with me!" Harry screamed.
Hermione, Jasmine, and I were cowering against the wall. Amy crossed the room and pointed her wand at Harry. "Veritas!" She yelled.
Harry fell to the ground, screaming in pain as a bright golden light shot into his chest. "Do you have the Stone?!" She screamed.
"No." Harry said.
Amy pulled her wand away and looked at You-Know-Who who was positively enraged. "The spell must not of worked." He sneered. He shot a curse at the four of us, and we were flung against the wall, as well as Sirius. "ARVA!"
Arva appeared at You-Know-Who's side. "Yeah?"
"Kill the other three." He hissed.
Arva turned to us and I found myself being flung against the ground. "Mr. Prediction." She hissed, arms folded and a sneer on her face. "time to say good-" She never finished.
"CRUCIO!" Screamed a new voice.
Ofcourse nothing happened. Arva turned and saw who had (tried) to curse her.
Draco Malfoy stood there looking confused.
"Malfoy." You-Know-Who said.
"Jasmine." Malfoy said, staring at Jasmine.
"Draco help me!" She shrieked.
But he couldn't for he was flung against the wall. "I can't believe the son of Lucius Malfoy is betraying us all." Amy said, shaking her head.
"Justice shall be served upon the betrayer, who will be discovered. The traitor shall die." Arva recited.
That prediction wasn't about the traitor for us. it was the traitor for them.
"NO!" Jasmine screamed.
"I think we should kill them one. by. one." Amy sneered and looked at us. "and can I start with him? He's already on the ground." Her eyes landed on me.
"Go right on." You-Know-Who said.
"Say goodbye." Amy said and raised her wand.
There was a hawk-cry and a huge red-tailed hawk flew from the ceiling and knocked Amy's wand from her hand. "Toby?" Jasmine asked but it was way too big to be Toby. The hawk began attacking Amy relentlessly.
"Master help me!" Amy cried as the talons and beak struck against her. The others just watched. I closed my eyes as the beak dove into her neck. and Amy was silent.
"The traitor shall die." Arva said.
"Kill them, Arva." You-Know-Who said.
"I want to start with this one." Arva said and Malfoy was flung to the ground. "try and put the Cruciatus curse on ME will you."
I was still on all fours, breathing hard but I spotted a new animal coming into the cave. It was. an otter? With something in its mouth.
The otter ran over to me and dropped a sharp, silver knife at my hands. The handle was black but had a gold lion on it.
I leapt up. "If curses can't kill you maybe this will!" I screamed and flung the knife.
It sunk into her body and she screamed in pain and fell to the ground. then disappeared, obviously Apparating. "Your friends fight bravely, Harry. You've already gotten two of mine down." You-Know-Who sneered and pointed his wand at me. I cringed back. "tell me where the Stone of Power is or-"
Not so fast, Voldemort!!!! shrieked an extremely familiar voice.
It was the otter. You-Know-Who looked down at it and began laughing. "An otter? Oh how-"
There was a *pop* and the otter was now human.
It was Peggy. She was dressed in black leggings, a black turtleneck and black boots that came up to right below her knees. But she looked different. her hair was extremely curly and she didn't have her glasses on. It made her look very different.
"Peggy?!" We all shrieked in confusion.
"Put the wand down Voldemort." She said.
"You think YOU can hurt ME, little girl." He sneered.
Peggy narrowed her eyes. "Little girl? Isn't that what you called my mother before she. oh I don't know. nearly killed you?"
You-Know-Who's eyes got a bit wider. "You're Alexandria's daughter."
"Very good, Voldemort- yes."
"Peggy. what the hell. are you doing here?" I managed.
"No time to chat." She said and flicked her wand towards the others. They fell to the ground. "And I do NOT think so, Wormtail!"
Wormtail, who had been trying to sneak off, fell to the floor paralyzed by Peggy's wand.
Peggy turned back to You-Know-Who. "Harry told you he doesn't have the Stone. But you don't believe him? Even after she-" Peggy nodded her head towards Amy's dead body, "put the Truth curse on him?"
"I killed your mother and I can kill you." You-Know-Who said, pointing his wand at Peggy.
She shook slightly. "My mother nearly killed you. and I have been more trained she is was. Plus I'm backed by two other fully-trained agents."
The red-tailed hawk suddenly became human. It was a tall boy that looked remarkably like Peggy. His red-brown hair waved back and he narrowed his eyes, wand drawn. "Three fully trained agents against one egocentric maniac killer? Hmm, wonder who'll win." He said.
"Anyone care to take bets?" We all looked. Sirius had turned human and had his wand drawn.
"Yes, Sirius. I'm betting. on us." The boy said. The three stood shoulder- to-shoulder, wands pointed at Voldemort.
"You will never, ever get me." He turned to Harry and pointed his wand. "Avada Kedavra!" He screamed before Disapparating.
I didn't even think. I just leapt and shoved Harry out of the way.
*** (Harry's point of view)
The next few seconds seemed like decades. Time slowed. I felt myself being shoved against the ground, and the heat of the Death Curse surrounding me, but hitting the one who had shoved me out of the way.
Ron was dead before he even hit the ground.
"NO!" I screamed and flung myself at him. "No! Ron! You CAN'T BE DEAD!" I screamed, shaking his body. Tears fell down onto him from me as I hunched over, gripping his shirt. "You're my best friend. you can't die. you can't be dead." I sobbed, shaking him. "you can't! You can't! You can't!"
"Harry." Sirius grabbed my robes and tried pulling me away.
"NO! RON IS NOT DEAD!" I screamed but Sirius managed to pull me off of him.
"Is there anything you can do?" He asked Peggy and the boy.
"Harry where is the Stone?" Peggy asked.
"I don't know but Ron is not dead. He can't be. He can't."
"Harry where is the Stone?" Peggy demanded.
"I c-can't remember what I did with it." I sobbed, burying my face in Ron's robes. "he can't be dead. he can't be dead."
"Harry." Hermione said gently, touching my shoulder.
"NO!" I screamed, pushing her away. "Ron isn't dead. he's not dead. he's not dead."
*** (Weird girl (maybe Peggy)'s point of view)
"He's not dead. he's not dead. he's not dead. he's not dead." Harry repeated over and over as we took them back to Hogwarts.
Hermione was sobbing into her hands. Jasmine was crying into Draco's shoulder. Sirius, Paul and I were looking grim and Ron's dead body floated between me and Paul. Wormtail's paralyzed body was floating between me and Sirius.
"Harry what did you do with the Stone?" I asked though it was totally useless.
"He's not dead. he's not dead. he's not dead. he's not dead. he's not dead. he's not dead." Harry whispered, eyes closed. "he's not dead. he's not dead. he's not dead."
"Padfoot!" Professor Lupin appeared, looking shocked. "What. what happened?" He asked.
"To make a long story short. two of Voldemort's followers are dead, Voldemort is gone again, we have Wormtail, Ron's dead and Harry is in shock and can't remember what he did with the Stone." Sirius said, rubbing his wrists.
"Harry. what did you do with the Stone?!" Professor Lupin demanded.
Harry looked blankly up at him. "He's not dead. he's not dead. he's not dead. he's not dead."
"He's in total shock." I explained.
"Peggy you have a lot of answering to do." Hermione somehow managed between sobs.
"I'll do my best." I mumbled.
We went into the castle, and to a dead-end passage. At the very end was a dull portrait of a sleeping bear. "Marinated Chicken." Sirius said and the portrait swung open to reveal a door. Sirius knocked and Professor Dumbledore answered, wearing his pale blue robes and a sleepy expression.
"Sirius? Remus? Har." He trailed off seeing Ron and Wormtail. "I have a feeling I won't be getting any more sleep tonight."
*** (Hermione's point of view)
Jasmine and I tried telling everything the best we could, since Malfoy didn't go through it all, and Harry was in total shock.
"And what is Mr. Malfoy doing here?" Dumbledore asked.
"I followed Jasmine. Sir." Malfoy said, glancing at Jasmine.
"Then Voldemort disappeared."
"After shooting the Death Curse and it. it." I trailed off and found myself crying again.
"Ron shoved Harry out of the way, sir." Peggy said slowly. "he died to save Harry."
Dumbledore looked at Ron's dead body. "I see." He turned to Harry. "where is the Stone?"
"He's not dead." Harry said, staring straight ahead.
"Sirius, take Wormtail back to Headquarters." Dumbledore said.
"Yes sir." Sirius waved his wand and left the room, Wormtail floating along behind. I noticed Sirius allowed Wormtail to bump into anything in the way (and things that weren't really in the way).
"Albus what is going on?" Remus demanded.
"I think more then one person wants to know." Dumbledore said, eyes falling on me.
"Yes." I looked at Peggy who's face was stony. "I would like to know." I said, trying not to get in hysterics yet over Ron's death. "What was that note with 'master wants to see you right away' or whatever?" I demanded. Peggy and the boy snorted with laughter. "Master. that's what we call Mr. Martin." Peggy said.
"Who is Mr. Martin? Why were you in such a hurry? How did you know Sirius?!" I demanded rather angrily.
"Its not that important. what's important right now is getting Voldemort." She said and turned to the boy. "C'mon Paul."
And with that, they left.
I began crying then slowly looked at Ron. "One good shall die." I sobbed and wiped my eyes. "that was you."