It's up! P.S. The Exaudio Charm comes from the people who wrote the
stories about Maud Moody ......... I forgot the title of the fanfiction as
well as the name of the authors .........sorry! But they're really good.
I think it's called the Darkness and Light trilogy .........
Four silent, unseen figures made their invisible way across school grounds until they encountered an invisible barrier. It was an electric barrier, and would have sizzled them had they not been expecting it, and sent a golem out in front of them. The golem was well-made for a couple of Fifth- Years, even working together and as advanced as they were. Created out of spare bits of mud and twigs, they had enchanted it so it was sentient with a complicated Transfiguration and Charm that would last for only a couple of hours. They had given it somewhat human features so that it could walk ahead of them, and it looked small and impressive, but it had its imperfections. Occasionally, it would freeze in a certain position and begin to shake. It would do this for a couple of minutes before continuing like normal. At first, they thought it was falling apart, or that it had encountered the barrier. But when it continued moving, they deduced that it was only because they were inexperienced at creating golems.
When the golem suddenly shirveled up and turned into a pile of ashes, the ladies of the group (all three of them) could barely suppress their gasps and startled cries.
"Ssh," hissed the Black Dragon. "Shut up!"
"Why don't you?" retorted the Fairy Elf coolly as she removed her Invisibility Charm. At the same time, she pulled her hood tighter over her head. She appeared to be a normal Hufflepuff student, clothed in a dark yellow and black robe with the hood pulled over her head. She stepped into the shadows, amazingly inconspicious in her Hufflepuff garb.
Soon, from the distance, figures appeared.
The Fairy Elf calmly performed an Exaudio with the other three, and stepped out. She lowered her voice, making it quaver. "I heard that some people were to meet here. I heard someone talking about it and it sounded interesting .........Am I welcome?" She made sure that they could see her tremble with fear. Seeing fear in others boosted a person's confidence and induced recklessness.
One of the figures stepped forward. The dark blue hood fell back to reveal the face of a pretty Ravenclaw prefect who was one of Cho Chang's closer friends. "Did you know Cedric well?"
The Fairy Elf blushed almost naturally. "That depends on what you mean by know," she said, stuttering magnificently. "I had a small, well, I fancied him for a while. And I admired him. And i respected him." She allowed a feral look to come into her eyes. "And I want to avenge his death." Her voice became firmer at that last statement even as she inwardly winced at the obvious melodrama of the situation. But this was no drama. One wrong move, and she could ruin it.
"Do we trust her?" a mocking voice came from the shadows. A green and silver robe. A Slytherin. Of course. Slytherins would be here because they might recognize the truth. Hufflepuffs because they were easily fooled and because they had been close to Cedric. And Ravenclaw because of the mutual sympathy for Cho. There was no doubt a couple of envious, spiteful Gryffindors thrown into the mix as well. But any of those had to be really good actors or really seculded, else some of the more fanatic of the Harry Potter fans would have weeded them out and declared them traitor by now.
"I don't see why not," the Ravenclaw responded. "Just because you don't like Hufflepuffs, Antony, doesn't mean they're bad. You're biased." Her tone was teasing and gentle.
The two were obviously a couple. Dating. Inter-House couples were rare, with the intense Inter-House rivalry. Slytherins were espeically touchy about one of their number dating one of the other Houses. A Slytherin- Ravenclaw relationship was tolerated usually if the Ravenclaw was a pureblood of good heritage, who was clever and ambitious. Slytherin- Hufflepuffs were scorned unless the Hufflepuff was a Harditer, and the most recent of the Harditers had graduated some years ago. Harditers were a old family, older than the Malfoy family or the Marvolo family, both ancient ones. Harditers were rumored to descend from Helga Hufflepuff herself, and they were a hard lot. They were the typical Slytherin underneath a Hufflepuff shell, only in Hufflepuff because each generation requested it from the Sorting Hat. Slytherin-Hufflepuff relationships were rare and did not last long. Slytherin-Gryffindors were impossible to find. Any such couple that existed hid their relationship completely. And if any Slytherin ended up marrying a Gryffindor later in life, both were exiled from society, both the upper-class Slythering society and the middle-class Gryffindor Auror society. Stereotypes could never label a person, but each House seemed intent on fulfilling its stereotype to the letter.
As of now, the only Slytherin-Ravenclaw couple was a Melanie Reich and Antony Marvolo. Both model students. Both so easily lured into Voldemort's trap. But were they lured? Or had they chosen of their own accord? It remained to be seen.
"Are you listening?" Antony's harsh voice demanded.
The Fairy Elf snapped out of her reverie. "Huh? What?"
"I asked what your name was," Antony said impatiently.
The Fairy Elf didn't bat an eyelash. "Susan Bones." Susan, as a matter fact, was sleeping soundly on her bed, a fact she had made sure of. It had only taken a mild sleeping draught, in case Susan was one of these.
Melanie eyed her carefully. "All right," she finally said. "The password is Diggory."
Even as she spoke, a visible door appeared. Melanie and Antony entered without batting an eyelash. The Fairy Elf only hesitated a moment before following, three invisible figures trooping in after her.
Hannah was silent as she entered the door. She could feel some sort of filter sifting through her thoughts. But those Wandless Magic courses had not been for nothing. A simple block and nothing was revealed.
Yet she had the horrible feeling that she was no longer a Pre-Auror. That she had been somehow stripped of her title. All that was left was plain Hannah. Just Hannah to face the legions of You-Know-Who. A pleasant thought indeed.
Yet she could not fob off the uneasy feeling that something was wrong. "Hello," she muttered under her breath, checking the Exaudio Charm. "Hello? Anyone there?"
No answer. Nothing at all.
A sinking feeling entered her heart. That filter. It couldn't have filtered away the charm, could it? Anything was possible. But now she was left without being able to contact her friends. Not friends. Co-workers, more like. But not friends.
She only hoped they were all right.
She made herself part of the crowd, an amazingly large crowd. Melanie and Antony had disappeared. She had expected them to. They would not want to spend their time showing a newbie around. If they had wanted to, she would have been suspicious.
She milled about the crowd, waiting for the moment to take action. Her wand would not cast spells. She was helpless. Her single consolation was the fact that the others would be protected. Cho's Invisibility Amulet was bespelled. And Invisibility Cloaks had natural Charms in them against such filtrations. They should be safe.
But right now that did not matter. It would matter in the long run. But not now. She slowly milled her way to the front of crowd. And she watched as a young man walked on stage. Onto the makeshift stage. Who was he? Truly Voldemort? A minion? A fake?
"I see that our crowd enlarges," the man spoke. He had a smooth, soothing voice. Perfect for oration. Persuasive and hypnotizing, she barely prevented herself from falling under its lure. But she recognized it. And defended herself against it.
Her heart sank as the man's eyes caught hers. He knew that she was resisting. He smirked.
"Some of us seem to not agree with me. They do not believe that Cedric Diggory should be avenged. They side with the evil Harry Potter. They are misguided."
"Who?" the crowd seemed to echo. "Show us."
Hannah shivered. Just great. This guy had most of Hogwarts under his control. Temporary, though. She could the see the strain. He would lose control of them soon. In 5 seconds. 4. 3. 2. 1. The crowd calmed down. They milled about. They were confused.
He was not strong enough. And he was most definitely not Voldemort. It was either attack now while he lost control or wait until he regained control.
She scrambled onto the stage. "Fraud!" she shrieked, putting the right inflection into her voice. "Liar. Tom Riddle. You are false. You speak naught but lies."
She only prayed that the other Pre-Aurors would get the hint.
"You are the one who speaks untruths. I speak out of integrity. And you?"
"Out of justice," she said. Calmly. Assuredly. She was aware of the crowd amassing again, gathering in strength. But she was not afraid.
Because the Exaudio Charm had just clicked on. The wards were gone, thanks to Dumbledore and the Order of the Mystics. She could see Members of the Order swarm in, even as she defied this man before her. The man without a wand. How foolish. To come without a wand.
But the crowd was still on his side. But not for long.
The Lone Unicorn stepped into the light. Her hood fell back. Her glamour disappeared. And it revealed Cho Chang. Hannah barely suppressed a gasp.
"I am Cho Chang," Cho said clearly. "Last year, my love died. His name was Cedric. Hufflepuff House once promised me that I was an honorary Hufflepuff," her voice raised, ringing. "They said that they would loook after me in Cedric's stead. Noble words. But without a grain of truth in them, it seems. Will you destroy the one who returned Cedric's body to us? Will you kill Harry Potter. Will you believe this madman over me?"
In Hufflepuff House, the word "Cho" was akin to "Angel". Everyone knew of her. She was Cedric's girlfriend, who after so long, still grieved for him, still mourned for him. Still remained single for him. She was the martyr. Her word was almost the law.
It helped that she was pretty.
Her black hair framed a heart-shaped face. Her eyes raised unto the sky. "Do you believe me when I say that this man is a fraud? And furthermore, he has placed you all under a spell!"
The student body roared with furor. A few shook off the hypnotising spell, and stared, speechless. Others were caught in Cho's words. They understood and did not accept.
It did not matter, for the student body had been delayed. Hannah breathed a sigh of relief as Remus Lupin took the Hypnotiser, as she had come to call him, under custody.
Thier mission was over. They had been tested.
That night, two people approached Headmaster Dumbledore, offering their resignation. Where there were four, now there are two. Black Dragon and Flaming Phoenix left. Would they hold out?
To be continued .........
Four silent, unseen figures made their invisible way across school grounds until they encountered an invisible barrier. It was an electric barrier, and would have sizzled them had they not been expecting it, and sent a golem out in front of them. The golem was well-made for a couple of Fifth- Years, even working together and as advanced as they were. Created out of spare bits of mud and twigs, they had enchanted it so it was sentient with a complicated Transfiguration and Charm that would last for only a couple of hours. They had given it somewhat human features so that it could walk ahead of them, and it looked small and impressive, but it had its imperfections. Occasionally, it would freeze in a certain position and begin to shake. It would do this for a couple of minutes before continuing like normal. At first, they thought it was falling apart, or that it had encountered the barrier. But when it continued moving, they deduced that it was only because they were inexperienced at creating golems.
When the golem suddenly shirveled up and turned into a pile of ashes, the ladies of the group (all three of them) could barely suppress their gasps and startled cries.
"Ssh," hissed the Black Dragon. "Shut up!"
"Why don't you?" retorted the Fairy Elf coolly as she removed her Invisibility Charm. At the same time, she pulled her hood tighter over her head. She appeared to be a normal Hufflepuff student, clothed in a dark yellow and black robe with the hood pulled over her head. She stepped into the shadows, amazingly inconspicious in her Hufflepuff garb.
Soon, from the distance, figures appeared.
The Fairy Elf calmly performed an Exaudio with the other three, and stepped out. She lowered her voice, making it quaver. "I heard that some people were to meet here. I heard someone talking about it and it sounded interesting .........Am I welcome?" She made sure that they could see her tremble with fear. Seeing fear in others boosted a person's confidence and induced recklessness.
One of the figures stepped forward. The dark blue hood fell back to reveal the face of a pretty Ravenclaw prefect who was one of Cho Chang's closer friends. "Did you know Cedric well?"
The Fairy Elf blushed almost naturally. "That depends on what you mean by know," she said, stuttering magnificently. "I had a small, well, I fancied him for a while. And I admired him. And i respected him." She allowed a feral look to come into her eyes. "And I want to avenge his death." Her voice became firmer at that last statement even as she inwardly winced at the obvious melodrama of the situation. But this was no drama. One wrong move, and she could ruin it.
"Do we trust her?" a mocking voice came from the shadows. A green and silver robe. A Slytherin. Of course. Slytherins would be here because they might recognize the truth. Hufflepuffs because they were easily fooled and because they had been close to Cedric. And Ravenclaw because of the mutual sympathy for Cho. There was no doubt a couple of envious, spiteful Gryffindors thrown into the mix as well. But any of those had to be really good actors or really seculded, else some of the more fanatic of the Harry Potter fans would have weeded them out and declared them traitor by now.
"I don't see why not," the Ravenclaw responded. "Just because you don't like Hufflepuffs, Antony, doesn't mean they're bad. You're biased." Her tone was teasing and gentle.
The two were obviously a couple. Dating. Inter-House couples were rare, with the intense Inter-House rivalry. Slytherins were espeically touchy about one of their number dating one of the other Houses. A Slytherin- Ravenclaw relationship was tolerated usually if the Ravenclaw was a pureblood of good heritage, who was clever and ambitious. Slytherin- Hufflepuffs were scorned unless the Hufflepuff was a Harditer, and the most recent of the Harditers had graduated some years ago. Harditers were a old family, older than the Malfoy family or the Marvolo family, both ancient ones. Harditers were rumored to descend from Helga Hufflepuff herself, and they were a hard lot. They were the typical Slytherin underneath a Hufflepuff shell, only in Hufflepuff because each generation requested it from the Sorting Hat. Slytherin-Hufflepuff relationships were rare and did not last long. Slytherin-Gryffindors were impossible to find. Any such couple that existed hid their relationship completely. And if any Slytherin ended up marrying a Gryffindor later in life, both were exiled from society, both the upper-class Slythering society and the middle-class Gryffindor Auror society. Stereotypes could never label a person, but each House seemed intent on fulfilling its stereotype to the letter.
As of now, the only Slytherin-Ravenclaw couple was a Melanie Reich and Antony Marvolo. Both model students. Both so easily lured into Voldemort's trap. But were they lured? Or had they chosen of their own accord? It remained to be seen.
"Are you listening?" Antony's harsh voice demanded.
The Fairy Elf snapped out of her reverie. "Huh? What?"
"I asked what your name was," Antony said impatiently.
The Fairy Elf didn't bat an eyelash. "Susan Bones." Susan, as a matter fact, was sleeping soundly on her bed, a fact she had made sure of. It had only taken a mild sleeping draught, in case Susan was one of these.
Melanie eyed her carefully. "All right," she finally said. "The password is Diggory."
Even as she spoke, a visible door appeared. Melanie and Antony entered without batting an eyelash. The Fairy Elf only hesitated a moment before following, three invisible figures trooping in after her.
Hannah was silent as she entered the door. She could feel some sort of filter sifting through her thoughts. But those Wandless Magic courses had not been for nothing. A simple block and nothing was revealed.
Yet she had the horrible feeling that she was no longer a Pre-Auror. That she had been somehow stripped of her title. All that was left was plain Hannah. Just Hannah to face the legions of You-Know-Who. A pleasant thought indeed.
Yet she could not fob off the uneasy feeling that something was wrong. "Hello," she muttered under her breath, checking the Exaudio Charm. "Hello? Anyone there?"
No answer. Nothing at all.
A sinking feeling entered her heart. That filter. It couldn't have filtered away the charm, could it? Anything was possible. But now she was left without being able to contact her friends. Not friends. Co-workers, more like. But not friends.
She only hoped they were all right.
She made herself part of the crowd, an amazingly large crowd. Melanie and Antony had disappeared. She had expected them to. They would not want to spend their time showing a newbie around. If they had wanted to, she would have been suspicious.
She milled about the crowd, waiting for the moment to take action. Her wand would not cast spells. She was helpless. Her single consolation was the fact that the others would be protected. Cho's Invisibility Amulet was bespelled. And Invisibility Cloaks had natural Charms in them against such filtrations. They should be safe.
But right now that did not matter. It would matter in the long run. But not now. She slowly milled her way to the front of crowd. And she watched as a young man walked on stage. Onto the makeshift stage. Who was he? Truly Voldemort? A minion? A fake?
"I see that our crowd enlarges," the man spoke. He had a smooth, soothing voice. Perfect for oration. Persuasive and hypnotizing, she barely prevented herself from falling under its lure. But she recognized it. And defended herself against it.
Her heart sank as the man's eyes caught hers. He knew that she was resisting. He smirked.
"Some of us seem to not agree with me. They do not believe that Cedric Diggory should be avenged. They side with the evil Harry Potter. They are misguided."
"Who?" the crowd seemed to echo. "Show us."
Hannah shivered. Just great. This guy had most of Hogwarts under his control. Temporary, though. She could the see the strain. He would lose control of them soon. In 5 seconds. 4. 3. 2. 1. The crowd calmed down. They milled about. They were confused.
He was not strong enough. And he was most definitely not Voldemort. It was either attack now while he lost control or wait until he regained control.
She scrambled onto the stage. "Fraud!" she shrieked, putting the right inflection into her voice. "Liar. Tom Riddle. You are false. You speak naught but lies."
She only prayed that the other Pre-Aurors would get the hint.
"You are the one who speaks untruths. I speak out of integrity. And you?"
"Out of justice," she said. Calmly. Assuredly. She was aware of the crowd amassing again, gathering in strength. But she was not afraid.
Because the Exaudio Charm had just clicked on. The wards were gone, thanks to Dumbledore and the Order of the Mystics. She could see Members of the Order swarm in, even as she defied this man before her. The man without a wand. How foolish. To come without a wand.
But the crowd was still on his side. But not for long.
The Lone Unicorn stepped into the light. Her hood fell back. Her glamour disappeared. And it revealed Cho Chang. Hannah barely suppressed a gasp.
"I am Cho Chang," Cho said clearly. "Last year, my love died. His name was Cedric. Hufflepuff House once promised me that I was an honorary Hufflepuff," her voice raised, ringing. "They said that they would loook after me in Cedric's stead. Noble words. But without a grain of truth in them, it seems. Will you destroy the one who returned Cedric's body to us? Will you kill Harry Potter. Will you believe this madman over me?"
In Hufflepuff House, the word "Cho" was akin to "Angel". Everyone knew of her. She was Cedric's girlfriend, who after so long, still grieved for him, still mourned for him. Still remained single for him. She was the martyr. Her word was almost the law.
It helped that she was pretty.
Her black hair framed a heart-shaped face. Her eyes raised unto the sky. "Do you believe me when I say that this man is a fraud? And furthermore, he has placed you all under a spell!"
The student body roared with furor. A few shook off the hypnotising spell, and stared, speechless. Others were caught in Cho's words. They understood and did not accept.
It did not matter, for the student body had been delayed. Hannah breathed a sigh of relief as Remus Lupin took the Hypnotiser, as she had come to call him, under custody.
Thier mission was over. They had been tested.
That night, two people approached Headmaster Dumbledore, offering their resignation. Where there were four, now there are two. Black Dragon and Flaming Phoenix left. Would they hold out?
To be continued .........