A/N: A wild ride right? Um.... okay maybe not! Um... Me have low self esteem... But it will get back up if I get more reviews! ::says please like Roger Rabbit:: (I like that movie)
I gave the Malfoy Twins bushy hair.... It was just jumping off of the trend board. I didn't want them to look exactly like Astra. Some, but not exact. And no... they do not have Granger blood in them... that would make them kin to Harri and I don't want that.
::pays homage to favorite GW character:: DUOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Does anyone notice that Yugi (Yugi-oh!) Is supposed to be fourteen, looks like he's twelve, but sounds like he's twenty? I was just wondering...... ::breaks into "Big Girls Don't Cry, They Get Even" speech on the dad:: ("That's my dad.... he's forty, looks like he's thirty, talks like he's twenty and acts like he's ten.... he's fun to play board games with...")
I have the original trailer for that movie on my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze. It goes by a different title, though... something like Family Reunion...
Chapter Twenty
Harry woke up to his scar burning. He pressed his hand to his scar, but he couldn't stop the burning. It was giving him a massive headache.
When the burning finally subsided, Harry got out of bed. He was dreaming about the letters on the three victims' heads. He wondered briefly what they all meant.
He walked down the boys' staircase and into the common room. He glanced out the window and saw the night sky. The moon was out and it was full. He wondered where Professor Lupin was, briefly.
He yawned and rubbed his eyes behind his glasses. He walked over toward the fireplace and found Avalon on the couch. She was just staring at the fire. "Vee.... (yawn) what are you doing up...."
She didn't say anything. She just sat and watched the fire. Her long black hair cascaded around her in waves. Her tanned skin shimmered in the firelight. Her black eyes shimmered with purpose.
Harry closed his eyes and yawned again. He felt a sudden breeze. His eyes snapped open and he found himself outside.
He was near the lake. He saw Hagrid's hut in the distance and he saw the Forbidden Forest. He heard the distant howl of a werewolf.
"Where?" he started to say.
Avalon was standing in front of him now. She was wearing a long, black, Gothic dress that fell over her small, thin frame. Her long, black hair swirled around her. Her black eyes bored into Harry's. "What's going on?"
There was a brilliant flash of white light and Harry saw Astra, wearing long white robes. Her silvery hair swirled around her, much like Avalon's. She wore a bright, silver necklace that blinded Harry.
"Do you want to live...." a distant voice said in Astra's tone.
"Wha? What do you mean!"
"Do you want to live...."
Harry turned to Avalon. She just stared at him, those black, bottomless eyes bored into his soul. "Vee... what's going on?!"
"The countdown has begun, Harry... The Omega Time is almost upon us...." she said. Then.... Harry woke up screaming.
"I'm having difficulty trying to figure out these clues.... these random letters..." Hermione said at Breakfast. She was racking over a piece of parchment as she scratched out another equation. "It just doesn't make any sense!"
Harry ate quietly. Ron was looking rather worried as was Ginny. "Ron... I don't think you are next.... or you Gin.... I would never let him hurt either of you..."
"I wasn't worried about me, Harry... I'm more preoccupied about Hermione..." Ron said. "You remember what happened in second year... She was attacked. What if it happens again and she actually dies!"
"Oh stop it, Ron... I'm not going to die...." Hermione growled impatiently as she poured over the parchment, scratching out another equation. "Honestly, how does he expect up to figure this out when these clues are complete nonsense?"
"I don't think You-Know-Who was actually expecting you to try to figure it out... I think he is trying to scare Harry into a premature fight..." Ron said. He gulped down his eggs.
"He isn't going to get me... Not with Dumbledore here..." Harry said. He glanced up at the teachers' table and saw Professor Dumbledore eating happily. "Voldemort wouldn't try anything while Dumbledore is in the area. All the killings have been in semi-secluded areas....."
"True, but really.... he's testing the limits, isn't he?" said Ginny. "Each one has known you at some point.... Colin worshiped you, Susan was in a few of your classes, Fred was.... was...." Ginny's eyes began to tear up, but she choked them down. "Was your friend....."
Harry put an arm around Ginny and pulled her close to him. He kissed the top of her head and sighed into her hair. "I'm sorry, Ginny..."
"Can we please go onto a subject that isn't so morbid?" Nevaeh said loudly. "God sakes, It's still morning!"
After breakfast, Harry walked Ginny to her next class. He passed Astra in the hallway as she walked with Draco to class. He smiled and waved at her when they passed eachother and did the same. "See ya in class!" she said cheerfully.
He walked Ginny to Professor Binns' classroom and opened the door for her. "I'll see you at lunch, Gin... have a nice nap..."
"I'll see you.." Then, she reached up on her toes and kissed Harry. He kissed her back and then released her.
He walked toward Professor McGonagall's class. He met up with Ron and Hermione in the hallway. "Hey Ron... just walked Ginny to History..."
"I wonder why they keep that bloke as a Professor when he's so boring that he makes the entire class fall asleep." Ron said.
"I never fall asleep in his class...." Hermione said.
"Liar... You drool in your sleep...." Ron said with a smirk. Hermione went pink in her cheeks.
There was suddenly a shriek. Harry, Hermione and Ron ran toward the sound. Harry reached the destination first. He saw Hannah Abbott screeching at the wall in front of her and at Astra, who was holding her hands to her ears. "Could ya stop that! Geez!"
"Oh my God! It's happening again! It's happening again!" Hannah screamed.
Harry walked over to Astra and put a hand on her shoulder. He looked at the wall that Hannah was screaming at. On the wall, there was writing in blood. "The omega time is upon you all...." He read aloud.
"It's happening again! Oh my God!" Hannah screeched. Ernie McMillen ran out of the transfiguration classroom and stared at Harry and Astra. "Ernie! It's happening all over again!"
Professor McGonagall walked out and stared at the wall in horror. The color drained from her face. She finally regained her color a minute later and turned to everyone assembled. "Get inside now...!"
"What's going on?" said a familiar drawl from behind Harry. He turned and saw Draco coming around the corner, looking quite perplexed. "Astra? What's going on?"
"I was going on ahead to class and I ran into this wall.... Then, that Hufflepuff girl came out of nowhere and saw the wall and screamed like a maniac. That's all, I swear!" Astra said. Draco put an arm around Astra, as if he were about to lose her to something dreadful.
"Get into the classroom, now!" came McGonagall's voice. Her hand showed up from the doorway and made a sharp motion to get inside.
"I don't know what that girl's deal was, really... I sure as hell didn't do it... I ack!" Astra was talking and then she made a squirming motion. She lifted her right arm and looked at it. A small, sleek black head poked out from inside her sleeve. "Skywise... do you have to hide like that!" she growled. Hermione giggled.
Astra shoved Skywise into her sleeve and sat down behind Harry. He smiled at her and glanced around nervously. A few of the Hufflepuffs stared at him. He felt much like he was in his second year again.
"In class today, I want you to give eachother animal traits that suit each personality." Professor McGonagall said. "I'll keep watch to make sure you don't permanently damage anyone..." she said with a smile.
Hermione looked nervous. She was sitting at the table next to Harry's with Nevaeh. Ron was sitting next to Harry and he gave Harry a wide smile.
Harry tried to think of an animal that best suited Ron. Then, he had an interesting idea. He took out his wand and started. He gave Ron feathers and a beak. "Good... no you can fly with Pig...." Harry said with a smirk.
"You've got to be joking... that's the best you can do....?" Ron squawked.
Harry turned him back to Ron and glanced over at Astra. Draco had given Astra cat ears, whiskers and a long black tail. She purred at Draco as she smirked at him, her chin resting on her right hand. Her long tail swished languidly around. "Really, now... Is this your fantasy version of me, Draco?"
"If I said yes, would you kick my ass?" Draco said with a seductive smile.
"Maybe... I kinda like looking like a kitty...." she purred. She took out her wand and swished it around. Draco grew goat horns. "There now... that's perfect..." she said cheerfully.
She raised a small compact to show Draco what he looked like and he grinned evilly at her. "So you are calling me the devil? How ironic of you...."
"Actually I was going for goat, but devil-boy works as well..." Astra purred at him.
"Baaa..." Draco sniggered.
Harry felt something grow out of his head. He ran a hand through his hair and came up with long rabbit ears. One flopped over. He grimaced at Ron, who was laughing hysterically. "I am not a rabbit...."
"You are now...!" Ron gasped. After a while, Ron finally turned Harry back.
At lunch, Harry walked down the hallway to Professor Binns' classroom to pick up Ginny. He started to round the corner when he heard some familiar voices.
"You told me that she was there staring at the wall when you got there?" said Ernie's voice.
"Yes... she was just standing there like a statue. She's really creepy sometimes..." Hannah's voice intoned.
"She also has that snake... I heard that she speaks Parseltongue..." came another voice.
"I never fully trusted that girl, anyway... Has that strange sister of hers that never speaks to anyone..." Ernie said. "I think she knows something about what's going on and she isn't saying a word... do you think she's a spy for You-Know-Who?"
"Vee? Oh no way... she's too isolated to be part of You-Know-Who...." said Hannah.
"Another thing is that Astra is going out with a Malfoy.... only Slytherins marry into that family and she is wearing a promise ring...." said the third voice.
"But she's a Gryffindor!" said Hannah.
"Exactly my point... maybe she isn't a Gryffindor at heart... maybe she really wants to be a Slytherin and they are all bad..." said Ernie.
Harry had heard this line of conversation before. It angered him even more than before, since they were accusing the most unlikely candidate for rumors. It irritated him to no end to listen to this drivel. "What is the deal with her pet, anyway... it changes from an owl to a cat to a snake... what kind of animal is that!" the third voice said.
"One that is not normal...." Ernie said.
"ASTRA isn't normal. She lost her father at the same time Harry lost his parents. She is always hanging around him. She even has a lot of his mannerisms!" the third voice said.
"She's more like an extreme version, if you ask me... That temper of hers is NOT like Harry..." Hannah said. "He's a block of ice compared to her... Even that Weasley kid he hangs around is level headed compared to her..."
"What's going on? Why are you talking about Astra?" said Ginny's voice just as Harry was about to reveal himself around the corner.
"Nothing you should be concerned about, Ginny...." said Ernie quickly and Ginny came around the corner. Harry hushed her with a finger to his lips.
"What's going on? I heard about someone finding a message on a wall near the transfiguration classroom." Ginny said, the color draining from her face.
"Astra did, then Hannah Abbott saw her there next to the wall and screamed. " Harry said gruffly. He wanted to hit Ernie for accusing Astra. "That conversation was about Astra... I think they are trying to accuse her of putting the message on the wall..."
"But what does it say?"
"The Omega Time is upon you...." Harry told her. "For some reason, that line is familiar to me... I don't know why, though..."
Ginny went even paler than before. "You don't think that..." she gulped. "That..."
Harry instinctively knew what she was talking about. He knew that she was the one that wrote the message about the Chamber of Secrets in his second year. He knew that she was taken over by Tom Riddle when she wrote in his diary. "No Ginny... I don't think I am the one who did that..."
"Then what is going on?" Ginny pleaded. She was terrified. She bit her bottom lip anxiously. Harry got a thrill every time she did that. He pressed his lips to hers and then deepened the kiss. Her arms wrapped around him and he pulled her closer to him.
When he released her she smiled up at him dreamily. "What was that for...."
"Because I thought it was a nice gesture..." he purred to her. She sighed and rested her head against his neck. He stroked her hair.
Then, a chill went down his spine. He gasped at the sensation. The noise in the hallway died away. He saw in front of him, as though he stood out in color against a grey toned crowd, Justin Finch-Fletchly.
Justin just stood watching Harry. He smiled knowingly. "Make sure that he never wins, Harry... make sure of that...." Justin said in a voice that rang out on an unfelt wind.
Then, he turned and walked down the hallway through the bustling crowd. Harry let go of Ginny and chased after him. Justin walked out through the main entrance. Harry followed. He walked toward the greenhouses. Harry followed. Then, he disappeared as Harry heard a heart wrenching scream.
Harry ran the rest of the way to Greenhouse four. He ran behind it. He heard Ginny's footsteps behind him. He found Professor Sprout lying on the ground like she had been petrified. Harry recognized this look. It was the look of someone who had been hit with the Killing Curse.
He heard Ginny's shriek, but he didn't look back. He walked on and saw Justin hung from a tree by his hands. His body was almost indistinguishable, but Harry knew who it was even without looking at the stark white face. It was Justin Finch-Fletchly.
Harry walked over and used a severing charm to cut Justin down. There were cuts on his wrists from the rope. On his forehead were three letters. "B... K... T..." he said as he traced the letters with a finger.
"Oh my God... Justin!" screamed someone from behind. It wasn't Ginny. "And Professor Sprout! Oh my God!"
Harry didn't bother turning around. He cradled the bloody mess of Justin in his arms. "I'm so sorry, Justin.... I'm so sorry...." He whispered.
"Somebody help! We need help over here!" came Ginny's voice. "Somebody get help!"
Harry heard Hermione's voice come. "What's going on--" Then-- "Oh no.... Harry!"
Hermione strode over to Harry. Harry glanced up and smiled sadly. "B K T..." he said. Harry knew Hermione would want to know.
She wrote something on a piece of parchment and knelt down next to Harry. Harry looked up at the sky and smiled. "Good bye Justin...."
I gave the Malfoy Twins bushy hair.... It was just jumping off of the trend board. I didn't want them to look exactly like Astra. Some, but not exact. And no... they do not have Granger blood in them... that would make them kin to Harri and I don't want that.
::pays homage to favorite GW character:: DUOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Does anyone notice that Yugi (Yugi-oh!) Is supposed to be fourteen, looks like he's twelve, but sounds like he's twenty? I was just wondering...... ::breaks into "Big Girls Don't Cry, They Get Even" speech on the dad:: ("That's my dad.... he's forty, looks like he's thirty, talks like he's twenty and acts like he's ten.... he's fun to play board games with...")
I have the original trailer for that movie on my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze. It goes by a different title, though... something like Family Reunion...
Chapter Twenty
Harry woke up to his scar burning. He pressed his hand to his scar, but he couldn't stop the burning. It was giving him a massive headache.
When the burning finally subsided, Harry got out of bed. He was dreaming about the letters on the three victims' heads. He wondered briefly what they all meant.
He walked down the boys' staircase and into the common room. He glanced out the window and saw the night sky. The moon was out and it was full. He wondered where Professor Lupin was, briefly.
He yawned and rubbed his eyes behind his glasses. He walked over toward the fireplace and found Avalon on the couch. She was just staring at the fire. "Vee.... (yawn) what are you doing up...."
She didn't say anything. She just sat and watched the fire. Her long black hair cascaded around her in waves. Her tanned skin shimmered in the firelight. Her black eyes shimmered with purpose.
Harry closed his eyes and yawned again. He felt a sudden breeze. His eyes snapped open and he found himself outside.
He was near the lake. He saw Hagrid's hut in the distance and he saw the Forbidden Forest. He heard the distant howl of a werewolf.
"Where?" he started to say.
Avalon was standing in front of him now. She was wearing a long, black, Gothic dress that fell over her small, thin frame. Her long, black hair swirled around her. Her black eyes bored into Harry's. "What's going on?"
There was a brilliant flash of white light and Harry saw Astra, wearing long white robes. Her silvery hair swirled around her, much like Avalon's. She wore a bright, silver necklace that blinded Harry.
"Do you want to live...." a distant voice said in Astra's tone.
"Wha? What do you mean!"
"Do you want to live...."
Harry turned to Avalon. She just stared at him, those black, bottomless eyes bored into his soul. "Vee... what's going on?!"
"The countdown has begun, Harry... The Omega Time is almost upon us...." she said. Then.... Harry woke up screaming.
"I'm having difficulty trying to figure out these clues.... these random letters..." Hermione said at Breakfast. She was racking over a piece of parchment as she scratched out another equation. "It just doesn't make any sense!"
Harry ate quietly. Ron was looking rather worried as was Ginny. "Ron... I don't think you are next.... or you Gin.... I would never let him hurt either of you..."
"I wasn't worried about me, Harry... I'm more preoccupied about Hermione..." Ron said. "You remember what happened in second year... She was attacked. What if it happens again and she actually dies!"
"Oh stop it, Ron... I'm not going to die...." Hermione growled impatiently as she poured over the parchment, scratching out another equation. "Honestly, how does he expect up to figure this out when these clues are complete nonsense?"
"I don't think You-Know-Who was actually expecting you to try to figure it out... I think he is trying to scare Harry into a premature fight..." Ron said. He gulped down his eggs.
"He isn't going to get me... Not with Dumbledore here..." Harry said. He glanced up at the teachers' table and saw Professor Dumbledore eating happily. "Voldemort wouldn't try anything while Dumbledore is in the area. All the killings have been in semi-secluded areas....."
"True, but really.... he's testing the limits, isn't he?" said Ginny. "Each one has known you at some point.... Colin worshiped you, Susan was in a few of your classes, Fred was.... was...." Ginny's eyes began to tear up, but she choked them down. "Was your friend....."
Harry put an arm around Ginny and pulled her close to him. He kissed the top of her head and sighed into her hair. "I'm sorry, Ginny..."
"Can we please go onto a subject that isn't so morbid?" Nevaeh said loudly. "God sakes, It's still morning!"
After breakfast, Harry walked Ginny to her next class. He passed Astra in the hallway as she walked with Draco to class. He smiled and waved at her when they passed eachother and did the same. "See ya in class!" she said cheerfully.
He walked Ginny to Professor Binns' classroom and opened the door for her. "I'll see you at lunch, Gin... have a nice nap..."
"I'll see you.." Then, she reached up on her toes and kissed Harry. He kissed her back and then released her.
He walked toward Professor McGonagall's class. He met up with Ron and Hermione in the hallway. "Hey Ron... just walked Ginny to History..."
"I wonder why they keep that bloke as a Professor when he's so boring that he makes the entire class fall asleep." Ron said.
"I never fall asleep in his class...." Hermione said.
"Liar... You drool in your sleep...." Ron said with a smirk. Hermione went pink in her cheeks.
There was suddenly a shriek. Harry, Hermione and Ron ran toward the sound. Harry reached the destination first. He saw Hannah Abbott screeching at the wall in front of her and at Astra, who was holding her hands to her ears. "Could ya stop that! Geez!"
"Oh my God! It's happening again! It's happening again!" Hannah screamed.
Harry walked over to Astra and put a hand on her shoulder. He looked at the wall that Hannah was screaming at. On the wall, there was writing in blood. "The omega time is upon you all...." He read aloud.
"It's happening again! Oh my God!" Hannah screeched. Ernie McMillen ran out of the transfiguration classroom and stared at Harry and Astra. "Ernie! It's happening all over again!"
Professor McGonagall walked out and stared at the wall in horror. The color drained from her face. She finally regained her color a minute later and turned to everyone assembled. "Get inside now...!"
"What's going on?" said a familiar drawl from behind Harry. He turned and saw Draco coming around the corner, looking quite perplexed. "Astra? What's going on?"
"I was going on ahead to class and I ran into this wall.... Then, that Hufflepuff girl came out of nowhere and saw the wall and screamed like a maniac. That's all, I swear!" Astra said. Draco put an arm around Astra, as if he were about to lose her to something dreadful.
"Get into the classroom, now!" came McGonagall's voice. Her hand showed up from the doorway and made a sharp motion to get inside.
"I don't know what that girl's deal was, really... I sure as hell didn't do it... I ack!" Astra was talking and then she made a squirming motion. She lifted her right arm and looked at it. A small, sleek black head poked out from inside her sleeve. "Skywise... do you have to hide like that!" she growled. Hermione giggled.
Astra shoved Skywise into her sleeve and sat down behind Harry. He smiled at her and glanced around nervously. A few of the Hufflepuffs stared at him. He felt much like he was in his second year again.
"In class today, I want you to give eachother animal traits that suit each personality." Professor McGonagall said. "I'll keep watch to make sure you don't permanently damage anyone..." she said with a smile.
Hermione looked nervous. She was sitting at the table next to Harry's with Nevaeh. Ron was sitting next to Harry and he gave Harry a wide smile.
Harry tried to think of an animal that best suited Ron. Then, he had an interesting idea. He took out his wand and started. He gave Ron feathers and a beak. "Good... no you can fly with Pig...." Harry said with a smirk.
"You've got to be joking... that's the best you can do....?" Ron squawked.
Harry turned him back to Ron and glanced over at Astra. Draco had given Astra cat ears, whiskers and a long black tail. She purred at Draco as she smirked at him, her chin resting on her right hand. Her long tail swished languidly around. "Really, now... Is this your fantasy version of me, Draco?"
"If I said yes, would you kick my ass?" Draco said with a seductive smile.
"Maybe... I kinda like looking like a kitty...." she purred. She took out her wand and swished it around. Draco grew goat horns. "There now... that's perfect..." she said cheerfully.
She raised a small compact to show Draco what he looked like and he grinned evilly at her. "So you are calling me the devil? How ironic of you...."
"Actually I was going for goat, but devil-boy works as well..." Astra purred at him.
"Baaa..." Draco sniggered.
Harry felt something grow out of his head. He ran a hand through his hair and came up with long rabbit ears. One flopped over. He grimaced at Ron, who was laughing hysterically. "I am not a rabbit...."
"You are now...!" Ron gasped. After a while, Ron finally turned Harry back.
At lunch, Harry walked down the hallway to Professor Binns' classroom to pick up Ginny. He started to round the corner when he heard some familiar voices.
"You told me that she was there staring at the wall when you got there?" said Ernie's voice.
"Yes... she was just standing there like a statue. She's really creepy sometimes..." Hannah's voice intoned.
"She also has that snake... I heard that she speaks Parseltongue..." came another voice.
"I never fully trusted that girl, anyway... Has that strange sister of hers that never speaks to anyone..." Ernie said. "I think she knows something about what's going on and she isn't saying a word... do you think she's a spy for You-Know-Who?"
"Vee? Oh no way... she's too isolated to be part of You-Know-Who...." said Hannah.
"Another thing is that Astra is going out with a Malfoy.... only Slytherins marry into that family and she is wearing a promise ring...." said the third voice.
"But she's a Gryffindor!" said Hannah.
"Exactly my point... maybe she isn't a Gryffindor at heart... maybe she really wants to be a Slytherin and they are all bad..." said Ernie.
Harry had heard this line of conversation before. It angered him even more than before, since they were accusing the most unlikely candidate for rumors. It irritated him to no end to listen to this drivel. "What is the deal with her pet, anyway... it changes from an owl to a cat to a snake... what kind of animal is that!" the third voice said.
"One that is not normal...." Ernie said.
"ASTRA isn't normal. She lost her father at the same time Harry lost his parents. She is always hanging around him. She even has a lot of his mannerisms!" the third voice said.
"She's more like an extreme version, if you ask me... That temper of hers is NOT like Harry..." Hannah said. "He's a block of ice compared to her... Even that Weasley kid he hangs around is level headed compared to her..."
"What's going on? Why are you talking about Astra?" said Ginny's voice just as Harry was about to reveal himself around the corner.
"Nothing you should be concerned about, Ginny...." said Ernie quickly and Ginny came around the corner. Harry hushed her with a finger to his lips.
"What's going on? I heard about someone finding a message on a wall near the transfiguration classroom." Ginny said, the color draining from her face.
"Astra did, then Hannah Abbott saw her there next to the wall and screamed. " Harry said gruffly. He wanted to hit Ernie for accusing Astra. "That conversation was about Astra... I think they are trying to accuse her of putting the message on the wall..."
"But what does it say?"
"The Omega Time is upon you...." Harry told her. "For some reason, that line is familiar to me... I don't know why, though..."
Ginny went even paler than before. "You don't think that..." she gulped. "That..."
Harry instinctively knew what she was talking about. He knew that she was the one that wrote the message about the Chamber of Secrets in his second year. He knew that she was taken over by Tom Riddle when she wrote in his diary. "No Ginny... I don't think I am the one who did that..."
"Then what is going on?" Ginny pleaded. She was terrified. She bit her bottom lip anxiously. Harry got a thrill every time she did that. He pressed his lips to hers and then deepened the kiss. Her arms wrapped around him and he pulled her closer to him.
When he released her she smiled up at him dreamily. "What was that for...."
"Because I thought it was a nice gesture..." he purred to her. She sighed and rested her head against his neck. He stroked her hair.
Then, a chill went down his spine. He gasped at the sensation. The noise in the hallway died away. He saw in front of him, as though he stood out in color against a grey toned crowd, Justin Finch-Fletchly.
Justin just stood watching Harry. He smiled knowingly. "Make sure that he never wins, Harry... make sure of that...." Justin said in a voice that rang out on an unfelt wind.
Then, he turned and walked down the hallway through the bustling crowd. Harry let go of Ginny and chased after him. Justin walked out through the main entrance. Harry followed. He walked toward the greenhouses. Harry followed. Then, he disappeared as Harry heard a heart wrenching scream.
Harry ran the rest of the way to Greenhouse four. He ran behind it. He heard Ginny's footsteps behind him. He found Professor Sprout lying on the ground like she had been petrified. Harry recognized this look. It was the look of someone who had been hit with the Killing Curse.
He heard Ginny's shriek, but he didn't look back. He walked on and saw Justin hung from a tree by his hands. His body was almost indistinguishable, but Harry knew who it was even without looking at the stark white face. It was Justin Finch-Fletchly.
Harry walked over and used a severing charm to cut Justin down. There were cuts on his wrists from the rope. On his forehead were three letters. "B... K... T..." he said as he traced the letters with a finger.
"Oh my God... Justin!" screamed someone from behind. It wasn't Ginny. "And Professor Sprout! Oh my God!"
Harry didn't bother turning around. He cradled the bloody mess of Justin in his arms. "I'm so sorry, Justin.... I'm so sorry...." He whispered.
"Somebody help! We need help over here!" came Ginny's voice. "Somebody get help!"
Harry heard Hermione's voice come. "What's going on--" Then-- "Oh no.... Harry!"
Hermione strode over to Harry. Harry glanced up and smiled sadly. "B K T..." he said. Harry knew Hermione would want to know.
She wrote something on a piece of parchment and knelt down next to Harry. Harry looked up at the sky and smiled. "Good bye Justin...."