Dinner that night wasn't very eventful. Katie and Hayleigh sat right beside Kari and her friends, even though they were from different houses. During the meal, Katie looked over at Kari.

"Hey, do you want to go for a walk?" she asked. Kari nodded and set down her fork. Before walking out of the Great Hall, she hugged her friends and her brothers and thanked them for the gifts once again. Katie walked out, Kari close at her heels.

They walked out onto the cold grounds and Katie sped up. Hugging her cloak close to her, Kari ran to keep up. Before she realized where Katie was going, Katie walked past Hagrid's hut and into the Forbidden Forest.

"Katie…er…where are we going?" Kari asked. Katie didn't answer; she just reached backward and grabbed Kari by the arm. She began to drag her along, weaving through the trees. Kari tried to pull away, but Katie's grip never faltered even when Kari tripped over a root and fell.

They were walking for quite a while, when they reached a clearing. Katie dragged her into the clearing and pushed her down in the dirt. The moonlight cast an eerie light over the pair and Kari shivered. A few minutes passed before anything happened, but then a rustle in the leaves and the snap of a twig announced that someone was coming.

Kari turned her head in the direction of the sound, and saw a man emerging from behind a clump of trees. He walked toward her and when he stepped into the light, Kari recognized him at once. She had come face to face with Voldemort. Gasping, she closed her eyes and wished that she were somewhere else.

A few moments later, she felt a hand on her arm, jerking her on her feet once again. The hand pushed her foreword and she heard a cold voice talking to Katie. Katie would never betray me like this, would she? NO! I know her. She must be under a kind of spell or something. She opened her eyes and looked at Katie. Her eyes were stone cold, as if there was no soul behind them.

"Come on," she heard the high voice say. "Get moving." He jabbed his wand into her back. She obediently moved foreword, but watched Katie as she walked slowly. Her foot got caught in a root once again and she stumbled. A hand grabbed the back of her robes and picked her back up before she could cry out.

They walked for a few minutes, before they walked into another clearing that was completely hidden by trees. In the middle of the clearing, there was a wooden chair. It didn't look like something someone would usually find in the middle of a forest, but Kari didn't dare question it. Before she could protest, Voldemort grabbed her by the hand and pulled her foreword. Katie too walked forward obediently. They all put a hand on the chair at the same time and Kari suddenly felt very sick. She heard a whirring in her ears and it felt as if her hand was carrying her to some unspeakable place.

Kari landed on the hard ground a moment later. She just lay there for a minute, not wanting to see where she was; not even daring to move. Then she was being pulled up and pushed toward a giant stone structure. It was dark, but the moon was shining brightly.

Her ears didn't seem to want to work, and she strained to hear the most obvious noises. Katie had suddenly come back to her normal self and was looking around curiously. Voldemort grabbed her by the hair and pulled her over by Kari, who was leaning on the cold stone. He tied them to it and gagged them. Then he began his work.

They looked around to try to figure out what was going on and where they were. Kari didn't recognize it right away, but it eventually clicked in her mind. I've seen this somewhere before, she thought.

"Katie! We're at Stonehenge!" she shouted through the handkerchief that was tied around her mouth. Katie seemed to understand and her face showed worry and astonishment. Before the girls noticed anything, people began apparating all over the place. They wore dark cloaks with the hoods up and they stood in a circle around the outer part of the ancient stone structure.

"Tonight is the night I have been waiting for fourteen years," Voldemort began. "Tonight, I will gain more power and once again become the most powerful and feared wizard of all time." He walked over to a woman and a man standing on the right of them. They lowered their hoods and Kari saw the faces of her mother and father. The breath was immediately knocked out of her. That is where the money came from. She now knew the truth and she was frightened.

Harry Jes Help! Kari screamed in her mind. She knew that they would never hear her, but she could try. The funny thing about her powers was that they didn't seem to work when she was stressed. Kari tried so hard that she began to weaken and her brain hurt. Finally, she gave up and tried to untie get free of the ropes that tied her and Katie to the huge rock. If her powers had been working, she untying the knot would have been easy, but she was forced to find another way to escape.

Kari frantically searched her pockets for something she could use and at last, she found Jes's old pocketknife and took it out; she was soon working on cutting the thick ropes. Katie watched her intently and tried not to give any hint about what was going on. Luckily, no one noticed what the girls were dong until they dropped to the ground and ran for the woods. They had just entered when they heard the shouting of a spell from behind.

"AVADA KEDAVRA!" Voldemort yelled and pointed his wand at Katie. Kari surprised herself by jumping in front of Katie. She felt power surging through her as the spell hit her ring and spreads to the rest of her body. "NO!" Voldemort screamed and he thrust his wand into his pocket as he rushed over. Many of the death eaters looked dumbfounded at each other at their master's strange behavior.

"Tie her back up," Voldemort commanded as he pointed at Katie. "We must make sure that this one is not harmed. I need her alive for the transfer." His followers nodded and rushed over. Three of them grabbed Katie by the arms and dragged her back to the stone while the other stood and looked at each other. Surprisingly, Kari stirred. She was very weak, but otherwise, she was not badly hurt.

A sudden flash of blue light caused Kari to open her eyes. The ring on her hand was burning. Beside her appeared Harry and Jes. Harry's wand immediately flew up and he shouted a spell that sent Voldemort flying backward into the clearing once again. They both looked at her suspiciously.

"What…How?" Jes stammered, but he was cut short as Voldemort staggered foreword. Kari's eyes turned dark red and hatred surged through her. Her powers seemed to be working now, and she quickly untied Katie from the rock once more. She pointed out the portkey they had used to get there to the others.

She flung her hand over her head and Jes and Harry flew through the air towards the portkey. They landed right beside it and waited there for Kari. Kari snapped her fingers and in hand appeared a sword. The golden handle gleamed in the moonlight. With surprising courage, she lunged at Voldemort, her sword held high.

She brought it down and sliced Voldemort's wand in half. Then she charged through the rest of the crowd towards the portkey. They all jumped out of her way. When she reached the portkey, she was about to grab onto it with the others, but she hesitated because she had one of her feelings. When she turned, she found Voldemort just a few feet away, holding another wand. His face was deranged in anger and he was snarling fiercely.

"You are not going to get away this time. I won't let you," he said with intense anger in his voice. Thinking quickly, Kari threw the sword at him. It hit him in the shoulder. Darn! She thought. He grabbed his arm in pain. She turned around to face the others.

"Go!" she screamed. "Go back to Hogwarts and get help" They all shook their heads. "If I don't finish this now, he'll never stop looking for me. It would be easier if you weren't in danger as well." They continued shaking their heads and she gave up. Digging into her pockets once more, she frantically searched for her wand, but it was no use. The death eaters were moving in on her. Suddenly, her hand closed around a small potion vial. She took it out and looked at it. I took this from Professor Snape's office a week ago. I figured I could use it one day. She directed this thought to Harry and Jes.

"No!" Harry yelled when he realized that the vial was full of poison. Without hesitation, Kari opened the bottle and chugged its contents. At once, she fell to the ground and was picked up by Jes, who was crying uncontrollably. They all touched the portkey and they were soon making their way back to Hogwarts with heavy hearts. All of them were crying when they stepped into the Entrance Hall and collapsed as Professor McGonagall rushed toward them.

Kari was taken to Madam Pomfrey at once and was pronounced dead soon after. The whole school mourned, including those from other houses. Harry, Jes, and Katie explained what had happened to Dumbledore. Many tears were shed when Hermione and Ron discovered what had happened. Many different sroties spread around the school, but each of them had the same ending.

________________Later_______________

During the summer, Ronald Weasley kissed his mother goodbye and walked out the gate of the Burrow. He looked at the map that had been in his pocket for months. Each time he touched the crinckled piece of paper, tears came to his eyes. He delicately traced the route with his finger as he walked down the country lane to town.

He traveled for only a little while when he reached his destination. He tucked the map away and pulled a small shovel out of his pocket. For a moment, he hesitated, but he got over his fear as he thought about the promise he had made on Christmas morning. After only a little digging, he hit something hard.

Brushing the dirt off of a leather case, he inserted the key into the lock and turned. It clicked open and he slowly opened the lid. Inside, he found a large black, leather bound book. Lifting it out of the box, he pulled the heavy volume onto his lap. He brushed the dust off the cover and opened it. On the front page was a dedication. It read:

To Ronald Weasley,

The only man that was ever as fascinated with my gifts as I was. You were the best friend I ever had, and I love you for it. I only wish that we could have known each other longer, but bad times come and go faster then one can comprehend.

Love,

Kari Potter

Ron wiped the tears off his cheeks. Something about the inscription made him uneasy. The handwriting wasn't the same as the note Kari had given him in his Christmas present. It looked like it belonged to a child, but he could not figure out how she had written it long ago when they had only met at Hogwarts. He turned the page and found pictures of Jes and Kari as children. Some were muggle photos and some of the pictures moved. As he looked through the book, he found pictures of himself and Harry and Jes playing in the snow; he also found pictures of himself when he is older.

Ron couldn't believe what he was seeing at first. He was looking at a picture of himself graduating Hogwarts and then another picture showed him at a desk working at the Ministry of Magic. He closed the book with a loud bang and stood up. A sudden light nearly blinded him. As he looked into the leather case, he saw an extremely large leather pouch and something metal was reflecting the sun.

He bent down and picked up the pouch. It was extremely heavy. When he opened it, he found at least one thousand gold galleons and silver sickles. He dropped the bag in disbelief, then he picked it up again. He filled in the hole, and walked off with the leather case, book, and money pouch in hand and walked towards the setting sun.