DISCLAIMER: I do not own Harry Potter. Nor do I own anything owned by someone other than myself. DUH!
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We did not remember our suspicions again until the beginning of the Third Task, and by then it was too late.
The Triwizard Cup had been transformed into a Portkey by Moody. Potter and the other Hogwarts champion, Cedric Diggory, took it at the same time, and both vanished. They were transported to where Pettigrew was waiting to revive Voldemort, or so Potter told us after it was all over, and I have no reason to believe he was lying. Pettigrew killed Diggory, tied Potter to a grave marker, and proceeded to make a potion to restore his master to power.
After being restored to his body, the Dark Lord summoned the Death Eaters who had been in his inner circle. Potter said Voldemort named a few. My friends and I were there when he told everyone the names he had heard Voldemort say, all of whom had been on trial and had been acquitted. He also repeated some of the Dark Lord's exact words, about some of the missing Death Eaters. "One, too cowardly to return...and another, who I believe has left our ranks forever. They will be dealt with." (Author's note: If I got it a bit wrong, oh well. I'm going from memory, as would Mera be if she were actually writing this story. So what if her memory is a bit off?) Left the ranks of the Death Eaters forever. That must be Snape.
Through a great stroke of luck, Potter managed to get away. He ran to the Cup, which brought him back to Hogwarts.
As for us, well, we exchanged addresses and promised to contact each other.
A week later, Zach came over to my house. "You wouldn't believe what I've found!"
I followed him to his back yard, which was full of trees. He fell to his knees and began feeling around him.
"Ah! Here it is!" He pulled up a well-disguised trapdoor and we climbed into a stone passageway.
We wandered around for quite a while. It was too quiet. No sounds intruded from outside. To make up for the oppressive silence, I began to sing. I sang our song, the one we had written for the contest.
When I finished singing, I noticed that the air ahead of me had turned black, and lightning-like flashes tore through it. I walked into the churning air. Zach followed on my heels.
Suddenly we were in another tunnel. The differences were subtle, barely noticeable, but there they were. The air was drier, and more stale. Whereas the tunnel in Zach's yard might not have been opened for decades, this one felt as though it had not been accessed for centuries. I looked up and saw words carved into the stone wall. "WELCOME TO THE CHAOS TUNNEL."
Hardly able to believe our luck, we returned to our homes, impatient to tell our friends, Rachel and Jim. Just imagine, of all things we might have found, we had found the legendary Chaos Tunnel, which dated to a time before Hogwarts was founded. The Chaos Tunnel, which could take you anywhere. I grinned at Zach, and he returned the grin, cocking an eyebrow as if to say, "Watch out, because the Chaos Club now has access to the Chaos Tunnel, and nobody will be safe from our pranks."
It would be one interesting summer. The following year at Hogwarts would be quite enjoyable. Quite enjoyable indeed...
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This is the end of the story. I am already working on the next one, The Chaos Tunnel. It will probably follow the story line of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, because I probably won't have it finished before the book is released, so I might as well have the story line the same. There will be some added things, of course. The one after that, Queen of Chaos, will likely come out before the 6th Harry Potter book. Therefore it will be entirely original, except for the characters and setting, of course.
Please review. I would appreciate any and all reviews very much, even flames. However, I hope not to get any flames for this chapter. If you do not like the story, I should hope that you are smart enough that you won't continue to read it. I also expect people to know whether or not they like the story by the end of the first chapter. Second chapter at the latest. Anyhoo. Please review. If you would like me to read your works, please say so in your review.