Meanwhile, Harry, Hermione, and Ron were sitting at their table in the Great Hall. They had just heard of Cordelia's disappearance from Dumbledore at dinner. Hermione looked as though she were close to tears as Ron put a comforting arm around her. Ginny, too, look as though she were about to cry, so Harry put an arm around her shoulders as well.
"Where would she go?" Hermione said wiping the tears from her eyes, "She's only 11, she can't fend for herself."
"I don't know, but she'll be ok." Harry said.
"Maybe she went to the Malfoy's?" Ron said.
"Why would she go there after what Draco did to her?" Ginny asked. Harry looked behind him at the Slytherin table. Not one of them looked upset about the disappearance of Cordelia, no one except Pansy and Goyle. Then Harry watched as Pansy got up and walked out of the hall with tears brimming her eyes.
"Wow!" Hermione exclaimed, "I never thought I'd see that."
"Well she and Cordelia were friends." Ron said.
"Where do you suppose Pansy is going?" Ginny asked.
"Probably off to feel sorry for herself." Hermione said spitefully, "She was never Cordelia's friend. Friends don't do that."
Pansy walked into the Slytherin common room and walked up to her dormitory. She opened her dresser and pulled out a pair of black cotton boot-cut pants and a long grey sweater. She pulled her trunk out from under her bed and pulled out a pair of clunky black combat boots. Once she put her boots on she pulled her long blond hair up into a pony tail. From her trunk she pulled out a map of Britain and a red velvet bag. She spread the map out on the floor, opened up the bag and pulled out some golden powder from it. She held the powder over the map.
"You cannot hide from me for I can see where you are." Pansy chanted before she sprinkled the powder over the map. The powder did nothing at first but then, in the south-western part of England, a light began to shine, "Found ya." She folded up the map and put it inside her bra and attached the bag of golden powder to her wrist. She grabbed her broom from the corner of the room and walked over to the window in her room. Looking at it, she scowled at just now noticing that bars covered the window. She opened the window and looked at the bars. She stood on the window sill and braced herself against the wall. With one hard kick with her big black boots, the bars fell off the window and crashed to the ground below her. She immediately took off out the window, knowing that someone was bound to hear the noise she had just caused. She flew as fast as she could away from the castle, embarking on her own search for Cordelia.
Cordelia touched down on the ledge of a mountain, she had no idea where she was or what time it was, she just knew she was too tired to go on. Snow had begun to fall clouding her vision. She walked along the ledge until she found a cave she could crawl into. She found a decent cave that went in rather far back so that the wind from the rising snow storm outside didn't catch her quite as much. She removed her back pack and opened it, pulling out a blanket. She wrapped it around herself as she leaned against the wall of the cave. A few tears fell from her eyes as she looked outside. Cordelia didn't really know what she was running away from; she just knew she was too humiliated to go back. Just then she heard something coming from deeper in the cave. She stood up and pulled out her wand.
"Lumos." She said as her wand lit up. There was nothing she could see in front of her, so she walked further into the cave to see what was making the noise.
Bellanne found herself in front of Malfoy Mansion. After staring at for a few minutes, she quickly walked in. She stood in front of the door noticing how dark and quiet it was. She slowly began walking towards the living room. Once in the living room, she looked around and noticed no signs of life. She looked at the mirror that hung over the fireplace, it used to belong to their parents. She walked up to it and scowled at the crest that was carved into the top of it. She looked into the mirror and saw her sister, Bellatrix, walking up behind her.
"Bitch!" Bellanne snapped as she turned around. When she turned around, she found no one there. She pulled out her wand and looked around her, "Quit playing games with me, Trixy. You don't scare me."
"I am fear," came a voice from over head. Bellanne looked up and saw nothing, "I am terror. Witches and Wizards alike fear me and my powers."
"You never earned your abilities; they were given to you by a mad man." Bellanne replied to her sister's voice. Suddenly a door, that she had never even seen before opened to her left side, "lights equal safety Trixy, if you want me to enter, you need to give me some light to see." Just as she finished speaking a lit torch appeared in front of her. Bellanne grabbed the torch and entered the doorway. Once she was through the door, it closed behind her and disappeared, in a snap, out of sight, "I told you, I'm not scared of you. You're nothing to me, not even my sister." Maniacal laughter filled the air. Bellanne walked down a long stone hallway as several doors began to appear out of nowhere. Some were metal, some were wood, some had windows and some had none, but what bothered her more was that some were locked and some were not. She opened some of the doors and found nothing more than portals to places like Diagon Alley, Hogwarts, and Hogsmeade. The last door she opened was the jackpot however. A slew of guillotines, racks, and other various devices of torture were home to this room, more disturbing still were the preserved heads of various victims; some adults and some children. Bellanne's stomach curdled as she walked into the room. This was her mistake, because as she walked in, the door closed behind her and disappeared again.
"Trixy!" Bellanne screamed, "You let me out of here, this instant." Another door appeared a head of her and opened up. Bellanne walked through the door, proving to be another mistake as she fell into the darkness of it all.
Cordelia walked further into the cave, looking foolishly for whatever lived in the cave, with only the light from her wand to lead the way. Eventually she reached the end of her cave and came to a large open area full of various ledges and rock bridges. She moved along the ledge trying to get to a bridge that was nearby. It was a narrow walk way, so she hugged the wall trying not to fall off. Just then, as she walked, something rattled the cave causing pieces of rock to fall from all over. Cordelia quickened her pace to get to the wider ledge. She walked over to the first bridge she saw and began to make her way across it. With her arms out to the side for balance she slowly walked across. Just when she had made it to the top, the cave rumbled again, this time her bridge gave way and Cordelia fell through the rock and crash landed on a ledge below her. She covered her head as she hit the rock below her. Once the rock stopped falling, she raised her head and looked around her. Coughing from all the dust she inhaled, she noticed something. There was no way off the ledge. She pushed herself up, but instantly fell when she tried to stand on her left leg. Crying out in pain she realized that she must of broken it. She pushed herself up again, this time not standing on her leg, and leaned against the wall.
"CORDELIA!" A voice came from above, "CORDELIA!" the voice became more panicked.
"I'm down here!" Cordelia screamed. Cordelia watched as Pansy Parkinson came out of the opening in the cave she had exited from, "PANSY! What are you doing here?"
"Looking for you, I've been worried sick!" Pansy yelled, "Are you ok?"
"I think I broke my leg!" Cordelia yelled back.
"OK, I'm coming for you." Pansy said as she mounted her broom. Pansy kicked off from the ground and began to fly towards the ledge which Cordelia was on. The cave rumbled again, this time sending large chunks of rock falling from above.
"PANSY LOOK OUT!" Cordelia screamed. A large rock fell from above, hitting the handle of Pansy's broom, which sent the Pansy and her broom flipping over. Pansy lost the grip on her broom and went flying into the wall above Cordelia. Pansy landed on the ledge with Cordelia. Pansy weakly pushed herself up and wiped the blood from her face, "Pansy are you alright?" She asked as she hobbled over to her.
"What was that?" Pansy asked.
"I don't know? That's how I ended up here." Cordelia asked.
"What do we do now?" Pansy asked.
"I don't know." Cordelia sighed. Again the cave rumbled, Pansy grabbed Cordelia into her arms and protected her from anything that would fall, "What are you doing here?"
"I was worried, and I wasn't about to let the only real friend I've ever made die in the cold." Pansy said.
Remus was flying near a mountain range. For some reason his senses told him to head towards mountains. Bellanne had told him once that she had taken Cordelia on holiday to a range of mountains in Scotland and she loved it. He figured it the best place to look first. Suddenly he smelled something foul. He stopped on side of a mountain and waited for the smell to come again. When it did, he instantly knew what was there.
"DRAGONS!" He said in shock. Almost instantly he heard the sound of two girls screaming for their lives, from inside the cave. He kicked his broom off from the ground and flew into the nearest opening he could find.
The two girls continued to scream as they held onto each other, staring at the huge black dragon flying in front of them. The two girls moved back as far as they could to keep their distance from the beast. They watched the dragon lift up a bit more and raise its head up. The beast appeared to take in a huge breath.
"GET DOWN!" Pansy said pulling Cordelia to the floor and covering her head along with her own. The beast opened its mouth and expelled a huge ball of fire covering the ceiling with its flames. Pansy looked up at the beast with terror in her eyes.
"I thought you liked dragons, can you calm it?" Cordelia ask shakily
"I don't know anything about controlling them." Pansy said as she looked behind her. Pansy eyes widened as she looked, "OH FUCK!"
"What?" Cordelia asked as she turned around to see a nest of 9 large eggs.
"We're too close to her nest!" Pansy panicked.
"Where can we go, it's not like we meant to end up here!" Cordelia shrieked.
"Tell that to her!" Pansy said.
"HELP US!" Cordelia screamed. Pansy slapped her hand over Cordelia's mouth.
"No loud noises, she might think we're attacking her eggs." Pansy said, "Just stand still." The two girls stood, motionless, staring at the beast that was now floating in front of them.