CHAPTER ELEVEN
"Draco." Lara whispered to her ex-boyfriend, tugging at his sleeve to try
and coax him up.
"What's up?" The blonde haired boy said, turning to face her. His grin disappeared when he saw the anxious look on her face.
"We need to go, something bad has happened." She said, not wishing to give out any more information in the crowded hall.
"What happened? What is it?"
"Outside, I can't tell you here." Lara said, tugging even more frantically at his sleeve. Draco finally allowed himself to be steered by the girl out of the hall and into the entrance chamber.
"What is it? What's got you all fired up?"
"It's Voldemort. He's attacked the Ministry Headquarters, taken control of it. We have to go there, now. We have to fight him." Lara said quickly. Draco's face whitened as he comprehended the information he was being told.
"But why...h...how?" He asked perplexedly.
"He's gathered his army. Vampires, banshees, demons..."
"D...demons?" Draco chocked out.
"Yes! Demons, now come on! We have to go before he attacks anyone else..."
"Why me?"
"Remember that prophecy?"
"The squiff one about angels of light and dark?" The Slytherin asked, remembering the conversation they had during their time together.
"It's not squiff. It's true. And you are the angel of dark." Draco's face grew dubious.
"How do you know? What if it's just a load of garbage?"
"AND WHAT IF IT'S NOT? WHAT IF YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO SAVE MILLIONS OF LIVES AND DON'T TAKE IT?" Lara yelled, her patience finally at its limit. It worked however, as the blonde nodded in agreement.
"Fine. Lead the way." He said determinedly. "I'm ready to fight."
"You might have to make a choice Draco. Between good and evil, between your Dad's world or mine, between dark and light. I need to know where your loyalties lie."
"I've tasted goodness, I found it in you, and Ginny, and all the other Gryffindors. And it's the most addictive drug out there. I'll never give it up. Not for all the power in the world." Draco replied, looking at Lara directly in the eye just to prove how truthful he was being. She nodded. It was exactly what she had needed to hear.
"Just a question." Draco said as Lara led him through the maze of corridors and stairs to McGonagalls classroom, where Harry was waiting for them.
"Yeah..." Lara said slowly.
"I'm the angel of dark, you're the child of light and dark, right?"
"Right."
"So who's the angel of light?" Draco asked. Lara pulled a face as she grabbed the Slytherin's robes and pulled him into a doorway. Seated on one of the desks inside was the answer to Draco's question, Harry. "No!" Draco said, eyes wide as he realized who was inside the classroom, and why.
"I'm afraid so."
"W...why?"
"Please don't do this, either of you. Lives depend on us. We need to put aside our differences here, because when it comes down to it, we're fighting on the same side."
"B...but why him?" Draco whined.
"He's a lot more powerful than you think. It wasn't just luck that's got him this far." Lara said simply. Harry glanced at the girl out of the corner of his eye and mouthed a small thank you. She smiled back softly.
"Fine, for the sake of humanity, I'll do it." Draco said, nodding slightly towards Harry. The brown haired boy held out his hand, obviously indicating for Draco to take it in a handshake. Both boys had a sudden flash back to their first train ride to Hogwarts, where Draco had offered out his hand but Harry refused. It was strange the fate should bring the same situation about again in such different circumstances.
"Brings back memories, doesn't it Malfoy?" Harry said, still holding out his hand. Draco simply nodded, as he grudgingly took the hand in a firm handshake.
"Finally." Lara said simply before steering the two boys toward the hourglass on McGonagalls desk. "Are you ready." Both boys nodded, instinctively clutching their robe pockets where their wands were safely stashed. "Okay, ready, set, go!"
The trio reached forward and grabbed the port key at the same time, and immediately felt a familiar tug behind their navel. They felt themselves being lifted off their feet, the world rushing around them. Suddenly, it stopped, and they felt their feet slam into the ground, however all three kept their balance.
"Where are we?" Harry asked, glancing around at the buildings that now surrounded them. They were in the middle of a street on the outskirts of london.
"We are on a street parallel to the entrance to the Ministry. We didn't land directly on the entrance because Dumbledore fears there may be guards."
"And if there are?" Draco said, slightly worried.
"We'll stupefy them."
"And if they're demons?"
"I'll deal with them." Lara said simply. Harry nodded, motioning for Lara to lead the way. The girl stepped in front of the two boys and headed towards a side street the connected with the next one down. She motioned for them to be quite as they crept through the narrow street, stopping just in the shadows of the surrounding buildings. Harry peered up and down the street and immediately recognized it as the one in which the Thestrals had landed on this time last year, when he had gone to save Sirius. The run down telephone box on the sidewalk confirmed this conclusion.
"There don't seem to be any guards." Said Draco happily, about to stride forward into the open. Lara instinctively grabbed him and hauled him back.
"Not so fast my dense comrade. Just because you can't see them, doesn't mean they aren't there." Draco scowled slightly at being called dense, but didn't dwell on it. Harry tried to hide a smirk but failed miserably.
"Don't." Draco said, catching Harry's smile.
"Don't what?" He replied innocently.
"You know exactly what." Draco said threateningly.
"Stop it boys." Lara hissed. They immediately fell silent as a strong wind began to blow through the street. Suddenly, a ghastly looking figure appeared out of thin air. As if suddenly realizing his lack of invisibility, the figure began chasing a silvery cloak that had apparently blown off him.
"An invisibility cloak..." Harry said softly. Lara nodded.
"And that's a vampire." She said. Draco nodded, obviously used to seeing such creatures from hanging around his father. Harry however, gazed at the creature with interest. It was very pale, with long black hair. It was only when it turned towards them did Harry realize that is also had brilliant red eyes. But apart from this, the figure looked relatively human.
"Is it just the one?" Draco asked. Lara frowned.
"I don't know, for all we know there could be hundreds hidden under invisibility cloaks all throughout the street." Harry shuddered as the image of hundreds of blood sucking vampires suddenly appearing out of nowhere and pouncing on them filled his mind.
"So what do you suggest we do?"
"I know a spell, it's difficult but I think I can do it."
"What sort of spell?" Harry asked curiously.
"Allows me to see through invisibility cloaks." The boys nodded in understanding. Lara sat down against the wall of one of the buildings enclosing the street. She closer her eyes, concentrating as she began muttering a string of incoherent words. Both boys watched in wonder as a soft blue light began to emanate from her. Scared that the guards would notice the light, the position themselves between her and the entrance to the street.
As the light died down, Lara finished the incantation with one final word.
"Pentratus." She whispered, before opening her eyes and standing up slowly. Her vision appeared to be the same, except that the world appeared to be brighter and a lot more alive. She was a lot more aware of every imperfection on the opposite wall, every shadow on Draco's face, and the intricate patterns found within Harry's emerald eyes.
They really are like emeralds aren't they? Lara though dreamily, allowing her gaze to linger on the boys eyes. Suddenly, she snapped back to reality. Stop day dreaming about Potter, of all people! She said angrily to herself, shaking off her prior thoughts and concentrating on the task at hand.
"Did it work?" Harry asked softly. Lara turned to the street, where she could now see a grey blur striding purposely back and forth in front of the telephone box. The other guard, the vampire, had only just caught his cloak. Lara watched as he covered himself one more, turning into a similar dark grey blur.
"There's only two of them."
"Including the vampire?" Draco asked. Lara nodded, continuing to watch as the vampire rejoined his companion outside the telephone box.
"Do you know what the other thing is?" Harry asked, peering into the seemingly empty street for any sign of movement.
"I'm not sure, but judging from it's build it's remotely human." Lara replied.
"Good..."
"But it walks a little differently from the vampire, it walks a bit like a woman."
"So what do you think it is?"
"Taking a blind guess, I'd say a banshee. I can take them."
"We're not letting you go out there alone."
"You're not coming with me."
"We are in this mission together."
"I know that, but you can't help in this case. I don't want you injured before we even get inside the ministry." Harry crossed his arms determinedly.
"I'm not letting you..."
"Harry! Trust me, I can do this. I don't want you getting hurt. As much as I dislike you, I care about you to some degree and I'm not letting you walk into a battle with a foe you can't see." Lara said impatiently, ending the conversation. Harry uncrossed his arms, his eyes flickering worriedly to the telephone box.
"Just leave her Potter, she knows what she's doing." Draco said, grabbing Harry's arms and leading him further back into the shadows. Reluctantly, the green eyed boy nodded.
"Just... be careful okay?" Harry said to Lara, a hint of worry in his voice.
"I didn't know you cared!" Lara said, chuckling.
"I'm serious, I can't do this without you." Harry said seriously. Lara stopped laughing and returned the boy's serious face.
"I'll be alright." She said simply, before turning and heading out into the street.
"OI!" She yelled at the two grey figures. Quick as lightning, they turned to face the apparently insane girl who was heading towards them. "I need to get in there."
"No one is allowed in here without the Master's permission." The vampire hissed, his voice poisonously slow and eerie. He did not seem surprised that she could see him.
"I don't give, I need to get in."
"We will not allow it." The other figure said in a harsh feminine voice, confirming Lara's suspicion that is was a Banshee.
"Well then I'll just have to make you won't I?" Lara said, reaching forward and ripping off the two cloaks which covered them and throwing them behind her.
Both guards bared their teeth viciously, turning towards Lara. The vampire drew out his wand, while the Banshee, with not magical abilities, bared her sharp teeth menacingly.
She looked a lot like the vampire, except her long black hair did not hang limp down her back as did her co-guards, but seemed alive. The strands wriggled and occasionally lashed out at thin air, making a sickening whip crack noise with their fast movements. Her eyes, also red, matched her blood red lips, which stood out strikingly against her pale skin.
Lara stepped back quickly, out of range of the Banshee's wild hair. She muttered a quick curse, stretching out her hand and aiming it at the vampire. It hit him square in the chest, his wand movements to slow to conjure an effective deflecting curse in time. He crumpled to the floor, unconscious.
Lara then turned her attention the banshee.
"Stupefy!" She yelled at the creature, as a jet of yellow light streamed out of her hand and headed for the Banshee. However one of the clumps of hair lashed out just in time, and the curse was deflected by the black snake of hair. "How inconvenient." Lara muttered to no one in particular. This was going to be harder than she thought.
Suddenly, a snake of hair stretched out and aimed itself at Lara. The girl instinctively jumped aside just in time as the hair snake slice at the air where she had just been. Thinking quickly, Lara raised her hand and shouted the only curse she could think of that could do possibly assist her.
"Immobilarius!" She yelled as a jet of white light streamed out of her hand and headed towards the Banshee's flaming hair. Lara saw the creature's eyes widen as the jet hit her black hair and paralysized it. Quickly, before she could retaliate, Lara aimed another stupefy curse at the shocked Banshee, sending her unconscious much like the vampire. Lara breathed a huge sigh of relief as she turned to the street where Harry and Draco were hiding, motioning them to come out.
The two boys suddenly stepped out of the shadows and made their way across the deserted street towards Lara.
"Good work." Draco said, grinning at Lara.
"You can do magic... without a wand?" Harry said slowly.
"Haven't you noticed before? I've done it in class occasionally before."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"How come you can do it and I can't?"
"Excess power, diminishes the need for an outlet of magic, which is what a wand is really." Lara said simply. Harry nodded in understanding, still not believing he hadn't noticed it before. Draco seemed unperturbed. He had obviously spotted Lara's gift before and was thus unsuprised.
"Come on guys, that was just one battle. We've yet to win the war." Lara said, motioning the boys into the telephone box as she grabbed the invisibility cloaks that were splayed on the pavement from where she had thrown it. Draco snatched on and covered himself in it, leaving Harry and Lara to share the final cloak.
"Malfoy's don't share." The blonde said simply. Lara rolled her eyes at her arrogant ex, but didn't dwell on it. The three crammed inside the sqaushy box as Lara, who was closest to the receiver, dialed the code six two four four two.
As they whirred back into place the cool female voice sounded inside the box.
"Welcome to the Ministry of Magic. Please state your name and business."
"Larrissa Black, Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy. We're here to save the world." Lara said simply.
"Thank you. Visitors, please take the badges and attach them to the front of your robes." The female voice said again as three badges slid out of the metal chute where returned coins normally appeared. Draco scooped them up and handed Lara and Harry their respective badges, each with their name followed by Saving the World imprinted on it.
"Visitors to the Ministry, you are required to submit to a search and present your wands for registration at the security desk, which is located at the far end of the Atrium." The female voice continued as the floor of the telephone box shuddered and the pavement rose up past its glass windows until it disappeared from sight. A chink of soft golden light hit their feet and gradually rose up their bodies as they reached the Atrium. The door slid open, and the trio shuffled out, careful to keep the cloaks wrapped tightly around their bodies.
As they looked at the scene of chaos that now in habited to the normally peaceful Atrium, the trio sent a thankful prayer to anyone who would listen, thanking them for the invisibility cloaks. They wouldn't have made it two steps without them. The Atrium was swarming with every dark creature imaginable; Vampires, Banshees, Death Eaters, Half Giants and Werewolves.
What caught the eye of the trio above all else, however, was the presence of a very large, dark creature in the center of the room, near the fountain. It resembled a human covered in a long robe, however it was immediately obvious the thing wasn't human. The robes it was wearing were mostly black, however it was creased with lines of molten red, making the outfit appear to be made of molten lava. The face, almost entirely obscured by the hood, was dark and menacing, with dark red eyes and gleaming white teeth just visible within the shadows.
"A demon..." Lara whispered softly, eyeing the creature with something Harry had never before seen in her eyes, fear.
"What's up?" The blonde haired boy said, turning to face her. His grin disappeared when he saw the anxious look on her face.
"We need to go, something bad has happened." She said, not wishing to give out any more information in the crowded hall.
"What happened? What is it?"
"Outside, I can't tell you here." Lara said, tugging even more frantically at his sleeve. Draco finally allowed himself to be steered by the girl out of the hall and into the entrance chamber.
"What is it? What's got you all fired up?"
"It's Voldemort. He's attacked the Ministry Headquarters, taken control of it. We have to go there, now. We have to fight him." Lara said quickly. Draco's face whitened as he comprehended the information he was being told.
"But why...h...how?" He asked perplexedly.
"He's gathered his army. Vampires, banshees, demons..."
"D...demons?" Draco chocked out.
"Yes! Demons, now come on! We have to go before he attacks anyone else..."
"Why me?"
"Remember that prophecy?"
"The squiff one about angels of light and dark?" The Slytherin asked, remembering the conversation they had during their time together.
"It's not squiff. It's true. And you are the angel of dark." Draco's face grew dubious.
"How do you know? What if it's just a load of garbage?"
"AND WHAT IF IT'S NOT? WHAT IF YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO SAVE MILLIONS OF LIVES AND DON'T TAKE IT?" Lara yelled, her patience finally at its limit. It worked however, as the blonde nodded in agreement.
"Fine. Lead the way." He said determinedly. "I'm ready to fight."
"You might have to make a choice Draco. Between good and evil, between your Dad's world or mine, between dark and light. I need to know where your loyalties lie."
"I've tasted goodness, I found it in you, and Ginny, and all the other Gryffindors. And it's the most addictive drug out there. I'll never give it up. Not for all the power in the world." Draco replied, looking at Lara directly in the eye just to prove how truthful he was being. She nodded. It was exactly what she had needed to hear.
"Just a question." Draco said as Lara led him through the maze of corridors and stairs to McGonagalls classroom, where Harry was waiting for them.
"Yeah..." Lara said slowly.
"I'm the angel of dark, you're the child of light and dark, right?"
"Right."
"So who's the angel of light?" Draco asked. Lara pulled a face as she grabbed the Slytherin's robes and pulled him into a doorway. Seated on one of the desks inside was the answer to Draco's question, Harry. "No!" Draco said, eyes wide as he realized who was inside the classroom, and why.
"I'm afraid so."
"W...why?"
"Please don't do this, either of you. Lives depend on us. We need to put aside our differences here, because when it comes down to it, we're fighting on the same side."
"B...but why him?" Draco whined.
"He's a lot more powerful than you think. It wasn't just luck that's got him this far." Lara said simply. Harry glanced at the girl out of the corner of his eye and mouthed a small thank you. She smiled back softly.
"Fine, for the sake of humanity, I'll do it." Draco said, nodding slightly towards Harry. The brown haired boy held out his hand, obviously indicating for Draco to take it in a handshake. Both boys had a sudden flash back to their first train ride to Hogwarts, where Draco had offered out his hand but Harry refused. It was strange the fate should bring the same situation about again in such different circumstances.
"Brings back memories, doesn't it Malfoy?" Harry said, still holding out his hand. Draco simply nodded, as he grudgingly took the hand in a firm handshake.
"Finally." Lara said simply before steering the two boys toward the hourglass on McGonagalls desk. "Are you ready." Both boys nodded, instinctively clutching their robe pockets where their wands were safely stashed. "Okay, ready, set, go!"
The trio reached forward and grabbed the port key at the same time, and immediately felt a familiar tug behind their navel. They felt themselves being lifted off their feet, the world rushing around them. Suddenly, it stopped, and they felt their feet slam into the ground, however all three kept their balance.
"Where are we?" Harry asked, glancing around at the buildings that now surrounded them. They were in the middle of a street on the outskirts of london.
"We are on a street parallel to the entrance to the Ministry. We didn't land directly on the entrance because Dumbledore fears there may be guards."
"And if there are?" Draco said, slightly worried.
"We'll stupefy them."
"And if they're demons?"
"I'll deal with them." Lara said simply. Harry nodded, motioning for Lara to lead the way. The girl stepped in front of the two boys and headed towards a side street the connected with the next one down. She motioned for them to be quite as they crept through the narrow street, stopping just in the shadows of the surrounding buildings. Harry peered up and down the street and immediately recognized it as the one in which the Thestrals had landed on this time last year, when he had gone to save Sirius. The run down telephone box on the sidewalk confirmed this conclusion.
"There don't seem to be any guards." Said Draco happily, about to stride forward into the open. Lara instinctively grabbed him and hauled him back.
"Not so fast my dense comrade. Just because you can't see them, doesn't mean they aren't there." Draco scowled slightly at being called dense, but didn't dwell on it. Harry tried to hide a smirk but failed miserably.
"Don't." Draco said, catching Harry's smile.
"Don't what?" He replied innocently.
"You know exactly what." Draco said threateningly.
"Stop it boys." Lara hissed. They immediately fell silent as a strong wind began to blow through the street. Suddenly, a ghastly looking figure appeared out of thin air. As if suddenly realizing his lack of invisibility, the figure began chasing a silvery cloak that had apparently blown off him.
"An invisibility cloak..." Harry said softly. Lara nodded.
"And that's a vampire." She said. Draco nodded, obviously used to seeing such creatures from hanging around his father. Harry however, gazed at the creature with interest. It was very pale, with long black hair. It was only when it turned towards them did Harry realize that is also had brilliant red eyes. But apart from this, the figure looked relatively human.
"Is it just the one?" Draco asked. Lara frowned.
"I don't know, for all we know there could be hundreds hidden under invisibility cloaks all throughout the street." Harry shuddered as the image of hundreds of blood sucking vampires suddenly appearing out of nowhere and pouncing on them filled his mind.
"So what do you suggest we do?"
"I know a spell, it's difficult but I think I can do it."
"What sort of spell?" Harry asked curiously.
"Allows me to see through invisibility cloaks." The boys nodded in understanding. Lara sat down against the wall of one of the buildings enclosing the street. She closer her eyes, concentrating as she began muttering a string of incoherent words. Both boys watched in wonder as a soft blue light began to emanate from her. Scared that the guards would notice the light, the position themselves between her and the entrance to the street.
As the light died down, Lara finished the incantation with one final word.
"Pentratus." She whispered, before opening her eyes and standing up slowly. Her vision appeared to be the same, except that the world appeared to be brighter and a lot more alive. She was a lot more aware of every imperfection on the opposite wall, every shadow on Draco's face, and the intricate patterns found within Harry's emerald eyes.
They really are like emeralds aren't they? Lara though dreamily, allowing her gaze to linger on the boys eyes. Suddenly, she snapped back to reality. Stop day dreaming about Potter, of all people! She said angrily to herself, shaking off her prior thoughts and concentrating on the task at hand.
"Did it work?" Harry asked softly. Lara turned to the street, where she could now see a grey blur striding purposely back and forth in front of the telephone box. The other guard, the vampire, had only just caught his cloak. Lara watched as he covered himself one more, turning into a similar dark grey blur.
"There's only two of them."
"Including the vampire?" Draco asked. Lara nodded, continuing to watch as the vampire rejoined his companion outside the telephone box.
"Do you know what the other thing is?" Harry asked, peering into the seemingly empty street for any sign of movement.
"I'm not sure, but judging from it's build it's remotely human." Lara replied.
"Good..."
"But it walks a little differently from the vampire, it walks a bit like a woman."
"So what do you think it is?"
"Taking a blind guess, I'd say a banshee. I can take them."
"We're not letting you go out there alone."
"You're not coming with me."
"We are in this mission together."
"I know that, but you can't help in this case. I don't want you injured before we even get inside the ministry." Harry crossed his arms determinedly.
"I'm not letting you..."
"Harry! Trust me, I can do this. I don't want you getting hurt. As much as I dislike you, I care about you to some degree and I'm not letting you walk into a battle with a foe you can't see." Lara said impatiently, ending the conversation. Harry uncrossed his arms, his eyes flickering worriedly to the telephone box.
"Just leave her Potter, she knows what she's doing." Draco said, grabbing Harry's arms and leading him further back into the shadows. Reluctantly, the green eyed boy nodded.
"Just... be careful okay?" Harry said to Lara, a hint of worry in his voice.
"I didn't know you cared!" Lara said, chuckling.
"I'm serious, I can't do this without you." Harry said seriously. Lara stopped laughing and returned the boy's serious face.
"I'll be alright." She said simply, before turning and heading out into the street.
"OI!" She yelled at the two grey figures. Quick as lightning, they turned to face the apparently insane girl who was heading towards them. "I need to get in there."
"No one is allowed in here without the Master's permission." The vampire hissed, his voice poisonously slow and eerie. He did not seem surprised that she could see him.
"I don't give, I need to get in."
"We will not allow it." The other figure said in a harsh feminine voice, confirming Lara's suspicion that is was a Banshee.
"Well then I'll just have to make you won't I?" Lara said, reaching forward and ripping off the two cloaks which covered them and throwing them behind her.
Both guards bared their teeth viciously, turning towards Lara. The vampire drew out his wand, while the Banshee, with not magical abilities, bared her sharp teeth menacingly.
She looked a lot like the vampire, except her long black hair did not hang limp down her back as did her co-guards, but seemed alive. The strands wriggled and occasionally lashed out at thin air, making a sickening whip crack noise with their fast movements. Her eyes, also red, matched her blood red lips, which stood out strikingly against her pale skin.
Lara stepped back quickly, out of range of the Banshee's wild hair. She muttered a quick curse, stretching out her hand and aiming it at the vampire. It hit him square in the chest, his wand movements to slow to conjure an effective deflecting curse in time. He crumpled to the floor, unconscious.
Lara then turned her attention the banshee.
"Stupefy!" She yelled at the creature, as a jet of yellow light streamed out of her hand and headed for the Banshee. However one of the clumps of hair lashed out just in time, and the curse was deflected by the black snake of hair. "How inconvenient." Lara muttered to no one in particular. This was going to be harder than she thought.
Suddenly, a snake of hair stretched out and aimed itself at Lara. The girl instinctively jumped aside just in time as the hair snake slice at the air where she had just been. Thinking quickly, Lara raised her hand and shouted the only curse she could think of that could do possibly assist her.
"Immobilarius!" She yelled as a jet of white light streamed out of her hand and headed towards the Banshee's flaming hair. Lara saw the creature's eyes widen as the jet hit her black hair and paralysized it. Quickly, before she could retaliate, Lara aimed another stupefy curse at the shocked Banshee, sending her unconscious much like the vampire. Lara breathed a huge sigh of relief as she turned to the street where Harry and Draco were hiding, motioning them to come out.
The two boys suddenly stepped out of the shadows and made their way across the deserted street towards Lara.
"Good work." Draco said, grinning at Lara.
"You can do magic... without a wand?" Harry said slowly.
"Haven't you noticed before? I've done it in class occasionally before."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"How come you can do it and I can't?"
"Excess power, diminishes the need for an outlet of magic, which is what a wand is really." Lara said simply. Harry nodded in understanding, still not believing he hadn't noticed it before. Draco seemed unperturbed. He had obviously spotted Lara's gift before and was thus unsuprised.
"Come on guys, that was just one battle. We've yet to win the war." Lara said, motioning the boys into the telephone box as she grabbed the invisibility cloaks that were splayed on the pavement from where she had thrown it. Draco snatched on and covered himself in it, leaving Harry and Lara to share the final cloak.
"Malfoy's don't share." The blonde said simply. Lara rolled her eyes at her arrogant ex, but didn't dwell on it. The three crammed inside the sqaushy box as Lara, who was closest to the receiver, dialed the code six two four four two.
As they whirred back into place the cool female voice sounded inside the box.
"Welcome to the Ministry of Magic. Please state your name and business."
"Larrissa Black, Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy. We're here to save the world." Lara said simply.
"Thank you. Visitors, please take the badges and attach them to the front of your robes." The female voice said again as three badges slid out of the metal chute where returned coins normally appeared. Draco scooped them up and handed Lara and Harry their respective badges, each with their name followed by Saving the World imprinted on it.
"Visitors to the Ministry, you are required to submit to a search and present your wands for registration at the security desk, which is located at the far end of the Atrium." The female voice continued as the floor of the telephone box shuddered and the pavement rose up past its glass windows until it disappeared from sight. A chink of soft golden light hit their feet and gradually rose up their bodies as they reached the Atrium. The door slid open, and the trio shuffled out, careful to keep the cloaks wrapped tightly around their bodies.
As they looked at the scene of chaos that now in habited to the normally peaceful Atrium, the trio sent a thankful prayer to anyone who would listen, thanking them for the invisibility cloaks. They wouldn't have made it two steps without them. The Atrium was swarming with every dark creature imaginable; Vampires, Banshees, Death Eaters, Half Giants and Werewolves.
What caught the eye of the trio above all else, however, was the presence of a very large, dark creature in the center of the room, near the fountain. It resembled a human covered in a long robe, however it was immediately obvious the thing wasn't human. The robes it was wearing were mostly black, however it was creased with lines of molten red, making the outfit appear to be made of molten lava. The face, almost entirely obscured by the hood, was dark and menacing, with dark red eyes and gleaming white teeth just visible within the shadows.
"A demon..." Lara whispered softly, eyeing the creature with something Harry had never before seen in her eyes, fear.