Note: Finally got 50 reviews. 52 actually, this is so cool. Well it took a
while but I finally have for you the 17th chapter. Read it slow because I
don't know how long until the next. I'm on Christmas holidays in 2 days
though. so I will finally get to finish it. Hurrah! But it will be kind of
sad at the same time. Well I hope you like this chapter . I made it action
packed and full of suspense just to make up for the delay. enjoy.
JKH: Does he remember sleeping with Cissa? Well that's up to you to find out in later chapters. Hehehehehe I liked the comment on his looks. Yes... Yes they are to throw the hoards of women off; he was quite attractive when she slept with him, IF she slept with him. You'd sleep with him??? Why the way he looks now? HE'S GREASY! Not that there's anything wrong with grease, I here you can make a lot of money out of it nowadays and he's got a heck of a lot of it. Thanks for the terrific review.
Goten-Lupin: Glad you like it and I will surely keep on writing. Make sure you keep reading. Thanks heaps for the review. Goten and DBZ rock! Hehe just had to add that!
Daisie: I'm glad you think it makes it more interesting. But don't be too sure of what I've written, I constantly change my mind, comforting thought hay! Thanks heaps for the review always a pleasure to here from you!
Shortnsassy: You're my 50th reviewer. Hurrah! Thanks loads! (At least I think you are. yeah I'm sure you are.) Hehehe yeah it was a bit sudden, but I had to get it through. And come on, everyone does it at some stage, what's so wrong with Snape doing it?? Except I must admit with Narcissa is a bit off, but what can you do. Thanks again for the 50th review, means a heck of a lot considering I thought no one would read this.
Time Warp: Snape didn't know about Zell, that's right, Narcissa had the baby, she didn't tell anyone not even Snape - so how was he too know. Yeah he was surprised because he didn't know who the kid was; it didn't click that it could be his kid, all that grease is getting to his head. Hehehe thank you for another great review.
RaistlinofMetallica: So what if they don't look alike, and its good you're confused, your supposed to be, so don't worry it will make sense later on. Mind switch? Polyjuice? Wow your thinking way into it, I like that! Please continue reviewing and thank you so much.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything you recognize. I do own Zell however. J.K Rowling is a champ and whilst I do wish to be a writer I am not her and like I said don't own anything you recognize.
.... Righto... No more waiting...... Packed full of action for you with a great spin and stuff.... Not as trippy as the last chapter...... Hope you like it sorry about the wait... Hope it was worth it... Please review....
The Malfoy's Big Secret!!
Chapter 17
Harry, Ron and Hermione hadn't gotten much sleep the night that Snape announced his news. They were so shocked and confused by what they had heard that they talked about it all night. They even wrote down on a piece of paper the reasons why Zell would and would not be both Snape and Lupin's son.
Zell had slept in Ginny and Hermione's room, because she thought it to cruel to talk about it in front of him. He hadn't said anything all night; it was quite scary to see him so quite.
It didn't matter that the three of them were tired the next day, because no one really wanted to talk too much anyway. It seemed as though everyone was equally tired and it didn't appear as though anyone was really looking forward to the meeting that night.
For most of the day it was pouring with rain, and the whole house was shaking from the roar of the thunder. There was nothing at all to do at Grimmauld Place so everyone was becoming agitated and bored. Harry and Ron hid in their room after Fred and George had decided that attempting to trip people over with the extendable ears, and then forcing them to sample their new inventions, was a fun way to pass the time.
Zell had been hiding under the bed most of the day, and to Harry's great surprise, Ron offered to verse him in a game of wizards chess. Even though he lost, it cheered him up a great deal. Lupin had even taken up being a bit nicer to him after the news that he was a candidate to be the boy's father.
Ginny and Hermione had joined the three of them in a teamed game of chess when Mrs. Weasley suddenly called to them to come down. When they arrived at the bottom of the stairs Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Bill, Charlie and Lupin were all dressed up in their cloaks and standing in the hall. Fred and George gave an evil grin at them as they made their way towards the frowning Mrs. Weasley.
'Well, were off,' she said looking as though she would rather not be. 'Please behave yourselves, and for goodness sake don't leave the house.' She looked positively worried as she looked at each of them in turn.
'Don't worry about a thing mum,' Fred said beaming.
'Yeah, we'll take great care of them for you,' George added, giving his cheeky smile.
If possible Mrs. Weasley now looked even more worried than before, but nonetheless she stated that she trusted the both of them and asked them to be good, before hugging every one of them in turn, including Zell - who slightly returned it.
'Keep the house in one piece,' Charlie said cheerfully before disappearing with a pop. Bill followed straight after, than Mr. Weasley - who glanced sternly at the boys - than Mrs. Weasley and finally Lupin, who waved at them all, glanced at Zell than he too disappeared.
'Well,' Fred said cheerfully, 'which one will we make try our new drink first George?'
'I recon Ron'd probably appreciate it most,' George said, grinning mischievously at him.
'Get lost you crazy gits,' Ron said, baking up slightly.
The twins made a sudden jump towards him and he made a desperate run for it. He sprinted up the stairs faster than Harry had ever seen him go.
'Help us catch him Zell and I'll give you two Sickles,' George called from up the stairs.
'Two Sickles!' Zell repeated happily, and than joined in the chase.
'Be careful Zell,' Ginny said before chasing him up the stairs.
'I knew this would happen, she shouldn't have left them in charge,' Hermione said, biting her bottom lip and frowning. 'Come on Harry, we have to stop them before they hurt someone,' she continued, grabbing Harry by the arm and dragging him up the steps, before he could even get a say in.
Even though Grimmauld Place was a big house, it wasn't hard to know which room they were in, not only did the path of broken vases and paintings give it away, so did Ron's constant yelling.
They made their way into the room that Buckbeak was tied up in and found Ron pinned to the floor with Fred and George over each arm.
'Get off me,' Ron screamed over the laughing of Fred and George. 'Zell, I'll give you three Sickles if you get these two off me.'
Zells bright blue eyes lit up in happiness. Harry knew how much a little kid loved getting money, even if it was just a small amount. He remembered how excited he had been when he had found a few measly pounds on the side of the road at five, unfortunately Dudley wrestled him to the ground and stole it, but he had been excited nonetheless.
Zell leapt on top of Fred and grabbed him round the middle trying to pull him off.
'Help me Ginny, please,' Ron pleaded.
Ginny rolled her eyes, but she tried helping nevertheless. She wrapped her arms around George's neck and tried pulling him to the side. Harry couldn't help but laugh as the five of them struggled to get one another off one another. Hermione looked at him and scowled.
'Stop it all of you, cut it out,' She pleaded helplessly, but everyone was having so much fun, yelling and screaming that they weren't paying attention.
Harry was now laughing so hard, he couldn't help himself anymore. He shrugged his shoulders at Hermione and made a running dive for the pile of people. It was total chaos. One minute Fred and George would be by your side than Zell would jump on top, followed by Ginny and than Ron would kick and scream. Every now and then a small helpless shout from Hermione could be heard but it was just ignored.
The fun didn't last for long. Just as Ron had finally broken free of the twins grasp, and He, Harry and Ginny had them pinned on the floor, Zell still on top of them all, an ear-piercing scream filled the room. All of them stopped struggling and shouting at once, even Buckbeak, who had been desperately trying to reach all of them, came to a halt.
Another scream followed the first, it was obviously a women's scream, and it was coming from the street outside. They all leapt to their feet at once and scrambled to the window so that they could view the street below. The best thing about the window was that you could look out of it and see the people below, but the people below couldn't look up and see you. That was the spell that was on the Black's old house, you couldn't see number twelve Grimmauld Place unless you were looking for it, and most muggles wouldn't be looking for it, as they had no idea it existed.
The street was completely empty; nothing or no one could be seen. They each looked at each other nervously.
'Look!' Zell shouted from Harry's side. He was pointing down the very end of the street, but all Harry could see was black.
'What is it?' He asked Zell quietly.
'Can't you see them?' He asked looking at where Harry was looking. 'There just there,' He said pushing Harry's head in the direction that he had just been looking in.
'I still can't see a thin-' but his voice trailed off as, out of the darkness, he noticed several dark figures coming closer and closer.
'Who the heck are they?' Fred asked quietly, fogging up the window.
Ron shrugged his shoulders slowly as he squinted up his eyes to try and make them clearer, 'Beats me.'
The figures continued to come closer and closer, and as they stepped into the light Harry felt his heart suddenly speed up as he realized who the group was.
'Death Eaters!' He shouted loudly, making the group gasp in realization.
'Oh no, there coming this way, so you think they know where here?' Hermione asked desperately looking extremely worried. Normally someone would have tried to calm her down, but everyone was just as panicked.
'What if they know about us?' Ginny said, 'Why else would they be here?'
'Let's find out,' George said getting up.
'No George what are you doing?' Hermione asked grabbing his arm.
'I'm only going to open the window so we can hear what their saying,' He told Hermione, and when she finally let go he opened the window enough for the voices below to be heard.
As they came closer still Harry could make out the dark cloaks and masks that they always wore. Finally, to Harry's great horror and everyone else's for that matter, they came to a halt meters away from their door.
'So is this the place?' Harry heard one of the voices ask; he knew he had heard that voice before.
'I don't know, there are no signs or anything,' came the reply from another familiar voice.
'Dad!' Zell shouted loudly, making all six hands cover his mouth at once.
They all looked nervously down, but the Death Eaters were still searching around, surveying each house in turn, it didn't appear as though they had heard the young boy's yell.
'You have to keep quite Zell, we don't want him to know where here,' Fred said, as everyone took their hands away.
'Why not?' Zell said, whispering this time.
'Because . where playing a game and he can't know where here,' George said winking at the others.
This answer seemed good enough to Zell as he smiled, nodded his head than put his finger to his lip as if to tell them that he would keep quite.
'Dam, I can't find one number on any of these blasted houses,' a voice shouted angrily from below them.
Suddenly a few more Death Eaters appeared out of the shadows, and they seemed to be carrying a struggling figure, which they tossed roughly on the floor.
'What did you bring the muggle for?' the Death Eater, that Zell had claimed as Lucius said.
'She 'eard us talking when we was walking down the street,' a voice unfamiliar to Harry said. 'Thought I'd bring 'er 'ere as she knows too much, and ask what you lads wanna do with 'er.'
'The Dark Lord said there was to be no muggle torturing or destruction of muggle villages unless they contain Dumbledore's little group,' a deep, angry voice said. 'He doesn't want us to give ourselves away, not after all he did to get us out of Azkaban.'
'Whoops, I guess I forget than,' the other said stupidly, 'How 'bout jus' this one than.'
'Do as you like,' the other Death Eater said with a sigh, giving in. 'We can't even destroy this village until we know for sure that it's Grimmauld Place.'
Harry went tense and he wasn't the only one. The Death Eaters knew the Order was at Grimmauld Place, somehow. Perhaps they really did have Tonk's, how else would they know, Kreacher couldn't have told them.
A wicked laugh erupted from the Death Eater who had brought the muggle, the Death Eaters that had arrived with him laughed too. He raised his wand and shouted the spell Crucio.
Harry's fingers tightened around his own wand that was in his pocket. As he watched the muggle girl twitch in her binds and gag, he couldn't help it. The next thing he knew he was on his feet desperately trying to escape Hermione's grip.
'Harry don't be stupid, we'll all be killed.'
He was about to say something smart when Lucius' voice below intervened and made Harry sit back down in relief.
'Wait a second, maybe she can be of some use,' he said grabbing the other Death Eaters wrist until he stopped.
'Whad-aya mean?' He asked confused.
'We could ask her if this is Grimmauld Place, we wont need for her to know where number twelve is - if she says yes, we blow the place up and Dumbledore's little group with it,' Lucius said sounding proud of his little mention.
'Ah, no can do I'm afraid lad,' the other Death Eater said, 'You see we sorta tortured 'er a fair bit before we got 'ere, she's gone bonkers, dunno where she is or who she is.'
Harry felt himself boil with anger again, how could they be so heartless. Hermione's hand was tight around his arm once more, but he didn't get up. He wanted to stop them, but he couldn't risk getting his friends hurt.
Harry watched as Lucius took off his mask and threw it at the ground in anger. 'Why do I even bother,' he shouted angrily, throwing his head back.
Than it happened, almost so suddenly Harry wasn't sure that it even truly happened. Lucius' eyes made contact with Harry's, but how? He couldn't see the window, or could he? Lucius slow reaction was probably due to the fact that he was surprised to notice a window full of prying eyes. He opened his mouth to say something, but then his eyes trailed down to Zell. Harry felt the boy shuffle beside him, but he poked him slightly and he stopped immediately. Lucius shut his mouth and, looking extremely angry, turned back to his other Death Eaters. Harry's heart stopped, he knew where they were.
Perhaps he should have run, or dived out the window and fought them head on, but something was telling him to stay. He looked at the others, their horror struck faces looked from one person to the next figuring out what to do, but Harry simply shook his head and peered back out the window - out of the corner of his eye he noticed everyone else do the same.
Lucius raised his wand at the quivering girl on the floor. 'Avada Kedavra,' he shouted loudly and furiously, and the girl stopped quivering immediately.
The other Death Eaters laughed happily, whilst some groaned in anger - obviously wanting to kill the girl themselves.
'This isn't Grimmauld Place,' Lucius said murderously, 'we've come to the wrong dam place.'
'Can we burn it anyways,' the Death Eater who brought the girl said.
'No we can't, now lets get out of here before were seen,' Lucius said grabbing his fellow Death Eater roughly by the collar.
They disaparated almost immediately, a few looking longingly at the many muggle houses in the street and kicking the small dead girl as they went.
As soon as the last Death Eater had disappeared Harry let out a deep breath and turned to the others.
'He saw us,' Ron said, slamming against the wall holding his chest, 'I swear he did.'
'They know where here,' Fred said looking at the others in fear.
'Why didn't they kill us then?' George asked looking thoroughly confused.
They all sat back under the window, breathing heavily and starring at one another. Harry looked at Zell who was still looking out of the window.
'Zell?' Harry asked, poking him gently in the side. 'What's up?'
'Are they still there?' Ginny asked horror stricken.
Zell remained silent until Hermione stepped forward and, placing her hands on his shoulder's, turned him around.
His face was filled with tears and as he let out a giant sniff he pointed out the window and down at the ground. 'Why won't she get up?' He asked, 'What's wrong with her?'
JKH: Does he remember sleeping with Cissa? Well that's up to you to find out in later chapters. Hehehehehe I liked the comment on his looks. Yes... Yes they are to throw the hoards of women off; he was quite attractive when she slept with him, IF she slept with him. You'd sleep with him??? Why the way he looks now? HE'S GREASY! Not that there's anything wrong with grease, I here you can make a lot of money out of it nowadays and he's got a heck of a lot of it. Thanks for the terrific review.
Goten-Lupin: Glad you like it and I will surely keep on writing. Make sure you keep reading. Thanks heaps for the review. Goten and DBZ rock! Hehe just had to add that!
Daisie: I'm glad you think it makes it more interesting. But don't be too sure of what I've written, I constantly change my mind, comforting thought hay! Thanks heaps for the review always a pleasure to here from you!
Shortnsassy: You're my 50th reviewer. Hurrah! Thanks loads! (At least I think you are. yeah I'm sure you are.) Hehehe yeah it was a bit sudden, but I had to get it through. And come on, everyone does it at some stage, what's so wrong with Snape doing it?? Except I must admit with Narcissa is a bit off, but what can you do. Thanks again for the 50th review, means a heck of a lot considering I thought no one would read this.
Time Warp: Snape didn't know about Zell, that's right, Narcissa had the baby, she didn't tell anyone not even Snape - so how was he too know. Yeah he was surprised because he didn't know who the kid was; it didn't click that it could be his kid, all that grease is getting to his head. Hehehe thank you for another great review.
RaistlinofMetallica: So what if they don't look alike, and its good you're confused, your supposed to be, so don't worry it will make sense later on. Mind switch? Polyjuice? Wow your thinking way into it, I like that! Please continue reviewing and thank you so much.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything you recognize. I do own Zell however. J.K Rowling is a champ and whilst I do wish to be a writer I am not her and like I said don't own anything you recognize.
.... Righto... No more waiting...... Packed full of action for you with a great spin and stuff.... Not as trippy as the last chapter...... Hope you like it sorry about the wait... Hope it was worth it... Please review....
The Malfoy's Big Secret!!
Chapter 17
Harry, Ron and Hermione hadn't gotten much sleep the night that Snape announced his news. They were so shocked and confused by what they had heard that they talked about it all night. They even wrote down on a piece of paper the reasons why Zell would and would not be both Snape and Lupin's son.
Zell had slept in Ginny and Hermione's room, because she thought it to cruel to talk about it in front of him. He hadn't said anything all night; it was quite scary to see him so quite.
It didn't matter that the three of them were tired the next day, because no one really wanted to talk too much anyway. It seemed as though everyone was equally tired and it didn't appear as though anyone was really looking forward to the meeting that night.
For most of the day it was pouring with rain, and the whole house was shaking from the roar of the thunder. There was nothing at all to do at Grimmauld Place so everyone was becoming agitated and bored. Harry and Ron hid in their room after Fred and George had decided that attempting to trip people over with the extendable ears, and then forcing them to sample their new inventions, was a fun way to pass the time.
Zell had been hiding under the bed most of the day, and to Harry's great surprise, Ron offered to verse him in a game of wizards chess. Even though he lost, it cheered him up a great deal. Lupin had even taken up being a bit nicer to him after the news that he was a candidate to be the boy's father.
Ginny and Hermione had joined the three of them in a teamed game of chess when Mrs. Weasley suddenly called to them to come down. When they arrived at the bottom of the stairs Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Bill, Charlie and Lupin were all dressed up in their cloaks and standing in the hall. Fred and George gave an evil grin at them as they made their way towards the frowning Mrs. Weasley.
'Well, were off,' she said looking as though she would rather not be. 'Please behave yourselves, and for goodness sake don't leave the house.' She looked positively worried as she looked at each of them in turn.
'Don't worry about a thing mum,' Fred said beaming.
'Yeah, we'll take great care of them for you,' George added, giving his cheeky smile.
If possible Mrs. Weasley now looked even more worried than before, but nonetheless she stated that she trusted the both of them and asked them to be good, before hugging every one of them in turn, including Zell - who slightly returned it.
'Keep the house in one piece,' Charlie said cheerfully before disappearing with a pop. Bill followed straight after, than Mr. Weasley - who glanced sternly at the boys - than Mrs. Weasley and finally Lupin, who waved at them all, glanced at Zell than he too disappeared.
'Well,' Fred said cheerfully, 'which one will we make try our new drink first George?'
'I recon Ron'd probably appreciate it most,' George said, grinning mischievously at him.
'Get lost you crazy gits,' Ron said, baking up slightly.
The twins made a sudden jump towards him and he made a desperate run for it. He sprinted up the stairs faster than Harry had ever seen him go.
'Help us catch him Zell and I'll give you two Sickles,' George called from up the stairs.
'Two Sickles!' Zell repeated happily, and than joined in the chase.
'Be careful Zell,' Ginny said before chasing him up the stairs.
'I knew this would happen, she shouldn't have left them in charge,' Hermione said, biting her bottom lip and frowning. 'Come on Harry, we have to stop them before they hurt someone,' she continued, grabbing Harry by the arm and dragging him up the steps, before he could even get a say in.
Even though Grimmauld Place was a big house, it wasn't hard to know which room they were in, not only did the path of broken vases and paintings give it away, so did Ron's constant yelling.
They made their way into the room that Buckbeak was tied up in and found Ron pinned to the floor with Fred and George over each arm.
'Get off me,' Ron screamed over the laughing of Fred and George. 'Zell, I'll give you three Sickles if you get these two off me.'
Zells bright blue eyes lit up in happiness. Harry knew how much a little kid loved getting money, even if it was just a small amount. He remembered how excited he had been when he had found a few measly pounds on the side of the road at five, unfortunately Dudley wrestled him to the ground and stole it, but he had been excited nonetheless.
Zell leapt on top of Fred and grabbed him round the middle trying to pull him off.
'Help me Ginny, please,' Ron pleaded.
Ginny rolled her eyes, but she tried helping nevertheless. She wrapped her arms around George's neck and tried pulling him to the side. Harry couldn't help but laugh as the five of them struggled to get one another off one another. Hermione looked at him and scowled.
'Stop it all of you, cut it out,' She pleaded helplessly, but everyone was having so much fun, yelling and screaming that they weren't paying attention.
Harry was now laughing so hard, he couldn't help himself anymore. He shrugged his shoulders at Hermione and made a running dive for the pile of people. It was total chaos. One minute Fred and George would be by your side than Zell would jump on top, followed by Ginny and than Ron would kick and scream. Every now and then a small helpless shout from Hermione could be heard but it was just ignored.
The fun didn't last for long. Just as Ron had finally broken free of the twins grasp, and He, Harry and Ginny had them pinned on the floor, Zell still on top of them all, an ear-piercing scream filled the room. All of them stopped struggling and shouting at once, even Buckbeak, who had been desperately trying to reach all of them, came to a halt.
Another scream followed the first, it was obviously a women's scream, and it was coming from the street outside. They all leapt to their feet at once and scrambled to the window so that they could view the street below. The best thing about the window was that you could look out of it and see the people below, but the people below couldn't look up and see you. That was the spell that was on the Black's old house, you couldn't see number twelve Grimmauld Place unless you were looking for it, and most muggles wouldn't be looking for it, as they had no idea it existed.
The street was completely empty; nothing or no one could be seen. They each looked at each other nervously.
'Look!' Zell shouted from Harry's side. He was pointing down the very end of the street, but all Harry could see was black.
'What is it?' He asked Zell quietly.
'Can't you see them?' He asked looking at where Harry was looking. 'There just there,' He said pushing Harry's head in the direction that he had just been looking in.
'I still can't see a thin-' but his voice trailed off as, out of the darkness, he noticed several dark figures coming closer and closer.
'Who the heck are they?' Fred asked quietly, fogging up the window.
Ron shrugged his shoulders slowly as he squinted up his eyes to try and make them clearer, 'Beats me.'
The figures continued to come closer and closer, and as they stepped into the light Harry felt his heart suddenly speed up as he realized who the group was.
'Death Eaters!' He shouted loudly, making the group gasp in realization.
'Oh no, there coming this way, so you think they know where here?' Hermione asked desperately looking extremely worried. Normally someone would have tried to calm her down, but everyone was just as panicked.
'What if they know about us?' Ginny said, 'Why else would they be here?'
'Let's find out,' George said getting up.
'No George what are you doing?' Hermione asked grabbing his arm.
'I'm only going to open the window so we can hear what their saying,' He told Hermione, and when she finally let go he opened the window enough for the voices below to be heard.
As they came closer still Harry could make out the dark cloaks and masks that they always wore. Finally, to Harry's great horror and everyone else's for that matter, they came to a halt meters away from their door.
'So is this the place?' Harry heard one of the voices ask; he knew he had heard that voice before.
'I don't know, there are no signs or anything,' came the reply from another familiar voice.
'Dad!' Zell shouted loudly, making all six hands cover his mouth at once.
They all looked nervously down, but the Death Eaters were still searching around, surveying each house in turn, it didn't appear as though they had heard the young boy's yell.
'You have to keep quite Zell, we don't want him to know where here,' Fred said, as everyone took their hands away.
'Why not?' Zell said, whispering this time.
'Because . where playing a game and he can't know where here,' George said winking at the others.
This answer seemed good enough to Zell as he smiled, nodded his head than put his finger to his lip as if to tell them that he would keep quite.
'Dam, I can't find one number on any of these blasted houses,' a voice shouted angrily from below them.
Suddenly a few more Death Eaters appeared out of the shadows, and they seemed to be carrying a struggling figure, which they tossed roughly on the floor.
'What did you bring the muggle for?' the Death Eater, that Zell had claimed as Lucius said.
'She 'eard us talking when we was walking down the street,' a voice unfamiliar to Harry said. 'Thought I'd bring 'er 'ere as she knows too much, and ask what you lads wanna do with 'er.'
'The Dark Lord said there was to be no muggle torturing or destruction of muggle villages unless they contain Dumbledore's little group,' a deep, angry voice said. 'He doesn't want us to give ourselves away, not after all he did to get us out of Azkaban.'
'Whoops, I guess I forget than,' the other said stupidly, 'How 'bout jus' this one than.'
'Do as you like,' the other Death Eater said with a sigh, giving in. 'We can't even destroy this village until we know for sure that it's Grimmauld Place.'
Harry went tense and he wasn't the only one. The Death Eaters knew the Order was at Grimmauld Place, somehow. Perhaps they really did have Tonk's, how else would they know, Kreacher couldn't have told them.
A wicked laugh erupted from the Death Eater who had brought the muggle, the Death Eaters that had arrived with him laughed too. He raised his wand and shouted the spell Crucio.
Harry's fingers tightened around his own wand that was in his pocket. As he watched the muggle girl twitch in her binds and gag, he couldn't help it. The next thing he knew he was on his feet desperately trying to escape Hermione's grip.
'Harry don't be stupid, we'll all be killed.'
He was about to say something smart when Lucius' voice below intervened and made Harry sit back down in relief.
'Wait a second, maybe she can be of some use,' he said grabbing the other Death Eaters wrist until he stopped.
'Whad-aya mean?' He asked confused.
'We could ask her if this is Grimmauld Place, we wont need for her to know where number twelve is - if she says yes, we blow the place up and Dumbledore's little group with it,' Lucius said sounding proud of his little mention.
'Ah, no can do I'm afraid lad,' the other Death Eater said, 'You see we sorta tortured 'er a fair bit before we got 'ere, she's gone bonkers, dunno where she is or who she is.'
Harry felt himself boil with anger again, how could they be so heartless. Hermione's hand was tight around his arm once more, but he didn't get up. He wanted to stop them, but he couldn't risk getting his friends hurt.
Harry watched as Lucius took off his mask and threw it at the ground in anger. 'Why do I even bother,' he shouted angrily, throwing his head back.
Than it happened, almost so suddenly Harry wasn't sure that it even truly happened. Lucius' eyes made contact with Harry's, but how? He couldn't see the window, or could he? Lucius slow reaction was probably due to the fact that he was surprised to notice a window full of prying eyes. He opened his mouth to say something, but then his eyes trailed down to Zell. Harry felt the boy shuffle beside him, but he poked him slightly and he stopped immediately. Lucius shut his mouth and, looking extremely angry, turned back to his other Death Eaters. Harry's heart stopped, he knew where they were.
Perhaps he should have run, or dived out the window and fought them head on, but something was telling him to stay. He looked at the others, their horror struck faces looked from one person to the next figuring out what to do, but Harry simply shook his head and peered back out the window - out of the corner of his eye he noticed everyone else do the same.
Lucius raised his wand at the quivering girl on the floor. 'Avada Kedavra,' he shouted loudly and furiously, and the girl stopped quivering immediately.
The other Death Eaters laughed happily, whilst some groaned in anger - obviously wanting to kill the girl themselves.
'This isn't Grimmauld Place,' Lucius said murderously, 'we've come to the wrong dam place.'
'Can we burn it anyways,' the Death Eater who brought the girl said.
'No we can't, now lets get out of here before were seen,' Lucius said grabbing his fellow Death Eater roughly by the collar.
They disaparated almost immediately, a few looking longingly at the many muggle houses in the street and kicking the small dead girl as they went.
As soon as the last Death Eater had disappeared Harry let out a deep breath and turned to the others.
'He saw us,' Ron said, slamming against the wall holding his chest, 'I swear he did.'
'They know where here,' Fred said looking at the others in fear.
'Why didn't they kill us then?' George asked looking thoroughly confused.
They all sat back under the window, breathing heavily and starring at one another. Harry looked at Zell who was still looking out of the window.
'Zell?' Harry asked, poking him gently in the side. 'What's up?'
'Are they still there?' Ginny asked horror stricken.
Zell remained silent until Hermione stepped forward and, placing her hands on his shoulder's, turned him around.
His face was filled with tears and as he let out a giant sniff he pointed out the window and down at the ground. 'Why won't she get up?' He asked, 'What's wrong with her?'