Ok, I know, I know!! I said "Soon!" Im really sorry readers but I have been
really busy lately. I hope you think this chapter is worth the wait.
With no further ado - lets get on!
Chapter 17 - The Weapon
Harry didn't stop running until he was a long way away from Dumbledores office. He stopped and tried to catch his breath. He was terrified. Why did Luna come to visit him and what did her message mean? And why couldn't he tell Dumbledore about Rosenna's mark on his arm? He was such a coward. He should have told him about what happened to Luna, he was sure Dumbledore would believe him. That wasn't why he was scared to tell him. It was what Fudge and the ministry would say. They would lock him out, Harry was sure of that.
Something else was really bothering Harry. Why hadn't Hermione come to see him? Cho must have given her his message. His heart hurt as he thought about this and he remembered his kiss with Cho. Why did he do that? He didn't want Cho but he couldn't resist her.
Harry sighed and slowly started to walk back to the Common Room. He had so much going on inside his head. Ron, Hermione, Cho, Hagrid, Dumbledore, the fact that he was Gryffindors Heir and ofcourse Voldemort and Rosenna. He didn't have a clue what to do or where to start. He was so lost in his thoughts, he didn't see a figure running blindly, straight at him.
Harry gasped in shock as something collided with him and he fell to the ground with a cry. He rubbed his head and turned round quickly to see who his attacker was and was startled to see - Hermione sitting on the ground, moaning. "Hermione?" Harry whispered. She looked at him with an unreadable expression. "Hermione, are you ok?" She nodded and got to her feet. Harry realised that she had been crying. "Why didn't you meet me? I had something really important I needed to tell you, to explain." Hermione was now glaring at Harry. "I have no idea what you are talking about!" She turned to walk away from him but he grabbed her arm.
"Hey, wait. Why are you being like this. I wanted to talk to you, so you understood everything." Hermione spun round to Harry and slapped his face. He backed away, shocked.
"HOW DARE YOU!" She was screaming at him. Harry has never seen her so angry. "Don't you pretend now that you give a toss about me. I know you don't. You are nothing but a liar. Perhaps you SHOULD have been dumped in Slytherin, you certainly act like them." This cut Harry to the bone. "Just stay away from me Harry Potter, I HATE you!" With that, she turned and fled, leaving Harry to stare after her in shock.
Harry thought about going after her but decided against it. He now felt even more terrible then he had done back in Dumbledores office, although he didn't know how that was possible. He started to saunter back to the common room when he heard someone calling his name. He turned and saw Cho skipping towards him.
"Harry! Are you OK? I was really worried!" She sounded out a breath. Harry guessed that she had been looking for him.
"I'm fine Cho, thanks. Listen, did you see Hermione earlier and pass on the message, like I asked you?" Cho looked hurt and batted her eyelids at Harry. "Harry, why mention HER? She's not here now is she? She doesn't care about you, does she?" Cho took Harry's hand and kissed it. He pulled away from her and glared.
"Cho, did you tell her what I told you to say?" Harry was now eyeing Cho dangerously. He already knew the answer and the rage was building inside him. What sort of an idiot was Cho? Cho was now giving him her best hurt puppy dog look and it wasn't impressing him at all.
"Harry, I came all the way here to find out how you are and all you want to talk about is Hermione - bloody - Granger! You make me so angry!" Harry looked away. "Im not playing games anymore Cho. You obviously don't want to help me, you only want to help yourself. Well, I hope you are very happy. Bye." He started to walk away from her as calmly as possible. He was starting to lose control and he just couldn't let that happen.
Cho snapped Harry's name in fury - and then she laughed. It was a very cruel laugh and it made Harry stop in his tracks. "What?" He didn't look at her. Cho walked up to him slowly, still chuckling. "Darling Hermione isn't very happy with you Harry. I did try to give her your message but she wasn't interested, just ran away with that ginger bodyguard of hers." Harry froze. "Ron?" he asked. "Whatever," Cho shrugged. "But she had reason to be angry with you sweetie, she saw us kiss. In fact, she got a front row seat. I think its fair to say you don't stand much chance with old Granger now." She paused, eyeing Harry. He was shaking and as he turned, she felt uncomfortable at the sight of his face. She had never seen anyone looking so mad. "Why?" He spoke very quietly. She shrugged again. "Why not? I wanted you, she was the competition. I won." Harry shook his head. "You didn't win Cho, I want nothing to do with you. Its Hermione I want, it's her I really care about, not you." Cho was now looking furious, although a sneer was on her lips. "Oh really? Well I guess that means you end up with no one Harry, enjoy yourself. Think about what could have been, you could have had me. Bye then." She pushed past him and headed down the corridor.
Harry watched her walk away, shaking with emotion. He knew he had to stay calm, to keep control but it was too much. He could feel Rosenna tapping at his mind, he knew she had sensed his strength weakening. He was clinging on for dear life and felt he had the upper hand when Cho stopped and called back to him - "Don't you worry Harry, there is always Loony Luna Lovegood, I heard that she had grown attached to you, she is so much more your type!" At these words, he couldn't keep his fight up any longer. He heard Voldemorts laugh in his head, hot tears fell down his face and he fell to the ground with a cry of pain. Cho had watched him with interest and fear. Harry was obviously in a lot of pain. She felt whatever it was he deserved it, but she couldn't stand the look of anguish on his face. She walked nervously back up to him. "Harry, are you alright, shall I fetch someone?" Harry got to his feet and brushed himself down. "The pain is gone," he said. "Im fine now." Cho looked him up and down. "You sure?" she asked him. "Yeah," he replied. Then, without warning, he spun around to her and grabbed her arm. She went to scream in shock but he covered her mouth. "Now now, my dear. No screaming please. Im grateful to you young Ravenclaw. You helped me gain control." Cho was shaking and attempting to pull through. She bit Harrys hand and he hissed in pain and slapped her face. She fell to the ground with a bump. "Harry, what are you doing, stop!" Harry laughed, or rather Rosenna laughed. "You hurt me my sweet, Im not that grateful. You are one of her little ticks, I'm afraid your fate was sealed by that hat. You will have to join the other. No struggling and it will be quick." Cho started to cry and crawled backwards. "Please, I know you don't want to hurt me, you owe it to Cedric Harry!" Rosenna froze, she could feel Potter fighting back at the stupid girls words. He was attempting to regain control and she was shocked at how strong he had become. She swung round to Cho and raised Harry's wand. "Time for you to bow out my sweet." Rosenna opened her mouth when Harry yelled "NOOOOOOOOO!" He suddenly felt the control back with him and threw the wand as far away from him as possible and struggled to keep Roseanna away. He could feel Rosenna's rage and it was hurting him. "Run Cho," he said simply through clenched teeth. She didn't need to be told twice and, with a quick glance to Harry, she turned and fled. He heard Rosenna say in his head "You can keep fighting my boy, but you know you will fail eventually - and it will be your friends who will pay when you do." And with that, she left him. He dropped to the ground, panting and wiped the tears from his eyes.
"Well, well, that was interesting." Harry turned and saw Selina standing over him, smiling cruelly. "You were going to hurt poor Cho. I saw everything!"
"Look Selina, Its wasn't what you think it was. Cho and I have history and."
Selina laughed. "I know all about you and Cho. And I know how you fell about Hermione." Harry glared at her. "Well good for you. I guess you know all about me." He stepped towards her. "You should also know that Im apparently "special," so I wouldn't piss me off if I were you, OK?" Selina just stared at Harry, her arms crossed. Harry went to push past her but she put her hand on his arm and said softly. "Is that what happened with Luna, did she "piss" you off too?"
Harry froze. He sighed and shut his eyes. This is what he had been dreading. He turned to look at her. "What are you talking about?" She chuckled. "Now, now, don't you lie to me. I know all about it. You killed her, in cold blood." "I DIDN'T!" She opened her mouth in pretend shock when Harry screamed at her. "Ohhhhh - scary!" Harry just stared at her. "I didn't kill her. And I think you know that already." "Well, there's no need for me to tell you my contacts is there, Ill just tell you what's going to happen now." Harry badly wanted to hit her but he stopped himself. "I wont tell everybody that you are a murderer and you will do exactly as you are told." Harry gave her a cold look. "What do you mean?" Selina chuckled again. "You know what I mean. No more fighting, no more attempting to be a hero. You have a use to people I know and you WONT stand in their way. You will do exactly as they want or I will go straight to my Aunts old colleagues and tell them all about Luna's sad fate. Do I make myself clear?" Harry had listened to this with growing fear. He knew she would do what she was threatening and it was no surprise that she was in with Rosenna and Voldemort. Harry whispered to her "You a Death Eater too then, like your boyfriend?" She smiled at him sweetly but didn't answer. She moved closer to him. You know, curiosity killed the cat." Harry scoffed. "If only curiousity could kill the bitch too," he shot back. She laughed and gently touched his face. "You know, you really are very cute. Perhaps we could come to some other arrangement as well." Harry grabbed her wrist. "Touch me again and you will really wish you hadn't, now get away from me." He pushed her with all his might and she lost her footing, just stopping herself from falling. For a moment, she lost her fake smile but quickly recovered. "Ill see you soon sweetheart, you have a real good think about what I've said." She then turned and left, leaving Harry to stare after her in dismay. Now what was he going to do?
He stood thinking for a moment. If Selina knew, then so would Malfoy soon enough, if he didn't already, and all the other Death Eaters at the school too, God knows how many there actually were. He would not obey Selina, he was stronger than that. He knew what he had do, what he should have done before. He was scared about people finding out about Luna but it was too late to worry about that now. He would do what he had to do. He would tell Dumbldore everything - and hope he understood.
OK, hope you thought that was all right.I know this chapter is late and I will get the next one (which WILL be action packed) up ASAP - I promise!!
With no further ado - lets get on!
Chapter 17 - The Weapon
Harry didn't stop running until he was a long way away from Dumbledores office. He stopped and tried to catch his breath. He was terrified. Why did Luna come to visit him and what did her message mean? And why couldn't he tell Dumbledore about Rosenna's mark on his arm? He was such a coward. He should have told him about what happened to Luna, he was sure Dumbledore would believe him. That wasn't why he was scared to tell him. It was what Fudge and the ministry would say. They would lock him out, Harry was sure of that.
Something else was really bothering Harry. Why hadn't Hermione come to see him? Cho must have given her his message. His heart hurt as he thought about this and he remembered his kiss with Cho. Why did he do that? He didn't want Cho but he couldn't resist her.
Harry sighed and slowly started to walk back to the Common Room. He had so much going on inside his head. Ron, Hermione, Cho, Hagrid, Dumbledore, the fact that he was Gryffindors Heir and ofcourse Voldemort and Rosenna. He didn't have a clue what to do or where to start. He was so lost in his thoughts, he didn't see a figure running blindly, straight at him.
Harry gasped in shock as something collided with him and he fell to the ground with a cry. He rubbed his head and turned round quickly to see who his attacker was and was startled to see - Hermione sitting on the ground, moaning. "Hermione?" Harry whispered. She looked at him with an unreadable expression. "Hermione, are you ok?" She nodded and got to her feet. Harry realised that she had been crying. "Why didn't you meet me? I had something really important I needed to tell you, to explain." Hermione was now glaring at Harry. "I have no idea what you are talking about!" She turned to walk away from him but he grabbed her arm.
"Hey, wait. Why are you being like this. I wanted to talk to you, so you understood everything." Hermione spun round to Harry and slapped his face. He backed away, shocked.
"HOW DARE YOU!" She was screaming at him. Harry has never seen her so angry. "Don't you pretend now that you give a toss about me. I know you don't. You are nothing but a liar. Perhaps you SHOULD have been dumped in Slytherin, you certainly act like them." This cut Harry to the bone. "Just stay away from me Harry Potter, I HATE you!" With that, she turned and fled, leaving Harry to stare after her in shock.
Harry thought about going after her but decided against it. He now felt even more terrible then he had done back in Dumbledores office, although he didn't know how that was possible. He started to saunter back to the common room when he heard someone calling his name. He turned and saw Cho skipping towards him.
"Harry! Are you OK? I was really worried!" She sounded out a breath. Harry guessed that she had been looking for him.
"I'm fine Cho, thanks. Listen, did you see Hermione earlier and pass on the message, like I asked you?" Cho looked hurt and batted her eyelids at Harry. "Harry, why mention HER? She's not here now is she? She doesn't care about you, does she?" Cho took Harry's hand and kissed it. He pulled away from her and glared.
"Cho, did you tell her what I told you to say?" Harry was now eyeing Cho dangerously. He already knew the answer and the rage was building inside him. What sort of an idiot was Cho? Cho was now giving him her best hurt puppy dog look and it wasn't impressing him at all.
"Harry, I came all the way here to find out how you are and all you want to talk about is Hermione - bloody - Granger! You make me so angry!" Harry looked away. "Im not playing games anymore Cho. You obviously don't want to help me, you only want to help yourself. Well, I hope you are very happy. Bye." He started to walk away from her as calmly as possible. He was starting to lose control and he just couldn't let that happen.
Cho snapped Harry's name in fury - and then she laughed. It was a very cruel laugh and it made Harry stop in his tracks. "What?" He didn't look at her. Cho walked up to him slowly, still chuckling. "Darling Hermione isn't very happy with you Harry. I did try to give her your message but she wasn't interested, just ran away with that ginger bodyguard of hers." Harry froze. "Ron?" he asked. "Whatever," Cho shrugged. "But she had reason to be angry with you sweetie, she saw us kiss. In fact, she got a front row seat. I think its fair to say you don't stand much chance with old Granger now." She paused, eyeing Harry. He was shaking and as he turned, she felt uncomfortable at the sight of his face. She had never seen anyone looking so mad. "Why?" He spoke very quietly. She shrugged again. "Why not? I wanted you, she was the competition. I won." Harry shook his head. "You didn't win Cho, I want nothing to do with you. Its Hermione I want, it's her I really care about, not you." Cho was now looking furious, although a sneer was on her lips. "Oh really? Well I guess that means you end up with no one Harry, enjoy yourself. Think about what could have been, you could have had me. Bye then." She pushed past him and headed down the corridor.
Harry watched her walk away, shaking with emotion. He knew he had to stay calm, to keep control but it was too much. He could feel Rosenna tapping at his mind, he knew she had sensed his strength weakening. He was clinging on for dear life and felt he had the upper hand when Cho stopped and called back to him - "Don't you worry Harry, there is always Loony Luna Lovegood, I heard that she had grown attached to you, she is so much more your type!" At these words, he couldn't keep his fight up any longer. He heard Voldemorts laugh in his head, hot tears fell down his face and he fell to the ground with a cry of pain. Cho had watched him with interest and fear. Harry was obviously in a lot of pain. She felt whatever it was he deserved it, but she couldn't stand the look of anguish on his face. She walked nervously back up to him. "Harry, are you alright, shall I fetch someone?" Harry got to his feet and brushed himself down. "The pain is gone," he said. "Im fine now." Cho looked him up and down. "You sure?" she asked him. "Yeah," he replied. Then, without warning, he spun around to her and grabbed her arm. She went to scream in shock but he covered her mouth. "Now now, my dear. No screaming please. Im grateful to you young Ravenclaw. You helped me gain control." Cho was shaking and attempting to pull through. She bit Harrys hand and he hissed in pain and slapped her face. She fell to the ground with a bump. "Harry, what are you doing, stop!" Harry laughed, or rather Rosenna laughed. "You hurt me my sweet, Im not that grateful. You are one of her little ticks, I'm afraid your fate was sealed by that hat. You will have to join the other. No struggling and it will be quick." Cho started to cry and crawled backwards. "Please, I know you don't want to hurt me, you owe it to Cedric Harry!" Rosenna froze, she could feel Potter fighting back at the stupid girls words. He was attempting to regain control and she was shocked at how strong he had become. She swung round to Cho and raised Harry's wand. "Time for you to bow out my sweet." Rosenna opened her mouth when Harry yelled "NOOOOOOOOO!" He suddenly felt the control back with him and threw the wand as far away from him as possible and struggled to keep Roseanna away. He could feel Rosenna's rage and it was hurting him. "Run Cho," he said simply through clenched teeth. She didn't need to be told twice and, with a quick glance to Harry, she turned and fled. He heard Rosenna say in his head "You can keep fighting my boy, but you know you will fail eventually - and it will be your friends who will pay when you do." And with that, she left him. He dropped to the ground, panting and wiped the tears from his eyes.
"Well, well, that was interesting." Harry turned and saw Selina standing over him, smiling cruelly. "You were going to hurt poor Cho. I saw everything!"
"Look Selina, Its wasn't what you think it was. Cho and I have history and."
Selina laughed. "I know all about you and Cho. And I know how you fell about Hermione." Harry glared at her. "Well good for you. I guess you know all about me." He stepped towards her. "You should also know that Im apparently "special," so I wouldn't piss me off if I were you, OK?" Selina just stared at Harry, her arms crossed. Harry went to push past her but she put her hand on his arm and said softly. "Is that what happened with Luna, did she "piss" you off too?"
Harry froze. He sighed and shut his eyes. This is what he had been dreading. He turned to look at her. "What are you talking about?" She chuckled. "Now, now, don't you lie to me. I know all about it. You killed her, in cold blood." "I DIDN'T!" She opened her mouth in pretend shock when Harry screamed at her. "Ohhhhh - scary!" Harry just stared at her. "I didn't kill her. And I think you know that already." "Well, there's no need for me to tell you my contacts is there, Ill just tell you what's going to happen now." Harry badly wanted to hit her but he stopped himself. "I wont tell everybody that you are a murderer and you will do exactly as you are told." Harry gave her a cold look. "What do you mean?" Selina chuckled again. "You know what I mean. No more fighting, no more attempting to be a hero. You have a use to people I know and you WONT stand in their way. You will do exactly as they want or I will go straight to my Aunts old colleagues and tell them all about Luna's sad fate. Do I make myself clear?" Harry had listened to this with growing fear. He knew she would do what she was threatening and it was no surprise that she was in with Rosenna and Voldemort. Harry whispered to her "You a Death Eater too then, like your boyfriend?" She smiled at him sweetly but didn't answer. She moved closer to him. You know, curiosity killed the cat." Harry scoffed. "If only curiousity could kill the bitch too," he shot back. She laughed and gently touched his face. "You know, you really are very cute. Perhaps we could come to some other arrangement as well." Harry grabbed her wrist. "Touch me again and you will really wish you hadn't, now get away from me." He pushed her with all his might and she lost her footing, just stopping herself from falling. For a moment, she lost her fake smile but quickly recovered. "Ill see you soon sweetheart, you have a real good think about what I've said." She then turned and left, leaving Harry to stare after her in dismay. Now what was he going to do?
He stood thinking for a moment. If Selina knew, then so would Malfoy soon enough, if he didn't already, and all the other Death Eaters at the school too, God knows how many there actually were. He would not obey Selina, he was stronger than that. He knew what he had do, what he should have done before. He was scared about people finding out about Luna but it was too late to worry about that now. He would do what he had to do. He would tell Dumbldore everything - and hope he understood.
OK, hope you thought that was all right.I know this chapter is late and I will get the next one (which WILL be action packed) up ASAP - I promise!!
