Chapter 12~ Blood Brothers

Aki sat against the wall to heartbroken to move. She looked over at her brother, Sirius, who was slumped against the wall with his eyes closed, unconscious and Hermione who was trying to revive him. Aki found enough strength to crawl to her brother's side and looked up at Hermione with desperate eyes, "Can you revive him Hermione?"

Hermione looked at her, "I don't know Aki. I might."

Hermione pulled a small vile from the pocket of her robes; a powdery substance inside. Seeing the look on Aki's face Hermione smiled, "Don't worry, it's just smelling salts" She began to wave it under his nose in an attempt to wake him. Ari, however was distracted as she watched with wide eyes at Harry and Ron who were still fighting.

Ron stumbled backwards as Harry threw a punch at Ron's jaw. He quickly regained his footing and gave the punch back to Harry in the stomach. Before Harry could regain his own ground Ron placed a foot on his chest and pushed him back down, "Now LISTEN Harry!! I don't want to fight you and I know that deep down inside you don't want to kill me!! "

Voldemort's eyes gazed upon the two boys as Ron continued," You've been brainwashed Harry and it's going to kill us all if you don't fight It.!!"

Ron pulled up the right sleeve of his robe and did the same to Harry, both boys had a scar in the shape of a straight line about an inch long on their upper arm Ron looked at Harry, "Don't you remember?"

Harry blinked, "Remember what?"

"Last year, we both made an oath. We made an oath that if one of us got in trouble, whether it was from a silly prank or a life and death situation, the other would always be there for him."

Harry's look of hated slowly faded as he listened to Ron's words. Now everyone's attention was on Ron and Harry, even Sirius opened his eyes as he listened.

"That same day that we made that oath, you cut your arm and I cut mine. Were' blood brothers Harry, and nothing can ever change that."

Hermione stared at Ron, she never knew that he could be so...serious. She always thought of him as the goofy red haired boy, who laughed and played games with her and Harry. She looked at the cut on their arms, annoyed at the fact that they never told her about it. She also knew that if they did tell her, she would have stopped them before they had a chance to do such a horrible thing. Still, she couldn't help but admire his commitment to life and loyalty to friendship.

"Hermione, could you please remove the vile away from my nose, it's giving me a headache." Sirius groaned.

Hermione quickly removed the salts away from him, grinning with joy, "Sorry Sirius, didn't know you were awake."

Hearing his voice Aki jumped up and nearly tackled him, "Sirius!! your okay!!"

Sirius smiled and hugged her, "Of course, you know me. I can handle anything"

Tears of joy streamed down her face," Of course you can."

All three stood back up and looked at Harry.

Ron removed his foot off of Harry's chest and offered a hand to help him up. Speechless, Harry took it and stood up. "All this love is making me sick," Voldemort groaned.

"Love?" Ari said softly while an idea was forming in her head.

Voldemort took out his wand, " Don't listen to them Harry, there' lying to you."

Harry didn't answer; he only stood there, not knowing what to believe anymore. Voldemort shook with anger," Kill them now boy!" Harry nodded and raised his wand as if to strike Ron first, however, this attempt quickly failed as Ari ran up to Harry and stood in front of him," Stop it Harry!! You're not like this!! Your kind, gentle, you have a good heart."

Harry's eyes narrowed," No I don't!"

"YES YOU DO!!" she yelled angrily as tears streamed down her face," You can threaten me all you want! You can even try to kill me, but won't I won't move!"

He snorted a laugh," and why not?"

"Because...I...I love you."

A clatter filled the silence of the room as Harry dropped his wand and stumbled backwards, holding his head. He yelled in pain, rubbing viscously at his scar. Voldemort walked towards Ari pointing his wand in her direction, "I've had enough of you little girl."

She turned around and glared at him, fearful yet angry," Im not going to let you hurt him!!"

He gave a malicious laugh," And what are you going to do about it?" She suddenly lost her glare along with her voice," I...I..." She hung her head as the tears in her eyes stung. He smirked," I thought so.."

"AVANDA KADVARA!!" a voice cried out as a bright light shot out at Voldemort and knocking him into the wall, and to everyone's surprise he started laughing. The voice belonged to Sirius who had seemed to get his strength back. Screams erupted the room as two Death Eaters walked up behind Hermione and Ari, holding them captive, twisting their wrists every time they struggled to get free.

Voldemort stood up and glared at Sirius," Bad move Sirius...CRUCIO!!"

Another scream filled the air as a body fell to the ground crying in pain. However, it was not Sirius, but another who was on the ground. It was Aki.

"YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT!!" Sirius yelled angrily, shaking his wand. Voldemort slowly walked up to Sirius," I think not my friend...I think not."

"NOOO!!! SIRIUS!!" the cry belonged to Harry, as he watched Voldemort pull out a dagger from his sleeve and stab his godfather in the stomach. Tears of anger and hate ran down Harry's face, as he body shook out of control. He jumped up and ran over to where Aki and Sirius lay, holding on to a thread on life. He pointed his wand at Voldemort,

"YOU!! YOU'VE TAKEN AWAY EVERYONE I'VE EVER LOVED!! AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO DIE FOR IT!!"

Voldemort aimed his wand back at Harry," You don't need love! Love is for the weak!"

Ari stood beside Harry," Your wrong! Love is not for the weak!! It's what makes you strong, that's why you couldn't kill Harry, Isn't it?"

Harry glanced over at Ari, fearful for her life," Get out of here, I'll be fine"

She shook her head," NO, Im not leaving you."

A green light suddenly shot out of Voldemort's wand heading in Harry's direction. As if a fast reflex kicked in, Harry shot the same spell back at Voldemort. Both spells collided with each other with such a force the room started to shake. This reminded Harry much of the incident in his fourth year; when their spells met and did nothing. A green ball of energy started to form in the middle of the stream of green light that was emitted from their wands. It started to grow and grow. Harry kept a firm grasp on his wand and closed his eyes. He knew that if the green ball of energy got big enough it would explode, capable off killing them all.