Ron gasped in surprise as he turned ready to hex a Death Eater, but
instead, came face-to-face with Ginny, Luna and Neville.
"What are you doing here?! *How* did you get here?!" He cried out.
"We used Harry's Invisibility cloak and we've come to help you fight" Neville told him "We've come to help you save Harry, after all, we're not a part of D.A for nothing!" Ron gaped at them, then shook his head slightly.
"Be careful" he warned them "There are more Death Eaters than we expected" They all nodded in understanding. Prongs and Wormtail took down a large Death Eater and cheered.
"It's clear, we can go in!" Wormtail called out. Emily, Lils, Hermione and Ginny looked to each other determinedly.
"Let's do it!" Hermione shouted "Let's go and save Harry!"
Immediately, there was a chorus of "YEAH!"
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Dumbledore looked up gravely to see The Lupin's, Black's and Potter's enter his office. Snape was trailing behind them, trying his best not to look out of place. They all sat down and looked to the Headmaster worriedly.
"We've found out where Voldemort's taken Harry. It seems he's taken Harry to the same place where he took him last year. His old house" Lily and James both let out sighs of relief.
"But, this is no time to relax. It seems that Neville Longbottom, Ginny Weasley and Luna Lovegood have secretly followed Harry's friends to that destination. I fear that they are all in danger"
Sirius instantly stood up, looking angry.
"Then what are we doing sitting here listening to you? We need to set up a Portkey now!" he yelled "I've lost my son once, I'm not about to lose him again!" Everyone else nodded in agreement.
"I'll go as well" Snape said, stepping forward "But, I'll have to pretend to be a Death Eater when I get there" he warned them "So, if I attack you, please understand that it's only part of an act and I'm sorry if I cause any of you pain" Lily and James both smiled and nodded. It was weird, mused James, they used to be worst enemies, but now, James seemed to be on civil terms with the man that he used to loathe. Unfortunately, Sirius and Snape still loathed each other. It looked like they would never be on civil terms.
"Let's go and save them!" Lupin said, standing up.
"I want to come too" Logan said determinedly, looking his father in the eye. Lupin sighed and ran a hand through his hair.
"You can't. You've got a daughter to look after"
"I could get either Minerva or Poppy to oversee Lily if you wish" Dumbledore suggested. Logan looked delighted as he nodded.
"Be careful . . . all of you" Dumbledore silently prayed as he watched them head off to danger.
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Cherry took Harry's hand and hurried down a corridor, only to stop abruptly on seeing Lucius Malfoy. She roughly pushed him into a cupboard and lent against it, looking carelessly at Malfoy.
"Hello there, Malfoy" she said with a smirk and a grin on her face. Malfoy looked her up and down with a look of approval on his face. He sneered.
"What are you doing here, Cherry? The Dark Lord has requested to see you" Cherry cursed inwardly at the bad timing and growled in annoyance.
"Very well Malfoy, but could you be so kind as to escort me?" she questioned innocently "Pettigrew scares me" Malfoy snickered slightly, then regained his composure.
"Fine, come on. The Dark Lord is probably getting impatient from waiting"
"No, duh" Cherry murmured. She swiftly moved away from the cupboard and walked with Malfoy to see her father; what did he want this time?
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Jay and James snuck down a corridor and quickly reached the cell only to find it empty. Jay swore loudly.
"They can't have taken him already!" James exclaimed, panic written all over his face "No!"
Jay gritted his teeth to stop the wave of panic and nervousness overpower him. He wasn't about to break down in tears . . . not until they found out what Harry's status was.
"Is he there?" Ginny asked breathlessly, skidding into Jay, making both of them go flying forwards. Her eyes widened in alarm when she saw that it was empty.
"NO!" She screamed.
"What's that?" A male voice sounded out. The three froze, looking to each other worriedly. James was suddenly glad that Ron and Hermione hadn't followed, even as much as they were Harry's best friends, they would've rushed out to battle whoever the Death Eater was and, no doubt, they would've immediately been in trouble.
"Behind the door!" Ginny mouthed to the two boys. They all nodded and quickly hid.
As soon as the Death Eater walked into the room, he let out a string of swear words.
"How in gods name did Potter escape?!" he cried aloud, sounding worried, then he let out a gasp of shock.
"Avery!" the voice sounded slightly strangled "He's dead! Potter couldn't possibly have . . ." he trailed off in shock and Jay, James and Ginny exchanged scared looks. Harry couldn't possibly have killed Avery! He just wasn't that sort of person! Harry would never kill! Or would he?
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Harry hurriedly ran down a different corridor; where the hell was he? It felt like he was running around in circles! Without warning, he ran into someone and they both went flying to the floor. The person groaned and Harry, in alarm, jumped up and pulled out his wand.
"Hey Harry, calm down, it's just me!" The voice of Ron said urgently. Harry knitted his eyebrows in confusion. How could Ron be here?
"We used a Portkey to get here" Ron said, as if reading Harry's mind. Harry seemed to accept this as he held out his hand for his best friend to take. Ron smiled as he looked at Harry.
"James, Jay and Ginny went to try and find you. I hope they're doing okay"
"Oh, Harry, you're alright!" Hermione cried with happiness, pulling Harry into a hug. Harry staggered backwards at the force that Hermione had threw herself at him with. He patted her back awkwardly, then started on hearing a few male's voices coming from the end of the corridor. Harry determinedly pulled out his wand, along with Hermione and Ron. They were all ready to fight!
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"Oh god, this can't be good" Padfoot mumbled, blocking the Death Eater's aim at Emily by standing in front of her. Neville, Wormtail and Moony were standing in front of Lils, who was looking worriedly to the Death Eater and to Emily.
There were about a dozen Death Eaters, laughing cruelly at the boys' pathetic attempts to protect the girls. Suddenly, the door burst open to reveal Lupin, Lily, James, Sirius and Logan.
"Stupefy!" Sirius screamed, aiming his attack at the nearby Death Eater. The Death Eater fell over, stunned.
"Nice one Padfoot" James commented. Lupin hurried forward and knelt down next to Emily.
"Are you alright? Did they hurt you?" he questioned. Emily shook her head and hugged her father.
"I was so scared" she whispered. Lils smiled sweetly on seeing them share a father-daughter moment.
Screaming loudly on hearing the door burst open, Lily gripped her wand tightly in her hand, her eyes wide as she nudged James. James' eyes narrowed on seeing Voldemort, who was sneering at them.
"Ah, how wonderful to see the two of you alive again" he whispered. The Death Eaters' laughter rang out loudly, while Lily's face contorted with fury. James held a hand out to stop her from doing anything that she'd regret.
"MUM! DAD!" Harry's shout yelled out. Lily and James whirled around to see Harry running towards them "RUN!" He screamed. Voldemort's eyes gleamed on seeing the young Potter.
"Ah, Harry Potter, we meet again" he said with a smirk.
"Gonna try and kill me again? You've tried to kill me four times and you haven't succeeded; what makes you think that you'll succeed this time?" Harry questioned coolly. James gaped at his son's bravery . . . or was it stupidity?
Voldemort's eyes narrowed as he snarled at the sixteen year-old boy.
"Foolish boy!" he snapped, raising his wand, but a voice made him stop abruptly.
"You wanted to see me, *father*?" Cherry questioned, looking bored. Pettigrew was standing by her side, looking worriedly at the Dark Lord. Almost instantly, everyone in the building had arrived in the same room. Needless to say, it was extremely crowded. The scene would have been rather funny, if it wasn't for the seriousness of the situation.
It seemed that everyone helping Harry was taking orders from him. Harry's face was straight-faced as he looked to Voldemort. Prongs made a move forwards, but Harry flung out an arm.
"No, not yet" he whispered. Voldemort laughed softly.
"Giving orders, Potter? It won't work"
"Oh, but I think it will . . . NOW!" He screamed and immediately, there was a chorus of "STUPEFY!" Most of the Death Eaters were taken down by the stunning spells being sent their way, but only about two were still standing.
"My Lord!" Nott yelled out, hurrying forward "My Lord! Avery's dead!" Voldemort's eyes widened slightly in shock.
"It must have been Potter!" he yelled, pointing a shaky arm to the boy. Cherry bit her lip to stop herself shrieking with laughter, but unfortunately, the look of amusement was on her face as Voldemort rounded on her.
"What is so funny?"
"You-you think HARRY killed him?!" she said as she started giggling. Voldemort's left eye twitched.
"Oh, so you know who he killed him?"
"Oh, I do as a matter of fact, seeing as it was I who killed him. Attempting to torture me was not a smart move" she told him calmly, a smug look on her face, yet on the inside, she was having a complete breakdown from murdering someone.
"HE WAS ONE OF MY MOST FAITHFUL DEATH EATERS! YOU STUPID GIRL!" Voldemort screamed.
Feeling anger growing inside of him, Voldemort aimed his wand at James and screamed out the killing curse.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!" He bellowed. Everyone gasped as James stood there, his wand at the ready, yet, what he wasn't prepared for was for someone completely unexpected to step in the way.
"PRONGS! NOOO!" He yelled out, pushing James roughly out of the way. Cherry gasped slightly on seeing Peter Pettigrew fall to the floor, his eyes landed on Cherry.
"I did the right thing?" he whispered and Cherry nodded; a small smile on her face. Pettigrew had done the right thing and she felt tears well up in her eyes as she watched Pettigrew take one last breath as he died.
"What are you doing here?! *How* did you get here?!" He cried out.
"We used Harry's Invisibility cloak and we've come to help you fight" Neville told him "We've come to help you save Harry, after all, we're not a part of D.A for nothing!" Ron gaped at them, then shook his head slightly.
"Be careful" he warned them "There are more Death Eaters than we expected" They all nodded in understanding. Prongs and Wormtail took down a large Death Eater and cheered.
"It's clear, we can go in!" Wormtail called out. Emily, Lils, Hermione and Ginny looked to each other determinedly.
"Let's do it!" Hermione shouted "Let's go and save Harry!"
Immediately, there was a chorus of "YEAH!"
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Dumbledore looked up gravely to see The Lupin's, Black's and Potter's enter his office. Snape was trailing behind them, trying his best not to look out of place. They all sat down and looked to the Headmaster worriedly.
"We've found out where Voldemort's taken Harry. It seems he's taken Harry to the same place where he took him last year. His old house" Lily and James both let out sighs of relief.
"But, this is no time to relax. It seems that Neville Longbottom, Ginny Weasley and Luna Lovegood have secretly followed Harry's friends to that destination. I fear that they are all in danger"
Sirius instantly stood up, looking angry.
"Then what are we doing sitting here listening to you? We need to set up a Portkey now!" he yelled "I've lost my son once, I'm not about to lose him again!" Everyone else nodded in agreement.
"I'll go as well" Snape said, stepping forward "But, I'll have to pretend to be a Death Eater when I get there" he warned them "So, if I attack you, please understand that it's only part of an act and I'm sorry if I cause any of you pain" Lily and James both smiled and nodded. It was weird, mused James, they used to be worst enemies, but now, James seemed to be on civil terms with the man that he used to loathe. Unfortunately, Sirius and Snape still loathed each other. It looked like they would never be on civil terms.
"Let's go and save them!" Lupin said, standing up.
"I want to come too" Logan said determinedly, looking his father in the eye. Lupin sighed and ran a hand through his hair.
"You can't. You've got a daughter to look after"
"I could get either Minerva or Poppy to oversee Lily if you wish" Dumbledore suggested. Logan looked delighted as he nodded.
"Be careful . . . all of you" Dumbledore silently prayed as he watched them head off to danger.
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Cherry took Harry's hand and hurried down a corridor, only to stop abruptly on seeing Lucius Malfoy. She roughly pushed him into a cupboard and lent against it, looking carelessly at Malfoy.
"Hello there, Malfoy" she said with a smirk and a grin on her face. Malfoy looked her up and down with a look of approval on his face. He sneered.
"What are you doing here, Cherry? The Dark Lord has requested to see you" Cherry cursed inwardly at the bad timing and growled in annoyance.
"Very well Malfoy, but could you be so kind as to escort me?" she questioned innocently "Pettigrew scares me" Malfoy snickered slightly, then regained his composure.
"Fine, come on. The Dark Lord is probably getting impatient from waiting"
"No, duh" Cherry murmured. She swiftly moved away from the cupboard and walked with Malfoy to see her father; what did he want this time?
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Jay and James snuck down a corridor and quickly reached the cell only to find it empty. Jay swore loudly.
"They can't have taken him already!" James exclaimed, panic written all over his face "No!"
Jay gritted his teeth to stop the wave of panic and nervousness overpower him. He wasn't about to break down in tears . . . not until they found out what Harry's status was.
"Is he there?" Ginny asked breathlessly, skidding into Jay, making both of them go flying forwards. Her eyes widened in alarm when she saw that it was empty.
"NO!" She screamed.
"What's that?" A male voice sounded out. The three froze, looking to each other worriedly. James was suddenly glad that Ron and Hermione hadn't followed, even as much as they were Harry's best friends, they would've rushed out to battle whoever the Death Eater was and, no doubt, they would've immediately been in trouble.
"Behind the door!" Ginny mouthed to the two boys. They all nodded and quickly hid.
As soon as the Death Eater walked into the room, he let out a string of swear words.
"How in gods name did Potter escape?!" he cried aloud, sounding worried, then he let out a gasp of shock.
"Avery!" the voice sounded slightly strangled "He's dead! Potter couldn't possibly have . . ." he trailed off in shock and Jay, James and Ginny exchanged scared looks. Harry couldn't possibly have killed Avery! He just wasn't that sort of person! Harry would never kill! Or would he?
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Harry hurriedly ran down a different corridor; where the hell was he? It felt like he was running around in circles! Without warning, he ran into someone and they both went flying to the floor. The person groaned and Harry, in alarm, jumped up and pulled out his wand.
"Hey Harry, calm down, it's just me!" The voice of Ron said urgently. Harry knitted his eyebrows in confusion. How could Ron be here?
"We used a Portkey to get here" Ron said, as if reading Harry's mind. Harry seemed to accept this as he held out his hand for his best friend to take. Ron smiled as he looked at Harry.
"James, Jay and Ginny went to try and find you. I hope they're doing okay"
"Oh, Harry, you're alright!" Hermione cried with happiness, pulling Harry into a hug. Harry staggered backwards at the force that Hermione had threw herself at him with. He patted her back awkwardly, then started on hearing a few male's voices coming from the end of the corridor. Harry determinedly pulled out his wand, along with Hermione and Ron. They were all ready to fight!
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"Oh god, this can't be good" Padfoot mumbled, blocking the Death Eater's aim at Emily by standing in front of her. Neville, Wormtail and Moony were standing in front of Lils, who was looking worriedly to the Death Eater and to Emily.
There were about a dozen Death Eaters, laughing cruelly at the boys' pathetic attempts to protect the girls. Suddenly, the door burst open to reveal Lupin, Lily, James, Sirius and Logan.
"Stupefy!" Sirius screamed, aiming his attack at the nearby Death Eater. The Death Eater fell over, stunned.
"Nice one Padfoot" James commented. Lupin hurried forward and knelt down next to Emily.
"Are you alright? Did they hurt you?" he questioned. Emily shook her head and hugged her father.
"I was so scared" she whispered. Lils smiled sweetly on seeing them share a father-daughter moment.
Screaming loudly on hearing the door burst open, Lily gripped her wand tightly in her hand, her eyes wide as she nudged James. James' eyes narrowed on seeing Voldemort, who was sneering at them.
"Ah, how wonderful to see the two of you alive again" he whispered. The Death Eaters' laughter rang out loudly, while Lily's face contorted with fury. James held a hand out to stop her from doing anything that she'd regret.
"MUM! DAD!" Harry's shout yelled out. Lily and James whirled around to see Harry running towards them "RUN!" He screamed. Voldemort's eyes gleamed on seeing the young Potter.
"Ah, Harry Potter, we meet again" he said with a smirk.
"Gonna try and kill me again? You've tried to kill me four times and you haven't succeeded; what makes you think that you'll succeed this time?" Harry questioned coolly. James gaped at his son's bravery . . . or was it stupidity?
Voldemort's eyes narrowed as he snarled at the sixteen year-old boy.
"Foolish boy!" he snapped, raising his wand, but a voice made him stop abruptly.
"You wanted to see me, *father*?" Cherry questioned, looking bored. Pettigrew was standing by her side, looking worriedly at the Dark Lord. Almost instantly, everyone in the building had arrived in the same room. Needless to say, it was extremely crowded. The scene would have been rather funny, if it wasn't for the seriousness of the situation.
It seemed that everyone helping Harry was taking orders from him. Harry's face was straight-faced as he looked to Voldemort. Prongs made a move forwards, but Harry flung out an arm.
"No, not yet" he whispered. Voldemort laughed softly.
"Giving orders, Potter? It won't work"
"Oh, but I think it will . . . NOW!" He screamed and immediately, there was a chorus of "STUPEFY!" Most of the Death Eaters were taken down by the stunning spells being sent their way, but only about two were still standing.
"My Lord!" Nott yelled out, hurrying forward "My Lord! Avery's dead!" Voldemort's eyes widened slightly in shock.
"It must have been Potter!" he yelled, pointing a shaky arm to the boy. Cherry bit her lip to stop herself shrieking with laughter, but unfortunately, the look of amusement was on her face as Voldemort rounded on her.
"What is so funny?"
"You-you think HARRY killed him?!" she said as she started giggling. Voldemort's left eye twitched.
"Oh, so you know who he killed him?"
"Oh, I do as a matter of fact, seeing as it was I who killed him. Attempting to torture me was not a smart move" she told him calmly, a smug look on her face, yet on the inside, she was having a complete breakdown from murdering someone.
"HE WAS ONE OF MY MOST FAITHFUL DEATH EATERS! YOU STUPID GIRL!" Voldemort screamed.
Feeling anger growing inside of him, Voldemort aimed his wand at James and screamed out the killing curse.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!" He bellowed. Everyone gasped as James stood there, his wand at the ready, yet, what he wasn't prepared for was for someone completely unexpected to step in the way.
"PRONGS! NOOO!" He yelled out, pushing James roughly out of the way. Cherry gasped slightly on seeing Peter Pettigrew fall to the floor, his eyes landed on Cherry.
"I did the right thing?" he whispered and Cherry nodded; a small smile on her face. Pettigrew had done the right thing and she felt tears well up in her eyes as she watched Pettigrew take one last breath as he died.
