Harry Potter and the Elements of Life

Chapter 12: Trying to End it All

By: Crystal Lily Potter

¥Phoenix Talk¥

§Snake Talk§

°Eagle Talk°

?Badger Talk?

¤Lion Talk¤

"Normal Speech"

Thinking

(Harry speaking Telepathically)

{Jasmine speaking Telepathically}

/Author's Notes/

A Phoenix - Fuego (Fire in Spanish)

A Griffin - Merlin

A Dragon - Lightning

A Lion - Coura

A Snake - Salzar

A Badger - Sly

An Eagle - Hurricane

An Owl - Hedwig

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Jasmine jumped up, startled, as her new owl.Rime, hooted to wake her up.

She sighed and got up to go in the shower.the rest of the school was coming back today.

She remembered Gemma's funeral clearly.it was the saddest thing ever.

She also remembered Harry's words as Gemma's casket was lowered into the ground.

"I finally found my family.now it's being torn apart again"

Jasmine let out a sob, she had felt the same way but couldn't put it into words well the pictures of her sister hanging wit ha rope around her neck.

As she entered the common room she suddenly felt her blood boil, who ever it was that did this she would kill them.

"Get in line," Harry's voice said from near the prorate of the Fat Lady.

She looked over at her brother.his normally bright emerald green eyes were almost a forest green.

Harry's eyes were...well.weird. When he was happy or just normal they were his normal bright emerald green but if he was mad, scare or sad they would turn several shades darker, the madder he got the darker they got.

"Come on, everyone will be back in about an hour," Harry said well walking out of the Gryffindor common room.

"Yeah," Jasmine said well following him out.

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Hermione was practically growling at them to hurry up.she really wanted to see Harry.

"Yeash Herm! Any faster and you would beat the freaking roadrunner," Lavender said well rolling her eyes.

"Roadrunner?" Ron asked.

"Muggle show," Lavender replied with a sigh.

They walked into Hogwarts expecting to see all the teachers in high spirits, and Harry, Jasmine and Gemma running amuck.but none of that happened.

Most of the teachers seemed either worried or sad, there was a sense of gloom in the air, and as they entered the Great Hall, only two Potters were seen (Note including Lily).

As everyone sat down Professor Dumbledore stood up and said, "Over the holidays there was another murder.the most barbaric one yet. On Christmas Eve, in the Charms corridor, Gemma Potter was hung and killed."

Everyone gasped and all eyes moved to the remaining Potters. Lily buried her face into her hands, Jasmine glared at her golden plate with tears in her eyes and Harry's eyes just went really dark.

Over at the Ravenclaw table Terry Boot chocked.he hadn't told anybody but he had actually started to date Gemma a while ago.

No one could believe what they heard.no one but the people that saw Gemma's white, limp body.

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Hermione, Ron, Lavender, Dean, Parvati, Seamus and Neville walked quietly threw the hallways.

"Wonder where Harry and Jasmine disappeared to?" Neville whispered.

"I don't know," Parvati said.

They were looking for their two friends who had disappeared soon after lunch.

There was a sudden 'clank' of metal being hit on metal and cursing.

Hermione opened the door to the dulling classroom slightly to see Jasmine cursing. Her face was red and she seemed very angry.

There was a sudden utter of the word 'Voldemort' and the girl swore loudly and smashed a mirror with the sword in her hand.

Hermione studied the sword carefully and noticed, from the position they were in, it said 'Rowena Ravenclaw'.

Lavender almost screamed as a silver and red sword came flying out of no where, ready to hit Jasmine.

She swung around and blocked it with her sword then there were cracks and clanks of two swords being hit against each other.

After a few minutes a man's voice said, "That's enough for now."

"Sirius," Ron whispered then much to their surprise Harry and Jasmine both came into view and soon later so did Lily, Remus and Sirius.

"Nice going.now wandless magic. Harry see that vase there?" Remus asked him.

Harry nodded and Remus continued, "Well since your powers seem to be able to cause more 'destruction'.no offence. It just seems every time you get angry something blows up. And Jasmine after try and concentrate on getting it back together since that's your strongest point."

They both nodded and harry stared directly at the vase.

A few minutes later it blew up very suddenly.

The three girls watching almost screamed but the boys stopped them.

Then a few minutes later the vase rebuilt itself.

"Wow," Dean mumbled.

Lily was watching all this with narrowed eyes and suddenly rubbed her temples and groaned in annoyance.

"What now? We did it right didn't we? I know we could be faster but," Harry cut Jasmine off and let their mother speak.

"It's not that.it's just none of this makes any sense!" Lily said frustrated.

"What doesn't?" Jasmine asked her.

"None of the attacks add up, and aren't as dramatic and Voldemort would do.I'm not even sure if it's him anymore," Lily said bitterly.

Jasmine sighed and said, "Yeah, trying to figure out who a mad murderer is as well as trying to find the Elements of Life isn't easy."

Harry looked up and said, "Maybe whoever is killing the Gryffindors is trying to distract us from finding the elements of life."

The Potters, Sirius and Remus stayed in an awkward silence for awhile until there was a shattering sound from outside and screams.

Remus got to the door first and pushed it open to see only Neville there.but he was knocked out cold.

"My god," Sirius said and picked the boy up and they all ran to the hospital wing.

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They were gone.all of them.

Seamus, Dean, Parvati, Lavender, Ron.Hermione.

Neville was still out cold.

Jasmine was upset.she had grown quiet close to the 3 girls and Dean.heck she had grown close to them all.but she knew Harry must have been worse.

She didn't know how right she was.

"It's all my fault. I assumed since I had all this power, and since Jasmine also had a lot of power, we would be safe now. But I was wrong. Now my closes friends are gone," Harry said bitterly well looking around his empty dormitory.

He glared at the picture he had of all his friends that they took at the first of the year.

"GOD DAMMIT!" He yelled and slammed his fist into the picture shattering the glass on it and cutting his knuckles then said, "Their lives aren't worth being friends with me.I'm gonna find them, them."

"Go run after Voldemort on your own and more then likely get killed? I don't think so."

Harry rounded to see Jasmine glaring at him.

"Go away Jasmine, I'm gonna do what I feel like," Harry snapped.

"Listen Harry you aren't going anywhere! Not anymore!" Jasmine snapped back.

"I'M GOING IF I WANT TO! AND IF I AM YOUR NOT COMING WITH ME AND YOUR NOT STOPPING ME!"

"NO! I WON'T LET YOU GO! I'LL-I'LL FIGHT YOU IF I HAVE TO!"

"LIKE HELL! I WON'T LISTEN TO THIS ANYMORE!"

"Jasmine, your not going. You've never really faced danger before.danger, death, it's all I ever see," Harry said.

"Harry, I've been practicing.I've been watching you fight, copying you. I've really been trying. I hate to see you in pain, and for the past week, since the others disappeared that's all I've seen from you," Jasmine said.

"Yes but remember.he's after me. He'll kill everyone to get me," Harry said and glared at his pendant.

"Gryffindor, bravery, courage.it's all the same," Harry mumbled.

"Harry, I hate to say this but I see why the sorting hat really almost put you in Slytherin."

Harry's eyes snapped open and he said, "What?"

"Your ambition.you have so much of it," She said looking out the window then said finally, "We'll go find the others, we'll go fight Voldemort. We're sticking together this time and that's that."

"Jasmine."

"Don't Jasmine me, we're sticking together all the way through this.if one of us goes so does the other's."

Harry suddenly broke out in a smile and said, "All right, you're on."

"We'll find them, I know we will," Jasmine said confidently.

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Draco watched Harry, Balise watched Jasmine.

They obviously didn't get any sleep lately.

There was something not right either.Jasmine looked very worried and Harry's eyes were getting close to green-black.

The teachers also noticed this.but said nothing.

There was a heavy weight set on the castle.nobody went anywhere without a teacher, except Harry and Jasmine.

Jasmine at the moment was walking towards Charms, alone.

She was desperately looking around.she hadn't seen him at all today.

Then again he didn't have any classes with me yet One little voice said in her head.

{So? I still would have seen him today} She argued back.

Well you have charms with him next.see if he's there then

{wonder where he is}

She took a seat in Charms and got right into the class and didn't notice something wasn't right until Professor Flitwick said, "Miss Potter, where's your brother?"

She looked up quickly and took in a sharp breath noticing for the first time he wasn't there.

"I don't know sir," She replied.

"You.don't.know."

"No," She said known what he was thinking.

"Class dismissed.go to your common rooms, I have to talk to Professor Dumbledore about something." With that everyone left but Jasmine.

Flitwick looked at Jasmine and said, "Come."

She nodded and followed him to Dumbledore's office.

"Enter," They heard Dumbledore say.

He smiled at then frowned as Flitwick said, "No one knows where Harry is."

"No one?"

"No, he hasn't showed up in any of his classes today."

"Jasmine, did you see him at all today?"

She thought for a moment then said, "Yes. He left the common room this morning saying he was gonna take a shower, but that's the last I saw of him."

"None of the Professor seen him at all."

Dumbledore looked very worried now and started at Fawks for a minute then said two words, and only two words, "Find him."

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Jasmine sighed angrily.no one had found Harry yet and they had been looking all day.

She walked to the statue leading into the Prefect's bathroom.Hermione had giving her the password to it.

As she walked in she froze at the sight in front of her and screamed.

There was Harry laying on the floor.laying in blood.his blood.

She ran over and sighed in relief that he was still alive.

"God, someone tried to kill him," She muttered not noticing Harry open his eyes.

"No Jasmine, I tried to kill myself," He mumbled.

She looked at him in shock, then disbelief, then worry, then finally anger.

"You-you what?"

"I'm tired of people dying because of me, I'm tried of all my friends dying or disappearing. If I die he'll leave everyone alone," Harry said.

Jasmine was now pushing a wet cloth against his cut wrists and said, "No he wouldn't. Harry you realise if you die he'll take over faster. You're the one that keeps people going, as long as your alive they know that there's a possibility they can live through this too."

Harry looked down, and she thought There must have been something else, something more too all this but said, "Come on, your going to the hospital wing now!"

Harry tried to say no but he was woozy since he lost so much blood and wasn't paying attention.

When they moved up the stair case there was a sudden jerk and the stair case started to move.

"Just gr-EAT!" Jasmine screamed as the staircase came from a sudden halt.

Harry tumbled to the ground along with his sister then mumbled, "Merlin."

Sure enough the Griffin appeared out of nowhere and Harry said, "Open the door there."

"Huh?" Jasmine said well looking at Harry, she knew he was light headed at the moment but this was crazy. Then her mouth dropped open as a door right next to the slide open.

"Where did this come from? It's not on the marauders map," She asked him.

"I saw the out line when I fell," Harry said feeling dizzy at the moment.

Jasmine steadied her brother then they both walked into the entrance.

They walked for a while until they heard voices.scared voices.

Harry listened and heard one voice in particular he recognized and said, "Hermione!"

Even though he wasn't feeling to good right then, he took off running in the direction of the voices.

"HARRY COME BACK!" Jasmine yelled and took off after her brother with Merlin running along side her.

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They had been in here for a week now, they got some food and some water but nothing more.

Hermione sighed with worry, what was happening outside them? Would anybody ever find them? How was Harry doing?

She looked up and said, "Wonder if anyone will find us?"

"Maybe, maybe not," Seamus replied.

There was a sudden sound of footsteps and they all fell silent. Then there was a sound of someone running and a fromiler girl's voice yelling, "HARRY COME BACK!"

Hermione looked up and gasped when she heard that then after a moment of silence yelled, "HARRY! JASMINE!"

The brick door that locked them in sudden exploded and Harry and Jasmine walked in, Harry bleeding once again and Jasmine supporting him.

Hermione gasped when she saw the slash marks on Harry wrist and said, "Harry."

She rushed over to him and hugged him.

Everyone ran to each other and had a reunion until Harry's Griffin, Merlin, suddenly let out a growl.

Jasmine turned to the Griffin and said, "Lets go, someone, or something's, coming."

They all nodded and as quick as possible ran out of the secret passage and onto the stair case and it started to move again.

"Why were you going this way anyways?" Lavender asked as Jasmine told them the story about the staircase.

She gasped when she remembered, then grabbed Harry's arm and started dragging him to the hospital wing.

"Come on, you should all go too."

They all looked confused but followed them to the hospital wing.

"You know we should name this the Potter-Evans wing, you finally beat your father at getting in here more but your mother, who was named Lily Evans at the time, still beat you!" Madam Pomfrey said when she saw Harry slightly out of it.

The others giggled and Madam Pomfrey made them lay down on separate beds at once.

"Now Miss Potter, what's the problem this time?" She said, addressing Jasmine.

Harry was about to say nothing, but his sister grabbed his arm, pulled up his sleeve and said, "The idiot tried to kill himself by slitting his wrists."

All the fifth years (including Neville who was still in the hospital wing) looked shocked.

She looked at Harry's arms and gasped then said, "Come on."

She dragged him and Jasmine into the same room he had after the Quidditch accident.

They were in there for awhile until Jasmine came out white face and said, "Last time I had to see that the blood was going in me."

"What?" Parvati asked.

"He lost too much blood, I needed to give him some. It hurts coming out and looks sick going in," She said looking about ready to barf.

Harry walked in and she made him and Jasmine lay on beds.

After she left Hermione turned to Harry and was about to growl him but saw he was already asleep.

"Why?" She asked Jasmine.

"He wanted it all to end, the fighting, the death. And he thought if he killed himself it would go away," She whispered closing her dark blue eyes.

Hermione looked at her boyfriend and said, "Once he gets up he's in for one heck of a growling."

They all laughed, it was good to be together again.even if it was short lived.

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fastReader21 - Sorry it took so long to get up ut here's the chapter.and I promise I'll get the next one out as soon as possible

SugarGirl - Yeah I admit I hated hanging Gemma.but it had to be done. Doesn't matter that you thought Jasmine would die.nobody but me really knew what was coming.

Chocolate Frog - Thanks for saying this story is wicked.and I'm really sorry bout hanging Gemma. Hope you liked his chapter

shdurrani - you better take it into consideration, kidden. Anyways glad you like the story, personally I think this chapter sucked but hey that's just me.

Thank to for all the reviews.I really appreciate it, and I hope you all keep reading this, I'm trying my hardest.

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~Crystal Lily Potter~