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Here's my next chapter. I was debating on what to do and was going to write a note to you to ask about something but I decided to think on my own.
***I have a huge question: Do you want Lily and James to come back? Please answer.
****Richard Harris passed away on Friday, October 25, 2002. May he rest in peace. (I wonder who's going to play Dumbledore now). He'll always be our Dumbledore wherever he is.
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Jake pulled on Dean's arm to get his attention away from the forest. "Come on, we have to go," he said dragging Dean behind him. "What were you looking at?"
"Did you see her?" Dean asked running beside Jake by himself.
"See who?" Jake asked.
"The girl by the forest," Dean answered.
"Now's not the time to chase girls, Tiger," Jake said.
"I'm not chasing girls!" Dean exclaimed. "She was wearing death eater robes but on her arm was a washable dark mark." Jake looked puzzled. "Long story," Dean said simply. Jake took that answer as they approached the Gryffindors. Not even bothering with taking out his wand, Jake jumped onto the back of the closest death eater. Dean rolled his eyes but followed him and jumped onto the next one. They fell to the ground. Then they were stunned. Finding fun in the act of knocking death eaters to the ground, many Gryffindors followed Dean and Jake's idea. In no time, all the death eaters were stunned and tied up. The shapeshifters joined together near Hermione and the Weasleys. Many Gryffindors looked at Draco strangely as he stood next to Harry. They weren't fighting at all.
"Voldermort is still to come," Draco warned Harry. Harry nodded. Harry was on his guard and waiting.
"You-Know-who's coming?" Hermione exclaimed. Draco nodded.
"Then why wasn't he here?" Fred asked.
"He doesn't come until the other side uses a lot of energy up so he doesn't have to go much to defeat them. He didn't think that the death eaters would be defeated so easily. He thinks we're still fighting," Draco explained.
"How do we know you're not a death eater?" Seamus asked pointing his wand at Draco. Draco took a step back and put his arms up.
"Put you're wand down," Harry yelled coldly. Seamus was surprised as well as the rest of the Gryffindors and the teachers who had started to walk over to them. The Aurors headed away having better places to be. Seamus put his wand down instantly.
"Why are you all out?" McGonagall asked sternly.
"We heard the fighting and thought we could help," a Gryffindor answered.
"Did it ever occur to you that you could've been killed?" she asked. People bowed their heads in shame.
"True Gryffindor spirit," Draco commented to Jake who smiled slightly.
"Are you all alright?" Stacy asked. Everyone nodded their heads.
"Hey Kido," Sirius said coming to stand next to Harry. "Are you okay?" Harry nodded but didn't look at Sirius he was looking off to the distance listening for anything out of the ordinary.
"Let's get everyone back inside," Dumbledore said to the teachers. He looked tired as well as everyone else. Most of the Gryffindors went inside but Harry's friends remained out.
"Come on, Harry," Hermione said grabbing his arm to direct him inside but he didn't budge. "Harry, we need to go inside!" Ashley was watching Harry for a few minutes. She would look at him and then look at where he was looking. She walked over to him and stood by his side. She looked where he was looking. She didn't see anything. She made the wind blow slightly and then she smelt it. It was the scent of death.
"Stop!" she said to the teachers who had started to head inside. Everyone looked at her strangely.
"What's wrong?" Liz asked wrapping her robe tight around her.
"Someone's coming," she answered. Jake cursed next to her. They glared at him until looking towards the direction where Ashley and Harry were looking. The teachers looked at them frightened.
The waters in the lake moved fast creating large waves. The ground trembled. The air warmed up dramatically but icicles formed on branches. Crystals glistened on the ground and the wind picked up. The shapeshifters were ready.
"How much time do we have?" Stacy asked. She stood by her students and Draco. They had a force of eight elementals ready. Hermione, Ron, Fred and George looked at them strangely.
"I think it would be wise to direct them inside," Dumbledore said to the charms teacher. They were headed inside until a bolt of lightning fell from the sky and landed in the middle of the ground. Voldermort had come at last. The charms professor stopped at once as well as the Gryffindors and looked back. The lightning left a black mark on the ground. It disappeared at once fore fresh grass grew in it's place. The Gryffindors took out their wands. The teachers looked in shock around. They thought the death eaters were all that were going to attack. They took their wands out as well.
"He's actually coming," Ashley said. Her wand was put away as well as the rest of the shapeshifters. They were going to use wandless magic. It was more powerful.
"Are you sure he's coming?" McGonagall asked. No one answered her. She just took the answer as yes when they didn't back down. They were ready for what was to come. Voldermort had to be coming.
Draco was looking around when his head snapped to the group. "Get out of the way!" he yelled. The shapeshifters jumped out of the way and the teachers pulled the rest of the students away from the spot just as a lightning bolt shot down right down where they were standing.
"How did you-" Fred started until Draco answered before he could finish the question.
"Time," he said simply. Fred and George looked at him strangely. He turned to them realizing that he would have to explain. "I control the element of time," he stated. The twins just looked at him blankly. "Forget it." The twins took the answer.
"Get the students inside," Dumbledore ordered. The Charms teacher successfully brought them inside this time. He returned outside after the Gryffindors were inside. They ran to their common room no doubt.
"Where is he?" Sirius asked looking around. There was hatred and fear in his eyes. His wand was out and ready. So was everyone else's.
"I didn't think that my death eaters were so easy to beat," a voice said coldly coming up from the side. They turned to face a tall figure draped in black robes. His head was down with a hood pulled over his head. "But then again they were never really worth anything." The figure's head looked up and the horrible and ugly face was revealed. Lord Voldermort had found a way onto Hogwarts. The only question was if he could get into it. There were charms around the campus as well as on the school itself. The ones around the area were obviously down, but was the school defenseless?
"What do you want Tom?" Dumbledore asked. His wand was drawn and pointing toward the dark lord. Voldermort turned to him.
"The same thing that I've always wanted!" he answered. He looked around at the group. "Resorting to children now? What happen? Did you run out of good Aurors?" Voldermort continued to look at everyone until his eyes stopped Draco. "Won't your father be surprised. He wanted me to accept you as a death eater but I knew something was wrong with you." Draco's eyes narrowed but he stayed in place.
"What do you want here?" Sirius asked not afraid to speak out. He was ready to protect his godson but had a feeling that his godson didn't need protection.
"Why Mr. Black," Voldermort sneered. "You know what I want. I've wanted it for the past fifteen years. And tonight, I will get what I want. It will be the end of Harry Potter as well as all of you who stand in my way."
"Leave before you hurt yourself," Caroline yelled. Fire flashed in her eyes.
"Is that a threat?" Voldermort asked laughing. "I know better than to take a threat from a worthless child."
"Leave now, Tom," Dumbledore said calmly.
"Stop calling my that!" Voldermort yelled. He raised his hands as a lightning bolt shot right at Dumbledore but right before it hit him, it turned into crystal and shattered. Voldermort looked surprised and mad. He looked at them.
"You think you can defeat me," he said looking at them. "I'll show you that you can never defeat me!"
"Leave now," Harry said looking at the murderer.
"Not without you dead," Voldermort sneered back.
"Small words for a wuss," Jake commented. The dark lord gazed at him.
"You think you can defeat me?" he asked. "So then try." Voldermort yelled the killing curse at Harry but it stopped in mid air as well as Voldermort himself.
"And that's just the beginning," Draco remarked smoothly. He cracked his fingers.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" McGonagall asked staring at the frozen person and spell. No one said a word.
"Draco, I'm ready when you are," Harry said extending his hand to face the curse. Draco nodded his head before waving his hand. Everything was back in motion. Before the curse could hit Harry, he forced it back towards it's caster. Voldermort looked at it shocked before dogging out of the way. He realized who he was up against.
"Now I have new targets to go after," Voldermort sneered. "No one gets past me and you certainly won't!" Voldermort sent the killing curse again but it missed everyone due to bad aiming. Voldermort was too mad to even aim straight.
"Be careful," Stacy warned. She was watching curses going every which way.
"Let's settle this once and for all," Voldermort said. "We'll settle this properly. How about a simple wizards duel?"
"Then I'll duel you," Harry said.
"I'm his second," Ashley said instantly. Harry looked at her in surprise and confusion.
"What are you doing? You could get hurt!" he said.
"And what do you think you're doing?" she said back. "You might get hurt."
"It's me he's after. There's no reason why you should get involved," Harry said.
"Are you ready or not?" Voldermort sneered stepping back so Harry could step forward to face him.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Dumbledore asked. "You remember what happened last time." Everyone looked at Harry and Dumbledore strangely. They didn't know what happened in the last task. They didn't know that Harry and Voldemort's wands didn't work properly against each other.
"I'm sure," Harry said softly before walking up to Voldermort with his wand gripped tightly in his hand.
"How would you like to do this, Potter?" Voldermort laughed.
"No elemental magic," Harry said instantly. Voldermort laughed.
"What? Can't beat an elemental?"
"I can," Harry said. He stopped feet away from the Dark lord.
"Let's duel. Bow to your opponent," Harry bowed very slightly. It was barely noticeable. Voldermort bowed low. "Now we duel." The killing curse was sent to Harry but he jumped out of the way in time. It missed him by inches.
"Stupefy!" Harry yelled. Voldermort stepped out of the way easily. Harry was better with his element, wandless magic, and shapeshifting but clearly, Voldermort was better with his wand. "Expelliarmus!" Harry yelled. Voldermort's wand went flying away. Then Harry tried to stun him as he ran towards his wand but he sidestepped it.
Voldermort reach his wand and turned to Harry before yelling, "Stupefy Imobilius!" It hit Harry square in the chest and sent him flying back. Harry landed on the ground with a severe pain in his back and head from the landing. Voldermort used a spell to stun Harry's body but to keep him awake. Harry moved his arms. They weren't totally immobile but they hurt. Harry pushed himself up.
"You can't help yourself just like you couldn't help that boy last year. It was a pity he had to die. Ready to give up?" Voldermort sneered walking over to where Harry was struggling to push himself up.
"Never," he yelled shouting the disarming spell once more not knowing that Voldermort was saying the killing curse. Both spells connected as golden light glowed between them. Harry felt himself being lifted off of the ground. Not wanting to deal with the pain that came with the event, Harry dropped his wand to break the connection. He didn't feel like seeing the victims that were killed. He especially didn't want to see his parents or Cedric. Harry dropped back down to the ground as well as Voldermort. Trying to catch him off guard, Harry tried to stun him but missed. The drop made him dizzy. Voldermort was mad and send lighting at Harry. The next thing he knew, a lion leaped onto Voldermort's back knocking him down. Harry looked up at the others. They were all there. Who's the lion?
"Tom," Dumbledore said once the lion was off. "Leave this area at once and never come back." Voldermort laughed.
"I've made it here and I'm not leaving before I accomplish my goal." He turned to face the lake. Waving his wand and saying a spell, water from the lake splashed on the ground and spread to where everyone was getting everyone wet. Then Voldermort smiled a wicked smile before pocketing his wand and bringing his hands over his head, rising a few inches over the ground and out of the water.
Harry discovered that he was going to do. "Eagle, get everyone into the air and hurry!" he yelled but it was already being done. Ashley had discovered it was well and was getting the air to pick everyone up just as lightning came from the sky and hit the water. He tried to electrocute them. The teachers, Sirius and Remus were surprised when they were lifted off of the ground.
"So there's more elementals," Voldermort said mad that his plan didn't work.
"What ever you do, Eagle," Harry said quietly to her, "don't let us touch the water."
"Shark?" Jake asked. "Can you make the water retreat?" Matt nodded as the water started to disappear.
"So there's a lot of elementals here," Voldermort discovered.
"Leave before we decide to show you just how many there are," Jake said. Voldermort looked at him. Lightning filled the sky before showering onto the ground. They jumped out of the way but not before Voldermort could cast the killing curse. It was aimed toward Caroline but Jake knocked her out of the way.
"That was a mistake," Matt remarked. Caroline stood and looked at Voldermort.
"Is lightning killing all you know?" she asked fiercely. She sent fire toward the dark lord and hit his robes. They caught on fire easily.
"Can you feel the heat?" Matt asked before dumping large amounts of water on Voldermort's head, putting the flames out.
"Now you're dripping wet. Too bad," Liz said making the air cold.
"Maybe a little wind will help you dry off," Ashley said. The wind blew making Voldermort colder than before. The ground beneath him shook. Crystals were forming on his robes.
'Never come back to Hogwarts again,' Harry said telepathically. 'Or you'll have us to deal with.' Voldermort looked up at them before disapperating away.
"He's one creepy person," Liz remarked. The wind died down and the air went back to its regular temperature.
"I'll have nightmares for a week," Caroline said wrapping her robes closer around her and turning to walk back inside. Liz, Jake, Dean and Matt followed her. The rest of the teachers, and Draco followed.
"Are you okay?" Sirius asked Harry as soon as he made it to him. Harry nodded. Sirius didn't believe him. Sirius put his arm around Harry's shoulders and directed him inside. Ashley and Remus followed along side of them. They were silent. Harry was looking down at the floor thinking about what Voldermort had said. Cedric had died that night last year and Harry didn't do anything to help.
"Come on," Sirius said directing Harry to his room instead of the Gryffindor tower.
"Harry," Ashley said. "I'll meet you in the common room." Harry didn't take any notice to her. She wasn't offended. She knew Harry didn't mean to not notice her. She looked up at Sirius who was looking down at Harry, worried. "Good night Sirius. Good night Remus."
"Good night Ashley. I'll try to get him out of this," Sirius responded sadly.
"Good night Ashley." Remus said. "Sirius, I'm going to go talk to Dumbledore." He left down a hallway. He was really giving time for Sirius to talk to Harry.
Ashley nodded before walking off down a different direction, thinking. She reached the Gryffindor tower faster than she thought she was walking. Saying the password and walking in, she expected to hear loud voices but it was silent except for the fire. She saw the other shapeshifters by the fire. She walked over to them and sat down.
"Why is it so quiet in here?" she asked.
"McGonagall had everyone go back to sleep," Caroline answered.
"Where's Wolf?" Liz asked.
"He's with Sirius," Ashley answered. That was all she was going to say about him. The others sensed her discomfort of the topic and changed it.
"I'm going up to bed," Caroline said standing up. "Good night.' She kissed Jake on the cheek before heading up to the girls' dormitory.
"Come on, Eagle," Liz said. "Let's go up." Ashley stayed in her spot. She didn't hear Liz. She was busy staring into the fire. Liz looked at Matt and Jake who looked back at her in confusion.
"Ashley?" Jake asked. She didn't answer. He stood and went over to Ashley. Waving his hand over her eyes, he called to her again. She didn't respond. "Ashley! You're late for the Quidditch game!" Suddenly Ashley's head snapped up.
"What?" she yelled.
"What's the matter?" Liz asked. "We were calling to you but you never answered.
"I'm just thinking," she replied.
"About what happened tonight?" Dean asked. Ashley nodded.
"Everyone's fine," Jake said.
"No, not everyone," Ashley stated strongly. They were about to say something but she cut them off by changing the topic. "Did you see the lion? Do you know who it was?"
"All I know is it came and left fast," Dean said. He was thinking back on the fight when something caught his eye. "Hey, Bear, remember when I told you that I saw that girl near the woods?"
Jake nodded. "Yea. That was when we were all apart."
"Do you think that was her?" Dean asked. Jake was silent while thinking.
"It could've been her but wasn't she a death eater?" he asked.
"She had the dark mark but it came off."
"What are you two talking about?" Matt asked confused.
"It's a long story but when we were fighting before, I saw a girl by the forest. I watched her. She took off her robes. There was a dark mark on her arm but it wiped away. She put back on her robes, stunned a death eater, and turned back into the forest," Dean explained.
"That's strange," Liz remarked.
"What do you think it means?" Ashley asked.
"I don't know," Dean said. "Do you think we should go out there and see if we can find her? Maybe she was the lion."
"I guess we should. If she is the lion, she can't be dangerous," Jake said.
"I'll go get Caroline," Liz said before running up to her dorm.
"Should we get Harry?" Matt asked.
"No, Sirius is talking to him," Ashley said.
"Are you coming with us?" Dean asked.
"No, I'm going to wait here," she answered. She was planning on waiting there until Harry returned.
"Okay," Dean answered grabbing his robe and throwing it on. Caroline was coming down the stairs. They threw on their robes and headed out of the common room and outside. They were going to do it as secretly as they could. They didn't think the teachers would approve of them being out at this time of night especially after what just happened.
Ashley sat on the couch staring at the fire. "Accio blanket, pillow, notebook and quill," she said quietly holding her hand up. The objects came flying down the stairs and towards her outstretched hand. She pulled the blanket over her and started drawing in her notebook, lost in her won thoughts
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Sirius finally reached his room but the whole time they were walking, Harry didn't say a word. He never answered Sirius when he was asked questions to get him to talk. He didn't say a word.
Sirius set Harry down on a couch before quickly making tea. Sirius put some in a cup and placed in front of a mute Harry. Harry took no notice of it. Sirius poured himself a cup and sat down across from Harry.
"Harry?" Sirius called trying to grab the teenager's attention. Harry didn't answer. Sirius tried again but still Harry was silent. Sirius decided to put down his tea and use a hand to push up Harry's chin. It made Harry look at him and not at the floor. Harry's green eyes looked at his godfather. Sirius almost shivered upon seeing them. They were full of sadness and pain.
"Harry? What's the matter?" Sirius asked. Harry sighed but tried to look down again. Sirius didn't let Harry look down.
"Answer me, Harry," he said softly. Harry looked at Sirius before reaching up with his hand to pull Sirius' hand away from his chin. "What's the matter, Kido?"
"Nothing," Harry answered so softly that Sirius almost didn't catch it.
"You can tell me anything, Kido. Please tell me what's wrong," Sirius pleaded. Harry looked around the room before answering.
"Nothing," he said but Sirius caught something that Harry was trying to hide. The green in his eyes looked as if they were sinking in water. Harry's eyes were watery.
"If you won't tell me then that's fine but please tell me what's making you so upset!" Sirius said crossing over to Harry and wrapping him in a hug. Harry cried into Sirius' shoulder before quieting down a few minutes later.
"Now can you tell me?" Sirius asked hoping that Harry would tell him. He didn't want Harry to be so upset but he didn't know what was causing it.
Harry shook his head but lifted his head off of Sirius' shoulder. He stood and walked toward the door put Sirius stopped him. "You're not going anywhere until you tell me what's wrong." Harry stopped and turned back debating on whether to tell him or not. He looked into Sirius' pleading eyes that were full of sadness before walking back to the couch. He sat down and stared into the fire. He knew Sirius knew about the third task but he didn't want to mention it. He stared into the fire until he fell asleep.
Sirius watched Harry's eyes droop and decided to let him sleep. Sirius sighed. He didn't know what was wrong with Harry but would do anything to find out. He couldn't live to see his godson this upset. Harry's a strong person but to see him cry broke Sirius' heart. What was happening to Harry that would make him act like this? Sirius gently lifted Harry up in his arms and walked toward his room. He laid Harry down on his bed and pulled up the covers. He walked back out of the room and closed the door after him.
Making sure everything was quiet, Sirius quietly walked out of his room and walked along the halls towards Remus' room. He knocked on the door. Remus was inside and told him to come in. He already knew Sirius was going to come. Sirius walked in. Remus was sitting at a table looking over a book.
"How was the talk with Dumbledore?" Sirius asked knowing that Remus didn't talk to the headmaster but was giving Sirius time with his godson.
"How is he?" Remus asked putting his book aside and motioning for Sirius to sit down.
"I don't know what's bothering him, Moony," Sirius explained. "He wouldn't answer me but when he did answer, all he said was that nothing was bothering him. Then he started crying. I don't know what's wrong."
"Maybe something sparked a memory," Remus suggested. Sirius was about to answer when it dawned on him.
"That's it!" Sirius exclaimed. "What did that over grown troll say?" Sirius thought for a moment. "Did he mention the third task?"
"I believe he did if that contained something to do with a Cedric," Remus answered. "Although I don't know much of what happened."
"Harry was transported by portkey to the troll's whereabouts with another boy. Well, the other boy died and Harry blamed himself for the child's death," Sirius summarized quickly.
"So Voldemort made Harry remember a painful memory," Remus said.
"What should I do?" Sirius asked.
"Don't mention the memory but try to get him to talk and go on as usual. Do all to avoid the topic," Remus answered. Sirius took the advice and said good night before heading back to his room. He quickly checked to make sure that Harry was still sleeping before laying on the couch and falling asleep himself.
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Jake, Dean, Liz, Caroline and Matt were walking along the edge of the forest. They were looking in for any sign of anyone.
"Hello?" Dean asked into the forest. No one answered back. They walked into the forest.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Caroline asked. She was looking around the forest.
"She might be of some help," Jake answered.
"No, I mean the whole 'walking through the forest which is called forbidden for good reasons'!" Caroline answered.
"Well we have to try," Jake answered. They walked farther into the woods until they heard rustling in the bushes.
"Hello?" Matt asked. Suddenly a huge beast showed itself. It was about eight feet tall. It was a giant spider. They screamed and were running the other way before another spider blocked them. They were surrounded in no time.
"Let us go!" Caroline yelled at the beasts.
"We haven't had a dinner this good in so long," a spider said.
"Let us go!" Liz yelled. She didn't want to become the meal of a spider nor did the others. Next to her, Matt ran toward an opening between the spiders but before he got there, one grabbed him with one of their legs and held him up high.
"Let him go!" Jake screamed. Matt was turned upside down. Suddenly from behind them, they heard another voice.
"Put him down this instant!" The spider did what he was told and gently put Matt down. Matt, Dean, Caroline, Liz and Jake turned to see a girl around their age looking angrily at the spiders. "Leave now!" the girl yelled at the spiders. They left at once. The shapeshifters looked at her wondering whether they should be running away from her or staying. The spiders ran away so why shouldn't they?
"Are you okay?" she asked Matt. Her voice changed from one that was in control to one that was that of a sweet girl.
"I'm fine," Matt answered surprised at the girl's change of voice.
"You're not hurt are you?" she asked. Matt shook his head. "You shouldn't be out here at night, heck, you should never be out here."
"You were at the edge of the forest when the death eaters attacked weren't you?" Dean asked.
"Yes, I was," she answered looking down at the ground.
"Why are you still here?" Matt asked. "Shouldn't you be gone? The other death eaters left."
"I couldn't leave," she said. "I didn't want to leave. Not with them anyway."
"Why?" Liz asked.
"It's a long story," she answered. There was a long pause.
"Why did the spiders listen to you?" Jake asked.
"I can communicate with animals," she said.
"Like a Parselmouth?" Caroline asked.
"You could say that," she answered. "I can do a lot with animals. I can talk to them, make them, take over them, I can do a lot."
"You weren't the lion that was here before were you?" Jake asked.
"No, but I sent it to attack the piece of filth," she sneered.
"Well, thank you," Liz said. "It helped."
"I hoped it would," she said.
"Well, my name's Jake Malon," Jake said extending his hand which she shook. The others introduced themselves and shook her hand.
"My name's Julia Everet," she said.
"You seem to innocent to be a death eater," Liz remarked. Julia laughed at her comment.
"I'm not really a death eater. My parents are. They're into the dark arts and killing people. I'm not into that. I was never into that. I'm into animals instead. My parents made me get the dark mark but instead of actually having it, I just make the mark on my arm and take it off when I want to," she explained.
"Do you're parents know that you don't like the dark arts?" Caroline asked.
"Yes. When I was little, I wouldn't do anything back but I was always beaten when I wouldn't do what they say. Now, I make them think I did what they say. I learn to fool them," she answered.
"You work well with animals," Matt recalled. "Are you an elemental?"
"That's something else I learned to keep from them," Julia answered. "I control the element Beast. Like I said, I can control animals, talk to them, create others, a lot of things. I still have a lot to learn. I should maybe get going before my parents wonder where I am." She started to turn away but Jake stopped her.
"Do you want to learn more about your element?" he asked.
"Very much so," she answered.
"We have a teacher up at the school that can teach you," Matt said.
"I can't," she said. "If my parents' found out that I was seeking help with something they didn't know as well as learning at Hogwarts, I'll be dead."
"We're elementals as well and we can stop them from hurting you," Dean said. "Have them just believe that you died at the fight tonight." Julia thought about it. She turned to look at the woods then back at the group.
"I guess I could do that," she said slowly.
"That's great!" Caroline exclaimed. "Come one. Let's get back to the castle as fast as possible. We're not suppose to be out this late." They turned toward the castle and headed inside. Since it was late, Julia was going to stay in the girl's dorm till morning. Then they were going to tell Stacy. They quietly went back into the castle and to the common room. Walking in, they were about to head to their rooms when something caught their eye. Ashley fell asleep on the couch. Deciding to leave her there till morning, they went up to their room and fell asleep.
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This is almost as long as my chapters normally are! YAY! Hope you like this one. I was a little confused on what to write.
***Dracodormeins: I'll send you the next chapter. I needed to get this out in a hurry. I had it for too long.
Here's my next chapter. I was debating on what to do and was going to write a note to you to ask about something but I decided to think on my own.
***I have a huge question: Do you want Lily and James to come back? Please answer.
****Richard Harris passed away on Friday, October 25, 2002. May he rest in peace. (I wonder who's going to play Dumbledore now). He'll always be our Dumbledore wherever he is.
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Jake pulled on Dean's arm to get his attention away from the forest. "Come on, we have to go," he said dragging Dean behind him. "What were you looking at?"
"Did you see her?" Dean asked running beside Jake by himself.
"See who?" Jake asked.
"The girl by the forest," Dean answered.
"Now's not the time to chase girls, Tiger," Jake said.
"I'm not chasing girls!" Dean exclaimed. "She was wearing death eater robes but on her arm was a washable dark mark." Jake looked puzzled. "Long story," Dean said simply. Jake took that answer as they approached the Gryffindors. Not even bothering with taking out his wand, Jake jumped onto the back of the closest death eater. Dean rolled his eyes but followed him and jumped onto the next one. They fell to the ground. Then they were stunned. Finding fun in the act of knocking death eaters to the ground, many Gryffindors followed Dean and Jake's idea. In no time, all the death eaters were stunned and tied up. The shapeshifters joined together near Hermione and the Weasleys. Many Gryffindors looked at Draco strangely as he stood next to Harry. They weren't fighting at all.
"Voldermort is still to come," Draco warned Harry. Harry nodded. Harry was on his guard and waiting.
"You-Know-who's coming?" Hermione exclaimed. Draco nodded.
"Then why wasn't he here?" Fred asked.
"He doesn't come until the other side uses a lot of energy up so he doesn't have to go much to defeat them. He didn't think that the death eaters would be defeated so easily. He thinks we're still fighting," Draco explained.
"How do we know you're not a death eater?" Seamus asked pointing his wand at Draco. Draco took a step back and put his arms up.
"Put you're wand down," Harry yelled coldly. Seamus was surprised as well as the rest of the Gryffindors and the teachers who had started to walk over to them. The Aurors headed away having better places to be. Seamus put his wand down instantly.
"Why are you all out?" McGonagall asked sternly.
"We heard the fighting and thought we could help," a Gryffindor answered.
"Did it ever occur to you that you could've been killed?" she asked. People bowed their heads in shame.
"True Gryffindor spirit," Draco commented to Jake who smiled slightly.
"Are you all alright?" Stacy asked. Everyone nodded their heads.
"Hey Kido," Sirius said coming to stand next to Harry. "Are you okay?" Harry nodded but didn't look at Sirius he was looking off to the distance listening for anything out of the ordinary.
"Let's get everyone back inside," Dumbledore said to the teachers. He looked tired as well as everyone else. Most of the Gryffindors went inside but Harry's friends remained out.
"Come on, Harry," Hermione said grabbing his arm to direct him inside but he didn't budge. "Harry, we need to go inside!" Ashley was watching Harry for a few minutes. She would look at him and then look at where he was looking. She walked over to him and stood by his side. She looked where he was looking. She didn't see anything. She made the wind blow slightly and then she smelt it. It was the scent of death.
"Stop!" she said to the teachers who had started to head inside. Everyone looked at her strangely.
"What's wrong?" Liz asked wrapping her robe tight around her.
"Someone's coming," she answered. Jake cursed next to her. They glared at him until looking towards the direction where Ashley and Harry were looking. The teachers looked at them frightened.
The waters in the lake moved fast creating large waves. The ground trembled. The air warmed up dramatically but icicles formed on branches. Crystals glistened on the ground and the wind picked up. The shapeshifters were ready.
"How much time do we have?" Stacy asked. She stood by her students and Draco. They had a force of eight elementals ready. Hermione, Ron, Fred and George looked at them strangely.
"I think it would be wise to direct them inside," Dumbledore said to the charms teacher. They were headed inside until a bolt of lightning fell from the sky and landed in the middle of the ground. Voldermort had come at last. The charms professor stopped at once as well as the Gryffindors and looked back. The lightning left a black mark on the ground. It disappeared at once fore fresh grass grew in it's place. The Gryffindors took out their wands. The teachers looked in shock around. They thought the death eaters were all that were going to attack. They took their wands out as well.
"He's actually coming," Ashley said. Her wand was put away as well as the rest of the shapeshifters. They were going to use wandless magic. It was more powerful.
"Are you sure he's coming?" McGonagall asked. No one answered her. She just took the answer as yes when they didn't back down. They were ready for what was to come. Voldermort had to be coming.
Draco was looking around when his head snapped to the group. "Get out of the way!" he yelled. The shapeshifters jumped out of the way and the teachers pulled the rest of the students away from the spot just as a lightning bolt shot down right down where they were standing.
"How did you-" Fred started until Draco answered before he could finish the question.
"Time," he said simply. Fred and George looked at him strangely. He turned to them realizing that he would have to explain. "I control the element of time," he stated. The twins just looked at him blankly. "Forget it." The twins took the answer.
"Get the students inside," Dumbledore ordered. The Charms teacher successfully brought them inside this time. He returned outside after the Gryffindors were inside. They ran to their common room no doubt.
"Where is he?" Sirius asked looking around. There was hatred and fear in his eyes. His wand was out and ready. So was everyone else's.
"I didn't think that my death eaters were so easy to beat," a voice said coldly coming up from the side. They turned to face a tall figure draped in black robes. His head was down with a hood pulled over his head. "But then again they were never really worth anything." The figure's head looked up and the horrible and ugly face was revealed. Lord Voldermort had found a way onto Hogwarts. The only question was if he could get into it. There were charms around the campus as well as on the school itself. The ones around the area were obviously down, but was the school defenseless?
"What do you want Tom?" Dumbledore asked. His wand was drawn and pointing toward the dark lord. Voldermort turned to him.
"The same thing that I've always wanted!" he answered. He looked around at the group. "Resorting to children now? What happen? Did you run out of good Aurors?" Voldermort continued to look at everyone until his eyes stopped Draco. "Won't your father be surprised. He wanted me to accept you as a death eater but I knew something was wrong with you." Draco's eyes narrowed but he stayed in place.
"What do you want here?" Sirius asked not afraid to speak out. He was ready to protect his godson but had a feeling that his godson didn't need protection.
"Why Mr. Black," Voldermort sneered. "You know what I want. I've wanted it for the past fifteen years. And tonight, I will get what I want. It will be the end of Harry Potter as well as all of you who stand in my way."
"Leave before you hurt yourself," Caroline yelled. Fire flashed in her eyes.
"Is that a threat?" Voldermort asked laughing. "I know better than to take a threat from a worthless child."
"Leave now, Tom," Dumbledore said calmly.
"Stop calling my that!" Voldermort yelled. He raised his hands as a lightning bolt shot right at Dumbledore but right before it hit him, it turned into crystal and shattered. Voldermort looked surprised and mad. He looked at them.
"You think you can defeat me," he said looking at them. "I'll show you that you can never defeat me!"
"Leave now," Harry said looking at the murderer.
"Not without you dead," Voldermort sneered back.
"Small words for a wuss," Jake commented. The dark lord gazed at him.
"You think you can defeat me?" he asked. "So then try." Voldermort yelled the killing curse at Harry but it stopped in mid air as well as Voldermort himself.
"And that's just the beginning," Draco remarked smoothly. He cracked his fingers.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" McGonagall asked staring at the frozen person and spell. No one said a word.
"Draco, I'm ready when you are," Harry said extending his hand to face the curse. Draco nodded his head before waving his hand. Everything was back in motion. Before the curse could hit Harry, he forced it back towards it's caster. Voldermort looked at it shocked before dogging out of the way. He realized who he was up against.
"Now I have new targets to go after," Voldermort sneered. "No one gets past me and you certainly won't!" Voldermort sent the killing curse again but it missed everyone due to bad aiming. Voldermort was too mad to even aim straight.
"Be careful," Stacy warned. She was watching curses going every which way.
"Let's settle this once and for all," Voldermort said. "We'll settle this properly. How about a simple wizards duel?"
"Then I'll duel you," Harry said.
"I'm his second," Ashley said instantly. Harry looked at her in surprise and confusion.
"What are you doing? You could get hurt!" he said.
"And what do you think you're doing?" she said back. "You might get hurt."
"It's me he's after. There's no reason why you should get involved," Harry said.
"Are you ready or not?" Voldermort sneered stepping back so Harry could step forward to face him.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Dumbledore asked. "You remember what happened last time." Everyone looked at Harry and Dumbledore strangely. They didn't know what happened in the last task. They didn't know that Harry and Voldemort's wands didn't work properly against each other.
"I'm sure," Harry said softly before walking up to Voldermort with his wand gripped tightly in his hand.
"How would you like to do this, Potter?" Voldermort laughed.
"No elemental magic," Harry said instantly. Voldermort laughed.
"What? Can't beat an elemental?"
"I can," Harry said. He stopped feet away from the Dark lord.
"Let's duel. Bow to your opponent," Harry bowed very slightly. It was barely noticeable. Voldermort bowed low. "Now we duel." The killing curse was sent to Harry but he jumped out of the way in time. It missed him by inches.
"Stupefy!" Harry yelled. Voldermort stepped out of the way easily. Harry was better with his element, wandless magic, and shapeshifting but clearly, Voldermort was better with his wand. "Expelliarmus!" Harry yelled. Voldermort's wand went flying away. Then Harry tried to stun him as he ran towards his wand but he sidestepped it.
Voldermort reach his wand and turned to Harry before yelling, "Stupefy Imobilius!" It hit Harry square in the chest and sent him flying back. Harry landed on the ground with a severe pain in his back and head from the landing. Voldermort used a spell to stun Harry's body but to keep him awake. Harry moved his arms. They weren't totally immobile but they hurt. Harry pushed himself up.
"You can't help yourself just like you couldn't help that boy last year. It was a pity he had to die. Ready to give up?" Voldermort sneered walking over to where Harry was struggling to push himself up.
"Never," he yelled shouting the disarming spell once more not knowing that Voldermort was saying the killing curse. Both spells connected as golden light glowed between them. Harry felt himself being lifted off of the ground. Not wanting to deal with the pain that came with the event, Harry dropped his wand to break the connection. He didn't feel like seeing the victims that were killed. He especially didn't want to see his parents or Cedric. Harry dropped back down to the ground as well as Voldermort. Trying to catch him off guard, Harry tried to stun him but missed. The drop made him dizzy. Voldermort was mad and send lighting at Harry. The next thing he knew, a lion leaped onto Voldermort's back knocking him down. Harry looked up at the others. They were all there. Who's the lion?
"Tom," Dumbledore said once the lion was off. "Leave this area at once and never come back." Voldermort laughed.
"I've made it here and I'm not leaving before I accomplish my goal." He turned to face the lake. Waving his wand and saying a spell, water from the lake splashed on the ground and spread to where everyone was getting everyone wet. Then Voldermort smiled a wicked smile before pocketing his wand and bringing his hands over his head, rising a few inches over the ground and out of the water.
Harry discovered that he was going to do. "Eagle, get everyone into the air and hurry!" he yelled but it was already being done. Ashley had discovered it was well and was getting the air to pick everyone up just as lightning came from the sky and hit the water. He tried to electrocute them. The teachers, Sirius and Remus were surprised when they were lifted off of the ground.
"So there's more elementals," Voldermort said mad that his plan didn't work.
"What ever you do, Eagle," Harry said quietly to her, "don't let us touch the water."
"Shark?" Jake asked. "Can you make the water retreat?" Matt nodded as the water started to disappear.
"So there's a lot of elementals here," Voldermort discovered.
"Leave before we decide to show you just how many there are," Jake said. Voldermort looked at him. Lightning filled the sky before showering onto the ground. They jumped out of the way but not before Voldermort could cast the killing curse. It was aimed toward Caroline but Jake knocked her out of the way.
"That was a mistake," Matt remarked. Caroline stood and looked at Voldermort.
"Is lightning killing all you know?" she asked fiercely. She sent fire toward the dark lord and hit his robes. They caught on fire easily.
"Can you feel the heat?" Matt asked before dumping large amounts of water on Voldermort's head, putting the flames out.
"Now you're dripping wet. Too bad," Liz said making the air cold.
"Maybe a little wind will help you dry off," Ashley said. The wind blew making Voldermort colder than before. The ground beneath him shook. Crystals were forming on his robes.
'Never come back to Hogwarts again,' Harry said telepathically. 'Or you'll have us to deal with.' Voldermort looked up at them before disapperating away.
"He's one creepy person," Liz remarked. The wind died down and the air went back to its regular temperature.
"I'll have nightmares for a week," Caroline said wrapping her robes closer around her and turning to walk back inside. Liz, Jake, Dean and Matt followed her. The rest of the teachers, and Draco followed.
"Are you okay?" Sirius asked Harry as soon as he made it to him. Harry nodded. Sirius didn't believe him. Sirius put his arm around Harry's shoulders and directed him inside. Ashley and Remus followed along side of them. They were silent. Harry was looking down at the floor thinking about what Voldermort had said. Cedric had died that night last year and Harry didn't do anything to help.
"Come on," Sirius said directing Harry to his room instead of the Gryffindor tower.
"Harry," Ashley said. "I'll meet you in the common room." Harry didn't take any notice to her. She wasn't offended. She knew Harry didn't mean to not notice her. She looked up at Sirius who was looking down at Harry, worried. "Good night Sirius. Good night Remus."
"Good night Ashley. I'll try to get him out of this," Sirius responded sadly.
"Good night Ashley." Remus said. "Sirius, I'm going to go talk to Dumbledore." He left down a hallway. He was really giving time for Sirius to talk to Harry.
Ashley nodded before walking off down a different direction, thinking. She reached the Gryffindor tower faster than she thought she was walking. Saying the password and walking in, she expected to hear loud voices but it was silent except for the fire. She saw the other shapeshifters by the fire. She walked over to them and sat down.
"Why is it so quiet in here?" she asked.
"McGonagall had everyone go back to sleep," Caroline answered.
"Where's Wolf?" Liz asked.
"He's with Sirius," Ashley answered. That was all she was going to say about him. The others sensed her discomfort of the topic and changed it.
"I'm going up to bed," Caroline said standing up. "Good night.' She kissed Jake on the cheek before heading up to the girls' dormitory.
"Come on, Eagle," Liz said. "Let's go up." Ashley stayed in her spot. She didn't hear Liz. She was busy staring into the fire. Liz looked at Matt and Jake who looked back at her in confusion.
"Ashley?" Jake asked. She didn't answer. He stood and went over to Ashley. Waving his hand over her eyes, he called to her again. She didn't respond. "Ashley! You're late for the Quidditch game!" Suddenly Ashley's head snapped up.
"What?" she yelled.
"What's the matter?" Liz asked. "We were calling to you but you never answered.
"I'm just thinking," she replied.
"About what happened tonight?" Dean asked. Ashley nodded.
"Everyone's fine," Jake said.
"No, not everyone," Ashley stated strongly. They were about to say something but she cut them off by changing the topic. "Did you see the lion? Do you know who it was?"
"All I know is it came and left fast," Dean said. He was thinking back on the fight when something caught his eye. "Hey, Bear, remember when I told you that I saw that girl near the woods?"
Jake nodded. "Yea. That was when we were all apart."
"Do you think that was her?" Dean asked. Jake was silent while thinking.
"It could've been her but wasn't she a death eater?" he asked.
"She had the dark mark but it came off."
"What are you two talking about?" Matt asked confused.
"It's a long story but when we were fighting before, I saw a girl by the forest. I watched her. She took off her robes. There was a dark mark on her arm but it wiped away. She put back on her robes, stunned a death eater, and turned back into the forest," Dean explained.
"That's strange," Liz remarked.
"What do you think it means?" Ashley asked.
"I don't know," Dean said. "Do you think we should go out there and see if we can find her? Maybe she was the lion."
"I guess we should. If she is the lion, she can't be dangerous," Jake said.
"I'll go get Caroline," Liz said before running up to her dorm.
"Should we get Harry?" Matt asked.
"No, Sirius is talking to him," Ashley said.
"Are you coming with us?" Dean asked.
"No, I'm going to wait here," she answered. She was planning on waiting there until Harry returned.
"Okay," Dean answered grabbing his robe and throwing it on. Caroline was coming down the stairs. They threw on their robes and headed out of the common room and outside. They were going to do it as secretly as they could. They didn't think the teachers would approve of them being out at this time of night especially after what just happened.
Ashley sat on the couch staring at the fire. "Accio blanket, pillow, notebook and quill," she said quietly holding her hand up. The objects came flying down the stairs and towards her outstretched hand. She pulled the blanket over her and started drawing in her notebook, lost in her won thoughts
^^^^^^^^^^^ Sirius and Harry ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Sirius finally reached his room but the whole time they were walking, Harry didn't say a word. He never answered Sirius when he was asked questions to get him to talk. He didn't say a word.
Sirius set Harry down on a couch before quickly making tea. Sirius put some in a cup and placed in front of a mute Harry. Harry took no notice of it. Sirius poured himself a cup and sat down across from Harry.
"Harry?" Sirius called trying to grab the teenager's attention. Harry didn't answer. Sirius tried again but still Harry was silent. Sirius decided to put down his tea and use a hand to push up Harry's chin. It made Harry look at him and not at the floor. Harry's green eyes looked at his godfather. Sirius almost shivered upon seeing them. They were full of sadness and pain.
"Harry? What's the matter?" Sirius asked. Harry sighed but tried to look down again. Sirius didn't let Harry look down.
"Answer me, Harry," he said softly. Harry looked at Sirius before reaching up with his hand to pull Sirius' hand away from his chin. "What's the matter, Kido?"
"Nothing," Harry answered so softly that Sirius almost didn't catch it.
"You can tell me anything, Kido. Please tell me what's wrong," Sirius pleaded. Harry looked around the room before answering.
"Nothing," he said but Sirius caught something that Harry was trying to hide. The green in his eyes looked as if they were sinking in water. Harry's eyes were watery.
"If you won't tell me then that's fine but please tell me what's making you so upset!" Sirius said crossing over to Harry and wrapping him in a hug. Harry cried into Sirius' shoulder before quieting down a few minutes later.
"Now can you tell me?" Sirius asked hoping that Harry would tell him. He didn't want Harry to be so upset but he didn't know what was causing it.
Harry shook his head but lifted his head off of Sirius' shoulder. He stood and walked toward the door put Sirius stopped him. "You're not going anywhere until you tell me what's wrong." Harry stopped and turned back debating on whether to tell him or not. He looked into Sirius' pleading eyes that were full of sadness before walking back to the couch. He sat down and stared into the fire. He knew Sirius knew about the third task but he didn't want to mention it. He stared into the fire until he fell asleep.
Sirius watched Harry's eyes droop and decided to let him sleep. Sirius sighed. He didn't know what was wrong with Harry but would do anything to find out. He couldn't live to see his godson this upset. Harry's a strong person but to see him cry broke Sirius' heart. What was happening to Harry that would make him act like this? Sirius gently lifted Harry up in his arms and walked toward his room. He laid Harry down on his bed and pulled up the covers. He walked back out of the room and closed the door after him.
Making sure everything was quiet, Sirius quietly walked out of his room and walked along the halls towards Remus' room. He knocked on the door. Remus was inside and told him to come in. He already knew Sirius was going to come. Sirius walked in. Remus was sitting at a table looking over a book.
"How was the talk with Dumbledore?" Sirius asked knowing that Remus didn't talk to the headmaster but was giving Sirius time with his godson.
"How is he?" Remus asked putting his book aside and motioning for Sirius to sit down.
"I don't know what's bothering him, Moony," Sirius explained. "He wouldn't answer me but when he did answer, all he said was that nothing was bothering him. Then he started crying. I don't know what's wrong."
"Maybe something sparked a memory," Remus suggested. Sirius was about to answer when it dawned on him.
"That's it!" Sirius exclaimed. "What did that over grown troll say?" Sirius thought for a moment. "Did he mention the third task?"
"I believe he did if that contained something to do with a Cedric," Remus answered. "Although I don't know much of what happened."
"Harry was transported by portkey to the troll's whereabouts with another boy. Well, the other boy died and Harry blamed himself for the child's death," Sirius summarized quickly.
"So Voldemort made Harry remember a painful memory," Remus said.
"What should I do?" Sirius asked.
"Don't mention the memory but try to get him to talk and go on as usual. Do all to avoid the topic," Remus answered. Sirius took the advice and said good night before heading back to his room. He quickly checked to make sure that Harry was still sleeping before laying on the couch and falling asleep himself.
************Now back to the other group! *************
Jake, Dean, Liz, Caroline and Matt were walking along the edge of the forest. They were looking in for any sign of anyone.
"Hello?" Dean asked into the forest. No one answered back. They walked into the forest.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Caroline asked. She was looking around the forest.
"She might be of some help," Jake answered.
"No, I mean the whole 'walking through the forest which is called forbidden for good reasons'!" Caroline answered.
"Well we have to try," Jake answered. They walked farther into the woods until they heard rustling in the bushes.
"Hello?" Matt asked. Suddenly a huge beast showed itself. It was about eight feet tall. It was a giant spider. They screamed and were running the other way before another spider blocked them. They were surrounded in no time.
"Let us go!" Caroline yelled at the beasts.
"We haven't had a dinner this good in so long," a spider said.
"Let us go!" Liz yelled. She didn't want to become the meal of a spider nor did the others. Next to her, Matt ran toward an opening between the spiders but before he got there, one grabbed him with one of their legs and held him up high.
"Let him go!" Jake screamed. Matt was turned upside down. Suddenly from behind them, they heard another voice.
"Put him down this instant!" The spider did what he was told and gently put Matt down. Matt, Dean, Caroline, Liz and Jake turned to see a girl around their age looking angrily at the spiders. "Leave now!" the girl yelled at the spiders. They left at once. The shapeshifters looked at her wondering whether they should be running away from her or staying. The spiders ran away so why shouldn't they?
"Are you okay?" she asked Matt. Her voice changed from one that was in control to one that was that of a sweet girl.
"I'm fine," Matt answered surprised at the girl's change of voice.
"You're not hurt are you?" she asked. Matt shook his head. "You shouldn't be out here at night, heck, you should never be out here."
"You were at the edge of the forest when the death eaters attacked weren't you?" Dean asked.
"Yes, I was," she answered looking down at the ground.
"Why are you still here?" Matt asked. "Shouldn't you be gone? The other death eaters left."
"I couldn't leave," she said. "I didn't want to leave. Not with them anyway."
"Why?" Liz asked.
"It's a long story," she answered. There was a long pause.
"Why did the spiders listen to you?" Jake asked.
"I can communicate with animals," she said.
"Like a Parselmouth?" Caroline asked.
"You could say that," she answered. "I can do a lot with animals. I can talk to them, make them, take over them, I can do a lot."
"You weren't the lion that was here before were you?" Jake asked.
"No, but I sent it to attack the piece of filth," she sneered.
"Well, thank you," Liz said. "It helped."
"I hoped it would," she said.
"Well, my name's Jake Malon," Jake said extending his hand which she shook. The others introduced themselves and shook her hand.
"My name's Julia Everet," she said.
"You seem to innocent to be a death eater," Liz remarked. Julia laughed at her comment.
"I'm not really a death eater. My parents are. They're into the dark arts and killing people. I'm not into that. I was never into that. I'm into animals instead. My parents made me get the dark mark but instead of actually having it, I just make the mark on my arm and take it off when I want to," she explained.
"Do you're parents know that you don't like the dark arts?" Caroline asked.
"Yes. When I was little, I wouldn't do anything back but I was always beaten when I wouldn't do what they say. Now, I make them think I did what they say. I learn to fool them," she answered.
"You work well with animals," Matt recalled. "Are you an elemental?"
"That's something else I learned to keep from them," Julia answered. "I control the element Beast. Like I said, I can control animals, talk to them, create others, a lot of things. I still have a lot to learn. I should maybe get going before my parents wonder where I am." She started to turn away but Jake stopped her.
"Do you want to learn more about your element?" he asked.
"Very much so," she answered.
"We have a teacher up at the school that can teach you," Matt said.
"I can't," she said. "If my parents' found out that I was seeking help with something they didn't know as well as learning at Hogwarts, I'll be dead."
"We're elementals as well and we can stop them from hurting you," Dean said. "Have them just believe that you died at the fight tonight." Julia thought about it. She turned to look at the woods then back at the group.
"I guess I could do that," she said slowly.
"That's great!" Caroline exclaimed. "Come one. Let's get back to the castle as fast as possible. We're not suppose to be out this late." They turned toward the castle and headed inside. Since it was late, Julia was going to stay in the girl's dorm till morning. Then they were going to tell Stacy. They quietly went back into the castle and to the common room. Walking in, they were about to head to their rooms when something caught their eye. Ashley fell asleep on the couch. Deciding to leave her there till morning, they went up to their room and fell asleep.
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This is almost as long as my chapters normally are! YAY! Hope you like this one. I was a little confused on what to write.
***Dracodormeins: I'll send you the next chapter. I needed to get this out in a hurry. I had it for too long.