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Chapter 20
The old graveyard
They all landed in a pile on the ground of the old graveyard. They quickly scrambled to hide behind a gravestone.
"No! Leave me alone! Let me go!" Remus, Sirius, Katie Lily and James all looked to see where the voice was. They recognised it straightaway, it was Vicky. She was tied up in a corner of the graveyard in the middle of a circle of deatheaters. The deatheaters laughed at her cry and her feeble attempts to escape. They drank it all in hungrily. In the very front, standing away from the circle of deatheaters and Vicky stood Voldemort. The wizard 'who-must-not-be-named' every witch and wizard was become increasingly more terrified of him, he was the one who killed Lily and James' parents. Even his faithful deatheaters were afraid of him and his power. It was said that the only person that was more powerful than he was, was Dumbledore himself.
Voldemort stood high and mighty, his back turned away from the circle. He seemed lost in thought. Suddenly he turned around and James, Sirius, Lily, Katie and Remus all flinched. He was whiter than a skull with wide, livid scarlet eyes and a nose that was flat as a snake's with slits for nostrils. Beside him, coiled up was a snake. It patiently sat there looking evilly at everyone except its master.
"Lucius, I want you to take Miss Black somewhere safe, she useful in our plan." Voldemort said in a cold, high-pitched voice. James gave Sirius a significant look. Lucius, it couldn't be Lucius Malfoy could it? How did he know Voldemort? They broke out of their thoughts as they heard Vicky's desperate voice.
"No! Leave me alone" get off me!" she screamed. She kicked and punched at Lucius but he was stronger than she was. He was dragging her away when she bit his hand.
"Why you little b…." he began but was cut off by Voldemort. "How could a little girl hurt you so bad?" he said sarcastically. Lucius chose not to answer and scowled away to himself.
James was forming a plan in his mind. If they made a diversion then two people could go and fetch Vicky and transport her back to Hogwarts using the portkey. But what diversion? He had it! It was a full moon tonight so Remus would turn into a werewolf. It would be very dangerous, very dangerous indeed but they had to risk it. He whispered the plan to the others. Lily looked unsure but finally agreed. James, Sirius and Remus would transform whilst Katie and Lily would get Vicky.
The clouds drifted apart and the glare of the full moon shone down on Remus. He transformed and Lily and Katie quickly went to hide so that they wouldn't get hurt. James turned into a stag and Sirius a dog. Together they could help to control Remus' actions. Remus suddenly let out a howl which made Voldemort stop in mid sentence, he looked puzzled. The deatheaters looked terrified. Suddenly Remus sprang out of the bushes and advanced towards the circle. They all scattered in different directions whilst Voldemort was shouting at them for being useless and brainless.
"You have wands don't you! Well shoot the damn creature then!" the deatheaters did as they were told but Remus was clever. He had the sense of a wolf and dodged the attacks and was advancing on Voldemort. Voldemort started to look scared but soon regained himself. He grabbed his wand and shouted "AVADA KEVAVRA!" Remus would've been dead if it weren't for James. He sprang to the rescue and pushed Remus aside. He wasn't hurt as the green light narrowly missed his head.
Sirius was waiting in the clearing for Lily and Katie to come with Vicky. He breathed a sigh of relief as he saw them supporting her, as her legs were hurt. Sirius signalled to James and Remus and they quickly hurried away. James and Remus went to hide and when Remus transformed back into a human they would return back to school. As they were leaving they could hear Voldemort screaming in fury at the deatheaters and telling them that they would pay for their stupidity.
Sirius transformed into human form and helped to carry Vicky. Lily turned a nearby branch into a portkey and they were transported back to the Gryffindor common room. Vicky looked shocked. Her leg was bent at an odd angle, her lip was bleeding and she had lots of cuts and scratched. She was also crying.
"I'm so sorry guys. Sorry for everything. I'm so grateful. I'll never forget what you did for me thank you so much" she managed to choke out through tears.
"Why don't you go to Madame Coo. I'm sure she'll be able to fix your leg" offered Lily making up for lost time.
"Could you help me? Where's Remus and James?" she asked looking puzzled.
"They had to stay behind because it's a full moon and Remus can't change back at will. They'll be fine" reassured Sirius. By now Sirius was thinking, he was wondering where Peter was. They hadn't seen him since before the battle. Knowing Peter he'd be hiding somewhere with lots of other rats. He decided not to mention anything because they had other things to worry about.
They carried Vicky to the hospital wing and Madame Coo gasped at what she saw.
"What on Earth have you lot been up too?" she asked.
"Err… Vicky's broken her leg, can you fix it?" Lily asked, trying to change the subject, she didn't particularly want to tell anyone.
"Of course I can, bones only take a few hours to fix. Sit here Vicky, we'll soon have you sorted out. I'm sorry but the rest of you must leave, take this potion for your cuts and they'll disappear soon. Now go! My patients need their rest and…" she was interrupted by a knock on the door. Albus Dumbledore walked in.
"I'm sorry to disturb you Charlotte but we need to speak to these four please," he said.
"No, I'm afraid you can't Albus. My patients need their rest and it would not do to have them worrying about other things. Please leave her in peace" she answered firmly.
"It won't take much time. Now I wish to speak to them alone please." Madame Coo shook her head and left muttering under her breath.
"Now I must ask you Vicky to tell me what happened" he said, Vicky looked unsure for a moment before beginning the story.
"Well I was injured from the battle and so I screamed for help. I was picked up by some deatheaters and they took me to see, to see he-who-must-not-be-named. Lucius Malfoy took me some where for use in future plans or something. He took me to a house. It was on a hill overlooking Hogsmeade. I was taken to a graveyard and tied up and then Katie and Vicky turned up and brought me back here." She said through tears.
"Do you remember any other deatheaters apart from Lucius?" Dumbledore asked gently.
"No, it was only Lucius' name he spoke" she said.
"Very well, you may now sleep and rest. I suggest you three go to Gryffindor tower and get some rest and I shall go deal with some things. Hurry along or Madame Coo will kill me. Thank you for telling me all that Vicky, it was very brave of you. Now go and rest!" he opened the door and disappeared. Sirius, Katie and Lily said goodbye and trooped up to Gryffindor tower. Vicky drank her potion and fell asleep not to be woken until the following morning.
