*A/n: AHHHHH I'm almost finished with this (kind of). Hehehe shout outs to:
Krista, sportygirl-that-loves-hpb, Anasazi, gboyary, firepixie0071, cherrykisses92, and all the friends of mine that I know read this already. Also thanks Marc and Tanya and Tonks for the ship ideas! I will say that the ships are pretty much already set for this one now that I realized how I want it to be. Helen and Kevin will be together but it's the sequel to this story that I'm unsure about and will definitely consider your ideas. It will definitely be Harry/Hermione at least…I think. Hehehe. Oh yeah and I finished reading that one book that made me sad and the main character ends up with her ex-fiancé who's stupid yet cool (however that works) so I'm happy for her (though I'm still sensitive on the subject).
Chapter 15: Warped
Helen rubbed her sore limbs on the way down to the Great Hall for breakfast. She'd slept on the wrong side of the bed and was aching. What made it a bad day...Dumbledore was no longer at Hogwarts. He was the main reason she felt safe and now her security blanket was gone. Even worse...who would the new headmaster be? Worse times two...there was a 99% chance Neil would come back. Worse times ten...what was up with the whole Draco deal?
"Damn it! What else has gone wrong?" Helen asked as she sat down and pulled the Daily Prophet out of Hermione's hand. The headline itself caused Helen to freeze.
Hogwarts Headmaster, Percy Weasley
After the previous Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, fled the castle last night for some mysterious reason, the Ministry decided that it was time for their High Inquisitor to have a higher duty.
"We were thinking about getting rid of the High Inquisitor position but the Minister decided to keep as extra precaution." says new Headmaster Percy, "My Inquisitorial duties were completed after the third week of school. I am thrilled that the minister found me qualified and 'the best wizard for the job'."
Not everyone agrees with Mr. Weasley on that one.
"No one has run Hogwarts better than Albus Dumbledore!" said Professor Marchbanks who was booted out of her Defense Against the Dark Arts Position for Percy.
"How could she be booted out if she was only a substitute? Geeze." Helen said, ripping up the newspaper and vanishing it, rather than burning it as she'd like to. She looked up the staff table and saw Percy sitting there looking smug.
"Wish I could rip the smile right off his face!"
"Settle down." Hermione warned. "No getting upset. Drink a vial right now!"
"I don't need it now!" Helen shouted. Hermione grabbed one from Helen's robes and thrust it in her hands.
"You do!"
Helen drank it unhappily and then got up from their table.
"But you didn't even eat anything!" Ron exclaimed.
"Not hungry." Helen informed. "See you in class."
For three weeks there was no word on where Dumbledore was, nor had there been any reports. Helen strangely felt calm. It was probably a good thing she didn't hear anything from him because it meant that he didn't need any help or he wasn't in danger. But something happened that cheered Helen up a lot.
"Helen...can we talk?" Bianca asked. Helen had been sitting with her feet in lake. Her prediction about a heat wave had proven true seeing as the water was surprisingly warm (even for May)
"How's Dumbledore?" Bianca asked.
"Are you asking because the Slytherins want the 411? You told them he's my guardian I expect."
"No!" Bianca yelled. "I promised you I'd never tell no matter how mad I'd ever be at you and I kept my promise. I wasn't asking for the Slytherins either. I'm asking because of your health. I heard you were in Mungo's during Christmas."
"Well I'm fine."
"Helen, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have let a guy come between us."
"You're right. You shouldn't have...especially a very much taken guy."
Bianca stared at her feet.
"But...I was at fault too. I should have tried to make amends the first day. Instead I kept a grudge and I'm sorry." Helen concluded.
"You didn't do anything wrong."
"I did. You forgive me?"
Bianca smiled.
"That's what friends are for."
Helen grinned. She'd gotten Kevin and Bianca back.
"But you do know I'm going back to Salem." Bianca said.
"What!"
Helen was taken back. She hadn't expected that.
"After this year ends. You are coming back too aren't you?"
"I...I don't know. Depends if I'm needed or not."
"Needed?"
"Nevermind. I don't know. I hadn't even thought about it."
"Well...when the time comes I'll beg you then okay?"
"Okay."
"Oh and uh....good luck in Quidditch tomorrow."
"Thanks."
So there she had it. She'd made up with Kevin and Bianca but both of them would be leaving by the end of the year. Soon she'd have to choose again between Hogwarts and Salem, but for now she had to worry about not "accidentally" knocking Cho off her broom. Just because she'd said she didn't mind Kevin and Cho as a couple...that didn't mean she had to like the girl any better.
Chapter 16: Meet Your Maker
*A/n: Hahaha I have weird chapter names!
It was the final Quidditch Match of the year and the decider of which house won the Quidditch Cup. Fifteen minutes in and Gryffindor was a hundred points up, since Ravenclaw's chasers were slow and inexperienced, however their beaters were relentless and brutal. Ginny, Katie, and Helen wouldn't have been quite so banged up if Kevin had been playing at his best but they figured Cho had distracted him.
"Kevin! Get a grip!" Ginny shouted as she flew past him and scored another ten points for Gryffindor before getting beamed to the chest with a nasty bludger that sent her off her broom, past Helen's grip, and into the grass below.
"Time!" Katie shouted as she and the rest of the Gryffindors touched back down to the ground.
Ginny was as okay as she possibly could be considering that she just fell from fifty feet in the air. She could stand but as rules of Quidditch goes...once a player's feet touch the ground they are disqualified from the game except if the time out was called and Ginny fell before the time out.
"Take them out!' Ginny was screaming at Kevin. "Stop being such a git!"
Kevin was in pretty bad shape. Katie wasn't yelling at him but she looked sad.
"C'mon you guys. Let's get back in the air." She mumbled.
In ten more minutes the score was 160 to 20 with Gryffindor's lead and Katie had possession of the Quaffle. If they made this shot it wouldn't matter if Ravenclaw got the snitch because Gryffindor would still have more points.
"RAVENCLAW AND GRYFFINDOR SEEKERS SPOT THE SNITCH! CHANG IN THE LEAD!" Bianca commentated.
Katie was a few yards from the score box but a bludger went past her at a speeding rate and in dodging it she dropped the Quaffle but Helen caught it. Helen flew as fast as she could possibly go. The Keeper wasn't watching. She threw the Quaffle and it sailed through the air. The Keeper turned his head...he flew on his broom...his hand outstretched...and batted it away. Harry would have to catch the snitch to win then.
"QUAFFLE BLOCKED BUT SEEKERS NECK AND NECK...OoO CHANG KICKS POTTER! POTTER BUDGES UP BUT LOOKS LIKE NO HOPE FOR GRYFFINDOR."
"Use the bludger!!!" Helen screamed at Kevin. "Knock Cho off!"
Kevin just stood frozen. The bludger was coming his way.
"DO IT FOR GRYFFINDOR KEVIN!" Helen screamed.
Kevin swung the bat...the bludger zoomed through the air...and knocked Harry on the lower back.
"BLUDGER KNOCKS POTTER FORWARD! HE CATCHES THE SNITCH. GRYFFINDOR WINS 210 to 20!!! MY BEST FRIEND'S TEAM WON!" Bianca shouted.
Helen gave her the thumbs up before jumping off her broom and running at her teammates. They'd won! They'd won!
"Omg Harry good job!" Helen screamed hugging him and kissing him on the cheek. In fact she was kissing all the guys...Harry, Ron, Kevin...( "You dork! You hit Harry but that was the best mistake!") Neville...Draco...
"We won!" Helen screamed happily and kissed somebody on what she aimed as the cheek but they turned their head and her lips brushed against someone else's. Helen jumped backwards and looked to see that it was...
"Draco!" Helen screeched consternated. "Woah! Omg...I...umm...holy crap!"
She could feel her face get redden. Of all people...MALFOY for that to happen with!
She was completely freaking out now but Draco just seemed totally amused.
"Sorry!" she blurted before running as far away from him as possible.
"Party in Gryffindor Common Room!!!" Ginny shouted with her arm around Dean.
Everyone started running back inside to get the party started!
Helen was in bed. The Gryffindors partied until Professor McGonagall told them they had to go to bed and Helen was glad because she'd had too many butterbeers and mad muggles and was feeling weird already. (One reason she drank so much was because of that...accidental lip peck with Draco.)
Yes...sleep was coming easily for her, and dreaming was on its way…
* * * * *THE DREAM* * * * * *
Princess Eumaria was taking her bath while servants came in and out pouring sweet smelling oils into the water and offering heaps of fabulous foods.
"Where is he?" she thought. Then she saw him...his dark and light hair and deep purple eyes.
"Rima." she told her servants. They bowed and left quickly.
"Nae saian luum`e" he said in his deep voice.
"Uma, (Yes) Samusotepso. It has been too long. Why do you keep me waiting?"
"Much apologies your majesty. What kept me was finding a suitable gift for you."
Eumaria smiled. She was very pleased. He lifted a beautiful necklace in front of her and bent by the water's edge to secure the necklace around her neck.
"Ta curucuar (It's beautiful)"
"Lle naa curucuar (You are beautiful). This amulet will allow you to walk among the dead beyond the widow's veil."
"Truly?"
"Yes. No one may touch it but a belegohtar (Sacred Keeper). You are a belegohtar."
"Why do this for me?"
"Amin mela lle (I love you)"
He leaned close........
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The Princess was furious. Samusotepso betrayed her! He stole her jewels. She turned to her right and caught a spear that was aimed at her and threw it out of his hands.
"Lle maa quel (You look good)"
"Amin feuya ten' lle. (You disgust me)" she spat. "Thief"
"Tanya awra (That hurt)" he said sarcastically.
"Give me my jewels!"
"No."
Simultaneously they grabbed the daggers that were mounted on the walls and started attacking each other with it. He lunged for her head and she ducked and went for his stomach which he blocked with his other hand. Then he went for her shoulder and she moved to the left. He went for her other side and she moved to the right and slashed his arm, leaving blood on one of her daggers.
"Lle naa ohtar. (You are a warrior)"
"As are you."
He went for her neck then her thigh and she blocked everything but barely. He was very fast but she was agile. As they fought Eumaria was backed closer and closer to the wall. She looked out of the corner of her eye and Samusotepso used that time to knock one dagger out of her hand. She ran at the wall, jumped in the air and kicked off from it, doing a flip over Samusotepso's head, and landed behind him, giving a quick slash before calling.
"Mejia!"
Her guards stormed in the room and captured Samusotepso quickly.
"My death is only the beginning." he screamed as she watched him being taken from the room. Her heart was hardened. Anyone who betrayed her deserved to die...no matter what history they might have had.
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Eumaria was sad. Her people were dying because of Samusotepso's curse. She must retrieve the cure and her jewels from beyond the veil. She stepped through it.
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Nefira and Elni knelt by the Widow's Veil. It was the day after Princess Eumaria fell...with the necklace/amulet left behind. Nefira didn't dare touch it. She did not have the Sacred Mark and therefore would be killed too.
"What shall you do with it?" Elni asked.
"That is no matter to you!" she yelled.
"You should be thankful you have my father's blood. If you were full Eriam like your mother and couldn't wear the bracelet you'd be dead by now!"
"Well I still have Tepso!" she screamed. "And it is because of YOUR father that Tepso exists in the first place! Now get out!"
Elni laughed and left the room. As soon as he did Nefira took a cup and scooped the amulet into it. If she had the power she would go herself and rescue her mother but the amulet was useless unless the Sacred Keeper put the amulet around the person's neck themselves and clasped it shut and also...if a Sacred Keeper was killed...the amulet would no longer work until the next Sacred Keeper was born.
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Helen was in Legillimency. She stared in Harry's dazzling green eyes and suddenly saw Sirius hit with a spell and falling through a curtain...no...it wasn't a curtain. It was a black veil.
* * * * *End Dream* * * *
Helen woke with a start. Holy! She got dressed quickly and ran as fast as she could towards Dumbledore's office.
"Hey! How'd you get in there?" Percy asked as he started walking quickly down the corridor. "That office was sealed!"
"Pepper Imps." Helen said quickly as she ran in and the entryway sealed it self behind her and right in Percy's face. Helen opened Dumbledore's office door and ran behind the desk to the cabinet. No...Dumbledore's normal pensieve was there...her grandmother's pensieve...the cup Nefira had...where was it? Helen looked back on the desk and found it. She picked it up and wondered how she could pull the amulet out without actually going through the pensieve when that question was solved for her. A strange yellow glow emitted from around it and the amulet floated in the air for a few seconds before falling on the desk. Helen put down the pensieve and touched the amulet. She cringed and waiting to get sucked up or to die but nothing happened. Her hunch had been correct.
She was the Sacred Keeper. She'd known it the second she saw Eumaria again. (The first time was in the Crypic Case she'd looked through at Hogsmeade with Harry, though she had forgotten about it.)
It all was making sense. Eumaria had a triangular shaped scar on her neck but her daughter Nefiri didn't. Her grandmother had the scar but her mother didn't and lastly...Helen had the scar. That's what Dumbledore had tried to hint to her. That's why Dumbledore showed her all those visions in the pensieve earlier in the year instead of just telling her.
Helen picked up the amulet and secured it around her neck. So the Death Eaters knew where the Widow's Veil was and wanted to use the amulet to bring dark wizards back to the world...so what did Harry have to do with it? She'd already figured it out. Sirius, Harry's godfather, had fallen through the Widow's Veil. She had to talk to Harry about this.
In a few minutes Helen was in the boy's dorm and shaking Harry awake.
"Harry! Wake up!" she whispered.
"Hermione..."
"No it's Helen. C'mon get up! It's about Sirius."
Helen had said the magic words. Harry sat up so quickly that his head collided with hers and they both yelped and fell back.
"Geeze, Harry!" she shouted "Get up."
Harry lifted the covers off him and got up. Helen had an odd smile on her face. Almost naughty look.
"I'll meet you in the common room." she said. "Right now you're dressed for Hermione."
She grinned evil-like and left. Harry looked down and almost yelled out loud. He'd only been wearing boxers (because the heat wave remember.... can't exactly wear warm pajamas.).
"Hey!" he said in realization. She'd said he was dressed for Hermione! He grabbed some clothes and put them on quickly to find out about Sirius and what she meant about the Hermione thing.
Could Sirius be alive? He didn't dare hope.
Helen had told Harry absolutely everything she knew. By the time she was finished he had a stunned look.
"So you were kidnapped because they wanted the amulet."
"Yeah."
"So what's your job now?"
"Alby said Sacred Keepers protect certain Sacred objects. I'm guessing I just have to make sure they don't get their hands on it."
"Helen...can I borrow it?"
"Why...bring Sirius back?"
"Yes."
"Harry you can't! Only the person who wears it can come back. How could the both of you wear it?"
"Then throw it in there and let Sirius find it."
"What good would that do? Sirius wouldn't know what it was and besides that...the Sacred Keeper would have to put it around his neck. I don't think Eumaria would be nice enough to do that. She herself would probably come back."
Harry frowned in concentration.
"Then at least let me talk to him."
"Harry..." she said. "Give up on-"
Helen stopped. There was yelling. There was screaming. Helen and Harry looked at each other, grabbed their wands and ran out of the common room.
Harry and Helen were racing down the corridor when Harry stopped.
"Wha-"
Harry covered Helen's mouth in time to hear Professor McGonagall's angry voice. They peered around the corner and saw eight wizards shooting spells at the Professor. Before Helen knew it, Harry was out from around the corner and had his wand out when Helen pulled him back.
"We've got to h-"
This time Helen put her hand over Harry's mouth and pointed for him to look. First he heard that the yelling stopped and only one voice was heard. Draco's.
"Father what are-"
"Draco, go to your room!"
"But father!"
"DRACO!"
"No wait." said a woman, (Bellatrix) Harry balled his hands into fists and jumped up but Helen pushed him back down.
"Draco can find Cliff for us."
Helen froze. Draco was in on the whole thing?
"Cliff? You mean Helen Cliff? Why?"
Good. Draco didn't know anything about her or that his father's band murdered her family.
"Don't ask questions! Just bring her to us!"
"Wait a second...the Cliff's were supposed to be dead except Helen. You killed her parents didn't you?"
"No. The American lot did. Draco, what is wrong with you! Stop asking questions and GO GET HER!"
"Draco's just curious, Lucius. He'll need to know things if he's to be a Death Eater too someday." Bellatrix said in a voice that was meant to sound wise.
"She'll be in the Gryffindor Common Room now."
"Then just get out of out way!" Lucius yelled, irked.
Draco turned and walked away.
"Get the Dementors." Bellatrix said, her cold voice returned. "The old bat's getting a Death Kiss."
Helen felt a wave of cold wash over her. The dementors were in the castle. She turned to Harry who was already out from behind the corner and shouting "Expecto Patronum" and Harry's stag shooed away the Dementors while Helen yelled "Accio wand" and gave McGonagall her wand back. Helen turned around and saw that the eight wizards had circled her. She screamed and tossed Harry his wand while McGonagall shouted spells at the wizards but as Helen tried to get away Bellatrix grabbed her. Helen punched her as hard as she could in the eye and elbowed her in the stomach. Helen ran but Bellatrix used a trip jinx and then threw an odd looking gold card on top of her and then Helen felt an odd tugging at her navel.
Her eyes got big and she tried to throw the card off but it was too late. The portkey activated.
Harry stared. They got Helen. They got Helen!
"Professor McGonagall! You are FIRED!" Percy screamed.
She looked outraged.
"YOU LET THEM TAKE A STUDENT! WHAT IS THE MINISTER GOING TO SAY? MY CAREER IS TRASHED THANKS TO YOU! GET OUT OF THIS CASTLE NOW! NOW I SAY! NOW!"
"She tried to save Helen!" Harry yelled.
"DETENTION, POTTER! YOU'RE OUT OF BED!"
"It's the morning, Percy! Students are allowed out of bed in the morning!"
"DETENTION FOR YOUR CHEEK!"
Percy turned on his heel and stomped off muttering that he'd have to inform the minister. Harry turned to McGonagall who was heading out the double doors.
"I'm coming with you!" Harry said running after her but she stopped him.
"You're staying at Hogwarts. Let the Order deal with this. What I need you to do is inform Snape as well."
"Professor! I know where they're taking her! They're going to the Ministry! They'll take her to that veil Sirius died though."
Professor McGonagall's face went white.
"I must try finding Dumbledore. You go tell Snape. Then go to bed...eat breakfast...and wait for us to keep you informed alright?"
"But-"
"Potter! You will be expelled! Stay here or-"
Harry turned away from her. When she used that voice he knew there was no arguing. He'd go find Snape but then he'd go to the forest get thestrals and fly to the ministry by himself. He couldn't risk anyone getting hurt because they wanted to go with him like what happened the previous year.
"Potter." called a voice.
"Malfoy." Harry said coldly. "Back off. Haven't you caused enough trouble as it is! You and your whole stinking family!"
"Aren't you going to go find her?"
"I've got orders not to so clear off!"
"You're actually listening to McGonagall? I guess you don't care about Helen like I thought."
"CLEAR OFF!"
"Go find her Potter." Draco said, turning around. "Before they decide to get rid of her."
"They can't kill her. They need something."
"Torture long enough will make anyone speak."
Harry frowned. That was true, but wasn't this something Voldemort would do to Harry there? Would he actually do the same thing twice?
"If you're so concerned why don't you go save her?"
"Because, Potter, I don't think it's worth getting disowned or killed over someone who hates my guts and doesn't even give a dungbomb about me."
"You must be really thick, Malfoy. Do you think she'll still hate you if you save her life? Forget it. I'm wasting my time talking with you."
Harry knocked on Snape's office door and went in.
Harry was sitting in the common room frowning. Hermione and Ron had found him and had forced him to tell them about the Helen predicament. Hermione was insisting that they sit tight and wait for McGonagall to keep them informed. Ron didn't give him an opinion at all.
"What's going on?" Kevin asked cheerfully as he entered the common room. "Where is everyone? Woah look at the time! I missed breakfast!"
"Kev...sit down." Hermione said with such a disconcerting look on her face that Kevin dropped into the couch.
"Where's Helen?" he asked looking around. The three of them looked back and forth at one another.
"Where's Helen!" Kevin shouted, jumping up. "Is she in the hospital again?"
"No."
"Then WHERE is SHE?"
"They've kidnapped her."
Kevin fell back into his chair and put his face in his hands.
"We know where she is."
Kevin looked up so fast he seemed to get a crick in his neck and rubbed it.
"Ouch...where? Is the Ministry going to go find her? Is Dumbledore back?"
"No and No."
"Wait!" Hermione shouted. "Helen can't be in the Department of Mysteries! The Ministry officials would be there! They'd have Unspeakables in there! They'd probably bring her only at night!"
"So...holy tumtigger!" Ron yelled. Look at the Daily Prophet!
Another Ministry Break-In
The ministry of magic has been broken into and an ancient object that is crucial to the ministry's Department of Mysteries has been stolen. The ministry didn't have a comment for us and wouldn't even say what the thieves took but you can bet the Daily Prophet will try to find an answer. This story will be continued in the next issue.
"So they stole the veil. Great." Hermione rolled her eyes. "Just great."
"Now where do you think she is?" Kevin shouted angrily. "England blows! I'm sorry but you-know-who is the reason Helen could never live a normal life. They ruined her! I am so sick of this country!"
"Blame Voldemort not the UK." Hermione muttered. "England is the motherland of Magic."
"Hmph. That's what you say."
"What are we going to do?" Ron asked, looking at Harry.
Harry could only think of one person who might have overhead something. Someone who might possibly have information. All they'd need to do is force it out of him.
"We find Malfoy."
They stared at him in surprise.
"Here's the plan..."
Helen fell with a thump on a cold and damp dungeon floor. As soon as she landed she got to her feet and tried to run but the evil eight apparated and magically tied her to a chair. She tried to free herself but unlike muggle ropes...there was no possible way to escape.
"Well, well, well...Helen...surely that cannot be your first name. Isn't it Helia-su-tamen Bastet Isis?"
"Cliff. Helia-su-tamen Bastet Cliff."
"No, hun. Cliff was your idiot father's name." said the tall wizard behind in a hood. "Isis is the name of your ancestors. So do you have my amulet?"
"Your amulet? No I do not have your amulet." she said indignantly.
"Is that so?"
The wizard whipped out his wand and tore Helen's robes a little too low down her neckline, revealing the chain that the amulet was attached to.
"My amulet." said the wizard.
"No. It is mine." said a cold voice that made Helen cringe. She felt sick to her stomach. Very sick as a thin wizard stepped from the shadows. Helen screamed bloody murder at the sight of his red snake eyes and lurid bloodless complexion. His body was thin in a grotesque way and his voice was like fingernails on a chalkboard with the sound of all the scary movie monsters combined.
"Voldemort." Helen whispered weakly.
"Lord Voldemort to you." he replied. He bent over her so that they were level before slamming her head to the right and examining the left side of her neck.
"Ah, the Sacred Mark." he said trailing an icy finger down until it reached her mark. The moment he touched it he was thrown backward into his followers, knocking them over. Helen couldn't help but laugh.
"Crucio"
Helen was screaming instead. Her whole body was on fire and ripping apart.
"Enough." Voldemort shouted at the tall hooded wizard. The pain stopped but now Helen's fear increased. She didn't want to feel that pain ever again.
"You see that veil." said Voldemort.
"Yes."
"I know that you know that I need the amulet. If you want to stay alive then give it to me now."
"Kill me. If you do then the amulet will no longer work."
"So you've been talking with Dumbledore, have you?"
"Big deal."
"Fine...I may not kill you but that doesn't mean I can't find other ways to persuade you to change your mind. Neil."
The wizard in the hood finally lifted it off his head and Helen wished he didn't. One person could have made her situation worse and Neil was that person. He looked the same as he did so many years ago except older, taller, and had darker violet eyes.
"You remember me, don't you Helen?"
She felt her face redden with pure hatred.
"Give us the amulet. You don't want to end up the same as you parents, do you?"
"How could you! After my parents took you in...treated you like a son! You didn't deserve it you selfish son of a-"
"Now, now. You wouldn't want anymore of those Salucidi attacks now would you?"
"Eat me."
"Maybe some other time. Right now we're giving you one more chance! Give us the amulet!"
"Amin dolotha lle (I hate you)" Helen spat....literally.
"Amin sinta (I know). Ta naa si (That is a no.) to my question then."
"You'll never get your filthy hands on it...descendent of Elni!"
Neil laughed.
"How did you figure it out?"
"Your eyes, you freak."
Neil turned to Voldemort.
"Master...what do you want your loyal servant to do?"
"Master? You loyal?" Helen laughed bravely. "You haven't been loyal to anyone in your whole damn life. It wouldn't surprise me if you killed your own parents!"
"Actually he did." Voldemort said, enjoying the look on Helen's face. "I don't care what you do to her as long as she's still able to give me the amulet." he instructed before walking out and shutting the door behind him but not before calling out to Neil. "Have fun."
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Kevin spotted Draco sitting in the library and he walked over to him.
"Yo, Malfoy."
"Relle. What a surprise. Let me guess...you're here for Helen."
"Huh?"
"Don't play dumb. You're good enough without pretending. Haven't you noticed Helen's gone?"
"Hermione said she was sleeping in."
"Granger lied."
"Uh huh...like I believe you." Kevin said popping a blue square in his mouth.
"What're those?"
"New Honeyduke's candy. Way cold. You wouldn't want any."
"Pass them over."
This was exactly what Kevin wanted. He tossed Draco one and leaned back on his chair casually.
"Suit yourself. It's your funeral."
Draco ate the candy and then looked up alarmed as Harry, Hermione, and Ron jumped up from behind the book shelves and sat at their table.
"What did you give me?" Draco yelled.
"A little truth square." Harry said calmly. Draco's eyes grew wide. "It's not strong of course...but it's good enough to find out really embarrassing secrets we could frame you with if you don't give us information on Helen that we need."
"Don't threaten me, Potter!"
"Threaten you I will!" Harry shouted. "You just stood there and let them take Helen!"
"I had no choice!" Draco yelled. "What good what it do, going against my father and You-know-who? They'd hurt or kill me!"
"Then they aren't worth hanging around with! You can't please them all the time! One wrong move and you're done!" Hermione shouted.
"Bug off mudblood!"
Harry grabbed Draco by the collar but Ron pulled him away.
"What do you think about Pansy?" Kevin asked. He knew Draco would have to answer because Draco had eaten Fred and George's Love Truth Squares that Helen had in her dorm.
"She's pretty but annoying in an obsessed way. The only reason I went to the Yule Ball with her in fourth year was because Father's been trying to set us up for the longest time. It's not Pansy that I am attracted to." Draco blurted. As soon as he realized what he said he growled and tried to get up but they had already conjured up ropes that tied him to the chair and took away his wand.
"Where's Helen?"
"How should I know?"
"Hey Harry...can you think up anymore questions to ask him?"
"I said I don't know!!!"
"Name every girl you ever fantasized about."
"Pansy. Granger. Helen. Delacour. Patil and Patil. That witch that came by this summer... Weasley-"
"WOAH! Which Weasley!"
"Ginny you idiot!" Draco yelled angrily. "STOP RIGHT NOW!"
"YOU PERVERT!" Ron yelled almost choking Draco. Only when Draco started screaming did Kevin, Harry, and Hermione pulled Ron away.
"They might be at Nott's house."
"What?"
"I said-"
"We know what you said! Where's Nott's house?"
"The Basilisk's Den."
"Wtf."
"The Basilisk's Den! It's near my house." Draco replied bitterly.
"And where the hell is your house?"
"Forget the question. Malfoy's going to take us there." Harry said.
"And why would I do that?"
"Malfoy...who do you fancy?"
"Helen." Draco looked appalled with himself...probably for the first time in his life. "DAMN IT! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU POTTER!"
"Keep thinking that." Harry laughed. "Let's go."
"Harry....I don't think that's such a good idea." Hermione whispered. "It's what Voldemort expects."
"He's not going to try the same trick twice."
"Maybe not but you being there could be an added bonus!"
"Hermione! My scar has been hurting for the past hour! Helen is not cooperating and Voldemort doesn't like it one bit! We know for sure this time that they have her! Now Malfoy how long is it going to take us to get to Nott's house?"
"I'm not going with you!" Draco yelled. "So buzz off!"
"Fine! How long will it take?"
"By broom...Six hours. Unless you have a magic carpet...you're in trouble."
"Get out of here, Malfoy."
Draco shrugged nonchalantly and left the library.
"Harry we should just inform McGonagall and Snape about what we know."
"Fine, Hermione go get Snape. Ron, Kevin, and I will wait for you by the forest with the thestrals."
"Harry..."
"We'll wait! We'll wait! Go tell Snape!"
"Fine." Hermione said, and as soon as she left Harry jumped up.
"You're not going to just wait are you?" Kevin asked.
"No way."
*A/n: Feedback would be greatly appreciated! You guys are great!
~*Calia*~
And by the way…I'm keeping a tally of how many people want different ships: Harry/Hermione or Harry/Helen or Helen/Kevin or Helen/Draco etc. I'm definitely going to consider them for the sequel.
