Someone in the Tunnel
"Leave me alone! I'll get Dumbledore!" she screamed.
"No, Cora, don't you even think about it!" he yelled at her.
His eyes went a deep black color and walked towards her.
"Show me where Potter is," he said.
"No!"
"Do it or I will kill you!" he said taking out his wand.
Just then the door opened down there. Her father looked and turned into an owl. She ran out of the room past whoever it was. She ran down to Dumbledore's office. He was sitting at his desk when she reached him.
"He's here! My father is here!" she yelled.
"Cora? Where is he!" he asked calmly.
"In the owlery. Well, he probably left but he's coming back. He's after Harry!" she yelled.
"Where is Harry?"
"I don't know the common room?"
"Go find him and tell him, stay with him though," Dumbledore instructed.
Cora ran out of his office and up to Gryffindor tower. Malfoy stopped her on the way.
"Cora!"
"Malfoy I'd love to chat but I need to go," she said.
"Did you get my gift?" he said ignoring her.
"Yes, it's wonderful, thank you. Now please," she said.
"But..."
She pushed him out of the way and continued to run to the tower to get Harry. She went up there but Harry was gone. She ran over to Ron.
"Ron! Where's Harry?" she yelled.
"He went looking for you, why?" he asked her scared.
"He's in danger. Where do you think her went?"
"Um the owlery," he told her.
Cora's face went pale.
"Are you alright?"
"Come on!" she said grabbing his arm.
The two of them ran up to the owlery.
"Ron, go get Dumbledore," she yelled.
She ran up the steps to the top of the owlery. Harry was standing by the window and he turned around.
"Oh there you are," he smiled walking over to her.
"Oh, Harry, you're alright," she said putting her arms around him.
"Of course I'm alright?" he said suspiciously. "Why wouldn't I?"
They walked down the steps just in time to meet up with Ron and Dumbledore.
"You three, come with me," he told them.
They followed Dumbledore up to his office. They all sat in chairs and waited for him to speak.
"Now, Cora has informed me about her father being able to turn into an owl and get into the school. Harry, please be on the lookout, and Cora, if you see him anymore, come here straight away," he warned them.
They all nodded and were able to leave. Together they walked up to Gryffindor tower. The boys slumped in a chair.
"Um, guys could I sleep in your dormitory tonight?" she asked.
"Of course you can!" Harry said.
"Yeah, we wouldn't want you sleeping alone," Ron told her.
"Thanks," she told them.
"I don't want to hear anything fishy though," Ron smiled.
"Shut up Ron."
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Cora got into bed with Harry that night. He had closed the curtains after Ron fell asleep almost instantly. She cuddled up next to him and he put his arms around her. She smiled and looked up at him.
"Do you think he's really going to get in and kill you?" she asked him.
"Nah, I can stop him, and Voldemort," he assured her.
"Good, I don't want you to die."
"Yeah. I like sleeping with you," he told her.
"I know," she smiled.
"We should do it more often."
"Do 'it' or this?" she asked.
"Both," he laughed.
She rested her chest on his and fell asleep. She dreamt of summer and Harry coming to stay with her and her mum after school. Soon it got dark and her father showed up. He pulled out his wand and said something. He shot out a light and it hit her and she heard her mother scream.
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"HARRY!" she yelled waking up.
He startled awake and looked at her.
"I saw him. I saw my dad, and he... he killed me!" she told him.
"Cora, he won't ever hurt you, don't worry baby, I will never let him hurt you," he told her pulling her into his arms.
"I'm so scared," she whispered.
"Me too, me too."
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Winter turned to spring and it was beautiful once again at Hogwarts. They were in Transfiguration on a bright Wednesday and Professor McGonagall was teaching them how to turn kittens into mice. Hermione and Cora were conversing while they quickly turned their animals into mice.
"Your father wants to kill Harry?" she said.
"Yes, and I bet if I'm not careful, me too. I'm so freaked out," she told her.
"Don't worry, Harry will protect you. He can take care of this stuff. I mean he battled Voldemort when he was a baby," Hermione told her.
"Let's hope so."
They finished their class and began to walk back to the common room before dinner. Cora and Harry went over to the window and peered out.
"No owls tonight," he smiled.
"Yeah, well, I wouldn't be to sure yet. I have a strange feeling," she told him.
"Well, maybe you are hungry. Let's go to dinner," he said.
She grabbed his hand and they walked out of the room. Before they reached the great hall, Harry saw something out of the corner of his eye.
"Cora, stay here, I need to go check something," he told her.
"No, I'm coming with you Harry," she said.
"I don't want you hurt."
"I don't care, I'm coming with.
He rolled his eyes and beckoned her to follow. They quietly followed the figure Harry had scene. He peered around the corner and saw a man pull the arm of a statue and walk in the wall. Cora and Harry followed. He pulled the arm and went inside. There was a long tunnel, and it was dark.
"Lumos," Harry whispered.
They walked down the path to a large room with a chair in the middle. It was empty.
"Where'd he go?" Harry asked.
"Who?"
"The guy we followed."
"Um, I'm not sure. Trick room?" she asked.
"Definitely not," said a voice.
Harry and Cora turned around and faced the figure standing behind them.
"Dad?"
"Leave me alone! I'll get Dumbledore!" she screamed.
"No, Cora, don't you even think about it!" he yelled at her.
His eyes went a deep black color and walked towards her.
"Show me where Potter is," he said.
"No!"
"Do it or I will kill you!" he said taking out his wand.
Just then the door opened down there. Her father looked and turned into an owl. She ran out of the room past whoever it was. She ran down to Dumbledore's office. He was sitting at his desk when she reached him.
"He's here! My father is here!" she yelled.
"Cora? Where is he!" he asked calmly.
"In the owlery. Well, he probably left but he's coming back. He's after Harry!" she yelled.
"Where is Harry?"
"I don't know the common room?"
"Go find him and tell him, stay with him though," Dumbledore instructed.
Cora ran out of his office and up to Gryffindor tower. Malfoy stopped her on the way.
"Cora!"
"Malfoy I'd love to chat but I need to go," she said.
"Did you get my gift?" he said ignoring her.
"Yes, it's wonderful, thank you. Now please," she said.
"But..."
She pushed him out of the way and continued to run to the tower to get Harry. She went up there but Harry was gone. She ran over to Ron.
"Ron! Where's Harry?" she yelled.
"He went looking for you, why?" he asked her scared.
"He's in danger. Where do you think her went?"
"Um the owlery," he told her.
Cora's face went pale.
"Are you alright?"
"Come on!" she said grabbing his arm.
The two of them ran up to the owlery.
"Ron, go get Dumbledore," she yelled.
She ran up the steps to the top of the owlery. Harry was standing by the window and he turned around.
"Oh there you are," he smiled walking over to her.
"Oh, Harry, you're alright," she said putting her arms around him.
"Of course I'm alright?" he said suspiciously. "Why wouldn't I?"
They walked down the steps just in time to meet up with Ron and Dumbledore.
"You three, come with me," he told them.
They followed Dumbledore up to his office. They all sat in chairs and waited for him to speak.
"Now, Cora has informed me about her father being able to turn into an owl and get into the school. Harry, please be on the lookout, and Cora, if you see him anymore, come here straight away," he warned them.
They all nodded and were able to leave. Together they walked up to Gryffindor tower. The boys slumped in a chair.
"Um, guys could I sleep in your dormitory tonight?" she asked.
"Of course you can!" Harry said.
"Yeah, we wouldn't want you sleeping alone," Ron told her.
"Thanks," she told them.
"I don't want to hear anything fishy though," Ron smiled.
"Shut up Ron."
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Cora got into bed with Harry that night. He had closed the curtains after Ron fell asleep almost instantly. She cuddled up next to him and he put his arms around her. She smiled and looked up at him.
"Do you think he's really going to get in and kill you?" she asked him.
"Nah, I can stop him, and Voldemort," he assured her.
"Good, I don't want you to die."
"Yeah. I like sleeping with you," he told her.
"I know," she smiled.
"We should do it more often."
"Do 'it' or this?" she asked.
"Both," he laughed.
She rested her chest on his and fell asleep. She dreamt of summer and Harry coming to stay with her and her mum after school. Soon it got dark and her father showed up. He pulled out his wand and said something. He shot out a light and it hit her and she heard her mother scream.
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"HARRY!" she yelled waking up.
He startled awake and looked at her.
"I saw him. I saw my dad, and he... he killed me!" she told him.
"Cora, he won't ever hurt you, don't worry baby, I will never let him hurt you," he told her pulling her into his arms.
"I'm so scared," she whispered.
"Me too, me too."
----
Winter turned to spring and it was beautiful once again at Hogwarts. They were in Transfiguration on a bright Wednesday and Professor McGonagall was teaching them how to turn kittens into mice. Hermione and Cora were conversing while they quickly turned their animals into mice.
"Your father wants to kill Harry?" she said.
"Yes, and I bet if I'm not careful, me too. I'm so freaked out," she told her.
"Don't worry, Harry will protect you. He can take care of this stuff. I mean he battled Voldemort when he was a baby," Hermione told her.
"Let's hope so."
They finished their class and began to walk back to the common room before dinner. Cora and Harry went over to the window and peered out.
"No owls tonight," he smiled.
"Yeah, well, I wouldn't be to sure yet. I have a strange feeling," she told him.
"Well, maybe you are hungry. Let's go to dinner," he said.
She grabbed his hand and they walked out of the room. Before they reached the great hall, Harry saw something out of the corner of his eye.
"Cora, stay here, I need to go check something," he told her.
"No, I'm coming with you Harry," she said.
"I don't want you hurt."
"I don't care, I'm coming with.
He rolled his eyes and beckoned her to follow. They quietly followed the figure Harry had scene. He peered around the corner and saw a man pull the arm of a statue and walk in the wall. Cora and Harry followed. He pulled the arm and went inside. There was a long tunnel, and it was dark.
"Lumos," Harry whispered.
They walked down the path to a large room with a chair in the middle. It was empty.
"Where'd he go?" Harry asked.
"Who?"
"The guy we followed."
"Um, I'm not sure. Trick room?" she asked.
"Definitely not," said a voice.
Harry and Cora turned around and faced the figure standing behind them.
"Dad?"