Harry continued to watch the first years contently, completely oblivious to the fact that someone was behind him. In fact, it wasn't until he heard "Stupefy" that he quickly turned around to see a flash of bright red light headed right for him. Time itself seemed to slow down as the light streamed toward him. Inch by inch it got closer. Harry tried to move, but it seemed as though he was paralyzed, and couldn't move from his spot. Closer and closer the light came to him. At the last possible second, Harry ducked. Slow motion ceased, and the spell was sent shooting over his head and toward the direction of the two girls.
"Duck!" Harry called out.
"Where?" Sky asked.
"No! Duck down!"
They quickly obeyed and the spell was sent away from them. Harry then turned to face the direction in which the spell had been cast, and saw, almost immediately, the black-cloaked figure.
"Crucio!" It yelled.
'A Death-eater' thought Harry, although he had guessed from the robes.
Again, Harry quickly dodged the spell, as well as the two first years.
"Run!" He shouted to them. "Just get inside!"
The two young girls took off running as Harry tried to defend himself.
"Expelliarmus!" shouted Harry. His opponent turned to counter, but wasn't quick enough. His wand shot right out of his hand and was now held by Harry.
Harry pointed both wands at the man, and said in a calm, rational voice "Remove the hood."
The hooded man did not comply.
"I'll give you one more chance to remove your hood, or else I will be forced to take action myself."
Slowly, the man lowered his hood. Harry gasped when he saw who it was.
"I trusted you!" he screamed.
"You seriously thought that I was your friend?" the person sneered.
"I can't believe you!"
"I can't believe you! Let me get this straight- you actually thought that a Malfoy- Draco Malfoy changed!" Draco laughed. "That would be the day. Listen, Saint Potter, give me my wand back and duel me properly."
"Yeah, right ferret-boy!" Harry replied, and with this, he shouted "Stupefy!"
Draco fell to the ground.
"Wingardium Leviosa!" Harry incanted, and Draco's limp body began to rise up off of the ground and hover about 5 feet. He walked toward the castle, with Draco's body still hovering. He floated it inside, where he saw Ana and Sky sitting on the floor.
"Follow me", Harry said and he led them up a flight of stairs, down a deserted hallway, and up one more flight of stairs to the Fat Lady's portrait.
"You'll be safe in here," Harry said. He turned to the portrait and said "Mandrake". The portrait opened, but before the two could enter, Harry whispered to them "just don't tell TOO many people" and left them.
He climbed up three more flights of stairs, and down one more hallway before he came to the stone gargoyle that led to Dumbledore's office.
"Umm... Fizzing Whizbees? Sherbert Lemon! Lemon Drop! Chocolate Frogs? No... um... Can't you just open? Or tell Dumbledore its Harry Potter?" Harry yelled at it.
"Fudge Flies! Exploding Bon-Bons! Licorice Wands! Sugar Quills! Canary Cream! Pepper Imps! Um... Ton-Tounge Toffee. Oh I give up... Peppermint Toads! Oh gosh... Acid Pops! Ice Mice?"
The gargoyle stepped aside.
"Ice Mice?- God Dumbledore has weird taste in passwords..."
Harry hurried up the circular stairs with Malfoy in tow. He knocked on the door, and upon hearing 'Come In' he entered. What he was surprised to see was whom Dumbledore was already sitting with.
"Draco?" Harry asked.
"The one and only," he replied.
"Umm... not exactly" Harry said, levitating the body of 'Draco Malfoy' into the room.
"Bloody hell- what is going on?" Draco asked.
"That's what I'd like to know," Harry said. "This... thing attacked me when I was down on the Quidditch Pitch with Sky and Ana."
"Let us see what this man has to say," Dumbledore said. "Stunned, perhaps?"
"Yeah," said Harry. "I stunned him."
Dumbledore did a binding spell on the person so that he could not move, yet was able to talk, then said, "Ennervate!" and the person came to life.
"Who are you?" Dumbledore asked.
"Draco Malfoy," the person replied.
"Then who is that?" Dumbledore asked, pointing to Draco.
"An imposter!"
"I think we should administer truth serum, Professor." Harry intervened.
"I couldn't agree more, Mr. Potter. Would you please go fetch me that blue bottle on the shelf over there? That's a good lad..."
Harry walked to the shelf, and grabbed the blue vial of potion. He went back over to where they were standing and used a dropper to drip five large drops of the serum into the 'Draco Malfoy' who had attacked him.
"May I question him, professor?" Harry asked.
"Certainly" replied the old man.
"What is your name?" Harry asked as he shifted his attention to the person who had attacked him.
"Vincent Crabbe- Senior" he said, and at once his appearance changed back to normal. He no longer looked like Draco.
"Why did you attack me?"
"Orders."
"Orders from who?"
"My Lord"
"Lord who?"
"Voldemort"
"Is Lucius Malfoy alive?"
"Yes."
"How so?"
"He's under the Dementor's kiss."
"How did Voldemort like that?"
"He was extremely angry."
"Do you know the names of any other deatheaters?"
"Yes."
"List all of the Death Eaters you know that are not already in Azkaban."
"Pyrites, Kenzington, Hagely, Fletcher, Fudge, Bagman, Jetson, Farnsworth, Greensburg, Matson, Parkinson, Pigsnout, Ralston, Jambo, Yyang, Renabut, Listenpoth, Xan, Swartz, Oppinheimer, Insubordinate, Callistan, Crouch, Denmark, Weasley, Weatherby, Diesel, Killer, Uunnagnag the Giant, Jugson, and Mulciber. I think that's all.
"First of all, Jugson and Mulciber- they are under the Dementors Kiss- how are they out there?"
"Their sons"
"Names?"
"Evan Jugson and Clayton Mulciber"
"And when you said Fletcher?"
"Mundungus Fletcher."
"Is he in the Order of Phoenix?"
"Yes, but he spies for us."
"For how long?"
"A few years."
"Are you certain that he is loyal to Voldemort?"
"Yes."
"And Fudge?"
"Minister Cornelius Fudge has been a death eater since graduating from Durmstrang."
"I thought he went to Hogwarts..."
"No, he didn't"
"How is Minister Fudge useful to Voldemort"
"He influences people in the ministry and controls the Daily Prophet for us."
"So the Daily Prophet is run by Voldemort?"
"Yes"
"And what about Bagman? Would that be Ludo Bagman, who works at the ministry?"
"No, his father, Ludus Bagman. Ludo used to be a death eater but chickened out."
"So Voldemort wants him executed, right?"
"Correct"
"And Farnsworth, Greensburg, Matson, Ralston, Parkinson, Pigsnout, and Jambo- they all have children in first year at Hogwarts, correct?"
"Yes"
"What are their first names?- the Death Eater not their kid."
"Jed Farnsworth, Humpfrey Greensburg, Scott Matson, Jason Pigsnout, Johnny Parkinson, Eric Ralston, and Brett Jambo."
"Are any of their children interested in becoming Death Eaters?"
"Yes."
"Which ones?"
"Farnsworth, Greensburg, Pigsnout, Matson and Jambo."
"So Donald Parkinson and Gina Ralston want nothing to do with your organization?"
"No."
"How old are Death Eaters when they are initiated?"
"13"
"So, if they decide not to join..."
"They will most likely be executed along with their mother because it is her fault that they were born."
"Do you really think that it is the mothers fault?"
"No, but this way we blame it on our wives so that we don't get avada- ed."
"And Crouch?"
"Barty Crouch"
"Senior or Junior?"
"Junior."
"But he's in Azkaban."
"No- Voldemort freed him and stuck Pettigrew there in his place."
"So Pettigrew is in Azkaban?"
"Yes."
"Weatherby?"
"What about him?"
"What is his position?"
"He used to be Crouch Senior's personal secretary before he joined us."
"Is that why Crouch Sr. kept calling Percy Weasley 'Weatherby' two years ago?"
"I suppose."
"And what is this 'Weatherby' guy's full name?"
"Johan Augustus Weatherby."
Harry paused, dreading to ask.
"And Weasley?"
"Percival Weasley, called Percy"
"And what does he do?"
"Not much."
"What do you mean by that?"
"All he does is hang around Crouch- Junior, but I think he is trying to get back into his family to convince them that being near Harry Potter isn't a good idea."
"Why would he do that?"
"Because Voldemort thinks that if Harry Potter thinks that his friends don't even like him, then he might go into depression."
"And why does he want him to go into depression?"
"He will be easier to attack."
"That's the only reason?"
"Yes."
"Okay- do you know of any upcoming plans of attack on anyone?"
"Yes."
"Describe in as much detail as you can."
"Diagon Alley- 3 Days after Halloween. We march in from the west from the back entrance to Diagon Alley, pass Olivanders, Gambol and Japes, and the Magical Menagerie and in front of Gringotts. The wonderful thing is, it's a sneak attack. We will all be wearing normal wizarding robes, and attack everyone in sight. There will be much bloodshed that day."
"Any more planned?"
"Only one more- Christmas Holidays- well, actually on Christmas Eve and Christmas, we are going to have Death Eaters positioned, hiding in the forbidden forest. When Potter comes out with his little friends, we'll avada their sorry asses and Potter will be dead!"
"Is that it?"
"Yes."
"And what of Pyrites?"
"Pyrites is Voldemort's right-hand man- and has been since Pettigrew went to Azkaban. A position that every death eater longs for- Pyrites is envied by every Death Eater."
"Is there anything particularly interesting about him?"
"Other than doing everything and anything our Lord tells him too, he always wears white gloves..."
"I need first names for these", said Harry, consulting the list he had made of the names when Crabbe had listed them off.
"Kenzington-", he read.
"Brad", Crabbe answered.
"Hagely-"
"Joseph"
"Jetson-"
"Michael"
"Yyang-"
"Yying"
"Renabut-"
"Christopher"
"Listenpoth-"
"Robert"
"Xan-"
"Juan"
"Swartz-"
"Montag"
"Oppinheimer-"
"Beatty"
"Insubordinate-"
"Joe"
"Callistan-"
"Paul"
"Denmark-"
"Timothy"
"Diesel-"
"Mark"
"Killer-"
"Sam"
"And the giant?"
"You mean Uunnagnag?"
"Yeah, is he the only giant you have siding with you?"
"Yes, the others didn't find it convenient."
"Alright, moving on. Where is Voldemort located right now?"
"A small village just south of Switzerland. If you take a right on Swiss Boulevard, and a left on to Chocolate Way, there is a huge mansion- he's hiding there."
"Dumbledore- get the Order of Pheonix on that."
"Yes sir!" said Dumbledore, giving him a fake salute. "I think we've gotten all we will out of this one. Besides, the potion is beginning to wear off."
"Frescado!" Dumbledore exclaimed, and Crabbe froze.
"Freezing charm," he explained. "Never wears out. This way he can't escape."
"I need to get down to the ministry, so I need you two to do me a favor," Dumbledore said, looking from Harry to Draco.
"What?" Harry asked.
"Take this" he said, handing Harry a bit of parchment. "It has the passwords to the common rooms and their location. Enter and tell them that no one is to leave their common room because there is a Death Eater in the building. Then go to the Professor's Lounge- that password is on here and inform them. Tell them I sent you. Oh, and after you leave each room, place this spell on the door- it will make it so they can't get out even if they want to. The incantation is 'serratura', pronounced ser-a-turh-a"
"Will do Professor," Harry said. "C'mon Drake"
They exited Dumbledore's office and Draco spoke for the first time since seeing Crabbe, who was disguised as him.
"Lets get Slytherin out of the way first."
"Good idea- that was wild, wasn't it?"
"Hang on- wasn't Crabbe supposed to be in Azkaban?" Draco asked.
"Yeah, I wonder..."
They walked down to the dungeons talking about what they had heard. When they arrived at a portrait of Salazar Slytherin, they muttered the password 'mudblood' with distaste, and entered.
"Attention!" Draco called.
"Look! It's the blood traitor!" Pansy sneered.
"Listen, pug-face" Harry said.
"Dumbledore sent us down with a message. There is a Death Eater in the building and although most of you don't care, you are not to leave the common room."
They left quickly, muttering 'serratura' after they left.
"Hufflepuff's the closest from here" Draco said.
So, they went and delivered Dumbledore's message to the Hufflepuffs, and then the Ravenclaws, who listened much better then the Slytherins. Still, they placed the 'serratura' spell on the door after each. They then went to the Professor's Lounge, informed them of the full extent of the events, and locked them in. They quickly ran to their own common room and got Ginny, Ron, Fred and George, Lily and James, and Hermione and explained to them what had happened as they made their way to Gryffindor Tower.
When they got there, they muttered the password (Mandrake) to the Fat Lady and entered.
A/N Thanks for all the reviews guys!!! I know that that seems like an unnatural place to stop, but I had to end it somewhere because it was getting too long (I need to keep my chapters at a medium length so that the story can continue longer). Please review, you know my deal. Also, I got the first names Beatty and Montag from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, just to let you know (we have to read it for english). Also- Pyrites was taken from www.jkrowling.com - he was jk's idea that was never used. i think thats it for now! Review!
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