Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. Here's Chapter 15 of Darkness and Light. Please R+R! On to the answers to reviews! Sorry for the long delay I had a really tough couple of weeks lol!
Princesscatie21: here ya go! LoL! I tried to type as quickly as I could but at some point my fingers entangled and got stuck like that for a week lol!
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Heather (even though you didn't review on the site you sent me one in other wayz lol!): Hermione and Ron moment yeah they only held hands LoL! And the harry and cho moment glad that touched a nerve of emotion, and in question to Samantha and her plans and the prophecies, again like I said before, it all lies as a mystery.
Authors Note: Hey Guys again sorry for the big delay. My internet was down cause of the stupid modem my computer is connected to. And then there were times when my mind was just completely blank with no idea what to put. So for this chapter I hope that it's good enough to hold you down until I come back with the next chapter lol! I start school soon and usually I get ideas during that time…I know it seems weird but that's how I managed to get "A New Beginning…" done lol! So with out any more delay here is the very anticipated chapter 15 (gee it almost sounds a good wait for a harry potter book lol!) Enjoy ^_^
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"Samantha? Samantha wake up." A voice said quietly, it sounded so soothing.
Samantha kept her eyes closed her mind whirring with thoughts. Why did the voice sound so familiar? Why did her heart start beating so rapidly? Why did she suddenly feel her body having a falling sensation?
"Wake up Samantha. It's a brand new day, we should enjoy it." The voice said again soothingly.
"R-Ron?" Samantha said confused.
Samantha soon opened her eyes to see Ron's smiling face staring down at her. Samantha placed her hand on his freckled face and felt the warmth rush through her body. This couldn't be real, the night before Samantha was resting upon the hard cold concrete walls of Voldemort's lair, and now she was in bed with Ron at Hogwarts.
"Where's Hermione? I thought you were going to be with her." Samantha said.
"Be with Hermione? Sam, did you bump your head hard last night? I'd never go to Hermione you know that. I love you. You're my wife." Ron said kissing her on the forehead.
"Why are you acting like it never happened?" Samantha said softly feeling weak from Ron's kisses.
"Acting like what never happened? I haven't spoken to Hermione in ages, you know that." Ron said.
"What's next Ron? Are you going to tell me that Hermione never lost her baby?" Samantha asked.
"Lost her baby? Samantha, Hermione had that baby about a month ago. She quit school and she's living in the Malfoy's Manor raising the kid. What's going on?" Ron said raising his eyebrow.
"Do you-…do you still love me?" Samantha asked confused.
"Of course I still love you! Samantha you're my wife, I'd never think of loving anybody else. I made a vow to you at my wedding that I intend to keep I won't break it." Ron said.
Samantha could feel tears forming in her eyes as she smiled slightly. It was like all that had happened before no longer existed. It was like it never happened at all, just a dream…until suddenly Ron's smiling face was starting to fade from her vision. His voice was getting even harder to hear, and then Samantha saw only darkness around her. Everything disappeared, she was left in the darkness.
"No!" Samantha exclaimed.
Samantha woke up trembling. She looked around and saw the atmosphere of Voldemort's lair around her. A dream…that's all it was, just a dream in her mind. A dream that she felt was so real, every little detail about it all seemed so real. She closed her eyes again to get visions of the dream come back to her, but they never came. She leaned against the stonewalls of the lair once again looking up to see the fire from the torches shining brightly. Samantha pulled herself together and sank back in her thoughts, thinking about her new reality. Ron was in love with Hermione, he was fell so fast that now Samantha's anger was pent up inside her heart, and she was stuck in a cold, hard, menacing lair with the person that she was taught to be against her whole life. It only became complete that she had to be against him after she had met the love of her life…Ron.
Samantha paced around the lair knowing what the plan was that Voldemort wanted to set hold of. She knew what she had to do but deep down inside she could feel her stomach begin to tie in knots. She felt the guilt slowly devour her anger but with the thought of Ron being with her again, the hope of it all happening, she knew she had to do what she was told. Before long she could see Nagini's shadow appearing from the entrance of the corridor to the lair. Samantha turned around and bowed her head down in allegiance to her.
"Stand up Grint, I won't be taking pity bows like Tom has…" Nagini hissed.
Samantha picked her head up and folding her arms together, looking straight into Nagini's eyes. She knew that Nagini was using Paige's body but now realizing everything, now that she knew what was happening, she couldn't help but think why Harry, Cho, Ron, and herself couldn't see past Nagini and have realized that this wasn't the Paige they knew all. For a while Samantha just continued to cross her arms and look straight into Nagini's gray and cold eyes. She could sense so much evil towards her, and the tension between them only began to rise. Samantha knew Nagini didn't like her much, but as a part to her allegiance she had to obey Voldemort and Nagini.
"Your master will be down in a moment. He's coming down with a couple of our fellow death eaters to start the plan." Nagini explained walking around Samantha.
"What will I get out of this if I do what I'm told?" Samantha asked.
"You get to keep your life…" Nagini said as she threw a necklace to Samantha.
Samantha held it for a couple of moments looking at the pendant noticing that it was shining. She took the necklace and placed it around her neck.
"What is this?" Samantha asked.
"A curious one aren't you? Right in there you hold another life…do you happen to remember your dear friend…Paige Adams?" Nagini said slyly.
"You put her in here?" Samantha said raising an eyebrow.
"Her soul rests in there since, well as you can see I've taken over the use of her body." Nagini said doing a simple spin around the lair.
"Is this her fate for the rest of her life?" Samantha said looking at the glow in the bottle.
"Well yes, unless you were just so careless enough to drop it then she'd die ultimately. Other then that…you could keep it somewhere safe…once you're back at Hogwarts. Don't tell anybody about Paige being in here, or you'll be joining her." Nagini said.
"Scaring our key ticket to success already Nagini?" A cold drawling voice said.
Voldemort had just appeared from the corridor with a line of death eaters following him. Each of them were wearing cloaks to cover up most of their features. They looked down to hide their faces. All of them had except for Lucius Malfoy. He stood broadly aside by Voldemort. Nagini backed away and had taken one of the cloaks from the death eaters as they handed it to her.
"Just giving her a few…precautions." Nagini said.
"Very well then…Samantha dear…" Voldemort began.
Samantha bent down on one knee lowering her head.
"My lord. How may I serve you today?" Samantha asked.
"You may serve me by staying right where you are. Our plan starts now with just a swish of a wand." Voldemort said menacingly.
The death eaters formed a circle around Samantha. She continued to look down to the ground. She knew what was going to happen. They were going to stun her to her misery, to be able to pull off the act that she was brainwashed. But not enough to rid her mind of the memory of the plan, and definitely not enough to rid off her love for Ron.
"Align your wands." Nagini instructed.
The death eaters all in synchronization lifted up their wands pointing to only one target. Samantha held on to the necklace around her neck. She held on to the glow and could feel slight comfort and hear soft words run through her mind, telling her that she would regret everything. She shook her head and let go of the lit part of the necklace. She continued to stare down at the ground just waiting for the death eaters to strike her.
"Don't worry a bit Samantha…you won't even feel the pain…it'll feel like a mere pinch…" Voldemort said walking off to the side with Nagini.
"May I do the countdown love?" Nagini asked.
"As you wish." Voldemort said putting the hood up.
Nagini looked at all the death eaters who were ready for the order to strike. Each of them were thriving with the desire. They longed to hear the pitiful scream of a victim they would stun. It had been far too long, they needed this sort of sick and twisted relief.
"On my count." Nagini said.
Samantha went down on both knees and continued to stare down at the ground.
"1…"
Lucius Malfoy put his hood up and joined the circle of death eaters. This was more like a Christmas present to him.
"2…"
Voldemort began to open the top of the lair letting the sunlight in. Samantha looked up for one brief moment, she would be free soon…free from the pain in her heart, free from emotional pain.
"3!"
All at once the death eaters had performed the spell Crucio, one of the unforgivable curses. Samantha fell on her stomach, writhing and squirming like a helpless worm. The pain was unbearable, with so many people performing the spell it was almost like a death wish. One was unbearable enough but with the amount of death eaters that was around Samantha could feel her skin begin to form open wounds. She bit down on her lower lip trying so hard not to scream. But soon it was just too much, she let out an ear-shattering scream. She could hear menacing laughter from all around the room. Her energy was draining slower then she would have liked.
"Fight it Samantha…" A voice said softly in her mind.
"You know this isn't you…"
"You can't just sit there! Think about Ron if you love him so much why are you here in the first place?"
"GETTING HIM BACK…I'M GETTING HIM BACK." Samantha screamed holding on to her head seeing open cuts on her hands.
"Not this way Samantha, how could you think you could this way? What happened to the Samantha I knew. She wouldn't keep me cooped in this bottle. She'd fight and she'd figure out what's wrong with people who still care for you." The voice said again.
"RON IS MY ONLY PRIORITY. HE LOVES ME." Samantha screamed again.
"What's wrong with her? Why hasn't she passed out yet? If we go on any longer then we could kill her." Voldemort hissed at Nagini.
"Like I would know Tom." Nagini said bitterly.
"STOP." Voldemort bellowed.
The death eaters immediately put their wands down, each catching a little bit of breath. Voldemort walked over to Samantha, she was muttering incoherently.
"Maybe we could just send her off like this." Nagini said walking up to them.
Voldemort waved his hand over Samantha's eyes and she was put into a deep sleep.
"How long is she out for?" Nagini asked.
"As soon as we send her up to the grounds and someone finds her, she will only wake up when the one she seeks for comes to her. This is her little reward." Voldemort said.
"Why should we give her that Tom? What did she ever do for us really? She just came to us out of the blue saying she could help. She only said she could we don't know if she's loyal to her word." Nagini said.
"With the amount of hatred she has I think my odds in trusting her are fine. Unless…you'd like to test my judgment." Voldemort said looking at Nagini.
"N-n-never, of course…your judgment is fine." Nagini said.
"Alright then. Lucius, I'd like you to take Samantha's body where Potter and his guests stay. Be careful to not be seen. Leave her anywhere where somebody will be able to find her." Voldemort said.
"Yes my lord." Lucius said picking Samantha up.
"I'd advise you to take this for faster travel." Voldemort said handing him a red and silver ball.
"I didn't think you still had that contraption." Nagini said.
"I have ways to get what I want Nagini you should know that." Voldemort hissed.
Lucius held on to the ball and disappeared with the yellow orb forming around Samantha and himself.
"On to step two now everyone. We're heading for the muggles. Won't be long until we get to Potter and his heir." Voldemort said.
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"Oh my god the baby kicked!" Danielle exclaimed as she put her hand on Cho's stomach.
Cho laughed slightly. It was the first time a smile had crossed her lips since the night that she had learned about the legends with Harry. She knew she had to stay calm though, just for the sake of her baby. After seeing a doctor in London with Harry, they were specifically told that Cho's stress level had to be kept down.
"Oh my gosh it's kicking like mad!" Hermione said laughing joining Danielle in putting her hand on Cho's stomach.
Cho laughed slightly again and looked down to her stomach.
"Hey little baby down there, you're not due for a while, mummy loves the kicks but don't over do it!" Cho said.
Harry and Ron walked in, followed by Sirius, with refreshments for them all. It was Easter Holidays for them all and Harry decided it would've been nice to just get away from Hogwarts and go back to the one place Cho would find a certain amount of peace in, Godric's Hollow.
"What's this that we're hearing about kicks?" Ron asked.
"The baby, it's so active." Danielle said smiling.
"And it gives one hell of a kick." Cho said holding on to her stomach.
"Gee Harry, I guess your son is gonna be one hell of a fighter then." Ron said nudging him in the ribs.
"Well now who said that they weren't going to be expecting a daughter?" Hermione said taking one of the cups.
"I'm betting it's going to be a boy. Just has to be, that's the way it works, boys first and then girls come in second." Ron said sitting down.
Harry rolled his eyes and handed a drink to Cho as he took a seat next to her.
"I think he's testing us Hermione. He wants us to hurt him." Danielle said looking at him with a look that she knew was going to scare Ron.
"AHH! SCARY EYES GET AWAY DANIELLE!" Ron said shielding his eyes.
"Say mercy Ron." Danielle said getting up and trying to pry his hands off his eyes.
"MERCY!" Ron yelled.
Danielle sat down and just laughed. "Alright, alright I'm stopping." She said.
"Ok…IT'S STILL GOING TO BE A BOY THOUGH!" Ron said running away.
"Oh that's it. YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE WEASLEY!" Danielle said chasing after him.
"You get him Danielle, just please don't hurt him that badly. He's still a guest." Sirius called after her.
"Will do Dad!" Danielle yelled back still chasing Ron.
For a while they could hear Ron screaming and things falling down with a big thump. Harry and Cho tried so hard to keep their laughter in but with one final thump, they saw that Danielle and Ron had landed where they started in the first place. Danielle pulled Ron's leg back.
"Danielle's well known for rough housing." Sirius said taking a sip from his drink.
"How…wow how does she do that?" Hermione said tilting her head to the side.
"How can he stand the pain?" Harry said doing the same thing.
"Harry remember, five brothers and one sister." Ron said putting his head up to reveal a very red face.
"And they've all fought you down like that?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah especially Ginny she had one…tight grip…" Ron said suddenly feeling a little bit of sadness.
"Danielle I think you should let him go…" Harry said quietly.
Danielle did it within a second since she knew why the mood had suddenly shifted. The memory of Ginny was resurfacing to them all. It had been so far two years and counting since her tragic death. Cho put her drink down and stood up.
"Cho are you alright?" Sirius asked.
"I'm fine Sirius…I'm…just gonna go get Lily and James…and I need to get something too." Cho said walking out of the room.
Ron stood up and pushed his red hair out of his eyes. Harry walked over and patted Ron on the back.
"You gonna be ok?" Harry asked.
"I'll be fine…just taking a little more time to get used to it you know?" Ron said.
Harry nodded taking his seat again as Ron did the same. Lily, James, and Cho re-entered into the room and they could see Cho was holding a box in her hand. Cho looked at the box for a moment and then handed it to Ron.
"What's this?" Ron asked.
"Something that I think should go to you." Cho said taking Ron's hand and placing it on the box.
Ron looked at her smiling slightly and opened the box. He took out a gold chain necklace with an oval shaped locket around it.
"Open the locket and see what's inside." Cho said.
Ron opened up the locket and saw a picture of him and Ginny, a moving one at that. He smiled slightly as he could see Ginny beaming proudly, being so happy then she had ever been. Ron started to grin and hugged Cho with much gratitude.
"Thank you…this means a lot to me." Ron said.
"I was thinking it would've. You've done so much for Harry and for me, and I'm grateful that you've been there." Cho said smiling slightly.
"I'm glad you're the one who Harry gets to spend the rest of his life with, I can really see why now. Thanks again Cho." Ron said hugging her again.
"You know…she's doing fine up there." Lily said as she went over to Ron putting the necklace on him.
"Y-you've seen her?" Ron said forgetting that before Lily and James were still up there as well.
"Plenty of times Ron. And she watches over all of you with much love from her heart. And I can tell you that she doesn't want her death to be a burden and all she wants is happiness for you all." Lily said.
Ron looked at the locket for a moment and then tucked it inside his shirt.
"Hey Ron…sorry rough housing and then bringing back a memory…I wouldn't have done it if it was going to come to this." Danielle said quietly.
"It's ok…you know part of me is actually glad that you did it. Bringing her memory to me is ok to do, don't feel bad." Ron said.
James and Sirius soon began to be engrossed in a conversation about their old days in Hogwarts. Lily was sharing a couple of her experiences with Hermione and Danielle. Harry smiled slightly and was glad to have the feeling of knowing that his parents were there for him. But he still didn't know why the spell didn't wear off. They were very much alive as they were seventeen years ago. And then again maybe this was meant to happen. Maybe destiny would finally give him that chance to be with his parents, the moments that he always dreamed about, destiny was finally letting it all happen.
Harry looked down to Cho, who was taking a couple of deep breaths.
"You ok?" Harry asked holding on to her hand.
"I'm doing fine, it's just this baby of ours is one good kicker. You wanna feel daddy-to-be?" Cho said smiling slightly.
"Uh…sure." Harry said smiling.
Cho grinned broadly as she put Harry's hand on her stomach.
"Go on baby, give a good kick for your father." Cho said.
The feeling of being a soon-to-be father was overwhelming for Harry. His child was being held by the love of his life and he had his parents, godfather, and friends with him. Harry placed his hand around Cho's stomach and felt a small tap on the palm of his hand. He grinned broadly and laughed a little bit.
"I felt the baby kick…I-…I just…wow." Harry said completely flustered.
James laughed along with Sirius. They went over to Harry, James rustled up Harry's messy jet black hair and Sirius pat him on the shoulder.
"Welcome to the wonders of fatherhood." James said.
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The next morning everything seemed to have been perfect. The sun was shining brightly, the birds were singing beautiful symphonies, and the fear of the legends seemed to have been far too distant. Harry woke up feeling for his glasses on his dresser to see Cho sleeping peacefully. He got up quietly to let her get some more rest in. It was a beautiful day, and Harry was starting to feel some peace at last. He walked out of the room and down the stairs where he could see Dobby and Winky were fussing around for pots and pans to create a meal.
"Winky will make eggs, sausages, and bacon and Dobby will make pancakes and waffles!" Winky squeaked.
"Winky is knowing about Dobby's fear of the waffle maker! Too many memories!" Dobby squeaked back.
"Master and his guests will be awake soon Dobby! We must make breakfast now!" Winky said desperately.
"How about I just make the waffles and then you can split the cooking some other way?" Harry said walking in seeing the two squabbling house elves.
"Master! Good morning, how are you doing this fine morning?" Winky said bowing down.
"Winky it's alright you can get up. And you don't have to call me master. Just call me Harry." Harry said kneeling down to the elf.
"But that would be against Winky's nature Master! Winky must not use first name basis." Winky said still bowing down.
"Winky, you are getting very testing with Dobby. I will cook the eggs and sausages, you take pancakes and bacon." Dobby said.
"I think that'd be a great idea Winky. I'll just do the waffles alright?" Harry said.
"Whatever will please my master." Winky said getting right to cooking the pancakes and bacon.
Harry shook his head laughing softly as he went on to help cook. It wasn't anything new, and he didn't mind cooking it for his friends. He would always remember how he would have to cook the breakfasts for the Dursley's.
"Oy, I smell food, where is the food?" Ron said walking in sniffing around the kitchen.
Hermione and Danielle followed after him laughing and taking their seats in the kitchen.
"In the process of being cooked." Harry said finishing up the last batch of the waffle mix.
"Whoah…Harry I didn't know you could cook." Ron said looking in amazement.
Harry laughed slightly as he continued to cook. He could see Dobby and Winky were almost down with the food they were preparing. Ron was trying to get nitpicks out of the food but Winky kept on slapping his hand away from the food.
"This house elf…has trottened my love to sneak and grab food." Ron said jokingly.
"Well you won't have to sneak and grab anymore you can have some of these waffles here." Harry said taking a tray filled with plates of waffles on them to the table.
Ron literally ran to the table and took his seat next to Hermione. Dobby and Winky had set the rest of the food on the table and the aroma of the food was empowering all around the house. Lily, James, and Sirius soon joined in, all with smiles on their faces.
"Oy ry' th' affles' 'mazing I 'ell 'oo" Ron said with his mouth full.
"The only word I got out of that was I." Lily said laughing.
"He said, we should try the waffles and they're amazing as he tells us." James said.
"Power to the gibberish." Sirius said raising a glass of orange juice up.
"Cheers to that!" James said tapping glasses with Sirius.
Lily laughed and rolled her eyes once again. Harry sat down next to his mother and saw Sirius was beaming like in the picture of him being the best man at his parents wedding. It was great to finally see Sirius being able to have fun. He was free from a crime that he never commited, he could spend his life with his daughter and now everyone treated him with respect and kindness. As they all continued to eat James and Sirius walked off to the Owlery Pantry in the house. Ron was still eating the food as though he were a human vacuum. Hermione and Danielle just stared in amazement.
"Where's Cho this morning Harry?" Lily asked taking some of the dishes over to the counter.
"No need to clean Mrs. Lily Potter! Winky shall take care of that." Winky said taking the plates from Lily's hands.
"Harry hand me the last plate of food would ya?" Ron said finishing yet another full plate of food.
"Sorry Ron…but this is for Cho. And she's still in bed mum I let her sleep in for her strength." Harry said, taking the food over to the counter.
"You're going to be one great dad. I can tell." Lily said smiling as she put her arm around Harry's shoulder.
"You know…I think he's going to be a wonderful father too." A voice said from the entrance to the kitchen.
Harry turned around and saw Cho had walked in wearing a white robe with her hair pulled up with a hair clip. She yawned slightly and rubbed her eyes to get a little more awake. He smiled and walked over to her putting his arms around her waist as she put her arms around his shoulders.
"Morning my beautiful wife." Harry said kissing her tenderly.
"Morning my wonderful husband." Cho said grinning. "Morning Mrs. Potter, Hermione, Danielle, Ron."
"Morning Cho." Danielle, Hermione, and Lily said in unison.
"'Orning 'Chow" Ron said his mouth filled with food again.
"Ron…how did you get that food?" Harry said raising an eyebrow.
"When in doubt always go for the chocolate frogs stash." Ron said as he swallowed down another chocolate frog.
Harry and Hermione rolled their eyes. Harry led Cho over to the kitchen table as she took her seat and he brought back the plate of food he saved for her.
"Cho…could I have that sausage?" Ron said as he tried to nitpick it.
"Ron!" Hermione exclaimed, she quickly took a chocolate frog and stuffed it in his mouth.
After a couple of minutes Cho had devoured the waffles and eggs and became full.
"Ron you can have the rest." Cho said pushing the plate over to him.
"Thanks Cho!" Ron said beaming with delight.
"No-no-no-no-no, I think we'll just save this for you later. Ron's had enough." Hermione said taking the plate away from him.
"I'm gonna head up and just relax for a little while. Can I expect you to join me later?" Cho said looking at Harry smiling.
"You can most definitely count on it." Harry said kissing her again.
Cho walked out of the kitchen and up the stairs as Sirius and James walked in. Both of them looked paler then the moon. Both of them had a little trembling troubling while getting into their seats.
"Dad? Sirius? What's wrong?" Harry asked getting up walking over to them.
"I-I can't believe this. How is this even possible?" James said flustered.
"What's possible James?" Lily asked as she put her hair back.
"It's too unbelievable for words Lily. Believe me on that." Sirius said quietly as he pressed his fingers against his eyes.
James leaned back on the chair ruffling his hair up, in utter disbelief. In his hand he held a new issue of the Daily Prophet, a special edition at that. Lily snatched it from his hands before James could stop her and she looked at the headline mortified.
"Oh my god. T-this can't be." Lily said softly.
"Mrs. Potter what is it?" Hermione asked worried.
"Mum what's going on?" Harry asked trying to take a look at the headline.
"Danielle, Hermione, could you try to make sure that Cho doesn't get in here? I don't think this news will be so good for her to hear, especially with condition she's in." Lily said quietly.
"Y-yes ma'm." Danielle said as she and Hermione rushed off up the stairs.
Lily's trembling hand put the paper down and she stood back as Harry and Ron went over to take a glance at it. The special report was on something that Harry was fearing since the first time he found out about Voldemort. Harry picked up the paper and read it out loud. In big bold letters the title was "10 MUGGLES AND 19 WITCHES AND WIZARDS KILLED IN RANDOM RAID"
"Officials today share with the Daily Prophet that this raid was indeed planned and set by He-Who-must-not-be-named. With his army of Death Eaters they aligned outside of the entrance to the Ministry killing off innocent muggles who passed by for their twisted pleasure and once entering in they were presumed to have first tortured the witches and wizards to their end." Harry read out loud quietly.
Ron snatched the paper from Harry's hands as he took a seat.
"Officials also tell us that the Wizarding World and the Muggle World have never experienced such turmoil since the early days of Voldemort first conquering part of the Netherlands, Scotland, Ireland, and the Northern part of London. With only one plea the officials had one statement to make 'We're trying our best to send the best that we have to start a new revolution. He had hidden before but we have a feeling he won't be hiding this time. Be cautious and stay safe.'" Ron read quietly.
"Won't be long till he goes for the ultimate goal he's been wanting." Harry said quietly.
"Harry don't think like-" Sirius began to say.
"No Sirius, we all know what he wants. He wants to kill me cause of those legends. Those legends were enriched to me from the day that I was born. One of us has to die, just like Dumbledore said." Harry said as he got up from his seat.
"Then we'll just have to make sure he doesn't go anywhere near you. We'll fight him off together, the whole wizarding world will join in to the fight." Sirius said.
"I won't let innocent people die for something that has to be taken care of between me and Voldemort. How long do I have to hide here while even more innocent people die?" Harry said, he was making it sound like everything was his fault.
"Don't put all of this on you Harry. It's not your fault at all. You shouldn't be bringing up all of the pressure and you know it yourself too." Lily said.
"Mum, how can I just stand here and not feel the guilt though? These people are dying cause of his menacing ways. Why is it that I feel like there's a way I can stop him and yet I haven't done so just to fail them?" Harry said sighing.
"You haven't failed them. You can't control what he does, he's pure evil Harry. And what you have is a pure heart of good in you. You have too much to be bargained for now. You cannot think negative, you can't afford to at any risks especially for Cho and your baby." James said walking up to Lily and Harry.
"What am I going to tell Cho though? Everybody in the wizarding world knows about this, her parents will most likely send her an owl asking if she's ok and how she's dealing with the raid news." Harry said worried.
"Just tell her the truth Harry. Knowing the truth from someone you love is better then finding out from print, ink, or from another person you don't even know." Lily said.
"I know but-" Harry began.
Before Harry could finish he was stopped by three screams coming from Cho's room. Harry and Ron quickly rushed up the stairs. As they reached the room they saw the door was wide open. Danielle and Hermione were standing far from the right edge of the bed covering their mouths in horror. Harry got Cho off the bed immediately and walked over to the corner finding something that was immensely shocking.
Alright that is chapter 15. It was up to 16 pages on micro word and I will hope this is enough to hold you guys down for like…another 2-3 weeks? LoL, please review review review!!! Also…questions in hand: What did Harry find exactly? Dun dun dun.
Princesscatie21: here ya go! LoL! I tried to type as quickly as I could but at some point my fingers entangled and got stuck like that for a week lol!
Xccrunner: thank you! I didn't realize it was so addicting lol! I should reread my own work some day…but not today lol! Thank you so much for your review ^^
I Love Cho: I'll keep my fingers crossed for you too! **crosses fingers for hope** For all the answers that you seek you must wait for the story to unfold lol! Until then it all lies as a mystery
Casey: Your review made mucho sense grlie lmao ^_^ See since Samantha belongs to you I try my best to alter in to her emotions like the way you would control her. Am I doing ok? LoL!
HaRrYpOtTeRfReAk6: thank you again for your reviews ^_^ and uh I don't know if I could make extremely long chapters. **takes fingers and puffs of smoke appears** I'm a bit…on the rusty side but I shall try! Sorry for keeping you waiting!
Heather (even though you didn't review on the site you sent me one in other wayz lol!): Hermione and Ron moment yeah they only held hands LoL! And the harry and cho moment glad that touched a nerve of emotion, and in question to Samantha and her plans and the prophecies, again like I said before, it all lies as a mystery.
Authors Note: Hey Guys again sorry for the big delay. My internet was down cause of the stupid modem my computer is connected to. And then there were times when my mind was just completely blank with no idea what to put. So for this chapter I hope that it's good enough to hold you down until I come back with the next chapter lol! I start school soon and usually I get ideas during that time…I know it seems weird but that's how I managed to get "A New Beginning…" done lol! So with out any more delay here is the very anticipated chapter 15 (gee it almost sounds a good wait for a harry potter book lol!) Enjoy ^_^
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"Samantha? Samantha wake up." A voice said quietly, it sounded so soothing.
Samantha kept her eyes closed her mind whirring with thoughts. Why did the voice sound so familiar? Why did her heart start beating so rapidly? Why did she suddenly feel her body having a falling sensation?
"Wake up Samantha. It's a brand new day, we should enjoy it." The voice said again soothingly.
"R-Ron?" Samantha said confused.
Samantha soon opened her eyes to see Ron's smiling face staring down at her. Samantha placed her hand on his freckled face and felt the warmth rush through her body. This couldn't be real, the night before Samantha was resting upon the hard cold concrete walls of Voldemort's lair, and now she was in bed with Ron at Hogwarts.
"Where's Hermione? I thought you were going to be with her." Samantha said.
"Be with Hermione? Sam, did you bump your head hard last night? I'd never go to Hermione you know that. I love you. You're my wife." Ron said kissing her on the forehead.
"Why are you acting like it never happened?" Samantha said softly feeling weak from Ron's kisses.
"Acting like what never happened? I haven't spoken to Hermione in ages, you know that." Ron said.
"What's next Ron? Are you going to tell me that Hermione never lost her baby?" Samantha asked.
"Lost her baby? Samantha, Hermione had that baby about a month ago. She quit school and she's living in the Malfoy's Manor raising the kid. What's going on?" Ron said raising his eyebrow.
"Do you-…do you still love me?" Samantha asked confused.
"Of course I still love you! Samantha you're my wife, I'd never think of loving anybody else. I made a vow to you at my wedding that I intend to keep I won't break it." Ron said.
Samantha could feel tears forming in her eyes as she smiled slightly. It was like all that had happened before no longer existed. It was like it never happened at all, just a dream…until suddenly Ron's smiling face was starting to fade from her vision. His voice was getting even harder to hear, and then Samantha saw only darkness around her. Everything disappeared, she was left in the darkness.
"No!" Samantha exclaimed.
Samantha woke up trembling. She looked around and saw the atmosphere of Voldemort's lair around her. A dream…that's all it was, just a dream in her mind. A dream that she felt was so real, every little detail about it all seemed so real. She closed her eyes again to get visions of the dream come back to her, but they never came. She leaned against the stonewalls of the lair once again looking up to see the fire from the torches shining brightly. Samantha pulled herself together and sank back in her thoughts, thinking about her new reality. Ron was in love with Hermione, he was fell so fast that now Samantha's anger was pent up inside her heart, and she was stuck in a cold, hard, menacing lair with the person that she was taught to be against her whole life. It only became complete that she had to be against him after she had met the love of her life…Ron.
Samantha paced around the lair knowing what the plan was that Voldemort wanted to set hold of. She knew what she had to do but deep down inside she could feel her stomach begin to tie in knots. She felt the guilt slowly devour her anger but with the thought of Ron being with her again, the hope of it all happening, she knew she had to do what she was told. Before long she could see Nagini's shadow appearing from the entrance of the corridor to the lair. Samantha turned around and bowed her head down in allegiance to her.
"Stand up Grint, I won't be taking pity bows like Tom has…" Nagini hissed.
Samantha picked her head up and folding her arms together, looking straight into Nagini's eyes. She knew that Nagini was using Paige's body but now realizing everything, now that she knew what was happening, she couldn't help but think why Harry, Cho, Ron, and herself couldn't see past Nagini and have realized that this wasn't the Paige they knew all. For a while Samantha just continued to cross her arms and look straight into Nagini's gray and cold eyes. She could sense so much evil towards her, and the tension between them only began to rise. Samantha knew Nagini didn't like her much, but as a part to her allegiance she had to obey Voldemort and Nagini.
"Your master will be down in a moment. He's coming down with a couple of our fellow death eaters to start the plan." Nagini explained walking around Samantha.
"What will I get out of this if I do what I'm told?" Samantha asked.
"You get to keep your life…" Nagini said as she threw a necklace to Samantha.
Samantha held it for a couple of moments looking at the pendant noticing that it was shining. She took the necklace and placed it around her neck.
"What is this?" Samantha asked.
"A curious one aren't you? Right in there you hold another life…do you happen to remember your dear friend…Paige Adams?" Nagini said slyly.
"You put her in here?" Samantha said raising an eyebrow.
"Her soul rests in there since, well as you can see I've taken over the use of her body." Nagini said doing a simple spin around the lair.
"Is this her fate for the rest of her life?" Samantha said looking at the glow in the bottle.
"Well yes, unless you were just so careless enough to drop it then she'd die ultimately. Other then that…you could keep it somewhere safe…once you're back at Hogwarts. Don't tell anybody about Paige being in here, or you'll be joining her." Nagini said.
"Scaring our key ticket to success already Nagini?" A cold drawling voice said.
Voldemort had just appeared from the corridor with a line of death eaters following him. Each of them were wearing cloaks to cover up most of their features. They looked down to hide their faces. All of them had except for Lucius Malfoy. He stood broadly aside by Voldemort. Nagini backed away and had taken one of the cloaks from the death eaters as they handed it to her.
"Just giving her a few…precautions." Nagini said.
"Very well then…Samantha dear…" Voldemort began.
Samantha bent down on one knee lowering her head.
"My lord. How may I serve you today?" Samantha asked.
"You may serve me by staying right where you are. Our plan starts now with just a swish of a wand." Voldemort said menacingly.
The death eaters formed a circle around Samantha. She continued to look down to the ground. She knew what was going to happen. They were going to stun her to her misery, to be able to pull off the act that she was brainwashed. But not enough to rid her mind of the memory of the plan, and definitely not enough to rid off her love for Ron.
"Align your wands." Nagini instructed.
The death eaters all in synchronization lifted up their wands pointing to only one target. Samantha held on to the necklace around her neck. She held on to the glow and could feel slight comfort and hear soft words run through her mind, telling her that she would regret everything. She shook her head and let go of the lit part of the necklace. She continued to stare down at the ground just waiting for the death eaters to strike her.
"Don't worry a bit Samantha…you won't even feel the pain…it'll feel like a mere pinch…" Voldemort said walking off to the side with Nagini.
"May I do the countdown love?" Nagini asked.
"As you wish." Voldemort said putting the hood up.
Nagini looked at all the death eaters who were ready for the order to strike. Each of them were thriving with the desire. They longed to hear the pitiful scream of a victim they would stun. It had been far too long, they needed this sort of sick and twisted relief.
"On my count." Nagini said.
Samantha went down on both knees and continued to stare down at the ground.
"1…"
Lucius Malfoy put his hood up and joined the circle of death eaters. This was more like a Christmas present to him.
"2…"
Voldemort began to open the top of the lair letting the sunlight in. Samantha looked up for one brief moment, she would be free soon…free from the pain in her heart, free from emotional pain.
"3!"
All at once the death eaters had performed the spell Crucio, one of the unforgivable curses. Samantha fell on her stomach, writhing and squirming like a helpless worm. The pain was unbearable, with so many people performing the spell it was almost like a death wish. One was unbearable enough but with the amount of death eaters that was around Samantha could feel her skin begin to form open wounds. She bit down on her lower lip trying so hard not to scream. But soon it was just too much, she let out an ear-shattering scream. She could hear menacing laughter from all around the room. Her energy was draining slower then she would have liked.
"Fight it Samantha…" A voice said softly in her mind.
"You know this isn't you…"
"You can't just sit there! Think about Ron if you love him so much why are you here in the first place?"
"GETTING HIM BACK…I'M GETTING HIM BACK." Samantha screamed holding on to her head seeing open cuts on her hands.
"Not this way Samantha, how could you think you could this way? What happened to the Samantha I knew. She wouldn't keep me cooped in this bottle. She'd fight and she'd figure out what's wrong with people who still care for you." The voice said again.
"RON IS MY ONLY PRIORITY. HE LOVES ME." Samantha screamed again.
"What's wrong with her? Why hasn't she passed out yet? If we go on any longer then we could kill her." Voldemort hissed at Nagini.
"Like I would know Tom." Nagini said bitterly.
"STOP." Voldemort bellowed.
The death eaters immediately put their wands down, each catching a little bit of breath. Voldemort walked over to Samantha, she was muttering incoherently.
"Maybe we could just send her off like this." Nagini said walking up to them.
Voldemort waved his hand over Samantha's eyes and she was put into a deep sleep.
"How long is she out for?" Nagini asked.
"As soon as we send her up to the grounds and someone finds her, she will only wake up when the one she seeks for comes to her. This is her little reward." Voldemort said.
"Why should we give her that Tom? What did she ever do for us really? She just came to us out of the blue saying she could help. She only said she could we don't know if she's loyal to her word." Nagini said.
"With the amount of hatred she has I think my odds in trusting her are fine. Unless…you'd like to test my judgment." Voldemort said looking at Nagini.
"N-n-never, of course…your judgment is fine." Nagini said.
"Alright then. Lucius, I'd like you to take Samantha's body where Potter and his guests stay. Be careful to not be seen. Leave her anywhere where somebody will be able to find her." Voldemort said.
"Yes my lord." Lucius said picking Samantha up.
"I'd advise you to take this for faster travel." Voldemort said handing him a red and silver ball.
"I didn't think you still had that contraption." Nagini said.
"I have ways to get what I want Nagini you should know that." Voldemort hissed.
Lucius held on to the ball and disappeared with the yellow orb forming around Samantha and himself.
"On to step two now everyone. We're heading for the muggles. Won't be long until we get to Potter and his heir." Voldemort said.
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"Oh my god the baby kicked!" Danielle exclaimed as she put her hand on Cho's stomach.
Cho laughed slightly. It was the first time a smile had crossed her lips since the night that she had learned about the legends with Harry. She knew she had to stay calm though, just for the sake of her baby. After seeing a doctor in London with Harry, they were specifically told that Cho's stress level had to be kept down.
"Oh my gosh it's kicking like mad!" Hermione said laughing joining Danielle in putting her hand on Cho's stomach.
Cho laughed slightly again and looked down to her stomach.
"Hey little baby down there, you're not due for a while, mummy loves the kicks but don't over do it!" Cho said.
Harry and Ron walked in, followed by Sirius, with refreshments for them all. It was Easter Holidays for them all and Harry decided it would've been nice to just get away from Hogwarts and go back to the one place Cho would find a certain amount of peace in, Godric's Hollow.
"What's this that we're hearing about kicks?" Ron asked.
"The baby, it's so active." Danielle said smiling.
"And it gives one hell of a kick." Cho said holding on to her stomach.
"Gee Harry, I guess your son is gonna be one hell of a fighter then." Ron said nudging him in the ribs.
"Well now who said that they weren't going to be expecting a daughter?" Hermione said taking one of the cups.
"I'm betting it's going to be a boy. Just has to be, that's the way it works, boys first and then girls come in second." Ron said sitting down.
Harry rolled his eyes and handed a drink to Cho as he took a seat next to her.
"I think he's testing us Hermione. He wants us to hurt him." Danielle said looking at him with a look that she knew was going to scare Ron.
"AHH! SCARY EYES GET AWAY DANIELLE!" Ron said shielding his eyes.
"Say mercy Ron." Danielle said getting up and trying to pry his hands off his eyes.
"MERCY!" Ron yelled.
Danielle sat down and just laughed. "Alright, alright I'm stopping." She said.
"Ok…IT'S STILL GOING TO BE A BOY THOUGH!" Ron said running away.
"Oh that's it. YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE WEASLEY!" Danielle said chasing after him.
"You get him Danielle, just please don't hurt him that badly. He's still a guest." Sirius called after her.
"Will do Dad!" Danielle yelled back still chasing Ron.
For a while they could hear Ron screaming and things falling down with a big thump. Harry and Cho tried so hard to keep their laughter in but with one final thump, they saw that Danielle and Ron had landed where they started in the first place. Danielle pulled Ron's leg back.
"Danielle's well known for rough housing." Sirius said taking a sip from his drink.
"How…wow how does she do that?" Hermione said tilting her head to the side.
"How can he stand the pain?" Harry said doing the same thing.
"Harry remember, five brothers and one sister." Ron said putting his head up to reveal a very red face.
"And they've all fought you down like that?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah especially Ginny she had one…tight grip…" Ron said suddenly feeling a little bit of sadness.
"Danielle I think you should let him go…" Harry said quietly.
Danielle did it within a second since she knew why the mood had suddenly shifted. The memory of Ginny was resurfacing to them all. It had been so far two years and counting since her tragic death. Cho put her drink down and stood up.
"Cho are you alright?" Sirius asked.
"I'm fine Sirius…I'm…just gonna go get Lily and James…and I need to get something too." Cho said walking out of the room.
Ron stood up and pushed his red hair out of his eyes. Harry walked over and patted Ron on the back.
"You gonna be ok?" Harry asked.
"I'll be fine…just taking a little more time to get used to it you know?" Ron said.
Harry nodded taking his seat again as Ron did the same. Lily, James, and Cho re-entered into the room and they could see Cho was holding a box in her hand. Cho looked at the box for a moment and then handed it to Ron.
"What's this?" Ron asked.
"Something that I think should go to you." Cho said taking Ron's hand and placing it on the box.
Ron looked at her smiling slightly and opened the box. He took out a gold chain necklace with an oval shaped locket around it.
"Open the locket and see what's inside." Cho said.
Ron opened up the locket and saw a picture of him and Ginny, a moving one at that. He smiled slightly as he could see Ginny beaming proudly, being so happy then she had ever been. Ron started to grin and hugged Cho with much gratitude.
"Thank you…this means a lot to me." Ron said.
"I was thinking it would've. You've done so much for Harry and for me, and I'm grateful that you've been there." Cho said smiling slightly.
"I'm glad you're the one who Harry gets to spend the rest of his life with, I can really see why now. Thanks again Cho." Ron said hugging her again.
"You know…she's doing fine up there." Lily said as she went over to Ron putting the necklace on him.
"Y-you've seen her?" Ron said forgetting that before Lily and James were still up there as well.
"Plenty of times Ron. And she watches over all of you with much love from her heart. And I can tell you that she doesn't want her death to be a burden and all she wants is happiness for you all." Lily said.
Ron looked at the locket for a moment and then tucked it inside his shirt.
"Hey Ron…sorry rough housing and then bringing back a memory…I wouldn't have done it if it was going to come to this." Danielle said quietly.
"It's ok…you know part of me is actually glad that you did it. Bringing her memory to me is ok to do, don't feel bad." Ron said.
James and Sirius soon began to be engrossed in a conversation about their old days in Hogwarts. Lily was sharing a couple of her experiences with Hermione and Danielle. Harry smiled slightly and was glad to have the feeling of knowing that his parents were there for him. But he still didn't know why the spell didn't wear off. They were very much alive as they were seventeen years ago. And then again maybe this was meant to happen. Maybe destiny would finally give him that chance to be with his parents, the moments that he always dreamed about, destiny was finally letting it all happen.
Harry looked down to Cho, who was taking a couple of deep breaths.
"You ok?" Harry asked holding on to her hand.
"I'm doing fine, it's just this baby of ours is one good kicker. You wanna feel daddy-to-be?" Cho said smiling slightly.
"Uh…sure." Harry said smiling.
Cho grinned broadly as she put Harry's hand on her stomach.
"Go on baby, give a good kick for your father." Cho said.
The feeling of being a soon-to-be father was overwhelming for Harry. His child was being held by the love of his life and he had his parents, godfather, and friends with him. Harry placed his hand around Cho's stomach and felt a small tap on the palm of his hand. He grinned broadly and laughed a little bit.
"I felt the baby kick…I-…I just…wow." Harry said completely flustered.
James laughed along with Sirius. They went over to Harry, James rustled up Harry's messy jet black hair and Sirius pat him on the shoulder.
"Welcome to the wonders of fatherhood." James said.
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The next morning everything seemed to have been perfect. The sun was shining brightly, the birds were singing beautiful symphonies, and the fear of the legends seemed to have been far too distant. Harry woke up feeling for his glasses on his dresser to see Cho sleeping peacefully. He got up quietly to let her get some more rest in. It was a beautiful day, and Harry was starting to feel some peace at last. He walked out of the room and down the stairs where he could see Dobby and Winky were fussing around for pots and pans to create a meal.
"Winky will make eggs, sausages, and bacon and Dobby will make pancakes and waffles!" Winky squeaked.
"Winky is knowing about Dobby's fear of the waffle maker! Too many memories!" Dobby squeaked back.
"Master and his guests will be awake soon Dobby! We must make breakfast now!" Winky said desperately.
"How about I just make the waffles and then you can split the cooking some other way?" Harry said walking in seeing the two squabbling house elves.
"Master! Good morning, how are you doing this fine morning?" Winky said bowing down.
"Winky it's alright you can get up. And you don't have to call me master. Just call me Harry." Harry said kneeling down to the elf.
"But that would be against Winky's nature Master! Winky must not use first name basis." Winky said still bowing down.
"Winky, you are getting very testing with Dobby. I will cook the eggs and sausages, you take pancakes and bacon." Dobby said.
"I think that'd be a great idea Winky. I'll just do the waffles alright?" Harry said.
"Whatever will please my master." Winky said getting right to cooking the pancakes and bacon.
Harry shook his head laughing softly as he went on to help cook. It wasn't anything new, and he didn't mind cooking it for his friends. He would always remember how he would have to cook the breakfasts for the Dursley's.
"Oy, I smell food, where is the food?" Ron said walking in sniffing around the kitchen.
Hermione and Danielle followed after him laughing and taking their seats in the kitchen.
"In the process of being cooked." Harry said finishing up the last batch of the waffle mix.
"Whoah…Harry I didn't know you could cook." Ron said looking in amazement.
Harry laughed slightly as he continued to cook. He could see Dobby and Winky were almost down with the food they were preparing. Ron was trying to get nitpicks out of the food but Winky kept on slapping his hand away from the food.
"This house elf…has trottened my love to sneak and grab food." Ron said jokingly.
"Well you won't have to sneak and grab anymore you can have some of these waffles here." Harry said taking a tray filled with plates of waffles on them to the table.
Ron literally ran to the table and took his seat next to Hermione. Dobby and Winky had set the rest of the food on the table and the aroma of the food was empowering all around the house. Lily, James, and Sirius soon joined in, all with smiles on their faces.
"Oy ry' th' affles' 'mazing I 'ell 'oo" Ron said with his mouth full.
"The only word I got out of that was I." Lily said laughing.
"He said, we should try the waffles and they're amazing as he tells us." James said.
"Power to the gibberish." Sirius said raising a glass of orange juice up.
"Cheers to that!" James said tapping glasses with Sirius.
Lily laughed and rolled her eyes once again. Harry sat down next to his mother and saw Sirius was beaming like in the picture of him being the best man at his parents wedding. It was great to finally see Sirius being able to have fun. He was free from a crime that he never commited, he could spend his life with his daughter and now everyone treated him with respect and kindness. As they all continued to eat James and Sirius walked off to the Owlery Pantry in the house. Ron was still eating the food as though he were a human vacuum. Hermione and Danielle just stared in amazement.
"Where's Cho this morning Harry?" Lily asked taking some of the dishes over to the counter.
"No need to clean Mrs. Lily Potter! Winky shall take care of that." Winky said taking the plates from Lily's hands.
"Harry hand me the last plate of food would ya?" Ron said finishing yet another full plate of food.
"Sorry Ron…but this is for Cho. And she's still in bed mum I let her sleep in for her strength." Harry said, taking the food over to the counter.
"You're going to be one great dad. I can tell." Lily said smiling as she put her arm around Harry's shoulder.
"You know…I think he's going to be a wonderful father too." A voice said from the entrance to the kitchen.
Harry turned around and saw Cho had walked in wearing a white robe with her hair pulled up with a hair clip. She yawned slightly and rubbed her eyes to get a little more awake. He smiled and walked over to her putting his arms around her waist as she put her arms around his shoulders.
"Morning my beautiful wife." Harry said kissing her tenderly.
"Morning my wonderful husband." Cho said grinning. "Morning Mrs. Potter, Hermione, Danielle, Ron."
"Morning Cho." Danielle, Hermione, and Lily said in unison.
"'Orning 'Chow" Ron said his mouth filled with food again.
"Ron…how did you get that food?" Harry said raising an eyebrow.
"When in doubt always go for the chocolate frogs stash." Ron said as he swallowed down another chocolate frog.
Harry and Hermione rolled their eyes. Harry led Cho over to the kitchen table as she took her seat and he brought back the plate of food he saved for her.
"Cho…could I have that sausage?" Ron said as he tried to nitpick it.
"Ron!" Hermione exclaimed, she quickly took a chocolate frog and stuffed it in his mouth.
After a couple of minutes Cho had devoured the waffles and eggs and became full.
"Ron you can have the rest." Cho said pushing the plate over to him.
"Thanks Cho!" Ron said beaming with delight.
"No-no-no-no-no, I think we'll just save this for you later. Ron's had enough." Hermione said taking the plate away from him.
"I'm gonna head up and just relax for a little while. Can I expect you to join me later?" Cho said looking at Harry smiling.
"You can most definitely count on it." Harry said kissing her again.
Cho walked out of the kitchen and up the stairs as Sirius and James walked in. Both of them looked paler then the moon. Both of them had a little trembling troubling while getting into their seats.
"Dad? Sirius? What's wrong?" Harry asked getting up walking over to them.
"I-I can't believe this. How is this even possible?" James said flustered.
"What's possible James?" Lily asked as she put her hair back.
"It's too unbelievable for words Lily. Believe me on that." Sirius said quietly as he pressed his fingers against his eyes.
James leaned back on the chair ruffling his hair up, in utter disbelief. In his hand he held a new issue of the Daily Prophet, a special edition at that. Lily snatched it from his hands before James could stop her and she looked at the headline mortified.
"Oh my god. T-this can't be." Lily said softly.
"Mrs. Potter what is it?" Hermione asked worried.
"Mum what's going on?" Harry asked trying to take a look at the headline.
"Danielle, Hermione, could you try to make sure that Cho doesn't get in here? I don't think this news will be so good for her to hear, especially with condition she's in." Lily said quietly.
"Y-yes ma'm." Danielle said as she and Hermione rushed off up the stairs.
Lily's trembling hand put the paper down and she stood back as Harry and Ron went over to take a glance at it. The special report was on something that Harry was fearing since the first time he found out about Voldemort. Harry picked up the paper and read it out loud. In big bold letters the title was "10 MUGGLES AND 19 WITCHES AND WIZARDS KILLED IN RANDOM RAID"
"Officials today share with the Daily Prophet that this raid was indeed planned and set by He-Who-must-not-be-named. With his army of Death Eaters they aligned outside of the entrance to the Ministry killing off innocent muggles who passed by for their twisted pleasure and once entering in they were presumed to have first tortured the witches and wizards to their end." Harry read out loud quietly.
Ron snatched the paper from Harry's hands as he took a seat.
"Officials also tell us that the Wizarding World and the Muggle World have never experienced such turmoil since the early days of Voldemort first conquering part of the Netherlands, Scotland, Ireland, and the Northern part of London. With only one plea the officials had one statement to make 'We're trying our best to send the best that we have to start a new revolution. He had hidden before but we have a feeling he won't be hiding this time. Be cautious and stay safe.'" Ron read quietly.
"Won't be long till he goes for the ultimate goal he's been wanting." Harry said quietly.
"Harry don't think like-" Sirius began to say.
"No Sirius, we all know what he wants. He wants to kill me cause of those legends. Those legends were enriched to me from the day that I was born. One of us has to die, just like Dumbledore said." Harry said as he got up from his seat.
"Then we'll just have to make sure he doesn't go anywhere near you. We'll fight him off together, the whole wizarding world will join in to the fight." Sirius said.
"I won't let innocent people die for something that has to be taken care of between me and Voldemort. How long do I have to hide here while even more innocent people die?" Harry said, he was making it sound like everything was his fault.
"Don't put all of this on you Harry. It's not your fault at all. You shouldn't be bringing up all of the pressure and you know it yourself too." Lily said.
"Mum, how can I just stand here and not feel the guilt though? These people are dying cause of his menacing ways. Why is it that I feel like there's a way I can stop him and yet I haven't done so just to fail them?" Harry said sighing.
"You haven't failed them. You can't control what he does, he's pure evil Harry. And what you have is a pure heart of good in you. You have too much to be bargained for now. You cannot think negative, you can't afford to at any risks especially for Cho and your baby." James said walking up to Lily and Harry.
"What am I going to tell Cho though? Everybody in the wizarding world knows about this, her parents will most likely send her an owl asking if she's ok and how she's dealing with the raid news." Harry said worried.
"Just tell her the truth Harry. Knowing the truth from someone you love is better then finding out from print, ink, or from another person you don't even know." Lily said.
"I know but-" Harry began.
Before Harry could finish he was stopped by three screams coming from Cho's room. Harry and Ron quickly rushed up the stairs. As they reached the room they saw the door was wide open. Danielle and Hermione were standing far from the right edge of the bed covering their mouths in horror. Harry got Cho off the bed immediately and walked over to the corner finding something that was immensely shocking.
Alright that is chapter 15. It was up to 16 pages on micro word and I will hope this is enough to hold you guys down for like…another 2-3 weeks? LoL, please review review review!!! Also…questions in hand: What did Harry find exactly? Dun dun dun.