Here's chapter 8. As I promised, there will be torture.
Giramon: Trevor, do you always write torture in your stories?
Me: When I think it's necessary for the plot.
Tory: Who cares? This story stinks. You didn't update for nearly 3 months and the amount of reviews you have is pathetic.
Me and Giramon: Shut up, Toehead!
Candlemon: Don't speak to her like unless you want me to kick your ass!
Me: Bring it on, Candlemon. (Getting my staff) Bring it on!
Candlemon: Candlemon digevolve to Meramon!
Giramon: Well, enjoy the story, while these 2 are fighting. I just hope they have good medical insurance.
Harry was walking around the corridors. He knew he should get back soon, The tournament was about to begin, but he couldn't. He had to tell Ron and Hermione about the prophecy eventually. Now was as good a time as over.
He walked into the common room, while Ron and Hermione were waiting for him.
"Hermione, Ron, there's something I've got to tell you." said Harry. "I've been keeping this a secret for a long time."
"You can tell us anything, Harry." said Ron. "We're your best friends."
Hermione was staying silent, which was strange. She normally asked a bunch of questions, but it seemed like she didn't have a clue what was going on. That could only mean one thing: They weren't Ron and Hermione!
He went for his wand, but "Ron" stunned him before he could react. After a few seconds, "Ron" became Draco Malfoy and "Hermione" became Vincent Crabbe.
"Come on, Crabbe." said Malfoy. "This should please the dark lord greatly."
Meanwhile, the real Ron and Hermione were preparing for their turn in the tournament. They had won the last 2 rounds, and they were in the semi-finals. Neville was worried, though. Harry was his partner, and he had been gone for over 15 minutes.
"Don't worry, I'm sure he'll be back soon." said Ron. "Harry always takes a while when he goes to get something."
"Ron, I heard Harry tell Seamus he was going to talk to us, but we're right here." said Hermione. "He thought we were in the common room, taking a brief rest from the tournament, but you're got to stay here, it's the rule."
"That means that this was done by you-know-who!" Yelled Neville.
Almost as if on cue, Izzy and Kabuterimon got there. Izzy gave them the note and they were shocked at what they saw.
Muggle lover,
I've taken your precious Potter. The only way you'll see him again is dead. I suggest you surrender now, and save yourself the trouble of losing all your allies. And to think, my spy was right under your nose. So much for the infallible Dumbledore.
Lord Voldemort
"What are we going to do?" Tentomon said in a panic.
"We better launch a rescue." said Izzy. "Get Tai and the others, and we'll see what we can do."
"You guys are only 11, some of you younger." said Hermione. "You shouldn't be involved in this."
"We've faced worse enemies than Voldemort (Ron shuddered) before." he replied. "Besides, we inflicted heavy casualties on them at the battle of Diagon Alley."
"How can any enemy be worse than V… Volde… Voldemort." Ron stuttered.
"Izzy, we got Tentomon's message!" exclaimed Tai. "We're all ready."
"We probably shouldn't leave this to the ministry." said Matt. "We saw how willing they were to torture innocent children."
"You guys shouldn't get involved!" exclaimed Hermione. "Stay here where it's safe."
"I don't think there is a safe place." said Neville. "V…Voldemort had many spies here, gathering information. I even heard a couple of my housemates last week talking about it."
"Why didn't you tell anyone?" asked T.K. "Dumbledore can handle anything."
"I didn't know who they were, and my main focus was trying not to get caught." replied Neville. "Besides, I didn't have much of a clue what they were saying."
"I just we find Harry before it's too late." said Ron.
"When we got our paws on them, they'll wish they were dead!" said Gatomon.
"They may not know too many spells yet, but we can still digevolve." said Agumon. "I think you remember what I did as Wargreymon. They won't stand a chance."
"I know, but we need to find them first." said Joe. "We've got a hostage situation."
"We'll have to rely on cunning to get him out of there." said Hermione.
"I just hope he'll be all right." said Mimi in tears.
"Harry's very strong." said Palmon. "We've just got to remember that he can hold on."
"I just wish we still had our crests." said Sora.
"We have them inside us." said Izzy. "I think that's why we have magical powers in the first place."
"Maybe our digivices can help us fight." suggested Matt.
"Those kinds of devices don't work at Hogwarts." said Hermione. "There's too much magic in the air."
"These seem to work just fine." said Gabumon. "I just wonder where Voldemort would take Harry."
"He doesn't have Azkaban, or else he'd take him there." said Ron. "Right now, we're at a loss."
Azkaban Taken!
By Carol Skeeter
Last night, Azkaban prison was taken by the death eaters, leaving 23 ministry workers dead, including 6 aurors, and 17 more were injured, most seriously.
Also, it is rumored that the boy-who-lived, who was kidnapped 2 days ago, has been sent there. Ministry Aurors are planning an immediate rescue, but the Minister won't allow it, saying that they needed time to prepare.
"The minister is a fool who cares about nothing except his own power." said Remus Lupin, one of the people who has petitioned to be the guardian of Harry Potter. "The minister will not do anything at all, just assure the public that he had everything under control.
This was just one of many reports of people losing faith in our government. If they can't protect the people, how can they rescue Harry Potter?
"Well, this certainly isn't good." said Agumon, after he and Tai read the paper. (A rare occasion)
"I don't have much faith in them, like I said before." said Matt. "Odds are, he's probably dead by now."
"Can't Harry ever have a normal life?" asked Hermione. "Why can't they just leave him alone."
"There's got to be somebody in this house who sold them out." said Ron. "I can't believe Gryffindors would work for Slytherin scum."
"Not everybody there is a death eater." said Kari, and Gatomon agreed. "They has to be good people there, I know it."
"It's just that the decent ones don't attract attention, like the ones with Death Eater parents." added Hermione. "Once this war is over, hopefully they'll show their decency."
"They don't have any." insisted Ron. "The Slytherins are probably happy as clams."
"Carol and Jennifer said they knew decent Slytherins." said Kari. "Jennifer's aunt was a Slythrin."
"Let's just not argue about it anymore." said Sora. "We've got to get to class now."
"Crucio!" Yelled Lucius Malfoy, torturing Harry once again. He wanted the boy to be nice and weak when his master came. The idiot ministry would never suspect where they were.
Over the past 3 days, Harry had 4 broken ribs, a leg broken in 4 places, both his shoulders dislocated, painful poison in his body, and covered his bruises almost from head to toe. Not to mention the multiple curses they used. He just hoped help would come soon…
"Azkaban was taken back and there wasn't a sign of him." sighed Ron. "He's probably dead by now. I swear to Merlin, they are going to pay."
"It was obviously a feint." said Hermione. "Now let's see. If I were Voldemort, where would I hide? Maybe the chamber of secrets. Nobody could get in there."
"Somehow, I don't think so." said Ron. "Dumbledore would know if they were down there. He's probably checked."
Seamus waked into the room, looking guilty. He interrupted their conversation and told them he had something important to say.
"Guys… I'm… I'm the one who let the Death Eaters get in." said Seamus. Ron immediately went for his wand and was about to curse him into oblivion when Hermione stopped him.
"Let's heat him out before we curse him." said Hermione.
"Lucius Malfoy got into the school and put me under the Imperius." he explained. "I tried to fight it, but I wasn't strong enough. I told him the password and he simply stunned me. The last thing I heard was that they were hiding right under Dumbledore's nose."
"Then I think I know where they are." said Hermione. "We better see Professor Dumbledore."
"Harry's in the forbidden forest." said Tentomon. "I was flying around when I heard screaming. I looked closer and saw about 10 death eaters around him."
"Then we've got to go rescue him." said Tai. "Sneaking off to the forbidden forest has been done, and since students are on the grounds, they won't think much of us going outside."
"That's actually a good plan." said Joe. "But how do we get him out?"
"T.K. and Mimi can tell Professor Dumbledore, while the rest of us go on to rescue him." said Matt.
"Matt, I can fight too, please." said T.K.
"T.K., you've got the most important job." said Matt. "We can hold them off until he gets there."
They went outside to the grounds, and like they planned, they went into the forbidden forest, except for Mimi and T.K., along with their partners.
"If we digevolve, we're not going to be able to attack without setting the whole forest on fire." said Gabumon.
"Joe's Digimon can keep the death eaters distracted, while the rest of us get Harry out of there." said Izzy.
"This is assuming he's still alive." said Joe.
"Don't be such a downer, Joe." said Gomamon. "I'm sure he's alive, and that we can get him out."
They followed Tentomon to where the death eaters are located. They were apparently talking about what to do with him.
"We should just kill him now." said one.
"Yeah, let's hang his head from the ministry building." said another.
"Our orders are to keep him alive until our master gets here." said the one who was obviously the leader. "He'll be here within the hour."
"It's kind of a shame, though." said a female voice. "I was hoping to play with Baby Potter a little more."
"Bella, if we torture him more, he'll die and our master wants to kill Potter himself." said the leader.
"Just a little more, Lucius." she begged. "It's been more than a week since I tortured."
"I said no, Bellatrix. Unless you want to face the wrath of the dark lord."
She shut up and the rest of the death eaters looked fearful. Gatomon moved and it was noticed by the death eaters.
2 fired curses in their general direction, but both missed by a mile. They all ran, trying to get away from them.
Most of the death eaters followed, except for 3 who stood guard over Harry. Both the death eaters and Digidestined split up.
Matt and Gabumon were trying to get as far away as they could. Sora and Biyomon were just ahead of them. Each fired a few minor curses to slow them down, but it wasn't working.
"Spiral Twister!" cried Biyomon, knocking one of the death eaters back, but she was soon taken down by the other.
"Come on, keep running!" said Matt. Sora was getting tired quicker since she was holding Biyomon. And the 2 death eaters were catching up quickly.
Meanwhile, Izzy and Tai were running just as fast, and eventually managed to lose them.
"If I could digevolve to Greymon, they would be going down!" said Agumon.
"Agumon, be quiet." said Izzy. "We have no idea where they are."
One death eater was wondering alone. Tai and Izzy took the chance and fired a body bind. Izzy then levitated him into a tree branch.
"Well, that's one of the way." said Tai, right before he fell screaming. Izzy fired the Salt Water curse, and it broke his concentration. They started to run again, setting a few traps.
Joe and Kari were making a stand. However, Kari fell to a curse, and pushed Gatomon into a blind fury. She killed one death eater and knocked the other out cold.
However, another was coming, and Gatomon went up the trees taking Kari with her. Joe tried to follow, but he was stunned and taken back to their camp. 3 down, 9 to go.
Eventually, they met up with each other, though only Tai, Izzy, Gatomon, Agumon, Tentomon, Matt, and Sora were conscious.
"We have to digevolve, the forest be damned!" said Agumon.
"It's way too risky, and we could burn the others to death." said Izzy. "Both humans and Digimon are out their camp."
"How many death eaters have been taken down?" asked Matt.
"I killed one and knocked the other out." Said Gatomon.
"Me and Izzy left one under a body-bind on a tree." said Tai. "So that leaves 9 death eaters."
"Still too much for us to handle." said Sora. "This whole thing was a mistake. We should have just gotten Professor Dumbledore."
Curses flew and they ran. However, more death eaters were waiting for them. Sora and Agumon were taken out. Gatomon knocked them aside and they kept running, although they want to help their friends.
They climbed up trees as quickly as they could. Now they had to rescue everyone else and stay alive at the same time.
"I guess we don't have a choice." said Izzy. "Tentomon, it's time to digevolve."
"Izzy, I won't even be able to see, much less help." said Tentomon.
"That basically means we're trapped." Matt groaned. "I just hope help gets here soon."
"Even worse, we're lost." said Tai. "How are we going to find our way back? And rescue the others?"
"As for locating their base, out digivices should help." said Izzy, taking his out. "They're to the northeast. Now we've just got to avoid the death eaters."
They climbed down as best they could, but since they were exhausted, it was a slow climb and Tai fell about 6 feet from the bottom. He didn't take any serious wounds but he couldn't move very fast.
They hid in the plants, hoping not to be seen. 1 or 2 death eaters pass by, but they didn't even come close to seeing them.
Tentomom flew above them, telling the remaining Digidestined if there were any left. They eventually got to the camp, and they saw that Kari was beginning to wake up.
The leader kicked her in the ribs and she fell the ground in pain. Tai was about to attack, but Izzy and Matt held him back.
"We can't do anything right now." whispered Izzy.
They were attacked from behind, taking out everyone but Tai and Izzy. They were now surrounded by 11 death eaters and they had lost their wands.
"I never thought I'd get this opportunity." said a voice they knew was Malfoy's. "I'm glad I get some payback, Kamiya."
"You're going to pay for this." snarled Tai, and all the death eaters.
"What does little baby Kamiya intend to do?" taunted the woman.
"Excellent, my death eaters." said a hissing voice. "Not only have you captured Potter, you've gotten the Digidestined children as well. I was hoping they would try to rescue Potter."
"Well, well, it's snake-face himself." sneered Izzy. If he was going to die, he was not going to cower.
"Shut your mouth, mudblood." Voldemort snarled. "You do not deserve to exist. I will wipe out all of your pathetic breed."
"We gathered that already, Voldie." said Tai. "What do you intend to do afterwards? Maybe get some plastic surgery?"
Tai immediately fell to the ground, screaming. Voldemort took the curse off him and growled. "Watch your tongue. The more you talk, the more painful I make your death. But it doesn't have to be this way, Kamiya. You and your sister have such great potential.
"Think about it. You are wasting your time with these pathetic brats. Join me and the rewards will be great. You can have anything you desire. All I ask is your service."
Tai was on the ground, for a moment considering the offer. But he couldn't abandon his friends. Also, he knew Voldemort would not keep his promises, but he looked like he was thinking, trying to bide time.
Since nobody was paying attention to her, Kari began to gather her power. She needed to help her brother, or he would die. A white light began to surround her and she unleashed its power on the death eaters, knocking them all away from Tai and Izzy, but they were in no shape to get away.
About half the death eaters were knocked out and the rest were dazed. Only Voldemort and Lucius Malfoy appeared untouched. Both were now furious.
"So you dare to interfere, little girl?" Voldemort demanded. "You will pay dearly for that mistake. AVADA KEDAVRA!"
She fell to the ground and both Izzy and Tai screamed in agony. Voldemort revived the dazed death eaters, and there were 7, including Voldemort, who were prepared to kill.
As he was about to kill them both, a huge beam of light knocked them back. Angemon and Togemon were ready to fight, as was Dumbledore. He and Voldemort furiously fought with spells and curses, while the Digimon took care of the remaining death eaters.
"What the heck happened here?" asked Mimi, scared of the answer.
Izzy explained it to her, as he was the only one relatively unharmed. Tai was almost incapable of speaking and the rest of them were scattered around.
Wizards began arriving in the forbidden forest, taking care of the death eaters. Meanwhile, the battle between the light and dark lord intensified.
Voldemort fired a skin-slicing spell, which Dumbledore managed to deflect. He returned fire with a powerful white tornado, but Voldemort managed to vaporize it.
Dumbledore was often sending dead trees and huge branches at Voldemort, who dodged them with ease. Dumbledore fired white beams from the sky, which Voldemort destroyed with black lightning.
He fired a parseltongue spell which poisoned him and left him helpless. Voldemort laughed in triumph, certain that he would at last kill Dumbledore.
Angemon and Togemon both fired their attacks, which he just barely managed to block, giving Dumbledore a chance to recover. However, he managed to hold his own just fine and eventually took Angemon out of the fight.
TOGEMON DIGEVOLVE TO…LILLYMON!
Now that Dumbledore had recovered, he and Lillymon were beating Voldemort until he blasted them both back and took the death eaters still around, leaving the rest to fend for themselves. He then portkeyed back to his fortress
"We did it." said Izzy in relief. "We won."
Dumbledore, looking very grave, took the kids back to Hogwarts, in the middle of lunch in front of shocked students. The Order wizards took them to the hospital wing and did whatever they could for them.
They had captured 6 death eaters and they were now being questioned. 2 order wizards were killed, and 3 wounded, but Ron and Hermione were pleased that Remus was fine and Harry was going to survive.
All of a sudden, the world didn't look quite so dark.
Well, one chapter left. Then we'll see the aftermath of all of this.