Auria ran off down High Street towards the Three Broomsticks. She was four
buildings away when she heard a scream down one of the alleyways. After
stopping to listen she heard a second scream and decided to head towards
the alleyway. She crept down it, her heart pounding and her wand ready. The
alley was pitch black. After a few tense moments she tripped over
something.
"Oof" she said landing with a thud on the ground. "Lumos" she whispered and then grasped at what she saw. Her best friend Alexia was lying on the ground. Auria quickly searched for a pulse, and to her relief found one.
"She must just be unconscious" she thought. "Probably slipped on the ice" But at that moment she heard a footstep behind her. She turned around very slowly. Her wand illuminated 3 people, hooded and cloaked with masks and all pointing their wand at her. Auria stood up and glared at them. "Death Eaters" she thought viciously. Then suddenly they all raised their wands.
"Expelliarmus" she screamed before they could even utter a word. Two of the Death Eater's wands flew out of their hands.
The third one yelled "Tarantallegra."
But Auria was ready. "Protego" she screamed and the spell stopped 3 inches from her face.
The Death Eater seemed surprised and Auria took advantage of this momentary weakness.
"Petrificus Totalus" she cried and the Death Eater fell over.
The other two had found their wands but Auria was too fast for them. "Stupefy," and the second Death Eater fell onto the first.
Auria stared at the last Death Eater, half grinning. He glared back and just as he raised his wand she yelled "Incendio."
The Death Eater's robes burst into flames and as he frantically attempted to put them out she yelled "Stupify" and he fell to the floor, his robes now smoldering.
She said a spell and bound two of them together and then the third separately. Auria stood there glaring at them for a moment, catching her breath. Then from behind she heard the sound of a single pair of hands clapping. The noise echoed through the alleyway. Auria spun around.
There, standing a little ways down the alley was Lord Voldemort himself. Auria glared at him, challenging him with her eyes. Any fear that she may have had was crushed by the anger that arose in her. This was the man that had had her father killed, and she was going to kill him. To her surprise he began to speak instead of pulling out his wand.
"You did very well" he said in his cold mocking voice.
"What?" she retorted, her voice just a cold as his.
"Well," he replied calmly. "I wanted to see how good you were. Knocking out three of my Death Eaters all on your own is very impressive. And just think" he continued leaning on the wall, "you didn't even call for help."
"I didn't need too" she with an air of cool defiance.
"Ooohhh, rebellious. I like that quality in my followers." He said looking her up and down.
Auria scrunched up her face in disgust and stepped back.
"Join me," he said softly taking a step towards her. "I can show you power beyond your wildest dreams."
Auria opened her mouth to respond but just at that moment Alexia moaned and began to wake up. Auria bent down to her.
"Alexia are you alright?" she said quickly.
"Your first lesson child" said Voldemort. "Never take your eyes off your enemy."
Auria looked up to find him gone and the three Death Eaters beginning to float away.
"Accio Death Eater" she screamed pointing her wand at the nearest one. She was not going to let them get away.
She struggled, focusing all her strength on dragging this one back. Finally, Voldemort seemed to let go of his hold on the Death Eater and Death Eater and Auria went flying into the wall. In a second she was up and standing over him. She grabbed his wand and put her foot over his throat, even though he was still unconscious. Then she shot red sparks into the sky.
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A moment later Dumbledore, McGonagall, Verge, and the Marauders all came running down the alley.
"Auria, what happened? Are you all right?" asked Sirius his eyes full of concern.
But Auria didn't look at him. She was still staring at the spot where Voldemort had been.
"Auria?" he said again, gently touching her arm. To his surprise he found that she was shaking.
The touch brought her back to reality and she turned around and looked at him. Sirius saw that her eyes were filled with hatred and anger, and he knew that she was shaking not out of fright but rage.
"He was here," she whispered hoarsely. "That bastard was here."
"What? Who?" asked Sirius, who was now very concerned.
"Voldemort" she replied in a voice that could have frozen boiling water.
As the sound of his masters name the Death Eater stirred. Auria pressed her foot down harder on his throat.
"Don't even think about getting up," she growled dangerously.
"It's alright now Auria. I'll take care of him now," said Dumbledore.
Auria slowly stepped back.
"Don't worry" said Sirius. "He'll go to Azkaban where he belongs."
Auria suddenly seemed very tired and cold. Here" he said, taking off his cloak and as he put it over her shoulders he kept his arm around her.
"Thanks" she said leaning into him and he gently gave her arm a comforting squeeze.
As Dumbledore took care of the Death Eater he asked Auria to explain what happened. She recounted the entire story, but left out the part about Voldemort asking her to join him. When she was finished everyone was staring at her open mouthed. Dumbledore gave her an odd look, as if trying to figure out a math problem.
"Come, let us get back to the school," he said. As they left the alley he handed the Death Eater over to Ministry officials, who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere.
"They're taking him to Azkaban right now" said Dumbledore when he saw the look on Auria's face.
"Good" she muttered.
When they reached the school Dumbledore ordered Professor McGonagall and Verge to take Alexia to the hospital wing and told James, Remus and Peter to go to bed.
"Auria, I would like to see you in my office. I have to ask you some questions," he said smiling kindly at her. "Sirius may accompany you if you wish."
Auria looked at Sirius and suddenly realized that he hadn't left her side since the alley. She wanted him with her, she trusted him and he made her feel safe.
The three of them walked through the school until they reached the stone gargoyle. Dumbledore gave the password and they rose up the moving spiral staircase. Dumbledore opened the door to his office and ushered them inside. Auria looked around the room for she had never been in his office. Sirius had been in here many times and seemed completely unimpressed. Dumbledore sat down behind his desk and motioned for Auria and Sirius to sit down in the two leather chairs facing him.
"I seems to me" Dumbledore began. "That when you recounted tonight's events you left out a small portion. Am I correct?"
Auria looked at the floor and nodded.
"Would you care to tell me what that small portion was?"
Sirius reached over and held her hand, knowing she'd appreciate the support.
"Voldemort asked me to join him," she mumbled into the floor.
"Hmmm, that's what I thought" said Dumbledore stroking his beard. "Don't worry my dear, its nothing to be ashamed off. It's actually something to be rather proud off."
"What?" she and Sirius said in unison.
"Well if Voldemort wishes for you to become a Death Eater, especially at your age, then it means that you display a great deal of magical talent."
Auria and Sirius were still staring at him as if he was from another planet.
"You see generally," he continued. "People request permission to become a Death Eater. Rarely does he ever ask someone to join him, and even more rarely does he ever come and ask them in person."
"Lucky me" said Auria sarcastically. "As if killing my father wasn't enough, now he has to come and hunt me down."
"A yes, now that you mention your father, I do have a few questions about that night as well" Dumbledore said staring intently at her. "I would like to hear, I your own words what happened that night."
Auria sighed and then retold the story.
"You do know that the ministry has been searching for the person that killed the Death Eater that murdered your father?" Dumbledore asked.
"Um, yes" she replied.
"Auria did you see who killed that Death Eater?" His gaze was making her very uncomfortable so she looked away.
"Yes" she said in a voice barely above a whisper.
"Auria" Dumbledore said very slowly. "Who was it?"
Auria stared at the floor. This secret had been weighing heavily on her conscience for some time now. "Now I have to tell them. But what if? Do I want Sirius to know?" she thought in a panic. She decided that she might as well let them know who it was, and then let them deal with the information however they saw fit.
She looked at Sirius and let go of his hand. Then she looked at Dumbledore and finally back at the ground.
"It was me."
"Oof" she said landing with a thud on the ground. "Lumos" she whispered and then grasped at what she saw. Her best friend Alexia was lying on the ground. Auria quickly searched for a pulse, and to her relief found one.
"She must just be unconscious" she thought. "Probably slipped on the ice" But at that moment she heard a footstep behind her. She turned around very slowly. Her wand illuminated 3 people, hooded and cloaked with masks and all pointing their wand at her. Auria stood up and glared at them. "Death Eaters" she thought viciously. Then suddenly they all raised their wands.
"Expelliarmus" she screamed before they could even utter a word. Two of the Death Eater's wands flew out of their hands.
The third one yelled "Tarantallegra."
But Auria was ready. "Protego" she screamed and the spell stopped 3 inches from her face.
The Death Eater seemed surprised and Auria took advantage of this momentary weakness.
"Petrificus Totalus" she cried and the Death Eater fell over.
The other two had found their wands but Auria was too fast for them. "Stupefy," and the second Death Eater fell onto the first.
Auria stared at the last Death Eater, half grinning. He glared back and just as he raised his wand she yelled "Incendio."
The Death Eater's robes burst into flames and as he frantically attempted to put them out she yelled "Stupify" and he fell to the floor, his robes now smoldering.
She said a spell and bound two of them together and then the third separately. Auria stood there glaring at them for a moment, catching her breath. Then from behind she heard the sound of a single pair of hands clapping. The noise echoed through the alleyway. Auria spun around.
There, standing a little ways down the alley was Lord Voldemort himself. Auria glared at him, challenging him with her eyes. Any fear that she may have had was crushed by the anger that arose in her. This was the man that had had her father killed, and she was going to kill him. To her surprise he began to speak instead of pulling out his wand.
"You did very well" he said in his cold mocking voice.
"What?" she retorted, her voice just a cold as his.
"Well," he replied calmly. "I wanted to see how good you were. Knocking out three of my Death Eaters all on your own is very impressive. And just think" he continued leaning on the wall, "you didn't even call for help."
"I didn't need too" she with an air of cool defiance.
"Ooohhh, rebellious. I like that quality in my followers." He said looking her up and down.
Auria scrunched up her face in disgust and stepped back.
"Join me," he said softly taking a step towards her. "I can show you power beyond your wildest dreams."
Auria opened her mouth to respond but just at that moment Alexia moaned and began to wake up. Auria bent down to her.
"Alexia are you alright?" she said quickly.
"Your first lesson child" said Voldemort. "Never take your eyes off your enemy."
Auria looked up to find him gone and the three Death Eaters beginning to float away.
"Accio Death Eater" she screamed pointing her wand at the nearest one. She was not going to let them get away.
She struggled, focusing all her strength on dragging this one back. Finally, Voldemort seemed to let go of his hold on the Death Eater and Death Eater and Auria went flying into the wall. In a second she was up and standing over him. She grabbed his wand and put her foot over his throat, even though he was still unconscious. Then she shot red sparks into the sky.
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A moment later Dumbledore, McGonagall, Verge, and the Marauders all came running down the alley.
"Auria, what happened? Are you all right?" asked Sirius his eyes full of concern.
But Auria didn't look at him. She was still staring at the spot where Voldemort had been.
"Auria?" he said again, gently touching her arm. To his surprise he found that she was shaking.
The touch brought her back to reality and she turned around and looked at him. Sirius saw that her eyes were filled with hatred and anger, and he knew that she was shaking not out of fright but rage.
"He was here," she whispered hoarsely. "That bastard was here."
"What? Who?" asked Sirius, who was now very concerned.
"Voldemort" she replied in a voice that could have frozen boiling water.
As the sound of his masters name the Death Eater stirred. Auria pressed her foot down harder on his throat.
"Don't even think about getting up," she growled dangerously.
"It's alright now Auria. I'll take care of him now," said Dumbledore.
Auria slowly stepped back.
"Don't worry" said Sirius. "He'll go to Azkaban where he belongs."
Auria suddenly seemed very tired and cold. Here" he said, taking off his cloak and as he put it over her shoulders he kept his arm around her.
"Thanks" she said leaning into him and he gently gave her arm a comforting squeeze.
As Dumbledore took care of the Death Eater he asked Auria to explain what happened. She recounted the entire story, but left out the part about Voldemort asking her to join him. When she was finished everyone was staring at her open mouthed. Dumbledore gave her an odd look, as if trying to figure out a math problem.
"Come, let us get back to the school," he said. As they left the alley he handed the Death Eater over to Ministry officials, who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere.
"They're taking him to Azkaban right now" said Dumbledore when he saw the look on Auria's face.
"Good" she muttered.
When they reached the school Dumbledore ordered Professor McGonagall and Verge to take Alexia to the hospital wing and told James, Remus and Peter to go to bed.
"Auria, I would like to see you in my office. I have to ask you some questions," he said smiling kindly at her. "Sirius may accompany you if you wish."
Auria looked at Sirius and suddenly realized that he hadn't left her side since the alley. She wanted him with her, she trusted him and he made her feel safe.
The three of them walked through the school until they reached the stone gargoyle. Dumbledore gave the password and they rose up the moving spiral staircase. Dumbledore opened the door to his office and ushered them inside. Auria looked around the room for she had never been in his office. Sirius had been in here many times and seemed completely unimpressed. Dumbledore sat down behind his desk and motioned for Auria and Sirius to sit down in the two leather chairs facing him.
"I seems to me" Dumbledore began. "That when you recounted tonight's events you left out a small portion. Am I correct?"
Auria looked at the floor and nodded.
"Would you care to tell me what that small portion was?"
Sirius reached over and held her hand, knowing she'd appreciate the support.
"Voldemort asked me to join him," she mumbled into the floor.
"Hmmm, that's what I thought" said Dumbledore stroking his beard. "Don't worry my dear, its nothing to be ashamed off. It's actually something to be rather proud off."
"What?" she and Sirius said in unison.
"Well if Voldemort wishes for you to become a Death Eater, especially at your age, then it means that you display a great deal of magical talent."
Auria and Sirius were still staring at him as if he was from another planet.
"You see generally," he continued. "People request permission to become a Death Eater. Rarely does he ever ask someone to join him, and even more rarely does he ever come and ask them in person."
"Lucky me" said Auria sarcastically. "As if killing my father wasn't enough, now he has to come and hunt me down."
"A yes, now that you mention your father, I do have a few questions about that night as well" Dumbledore said staring intently at her. "I would like to hear, I your own words what happened that night."
Auria sighed and then retold the story.
"You do know that the ministry has been searching for the person that killed the Death Eater that murdered your father?" Dumbledore asked.
"Um, yes" she replied.
"Auria did you see who killed that Death Eater?" His gaze was making her very uncomfortable so she looked away.
"Yes" she said in a voice barely above a whisper.
"Auria" Dumbledore said very slowly. "Who was it?"
Auria stared at the floor. This secret had been weighing heavily on her conscience for some time now. "Now I have to tell them. But what if? Do I want Sirius to know?" she thought in a panic. She decided that she might as well let them know who it was, and then let them deal with the information however they saw fit.
She looked at Sirius and let go of his hand. Then she looked at Dumbledore and finally back at the ground.
"It was me."