Chapter 3: Death Eaters
Oh boy, Harry thought as he got on the bus, here we go again...
"Harry Potter, welcome to the newly developed Knight Bus!" Stan Shunpike said as Harry stepped onto the isle of the bus. It was definitely developed. Unlike last time, when the inside of the bus was a dull purple, it was now a shocking pink with blue and purple stripes on it. It was so bright, Harry had to shade his eyes just to put his trunk on the ground near the back of the bus.
"Ye' like the new color? I do...It's a better change from that groutesque purple that we had for the past 20 years. Don' ye' think?" Stan asked Harry, all the while staring at the scar on his forehead.
"Erm...yeah...sure...whatever you think....Ummmm....is there a bathroom on this thing...er..bus?" Harry asked, sort of impatiently.
"Yeap. Upstairs and to your lef'. Don' stay up there for too long! We're destined to get to Diagon Alley in 10 minutes. That's where your gettin' off right?"
"Yeah!" Harry responded as he climbed the 10 steps to the second floor. He turned left and walked into a dim lighted room. He took his wand and muttered "lumos". The light showed a pink bathroom with purple....everything. The toilet, the sink, the bath tub, even the rug was purple. Harry sighed as closed the door and sat on the rug. The bus started moving, but Harry didnt care.
He closed his eyes. Behind his eyelids, he could see swirling colors. Blue, red, green, and yellow. Then they started swarming together. They were making some sort of image. It was almost done. Harry could almost see it. He thought it looked like-
But what he thought he saw, he could not remember for there was a big BANG downstairs and the bus halted to a stop. Harry jumped and opened his eyes. There was screaming downstairs now. It didn't sound cheerful. It sounded as if they were being tortured. Harry got up and said "nox". The light from his wand faded, but he still held it in front of him as he walked out the bathroom.
Harry ran halfway down the stairs to the first floor, but at that moment everything went silent. Harry then tiptoed down the rest of the landing. As he stepped off the last step, he looked around the bus. He gasped at what he saw.
Stan Shunpike was laying on the ground, a pool of blood forming under his head. The driver was hanging awkwardly over the steering wheel, motionless and pale as the moon, his eyes wide open. Harry cursed softly and pointed his wand out in front of him as he walked towards Stan.
As he was walking, he heard soft chuckling behind him. He turned around but no one was there. Then, as he examined Stan's dead body with his eyes, he got an idea. He turned around and pointed his wand in front of him.
"Accio cloaks," He muttered through gritted teeth.
At that moment, 3 invisibilty cloaks flew over to him, and three death eaters were exposed to him. They were Malfoy, McNair, and Wormtail.
"I should have known," Harry said while glaring at Lucius Malfoy.
"Well, well. We meet again Potter," sneered a satisfied Lucius Malfoy.
"Yeah. Well, I should warn you that this is not going to be a happy enemy reunion. Nor is it going to be very long. Expelliarmus!" Harry screamed without warning, while pointing his wand at Malfoy. Malfoy's wand flew out of his hand and landed about 10 feet in back of him. But before Malfoy could try and go for it, Harry hit him with the stupefy spell. Malfoy fell over and stood motionless on the floor.
The next moment, McNair was racing towards Hary with amazing speed. Harry pointed his wand at him and yelled "Patrificus Totalus!"
McNair froze, turned a light shade of blue, and fell to the ground with a loud thunk.
Harry then turned to Wormtail.
"You again?" Harry barked at him.
Wormtail just stood there, adoring his super strength hand.
"You think I'm scared of THAT? THAT means nothing to me." Harry wanted to get Wormtail started. He felt like dueling right now. But Wormtail just stood there, now staring at the dead body of Stan Shunpike on the ground. Smiling a bit.
"You like that don't you? You like watching people around you die right? You like killing people who are innocent."
Wormtail's smile broadened.
"What's the matter? Cat got your tongue? Or you can't talk because that's another thing that Voldemort," Peter gasped,"has cut off to reincarnate another dead body?"
Harry knew that he pulled a string when he said that because Wormtail looked at Harry with the utmost hate on his face and dissaparated.
Harry walked around the bus, checking if there were anymore death eaters around. And when he didn't find any, he slumped down on the ground and started cursing at himself.
"Should've known this would happen...so stupid...why did I have to get on this bus...dead...everyone...dead..." He put his head on his knees and closed his eyes. The swirling of colors returned. They were going faster now. The image was reappearing again. This time, he had time to see what it was. It was the Hogwarts crest.
The blue from the Ravenclaw, the red of the Gryffindor, the yellow of the Hufflepuff, and the green of the Slytherin were all bound together with the big H in the middle for Hogwarts.
But what if the H wasn't there? Harry thought. What if Hogwarst were to...to collapse physically and mentally? What would happen then? How would everyone...survive? How-
His thoughts were, yet again inturrupted as he heard a faint gasp come from the base of the stairs. As he got up, he looked towards the stairs and saw somebody he did not expect to see...
A/N: There goes the third chapter. I hope you liked it. You'll see why Wormtail didn't do anything to Harry later in the story. And you have to R&R to find out who was also on the Knight Bus with Harry. Thanx!
Krystina
Oh boy, Harry thought as he got on the bus, here we go again...
"Harry Potter, welcome to the newly developed Knight Bus!" Stan Shunpike said as Harry stepped onto the isle of the bus. It was definitely developed. Unlike last time, when the inside of the bus was a dull purple, it was now a shocking pink with blue and purple stripes on it. It was so bright, Harry had to shade his eyes just to put his trunk on the ground near the back of the bus.
"Ye' like the new color? I do...It's a better change from that groutesque purple that we had for the past 20 years. Don' ye' think?" Stan asked Harry, all the while staring at the scar on his forehead.
"Erm...yeah...sure...whatever you think....Ummmm....is there a bathroom on this thing...er..bus?" Harry asked, sort of impatiently.
"Yeap. Upstairs and to your lef'. Don' stay up there for too long! We're destined to get to Diagon Alley in 10 minutes. That's where your gettin' off right?"
"Yeah!" Harry responded as he climbed the 10 steps to the second floor. He turned left and walked into a dim lighted room. He took his wand and muttered "lumos". The light showed a pink bathroom with purple....everything. The toilet, the sink, the bath tub, even the rug was purple. Harry sighed as closed the door and sat on the rug. The bus started moving, but Harry didnt care.
He closed his eyes. Behind his eyelids, he could see swirling colors. Blue, red, green, and yellow. Then they started swarming together. They were making some sort of image. It was almost done. Harry could almost see it. He thought it looked like-
But what he thought he saw, he could not remember for there was a big BANG downstairs and the bus halted to a stop. Harry jumped and opened his eyes. There was screaming downstairs now. It didn't sound cheerful. It sounded as if they were being tortured. Harry got up and said "nox". The light from his wand faded, but he still held it in front of him as he walked out the bathroom.
Harry ran halfway down the stairs to the first floor, but at that moment everything went silent. Harry then tiptoed down the rest of the landing. As he stepped off the last step, he looked around the bus. He gasped at what he saw.
Stan Shunpike was laying on the ground, a pool of blood forming under his head. The driver was hanging awkwardly over the steering wheel, motionless and pale as the moon, his eyes wide open. Harry cursed softly and pointed his wand out in front of him as he walked towards Stan.
As he was walking, he heard soft chuckling behind him. He turned around but no one was there. Then, as he examined Stan's dead body with his eyes, he got an idea. He turned around and pointed his wand in front of him.
"Accio cloaks," He muttered through gritted teeth.
At that moment, 3 invisibilty cloaks flew over to him, and three death eaters were exposed to him. They were Malfoy, McNair, and Wormtail.
"I should have known," Harry said while glaring at Lucius Malfoy.
"Well, well. We meet again Potter," sneered a satisfied Lucius Malfoy.
"Yeah. Well, I should warn you that this is not going to be a happy enemy reunion. Nor is it going to be very long. Expelliarmus!" Harry screamed without warning, while pointing his wand at Malfoy. Malfoy's wand flew out of his hand and landed about 10 feet in back of him. But before Malfoy could try and go for it, Harry hit him with the stupefy spell. Malfoy fell over and stood motionless on the floor.
The next moment, McNair was racing towards Hary with amazing speed. Harry pointed his wand at him and yelled "Patrificus Totalus!"
McNair froze, turned a light shade of blue, and fell to the ground with a loud thunk.
Harry then turned to Wormtail.
"You again?" Harry barked at him.
Wormtail just stood there, adoring his super strength hand.
"You think I'm scared of THAT? THAT means nothing to me." Harry wanted to get Wormtail started. He felt like dueling right now. But Wormtail just stood there, now staring at the dead body of Stan Shunpike on the ground. Smiling a bit.
"You like that don't you? You like watching people around you die right? You like killing people who are innocent."
Wormtail's smile broadened.
"What's the matter? Cat got your tongue? Or you can't talk because that's another thing that Voldemort," Peter gasped,"has cut off to reincarnate another dead body?"
Harry knew that he pulled a string when he said that because Wormtail looked at Harry with the utmost hate on his face and dissaparated.
Harry walked around the bus, checking if there were anymore death eaters around. And when he didn't find any, he slumped down on the ground and started cursing at himself.
"Should've known this would happen...so stupid...why did I have to get on this bus...dead...everyone...dead..." He put his head on his knees and closed his eyes. The swirling of colors returned. They were going faster now. The image was reappearing again. This time, he had time to see what it was. It was the Hogwarts crest.
The blue from the Ravenclaw, the red of the Gryffindor, the yellow of the Hufflepuff, and the green of the Slytherin were all bound together with the big H in the middle for Hogwarts.
But what if the H wasn't there? Harry thought. What if Hogwarst were to...to collapse physically and mentally? What would happen then? How would everyone...survive? How-
His thoughts were, yet again inturrupted as he heard a faint gasp come from the base of the stairs. As he got up, he looked towards the stairs and saw somebody he did not expect to see...
A/N: There goes the third chapter. I hope you liked it. You'll see why Wormtail didn't do anything to Harry later in the story. And you have to R&R to find out who was also on the Knight Bus with Harry. Thanx!
Krystina