Chapter 15: Without Preparation
"Let's go," Harry insisted.
"What- no, Harry, we aren't going to push this prophecy… for all we know it could be meant to happen in a few years… I mean… if we don't have to fight…" Ron said, speaking slowly and carefully as if to a person who was in a closed ward.
"Yes we do," Harry said impatiently. "We have to go now and fulfill the prophecy. I'm not going to sit around and wait for it to happen."
Harry marched out the front door without even a look back at the door. The others exchanged quick glances then scurried after him. He was stopped in the middle of the street, staring into the distance. He was a strange, pale color under the streetlight. They rushed over to him and looked in the direction that he was looking. There in the shadows they saw the Death Eaters.
Snape stepped out of the shadows and said, "My fellow Death Eaters informed me that I had made a prophecy. Hearer of the prophecy, will you tell me the exact words?" He asked Ron.
"Like hell," Ron said bluntly.
Snape was examining his fingernails, "I don't think you quite understand your, er… situation. My Imperius curse resulted in the prophecy. The aftermath, Potter didn't fall for it immediately. You see, I had to get a dementor to weaken him before I could curse him. However, there is such thing as concilio," Hermione gasped in recognition. "Or the result of a difficult spell. It is rare, but it results in the caster doing something drastic he would not have done otherwise. So because I cast the Imperius curse I have made a prophecy. Therefore it belongs to me and I demand that you tell me, Weasley."
"No, I don't think so. The Imperius curse is illegal, therefore the prophecy doesn't belong to you legally," Ron reasoned. "You heard parts of it from your Death Eaters before they fainted, I believe, that's enough for you to know that there will be a war between us. Let's not put that off any longer."
As if Ron had turned a switch, everybody realized why they were there, and went about it.
Sorry this chapter is so short! Feel free to review, I'm open to constructive criticisms. I'll put out the next chapter soon.