Chapter Five

"Welcome," said the feeble voice of the thing in front of Madeline and Peter. They were frozen in fear, but Madeline managed to whimper.

"Wh-wh-what are you? Who are you?" Peter stammered.

"I am Minak. I have come to warn you of our battle that soon approaches. The prophecy has begun." Said the creature in his feeble voice.

"The prophecy?" Madeline asked fearfully.

"I come from the most ancient community of Gnakku," Minak said, "The last prophecy of the Gnakku concerns the battle of the Eight Great Wizards against the Gnakku. The battle soon approaches, your leader knows what has to be done."

Madeline once again looked at the creature fearfully. It was semi-transparent, but you could still see the marks on its gray skin, as well as the dark stains on its ratty clothes that appeared to be blood. You could also see its black eyes and bat-like wings that were attached to its hunched back. This creature called Minak was fairly tall, around 6 feet tall. His appearance was enough to strike fear in any wizard.

"Are-are you a ghost?" Madeline whimpered.

"I am the spirit of Minak, protector of the Gnakku. REMEMBER, THE PROPHECY HAS BEGUN!" The spirits voice boomed through the forest, shaking the earth. It then vanished into thin air.

"Run," Peter managed to say. They forgot about the plants and ran faster than they had ever run before.

At the tree stump…

"What the hell was that!" James asked as he heard a voice boom through the woods and the ground shake violently. His question was answered when Madeline and Peter came bounding out of the woods, Madeline with tears streaming down her face.

"Madeline!" Lily cried. She ran to Madeline and engulfed her in a tight hug.

"What the bloody hell happened in there wormtail!" Remus asked, pale and alarmed.

"I-I don't really know…" Peter answered, still in shock.

"We better get 'Linne and Peter ter the hospital wing," Hagrid said immediately.

In the hospital wing…

Madeline and Peter were given calming potions, and they told their story. At the mention of the Gnakku, Lily went extremely pale.

"That… that's impossible," Lily said nervously.

"What are they, Lily?" Nicole asked worried. Madame Pomfrey acted immediately though.

"Mr. Black, get Dumbledore. Now!" She barked.

Sirius did just that, and 10 minutes later the Marauders were watching Dumbledore's grim expression.

"They were mistaken, right professor?" Lily asked hopefully.

"Perhaps not Lily…perhaps not." Dumbledore replied.

But there were still 7 very confused teenagers in the room.

"What are they!" they asked simultaneously.

Dumbledore sighed.

"First," he said, "You must understand something. This light that Nicole and Sirius saw…the confrontation of Minak… it means something. There is a prophecy, you see. It is the last known Gnakku prophecy. And it involves eight people."

Dumbledore looked at each of the eight teenagers. In turn, eight teenagers went very pale at this silent suggestion.

"It appears that the prophecy has indeed begun."

AUTHORS NOTE!

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