Repeating the Horror, and Boarding the Train

5

Ashley opened her eyes. Her mother was standing over her, sobbing.

"Mummy!" Ashley smiled, hugging her mother. She sprung out of the bed, and ran over to Perry's. She was just waking up as was Harry, Daisy, Andy, and Rose.

"Ashley you were brilliant!" Andy cried.

"You saved our lives back there!" Daisy shrieked.

"Way to go, sis. That was some kick-boxing!" said Harry.

"Thanks for saving us Ashley," said Rose.

"And the Cruciatus Curse you did! Amazing!" said Perry.

"Thanks guys. Kick-boxing really came in handy. But the curse...it took so much hate, I could hardly bear it. Well, you guys know," Ashley said sadly. They all nodded sympathetically.

"Wait one minute! What happened? Where did you go? What the bloody hell did you do?" asked Lily.

"We'll tell you in a minute. Just gather everyone and meet us back in the sitting room," Ashley replied.

"Well...all right, but are you six okay? I want a full explanation," said Lily, hesitantly.

"Don't worry, mum. We're fine," said Harry.

"When we get back to Hogwarts, we must, start Occlumency lessons. If not that can happen again. They can get into our minds without much trouble," Ashley whispered. They slowly stood up, and went downstairs to the sitting room where all the Weasleys', Potters', and Grangers' were. Lily had extended the room so it could fit everyone.

"Are you all right?" Ron yelled, jumping from his seat. He hugged the girls, and pat the guys on the back. Hermione was crying and hugged each of them until their blood circulation was cut off. Ginny did the same.

"Well, I don't know about the other's but for me I got all cold, and then we all just sort of passed out. Voldemort, Malfoy, Karkaroff, Lestrange, Dolohov, and Crouch were in this alternate reality. It turns out that the scars we have all stand for one of them. So Voldemort can get into Harry's mind. Malfoy can get into Daisy's. Bellatrix can get into mine. Crouch can get into Andy's, Dolohov can get into Rose's, and Karkaroff can get into Perry's. They used this power to lure us there somehow, and we just started fighting like crazy," said Ashley, a tear fell down her cheek, she whiped it away, and sat on one of the armchairs.

"You wouldn't have believed Ashley, though! She was amazing down there. Sure, we all threw pretty great hexes, but I guess they forgot that we're half-bloods and that we know muggle stuff. So Ashley used her kick-boxing on Lestrange. Then, she really amazed us, and did the Cruciatus curse on her!" Daisy said, proudly. Ashley was blushing, and looking down.

"And then they used Expelliarmus on Perry so she was out. We all kind of learned how much hate you needed for the Cruciatus curse, and we just kept hexing them. After that we knocked them out for a bit so we could get a plan. That's where Ashley had a stroke of genuis," said Andy.

"All I can say is I'm glad Ashley reads a lot. She got us all out of there by finding the portal to return while all the Death Eaters and Voldemort were knocked out," finished Harry.

"Oh, Ashley! That's wonderful, sweetie," said Lily, hugging Ashley.

"That's my girl!" said James, also smiling.

"But they were all great too! I mean how many witches can master the Cruciatus curse at age their ages?" Ashley asked, trying to give her siblings some glory.

"I'm so proud of all of you. You have to learn Occlumency this term, though, okay?" Lily asked.

"Yes, mum," they replied.

They all had a peaceful dinner together, and talked. Everyone had many questions about the jinxes, and hexes used. All of that stuff. They spent the rest of the holidays together, and soon it was time to go back to Hogwarts. Everything was slowly getting back to normal. Whatever that was. Perry, Rose, and their friends Calla, Holly, and Giselle left and got a compartment together. Fred and Daisy announced that they were a couple. They shared a compartment with George, Athena, and Lee Jordan. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Andy, Persephone, Ashley, Luna, and Neville shared a compartment also.

The Potters' told Luna and Neville what had happened. Hermione and Ron left for prefect duties, and Ashley and Ginny exchanged guilty looks.

"What's wrong?" Harry asked.

"Er-We have to-" said Ashley.

"Meet Dean-" continued Ginny.

"And Seamus-" finished Ashley.

"Oh-er. Well..okay, bye," Harry said, faintly.

Ashley and Ginny smiled weakly, and left. They finally found Seamus and Dean in a compartment. They told each other about their holidays. The guys were interested, yet worried about what happened.

"The presents were beautiful, thanks guys," said Ashley.

"Yeah," Ginny agreed.

"No problem," Dean replied. Ginny smiled up at him, and they kissed. Seamus took Ashley's hand, and they were about to kiss when-

"Oh...sorry, er-I can...come back later, didn't mean to disturb. Er-Ginny? Th-This is yours, it was in m-my trunk," Ron stuttered. He forced a smile that looked like a horrified expression. Ashley felt terrible. Completely awful. Ron handed Ginny a small box, sighed, and left. Ginny smiled at Ashley as if to say it's-okay-he'll-get-over-it. Ashley smiled back gratefully.

"What's up with him?" Seamus asked. Ashley and Ginny shrugged. Dean kissed Ginny again, and Seamus looked at Ashley.

"What's the matter?" Seamus asked Ashley who was slightly frowning.

"Um...nothing, I'm fine," said Ashley. She smiled to prove it and kissed Seamus.