Final Task
Here's chapter…whatever. Skipping forward. And...very sorry, but I am gonna have Sirius die…gives Leah a reason to…well…do something. And also get comfort from Draco because…well…you'll find out.
Leah sat with Ron and Hermione and the rest of the Weasleys that were there. The waiting was really annoying to do. Molly and Bill had come to cheer Harry on but right now Molly was making a big fuss about why Harry shouldn't be in the maze.
"God…this is taking forever." Leah muttered.
"You guys should have been there for the second task." Ron said. "It was nothing. All you did was sit and watch the water for an hour."
"Good point." Leah said. "But I hate this. I have the weird feeling again that something bad is gonna happen."
'Red sparks!" Hermione said. Leah looked around and saw she was right. A few minutes later Ludo was saying that it was Fleur. Leah sighed and bit her lip. A long while later red sparks went up again and this time it was Krum. Leah looked at Hermione and saw her looking upset. Ron was staring at the maze.
"Oh god…why can't this be over with?" Leah muttered. Suddenly there was a big fuss and commotion as something seemed to shot out of the centre of the maze. Leah gasped and grabbed her head as a quick jolt of pain went through it. Hermione and Ron were saying something and soon Molly's voice was joining in. As quickly as the pain came, it was gone, and Leah looked up at Ron, Hermione and Molly.
"What happened?" Ron asked.
"Uh…no clue." Leah said. She jumped when she felt a hand on her shoulder and turned around to see Dumbledore. Instantly she stood up and followed him down to the pitch. "What is it?"
"I need you to go to mountain and get Sirius." Dumbledore said quietly. "Then bring him here and wait in my office. The password is Cockroach Clusters." Leah nodded. "Now go. Quickly." Leah nodded again and ran off, leaving Dumbledore to deal with questions.
Going through the village was actually easier then she thought. Getting up the mountain was slightly hard but Leah managed. She got into the cave and saw Sirius, as the dog, fast asleep next to Buckbeak.
"Dad!" Leah said, walking over and poking Sirius. He woke up. "Don't change. We have to go to the castle. Something's wrong. Dumbledore is worried and he told me to get you." Sirius bolted to his feet and nodded. They scrambled down the mountain and ran through the village.
When they got to the castle, Sirius bit on Leah's robe and pulled her towards a closet. Leah looked confused but opened the door and went inside. She closed the door just as Snape went past.
"Ah…got it." Leah whispered. They waited until Snape was out of sight before headed on up to Dumbledore's office. "Oh…umm…shit…forgot." Sirius rolled his eyes. "Don't roll your eyes at me, dad. With all the rushing around it's natural to forget. Umm…it started with a C…oh! Cockroach Clusters." The gargoyle sprang aside and Leah and Sirius ran onto the stairs. Half way up Sirius turned into himself. He looked really pale.
"What happened?" Sirius asked. Leah waited until they got into the office. "Leah!"
"I Don't know, dad, alright!" Leah said, plopping down on a chair. "All I know was there some kind of spirally thing in the middle of the pitch and I got this really weird head ache that was gone in like five seconds and then Dumbledore told me to get you."
"God!" Sirius said.
"Dad will you please calm down?" Leah asked. "I know this is hard to handle. God! Do you really thing that inside I'm this calm? Harry's like my best friend. So I am worried sick about him." Sirius sighed and sat down. "I think it's gonna be a while." They sat in silence for about half an hour before Leah fell asleep.
When she woke up, it was to find Dumbledore and Harry there and Harry was talking about what happened. Leah yawned and listened, going unnoticed by the others. When Harry finished and gently brushed Sirius' hand from his shoulder, drawing both guys' attention to her.
"When did you wake up?" Sirius asked.
"About twenty minutes ago." Leah said. Dumbledore was talking but Leah couldn't zone in on it. Her mind began wondering.
"I don't care!" Leah screamed at Sirius.
"FINE THEN!" Sirius screamed back.
"GOD DAD! THE LEAST YOU COULD DO WOULD BE…"
"LEAH!" Harry yelled. Leah jumped and everything seemed to come into focus. She looked up to see Harry, Sirius and Dumbledore all staring at her.
"Whoa…freaky happenings." Leah muttered. "Ok umm…can we go to the hospital wing?"
"Uh…why?" Harry asked.
"Because I know the others are there…and waiting." Leah said. "Dad." Sirius nodded and turned into the dog and the four of them went down to the hospital wing where Harry was attacked by Molly hugging him but Dumbledore stopped her. He said something but again Leah's mind went out.
"You heard Dumbledore…shhh!" Molly said, rounding on the others.
"Oh no…" Leah said. There were voices all around her but none of them were clear. "Shit." Everything went black.
"Leah…I know you're going through rough times…" Remus said.
"You don't know!" Leah said. "God…you say you do…but you have no clue what it's like for me." She stormed up the stairs and to her room, pushing the stupid house elf into the wall.
"Oh….mistress is angry." Kreature said. Leah turned on him, picked him up, and threw him down the stairs. Everyone at the bottom of the stairs looked up at Leah.
"It's his fault he's gone!" Leah said. She stormed into her room and locked it. She pulled out a dresser drawer and moved aside the shirts to reveal a knife…
Leah shot up and grabbed her wrist. Madam Pomfrey hurried out and pushed Leah back down into lying.
"Stay down. You've been unconscious for a long time." Madam Pomfrey said. "Although I was against it. You are to be sent home today and your mother will take you straight home."
"Why? All I did was pass out." Leah said.
"Miss Black…it's the last day of school." Madam Pomfrey said. Leah shot up again. "For heaven's sake stay down! Miss Granger has your stuff packed for you already. They are going to come get you soon."
"Uh…whatever." Leah said, she swung her legs out of the bed. At that instant the door opened and in came Harry, Ron and Hermione. "Hey guys."
"Hey…oh my god are you ok?" Hermione asked, instantly hugging Leah.
"Mione! Need to breath!" Leah said, fighting to push her friend away.
"Sorry." Hermione said, letting go of her. "All your stuff is packed. Come on…we gotta leave soon."
"I'm all for that idea." Leah said. She led her friends out of the hospital wing and they joined the crowd heading to the train.
On the train, Leah was quiet and tired. She forced herself to stay awake though.
"Hey guys…where'd…umm…Snuffles go?" Leah asked. Harry explained everything that happened after Leah fainted. "Man…I can never keep up." The other three smiled. Everything was quiet now but Leah felt something was wrong.
When they got to the train station, Harry was gone first with the Durslies, then Hermione left with her parents. Leah looked around and saw Remus. She and Ron pushed their carts over to him.
"What's going on?" Leah asked.
"I can't tell you here." Remus said. Leah sighed and rolled her eyes. The two teens followed Remus.
When they got to their destination and into the house, the first thing Leah noticed was that a huge picture was yelling and screaming.
"Oh for crying out loud!" Leah shouted over the noise. Somehow she knew who it was. "GRANDMA BLACK SHUT YOUR BIG MOUTH THIS INSTANT!" The woman in the picture gave a shocked gasp and stared at Leah. "Now…good picture of the old dead hag. Let's close these." She and Remus tugged the curtains shut.
"Young mistress has come at last." Leah jumped and turned. She looked around before spotting the house-elf.
"Uh…who the heck are you?" Leah asked.
"That's Kreature." Remus explained.
"I live to serve the Black family." Kreature said, bowing. "This one and her father are blood traitorous brats though."
"WHAT!" Leah screamed. Before anyone could stop her, she kicked Kreature in the head. "Get the hell away from me you stupid little creep." Kreature scurried away. A door opened and in walked Sirius.
"What was all the yelling…oh." Sirius said.
"Oh? Oh is right." Leah said, hugging him. "That stupid house elf." She let go of Sirius and looked around, noticed they were joined by Molly, Arthur, Bill and a few other people. "Hey Bill!" Leah smiled and walked over to him before hugging him.
"Hey…what's with the hug?" Bill asked. "Not that I'm complaining…"
"Dunno…just felt like it." Leah said. "Where are we?"
"My old house." Sirius said bitterly. "Before I…umm…tricked your grandparents into thinking I was a dog."
"Yes…that was a bad thing." Leah looked at the other people she didn't recognize at first and saw her grandmother there. "But we've forgiven."
"Wow…ok. Umm…where's mom?" Leah asked.
"Seeing Hagrid and Maxim off." Sirius said. "She should be here…"
"Now." Sabrina said, walking in through the door and slamming it behind her. The curtains over Grandma Black's portrait flew open.
"INGRATES!" She screamed.
"OH SHUT UP!" Leah screamed back. Suddenly there was a big yelling competition between her and the portrait. It lasted five minutes…the whole time Sabrina and Sirius were trying to close the curtains and finally succeeded.
"Leah…Ron…why don't you guys put your things away?" Sabrina asked. "Bill…can you show them their rooms?"
"Sure." Bill said. "You're lucky Le…you get your own room."
"Thank god." Leah said. She really didn't feel like sharing a room with something. She and Ron followed Bill up the stairs. He showed Ron a room that he would share with Harry in about a month or so. Leah really didn't care that Harry wasn't going to be with them. Bill led her up another flight of stairs and opened a door.
"Here's your room." He said.
"Ok cool thanks." Leah said. Bill left and Leah walked into the room. She started putting things away and was done after a few minutes.
"That was fast." George said from the doorway. Leah looked up at him. She had been sitting against the dresser for a little while, staring at her hands. "You ok?"
"Yeah…no." Leah said. George walked into the room.
"Wanna talk Le-le?" He asked, sitting next to her. One leg was bent and propping up his arm.
"I know nothing George ok. That's what's wrong." Leah said, looking back down at her hands. "I have no clue what happened. All I know is Voldemort is back. And why didn't you flinch?"
"What's the point?" George asked. "I mean…everyone is gonna be saying his name now right? And you've been saying that it's just a name."
"True." Leah said. George's arm went around her shoulder and Leah leaned against him. "Hey…thanks for not telling anyone."
"About you being Sierra?" George asked. Leah nodded. "No problem. I started thinking…who would believe me?" Leah smiled. "I mean…no offence…but you're all kinda…conservative with the clothing and stuff. When you were Sierra…you were in the tight clothes and sexy top." Leah laughed. "And no one has ever heard you sing…except when you were her."
"That's true." Leah said. "You'd have a hard time proving it." She looked up at George. "Thanks…you are an awesome friend."
"That's what I'm here for." George said. "To be a friend…and to pull pranks on everyone." Leah laughed. "Anyways…mum told me to get your because it's time to eat. And Hermione is here."
"Great…just what I need…food and another person." Leah said sarcastically.
"Come on Leah." George said. "This isn't healthy. You gotta eat or everyone will be on your case. You don't want people to be bugging you…but you're bringing it on yourself. I'm not gonna tell anyone unless it gets too serious and out of hand. So please just eat."
"OK fine." Leah said. George stood up and pulled Leah to her feet. Leah didn't move.
"Le…come on." George said, taking hold of her chin and lifting her face. "I'll tickle you."
"No!" Leah said, her eyes widening.
"Ok then." George said. He kissed Leah's forehead. "Now be a good girl and join the people downstairs. It's your dad and mum down there you know. You could actually get an actual family meal. Your grandparents are down there too. So think about it…" George put an arm over Leah's shoulders and led her down to the kitchen. "It's your family, plus mine, plus a lot of other people."
"Shut up…or I'll turn around." Leah said. She didn't like eating at all, and George was making it worse by throwing in all those people.
"What took you so long?" Molly asked as soon as Leah and George came into the kitchen. Everyone else was already sitting and eating. "I told you to get Leah twelve minutes ago. What on earth were you doing?"
"Convincing her to dance like an idiot on her birthday." George said. Leah rolled her eyes and sat down next to Sirius. She ate a few bits.
OK here's this chapter. Next one…someone is gonna die and something is going to happen between Leah and Harry.