A/N: nice and long? Well I hope so. That last chapter took quite a while. Thanks to all those reviewers who warned me about the review chapters! Next time I'll just add them at the end of a chapter, or something. Sorry I kind of lied about getting all you're questions answered last time, but I couldn't help stopping it at a cliffy! One of the writing things I'm actually good at. Lol, well Heres the next chapter, and if you're looking for good music to listen to fit to the mood of the chapter I advise, 'mockingbird' by eminem, or 'possession' by Sarah mclachlan, or 'fallen' by Sarah mclachlan, or 'my immortal' by evanescence. Thanks!
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter; some things from this chapter are from 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' Written by Jk Rowling, not me so give her the credit! Thanks! Oh and this goes for the last chapter too- WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS THIS CHAPTER! IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE 5TH BOOK, DON'T READ THIS THANKS!
Chapter 10: The fight
It took five minutes.
5 bloody minutes.
Harry Potter.
Potter.
Finally as this registered in there minds they realized something.
He was somehow related to James, how they didn't know. Nor did they find a way to get any more answers but watch in silence. Of course James, Sirius, Dumbledore, and some of the order there already knew this, but the ministry didn't and it was a shock all the same.
"Potter…" muttered the unspeakable.
"What something else you need to tell us 'oh great one of mysteries'" Sirius said in annoyance. Something about the man really seemed to annoy him.
When nobody said anything they looked back at the scene and were filled with shock…
Black shapes were emerging out of thin air all around them, blocking their way left and right; eyes glinted through slits in hoods, a dozen lit wand tips were pointing directly at their hearts; Ginny gave a gasp of Horror.
"To me Potter" repeated the drawling voice of Lucious Malfoy as he held out his hand, palm up.
They stared
And stared
And stared
Death Eaters.
James couldn't help but feel a pang of worry sweep up inside him. What's up with everybody going after his son? What had he done to get himself stuck in the middle of it all?
The rest of the order was apparently speechless too as they stared
And stared
And stared
Harry seemed pretty scared too by the looks of it; His eyes started glowing with something unreadable.
"To me" Malfoy repeated
"Where's Sirius?" Harry asked bravely, the order members watched in sadness. What chance did a group of school kids no older then 5th year have against 12 fully qualified dark art death eaters? None.
Or so they thought.
Several of the Death Eaters laughed; a harsh female voice from the midst of the shadows to Harry's left said triumphantly "The dark lord always knows!"
The order turned slowly to look at the unspeakable that was shaking his head sadly. Was that what he meant by 'he knows'? The Dark Lord. The thought made shivers ran down manys spine.
"Always" Echoed Malfoy softly. "Now give me the prophecy Potter"
"I want to know where Sirius is!"
"I want to know where Sirius is" mimicked the woman to Harry's left. She and her fellow death eaters had closed in so that they were mere feet away from Harry and the others, the light from their wands were probably blinding Harry, James mused sadly.
"You've got him" Harry said bravely again "He's here, I know he is!"
"The little baby woke up fwightemed and fort what it dweamed was twoo" said the woman in a horrible mock baby voice.
"Don't do anything" James saw Harry mutter to Ron beside him "not yet-."
The mocking woman let out a raucous scream of laughter "You hear him? You hear him? Giving instructions to the others as though he thinks of fighting us!"
Sirius snorted darkly "well what else would they do? Stand there and die? They might as well try and fight you old hag!"
"Sirius?"
"Yessers?"
"Shut it"
"Aye aye captain"
"Oh you don't know potter as well as I do Bellatrix"
At the sound of Her name Sirius let out a furious growl so dangerously low that the others around him backed away a bit. "That bi-."
"That's enough Sirius" Dumbledore said sharply. Sirius glared at him but shut his mouth anyways, if not grudgingly.
"He has a great weakness for heroics; the Dark Lord understands this about him. Now give me the prophecy Potter"
"I know Sirius is here…" harry stuttered meekly "I know you got him!"
The lady now they recognized as the death Eater (and to Sirius's annoyance his cousin) laughed a high irritable laugh again.
"Its time you learned the difference between life and dreams Potter" said Malfoy "now give me the prophecy or we start using wands"
"GO on then," said Harry raising his own wand. The order stared at him.
And stared
And stared
Until Sirius started cheering.
"YA GO HARRY! KICK THEIR SAD SORRY ARSES!"
Nobody bothered to shut him up, because you couldn't. This was Sirius they were talking about.
But the Death Eaters did not strike.
"Hand over the prophecy and no one need get hurt," said Malfoy coolly.
"Wow" whistled James "if the Death Eaters are hesitating to strike this must something VERY big that the Dark Lord wants to not risk ruining it and getting crucioed.
The others agreed as Harry started laughing. "Ya right!" he said, "I give you this-prophecy is it? And you'll just let us skip on home, will you?"
"Accio proph-."
But Harry surprised them all by being ready shouting "protego!"
"Oh he knows how to plat little baby Potter" she said "Very well then-."
"I TOLD YOU NO!" shouted Malfoy as he roared at the woman. "If you smash it-."
But the woman didn't seem to hear him as she stepped forward and pulled down her mask.
The order gasped as they had confirmed their fears, it was Bellatrix Lestrange.
"Bloody bitch!" Sirius yelled angrily swinging his arms wildly. Some others had to hold him still as she struggled "BLOODY PRICK! And I let you use my broomstick…" he muttered angrily. James couldn't help but snort at the last comment, earning a slap upside the head form his friend.
"You need more persuasion?" she said madly, her eyes were gleaming with menace. "Fine, give me the littlest one, let him watch as I torture the little girl, I'll do it."
"The evil slut…" James muttered angrily. Torturing a helpless little girl to get some stupid prophecy? She really was sick.
They watched as the group crowded around the girl they now new as Ginny.
"You'll have to smash this is you want to attack any of us" Harry told Bellatrix "I don't think you're boss will be too pleased if you come back without it, will he?"
She made no comment but sneered at him roughly.
"So" Said Harry, James had the impression he was baiting for time. Good for you Harry. "What kind of prophecy are we talking about anyway?"
"It is as I feared" Dumbledore whispered sadly "Why don't you know Harry?" he muttered quietly more to himself then anybody else. He ignored the questioning stares and looked at Harry intently.
"What kind of prophecy?" Bella repeated her sneer fading "you jest potter, you jest…"
Harry shook his head "nope not jesting" his eyes flickered as if looking for an escape. "Why does Voldemort want it anyway?"
James didn't have to look around to see that people were flinching. Idiots.
Several death eaters let out low hisses.
"You dare speak his name?" whispered Bellatrix.
"Yeah" said Harry, his grip tightening on the little glass orb. "Yeah, I've got no problem with saying Vol-."
"Shut you're mouth!" she shrieked "you dare speak his name with you're unworthy lips, you dare besmirch it with you're half-blood's tongue, you dare-."
"Did you know he's a half-blood too?" Harry said rather recklessly "Voldemort? Ya, his mother was a witch but his dad was a muggle- or has he been telling you lot he's pure-blood?"
"STUPEF-."
"NO!"
They cringed as a jet of white mist flew from her wand, but deflected from Malfoy's arm and hit the shelf to the left of Harry.
Sirius whistled, "That was close…"
"No shit Sherlock"
"I was just stating…"
"The obvious? Well thanks because we really didn't know already"
Sirius scrunched his nose up in a childish manor again and mock glared at Longbottom.
While the 2 aurors were bickering nobody seemed to notice the pearly white figures rising from the broken glass orbs on the ground where the ghostly curse struck.
"DO NOT ATTACK! WE NEED THE PROPHECY!"
People snapped back to attention at the loud furious growl from Malfoy Sr. he looked lividly at Bellatrix with something attentive to dare in his eyes.
"WAIT UNTIL WE GOT THE PROPHECY!" he yelled again in furry. The 'bystanders' cringed. It wasn't a pretty sight.
"You haven't told me what was so special about this prophecy I'm supposed to hand over" Harry drawled, obviously to everything he was trying to stall for time. His eyes were pleading for a rescue almost.
Malfoy raised an elegant brow "Don't play games with us Potter"
Harry shook his head "I'm not playing games"
Now the ministry members (excluding Dumbledore) were afraid. This could get ugly.
While they watched Moody growled, "look! The blokes stepping on his friends feet to get their attention, very sneaky"
Sirius jumped nearly a foot in the air "I told ya so! You were probably their teacher or something, always so paranoid and jumpy…"
"Shut it black" he growled "I was talking about how he's using that as a excuse to talk to his friends while making it look like he just accidentally stepped on their foot. Very good technique"
Sirius disappointment was visible but he ignored the stares and watched the scene play out.
"Dumbledore never told you the reason you bear that scar was hidden in the bowls of the department of mysteries?" Malfoy sneered, but shock was written on his face.
They watched, as Harry suddenly seemed to forget his plan as his attention was caught. "I-what?" he stuttered hurriedly "what about my scar?"
"Sorry Harry…" Nobody seemed to hear Dumbledore except James who threw a suspicious glance his way.
"Don't loose concentration boy! CONSTANT VIGIGLANCE!" Moody roared in paranoia. Sirius covered his ears.
"SHEESH! For a man so 'qualified' you sure know how to yell…"
"Shut it"
"Okay! Okay…just saying…"
"Can this be?" Yelled Malfoy arrogantly as the other death eaters snickered. "That the 'boy-who-lived' doesn't even know why…"
As he drawled on and the Death eaters laughed something caught Longbottom's attention. "Look! That girls responding to Harry's plan, it's working."
They watched as Harry whispered something to Hermione while he pretended to be listening to the Death Eaters tentatively. James couldn't help but laugh.
"What a riot, Once again Malfoy, that fat head of yours has drove you down" he missed the amused glances his way.
Sirius chuckled "sounds like somebody I sued to know…" a loud smack was heard vibrating around the room as Sirius rubbed his head where James smacked it.
"………………………………………………………….Ow!"
James checked his watch "10 seconds, sheesh you have a long reacting time"
A glare was sent his way, but James just smirked. Moody looked disapprovingly at them.
"Dumbledore didn't tell you?" Malfoy repeated in disbelief "Well this explains why you didn't come running earlier…The Dark Lord wondered why…"
And still, Harry's friends were seen whispering to each other very secretively. James wondered what they were planning. If only he could hear them.
"Did he?" Harry said sounding frankly surprised "so he wanted me to come and get it did he? Why?"
"Why?" Malfoy sounded delighted "because the only people who can receive Prophecy's from the department of mysteries, Potter, are those whom it was made, as the dark lord discovered as he tried to get others to steal it for him"
"And why did he want to steal a prophecy about me?" Harry asked, a bit of curiosity laced his voice, as the group noticed him getting distracted again. A look in his eyes like wonder, as if he was finally getting the answers he was seeking for so long.
"About both of you potter, both of you…haven't you ever wondered why the dark lord tried to kill you as a baby?"
Harry stared wide-eyed at Malfoy then looked down at the prophecy in a state of disbelief. "You mean all the answers I have wanted all my life- is in some stupid glass orb?" he muttered to himself in disbelief.
"Somebody made a prophecy about Voldemort and me," he muttered again, only this time in slight fear. "And he's made me come and get it for him, why couldn't he have gotten it himself?"
James shook his head "if I'm related to that kid, I should stop him from hanging around Sirius" he muttered "get it himself. I wonder…"
Sirius looked affronted "I'm not that thick!"
"Hey watch who's kid you're calling thick!"
There was silence.
"So…you think this is you're kid?"
They looked back again in groans. IT was the unspeakable. Again.
James raised a brow "well all of the evidence clearly shouts yes…and you know what? That was the most normal answer I have gotten out of you this whole time. BY the way" James looked around "where's fudge?"
The rest looked around,
No Fudge.
The unspeakable spoke again. "He left after the veil room, the lazy ass obviously thinking everything was under control now that Dumbledore was here, I do believe you are only human are you not?"
The crowd held their breath and looked at Dumbledore worriedly. He seemed almost happy that someone realized it.
"Yes, unfortunately I do seem to be idolized as some sort of problem solver, but the truth is, I don't know everything"
The crowd let this sink in, and immediately felt a pang of guilt whelp up inside them as they remembered how they always invaded his space and rushed to him for problems.
"Get it himself?!" Bellatrix shrieked in an insane laugh "The Dark Lord walk into the Ministry of Magic, when they are so sweetly ignoring his return? The Dark Lord reveal himself to the Aurors when at the moment they are wasting themselves on my dear cousin?"
Sirius jumped "hey! Why would the ministry waste their time on me? Aren't I important? And why?"
The room silenced. James thought this good time as any to break it.
"Umm, of course you're important Siri, I just think you're in a lot of trouble though… by the way they speak it."
This didn't help Sirius' mood "thanks, I needed that"
"No problem, what are friends for?"
He missed the glare from Sirius as he watched the scene exchange in thoughtfulness.
"SO he's got you doing his dirty work for him has he?" Said Harry "like he tried to get Sturgis to steal it, and bode?"
"Very good Potter, Very good…" said Malfoy slowly "But the Dark lord knows you are not unintelligent-."
"NOW!" yelled Harry
The group watched and ducked as 6 different white streaks flung over there heads hitting shelves, which started shattering in Aparation form, the real shelf still staying solid. More pearly white figures rose in the air as the 6 teens ran full speed in 2 different directions, scattering and ducking underneath the shocked Death eaters who were lunging and throwing misty curses at them. James could just see Harry, through the clearing of White mist that had gathered in the air from all the action, and shouted to the others:
"OVER HERE!"
The team of Aurors, Hit Wizards, and The unspeakable made their way towards Harry who was running with 2 others, which he could distinctly see as Hermione and the Franck Look alike.
Out of nowhere an aparation in the form of a Death Eater lunged out right threw him, giving him the feeling as though he was plunged in a bucket of ice cold water. He tripped lightly and smacked into Moody who was tailing them closely "Watch it!"
"Sorry" James huffed getting up fast and continuing his chase after his son. Please get out of here alive. But then another thought came to him. They saw him at Hogwarts, obviously he was still alive, as he looked slightly older, maybe he did survive after all…but then why was he saying sorry Sirius?
A lump started to build in his throat as thoughts of what could have happened to Sirius rushed through his head. Don't think, Just Pay attention.
Harry had just stunned a Death Eater who had grabbed onto his shoulder and with a cry he fell behind, and the Order trampled through the Aparation impatiently. James barely noticed that some of the others had gone the other way.
Harry and crew had finally reached the door, which had a aparation of one being opened as they ran through, the Visible group had to stop and unlock the real one. When they got in the room they watched the scene in a serious silence. One Sirius was probably depressed about.
"Colloportus!" gasped Hermione. The invisible door clicked shut as it locked.
"Where-where are the others?" Harry gasped between breaths.
"They must have gone the wrong way!" Hermione whispered fearfully. James could see her eyes dart at the door in worry.
"I'm sure there fine…" Harry whispered but his voice was full off concern giving away his calm composure.
"Shhhhhhhh! Listen!"
They turned to the third occupant, the Franck Look alike as he pressed his ear against the wall.
The other shut up and listened as well.
"…Leave Nott! Leave him I say! His injuries are nothing compared to that prophecy!" The voice of Malfoy was unmistakable. "Jugson, come back here, we need to organize! We'll split into pairs and search, and don't forget to be gentle with Potter until you get the prophecy, also keep him alive, The Dark Lord wants him…alive, you can kill the others if necessary"
There was a stunned silence as they saw Harry looked even more scared.
"…Bellatrix, Rodolphus, you take the left, Crabbe, Rabastan, go right, Jugson, Dolohov, The door straight ahead, Macnair, and Avery, through here, Rookwood over there, Mulciber come with me!"
Hermione flattened herself against the wall breathing heavily. "What do we do?" she asked trembling from head to foot. Poor girl James thought.
Harry took a deep breath "We'll we can't stand here and wait till they find us, lets get away from this Door for a start"
They watched them run to the opposite side of the room just as the door banged open revealing 2 masked Death Eaters with their wands raised.
Immediately the trio dove under the desks holding their breaths. The clicking of the Death Eaters feet thunked around the room as they held their wands.
"Where are they? They couldn't have gotten far"
"Check under the desks" the other on said.
The group held their breath as the death Eater lowered onto his knees and peered under the desk immediately pulling back and howling as a curse sprung out and hit him in the face.
Hermione started crawling out from under the desks just as the second death eater pointed his wand at her "Avada-."
They watched Harry launch himself across the room grabbing the Death Eaters knees, causing him to topple and fall and his aim to go awry. The Franck look alike overturned a desk and pointed his wand at the struggling pair shouted:
"EXPELLIARMUS!"
Both wands form the Death Eater and Harry flew towards the Prophecy hall door, Harry got up and ran fast on his heels towards it, the kid right behind him horrorstruck expression planted on his face at what he had done.
"Get out of the way Harry!" yelled 'Longbottom' as James had started to call him because they looked related.
Harry dove clear out of the way as 'longbottom' flung stunning curse his way, he missed the target though and the glass front cabinet that was behind him shattered, it had a clock in it, then it rebuilt itself, and shattered again…
"A time turner" Hermione breathed in awe, but snapped back to attention as the death Eater swung her way:
"SUPPEFY!"
The speeding curse hit him square into the chest and he collapsed backwards into the bell jar. They almost expected to hear a 'clunk' as the man hit the glass, but non-came. Instead they watched in amazement as he sunk right through it and his head slowly modeled into that of a baby's, then changed back and started over again before he could pull his head out. Finally he pulled himself out, as his head stayed like a baby's. Harry grabbed his wand and pointed it at the Death Eater but Hermione Grabbed his arm shrilly.
"You can't hurt a baby!"
The other didn't bother to make a comment. They just wanted to see what happened next.
Harry seemed to snap out of something for the millionth time that night. "Uhh, right…lets go!"
The three of them sped out of the room away from the now crying baby death eater. James was rather freaked out by it and ran by it quickly.
Sirius cringed. "So that what the brat looked like as a baby…disturbing really…"
"Ya, especially how something so small could turn out so evil." The others nodded in agreement.
Suddenly a scream rang through the air and they rushed out of the room to see what was going on. They met the sight of Harry frantically turning around yelling "Ron! Ginny! Luna!"
"Harry!" Hermione shrieked. "Don't shout!"
"Too late" muttered the Longbottom look alike staring at the door where voices were coming closer.
"Fuck!" Harry yelled looking around for any means of escape and spotted a door at the other side of the room. They watched as they ran hallway to the door when Harry seemed to have spotted two more death eaters coming their way, quickly changing directions he pulled the others into a office to the side and slammed the door closed behind them.
The groups watched in anxiousness as they followed through the real door and watched them start putting up locks. Hermione was halfway through one when the door burst open and in tumbled 2 death eaters.
With a cry of triumph they both yelled:
"IMPEDIMENTA!"
Harry Hermione, and The Longbottom look alike were seen as they got knocked backwards off their feet; 'Longbottom' was thrown over a desk and disappeared from view; Hermione smashed into a bookcase and was promptly deluged in a cascade of heavy books; the back of Harry's head slammed into the stone wall behind him, and the group cringed thinking the worst, except James who knew his son survives, but it was painful to watch.
They lay there for a moment, long enough for the death eater to yell;
"WEVE GOT HIM! IN AN OFFICE-."
"SILENCO!"
The group saw Hermione point her wand at the yelling death eater and he immediately shut up, his mouth moving but no words coming out.
"Ya! Go Hermione!" Yelled Sirius cheerfully.
The others stared at him and Moody commented "She's a fast thinker that one"
The others just rolled their eyes and watched.
The silent death eater was now thrust aside from his partner but Harry got their first;
"PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!"
They watched in happy (or in James case proud) silence as the death eater went rigid, falling to the floor as stiff as a board. Hermione smiled.
"Well done Harr-
Just as the adults started smiling they stopped. The now silent death eater made a furious slash with his wand; a long strip of purple light lashed out and stroked Hermione right through the chest. She made a silent "oh" before falling to the ground in a heap.
"HERMIONE!"
And everyone sadly watched Harry drop to the ground, grapping Hermione's shoulder and shaking it madly "Hermione!"
The other kid, Longbottom, took this opportunity to run out from under the desk, just as the death eater aimed a hard swing, making contact with his nose. A loud crunch made the adults cringe.
"Clearly broken" auror Longbottom stated. He cringed again "poor kid, wonder what his name is"
"Probably something like Neville" stated Sirius. Longbottom cast a sideways glance at him.
"What gives you that idea?"
"I don't know! The name just popped in to my head…"
"Okay then…" He looked back at the scene.
Harry was now standing furiously staring at the death Eater, his eyes flashing with something James could barley bare to look at. Dolohov made a hand gesture towards the prophecy, to himself, then to Hermione. It seemed to them the message was clear to Harry.
"Like you wont kill us anyway the moment we hand it over!" he snarled.
"Whaddever you do Harry" said 'kid' Longbottom; blood was pouring down his nose "d'ond gib it to him!"
Suddenly there was a crash outside the door and the baby headed death eater wobbled in, bawling his eyes out. Harry took this distraction to yell;
"Petrificus totalus!"
Dolohov didn't have time to react and was put into he full binding bond. Harry rushed over to Longbottom and Hermione.
"Hermione…Please wake up…" he whispered shaking her shoulders. This made tears come to some of the girl aurors eyes. James felt himself feeling depressed at the scene.
……………………………………………………………To be continued
Lol sorry for the abrupt ending! But I had to stop this chapter somewhere, and well, quite frankly I though you would like another chapter soon, so here it is! I have changed a couple things, but it has to do with the plot I have invented so it's for the better. Please R&R to let me know what you think. Thankies!