The time-travelers sat in the cell, Jack and Max pacing worriedly, trying to think something up, but to no avail, there was no way of escape. Suddenly, startled screams could be heard and Remus' head snapped up.
Standing there was none other than Harry Potter. Everyone gaped at him as he threw a set of keys at Neville.
"Free them. I've gotta go and save my mum and dad" he said and hurriedly dashed off. Neville turned to the others with a weak smile on his face.
"Let's get you guys out of here then" he said, putting the key in the cell lock, but froze on hearing a sound. He whirled around with his wand poised, ready to fight.
Out of the shadows came a female Death Eater, who didn't have her hood over her head. Neville gasped; his eyes wide on seeing who it was. It was Bellatrix Lestrange!
Her face immediately lit up on seeing Neville, a gleeful look spread across her face. She whipped out her wand, but Neville quickly stopped her.
"Expelliarmus!" he yelled. Bellatrix's wand shot out of her hand, making Bellatrix shriek with anger. She charged forward towards Neville, her arms outstretched, making Neville squeak in fright.
"St-St-St—"
"STUPEFY!" An older male's voice yelled out. Bellatrix quickly dodged out of the way and grabbed her wand, which was lying on the floor next to Neville. She whirled around, her face breaking into another delighted grin.
"Ah, if it isn't my disgraceful cousin" she hissed, her eyes glinting maliciously. Black snarled at her, signaling with his hand for Neville to free the others, but Bellatrix quickly grabbed a hold of Neville, her hand tightening around his throat. Neville gasped as he tried to breathe. Ginny screamed.
"Let him go" Black ordered, but Bellatrix paid no heed to his words.
"The last of the Longbottom's. Finally, I get to torture the last of them, just like I did to his mother and father. He'll be joining his parents soon" she cried happily, pointing her wand at Neville "Crucio!"
Neville's screams filled the air as Black paled considerably, not really knowing what to do. Bellatrix held up her wand, making Neville stop.
"You're pathetic, just like the rest of them. You'll die at the Dark Lord's hands, just like your best friend and the mudblood" Bellatrix spat at Black. Black clenched his jaw and glared at Bellatrix with loathing. Suddenly, a voice cried out.
"Petrificus Totalus!" Bellatrix went as rigid as a board and fell flat on her face.
"Nice distraction there, Sirius. We'll take it from here" Hermione informed him, briskly making her way with Angelina and Neville to the cell. Suddenly, Sirius threw himself at Hermione.
"Get down!" he yelled, missing the killing curse by inches. Hermione looked up to see Draco Malfoy sneering at her. She got to her feet, glaring angrily at him as she did so. Pulling out her wand, she got into a fighting stance. Neville did the same. Draco snarled at him.
"Longbottom, what are you doing here? You don't have any brains and can't even perform a spell properly. How are you any use to them?" he questioned, jerking his head over to Hermione, Sirius and Angelina. Neville held his wand in front of him, shaking slightly.
"I'm sticking with my friends. Something you don't have! Friendship! Plus the fact that I'm a Gryffindor! I'm worth twelve of you Malfoy" he yelled defiantly, repeating himself from first year. The look on amusement faded from Draco's face when Neville told him that he didn't have any friends. He glared at him.
"Well, that's quite a speech Longbottom, how did you manage to remember that? It must've taken up all of your brain cells to remember that!" Neville clenched his hand tighter around his wand. Hermione and Angelina looked to each other worriedly, what did Neville think he was doing?
Draco brandished his wand, smirking all the while.
"Say goodbye Longbottom, Avada Kedavra!" Neville squeaked in fear, frozen to the spot. Without thinking, Black pushed him out of the way and took the hit himself. Everyone gasped, just as Harry entered the room. His eyes widened in shock and horror.
"NNNOOOOOO!" He screamed, running forward, but it was too late. Draco laughed maliciously as he made to walk off, but Harry stopped him. He roughly grabbed a hold of him and slammed him into a wall. Pulling out his wand, Harry said the first spell that came into his head, not caring anymore. Sirius was gone … his godfather, all because of Malfoy.
"Crucio!" Harry bellowed, making everyone's eyes widen in horror. Hermione ran forward, to prevent him from using an Unforgivable.
"HE KILLED SIRIUS!" Harry roared, unable to control his anger "HE DOESN'T DESERVE TO LIVE!"
"I know" Hermione whispered "but do you honestly think that now is the right time, considering your parents are going to see You-Know-Who, even as we speak"
"I came back here to get you. We need your knowledge on spells, but first—" he said, turning murderous eyes on Draco. Hermione grabbed his arm.
"Not now. If your parents die, then you will cease to exist. Save them first, then deal with Malfoy later!" Harry didn't want to. The blood was pounding in his ears and he so wanted to kill Malfoy! Yet, he reluctantly had to obey Hermione; after all, she was right. Draco sneered at him.
"That's right Potter, obey the mudblood. Like father, like son, eh?" Harry growled dangerously and punched Malfoy in the face, so that he was knocked out.
"Free them" Harry told Neville and Angelina, his voice full of authority. They both nodded as Harry and Hermione set off to save James and Lily.
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James and Lily stood in front of Voldemort, trying their hardest not to show fear. Voldemort leered evilly at them.
"Hello again, James and Lily Potter"
"For your information, we're not married yet" James told him, making Lily nudge him in the elbow. James turned to look at her.
"What the hell do you think you're doing? Are you trying to get us killed?" she hissed.
"We won't die" James assured her "I've got a feeling that help is on the way" Lily looked hopeful.
"James Potter" Voldemort hissed "Would you do the honours of dying first? Or should it be ladies first?" Lily gulped as the blood drained from her face.
"I'll go first" James said, stepping forward. Voldemort nodded, an evil smile creeping onto his face.
"Say goodbye, Potter" he told him raising his wand. Suddenly, a voice cried out.
"NO!" Voldemort stopped on what he was doing and smirked on seeing the entire DA (Dumbledore's Army), including Harry file into the room.
"Ah, what do we have here?" he whispered softly. Half of DA were trembling under Voldemort's gaze, while the other half stared him out.
"If you want to kill Lily and James, you'll have to kill us first" Angelina called out, stepping in front of Lily, Ron doing the same with James. It didn't seem to scare the DA that they could die; all that entered their minds was that they were doing the right thing.
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"Thanks for setting us free, Neville" Jack said gratefully. Ginny enveloped him in a hug.
"You're the greatest!" Neville blushed bright red and coughed slightly to try and hide his embarrassment.
"You're Frank Longbottom's son?" Peter questioned curiously. Neville nodded.
"I thought so, hey guys, we'd better try and find the others" Neville piped up. Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Let's go"
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Voldemort leered down at them all.
"I'll have to get the Death Eaters in" he muttered to himself "My loyal servants!" he called out. No answer.
"That won't work" Harry told him, looking amused "We've dealt with every single Death Eater in this building. You're on your own this time" Voldemort clenched his jaw and glared at Harry with, what could only be described as, complete and utter loathing.
"Get out of there! The Order's here!" Neville cried, running into the room. Voldemort cursed under his breath, before disapparating.
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"Good job all of you. I must say, I'm impressed" Dumbledore praised them all. The DA all waved their hands modestly, trying to wave it off as if it were nothing. Harry, meanwhile, was clenching his fists together, the anger welling up inside of him once again. Sirius was dead!
"Right" Dumbledore said, turning to the time-travelers "This time, you really are going back to your time. This, I promise you"
"But, do we have to?" Remus asked.
"Yes"
"You know, I feel really awful, we didn't help out at all with the fighting" Narcissa said, looking dejected. Dumbledore smiled kindly at her.
"It's probably better that you didn't fight. Who knows what would've happened. Now, would you all be so kind as to touch the cloth? This time, you'll arrive in my office. You won't remember anything that's happened here either, I'm afraid" Sirius perked up on hearing this. Ginny and Remus won't remember that they were pregnant, the miscarriage won't be remembered and hopefully, neither will Sirius' hopeless attempts at getting Ginny to be with him. That way, none of them would hate him.
"Good luck … all of you" he said, looking meaningfully at Lily and James as the sudden jerk pulling around the navel caught them by surprise.
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They landed back in Dumbledore's office. They all looked to each other, feeling confused.
"Professor, did you request to see us?" Dumbledore looked up, his eyes twinkling.
"Ah, yes, I was hoping you'd stop by. I was wondering, when's the wedding?" he questioned, looking to James and Lily. They all looked to each and started laughing. Only Dumbledore would ask something like that!
A/N: My parents are being really horrible to me and saying I need to stop going on ff.net because I need to study for G.C.S.Es and that I'm not allowed on it anymore. I'm sorry, but I may not be able to continue with any more of my stories. If I do, it will be very rarely. I am sorry and I do hope you will find it in your hearts to forgive me.
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