Part 2
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This chapter is Athena's past, which means, it is essentially copied from JK Rowling. I have changed bits and pieces but it still belongs to the respective author. I am not stealing anything.
I would like to apologize for any mistakes in advance.
Aliana Gabriella Winchester.17 - Thank you for the constant reviews and just 1 or 2 more chapters, till Athena meets Klaus.
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They were once again in her room, at Little Whinging. He saw her receiving gifts for her birthday, from the Weasley's and Hermione, but she sets them on fire in her anger.
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They were now in the same park, where he had first met her. He saw Dudley and his gang making fun of her and Cedric, at which she became increasingly defensive and pointed her wand at Dudley. The night suddenly turned dark and cold. The others ran away as Dudley shouted at her to stop causing the misery surrounding him. She turned around just as a Dementor approached her from behind.
What he saw next, sent a chill down his body. It seemed like something out of his worst nightmare. She tried to fend it off, but its power was draining her. The Dementor held her by the throat and forced her against the wall. He felt the air freeze, as the creature clamped its jaws on her mouth and started sucking out her soul out. She searched for her wand and shouted the incantation, producing the stag Patronus and drove the Dementor off. She looked around, saw the Dementor feeding on Dudley and saved him, as well.
Just then, he saw a lady arriving and Athena hurrying to hide her wand, but the lady shouted, "Don't put it away, you foolish girl!" He saw her escorting Dudley and that the lady was Mrs. Figg, who was told to keep an eye on Athena, by Dumbledore.
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He heard the letter stating, that she had been expelled from Hogwarts and then another owl arriving with a letter, which stated that her expulsion was withdrawn and the order for her to attend the disciplinary hearing for using a "Patronus" in presence of a muggle, therefore, breaking the International Statue of Wizarding Secrecy.
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Next, he saw many people arriving, to escort her to the headquarters of Order of the Phoenix, including "Mad-Eye", Remus Lupin, a girl with pink hair and a man which Athena told him were Nymphadora Tonks – who was a Metamorphmagus, a wizard/witch who can change their appearance at will and Kingsley Shacklebolt - a senior Auror.
The headquarter, number twelve, Grimmauld Place, was a dark and gloomy place which belonged to Sirius. She met the Weasley's, Hermione, Sirius and many other people there. He saw her lashing out in anger at being left-out, when they told her that Order of the Phoenix is a secret organization led by Dumbledore, dedicated to fight Voldemort and his followers and that Voldemort was seeking an object that he did not have prior to his first defeat. She also learned that the Ministry of Magic, was refusing to acknowledge Voldemort's return, and had been running a smear campaign against her and Dumbledore.
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He was in a room, which seemed like a dungeon to him. Athena told him that it was Wizengamot, which was the court where a trial takes place. Young Athena was sitting in a chair, at the center of the room and there were about fifty people, wearing plum-covered robes embroidered with a silver letter W, sitting in the stands.
He saw her trying to defend herself until Dumbledore arrived to assist her, the testimony of Mrs. Figg, after which Athena was cleared of all charges and her trying to talk to Dumbledore, who refused to even look at her.
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They were at Hogwarts, again, when he saw black, skeletal, bat-winged horses carrying the carriages.
"They are Thestrals. Being able to see them, is a sign that the beholder has witnessed death, and gained an emotional understanding of what death means." Athena told him.
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He saw Umbridge, a senior employee in the Ministry of Magic, taking the position of the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. Umbridge and Athena clashing, as she, like Fudge, refused to believe that Voldemort has returned. Her refusal to teach the students, how to perform defensive spells. Her punishing Athena for her rebellious outbursts, by having her write "I must not tell lies" with a cursed quill, that carved the phrase into her skin.
"That's how the students are punished?" He asked with barely restrained anger, as he saw more phrases appear on her hand.
"No. It's forbidden to use the quill. It's dark magic and affects our magical core. It doesn't matter, anyway. It's in the past." She told him as she started at the woman with narrowed eyes.
He wanted to ask more but then closed his mouth, as the scene faded.
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He saw Athena, Hermione and Ron forming their own Defense Against the Dark Arts group, known as the D.A. or Dumbledore's Army. Many students, signing up, including Neville, Fred and George, Ginny and Luna. The students meeting as often as possible, to learn and practice Defense spells, in the Room of Requirement.
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Umbridge banning her from the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
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Something burned in his chest, when he saw Fred asking Athena to be his girlfriend and them kissing for the first time.
He saw Fred, discovering the carved phrases on her hand and his extremely violent reaction after that.
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Damon saw Athena's vision, through the eyes of Voldemort's snake Nagini, attacking Mr. Weasley. Her informing Dumbledore and the news that Mr. Weasley was rescued.
After which, Dumbledore arranged Occlumency lessons for her with Snape, to protect her mind against further invasions by Voldemort. During one of the lessons, Snape taunting her and, in her anger, her invading his mind, viewing a memory of his time as a student at Hogwarts. Athena is shocked to witness her father and Sirius bullying and humiliating Snape. Enraged, Snape refusing to continue the lessons and throwing her out of his room.
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He saw Umbridge amassing more power and influence at the school. D.A. being caught and getting into trouble with Fudge. Dumbledore taking responsibility for the illegal organization, being forced to leave the school and go into hiding.
Umbridge becoming the headmistress and Fred and George cause pandemonium around the school in revenge.
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Her punishing the students of D.A. with the cursed quill.
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Fred telling Athena about his and George's plan to leave Hogwarts, to start their joke-shop in London. His and George's fireworks and then storming out of the school; which Damon loved.
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Hagrid introducing his giant half-brother, Grawp and asking the three of them to look after him, if he himself must leave the school.
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He saw Athena having a vision of Sirius being tortured by Voldemort, in the Department of Mysteries. Her trying to illegally use Umbridge's office fireplace, to communicate with the Order of the Phoenix's headquarters, to make sure the vision was genuine and being told by Kreacher, that Sirius was indeed at the Ministry. Umbridge catching Athena and her friends in the act. She summoned Snape, to provide Veritaserum in order to question her, but he claimed to have no further stocks of the potion left. Athena giving him a cryptic warning about Sirius' fate, but Snape declined about his understanding of her statement.
Umbridge deciding to use the Cruciatus Curse on Athena, to interrogate about Sirius' whereabouts. Her revealing the fact, that she herself ordered the Dementor attack on Athena, intending to have her either silenced or discredited. Hermione intervening and in order to create a distraction, convinced Umbridge that they were hiding a weapon of Dumbledore's, in the Forbidden Forest. Athena and Hermione leading her into an area of the forest inhabited by centaurs, where Umbridge provokes them and was taken their captive, as the scene dissolves.
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He found himself standing in a large circular room, where everything was black, expect the floor and the ceilings. He saw Athena, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Neville and Luna standing in the middle with their wands out and cursed. He just knew that everything was about to go down. He saw Athena realizing, that the vision was falsely planted by Voldemort; however, her finding a glass sphere, that bore her and the Dark Lord's names. Death Eaters attacking them in order to capture the sphere, which Athena tells him was a recording of a prophecy concerning her and Voldemort, which was the object Voldemort had been trying to obtain. Malfoy explaining, that only the subjects of the prophecies, in this case her or Voldemort, can remove them from the shelves.
His attention was drawn towards a woman, who was cracking with laughter and mimicking Athena's every word. She was tall with long, thick dark hair which were a complete mess, thin chapped lips and her eyes were heavily-lidded which looked completely crazy. There was a tint of madness in them, which Damon recognized instantly. It was the look he had seen, whenever one of his kind switched their emotions-off and turn into a sadistic killer.
His focus returned to everyone when the fight started, during which, Neville accidentally smashed the prophecy. Athena and her friends, soon joined by members of the Order, entered a battle with the Death Eaters and curses flying everywhere. Hermione falling to the floor after being hit by the purple light and Neville fighting to reach her. Athena falling on her knees and crawling, where Hermione lay motionless and the relief after realizing that she was alive.
He saw Athena and Sirius fighting together and the woman, Bellatrix Lestrange firing the Killing Curse at Sirius which hit him squarely on the chest. Sirius's eyes widened in shock and flicked to Athena as he sank backward through the veil and disappeared behind it.
Damon heard Bellatrix's triumph scream, but his only focus was on Athena. She was shouting for Sirius again and again as she sprinted towards the dais, to pull him out. He saw Lupin grabbing her around the waist, just before she was about to jump inside the veil, her arguing with Lupin that, "Sirius had just gone through and she would bring him back", her struggling hard and viciously, but the wolf holding her even more tightly. The others were still fighting, but Athena was fighting hard to reach Sirius. He saw her still shouting for Sirius as Lupin dragged her back from the dais, all the while staring at the veil and his hand unconsciously went to Athena's waist as he held her tight to him.
She was no longer struggling, so Lupin released her but still held her arm. He saw her eyes flicker towards Bellatrix, as she ripped her arm from Lupin and ran after her. Athena followed her through the door and bellowed, "Crucio." The witch fell and roared with pain but Athena tortured her again and again. He had never seen her look at anyone with such pure hatred. The crazy witch deserved to be tortured and even more, but he never wanted to see such a look on Athena's face again.
Voldemort arrived and the crazy woman wasted no time in groveling at her master's feet, but he merely kicked her and told her to be quiet. He stared at Athena with pitiless red eyes and fired the Killing Curse at her. He could see that she was shocked by the suddenness of his appearance and her wand was pointing uselessly at the floor. His own eyes widened and his grip on Athena's waist tightened even more, if that was possible. He didn't know when, but he noticed that both his hands were around her and he pressed her closer to himself, as if to shield her from the wizard. At that moment, he only cared about the fact, that she was alive and here in his arms.
A statue in the fountain sprung alive, leaping from its plinth and landed on the floor with a crash between Athena and Voldemort, just as the green light glanced off its chest. He turned around at the same time Voldemort realized, that it was Dumbledore. Damon had never been relieved to see anyone, as he was to see the old man at that moment. He saw the two of them fighting, which ended in Voldemort unsuccessfully trying to possess Athena, in an attempt to get Dumbledore to kill her. He saw Athena fighting him off and then escaping, just as Fudge and a whole bunch of Ministry employees appeared, finally faced with first-hand evidence, that Voldemort has truly returned.
Even though the scene faded and he knew she was safe, but he didn't release his death grip on her.
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Dumbledore was appointed Headmaster of Hogwarts, once again.
He saw Dumbledore apologizing to Athena, for keeping her in the dark all this year, explaining that he was trying to protect her and Athena raging at him in her anger.
Dumbledore also explained the prophecy: Before Athena was born, Professor Trelawney predicted that a child with the power to defeat Voldemort would be born, would be marked as an equal by Voldemort and have powers unknown to him, and that one of the pair must kill the other, for "neither can live while the other survives". Voldemort learnt of the first part of the prophecy, and subsequently tried to murder Athena in the belief that he could prevent it from coming true, unaware that he would grant her power by doing so. Dumbledore telling Athena that she must stay with the Dursleys for one last summer because by taking Athena into her home, her Aunt Petunia, Lily's sister, seals the protection that Athena's mother afforded her when she died; as long as she is there, she is safe from Voldemort and his followers as the scene in front of him fades.
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He saw Athena mourning for the loss of her godfather; coming to terms with the fact that Sirius would not want her to be depressed and resolved herself to continue fighting Voldemort.
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Damon and Athena were in Little Whinging, where Dumbledore picked up Athena from her aunt's house, intending to escort her to the Burrow. On the way, they made a detour to the temporary home of Slughorn, former Potions teacher and Athena unwittingly helping persuade him, to return to teach.
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They were in a place which seemed cozy and lived in, with a cluttered array of furniture and trappings, which Athena called the Burrow. Her celebrating her birthday with Fred, George, Ron, Hermione and Ginny; Fred asking her to be his girlfriend and both of them turned red, when she said yes.
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The three visiting, Fred and George Weasley's new joke shop at Diagon Alley, Fred giving them 'the grand tour', after which he dragged Athena to an empty corner and snogging her. His eye's twitched as he watched them.
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They saw Draco entering Knockturn Alley with his mother, Narcissa Malfoy, follow him to Borgin and Burkes, where they overhear him and a group of Death Eaters, threatening Mr. Borgin.
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He found himself on the Hogwarts Express, as Athena discussed her suspicions of Draco's allegiance with Voldemort, however Ron and Hermione were doubtful with the lack of evidence.
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He saw Athena exceling in Potions, thanks to a Potions textbook, that once belonged to someone named "The Half-Blood Prince," a mysterious former student, who wrote numerous tips and spells in his Potions textbook. She used it to achieve superb results. After a class contest, The Half-Blood Prince's tips helped her in winning a bottle of Felix Felicis, which Athena told him, "was more commonly known as 'Liquid Luck.' It is a potion that makes the drinker lucky for a period of time, during which everything they attempt will be successful." Though her success pleased Slughorn, her newfound brilliance in potions angered Hermione, who told Athena that she was not truly earning her grades and also should not trust the Half-Blood Prince blindly, at which he rolled his eyes. The witch was obviously jealous and needed to ease a little.
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He saw Athena and Fred exchanging letters, regularly. Ron dating a girl named Lavender Brown and his and Hermione's quarrel.
Dumbledore informing Athena about Voldemort's family and his foe's evolution into a murderer, obsessed not only with power, but with gaining eternal life. Dumbledore showing her a memory involving Slughorn conversing with the young Tom Riddle at Hogwarts, which had clearly been tampered with. He sets Athena the task of convincing Slughorn to give her the true memory, so that he can confirm his suspicions about Voldemort's rise to power and near-invincibility, at which Damon seethed internally. Once again, the old fool was relying on Athena to do such a crucial thing, which he was sure would end badly.
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Athena told him that she had used an hour's dose of Felix Felicis, so here he was, in Slughorn's room, where she was successful in retrieving the memory. He saw Slughorn's confession about informing Riddle, regarding the process of splitting one's soul and hiding it in several objects called Horcruxes. Only by committing a murder, can a wizard turn an object into a Horcrux; Voldemort created six of them, making himself virtually immortal by placing a piece of his soul in each one, and keeping the seventh and last one within his body. Dumbledore explained, that in order to destroy Voldemort, all the Horcruxes must first be destroyed. Two Horcruxes, Riddle's diary and a ring belonging to Voldemort's grandfather, Marvolo Gaunt, had already been destroyed; but four others remain.
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Athena's attempts to repair things between her two friends, which fail every time, resulting in Ron going out with someone else to make Hermione jealous. He saw Ron nearly being killed, in an attempt on Dumbledore's life.
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Athena and Neville going to Slughorn's Christmas party together, her sneaking-off to follow Snape and Draco and overhearing them having an argument about Draco's mission and the Unbreakable Vow.
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He finds himself in the bathroom, where Athena confronts Draco about the poisoned mead and a cursed necklace and the two duel. She uses a curse from the Half-Blood Prince's book, which nearly killed Malfoy, but is rescued and healed by Professor Snape. Fearing the potion book may be filled with more Dark Magic, Hermione hide it in the Room of Requirement.
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He and Athena were in a seaside cave, where Dumbledore took her to retrieve a suspected Horcrux, Slytherin's locket. He saw Dumbledore expertly finding a secret passageway to a large, pitch black underground lake, which Athena and Dumbledore cross in a small boat, to an island in the center. The locket was at the bottom of a basin on the island, and can only be reached by drinking the potion above it. She aids Dumbledore, who drank the potion, causing him hallucinations and immense pain. Though Dumbledore is severely weakened after finishing the potion, together the two manage to fight off Voldemort's Inferi, that have been hiding in the lake.
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He found himself in Hogwarts once again, only to find that the Dark Mark was summoned over the highest school tower, in their absence. Dumbledore sends Athena to find Snape, but he himself is ambushed by Draco Malfoy, accompanied by other Death Eaters, that he helped get inside Hogwarts. He saw Athena freeze in shock, after Draco disarmed Dumbledore and then threatened to kill him, which turned out, to had been his mission from Voldemort all along. Snape arrived and motioned for Athena to keep quiet and hidden, as well. Draco is unable to kill, instead Snape casts the Killing Curse, which killed Dumbledore.
He saw her trying to fight Snape, but he successfully fights Athena off and revealed that he is in fact, the Half-Blood Prince, before he, Draco, and the rest of the Death Eaters escape.
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After Dumbledore's funeral, he saw Athena breaking up with Fred, saying that it was too dangerous for her, to let their relationship continue.
She finds out, that the locket is not the real Horcrux, containing only a note from someone named 'R.A.B.'
Damon finds her devastated by Dumbledore's death and telling her friends she will not be returning to Hogwarts. Instead, she will spend the next year searching out Voldemort's Horcruxes. Ron and Hermione insist on joining her, in destroying Voldemort for good.
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He found himself outside of her house, where she bids good-bye to the Dursleys for the final time, as the threat of Voldemort forces them to go into hiding.
He saw the Daily Prophet lying on the table, which stated about "The Dark Lord gaining power and Death Eaters committing mass killings of Muggles."
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The Order of the Phoenix, led by "Mad-Eye", arrived to take Athena to the Burrow. Six of her friends take Polyjuice Potion, to disguise themselves as Athena and act as decoys, and they all fly off in different directions and were attacked by the Death Eaters. He saw Voldemort chasing Athena down, but her wand fends Voldemort off, seemingly without Athena's help, but Hedwig is killed. She arrived at the Burrow, and learned that Moody has been killed and George was maimed in the chase.
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In the next scene, Damon saw Scrimgeour, the new Minister of Magic, arriving at the Burrow with Dumbledore's will. Ron received Dumbledore's deluminator, Hermione received a copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard and Athena received the Golden Snitch, that she caught in her first Quidditch match. Scrimgeour revealed that Athena was also bequeathed the Sword of Godric Gryffindor, but the sword was not Dumbledore's to bequeath, and is missing.
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He finds himself at, Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour's wedding. Athena was wearing a simple blue dress, but she was simply stunning. He saw her dancing with Fred, holding each other as their life depended on it. They both were lost in each-other, oblivious to the whole world. He saw them confessing their love to each other and the kiss they shared after that, which brought an irrational jealous rage inside him. He didn't get much time to think about it, as the wedding was interrupted by Death Eaters.
They received the news, that Scrimgeour has been killed by the Death Eaters and is now replaced with Pius Thicknesse, as Voldemort has taken over the Ministry of Magic and is in charge of the wizarding world.
He saw Ron practically ripping her away from Fred, but couldn't bring himself to feel sad about it and the trio apparating.
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He found himself at Number Twelve Grimmauld Place, where Athena, Hermione and Ron seek refuge. They discovered, that the initials "R.A.B." belonged to Sirius's dead younger brother, Regulus Arcturus Black, who had been one of Voldemort's followers. Kreacher told them about Regulus and the locket and that Mundungus Fletcher broke in and stole many items from the house, including the real locket. Kreacher and Dobby apprehend Fletcher, who revealed that the locket is in the possession of Umbridge.
He saw the trio disguising themselves as the Ministry employees, using Polyjuice Potion and infiltrate the Ministry. Them stealing the locket from Umbridge, while witnessing the Ministry's efforts to persecute wizards who don't come from pureblood wizard families.
The trio escape, but are forced to abandon the house by apparating in the wilderness, but Ron was injured and was unable to apparate again, until he recovered.
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Hermione deduced, that the sword of Gryffindor can destroy Horcruxes and that's why Dumbledore left it to Athena.
After many unsuccessful attempts to destroy the Horcrux, he saw the trio taking turns to wear it, to dilute its power.
While Hermione was wearing the locket, she was overcome by negative feelings and had a fight with Athena. She accused Athena and Ron of having an affair behind her back, before abandoning them. He saw Athena's anger at that and Ron's devastated face, as he stared at the place Hermione was standing, before disappearing.
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He saw Athena deciding to go to Godric's Hollow to visit her parents' graves. She told Ron that it may be a possibility, that she won't get a chance after this.
They were on the same road, which he had seen in Athena's first memory. She was staring intently, at a war memorial of three people, which he realized at a closer look, was the same as the picture hanging in her room. He saw her and Ron entering a graveyard, looking at her parent's grave from a distance and Ron showing her the same symbol which was in the book, Hermione had left behind.
They encounter a creepy old lady, who lets them into her house and attacked them. Athena told him, that it was actually Nagini, controlling Bathilda's reanimated corpse from inside of her. He saw Ron and Athena escaping into the Forest of Dean and Ron accidentally breaking Athena's wand, whilst fighting Nagini.
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It was probably midnight, when Athena saw a Patronus in the form of a doe, which led her to a frozen pond. Damon saw Athena looking at something beneath the pond's ice, which turned out to be Gryffindor's sword. In the next second, she broke and jumped into the pond, to retrieve the sword and he swore. He saw the locket around her neck trying to strangle her, but Hermione arriving and rescued Athena; her using parseltongue to open the locket, and Hermione destroying the Horcrux with the sword.
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The trio were now standing at a gate, where a zigzag path led to a house, surrounded with variety of odd plants. He saw Luna's father, Xenophilius Lovegood, who looked haggard. Lovegood explained to them, that the symbol represents the Deathly Hallows, three magical objects that can make a wizard master of Death. The trio tried to leave, but were stopped by Lovegood. He revealed that Luna has been kidnapped before summoning the Death Eaters, intending to hand over Athena, in exchange for his daughter. He saw the Death Eaters arriving and destroying Lovegood's house, at the same time Athena, Ron, and Hermione disapparated.
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They were back in the wilderness, as Athena continued having visions of Voldemort. Although Ron and Hermione remain skeptical, but she believed that the Hallows were real. She told them about her suspicion, regarding Voldemort hunting the Elder Wand, which belonged to Dumbledore, believing it will allow him to overpower the connection between his own wand and Athena's.
He saw her trying to open the Snitch Dumbledore left for her, as she believed that the Resurrection Stone was inset into the ring horcrux that Dumbledore discovered the previous year, and may be hidden inside it, but was unsuccessful.
He saw her telling them, that the description of the third Hallow, matches that of her own Invisibility Cloak.
Athena's suspicions were confirmed, when she had a vision of Voldemort breaking open Dumbledore's tomb and stealing the Elder Wand from within.
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Athena angrily mentioned Voldemort's name and Ron shouted at her, that the name was a taboo. She wasn't able to reply, as just then, the Snatchers appeared before them. Hermione used a curse to disguise Athena's features, just as they were caught. A man, whose face was twisted in a creepy and cruel smile and looked savage, grabbed a fistful of Athena's hair and held her tightly around the waist.
Athena told him that, "Fenrir Greyback, is the most savage werewolf alive."
Ron and Hermione were also held by others. He heard Ron screaming to leave the girls alone and was punched, but he paid it no attention to him. His focus was on Athena, and he froze as he saw her struggling but was only held tighter. The wolf pulled her head back, licked from the base of her throat to her ear and rasped, "Delicious… What a treat… I am going to make you scream, love." Fenrir grabbed her coat, ripped it with his claws and licked his lips. Damon shivered in disgust and his heart leapt in his throat.
Just then another man approached them and looked at Athena, closely; he recognized her, told Greyback to have his fun later and then told everyone to take 'Potter' to the Malfoy Manor. And the scene in front of him dissolved.
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He was in a large room which was dark, a huge chandelier hung from the ceiling and had dark purple walls. He heard a dreadfully familiar screech and saw Bellatrix along with Lucius, Narcissa and Draco. They asked Draco if she was 'Potter', but he took a look at her and declined. Narcissa recognized Hermione, after which Bellatrix told Pettigrew to take Ron to the cellar and she tortured Athena with the Cruciatus Curse, again and again. Damon's jaw clenched hard and he grew tense. He wanted nothing more than to kill her, but there was nothing he could do, instead he focused on Athena's hand, which he still had to let go. Bellatrix found the sword of Gryffindor in Hermione's bag, and claimed that it was in her vault, at Gringott's. She told Draco to hold Athena and asked Hermione about the sword and tortured her after not receiving any information. He saw her carving the word 'mudblood' on Hermione's forearm and shivered. He had never seen such brutality in all his life, from a person, who was still very much, human.
He saw Athena communicating with a piece of broken mirror, requesting help. From the corner of his eye, he saw Draco noticing her, but turning away. Dobby apparated with Luna, an old man he had seen when Athena bought her wand, and a goblin. Draco giving Athena their wands discreetly and asking her to disarm and stun him. She did just that as Ron rushed to save them, and a battle began, where Athena disarmed Lucius Malfoy. Dobby dropped a chandelier onto Bellatrix, forcing her to release Hermione. Bellatrix threw her knife at them, as Dobby grabbed everyone and disapparated. And everything dissolved in front of him.
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He was now near the sea, where a lone cottage was standing on a cliff. Athena told him, that it was Shell Cottage, the home of Bill and Fleur. He saw Athena trying to revive Dobby, even after he died and he swallowed a painful lump in his throat. He saw her burying Dobby without any magic, with Luna's help and Ron telling her that he killed Pettigrew in the cellar.
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Athena asked the goblin, Griphook to help them break into Bellatrix's vault at Gringotts, after suspecting a Horcrux may be there. Griphook agreeed, in exchange for the Sword of Gryffindor.
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He saw Remus asking Athena, to be the godmother of his son. Fred giving her a ring and asking her to marry him, once the war was over, to which she said yes. It was the first time he had seen her smiling brightly, ever since Sirius's death and the lump in his throat grew. Her saying the final goodbye to Fred, before leaving.
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In Bellatrix's vault, Athena discovered that the Horcrux is Hega Hufflepuf's cup. She retrieved it, but Griphook snatched the sword and abandoned them, leaving them cornered by security. He saw Hermione releasing the dragon and the three of them, fleeing on its back.
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Athena saw a vision of Voldemort killing the goblins, including Griphook, and realized that Voldemort was aware of the theft. She figured the fact, there is another Horcrux at Hogwarts, which is somehow connected to Rowena Ravenclaw.
He finds himself inHogsmeade along with the trio, where Aberforth Dumbledore saved them and reluctantly, instructed thepotrait of his deceased sister, Ariana, to fetch Neville, who led the trio through a secret passageway into Hogwarts.
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Damon heard Snape warning the staff and students of punishment, for aiding Athena just as the members of Order of Phoenix showed-up. As soon as she saw Fred, Athena ran and jumped in his arms, who held her and then kissed her, thoroughly.
She confronted Snape, who fled after McGonagall challenged him to a duel. McGonagall, then gathered the Hogwarts army for battle. At Luna's insistence, Athena spoke to Helena Ravenclaw's ghost, who revealed that Voldemort performed "dark magic" on her mother's diadem, which is in the Room of Requirement.
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Hermione met Athena in the Room of Requirement and told her that, she and Ron were able to destroyed the Horcrux with a Basilisk fang, in the Chamber of Secrets. They found the diadem, just as Draco and his two minions attack Athena, but Ron and Hermione intervened. One of them, casts Fiendfyre curse and, unable to control it, was burned to death while Athena and her friends saved the other two. Athena stabbed the diadem with the Basilisk fang and Ron kicked it into the Room of Requirement, where it was destroyed. As Voldemort's army attacked, Athena, saw into Voldemort's mind, and realized that Voldemort's snake Nagini was the final Horcrux.
The trio entered the boathouse, and witness Voldemort telling Snape that according to legend, the Elder Wand's full allegiance must be won by killing the previous owner, Voldemort reasoned that as Snape killed Dumbledore, he would not be able to fully wield the wand's power until he kills Snape, which he does. He then ordered Nagini to finish Snape. He saw Athena trying to stop the bleeding, but Snape told her to take his memories to the Pensieve, before dying.
Before she can process anything, Damon along with everyone else heard Voldemort making an announcement that Athena has one hour to meet him in the Forbidden Forest, or everyone dies.
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As the trio entered Hogwarts, he noticed the chaos and the dead bodies of students and teachers lying around. She saw that Lupin, Tonks and many of her classmates had been killed.
He saw her hugging Fred, but in a lightning move, he flung Athena to the ground. She looked just as shocked as Damon felt, but in the next instant, he saw the green light hitting Fred and him crumbling to the ground. It was then, that he remembered Hermione shouting at Athena, that Fred gave his life to save her and shook his head in disgust. How can her best friend taunt her with something like this? Everyone shouted as they turned to see who it was and saw Rodolphus Lestrange, disapparating. His eyes were wide, as he watched Athena crawling towards Fred and shaking him. Everyone around them was crying, but George and Athena were telling Fred to 'wake-up'. He saw a single tear flowing down her cheek, while she stared at Fred and he closed his eyes at her misery.
After a couple of minutes, he saw the resolve in her eyes, which clearly meant no time for mourning. She stood up and left the Great Hall.
He turned to look at Athena, who was staring at Fred numbly. He turned her towards himself and held her to him. She was rigid at first, but as he held her and kissed her head, she tucked her face into his chest and sobbed. He didn't know how long they were standing there, him holding her which seemed as easy as breathing to him, he felt a tugging sensation in his heart.
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Athena learned from Snape's memories, that while Snape despised her father, James, who had bullied him, he loved her mother, Lily and felt haunted for causing her death. Following her death, he agreed at Dumbledore's request to watch over Athena and protect her from Voldemort, because of his love for her mother and to act as a double-agent against Voldemort. The doe Patronus that led her to the Sword was conjured by Snape, who was watching over her the whole time. It was revealed, that Dumbledore was slowly dying after mishandling the ring horcrux, and he planned his "murder" with Snape in advance, to prove Snape's allegiance to Voldemort. The memories also explained, that she herself was a horcrux and must die at Voldemort's hand, to destroy the piece of Voldemort's soul within her, if Voldemort was to become mortal.
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He saw her accepting her fate and, on the way, she told Neville that Voldemort's snake Nagini must be killed, to make Voldemort vulnerable.
She reached the Forbidden Forest and finally managed to open the Snitch. She used the Resurrection Stone within, to seek comfort and courage from her dead loved ones – her parents, Sirius, Lupin and Fred; dropped the Stone in the forest before reaching Voldemort's camp.
He wanted to kill Voldemort, take her and run as far as possible, but he knew there was nothing he could do. He watched her surrendering herself, as Voldemort casts the Killing Curse and Athena did nothing to defend herself. His eyes welled with unshed tears, but he held on to the fact, that she was safe in his arms and was her with him, as the scene in front of him dissolved.
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It was early morning, when he saw Hagrid carrying her body. As soon as they reached Hogwarts, Voldemort announced Athena's death to everyone and demanded them to surrender. Neville gave a defiant response and drew the Sword of Gryffindor from the Sorting Hat; after which Athena revealed that she was still alive. He watched in amazement, as Draco threw his wand at Athena, in front of everyone and abandoned Voldemort, along with many Death Eaters. While Athena confronted Voldemort in a duel, Molly killed Bellatrix and Neville decapitates Nagini, making Voldemort mortal. Athena and Voldemort's fight ended with Voldemort's own Killing Curse rebounding and obliterating him.
Athena told him that, "the Wand recognizes her to be its new master, after she disarmed Draco at Malfoy Manor, weeks prior."
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The sun was rising, when he saw Athena falling to her knees after defeating Voldemort and sobbing hysterically, Ron helping her up and the three of them disapparating.
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The scene faded and he found himself standing in Athena's room, once again.
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Aug 19th, 2018