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Love of a Wicked Heart

Chapter 8

1995, Diagon Alley, England

It was late at night and all of the shops in Diagon Alley were closed. The only noise that was heard was a loud crack as a person appeared within the Alley. Cold demonic yellow eyes looked around Diagon Alley and locked onto a newspaper hiding between a rubbish bin and a wall on the corner of the Alley. Thea walked over and picked up the paper and saw it was the Daily Prophet. Thea first noticed that the date said it was December 5, 1995, and the headline on the front page was "Dumbledore under Investigation for Creating Army against the Ministry by Rita Skeeter."

Remembering that her trail was on July 1, 1995, Thea realized that she had only been gone for five months. She continued to read the paper and saw that both Cornelius Fudge and a woman named Delores Umbridge talked about how Dumbledore had always looked to control the Ministry of Magic and how he sought to ruin the lives of upstanding Pure-blood citizens of the Wizarding World in England. She looked through the paper and saw that Delores Umbridge was the Inquisitor of Hogwarts and she was there to keep Dumbledore in line. When she saw the picture of Umbridge, she realized that the woman was at her trial as well.

Thea thought about it before lighting the paper on fire and controlling the smoke, chanting in Latin. Soon she looked at the smoke and said, "Show me where I can find Rita Skeeter."

Images flashed in the smoke before a cruel smile appeared on her face. She was brought out of her musings as she heard a man shout, "You, stop what you are doing and surrender by order of the Ministry of Magic."

Thea turned to the group of people and saw their faces, remembering that they were the Witch Hunt of a trial she was given. She slowly raised her hands in surrender while she looked at them and asked in a calm, cold voice, "I will come quietly. But might I ask who you people are? You see, I'm lost and can't remember how I got here."

Many of the group members looked shocked but the leader nodded and said, "I am Rufus Scrimgeour of the Head of the Auror Department for the Ministry of Magic. With me is John Dawlish, Albert Runcorn, Corban Yaxley, and Pius Thicknesse. They are the Aurors under my command and help me keep the peace for the Ministry of Magic."

Soon they heard a bone-chilling cackle that could easily make Bellatrix Lestrange's laugh seem like it came from a sweet and happy child. They looked and saw fire appear in the woman's hands and they finally got a good look at her. They saw her green skin and demonic yellow eyes and froze for a second before they pulled their wands out for a fight. Sadly when they froze, it was all Thea needed and she began to tear them apart as she threw blasts of magic at them. The first one to fall to injury and slowly bleed out was Pius Thicknesse as his arm was shredded by shards of ice. Next was John Dawlish as he was caught on fire and slowly burned to death. Following him in death was Albert Runcorn as he was blasted away with magic and was slammed full force into a wall which broke every bone in his body and caused massive internal bleeding.

Finally to die was Corban Yaxley as Thea thrust her hand into his chest and ripped out his heart. Both he and Scrimgeour froze at what they were witnessing before a twisted grin appeared on Thea's face as she slowly crushed Yaxley's heart. She turned to Scrimgeour and threw a blast of lightning at him as he tried to apparate away. He fell onto the ground screaming in agony as Thea approached him. He looked up at the yellow-eyed woman and asked, "Who the hell are you?"

Thea gave him an evil smile and said, "I have need of you. You will be my messenger and you need to make sure it arrives to Cornelius Fudge."

With that, Thea proceeded to torture Scrimgeour for the next couple hours before writing a message on a piece of parchment she found on him when she looked for anything useful. She quickly wrote a message in blood before she waved her hand and Scrimgeour disappeared in a cloud of green smoke. Thea looked around to make sure no one was watching before she vanished in a cloud of smoke to go find Rita Skeeter.

1995, England

A cloud of green smoke appeared in a small flat in London which disappeared to reveal Thea. She watched as a woman was pacing the floor while chewing on the tip of her quill. She was brought out of her musings when she heard someone clear their throat and step into the light. When the woman saw Thea, she froze in fear as she looked over the green-skinned woman. A ball of fire shot beside her and destroyed the quill and the green-skinned woman stalked closer to her. She heard the woman drawl out, "Hello Rita, it has been some time since we last saw each other. I believe the last time we met, you held an interview with me and afterward you decided to call me an attention seeking whore who cheated her way into the Tri-Wizard Tournament."

At hearing this, Rita froze as she gasped out, "Potter? How are you alive? Last I heard, you were brought to justice for the murder of poor Fredric Diggle."

Thea looked murderous and snarled out, "First off you mewling quim, his name was Cedric Diggory. Secondly, justice was not served as I was innocent. But I'm sure you already knew that."

With that, Thea looked directly into the blonde reporter's eyes and stared intently. Rita began to grip her head as tried in vain to look away from Thea's gaze but it was impossible as her gaze never left the yellow-eyed woman. Soon tears of blood began to fall from Rita's eyes while she screamed in agony for the next few minutes. Soon Rita dropped to the ground and began to have a seizure while Thea walked around the room to look for information on where to go to next.

After a while, Thea disappeared as she decided to wait until early morning and stop at Gringotts before paying a visit to her lovely relatives. The Wizarding World was about to get a rude wake up as the Wicked Witch of the West was here to visit, and she was not going to leave until she got everything she came for.

Here is Chapter 8. I hope you like the story so far. The transformation Thea underwent was the same one in Oz the Great and Powerful. Also, in Once Upon A Time, I did not like how they portrayed the Wicked Witch of the West so I was hoping to redo that character into what I believe she should have been like. Please leave a review and let me know what you think of the story so far.