HARRY'S P.O.V.
They reappeared just out off the grounds of Riddle Manor. It was just as old and scary as it was the first time Harry was there. Malfoy arrived a few seconds later, still holding Hermione tightly around the waist. He nodded at Fred who realeased Ginny. She ran to Harry who wrapped his arms protectively around her.
"I will lead the way." Malfoy said coldly. "And the mudblood stays with me. To insure you don't do anything stupid. Fred, you stay behind to make sure they don't run. Now let's go!"
They began to walk towards the house. Harry still had his arms around Ginny, who was shaking like a leaf. Harry noticed Hermione walking as calmly as possible with Malfoy's hand still around her waist. She was taking deep breaths. He could hear Ron's labored breathing, as though, he was resisting the urge to do something stupid. They entered the house and began walking up a pitch black corridor. Malfoy and Fred lit their wands but Harry could still barely see. He got the feeling that there was someone other than Fred behind them but didn't look. He knew he wouldn't be able to see whoever it was. Besides, if there was someone there, Harry didn't want to attract attention to it. He didn't want anyone else pulled into this.
They continued to walk up the dark corridor in silence. Ginny was squeezing him so tight, he almost couldn't breathe but if squeezing him made her feel safer, he wasn't going to say anything. He was half tempted to ask where they were going but didn't dare. Malfoy still had Hermione and they all knew what he was capable of. After what seemed like hours, they made it to a door, and Malfoy knocked.
"Enter." came Voldemort's snake like voice.
Malfoy pushed the door opened and entered still holding onto Hermione. Fred ushered the others in behind them. Harry observed that it was a ballroom of some sort. The was a hard wood floor and old artwork on the walls. It had a big dome cieling and was filled with around fifty Death Eaters. He began frantically searching for Annika as they were shoved to the center of the circle.
Once there, Harry saw Voldemort sitting in his throne. He turned his head a little to the left and found Annika. She was chained to a wall. Her clothes were ripped and she looked like someone beat the shit out of her. She was dangling a good two feet from the ground and her head was lolling on her chest. Her dark hair was hanging, disheveled, in front of her face. Harry couldn't tell if she was concious or not. By the way she was hanging there, she appeared to not be.
"What did you do to her?" Harry yelled at Voldemort.
"Nothing." Voldemort answered. "She's just sleeping peacefully. And you'll do what I say if you want to keep it that way."
"We won't do anything until you prove she's alive!" George yelled before Harry could say anything.
"Fine." Voldemort snapped his fingers and the room was filled with Annika's screams.
Harry wasn't positive what was happening to her but, by the way her body was convulsing, he was pretty sure she was being electricuted.
"Stop it!" he yelled unable to deal with seeing his sistter in pain.
Voldemort snapped his fingers once again and Annika stopped screaming. Her head once again lolled against her chest.
"Why isn't she moving?" Harry asked.
"A put a spell on her to make sure she couldn't scream unless I wanted her too." Voldemort asked. "She's fine. Now, give me what I want or I can garuntee she won't be for long."
"What is it that you want?" Harry asked.
"I want you to surrender your life and your friends lives to me." he said.
Harry looked over at his friends. Ginny who was clinging to his hand was going pale. George's face was flushed with anger. Hermione, who had been released by Malfoy, was standing behind Ron who looked ready to fight for her.
"I'll surrender myself but let my friends go." he said. He hoped Voldemort was in the mood to bargain because he wasn't about to sacrifice his friends.
Voldemort snapped his fingers again and Annika's screams filled the room once more. It lasted a little longer this time. Harry wanted to attack, to kill the man standing in front of him. The only thing that was holding him back was the thought of what would happen if he did. Finally, Voldemort snapped his fingers again and Annika's screams ceased.
"It's all of you or no deal." Voldemort stated.
Harry didn't know what to do. He couldn't give up his friends but he couldn't let Annika keep hurting either.
"I need a moment with my friends." he said.
He was hoping to buy time. He was also hoping Hermione was able to come up with a way to save them.
"Five mintues." Voldemort said with a smirk.
Harry pulled Ginny with him to the others.
"I don't know what to do guys." Harry said. "I don't see why he doesn't just kill us all if thats all he wants."
"I think it might be more than that." Hermione whispered.
"What makes you say that?" Harry asked.
"Because Voldemort likes trophies." Hermione said. "He'd want proof that he defeated the great Harry Potter."
"So are you saying, he wants my head?" Harry asked.
"Worse," Hermione said. "I think he wants us."
"Us as in..." Ginny trailed off.
"Me, you, and Annika" Hermione finished.
"For what?" Ron asked.
"To prove he's won." Hermione said. "By keeping the three of us alive. He can show us off by saying he beat Harry and now he has the three most important women in his life. He's won and we prove it."
"No, I won't allow you guys to do that." Harry said. "If she's gotta go back to that then I'd rather let her die."
"But Harry, maybe if we give up you guys could still get out of it." Hermione said.
"How?" Harry said. "We have nothing to fight with."
"I have faith in you. So does Ginny and the rest of us." Hermione said. "You'll find a way."
"Do we all wanna do this?" Harry asked. Everyone nodded.
The room was once again filled with Annika's screams.
"Times up." Voldemort said after stopping it again.
"We surrender." Harry said.
"Good." Voldemort clapped his hands.
Annika was released from the chains and fell to the floor. Harry and George tried to run to her but two Death Eaters grabbed them around the waist. Harry looked around and noticed Hermione had been grabbed by Lucius Malfoy, Ginny by Fred, and Ron by a Death Eater Harry didn't recognize. Draco went to Annika and picked her up off the floor. He poured a vial of something into her mouth and she sat up.
ANNIKA'S P.O.V.
Annika's eyes snapped opened and she found herself staring into Malfoy's cold gray eyes. He yanked her up hard and she whimpered in pain. She was still in pain from the torture but Malfoy was not gentle at all. He dragged her over to the other girls and stood there with her. She had no idea what was happening. The only thing she could remember was the torture.
All she knew at that moment was her friends were captive. Once she was with the others, Voldemort beckoned the Death eaters holding the boys forward. What happened next happened fast. Annika wasn't even sure what was happening. Voldemort nodded his head and suddenly the room was filled with the snapping of bones and the boys' groans of pain.
Voldemort's inner circle just began hitting, kicking and cursing them. Hermione, Ginny, and Annika were screaming for them to stop. They were all struggling to get free of the Death Eaters holding them but they were too strong. Annika tried to look away several times but Malfoy kept making her watch.
After two minutes, the Death Eaters stopped and George and Ron lay on the floor, unconcious. Harry was between them and Annika saw that he was just clinging to conciousness. She looked up at Voldemort and he conjured a dagger out of thin air. He walked to Harry and yanked him up by his hair. He then plunged the dagger into Harry's stomach. Annika tried to look away but once again, Malfoy made her watch. Voldemort pulled the dagger out and Harry fell back to the floor bleeding heavily.
"Now, just to make sure they stay dead." Voldemort pulled out his wand and said a spell. Red flames errupted from his wand and lit the curtains on fire. "Everyone, apparate." Voldemoet disappeared.
Annika felt Malfoy jerk her around and as they disappeared, she felt like she was suffocating. She knew the sensation of apparition had nothing to do with it.
THE END
A/N: Ha! That is my ending. I hope you all liked the story. I suppose you wanna know why Voldemort won. Well, I find we live in a fantasy world were good always wins and love conquers all. I occassionally like to remind people that life doesn't always end happy. I do; however have something in mind for a sequel. I post a teaser soon and see if you want me to continue. Review, please!!
