DISCLAMIER: Do i have to do this for every chapter? Oh well, i don't own HP. They just happen to be the characters in my stories.
Amber Potter and the Traitor Within.
Blurb …
Follow the antics of 11-year-old cousins, Amber-Leigh Potter and Rosemary Weasley, during their first year at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, along with their new friend, Alice Longbottom.
Find out what happens when you mix an evil plot, an invisibility cloak and two girls with extraordinary powers and a world full of magic.
CHAPTER 10: A New Lord.
Amber's question of who Lyra and Snape were working for was answered the very next morning. Rosemary had taken up a subscription for the Daily Prophet and as soon as she saw the front page, she spat out a mouthful of pumpkin juice.
"What?" Amber and Alice said at once.
"It's-oh my god!" Rosemary said, starting in disbelief at the newspaper.
"What is it Rosie?" Carley asked as she and Geraldine joined them at the table.
"It's-oh just read it!" she said and flattened out the paper so the other four girls could read it:
A NEW LORD: ARE WE GETTING A SECOND YOU-KNOW-WHO?
"A second you-know-who?" Geraldine said, but everyone else shushed her and indicated that she continue reading.
"It came to the ministries attention last night that there is a new dark wizard in our mist." Says Minister Rufus Scrimgeor last night outside the ministry. "But not to worry-we feel that he is nothing to worry about.
But will the rest of the wizarding community think so? Damaan was a death eater for He-who-must-not-be-named, and ever since he fell, Damaan has been trying to find a way to bring him back.
"Don't worry-he won't." Srimgeor says but will the wizarding community think so also?
Auror's at the ministry have been monitoring Damaan's behaviour and actions over the last few years and lately he has been trying to find a way to seize power for himself.
"We believe that he is trying to be the next you-know-who." Auror Kingsly Shaklebolt said last night as he was leaving the ministry, "We feel that he has been somewhat 'Inspired' by You-know-who's-er-well, let's call it work for want to a better word."
And of course we all know what "Work" You-know-who had reined upon us. Will Damaan seize power and take over?
"Don't worry!" Srimgeor tells the daily prophet "He's just trying to be as good as he-who-must-not-be-named. Don't worry-we'll sort this wannabe out."
To read on the actions Srimgeor is planning on using, turn to page 6.
"Damaan?" Geraldine asked "I've never heard of him."
"He was probably one of the lesser death eaters." Carley said and they turned into a discussion of how Damaan could take over.
"I don't like the sound of this." Amber muttered, making sure Carley and Geraldine couldn't hear them.
"Me either." Alice agreed. "The ministry is sounding like they are trying not to cause the wizarding community to go into panic-mode."
"Some thing like this happened in dad's 5th year-remember?" Rosemary said. "Dad and uncle Harry told the story-about how You-know-who was back, but no one believed Uncle Harry and Dumbledore, and how the ministry was totally against him."
"I don't think we can afford that to happen again." Alice said, eating her porridge without the slightest realisation that she was eating as she was too involved in the conversation.
"I think this Damaan has more to what he seems to be." Rosemary said darkly.
"Look, are we sure that this isn't just some guy who is a wannabe Voldemort who ever had a girlfriend?" Amber asked while Rosemary and Alice winced slightly.
"Oh come on-surely we can say 'Voldemort'?" Amber asked.
"Um … no-I'd appreciate it if you didn't!" Alice asked hopefully.
"Look-it's the only way to-oh never mind. The point is, this Damaan guy is fishy-right?" asked Amber desperately.
"Right." Rosemary agreed.
Just then, Leda came swooping down with a letter tied to her foot.
"It's from dad." Amber said, taking it off and giving Leda some of her toast.
"What does it say?" Alice asked, leaning over to read.
"That on no account are we to believe the rubbish the daily prophet says." Amber answered, folding up the letter, as they all got up and headed back to the common room "Dad says it's 5th year all over again and that we should defiantly worry about Damaan. According to him-Damaan's really powerful and shouldn't be messed around with."
They trudged up the marble staircase and were still discussing Damaan when they reached the portrait hole.
"Password?" The fat lady asked.
"Veritasrum." Alice said and they all climbed into the common room full of chattering students, "You know you two-we start classes tomorrow."
"Yeah, I know." Rosemary sighed as they sunk onto a settee in front of the warm fire and watched the swirling snow outside. "One last day of happiness."
"Have you guys done your transfiguration homework?" Alice asked smirking.
"Oh damn!" Amber and Rosemary yelled at the same time, both springing off the settee and running up to the dormitories for their books, leaving Alice sniggering on the settee.
Amber and Rosemary spent the entire day completing their neglected homework.
"I told you to do it before Christmas!" Alice told them, as a red glow was cast over the common room from the setting sun visible through the window.
"Oh stop rubbing it in." Amber said huffily, rubbing her slightly bloodshot eyes and finally pushing her finished charms essay away from her and leant back onto the couch Alice was sitting on, reading her book.
"Finally-I'm done." Rosemary said weekly, also rubbing her eyes and collapsed into an armchair, curled up and fell asleep.
"Wake her up, will you?" Amber told Alice. "I'm so tired and we had better not let her sleep down here."
Alice sighed and slammed her book shut, strolled over to Rosemary and poked her in the side, saying "Rosie! Wake up!"
"Ow! Oh-yeah, look, I'm tired, I'm going to bed, ok?" Rosemary sighed and heaved her self up off the chair and bent down to pick up her things.
"Ok." Amber and Alice said at the same time.
They watched Rosemary tramp upstairs and Amber sat on the couch next to Alice, who continued to read her book. Light had disappeared hours ago and people around them were heading up to bed.
Alice yawned widely and shut her book.
"Well, I think I'm going to go to bed now-coming?" She asked, getting up.
"In a minute." Amber told her and Alice shrugged and walked off up the stairs to the dormitory.
Amber didn't move. As tired as she was, she just didn't seem to be able to sleep. Her mind was still swimming with thoughts about what they had learnt today.
Was Damaan as dangerous as Harry had said? Was the ministry in denial about him? Or was he just a wannabe Voldemort as the minister kept insuring?
Also yawning, Amber got up and headed up the stairs after Alice. She entered the dormitory to hear the sounds of what was four people breathing deeply in their sleep. Amber yawned again as she pulled on pyjamas and got into bed.
Damaan can't be that dangerous … no one's worse than Voldemort.
And with that thought, Amber fell into a sleep filled with dreams about a shadowy figure, laughing cruelly as Professor Lyra and Snape worshipped at the figure's feet.
Yesterday, not many people found the Damaan situation remotely important. Today however, it was all anyone could talk about.
Carley and Geraldine both got detentions from Professor Chang, and Nigel Jenson, a quiet boy in Amber, Rosemary and Amber's class who normally didn't talk much, was talking all day. Even Slytherin's could be seen packed in groups, discussing the situation.
Many people, Amber noticed didn't seem as if Damaan was a big deal. Amber asked Carley and she said it was because people were comparing him to Voldemort.
"Well they shouldn't!" Amber cried, "Don't people realise that just because they seem to be trying to be the next Voldemort-" Geraldine, Rosemary and Alice, who were listening flinched, "-doesn't mean they're not dangerous?"
"People's minds work in strange ways." Rosemary said and everyone agreed.
The bell rang for afternoon classes and Amber, Rosemary and Alice left Carley and Geraldine to talk to a Ravenclaw and began to wend their way across damp grounds to the greenhouses for Herbology.
Today they were pruning Flutterby bushes. But Amber, Rosemary and Alice weren't really interested in the pretty bush which would flutter off the ground every 2 seconds.
"I can't believe that people would believe what the daily prophet says." Alice said.
"People will believe anything they want to hear." Rosemary said, turning to look at Amber, not noticing what she was doing and cut a huge chunk off the Flutterby bush.
"I'm afraid so." Amber told them, "But we just have to stand by our theory and everyone will come round eventually."
"I still think we should tell someone about the Snape-Lyra conversations." Alice said stubbornly.
"Alice-no one would believe three 11-year-olds." Amber told her. "We need proof."
"Something other than our word." Rosemary said before Alice could speak. She closed her mouth and continued to look distant and stony all the way through Herbology and didn't talk again until they had taken seats at the back of their Defence against the dark arts class room.
"There's got to be something we can do!" She said suddenly, jerking Amber out of her trance about what was for dinner.
"What do you mean, Alice?" Amber asked as Lyra herself came floating through the door.
"We can't just sit around and let Lyra and Snape murder my dad!" Alice said a little too loudly, causing Logan and Toby to turn around, looking confused.
"Shhh!" Rosemary hissed and waved at Logan and Toby in an excuse.
"Look, obviously if we go to Professor Longbottom he'll just tell us to stop exaggerating and go on about the wild imaginations of 'Kids these days'." Amber said bitterly.
"Kids these day.s" Rosemary snorted, as Professor Lyra smiled sweetly around and began to instruct the class. "it's pathetic."
"I know!" Amber agreed, while Alice absorbed everything Lya said, even though she secretly dispised her. "We don't make up everything."
"Do you think we should tell dad?" Rosemary asked.
"Well, they have had to suffer people not believing them before now ... maybe they'll belive us-"
"That's quite enough chatter over there!" Professor Lyra suddenly called. "You haven't even started yet!"
Sure enough, people around them were standing up and taking out their wands.
"Sorry, but I have to take 5 points from Gryffindor." Lyra said sweetly, waving her blond hair behind her and taking her wand out of the pocket of her usual pale blue robes.
Amber, Rosemary quickly got up and pulled out their own wands, joining Alice with her wand at the ready.
"What are we doing?" Amber hissed.
"I don't know!" Rosemary hissed back. She looked frightened at the prospect that the rest of the class were turning to face them, each with their wand at the ready. Alice tutted and whispered "Well you should have been listening!"
"These three are your objects!" Professor Lyra called and everyone nodded, now forming a circle around the three.
"What are they going to do?" Amber asked and Alice just said "Brace yourself!"
"On the count of three then-" Professor Lyra called.
"One!"
"You should have listened!" Alice hissed again.
"What?"
"Two!"
"What do we do?!" Rosemary squeaked
"Just-"
"Three!"
All at once, everybody yelled "Casusactio!" and at once, Amber and Rosemary collapsed onto the floor, due to the fact that their legs felt as if they were made of jelly. Alice on the other hand managed to deflect the spell and it bounced onto Matthew Rhodes, the boy in their class who was very accident prone and didn't like flying and he fell straight to the floor.
"Excellent Miss Longbottom!" Professor Lyra said happily. "Very excellent! 10 points to Gryffindor!"
Alice just grumbled and gave Professor Lyra a very dirty look.
"I can't believe her! Why is she being so nice?" Alice complained as they began to copy notes of the board.
"It's just her cover." Amber said, while Rosemary nodded in agreement. "But really, deeeeeeeeep down, she's an evil monster that we should probably cut up and feed to the giant squid."
"Sounds good to me." Alice said, glaring at her.
The bell rang 20 minutes later, and the Gryffindor's made their way to the great hall for lunch, passing a group of Ravenclaw's, all discussing Damaan.
"One thing I've been wondering about …" Rosemary said as they sat down.
"What?" Amber an Alice said together at once.
"Well … who in their right mind would name their child 'Damaan'?!" she said and they all laughed.
A/N: Well, who would? Hurrah, me again. Just saying that Damaan is my bad-guy name, so if you ever read a story in which the bad guy's called Damaan-chances are, that i wrote it. Lol.
The chapter coming up is my favourite. I hoped you liked this, and i'll thank any reviews i get. So on that note i bid you good day and goodnight (Depending on the time wherever you are. Lol).
-Moon. : D