Fifteen years later, at
Department of Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic(London)
Harry Potter was running for his life. He was chased by several Death Eaters, dark wizards in service of Lord Voldemort, a seriously demented and powerfull wizard who terorized entire wizard population of England and beyond and who tried to kill him when he was a baby after disposing of his parents. That fact still made him quiver with rage and tremble with fear. Voldemort was arisen again,last year, at the end of Triwizard tournament when he kidnapped Harry by means of Triwizard cup,which was turned to Portkey by his servant Barty Crouch Jr. who in turn was impersonating an Auror( hunter of black wizards) Alastor ´Madeye´ Moody. Moody was hired by Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Albus Dumbledore to teach Defense Against Dark Arts and despite being fake he was good at it. So good that he fooled every member of Hogwarts faculty and managed to rig the result of Triwizard tournament, meaning he subtly guided Harry to win the cup and so to send him via portkey to his beloved master Voldemort. But Harry didn't get there alone, with him was Cedric Diggory, fellow student and member of Hufflepuff house. They have seized the Cup together and landed at Little Hangleton cemetary near the grave of Voldemorts father, Thomas Riddle. Cedric was immediately killed by Wormtail aka Peter Pettigrew, another servant of Voldemort, and once friend of his parents. But he was a coward who betrayed their hideout to his Master and so he was also responsible for their deaths. Harry was subdued and his blood was forcibly taken from him as an ingredient for restoration spell. Voldemort regained his body and powers, but Harrys blood also helped him to bypass blood protection set by Harry´s mother , Lily Evans Potter. When Voldemort killed her it raised protection that saved Harrys life and nearly destroyed Voldemort. It took him full 14 years to recover from that. Harry was then challenged to duel against Lord Voldemort in front of his Death Eaters who immediately returned to his service, some out of fear, some because they really believed in his idea of purification of wizard world from muggleborn wizards and witches. But Harry was saved by fate again, his wand was a brother to that of Voldemorts so they didn't work against each other. Instead they produced an effect called Priori Incantatem, both wands would show spells they fired, from the last to the first. So echoes of Voldemorts victims appeared, among them Harry's parents and helped him to escape, with Cedrics body. So ended Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts. The next one wasn't much better, Ministry of Magic ousted Albus Dumbledore out of school and put it in hands of their flunky, despicable woman named Delores Umbridge. On the top of it, Harry was forced to take lessons in Occlumency from Snape, teacher of Potions and spy in Voldemorts ranks. There was no love between them, for Harrys father, James Potter, often mocked and bullied him. Severus Snape never forgot nor forgave him, and Harry was perfect outlet for his embarassing memories and anger that stemmed from them. Occlumency was an obscure branch of magic that enabled its user to hide his real thoughts and memories from others who are skilled at Legillimency, a skill that allowed to see other people's thoughts and memories. Snape proved to be a brutal teacher, often dragging Harrys painfull memories to hurt him. Occlumency was necessary because Harry shared a mindlink with Voldemort so he could see what he saw and felt and thought. But Voldemort also was aware of the link and used it to lure Harry to Department of Mysteries at Ministry of Magic. He made Harry think that he captured Sirius Black and would kill him, so Harry came with his friends to the Ministry and there found the room holding various prophecies, among them one that concerned Voldemort and him. It was a perfect trap. Only Harry could take the Prophecy, and Voldemorts Death Eaters would force him to surrender it to their Master. But his friends didn't let themselves to be taken hostage, but begun fighting them and running around. Harry stole the prophecy and tried to hide until help came.
« Find the brat and kill the rest» someone said, and DE's begun earnestly attacking kids. Ron was momentarily out of fight, some weird brain things attacked him in one of the rooms. Harrys friends were still fighting, their training over the year as Dumbledores Army served them well. That secret training group was founded by Harry to learn to fight against Death Eaters because no one would teach them, especially Umbridge who was their new DADA teacher, and she wouldn't let them practice magic.
Harry silently circled greatest fighting groups and entered another dark room, but was followed.
« He's here, I tell you» said one Death Eater. Harry was scared, but suddenly got an idea.He pointed his wand to the floor and spoke a spell « Serpensortia, Serpensortia» and two poisonous snakes appeared.
«Attack the men at door»Harry ordered them in parseltongue. Snakes immediately obeyed «Yess, masterr» and slinkered over to the unfortunate Death Eaters. They were soon on the floor twitching and dying. Harry thought how fortunate that Malfoy junior attacked him wih that spell in the second year. Parseltongue was a parting gift from Voldemort when he tried to kill him as a baby. He silently sneaked down the other hallway, but suddenly was besieged by Lucius Malfoy. Snakes were destroyed by him and Lucius congratulated him:
« Well Potter, using snakes to kill your opponetnts. How dark of you. Maybe you should really think about joining us, Dark Lord would certainly appreciate your resourcefulness. Now, give me the prophecy and your friends will be spared, maybe even taken to serve my Master. Or shall I venture , our Master, Potter?»
Harry was cornered, but he refused. « Never, I will never join you and your master, for I have seen what you do under him. Crawling like maggots under his feet, scrambling for scraps of his attention, whether it is torture or praise. Malfoy pride, I heard is your motto, but you have none. I saw you there at the cemetary, trembling like a house elf before his owner. And to think that I should disgrace my parent's sacrifice by joining with that madman and killer, a half-blood,no, not ever You may enjoj your slavery, but I am still am free and if I have to die now, I'll die as a man, not an elf»
Malfoys face went scarlet at those words, he lost his mask in the fight, and he snarled
« STUPEFY» on Harry. But quick « Protego» saved him and then Harry tried several cutting curses and one Reducto, but Malfoy was experienced way to much for him and there was no escape. But suddenly Lucius went rigid and there was Neville behind him, he wishpered Petrificus Totalus, paralysing curse. They run out that corridor and entered to the hall with a podium at which was strange circle positioned. It was some sort of archway, but it was giving a foreboding feel to the room they just entered. Neville was hurt, and Harry wasn't sure how long they can last against Death eaters. Suddenly they were outnumbered, and surrounded. Malfoy said « Give the prophecy, Potter or you will suffer»
But Harry refused «No !»
They grabbed Neville who screamed at him «Don't give them anything». That made one of them laugh, it was Bellatrix Lestrange, madwoman and who enjoyed torturing other people.
« Thats Longbottom, isn't it ? Let's see how long he will last before he cracks like his parents? I do hope he will last longer, I'll enjoy this even more.» And cast a torture spell at him, «Crucio!». Neville twitched in pain,but still refused to scream, or couldn't. Bellatrix obviously enjoyed the view, after all she tortured Neville's mother and father until they went mad. Harry was ready to give the prophecy to Malfoy, but the door to the room was suddenly banged open and familiar people entered , Tonks, Lupin, Shacklebolt, and Sirius, and fight ensued. This time Death Eaters were dealing with experienced wizards who knew how to fight. It was now an even fight, Tonks was duelling two Death Eaters, and Sirius rescued Harry from crazy Dolohov, « Run , Harry , take the prophecy and Neville, help is coming» Malfoy tried to curse him, but while he was fighting Sirius, Harry stupefied him. Sirius laughed, « Good one harry, now go!».
But while Harry dragged immobile Neville up the stairway, they were forced to stop because powerfull curses were destroying it. But then Dumbledore came, power radiating from him, and Death Eaters scrambled to escape. One tried levitate himslf to the door, but Dumbledore flicked his wand and the man was dragged like a fish on the hook. Battle was now clearly going in favour of the Order of Phoenix , but Death Eaters didn't have time to run. One curse suddenly blew the stair under Harry's legs and he lost balance. He tried to keep Neville and himself from falling,and that made him drop the prophecy orb. It fell ten feet down and cracked open like an egg. Little mist and big eyes floated out, but Harry couldn't hear the words being spoken. And then he saw Sirius fighting Bellatrix, and he was laughing.
« Is that te best you can do Bella», and doged a yellow beam. But second hit him and he started falling with strange look on his face, half fear , half disbelief. To Harry it all suddenly seemed to move in slow motion, and despair grabbed him around heart. « Noo!» , he screamed, he was not letting another member of his family die-he started towards Sirius and suddenly dissappeared with loud pop, and appeared behind him. Sirius was airborne and struck Harry directly in chest. That stopped his flight , but Harry was thrown towards the archway on the platform,the Veil of Shadows, and fell partially thorough. Dumbledore was frozen in schock, but Kingsley Shacklebolt reacted quickly and dragged Harry out of it. Seeing this all members of Order surrounded them, and Death Eaters escaped in hurry.
Albus Dumbledore quickly took lead and said, « Quick, use portkeys, get them all back to Hogwarts, theres no time to lose.» Members of the Order quickly apparated to get all the kids and immediately used portkeys to move to Hogwarts.