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LOL, I've been looking back over my chapters and laughing in chapter three when Lucius's name appears as Luscious haha! Lmfao! That's my autocorrecting spelling going on there …
"Please" he sounded so forced "do it".
I choked on air as I looked at him, the Death Eaters around me were all arguing about what to do next.
I stared at my parents, if I did kill them then they would not have to go through so much pain but didn't you have to mean it?
I bit my lip as I thought still staring at my parents "you want me to kill you?" I murmured in shock.
"Please" came the gasping voice of my Mum, she still spoke quietly knowing that if the Death Eaters heard then there would be more pain.
I took a deep breath and let it out before whispering "I love you" a tear slid down my cheek as I plastered a brave and confident look on my face and stood up, making sure not to wince.
I turned my head to look behind me, Lucius, Blaise and Ron were looking at me with so much sympathy that it made me sick of what I was about to do.
"Okay" I said loudly shocking everyone.
I didn't remove my eyes from my parents but felt my heart shatter at their look of relief.
"I'll do it" I whispered out.
I stared into my parents relieved eyes and stood up straighter, if this was the only way to stop the torture that was sure to come then so be it. I would do anything to help them, even if they weren't my blood they were still my parents.
"I'll do it" I said louder forcing myself into reassurance. I was doing the right thing.
There was the sound of clapping that made echoed around the now silent room. I spun around to look at Voldemort as he entered the room with a smirk.
"I'm so glad I didn't miss this part" he looked me up and down with his green eyes before they hardened and he barked at his Followers "someone give her a wand" when no one made to move he shouted "now!"
I looked at him unsure before looking back at my parents, a wand was slipped into my hand and I looked down at it.
Bellatrix's wand, it looked similar to the one I had broken after the final battle.
"I see you got yourself a new wand Bellatrix" I looked at her with cold eyes "bet it doesn't work as well as the one I snapped" I taunted liking the look of anger that sparked in her eyes.
"Enough talking" Voldemort snapped before Bellatrix could snarl at me. He turned to look at me with a raised eyebrow "I see you have a Death wish" he muttered.
I scoffed and looked at him with disdain "dying would be better then having to go through what you have planned" I glared as he chuckled.
"Oh, but it's going to be so" he paused as he looked me over "enjoyable for me".
I narrowed my eyes and took a deep breath before looking back at my broken parents. My gaze softened and tears came to my eyes, could I really do this? Could I really kill the people I love most?
"Well" Voldemort whispered making me jump, I hadn't noticed him move so close to me. My back was nearly touching his chest and I shivered in disgust. My breathing wasn't even anymore and was coming more rapidly as I came close to panicking "are you going to do it or do I have to let my men have a little fun with your Muggle Mother" he spat the word out with disgust as he eyed my Mum on the floor.
My body snapped straighter as I growled understanding his meaning. I would not let my Mum go through that! I looked at her and she looked at me so pleadingly that I knew I had to do it. If I didn't she would go through so much worse then I did last time. I eyed the Death Eaters surrounding us, some of them were already licking their lips in anticipation.
I tightened my hold on the wand as I looked down at it in my hand then back up at my parents. I stifled a sob as they begged me for death with their eyes. I pointed the wand at them with my shaky hand and gasped for breath as tears leaked from my eyes.
"I'm sorry" I whispered to them as I cry silently "I'm so, so sorry".
They looked up at me from their lying positions and smile "We love you" they said at the same time making me cry louder.
I tightened the grip on my wand and closed my eyes "A … Avada Kedavra" I whisper painfully.
I feel the magic ripple through the air and know I had done it . . . I had killed my own parents.
I murdered my parents.
I opened my eyes and sobbed loudly as I looked upon their lifeless eyes, I dropped down weakly on my knees to the floor my body fell forwards and my head touched the ground as I cried. The room was silent, many having believed I could not do it. Mainly because you have to want to kill someone for the spell to work.
Had I really wanted to kill my parents?
"There, that wasn't so hard was it" Voldemort said mockingly as he chuckled above me.
I lifted my head to look at my parents and tightened the grip on the wand in my hand. It seemed they had forgotten I still had it. I gazed down at it as my sobs turned silent and the tears continued falling. I didn't dare look at anyone, I couldn't bring myself to see the mocking glares, the excited stares or the pity glances.
"You're a murderer now Hermione" he taunted above me as the Death Eaters starting snickering and whispering "you're just like us".
My eyes widened as I stared at the wand, did this make me like them? Like the Death Eaters?
I gasped for breath and shook my head "no" I said weakly refusing to believe it.
"Yes" he sneered back making me look up at him with a glare.
"No!" I screamed at him "I'm not like you" I shouted.
He growled as he looked down at me before stalking over and grabbing my long hair. I cried out and my hands flew up to where his gripped my hair painfully. He pulled me off the floor and stalked over to my parents bodies before throwing me on to them.
"Yes" he snarled "you are most definitely like us, anyone else would have done anything to make sure they survived but you were so willing to kill them".
I screamed as I landed on the lifeless bodies of my parents and cried out "no" over and over making Voldemort sneer down at me.
"Pathetic" he snarled before stalking off to a throne like chair in the centre of one of the walls. He sat on it and glared at his followers.
They all scrambled to make a semi circle in front of him leaving Blaise, Ron and Lucius stood unsurely to the side and me crying brokenly over my parents.
"It's time to show the world we're back" smirked Voldemort as he looked at his followers. There were many victorious smirks from his followers who all couldn't wait to show the wizarding world that they weren't to be messed with.
His gaze flickered over to me and then Ron, Blaise and Lucius who looked as though they wanted nothing more then to run over to me.
"We'll send them a message" he said as he looked from the boys and Lucius and back to his followers "we'll send it in the form of a half dead comrade".
My breathing stopped and I looked at Lucius in horror as his eyes widened. I pushed myself up and away from my parents and suddenly realised I still had something in my hand.
I looked down at it in disbelief, my mind going blank as Voldemort carried on with his planning. I felt joy run through my body as I took in the wand I still held. Why didn't I think of it before? I thought to myself. I glanced at my parents bodies as tears ran down my face. I could have saved them.
Looking up at Voldemort I noticed him too enthusiastically and gleefully talking about the torture they were no doubt going to do to us all. I moved slowly towards my friends who upon noticing me making my way to them all slowly started moving towards me. As soon as they were an arm length away I tightened the grip I had on my wand and used as much wandless magic as I could muster at the moment.
"Portus" I whispered using the wand as the portkey. Lucius and Blaise snapped their gaze to me as Ron stood staring with his mouth open staring at the wand. It started pulsating as though it was about to go off and I said "grab on now".
I heard a shout of "No!" from behind us and hurriedly made sure that we all had a grip on the wand. The pulsating increased and the room started to spin.
"Grab them!" I heard Voldemort order, it sounded as though it was from far away.
I screamed as arms wrapped themselves around my waist, the room had disappeared now and colours were swirling around us.
I could hear Lucius, Blaise and Ron all shout curses and try to kick at who ever had grabbed me without taking their hands off the portkey. I struggled against the arms as I felt my hands slip. I screamed again as my hand slip of the wand, the others looked at me horrified as they started travelling away from me.
"No!" Lucius roared as he reached out his hand towards me.
I tried to outstretch mine but knew I wouldn't make it, I looked at him with wide terrified eyes but in the next moment they were gone and I was still swirling with someone's arms gripping my waist.
I spun around, clawing at the arms to let go of me. They did with a hiss and I finally managed to look in to the eyes of Scabior. I screamed and clawed at him as we spun and flew until our surroundings suddenly became much clearer and we landed on the ground with a heavy thump.
I lay trying to catch my breath as my arm lay underneath me in a painful way and my stomach throbbed with pain again. I gasped for breath and pushed myself up, letting out a scream as my arm hurt so much. I gazed down at the swollen thing that already seemed to be bruising.
"Broken" I murmured to myself with a sigh. I moved my blurry eyes around what looked like a forest.
I frowned looking at all the tall trees that made dark scary looking shadows in the moonlight. I was shocked to see it was dark, wary to be in a forest alone and then terrified when I realised I wasn't alone.
"Oh Merlin" I whispered to myself as I painfully pushed off the damp grass on the floor.
My clothes were tattered and bloody and I started shivering at the cold but I knew I couldn't stay here. I heard bushes move behind me and spun to look, I couldn't see anyone so I glanced around warily hoping I would be able to see if anyone was there. I was about to relax and sigh when a twig snapped and a shadow emerged from behind a tree.
"Knew I would get you alone again at some point" Scabior sneered as he limped into view. Either the fall hurt him or one of the guys managed a good kick before I was separated from them.
I stood staring at him in horror for no more then ten seconds before I spun and ran in the opposite direction. I wasn't sure where I was going but I knew I had to get away from the wizard who had a wand in his hand pointed in my direction.
I heard him yelling spells as he tried to run after me, the only reason the catcher didn't catch me was because of his limp that slowed him down.
I gasped for air as I became tired of running but refused to stop.
"Sectumsempra" he shouted angrily.
I gasped then screamed as the spell hit the back of my right shoulder. I stumbled but pushed myself on. Tears of pain falling down my cheeks. My left arm hurt, my right shoulder hurt and my stomach was bleeding out. I felt exhausted but refused to stop knowing it would get so much worse.
I pushed myself off trees, dodging them or jumping over the fallen ones.
"Carpe Retractum" rawred Scabior in anger that he wasn't getting anywhere with the many spells he was casting.
I screamed as the rope wrapped itself around my ankles and dragged me back towards him.
"No" I whispered frantically as I twisting ignoring the pain and started pulling the rope from around my ankles. He was so close now, I thought terrified as he smirked victoriously.
I finally got both ankles free and forced myself to stand up nearly laughing at Scabior's outraged expression. I spun around to carry on running but stumbled as I heard the loud howl that echoed through the forest.
A Werewolf!
I gasped and looked around frantically searching for a sign that it was close.
"Crucio!" a voice hissed behind me.
I screamed as the curse hit me like hot knives were slicing and stabbing at every part of my skin. Tears leaked down my cheeks and I gasped for air as soon as it was lifted. I lay panting exhausted and in pain. I screamed again as the spell was cast over and over. There was nothing I could do to fight back.
But suddenly the curses stopped. I gasped for breath but it wouldn't come into my lungs, my eyes blurred as blackness crept into the edges of my vision. The forest was quiet except for my gasping until I suddenly heard it.
It sounded so close that I now knew the reason the curses had stopped. Forcing my eyes open I looked up into Scabior's terrified face as he stared at something above my head that I could not see. The growl louder this time seemed more menacing, more threatening … as the werewolf came closer.
I lay sprawled and bleeding, gasping for the air that would not come as Scabior raised his wand to shout out a spell. He was too late as the large brown furry creature flew over my head and landed on him.
I watched horrified and scared as the werewolf stuck its teeth into the snatcher's neck. I glanced away as the screaming turned into gurgles and the blood splattered against the trees and … me. I would have been angry that the monsters blood was on me but at the moment I was to scared of the werewolf with the sharp teeth and the bloody open mouth that was stalking in my direction.
I felt my eyes fill with tears as I stared at it, I couldn't move to get away seeing as the Cruciatus curse had exhausted me and made my muscles hurt to the point that my little finger wouldn't even twitch. My chest moved up and down as I continued to gasp painfully for air and I would have screamed had I been able to as the werewolf stopped with its large front paws on either side of my head.
It lowered its nose and sniffed making me tense and bite back a scream. Tears leaked down the sides of my face and into my hair as my vision blurred further.
Was this how I was going to die? With a werewolf.
My eyes fluttered closed only to snap open as the werewolves' wet nose nudged the side of my face. I frowned up at it wondering why I wasn't dinner having so hoped I would have been.
It lifted its head and opened its mouth letting lose a howl so loud that I was sure people everywhere could hear it and so musical that I felt myself relax slightly at the noise.
It lowered its head again as it looked at me with large amber eyes that seemed to be begging for something.
I moaned in pain as the shaking from the after effects of the Cruciatus curse ran through my body and the creature above me whimpered as though somehow my pain hurt it.
The shaking stopped and I gasped loudly letting out a cry of pain as I cried. I felt my breathing slow as the air continued to refuse me.
The Werewolf whimpered again before raising its head and howling for longer and much louder then I thought any creature could ever howl.
I watched the werewolf as something clicked inside of me "moony?" I whimpered quietly.
The werewolf snapped its head to me and growled, the growl sounding so much like a word that I watched it in shock.
"Cub" it growled again as I looked at him sadly.
"I'm sorry" I gasped out before my eyes rolled into the back of my head and I welcomed the darkness. The last thing I heard was distant voice and running footsteps.
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