Author's Note: Hey ya'll, what's up? Here's chatper ten, hope ya like it and this isn't the end, just to warn ya, anyway, HERE'S THE CHAPTER! Bye~
Previously: Victoria pointed in the direction of where they went and coughed when Shade took off in the same way. The Guardians and teachers followed him, sensing that something was wrong since he left so quickly.
"Regular speech"
'Thinking'
Draconic
Shade tore through the castle and broke open Moody's door, realizing that he was about to kill Harry, he launched himself at him and pinned him to the wall as the faculty (and Guardians) rushed into the room.
"What is going on?!" Professor McGonagall shrieked.
Shade growled and narrowed his eyes at 'Moody', "This man is not Professor Moody, his scent smells of someone else."
Dumbledore walked over slowly and was about to tap him on the shoulder but was stopped by Julian's hand, "You do not want to do that Professor, he is in his protective mode and will attack anything that comes close to him unless it's family."
Victoria walked over and gently pried Shade off of Moody before stunning him, chaining him to a chair in the middle of the room, "The Polyjuice potion should wear off soon."
Snape looked on impassively and flicked his wrist as a bottle of Veritaserum flew out of his sleeve, distracting Shade, "How the hell did he do that?"
Julian, who was restraining him, shrugged and watched as Snape dripped some into Moody's mouth as he woke up.
They all watched as his eyes glazed over before Dumbledore started questioning him, "Do you know who I am?"
"Albus Dumbledore," he replied in a dull voice.
"Are you Alastor Moody? Are ya?" Dumbledore asked.
"No," Mad-Eye's head falls onto his shoulder.
"Is he in this room? Is he in this room?" Dumbledore asked, slightly hysterical.
He nodded and tilted his head to the chest in the corner of the room near Harry.
"Harry get away from there!" Dumbledore said as he approached the chest, his wand at the ready.
The chest opened with a soft click as they look inside, it contained a series of smaller chests like a Russian doll. When the final chest opened they all saw that there was a pit within holding a man, the real Alastor Moody.
"Are you alright Alastor?" Dumbledore said into the chest.
"I'm sorry Albus," Moody answered, faintly.
"That's Moody, but then who's...?" Harry trailed off as Dumbledore held up one of Mad-Eye's Bottles.
"Polyjuice potion," Snape said, sniffing the bottle as Victoria and Shade huffed.
"Now we know who's been stealing it from your store Severus," Dumbledore mussed, as he looked back into the pit, "We'll get you up in a minute."
Alastor Moody groaned as the Mad-Eye Moody they have captive in the chair began to twitch about restlessly making strange noises. He appeared to be transforming as he ripped off his fake eyepiece which fell on the floor. When he was done, the person in the chair had transformed into Barty Crouch Junior as Shade snarled and wriggled in Julian's arms, pushing to get to him.
"Barty Crouch Junior," Dumbledore sighed tiredly.
"I'll show you mine if you show me yours," Barty Jr. said, rolling up his sleeve to reveal a skull and snake marking.
"Your arm Harry," Dumbledore said, gently pulling Harry's sleeve up where Wormtail had sliced him, the blood making a trail in a similar fashion to Barty's tattoo.
"You know what this means don't you? He's back. Lord Voldemort has returned," Barty replied crazily, tugging against the chains tying him to the chair.
"Send an owl to Azkaban, think they'll find they're missing a prisoner," Dumbledore said to Snape as Severus walked out the door.
"I'll be welcomed back like a hero," Barty shouted, straining himself against the chains as Dumbledore guided everyone towards the door.
"Perhaps. Personally I've never had much time for heroes," Dumbledore shrugged before closing the door behind him as they all left.
Not much happened after that, the Guardians were spending times with the Champions before they all left for the summer. Victoria, Shade, and Alice all slapped Viktor for cursing their brother before threatening him with... Well, the threat's not important; Cedric actually told the headmaster that Harry was the one who won so, Harry won the prize money, 'Eternal Glory', and all that jazz. He gave the money to the twins who drew up a contract of investment before running off with grins on their faces, leaving many in the castle terrified. Harry and the Trio were hanging out with the Guardians in the Library when Hermione brought up the summer.
"So, what do you Guardians do or fun over vacation?" she asked, flipping through a very large and musty old book.
"Well, I will be visiting my parents back at the Nest," Julian replied, also flipping through an old book.
"I'm going to America!" Alice shouted excitedly but quieted down when Ms. Pince glared at her over her book.
"I never really thought about it, I might go see my cousins who live in the Eastern Sea," Shade mussed, balancing a quill on his nose.
"I'm going to egypt, I heard that there are a lot of exciting wards and runes there," Victoria exclaimed, her eyes shining slightly as she spoke.
Harry and Ron groaned as Victoria replied to Hermione, 'Oh no, another Hermione...'
Shade yawned and stretched before getting up, "Well, this was nice and all but I have to be going."
"Going to see Charlie, huh?" Alice said with a smirk, which only got wider as he blushed.
"Shut up sis, going to see Draco?" he mimicked before leaving the Library.
She frowned but also got up, "Now that he mentions it actually..."
She was gone before anyone realized it.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione got up and walked back to the dorms, "See you guys later then," Harry exclaimed as they left.
Victoria looked up and glanced at where Julian was, or was supposed to be, but he was gone too. She sighed before picking up her books and leaving the Library.
Shade walked through the castle, looking for a specific red head, when suddenly, he ran into him, literally.
"Woah!" Shade exclaimed, almost falling over.
"Shade, hey!" Charlie shouted, grabbing him before he fell.
"We have to stop meeting like this," Shade muttered, leaning against his chest.
Charlie laughed before pulling Shade into his lap as he sat down on a bench, "We really do. So, why are you looking for me?"
"Well, I just wanted to hang out with you before you left for Romania," Shade replied.
"Hmm... Well, we do have a few hours before the end of the year feast, want to go to Hogsmead?" Charlie asked.
"Sure, let's go," Shade said quickly before dragging Charlie away.
Alice walked around the castle and down the dungeons towards the Slytherin dorms.
She smiled and started to skip down the hall when she heard Draco's voice, "Dra-"
She stopped dead as she saw him pinned to the wall with Pansy Parkinson attached to his face, tears in her eyes, "Draco..."
"Mmph- Alice! Wait!" Draco shouted and ran after her as she ran away.
Alice flew down the hallway, tears streaming down her eyes, "No..."
She only stopped when she realized that she was in the courtyard. She sat down on a log and began to cry, not noticing Draco creep near her.
"Alice?" Draco asked, stepping closer.
Alice froze and wiped her eyes dry, "W-What do you want?"
Draco sat down next to her and sighed as she scooted away, "It's not what you think Alice."
"And what should I think, huh? You had your face squished against Pansy fucking Parkinson's face!" Alice shouted, glaring at him.
He sighed and ran a hand through his hair, "Ok that did happen but not the way you think. She pushed me, I tried to push her away but she already had me against the wall."
Alice sniffed and looked over at him, "Really? How would I know you're not lying?"
Draco pulled out a small black vial, "Alice, look at me. Do you know what this is?"
Alice looked at the bottle and shook her head, "No, what is it?"
"Veritaserum, the strongest truth serum ever created. Three drops and I could spill my darkest secrets to you," Draco replied, handing her the vial.
Alice looked at the bottle in her hand, "So, you would let me use this on you?"
Draco nodded and to prove it, he opened his mouth. She giggled and dripped three drops into his mouth, watching his eyes glaze over with a growing amount of guilt.
"Who are you?" she asked, testing to see if it worked.
"Draco Lucian Malfoy," Draco replied dully.
"Did you kiss Pansy?" she asked.
"No," he answered.
She smiled and pocketed the vial, her eyes widening slightly when she realized that she didn't know how long it would be until it wore off, "Umm...Draco, how long until the potion wears off?"
"At most, a few hours, with that dosage, only a few more minutes," he said.
She nodded and waited in silence until he woke back up.
Victoria walked down the hallway towards the thestral grounds at the castle and smiled as a certain couple of red heads followed her.
She reached the yard and walked up the the thestrals, "You guys can stop hiding, I know you're there."
"Vicky, how ever did you know?" Forge asked, leaning dramatically against a tree with Gred on the other side of it.
"Not Vicky, never Vicky," Victoria replied, gently petting a thestral on the snout.
"Oh alright, line acknowledged, Tori," Gred said with a grin.
She sighed but smiled, "Not any better though, it's alright."
"What are you doing-"
"-Out here anyway?"
"Oh, just looking at the thestrals here, I was wondering if Dumbledore bred them or they were wild," she answered, placing her forehead against one's face.
"Thestrals? But there-"
"-Is nothing here...?"
She sighed, hating how she has to explain this, "Well, only people who have seen death can see them..."
"Oh..." they said together, their signature smirks gone.
They walked up to either side of her and wrapped her in a hug, "We're so sorry..."
She sighed and leaned into their chests, "It's fine, it happened a long time ago."
"That doesn't mean that-"
"-You should bottle in your feelings-"
"-Like this," they finished together.
She tried to smile and pull away but instead, she started to cry to her own surprise, "W-What..."
They both frowned and hugged her tighter as George said, "It's ok to cry..."
Victoria broke down and cried out sorrow and guilt in their arms. They all stood there in the yard, the twins cradling her between them as she cried for the first time in ten years.
Author's Note: Hey guys, just got this chapter done, it would've been done sooner but my mother was being a giant bitch so, she wouldn't let me near my laptop lately. It's almost over... BUT! (A giant but by the way) only the fourth year, I'm not done yet! See ya'll in the next chappy, bye!