Chapter 5:Forbidden Forest

Voldemort laced his fingers together and rested his chin on them thoughtfully, a frown wrinkling the skin above his eyes as he stared at the long table in front of him, oblivious to the shouting imbeciles around him. The only one who wasn't shouting and pointing fingers was Potter, who stood nonchalantly beside his chair, absentmindedly rubbing Nagini's chin with one finger while he watched the chaos with a raised eyebrow. Then at an invisible signal, Potter opened his mouth and bellowed so loudly that everyone shut up and turned around, dropping instantly into their seats.

"QUIET!"

Voldemort smiled slightly, merely a twitch of his lips, and nodded his head. Potter sat down beside him, crossing one leg over the other and resting his hand on a knee. Nagini draped over his shoulders, contently winding herself around his arms.

With a slight flick of his wand, a large map spread itself over the table, circles and crosses drawn all over it, along with some wiggling arrows that looked kind of like black worms. Voldemort peered at it for a moment, taking it all in, and then stood, placing one pale fingertip on a spot left un-circled. What looked like a spider web design was etched onto the detailed map, surrounded by trees and then a large castle beside a lake.

"I feel a source of great power emanating from somewhere around here. I have no clue what it is, and frankly it is bothering me slightly." Potter looked up in quickly hidden shock, jostling Nagini who tightened her coils for a moment. he looked down and murmured to her in parsletongue, the words flowing from his mouth as though he had been born speaking it.

"I want someone to go and check the area to find out what it is. it may just be one of those damn spiders, but just to be safe, Potter, Bellatrix, Lucius, and... Fenrir you too. Go now and don't waste anytime in finding it. Report back if you can't find anything within three days."

Potter stood, along with the others mentioned, and bowed murmuring a quick "My lord" before they disapparated. Nagini fell with a silent thump to the soft carpet floor and hissed a little in annoyance.

The forbidden forest was quiet, even the crickets had gone quiet in fear of the three cloaked figures slowly making their way through the trees. as they walked, Potter furrowed his brow in confusion, hadn't he been here before?

The tall black haired boy stepped into the webbed clearing, wand in his pocket, and glasses secure on his nose. He strode forward, his fear leaving him as he faced the tall pale being in the center of the group of robed figures.

Soft moss pressed against Potter's hood, and gentle hands helped him up, the voices accompanying them slipping in and out of focus as his vision wavered between reality and memory.

Bella stared at him with frightened concern...

a flame haired figure rose to the forefront of his thoughts right before the flash of green light.

Lucius, repeated a question over and over, but he couldn't hear it, his ears clogged with the insistent screaming.

"HARRY!!!"

Finally, with a firm shake of his head and a loud roar of anger, Potter broke free of the damn memories and the other's grasps. they looked shocked for a second, confused as to his sudden rage, and cowered when he turned on them in fury.

"Go...search on your own...leave me to think." he struggled to keep his thoughts in control, the memories threatening to overpower his self control. Bella just looked at him for a few seconds, unsure of what to do. He glared at her, his fist wrapped tightly around his wand, it let off a series of gold and silver sparks, and she turned hurrying off and bending low to avoid any spells that might come her way. Fenrir, only to happy to go off on his own for a while, had already disappeared, following his nose at a light trot that leads him deeper into the forest. Lucius had run at the sight of potters anger, knowing firsthand what it was like, and Potter sighed gratefully, slumping down to sit against a moss covered rock.

How long he was there he didn't know, he only knew that for a few hours it seemed, something pulled at his consciousness. Then around the time he actually decided to see what it was, something caught his eye, lying in the grass beside a tree trunk.

Curious, he wandered over and picked up the small black stone, carefully wiping dirt from it's cracked surface. He studied it curiously, his attention focused on it as his green eyes explored every detail of the pebble. Urged by some unknown force, he turned it around three times between his fingers, watching it as though mesmerized, and naturally he jumped when someone above him cleared their throat. He jumped up, his senses on full power as he extended his wand in the direction of the sound, only to drop it in shock.

Ginny heard a small pop and woke with a start. Her first thought was death eaters had found her, her second was that her family had. Either way she had to be on the move.

How'd they find me, I thought this was the most obvious place. She thought. She had to think quick. She needed to think of a place for her and Grawp, she couldn't leave him here.

"Grawp," she whispered. She looked around her camp but didn't see him. With a quick spell she cleaned up and packed her camp then started to search for the big giant. Poor Grawp, they'll find him and kill him. She was scared, she wished she knew if this was a threat or a feud with her family.

"GRAWP," she yelled, she instantly heard a rustle through trees and saw a small bit of black; she took off running to try and find a safe place.

She digged for the Marauders' Map, which she swiped from her brother.

"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good," the map came to life and she saw four names in the forest, Lucius Malfoy, Bellatrix Lestrange, Fenrir Greyback, and Harry Potter, each wandering different ways.

A/n- I think this could be the middle woot! Hope you like it R&R