Harry Potter
The Fight for Survival
By xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx
Disclaimer: Harry Potter and all related concepts do not belong to me! I am merely borrowing them for my own personal enjoyment. All OC's and anything you dont recognize is copyrighted by me: xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx
Rating: K
Pairing: Marcus/OC - Fred/OC - Harry/Ginny
Genre: Adventure/Friendship/Romance
Warnings: Please do not flame me for anything.
Summary: In order to deal with the future, one must understand the past. As the final battle approches the safety of Hogwarts is called into question. But as danger looms, the fight for magic...may come with a price.
Author's Note: Chapter dedicated too the most awesomest people who review without fail, you know who you are; and for those of you who don't know who they are, here is a list of the people I love hearing from everytime I update: Razmend, DJScales, Matt-hardy-lover-101, BamaRose and last...but definitely not least Fan of Fics. You guys are utterly amazing! What would I do without you? Eh? Crash and Burn...this story would be nothing without you lot.
Author's Note Two: In response to Fan of Fics, relax we will get to see Hepzibah Smith with the cup and the locket.
Also in response too BamaRose; you don't have to tell be about obession, sweetie. I was in History class a few months back, and my History tutor asked me who Hitler reminded me off...and I blurted out 'Voldemort'. Hahaha, can't get anymore obsessed than that, can you?
Anyway...here's the next installement,
Strike Out
The new term started the next morning, and with it brought a pleasent surprise to the sixth year students of Hogwarts castle. When Charlie and her girl-friends entered the Slytherin Common room the next morning they found most of the Slytherins congregated around the huge noticeboard where a sign had been posted up overnight.
"What's going on?" Charlie asked, approaching the throng of student as she passed them to head to breakfast. Nathan, Draco and Blaise joined them.
"Apparition lessons," Nathan answered "We managed to get a glimpse before this lot showed up,"
Charlie rolled her eyes and pushed her way through the crowd of Slytherins "Come on, move over! Muggleborn Slytherin, coming through!" reaching out through the students, she held her hand out to Daphne who took it and allowed the Muggleborn to pull her through the throng of other students. "Read!" Charlie instructed
"You read it!" Daphne nudged
"Please?"
The pureblood sighed, and glanced up at the notice which glared back at her.
"Apparition Lessons!
If you are seventeen years of age, or will turn seventeen on or before 31st August, you are eligible for a twelve-week course of Appairition Lessons from a Ministry of Magic Appariation Instructor.
Please sign below if you would like to participate.
Cost: 12 Galleons"
As the thong of Slytherin students thinned, the rest of Charlie's friends moved forward to sign the form as Charlie pulled back away from it. She watched as Millicent removed a Quill from her backpack and an ink well. With a sigh the Muggleborn turned and left the common room, intending to see her friends at Breakfast, Apparition Lessons, she had all ready Apparated but it would have been cool to learn; but why did it have to cost? She didnt have 12 Galleons, she barely had enough Money to keep her in school let alone keep up with everything that was happen!
Oh well, the Muggleborn thought as she climbed the steps out of the dungeons and into the Entrance Hall at least I won't be alone, she mused. Riley would be with her. Upon reaching the Entrance Hall, the young Muggleborn stood in the silence for a few moments turning her gaze towards that of the Great Hall doors and then to the Oak doors leading out into the courtyard; a thin strip of golden light leaked in through the crack of the door illuminating the marble pathed entrance hall ahead of her. Moving forward, Charlie pushed open the doors and stared out at the white wonderland, as the snow of the Hogwarts grounds remained untouched the sun's cool rays flickering over the sparkling snow.
Charlie smiled, it was beautiful.
Sensing someone behind her, the Muggleborn tensed slightly but didnt turn "What do you want?" she asked, in a calm voice.
"What I always want," replied a familiar voice and a hand curled around her wrist pulling her back into its owner's broad chest "You!" the person whispered into her ear as he leaned down.
Charlie cringed inwards.
"Havent you learned by now, Charlie?" Malcolm asked "I always get what I want!"
"Yeah, your father mentioned that at the Ministry last year!" Charlie retorted "and he failed in getting what he wanted. And you'll fail in getting what you want!"
Malcolm smirked "and what is it I want?"
"My hand in marriage!"
"Mhmm..." Malcolm chuckled "You're brighter than anyone gives you credit for; too bad intelligence isnt what a good wife needs. They just need to be submissve..."
Charlie tensed "Well then you've clearly got the wrong girl!" she spat, and within a split second -before Malcolm could react- Charlie had ripped her hand away from him, spun around and raised her clenched fist and punched him square in the jaw.
Malcolm groaned in pain as he staggered backwards and hit the ground with a thud, blood trickling down his lip as it tore apart from the collision with Charlie's fist. He touched his cheek and glared at her as pain struck instantly "You bitch!" he growled, scrambling to his feet and reaching for her. He grabbed her by the front of her robes and lifted her off her feet and slammed her into a near-by wall.
Charlie felt her head snap back and connect with the stone wall in which she had been slammed again, tears blurred her vision and she felt a wave of dizziness wash over her. Angered, Charlie growled and kicked out, catching him in the rib cage. Malcolm gasped and dropped her as he clutched at his chest, gasping for breath. Charlie shoved herself away, stumbling back a few steps and resting against the wall as she reached behind her head and felt a thick sticky substance. Withdrawing her hand she inspected the substance and saw her fingers were stained a deep red. Blood.
"That was pretty foolish!" Malcolm told her, struggling to breath as he took a step forward, one hand clutching his chest, the other grasped her upper arms and yanked her forward, throwing her to the ground as she slid to a halt in front of the Marble staircase.
Glaring up through her eyelashes at Malcolm as he advanced on her, Charlie gave a startled gasp as a red flash of magic, soared over head and connected with Malcolm's chest, taking him off his feet and throwing him into the path of the Great Hall doors. Pushing herself unsteadily to her feet, Charlie turned to see who had come help her and found to her immense relief Riley, Hermione and Nikki hurrying towards her down the Marble staircase; each one with their wands out.
"Are you okay?" Riley asked, reaching her best friend friend and taking the Slytherin in her arms "Are you hurt?" she added pointing at the blood on her friends hands
Charlie touched the back of her head "Only a little cut," she answered "Better than him..."
"I'll say," Hermione nodded, noticing the bruise forming on Malcolm's face "What happened?"
"Im guessing broken jaw," Charlie answered
Nikki turned to the Muggleborn "What did you do?"
"Punched him!"
Marcus and Adrian arrived, the former taking Charlie in his arms, as Riley healed the back of her head "I take it I don't have to worry about you anymore?" he asked
"You'll always worry about me," Charlie responded, with a smirk "Same as she will!" and she pointed at Nikki
"Thanks," Nikki scoffed "Who is she when she is at home?"
Charlie smiled "Sorry,"
"What are we going to do with him?" Adrian asked, nodding at Malcolm
"Feed him to the Giant Squid?" Charlie offered a suggestion, her friends gave her pointed looks "What?"
Hermione shook her head "You can't feed him to the Squid!"
"Yeah," Riley agreed "You might upset the poor beast!"
Charlie burst out laughing "You're right...not even the Giant Squid deserves him!"
Finally the rest of the Slytherin 6th years arrived, they stopped dead when they spotted their friends standing over what appeared to be an unconscious Aaron Logan. "What happened?" where the first words out of Daphne's mouth as she crossed the Entrance Hal.
"Im pretty sure you can guess this one," Charlie responded "Without help"
The other's glared at Malcolm "What are we doing with him?"
"Well, I suggested feeding him to the Giant Squid, but even the Squid doesnt deserve that" Charlie answered "Can't you just oblierate his memory, you know so none of this even happened?"
Nikki frowned "but how would that stop him from coming after you again?" she asked
"I got a back-up plan," the Muggleborn shrugged
Marcus smirked "Don't you always"
"Always be prepared," Charlie grinned, lying back into his embrace
Nikki shook her head and moved forward so that she was standing over Malcolm's body, she pointed her wand and muttered the oblivation spell. Alex's eyes snapped open, slid out of focus and then back as Nikki dropped her wand and moved back to her friends.
Finally coming too, Alex groaned, shook his head and got slowly to his feet "What happened?" he asked, looking up and instantly glaring at the friends. His hand touching his cheek which was still swollen and bruised; and touching his chest which Charlie was sure was bruised "What did you do this time, Hunter?" he snapped
"What's wrong Malcolm?" Charlie asked, innocently "I thought you liked it rough!" and with a smirk, she brushed past him and disappeared into the Entrance Hall, her friends following her.
Malcolm glared after them, before disappearing up the Marble staircase.
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During breakfast, Charlie made no haste in telling her friends what had happened last night in Dumbledore's office and of the task he had presented her, Harry and Riley with.
"Well, that should be easy for you," Draco pointed out "You happen to be the daughter of his favourite student. I don't see the problem here"
Charlie glared at him for his comment "Maybe because I don't want anything to do with Serenity Riddle!" she retorted
"Charlie, think about this for a second," Nathan jumped in "If you get this memory; then we can find out what You-Know-Who -"
"Voldemort!" Charlie corrected
"- asked Slughorn all those years ago" Nathan finished, with a glare of his own "Don't say that name!"
Charlie rolled her eyes "You lot are a bunch of babies," she told them "You're afraid of a name!"
"Not a name," Adrian corrected
"William says his name," Charlie pointed out "and he's 12!"
Her friends shook their heads
"Back on topic," Nikki spoke, bringing everyone's attention once more to the task at hand "Even if you could get the memory from Slughorn, how would you go about it?"
Charlie shrugged
"You could hang back after class today," Daphne suggested "Are you sure you didnt catch a name, for this piece of magic?"
Charlie nodded "Yeah, the memory was too badly tampered with," she answered "I mean, Riddle started to say what it was and everything, but Slughorn messed it up mid-speech. Kinda sucks really. If I knew what the name was, I could just ask Riley to find out what it was..."
"Well, if Slughorn doesnt want anyone to see the true memory," Millicent jumped in "then whatever he is trying to hide must be really advanced Dark Magic, or why would Riddle want to know anything about it at all? In my opinion it's going to be really difficult to get information out of Slughorn..."
Pansy nodded in agreement "You'll have to be careful on how you approach Slughorn, think out a strategy..."
Charlie groaned, she wasnt a strategy type of girl.
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Potions was the last subject of the day today, after which everyone would be returning to their common rooms for a well earned rest; before Dinner or whatever other recreational activities they would be doing. Charlie, had plans to spend the afternoon out in the courtyard with Riley, Harry, Ron and William and the annual snowball fight that they usually had every year at Hogwarts, whether they spent Christmas at the castle or not. Although this afternoon in class, Charlie frowned in confusion as she watched Hermione slide down the table she shared with Ron and Harry, to sit on her own as opposed to sitting beside the two boys.
"Hmm, wonder what happened there?" she mused, before glancing at Slughorn and then leaning forward on her desk "Riley! she whispered. Both Riley and Adrian turned, Charlie frowned "What is your name Riley now?" she asked the older Slytherin
Adrian glared
Charlie smirked "What happened to Harry and Hermione?" the Muggleborn asked her best friend
"Harry asked Hermione if she could forgive Ron, during breakfast" Riley answered "and she told him no, before storming off. She hasnt talked to him since"
"Oh," Charlie nodded "Man, I miss everything!" she pouted
Riley rolled her eyes and turned back around in her seat as Slughorn called for attention.
"Settle down, settle down, please! Quickly, now, lots of work to get through this afternoon! Golpalott's Third Law, who can tell me -?"
Riley's hand shot into the air
"Obviously," Marcus muttered
Charlie grinned "Im still waiting for the professors to realize they don't need to ask anymore!" she whispered back
"Golpalott's-Third-Law-states-that-the-antidote-for-a-blended-potion-will-be-equal-to-more-than-the-sum-of-the-antidotes-for-each-of-the-separate-components..." Riley recited all in on breath
"And breath!" Charlie instructed, earning a dark look from Riley in the process
Slughorn beamed "Precisely! 10 points to Gryffindor!" he looked around at the class "Now if we take Golpalott's Third Law as true..."
Charlie exchanged looks with Harry from across the room and shrugged, as he gave her a questionable look. She didnt understand a word that had come out of Riley's mouth, so she was just going to agree with whatever Slughorn was saying.
"...which means, of course, that assuming we have achieved correct identification of the potions ingredients by Scarpin's Revelaspell, our primary aim is not the relatively simple one of selecting antidotes to those ingredients in and of themselves, but to find that added component which will, by an almost alchemical process, transform these disaparate eements..."
Charlie shook her head, as she picked up her Quill and started doodling on a piece of parchment in front of her. This was why she enjoyed Care of Magical Creatures; it was much less confusing.
"Pay attention," Marcus whispered
"Why?" Charlie asked "I don't have a clue what he is talking about anyway! Plus, i've lost my potions partner, and Adrian won't give her back!"
Adrian threw her a smirk over his shoulder, as Charlie retorted with glare.
"...and so," Slughorn finished "I want each of you to come and take one of the vials from my desk. You are to create an antidote for the poison within it before the end of the lesson. Good luck, and don't forget your protective gloves"
Before anyone else could acknowledge the fact that it was time to get to work, Hermione was out of her seat, taking her vial and returning to her table. The rest of the class blinked and started to move. Charlie muttering under her breath about this being dangerous if she didnt have someone alongside her.
"You'll be fine," Riley assured her
"Yeah, that's what I thought back in first year," Charlie answered "then my Cauldron exploded! And we still don't know who helped that along!"
The Gryffindor genius frowned "You want me to come sit alongside you?" she asked
"Please," Charlie pleaded, with wide innocent eyes
Riley shook her head and moved her stuff back on desk "Come on," she told Charlie "You're not gonna blow anything up!"
The Slytherin grinned and threw Adrian a smirk of triumph "I told you I'd get her back!" she stated "I win!"
Adrian shook his head as the two Muggleborns set to work on their potions.
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By the end of the lesson the Potions classroom was full of fumes; while Riley continued to work beside her, Charlie had given up completely and was doodling on her parchment once more. Marcus and Adrian sat silently beside them, each having gone through this once before, but unable to help because it was classed as unethical...not that Riley needed the help anyway.
"Time's...UP!" Slughorn boomed with five minutes to spare of the lesson
Charlie jumped at his voice, and blinked rapidly as she dropped her Quill; she may have been doodling, but she was almost asleep while doing it. "Well, let's see how you've done..." and he strode around the classroom inspecting everyone's concotions. He praised Riley with full marks on her antidote, passed over Charlie as her cauldron remaned half finished, and moved onto Harry, Ron and Hermione.
By the rightful end of the lesson, Slughorn was happy and Hermione looked livid. Harry had managed to pull through on top marks again, and he hadnt done any work at all.
The bell rang.
"Time to pack up," said Slughorn
Charlie packed away her things slowly. The Slytherins filed out first wishing Charlie luck, and promising to meet her in the common room later. Riley followed them with Adrian and Marcus, promising to wait outside; while Hermione and Ron walked out without as much as a word, both looking annoyed. Harry on the other hand nodded and wished her luck as he left. Soon it was only Charlie and Slughorn left.
"Sir?" Charlie questioned, as the door closed behind her "I was wondering if I could ask you something?"
Slughorn turned at the sound of her voice "Oh, still here Charlie," he smiled "Well, ask away, my dear, ask away..."
"Well, I was in the library the other day, with Riley" Charlie started "we were in the Restricted Section; and whilst reading we stumbled across an extract on a piece of rare magic."
Slughorn seemed to grow stiff "Oh?" he asked "and what was this piece of rare magic?"
"I don't know sir," Charlie answered "Riley put the book back before I could catch a name. But, it got me thinking...is there some magic, that you're not allowed to teach us?"
"My dear child," Slughorn licked his lips nervously "Im a Potions Master. I believe your question would suit Professor Snape, more than it does me"
Charlie nodded "You're probably right, sir, but he and I..." she paused "...we're not exactly on the best of terms right now. Besides, he wouldn't understand...you see, sir, he's not like you" she cringed, as she realized how much she sounded like Tom Riddle.
"Dumbledore put you up to this, didnt he?" Slughorn whispered, his eyes connecting with hers "Didn't he?"
Charlie frowned "Put me up to what, sir?" she asked innocently
"He's shown you that - that memory!" Slughorn answered, forcefully "Hasnt he?"
Charlie swallowed "Sir...I was merely wondering, I wanted to know more about, my father!" she cringed once more "Like you said, why should I hide the fact that im a descendant of one of the most famous wizards of the Wizarding world?" she asked
Slughorn stared at her perplexed
"After all, I am Serenity Riddle, aren't I?" Charlie asked
"Im sorry, I can't be of more help, Miss. Hunter" Slughorn nodded "But I think its best you leave it there. I do not know what you and Miss Spirit are reading up on in the Restricted Section; but I assure you nothing good will come of it!" he explained "Now I suggest you leave! I'm sure your friends are waiting!"
Charlie sighed, grabbed her bag and headed for the door. She stopped, however, her hand on the handle "Im sorry Professor," she apologized "I just have to know!" and she pulled open the classroom door and walked out.
Strike One - Failed.
A/N: So Charlie has struck out on trying to get the memory...next attempt will be Riley.
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Chapter updated 05 April 2011 at 03:39am