Chapter Twenty-Six: The Bloody Tale of Quarion

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Thanks again, Severus Addicted

Harry sighed heavily. It's been probably two hours and they were still walking!

Destiny stopped and looked over her shoulder at him, "You alright, Harry? Do you need a break?"

Harry shook his head, "No, I'm just bored."

Destinies laughed lightly, "Alright then, let's start a conversation. What do you want to talk about?"

Harry shrugged his shoulders and started walking again, "How come I never saw you at Hogwarts?"

"I was home schooled by my father." Destiny said softly as she kicked a rock with her toe.

Harry watched the rock roll out of sight before saying, "I bet that was fun."

Destiny smirked, "Oh yeah, if you call sitting at the table for hours on end doing homework and not being allowed up (not even to go to the bathroom) until it was all done fun."

Harry scrunched his nose in disgust, "I don't even like doing homework for fifteen minutes…"

This got a laugh out of Destiny, "Of course you don't, Harry."

Harry playfully glared at her as he said, "And what's that supposed to mean?"

"You're a boy…" Destiny said with a smile.

Harry narrowed his eyes at her, "So? I know guys who like to do homework… Don't be sexist now, Destiny; you might make some spirits angry." Harry smirked at her lightly.

Destiny laughed softly at him, "Sorry if offended you, Harry."

"I'll forgive you this time. Don't let it happen again though!" Harry winked at her to show he was only joking and was not being serious.

With a smile, Destiny announced, "My turn to ask a question!" Harry nodded his head to show she could continue, "Is it true you live with your mother's sister and her family?"

Harry paled at the mention of his "family"; this unfortunately did not go unnoticed by Destiny, "I'm sorry, did I say something wrong?"

Harry quickly shook his head and said, "Not anymore I'm not. Now I live with Professor Snape; he is the Potions Master at Hogwarts."

Destiny gave him a strange look, "Isn't that weird living with your professor?"

"You have no idea." Harry mumbled. He glanced up at the darkening sky then said softly, "It's getting dark, Destiny. Do you think we are almost there?"

Destiny slowly glanced up at the sky as well and sighed, "Probably in another half an hour. We need to walk faster or else we aren't going to make it to the shack before dark."

Harry nodded his head in agreement and together they began to step up their pace.

"Alright, Severus, the potion is all ready for you to drink. You remember the plan, correct?" Albus asked him calmly as he handed him the green bubbling potion.

Severus nodded his head, "Of course I remember the plan, Headmaster." He quickly tipped his head back and chugged the disgusting tasting liquid. He gagged as he felt the liquid slime down his throat.

As soon as he swallowed the potion his skin began to bubble and form into Lucious Malfoy. Once he was completely transformed he changed into the clothes they had taken off Lucious' back and held his cane in his left hand.

Once he was completely ready he stepped out of the bedroom only to come face-to-face with the Weasley twins.

"I told you it would work, George!" Fred bragged.

"No, you said it might work."George corrected him in a snappy tone.

"Boys, please remove yourselves from my doorway so I can go save Harry. The poor boy has been stuck in that dreadful building long enough as it is!" Severus snapped at them.

Quickly George and Fred jumped out of his way.

"No need to snap…" Fred muttered as he trudged his way to his bedroom.

"What do you expect Fred? This is Professor Evil after all…" George muttered to him.

Severus glared at them as they walked away, "Brats." Quickly Severus made his way down the stairs so he could get the last bit of information he needed from Albus.

As soon as Albus saw him coming down the stairs he stood to greet him, "Alright, Severus, as soon as you arrive go straight to the dungeons to see if you can find him. If he is not there try asking around or "snoop" around to try to gain the information you are looking for. Good luck my boy." Albus squeezed his shoulder in a comforting grandfatherly way before stepped back and allowing him to apparate away.

The woods slowly started to become darker and darker as the minutes went by. Destiny looked up at the sky with a worried expression before saying, "We need to start running, Harry. I'm afraid we aren't going to make it in time."

Harry looked over at her as they started to run, "What exactly happens if we don't make it in the shack in time?"

"Dead people will come up from the ground and chase us." Destiny told him simply.

Harry looked over at her in horror, "Zombies?"

"I guess you could call them that…" Destiny told him softly.

"Wait! Even if we do make it in the shack can't the zombies still get inside?" Harry asked in a panicked voice.

Destiny shook her head, "No. The shack is sacred, nothing that wishes to do harm can get inside. Even though the shack is run-down it is still a good shelter place for people who are caught in a storm or need to get away from the brain sucking dead people. If we are lucky maybe the people who were there last left blankets and canned food… I kind of doubt it but it's a hope we can hold onto because I am really hungry!"

Suddenly the ground started to shake lightly beneath their feet.

Harry stopped and stared at the ground in horror.

"Come on, Harry! Don't stop! We need to get to the shack!" Destiny shouted at him from a few feet away.

Harry shook his head and quickly began to catch up to her.

"Do you have a death wish or something?" Destiny screamed at him as they sprinted through the woods.

Before Harry could reply a hand shot up through the ground and grabbed onto Destiny's leg. Destiny screamed and fell on the ground.

Harry stopped and turned to see what happened.

"GO!" Destiny shouted at him, "It's just around the corner! Save yourself, Harry!"

Harry could see the tears streaming down her face and he knew he couldn't leave her like this. Quickly, Harry bent down and picked up a medium sized rock then ran over to where Destiny was lying on the ground. Harry stood a few feet away from her and watched as another hand burst through the ground to grab a hold of her other foot. Harry shook his head to make himself focus and ignore the dead body that was slowly emerging from the ground. Once he was fully focused, Harry cautiously made his way over to where Destiny was and threw the rock down on the arms that were out of the ground. Suddenly the one arm detached and started to slowly inch away from the scene. Disgusted, Harry threw the rock down onto the other arm as well making it detach itself from the body and inch away with the other arm.

Destiny jumped to her feet and started to run full speed away from where the zombie was still emerging from the dirt.

Harry quickly followed her around the corner and sure enough a shack was standing as if calling for them to come to safety.

Destiny jumped up on the porch and swung the door open for Harry.

As soon as they entered the shack they closed the door and looked for things they could put against the door, just incase. As soon as they had a book stand against the door they slid down on the floor to catch their breath.

"Are you alright, Destiny?" Harry asked her softly.

"I'll be fine…" Destiny said in an attempt to sound strong but you could clearly hear the tremble in her voice.

"It's alright to be afraid… I'm scared shitless at the moment to be completely honest." Harry squeezed her hand and added, "It's going to be alright; we're in the sacred shack now, and the zombies can't get us. It's all going to be fine."

Suddenly, Destiny leaned over to rest her head on his shoulder, "I hope you're right…"

'So do I…' Harry thought worriedly.

After a few moments Destiny stood and pulled her wand out from her pocket.

Harry stared at her in shock, "You have your wand?"

Destiny nodded her head in confusion, "Yeah… Why wouldn't I have my wand?"

Harry's jaw dropped, "You mean to tell me you had your wand all this time?"

Once again, Destiny nodded her head.

Harry huffed, "We could have gotten here WAY faster if I would have known that."

Destiny shook her head, "I don't know many spells to be honest…"

Harry gave her a confused look, "Oh… Well I could have used it to get us here."

Destiny gave him an amazed look, "You can do that? I didn't know you could use other wizard's wands…"

Slowly, Harry nodded his head. "Oh well, it doesn't matter anymore. Let's get some lights turned on…"

Destiny handed Harry her wand and he quickly made a light ball appear in the center of the ceiling.

Harry sighed and handed her back her wand, "It's cold in here…"

Destiny nodded her head in agreement before rubbing her arms in an attempt to make the goose bumps disappear.

Harry slowly made his way over to the cabinet to see if there were any blankets inside. To his amazement there was one. Harry walked back over to Destiny and handed her the blanket, "Here you go."

Destiny gave him a concerned look, "Aren't you cold?"

Harry shrugged, "I'll live."

Destiny narrowed her eyes at him before moving closer to him and putting some of the blanket on him as well, "I know how to share…."

Harry smirked at her, "I wasn't too sure…"

Playfully, Destiny smacked his arm, "Oh shut up."

To his utter disbelief, when Severus arrived he quickly noted that everyone was angry for some reason or another. He slowly made his way through the crowd of Death Eaters so he was standing beside Narcissa, "Love, what is going on?"

Narcissa glanced up at him before saying under her breath, "The brat escaped with Miss. Lite."

"Potter escaped?" "Lucious" asked in a fake outraged tone of voice.

"Yes and the Dark Lord is not happy at all… Where have you been, darling? You should have known this already…" Narcissa gave him a concerned look.

"I had business to attend to at Hogwarts. Someone messed up Draco's school schedule." Severus lied easily.

Narcissa nodded her head but she still looked rather curious.

Severus sighed, "Do not worry, dear."

Narcissa smiled softly at him, "As long as everything is fixed."

Severus nodded his head, "Oh trust me that old fool better have it fixed or I'll be transferring Draco to a different school before he can blink."

This convinced Narcissa that everything was fine and she noticeably calmed down.

"Does anyone even have an idea about where the two could have run off to?" Severus asked softly.

Narcissa shook her head, "They ran around a corner and disappeared. That girl obviously knows this castle better then anyone else."

Severus nodded his head then brought her hand up to his lips to press a soft kiss, "I will see you shortly, Love."

With a small bow he turned and left the crowded room. Once he was back outside he quickly apparated back to Number Twelve.

As soon as he popped inside the kitchen everyone jumped from their seats and began asking him questions all at once.

"QUIET!" Albus roared making everyone go deathly silent very quickly. "Severus, where is the boy?" Albus asked him with a concerned tint to his tone.

"He escaped with Destiny Lite earlier this morning. Where to? I have a feeling I know where but it is night time and where I believe they are is an extremely dangerous place to be at night." Severus told them darkly.

"Where do you think they are?" Albus asked softly.

"The Dead Man's Woods." Severus said with a sigh.

Molly gasped, "Oh dear! I hope he's alright…."

"He has Miss. Lite with him, Molly. He will be just fine." Severus quickly said in an attempt not to make Molly have another panic attack about the boy.

"And is this Miss. Lite trustable?" Molly shot back quickly.

Severus sighed, "I do not know, Molly. All we can hope for is that she is. I believe she knows about the sacred shack in the center of the woods that will keep the zombies at bay. The shack does not allow anything inside unless they have a pure heart or in other words, do not want to cause harm."

"Zombies?" The sound of Hermione's voice shrieked outside the closed door.

With a sigh, Arthur flicked his wand making the door open to reveal all the children behind it. He smirked at them and shook his head.

Molly narrowed her eyes at them, "What have I told you about eavesdropping?"

Ron sighed and entered the room, "Oh come on mum, this is Harry you are talking about! My best friend if you hadn't forgotten!"

"If we wanted you to know what was going on we would have invited you into the kitchen, young man." Molly snapped at him.

Ron only rolled his eyes at her before sitting down in the seat beside Sirius.

Before Molly could yell at Ron for his disrespect Fred and George spoke up, "Are there really zombies where Harry is located?"

Severus looked over at Molly to see if he should answer them or not. At the look he saw her giving the boys he took that as a "no".

"I want to go if there are zombies!" Fred said with a huge smile.

"Please Mum! I promise I won't bring a dead head home!" George added.

Molly jumped from her seat and pointed to the door, "NO! ABSOLUTELY, POSITVELY NOT! GET YOUR BACKSIDES UPSTAIRS IMMEDIATELY! I ALREADY HAVE ONE BOY MISSING I WILL NOTHAVE ANY OF YOU GOING TO THOSE WOODS AND DISAPPEARING AS WELL! DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?"

Everyone looked absolutely horrified at her outburst.

Fred and George glared at the floor.

"Way to ruin the night of zombie hunting…" Fred mumbled.

"I said out!" Molly shouted at them when no one moved.

Hermione quickly ran from the room followed by Ginny.

Ron crossed his arms across his chest and narrowed his eyes at the table top, "I deserve to know what is going on with my best friend!"

Molly sighed and rubbed her forehead, "Oh fine, Ronald. You may stay. Fred and George get upstairs with your sister, now!"

"WHAT? Ronald here gets to stay and listen to your conversation but we don't get to go zombie hunting?" Fred shouted in disbelief.

"Yeah, I don't see how that is fair…" George added with a huff.

Suddenly Molly stood from her seat making the twins go running out of the room. She slowly followed them upstairs.

Arthur sighed, "I am terribly sorry about that, please continue."

Severus tipped his head, "As I was saying; the woods are crowded with zombies when it is dark out so I will need more people to go with me to get Harry. We most likely will have to fight through some zombies so we can reach the shack."

Tonks smiled happily, "That kind of sounds fun."

Remus chuckled, "Of course it does." This earned him a playful glare from Tonks.

"So who all will join me?" Severus asked them all.

Every single Order member raised their hands. Ron slowly raised his hand but one look from Arthur had him slowly putting it down in defeat.

"Alright, then let's get to it. Molly can stay here and watch over the children." Albus announced as he stood from the table.

The sound of someone scratching the side of the windows and walls made shivers run up and down both their arms.

"Are you sure nothing can get inside?" Harry asked her softly so they couldn't hear them.

Destiny nodded her head, "I'm positive, Harry. A sacred shelter is a very strong building; a couple hundred zombies won't even put a scratch on it."

Harry slowly nodded his head, "Why are there so many dead people buried out here?" Harry asked quietly.

With a sigh Destiny said, "There is a story behind it; a very long time ago there was an evil wizard named Quarion. Quarion was very much like Tom Riddle; he despised the muggles, half-bloods, and muggle born wizards. On November 21st, 1910, Quarion decided he was going to abolish the entire population of those of whom he despised. So, Quarion gather an army of forty dark wizards and together they swarmed a town named Sintriece. Sintriece by the way is what these woods use to be known as. Anyway, Quarion and his small army succeeded in taking the entire population of the town out and once they killed someone they used a spell to cover the body up with dirt and placed a dark spell on every single dead body so then at dark they would come alive."

Harry sighed, "Damn… And I thought Tommy boy was bad…"

Destiny chuckled, "Your nicknames for him amuse me greatly."

Harry nodded his head, "Sometimes to make something seem less scary you need to give it a funny nickname; if it weren't for nicknames I don't know if I could have faced the many things I have seen in my life."

Destiny softly sighed and lay her head back down on Harry's shoulder, "You shouldn't have to deal with him…."

"No one can change that though, Destiny. My life is getting better though and that's all that matters." Harry gave her a small smile.

"Are you talking about Professor Snape?" Destiny asked quietly.

Slowly, Harry nodded his head, "Never thought I'd admit to it…"

This made them both start to laugh and for a few minutes they forgot all about the scary zombies outside the shack.

A/N: Thanks for reading! Please review it would mean a lot to me :)

Thanks again,

Severus Addicted