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If I owned Twilight, Bella would be dirty blonde, and if I owned Harry P, Harry would be a girl. Good thing I don't own them then.
"I know that some of you have planned to stay loyal to your school, and have already planned to fight against me"
His voice was like acid, invading my head, whispering and echoing. I thought it was only me he was invading, but I soon heard the screams from other people in the crowd. I also heard the confused cries from my family. I was still on the floor, my scar still searing, and it seemed to sear more when he spoke. Voldemort continued his torment.
"But you are all foolish. I do not want to spill precious wizarding blood, but If you are naïve enough not to do what I am about to ask, you will have to accept the consequences. Give me the twins, give me the Potter twins, and I will not harm anyone. Give me the Potter twins, and I will leave Hogwarts un-touched. Give me the Potter twins, and you will be rewarded. Do not be foolish and over look this offer, you will regret it if you do. You have one hour"
My scar was still burning, and I suddenly became aware of my family around me. Harry was kneeling next to me, clutching his forehead. Edward was also kneeling beside me, clutching my hand, and staring ahead with a terrified look on his face, listing to Voldemort. All of the couples in my family were clutching each other, all with terrified looks on their faces. Jacob had his head in his hands.
"He's in my head" he was saying. "He's in my head!"
Hermione was clutching Renesmee to her chest, while Ron and Ginny huddled close to her. Renesmee was desperately crying out, obviously very distressed at my pain.
"Mummy!" she was screaming, with tears in her eyes. "Mummy!".
I thought Voldemort's speech was over, but I was greatly mistaken, as my scar burned even more than before. I screamed out. I heard Harry's voice.
"Bella?" Harry said. He sounded concerned. Why wasn't he in this much pain too?
"Why is she still in pain? Yours has stopped!" I heard Edwards voice, sounding frantic.
"I was very glad to hear that you weren't dead Bella, very glad indeed." Pain shot through me, and I heard a piercing scream. I was shocked to realise it was mine.
"Very glad, but also very angry. How dare you try to get away from me. How dare you try and hide. We both know I will have you eventually; it's only a matter or time" I was desperately clawing at my collar bone, and thrashing around on the floor. I hadn't felt my scar burn like this since the time he had touched me in the graveyard.
"I was very interested to hear that you are not human, and even more beautiful than before. I was also interested to hear that you are married now, but of course that can be rearranged"
Edward growled, but his eyes never left mine. I could see how much pain this was causing him.
"Even If your peers do not hand you over Bella, I will have you with me by the end of the night. And if you refuse like you did in the graveyard, you will be sorry. Especially since I know you have a family now."
"YOU WOUNT TOUCH MY FAMILY!" I screamed at the top of my voice, while still clawing at my shoulder.
"I do hope you're ready to become reacquainted with me Bella. Remember everyone, you only have an hour to hand them over, or you will be sorry"
The searing peaked, before it suddenly broke off, and I could feel no more pain. All I could do was lie on the floor, breathing heavily.
"Bella? Talk to me Bella!" Edward was right next to my ear, and I pulled myself up and hugged him tight.
"Its over" I whispered, before I heard the approaching footsteps of my daughter.
"Mummy" she cried as she jumped into my arms. He face was tear-stained and she was still crying.
"Don't let him scare you sweetie, he won't ever hurt you, I promise" I said to her, holding her tight.
"I wasn't scared of him" she told me, looking up at me with eyes full of tears. "I'm crying because he was hurting you" and she pressed her hand to my cheek. I saw myself on the floor, thrashing around and screaming, whilst clawing at my scar. I shivered. And then I remembered something.
"Did you say your pain stopped?" I asked my brother.
"Not completely, but it was no where near as bad as yours. It's like he was targeting you. At first it hurt a lot, then when he started to talk about you, my pain dulled, and yours seemed to intensify" Harry told me.
"But how can he be causing you pain when he wasn't even here?" Edward asked.
"Whenever he's around or something is connected with him, our scars burn. We have a connection with him in our minds. He used to be able to get inside our heads, see our thoughts and stuff, and he once even took over our bodies. But Harry and I have learned to block him out, but it seems that when he's trying to get inside our heads, our scar burns. I guess he was attacking my mind more than Harry's because he was angry." I told them. There was silence for a time, before I heard the whining voice of Pansy Parkinson, Slytherin.
"What are you waiting for? We know what he wants! Grab them quick!" She yelled, pointing at me and my brother. Infuriated, I ran in fount of my brother and pointed my right at her in less than half a second. Something about the way her blood drained from her face made me think that the facial expression I was pulling wasn't quite human. The rest of my family had gathered around us, and so did Ron, Hermione, Ginny and the rest of Dumbledore's army. Something told me we weren't going anywhere. Slytherin house cowered backwards, just as the doors of the Great hall opened for a third time that night. The Order of the Phoenix came through, led by Kingsley Shacklebolt.
"What did we miss?" He said in a deep voice, and his eyes fell on me. He smiled.
"Voldemort just made contact" Harry told them. A shiver went through the room when Harry said his name.
"We Know" said Lupin, who was behind Kingsley. "We had just come out of the portrait hole in the room of requirement and so we heard"
"We need to start evacuating the students! He will be on his way here!" McGonagall suddenly cried, and she was right.
"But what if we want to fight!" Neville cried. I hadn't seen him earlier. He looked awful. McGonagall paused for a moment, before saying;
"It's too dangerous Mr Long-Bottom! I can't let the students take that risk!"
"But how will you win without us? You won't have enough people to fight!" Neville challenged. Again, McGonagall paused.
"Very well" She said quietly, before announcing "All students under the age of seventeen must be evacuated. Those over may stay if they wish, but I highly discourage you" There were angry outcries coming from the crowd, but McGonagall ignored them. While this had been happening, the Order had come over to me, and Molly Weasley had given me a big hug. She couldn't stop smiling.
"You look so beautiful dear" She told me, and I beamed back at her.
"Was it you who bought my family here?" I asked her. She looked guilty.
"I refused to at first, but then they got scary" she laughed. "I'm sorry Bella, I tried, I really did. But you should have seen them after the port key, it was hilarious!" and we both laughed together. Harry was now talking to Professor McGonagall;
"Professor, you can't evacuate the students through the front gates, it's too dangerous, and all of the passageways are sealed off. Buts there's one connected to Aberforth Dumbledore's house in the room of requirement. It's the safest way out"
"Thank you Potter" McGonagall replied. "Now what is it you need?"
"We need time professor" I told her. "We need as much of it as possible. We need to get into the chamber of secrets again" Ginny next to me shivered. She was obviously remembering her ordeal in her first year. Edward suddenly spoke;
"Why would you want to go back in there?" He had obviously seen it through someone's thoughts.
"Don't worry, the giant snake is dead" I told him.
"Giant snake!" Alice cried.
"It's dead Alice! All we need is its teeth!" I told her.
"It's teeth?" Rosalie screeched. I thought it was about time I shut up.
"It's a really long story, but you guys don't even need to worry. You won't be going down there. Me, Harry, Ron and Hermione need to go down there to destroy the 2 horcruxes we have. You guys can stay up here and help with the evacuation" I told them. Edward grabbed my hand.
"I'm coming with you" He said. I shook my head.
"No your not."
"I won't lose you again" He told me.
"And you won't. It's not dangerous down there Edward, and I'm not a human anymore. I can take care of myself. You need to stay up here and try and find a way to protect our daughter, seeing as you were the one who bought her into this mess" I snapped.
"She can stay with Ginny, she won't be fighting. They'll be in the room of requirement so they'll be safe" Molly Weasley said quickly
"Mum!" Ginny moaned.
"No way Ginny, you're under age!" Molly said quickly.
"But I can't sit around knowing that the rest of my family is out there fighting! Knowing Harry's in danger!" Ginny said angrily. I couldn't deal with this right now, but I knew I'd feel a lot better knowing Nessie would be safe. I put my hands on Ginny's shoulders and looked her right in the eyes.
"Ginny, you will be looking after the most precious thing in my life. If you fight, you'll be in danger and Nessie will be in danger. You will be playing a vital role in the battle. Please look after her. For me" I looked straight into her brown eyes. A tear streamed from one of them, before she smiled, and said hardly;
"I'll guard her with my life" I let out a breath.
"Thank you" I told her, before I hugged her tight. I turned to leave, when I was caught by Edward.
"Bella do you have to go?" He asked me. I nodded. I slipped my hand into my pocket and closed it around the silver metal of the diadem.
"I have the diadem, and I need to help Harry unlock the doors. They can only be opened by a parseltongue" I said
"A parcel what?" Edward said confused.
"Oh yeah, erm, I can talk to snakes" I said as I bit my lip.
"Are you being serious?" Edward said wide eyed.
"Yeah that's something else you didn't know. Anyway, I've got to go. I'll be fine Edward; I'll be back in half an hour. For now, you need to help get the kids out. You're the one always saying you want to save human life, well do it.
Get these children out." I said the last few words slowly.
Edward sighed, "Okay." He said, before he moved forwards and kissed me. I broke it off quickly. I looked him in the eyes.
"Half an hour" I told him again, before I ran towards the doors of the Great hall through the crowds of children, at human speed, with Harry, Ron and Hermione.
AN: Okay, so what do you guys think? A lot of things happen in this chapter, so I hope you guys are happy. I'm sorry that this wasn't out by Saturday morning, but I was sick on Friday and I've been in school rehearsing for my drama exam so I lost valuable writing time. Anyway I'm better now, so please tell me what you think!
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