AN: sdlfkjsodf Stupid 4th end already
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Harry had traveled by portkey several times and not once had he ever been so nauseous. Upon landing he crumpled like a sack of potatoes. He lay there breathing trying not to loose his lunch while also trying to figure out where he was. Once the world stopped spinning he realized he was in a gloomy grave yard. It was old and in poor condition, most of the markers were covered in lichen or bleached white with age. He did notice that there were several large markers and mausoleums meaning several wealthy people were buried here.
Just after he had regained his bearings Harry heard a voice. It was sniveling and whiney. Harry peered around the stones some instinct telling him that it was best not to be seen by the owner of the voice. There several headstones away was a rat faced man carrying what seemed to be a baby. Beside them was the largest cauldron Harry had ever seen. It was almost the size of a bathtub. Harry crept closer to see what was going on. He saw the cup a ways off but wasn't sure if it was still a portkey or if it was just a one way trip.
Harry heard the bundle speak in a raspy voice that sounded eerily like that of Tom Riddle from the chamber. Only older and distorted, like he was speaking through a voice changer or something. Harry had a guess as to who the rat man was but the hairs on the back of his neck were telling him to run far and as fast as he could. Not wanting to chance catching their attention he began to creep back so that he could call one of the Potter elves to fetch him.
But his luck ran out when he tripped over something. Even before he could fully fall the thing he had tripped over, which turned out to be a massive snake had him coiled and was hissing toward the man.
"Ah... Our guest of honor has finally arrived." The, definitely not a baby bundle, said. "Wormtail let me see the boy." it ordered.
"Y.. yes master." The now identified Petigrew replied. He brought the bundle over and moved the wrappings so that Harry could see the... thing.
Harry recoiled in disgust. Not only was the thing hideous it just felt wrong. There was something almost familiar about the feeling but Harry knew it was evil.
"See what I have become. Reduced to this parasitic half life." The thing said motioning to itself. "But no more. After tonight I will reign a new." The ting gave a wicked imitation of a grin. "Not that you'll be alive to see it Potter. Secure him" The thing ordered.
Petigrew gently sat his burden down before cautiously approaching the snake and it's captured prey. Harry had stopped struggling because as he squirmed the coils of the massive reptile only tightened farther. Harry was panting, only able to take shallow breaths by the time the man had approached him.
"Is that really what you betrayed your brothers for?" Harry asked between gasps
Instead of replying the coward stunned him.
When Harry awoke he was tied to a grave marker. He looked about as best as he could. The massive cauldron was now bubbling away with a vile looking potion. Harry almost chuckled at being bound to a statue of Azrael. If he was to die here at least he would be in his 'brother's' arms. Harry wonder if he had a concussion from the portkey landing because it was hard to focus and keep his mind from wondering.
His attention became focused when Petigrew spoke. "Bone of the father unknowingly given. You will renew your son!" Wormtail sends what looks like a femur into the cauldron. Slicing off his right hand and dropping it into the cauldron, he continues haltingly, "Flesh ...of the servant ...w-willingly given ….you will revive...your master." In pain and weeping, he slits Harry's arm with the knife and collects blood in a vial. As it drips into the cauldron, he chants, "B-blood of the enemy... forcibly taken... you will... resurrect your foe."
Harry stares horrified between his now bleeding arm and the violently reacting potion. All he can do is hope that Petigrew did something wrong and the cauldron was going to explode. But unfortunately that was not to be. Harry watched as out of the potion a figure emerged. It was a sickly green/grey color with an almost reptilian look. Harry was nearly ill from it. He finally placed the feeling. This was what demons squatting in a human felt like. Foul and unnatural. He could almost hear nature itself rebelling against this creation.
As the thing stepped down it called to it's servant to be robed and then demanded his wand. "Give me your arm." It said.
"Thank you master." Peter replied offering his stump.
"The other arm." The beast replied with a sneer. "Time to see who has the guts to answer my call." The would be dark lord said.
Not long after his wand touched the dark mark several death eaters in full uniform appeared.
"Welcome, my friends. Thirteen years it's been, and yet, here you stand as if it were only yesterday. I confess myself... disappointed. Not one of you tried to find me..." Voldemort began before ripping off the masks of his followers. "Crabbe! Macnair! Not even you, Lucius."
Lucius kneels before him "My Lord, had I detected any sign... a whisper of your whereabouts..."
"Oh there were signs, my slippery friend, and more than whispers."
"I assure you, my Lord, I have never renounced the old ways. The face I have been obliged to present since your... absence..." He said though Harry was sure he could hear false bravado in his voice and more than a bit of shaking. "That is my true mask."
The dark lord seemed satisfied with that answer but then looked over the half dozen before him. "Where are the rest of you?" He demanded
"Several were captured and questioned after the attack on the World Cup my lord." Lucius replied with a deep bow.
"They would dare question my followers? What have you been doing to protect us Lucius or has your bank run dry?" Voldemort asked sarcastically.
"No my lord. Since the release of Black he has been using the Black and Potter vaults to financially out maneuver me." Lucius replied head bowed.
Harry smirked. He knew that it was a well known fact that his muggle uncle managed both accounts. But Malfoy would never admit such a thing. And it was often Remus of Aunt Petunia's ideas that Sirius pushed in the Wizengott.
"Ah Potter I had almost forgotten this evenings entertainment." Voldemort said with a flourish. He released Harry causing the boy to drop to the ground. As he was standing back up the dark lord continued. "I'm not just going to kill you. I'll destroy you and then no one will ever doubt my power again."
"Just as they can't doubt you're a narcissistic drama queen?" Harry added.
"Crucio!" HE called out. Harry wasn't quick enough to dodge the curse and fell to the ground twitching. It was awful but not as painful as Harry had been led to believe from Professor Moody's class.
"If that... that's the might ….. of the dark lord …...no wonder …...a baby …... destroyed you." Harry gritted out through the pain.
This enraged the dark lord. HE ended his curse. "Let's see if you can offer a repeat performance." His wand seemed to glow with power. "Avada..."
"Reducto!" Was shouted by Sirius the curse hitting Crabble from behind.
Voldemort swirled around to see Sirius, Remus, Madame Bones and a dozen Aurors charging there way.
The death eaters turned and faced the force, emboldened by their master at their backs. All save one little rat who was trying to escape. Harry dived at Petigrew taking the chubby man to the ground. He screamed out in agony as he instinctively tried to break his fall and ended up smashing his still bleeding stump into the ground.
Harry took a hand full of the mans hair and used it as leverage to smash his face into the ground a time or 2 before he was thrown off. Harry attacked him again pulling the small switch blade he had in his uniform since the second task. He pinned him again and was going to stab the man when Remus grabbed his hand stopping him.
"Harry don't. Don't sink to his level." The werewolf told him kindly.
Harry looked around. Crabble and one of the unnamed death eaters lay bleeding and shackled while it seemed the others had escaped.
"Wha... How did you find me?" He asked sagging against Remus once the rat had been properly stunned.
"Mazy found you." Sirius said with a chuckle. "She popped in when I was demanding someone tell me where you were."
"Sirius your bleeding." Remus said standing and using his handkerchief to dab at the boold on his mates forehead.
Sirius kissed him lightly. "I think our cub is in worse shape." He replied motioning to Harry. He had several bumps and bruises from the maze, along with the gash on his arm and a knot forming at his temple were he landed badly from the port key.
Remus began fussing over him which just made Harry and Sirius laugh.
They weren't there much longer before Madame Bones came over. "I'll take these 3 to the ministry and see that they are well dosed with Veritaserum." She informed them
"This one has my wand." Harry replied kicked the stunned man.
"She had him searched and along with his wand, a few different vials of potion was found and the instructions for the ritual preformed. "These will also need to be tested." Amelia added.
"Oh and the noseless wonder was controlling that snake. I'd take it too." Harry motioned to the now headless reptile. Nagini had tried to sneak up on Tonks and Shacklebolt killed it.
She nodded levitating the corpse so it could be portkeyed as well.
"We'll take Harry to see Madame Pomfrey." Sirius told her. None of them wanted to deal with the media circus that St. Mungos would become.
She nodded and activated the portkey. Sirius called Mazy back to return them to the castle. Upon arrival Hermione, Susan and Luna all attacked him with hugs. Neville gave him a strained smile obviously also worried.
"What happened?" Cedric asked coming over as well.
"The cup was a portkey strait to Voldemort. It was all a trap." He replied hugging the girls back with his good arm.
" 'arry!" Felur exclaimed. "You're bleeding!"
The three attacking him pulled back. "We have to get you to the infirmary." Susan stated about to drag him off by force.
"Wait one minute." The minister said. "You can not vanish like that and then just claim the dark lord is back." The sniveling man said stomping up with the media and other officials.
Harry had had enough for today. "Sir" Harry began sarcastically. "you can bug the fuck off and let Madame Bones investigate what happened or I can tell my side and then swear on my magic like I did at the beginning of this stupid competition." He all but shouted at the minister. "I never thought I would see an arse worst than Fudge in your position. And YOU!" Harry added rounding on Dumbledore. Was this some grand scheme of yours? IT seems to me like each year I have been here there have been little tests for me to pass. IS that your way of training me to face the old Moldy or do you just get your jollies off putting kids in life or death situations.
Don't for a minute think I believe you didn't know someone would come after that stone or that every single test save Snape's was part of the first year curriculum. Or how not one staff member questioned the student killed by the monster of the chamber the last time it was opened." He raved at the old man. "And not having anti-animagus wards around the castle was just stupid. There is no way you can expect me to believe 3 boys learned to become animagi without a single staff member noticing. You should have had them put up to keep Sirius out when you thought he was trying to kill me! Unless you knew he was innocent all along and let him rot just so you could have me as your pawn!" Harry finished screaming. Finally releasing all the pent up frustration with the wizarding world and Dumbledore in particular.
Once he was done shouting Harry sagged exhausted from the maze as well as the ordeal afterwards. Viktor caught the boy before he could fall. He carried the younger boy away from the others. Susan quickly took the lead showing him where to take Harry.
"I hope those death eaters show up at your house late at night so you can know how it feels to be targeted like Harry does." Hermione added storming off after her friend.
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AN: The last bit of 4th year and some of the summer will come up next time. There will be fewer time skips from now until Voldemort is destroyed.