Chapter 24
"So…How do you think it's going at the Ministry then?" Brianna ask Snape. They had been waiting for a few hours to hear word and yet they've heard nothing.
"Don't know. No news is good news I suppose." Snape replied leaning back into his chair. They sat in silence for a few minutes until Brianna felt her necklace heat up hot.
"Father's calling." She said jumping up. She transfigured her school cloak into her death eater one and also added a small mask this time just in case.
"What? Something must have gone wrong for him to call you at the risk it is. He's not calling me so I am to stay here." Snape told her. She pulled up her hood. Snape looked her over and with her hood up and mask on you wouldn't recognize her.
"Wait." He said and turned her ring around to the side of her palm so no on would see it.
"Be careful." He told her kissing her quickly. She nodded then activated her necklace and with a pop she was gone.
She landed in the auditorium in the Ministry. She could see her father watching off in the shadows at Potter and her mother. Potter tried using the Crucio curse on her mom but he didn't have it in him.
"You killed Sirius." He yelled trying to Crucio again.
"Never used an Unforgivable Curse before, have you, boy? You need to mean them, Potter! You need to really want to cause pain, enjoy it. I'll show you how it is done." Bellatrix laughed sending him to the ground screaming.
"He broke the Prophesy and our death eaters have been restrained in the department of mysteries." Her father whispered in her ear.
"Hum. It might actually be a good thing he broke it in front of everyone." Brianna mused.
"Why is that." The dark lord ask.
"Well, I assume you called me here to get our death eaters out before they are taken back to Azkaban?" She ask and he nodded.
"If I can find the remains of the Prophesy orb I may be able to fix it enough for us to hear it. Then the light will think it's broke and that we never heard it." she told him.
"You may have something. I might not have to punish anyone at all this time. See what you can do when I give you the command to go free the others. But don't let anyone but the death eaters see who you are." he told her and she nodded.
"Potter you cant win against me. Now Give me the Prophecy." Bellatrix screamed.
"Stupefy."
"Protego." they yelled.
"I broke it. It's gone. Guess you'll have to kill me now." Potter yelled to Bellatrix.
"What? What do you mean. I don't believe you. Give it to me." Bellatrix yelled.
"It's gone and Voldemort knows." Potter taunted.
"NOOOO. Your lying." Bellatrix screamed.
"No Bella, he's not lying. I see the truth in his worthless mind." the Dark Lord said calmly walking out of the shadows with Brianna at his side. Potter look to try and see who she was but couldn't see any of her face, or even tell if it was man or women.
"Master I'm sorry. I didn't know." Bellatrix said bowing.
"Be quiet, Bella. I will address that later. Now Potter it's time for you to die. You have irked me long enough. AVADA KADAVRA." The Dark Lord said. Everyone in the room watched as the green light shot out of his wand towards Potter but bounced off at the last minutes.
"What-." The Dark Lord said looking around. "Dumbledore." he breathed as a figure stepped out from behind the statue.
Voldemort moved to stand in front of Brianna facing off with Dumbledore who had pulled Potter behind him.
"It was foolish to come here tonight, Tom. The Auror's are on there way." Dumbledore said calmly.
"By which time I shall be gone, and you dead!" Voldemort spat. At the same time they sent spells that connected in mid-air. Bellatrix dove behind a statue at Voldemorts order while Dumbledore sent Harry to the ground to stop him from helping.
"GO!" The Dark Lord yelled at Brianna and she took off towards the Department of Mysteries to save the death eaters. She dodged a curse sent by Dumbledore as she got in the lift and pressed the down button.
When she stepped off the lift and walked down the hall she passed several of Potter friends laying around either knocked out or badly injured. They were in not shape to fight her so they stayed silent not knowing who she was.
When she got to the door she heard yelling from the death eaters. She peeked in and saw all the order members standing around the bound death eaters who were tied together on the floor. The dark skinned wizard was holding there wands.
She raised her wand and sent a dark spell into the room that exploded and froze everyone within in the position they were.
Moving quickly she untied the frozen death eaters and plucked there wands out of the mans hand pocketing them. She looked around and saw the broke orb with mist swirling around it. She conjured a vial big enough and scooped the glass and mist and sealed it within and pocketed it. She unfroze the death eaters, who blink at her.
"What. My lady. What are you doing here." Barty ask as they stood up recognizing her outfit. She handed them there wands.
"Saving you of course. The Dark Lord cant have all his death eaters back in Azkaban." she told them.
"You could be seen." Lucius told her looking around at the frozen order members.
"But I wasn't, now everyone grab onto me where leaving." she said and they complied each placing a hand on her body. She activated her necklace again just as they heard commotion outside the room as the Auror's were coming and with another pop they were gone.
They landed in the living room at Riddle manor moments after the Dark Lord and Bellatrix had landed.
"Were you seen." the Dark Lord ask her as her mother hugged the life out of her.
"No father no one saw." she told him and he nodded.
"I am disappointed in all of you. Almost getting caught to which I had to risk my daughter to come and save you, not to mention you didn't get the prophecy before Potter broke it." he said in a angry voice that had all the death eaters dropping to there knees in submission.
"My lord we are sorry." they all said but he silenced them.
"I am going to hold off on punishment for now, you can thank your Princess for this. She made me see that some good may, may have come out of the orb being broken in front of the order. Did you get it?" he turned to his child as the death eaters shot her a look of gratitude.
She pulled out the broken orb.
"Yes I got it. Give me a few minutes I may be able to fix it just enough to hear it once." she said and he nodded. She sat at the table well aware that everyone was watching. She had remember reading in her divination book that broken orb's could be fixed and listened to one more time before they were no good. It just took tons of concentration and a powerful witch or wizard. She figured she was enough.
She closed her eyes and pointed her wand at the broken pieces and whispered the repairing spell over and over pouring her magic in it. Everyone watched on pins and needles. The death eaters knowing if she didn't fix it they would pay for there failure. They all prayed to Merlin she could do it.
After 15 minutes of tireless chanting they all gasp as the orb mended itself and the mist trapped inside. It still had cracks in it but it would do. Brianna slumped in her seat in exhaustion before speaking.
"You should be able to hear it one time before it is useless." She told her father who nodded and picked it up carefully. Everyone listened as it spoke.
"The one with the possible power to vanquish the dark lord approaches…Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies…and the dark lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the dark lord knows not as long as he is separated from he's heir…and either must die at the hand of the other…The one with the possible power to vanquish the dark lord will be born as the seventh month dies." (AN: I know I changed it. But I needed to it fit my story. Love is the power the dark lord knows not, we know that from the books and movies. But in my story he only loves his daughter. So I had to change it a little. Just wanted to let you all know.)
When it was done the Dark Lord began to laugh and everyone stared at him.
"Well that was a crock of shit. Looks like I have already proven the prophesy wrong. I am reunited with my hair, so he doesn't have power anymore that I know not." the Dark Lord said laughing throwing the now useless orb in the fire.
"I did learn one thing I have to be the one to kill Potter in the end. And I shall." the Dark Lord said to himself.
"I will not punish anyone for this failure, but fail me again and you wont be so lucky. You should all be on your knees thanking your Princess." the Dark Lord told his followers and they did just that.
"Brianna you did well as always, but you need to get back to Hogwarts. Will you be alright getting back to Snape's rooms." he ask her and she nodded.
"Go then." he said and she activated her necklace again thinking of Snape's private rooms barley able to keep her eyes open and then she was gone.
She landed in a heap on Snape's floor. He was sitting in his arm chair with Draco on the couch waiting when he saw her appear on the floor. His heart dropped when he saw her thinking the worse.
"BRIANNA." Both Snape and Draco yelled as they ran to her side. Snape rolled her to face him taking off her mask and pulling down her hood, moving hair out of her face.
"Brianna, can you hear me? Love answer me." he ask checking her pulse.
"Mmmhmm." she mumbled tiredly.
"What's wrong with her." Draco ask frantic.
"I don't know." Snape said picking her up bridal style and placing her on his huge king side bed with black silk sheets.
"Shouldn't we take her to the hospital." Draco ask looking at his cousin. Snape turned to look at him like he was crazy.
"And tell them what. That she was injured some how helping her father, the Dark Lord. Use your head Draco." Snape snapped at him.
"He's right Draco." they heard Brianna mumble eyes slightly open.
"Thank Merlin. What happened I cant see any injuries." Snape said looking her over.
"No. Just low on energy. Did spell. Need rest." Brianna said closing her eyes again. Snape ran to his potions store then came back.
"Brianna, Baby open your eyes and drink this it will help restore your energy." He said helping her sit so she could drink the potion. He laid her back down and covered her up.
"Are we going to take her back to her dorm." Draco ask back in the living room where Snape shooed him in.
"No I need to keep an eye on her tonight. You go back so not to raise suspicion. The other Slytherins wont question her whereabouts but they might yours." Snape told him and he nodded leaving for bed.
Snape went to check on Brianna before going back to his living room fixing himself a drink and collapsing in his chair breathing out deeply. She was alright and he would get the story from her when she woke.
He didn't relax long before there was a knock on his door. Opening it he saw Dumbledore looking worn out.
"What happened Headmaster." Snape ask letting him in.
"There was an attack at the Ministry. Harry and his friends are in the hospital wing right now. Voldemort trick Harry into going there thinking Sirius was in trouble which you know that already. They fought with his death eaters until the order arrived. The Prophesy was broken before Voldemort could hear it, but Bellatrix killed Sirius Black in the process. I battled with Voldemort before he could kill Harry but he got away just as the Minister saw him. They know he's back now." Dumbledore told him. Snape was giddy on the inside at Black being dead but didn't show any emotions.
"Did they capture any death eaters?" Snape ask.
"That's the strange thing. The order had them bound and ready for the Auror's to take them away. Voldemort had someone with him, someone dressed differently from other death eaters. I couldn't see who it was, or if it was male or female but whoever it was is very powerful, they were able to freeze an entire room of wizards and escape with all the death eaters by passing my anit-apperation wards." Dumbledore said and Snape knew that person was Brianna.
"Do you know who this person could be." Dumbledore ask.
"No headmaster. I don't know of anyone that could do that. Must be someone the Dark Lord is keeping secret." he said and Dumbledore nodded.
"I fear it might be his heir." Dumbledore said and Snape gave a shocked look.
"An Heir?" Snape ask.
"Yes I know somewhere that Voldemort fathered an heir. I just don't know with who, and who they could be. The Prophesy said that Harry would have power the Dark Lord knows not as long as he was separated from his heir. Love is the power and I'm guessing his heir will be the only person Voldemort will ever love. That means Harry will have a harder time defeating him if he even can. We need to find out all we can on this. For I fear this could be the end of us all." Dumbledore said.
"I'll do my best headmaster." Snape said and Dumbledore nodded leaving after that.
Snape check on Brianna all through the night only sleeping a little on the couch in between checks. He worried about her greatly and was anxious to hear from her what happened.
"Morning." Brianna said walking out of the bedroom the next morning looking much better. Snape was sitting at his desk when she came in.
"Morning. How are you feeling." he ask her.
"Much better. Thank you. I'm sorry to just show up here yesterday but I was in no condition to walk anywhere." she said sitting in the chair in front of his desk.
"Don't apologize. I'm glad you came here I was worried sick as was Draco. So tell me what happened." he said and she did. She told him everything from the time she left till she arrived back.
"That was powerful magic you used to repair the orb, Brianna. Your lucky to have not passed out right after that." he told her.
"I know but it had to be done. Now we know and the death eaters weren't punished for failure." she said.
"Your going to make a great leader with the way you think." he laughed.
"Dumbledore came here last night." Snape said and told her everything he said.
"So Dumbledore knows he has an heir just not who it is. Seems like he's scared now." Brianna said after thinking about what Snape told her.
"Seems so." he said.
"Good he should be."
Later that day everyone was talking about the Daily Prophet article.
HE-WHO-MUST-NOT-BE-NAMED RETURNS
In a brief statement Friday night, Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge confirmed that he-who-must-not-be-named has returned to this country and is active once more.
"It is with great regret that I must confirm that the wizard styling himself as Lord-well, you know who I mean-is alive and among us again." Fudge told reporters.
"It is with almost equal regret that we also report the mass revolt of the dementors of Azkaban, who have shown themselves averse to continuing the Ministry's employ. We believe that they are taking direction from you-know-who." He continues.
"We urge the magical population to remain vigilant. The Ministry is currently publishing guidelines to elementary home and personal defense that will be sent free to all Wizarding homes within the coming months."
Fudge reports the confirmation was made last night when you-know-who and his death eaters broke into the Ministry and was spotted by the Minister himself and the Auror's. The news was met with alarm from the magical community, who have been told for months that allegations of his return were false. Albus Dumbledore was unable to comment on the new events.
For the rest of time at school no one talked about anything else but the Dark Lord being sited and the attack at the Ministry. Of course it didn't take long to get around that Potter and his friends were involved and they were bombarded with questions when they were released from the hospital.
"Guess you see that things are changing now. Don't you Potter." Draco said at the entrance of the great hall before the leaving feast. Brianna and the other Slytherins were there as well.
"Go away Malfoy." Potter snapped.
"Oh that's all you got. Your no match for the Dark Lord or his death eaters Potter. They will kill you and all your little filthy friends and we will be there laughing that we told you so." Draco sneered.
" I bet you will, Malfoy. Tell me how did your father manage to escape at the Ministry?" Harry ask.
"Like I'd tell you anything's Potter." Draco sneered. Harry glared at him then Brianna.
"And I suppose your proud of your mother, LeStrange." Hermione ask her. She just raised an eye brow.
"Anything that has to do with my mother is none of your concern, Granger. But Draco's right. You are no match for the death eaters. You obviously proved that at the Ministry." Brianna replied before they walked off to sit at the Slytherin table.
The leaving feast was boring with Dumbledore warning everyone about the Dark Lord. Draco and Brianna weren't evening listening they were talking to each other through the whole thing. Snape wasn't really paying attention either. He knew things were going to be changing for the better very soon and couldn't wait for it to happen.
The train ride home the next day was the same as always. When they got off they saw the order talking with Potter Uncle warning them to treat him right during the holiday. The whole order turned and glared at Lucius Malfoy who proudly walked by them with his family.
"You wont get away next time Malfoy." Mad eye told him when they passed. Lucius raised his nose in the are.
"I don't know what your talking about Mr. Moody." he said calming before sending Potter a glare and leading his family outside to there limo.
Draco and Brianna were excited about the summer. Brianna more so because she would turn 17 soon and be an adult in the wizarding world. This meant big changes for her.
