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Chapter 12: Labyrinth, Darkness and Kidnapping

The three champions took their places in front of the labyrinth, which was their ultimate task. They would have to find the trophy hidden in the labyrinth, they would of course have to face many dangers. Once inside, they were confronted by a Blast-Ended Skrewt, Acromantula, Boggart and many other creatures. It was only through due to his training with Olivia, Ron and Ginny that Harry managed to face Victor Krum.

Harry now had the Trophy in sight but stopped when he heard Fleur's screams coming from the traps in climbing plants, the young man not wanting to lose his humanity at the cost of some glory decided to help her. He helped her and sent a distress signal so that she would be quickly recovered by the teachers. Then taking his route towards the trophy, he ran as if his life depended on it and caught the cup. Unfortunately for the boy, the cup had been replaced by a Portkey who led him into a strange cemetery.

He was immediately caught by a strange character who prevented him from moving, he heard a voice, weak and yet chilling coming from a strange creature. A sort of ritual began in front of the young man involving the man who had immobilized him and the creature. It was when Harry felt his scar hurt him horribly that he understood that the creature was Lord Voldemort more weakened than ever. He saw the man put the Lord in a cauldron with a bone, the hand of the Death Eater, some ingredients and the crippled wizard came and took blood from Harry.

The whole concoction smelled very bad but what came out of it was horrible: the Dark Lord had just resumed form before his eyes. Listening to the conversation before him Harry understood that the Death Eater was none other than the traitor Peter Pettigrew, the man responsible for the death of his parents. The Lord called his Death Eaters to him, they were few in number but too much to Harry's taste.

"My dear friends, time has passed since our last meeting." The Lord approached one of them, pulling out his mask. "My dear Lucius, you may have remained faithful to the old practices but you disappointed me by not trying to find me."

"Master, I have done everything for you and I will always do it!" Peter replied.

"Yes, but you did it by fear and not by loyalty! I still have Karkaroff, after all it was him who brought me the young Potter among us tonight."

All eyes then turned on Harry who was freed from his fetters to find himself on the ground. He found himself face to face with the one who had destroyed so much life, including that of his biological parents. A short fight ensued and Harry found himself in a duel with Voldemort who wanted the boy for himself alone, had he had all the Death Eaters against him Harry could never have gotten out of it. Their spells then connected their two wands, a green stream was emerging from that of Lord Voldemort and a red wave from that of Harry.

When the young man gained ground and his energy touched the edge of his opponent's wand, the ghosts of the last victims of the Dark Lord appeared and he was now with his biological parents at his side that Harry was fighting. The latter allowed him to escape giving him enough time to join the Portkey, again the young man ran faster than his shadow and in a flash arrived in the middle of the bleachers.

The whole crowd was excited, but Hermione fell on her son when she saw him on the ground and was trembling when she saw Harry's scar on his arm telling her that it had happened: he was back. The young man was still in shock but stammered a few words "Voldemort" "Back" "Death Eaters" "Pettigrew" "Karkaroff," Sirius looked at his wife and while their son was sent to the infirmary Hermione explained to Dumbledore what all this meant, but it was still necessary to find the traitor of Karkaroff to send him back to Azkaban where his place was.

Sirius and several aurors left for the place where the Portkey was driving, but there was no trace of the passage of the Lord and his henchmen. Meanwhile, Hermione had harnessed herself with other professors in search of Karkaroff, who had not had to go far because he had been seen in the stands just a few seconds before Harry appeared.

His trace was found near the forbidden forest, Hermione was accompanied by Minerva when they faced the sorcerer. Taken by surprise the Transfiguration Professor fell into unconsciousness after taking a Rictuspempra in full torso that crushed her against the tree behind her. Hermione remained alone with the Death Eater and fought him with all her strength, Karkaroff knew very well that his opponent would be reinforced soon, it was only a matter of minutes now.

Hermione stayed between him and Minerva, whom she protected at all costs when she saw her colleague begin to regain consciousness. He also knew that if he brought his Lord and Master the witch who was the cause of many of his torments he would then be greatly rewarded. So he decided not to kill her but to knock her once and for all, and it was by turning away the witch's attention by transforming a branch of a tree into a cobra that he could petrify her. He put her into a sleep curse with a second spell to for his own safety.

"Minerva are you okay? Where is my wife? Did you manage to get Karkaroff?"

The words of Sirius jostled in McGonagall's head, which was still misty with the recent events. A few seconds later everything came back to her, but how could she tell Sirius who was waiting for an answer? They were now surrounded by many aurors and teachers as well as the director.

"Your wife was kidnapped by Karkaroff ... She fought but she was too focused on my protection to be at her maximum for this fight. He took her away and I could not do anything ... I'm sorry, so sorry."

"Mione, what's he going to do with you this kind of ..." Sirius groaned before he reconciled to Minverva. "It is not your fault, nobody would have suspected Karkaroff."

Sirius had a serious face, he knew that his wife was an asset to them in view of her knowledge of the war and it's unfolding, which made her embarrassing for Voldemort. Unfortunately he also knew that her only hope of survival lay in the fact that he could question her but that would involve torture and for nothing in the world he did not want his wife to suffer. He took the way to the infirmary where Ron, Ginny and Olivia were already holding Harry together.

When he entered, the 4 teenagers understood there was something serious, Olivia and Harry had never seen their father in such a state. He questioned Pomfrey about Harry's health and she reassured him that the shock was above all mental, but that physically everything would be fine for him, his arm would heal quickly and after a good night's sleep things would be better. He nodded slightly and approached the young man's bed before sitting down at the end.

"Dad, what's going on? Did you not find Karkaroff?"

"Yes, Harry, that's it, but there's another bad news. He kidnapped Hermione ..."

He let a tear run down his cheek and instinctively Olivia took him in her arms, she also wept to know her mother there and Ginny stayed in Ron's arms. Family is the most important thing for all.

"You think he's going to..." started Harry.

"Unfortunately it's either Voldemort decides to kill her for revenge, or she will be tortured for information ..."

Harry, Ron, Olivia and Ginny stood speechless before Sirius's confession. They all had so much hurt knowing Hermione was in such a position. That same evening Albus announced to everyone the return of Voldemort as well as the fact that the Ministry wanted to keep the news secret and that it might even try to deny these facts. He added that Professor Wilkins had been captured by the former director of Dumstrang and would probably be brought to the Lord as a present.

The fright filled the room, the holidays were going to be appalling, filled with doubts and rumours. Unfortunately the summer months passed and no news of Hermione was given and the Ministry assigned a new teacher to Hogwarts, a woman who would bring evil inside the school: Dolores Umbrage.