Isabella Lillian Potter
Chapter 12
Snape stood at the front of the great hall, staring down at all of the students and casting a cloud of fear around them. He knew some would try to help Potter into the school. And he knew exactly who they were.
"Harry Potter has been sighted in Hogsmead." He said, causing the students to gasp and whisper among themselves. "SILENCE!" He snapped, making the hall immediately turn silent. "If anyone knows of his whereabouts, then step forward and say now." No one moved for a moment. Then, one Gryffindor, with their hood up, stepped out of their house and into the middle of the room, before removing the hood, to reveal the exact person they were looking for. "Mr Potter."
"Hey Professor." Harry said with a smirk as the hall gasped in shock.
"Well. It seems that you will face the same fate as your sister tonight." Snape snapped.
"And what fate would that be?" A female voice asked as another Gryffindor stepped out of their house and removed their hood, making the students take a step away from her in shock. "Because last time I checked, I was still alive." Bella said, looking smug.
"Miss Potter. Impossible." Snape gasped.
"It seems, that you have a security problem Professor." Harry said as the doors opened to reveal the Order of the Phoenix.
"A big one. Despite the extra measures." Bella continued with her hands on her hips.
"How dare you stand there!" Harry spat, all humour gone from his voice.
"Do they know? Do they know that you killed Dumbledore!" Bella said, venom in her voice, making the room gasp.
"Do you know what you are doing? Do you have any idea what you are meddling with?" Snape asked, stepping down the steps onto the same level as them.
"It's not like it was exactly our idea." Bella said.
"Last we checked, we were forced into it. How did you get into this Snape?" Harry asked with a smirk.
"You brat." Snape spat, pulling out his wand. Bella and Harry pulled out their wand in retaliation, only to be pushed to the side by Professor McGonagall with her own wand raised. Snape raised his eyebrows before sending a pillar of fire her way, which she stopped with water. They fought like that for a minute before she hit Snape and he disapperated out of the school. The students started to cheer, but Bella and Harry shared a look, knowing that if he didn't already, Voldemort would know they were there.
"Potters! What is it you are doing here?" McGonagall asked as she stepped towards them, the noise in the hall silencing.
"We're looking for something." The twins said together, making half the school laugh.
"What is it?" Before she had the chance to answer, a girl started to scream. Harry felt his scar burn and looked at Bella to see her grasping her own scar. He knew they were there.
"I know that you are preparing to fight." Voldemort's cold voice ran out, hissing like a snake. Harry and Bell shared a look while numerous students clung onto each other. "Your attempts are futile. I do not want to waste a drop of magical blood"
"Should have thought of that before you killed our parents." Harry mumbled.
Give me the Potter twins. Give me the Potter twins and you will not be harmed. Give me the Potter twins and you will be rewarded. You have until midnight." His voice said. They thought that was the end of that, but he carried on. "Isabella Potter. You tried to fake your death in order to avoid me. You let your brother be in danger and abandoned him. I will make you an offer. Come with me now, and become my wife. In exchange, I will spare the lives of your brother and everyone in the school. Become my wife and I will spare them."
Bella scoffed, knowing that they were false promises and he would kill them anyway. "Not bloody likely."
"What are you waiting for?" Pansy Parkinson yelled from her place among the Slytherin house. "They're right there! Get them!" Everyone stepped in front of Harry and Bella, wands raised.
"Thank you Miss Parkinson." McGonagall said. "Your house can be the first to leave. All students underage will leave the castle now. All those of age and willing to fight can do so."
"Hang on a second." Bella said, stepping towards Pansy. "There is something I've been meaning to give you since first year." She said, before pulling her fist back and punching Pansy in the face. The room cheered as she fell on the floor from the force of the punch. "That's on behalf of Harry and I, since he is too polite to hit a girl."
"Nice punch Bell." Hermione said as the Slytherin's were escorted out of the room.
"I've been waiting years to do that." She said with a laugh as the doors to the great hall slammed open. Everyone spun around with wands drawn, only for Bella to lower hers. "You have got to be kidding me." She said before walking up to the 7 vampires in front of her. "What the hell are you doing here?" She yelled at them.
"We're helping." Alice said. "McGonagall said that she needed our help and we wanted to be here when you came."
"What part of stay in Forks didn't you understand?" She snapped at them, aware of the eyes on the back of her head.
"The stay bit." Emmett said with a smirk, making Bella give him the scariest look he had ever seen. He moved slightly behind Rosalie who just rolled her eyes.
"We're sorry Bella. We just wanted to help." Carlisle said and Bella found it hard to stay mad at him.
"Do you realise what you have done? I can't protect you here! That charm I put on you lost its effect the second you left Forks. I thought I told you 2 that." She said, looking at Rosalie and Esme. "I thought you were going to make sure they stayed put."
"Look. It's a little too late now to send us away." Jasper said, looking around the hall. "And besides, you could use our help."
"Miss Potter." Bella turned around to face McGonagall. "I am sorry that I bought them here. But we could use the help. Now, isn't there something you were looking for?"
"Oh yeah." She said, going back over to Harry. "Hang on, Lupin? Is it ready?"
"I'm still not happy that you asked me, but yes. Everything is set." He replied with an eye roll.
"Let's go." They ran out of the room with Hermione and Ron behind them as the teachers started to evacuate the students. "Mione, Ron. Can you get into the chamber of secrets? We could really use a basilisk fang around now." Harry said as Mione and Ron ran in the other direction. "How are we going to find the diadem?"
"I don't know. We could always ask the Grey Lady." Bella replied.
"Who's the Grey Lady?" They turned around to see Edward stood behind them.
"Edward, I get why you're here, but right now I need you to help get the students out of here. The less around the better." She said, trying not to kiss him, since her brother still didn't know.
"You're the vampire from Forks? The one that scared the shit out of Ron." Harry said with a laugh.
"Yeah, sorry about that." Edward replied, nervously running his hand through his hair.
"Don't worry about it mate. He needed a good scare." Harry replied.
"Ok, as much as I'm lovin the fact you two are getting on, we need to go." Bella said.
"Right. Grey Lady. Where is she?" Harry asked.
"Ravenclaw tower." Bella replied, they started to head over there, when Edward moved to follow them. "Oh no. You, help get the kids out of here." She snapped.
"Bella…" He started.
"No Edward. This is a world that you don't understand. If Voldemort gets his hands on those kids, the death toll will increase massively! Help get them out of here. I'll explain later." She said, hugging him quickly before running up the stairs with Harry. She could only hope that he would listen to her and not follow.
They found the grey lady, who is actually Helena Ravenclaw, and she pointed them in the direction of the room of requirements. They ran over there and found Mione and Ron on the way, but they seemed a little pre-occupied with each other's tongues.
"Ok. As much as I'm happy you finally saw how perfect you are together, I really don't want to see you sucking faces." Harry said, pulling them apart. They ran the rest of the way to the room of requirements, filling them in on the way.
Here you go guys. Hope it's alright.
Emma