Hope I wasn't late enough for posting! I really hate making you guys wait! Here's chapter 24, hope you like it :D
Chapter 24:
"PETTIGREW!" Sirius Black roared. He wanted to lunge himself towards the man, wanting to wrap his arms around his neck and suffocate him, but even the reckless Sirius Black knew that he was in no position to threaten the man who could easily kill his son with two words and a swift wand movement. So, instead, he held his wand tight and kept out of Pettigrew's sight.
"I wish we weren't in this position Padfoot, If you just only joined our side…" Peter looked at Sirius while trying to fake a somber look, but Sirius saw right through Peter Pettigrew, the traitor he once called a friend, a brother even.
"I would have died, I would have killed myself before even thinking of betraying my friends, you filthy rat! To think I once thought you a friend!" But before Sirius could do anything else, the bundle in Peter's hands shifted and the very gruesome face that was hidden behind the blanket came to sight. It had red eyes full of malice, a gash for a nose, and its skin looked as that of a rotting corpse. The creature then uttered "Let them in"
And at those words, a herd of masked and cloaked men crept out of the darkness and gathered around them. Sirius immediately knew they were death eaters. Soon, two masks came off, and revealed a certain platinum blond man and his son, who looked lost and fazed, as though under the Imperious curse. Lucius Malfoy was smirking proudly, for he knew of what was to come.
Susan shifted uncomfortably and clutched to Sirius' robes, fear washing over her. She looked from death eater to another, her body trembling, as if waiting for the worst. She then looked at Orion, who was too shocked to speak, he only groaned from the pain he felt in his arms and legs.
"Draco Malfoy, my youngest servant, serve me well, kill the girl" the creature's lips curled into a wicked smirk and Draco Malfoy, whose face remained expressionless, moved forward and pointed his wand at Susan, who was now shaking furiously. Sirius was about to produce a shield but got stupefied by Lucius Malfoy, who was laughing at the scene.
"Daaaddd!" Orion screamed but was silenced by a spell from Lucius.
Susan had hot tears in her eyes, she looked pleadingly at Draco and said "This isn't you, they are controlling you. You cannot kill me, I am your friend. Please Draco, remember, wake up!" She was now shaking hysterically at the sight of her friend's wand pointed dangerously at her and cursed herself for leaving her wand behind in her dormitory.
"What are you waiting for boy? Do as our master commands you!" Lucius growled at his son.
Draco looked at his father and then at Susan, his hand started to shake. Images of him and Susan started playing through his mind and his hand shook even more. He shut his eyes closed and grunted. He was being torn between the imperious and his own mind. Soon after he regained control over his mind, Sirius had trained him and Orion well when it came to the mind arts.
"I won't kill her!" Draco turned towards his father and his master. "NEVER! NOT IN A MILLION YEARS!". He rushed towards Susan and hugged her close.
"Very well then, Lucius you know what to do"
Lucius pointed his wand at Susan and before Draco could do anything he hissed "Avada Kedavra!"
It all happened so fast, a bright green light burst from Lucius' wand and traveled towards the girl, hitting her right in the chest. Her eyes were wide in shock as the light of life left them and her body fell with a thud into Draco's arms. Orion, with the silencing spell gone at that moment, screamed his lungs out, his body trembling and tears pouring out of his eyes. Susan, his Susan, was dead.
Draco succumbed to the ground with her body still in his arms and cradled her as he wept. Susan was gone.
"As much as your son's pain pleases me, do rid me of him at the moment, I shall use him later"
Lucius stupefied his son and turned towards Peter "Shall we begin my Lord?"
"Yes" the creature hissed. Pettigrew then dumped him in a cauldron and walked towards Orion, whose eyes were still fixated on Susan's body. He took out his wand and pointed it at the tombstone Orion was tied to. "Bone of the father, unknowingly given, you will renew your son." A bone was summoned from the Tom Riddle Sr. 's grave and into the steaming cauldron. Pettigrew then took out a knife and cut off his own hand while painfully managing to say "Flesh of the servant, willingly given, you will revive your master" he through his arm in the cauldron while wincing in pain, and then used that same knife to cut through Orion's hand, shedding his blood on it "Blood of the enemy, forcibly taken, you will resurrect your foe" and his blood too was poured in the cauldron.
The potion shifted and transformed, and soon came out what looked like a man from the cauldron. He was immediately cloaked by Pettigrew. Voldemort has risen again. His long fingers touched his snake-like face and his lips twisted into a wicked smile. He laughed manically and turned towards his death eaters. "My servants! My treacherous servants! Malfoy, Crabbe, Goyle, Nott, Avery, MacNair! None of you tried to find me!"
"We thought you were dead, my Lord…"
"SILENCE!" Voldemort hissed at them and carried on, his cloak bellowing him as he paced "You know of course, that they have called this boy my downfall!" he pointed his long finger towards Orion. "You all know that on the night I lost my powers and body, I tried to kill him. His mother died in the attempt to save him, and unwittingly provided him with a protection I admit I had not foreseen…I could not touch the boy. His mother left upon him the traces of her sacrifice…This is old magic, I should've remembered it, I was foolish to overlook it…but no matter…I can touch him NOW!" Voldemort touched Orion's forehead and a hidden scar glowed at his touch. Orion screamed with agony until he felt him move his finger away and the scar disappeared again.
"But my Lord! Isn't it Harry Potter that caused your demise?" Goyle spluttered but was silenced by his master's glare "You idiot! You disappoint me for not knowing this, all of you! Orion Black is Harry Potter! His loving Godfather tried to hide him from me by a blood ritual that made him his own, but it is still him!" He stared at Orion with deep hatred and growled "Let him down!"
Pettigrew rushed towards Orion and undid his bounds. Orion fell to the ground with a thud. He stood after regaining his balance and faced his enemy.
"Crucio!" and Orion started convulsing on the ground, his body shaking with agony. "Crucio! Crucio!" Voldemort cackled as he crucio-ed Orion over and over again. He then lifted the curse and waited for Orion to regain enough strength to stand up.
"Now, Potter, or shall I say Black! I reckon you know what a proper duel looks like! If you don't though, allow me to tell you. First, combatants bow to each other." Voldemort gave a small bow and then hissed "BOW!" Orion was then forced to bow by Voldemort's wand. "And now that the formalities are done, let's duel, AVADA KEDAVRA!" Voldemort growled and Orion roared at the same time "EXPELLIARMUS!"
A green and a red light emerged from the two wands and collided in the middle of the distance between the two duelers. After a few seconds, Orion's wand was able to dominate Voldemort's submissive one to reiterate its past spells and the spirits of James Potter, Lily Potter and Susan Bones emerged into sight, along with some others.
"Mom, Dad.." Orion stared at the translucent form of what he had known from photographs to be his birth parents.
"Be brave Orion" Lily said to him, he was surprised she called him Orion.
"Why didn't you call me Harry?" Orion asked, confused.
"Because you are Orion, you've been Orion Black your entire life, and that will never change" Lily smiled at her son
"Sirius has been a good father to you, and I am glad that you hold the name and blood of my best and most loyal friend. You will always be my son, but you are his son too." James too smiled at Orion who smiled back at them and then looked at Susan's ghost "Susan, lovely Susan, I failed you"
"Oh no my dear Orion, you didn't fail me, I died because of my own recklessness, but I did not die in vain, I died for you. You will defeat Voldemort, I know it!" She smiled at him and tears filled his eyes "I love you Susan, I love you so much" he said between sobs, his green orbs glistening. She beamed at him and said "I love you too, you were my first love, and I was yours"
"You will always be my first love" Orion told her
"I know, and I must ask one last favor from you" She looked deeply into his eyes
"Anything, my love" he said
"Take my body to my aunt." She said and he wept again "I will. I love you" he said
"I love you too" she smiled again
"Orion, we will provide a distraction now, take Susan's body as well as Draco and Sirius and run!" James said and Orion was fast to comply. Orion woke Sirius and Draco with a wandless spell. "Touch the cup, now!" he screamed and he quickly seized Susan's body and the triwizard cup along with Sirius and Draco and they were apparated away from the graveyard, with Voldemort's screams left to echo.
That's it for this chapter! I know you all hate me now for killing off Susan, but she will always be Orion's first love. Please review and tell me what you think of this chapter and how this story should continue! Review, review, review !
XOXO! Cleo26