A/N: Thank you all for the reviews. Harry Potter is not mine, this is a story from a fan.
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It was at midnight when everyone gathered around the boiling cauldron and started to put the whole Mandragoras in to it, before they put the lid back on the Caldron. As they looked on they could see the water starting to turn a light green colour. It didn't smell that good and it made Arabella laugh.
Most of the kids were gagging from the smell the caldron was producing. All they had to do now was to stir it thirty times clockwise every hour on the hour and ten times anti clockwise for four long days.
It was now that the friends were really happy with Hermione as one of their friends. There was no one better in making a schedule like her and it was now that they needed it more than ever because it would be four tiresome days.
It was not much later that a very beaming Hermione had started on the schedule and didn't stop until she had it done. In the end everyone had a turn for six long hours at a stretch, which they had to do with someone ells.
Amelia and Minerva were the only ones who wouldn't be part of the schedule, because they would keep on doing their own jobs, while they were giving Albus a lot more to do than he normally would do.
It was however the same Idea Albus had; only he wanted to do it to Minerva. So in his all knowing wisdom he got the one person who could help him with all of this. "Ah, Severus my boy, I'm glad you could come to help me out. Now as I told you, Harry and his friends will be staying here for a while to learn the patronus charm, I would like for you to help teach it to them".
"Off course Headmaster it would be a pleasure to teach them" As if I have nothing ells to do then to babysit a bunch of spoiled brats he thought.
At six in the morning Susan came down to the secret chamber with Augusta. They were accompanied by Amelia who would be staying for an hour because after that she had to go to the ministry to do her job.
Sitting next to the caldron Susan realized that it would be six long boring hours so she looked over at her aunty. "Auntyyyyy, What are you going to do about Dumbledork" Susan ask in a teasing tone.
Amelia had to smile when she heard her niece. "Well Suuuusssssan" she started back in the same tone. "Dumbledore is going to be the fun thing. As head of the DLME I'm responsible for the security of the school. One of those things I could do was to get Tonks between these walls. She is the one who will be teaching all of you the patronus charm. But she will also be watching the entrance of the Secret chamber. I'm however glad that Harry did teach you all the parsel articulation to open the chamber. Now to keep Albus busy as hell Minerva and I will seek him out for every little thing we can think of. So he will be making a lot of trips to the ministry for one or two questions at a time". Amelia smiled as she nodded to Augusta.
Augusta chuckled and made question marks in the air. "Well me as head of the board of governors of Hogwarts have my own questions for him. Now I'm not allowed to know anything about the things Amelia is doing. So I will drive him crazy by asking the same things Amelia will be doing".
The idea alone put Susan into a fit of giggles. "Oh oh oh wait till the others hear about this" she said between breaths.
In the end it all came down to Albus sitting in his office for every night just praying for the friends to go home so he could have some piece an quiet time for himself.
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As the days went on everyone got there turn stirring the Caldron, and when they were not, Tonks would teach them the Patronus charm. While everyone took their turn it wasn't always sunshine. Like always when you wanted something to go well it didn't.
It was early in the morning on the third day when Minerva walked into the Gryffindor common room. In her hand she had the morning prophet from that day and was waiving it around in a frantic way. Her eyes were full of fury and it didn't look good for them.
Daphne who was sitting in the couch next to Harry bolted up the stairs to the girls dormitories shouting to the others that they had to come down.
Harry who sat next to her did the same thing only he did it on the boy's side. It was only a minute later that Daphne and Harry came down followed by their friends. Sirius and Dan came down five minutes later to the annoyance of Minerva. It was ten minutes later that everyone was down. The last one to come down had been Augusta.
The ones who weren't there were Hermione and Emma. This because it was their turn to stir the caldron.
With a little hesitation and a sad look to the others, she gave the morning prophet to Daphne so she could read the article out loud.
The Boy who lived is now, He who collects slaves to mistreat and abuse them.
By Rita Skeeter.
My dear Readers, what I'm about to write to you, is something you will not believe. It is something I myself would not have believed if I had not heard it myself.
But after a very intense search that I Rita Skeeter have done myself, I have unearthed the truth, a truth I will share with you all. But I will warn you, it's a very disturbing truth.
It is very strange but Harry Potter, the boy who lived. Has and I have heard it from many people. Has taken a little girl, a girl that is only a year younger them himself as his slave.
To do this he has used the old laws and ways to make her his. By doing so he didn't only used the old laws and ways, he manipulated them for his own pleasure. Now I hear you asking how did he do it. Well he told everyone that he had saved Ginerva Molly Weasley, that sweet little girl, form a Basilisk. From all the creatures he could have said told them it was a Basilisk.
Yes my dear readers those are creatures of legends and he just happened to see one and saved Ginerva from it. So just like you all I think it's a highly unlikely tale.
However even if it is very unlikely, Mr. Potter did use the tale to make Arthur Weasley (The father of Ginerva Molly Weasley) believe that she was now his slave.
Off course my dear readers it was all a tale to get his first slave, if it was true than it would have been a boa constrictor, but never a Basilisk.
No I do know that many readers don't like it when I write bad things about the boy who lived, but whether or not the tale is true. One thing is clear. Ginerva Molly Weasley is now fulfilling her life debt as a slave to Lord Potter, and only he knows what she is doing now.
But like I said before, you do not have to believe me, believe the people who were there when he made her his slave. I personally went to all those people and asked their side of the story.
The first person I spoke to was none other than Albus Dumbledore the headmaster of Hogwarts, the slayer of Grindelwald the dark lord of his time and our own Leader of the light. I asked "Mr. Dumbledore could you tell us what happened according to you".
"Harry came to my Office with a highly unlikely story. He told me that he had just save Ginny from the secret chamber. Now I do have to tell you that many adults have search the whole castle from top to bottom. None of them has ever found even the tiniest inkling of the chamber of secrets. So I really doubt that a boy of only twelve has done what many adults couldn't do.
The next thing Harry told me was that he had saved Miss Weasley from a giant snake; he also told us it was a Basilisk. Now if this was true I would think that a boy of twelve could not defeat it. I would have had a lot of trouble to do something like that, now I could do it I tell you but it would take a lot of power from me. So I´m sure harry Potter didn't do it".
Well Mr. Dumbledore, that was very interesting but when did Mr. Potter take Ginny as his slave.
"Ah yes, Miss Skeeter. Well it was not long after Mr. And misses Weasley came to the infirmary that Harry Potter, Miss Greengrass and Miss Figg made this ruse to get Miss Weasley to be his slave. I did say a ruse because it can't be anything ells".
But Headmaster Dumbledore didn't you tried to stop it from happening.
"Off course I did Miss Skeeter. I really tried to stop it all from happening, but Unfortunately I have to tell you that young Harry didn't want to listen to me. I really think that he likes the idea of having a slave and to tell you the truth I don't want to think what he is going to do with her when he is sixteen or maybe even sooner".
Here dear readers, that was what the great Albus Dumbledore the leader of the light has told me And yes dear readers I to was very shocked. Of course I didn't believe it right away and I went on with my investigation. But if this was all it would not have been too bad because there are ways to get slaves transferred to another person, however there was even more. Molly Weasley, the mother of Ginerva Molly Weasley told me something that I found even more shocking than the boy who lived taking a slave.
Dear Molly it had been you that came to us at the daily prophet to ask us if I would seek out the truth. Now I for one was very surprised to hear about the things the boy who lived had done. Yes dear readers I was very surprised indeed. Molly Weasley told me that Harry had taken Mr. Weasley and Miss Ginerva to another room in Hogwarts. It was there that they turned Ginny into a slave.
So I ask you how could Mr. Weasley, let something like this happen. Well what I found out was more than disturbing, it was criminal. According to Molly Weasley, Arthur Weasley would never do a thing like that to his only daughter, so Harry had used the Imperius curse to get my daughter away from me.
It were by these words that the strong Woman that was sitting in front of me broke down into the broken Woman she really is.
I couldn't get any more from this broken down woman so I had to ask my next questions to the sad Brother that was sitting next to his mother.
At first I didn't ask a thing I just looked at Mr. Ronald Weasley and his best friend Draco Malfoy. For those who don't know Mr. Malfoy, he is the son of the upstanding citizen Lord Malfoy. This is what they had to say.
"We are both Students at Hogwarts and are sharing many classes with Harry Potter. At school he is always strutting around like he was the prince of Hogwarts and everyone has to bow for his greatness. We all have to do as he says and all the teachers are afraid of him. Most of them are favoring him just because they are that scared.
Only Professor Snape is treating him for what he is, a spoiled brat. If it weren't for him we don't know what would have happened to us. He is bullying everyone. And if something happened he will blame it up on us. It would not even surprise me if Harry made a slave of my sister just to have his way with her".
This was the moment that I, Rita Skeeter had to comfort Mr. Ronald Weasley with the loss of his sister. I could see that Mr. Weasley could not go on so I turned my attention to Mr. Malfoy, his best friend and he continued by telling me the next thing.
"Like my best friend just told you he is very afraid that Harry James Potter will use his sister for whatever sick way he can think of. He is even afraid that he will sell her to the highest bidder to have his way for one night".
Now dear readers I don't have to tell you that I was freaked out of my mind. How could a young Lord do something like this? Why is his grandmother allowing him to do it? Does she not see that the Boy who lived is starting to go Dark or is she allowing it on purpose?
But also why is Headmaster Dumbledore no longer his magical Guardian. It is clear to me that his Grandmother is not the right person for the job.
Now the last thing I want to know is how is it that a mother can lose her daughter like this. Does the ministry do nothing about this and are we only seeing the end of this, or is it just the start for a lot to come.
But my dear readers I will stay on the story and tell you as soon as there is more to tell.
Rita Skeeter
Daphne lay down the Daily Prophet and started to sob softly. "This is not how it went. We didn't want any of this. We only wanted to help Ginny to make it safer for her to be at home. She would only be a slave on paper. She isn't even living with us". Slowly the sobs of Daphne turned into real tears and she started to really cry.
Bella ran to her and took her in her arms.
"but those things they say is not what Harry does. He would never do things like that to Ginny". Daphne lost it and started to cry uncontrollably. Bella hold her against her chest and could see that Susan was also crying softly. It was not a strange idea for Bella. It had been them who had made the plan and it had been Harry who had to do it. As she gazed over at Neville she could see that he wasn't far from crying.
The adults took the children in their arms. After another ten minutes of getting their composure back it was Susan who opened her mouth. "Harry we could make an appeal in the Wizengamot. There we could make her known as your slave".
Harry who immediately wanted to protest saw the hand of Susan who gestured him to wait. "Harry I know that you do not want that. But it is there that we could show them the contract we made. It is also there that Arthur could tell his side and we might even get the twins to speak on yours and Ginny's favor. The things we could get by doing this, is that Molly has to answer question under Veritaserum so she has to tell the truth of how she was treating Ginny".
It wasn't a lot they could come up with but the idea from Susan was the one thing that could work. The only downfall would be that Harry had to take Ginny as his slave. It would not be a big change for him but it would be a very big change for Ginny. Not only would she stay and live with Harry because he was her master. No, she would not be allowed to go to Hogwarts for her second year. As A slave she would be no more than a house elf and it would mean that her wand would be snapped. Now there were some things they could do about that but what that was they didn't know.
While Harry looked up at his grandmother with tears in his eyes she answered his question without him asking it. "It's okay Harry; Ginny can stay with us for as long as she wants. I know that you will not use her and that you will be a good friend to her. Nobody in this room believes that story". And she gave a very pointed look at Sirius. "And I also believe that many people outside don't believe it either".
Minerva took her cub into a gentle hug and told him that he had to practice his patronus. Most of them could already get enough silvery mist to ward of a Dementor but no one had yet produced a corporal one, but that was only a matter of time.
While she watched her little cub walking away she could feel the pain he was feeling. With his head hanging down she saw him walking behind Tonks. Her little cub, the Lord of three houses, one marriage contract and one he wanted to make. On top of that he had two slaves, One being Lady Hogwarts and the other Ginny Weasley only a year younger than himself. She could not say that she was happy with the idea that he had made a slave from Ginny. But their intentions had been honorable and were only done to help her. However that had only been the start of all the things he had now resting on his little shoulders. No, the only thing Minerva could hope for was that when Lady Hogwarts would be among them when the ritual works. That she could help her cub more than she herself could do.
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Lady Hogwarts listen.
(Let's go back to the point the Lady was floating ahead of the four house ghosts).
Lady Hogwarts had been in hiding for a little while now. Nobody had seen or heard from her from the moment Helena had told that she thought the Lady had to know something. It had been the story from Helena Ravenclaw that had scared the Lady to her core.
("Dear Lady" Sir. Nicolas started. "Do you have any Idea who the mother of this young Lord is".
Her eyes were starting to get a little bit misty. "I have heard that her name was Lily Evans, She had been one of the brightest students that has ever walked these corridors".
The ghost of Helena Ravenclaw could not help herself and started to laugh loudly.
Lady Hogwarts looked at her accusingly.
Helena saw it and gave a little giggle. "I'm very sorry my dear Lady but I think you have to know something").
"My Lady is that all you know of her" Helena asked in a small voice. She was a little scared that the Lady would answer her with a firm Yes.
"Yes Helena that is all I know. I hear all these stories and I can't remember her like all of you seemed to do".
As the four ghosts were looking at each other there was doubt in their ghostly faces.
"I know it's hard to believe but I really can't remember her. I don't even remember the name Evans or even a Lily Evans. As far as I know there has never been a Lily Evans at this school".
Helena tried to put her ghostly arm around the shoulder of the Lady but it went right through the magic of the Lady. A soft smile appeared on the face of the lady but that was all it was. "My dear Lady let me tell you about the mother of young Lord Potter. Well Lily Evans was the first witch who asked to be resorted into another house. Now that was something she wasn't allowed to do. We ghost never knew why she wanted to do it, but we heard that she wanted to do it for some students who wanted to change because they were outsiders or something like that".
Slowly the Lady started to nod but her face became very pensive.
"Well that was just one thing but not the biggest thing she had done" Helena went on. "No, one of the biggest things she had done was befriending a Goblin. She had been the first Muggleborn to do a thing like that. Upon till that point it had only been done by the real big and gray houses like the Potters, Longbottom's and the Greengrasses. The other big thing had been the time that she went up against the board of Governess". The more Helena spoke the more the Lady had to think. "I'm sorry my Lady but I can still see that you really don't remember her". It was now that she turned to Sir Nicholas, "Sir could you tell the Lady what Lily looked like".
"Sure I can" Sir. Nikolas said. "Now Lily was a wonderful girl she had flaming red hair and was always standing up for the ones who couldn't do it themselves. She was the brightest witch of her generation and on top of it all she was a seer, a really powerful seer who remembered what she saw and only used her gift to help the others around her".
The Lady Nodded again and without a word she floated away. Her thoughts were going all over the place and she had a really hard time thinking about it. All the things she had heard were stories from a Lily McGonagall. But the Lily Evans they were all talking about was a girl she just didn't remember. It made her very afraid, could she have told her master the wrong stories about his mother. It was these thoughts that made her hide herself away for a little while.
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Alright, back to the present.
The time in the secret chamber went by very slowly. Because they only had the stir the potion for four days on the hour every hour, it became very boring down there when they were sitting around for fifty nine minutes at a time. Because Tonks was with them she taught them a lot of spells but other than that there wasn't much else to do.
It didn't help them that Snape and Albus were lurking around the bathroom of Moaning Myrtle at every chance they got. Most of the time they were looking for Harry and when they found him they brought him to the other side of the castle. He escaped by house elf on moments when they weren't looking at him. The first time it happened he told Maxi to get him away. After that he told Maxi to get him away every time it happened to him.
On top of it all Sirius had to help Bogrod for a couple of days. This time he was suppose to go to a cave that was inside a cliff. Because it was a long way away he had the opportunity to show himself so Amelia could send a surge party.
Minutes became hours and hours became days.
It was on the third day that Harry was taking a walk around the lake with Daphne and Bella at his side. He had his head hanging down.
Bella who had been walking on his left knew that something was eating at him. It had been a very long time that she had seen him like this and the only thing she could do was wait. Wait until the moment that he wanted to tell what was annoying him. It had been one of the things she had discussed in length with Daphne on the moment they had together.
Daphne who had been walking on the other side of Harry looked sideways at Bella. From the moment Harry had told her that he wanted to make a marriage contract with her. She had become extremely close to Bella. Together they had made a pact to always be there for Harry when he needed them, But to also be there for each other. While they made the pact Bella had told her all that she knew about Harry but also how to deal with him. One of those things was the way he was acting now. Bella had told her to let him go on until he himself was ready. But she wanted to hex him if he would keep this up.
After about fifteen minutes Harry let out a very deep sigh. This has been the thing Bella and Daphne had been waiting for. A little sheepishly Harry looked up and smiled his lopsided smile. "Well Lady's what would you say if I said I want to make Ginny our Daughter".
Bella didn't understand him but Daphne got a eureka expression on her face. "If you can do it are you going to gif her back to Arthur when she is seventeen" she asked.
"No, I don't think I will be able to, If I can I will do it but I don't know. I'm not even sure if this will work".
"Just wait on" Bella screamed. "What the hell are you talking about, what am I missing here".
Daphne took Bella into her arms. "Nothing sweetheart, Harry is just asking if you want to be a mommy next week".
"Ooh sure, what wait. No, I can't, not yet. But then we have to, you know get naked, but I'm not ready".
Harry and Daphne started to laugh. Daphne hugged Bella closer. "Bella you are rambling. What Harry was asking is something that can be done, but has only been done one time in the past. He is going to make Ginny the offer of becoming his daughter. With that she could go to Hogwarts and become whatever she wants".
"Is that even possible, you know to make her your Daughter" Bella asked.
Harry shrugged his shoulders. "Our daughter and I don't really know. I only saw that you can make a slave apart of your family taking away the slavery part but I don't know how it is really done, however I do think that she will become my daughter if I do".
"Are you sure that will be the outcome" Daphne said as she started to bite her lower lip.
"No, but we do know who we could ask" and Harry gave a small knowing smile that was answered with two identical grins. "I'm however going to tell the others about it but not Ginny, not yet. I want to be sure that when we ask her we have all the facts. If we can do it I will tell her it's only on paper, Arthur will always be her daddy".
While Daphne informed the one person they knew that could help, Harry and Bella started to make the plan. He would take care of Ginny and if the only way was as his slave, then so be it. The main plan would be done when they would have their day in the Wizengamot just like Susan had said.
At midnight on the third day all the friends gathered around the caldron again. This was the second part of the ritual before they all got some rest. Arabella took the lid of the caldron and the friends started to do their part. Susan, Harry and Hermione were chopping up devil snare into pieces of four inches, while Neville, Bella and Daphne started to add it to the caldron. Then Bella took the first turn to stir the potion twelve times anti clockwise and two times clockwise, something that would be repeated on the hour for six times, with every friend getting his turn.
Two hours before midnight on the last day Bella said goodbye to Harry with a Hug. It was her turn to stir the caldron for the last couple of times.
Harry took the hug and went to surge the castle for Lady Hogwarts. There were only a couple of hours left on the fourth day. The potion was almost ready and then it would only be one day before Lady Hogwarts had her body.
Slowly the tension started to take hold of everyone. If it would not work than they had to wait another year to try it again. That was also the one thing they didn't want. But as always they would be very happy with Arabella, She was the best potion mistress there was, in whole of England even batter then Snape. Her only problem was that she was a squid. And no pureblood wanted to work with her.
After thirty minutes Harry came into the chamber and was followed by a floating Lady Hogwarts. Bella and Arabella were standing around the golden caldron. Daphne was sitting on a chair while Isabella was counting the stirs Bella was stirring.
They eyes of the lady became wide when she saw the caldron. While her gaze went to her master she asked without any sound coming out of her mouth "what are you all doing down here".
Harry chuckled a little when he saw her eyes. With a big smile on his face he took the hand of his mother and asked if Arabella would tell the Lady what they were doing because he hadn't done it yet.
"No Harry I can't, this is your work and that of your friends".
"Yes mum you can" Bella almost snapped. "Without you we would have never come so far and you know it". Bella told her mum while she looked up at her with pride in her eyes.
Arabella wanted to refuse again but the looks she got from all the friends kept her from saying something. It gave her a warm feeling and a satisfying thought that for ones she was accepted by more than one pure blood. With a little smile of her own she started to tell the ritual of (CURSE OF DESIRE AND MAGICAL ENTITY FROM THE BODY OF THE BEAST) to Lady Hogwarts. At the end of the explanation she told that Lady Hogwarts could decide her own appearance while she was in the caldron. This way she could create her own identity, hair, eyes and whatever else she could think of.
But before they could do that they first had to cut the piece from the Basilisk they needed to harness the magic of Lady Hogwarts. It was not long after Harry and Daphne had cut three pieces of Basilisk flesh, one for Lady Hogwarts and two as reserve pieces for another time if the ritual would fail, which they put under a stasis' charm. Arabella started to take apart the rest of the basilisk. She had said that it was worth a lot of money.
Harry didn't want the money and told her that she could keep it for a potion store in Hogsmeade. It was the one thing Arabella really wanted and even though they hadn't been to Hogsmeade yet, they had heard that there wasn't a store like that in that little town.
With only a couple of minutes to go until midnight every one came into the room and were gathering around the caldron. Only five minutes left to go Arabella started to prepare herself to start the big ritual. While the friends and the adults starting to prepare the chamber for the long day that was ahead of them Arabella was putting the last of the ingredients into the caldron.
Now they had four hours of letting the potion boil softly while the friends were sitting on mattresses they had laid down on the floor. Bella and Hermione would keep track of time and make sure that the ritual would be on time all the time. Just so that the others didn't have to worry about it, the adults would keep an eye on it all.
On the other side of the chamber behind a screen was Lady Hogwarts together with Tonks. Tonks was there to change into the form the lady wanted. It was a good way to see what she would look like when it was done. The screen had been something the lady had conjured out of nothing. She wanted to keep her form a secret until it was done, this to the chagrin of the friends.
The only one who had been allowed to look had been Minerva. Her smile told the friends she was very pleased. But the lack of information frustrated the friends even more.
Four hours had almost past and it was time for the friends to do what they had to do. So they started to recite there lines they had to say. While they sad it together they were looking with doubt in their eyes. A lot could go wrong and those were the thoughts that would appear at moments like this.
"Alright Harry your almost up, right after you is Daphne then Neville and the last will be Susan" Hermione said.
Harry made his way to the caldron and was followed by the other three.
"Now" Hermione almost shouted.
"Harry took the point of the ritual knife and pricked his finger. Then he gave the knife to Daphne. Harry squeezed his finger until one drop of blood fell into the caldron. He took a last breath and started to say the spell.
I give my blood for your life.
Pure of Blood.
I give my blood for your life.
Pure of soul.
I give my blood for your life.
Pure of heart.
Live through my blood.
Live through my soul.
Live through my heart.
He took the big wooden spoon and stirred it clockwise for three times.
He was immediately followed by Daphne who did the same thing, then Neville and finally Susan. Now they had to wait for an hour to then repeat it all until midnight that night. After the fourth time they all started to feel the fatigue in there body's. So to kill the time they were reminiscing about the last four days. After some talking Harry asked one of his house elves to get the potter pensive so they could look at some of the memories.
The first memory was that of Tonks. She was standing in the bathroom of moaning myrtle and heard someone coming down the corridor. As she peeked through the crack of the open door she saw that it was Albus who was slowly approaching. Tonks turned to the mirror and smirked at herself. As she turned into a little girl she opened her robe. Underneath she was fully dressed but she held it apart by her hands as if she were naked.
Albus didn't knock and just opened the door to the bathroom.
"AAAAHHHH DIRTY OLD MAN" and Tonks screamed and slammed her robe shut while she made her eyes twice as big from fright.
Albus slammed the door and they could all hear his running footsteps going away from the bathroom.
It took twenty minutes for all of them to calm down again from laughing. From that moment they only whispered dirty old man to make Albus scamper away.
They did the next round of the ritual to then go back to the pensieve.
This time it was Bella who shown them her memory. It wasn't a nice one but it had made a lot of them very angry. It all happened the first day they were in the castle.
Bella was walking together with Hermione and her mother down the corridors of Hogwarts. Emma Granger who had never seen a castle like this was looking around in wonder. They were followed by Daphne, and Harry.
On the way to the front door they run into Professor Snape. "The Headmaster is really losing it if he lets muggles walking around these corridors" he sneered.
"Muggles," Emma asked a little confused.
"That is what stupid wizards like him call none magical people, we call them human, friends, and family" Bella told Emma.
"Well I can't say that I mind it, but the way you are saying it it's like it's a very bad thing" Emma said as she looked Severus in the eye.
"How dare you speak to me".
"How dare I, Now you listen here you greasy git, I don't care if you are magical or a Professor of my daughter but I will not stand for someone like you to disrespect me like that" Emma screamed.
Snape didn't say anything he just took his wand and whispered Legilimens.
Emma slammed her hands against her head. "What are you doing to me" she screamed.
Bella didn't know what she was doing but on pure instinct she grabbed the hands of Daphne and Harry as she looked them in the eyes. She then looked over at Snape and said Legilimens. They appeared in a wood that was surrounded by a river.
"Bellatrix what did you do and where are we".
"we are in the mind of that bastard Daphne. He is attacking the mind of Emma so I got us into his. Now we have to do something to get him to let go of Emma and to make sure he never does it again".
"I know something, I will paint everything red and Gold" Harry said.
"Good one, I will chop down a couple of hundred trees" Daphne replied with a sneer that was worthy of the git himself.
"You two do that while I will put up some ward so he can't fix id whit magic, he has to do it the Muggle way and I will see if I can find out what he is planning".
"So that is what he did to me". Emma said as they all came out of the pensieve.
"That bastard I'm going to kill him" Amelia yelled. "He is not allowed to read minds like that. What he did is torture or mind rape".
Five of the six friends jumped up and held Amelia in her place while she wanted to storm after Severus. Only Hermione stood still and took a piece of parchment out of her bag "Amelia when Bellatrix is sent back, you can have s.n.i.v.e.l.l.u.s".
Amelia corked an eyebrow. "Why did you write that down".
The friends all smiled "Well we are keeping score for who wants to hurt who the most. You are leading the pack with Snivellus, aunt Mini with Minister Bumble and for Dumbledork, it's a tie between aunt Mini and aunt Poppy".
Everyone started to laugh again. Only Emma had a thoughtful look. "How is it that you can do magic in the mind".
"You can't" Isabella said.
"BUT".
"No Emma you can't. But when you do it in the mind, the mind thinks it's real. Just like phantom pains. You know those pain you get when you lost a limp. Even when it's gone your mind still feels the pain".
"So Voldemort isn't really in the mind of Bella".
"Yes he is, it's a memory of himself. And that Memory is leading a life of its own. So by placing him in a chest or coffin her mind thinks he is locked up. But when she has a thought of him being free he can attack again and that will only stop when he is dead. Then the mind will know the memory isn't real anymore".
Emma nodded just as many of the others did. "Time" Hermione said and Harry got up to take his turn at the caldron again and was followed by the others. Susan was the last one who dropped a drop of blood in the caldron, said the spell and stirred the potion to then wait for the next turn.
There was one thing that changed every time one of the friends had taken their turn. The caldron would light up brighter and brighter with each turn that went by.
Slowly it became evening and they had their meal in the chamber on a very long wooden table that had been placed there by the house elves of Hogwarts. It became a family dinner that created a big smile on the face of Harry, A dinner that had to be interrupted for one moment because the friends had to make another round for the ritual.
Slowly the time crawled to midnight. Every hour that passed became more and more exhausting for the friends. Daphne and Susan had to be woken just before they had to do there turn. Neville and Harry were staying awake by drinking pepper up potions. With only three more times to go they got difficulties reciting the spell. So just before their turn they took the pepper up to say the spell clear and out loud.
Poppy was getting very stressed as it was almost midnight. She wanted to get them into the infirmary but knew they had to go one last time. The other thing she was worried about were the Pepper up potions the friends were taking. Normally they would only get one and it had been several so far.
Finally the time had arrived, as the clock struck midnight Bella and Hermione took the Basilisk meat to the caldron and slid it into the caldron. Lady Hogwarts started to hover over to the caldron. As she past Harry she said, "Thank you master".
Harry wanted to protest immediately but felt the cold finger of Lady Hogwarts against his lips to then slide right through him. She wanted to stop him but forgot that she was still a magical entity and not a solid form. She smiled and lowered herself into the boiling Caldron.
The four friends stood around the caldron and watched Hermione who was counting back with her fingers in the air, Three, Two, One.
"I give my blood for your life.
Pure of Blood.
I give my blood for your life.
Pure of soul.
I give my blood for your life.
Pure of heart.
Live through my blood.
Live through my soul.
Live through my heart" the friends said in unison.
Bella who sat on one of the four mattresses looked on as her friends and lover said the spell for the last time. She sat there with a smile on her face and her back against her mum.
Isabella sat next to Amelia and Tonks. Minerva was sitting in the corner with Dan and Emma while she scratched the head of Padfoot.
When the friends had finished the spell the light inside of the caldron started to increase. It became brighter and brighter. The lights started to be blinding and everyone started to hold their hands in front of their eyes. After a little over ten minutes the light started to dim down. They could now see that the potion was starting to disappear into the piece of basilisk meat and that it was forming into a person.
So with their job done they made their way back to the mattresses they all slumped down and into a well deserved and peas full sleep. Poppy looked them over and saw that they were all exhausted. With the help of her personal house elf she transported the friends to the infirmary. If Albus would show up she could tell him that they overdid the patronus charm.
Minerva, Emma and Isabella went along to watch the friends while the others stayed to see what would happened further. The first thing they saw were the four house ghost that came floating through the wall and over to the caldron. They were then followed by all the other ghosts, even Peeves was in awe as he looked at the caldron.
As one the flames under the caldron extinguished all by itself with a pop, from inside the caldron there was another bright light. Slowly a silhouette appeared above the caldron. Four identical beams of light shot from the silhouette and shot straight through the wall.
Later they would hear that the beams disappeared into the bodies of the four friends.
As the light from the caldron started to shimmer down the silhouette of the person became more clearly. Slowly a woman started to form and Tonks could see she was in an undressed state. So she immediately took a blanket and rushed over to her side. With her eyes closed she held the blanket out in front of her so that the Lady could take it. It wasn't so that she didn't want to look, no, but the light the Lady was still radiating made it hard to look at her. No one in the chamber could look at her with the eyes white open.
Slowly the light started to shimmer down again and Tonks was the first to look up at her. As the Lady opened her eyes there was a hush that filled the chamber "My Lady how do you feel".
The Lady smiled bended her arms a little. "Hmm that feels really weird" she told her with a smile followed by. "GET OUT NOW ALL OF YOU".
A/N: This was it again for this week. I hope you have all enjoyed it. See you all in two weeks time.
Gr. Winmau