Chapter 22: Just Neville
We all tuned around and formed a small circle our backs were all to each other. I distinctly heard Ginny gasp. Black shapes with masks and were emerging from all over the room. They all wore black robes, had masks with only slits for eyes, and they all had their wands drawn. I immediately recognized what they wore from my dream. My left arm tingled on my wrist. I had my wand drawn at all of them. From what I could tell so did the rest of us.
"To me, Potter," repeated the voice which I now saw belonged to Lucius Malfoy. I was breathing heavily. But trying to look tough, we were all outnumbered at least one of us to two of them.
"To me," repeated Malfoy holding out his hand.
"Where's Sirius?" Said Harry's voice.
A few of the death eaters laughed, my stomach dropped at that.
"Give me that prophecy Potter," said Lucius with a laugh.
"I want to know where Sirius is," mimicked a witch to Harry's left. I was close to her. I turned my head slightly and saw someone who had been in my dreams and in the newspapers... Bellatrix Lestrange.
All the death eaters were closing in on us. I felt like there was no air in the room to breath.
"You've got him, you've got him in here... I know it," said Harry.
"The little baby woke up frightened and though what he dreamed was true," said Bellatrix in a awful mock-baby voice.
"Don't do anything," muttered Harry quietly. "Not yet-"
She laughed. "Do you hear him? Do you hear him?! Giving instructions to the other children as though he thinks of fighting us!" Said the woman.
I looked around the room at all the faces or masks. It was a terrifying sight that I knew would be in my dreams for months if I survived this.
"Oh, you don't know Potter as I do, Bellatrix," said Lucius softly. "He has a great weakness for heroics; the Dark Lord understands this about him. Now, give me the prophecy, Potter,"
"I know Sirius is here. Know you've got him," said Harry. I felt his chair rising and falling rapidly against my arm.
The death eaters laughed again, but the woman laughed again loudest of all.
"It's time you learned the difference between life, and dreams, Potter," said Lucius. "Now, give me that prophecy or we start using wands," he said threateningly.
Harry laughed this time. "Yeah, right? I give you this prophecy and you skip on home, will you?" Said Harry. I smirked a little but stopped myself when I remove red the situation we were in. I laughed a tiny bit.
"The girl... Next to him... I recognize her, who is she?" Asked Bellatrix in a whisper to Lucius.
"Eliza Potter," he whispered back. I stood up slightly straighter.
Bellatrix then shrieked "Accio Prop-"
But Harry was ready he screamed "protego," the spell didn't affect Harry thanks to the shield.
"Oh, he knows how to play, little bitty baby potter. Very well, then," said Bellatrix as she stared at Harry.
"I told you, no," roared Lucius Malfoy. "If you smash it," he screamed at Bellatrix.
"You need more persuasion?" Said Lestrange. "Very well, take the smallest one," she ordered a death eater. "Let him watch as we torture her. I'll do it," she said as she pointed at the area where Ginny and Luna and me were. She was punting towers one of them.
We all closed around Ginny slowly. Harry stepped so that he was right in front of Ginny.
"You'll have to smash this if you want to attack any of us," he told Bellatrix. "I don't think your boss will be to happy without it, will he?" He said sassily. She didn't move at all just stared at him.
"So, what kind of prophecy are we talking about anyway?" Asked Harry.
"What kind? You jest, Potter," repeated Bellatrix.
"Nope, not jesting. How come Voldemort wants him?" Harry asked.
"You dare speak his name?" She asked.
Yeah- yeah I've got no problem saying Vold-" he started.
"Shut your mouth! You dare speak his name with your unworthy lips, you dare besmirch it with your half-bloods tongue, you dare-" she shrieked.
"Did you know he's a half-blood to?" Said Harry. I drew a sharp breath. I knew this couldn't end well. "Voldemort? Yeah, his mother was a witch, but his dad was a muggle- or has he been telling not you he's a pureblood?" Said Harry. I heard Hermione let out a moan of shock.
"Stupef-"
"No!"
Lucius Malfoys spell deflected Bellatrixs and it caused her spell to hit a shelf causing orbs to smash on the ground. White figure rose from the ground and began to speak.
"Do not attack! We need the prophecy!" He said.
"He dares- he dares- filthy half-blood-" said Bellatrix.
"Wait until we've got the prophecy!" Said Lucius.
"You haven't told me what's so special about this prophecy I'm supposed to be handing over," said Harry.
"Do not play games with us, Potter," said Lucius.
"I'm not playing games," said Harry.
"Dumbledore never told you the reason you bear that scar lies in the bowels of the Department of Mysteries?" Said Malfoy with a sneering sound.
"Did he so he wanted me to come get it? Why?"Asked Harry but I was being told the plan by Luna.
"Why? Because the only people who are permitted to retrieve a prophecy from the Department of Mysteries, Potter, are those about whom they are made, as the Dark Lord discovered when he tried to use others to steal it for him," said Lucius.
"And why did he want to steal a prophecy about me?"
"About both of you, Potter, about both of you. Haven't you ever wondered why the Dark Lord tried to kill you as a baby?" Asked Malfoy.
"Someone made a prophecy about me and Voldemort? Why did he want me to get it? Why couldn't he get it himself?" Asked Harry.
"Get it himself?" Shrieked Bellatrix. "The Dark Lord walk into the ministry of magic, when they are so sweetly ignoring his return? The dark lord, reveal himself to he Aurors, when at the moment they are wasting their time on my dear cousin?" Shrieked Bellatrix in between laughing.
"So he's got you doing his dirty work for him? Ike he tried to get Sturgis to steal it and Bode?" Said Harry.
"Very good, Potter, Very good. But the Dark Lord knows you are not unintell-"
"NOW!" Screamed Harry.
"REDUCTO!" I aimed my wand at a shelf as did all the others.
"Run!" Harry screamed as he spilled me and Hermione away. We ran down as the shelves crashed and the prophecies in the shelves shattered into the ground around us. Shards of glass hit my sling and sliced it open. I put my hands over my head and ran. We ran down a aisle and towards ahead of us. I could see the bluebell light jar through the door that stood ajar.
"Colloportus!" Sputtered Hermione. The door slammed shut.
"Where- where are the others?" Said Harry a she caught his breath.
"They must have gone the wrong way," I whispered urgently.
"Listen," whispered Neville.
"You can kill the others but keep Potter safe," a voice through the door.
"What do we do?" Said Hermione who was trembling from head to toe.
"Well, we don't stand here and wait for them to find us, for a start. Let's get away from the door..." Said Harry.
We ran as quietly as we could towards the exit of the room. We were almost at the door when I heard a deep voice say "stand aside! Alohomora!" The door Hermione had charmed shut was open. I dived underneath a desk as did the others with me.
"Check under the desks," said a voice.
"Stupefy," one of the death eaters fell over and fell into the grandfather clock and Harry started to crawl out from underneath his desk Hermione already did.
"Avad-" Harry tackled the death eater at his knees. In his anxiety Neville overturned his desk and then shouted EXPELLIAMUS.
Both Harry and the death eaters wand flew in the air towards the hall of the prophecies, they scrambled after them.
"Get out of the way Harry!" Screamed Harry as he ran after both of them. Harry flung himself sideways.
"Stupefy!" Said Neville. The jet of red flew over the death eaters shoulder and got a hourglass.
Harry scrambled to get his wand he tried to do stupefy but Hermione did it instead. The spell hit the man right in the chest and the he fell over.
"Accio wand!" Said Hermione. Harry's wand flew from a dark corner into her hand she threw it to him. I had gotten out from under the desk and was looking around the room.
"Thanks... Right let's get out of here," said Harry.
"Lookout!" I screamed as I looked at the man who had fallen into the bluebell jar. His head was growing into a baby's head.
"It's time, TIME," said Hermione awestruck.
There was a crash as the mans head shrunk again into a baby's head.
"Ron? Ron?" Shouted Harry. "Ginny? Luna?" He shouted.
"Harry!" Hermione screamed.
The man had pulled his head out of the jar. He was bawling loudly and his head was a baby's. Harry raised his wand but Hermione grabbed it.
"You can't hurt a baby," she said.
"Come on..." He said. They ran towards the door that led to the circular room. Once I made it towards the door I saw two more death eaters coming towards us.
"Collo-" began Hermione.
"Impedimaenta," the death eaters ran inside the room. We were all knocked backwards. Neville was thrown over a desk, Hermione smashed into a bookcase and then was covered in heavy books, Harry slammed into a stone wall behind him. I had been thrown onto a desk next to the one Neville had gone behind. My arms were now bleeding from earlier and my arm was extremely sore. My lip was bleeding once again. I licked it then stood up.
"We've got him! In a office-" screamed one of the death eaters.
"Silencio-" cried Hermione. The man fell silent.
"Petrificus Totalus!" I shouted as did Harry my spell hit the silent man and Harry's hit the man next to him.
The silent man gave a small movement and then a line of purple hit Hermione in the chest she gave a small oh and fell backwards.
"HERMIONE!" Harry ran beside her Neville crawled from under his desk as I ran over to her. The death eater had undone his binds and went over to Neville and kicked him. His wand snapped in two and Neville held his face and wand. I ran over to the death eater and kicked his back from behind.
He pointed his wand at Hermione and the prophecy.
"Like you won't kill us the moment I give you the prophecy anyway," said Harry.
"Whatever you do Harry, don't give it to him!" Said Nevilles from behind the desk. I had made my way to Hermione and was feelings for a pulse. She was warm and I could feel a pulse. A crash came from the door and the baby man came through the door.
"Stupefy," yelled Harry at the man. He fell down forward.
"Hermione... Hermione wake up!" Said Harry a she shook her.
"She's alive," I said as I looks at her. Neville had blood pouring down his face. It was a sad sight.
"What did he do to her?" Asked Neville as he crawled to Hermione. His voice sounded muffled because of all the blood that he was spitting his nose looked broken.
"I don't know," said Harry nervously.
"We aren't far from the exit. We're right next to the circle room... If we can just get you across it and find the right door before any death eaters come, I'll bet you can get in Hermione up the corridor and into the lift... Then you can find someone... Raise the alarm," said Harry.
"And what are you going to do?" Asked Neville as he gestured to both Harry and myself as he mopped the blood of his nose with his sleeve.
"I've got to find the others," said Harry.
"I can help Harry," I said.
"Well, I'm going to help you find them," said Neville firmly.
"But Hermione-" said Harry.
"We'll take her with us- I'll hold her, you two are better at fighting then me," said Neville.
Neville stood up and grabbed one of Hermione arms and hoisted it over his shoulder Harry did the same. I grabbed my wand and walked in front of them.
"Stay behind me," I said as we walked towards the exit.
"Wait, you'd better take this," I said grabbing Hermione's wand and giving it to Neville. Harry kicked aside the broken pieces of his own wand and took it.
I looked out the door. The baby man was wailing and kicking things continuously.
"He won't notice us... Come on," I said they followed me. We crept along the office. In the circular room the walls spun. Hermiones fire x had faded off the doors.
"Which one do you reckon?" Asked Harry.
But before we got a chance to say anything a door swung open to the right of us. I held up my gun as did Harry and Neville. Three people fell out of the door.
"Ron-" said Harry as he laid down Hermione on the ground with Neville. "Ginny- are you all-" said Harry. I ran up to Ginny.
"Harry- you look funny haha Harry-" said Ron as he ran up to Harry and grabbed the front of his robes.
Ron looked very white and something like blood was falling from the side of his mouth. His knees suddenly gave way as he was still clutching Rons robes.
"Ginny? What happened?" I asked.
Ginny shook her head and slid down on the wall holding her ankle.
"I think her ankles broken, I heard a crack" whispered Luna. "Four of them chased us into a room full of planets, it was a very odd place, for some time we were just floating in the dark," said Luna. She seemed unhurt.
"Harry, we saw Uranus up close," said Ron. He laughed feebly. "Get it Harry? We saw Uranus... Ha ha ha," he said.
"Anyway, one on of them grabbed Ginny's foot. I used the reducto curse and blew Pluto up in his face but..." He gesture to Ginny who was holding her ankle and breathing deeply.
I sat down next to Ginny.
"What about Ron?" Asked Harry. I looked at Luna.
"Oh, well I don't know what they hit him with but he's gone a bit funny," sad Luna looking at him sadly.
"We've got to get them out of here. Luna can you help Ginny?" Said Harry.
"Yes," said Luna. She tucked her wand behind her ear and grabbed Ginny around the waist.
"I'm fine... I'm fine it's only my ankle," said Ginny as she tried to get up by herself. But she fell again and gasped from pain. Harry pulled Rons arm over his shoulder. Harry started to walk towards the door they were closest to, but then a door across the room burst open and three death eaters sped into the hall, in the front was Bellatrix Lestrange.
"There they are!" She shrieked.
I rushed everyone into the closest room as stunning spells shot across the room at us. Harry was rushing towards Neville to help him with Hermione. We were all in just in time to let The door close against Bellatrix.
"Colloportus," I shouted. Three bodies slammed against the door.
"It doesn't matter, they're in there there are other ways in," shouted Bellatrix.
We sealed all of the doors in the room quickly. Harry and I ran from door to door. Neville and Luna we're dealing doors on the other side of the room.
"Collo- ARGHHHHH" screamed Luna. She flew through the air as 5 death eaters tore into the room.
"Get Potter!" Shrieked Bellatrix as she ran towards him.
"Haha hey look Harry there are brains in here isn't that weird Harry?" Said Ron as he came over towards Harry.
"Get down Ron-" shouted Harry.
It was to late Ron had already pointed his wand at the tank.
"Accio brain," he said. The tank burst open and congealed green water spilled out onto the floor.
"Harry come on and touch it I bet it's weird-"
"Ron no!" I shouted. Ron touched it and the tentacles of brains started to wrap around Ron.
"Harry look what's happening... Haha- no Harry I don't like it," said Ron as the tentacles wrapped around him.
"Diffindo-" shouted Harry at the tentacles that were wrapping around Rons chest.
"Harry it'll suffocate him," Ginny shouted.
"Stupefy... Stupefy," said Neville but nothing happened his nose was still broken and he wasn't talking right.
The death eaters were now shouting stupefy. The spell missed Neville by inches. Harry held the prophecy above his head and ran out the door and into another room. I looked at everyone in the room. I got Ron out of the tentacles and had him sit then made sure everyone was okay. I grabbed Luna's lifeless body and set her leaning against a desks Hermione was next to her. I ran towards Neville.
"Are you okay?" I asked.
"I'm fine-" he said spluttering blood.
"Okay, I'm going to go after Harry," I said quickly.
"I'll come with you-" said Neville.
"Well, Neville are you sure that's a good idea... You should stay here watch over them," I said.
"They'll be okay,"
"Okay let's go," we ran towards where Harry went through another door. I made the door stay open slightly.
We ran into the door and climbed up to the top of the room with the archway.
We stood at the top and saw Harry surrounded by a bunch of death eaters.
"You see there's ten of us and only one of you, or hasn't Dumbledore taught you how to count?" Said Lucius Malfoy.
"He's not alone!" Said Neville.
"Harry," I said. He looked at us. We began to scramble down towards the benches.
"No guys go back with the others," said Harry.
"Are you kidding me? We're helping you," I said as I got near Harry. Neville was still descending.
Neville was trying to stun the death eaters butt t wasn't working because of how he was talking. One of the largest death eaters pinned Nevilles hands at his side. Neville kicked and flailed.
"Neville!" I shouted.
"It's Longbottom, isn't it?" Sneered Malfoy.
"Longbottom... Well I had the pleasure of meeting your parents before," said Bellatrix.
"I know you have," said Neville as he struggled.
"Someone stun him," said the captor.
"No, no, no" said Bellatrix. "No, let's see how long Neville lasts before he cracks like his parents... Unless Potter wants to give us the prophecy,"
"Don't give it to him!" Neville screamed.
"Crucio," said Bellatrix. I knew the pain Neville was going through and screamed.
"That was just a taster now potter give us the prophecy or your friend will die that way," said Bellatrix. I saw Neville twitching in agony.
I ran over to Neville quickly and sat beside him.
"Why? How, how do you do that?" I cried towards Bellatrixs
"Simple............ Ellie?" He said as he looked at me.
"Oh, yes you knew Ellie," I said.
"Lucius.... Ellie," said Bellatrix as she looked at me.
Just then two doors high above us burst open and in came five people.... Sirius, Lupin, Moody, Tonks, and Kingsley.
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