The Original Heretic

viii.

"DOB-" ron's yell was cut off as harry clapped a hand over his mouth.

"harry potter." the elf said in a tiny voice. "dobby is here to rescue you."

"he can apparate and disapparate from here." i realised. "just like hogwarts. you can apparate from inside the castle when nobody else can. which means i can disapparate from here too!" i realised. "the second we can get hermione, i can take us all and run!"

"we need to get everyone out from here first. dobby, can you take luna, dean, and ollivander to..."

"to bill and fleurs! shell cottage on the outside of tinsworth! take them there then come back." ron said, finishing harry's sentence.

"no, don't come back. i can already tell you're an amazing soul. i don't want you to get hurt, okay?" i crouched down to the elf. "we don't know each other, but i can assure you that you'll be safer at this cottage. take those three there, inform bill and fleur on what's going on, and wait for us, okay? i'll bring harry, ron, and hermione soon. deal?" i held my hand out, and the elf grasped it with both hands.

"of course, miss..."

"brit." i gave him my name.

"of course miss brit. be careful!" he grabbed the three other prisoners, and with another crack, they were gone.

"what was that?" a mans voice called from above, and the three of us froze, staring at each other. "wormtail! go check!" i listened as footsteps started coming this way.

"brit, how strong are you?" harry ask, and i smiled widely. "tackle him right away. ron, keep the lights." he whispered, and i got ready.

"stand back! i'm coming in!" wormtail yelled, opening the door. quick as a flash, i knocked him to the ground, but before i could contain his hands, one of which was shiny and silver clasped around harry's throat.

"you're gonna kill me?" harry choked. "you owe me!" once those words left his mouth, the hand slackened, and suddenly it was choking wormtail.

"what was it?" a voice called from above as wormtail choked.

"nothing, it's all fine!" ron yelled back, imitating the now dead man. harry had tried to release the hand before it killed wormtail, but it was no use.

"boys, go up there, i'll follow right behind. i just need to gather my strength quickly." i reached for wormtail's wrist, and bit into it as the boys ran up the stairs. this was the first time i was drinking directly from a human in over 300 years, and it was hard for me to not completely drain the body. a few drinks was all i needed, and i forced myself away before i lost control.

"and now... we call the dark lord!" the crazy witch yelled as i sped upstairs. "greyback, we're done with the mudblood, you can have her." she said dismissively, and ron ran out, yelling.

"expelliarmus!" crazy witches wand landed in harry's hand.

"stupefy!" blond haired wizard passed out.

"stop or she dies!" a shrill voice rang out, and everyone froze. bellatrix stood, a knife to hermione's throat.

"drop your wands. she demanded to the two boys, who were stock still. "drop them!" beads of blood started to drip down hermione's neck, and the veins under my eyes grew as they dropped their wands. as draco went to pick them up, i looked up to see a giant chandelier, and an idea formed in my head. quietly, still invisible, i raised by hand and started twisting it. the chandelier creaked, and everyone looked up.

it fell.

i rushed to grab hermione as bellatrix threw her aside to escape, making sure she didn't hit the ground. this caused me to become visible again, and i let my face fully vamp out as i looked around. everyone froze as they stared at me, and i snarled. taking his chance, harry rushed at draco, stealing all three wands.

"stupefy!" red light shot out from all the wands and landed on greyback, who passed out from all three.

"that's an ugly werewolf." i comment, and feel a sting at my arm. "ouch." i deadpanned, looking at bellatrix, who was suddenly scared.

"that should have killed you!" she said. "avada ke-"

"don't waste your breath." i quickly sped over to ron, handing him to hermione. "i'm not human."

"vampire!" she yelled.

"almost!" i sang. i sped back to the wreckage, grabbing the goblin who was still clutching the sword. i held him over my shoulder gently, then grabbed ron and harry's hand, thinking about the place ron said in the cell. bill and fleurs shell cottage, outside of tinsworth. i repeated the place in my head and disapparated right as i saw a wooden stake hurtling towards the five of us, aimed straight for my heart.

we landed on a beach, and i groaned as i felt a sharp pain in my heart.

"oh, that's not good." i mutter sarcastically as i pull it out with a wince before i started desiccating.

"master potter, mister ron, miss hermione, miss brit!" i heard dobby's tinny voice squeak. i rolled over, couching up blood.

"it's okay, dobby. we're okay." harry said wearily.

i stood up, walking over to harry, who was still sat in the sand. "good job, potter. quick thinking is important, and you utilized that well." i held out a hand, and pulled him to his feet.

"thank you for saving us all. we couldn't have gotten out without you." he thanked, and i nodded.

"anytime harry, anytime. let's go in now, yeah?" we walked together in a comfortable silence to the cottage, where everyone else sat or laid down, worn out. i stopped outside, and watched as another ginger looked at me strangely.

"you gonna come in?" he asked.

"i need to be invited in, so if you could um..." i trailed off.

"oh- oh! yeah, yeah. come on in." i grinned gratefully as i stepped into the threshold. it was time for a little break. we were all safe.