Aria Lestrange

Do you trust me?

The wait was agonizing as we sat in the room of reqiurement. Seeing as we were both underage techinically we shouldn't be allowed to fight. Which was how the adults saw it.

Ginny was furious at having to sit in here. And spent most of the time glaring at me.

We could hear the sounds around us as we sit there. And it was annoying the pair of us.

"Will you quit glaring" i snap

"No" she growls back "Why should i. it's less than you've done"

"You don't get it do you" I reply sitting back. "It was an act. The whole thing was an act."

"An act? you expect me to believe that?"

"You won't believe me no matter what i say. I'm not going to bother to try" i mutter in defeat sitting back.

She goes to yell. or scream i don't know which. But at that moment harry runs in.

"I need you two to wait outside for a moment" He says

Ginny is on her feet and out the room straight away

"Wait ginny" He calls. But she was gone.

"I'll watch her" i say going to follow her out. It probably wouldn't comfort him.

"I know it was you that sent for dobby" He says as i go to run after her i stare at him in shock for a moment before i smile at him and race after ginny.

We end up in one of the towers where fred and george are fighting. I saw the spell forming on the tongue of one of the death eaters. I knew the spell would kill him if it hit the wall.

"Avada kadavra" i say it without thinking pointing my wand straight at the death eater. The death eater doesn't have a chance to react as the curse hits him and he falls from the air and hits the ground.

Ginny stares at me in surprise.

"Duck" i yell as another death eater lands on the tower.

She ducks and i send a stunning charm at the death eater.

She nods gratefully before turning to her own battle as i turn to another death eater. My heart skips a beat as i come face to face with my uncle.

He doesn't get a chance to send a curse because at that moment my arm burns. And by the look on his face. so did his.

He left and voldemorts voice returned like before.

"You have one hour. Dispose of your dead with dignity. Treat your injured"

The death eaters were gone and it left just ginny fred george and i standing on the tower. all four of us breathing heavily.Ginny and i from running here and fred and george from fighting.

"I owe you a thank you i'm guessing" Fred says to me.

"You really don't" i mutter before turning and climbing back down the stairs towards the great hall.

"Aria" Ginny calls after me "aria wait"

"Go with your brothers ginny. please?" I ask her

She hesitates but nods going back to the twins.

I walked faster towards the great hall. As soon as i got there i spotted draco instantly. He was standing with a small group of slytherins. Instantly i ran across to him. Crushing him in a hug.

"Thank god you're alright" i say quietly.

"I'm fine. What happened?" he asks

"I killed someone" i mumble as the tears build up "Again. They were going to kill fred and. I just said the curse. I didn't stop to think of anything else. I just did it"

"You're fine aria." He says quietly. "I promise. everything will be ok"

"What are you doing here" Neville yells storming across to me "You're supposed ot be in the room of requirement"

I sigh in frustration.

"I'm here to help neville."I reply

"Help?" he explodes. "We agreed to let you stay in the room of requirement. We don't trust you enough to let you help. You could be spying on us for all we know. All of you slytherins could be"

"I am not here to spy for them" I snap back. People were staring now "it was an act alright. An act to save all of our skins"
"An act? You honestly expect us to believe that" he growls. Everyone was staring at us now.

And just like that i snap

"You know what. You don't trust me. I get it. You still think im a traitor. Yeah fine. Want the truth. Yes I'm a death eater. Forced before you jump to conclusions. But It was never by choice. Now that its come to this I don't believe in fighting for the wrong side. So Listen here longbottom" I say my voice a deadly whisper "as much as you don't want to admit it. Hogwarts is as much my home as it is yours. In fact probably more. You might believe im a spy. I couldn't care less if you do. But we both have our reasons to be fighting. What you seem incapable of realising is the fact that this once our goals are the same. When our homes. Our friends. Our families are threatened. We want the same thig as you do longbottom. So no matter what we are here to stay. Stick me as a healer. Take my wand for all that I care but im staying. And so are the rest of us" i pick up a potion and begin to dab one of the slytherins wounds with it.

The slytherins looked proud and as i finished i looked up at neville. And that's when it all clicks. None of them remember. why would they?

"You don't remember do you" I ask shaking my head sadly
"Remember what" he snaps recovering quickly "that you betrayed us. Yeah I remember that"
"First year. When they found out I was a gryffindor. What was the first thing my mother did" I ask.
He keeps silent before it hits him "she sent..."
"A howler" I confirm "telling me the next time she saw me she would torture me. I panicked. I was 11. And honestly. I didn't put it past her. So I pretended I was spying for them. As far as they knew that's what I was doing. So when he returned and my mother broke out. Well. They decided I didn't need to spy. And that you were corrupting me. So I switched houses. And played my part. Every thing I said was a lie. I never worked for them. I was trying to protect you"

People everywhere were staring by then.

"She saved us Neville" Hermione speaks up. "back at the manor. She sent for dobby and distracted them long enough"

"Tortured her for it" Draco mutters. "But she still did it"

"Saved me from a death eater" Fred calls from across the room.

I turn to help the other slytherins leaving my wand with neville.
A little while later he walks across to us.
"You can fight" he says "all of you"
He hands me my wand and I smile half heartedly at him.
"Thanks neville" I mutter taking it from him.

"They're back" Someone yells and the words continue round the room as i stare at neville gripping my wand tightly.