Malfoy's Sister [Harry Potter]

~24~

"I got addicted to a losing game" Arcade by Duncan Laurence

Emlyn POV:

The next day approached faster than I wanted it to. It would just be the seven of us. Neville opted out of this mission. McGonagall opened the floo line from her office fireplace. We would get directly to the ministry library. 

I still hadn't seen Draco. I wondered if he was lying about the book. I wondered if father got it. I wondered if McGonagall had told the Order of our whereabouts in case we got in trouble. My biggest worry would be that father and his death eaters would be there tonight. 

At 8 p.m. we were in McGonagall's office, ready to go through the fireplace. She put an expansion charm on it so we would all end up in the same fireplace in the end. I was worried, we all were. 

We stepped in "Ministry of Magic Library." I said clearly. With a poof, we were there. We looked to check that nobody was there. The coast was clear. 

"Look at all these books." Hermione said. "That will be our biggest problem." Harry replied. "I am thinking secret passageway, some alcove." I added. "So we need to check all the books for secret passageways?" Ginny said. "Maybe. But I say we go the the back walls and corners. Probably hidden back there." I said. 

We walked to the back. Our wands at the ready. "Dark arts stuff over here." Ron said. We all moved toward him. We tapped all the books with our wands, nothing. We pulled them to see if that activate it, nothing. "Harry, try parseltongue." I said. "No death eaters can speak it. It probably won't work." Hermione said. 

"It is worth the shot Mione." Ron said. She sighed. I didn't know if that was because she had a soft spot for him or if it was because she was too tired to fight back. Harry started to speak, more like hiss to us. A book clicked. It hissed back. "It needs blood." Harry said. "I will do it." I piped up, before anyone else could. 

I took one of the books, I ran my finger over the edge of the page. It gave me a small paper cut. I squeezed it, encouraging it to bleed more. I put it on the spine of the book that clicked. A door opened. A secret library. 

"Now all we have to do is find it." George said. "Destroy it too." Fred piped up. "Well, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it." I said. We split in pairs. Ginny went with Ron and Hermione because of the odd number. 

We searched for what felt like forever. "Found it!" Ginny yelled excitedly. We all ran over to her. We pulled the book off the shelf and turned to leave. 

"Well. See somebody knows about the book." My father said. "Hand it over." He said, death eater emerging from behind him. We were by far outnumbered. "I don't want to hurt the mudblood again." Bellatrix's voice rang out. 

We shot spells, we dueled again. We passed the book to each other so they would get confused. "Halt!" I heard my father yell. We had taken down quite a few of his death eaters. "Give me the book or the mudblood gets killed." He said. Then the door bust open, the order came in. 

We all smirked. "Not them." My father said under his breath. "Yes us, Lucius." Remus said. "Get out of here werewolf." My father said. "Don't you say that to him!" Sirius screamed. We all smiled. 

"Father, we will give you the book." I said. "What!" The others said, like I was going insane. "Here you are." I handed the book over to my father. "Thank you." He said. 

"Confringo!" I shouted. The book burst into flames. "Knock over the shelves and run!" I yelled. The order shot spells at the shelves and the room burst into flames along with it. We ran out of the room, then to the fireplace. The Order had apparated out somewhere, but not before Sirius could congratulate me. 

"McGonagall's office." I said clearly. We were back. Safe. Untouched. 

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We would see in the Daily Prophet the next day, that a tragic accident happened. A death eater betrayed the others and killed them all. Bellatrix and Lucius Malfoy too. The book gone. Only we knew the truth.