The Tabby, the Phoenix and the kitten

Chapter twelve

"I am going to make sure that prophecy will never be fulfilled whatever it is, I need you bring me that child, and when I get back, I will deal with her, I want her alive as well as her parents."

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Minerva sat twiddling her thumbs. She hardly ever did this, but she had an awful feeling. It had been only an hour since Albus had been called away, and he had been called away before, but Minerva just couldn't shake this feeling she had.

She went to check on Arianna, she was sound asleep in her crib, Minerva brushed her fingers on her cheek, and moved the golden heartshaped locket that Albus had gotten for her. The locket shined in what little light was being let in through the hall, she could see the letters of her name engraved on the back. Arianna M.D. Minerva smiled, she quietly left the room and went back downstairs, the bad feeling, still lingering. 

She sat for a while, just twiddling her thumbs, waiting for her husband to get home. She heard a pop outside, her hand flew to her wand and her head snapped towards the door. She waited. 

Nothing.

Then suddenly, just as she was about to relax, the front door burst open, Minerva stood, wand at the ready as three Death Eaters walked into the room. Her eyes went wide, and she gasped, she began to throw curses at them, and they threw curses back. Furniture broke, lights exploded and glass shattered. 

Then, the cry of a baby was heard, and all the curses stopped. Minerva went towards the stairs, and she realized that they were here for her daughter. She quickly threw a curse at them and while they were distracted she ran up the stairs. 

But the Death Eaters were quick to regain composure, and threw curses at her to try and stop her. One flew past her head, exploding the railing infront of her, she ducked and dodged a few more curses before firing more back at them, desperate to keep them away long enough for her to grab her daughter and apparate away. 

She ran down the hall, but just as she was going to burst into her daughter's room, a curse hit her square in the back. Minerva dropped. The Death Eaters slowly walked towards her, she was still consious and trying to get back up, a Death Eater was quick to disarm her and kick her out of the way, hitting her with the cruitaius curse as the other two kicked open the nursery door. As the entered the room, they could hear Minerva's sceams start and stop as the Death Eater outside the room played with her. 

The others walked slowly into the room to where the baby was crying. One picked up the babe, and nodded to the other, an left the room, the shuffled down the hall, hearing both mother and daughter's screams. 

The last thing Minerva saw was her daughter screaming, being carelessly carried away. She tried to fight the curse on her to get to her daughter. But the Death Eater stunned her and she lost consiousness. 

As the Death Eaters were leaving, they noticed an odd burning sensation on their left arms. They stopped outside of the house, one looked at his arm and watched at the dark mark faded. They looked at each other, not sure of what it meant. One of the Death Eater's cast the Dark Lords symbol above the house, and they apparated away, unaware at that moment, that their Lord was gone. 

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Voldemort had been defeted. But at the expense of James and Lily's lives. Albus apparated back to his home. Walking up the path, looking at the ground, he thought of how his wife would react to hear about their deaths. He sighed and looked up at the house. He stopped, his eyes widening and jaw dropping.