The Riddles

25

I woke up to a knock on my door and someone calling from the outside. "We're leaving in half an hour and father wants you to be at the table in 20 minutes." I hear Mattheo call out.

"Okay" I reply groggily and roll out of bed. I get ready and head downstairs to the table where everyone is sitting. I'm the last to arrive and I sit down and father starts to speak.

"Now, you all know why you're here. There is a Prophecy that I need to get and you all will be going to get it." He pauses before speaking again. "I have assigned you in pairs. Mattheo and Draco, Y/N and Theo, and Lucius and Bellatrix, you will be going to ensure the kids do as they are told and supervise."

We all sit in silence before we get dismissed and go to the ministry. Was I shaking out of my skin, yes. As we leave, i'm handed a robe and a mask by Theo.

"What is this?" I ask, holding the items.

"It's compulsory that we wear them, to hide our identity." He states, putting his on.

"Well they're ugly. Besides the colours contrast too much with my skin tone." I say disgusted.

Theo chuckles before speaking. "Well unfortunately it's what we're stuck with."

"Joy." I reply before hesitently putting it on.

After a while we arrive at the ministry and we then go off in our pairs. Theo and I were giving the centre area of where all the prophecys lie. We walk around in silence before I speak.

"Is it normal to be scared?" I ask him. "I mean, this is like my first big thing..."

He looks at me as we walk around. "Of course it's normal. I was like that with my first proper thing. I witnessed Cedric die...I was absolutely terrified and I still am." He states. I nod as we continue to walk.

There's a bit of an awkward silemce as we walk and I decide to break it. "Say, who knew there could be so many prophecy's." I say with a small chuckle.

"I know. I wonder what they all are" He says with a chuckle and then he stops walking and looks at me. "Hey, can I uhm, tell you something?" He asks, his hand scratching the back of his neck.

"Of course. What is it?" I reply, with a smile which is hidden behind the ugly mask.

"Well, you see. For a while now I've been feeling, different. Whenever I'm around you, I feel something different..." He pauses. "I guess what i'm trying to say is that-" He goes to say before he stops as we hear a noise. He turns to look at where the noise came from and freezes. I follown and see that Harry, Luna, Neville, Ron, Hermione and Ginny are all standing looking at us, Harry holding the phrophecy in his hand.

I stand in fear, standing slightly behind Theo. He then speaks. "I believe you have something we want."

"Yeah, we'll you're not getting it." Harry says.

I get rid of the feeling of fear and stand up taller before speaking. "You're making this harder than it needs to be." God I hope they don't recognise me. That's when the others emerge and begin to talk, Lucius speaking first.

"You should really learn to tell the difference between dreams..." He pauses as he takes his wand out and removes his mask before continuing "...and reality. You saw only what the Dark Lord wanted you to see. Now, hand me the prophecy.":He states sternly.

"You do anything to us, and i'll break it." Harry says bluntly.

From behind, I hear Bellatrix cackle and speak as she slowly emerges from behind. "He knows how to play..." She pauses. "Itty...bitty...baby...Potter"

"Bellatrix Lestrange" Neville mutters, in shock and slight fear.

"Neville Longbottom, is it. Hows's mum and dad?" She asks she says with a smirk.

"Better now theyre about to be avenged." Neville says as he raises his wand.

"All we want, is tgat prophecy." Lucius says.

"Why did Voldemort need me to come and get this?" Harry asked in a demanding tone.

"Prophecy's can only be retrieved by those about whom they are made. Which is lucky for you, really." Lucius says as more Death Eaters emerge from the shadows. The order all draw their wands, pointing in every direction as Lucius begins to speak again. "Haven't you always wondered what the reason for the connection between you and the Dark Lord, hm?" He says as he walks towards the group, Bellatrix behind him. "Why he was unable to kill you when you were just an infant? Don't you want to know the secret...of your scar? All the answers are there, Potter, in your hand. All you have to do is bive it to me, and I can show you everything."

There's a long moment of silence, as the other Death Eaters inch closer and closer and then Harry speaks. "I've waited 14 years. I guess I can wait a little longer." He says before everyone shouts 'Stupify'. Theo grabs my hand and pulls me away before the spell hits us.

We split off into our pairs again and chase them down. They're spells flying left, right and centre as we dodge them, as well as firing them back. After a while we lose sight of them and we bump into Mattheo and Draco before we get taken go the other Death Eaters.

The order stand in the centre of an aisle and Ginny fires the 'Reducto' spell, which causes all the prophecy's to begin to fall off the shelf, creating an avalanche effect. We all depart, I stick with Theo and we manage to get out the room and into a corridor somewhere in the Ministry.

He grabs my shoudlers and in a calm, but worried voice speaks. "Are you okay? You're not hurt anywhere, are you?"

I shake my head, trembling slightly. "N-no, i'm fine. Just a bit startled" I reply.

He nods and goes to speak. "About earlier, before we were interrupted. What I was trying to say was..." He pauses and takes a breath before continuing. "What I was trying to say was that...I'm im love with you, Y/N...and I have been for a while." He says.

I stand in shock trying to process what he just said. My heart flutters and my stomach churns. Thank goodness for the ugly mask, or else he would see the state I'm in. "Y-you have?"

"Yeah. I've always felt it, but the day, where you helped me, thats when I realised how badly I had fallen for you, bella." He states. Fuck me man, the Italian accent, it always does something to me.

"I-I thought it was just a one way thing" I stutter. He looks at me confused before I continue. "I thought it was just me who had felt that way.."

"You feel the same way?" He replied, a bit taken a back. I just nod in response. He steps closer and removes his mask, before removing mine. His rough, cold hands, briefly touching my chin. He looks at me in the eyes. His green eyes looking into mine with pure love and affection.

"You have no idea on how long I have been waiting for this to happen, bella." He slowly leans in, his lips almost touching mine. His breath hot as he speaks "Do you mind if I-" He begins but before he can finish, I put my lips against his. He freezes for a split second before kissing back. His hands snaking around my waist, mine around the back of his neck.

The kiss wasn't hungry, it was a tender one. One filled with love, but with longing. It was clear we had both wanted this for a while and the kiss showed that. After a while, we break the kiss, our foreheads touching. The moment gets ruined as we hear footseps coming so we both chuck our masks back on and act like nothing happened.

"There you two are. We though the shelves crushed you" Mattheo says. We both chuckle in response.

"We got lost. Why are there so many random corridors in the Ministry?" I ask.

Mattheo and Draco chuckle before Draco speaks "Come on, we're not done yet."

"We're not?" I ask confused as they all shake their heads and begin to walk away. I follow behind, wodnering what else needs done.