Chapter 13
IMPORTANT AUTHORS NOTE! PLEASE READ!!!! I am going to change this story so that it is first person because I find it easier to do!!!!! Also, I meant to say that they live in Godric's Hollow! Not at Potter Manor!
We had just arrived home from Hogwarts and all of us were very tired. We made our way to the sitting room in our house in Godric's Hollow and sat on the couch and several chairs. Eli, my parents and I sat on the couch while Harry sat across from us in the gold armchair. Examining Harry's scar, Dad decided to bring it up.
"Harry, what's that scar on your forehead from?" He asked curiously. Harry and I looked at each other and sighed.
"I thought you were going to ask sometime... It was after both you and Mum were murdered, Voldemort pointed at me and used the killing curse to kill me. This however didn't work." Mum and Dad both gasped and looked at Harry to continue. "The curse rebounded and hit Voldemort instead. A piece of Voldemort's soul was looking for a living thing to latch onto. The only living thing was me. He was killed and all that the curse did to me was give me a lightning bolt scar." He finished pointing to the scar. I had heard this story several times but this time it hit me harder than it had before. This was because I had just found out that James and Lily were also my parents. I glanced at my forearm and mum noticed.
"Honey," She started, "What's on your arm?"
"It-I-uh- Just look for yourself." I said lifting up the sleeve with the terrible scar under it. Mum and Dad gasped and Dad looked like he could kill whoever did that, Harry winced and turned away so he didn't have to look at it. Eli just stared at me, it looked like he wanted an explanation.
"I guess who all want an explanation, but I don't think I can talk about it. Do we have a pensive?" I asked Dad. He nodded and ran upstairs to grab it. Within seconds he was back down and he set the pensive on the table. I grabbed my wand and put it on the side of my head and extracted the memory. I carefully put it in and joined hands with Eli. All at once we put our faces in to watch the memory.
Malfoy Manor
There I was at Malfoy Manor standing before a terrible scene. Bellatrix was sitting next to Harry on the ground with his head tilted back very far. Bellatrix had his wand to his neck. They didn't know this was Harry though. Just before we were taken here Hermione shot a stinging hex at his face so they didn't know who he was. Bellatrix had just beckoned Draco forward to examine Harry. He knelt down in front of him and started talking. I zoned out and looked at Ron for help. He looked back at me with a worried look in his eyes. Before we knew it we were being thrown down into the cellar, Hermione was no where in sight. I started panicking and went to sit in the corner of the room, to calm myself. I sat in the corner with my head in my hands, shaking and crying terribly whenever I heard Hermione scream. Once I had had enough of it I ran to the door and started banging on it screaming "Hermione! NO! Please!!!"
Harry walked up behind me briskly and retched me away from the door as it opened, revealing Peter Pettigrew. "What do you want Pettigrew?" Harry asked with pure anger dripping from his voice. Pettigrew point his wand shakily at me. Harry and Ron immediately stepped in front of me, trying to protect me.
"No! You can't have Abbe and Hermione we won't let you!" Harry yelled. Peter sent a hex unknown at Harry and Ron rushed over to look at him.
"RON!!!" I yelled as Pettigrew grabbed my arm and yanked me up the stairs. I could hear Ron screaming my name as I was pulled up the stairs by Peter. I tried desperately to tip my arm from his grasp, but found that he was to strong for me. As we got to the top of the stairs I saw Hermione, lying on the ground next to where Bellatrix was standing. I covered my mouth with my hand as I tried my hardest not to scream. The next thing I knew, Pettigrew threw me on the ground in front of Bellatrix. I laid on the ground with my arms out on either side of me. Bellatrix got down on top of me, knife in hand, and started yelling. "WHERE DID YOU GET THAT SWORD? WHY DID YOU TAKE IT?"
"I didn't take anything! I swear!" I answered, quietly whimpering.
"LIAR! CRUCIO!" I withered on the ground in pain but didn't scream. The pain intensified and got to the point where my lip started bleeding heavily from me biting on it to keep from yelling. The curse was lifted and Bellatrix brought her knife down on my arm and started carving into it. I screamed out hoping that Harry and Ron would here me. I felt the blade move to form the word 'mud' into my arm.
"I'll ask you one more time...where did YOU GET THE SWORD?" She yelled, her voice rising in every word. She cursed me again when I didn't answer and this time I screamed immediately. She went down on me once more and plunged the knife into my arm carving another word into it. By the last word she did I could tell the whole word would be 'mudblood'. I screamed and screamed because of the immense pain in my arm. I heard footsteps all around the room and spells being shot. Meanwhile, I looked over at Hermione to see that she was unconscious. I did my best to crawl over to Hermione to see if she was alright.
"Hermione..." I whispered to only her. She moaned in response to my voice. I smiled because I knew she was okay. I didn't know if I had enough energy to apparate and looked to Ron for help. He shrugged as if he read mind and told me that he didn't know what to do. I looked back at Hermione to see she was gone. I gasped when I looked up to see her in Bellatrix's clutches.
"DROP YOUR WANDS!" Bellatrix yelled. "I SAID DROP THEM!" She said when Ron and Harry didn't move. "Or your precious little mudblood will be no more." Harry and Ron dropped their wands and Lucius was ordered to get them.
"Draco grab the other girl..." Bellatrix said with a cruel smile on her face. I stared at her in horror. I looked to Draco with a pleading look. He looked at me and back at his aunt. He shook his head and looked back at me. I smiled at him in thanks. He didn't smile back but I could see it his eyes. I heard a squeaking above me and saw the chandelier start to fall. Bellatrix pushed Hermione out of the way and into Ron's arms....on the other side of the chandelier. The chandelier fell, if felt like it was in slow motion. I heard Harry call my name as the chandelier fell on top of me. Then everything went black.
We pulled back out of the pensive and I looked at my mum. There were tears running down her face. I left the room, not wanting to see the look on the other's faces. On the way up the stairs I found Leo sitting on one of the steps. I picked him up and cuddled him in my arms. I walked down the hall and to my room. I went in and sat on my bed. Forgetting my things downstairs I quickly 'accioed' them to my room. They came floating in the room and sat on the floor. I looked around the room that I was in. I noticed that this room didn't scream "Ashton!". The room was a pale yellow, since I was a baby the last time I was in there. There was a decent sized bed but it would get to small for me. I heard footsteps running up the stairs and someone knocked on my door.
"Go Away!" I said quietly but forcefully. I didn't hear the person walk away and I figured that it was Harry or Eli since both of which are very stubborn. I got up and walked to the door and opened it. In walked....Sirius and Jaelyn. "Sirius what are you doing here? Aren't you suppose to be at Grimmauld Place?" I questioned.
"Well, Remus and I thought that Jaelyn would like to see her favorite aunt. I have already talked to your parents about it but I think it would be nice to get out of the house and not sit all the time. So, Remus and I are going to treat the whole family, including Eli, to the United States. Specifically to the Waterpark Capital of The World." He said with smile.
"Wisconsin Dells?" I asked excitedly. Before he even nodded I hugged him tightly. We fell to the ground from the force of the hug. I started laughing and so did he. Jaelyn came and jumped on top of my back trying to hug us both. Probably hearing the thud, a pair of feet hurried into the room. I looked up from my spot on my uncle's chest and saw face that I loved very much. "Hello Eli!" I said cheerfully.
"So I see Sirius told you about the trip!" He said back equally as cheerful, helping me up off the ground. I picked Jaelyn up in my arms and hugged her tight.
"So what waterpark are we going to?" I asked curiously. "Maybe, we should go downstairs and talk to Mum and Dad about this." I continued as I ran downstairs in excitement. I heard my uncle and Eli follow me down and stood next to me as i stood in front of my parents with a huge grin on my face.
"So I see that Sirius told you?" My father asked. I nodded vigorously. He smiled and said "We are going to the Chula Vista resort and are leaving tomorrow! Better get your stuff packed!" I set Jaelyn on the ground and she ran towards Remus. I grabbed Eli's hand, squealed and ran up the stairs to pack.
