Firecracker | George Weasley

Chapter 42

They arrived at the department of mysteries. Scarlett's heart was beating fast, her adrenaline pumping through her veins, she had never been so alert. They stopped in one of the corridors. There was no sign of Sirius. 'It's a trap' Cedric's voice echoed in her mind making her curse not remembering his words sooner.

"Harry, it's got your name on it." Neville said but Scarlett wasn't paying attention, she only realised what Harry was doing when it was too late

"No don't!" she said as he picked the prophecy up

"This was a trap." She continued but this time Harry wasn't paying attention. He snapped out of his trance when Luna noticed someone walking towards them and called his name.

"Where's Sirius?" he asked as he stood in front of the group, wand at the ready

"You should really learn to tell the difference between dreams and reality."

The cloaked figure revealed himself to be Lucius Malfoy. Scarlett was both surprised and not surprised at the revelation he was a deatheater.

"You saw only what the dark lord wanted you to see. Now hand me the prophecy."

"If you do anything to us I'll break it."Harry threatened.

A cackle came from behind Lucius that caused Scarlett to take a step forward to stand just behind Harry. As the oldest she felt a responsibility to protect the others.

Once the owner of the laugh was visible she recognised her instantly, it was Bellatrix Lestrange which meant Sirius would be joining them soon.

"He knows how to play. Itty bitty baby Potter."

"Bellatrix Lestrange." Neville said fear and anger causing his voice to break

"Neville Longbottom is it? How's mum and dad?"

"Better now they're about to be avenged." Neville took a step forward and had his wand at the ready but Scarlett held him back.

"Let's everybody just calm down, shall we? All we want is that prophecy."

"Why did Voldermort need me to come and get this?" Harry asked much to Scarletts dismay both because he used you-know-whos name and because he didn't know that prophecies can only be picked up by the ones they are about. 

Bellatrix shouted causing Scarlett to snap back into their current situation. The tension was growing and she noticed movement in the corner of her eyes. She turned around to see deatheaters approaching them from all sides. She placed herself behind the group facing two deatheaters as the conversation between Lucius and Harry continued. She raised her wand ready to attack or defend, waiting for the cue to strike.

"NOW" Harry shouted and they all cast the stunning spell causing the deatheaters to retreat. As soon as they did the group ran but they got separated. Scarlett caught a glimpse of Luna going a different way and stopped to follow her. She watched as a deatheater punched her in the face and Scarlett quickly stunned them away from Luna before helping her up and running back in the direction of the others. They found Neville after he had cast a spell on a death eater and quickly pulled him with them. They found Ginny before running into the golden trio. Two deatheaters were apparating towards them when Ginny intervened "Reducto."

It worked but then the walls of prophecies tumbled around them so the group started running again trying to get back to the door desperate to not get crushed.

Scarlett made it through the door and felt herself falling, she instinctively transfigured into her bird form and flew down then transfigured back thankfully the others had managed to avoid being hurt. She looked towards Harry who was staring at the archway in the middle of the room.