Audrey's Secret

Althea Spencer

Harry's Point Of View

I walk into the school doors and look around. Some people lay on the ground, trying to breathe, trying to live. "Audrey's sister must not really like her at all..." I mumble stepping over a body and down a corridor that led to the cafeteria. I glance torwards behind me. I hear a bolt unlock. I quickly hide behind a wall and bend down. "OK, that way! Back to your classes!" An old voice shouts above the noise of shouts and laughs. "Lunch will commence as soon as you are in your classes - you!" I flinch and peek from behind the wall. He's right in front of me now. "You don't go to this school, why are you here?" He asks. I stand up. "I was visiting a transfer, Audrey Riddle?"

"I haven't seen her, she may be dead." He says casually as if he were talking about Quidditch. But he's not talking about Quidditch!

Ron's Point Of View

"Althea? Althea Spencer?" I question. Her eyes grow terrified. "It's Thea Riddle."

"I remember you! You and I were best friends when we were younger!" I exclaim getting closer to her. She shook her head no. "I don't remember! I was an orphan!"

"You weren't an orphan, you had a mother and a father," I start to remember more.

"your mum was a terrible cook and your father was amazing at making those homemade chocolate frogs. We lived next to eachother, remember?"

"No Ronald." She hissed. "My parents deserted me when I was younger. They left becuase of her!" Thea points to Audrey underneath her heel. I cried out and so did Audrey. Thea stopped. Tears ran down Audrey's cheeks and she closed her eyes. One tear made it's way down my cheek but I swipped it away. "You have a magical bond with this pathetic girl?" She asks.

"Yes. it appears so." I answer.

"No! This can't happen! I need to kill her!" Thea screams. "She's supposed to die by herself!"

"Thea what happend to your parents?"

"Ronald they were murdered." She whispered. She took her heel off Audrey's shoulder and sat on the stone floor on her knees. I rub my shoulder and Audrey stands and leans against a wall five feet away. Thea stares at her hands. "They were murdered by her family..."

"That can't be true-"

"No one is who they say they are, Ronald." Her hazel eyes meet mine and I see that nine year old from not too long ago. "Althea, I can help you, I can make it better again-"

"NO." Thea points her wands end to her skull. "I killed people, I killed Draco. I killed your grandparents, Audrey. You have people who love you and would do anything in this entire world for you." She says to Audrey. I panic. "Please no! Don't do this!" I cry stepping slowly towards her. My tears are running freely and I can't stop them. Thea smiles. "Don't cry Ronald. I'll be in a better place, you all will too, once I'm gone."

"No, no, no, no, no! Please don't! Don't you realize how much I've missed you? My entire family misses you." I say to get her wand away from her head, tightly gripping her hand and pulling it to her side. "You don't have to do this, you can change for the better, and I can help you." She just smiles and says, "I'll miss you Ronald."

"Expelliarmus."

A blue light is all I can see and and I can feel the cold stones beaneath me. I get on my knees and search for Thea, shards of glass catching my hands everynow and then. I feel her hand. I cough a couple of times and wipe the dust away by swipping my arms around. I pull her onto my lap and tuck her hair behind her ear. I never even got to tell her.