Grudges

Chapter 38

A/N Remember that storm I talked about? Well here it is! It gets a little graphic so I'll do a warning at the beginning and end of the scene. Please leave votes and comments!

Victoria had come to the conclusion that she hated exercise, she had always kind of known, but now was the worst. Trekking up and down hills repeatedly, running when they heard a noise. They all wanted to believe they were safe but they couldn't quite get comfortable, which was understandable as there was a war going on around them. They were on their way to the Lovegood home on a whim found in a children's book passed down to Hermione from Dumbledore after his passing. Something about the Deathly Hallows, Victoria had personally never heard of it and thought they were all crazy to go to any type of place with magic people in it.

"You guys realize this is going to end badly somehow right?"

"Shut up, snake." Ron growled at her. She put her hands up in mock defense.

"Hermione calm your guard dog. I think he bites." She poked Ron in the splinched shoulder and he flinched away. "Nevermind, I found how to calm him." She chuckled to herself as both Ron and Hermione glared at her.

"You're not exactly helping your case here Vic." Harry said, rolling his eyes at her antics.

"I know. But I don't need them to like me. So I don't really care." Victoria smiled as they finally reached the top of the hill, a large field coming into view, in the center was a large house. It almost looked like the burrow. As they walked down the hill Victoria continued to tell them something would go wrong, she could feel it.

Xenophilius Lovegood invited them in and left to make them tea, soon returning to tell the story of the Deathly Hallows. The three brothers came upon Death and Death who granted them each one wish. One brother wished for a wand of power, one for the stone that brought the dead to life, and the other, a cloak to make the wearer invisible.

Overtime Death came back to all of them, he found the wand first, every spell the brother fired had no effect as Death took the wand and his life. Death found the second brother easily, he was living in despair as the people he brought back weren't as they imagined, they were zombies. Death took his life easily. Death spent the rest of the third brothers life looking for him, but everytime he came close he would hide beneath the cloak and escape Death. This went on until the third brother was old and decrepit, he then passed his cloak down to his son and Death found him. He gave up his life with a smile, he died happy.

Victoria thought the story was touching, though once again didn't really know what it had to do with the upcoming war. Though she had a feeling it would come in handy at one point or another.

"Mr. Lovegood. How long will Luna be out?" Harry asked, earlier he had told them she was out picking flowers, but she had yet to be back. Suddenly a loud crack echoed through the house, followed by 3 more.

"I'm sorry! They have her, I have to get her back. I'm so sorry." Xenophilius cried as they came to the realization that he sold them out to Death Eaters. Victoria glared at him and was the first out the door, closely followed by the trio.

"I told you guys so!" She yelled as the Death Eaters took off after them, firing curses at the teens as they ran.

"This is not the time for 'I told you so's' Victoria!" Hermione yelled back, ducking to avoid a curse.

"Well if I die they're won't ever be another time so-" A yell interrupted her as Ron got hit with a curse, he was covered in ropes as they shot another spell. This one hit Victoria as she was also covered in ropes, she fell to the ground with a thud groaning at the pain of the impact. She saw Hermione cast a curse to Harry, it caused him to be unrecognizable as the Death Eaters took.