Hogwarts: The Enchanted Chalice - BOOK 4 (A Harry Potter Fanfic)

6: Imperio

It must have been about two weeks until I woke again. I opened my eyes to find myself in a dark room, filled with dead bodies, gasping for breath. Wow, the air felt good. I slowly got up then collapsed. My legs felt numb.

'Hello?' I said loudly and I could hear footsteps hurrying along the corridor.

The door opened and light entered the room. It was a female Healer and Koda who entered.

'Molly?' said Koda and the other Healer gasped.

They helped me up and I limped through to another room with their support.

'How are you alive?' the female Healer asked. 

'I-I don't know,' I said, 'I just... woke up.'

'Go contact Remus!' said Koda and she ran off.

He helped me into a bed and I lay there. He went to get me some food and water and when I had finished, I felt like I could walk again. I stood up and walked around the room a few times to get used to walking. Just as I returned to bed, Remus ran in.

'Molly!' he said and hugged me tightly, 'You're alive! But how?'

I shrugged, pulling away quickly, and he smiled.

'Well, I suppose it doesn't matter, as long as you are here!' he said, 'At Hogwarts, they had a whole day of no classes in memory of you and they held a little memorial!'

I forced a smile. How were you even supposed to respond to that? I just wanted to go home.

'Can she come home?' asked Remus and Koda nodded, 'Come on!'

I leapt off the bed and followed Remus to the exit.

'Thanks!' I called to them, and Remus and I Disapparated.

We arrived just outside the cottage where Sirius and a girl with brilliantly pink hair were sitting at the table.

'Molly!' yelled Sirius and he pulled me into a hug but I attempted to struggle out of it. His grip was too tight, however, and I couldn't get free. It made my breathing quicken as I desperately tried to get myself out.

The girl stared at me the whole time with a grin on her face. Sirius let go of me and frowned.

'Oh!' he said, remembering the girl in the corner, 'This is Nymphadora Tonks, your second cousin.'

'Don't call me Nymphadora, it's Tonks,' she said and her hair turned red. I stared at her in shock and she said, 'Metamorphmagus!'

My jaw dropped. Metamorphmagus' could change their appearance at will and were extremely rare.

'How are you alive?!' asked Sirius, breaking the silence.

'I dunno!' I said quietly and he nodded.

'Tonks here is an Auror! She will take you back to Hogwarts tomorrow. And it will be a surprise for everyone,' said Remus, signalling to Tonks whose hair had returned to pink.

'What'd I miss?' I asked, my voice weak.

'Well, you left at Halloween, right?' asked Sirius and I nodded, 'Well, you missed the first task of the Triwizard Tournament. The Champions had to go up against dragons and Harry had, quite possibly, the fiercest dragon out of all of them and got the most points! He summoned his broom and tricked the dragon so got the Golden Egg that they were supposed to retrieve. It's supposed to reveal the next clue but, according to Harry, it only makes screeching noises.'

I nodded. Harry could take on a dragon easily after all he had been through. Sirius tried to reach for me again but I flinched and moved backwards.