She's Not Lily (Harry Potter/ Severus Snape fan fic)

Ch. 17 Department of Mysteries

This day, I couldn't possibly get any stranger. We tried to go to the Department of Mysteries through Umbridge's fireplace, but the crazy old bat caught us before we could leave. Draco and his goons had a hold of us while Umbridge tried to interrogate Harry. Umbridge slapped Harry, and then I heard the voice that melted my heart. Dolores asked for Veritaserum; of course, he was helping her; his response shocked me; well, I'm pretty sure it shocked all of us. Umbridge was using the serum to interrogate students; that's why Cho told our location. It wasn't her fault; that was Ms. Dolores Umbridge's wonderful act. I hope you can detect my sarcasm. Sev- Snape told Umbridge he could not help her unless she wanted to poison Harry; he also added he would have the 'greatest sympathy' if she would while staring at me. I tried so hard not to break the glare I gave him. Before Snape left the room, Harry wanted to tell him that Voldemort had Sirius; when Umbridge asked what he was going on about, he looked at me then said:

"I have no Idea."

Then, of course, the crazy old bat tried to use the Cruciatus Curse on him, which caused Mione and I to shout at him simultaneously. I couldn't help but chuckle because it reminded me of Fred and George. Mione brought up something about Dumbledore's secret weapon, which I had no idea but went along with. Dumbledore's secret weapon wasn't a weapon; it was Hagrid's half-brother, Grawp. Then the centaurs showed up; there was a struggle, but Grawp and the centaurs carried her away. Who knows what they have done to her, but who cares now? Am I right, or am I right?

Harry thought he would go by himself to save Sirius as we would let him go on his own. So he let us go. We forced him to let us, and then we rode on the stairs to where we were in a cramped elevator.

"Department of Mysteries." A voice spoke as we arrived in a hallway that seemed to be the Department of Mysteries.

We walked down the hallway to the hall of prophecies, rows and rows of foggy crystal balls. We got to a row that seemed to have a blue, glowing crystal ball. When Harry picked it up, it started to speak.

"The one with the power to vanquish the dark lord approaches....born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies...and the dark lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the dark lord knows not...and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives....the one with the power to vanquish the dark lord will be born as the seventh month dies." The voice said that it sounded a lot like Professor Trelawny.

All of a sudden, a death eater appeared in the room, along with a couple more. He slowly started to walk towards us while we held up our wands.

"Where is Sirius?" Questions Harry.

"You know, you should start to tell the difference." The death eater spoke. "Between a dream and a reality."

He used his wand to remove his ghastly mask to revile none other than Lucious Malfoy.

"You saw only what the dark lord wanted you to see." He spoke as if he was a god, " Now, hand over the prophecy.

"You do anything to us, and I'll break it," Harry spoke, not sounding even a bit terrified.

Then I hear an ear-bleeding laugh that could only belong to Bellatrix Lestrange. "He knows how to play itty, bitty, baby Potter."

"Bellatrix Lestrange," Neville spoke, which caused me to shoot him a slight glare but a worried look.

"Neville Longbottom, is it?" She spoke in the same tone as Lucious. "How's mum and dad?"

"Better now that they are about to be avenged," Neville said, pointing his wand at her.

Mione and I gasped while Harry put his arm before Neville to stop him from his foolishness. Lucious puts his hands up in a calming manner.

"Let's everybody just calm down. Gently, all we want is that Prophecy," spoke Lucious.

Everyone was silent until Harry decided to speak.

"Why did Voldermort want me to come get this."

Gosh, these people have the guts to speak to people who could quickly kill us in a split second.

"How dare you speak his name, You filthy half-blood!" Lestrange shouts while looking at us with crazy eyes.

"It's alright, he's just a curious lad, aren't you?" spoke Malfoy before answering Harry's question. "Prophecies can only be retrieved by those about whom they are made, which is lucky for you."

More death eaters start to close in on us; Ginny, Neville, Luna, and I point our wands at the others while Mione and Ron stand by Harry in a protective stance.

"Haven't you always wondered what was the reason for the connection between you and the dark lord, why he was unable to kill you while you were an infant? Don't you want to know the secret of your scar?" Lucious spoke while walking closer to us, with the strange Lestrange following closely behind him. "All of the answers are there, potter, in your hand. All you have to do is give it to me; I can show you everything."

The death eaters were getting closer, and I could feel my heartbeat beating faster. I was terrified but not a coward; I would protect Harry, Mione, and Ron. Even Luna, Ginny, and Neville, this year I spent at Hogwarts would be awful if it weren't for these people; they are like my family.

"I have waited fourteen years," Harry said, which made me turn back and look at him as if he had lost his mind. He wouldn't give him the prophecy, would he?

"I know," Malfoy said as if he cared like a Malfoy could have feelings about it.

"I guess I could wait a little longer Now!" Harry shouted.

"Stupefy!" All of us shouted, and all the death eaters seemed to evaporate.

We all start running, having no idea where we are heading. Lucious appeared in front of us while holding his hand for the prophecy. We quickly ran down another row, which split us all up. I was running behind Harry when Mione and Ron met us at the end of the row. Two death eaters apparated on both sides of us. Harry quickly stunned him, and then we took off running again. I was out of breath and needed to start working out more.

I looked behind me and noticed the Death Eater still following us; I quickly yelled stupefy, followed by Mione and Ron. He blocked all of our spells, and Mione and I started to knock down the other prophecies, which finally got rid of him. I heard Harry yell stupefy and watched a death eater apparatus away. We made it to a cross of rows, which made us meet with everyone else. I see Ginny grab a hold of Harry's hand, which makes me feel a pang of jealousy, but I quickly focus on the situation at hand. A death eater promptly approached us; I pulled up my wand.

"Reducto!"

The death eater was blown away, but it caused the hall of prophecies to start falling. We all started running and running fast. We made it to a black door and quickly went through it. Of course, there couldn't just be a regular room that could have tea waiting for us. No, we had to be falling to our deaths. When we were close to the bottom, we quickly stopped and released to fall on the ground.

"Department of Mysteries, they named it right, didn't they?" Ron said.

I couldn't help but chuckle at his comment. You sure are right, Ron, for once.