The Girl Who Remembers

Chapter 8

Dahlia's POV

We arrived at the door that had Fluffy behind it, after Neville tried to stop us in the common room which made Hermione freeze him,

"Alohorma" Hermione whispered before we opened it and crept in it, a harp was playing and Fluffy was asleep, it's paw was over the trap door leading to the stone

"We're going have to move the paw" I informed, we slowly and carefully move the paw and opened the door, "Does it seem quiet?" I asked noticing the Harp had stopped playing,

"The Harp, it's stopped" Hermione confirmed before Ron let out a disgusted yell, we looked over at him and noticed he had drool over him, then looked up to be met by Fluffy's three heads baring their teeth at us,

"Jump!" I ordered, Hermione dropped, followed by Ron and Harry then myself, I groaned as I landed on the Devils Snare,

"Don't move! It'll only wrap around you quicker" Hermione informed as she stopped moving and dropped down below, I sighed and relaxed before dropping down followed by Harry,

"He's not relaxing" Harry stated as the Snare had silenced Ron's yelling, Hermione was mumbling something as I tried to remember what Devils Snare hated,

"I've got it! Lumas Solem!" I yelled aiming my wand at Ron, a bright light came from the tip and Ron dropped down to the floor, he stood up and dusted himself off,

"Good thing we didn't panic" he sighed, I gave him a deadpan look,

"No, luckily Dahlia pays attention in Herbology" Harry retorted before I lead the way to the next room, I stared at the flying keys then the Broomstick and turned to Harry,

"Would you like to do this one?" I offered, he shrugged and nodded

"Can't be that difficult. Which one?" He answered,

"The one with the broken wing" I replied pointing at it, he nodded and mounted the broom, causing all the other keys to 'attack' him, he chased the key and grabbed it, he tossed it to me and I ran to the door to unlock it, "Harry now!" I exclaimed, Harry flew in through the door and we closed it behind him, I sighed in relief before following the others,

"Where are we?" Harry asked, I shrugged

"It's a chess board" Ron answered, I let out a small groan,

"And to proceed to the next room we're going have to win" I sighed, he nodded.

We played through it and it was coming up to the last couple moves,

"When I've moved the Queen will take me, then Harry, you can checkmate her" Ron explained, my face dropped

"Ron no! You can't!" I exclaimed,

"What?" Hermione asked,

"He's going to sacrifice himself" I stated,

"No you can't!" She demanded,

"D, you and Harry go. Not me. Not Hermione. You two" Ron argued, I sighed and nodded, "Knight to H3" he ordered, he moved and then the Queen did and took him down, he let out a scream as he fell from the Knight, Harry moves up to the Queen,

"Checkmate" he stated and the sword fell from her hands, we all ran over to Ron, I sighed in relief as he was still alive.

***

"You?" Harry asked as we enter the last room,

"Yes, no one would expect poor, s-stuttering, Quirrel" Quirrel answered as he faced us,

"But that day, Snape tried to kill me" Harry retorted,

"No, dear boy. I tried to kill you! If Snape's cloak hadn't caught fire and broke my eye contact, I would of succeeded!" He yelled,

"Snape tried to save you" I whispered,

"Very good, Black. Now, I see myself holding the stone, but how do I get it" he questioned,

"Use the children" A voice whispered making me raise an eyebrow,

"Come here now" Quirrel ordered, we did "Tell me, what do you see" he demanded, we both looked into and saw the two of us but Harry had hold of the stone before passing it to me who placed it in my pocket and winked, I glanced in my pocket an saw the stone in there, I gave Harry a slight nudge and nod,

"I've been given the house cup" he lied,

"I've been reunited with my Dad" I lied,

"Lies" The voice hissed again,

"Tell me the truth" Quirrel snapped,

"Let me speak to them" the voice ordered,

"But master, you're not strong enough" Quirrel reasoned as he seemed to retreat,

"I've strength enough for this" The voice stated, Quirrel started to undo his turban and Voldemort appeared on the back of his head making my eyes widened

"Harry Potter. Dahlia Black, we meet again. Yes. You see what I've become? Live off another. A mere parasite, Unicorn blood can sustain me but it can't give me a body of my own. But there's something that can. Something that, conveniently enough, lies in Dahlia's pocket" He stated, Harry grabbed my hand as we ran to the exit "Stop them" Voldemort ordered, Quirrel snapped his fingers and fire blocked all of the exits, "Don't be fools. Why suffer horrific deaths when you can join me and live?" He asked,

"Never!" We yelled,

"Bravery. Your parents had it too, Harry. Wouldn't you like to see your parents again? Together we can bring them back. All I ask is for something in return" he chuckled, I glared at him, "There's no good and evil. There's only power and those to weak to seek it. Together, we'll do extraordinary things. Just give me the stone!" He yelled, I pulled the stone out of my pocket and stared at it,

"You liar!" Harry yelled, gaining my attention again

"Kill them!" Voldemort yelled before Quirrel flew to us, grabbing our necks, I dropped the stone and was trying to get it,

"Let me go!" I growled as I grabbed Quirrel's hand making him back off yelling in pain,

"What is this magic?!" He cried,

"Fool, get the stone!" Voldemort ordered, he went to grab it but Harry placed his hands on Quirrel's face making him yell out in pain, I picked up the stone and turned around to see Quirrel and Voldemort turn to dust. I gave a weak smile towards Harry before a dark cloud formed behind him, I pushed Harry aside as it went through me making me drop to the floor,

"Dahlia?!" Harry exclaimed as he shook me before I slipped unconscious.