Hatred rose in Harry such as he had never known before. He flunghimself out from behind the fountain and bellowed "Crucio!"Bellatrix screamed. The spell had knocked her off her feet, but shedid not writhe and shriek with pain as Neville had — she was alreadyon her feet again, breathless, no longer laughing.
Harry dodged behind the golden fountain again — her counter spell hit the head of thehandsome wizard, which was blown off and landed twenty feet away,gouging long scratches into the wooden floor."Never used an Unforgivable Curse before, have you, boy?" sheyelled. She had abandoned her baby voice now.
"You need to meanthem, Potter! You need to really want to cause pain — to enjoy it —righteous anger won't hurt me for long — I'll show you how it isdone, shall I? I'll give you a lesson —"Harry had been edging around the fountain on the other side. Shescreamed, "Crucio!"
Harry tried to dodge it, but it was too late. The Cruciatus curse has hit him, pain beyond pain; Harry had never experienced Bellatrix's Crucio before — Bellatrix has a particular affinity for unforgivable curses; especially, the Cruciatus curse. He crunched to the ground, screaming and twitching in agony.
He limply heard Bellatrix laugh, filled with rage and amusement — Harry's mind was also filled with rage; the pain couldn't take over him. Bellatrix had killed Sirius, a father figure to him — suddenly, the pain stopped. He was lying, panting on the floor of the atrium — he heard wands clashing; he looked back; how the bloody hell? he thought.
Dumbledore was there, fighting Voldemort; just as Dumbledore arrived, he dashed to Harry, but Lucius and Voldemort brought him away, he had already fought off Lucius, but the old headmaster was struggling with Voldemort — Harry heard another scream; "Crucio! Crucio, Crucio! " Bellatrix yelled.
And Harry's legs gave up on him as he fell to the ground before he even noticed, screaming and thrashing in pain. He thought this as an eternity, he limply heard the incantation "Reducto" being preformed and someone, not his voice, screaming; then the pain stopped.
He tried to open his eyes, but just doing so was very painful. "H-harry! Harry!" He heard Hermione yell, "Harry! —" "Bring him to St. Mungo's. Ordeal it is, 10 minutes of the Cruciatus curse, the death eater still escaped" He heard Snape bellow.
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Crucio In It
FanfictionHarry realized that escaping Voldemort was impossible. Every time he tried, Voldemort blocked. Surges of the cruciatus curse weren't helping either. Will our hero escape? Or will he beg for death kneeling down at the dark lord's feet?
