Chop And Change (Sequel to The Eternal Prophecy)

An Army of Inferi

        A month has passed ever since Tom and I broke up. We are on last name basis now, or more specifically silly girl and bloody idiot terms. Today Dumbledore, was going to take Harry and me to get a horcrux, so I made the required arrangements, so that both the horcrux and the ritual could be done. I had it discussed with Dumbledore, we would leave, giving Malfoy an opportunity to sneak the Deatheaters inside the castle, and we would come back with the horcrux, followed by his death, which I would witness, followed by me conducting the ritual. The Aurors and most probably the D.A. would fight a battle, giving me enough time, to finish the ritual and start building up my own army.I was currently in my changed flared jeans, with lilac top.I was looking out of the window along with Harry, when Hermione and Elena came up to us.

        "Harry, Ati. It's time."said Hermione. Elena and I hugged a sisterly embrace.
        "Get all the divine bloods ready, along with the stones, and the pictures and the coffins.Okay, as soon as the battle begins I will come down and we do the ritual."I whispered in Elena's ear.
        "Alright."she nodded.
        Harry, Hermione, Ron and I walked. Harry began his talk about Malfoy, as I excused myself and went to meet Dumbledore. I saw Severus was there too. I knew the secret between them.
        "Aria have you decided, which side to choose?"asked Dumbledore.
        "I choose the side that's right. If Riddle and Voldemort are wrong, I will not hesitate to do my duty and choose to go against them."I said. Severus and Dumbledore nodded. He instructed Severus to be the one to kill him. At which Snape was outraged.
        "Have you ever considered you're asking me too much?"said Severus to Dumbledore."That you take too much for granted.Has it ever crossed your brilliant mind that I don't want to do it anymore." Apparently Dumbledore knew Malfoy had been chosen to assassinate him, and Severus had been chosen to aid the lost boy. Personally I felt Malfoy was simply misunderstood, after hearing him out. He was simply lost, searching for a ray of hope. He was the boy who had no choice. Dumbledore knew Malfoy didn't have it in him, to murder someone to which I agree. So Dumbledore had instructed Severus to kill him, instead of Malfoy.
        "Whether it has or has not, it's irrelevant.I will not negotiate this with you."said Dumbledore.
        "Severus, you agreed, there's nothing more to discuss."I said.Severus glared and went away as Harry came. I wonder how much he's heard the conversation. Dumbledore smiled.
        "Harry, you need to shave my friend."said Dumbledore.
        "I had told him the very thing sir."I said amused, as Harry ran his had over his face.
        "Sometimes I forget how much you've grown.At times, I still see the little boy from the cupboard.Same for you Aria, at times, I still see you as the chocolate brown doe-like eyed newborn girl child."I smiled."Forgive my mawkishness, Harry and Aria, I am an old man."
        "You look the same to me, sir."said Harry.
        "And real bomb.I mean."I said.Dumbledore chuckled.
        "Like Lily, Tatianna and Jasper, you two are really kind."said Dumbledore."A trait people fail to undervalue."He turned as his eyes fell at the fiery sky."The place we shall journey tonight is exceedingly dangerous, Aria and Harry.I promised that you two can accompany me and I stand by that promise.But there is a condition: You must obey the command I give you -- without question."
        "Yes sir."Harry and I said together.
        "Understand what I am saying,"cautioned Dumbledore." Should I tell you to hide you hide."We nodded. "Should I tell you to run you run."We nodded."And should I tell you to abandon me and save yourself."said Dumbledore as Harry's eyes rose and widened, while I remained calm,"you will do so."
        "Yes sir."I said while Harry hesitated. Dumbledore noticed this and asked again.
        "Your word Harry."said Dumbledore. Harry debated the issue in his head and finally nodded.
        "My word."said Harry.
        "Take my arm."said Dumbledore.
        "Sir, I thought you could apparate in Hogwarts."said Harry.
        "Being the headmaster, and an advanced witch and wizard, or their married mate, has its own advantages."said Dumbledore.We took Dumbledore's arms.The winds gusted and we apparated, finally tossed in an undulating black as if we were tossed through an invisible tube. We appeared at a rock surrounded by large waves, and the smell of the salty ocean. A giant wave crashed against the jagged. Dumbledore and I eyed the towering cliff which faced opposite the cave.We swam to the cave.
        "It's there, isn't it."asked Harry.It was so eerily quiet here, in the cave, the waves merely a distant thunder.Dumbledore moved to the archway as we followed.We found him under a towering dome of a rock, probing its mysteries with the light of his wand.
        "This is the place."said Dumbledore."Oh yes this place has known magic."he said as he closed his eyes."Where you stand Harry and Aria. Your grandmother Rebekah Ravenclaw Petrova when then, now Rebekah Ravenclaw Gryfindor Petrova Mikaelson would know about this."
        "Yeah, it's in her journal records, Tom Riddle once stood here many, many years ago when he was a poor orphan boy with penchant of cruelty."I said.Dumbledore's wand stopped briefly at a point as his hand felt pain, as if detecting some past unpleasantry.He began to trace his fingers over the surface of the rock.
        "One wintry afternoon, he lured two younger classmates into this cave,"said Dumbledore."What happened is  unclear.But it is much known - the children were damaged."He began murmuring in a strange whisper as he played with his fingers over the rock surface.His eyes opened and he pulled out a dagger from his robe. He drew a gash on his palm and speckled it over the rock.
        "Sir."said Harry.The rock surface sizzled as acid as it crumbled revealing a narrow opening.
        "In order, to gain passage, payment must be made, one intended to weaken the intruder. How typical of that asshole."I growled.
        "You should have let me sir."said Harry.
        "Oh, no. Harry your blood is more precious than mine. And Aria's is one of the rarest ones."said Dumbledore.We entered the cave, and emerged onto the rim of a vast lake, teeming with mist, a chill in the air.I saw the water was as black as ink. Something gruesome must be there.
        "Careful. The water."Dumbledore warned Harry.I followed the mist and saw a large greenish shimmer in the mist.
        "It's there."I pointed.
        "Indeed, the question is how do we reach there."said Dumbledore.