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Here you all go. The next installment of my latest Deathly Hallows offering. I will keep posting these until it's finished, regardless of what the real Deathly Hallows says.
8: The Trouble With Falling
Harry was falling face first, Riana in the shape of a house elf holding tightly onto him with one hand, the other holding something that seemed to catch on the walls of the slide a few times, but never staying latched. Hermione and Ron were falling sidewards beside him. Harry could hear their robes flapping in the rushing air as they fell. Ginny, he could not hear falling. He hoped that she was all right, that they were going to be all right…
The tunnel stopped suddenly and Harry handed on a large pile of what looked like gold and gems, even a few glinting shards of a set of armour. The cavern they seemed to be in echoed with the sounds of the chinking metal as the others landed beside him, Hermione half on top of him.
"What is this?" Riana asked, sitting up on Harry's back. Harry heard coins tinkling in the relative darkness, and suddenly heard something large and heavy hit the pile of what appeared to be treasure on the ground.
"Ah…" Hermione said, glancing over to the far wall, "What was that?"
"I don't know, but I would love it if you all got off me," Harry said, and he felt the weight of Riana shift as her shape did. A pygmy puff sat on his head as Hermione and Ron rolled off him.
A groan of pain came from the place where Ron had rolled. The pygmy puff jumped off Harry's head and the coins scattered.
"Ron? Are you okay?"
"I think I rolled onto a sword or something," he replied, and Harry heard a sheath being drawn from a sword.
Over the other side of the chamber, something moved, sending coins clattering across the floor. Harry, Hermione and Ron stood absolutely still.
"Harry?" Ginny called, lighting her wand. "Hermione? Ron?"
"Over here, Ginny," Hermione called as Harry stood up. Something slithered near his foot and he gave an involuntary yelp.
"That had better have been you, Riana."
"I'm on your shoulder, Harry," the pygmy puff said, then jumped down into the treasure. A second later, the horned hound stood before them. She put her nose to the coins as Ginny joined them.
"Where did you go?" Hermione asked Ginny, helping Ron remove the dirt from the back of his robes.
"I fell after you, but part of the tunnel fell away into another when I crossed over it." Ginny raised her wand and looked around the room. "I landed over there. Something came after me, though."
"What kind of something?" Harry asked, but Ginny was cut off by Riana.
Riana leapt into the treasure, howling and barking. Hermione, Harry, Ginny and Ron ran after her, and watched as Riana scattered crystals, gems, swords, armour and all sorts of valuables. Riana leapt upon something and the something gave a hiss before Riana drove the spikes on her head into its body. She shook the body off and sniffed at it.
"Does this look familiar, Harry?" Riana asked, sniffing at the body of a large python. "It's making my nose twitch, like the cup did."
"Nagini," Harry breathed, looking at the snake.
The creature's body suddenly vaporised, as though it was sucked up in a vacuum. Only the bones were left on the treasure.
"What just happened?" Ginny asked, looking between the Kelpie and the skeleton. Riana was dragging her horns through the gems, trying to clean the black tar-like substance off them.
"I think Riana just destroyed another Horcrux for us." Harry looked at the Kelpie as she laughed.
"The snake was once like the cup, true," Riana said, lifting her head up as Hermione stepped closer to help her remove the residue, "but not for at least… two years."
"Makes sense. Voldemort needed a piece of his soul to come back at the end of the Triwizard Tornament." Harry knelt beside the snake and pushed at it with a sword he picked up from the pile of treasure.
Something slipped in the distance. Coins and gems tinckered and something in the distance cursed.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny and Riana fell silent. So did the things on the other side of the small cave.
Before anyone could stop her, Riana shifted into a small dragon and fluttered off into the darkness. A few seconds later, she was screaming back towards them, yelling.
"Run! They're --"
Her sreams were cut off when a jet of red light hit her, bringing her crrashing into the treasure. The quartet ran to help their new friend, but seven black-robed figures appeared out of the gloom. They reached Riana before Harry and his friends did, and they looked up at him.
"Potter!" the front-most one hissed. "Get them!"
The Death Eaters turned on Harry and his friends and immediately fired curses. Harry and Ginny dodged the Stunning Spells, but Ron caught one in the arm when he was trying to dodge the curse, and the curse that hit Hermione just knicked her neck.
Harry and Ginny just managed to dodge their curses, but the other Death Eaters, who were just a little off in their aiming, managed to hit Harry with a Conjunctivitus Curse and he stumbled through the treasure before a Stunning Spell knocked him off his feet. Ginny was hit by a Cutting Curse that opened a deep slice across her wrist and she collapsed, her face going white.
"Stem the flow or the Dark Lord will not forgive us for allowing one of the Blood Traitors to die before he can have his fun."
"He's going to kill us anyway. We let the snake be killed."
One of the Death Eaters stopped the blodo flow with a flick of his wand. "What about the dragon?"
"Take it with us. The Dark Lord can decide what to do with it."
The five Stunned prisoners were levitated and taken outof the cave, along with the body of the snake.
8: The Trouble With Falling
Harry was falling face first, Riana in the shape of a house elf holding tightly onto him with one hand, the other holding something that seemed to catch on the walls of the slide a few times, but never staying latched. Hermione and Ron were falling sidewards beside him. Harry could hear their robes flapping in the rushing air as they fell. Ginny, he could not hear falling. He hoped that she was all right, that they were going to be all right…
The tunnel stopped suddenly and Harry handed on a large pile of what looked like gold and gems, even a few glinting shards of a set of armour. The cavern they seemed to be in echoed with the sounds of the chinking metal as the others landed beside him, Hermione half on top of him.
"What is this?" Riana asked, sitting up on Harry's back. Harry heard coins tinkling in the relative darkness, and suddenly heard something large and heavy hit the pile of what appeared to be treasure on the ground.
"Ah…" Hermione said, glancing over to the far wall, "What was that?"
"I don't know, but I would love it if you all got off me," Harry said, and he felt the weight of Riana shift as her shape did. A pygmy puff sat on his head as Hermione and Ron rolled off him.
A groan of pain came from the place where Ron had rolled. The pygmy puff jumped off Harry's head and the coins scattered.
"Ron? Are you okay?"
"I think I rolled onto a sword or something," he replied, and Harry heard a sheath being drawn from a sword.
Over the other side of the chamber, something moved, sending coins clattering across the floor. Harry, Hermione and Ron stood absolutely still.
"Harry?" Ginny called, lighting her wand. "Hermione? Ron?"
"Over here, Ginny," Hermione called as Harry stood up. Something slithered near his foot and he gave an involuntary yelp.
"That had better have been you, Riana."
"I'm on your shoulder, Harry," the pygmy puff said, then jumped down into the treasure. A second later, the horned hound stood before them. She put her nose to the coins as Ginny joined them.
"Where did you go?" Hermione asked Ginny, helping Ron remove the dirt from the back of his robes.
"I fell after you, but part of the tunnel fell away into another when I crossed over it." Ginny raised her wand and looked around the room. "I landed over there. Something came after me, though."
"What kind of something?" Harry asked, but Ginny was cut off by Riana.
Riana leapt into the treasure, howling and barking. Hermione, Harry, Ginny and Ron ran after her, and watched as Riana scattered crystals, gems, swords, armour and all sorts of valuables. Riana leapt upon something and the something gave a hiss before Riana drove the spikes on her head into its body. She shook the body off and sniffed at it.
"Does this look familiar, Harry?" Riana asked, sniffing at the body of a large python. "It's making my nose twitch, like the cup did."
"Nagini," Harry breathed, looking at the snake.
The creature's body suddenly vaporised, as though it was sucked up in a vacuum. Only the bones were left on the treasure.
"What just happened?" Ginny asked, looking between the Kelpie and the skeleton. Riana was dragging her horns through the gems, trying to clean the black tar-like substance off them.
"I think Riana just destroyed another Horcrux for us." Harry looked at the Kelpie as she laughed.
"The snake was once like the cup, true," Riana said, lifting her head up as Hermione stepped closer to help her remove the residue, "but not for at least… two years."
"Makes sense. Voldemort needed a piece of his soul to come back at the end of the Triwizard Tornament." Harry knelt beside the snake and pushed at it with a sword he picked up from the pile of treasure.
Something slipped in the distance. Coins and gems tinckered and something in the distance cursed.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny and Riana fell silent. So did the things on the other side of the small cave.
Before anyone could stop her, Riana shifted into a small dragon and fluttered off into the darkness. A few seconds later, she was screaming back towards them, yelling.
"Run! They're --"
Her sreams were cut off when a jet of red light hit her, bringing her crrashing into the treasure. The quartet ran to help their new friend, but seven black-robed figures appeared out of the gloom. They reached Riana before Harry and his friends did, and they looked up at him.
"Potter!" the front-most one hissed. "Get them!"
The Death Eaters turned on Harry and his friends and immediately fired curses. Harry and Ginny dodged the Stunning Spells, but Ron caught one in the arm when he was trying to dodge the curse, and the curse that hit Hermione just knicked her neck.
Harry and Ginny just managed to dodge their curses, but the other Death Eaters, who were just a little off in their aiming, managed to hit Harry with a Conjunctivitus Curse and he stumbled through the treasure before a Stunning Spell knocked him off his feet. Ginny was hit by a Cutting Curse that opened a deep slice across her wrist and she collapsed, her face going white.
"Stem the flow or the Dark Lord will not forgive us for allowing one of the Blood Traitors to die before he can have his fun."
"He's going to kill us anyway. We let the snake be killed."
One of the Death Eaters stopped the blodo flow with a flick of his wand. "What about the dragon?"
"Take it with us. The Dark Lord can decide what to do with it."
The five Stunned prisoners were levitated and taken outof the cave, along with the body of the snake.