The Return of the Dark Lord P1

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Mattheo: ReadyMe: YesI look at him one last time before I see his silhouette shrink and then disappear

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Mattheo: Ready
Me: Yes
I look at him one last time before I see his silhouette shrink and then disappear.
We land in front of a gate, I grab my brother's sleeve as I feel my head turn.
Me: I hate that...
Mattheo: Tell me about it
I look at him, surprised by his words, he notices and composes himself.
Mattheo: Don't look at me like that!
Me: Sorry, sorry
In the distance we see a rather stout, limping man coming towards the entrance.
Spontaneously I pull out my wand and recognise Alastor Moody, the Auror Draco described in his letters.

Mattheo: Put the wand down, Rory.
Me: But Theo...
Mattheo: He's one of us.
Me: Big brother, he's an Auror, he's not one of "us", he sends Death Eaters straight to Azkaban!
Mattheo: That's Barty Crouch Jr. stuffed with Polyjuice Potion, but it's him.
The man opens the gate and tells us to hurry
Barty: The guards won't be gone for long, so hurry.
He waves for us to follow him, we hear a lot of shouting and music.

We hide behind a low wall and Barty pulls out a box with a mask inside.
Barty: The Master wore this when he was a boy.
Mattheo starts to take it, but is stopped abruptly.
Barty: This is your idiot pass, it will be yours when you're a Death Eater! It will be yours when you are a Death Eater!

Then he grabs my sleeve and rips it with a knife, then lifts my arm and sniffs at it.
Mattheo and I look at each other in confusion.
I pull back in disgust and the man straightens up, the magic eye moving. The mask starts to shake.
Barty: It's time!

Both Mattheo and I grab it and suddenly we are dematerialised again, but this time I can see everything; even worse!

We roll to the ground, almost hitting my head on a ... cauldron. My brother helps me up and fixes my hair.
Me: Thank you.
He smiles.

Mattheo's POV
My sister looks at me and in her eyes I see the scared little me again.

I am about to reassure her when footsteps behind us make me turn around and as soon as I see a snake accompanied by a familiar person I put my hand in front of her to protect her.
Peter M: B... well, who do we have here...
She approaches us and looks at me very closely.
Peter: An o...now grown up Mattheo and .... my dear ... I haven't had the pleasure of meeting you.

Aurora doesn't answer and looks at me.
Me: She is my sister Aurora
Tom: Bring me the one who will give her blood, bring me my daughter!

The man beckons us into an illuminated crypt, approaches a chair and takes a bundle in his arms.
I feel my sister flinch slightly as the man shows us the hideous creature wrapped inside.
inside.
Me: Father?
Tom: My little boy
says a voice in my head, making me and Aurora shiver.
The snake slithers between Aurora's legs and says something I can barely make out, almost hissing.

A faint smile appears on my father's face.
Tom: The girl speaks snake language....
says the voice in my head. I turn to her with a questioning look; I had no idea she could speak it.
A noise outside the crypt attracts our attention.
Peter: Master, he is arrived...

Tom: Take me to him Wormtail, take the girl too... but make her wear the massssk...
He nods and takes my sister by the arm, who rebels.
Aurora: I can do it myself!
She says, putting on the mask and disappearing behind Wormtail. I follow them, staying hidden.

Aurora's Pov
Two boys, drenched in sweat and as dirty as I don't know what, look at us.
One of them then falls to the ground moaning, Harry Potter, I recognise him from the scar I can see under his thick brown hair.

The other boy I don't know, but he's very cute, maybe Cedric Diggory...
Cedric: Who are you?! What do you want?!
He says, pointing his wand at us.
Tom: Kill him!
Peter: Avada Kedavra!
The wand emits a green light that envelops the boy, I freeze as I see the helpless body lying on the ground; I have never seen a person killed before... this is horrible...
Harry: No! Cedric! No!
Wormtail runs over to Harry Potter and lifts him up into the Angel's clutches.

Tom: It's time! Do it now!
The man then approaches the red-hot cauldron and throws my father into it.
Peter: Father's bones, donated without consent....
He floats a piece of skeleton, which catches fire in the white substance.
Peter: Servant's flesh, sacrificed with consent....
Under my horrified gaze, he cuts his hand and I touch my stomach, looking behind me for my brother's gaze, which I do not find...

Peter: Daughter's blood donated with consent...
Before I could say anything, he came closer and cut my arm with the knife.
The blood flowed like a waterfall into the cauldron, which immediately turned red. A tear of pain runs down my face and I bite my lip to keep from making a sound.

Peter: And blood of the enemy, taken by force!
He approaches Potter and does the same to him as he did to me, only the amount of blood is less. With difficulty I remove my arm from the cauldron and make my way to the crypt.
I almost pass out just behind a pillar, but Theo grabs me and pulls me inside.
Mattheo: He really did a good job.... He made it.

He tears off a piece of my cloak and bandages my wound, then pulls two Mu sweets out of his pocket.
Mattheo: Here... these will help you, you can't show any weakness right now... ....

I nod and take off my mask while eating the two sweets....

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