Anna Potter and the goblet of fire

Chapter 15

DARK ROOM
[Moody helped tip the calming potion down Anna's throat; She coughed.]
Mad-eye: You're sure Voldemort's back? How did he do it?
"Let her rest first!" Said Lily.
Anna: He took stuff from his father's grave, and from Wormtail, and me.
Mad-eye: What did the Dark Lord take from you?
Anna: Blood. [Anna raised her arm. Her sleeve was ripped. Moody let out his breath in a long, low hiss.]
Mad-eye: And the Death Eaters? They returned?
Anna: Yes, Loads of them...
Mad-eye: How did he treat them? Did he forgive them?"
"He's acting weird." Said Barty.
Anna: There's a Death Eater at Hogwarts! There's a Death Eater here - they put my name in the Goblet of Fire, they made sure I got through to the end- [Anna tried to get up, but Moody pushed her back down.]
Mad-eye: I know who the Death Eater is.
Anna: Karkaroff? Where is he? Have you got him? Is he locked up?
Mad-eye: [with an odd laugh.] Karkaroff? Karkaroff fled tonight, when he felt the Dark Mark burn upon his arm. He betrayed too many faithful supporters of the Dark Lord to wish to meet them... but I doubt he will get far. The Dark Lord has ways of tracking his enemies.
"I have bad feeling about this." Said Lily.
Anna: Karkaroff's gone? He ran away? But then - he didn't put my name in the goblet?
Mad-eye: No, No, he didn't. It was I who did that. [Anna heard, but didn't believe.]
"What?" Said James in disbelief.
"No way. He has locked up so many death eaters. He wouldn't--" said Sirius.
"What if he isn't him?" Said Regulus.
"He has a point. The way he has been acting wasn't much like Auror's and everyon noticed how different he is." Said Remus.
Anna: No, you didn't, You didn't do that... you couldn't have done...
Mad-eye: I assure you, I did. [His magical eye swung around and fixed upon the door. At the same time, Moody drew out his wand and pointed it at Anna.]
Mad-eye: He forgave them, then? The Death Eaters who went free? The ones who escaped Azkaban?
Anna: What? [She was looking at the wand Moody was pointing at her.]
Mad-eye: I asked you, whether he forgave the scum who never even went to look for him. Those treacherous cowards who wouldn't even brave Azkaban for him. The faithless, worthless bits of filth who were brave enough to cavort in masks at the Quidditch World Cup, but fled at the sight of the Dark Mark when I fired it into the sky.
"Who is he?" Asked Barty.
Anna: You fired... What are you talking about... ?
Mad-eye: I told you Anna... I told you. If there's one thing I hate more than any other, it's a Death Eater who walked free. They turned their backs on my master when he needed them most. I expected him to punish them. I expected him to torture them. Tell me he hurt them, Anna... [Moody's face was suddenly lit with an insane smile.] Tell me he told them that I, I alone remained faithful... prepared to risk everything to deliver to him the one thing he wanted above all... you.
"He is lunatic." Said Sirius.
Anna: You didn't... it - it can't be you...
Mad-eye: Who put your name in the Goblet of Fire, under the name of a different school? I did. Who frightened off every person I thought might try to hurt you or prevent you from winning the tournament? I did. Who nudged Hagrid into showing you the dragons? I did. Who helped you see the only way you could beat the dragon? I did.
[Moody's magical eye had now left the door. It was fixed upon Anna. His lopsided mouth leered more widely than ever.]
Gryffindors+ Barty and Evan glared at him.
Mad-eye: It hasn't been easy, Anna, guiding you through these tasks without arousing suspicion. I have had to use every ounce of cunning I possess, so that my hand would not be detectable in your success. Dumbledore would have been very suspicious if you had managed everything too easily. As long as you got into that maze, preferably with a decent head start - then, I knew, I would have a chance of getting rid of the other champions and leaving your way clear. But I also had to contend with your stupidity. The second task... that was when I was most afraid we would fail. I was keeping watch on you, Potter. I knew you hadn't worked out the egg's clue, so I had to give you another hint -
"He might be a lunatic, but he is smart lunatic." Said Evan.
Anna: You didn't, Cedric gave me the clue -
Mad-eye: Who told Cedric to open it underwater? I did. I trusted that he would pass the information on to you. Decent people are so easy to manipulate, Potter. I was sure Cedric would want to repay you for telling him about the dragons, and so he did. But even then, Potter, even then you seemed likely to fail. I was watching all the time... All those hours in the library. I planted book you needed early on, I gave it to the Longbottom boy, don't you remember? Magical Water Plants of the Mediterranean. It would have told you all you needed to know about gillyweed. I expected you to ask everyone and anyone you could for help. Longbottom would have told you in an instant. But you did not... you did not... You have a streak of pride and independence that might have ruined all. So what could I do? Feed you information from another innocent source. You told me at the Yule Ball a house-elf called Dobby had given you a Christmas present. I called the elf to the staffroom to collect some robes for cleaning. I staged a loud conversation with Professor McGonagall about the hostages who had been taken, and whether Potter would think to use gillyweed. And your little elf friend ran straight to Snape's office and then hurried to find you...
"With that cunningness. He's definetly Slytherin." Said Regulus.
[Moodys wand was still pointing directly at Anna's heart. Over her shoulder, foggy shapes were moving in the Foe-Glass on the wall.]
Mad-eye: You had an easier time of it than you should have in that maze tonight, of course, I was patrolling around it, able to see through the outer hedges, able to curse many obstacles out of your way. I Stunned Fleur Delacour as she passed. I put the Imperius Curse on Krum, so that he would finish Diggory and leave your path to the cup clear. [Anna stared at Moody. The foggy shapes in the Foe-Glass were sharpening, had become more distinct. Anna could see the outlines of three people over Moody's shoulder, moving closer and closer. But Moody wasn't watching them. His magical eye was upon Anna.]
"Someone is coming. They will help, righ?" Said Lily hopefully.
Mad-eye: The Dark Lord didn't manage to kill you Potter, and he so wanted to, Imagine how he will reward me when he finds I have done it for him. I gave you to him - the thing he needed above all to regenerate - and then I killed you for him.
"Dark lord would be mad, he wasn't the one who killed Potter." Said Lucius. Gryffindors glared at him.
Mad-eye: I will be honored beyond all other Death Eaters. I will be his dearest, his closest supporter... closer than a son... [Moody's normal eye was bulging, the magical eye fixed upon Anna.]
Anna: (muttered) This people with daddy issues are gonna be a death of me.
Barty chuckled slightly, but he is still very worried for Anna.
Mad-eye: The Dark Lord and I, have much in common. Both of us, for instance, had very disappointing fathers... very disappointing indeed. Both of us suffered the indignity, Anna, of being named after those fathers. And both of us had the pleasure... the very great pleasure... of killing our fathers to ensure the continued rise of the Dark Order!
"No..." whispered horrified Barty.
"You are dead. It must be someone else." Said Regulus.
"Reg is right." Said Evan.
Anna: You're mad, you are really mad!
Mad-eye: Mad, am I? We'll see! We'll see who's mad, now that the Dark Lord has returned, with me at his side! He is back, Anna Potter, you did not conquer him - and now - I conquer you! [Moody raised his wand, he opened his mouth; Anna plunged her own hand into her robes -]
Dumbledore: Stupefy! [There was a blinding flash of red light, and with a great splintering and crashing, the door of Moody's office was blasted apart - Moody was thrown backward onto the office floor.]
"Thanks god!" Sighed out Lily.
"Finally Dumbledore gave us honor and came himself." Said James.
[Anna, still staring at the place where Moody's face had been, saw Albus Dumbledore, Professor Snape, and Professor McGonagall looking back at her out of the Foe-Glass. She looked around and saw the three of them standing in the doorway, Dumbledore in front, his wand outstretched. Dumbledore stepped into the office, placed a foot underneath Moody's unconscious body, and kicked him over onto his back, so that his face was visible. Snape followed him, looking into the Foe-Glass, where his own face was still visible, glaring into the room. Professor McGonagall went straight to Anna.]
McGonagall: Come along. Come along... hospital wing...
Dumbledore: No.
"She will go to hospital wing. She was torture for god's sake." Said Lily.
McGonagall: Dumbledore, she ought to - look at her - she's been through enough tonight -
Dumbledore: She will stay, Minerva, because she needs to understand. Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery. She needs to know who has put her through the ordeal she has suffered tonight, and why.
"Do it after she's healed!" Said James.