'Department of Mysteries'
Cedric and Lori burst into Umbridge's office, faced with Neville, Luna, Ginny and Ron being held by members of the Inquisitorial Squad.
"All right," Cedric began, "we're here to relieve you of duty."
Malfoy smirked, "Diggory, why on earth would we let you do that?" The Hufflepuff began to pull out his wand, before Crabbe and Goyle pointed their wands at him, "I wouldn't try that. The pair of you, give us your wands."
Struck with a brilliant idea, Lori brought her wand from her packet, some of her brothers' Puking Pastilles spilling on to the floor, the orange and yellow wrapped sweet clattering against the wood.
Pansy Parkinson's eyes lit up, smacking her lips like a slobbering dog, "Oi, boys! Filthy Weasley had sweets!"
Malfoy roughly shoved Lori, pulling her pocket out and grabbing the rest of them, throwing one each to the Slytherins. It was almost humourous to watch as their grins faded into sheer terror, before the contents of their breakfasts reappeared on the floor.
Lori smirked, plucking all eight of their wands from Malfoy's hands, "I'll be taking those."
She threw each one to their rightful owner and racing down to the Forbidden Forest. They met Harry and Hermione on the Wooden Bridge.
"How'd you lot get away?" Hermione asked as she ran towards them.
"Puking Pastilles." Ginny grinned, "It wasn't pretty."
Lori gave Harry and Hermione their wands, "Dropped one in front of Pugface Parkinson, she was stupid enough to eat one."
Cedric smiled, "They all were."
"So," Neville began, "how are we getting to London?"
Harry coughed, "It's not that I don't appreciate everything you've done, but I've got you into enough trouble as it is."
Lori caught his arm, "This is the exact reason the Order of the Phoenix was formed."
Neville nodded, "Dumbledore's Army was supposed to be about something real. Or was it just words to you?"
"You don't have to do this alone, mate." Ron agreed.
It was a few moments before Harry conceded, "So, how are we going to get to London?"
A smile came onto Luna's face, "We fly, of course!"
*
Seemingly thousands of shelves stretched up and out as far as the eye could see, dull glass orbs on every available inch.
Beads of light gently glowed from each of their wands, illuminating the impenetrable darkness that choked around them.
Harry darted forwards, counting down the shelves until he found Sirius's body, stopping when the spot from his dreams was coated in the same amount of dust as the rest of the infinitely large building, "He should be here!"
Neville was looking up at one of the orbs, "Harry, it's got your name on it."
Harry slowly walked over to him, glancing up at the orb, his fingers inching towards it before he lifted it from its metal stand.
"Harry!" Hermione cried, gesturing towards a hooded figure that was walking towards them, all clothed in black with a silvery, wrought iron mask covering their face.
"Where's Sirius?"
The figure almost seemed to smirk, "You know, you really should be able to tell the difference between dreams," the mask dissolved, Lucius Malfoy leering at them, "and reality. You saw only what the Dark Lord wanted you to see. Now, hand me the prophecy."
"You do anything to us and I'll break it."
A woman cackled behind Lucius, "He knows how to play! Itty, bitty, baby Potter."
Neville gasped, "Bellatrix Lestrange."
She smirked, showcasing her rotting teeth, "Neville Longbottom is it? How's mum and dad?"
He lunged, held back by Cedric, "Better now they're about to be avenged!"
Malfoy raised his hands, "Let's everybody calm down, shall we? All we want is that prophecy."
Harry cut in, "Why did Voldemort need me to get this?"
"You dare speak his name?" Bellatrix whispered, before bellowing, "You filthy halfblood!"
"That's all right," Malfoy mused, "you're just a curious lad, aren't you? Prophecies can only be retrieved by those about whom they are made, which is lucky for you, really." They were now boxed in on all sides by Death Eaters, "Haven't you always wondered what was the real reason between you and the Dark Lord? Why he was unable to kill you when you were just an infant."
He took slow steps forward, "Don't you want to know the secret of your scar, all the answers are there, Potter, in your hand. All you have to do is give it to me. I can show you everything."
Harry stared him straight in the eyes, "I've waited fourteen years, I guess I can wait a little longer. Now!"
In unison, all the teens cried, "Stupefy!"
Lori chivvied the group down one of the empty aisles, rounding the corner straight into Lucius Malfoy and his outstretched hand.
They turned, racing in the opposite direction and splitting off into smaller groups, Cedric and Lori together as they bolted through a set of precarious shelves.
"Levicorpus!" he shouted beside her, the Death Eater in front of them flying up and out of sight, her hand linking with his as she pulled him forward.
They rounded another corner, relieved when they regrouped with the six younger students.
Black smoke, the form Death Eaters took when apparating, furled towards them, Ginny raising her wand, "Reducto!"
With a blast of blue, they were gone. The youngest Weasley smiling triumphantly, before it morphed to fear as the first orb fell from the shelf. It was eerily beautiful to watch as the glass cascaded downwards.
"Get back to the door!"
Shelves collapsed around them, shards of glass burying themselves in the floor as they hurtled through the door and plummeted downwards.
They screamed as they plunged, their bodies stopping a foot off the ground and then dropping them on the stone below.
Grunting, Ron chuckled, "Department of Mysteries, they got that bit right, didn't they?"
A stony arch stood in the centre of a raised stage, a gentle, billowing quilt of smoke rippling in the frame, "The voices, I can't hear what they're saying."
"There aren't any voices, Harry." Hermione said as him and Luna strode towards it.
"I hear them too." Luna whispered.
"It's just an empty archway. Please, Harry!"
Snapping his wand up at the ceiling, Harry yelled, "Get behind me!"
Following suit, they all drew their wands as black smoke engulfed them, Lori's fingers dragged away from Cedric as a set of hands locked around her neck.
Forced onto her knees, with Antonin Dolohov putting her in a headlock, he pointed his wand at her throat.
Malfoy laughed, "Did you actually believe, or were you truly naïve enough to think, that children stood a chance against us?"
He turned, holding out his hand, "I'll make this quite simple for you, Potter. Give me the prophecy, now, or watch your friends die."
Harry cast a look at his captured friends, Neville shouting, "Don't give it to him!"
He held the orb in his hand, slowly putting it into Malfoy's hand. Lucius smiled, bearing it aloft as a stream of white smoke morphed into Sirius.
"Get away from my godson." he smiled, before punching him in the mouth.
Lori elbowed Dolohov, dissolving into white smoke and grabbing him by the neck as she flew, hurling him at the floor. Then, she launched at Ginny's attacker, grabbing him around the waist and throwing him down the hill.
Tonks, Lupin, Moody and Shacklebolt all appeared in plumes of white, Lori and her Grimmauld Place roommate running around the bottom of the mound, pulling all of the kids down towards Moody.
Leaping up the stone, she shot a spell at Bellatrix, "Expelliarmus!"
The witch grunted as her wand flew from her hand, Dolohov landing beside her with an evil smirk, "Avada Kedavra!"
Lori dodged behind the stone arch, landing beside Cedric, Sirius and Harry.
"Take the others and get out of here!" Sirius roared to his godson, before Bellatrix and Lucius appeared in front of them.
Cedric and Lori both disapparated, flying at separate Death Eaters, the white and black smoke curling together to form terrifying patterns in the air.
Ginny screamed, running towards the others and being blocked by another Death Eater. He raised his wand, "Avada Ked-"
"Petrificus Totalus!" the spell hit Ginny's would-be killer, revealing Cedric, who pulled her over to the others.
The couple appeared at the backs of Sirius and Harry as the latter disarmed Malfoy, "Expelliarmus!"
"Nice one, James!" Sirius laughed as Malfoy flew backwards and out of sight. None of them had time to react as Bellatrix furled into existence on a nearby rock.
"Avada Kedavra!"
Green light hit Sirius, who winced, clutching at his sides as his body fell limp, the gray smoke of the arch gently enveloping him and pulling him back, his body disappearing.
Harry roared, a raw scream falling from his lips as he fell to his knees, Lupin's arms wrapping around him. Lori sobbed quietly, burying her head in Cedric's chest, her hands gripping his shirt.
*
"You're a fool, Harry Potter." Voldemort sneered from above him, "And you will lose everything."
Fires shot into life along the hallway, various Ministry witches and wizards coming into work froze in their places as they saw him, before he disapparated.
Fudge quivered, "He's back."