𝐎, 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃 ⎥ "He wants a fight with
a God? I'll give him one."
﹙ from stardust we came, to stardust we return ﹚
Prisoner of Azkaban - Deathly Hollows
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DUMBLEDORE STOOD UP. he stared down at barty crouch for a moment with disgust on his face. then he raised his wand once more and ropes flew out of it, ropes that twisted themselves around barty crouch, binding him tightly. he turned to professor mcgonagall.
"minerva, could i ask you to stand guard here while i take harry and elara upstairs?"
"of course," said professor mcgonagall. she looked slightly nauseous, as though she had just watched someone being sick. however, when she drew out her wand and pointed it at barty crouch, her hand was quite steady.
"severus" — dumbledore turned to snape — "please tell madam pomfrey to come down here; we need to get alastor moody into the hospital wing. then go down into the grounds, find cornelius fudge, and bring him up to this office. he will undoubtedly want to question crouch himself. tell him i will be in the hospital wing in half an hour's time if he needs me."
snape nodded silently and swept out of the room.
"harry, elara?" dumbledore said gently.
harry got up and swayed again; he was shaking. elara gripped his arm and helped him out into the dark corridor.
"i want you to come up to my office first, you two," he said quietly as they headed up the passageway. "sirius and nymphandora are waiting for us there."
they nodded. the adrenaline was still pumping in elara's veins. she could still feel the power surges washing over her. forces pushed inside her palms, begging to be let out.
"professor," harry mumbled, "where are mr. and mrs. diggory?"
"they are with professor sprout," said dumbledore. his voice, which had been so calm throughout the interrogation of barty crouch, shook very slightly for the first time. "she was head of cedric's house, and knew him best."
they had reached the stone gargoyle. dumbledore gave the password, it sprang aside, and he, harry, and elara went up the moving spiral staircase to the oak door. dumbledore pushed it open. sirius and nymphie were standing there. their faces white. in one swift moment, they had crossed the room.
nymphie wrapped elara in an incredibly tight hug. for the first time that night, elara felt like breaking down and crying until she couldn't
"harry, elara, are you all right? i knew it — i knew something like this — what happened?" sirius was saying.
nymphie let go of elara. she helped her into the chair next to harry.
