The Disappearance

Chapter Three

As the end of the year, drew to a close. The N.E.W.T's where also drawing closer with each day. Everything had been so uneventful since Harry had gone and Karl had come. That was something that had been pressing on Ginny Weasley's mind since he had arrived, the coincidence was unreal. She had been watching him since he had arrived, she had noticed there were several things familiar about Karl, the way he walked and was kind to certain people and nasty to others.

At Riddle Manor, Lord Voldemort was meeting with his death eaters, discussing what they were going to do. "Lucius does your son and our new spy know what they have to do?"

"Yes, my lord. I told them via a letter four weeks ago. It was a good idea to lull the new Minster of magic into a false sense of security, thinking that the danger had passed"

"So the plan is set for tomorrow at breakfast time"

"Yes, my lord".

On this fateful morning Karl, had gone down to the great hall early, he sat at the Gryffindor table waiting for the rest of the school to come down to breakfast. He watch as Ron, Hermione, Ginny and the newest addition to their group, little Leia Pascal. The rest of the school had joined their house tables, for breakfast when something flew in through one of the windows headed straight for Karl, as it approached him, it started to expand, to Karl it looked like a large pink pumpkin, but only two people in the great hall knew what it was and how to stop it, one is Draco Malfoy and the unnamed spy.

Commotion broke out at the Gryffindor table, as the package expanded even more, all at once it had reached its optimum size, and it exploded revealing....................................

VOLDEMORT.

Panic filled the Great Hall, students and teachers running in all directions, mainly heading towards the exits, but a loud yell coming from the direction of Karl, made them stop and look round to see what was going on. They saw Karl with his wand out facing Voldemort, with a braveness they hadn't seen since before Harry Potter disappeared.

Voldemort sent the Cruciatus curse at Karl it enveloped him, bringing him down on his knees. Voldemort called for all his death eaters to round up all the students and teachers, to make them watch the final destruction of his enemy, so out of the students came forth two people one was Draco Malfoy and the other was Ron Weasley (They did not know at the time Ron was under the imperious curse). Everyone stared in shock as Ron helped tie up all his friends and teachers.

Hermione was whispering "Why, Ron?" the only people who could hear her were Neville and Leia. A voice jolted back their present situation, "Voldemort, you will never kill me, even though you've tried to finish me off before, 3 years ago in that graveyard". A glow started to form at the end of Voldemort's wand; the light shot out straight at Karl, the light enveloped him, one loud scream issued from Karl's lips before he fell.

Voldemort turned to Dumbledore and said "Your precious saviour is now dead" with that Voldemort turn and stalked out of the hall followed by all his death eaters, Ron and Draco included. Once they had gone, all enchantments had fallen from holding the students and teachers. Immediately they had fallen, everybody ran over to Karl who was just lying prone on the floor like a corpse. A glow started to emanate from Karl as if he was charged with electricity. Everybody moved away scared at what was happening.

Hermione and Leia rushed over to Karl. Kneeing over him they noticed that one of his eyes had turned to emerald green, they turned to Dumbledore for an explanation, Dumbledore could not at that time give an explanation for what was going on.

The whole school watched as Karl was born off to the hospital wing. Karl all this time remained unconscious and he stilled glowed.

Madam Pomfrey could not find anything wrong with him, but she knew when it came down to you-know-who nothing was ever simple.

After Karl was taken from the great hall, Hermione and Leia still stood staring at where Karl had fought and where Ron had betrayed them.

Where's Harry when you want him, thought Hermione, a voice replied to her thoughts "Look inside your heart and you shall find me".

Dumbledore walked over to the two girls wondering what to say to them, when Hermione turned and said "Harry's here", everyone within hearing range stopped what they were doing and stared at Hermione as if she was mad.

Dumbledore asked "Why do you say that Hermione?" "I don't know" replied Hermione "but I can feel that he is near". After Hermione had said that the rest of the school departed from the great hall, muttering that Hermione had finely lost it. Dumbledore meanwhile escorted Hermione and Leia up to the hospital wing, to get Hermione a check up, as she had suffered enough stress when Harry had been declared dead, but to have her saying that Harry was near had totally unnerved him.

When Hermione, Leia and Dumbledore walked into the hospital wing the first thing they saw was Karl, still lying so still as if he was dead. Hermione walked over to Karl and started talking to him,

"Karl, if you can hear me that was an incredible thing you did tonight. You fought like Harry used to. I just want to say Harry would be proud of you standing up to you-know-who like you did." Hermione turned away from the bed, as she did that a voice came from the direction of the bed, "I hope you are  proud of me Hermione and I thank you for believing in me, and I know my parents are proud of me", then there was silence, Hermione turned to Leia, who looked like she was in shock to ask her if she had heard the voice, by the looks of things Dumbledore also had heard the voice as he had gone over to Karl's side and was examining him.