The Black prophecy #32

* Sorry for the delay, classes have been awful lately

* Sibling rivalry update: tomorrow.

Chapter 32: Haunted mansion.

- Here we go… We finally arrived at Leipzig! – Said a raven-haired woman with a slight German accent.

It was already past the twilight hour when Andy and Harry finally arrived at Leipzig, an hour ago they arrived at Berlin’s version of Diagon alley, they quickly seek help from the English magical council for a service, an apparition service for tourists.

Even in this situation, the English ambassador couldn’t help but ask Harry for a picture and he gladly did it, having a politician on your side always helps, especially if you are in a foreign place, the service came from a girl named Heidi, who quickly recognized Harry Potter.

Heidi is a very pretty witch with light brown hair and grey eyes, she looked younger than thirty and has an athletic body covered by a pair of blue jeans and a white sleeveless blouse, also white shoes.

Andy couldn’t help but feel threatened by the younger woman as she was beautiful and most of all YOUNG, she shamelessly flirted with Harry and Andy thought that there were three options.

1. Harry’s too oblivious to realize when a woman      is flirting with him.
2. He knows how to hide his feelings and act      professional
3. Really he’s too innocent to see flirting when      a woman treats him kindly.

Anyway, the German woman who brought them to the city safe and sound, Andy had to admit that she did a great job, Harry finally paid her and they said their goodbyes but she didn’t hesitate to give Harry her address so he could write her whenever he wants, she smirked and apparated back to the English embassy.

- Well, we’re finally here Andy, let’s go… Let’s search for that church! – Said Harry enthusiastically before grabbing Andy’s hand.

Andy stopped thinking about Heidi and her jealousy when she realized that Harry was taking her hand, she couldn’t help but sigh and feel embarrassed.

They walked around the city and searched on a map that was the on the plaza, they looked around for some minutes, searching for the church’s name that they were looking for, some minutes later and they finally found it.

They walked around the city, it was as if it was really captured in time, the houses looked as if they were from the baroque era, with many details, it seems like they really loved their baroque icons, even if it was the magical part of Leipzig.

As they got close to the church, the collar that Bella gave them before they came to Germany started to glow.

- The house is close Harry… Let’s go! – Said Andy as the triangle of the collar moved to indicate the position of the house, they ran through the streets until they reached the end of the city, there were some hills that little by little were lighted due to the moon light.

Almost an hour later after they came the collar finally lighted in red indicating the location of the house, it was near a river in the outskirts of the city.

- Finally… We have found it – Said Andy before she gulped.

She was looking at the house in a worried way, this house brought a lot of bad memories from her younger days, the day that her parents disowned her and threatened to kill her and her unborn child that was the worst one, she couldn’t help but let out some tears.

Seeing this, Harry quickly embraced her for her to relieve her sadness.

- It’s okay Andy… They won’t hurt you anymore – He whispered and she nodded – Do you still want to go inside? It’s okay if you want to go back – Said Harry with a calm expression.

Andy wiped her tears and shook her head, this was something she had to do.

- I’ve been avoiding this for a long time Harry… I need to do this, if I don’t… I will never move on with my life – She said in a decisive way, she seemed fearless right now, Harry couldn’t help but smile seeing her bravery.

- If that’s what you want then… Let’s do it, I will follow you to the end of the world if I need to – Harry smiled at her and she couldn’t feel but do the same as she caressed his cheek.

- Let’s go then… - She said before Harry nodded.

They walked hand in hand, the moon was already set in the sky and lighted everything that was neat their sight including the mansion, Andy wanted to go back, to get safely back home, but she didn’t, the older woman didn’t know where she got her strength to not give up, but she convinced herself not to.

When they finally reached the house they saw again the three locks like the ones that were on the tombstones, Andy got the keys and inserted them, she hesitated for a bit but she finally did it, she kicked the door and the house was opened again.

The Black family has always had different mansions, and this one was given to her parents by her grandparents, it was some kind of tradition, to show off that they were from the pureblood elite.

- Come on Harry, let’s get inside – She said and the green-eyed man nodded.

They entered inside the house slowly and the door was closed violently, Harry tried to open it again but it was useless.

- See Harry, this is why my sisters locked this house away… When my parents died, they not only left their testament, they wanted this house to be some kind of trap to lure the ones that wanted to take their treasures… Even their own daughters – Andy gulped as she said that.

- But… Why? They didn’t even trust your sisters? – Asked the raven-haired man worried.

He never had parents, that’s why he always wondered what it felt like to his own, never in his wildest dreams he imagined that not all parents were amazing as the ones his friends have.

- No Harry, they didn’t trust Bella nor Cissy… They may be thought that as soon as they die, they were going to search for their traitor older sister and bring her to their beloved home – Andy said in a spiteful way – They were right in the end though – Harry nodded – Well then… Let’s see what my parents got ready for us – the older woman said and Harry followed her, checking their backs while she took the lead.

There was a dark corridor that quickly was lighted, the corridor was decorated with many paintings and there didn’t seem to be anything dangerous, they were walking in silence until they heard a chirping sound, it seemed like the floor had some unfixed wood.

Andy stopped Harry for a few seconds before she launched herself towards him to tackle him on the ground, the younger man was surprised by her actions but he saw why she did that, the paintings disappeared and were replaced by some sort of cannon that started to launch arrows towards them.

But the arrows were enchanted to follow them, so Harry quickly grabbed his wand and he conjured a shield spell and he used to parry the arrows, those arrows weren’t something to take lightly, these arrows had sharpened knives on the top, and there too many to handled it just by one person and the older woman realized that.

Andy imitated what Harry was doing and conjured a shield spell, minutes later, they managed to finally stop the arrows.

- That was close – Said Harry before sighing, feeling relieved.

- Just like I expected from my dad… Always a fan of magical crossbows – Andy smirked.

- So, what’s the room we’re searching for? – Asked Harry and the oldest Black sister started to think.

- I was going to say that my parents' room… But my mom spent most of her time in the library, I’m pretty sure that she hid her valuable things in the library – Andy said and Harry nodded – Just let me think for a few seconds – Andy massaged her forehead and almost a minute later she finally cheered feeling successful – Okay, let’s go I’m ready! – She said and Harry followed her.

- What happened Andy, you seemed a bit lost when you started to think – Harry told her and she just smiled.

- I’m sorry Harry… It’s just that, a lot of time has passed since I came to this house and I wanted to remember it from the times when I was young – Harry nodded.

- And you did it? – Asked the raven-haired man and she gave him her thumbs up.

- Yes Harry, I remember now every detail, every inch of the house, there’s nothing I don’t remember – Harry smiled amazed at Andy’s ability.

She possessed an amazing ability to use her memory, she found it easy to remember things, that’s why she is a writer, she could plan a whole story on her head and doing it as exactly as she imagined, that’s the reason why even if she barely attended classes at the end of her scholarship at Hogwarts, she ended up on the top five of grades of her year.

And now, thanks to that ability, they knew how to move on around this haunted mansion, as they walked across the house they encountered themselves with a lot of obstacles, bats that spit venom and fire, illusions, and the worst of all for Andy, memories… Memories of things that happened near certain parts of the house.

- Okay, this is it, Harry… The library – Andy mumbled and Harry nodded.

The older woman was about to open the door when something unexpected happened the door disappeared and was replaced by some sort of portal, some kind of dark hole that was spinning.

- What the hell!? – Andy couldn’t believe what was happening.

- I hope a monster from another dimension doesn’t come from this portal! – Said Harry preparing himself to fight, he got his wand ready.

Harry and Andy were waiting for whatever was about to come out from the portal, they waited for some time but nothing was happening, they retreated and quickly regretted this decision as some kind of slugs came out of this portal, but they had almost the size of an adult cat.

Andy and Harry were too disgusted to do something as the slugs were clinging to their bodies, but that wasn’t all, the slugs let out some sort of acid that destroyed their clothes, for Harry that experience wasn’t that bad as they only managed to destroy his shirt.

- Stupid slugs! – Said Harry getting back to his senses and getting his wand ready to destroy them.

He conjured many elemental spells, fire, ice, thunder, and he managed to destroy them.

- Ha, easy peasy! – Said Harry with a smirk on his face, before he looked at Andy, he was sure that she was going to be okay, but he was surprised by another sight.

The older woman was being attacked by the slugs, she couldn’t manage to defeat them as they were restricting her hands, her clothes were gone a long time ago and she was only on her underwear, blue panties, and blue bra.

- Leave her alone you perverts! – Harry cried before he conjured an air spell and managed to get them out of her body.

He later conjured a thunder spell and destroyed them, Andy was too shocked and embarrassed to do something, but it didn’t stop there, the last thing the slugs managed to destroy was her bra, Harry watched as the clothing piece fell in slow motion, or at least he thought that it was slow motion, he gulped as he saw her breasts in full display.

- Oh god… - Mumbled the younger man, they weren’t that big, they had a perfect size and they hadn’t sagged yet.

Harry fought hard to not ran towards her and touch them, when Andy realized what happened, she quickly covered herself to hide her shame, Harry turned his head to not look at her.

Harry looked around and found some red drapes, he cut them with a spell and managed to give her to Andy, the older woman managed to use the drape as some kind of cloak.

- I’m sorry Andy… I should have stopped them earlier – Said the younger man ashamed.

- Don’t worry Harry… The fear paralyzed me and I couldn’t do anything against them.

- I guess being naked isn’t that bad… I’m pretty sure that those slugs weren’t placed there to chew on people’s clothing… Did you see the way they dissolved the clothes? I’m pretty sure that they could do the same with our bodies – Harry said and Andy nodded.

- Well, the important thing is that we’re finally free, now we can enter inside the library – Harry’s nodded at Andy’s words.

Andy finally did it, the portal that was before was replaced with a normal door, when Andy opened the door she was surprised to find the place lighted, Harry and Andy walked slowly into the library and they couldn’t help but feel worried when they heard the sound of moving pages, they walked slowly and got close to the source of the sound, and the room became more and more lighted as they got there.

Andromeda couldn’t believe what she was seeing, there was a beautiful woman on a table, she was surrounded by a lot of books, and she was writing some pages on a blank book, the woman looked just like Andy just with different hair color, she was blonde and shorter in height, the woman ignored the book, realizing that she had an audience.

- Oh… Look what do we have here, this is interesting, just a pair of blood traitors – Said the woman with a slight smirk.

- Who are you!? This house is supposed to be abandoned! Are you one of those Voldemort’s followers!? – Harry asked her as he pointed his wand towards the woman, she just laughed at the younger man’s attitude.

- I must admit that you have the guts to call him like that kiddo… Yes, I am one of his followers… Or at least I was – She said before she got on her knees, she was wearing a black cloak that had the emblem of the honorable house of black forged in gold on her heart, in close inspection, Andy realized something.

- No… It can’t be… Not you… What the fuck is going on here! – Andy was on the verge of tears.

- So, you finally realized – The woman touched the book on which she was writing – I knew that you were a traitor but at least I thought you were smarter, guess I was wrong, welcome back home… My dear daughter – Harry and Andy were shocked to hear that.

The woman on the other hand just closed the book that had the title…. “Druella’s diary”. She got her wand ready, this wasn’t going to be a very friendly reunion.