Not getting what she wanted Umbridge stormed forward and smacked Lyra around the face making the girls head snap to the right, Lyra rolled her jaw gently not focusing on the burning sensation.
"She doesn't know anything!" Harry snarled from his seat.
"But she does, i know she does!" Umbridge screeched spit flying from her mouth in her rage.
"You called for me Headmaster?" Snape's voice drawled from the doorway and the room saw him visibly pause when he clocked the bright red hand print on Lyra's cheek.
"Snape, yes! The time has come for answers whether they will give them to me or not starting with this one..." she looked at Lyra "She's the one behind this all, i know it may come as a surprise to you but she is i assure you...Have you brought the veritaserum?"
"I'm afraid you've used up all my stores interrogating students, the last of it on Miss Chang" he stated and Lyra watched him closely as he gave nothing away.
"That is strictly forbidden!" Lyra frowned looking back at Umbridge.
Who waved her off tensely "It was necessary"
Snape hummed "I'm afraid i can not help you" he turned to leave going to sent missives to Lucius about what he'd just seen immediately.
When she knew he was gone Umbridge turned back to Lyra "Very well Miss Black you give me no choice. As this is an issue of Ministry security you leave me with no alternative...The Cruciatus curse may loosen your tongue"
The room stirred, they may have been willing to let Umbridge smack them around but they were not going to let her curse Lyra "That's illegal!" Hermione glared.
"What Cornelius doesn't know won't hurt him" she hummed placing a photo of the Minister on her desk face down.
"No curse is going to make me talk" Lyra warned her sternly "What you're about to do will land you in Azkaban"
"No one can withstand the Cruciatus curse" Umbridge smirked and lifted her wand at Lyra but she didn't falter and just as Umbridge went to cast the curse Hermione screamed out.
"Tell her Lyra!" Lyra huffed, she could not believe she had somehow ending up in this situation, she didn't know why Umbridge was so set on her, the whole time she'd been at Hogwarts Umbridge had been after her.
"Tell me what?" Umbridge demanded.
Lyra sneered at her "Go to hell"
"A little Cruciatus curse never hurt anyone, your father would know about that, maybe it will set you straight" she glared at Lyra who jerked forward only being held back by Theo.
"STOP!" Harry yelled trying to fight the spell Umbridge had used to stick him to the chair.
"If you won't tell her where it is i will!" Hermione yelled and Lyra glared at the girl.
"Shut up Hermione!" Lyra hissed but Umbridge looked elated.
"Where what is Miss Granger?"
"Mi if you know what's good for you, you'll shut up" Lyra warned and Hermione hesitated but Umbridge lifted her wand at Lyra again "Do it you fucking bitch! Like you said it never hurt anyone...Do it" Lyra taunted trying to lunge at her but Theo held her back tightly.
Seeing her best friend goading for the torture curse that Hermione knew she was terrified of unsettled Hermione who frowned and shook her head "Dumbledore's secret weapon"
"Stop talking! Just do it!" Lyra yelled fighting against Theo's grip.
"Lyra stop!" Harry narrowed his eyes at her trying to get free from the chair he was in.
"Well then Miss Granger show me to it" Umbridge answered.
"She doesn't know the exact location, i never told her exactly where it was. Only Dumbledore and myself know that" Lyra hissed glared at Hermione slightly.
"Mr Nott let her go, if you do not show me where i will use the Cruciatus curse on your pet Mudblood here" Umbridge nodded to Hermione.
"Fine, let's go" Lyra snarled at her and pulled away from Theo before smirking "It's in the forbidden forest...Or will you be too scared"
"Go ahead girl, Miss Granger, you're with us in case i need to shock Miss Black here into shape" Crabbe released Hermione as Umbridge turned back to Lyra "You Blacks are filthy, your father befriends a half breed and you fall in love with a mudblood" she sneered and they all heard Lyra snicker, Lyra was not in love with Hermione, the girl was like a sister to her but Umbridge had somehow taken that for a spin ride down crazy town.
"What can i say, the heart wants what it wants or maybe it's just my cunt" Lyra sneered and Umbridge back handed her again.
"Filth!" she screeched but Lyra just laughed, the others in the room frowned at how wild Lyra looked and acted, this was not a side they'd seen before nor one that wanted to see ever again.
The two girls led her into the forest "What you did was stupid" Lyra whispered to Hermione who ignored her "She was going to curse me Mi, an illegal curse which would have put her in Azkaban"
Hermione head snapped towards her in horror "You were taunting her on purpose?" she hissed and Lyra just shrugged.
"I've felt it before, what's one more to get her put away"
"How much further?" Umbridge asked and Lyra looked at Hermione who nodded to the left.
"Not far, it had to be somewhere students wouldn't accidentally find it" Lyra answered "Why? You nervous Delores?" she dropped her voice back into a whisper "What are we doing?" she asked Hermione.
"Improvising" she whispered back.
Lyra recognised where they were, this was where Grawp was kept but when they made it to the tree, the rope was broken and there was no giant. The two girls stopped walking and stared at the rope "Well, where is this weapon?" Umbridge demanded but they both stayed silent "There isn't one is there? You were trying to trick me...You know i really hate children" she freezes when they hear hoofbeats.
Umbridge moves so she's behind Granger and Black just as a horde of Centaurs appeared on the upper bank, Lyra looked up at the centaurs and bowed her head slightly "You have no business here centaur! This is a Ministry matter" Umbridge yelled.
"This is their home! If anything we have no business being here" Lyra glared at her before turning back to them "We're really sorry about encroaching into your territory, we didn't know" Lyra pleaded and they approached slightly closer, this could be very bad.
"Lyra Black...The harp" The head centaur nodded to her and the one next to him armed his bow with an arrow and Lyra's eyes widened as she grabbed Hermione's hand pulling her closer to her as if to protect Hermione.
"Lower you weapons, i warn you! Under the law as creatures of near-human intelligence--" Umbridge started and Lyra's eyes widen even more, she had a fucking death wish. The centaur released the arrow and Lyra pulled Hermione further behind her but it was heading towards Umbridge and she blocked it with a nonverbal shield "How dare you! You half breed!"
"Stop it! They're not half breeds!" Lyra yelled at her because Umbridge was going to get them all killed if she kept going and Centaurs didn't just kill women they found in the woods, but that could be a myth...
"Incarcerous!" Umbridge muttered and ropes flew from her wand wrapping around the centaur's throat, he screeched and reared backwards trying to fight the ropes but he was losing breath and he fell down the bank landing closer to the three women.
He was clearly being strangled to death and the two teens watched him in horror as he laid by their feet struggling to breath "Please! Please stop it, please!" Hermione yelled as she tried to pull the ropes from him but they were too tight.
Lyra joined her pulling on the ropes but they seemed fused to his skin "Stop it you're killing him!" Lyra screamed as she continued to pull at the ropes. She grabbed the rope in her hand "Diffindo!" the wandless spell cut through the rope and caught her hand due to her slight panic and no wand but Lyra kept going, cutting the rope from him.
"No! Enough! I will have order!" Umbridge yelled from behind Lyra but she kept cutting the rope from the centaur making sure that she did not cut him even if she did cut herself a few times. But Umbridge suddenly screamed and the last of the ropes fell away from the centaur without any needed help, he stood back on all four legs looking at Lyra briefly he turned back to Umbridge who was being held by the Grawp.
The centaurs all rushed forward and were fighting the Giant to get to Umbridge "Leave him alone! He doesn't understand! It's not his fault!" Hermione begged as Lyra grabbed her hand and moved her from the fight.
Lyra saw an arrow pierce into Grawp's arm "Grawp! Let her go!" Lyra yelled as loud as she could and the giant turned to her and Hermione before dropping Umbridge and the centaurs immediately crowded her.
"Black, do something! Tell them i mean no harm!" Umbridge begged as they started to drag her around.
"What was it you carved into Harrys hand? I must not tell lies?" Lyra snarled at the woman who's face fell and they dragged her away screaming.
But the leader of the centaurs came towards the two girls and Lyra once again placed Hermione behind me "Thank you" he nodded.
"I'm sorry she did that" Lyra bowed her head slightly hoping she could get Hermione and herself out of this.
"The harp is welcome within our territory" the leader nodded before he followed the way his herd ran off to with the woman in pink leaving Lyra stunned at what had just happened.
Hermione turned to the giant who was removing the arrow from his arm "Thank you Grawp" the giant smiled softly.
"We need to go Hermione, we're in the heart of the forest, it isn't safe here" Lyra pulled her and they ran back to the castle straight back to the office but Snape stopped them before they even made it into the courtyard and grabbed Lyra's arm looking her over. He opened his mouth but nothing came out however Lyra knew what he wanted so she shook her head "Umbridge has been taken by the centaurs after she tried to kill one of them, she tried to threaten to curse us but they got her before she could"
Snape nodded "Then i guess i should get someone to help her"
"I don't know where they took her but good luck" she shrugged and he released her watching her and Hermione run off.
Along the way they saw their friends running towards them "How did you get away?" Hermione grinned watching Harry pass her to grab Lyra's face checking her over for injuries she did not have after Snape had subtly healed the small cuts on her hand.
"Puking Pastilles, it wasn't pretty" Ginny answered but her smile dropped slightly seeing Lyra and Harry stood off to the side whispering between themselves.
"Told them i was hungry and wanted some sweets" Ron held out their wands and Lyra took hers when Harry released her, she wished Harry hadn't even bothered because the butterflies in her stomach made her uncomfortable "Course they told me to bugger off and ate the lot themselves" Ron grinned.
"That was clever Ron!" Hermione smiled but looked to be in awe.
Ron shrugged as his face started to turn red "It's been known to happen"
"It was brilliant! So, how are we getting to London?" Neville questioned making everyone grow serious.
"Look, it's not that i don't appreciate everything you've done, all of you but...I've got you into enough trouble as it is" Harry tried to pass them but Lyra grabbed him by the collar of his shirt at the back.
"Dumbledore's army is supposed to be about doing something real or was that all just words to you?" Neville asked.
Ron nodded "Maybe you don't have to do this all by yourself mate"
There was a tense silence "So how are we going to get to London?" Harry asked giving in.
Luna giggle "We fly, of course" she started skipping back towards the dark forest and they all followed her, Lyra allowed herself to fall towards the back where Neville was stood.
"Neville?" she whispered and he hummed shooting her a kind smile which filled her with guilt "I need to warn you about something"
"Have you seen something?" he asked and she stopped walking in shock "Sorry, I-I may have over heard Ron and Harry talking about it...I haven't told anyone, i swear!"
"No, no it's okay i was just surprised that's all" she shook her head and started walking once more before she lost sight of the group "I need to warn you that Bellatrix is going to be there...At the Ministry"
"You know?"
"It seems we both knew more then we thought the other did. I...I am so, so sorry Neville! I swear she will pay for what she did and once i have full control of my own vaults i want to donate to St Mungos to help in any way i can"
"You don't need to apologise Lyra, i realised years ago that you are not responsible for their actions, you are nothing like them i'm honestly convinced you may not even be related" Neville smiled.
Lyra shook her head "Responsible or not i still want to help"
"That's very kind of you...Thank you for preparing me to see her"
"If you don't want to go Neville no one will be upset, not a soul"
"I will be though" he cut her off before she could say more "My parents would not have backed away not when their friends need them so neither will I"
Luna helped them each on to a thestral, it was...Different. Feeling an animal beneath you but not being able to see them was a different experience and Lyra wasn't sure she was ready to do it again.
~~~
It was dark by the time they made it to London, they ran through the Ministry which seemed to be weirdly empty, the group followed Harry into an elevator and to another floor where he walked out and paused "This is it" They followed Harry forward into the room where they found room after room of Prophecies of shelves.
They all jolted when the door behind them started to close and it disappeared "Great" Lyra whispered.
Harry started to run off as he searched for where Sirius was in his vision "It should be here!" Harry yelled back to his friends when he found nothing.
"Harry!" Neville called back "It's got your name on it" Harry walked forward towards the ball, he picked it up and seemed to be listening to something they couldn't hear.
"Harry!" Hermione called out and they all looked away from Harry to see a Death Eater stood down an isle.
"And so it begins" Lyra whispered feeling her heart start to race.
"Where's Sirius?" Harry demanded.
The Death Eater walked forward slowly "You know you really should learn to tell the difference between dreams..." the Death Eater took out his wand and waved his mask away, Lyra squeezed her eyes closed and sighed when she recognised his voice to belong to Lucius "And reality...You only saw what the Dark Lord wanted you to see. Now hand me the Prophecy"
"You do anything to us and i'll break it" Harry threatened him, a woman cackling caught their attention, a woman with black curly hair stepped from within the shadows, the group knew who she was instantly and while both women had the same colour curls Bellatrix's were a tighter curl and was matted in some places. Bellatrix's face looked gaunt and her eyes were mixed with the same parts blue and madness, Bellatrix and Lyra may have been distantly related but even the way they held themselves was so different.
"He knows how to play...Itty-bitty baby. Potter."
"Bellatrix Lestrange" Neville stepped forward not believing his eyes even though Lyra warned him she'd be here, he'd thought of this moment for years, to confront the woman who took nearly everything from him.
Bellatrix cackled "Neville Longbottom is it? How's mom and dad?"
"Better now they're about to be avenged!" Neville stepped forward raising his wand ignoring the gasps from his friends, Harry stuck his hand out stopping him for moving closer as Bellatrix lifted her own wand.
Lucius slowly raised his hands not wanted this to go further not while Lyra stood along side the teens "Now, let's everybody just calm down shall we? All we want is that Prophecy"
"Why did Voldemort need me to come and get this?"
"You dare speak his name?" Bellatrix whispered "You filthy half blood!"
"That's not his name though is it?" Lyra smirked at her second cousin...Second cousin once removed? Her distant relative.
"Lyra Black" Bellatrix cooed but it did not sound nice or comforting "You decided to take after you traitor father have you?"
"Better that then fighting for a mental half blood who pretends to be something he's not or has your beloved Dark Lord not told you his father was a muggle when you try to sleep with him?"
"Stupif--"
"No!" Lucius growled deflecting Bellatrix's spell before it could reach Lyra, it hit the shelving beside them shattering many of the glass balls "Do not attack, we need the Prophecy!"
"You dare! Stupid girl!"
"What's wrong? Not enjoying the hard truths?" Lyra hissed at the woman who screamed at her.
"Enough!" Lucius snapped at Bellatrix "Prophecies Potter, can only be retrieved by those about whom they are made" Lucius calmed his crazy sister in law down as other Death Eaters appeared at all sides of the group "Which is lucky for you really. Haven't you always wondered what was the reason for the connection between you and the Dark Lord? Hmm?"
Lyra stared ahead at the two Death Eaters in front of her, her wand was raised and ready and unlike most here she was not going to be casting expelliarmus if it came to it. "Why he was unable to kill you when you were just an infant? 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 and i can show you everything"
Harry looked down at the Prophecy in his hand "I've waited fourteen years"
"I know" Lucius nodded in understanding.
"I guess i can wait a little longer. NOW! Stupify!" the others followed him while Lyra threw out an Expulso which hit the Death Eater and made them fly backwards from the force, by the scream they released she hurt them pretty badly.
That's when they started to run, they skidded to a stop when Lucius appeared in front of them with his palm out for the Prophecy but Harry pushed them all down an isle and they started to run again, they ended up separating.
A Death Eater appeared in front of her and she sent a cutting charm at their face which they blocked as they disappeared, she almost ran directly into the group as somehow they all ended up back together. They saw more Death Eaters and Ginny raised her wand "Reducto!" the answering light was almost blinding as one by one the glass Prophecies exploded allowing some of them to form and start relating their Prophecies.
"Time to go!" Lyra yelled grabbing onto Hermione's hand as she pulled her backwards, she could not allow Hermione to be hurt by Dolohov.
"Get back to the door!" Harry screamed as the shelving was catching up to them, Harry made it to the door first but none of them had the chance to slow, for the moment they entered the 'room' they fell seeing as it didn't have a bottom.
They fell for what seemed like ages but before they hit the ground to what could have been their deaths their falling stopped inches from the ground by magic for a second before they fell the remaining amount. They all climbed to their feet "Department of Mysteries? They got that part right didn't they?" Ron whispered but Lyra was staring ahead at the archway just above them on what seemed like a rock hill.
The Veil.
"The voices, can you tell what they're saying?" Harry asked as he walked closer to the archway, Lyra grabbed his hand before he got closer.
"There aren't any voices Harry" Hermione shook her head and the others agreed with her, Harry looked at Lyra but she shook her head, she could not hear voices.
Luna walked forward in awe "I hear them too"
"It's the voices of the dead Harry, you both mustn't strain to understand them for it is not time to hear the whispers" Lyra answered looking at Luna as well.
"Harry, it's just an empty archway" Hermione stepped forward desperate to leave.
"It's not empty Hermione but she is right we need to leave" Lyra tried to pull on Harry hand.
"Get behind me!" Harry snapped hearing a warning through the whispers and the group moved behind him. There were the black smoke associated by the Death Eaters, Lyra felt herself being grabbed harshly and taken elsewhere, no matter how hard she fought their grip did not loosen. Once again the group was all being held hostage while Harry was stood centre stage, she saw a brief flash of the man who held her and she scoffed seeing it was Theo's father, the irony.
"Did you actually believe, or were you truly naïve enough to think that children stood a change against us?" Lucius asked Harry as he approached "I'll make this simple for you Potter, give me the Prophecy now...Or watch your friends die"
Harry looked around at his friends, each was being held by someone he knew would happily kill them, a few of his friends were still fighting the grip of them like Ron and Lyra while others were being forced into submission by the large men holding them like Hermione and Luna.
"Don't give it to him Harry!" Neville yelled, Bellatrix who was holding him shushed him and slapped her wand against his neck in warning.
"It's leverage Harry!" Lyra growled as Tiberius Nott pulled her head back using her curls.
"Shut it" he hissed into her ear, she winced when he ran his nose along her jaw and chuckled "Pretty thing"
Harry had seen the whole thing and slowly handed the Prophecy over to Lucius who was glaring harshly at Tiberius, Lucius hadn't even been able to feel good about being able to get it before a bright light appeared.
"Get away from my godson" Sirius growled and punched Lucius in the face making the man fall to the side dropping the Prophecy, for the rest of his life Lucius would ask himself if he allowed it to fall from his hands or if it was truly a mistake but he knew the answer, his reflexes were superior after all.
Just as he did so more white lights appeared and Lyra used that time to slam her elbow into Tiberius' gut, he sucked in a breath and folded in on himself releasing her which allowed her to slam her elbow into his face "Touch me again and i'll cut you from ear to ear" she hissed into his ear as he cupped his nose which did nothing to protect him when she grabbed the back of his head and slammed it into the rock floor knocking him out cold.
"That was bad arse cousin" Tonks appeared to her left grinning at the man unconscious on the ground.
"Thanks" Lyra grinned, it didn't last long because the Death Eaters started to fight back not being able to leave as there was an anti apparition shield up. Rock was exploding everywhere and Tonks grabbed Lyra covering her head as she lead the girl to the other teens.
"I want you to take the others and get out of here" Sirius put his hand on Harrys shoulder as they hid behind the archway, he felt very uncomfortable being near it knowing what Lyra had said.
Harry shook his head "No, no i want to stay with you"
"You've done beautifully, now let me take it from here"
Lyra watched Harry and Sirius having to go against the Death Eaters up on the rock by the archway and her heart felt like it was about to jump out of her chest "Do not let Hermione out of your sight" she hissed at Ron who nodded and with that she jumped out from where the others were hiding the teens to protect them.
"Lyra!" Tonks yelled but Lyra was too far for her to grab to bring her back, the girl vaulted over some broken rock and her wand was firing off spells quicker then most could even comprehend as she made her way towards her father.
She was fighting any she saw but her attention was half laid out for Bellatrix, Lyra followed the woman's cackles around the room pinning her down at all times and every time Bellatrix stopped and landed Lyra was there cursing her so furiously it actually shocked her.
Sirius threw Lucius from the rock and Lyra noticed Bellatrix landing "Avada--"
"Levicorpus!" Lyra yelled rattling out the spell faster then she'd ever spoken before and she watched her father be swung into the air by his ankle just as a neon green streak flew through the air where he used to stand heading into the Veil, Lyra dropped her father none too gently in punishment for him even having the gall to stand where he swore he'd avoid and she turned to Bellatrix with a snarl "Diffindo!"
Bellatrix cackled and blocked the curse but as she did so she missed Lyra nonverbally sending a bombarda to the rock she stood on. She screeched as it exploded under her feet but that gave Lyra the chance to push forward.
"Lyra, no!" Someone yelled out for her but she blocked it out, she needed a life for saving her father or Death would ruin something, if that life had to be Bellatrix then so be it.
Bellatrix did something she never did, she ran. Something about Lyra sent chills down her back and her gut warned her to run. There was something very dark in Lyra's eyes as she stalked forward blocking everything Bellatrix sent her way.
"Avada kedavra!" Bellatrix yelled throwing the spell over her shoulder as Lyra chased her, she glanced back to see the girl drop to the ground allowing the neon green streak to fly over her head.
"Confringo!" Lyra yelled back and Bellatrix screamed as the flames brushed her back and she fell to the ground in pain.
"LYRA!" Harry yelled out for her clearly having ran after her, he sprinted forward placing himself in front of Lyra as he held his wand up aimed at Bellatrix. He heard something in him trying to persuade him to kill her, he flinched when Lyra locked her hand with his, he spun round lifting his wand but Voldemort flicked it away with a growl "So weak"
There was a flash of green and Dumbledore appeared through one of the fireplaces "It was foolish of you to come here tonight Tom" He stated "The orders are on their way"
"By which time i shall be gone and you...Shall be dead" from there everything happened so quickly, Dumbledore shoved Harry to the side who had grabbed onto Lyra's hand like his life depended on it.
Bellatrix used that time to slip into a fireplace and disappear in the green flames some how she knew she had managed to escape death, she'd seen it in Lyra's eyes, the girl was going to kill her...Maybe she wasn't exactly like her father after all. Both Voldemort and Dumbledore were throwing spell after spell at each other while Harry cradled Lyra into his chest as he turned to the side making her as small as a target as he could.
"Love, Harry" Lyra whispered looking up at him.
"What?"
"It's love, it's always been love...He will never experience it" she whispered cupping his cheek "But you are loved, you always will be" tiles above them cracked and fell making Harry lean over her as he covered not only her but himself.
Lyra threw up a protego to cover them from the tile and any spells that might be flung their way, they watched in horror as Voldemort produced a large snake made of fire, it was bigger then the basilisk but Dumbledore quickly made it disburse. He then made a large ball of water surround Voldemort who was starting to drown but he somehow cancelled the spell.
Lyra tucked her face into Harry's chest trying to infuse him with as much comfort as she could before the unthinkable happened to him. She only looked up when the sound of glass breaking was so loud it shook the room, every glass window in the hall was broken and they all watched as Voldemort gathered the glass and moved to strike them down with it.
It had been impossible for Harry to tuck Lyra any closer but somehow he did so and he dropped his head into her neck thinking this may have been his last moments he squeezed her tightly but the only thing that came was sand.
Voldemort's face dropped dramatically and he disappeared, Harry gasped and choked, his hard grip on her loosened and she stepped backwards as he dropped to the floor she followed kneeling beside him and winced when his green eyes grew blue almost white.
"You've lost old man" Harry hissed his voice was distorted sounding like his own and Voldemort's mixed together. Harry yelled and writhed in pain as he tried to fight it, images of people he loved flashed before his eyes, eyes that flickered green before returning blue.
"Harry" Dumbledore saw exactly what she did as Harry's eyes continued to flash between blue and green as they each fought for control "Look at me, Harry...It isn't how you are alike, it's how you are not...Harry"
Lyra leant forward and cupped his cheeks silver eyes hit blue before they flashed green in response, seeing her eyes brought forward a whole new range of memories: Meeting Lyra at the shop for the first time, Harry hugging Hermione, having breakfast with the Weasleys for the first time when they saved him from Privet Drive, seeing his parents in the mirror, Lyra turning up at his house with her basket and photos, being with Sirius and Lyra...
The flashes of his friends came quick in blinding images and he felt Lyra rest her forehead against his own "Harry" she whispered and he felt his breath mix with her own, he could practically taste her on his tongue.
"You're the weak one" Harry whispered and she knew he was fighting Voldemort "And you'll never know love...Or friendship and i feel sorry for you" the bad memories retracted as the good took their place, Harry pushed him out using every tiny memory where he felt love and friendship.
Lyra was thrown backwards when something black flew from Harry, there seemed to be a shield that was thrown up made of darkness and sand. She looked up feeling a hand on her shoulder and saw her father there, it all grew to be too much and she felt tears falling onto her cheeks.
"You promised!" she cried as he pulled her into his chest.
"I know, i know" he whispered as he watched Harry is horror as Voldemort stood over him within the shield.
"You're a fool Harry Potter, and you will lose everything" Voldemort taunted him but he looked horrified when the fireplaces flashed and member after member of not only the order but the Ministry appeared including the Minister who froze in fear when he saw who was stood over Harry.
Voldemort disappeared and the shield dropped with him, Lyra pulled herself from her fathers arms and rushed to Harrys side who was panting with tears in his eyes "You did it" she smiled softly.
"I had help" he whispered and she lowered her head to his chest hugging him once more, one of his hands slipped into her curls as he just took in the moment, he'd fought Voldemort and won...
~~~
However a reported who'd been called had chosen that moment to snap a photo, which was then published front page with Dumbledore sat behind them in the photo.
:Dumbledore, Potter VINDICATED
:Minister to resign?
:Umbridge suspended and imprisoned in Azkaban
:He who must not be named returns
:Hogwarts Headmaster Reinstated
Those were just some of the headlines in the profit for the following months, the second and third ones had been mainly due to Lyra who collected so much evidence and witnesses about Umbridge and by extension Fudge that she buried them.
Umbridge was put on trial for her use of bloodquills which was in such high amounts of charges they didn't have a set number and her use of Veritaserum also in high counts. They also had several memories of Umbridge not only hitting Harry and Lyra but being prepared to torture the heir of House Black, it was safe to say she was found guilty on all charges by everyone and shipped off the same day to a cozy cell.
Fudge was being investigated due to the fact that not only did he slander both Harry and Dumbledore in the press but the fact that Umbridge was directly under him and Lyra had produced memories that clearly showed Umbridge stating that Fudge agreed with her statements which did not look good for him at all.
Death hadn't seemed to have changed a thing and it had confused her to begin with until she learnt from Dora that a Death Eater had been killed in the room of requirements, they had put it down to a stray spell but it had been Lyra's expulso, it had killed him and Death had taken the soul as a replacement for Sirius'. It seemed there was no difference who she killed, it was simply a soul for a soul even if the soul she gave him would have given him more if they had survived.
Lyra had been thinking about it actually, Death as a whole confused her but she was here for a reason, he had brought her here for a reason, the souls didn't seem to really matter so long as she didn't change too much. He had said himself only one big change could be made then, that had been the potion to bring Moldy back and Cedric, Cedric's death wasn't just a sad death of a teen it had been the marker point for the comeback of Moldy, the first marked death of the second war. He knew he was going to lose souls when he allowed Lyra entrance to his world but there had to be rules and some fate you couldn't change.
Awkwardly Harry had broken up with Cho, he accepted her apology and had stated that he agreed it wasn't her fault knowing Umbridge had forced her to rat them out but that he just couldn't be with her anymore. He had been attached to Lyra's hip which while she allowed she also was confused by it, it hurt her in actuality knowing he was going to fall in love with Ginny while it seemed her heart raced for him.
She didn't hate him for it nor did she despise Ginny, they were actually a very nice couple and they deserved each other, who was she to get in the way of fate.
The end of the year had come and everyone was getting ready to go home, Harry walked beside her as she had linked arms with Hermione "I've been thinking about something Dumbledore had said to me" he stated randomly.
"Here we go" Lyra grinned as she rolled her eyes and Hermione snickered.
"What's that?" Hermione asked when she gained control.
"That even though we've got a fight ahead of us, we've got one thing Voldemort doesn't have"
Ron grinned at the girls "Yeah?"
"Something worth fighting for" Harry answered with a happy smile on his face.
Lyra cringed "God, that belongs on a valentines card it's so mushy"
"You're one to talk, 'it's love Harry'." Harry taunted her and Ron snickered as Lyra elbowed him in the side.
"And you loved it so much you beat him...You're welcome, love you too" Lyra winked as she walked ahead.
"Yeah...I do" Harry muttered but not quiet enough because both Ron and Hermione over heard and shot each other a knowing glance as they followed the pair onto the train.
~~~
At Grimmauld Place Lyra had been ignoring her father, he apologised to her every morning and every night but she held strong, it wasn't until two weeks into the summer that she broke.
"I'm sorry Baby" he reached for her hand as he did every time but this time she didn't pull away, seeing that he paused and his eyes filled with a new strength and determination "I am so, so sorry"
"I'm only going to say this once and it either sticks or it doesn't" she warned and he nodded his head, she noticed both Harry and Remus straightening in their seats at the warning in her voice "You told me i needed to tell you about things that worried me, you threatened to pull me from school if i didn't and when i did in fact tell you, you swore not to do what i told you not to"
"I know"
"But you did anyway"
"But i did anyway" Sirius nodded repeating what she said sadly.
"You demanded i told you to take the stress from me yet in doing so you caused me more stress...Do you know how it felt to watch you die in my vision and then watch it pan out in real life after i warned you of it?" Sirius opened his mouth to respond "That was rhetorical!" she hissed cutting him off before he could speak "It was awful and the scariest thing i have every experienced and that is saying a lot! If you'd have died Harry would have been shipped back to Privet Drive and who knows what would have happened to me"
"Moony--"
"Moony is not allowed to have us by law!" she yelled before facing Remus "And i mean that with the upmost respect and love, that law is grotesque and should be thrown out"
He nodded sadly "I know pup"
"Lyra--"
"I'm not finished, i respect that you were trying to protect us i do and i love you dearly...But how can i trust you with what i see, to take it seriously if you are not willing to listen? I told you what would happen and the only difference it made was the fact that you knew...That is not removing stress it merely adds to it"
Sirius cupped her face "I am so sorry Lyra, i swear i did listen to what you told me, i tried truly i did but i was pinned to my spot. I know it does not excuse what i did but i swear i'll do better"
"And i believe you" Lyra nodded and Sirius sighed in relief "But if it happens again you will not threaten me again in regards to telling you my visions i will simply go back to how i was handling things"
Sirius went to argue but Remus cut in "I think that's fair given that it will not happen again right Padfoot?"
Sirius caught himself and nodded quickly "Right" he hugged her tightly as Kreacher walked into the room.
"Oh" the elf frowned "I though we were going to continue ignoring him for longer" if possible the elf pouted and Lyra giggled.
"Now now Kreacher, that wasn't nice" the elf ignored her statement as he placed down the tray of tea and Winky followed behind him practically skipping with her tray of fruit and sandwiches. The female elf 'accidentally' bumped into him and he growled lowly before huffing, turning away and walking from the room.
"Opps, Winky is such a klutz" the female elf giggled but she had taken to annoying the older elf so much he left her master Sirius alone, not only to help her master Sirius but also because she knew her Mistress doesn't like them fighting.
"Never Winky" Sirius grinned watching Kreacher leave grumbling "You are a god send"
"Always a pleasure Master" she grinned and skipped from the room to finish her chores, they weren't really chores seeing as her master or mistress never ordered her to do it but she liked living in a tidy place. She hoped they left this place soon as Mistress Lyra promised, the magic here was dark but she knew it was needed because of the incoming war.
Before that time she'd clean happily, life was looking up for Winky and she had never been more happy of her fear of heights before.
~~~
Turns out putting Ron on Granger patrol worked seeing as the only injury Hermione received was a graze to her cheek from exploding stone, Lucius hadn't been able to get away but Narcissa and himself had made contingency plans for that situation so he was carted away to Azkaban with some of the other Death Eaters including Dolohov.
Harry had been traumatised, rightly so and had insisted in Lyra teaching him Occlumency from the very beginning once more. The train wasn't working for him anymore and his whole organization had been ruined by Voldemort forcing himself into Harry's mind, he needed something stronger more secure and the only person he knew was Lyra.
So everyday they worked together dismantling his old shields and building something new, it became Hogwarts. Memorises were hidden in every class room, every broom closest, every trunk in dorm rooms...He took ideas from his time in Lyra's mind securing the gates around Hogwarts into his first line of defence, then came the black lake and creatures he scattered around.
In the mean time because Voldemort had been sighted he was no longer in hiding meaning he was spreading terror in not only the Wizarding world but the muggle one too. They destroyed the Millennium Bridge in London causing chaos and then they proceeded to destroy Ollivander's along with kidnapped the wandmaker for reasons no one knew.
Dumbledore approached them close to the end on summer asking if he could borrow Harry for the night, Sirius had agreed after a bit of prompting from Dumbledore who stated he'd take Harry to the Weasleys before it grew too late but Lyra's eyes were locked onto his right hand. The fingers were black and she could see it was spreading, it made no sense!
She thought he had the ring when she found it missing but why hadn't he worn it? Maybe he didn't realise what it was that he held but that would also mean he knew more about horcruxes then she realised. She knew the diary had tipped him off and he must have found the ring not long after, after all he knew Tom better then anyone but knowing it was a horcrux why even tempt to use the stone?
But Lyra knew why, guilt could make people do wild things.
~~~
Ginny walked downstairs to collect her book and froze seeing Hedwig and Harry's trunk, it was silly how her heart skipped and the stupid grin that erupted on her face because she knew where Harry was Lyra wasn't far behind "Mum!" she yelled and she ran to the stairs.
"Ginny? What is it?" Molly looked down the bannister at her daughter.
"I was just wondering when Lyra and Harry got here?"
Molly frowned "What? Harry and Lyra? I think i'd know if Harry Potter and Lyra Black were in my house wouldn't i"
"Harry's trunks in the kitchen and his owl"
"No dear, i seriously doubt that" Molly shook her head but then she heard Hedwig chirp.
Ron appeared over the bannister slightly higher up "Harry? Did someone say Harry?"
Ginny grinned "Me nosy, is Harry and Lyra up there with you?"
"Course not, i'd know if my best friends was in my room wouldn't I?" Ron scoffed.
"Is that an owl i heard?" Hermione appeared higher then Ron as she came out of Ginny's room.
"You haven't seen them have you? Apparently they're wondering around the house"
Hermione grinned "Really?"
"Really" Harry had heard the ending of the conversation as he entered the house.
"Harry!" Molly called happily as they went to greet him, Ginny hugged him as she looked around.
"Is Lyra with you?"
"No, she's back at Grimmauld Place" Harry answered just as Hermione rushed towards him with a hug followed by Ron and Molly.
"Why didn't you let us know you were coming?" Molly grinned cupping his face.
"I didn't know, Dumbledore."
"Oh! That man, but then what would we do without him?" Molly grinned and Harry chuckled.
~~~
Lyra had her journal all but fused to her person at all times, Draco had yet to be marked but he said he felt that it wouldn't be long, Voldemort was furious Lucius failed and Narcissa could only keep Draco out of Voldemort's sights for so long. She felt guilty that she had left and now Draco would suffer at Voldemort's hands, she told him the order would take both him and Narcissa, she knew they would with all the memories they had to collaborate their story.
It was their backup plan, if it got too much for Draco or Narcissa they would run to the order but after finding out about Snape, Draco had gotten it into his head that the best way to protect the people closest to him was to become a spy.
The night he had been marked was the worst pain he'd ever experienced and nothing would probably beat that pain ever, his mother had soothed him all night, not long after that Voldemort had ordered Draco to kill Dumbledore which had sent Narcissa running to Snape for a plan B. It was scary but the main thing getting him through it was knowing Lyra saw them winning, they'd end this mad man once and for all and then everything would go back to how it was.