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"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
-Author notes-
Chapter 66: Get Out
"Travers, Mulciber!" Amycus Carrow spotted the two Death Eaters who were still stuck against the translucent ward.
They had long ceased their screaming, but smoke was still coming from their bodies.
He was about to rush ahead when he was stopped by Lord Nott.
"Wait! Don't be an idiot. The enemy is hiding nearby."
"Ah!…" Amycus' eyes darted from side to side. He then aimed his wand ahead. "Homenum Revelio!"
The charm was designed to locate anyone who was using invisibility and make them appear as a red silhouette.
"What the… where are they?!" Amycus was shocked to find no one around.
"They couldn't have gone far… unless." Lord Nott glanced at the ward boundaries. "They are hiding inside th—"
"No," Harry interrupted him. "I was above you the whole time."
When the two Death Eaters glanced upwards, they saw a red silhouette floating in the air.
"Avada Ke—"
"Fulgor." Harry already had the spell ready. Before Nott could finish his words, he had already shot a bolt of lightning aimed at his head.
"Avada Kedavra!" Lord Nott cast his curse as his partner died.
V opened its mouth, creating a suction force that shifted the trajectory of the curse, making it miss Harry as he flew down to the ground.
Harry ignited the brands on his arms, channeling a large amount of magic, ready to end this Death Eater before he could use another spell.
'Wait! Don't kill him yet!' V's voice resounded inside his head and distracted him from what he was doing.
"What?!" Harry exclaimed, looking up at the hat.
"Reducto!" This moment of hesitation gave Lord Nott the chance to attack.
Harry knew that V would not be able to use his 'spell eating' ability so soon, so he had to use his superior speed to move out of the attack's path.
"Tsk!" He felt the 'Reducto' charm grazing his shoulder, tearing apart his robes, skin, and flesh.
'Sorry about that,' V said.
'V, why did you stop me?' Harry questioned his friend's intention.
'I can't be one hundred percent sure until I see his face, but by the voice alone, I believe this is Caius Nott, the current Lord of the Nott pureblood house and an important member of his Inner Circle.'
'Oh, I see.' Harry had been looking for a member of the Inner Circle to extract information from. Only someone like that could have what he wanted.
"Avada Kedavra!" Lord Nott continued his deadly assault against Harry.
Since he could only see a red silhouette in front of him, he still had no idea who his opponent actually was.
Harry conjured a large rock to block the curse, and when it was blown into pieces by the Unforgivable, he opened the palms of his hands and pushed them forward.
The stone pieces flew away like projectiles and landed on several parts of Lord Nott's body.
"Argg!" One of them hit his chest and made him lose his balance.
Harry made a circular hand gesture and formed a set of white ropes that swiftly wrapped around Lord Nott's arms before he could recover.
He then made another set of ropes that tied his feet, and now he fell to the ground.
"Y-You are dead!" Lord Nott shouted. "Let me go right now!"
Harry removed the invisibility charm and walked a bit closer.
"Potter?!" The shock was evident on Nott's face, even with the mask still on.
He did not bother trying to speak with the Death Eater, as he couldn't really trust anything this person said.
Instead, Harry knelt next to Nott and placed both hands at the sides of his head. "Legilimency."
"No! Get out!" Nott screamed. "Get out of my head!"
Images began to appear in Harry's mind. These were just superficial thoughts, so he ventured deeper.
He broke through all the protections he came across and continued.
Harry found his mind very disorganized, but perhaps this was by design.
Occlumency protections can manifest in all sorts of ways. It all depends on the user.
Some people create literal walls, while others prefer to hide their most important secrets inside a massive labyrinth covered in useless stuff, hoping that if anyone ventured into their minds, they would overlook it.
Harry saw all sorts of memories and thoughts, mostly about his family life and work life at the Ministry of Magic.
Then, as he ventured deeper into Lord Nott's consciousness, he started to find memories tied to Lord Voldemort and meetings with other Death Eaters.
'Come on… show me where he is.' Harry noticed that the same dining hall was commonly seen in any memory where Voldemort appeared, meaning that this must be their usual hideout.
Harry could not see the outside of the house or its location, so it was likely that even Nott didn't know exactly where it was.
'Wait… there!' Harry saw a symbol on a shield hanging from a wall. It was common among old wizard families to have medieval symbols that represented their house.
But just then, he heard V's voice inside his mind.
'Harry, get out of there. NOW!'
He would rarely hear his friend sounding this alarmed, so despite being so close to his target, Harry left Lord Nott's mind without hesitation.
Just as he was opening his eyes, he felt Nott's head shaking.
"What happened?" Harry stood up and moved around the Death Eater so he could see him better.
Lord Nott's body began to convulse, and Harry saw his eyes turning completely white.
This only lasted five seconds at most, and then… Lord Nott stopped moving.
His body remained lying on the grassy ground.
"He is dead…" Harry realized. "How did t—"
"The brand, Harry. Voldemort made use of the soul brand to kill him when you went inside his mind. Which means…"
Harry's eyes widened. "He must have been watching us."
This was far from over.
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