Between angels and insects

They appeared in Hogsmead’s main street. The night had already fallen and it was pretty cold outside. The Three Broomsticks was still open, but Seena knew that the Death Eaters would never show up in public places. Hermione was squeezing her hand very strongly. The brunette dragged her in a dark alley.

“I don’t like that! I don’t like that at all!” Hermione muttered.

“You wanted to come...But don’t worry, I’ll protect you.”

“Yes I know, b-”

“Shut up!” Seena ordered very calmly. A sound. Footsteps. “They’re coming.” At the end of the alley, six dark figures appeared and rushed towards the two girls.

‘The Death Eaters...’ the brunette thought. She placed herself in front of Hermione to protect her. ‘Stay behind me’ She asked silently to her girlfriend. The six Death Eaters stopped two meters in front of them.

“The Dark Lord wants you!” One of them declared with a rasping male voice. To their surprise and Hermione’s, Seena began to chuckle.

“I knew it!” She said with a weird triumphal tone. “But, man, he must be very silly to send me only six minions!” She laughed, and suddenly the Death Eaters froze.

“Crucio” A hooded woman yelled. The spell hit Seena who moved back slightly, but was still smiling.

“Do you guys really think you can take me? Even ten spells like that wouldn’t do anything to me!” Seena took a step closer to them, her arms outstretched. “Try if you want!” She felt a hand on her arm.

“Seena, please! Let’s go!” Hermione whispered very low.

“Get the Mud-blood!” The leader ordered and the six Death Eaters pointed their wand towards Hermione.

‘Shit!’ Seena moved very fast in front of Hermione.She knew the shield would never resist. Her feet were barely touching the ground when the six Cruciating spells hit her in the chest. She was projected in the air and landed a few meters away.

“Again!” The Death Eater shouted to his sidekicks. Seena’s head was a bit spinning but she stood up and screamed “Wait!” They stopped their attack.

“I’ll come with you, but there’s one condition! I send her to Hogwarts, you leave her alone, and you can take me! Okay?”

“Seena, no!” Hermione screamed.

“Is that okay with you?” The Nemesis asked louder. The Death Eaters looked at each other.

“Okay, do it!” The leader finally ordered.

“Seena, please don’t do that...” the younger girl was crying.

‘Baby, I want you to listen carefully before you go. Don’t tell anyone. I’ll be fine. I can kill ‘em all just by my will. I want to reach Voldemort so we can all get rid of him. He can’t hurt me, you saw it...Trust me, please. And I want you to know that I love you. I’m not saying this because I’m gonna die okay? I know I’ll be there tomorrow when you wake up. I promise you. Now be brave and wait for me.’ The brunette penetrated Hermione’s mind. ‘Ah, and don’t worry, they can’t read this thought.’ Hermione nodded, though she didn’t want to leave. Silent tears were running down her cheeks. Seena turned to stare at the Death Eaters.

“I’m coming...” She muttered and placed her hand on Hermione’s shoulder and whispered the ancient spell. Her lover vanished in an instant and Seena knew she was now in her bedroom.

‘In safety...’

“Alright! Take me to the bogeyman!” Seena smirked.

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The Death Eaters had tied up her hands, hoping that Seena wouldn’t try to escape.

‘If only they knew I can do any trick without my hands’ she had laughed silently. Then they had brought her in a dark creepy mansion with spider webs and roaches crawling on the floor.

“I like the decoration!” she said with a mocking tone to one of her kidnappers.

“Shut up!” He replied furiously. They led her to a large room filled with a dozen of other Death Eaters. And in the middle of the room was a leather armchair, but Seena couldn’t see the person who was sitting, though she knew pretty well who he was.

“Hi! Seena Tariyo! Nice to see you V-man!” She exclaimed joyfully.

“How dare you speak to the Dark Lord like that” A tall hooded man shouted angrily before slapping Seena in the face. The young girl burst in laughter when she saw the man whining with pain and staring at his injured hand.

“Enough!” a creepy voice hissed from the armchair. “Let me see her!” In a flash, three Death Eaters rushed to their master and turned the armchair so Seena could eventually face Lord Voldemort. He looked like a baby, an ugly grey-skinned snake-like baby.

“I’m disappointed! Thought you’d be taller, like Darth Vader...” Seena pouted. She felt the minions around her seethe with rage. Voldemort was staring at her with a mix of curiosity and astonishment. A big snake crawled towards her and coiled around Seena’s leg to reach her shoulder. The animal’s and the brunette’s eyes were inches apart. The nemesis stared into the red orbs and turned her own iris black.

“You’re not afraid?” Voldemort finally spoke.

“Why would I be, it’s just a snake...” Seena shrugged casually.

“Its venom could kill you in ten seconds...”

“I can rip its guts in one...” The remark made Voldemort laughed, or maybe it was a cough.

“You’ve got some nerve for a kid! Now you must wonder why I wanted you?”

“No, in fact I don’t care that much about this whole sitch...”
“I want you to teach me your magic!” Voldemort ignored Seena’s reply. The snake began to coil around Seena’s neck, trying to smother her. “What is your answer?” the Dark Lord asked, though he knew ‘no’ wasn’t an option.

‘Vitus exit’ the Nemesis chanted in her mind and the snake flew away to crash on the wall, its skull cracked by the shock. There was a long silence. Seena was glad to notice that Voldemort was now very angry and frightened. He turned his reptilian gaze to her and the girl could clearly see the hatred in them.

“Listen carefully V-man! You can’t fucking control me, I’m not one of your stupid dogs!” Seena threatened him. Voldemort stared at her a long time.

“Kill her!” He enventually ordered and soon, twenty wands were pointed towards Seena.

“Avada Kedavra!”

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Hermione couldn’t stay in her bedroom and wait for Seena to come back. She went down and sat in an armchair in the Gryffindor common room and cried silently.

‘She’ll never come back, Hermione...’ a voice was repeating in her mind.

‘Yes, she will!’

‘No, she’s already dead!’

‘Nothing can kill her!’

The young girl was interrupted in her inner battle by footsteps in the staircase. She quickly wiped away her tears and turn to see a familiar redhead approaching. Ginny’s sleepy eyes opened with surprise at the sight of her friend.

“What are you doing here? It’s past midnight!”

“Couldn’t sleep...” she whispered, her voice still shaking with anxiety.

“You two had a fight?” Ginny sat next to Hermione who shook her head in reply. “What’s wrong then?”

“I-I can’t tell you...” The third-year frowned. It was obvious to her that Hermione was hiding something important.

“Um...Is this about...you know, sex?” She blushed. Hermione was dumbbfounded.

“What?” She finally understood the meaning of her friend’s question and opened wide her eyes. “No!” she exclaimed.

“Then tell me what’s the matter!” Ginny put her hand on the girl’s.

“She asked me not to tell anyone and...” Hermione was fighting hard the urge to confide in the younger Gryffindor. Eventually, her fear took over her will. “We went there, at Hogsmead...” She felt Ginny’s hand shiver. “Seena wanted to find the Death Eaters and...they attacked us. Voldemort wanted Seena and...” Hermione burst into tears. “She protected me and let them take her in exchange of my life! And I don’t know if she’s still alive!” The redhead leant in and took the desperate girl in her arms, trying to comfort her as best as she could.
“Seena’s a tough girl, we’ve all seen what she’s capable of...I’m sure she’s fine...”

‘No, she’s not!’ The voice was still saying in Hermione’s head.

“Maybe we should tell Dumbledore, or McGonagall at least?” Ginny offered and Hermione remained silent.

“Yes, let’s go...” She gave up and followed Ginny to the head house’s office.

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The twenty deadly spells hit her at the same time, from all sides. Seena let out a scream of pain and collapsed on the floor.

“Master, she’s still alive!” one of the Death Eaters exclaimed.

“Do it again!” Voldemort ordered. A sardonic smile across his barely formed lips, he observed Seena’s fight against the pain.

‘She’s amazing, even Avada Kedavra can’t kill her...’ He thought. When the fortieth Avada Kedavra hit her, Seena was feeling surprise that she could still breathe. Several deep cuts had appeared on her skin and she was bleeding profusely.

‘Come on, See, stand up, stand up!’ But her legs were too weak to obey her. ‘Okay, no more body, but you can still use your brain!’ She stared at some Death Eaters on her right side and greeted between clenched lips.

“Chico muerte!” In an instant, she could hear the wet sound of six Death Eaters’s heart exploding in their chest. Seena regretted their death was so fast and unpainful.

“Rip off her tongue!” Voldemort shouted angrily. But Seena didn’t need her mouth to kill ten more Death Eaters. This time, she chose to burn them alive with a little twist of ‘Impyro’ spell when they tried to reach her. There was now only four Death Eaters left.

‘Plus the snaky Mini-V...’

She tried a healing spell on herself and managed to stand up, finally. One of the Death Eaters tried to grab her head. She punched him in the stomach with all of her strengh. The hooded man stared at her, then at the bleeding hole in his back and belly and collapsed on the ground. Voldemort couldn’t believe his eyes. This teenager had killed one by one his most loyal servants. And for the first time in his long life, Voldemort was afraid. The three Death Eaters left were looking at each other, like wondering whether dying like their fellows was a great destiny.

“You choose guys! Either you leave and avoid and horrible and painful death then hide away for a long time, or you can still try to kill me, like your friends just did!” Seena said very calmly. The three dark wizards didn’t thought twice and ran away.

“Looks like there’s just the two of us!” Seena turned to look at Voldemort. His face was twitching with dread and hatred.

“You think you can kill me little girl? Someone already tried fourteen years ago, and look! I’m still here!”

“Well, I’m gonna kill you anyway...then I’ll try to find a way to make you stay, you know...dead!”

“Avada Kedavra!” Voldemort pulled out his wand and cast the spell to Seena. She was projected against the wall, aweakened by the numerous assaults of her attackers. She fell on the floor, blinded by the blood pouring down from the arch of her eyebrows.

‘Maybe magic won’t work out against him...Dunno, let’s try!’ She thought very hard about Voldemort and tried to focus on his heart to make it explode.

“You’re weak! Your magic is not strong enough!” Voldemort was laughing.

“Nevermind!” Seena stood up and tried to walk towards him, but her feet didn’t follow. She stumbled and fell again.

“Your powers are leaving you!” What he was saying was true, Seena was completely exhausted, she couldn’t move and her magic didn’t work on Voldemort. “Goodbye Nemesis...” the Dark Lord smirked and pointed his wand to Seena.

“Goodbye!” She screamed and stretched her hand towards the ceiling above Voldemort. It began to shake and finally fell down on Voldemort, crushing him. The mansion was crumbling around her, as if an earthquake was under it. Seena crawled toward Voldemort’s body and grab it before vanishing just in time to avoid a falling beam.