Sara's Adventure -Part III

I turned to look at Alisis. When my tears blocked him from my view, I blinked and wiped my eyes. I waited for him to explain what he meant.

He took a long breath.

“Sara! The wizarding community has contributed to the growth of another evil wizard of its time.”

“What? Another Voldemort?”

“More powerful and deadly than him. You know that Voldemort made horcruxes by which he split his soul into seven that his destruction could be possible only if you destroyed all seven parts of his soul. The evil wizard of today we are talking about has stolen the invisibility cloak from Harry, and has also discovered the resurrection stone from the forbidden forest.”

My eyes bulged on listening to Alisis. I could imagine the kind of danger the world is in. The resurrection stone could bring back the dead alive. The resurrected dead would serve as the shield protecting the one who had resurrected them. And the invisibility cloak, Harry’s precious possession would allow him to move around the world hidden and protected from all charms and spells.

“But how on earth did he manage to get hold of Harry’s invisibility cloak?”

Harry cleared his throat. “It was my fault entirely”. He replied bitterly.

Alisis looked at Harry piteously. “Don’t condemn yourself for what is no one’s fault. No one could have imagined that someone would steal it”

Harry continued. “I never used my cloak after the Battle of Hogwarts. I had it safely locked. I used to give it for a try, once or twice to my children, but never allowed them to possess though I wanted to. I didn’t want them sneaking around as I  and R….”

I understood that he was about to say Ron, but I could sense how painful it would be for him to think about the past when he enjoyed his school days with his best buddy Ron.

“I mean, as we used to.. I didn’t want them to get into any danger. So it was safe or so I thought, until weird things started happening. Many muggles were killed and we were able to trace those casualties to be wizard’s work. Aurors were in search of the culprit. I went along with them until one day we spotted a muggle family being killed and massacred before our very eyes, but the wizard who was causing the destruction was not visible to our eyes. I got my doubt and hurried back to my home to check it out and I was shocked to find that it was missing.”

“But how come he came to know of your cloak?”

“Rowling’s contribution.” Winnace interjected bitterly.

I turned to look at him. “Oh!”

“Though her books were banned in our world, some how he must have acquired them.” Hermoine offered to say.

“Who is that He you are talking about?” I questioned.

A wave of fear swept through many faces before Alisis answered my question. Harry’s face showed utter disgust.

“The King of the world”

“King??”

“Yes, he is called so by his slaves and he forces people to call him so.”

“What’s his original name?”

“He is called King Nortis. You may recognize him if I use his surname”

I looked at him questioningly.

“The King Nortis. Nortis Grindelwald.”

“Grindelwald? You mean the Grindelwald who was defeated by Dumbledore? The Grindelwald who possessed the Elder wand before Dumbledore won over him and became the master of death?”

“Dumbledore never became the master of death! Here, sitting before us is the Master of death!” Alisis spoke, pointing to Harry.

I turned to look at Harry proudly. Harry was just silent. So humble as usual!

“So, is the the.. King ,the son of Grindelwald?”

“Yes! He had stolen the invisibility cloak long before, we knew not when! We still wonder how he discovered the resurrection stone!”

“How did you all come to know that he had discovered the resurrection stone?”

Harry spoke. “Nortis declared himself. He appeared before a mass on the eve of Christmas and declared himself. He told us who he was. He told us that he had discovered the stone. He proved us, by bringing back his dead friends whom he called as slaves, alive. He made the slaves kill a family of muggles in front of the group of aurors assembled to capture him. The aurors were dumbstruck and frozen on seeing the massacre right before their eyes. Before they could spring into action, he disappeared showing us that he possessed the cloak, and disapparated.”

I stared at him with horror. “How can this wizard be killed? How can the innocent people be saved?” I whispered.

Hermoine walked in. “It is not the lives of the innocent people alone that are at stake. Everybody against him, everybody opposing him and trying to kill or capture him is going to be killed, because he had invoked a powerful charm that no wizard or witch has ever thought of, which is going to end the entire wizarding community along with the poor muggles.”

I could see that her eyes were puffy, but her face was set and stern. She walked in regally. I was stunned by her beauty for a minute, before I could recollect what she had spoken.

“Charm? To kill the entire mankind?”

Hermoine shuddered.

“It is called the Doomsday charm.” Toby told me. I looked up at him and I found his voice sore with grief.

“What does the charm do?”

Alisis stood up from his seat and walked to the window from which the sunlight was flooding the room. He stood before the window and turned to look at me. “Come, Sara. Watch this.”

I moved to stand beside him. I peeped through the window and gasped with surprise.

We were in the tallest tower I could imagine. Multi storied buildings around the tower appeared like small ones. I was able to view the entire city. I could find vehicles on the road which appeared like tiny insects moving around. I could recognize a blue river in the north-west corner. I was able to see the peak of the mountains in the farthest end. The sun appeared to be very close to the place where I stood. The sun rays drenched me and I felt warm. The breeze was so fresh and energizing that I inhaled a deep breath and took in the sweet scent. While the sun rays soaked us all with its warmth, I could see black clouds covering half of the city as if it would rain.

“Do you see there?” Alisis pointed out to the far black clouds.

“Yes. It seems as if it’s gonna rain”

Alisis shook his head in disagreement. “They are not rain clouds. It is the dark cover.”

“Dark cover?”

“The Doomsday charm works out to emanate harmful gases that form the dark cover.”

“Oh! What does the cover do?”

“The area where this cover is emitted passes with the wind and those who inhale become slaves of the executor of the charm.”

“Oh God! Does it mean the people living in those areas have become his slaves already?” My voice shook with fear.

“Yes.” Minister Michelles came to join us. “What you see here is only a part of the city. Eighty percent of Britain has come under his control. He will be conquering Britain in another few days. Once he conquers Britain, he plans to make this the capital country of the world. He would proceed to surmount the rest of the world, once he is finished with Britain.”

“What is his objective? Why is he conquering the entire world?”

“To become the King of the world, obvious. That is why he wants to be called the King.” Madam Bones let out a sigh.

“What happens to the people who become his slaves?”

“He uses them as his army. They forget everything about their lives, their families, their desires, ambitions, friends, everything. They become soul less creatures who obey and perform what their King says.”

“Oh, my pity!” I stared at the dark cover in horror. The cover appeared to be moving with great speed towards us. I realized what would happen to me if the dark cover engulfs this tower. I remembered the poor slaves of Imhotep, moving in mass, chanting his name, to capture and kill Rick and Eveyln in the movie Mummy. I imagined myself, Harry, Hermoine, Alisis, Toby, and every one of us a part of the slave crowd and my eyes bulged in shock.

“Even .. even the wizards become slaves just by inhaling those harmful gases? Not just the muggles?” I spoke softly so that only Alisis standing closely to me could hear.

It seemed everyone heard me. “Poor muggles do not know about this and therefore they stay there, inhale it continuously and become slaves in twenty four hours. The ministry of Magic has informed every wizard about this hazard. We have created awareness among every wizard family on how to escape from this charm.” Minister Michelles told me.

“How do we escape from this dark cover?

“We move away from the place covered with darkness, and stop ourselves from inhaling the harmful gases. That is the only way we could save ourselves.”. I looked at him unbelievingly. “Yes, Sara. This is the only way we could be safe. Every wizard family has been in moving for the past one week. The dark cover was imposed last Thursday, the dark day of the year. Thousands of muggles disappeared the very next day. The event passed out as the after effects of Hurricane. The muggles who became his slaves disappeared from their countries and homes. We presume that the army is being assembled in a secret place, that we are unable to find out. We guessed that only the slaves could identify their secret place. We tried following one or more slaves but they disappeared after a particular distance. The first day we witnessed the dark cover, we refused to believe that it must be the doomsday charm. No one in the history, has ever unleashed this deadly charm. But as the disappearances increased we suspected it to be the art of dooming charm that we made a world wide declaration on the charm being unleashed. The ministry of magic is doing its best to help the wizards in their relocation and protection. The Hogwarts School has been closed and the students have been sent to their parents.”

I was frozen with shock. I turned to look at the dark cover again. I turned back to the group. “Why is he doing this? Why?”

“He wants to become the King of the world. I understand your question as to why would someone want to rule the world that only comprises of his slaves, I mean the soul less creatures? Am I right?” Hermoine spoke my mind; I nodded my head in agreement. She continued. “King Nortis is not making every human in this world as his slave. He wants to make every wizard his slave. His wants no independent wizard in this world who would oppose him. He is targeting at the employees of the ministry of magic, which comprises of the aurors who pose a threat to him. Next, the Hogwarts, where he can kill the next generation of blooming wizards. Next, the Gringotts bank, to loot the wealth of all wizards existing, by which he would become the richest person in this world. Which is why the bank, the school, the ministry have all been closed from operations and have been relocated. Though majority of the wizarding community is on the run, yet casualties are hard to prevent.”

 “After he conquers the entire world, we presume he would kill every wizard who was his slave, as he may see them as a threat anytime. He would be the only wizard existing. He would rule the world happily ever. The King, as he wanted. The King of the world.” Toby spat with disgust.

I had no word to utter. I felt so weak within. Have I come here to see the entire wizarding community being slaughtered in front of my eyes? I slowly walked back to sit near the table. I closed my eyes with exhaustion.