THE LONELY GATE HOUSE
A Harry Potter UNIVERSE/ Sasporilla Bucket Fan Fiction
by Darren Kelly
Chapter 15
Sasporilla Bucket still had dull pains in her chest where the bullet had passed through. The doctor told her she may still have pain for a few weeks to come. Those few weeks had turned into a month plus. Sassy had to report to the Hogwarts infirmary every afternoon for a check up to make sure that she was healing properly, and make sure nothing had been missed. The memory of the burning pain and those moments when she was laying on the cold ground gasping for air and knew deep down that she was dying, still haunted her.
Sassy was happy to be home at Hogwarts with her friends Karry and Zac but she was more than happy to be with Melvin. Since his kiss had awoken her from her near death state, she couldn't bare to be apart grom him. She found comfort in his touch and strength in his arms. Things she desperately needed more than ever it seemed.
Sassy had been looking forward to Easter break. Not so much to get a break from the heavy sixth year school work load, but she wanted to go back to Droorlily. Something about that night kept replaying in her mind. Something about that dark wizard seemed familiar. She hoped that going back would jog her memory. Lyra Lee-Ashwolf and Nick Owlmore escorted Sasporilla and Melvin to Droorlily. Melvin held Sasporillas hand as they walked in through the gateway onto the grounds. They were met by Headmaster O'Carrol, and Professor O'Dowd.
"Welcome back." The headmaster smiled hugging Sasporilla. "I owe you my fekin' life Sasporilla Bucket. Y'll always be welcome at Droorlily! If dares anyt'in' I can ever do fer ya just let me know!"
"Thank you sir." Sasporilla said. "Sir did you see the Dark wizard the night of the attack?"
"Yes o' course. Never ferget the feker! What I saw of him under dat hood."
"I thought," Sassy began, "I mean I sort of remember a look on his face. Like a clenched teeth..."
"Lop sided snarl." The Headmaster finished. "Yes!" Sasporilla said excitedly.
"And he had a bit of a growl ta his voice." Headmaster O'Carrol said.
"Sounds like that feker Kelly," Professor O'Dowd said, "da poacher!"
"That's it!" Sasporilla said. "I ran into the poacher in the Spruce forest north of the school. He had trapped an Emerald dragon and I freed him from the trap."
"If it is Kelly da poacher," Headmaster O'Carrol said, "den why would he want da muggles ta attack da school his own son attends?"
"His son?" Sasporilla asked. "Michael?"
"Yes." Professor O'Dowd said. "His boy is Michael Kelly."
"Michael Kelly was last one through the gate the night the fisherman followed the children in." Nick said.
"Dat has ta be a coincidence!" Headmaster O'Carrol said refusing to believe the good student was in any way complicit in the nefarious plot.
"I don't think it is headmaster." Sasporilla said. "But I don't believe Michael knew his father may be using him to alert the muggles to our presence."
"How da ya mean?" O'Carrol asked.
"The back of Michael's muggle made jacket had a reflective safety strip on it." Sasporilla said. "What if his father shone a light off of it to catch the muggle fisherman's attention?"
"Ok but why do it?" Headmaster O'Carrol said.
"Because dragons are a million Galleons live and ten times that in pieces." Sasporilla said. "That's what the poacher growled at me the day I freed Xorgon from the trap."
"Xorgon?" Lyra asked.
"The Emerald dragon." Sassy smiled. "He told me his name when I freed him."
"Ya freed him an cost me a pretty penny ya gobshyte!" Kelly the poacher said stepping out of the rubble of the school holding his blast caster to his own sons head. "Michael figured it out first do I've had ta keep him home fer a few weeks. Locked in his room a course."
"You did all of this for greed?" Sasporilla asked.
"Ten million galleons!" The poacher yelled. "Wit' out this damn school here dare'd be no one ta stop me from huntin' dragons and ud'er creatures on deese lands."
Aurers appeared on all sides of the poacher, Their wands pointed at him.
"Let the boy go and surrender peacefully." Nick Owlmore demanded.
"So ya basterds can send me ta Azkaban?" The poacher laughed. "Me hole I will!"
"Then at least let Michael go so he doesn't get hurt." Sasporilla pleaded raising her wand as well. Melvin stood beside his true love holding her left hand in his right, his wand raised in the other.
A roar in the skies above pulled the poachers attention from his son. Michael ran to the side of the group of aurers closest to him.
Xorgon the Emerald dragon landed on the roof of the boys dorms. Kelly the poacher took aim with a smile. Sasporilla whipped her wand and cast "Fuip!" The tip of her wand transfigured into a long bull whip which grabbed the double barrel of the blast caster and pulled it back and out of Kellys hands. The double blast flying straight up into the air, missing the dragon. Kelly turned and scowled at Sasporilla Bucket who whipped the weapon far out of his reach.
"I'd have gotten' away dis if it hadn't benn fer yer meddlin!'" Kelly growled drawing his wand ftom his coat.
Melvin stepped in front of Sasporilla blocking what his small frame could of his taller girl friend. Aurers wand tips started yo glow as Kelly started to hatefully cast "Ava..."
A blast of dragon fire struck Kelly the poacher turning him to ash. As the fire receded the poachers ashes floated off like confetti on the super heated air.
Michael Kelly started to cry, screaming in the horror of the death of his father. Xorgon took off from the roof of the boys form, shingles rolling down anfmd falling yo ghd gtound. Michael took off running across the court yard and grabbed the blast caster.
"Michael no!" Sasporilla yelled.
"You killed my da!" Michael Kelly yelled as he fired both barrels of blast caster, blowing Xorgon out of the air. The large Emarald dragon fell to the earth dead.
"I got ya, ya bastard!" Michael Kelly yelled. "That'll teach ya ta kill my s... da."
"Stupify!" Lyra cast knocking the boy back and knocking the weapon ftom his hands.
Aurers stepped up as Lyra put him in binders.
"Lyra!" Nick said. "What are you doing?"
"I'm arresting him Nick." Lyra said kicking the boy in the back of legs dropping him to his knees.
"Jaysus Michael was distraught!" Headmaster O'Carrol protested. "He can't be held accountable fer killin' dat beast fer killin' his da?"
Michael Kelly looked up at Lyra his lower lip quivering. "Arrest me if ya want. I'm not sorry fer killin da dam dragon. I'd do it again."
"I'm sure you would." Lyra said punching the boy knocking him to the ground viciously.
"Lyra!" Sasporilla protested. "What are you doing!?!"
Lyra pulled a bottle of Veritaserum. Nick stepped over to Lyras side.
"You got to be kidding me?" Nick said.
"I hope I'm wrong." Lyra said. "I hope I'm wrong. Hold his head back."
Nick grabbed Michael by the hair and pulled his head back roughly. Michael began to struggle as Lyra clamped his jaw and forced his mouth open. Lyra pulled the cork from the vial with her teeth and poured the Veritaserum into Michael Kellys open mouth. Lyra slammed the boys mouth shut and forced the boy to swallow the potion.
"Are you Michael Kelly." Nick asked.
"Yes!" Michael Protested.
"Are you Michael Kelly?" Lyra demanded.
"Yes!" Michael spat.
"Are ya Michael Calvin Kelly Junior?" The headmaster yelled.
"No." The boy spat trying to fight the serum.
Aurers surround him wands drawn as his face started to shift. It was the poacher Michael Kelly Senior!
"Who was that who took your place?" Nick asked.
"My son." The poacher growled.
Sasporilla gasped realizing the person turned to ash before her eyes had been her friend. Sasporilla started to cry at the horror of it all. Melvin took Sassy in his arms and held her tight as she wept.
"Did he help you of his own free will?" Lyra asked.
"No." The poacher spat.
"How was he manipulated?" Nick demanded.
"The Imperious curse!" Michael Kelly senior yelled. "And polyjuice potion."
"You went wit' da kids ta da rùn market didn't ya, ya bastard." Headmaster O'Carrol demanded. "You lead da muggle here!"
"Yes." The poacher said.
"You killed the muggles in town?" Nick asked.
"Yes." The poacher said.
"Michael Kelly senior," Nick said pulling the man to his feet. "You're under arrest for the no less than five counts of murder and use of the Imperious Curse. You'll be tried by the Ministry of Magic for the crimes of which you've been accused. You have the right to a solicitor if you choose to have one. I hope you rot in Azkaban for the rest of your life."
Sasporilla Bucket still had dull pains in her chest where the bullet had passed through. The doctor told her she may still have pain for a few weeks to come. Those few weeks had turned into a month plus. Sassy had to report to the Hogwarts infirmary every afternoon for a check up to make sure that she was healing properly, and make sure nothing had been missed. The memory of the burning pain and those moments when she was laying on the cold ground gasping for air and knew deep down that she was dying, still haunted her.
Sassy was happy to be home at Hogwarts with her friends Karry and Zac but she was more than happy to be with Melvin. Since his kiss had awoken her from her near death state, she couldn't bare to be apart grom him. She found comfort in his touch and strength in his arms. Things she desperately needed more than ever it seemed.
Sassy had been looking forward to Easter break. Not so much to get a break from the heavy sixth year school work load, but she wanted to go back to Droorlily. Something about that night kept replaying in her mind. Something about that dark wizard seemed familiar. She hoped that going back would jog her memory. Lyra Lee-Ashwolf and Nick Owlmore escorted Sasporilla and Melvin to Droorlily. Melvin held Sasporillas hand as they walked in through the gateway onto the grounds. They were met by Headmaster O'Carrol, and Professor O'Dowd.
"Welcome back." The headmaster smiled hugging Sasporilla. "I owe you my fekin' life Sasporilla Bucket. Y'll always be welcome at Droorlily! If dares anyt'in' I can ever do fer ya just let me know!"
"Thank you sir." Sasporilla said. "Sir did you see the Dark wizard the night of the attack?"
"Yes o' course. Never ferget the feker! What I saw of him under dat hood."
"I thought," Sassy began, "I mean I sort of remember a look on his face. Like a clenched teeth..."
"Lop sided snarl." The Headmaster finished. "Yes!" Sasporilla said excitedly.
"And he had a bit of a growl ta his voice." Headmaster O'Carrol said.
"Sounds like that feker Kelly," Professor O'Dowd said, "da poacher!"
"That's it!" Sasporilla said. "I ran into the poacher in the Spruce forest north of the school. He had trapped an Emerald dragon and I freed him from the trap."
"If it is Kelly da poacher," Headmaster O'Carrol said, "den why would he want da muggles ta attack da school his own son attends?"
"His son?" Sasporilla asked. "Michael?"
"Yes." Professor O'Dowd said. "His boy is Michael Kelly."
"Michael Kelly was last one through the gate the night the fisherman followed the children in." Nick said.
"Dat has ta be a coincidence!" Headmaster O'Carrol said refusing to believe the good student was in any way complicit in the nefarious plot.
"I don't think it is headmaster." Sasporilla said. "But I don't believe Michael knew his father may be using him to alert the muggles to our presence."
"How da ya mean?" O'Carrol asked.
"The back of Michael's muggle made jacket had a reflective safety strip on it." Sasporilla said. "What if his father shone a light off of it to catch the muggle fisherman's attention?"
"Ok but why do it?" Headmaster O'Carrol said.
"Because dragons are a million Galleons live and ten times that in pieces." Sasporilla said. "That's what the poacher growled at me the day I freed Xorgon from the trap."
"Xorgon?" Lyra asked.
"The Emerald dragon." Sassy smiled. "He told me his name when I freed him."
"Ya freed him an cost me a pretty penny ya gobshyte!" Kelly the poacher said stepping out of the rubble of the school holding his blast caster to his own sons head. "Michael figured it out first do I've had ta keep him home fer a few weeks. Locked in his room a course."
"You did all of this for greed?" Sasporilla asked.
"Ten million galleons!" The poacher yelled. "Wit' out this damn school here dare'd be no one ta stop me from huntin' dragons and ud'er creatures on deese lands."
Aurers appeared on all sides of the poacher, Their wands pointed at him.
"Let the boy go and surrender peacefully." Nick Owlmore demanded.
"So ya basterds can send me ta Azkaban?" The poacher laughed. "Me hole I will!"
"Then at least let Michael go so he doesn't get hurt." Sasporilla pleaded raising her wand as well. Melvin stood beside his true love holding her left hand in his right, his wand raised in the other.
A roar in the skies above pulled the poachers attention from his son. Michael ran to the side of the group of aurers closest to him.
Xorgon the Emerald dragon landed on the roof of the boys dorms. Kelly the poacher took aim with a smile. Sasporilla whipped her wand and cast "Fuip!" The tip of her wand transfigured into a long bull whip which grabbed the double barrel of the blast caster and pulled it back and out of Kellys hands. The double blast flying straight up into the air, missing the dragon. Kelly turned and scowled at Sasporilla Bucket who whipped the weapon far out of his reach.
"I'd have gotten' away dis if it hadn't benn fer yer meddlin!'" Kelly growled drawing his wand ftom his coat.
Melvin stepped in front of Sasporilla blocking what his small frame could of his taller girl friend. Aurers wand tips started yo glow as Kelly started to hatefully cast "Ava..."
A blast of dragon fire struck Kelly the poacher turning him to ash. As the fire receded the poachers ashes floated off like confetti on the super heated air.
Michael Kelly started to cry, screaming in the horror of the death of his father. Xorgon took off from the roof of the boys form, shingles rolling down anfmd falling yo ghd gtound. Michael took off running across the court yard and grabbed the blast caster.
"Michael no!" Sasporilla yelled.
"You killed my da!" Michael Kelly yelled as he fired both barrels of blast caster, blowing Xorgon out of the air. The large Emarald dragon fell to the earth dead.
"I got ya, ya bastard!" Michael Kelly yelled. "That'll teach ya ta kill my s... da."
"Stupify!" Lyra cast knocking the boy back and knocking the weapon ftom his hands.
Aurers stepped up as Lyra put him in binders.
"Lyra!" Nick said. "What are you doing?"
"I'm arresting him Nick." Lyra said kicking the boy in the back of legs dropping him to his knees.
"Jaysus Michael was distraught!" Headmaster O'Carrol protested. "He can't be held accountable fer killin' dat beast fer killin' his da?"
Michael Kelly looked up at Lyra his lower lip quivering. "Arrest me if ya want. I'm not sorry fer killin da dam dragon. I'd do it again."
"I'm sure you would." Lyra said punching the boy knocking him to the ground viciously.
"Lyra!" Sasporilla protested. "What are you doing!?!"
Lyra pulled a bottle of Veritaserum. Nick stepped over to Lyras side.
"You got to be kidding me?" Nick said.
"I hope I'm wrong." Lyra said. "I hope I'm wrong. Hold his head back."
Nick grabbed Michael by the hair and pulled his head back roughly. Michael began to struggle as Lyra clamped his jaw and forced his mouth open. Lyra pulled the cork from the vial with her teeth and poured the Veritaserum into Michael Kellys open mouth. Lyra slammed the boys mouth shut and forced the boy to swallow the potion.
"Are you Michael Kelly." Nick asked.
"Yes!" Michael Protested.
"Are you Michael Kelly?" Lyra demanded.
"Yes!" Michael spat.
"Are ya Michael Calvin Kelly Junior?" The headmaster yelled.
"No." The boy spat trying to fight the serum.
Aurers surround him wands drawn as his face started to shift. It was the poacher Michael Kelly Senior!
"Who was that who took your place?" Nick asked.
"My son." The poacher growled.
Sasporilla gasped realizing the person turned to ash before her eyes had been her friend. Sasporilla started to cry at the horror of it all. Melvin took Sassy in his arms and held her tight as she wept.
"Did he help you of his own free will?" Lyra asked.
"No." The poacher spat.
"How was he manipulated?" Nick demanded.
"The Imperious curse!" Michael Kelly senior yelled. "And polyjuice potion."
"You went wit' da kids ta da rùn market didn't ya, ya bastard." Headmaster O'Carrol demanded. "You lead da muggle here!"
"Yes." The poacher said.
"You killed the muggles in town?" Nick asked.
"Yes." The poacher said.
"Michael Kelly senior," Nick said pulling the man to his feet. "You're under arrest for the no less than five counts of murder and use of the Imperious Curse. You'll be tried by the Ministry of Magic for the crimes of which you've been accused. You have the right to a solicitor if you choose to have one. I hope you rot in Azkaban for the rest of your life."
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I am in no way affiliated with Warner Bros. or with J.K.Rowling. My work is purely that of fan fiction & do not ask for, nor accept money, gifts or other compensation for my work. If you really feel you must do something, research which charities J.K.Rowling donates to, then donate to them as such.