Week 11 Story; The One Where Dumbledore Saves His Troop

A horcrux was located on the other side of a lake. Dumbledore, Parvati, and Padma all traveled across the lake in order to retrieve the horcrux and destroy it before Lord Voldemort could gain his full power. The trio knew that there were creatures that resided at the bottom of the lake, and as soon as they tried reaching for the horcrux, they would attack them. However, they were on a mission and they were going to see it through.

As they neared the land and found the spot where the horcrux was, they slowly circled the object. It was a golden necklace, at the bottom of a little fountain. They could sense the dark magic inside of it. Dumbledore, after much speculation, announced that they would have to drink all of the water in the fountain in order to take the horcrux out. Parvati volunteered to drink the water, but Dumbledore knew he had to do it. He had lived his life and he could handle not surviving this obstacle. Parvati and Padma, however, had so much more to do with their lives; they would be the ones that could find the other horcruxes and eventually kill Lord Voldemort. 

Before he began drinking the water, he mentioned that he might not be in the right state of mind after he takes the first sip, and that he might have hallucinations and never want to take another sip again, but that Parvati and Padma have to make him drink all of the water so that they can get the horcrux and leave the area. 

Just as Dumbledore said, he began stuttering and rambling on about dark thoughts as soon as he swallowed the first gulp of water. Parvati consoled him as Padma kept refilling the shell of water for Dumbledore to drink. With every sip, he got more and more distressed. Pretty soon, he was crying and begging for mercy. Though it pained them, the twins knew Dumbledore meant what he said earlier so they kept delivering water until the last drop was swallowed. Padma quickly grabbed the necklace and the twins jumped into the boat to get back to Hogwarts. However, Parvati's foot accidentally touched the water of the lake, which immediately prompted the creatures in the lake to  grab them as they were trying to row away. Dumbledore, who had still been sobbing until this point, suddenly told the twins to jump on his back. They did so, trusting their headmaster completely, and just as the boat was about to tip over, a phoenix flew above their heads. Dumbledore raised his hands over his head and clapped them on the phoenix's feathers, which transported the trio to Dumbledore's office within seconds and saved them from the evil they were surrounded by.

Source: The scene from Harry Potter where Dumbledore apparates with his phoenix. (Sorry about the weird quality and the long video - if I can figure out how to crop this I will update it)

Bibliograpy: Ellen C. Babbitt's How the Monkey Saved His Troop.

Author's Note: The Patil twins are back! So, I kinda based this off of one of the Jataka Tales, called How the Monkey Saved His Troop. The tale discussed how the King wanted to shoot the monkeys and gain all the mangoes for himself, but the Chief Monkey found a way to escape the King's men and save his entire troop. I used Dumbledore as the Chief Monkey because he is a highly respected character in the Harry Potter series. I changed a lot of the plot story in order to fit in the Harry Potter theme, but I kept the same theme as the previous story I wrote a few weeks ago (with Parvati and Padma as the main characters, instead of Harry). I think the ending was kind of abrupt, but I'm not sure how to fix that just yet; also, many Jataka Tales end abruptly so it kind of fits if you look at it in that regard. I hope you all liked the story! :-)