BANG!

I was sleeping in my dormitory with four other Hufflepuff sixth years. I was having a dream about being back in Forks, Washington with Bella.

BANG!

I wake up. Is there someone at the door. I grab my watch on the drawer next to my bed. It barely 11:00 yet. The noise stopped and I went back to sleep.

A minute later BANG!

I wake up again and this time, I get out of my bed. I walk towards the door.

"Who is it?" I said.

"Head of House," said the voice on the other side.

I open the door, and standing there is Herbology teacher and Head of Hufflepuff House, Pamona Sprout.

"Professor," I said. "What's wrong?"

"Wake up the others in your dorm, get dressed, and head to the common room immediately!"

I look behind Professor Sprout, other Hufflepuff students are heading to the common room, many with worried faces. I turn back to look at Professor Sprout.

"What is going on," I ask.

"Everything will soon be explained at the Great Hall," said Sprout. "Now hurry!"

I nod and walk back to my bed. I leave the door open and see Professor Sprout knocking on the door across the hall.

"Wake up," I yell as I am putting on my Hogwarts robes. There is no reply.

"WAKE UP!"

All four boys wake up. They look terrified at me.

"Edward, have you gone mad," said a boy.

"Why are you yelling at the top of your lungs," said another boy.

"Get dressed, quick!" I said.

The four boys look out our dorm's door. People are still evacuating their common rooms. The boys turn back to me.

"Edward," said a boy. "What is goi-"

"I don't know," I said interrupting his question. "All I know is we have to get to the common room.''

The boys get out of their beds and put on their robes. A minute later, all five of us walk out of our dorm.

We join the crowd of Hufflepuffs walking towards the common room. People are whispering all around me.

"I head that there has been an attack in the Ravenclaw common room," said a third year.

"I heard that Harry Potter is somewhere in Hogwarts," said a fifth year.

An attack in the Ravenclaw common room? Harry Potter back in Hogwarts? What is going on?

I keep walking down the tunnel towards the common room. I see that more Hufflepuffs are evacuating out of the other tunnels as well.

A moment later, I finally make it to the common room. Students stand all talking to each other about what has just happened.

"Edward," yelled a voice.

I turn in every direction to see where it is coming from, I can't find the person.

"Edward," yelled the voice again.

I turn to my left and see that my younger sister, Bree is walking towards me.

"Bree are you okay?"

"Yeah," she said. "Edward, do you know what is happening?"

"I don't have a clue," I replied. "I heard though that there has been some sort of attack in the Ravenclaw common room.''

"I heard that too.''

A few minutes later, every Hufflepuff is now in the common room. I turn behind me to see Professor Sprout trying to make it to the front.

"Excuse me," she said to the Hufflepuffs as she was getting through.

A moment later, Sprout finally makes it to the front of the common room.

"Attention Hufflepuffs," Sprout yelled. "We all must make our way to the Great Hall, if you can follow me in orderly fashion, all your questions will soon be answered. Now please follow me!''

All the students leave the common room. Me and Bree are in the middle of the entire crowd. We can see hundreds of students in front of us and hundreds of students behind us.

We walk through the entire basement of Hogwarts to get to the Great Hall. As we turn to the next hall, down the hall we can see the Slytherins coming from the dungeons led by Professor Slughorn.

We continue down the hall as we see the flight of stairs to get to the main entrance. I can see from a distance that the Ravenclaws are coming down the Marble Staircase led by Professor Flitwick.

The Great Hall's doors are already open, as we enter, the Gryffindors have already taken their seats. Professor McGonagall and the other teachers are at the teacher's table whispering.

"Take your seats," said Professor Sprout as she walks towards the teacher's table.

Me and Bree find open seats down the table near the teacher's table, we both seat down and look as the other houses enter the Great Hall taking their seats and there Heads walking towards McGonagall.

"I think something is about to happen," I said turning to Bree. "If Harry Potter is here, Death Eaters will want to come to Hogwarts and capture him. I think there will be a a battle.''

Bree's eyes wide open. She stares at me with disbelief.

"A battle here, at Hogwarts? This cannot be true.''

"It is true," I said. "That is why all the teachers look worried. Harry Potter is in danger here.''

"What if You-Know-Who comes?"

"Then we need to prepared.''

A few minutes later, the teachers stop talking among each other. Professor McGonagall walked up to the platform.

"Attention students," she said. "Hogwarts is in danger. We have brought you all here to tell you that Hogwarts will soon be under attack.''

There are gasps all over the room.

". . .evacuation will be overseen by Mr. Filch and Madam Pomfrey. Prefects, when I give the word, you will organize your House and take your charges, in an orderly fashion, to the evacuation point.

"And what if we want to stay and fight,'' yelled Ernie Macmillan standing up down the other end of the Hufflepuff table.

A few people applause to Ernie's question.

"If you are of age, you may stay,''said Professor McGonagall.

Of age? I'm only sixteen! I want to stay and fight and my birthday is only a month away. Will I be able to say?

"What about our things?'' asked a girl from the Ravenclaw table. "Our trunks, our owls?''

"We have no time to collect possessions," said Professor McGonagall. "The important thing is to get you out of here safely.''

"Where's Professor Snape?" shouted a girl from the Slytherin table.

"He has to the common phrase, done a bunk,'' replied Professor McGonagall.

Cheer came all over from the Gryffindor table, our table, and Ravenclaw table. I look around at our table to see smiling and clapping. I turned and looked at Bree, she was smiling. I smiled back at her. I turned back to look at Professor McGonagall.

"We have already placed protection around the castle, but it is unlikely to hold for very long unless we reinforce it. I must ask you, therefore, to move quickly and calmly, and do as your prefects-''

A voice echoed throughout the Great Hall. It was high, cold, and clear.

''I know that you are preparing to fight.'' Students scream all over the Hall. People looked to try to find where the voice is coming from. "Your efforts are futile. You cannot fight me. I do not want to kill you. I have great respect for the teachers of Hogwarts. I do not want to spill magical blood.''

Nobody speaked, they all just listened to the voice.

"Give me Harry Potter, and none shall be harmed. Give me Harry Potter, and I shall leave the school untouched. Give me Harry Potter, and you will be rewarded. You have until midnight.''

I looked down at my feet. As I looked up a second later, I saw every head looking towards me. I looked at Bree, she was looking at the Gryffindor table. I turned too and saw that everyone was looking at Harry Potter.

"But he's there!'' yelled a voice behind me. "Potter's there! Someone grab him!''

I turned to see what idiot said that. I saw that it was Pansy Parkinson, from the Slytherin table. I looked at her with her anger. But, I heard a noise behind me.

I turned to see every Gryffindor standing up, wands facing the Slytherin table. Me and all the other Hufflepuffs got up and did the same. The Ravenclaws followed. Every wand was now facing the Slytherin table.

"Thank you, Miss Parkinson," said Professor McGonagall. "You will leave the Hall first with Mr. Filch. If the rest of your House could follow him.

I looked as every Slytherin stood up from their table and left the Great Hall with Mr. Filch.

"Ravenclaws, follow on!''

All the younger and a few older Ravenclaw students left the Great Hall, behind the Slytherins.

"Hufflepuffs!"

I looked around me and saw younger Hufflepuffs leaving the Great Hall. I turned to Bree.

"Stay here, I'll be right back.''

Bree nodded.

I walked towards Professor McGonagall.

"And Gryffindors!" She looked at me after her table evacuated.

"Can I help you Cullen," she asked.

"Professor," I said. "My birthday is just a month away and I was wondering if I ca-''

Professor McGonagall interrupted me.

"I'm sorry Cullen," she said. "Even if your birthday is a month away you are still not of age.''

I nodded. "Okay, Thank you professor.''

I walked back to Bree, still standing there waiting for me.

"What happened," she asked me.

"Nothing really," I said as we both started walking towards the doors. Me and Bree walked out of the Great Hall and saw hundreds of students making there way to the Marble Staircase.

"How do you think we are going to get out of the school," asked Bree as we climbed the stairs.

"A secret passage probably," I replied. "There is probably a secret passageway that leads to Hogwarts.''

"You think?"

"I know.''

Hundreds climbed many flights of stairs until we finally made it to the seventh floor. We went down the corridor of the floor and stopped.

"Why did we stop," Bree asked.

"I'm not sure," I said. I looked in front of the crowd and saw two large doors appear out of thin air.

A number of people gasped.

"What, what happened," asked Bree.

"I think we are going into the Room of Requirement," I said.

"What!''

People started walking into the room. People looked all over in amazement and shocked.

"It's huge!" said Bree looking around. I looked towards the front and saw Mr. Filch and Madam Pomfrey walking towards a portrait. Mr. Filch opened the portrait, and there stood a passageway.

"I knew it," I said. "There is a passageway out of Hogwarts.''

"Incredible," said Bree.

"Come Along!" yelled Mr. Filch.

The students turned and walked into the secret passageway. A minute later, me and Bree entered, it was very dark. I couldn't see the person in front of me.

It felt like it was going on forever, until I saw a glimpse of light down the end of the passageway. It took us minutes to finally get to the light. I got out and helped Bree get out of the passageway.

"We are in the Hog's Head Inn," said Bree looking around. "We are in Hogsmeade.''