Author's Note: J. K. Rowling owns all of these characters. I merely used them for an expanded magical world story.

The Protectors

Prologue

It will be the eighth year at Hogwarts for Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Normally only asked to attend for seven years, Headmistress McGonagall has asked the members of Dumbledore's Army to remain and watch over Hogwarts as protectors. While they think they will watch over the school, McGonagall has other plans. Even with the defeat of Voldemort only a few months before by the strength of Harry and the brains of Hermione, all of the professors have either been killed or fled Hogwarts. With his destruction, what is left of the Death Eaters have gone into hiding. Wormtail was killed by MadEye Moody while Lucius and Draco Malfoy were killed by Lupin and Ron. Able to kill Dumbledore but not save Draco, Severus faced off with Neville and was destroyed by the very spells Barty Crouch Jr. showed him while impersonating MadEye Moody. With the death of Voldemort and the disappearance of the Death Eaters fresh in everyone's minds, a celebration has broken out that rivals that of Voldemort's first disappearance.