The siege of Hogwarts

Orders and running could be heard on the other side of the great hall doors. The death eaters were getting comfortable by the sound of it and were prepared for a long wait. Most likely it seemed to Harry, that once Voldermort turned up it wouldn't take him long at all to get through the defences the teachers had placed on the great door.

Once Voldermort got through the doors they wouldn't stand much of a chance, Voldermort and his death eaters would swarm this place and kill everyone in it. The first years had all been put in the trophy room as they were the most vulnerable and didn't have enough magical knowledge to help in the fight. The rest of the students were all wandering around some expecting the worst and saying their goodbyes to classmates, others were a bit more hopeful and were helping the wounded. The professor's were having a heated whispered discussion near the doors behind Dumbledore's old chair. Harry looked around for Ron and Hermione, he saw them standing in a corner having a argument of their own. Harry thought this wasn't the time for every one to be arguing amongst themselves. He walked over to them both and they both looked at him with stunned expressions on their faces.

"Harry we thought you were still out there, we were just thinking of a way to try and find you." Hermione said relieved and at the same time anxious.

"I was in the dormitories waiting for you both when I heard a loud crash..." Harry told them both what he heard and saw.

"There coming in through the roof of the astronomy tower! I thought we had wards to stop that kind of thing?" Ron said shocked looking at Hermione as if she should explain this.

Hermione obliged. "There are certain spells which can break the wards of Hogwarts, the teachers here know them and top ministry officials know them. The only way the death eaters could have known them is if they have a spy in the ministry or worse, here."

Ron looked at her questioningly as if wondering how she knew this. Hermione sighed and murmured Hogwarts:a history.

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The death eaters had started firing spells at the doors now. The doors were shaking with the impact but professor Mc Gonnogall assured them that the doors would hold against them. Harry knew this was not a good place to be trapped, if the death eaters got in they would have a violent bloody battle on their hands with no means of escape. The attack on the doors was getting more violent now and the first years were getting more scared with every passing second. The professor's were getting worried now because there were only a hand full of them and they couldn't protect all the students. Harry had an idea, it was risky but it might work.

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Harry found professor Flitwick and Mc Gonnogal talking silently next to the giant fire. He approached them nervously knowing that everyone's stress levels were at an all time high. Both of them saw him coming and stopped talking abruptly.

"Potter what do you want?"Professor Mc Gonnogal snapped

"I have an idea professor. I think you'll agree that if they manage to get in here its going to be a massacre. There's not enough staff or trained wizards to defend everyone. What I suggest is that we get all the fourth years and above to try and push the death eaters out of the castle." Harry explained.

Professor Mc Gonnogal looked at him as though he was an utter lunatic, Flitwick nodded to himself solemnly as though he agreed to the plan but didn't want too. Harry felt worried that if Mc Gonnogal didnt g for it then no one would agree to it. He had to try and scare her into doing it.

"Professor, if you don't agree to this were all going to die and it wouldn't of even been a fair fight," Harry pleaded.

Mc Gonnogal looked furious with him, no one had ever really stood up to Mc Gonnogal before, no one except Dumbledore anyway.

"Potter, you cannot put me in this position. I have an obligation to these students and their parents to protect them. All I would be doing is sending them to their deaths, and I am not prepared to do that." She said in a harsh whisper so the students couldn't hear what they were discussing.

Harry pressed on "look professor if we don't do this they are all going to die anyway. At least this way their in with a fighting chance."

"No, I wont do it." She said. Harry kept pushing knowing that she was at last seeing reason.

"Look I think we should let the students decide for themselves if they want to fight, the ones who don't you can send to the trophy room with the first years. Mc Gonnogal sunk her head in resignation. "Very well Potter whats the plan?"

"Well Professor this is what I had in mind..." Harry begun.

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harry watched in apprehension as all the students who agreed to fighting took their positions either side of the doors. Harry's plan was to wait for the death eaters to smash through the doors and catch them by surprise on either side. It was a risky plan but it was the only real option they had. The rest of the plan was simple: if Voldermort was with them Harry would wait until there was enough confusion then run through the battle leading Voldermort away from the fight and effectivly the students. Mc Gonnogal refused point blank to this immediatly knowing it was a foolish plan. Harry finally persuaded her though. If they could the students would then try to over power the death eaters and fight their way to the room of requirment and escape by asking the room for a tunnel out of Hogwarts The teachers would then contact the rest of the order and the ministry and start apparating the students to safety. The problem was harry had to try to get to the room of requirment only once all the students were safely out of Hogwarts grounds. Ron and Hermione volunteeres to go with harry he refused as nthe risk was too great. If Voldermort managed to catch him it would be over for him but at least Ron and Hermione knew about the Horcruxes and could continue to look for them if they were all killed there wouldnt be any other way for anyone to defeat voldermort. Reluctantly they both agreed that this was the best course of action. The banging on the doors was getting worse and the hall doors were starting to splinter, they wouldnt hold for much longer.

"Everyone into position the doors are about to give!"Harry shouted.

Every one moved and trained their wands on the doors. This was make or break if they couldn't over power the death eaters why harry distracted voldermort it was finished they would all die pointlessly. Harry looked at all of them. There was grim determination in all there faces and harry smiled, they actually listened to him and he knew that they would succeed no matter what the odds.

BANG and the doors were blown off there hinges.

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Harry dived behind a chair just in time to see over a hundred stunner's streak towards the entrance hall doors. In retaliation the army of death eaters sent killing curses towards the students attacking them. He saw the first row of students drop dead. Harry shot up and started firing spells towards a group of huddled death eaters, at least two of them went down in a heap. Harry screamed, his scar felt like it had split in two. He fell to the floor and writhered in agony. Voldermort was coming, closer he was very close. Harry had to get out of the hall and lead him away from the rest of the students. He pushed himself up with all his strength. People were duelling all over the hall student's teachers and death eaters were dropping like flies. Flitwick was duelling three at the same time, he ducked just in time to avoid a killing curse aimed his way.

"No you don't petrolo!" the death eater who aimed it at him was blown the length of the great hall into the wall with a defening crack. Harry ran towards the entrance hall doors firing stunners towards death eaters.

"POTTER!"Harry spun around to see Bellatrix Lestrange running towards him wand pointing.

"Stupefy"Harry shouted, Bellatrix blocked it easily with a flick of her wand.

"Impendia, stupefy, stupefy!"Harry yelled. Again she blocked each one in unision easily with her wand.

"NO POTTER THE DARK LORD WANTS YOU ALIVE!"She screamed demented.

She aimed a lethal curse to immobilise harry, but a spell streaked across the room to block it.

"No you dont Bellatrix, its time you faced a trained wizard and not a child" Mc Gonnogal streaked across the room to engage Bellatrix.

"Come on then you bitch" She laughed.

They started a duel which moved faster than the eye could see, the spells moved in a blur toward each other. Harry had never seen his proffessor move so fast, she was ducking and diving to avoid spells her opponent shot at her.

"POTTER I AM NOT DOING THIS FOR THE GOOD OF MY HEALTH RUN!"Mc gonnogal shouted at him.

Harry ran towards the doors and saw Hermione and Ron fighting Lucius Malfoy. By the looks of it they were holding their own against him but both Ron and Hermione were tiring fast they had never fought a real duel against a real dark wizard face to face. Harry ran on not wanting to distract them. He got out of the hall to see the one thing he never thought he would, Voldermort was walking up the castle steps towards Harry fingering his wand. Harry was frozen solid, surely if Voldermort could walk so freely into the castle the wizarding world was doomed? Maybe not Harry thought if he could just get Voldermort away from the others he could buy them enough time to escape to freedom. He ran up the grand stair case not knowing where the hell he was going. He took a right and turned around to fire a stunner. Where was Voldermort? He wasn't following Harry, he must have been going to the great hall. Harry sprinted towards the hall in earnest. He was going to kill the students and teachers.

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