The next morning, Harry and Hermione sat next to me at breakfast (Ron reluctantly followed).

"Hullo, Neville." Hermione said.

"Morning." Harry said.

"These two've lost it." Ron said.

They ignored him. "We want to know more about what you saw last night." Harry said.

"Is there anything else you forgot to mention?" Hermione asked.

I thought for a moment. "Yeah. The Skulkin knew not to wake you. Er, the smart one did, at least. They must've thought you were trained, 'cuz they thought that you'd destroy them if they woke you up."

Harry stared down at his plate. "…'Mione..."

"Yes?" Hermione said.

"I'm starting to believe I'm a Spinjitzu Master." Harry said.

"For the love of Merlin!" Hermione said.

"Think about it, me being a Spinjitzu Master would explain how I defeated Volde…You-Know-Who! That was probably my raw, untrained Elemental Power being unleashed."

"Harry, you're just a wizard and you're just a kid, not an almighty warrior!" Hermione said.

Harry ignored her. "I wonder what weapon I'll get…" Hermione smacked him on the head.

"You'll probably get the Golden Stick of You're-A-Bloke." Ron said.

"You know, I'm starting to hope that you aren't really a Spinjitzu Master and Wu's vision was right all along. And that's saying a lot with Malfoy in the running." Harry said.

"What do you make of this Neville?" Hermione asked. "You don't really think you're a Spinjitzu Master, do you."

"Dumbledore, er, Wu never even picked me. Whether he's mistaken or not, I'm not one of you guys." I said.

"Well, he did tell you the story didn't he? If he wanted to keep Spinjitzu a secret, he would've just said he'd send a Professor to investigate what you saw and shooed you out while he told us about Spinjitzu. Instead he included you. That. Must mean something."

"Hey," Draco walked up to us. Luna followed. "Wu devised straining schedule."

"Everyday at noon." Luna said.

"But…that's when we have Potions." Hermione pointed out.

"Miss Potions?!" Ron and Harry said together.

"Don't sound so happy! You'll still fail the class if you don't show up." Hermione said.

"Wu promised we would be excused from classes." Draco said.

"Well, you still won't know how to brew Second Level potions!" Hermione said.

"Hmm…potions I'll probably never use…or unimaginable power and glory…decisions, decisions." Hermione smacked Harry again.

"Ok, guys, I'm only going so that I miss Potions." Ron said.

"C'mon, Hermione." Harry pleaded. "Just take one lesson."

Hermione looked at Harry. "One lesson?"

"One lesson." Harry said.

"…Fine." Hermione whispered.

Harry smiled. "Great. Neville, are you coming?"

"Um, I'm not…a part of this." I said nervously.

"Neville, there must be a reason Dumbledore let you in on this." Hermione said.

"Don't encourage him." Draco said.

"Shut it, Malfoy." Harry said. "Hermione has a fair point. I think you should come."

"I don't have whatever power it is you guys have, we all know that. And as much as I'd like to miss Potions…I'm just not you." I said. Thunder boomed outside the castle walls. Lightning flashed and the magic candles above our heads went out. Pitch black storm clouds covered the sun. The air suddenly became so cool it kind of burned. The castle walls began to shake.

"The hell's going on?" Ron yelled.

"Shaking, that means Earth. The candles going out means Fire, the cold front represents Ice, and the storm is Lightning." Luna said. "This can't be good for us."

"Children!" Professor Snape ran up to us. "Follow me to Sensei Wu's office."

Harry's eyes bulged. "You…you know?"

"More than you, Potter. Now follow me closely." Snape took a jagged sword from his robes. "This may get violent."

"You're a Spinjitzu Master?" Draco asked.

"I'm only a Spinjitzu Knight, just above a Warrior and below a Master. Now, we must find my classmates!" Snape said.

"Classmates?" Hermione said.

Snape smiled. "Why the other Knights, of course."

The shaking of the walls intensified. "I don't think the walls will hold much longer." Luna said.

"Unfortunately you may be very right. We must find my classmates and get to the Monastery. We will be safe there. Come."

"Wait for me Severus!" Professor McGonagall ran up to us with two short poles in her hand. They were connected by a spiked chain. "I believe Buggy is with Rubeus at the front."

"And they're trying to stop them? It might be their protecting that's causing some of the damage." Snape said.

"Hagrid is a Knight, too?" Harry said astounded.

"Yes. I don't believe he knows that you are one of The Four, Potter. He'll be giddy once he finds out." Snape said. "Minerva, use your power and tell the others to meet us at the Monastery."

"I'll see you there." Professor McGonagall said. Lightning flashed across the sky and she was gone.

"Follow me to Sensei's office. There we can get to the Monastery and escape the impending attack." Snape yelled as the winds picked up.

"Attack, what attack?" I asked.

"From the chaos we have every right to assume the The Overlord has sent the Skulkin army to destroy you all. We cannot allow that to happen."

"But what'll happen to everyone else during the Attack if we aren't here?" Hermione asked.

"Some will be harmed. Some beyond healing." Snape said.

"We can't let people die!" Harry said. "You know Spinjitzu, do something!"

"I'm afraid I am not as powerful as you would believe. Even if my classmates and I fought together, the lives of these innocent students and professors would be spared at the price of salvation. You all have absolutely no training. You would perish during the battle. Even if Sensei assisted us…at least one of you would die."

"Well, his vision did say that there were only four." Draco said.

"Draco!" Hermione said.

"I'm afraid that there are other visions. More prophecies…more possibilities than you know. Sensei will explain. But now, we flee." Snape said.

He ran out of the dining hall and I can honestly say that I was the first to run with him. The others soon followed, although they took a few seconds to decide whether or not following Snape was a good idea. I, on the other hand, was more willing to follow Snape than stay behind for an impending invasion. Snape lead us to a dead end.

"Please tell us you know what you're doing." I said.

He rubbed his hand all over the wall in front of us. "Come on, where is it!"

"Where's what?" Ron said.

"The bloody entrance!" Snape yelled. He suddenly stopped searching. "Did you hear that?"

"Hear what?" Hermione asked.

"The clattering of many, many bones." Luna said.

"Precisely. They're coming from behind. I will hold off the Skulkin and you will search for the entrance." Snape said, twirling his misshapen blade.

"What does it even—" Harry started. Something breached the castle not to far away. About four dozen skeletal warriors emerged from the hole in the wall. They were all somewhat identical, heavily armored. Their armor was rusted and chipped and cracked. So were the bones that was their body. The weapons at their hips were forged from both metal and bone.

"There!" one yelled, pointing at us. "I recognize him! The one with the sword is a Spinjitzu Knight."

"Should've killed that one earlier." a battle ready Snape said.

"How do you kill what's undead?" Draco asked.

"We have our ways." Snape said. "Find the entrance!"

No one listened. Ron was petrified and everyone else wanted to see what Snape would do. The Skulkin drew their weapons and charged. Snape threw his sword into the crowd. Only one Skulkin was hit and the rest continued charging. Snape ran into the crowd and struck one of the skeletons. The bones cracked. Snape grabbed the bony sword in his enemy's hand and used it to cut through the armor the of a nearby Skulkin. He continued this pattern until one of the Skulkin grabbed him by the neck and threw him into a statue. Kneeling, Snape raised his hand and his jagged sword returned to him. The sword began to glow. Small flames erupted around the blade. Snape ran through the crowd of undead warriors and back to us.

"And, of course, you've been watching me fight this whole time." Snape said.

"Sir…I think you've won." Draco said. The last standing Skulkin fell to pieces.

Snape turned to the pile of bones. "Not just yet."

The pile began to vibrate. The pieces of bone levitated. They swirled fiercely until they formed a line of now very sharp bone and metal. The floating pieces rocketed at Snape. Snape ran towards it. When the pieces were only a foot away from killing Snape, he did something amazing.

Snape spun a full 360 degrees, and in the blink of an eye, something replaced him. A violent tornado only an inch or two taller than Snape came from nowhere. Instead of being made of wind, the vortex seemed to consist of gray energy. Occasionally, smoke or small fiery eruptions came from the tornado. The Skulkin pieces tried to retreat, but was then suddenly sucked into the vortex. Once one piece of bone made contact, the whole snake was rapidly sucked into it. The tornado moved closer to us, and we (except Ron, he was still frozen) backed away from it. The energy that made the vortex suddenly dispersed in a wave of heat. In it's place was Snape.

"Was…was that—" Ron started.

"Sorry, my Spinjitzu is a little rusty. And it never was my specialty. But that doesn't matter now. What we need to do is find the entrance before more come." Snape said.

I turned to the wall. I saw a flash of light in the left corner. "Was that it?"

"What're you talking about?" Hermione said.

"Yes, explain yourself, Longbottom." Snape said.

"That light. It came from the upper left corner." I said.

Snape hit himself on the head with the butt of his sword. "That's where the entrance is! Damn memory. Alright, stay back."

We backed away from Snape and the wall. He took in a long, deep breath. He slowly expelled that breath in the form of flames. He aimed the fire at the so-called entrance. The bricks began to glow and the flames died down.

"Did you just breathe fire?" Ron asked.

"You sound surprised." Snape said breathlessly. "Come on, damn thing. I'm trying to save the Ninja!"

The bricks then burned to ashes. All there was was a dark pathway.

"Finally! Come on, now. We're almost to safety.