''I'm going back to the Ministry,'' Georgia decided, ''We need reinforcements.''

''Very well,'' Albus agreed, ''One thing is clear. It is imperative that we keep those creatures away from Hogwarts.''

''I'll be back soon,'' Georgia said, before apparating away.


The Dalek Commander stood watching the footage of the humans subduing the roboforms, only to be exterminated by Unit 4 who was sent to patrol from overhead. It was aware that at least two of their number remained at large, due to a teleporting ability that was inconsistent with the planet and time period.

''THE HUMANS MUST BE SHOWN THE SUPREMACY OF THE DALEKS,'' the Commander declared, ''THEIR ATTEMPTS TO RESIST US ARE FEEBLE AND MUST BE CRUSHED.''

''WE MUST DISCOVER THE SOURCE OF THEIR ANACHRONISTIC TECHNOLOGY,'' Unit 2 suggested.

''CORRECT,'' the Commander agreed, ''ENERGY WEAPONS AND TELEPORTATION INCONSISTENT WITH CURRENT HUMAN TECHNOLOGY.''

''LONG RANGE SCANS DISPLAY PRESENCE OF HIGH ENERGY READINGS ORIGINATING FROM HUMAN CONSTRUCT WITHIN SEVEN MILES.''

''DISPLAY!'' the Commander ordered. The other Dalek unit did so, bringing up footage of a huge and majestic castle.

''THIS BUILDING MUST BE INVESTIGATED,'' the Commander decided, ''DESTROY ALL INHABITANTS IF NECESSARY.''


Albus heard a crack, and once again Georgia was in front of him. Several other aurors appeared behind her.

''We've got more on the way,'' Georgia announced with a smile, ''And you wouldn't believe what else...''

''What is it, my dear?'' Albus asked.

''We don't know whether those things are Magical or Muggle, right?'' Georgia explained, ''So the Minister got in touch with the Muggle authorities. We've got the Muggle army on the way too.''

''Wizards and Muggles, cooperating!'' Albus remarked. In spite of the crises they were facing, Albus couldn't help but feel a spark of happiness.

''It just is what it is, sir,'' Georgia said dismissively, ''Not one bit of magic we tried even scratched that thing, and it killed six people within seconds. We need to take it on fast by whatever means necessary.''

''Indeed,'' Albus said, ''And we must stop it reaching Hogwarts.''

''Oi, oi!'' a voice shouted from above. Albus and Georgia looked up to see a huge number of people flying around over area on broomsticks.

''Brilliant!'' Georgia cheered, ''Those our the reinforcements.''


Potter and Black had given Lily a passageway from Hogwarts which led to Honeydukes, of all places. By this time of the day it was locked, and the usually lovely sweet shop felt rather creepy in pitch black. Lily tiptoed to the door and pointed her wand at it, whispering ''Alohomora!''

The door opened and Lily hurried out. She felt slightly regretful at trespassing and breaking out of an honest business, but given the danger Sev was in she didn't have much of a choice.

''Colloportus!'' she whispered, relocking the door as she walked away. By now Hogsmeade was entirely deserted, and although Lily would not dare admit it to herself, she was terrified. ''It's all in your head,'' she muttered to herself.


Unit 3 had been instructed to carry out a ground patrol. 4 and 5 were patrolling the skies while 2 remained with the Commander. After the roboforms had been overpowered, the Daleks had been ordered to exterminate any human on site.

As the Dalek scanned the area with it's eyestalk, it noticed, in considerable distance, a large group of humans. It was fully aware that they would not pose any threat to itself, and as such killing them would be easy.

Unit 3 focused it's vision and powered up it's gun, firing a blast in the direction of the group.


Georgia shrieked as the auror next to her suddenly glowed white before flopping to the ground, dead. She whirled around to see a bronze, metal thing in the distance.

''THAT'S IT!'' she bellowed, ''KILL IT NOW!''

Every single auror began firing their most powerful spells at the creature, but nothing seemed to happen. For some reason it did not return fire, but began to glide towards them.


Unit 3 was unaffected by the energy weapons being fired by the humans, but decided to hold fire until it was closer and could complete a scan. It's opportunity came when one of the humans raised his weapon but did not fire. Instead, he flicked it, and something the Dalek did not anticipate happened. A large rock that was on the ground suddenly rose, and with a flick of his weapon, the man sent it flying towards Unit 3. The rock was a direct hit, colliding with the Dalek's midsection. It had no effect but allowed the Dalek to understand exactly what these weapons were.

''ANALYSIS COMPLETE! HUMANS WITH LIMITED PSYCHO-KINETIC ABILITIES,'' Unit 3 declared. The sticks were simply used to channel the humans' power. Now, with everything the Daleks needed to know, the humans had no reason to stay alive.


''I don't understand,'' Georgia remarked between shots at the creature, ''Why isn't it fighting back?''

''It said something about 'analysis','' one of the other aurors remarked.

''I didn't understand any of what it said,'' Georgia responded. The other auror was suddenly hit by a blast of energy and flopped to the ground, dead, ''Oh, now you're fighting back!'' Georgia sneered, firing a Reductor curse at the creature.

''YOU WILL ALL BE EXTERMINATED,'' the creature bellowed, ''THIS PLANET BELONGS TO THE DALEKS!''

''So that's what you are, is it?'' Georgia shouted as Albus shot curses at the creature, ''Daleks?''

''DALEKS ARE SUPREME!'' the Dalek declared, firing another three shots and killing another three aurors.

''Pull back!'' Georgia ordered, ''We're dropping like flies!''

The aurors retreated, using trees as cover. Suddenly some of the aurors in the sky swooped down and began firing spells of their own. Nothing worked, and the Dalek started to shoot them down too.

''We're not going to get out of this, are we?'' Georgia despaired, ''Nothing we do even puts a dent in it. And there might be more of them out there.''

Albus sighed. He had always prided himself on seeing the happiness in even the darkest of situations, but right then, facing an enemy that had the kind of power Riddle could only dream of, with no means of victory or escape, it seemed that there was indeed no way out.


Lily whimpered as she made her way through the woodlands outside Hogsmeade. She had scoured the whole village but there was no sign of Sev. She had gone into the woods because it was the only place he could have gone. She knew she was in Muggle territory now, so this place couldn't be anywhere near as bad as the Forbidden Forest, but that didn't stop Lily from being utterly terrified. She swore she would give Sev a piece of her mind when she found him.

As she continued walking, Lily could hear noises in the distance. It sounded a lot like people shouting and screaming. Something big was clearly happening. Lily was so distracted by the sounds that she was not looking where she was going, and her foot suddenly collided with a tree stump, sending her straight to the ground. Dejected, dirty and in pain, Lily began to sob at her predicament.

Suddenly, there was a rustling in the bushes nearby. Gryffindor bravery overpowering her, she pulled out her wand and pointed it.

''Hello?'' she called, ''Who's there?''

She stood up hesitantly, and tiptoed towards the bushes, watching as something slowly rose out of them. Lily's bright green eyes widened in shock, as out of the bushes...

Came Severus Snape.

''Lily!'' he beamed, running towards her, and picking her up in a hug, ''I thought I'd never see you again,'' he whispered, even kissing her forehead in relief.

''You've got some explaining to do!'' Lily said, trying to sound stern but being unable to stop a smile from creeping onto her face.

''There were these things, Lily,'' Severus started, ''They were metal... and they... killed someone and... I'm so glad to see you!''

''Me too, Sev,'' Lily said, but Severus' attention seemed to have disappeared, ''What are you looking at?''

Lily turned around to see a bright light heading right towards them.

''Get out of their way!'' Severus shouted, grabbing Lily's hand and leading her back behind the bush he had been hiding in, where they both crouched down.

The bright light got closer and closer, until Lily and Severus could make out exactly what was producing it. Given that both of them had grown up among Muggle culture, it didn't take either of them long to recognise what was moving past them.

''Military vehicles!'' Lily realised.


Albus and Georgia were still engaging in an intense, but one-sided battle with the Dalek. Whether the aurors attacked from above or on the ground, the spells simply did not work. Several aurors had already been killed and neither Georgia nor Albus had the strength to keep fighting.

''I can't keep fighting,'' Georgia admitted, ''We're all gonna end up dead.''

''Perhaps not,'' Albus mused, as the sound of machinery was suddenly heard. Albus and Georgia world around. A huge, bright light was heading towards them. Some of the aurors drew their wands while the ones on brooms continued to engage the Dalek.

Within seconds the bright light faded to reveal Muggle military vehicles which ground to a halt. The soldiers disembarked and pointed guns at the aurors.

''PUT YOUR HANDS UP!'' they bellowed.

''We're not the enemy!'' Georgia shouted in response, ''That thing is!'' She pointed in the Dalek in the distance, which was still blasting down the aurors in the air.

''Right then!'' one of the soldiers said in a thick Scottish accent, ''I'm Corporal Tony Howes.'' he readied his gun and pointed it at the Dalek, ''Lets show that bastard how it's done.''


So now it's Wizards and Muggles vs Daleks. Should be fun. I give them an A for effort but since Muggles and Cybermen didn't have much fun against the Daleks I'm not really liking the chances. We'll have to see how it goes next chapter.