AN: The end is here... finally a chapter that isn't too short. so tell me what u think. hate it? love it? suggestions? feel free to comment.
CHAPTER NINE
The Last Day (Part 2)
We were on the Hogwarts Express. Hermione and Neville were talking to the driver up front. The rest of us were sitting in a compartment near the middle of the train.
Ginny, Fred, George, Hannah, Ron, Abby and me, our group of 5 had turned to 9. Ginny, Fred, Abby and George were just there for the ride, the rest of us actually had business to attend to.
Now instead of boring you to tears now, I'm going to skip the first hour or two of the journey.
Everything was going fine. It was great to see the smiling faces of all the children going to Hogwarts. I even saw some faces I recognized. And everyone definitely recognized me.
The problem came later on. It was suggested that I stay in the compartment with Abby, Hannah and George, while Fred, Neville, Ginny, Hermione, and Ron patrolled the train making sure everything was all right. This wasn't the problem. The problem was a smell that lodged itself across the train. Yes, the smell of shit. At first I ignored it thinking maybe some first year kid had a nervous breakdown and shit his little 11 year old ass. But just moments before I was about to mention it, Fred pulled our compartment door open. He didn't have to say anything, Hannah George and I followed while Abby stayed.
Fred took us into the next car, where the rest of the Aurors were. Kids were looking at us 8 out of their doors now.
"He's here" said Hermione.
"The diarrhea dick?" asked Ron.
"How about we call him the DD from now on?" Hannah suggested
Sure's and fine's were mumbled out.
We decided to do an immediate safety check of every cabin in two's. Ron and I started at the end of the train. At first we didn't find anything more than empty compartments and some scared faces. But about seven compartments into the search, we found something.
The co particle was empty, but what grabbed our attention was the fact that the window was broken. Sharp pieces of broken glass were scattered on the floor and many of them were dripping in red-hot blood.
Ron, being the ultimate pussy he is, let out a shriek and fainted at the sight of blood. Some of the kids poked their heads out of their compartments but I shooed them back in.
Neville and Fred came running into our car with their wands held up.
"What happens?" asked Fred as he ran over to his brother lying unconscious on the floor.
I didn't have to answer; Neville was already surveying the broken window.
"Stop the train, now!" he said.
Fred sent out his patronas to the front of the train and I immediately stopped.
The rest of the Auror crew came running into the compartment.
"Did you find him?" I'm not sure who asked that. I was too busy wondering what we should do. There were hundreds of kids on the train.
"Let's get the kids of the train" I suggested.
"Where are we going to take them? There are hundreds of kids here" said Hermione.
I thought about what she said and looked out through the window. A nice cold breeze came in. The sky was filled with grey clouds and it looked like it could rain any minute.
In the distance I could see large rolling hills. It looked beautiful.
The dark green grass was swimming around in the wind and far away, at the foot of the hills was a barn and a farm house.
The only thing ruining the moment was a blood stained broken window, the lingering smell of shit and the fact that it was being emitted by a deadly criminal on the loose.
I was about to say something but was interrupted. Not by a person, but by the train itself. There was a loud creaking sound and the train shook.
Just spittle at first but then there was sudden jerk and the entire train was lifted up from one side and started shaking violently.
"Everybody off!" yelled Neville.
There were a few screams here and there. The corridors became flooded with students carrying whatever they could. Evacuating the train didn't take as long as I thought I would, it was less than a minute. When everyone was got off, we decided to run the corridors to make sure no one was still inside. When I reached to the middle of the train I found Abby in the same compartment we were sitting in before. The problem? She was possessed. I know, great timing...
Just like last time, she was naked and ugly again. She was sitting on the seat with her eyes closed. I shook her, but she didn't respond. The train shook again, this time knocking me off my feet. I quickly got back on my feet and grabbed Abby. She was surprisingly light, but this was no time to focus on the fact that I was holding a nude, unconscious teenager; it was the time to focus on saving both our butts from a huge train wreck.
Everyone else was already outside. Just steps away from an exit I heard Ginny's screams.
"Harry! Harry! Where are you?"
I ran out of the train with Abby in my arms. Hermione was the first to see me. She ran over and graves Abby from me. I was sweating bait and the cold breeze felt good on my face.
Fred, George, Ron and Hannah, along with the Hogwarts staff from the train, were directing the students away from the train towards the farm house in the distance.
Hermione saw me looking at them.
"That farm house belongs to the head of the department of mysteries" she said, "he's not there, but we contacted him and he told us to keep the kids safe inside. It's protected by magic"
"Are they sending us any backup?" I asked, "And what happened to the train by the way?" I looked over at it, it seemed perfectly calm now. None of us found the DD.
"I don't know what happened to the train, but Hoodspank sent over a few Aurors by floo powder" said Hermione as she pointed at a group of people walking towards us from the house.
Ginny had joined the students and everyone else and was taking them into the house. I was about to go join them, but then, I don't know why, but for some reason I thought about Ginny. What would happen if she found out about Abby? Or what if we weren't able to fight of the DD and I died with the guilt of having cheated on her. I turned around to look at the train once again but instead found the reason for my despair filled thoughts. Flying towards us was a flock of 50 or so, soul-sucking Dementors.
What happened after that is still pretty hazy to me, so before I go on I think a small recap is in order.
There were about 50 Dementors flying towards us in the distance. All the kids were safely in the farm house, except for about 30 seventeen year olds who wanted to stay and help. And there were 16 Aurors/Adult wizards.
At first I was worried, it had been a while since the last time o had seen a Dementor. But before I got too worried, the crowd behind me let off a few dozen patronesses into the sky. Some Dementors, the ones closest, ran for it. Others just spread out. I quickly sent up my stag as well. It seemed almost too easy... It was.
Something was wrong, I mean, other than the fact we were being attacked by Dementors.
It was the smell of shit, it had just gotten 10 times worse, and it didn't take us long to figure out why.
I heard the curse.
There was an explosion, right in the middle of two of the Aurors, they both went flying back.
The curse was "Diarreio"
