Authors Note: hey everyone, sorry a havn't done this sooner, will probably take a while to update this next bit. just so you know, this part of the story has jumped from the past back to the present day! all will be explained in later chapters!! thanks for reading and please review!!
A Journey Through Time
Chapter 10
There was a sudden bang and Professor Gallen woke up to the sound of screaming and running up and down the corridor outside her room. She quickly slipped on a pair of shoes and threw a cloak over her slender form, covering the slip she was wearing, and hiding her wand and its holder. She crept over to the door and cracked it open a bit. She saw students and professors alike being murdered before her very eyes by Death Eaters! What the hell are Death Eaters doing here?! She thought frantically to herself and silently shut the door and ran through to her Seven year old daughter's room.
"Sirina, wake up hunny, we have to go." She said and threw a cloak over her daughter.
"Mama, I'm scared, why are people screaming?" her daughter asked as her mother held her close and wrapped the edges of her cloak over her.
"Bad men are here and I'm going to take you away from them." Was all she said as she left the child's room, grabbing a pouch and putting a key that was on a chain around her neck to fall alongside her pendant of a wolf. Just as she was about to reach for the door it burst open to reveal a face she had not seen in eight years; the face of Lord Voldemort. His eyes widened at the sight of the proud young woman standing before him.
"Well, well, well, it appears you are not dead at all my little Rose Petal. Come, come with me and I shall spare you're life my love."
"Go to Hell!" she spat and pointing her wand at the ground created a hole and jumped down it before he could harm her or her daughter. Running through the corridor she spotted bodies everywhere, of both students and friends; she even came across the dead body of Madam Maxime, the Half-Giant Headmistress of Beauxbatons Academy of Magic. But there were a few survivors, she killed quite a few Death Eaters to save these children and ordered them to follow her. Soon they were running down the forgotten passageways underneath the School and they stopped.
"Louis, take Sirina, hold her tight and don't you dare let go." She said and taking off a shoe she transformed it into a port key.
"Right, everybody grab hold of the shoe and hold on as tight as you can." She said and as soon as everyone was touching it they were being transported to another place.
A few seconds later they were all standing outside a huge castle, most of the lights were off, it was nearing midnight here. The professor walked up to the door and knocked as hard as she could until she got someone's attention.
Minerva McGonagall was pacing around her office, she had been unable to sleep this night like all the others, she was loaded down with course work and her duties as the Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, it was times like these she wished she had Albus with her. Albus, why did you leave me! I can't do this alone! her thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Come in."
"Minerva, there's someone banging on the main doors trying to get in."
"Assemble the professors, get them all armed and surrounding the door. I shall see who it is." She marched out of her office, little Professor Flitwick the Charms professor ran along behind her, trying to keep up with her massive strides.
They reached the door and once all the Professors were assembled in case of an attack she created a small opening in the door and looked through it. There was a group of what seemed to be about ten kids along with someone banging down the door trying to get in.
"WHO ARE YOU? WHAT DO YOU WANT?" she shouted out of the hole, the person stopped banging and located the hole. The wind was roaring and the kids behind them were huddled together trying to keep warm in this storm.
"MINERVA! IT'S SKYE! LET ME IN PLEASE! THESE CHILDREN WILL FREEZE TO DEATH OUT HERE!" the person shouted, she gestured the others to be on their guard when she got rid of the hole and opened the door. Within minutes the Entrance Hall had a group of very wet, bedraggled and frightened kids along with a proud young woman who was very familiar. She walked over to Minerva and gave her a hug.
"Minerva, it's so good to see you again." She pulled back and Minerva got a good look at that face. She had an oval shaped face, with high cheekbones, which the woman's wet black hair was clinging to; her eyes were a piercing sky-blue.
"Skye, it's good to see you too. I thought you were working at Beauxbatons?!"
"I was; Voldemort attacked us. Olympe is dead along with most of the faculty and students; I saved as many as I could while trying to get Sirina out of there. Many are injured and a few of the girls have been raped. They need to see Poppy and warm up. They also need somewhere to stay. They can't very well go back to France just now. I was hoping they could stay here."
"But of course they can. They do speak English don't they?"
"Yes they do, fluently. I made sure they did incase something like this happened. I would conduct all my lessons in English so they had to learn it."
"Very good. Horus, Firenze, help Skye escort these students to the Hospital Wing Please. The rest of you in my office." Minerva barked and supervised them as they left the hall. Then marched up to her office with the rest of the professors to discuss this.
Once informing the children what was happening and that they were safe now, she lead them all up to the fourth floor where the Hospital Wing was located and soon they were all gathered and Poppy was with them.
"Skye, it's good to see you again, what on earth happened? These children are soaked to the bone!"
"We were attacked Poppy, they all need medical attention and a few of the girls have been raped. Thankfully I killed the monsters who committed the crimes."
"Very well, EVERYONE PLEASE FIND AN EMPTY BED AND I SHALL EXAMINE YOU ACCORDINGLY." She shouted over the noise the students were making. They did as they were asked and one by one Poppy examined them. I walked over to Louis who still had a hold of Sirina; she was shaking like a leaf.
"Thank you Louis, I'll take her now." I said and took a hold of my daughter. She wrapped her arms around my neck and I took her up to the back of the Wing where I could still keep an eye on the students.
"Mama, are we safe? Have the bad men gone?"
"Yes sweetheart, they're gone. You're safe here. I promise." She huddled up to me and put her thumb in her mouth. For once I never told her to stop. She needed comfort and her teddy had been left behind in France. Soon the students were all dry, all in one piece physically and all in their own beds tucked up comfortably.
Minerva walked into the room then as I handed Sirina over to Poppy to be checked over. I walked over to my students and conjured up a piece of parchment and a quill.
"Okay, could you all please write your full name, your age, and your address on this piece of parchment please. I shall inform your parents tonight of what has happened and that you are all safe." I said to them and the boy whose bed I was next to took the parchment. One of the girls stuck up their hand; it was Gabrielle, Fleur's little sister.
"Yes?"
"Professor, where are we?"
"We are at Hogwarts. Now no more questions, you have all been through enough tonight, once you write your details you can sleep."
I walked round the room handing over the parchment to everyone until they had all wrote their detail's and I walked over to Minerva.
"Here are the student's names and addresses; could you inform their parents that they are here?"
"Of course, you look terrible." She smiled at me and I looked up, giving her a weak smile of my own.
"Thanks…he remembered me Minerva. He knows I'm still alive."
"You mean Voldemort?!"
"Yes, he came into my room as I was about to leave with Sirina." We were talking in hushed voices so as not to distress the students any more.
"Well you get some sleep, I'll inform their parents that they are here and we can talk more in the morning about what we're going to do."
"Thank you." Poppy came over with Sirina asleep in her arms.
"I've set up a bed at the back of the Wing for you and her, and I'll give everyone a dreamless sleep potion, goodness knows they'll need it."
"Thank you Poppy." I took Sirina off her and walked up to the bed Poppy had said was ours and I wearily took off my cloak and climbed into the bed, making sure Sirina was lying comfortably by my side. Poppy walked over with a goblet in her hand and handed it to me.
"Here, you better take some too, I've already given the little one some." She said while standing beside me as I drank it. I handed her back the goblet and smiled weakly as I got myself comfortable, I was asleep within minutes.