Chapter 21

(Wow. There's actually . . . not much left in this. I thought for sure it was going to be long.)

Soren stared at his wand in concentration. "Expecto Patronum!" He shouted. There was a tiny flash, but aside from that not much happened.

"Think of a happy memory." Harry instructed them, circling everyone. "The happiest you can think of."

Soren stopped and thought. The happiest I can think of? He wondered as Luna's rabbit patronus came rushing past him. Then he thought of hit, and he knew he'd thought of the right memory. He already had an outrageously huge grin on his face, even for an Other who could make their smiles bigger than an owl. "Expecto Patronum!" He shouted. An owl that heavily resembled himself came spouting out of his wand, wings spread wide. Harry gave a small gasp.

Even Harry took notice. "Wow." He said. He was probably impressed because this was such an advanced spell and Soren was technically a first year. "What did you think of?"

Soren shook his head. "I don't think you'd believe me if I told you." He said.

Harry raised an eyebrow. "You've said that before." He seemed a little suspicious.

Soren sighed. "Okay listen, I'll tell you sometime. But how about we wait until I can prove my crazy story?"

Harry looked thoughtful. "Alright. . ." Then he walked off to other members of the DA.

Digger turned to Soren. "What did you think of?" He asked.

Soren smiled. "When Blythe, Bash, and Bell hatched."

Digger smiled back. "Nice job Soren."

Twilight meanwhile looked thoughtful. "Hmm, not a bad idea." He waved his wand, "Expecto Patronum!" He shouted. A great gray patronus burst out of his wand.

"Well, wonder what the rest of us should think of." Gyflie said, since Soren and Twilight were the only ones who had owlets.

In the end, Digger and Gylfie used the first time they flew as their memory, and Eglantine used when she'd woken up from being stone blinked and was with Soren.

No sooner had Eglantine cast her patronus out, then the walls started shaking. A few people crept closer to where it was being hit, but the Band took a few steps away and moved closer to each other.

A crack appeared in the wall. "I'll make short work of this." A voice on the other end said. She shouted a spell.

At the same time Harry shouted, "Run!"

No one needed to be told twice.