Chapter 20

"Well the next fights are not important to us right now and through important for the Golden Trio, it's not something that we need to mention right now. The other extremely important battle is also the last battle of the war and it's called The Battle of Hogwarts was the final conflict of the Second Wizarding War. It took place in the early hours of 2 May 1998, within the castle and on the grounds of Hogwarts. When Voldemort learned that Harry had secretly ventured into the castle to locate and destroy one of his final Horcruxes, he ordered every single Death Eater and Dark creature that had ever pledged loyalty to him to launch a massive attack on the school. Dumbledore's Army then communicated the need to fight to the Order of the Phoenix and their other allies within the British Ministry of Magic, leading to a large-scale battle. Voldemort led his forces from the Shrieking Shack in Hogsmeade;" he was stopped by Hermione yelling

"HE ISNT EVEN JOINING HIS OWN BATLE." everyone was angry how could he do that

So, they continued with the story before anyone could interrupt again" While Harry, Kingsley, and Minerva led the defenders of Hogwarts. Voldemort also announced that he wanted Harry to surrender himself by midnight. The battle ended with a decisive victory for the Order and the D.A., with many Death Eaters and Voldemort himself dead." they cheered but they knew they had to wait and hear the entire story." On August 1, 1997, Minister Of Magic Rufus Scrimgeour, was secretly captured by Voldemort and interrogated for the whereabouts of Harry. However, in one last brave act for Harry, Rufus Scrimgeour told Voldemort nothing and was murdered by the Dark Lord as a result. This easily placed the Ministry of Magic under the secret influential control of Voldemort and his Death Eaters, who quickly replaced Scrimgeour with Pius Thicknesse; a corrupt politician under the Imperius Curse and a puppet of Voldemort. Hogwarts also quickly fell under Voldemort's influence, and he appointed Severus as the new Headmaster (interestingly, Snape had killed the previous headmaster, Dumbledore, just a month before). The Carrow siblings, Amycus and Alecto was also appointed as Deputy Headmaster-Deputy Headmistress, and also became teachers. Amycus Carrow became Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts and Alecto Carrow became Professor of Muggle Studies. Two school subjects were revised at Voldemort's will Defense Against the Dark Arts was more or less taught simply as Dark Arts, and Muggle Studies became a compulsory class for indoctrinating hatred against Muggles and Muggle-borns, rather than opt for peace with them. Snape and the Carrows enforced Voldemort's agenda brutally at Hogwarts. Students given detention for any wrongdoing were subjected to the Cruciatus Curse by either of the Carrows as well as by other students on the Carrows' orders; particularly Slytherin students. As a result of this, a band of students began to fight back very early on in the 1997-1998 school year, led by seventh-year me and sixth years' Ginny, Cormac and Luna. Our group stood as the successor to the original Dumbledore's Army, founded by Harry, Ron, and Hermione in 1995. During this time Harry, Ron, and Hermione were looking for the Horcruxes so I won't tell you what was happening to them during that time. On the day of the Battle Harry, Ron, and Hermione, all wearing Harry's Cloak of Invisibility, apparated into the main street of Hogsmeade. However, they immediately triggered a Caterwauling Charm, and a dozen cloaked and hooded Death Eaters dashed into the street from the Three Broomsticks. One of the Death Eaters tried to summon the Cloak, but the Summoning Charm did not work on it because it was the cloak of legend."

"When you say of legend you mean…?" asked a Ravenclaw

"One of the Deathly Hallows yes, it is given to the oldest Potter male in every generation since Iolanthe Peverell married into the family." Every Ravenclaw and everyone who knew the tale of the three brothers were looking at Harry with starters in their eyes while Ron was explaining to Harry and Hermione the Tale of The Three Brothers" Continue." said Harry to Neville

The Patriarch of the Longbottom family continued" one of the fabled Deathly Hallows. Harry, Ron and Hermione backed quickly down the nearest side street. Harry informed the others that the Death Eaters must have set up the Caterwauling Charm to alert them to the trio's presence and they likely had done something to trap them there. At that moment, one Death Eater suggested releasing the Dementors, pointing out that the Dementors wouldn't kill Harry. Voldemort wanted Harry's life, not his soul, and he would be easier to kill if he had been subjected by the Dementor's Kiss first." Harry's friends were glaring at the imaginary Death Eaters

Harry continued with the story knowing this part better" Hermione suggested that we Disapparate, but as we tried, the air through which they needed to move seemed to become solid. We couldn't Disapparate due to an Anti-Disapparation Jinx placed by the Death Eaters. Ten or more Dementors closed in on them, and I raised his wand to cast a Patronus, causing the silver stag to James and just as famous."

"The two of you can do the Patronus Charm?" asked the Charm Professor

"Yes, we all can even Lily, Hugo, and Lucy whose Patronus got a form only a few weeks ago." said, Teddy

"What are they?" asked Hermione excited everyone in the DA was having trouble with it.

Everyone from the future said the words 'Expecto Patronus' and the room was filled with Patronuses.

Teddy's was a Wolf but everyone thought that to be true and they understood why Harry said Teddy's was the most famous after his, Victoire's was a Fox with Dominique being a Hawk while Luis being a Dragon making his uncle smile, Molly had a Butterfly while Lucy had a Swan. Roxanne's was a Dolphin while Fred had a Panther. They also understood why James Sirius had the other most famous his was Big dog it was Sirius' Animagi form that made the man smile Albus had an Owl while Lily had a Lion. Scorpius had a Snake it didn't surprise anyone but the younger Darco was proud for his future son, Rose had a Turtle with Hogo's being a Tiger. (A.N: Every animal except for James Sirius and Teddy's are just the first ones I found and made them as their Patronuses they don't have any meaning really)

Harry continued with the story after everyone stopped being amazed" Suddenly, a door near us opened and the three of them were hustled inside the Hog's Head Inn." The DA smiled at the mention of the Pub that was the place they first got together." We ran up the stairs into a room with a single large oil painting of a blonde girl." everyone was curious as to who the girl was and why she was important" Outside, the inn's proprietor pulled out his wand and cast a goat Patronus" Dumbledore smiled knowing who the man was" he insisted that the Death Eaters had mistaken his Patronus for a stag and that he had set off the alarm when he let out his cat." everyone chuckled at that the name was brave" Reluctantly convinced, the Death Eaters strode back toward the High Street. Hermione came out from under the Cloak and sat down on a chair. I drew the curtains shut, then pulled the Cloak off himself and Ron. They could hear the man down below, rebolting the door of the bar, then climbing the stairs. The man had Sirius 's half of his two-way mirror on the mantelpiece the other half of which Sirius had given me as a present and which was stolen from his house. From his resemblance, the man had to Professor Dumbledore, we deduced that the man was Aberforth Dumbledore his younger brother." the oldest Dumbledore smiled he had known the man was his brother and he was happy his brother was helping with the war" Realizing that we were hungry, Aberforth went out of the room and reappeared with food surprisingly he is a good cook" said Harry and everyone chuckled at that" Aberforth us to wait for daybreak, when the curfew would lift. Then we could get out of Hogsmeade, up into the mountains, and Disapparate. I, of course, argued that we needed to get into Hogwarts to complete the task Dumbledore set us. He didn't want us to leave and not fight. I pointed out that Aberforth was fighting as well, as he was part of both Orders of the Phoenix, but Aberforth retorted that the Order of the Phoenix was finished." the members of the Orders frowned they would never do that" Hermione asked Aberforth if the girl in the picture was his sister. He told us Ariana's story. Aberforth then again told us to hide, but we knew that in war, sometimes you have to think about the greater good." Dumbledore flinched a bit" Relenting, Aberforth approached the portrait of Ariana and said, "You know what to do." She smiled and walked along what seemed to be a long tunnel painted behind her."

"There isn't a hole behind that pointed out," said Dumbledore

"It appears in the future," said Neville making the old headmaster nod

Harry continued" Aberforth said that there was only one way into Hogwarts left." the Marauders and Weasley twins frown at that" A tiny white dot appeared at the end of the painted tunnel, and now Ariana was walking back toward them, growing bigger and bigger as she came, with somebody else limping along beside her. The two figures grew larger until the painting swung forward on the wall like a door, and the entrance to a real tunnel was revealed. Out of the tunnel and onto the mantelpiece came a badly bruised and beaten Neville," the teachers, his friends, and Hannah glared at the imaginary Death Eater" who gave a roar of enthusiasm upon seeing me and stated that he knew I would come that it was only a matter of time. Neville proceeded to tell us that Hogwarts has changed greatly under the new regime which didn't please us"

Neville started the story again" I led Harry, Hermione, and Ron around a corner and up to a steep flight of stairs that led to a door. As Harry followed, he heard me call out to 'unseen' people, announcing Harry's arrival, and he, Ron, and Hermione were soon engulfed, hugged, pounded on the back, by what seemed to be more than twenty people. I told everyone to calm down, and we were in an enormous room with many multicolored hammocks strung from the ceiling. The walls were covered with bright tapestry hangings: the gold Gryffindor lion, emblazoned on scarlet; the black badger of Hufflepuff, set against yellow; and the bronze eagle of Ravenclaw, on blue. There were bulging bookcases, a few broomsticks propped against the walls, and in the corner, large wooden-based wireless." everyone was excited to hear what the room was" I revealed that they were in the Room of Requirement, which had expanded as more of Dumbledore's Army arrived. Seamus "said Neville and the younger Seamus smiled he was glad to be helping," told the trio that the DA had been hiding out there for nearly two weeks, as neither Headmaster Snape nor the Carrows could get in. The passage to the pub had appeared as the students got hungry, as the food was one of the few things, the room could not provide. The room just kept making more hammocks as they were needed. Many people were there a few that were easily reconsidered like Lavender, both Patil twins, Terry, Ernie, Anthony, and Michael and many others who were not as easy to recognize." he stopped allowing Harry to continue the story

"Neville, who had become the leader of the group, telling us that he had used the Galleons that Hermione had bewitched in their fifth year to recall all of the D.A., and sure enough, past D.A. members such as the Weasley twins started arriving through the tunnel from the Hog's Head." said members nodded their heads, of course, they would help the war" Neville" Harry said looking at the younger version of his friend" had informed a number of them that it was time to return to Hogwarts to fight and help us find whatever it was that we needed so that we could win the war."

"Yes, and he refused to allow us to help until he realized how loyal we were being to him and the cause so, he accepted the help we offered, telling us that Voldemort was on his way to Hogwarts and that, Harry needed to find something in the castle. Then he asked about artifacts associated with Rowena Ravenclaw and the Ravenclaw about the Lost Diadem, and it was decided that it was almost certainly what Voldemort would have used for his Horcrux." the Ravenclaw looked worried no one knew were the Diadem was but they hoped Harry would find it and defeat Voldemort." Luna took Harry to the Ravenclaw Common Room" at that the Ravenclaws frowned at that but decided that if Voldemort was defeated they wouldn't have a problem of him entering their Common Room" to see a statue of Rowena wearing the diadem so that he would know what to look for. They were caught there by Alecto Carrow, who summoned Voldemort by way of the Dark Mark on her arm before being stunned by Luna." everyone cheered on the blond-haired Ravenclaw at that" Amycus Carrow and Minerva then arrived in the room."

Harry continued the story" Amycus decided that he would blame Alecto's (seemingly unnecessary) summoning of Voldemort on the students. Minerva, of course, refused to allow him to put her students in danger," the woman in question nodded her head at threat, of course, she wouldn't allow her students to be hurt no matter what" causing him to spit in her face in anger." at that every Gryffindors was yelling and insulting the Death Eaters some of the oldest was also threating then man in question" I was, of course, outraged and used the Cruciatus Curse on him, revealing myself to Minerva. Minerva sent three cat Patronus messengers to summon the other Heads of House and started for the Great Hall with me and Luna following closely behind her. As we walked down from Ravenclaw Tower, we encountered Snape who at the time was the Headmaster in the hall. He asked Minerva what she was doing there, Minerva, of course, lied claiming that she had heard a disturbance. She was evasive when asked about me, then slashed her wand through the air. Snape, faster, deflected her charm." at that the man smirked at his old teacher" She then waved her wand at a torch on the wall, making it fly off its bracket." at that the woman returned the smirk at her former student

"Then they had a fight does any of you want to hear it" everyone nodded while Draco was looking at his older self-asking an unspoken question was their godfather Ok" The flames became a ring of fire that filled the corridor and flew like a lasso at Snape. Snape turned the descending flames into a great black snake that Minerva blasted to smoke and turned into a swarm of daggers, which she directed towards him. The Headmaster pulled a suit of armor in front of him, which the daggers sank into with echoing clangs.

Filius and Pomona came running to Minerva's aid with a huffing Slughorn lagging behind." he was stopped by the older teachers

"So Slughorn returned to school I'm surprised," said Dumbledore making the future Harry nod his head" When?"

"He became the Potion Master again in my sixth year and when Snape became the Headmaster, he became the Head of the Slytherin House again."

"I'm sorry," said Hermione" Who is he, Professor?"

"Professor Horace Slughorn was the Potion Master and Head of the Slytherin House prior to Severus Snape he has taught from 1931 until 1981 so half a century and many people have been his students Snape, Voldemort, my parents, the Marauders, and many members of the Black family," he said and Hermione nodded

Harry then continued the story" Flitwick raised his wand, bewitching the suit of armor to attack Snape by crushing him." the younger man glared at his former teacher who just smirked at him" Outnumbered, Snape, sent the suit of armor flying back against his attackers and dashed into a deserted classroom, where a loud crash was heard. Pursuing, Minerva screamed, "Coward!" Uncloaked, I and Luna rushed inside to find that Snape had fled by leaping out the window in the form of a jet black stream of smoke." everyone turned to the men in question but he just shook his head" I thought that Snape was surely dead, but Minerva bitterly commented that, unlike Dumbledore, Snape had a wand and had learned a few tricks from his master, Voldemort." the man in question turned to the House Head and said" Good to know you care Minerva." the woman just ignored him

"After that, I then saw a large, bat-like figure soaring across the school grounds. I slid into Voldemort's mind again and saw an Inferi-filled lake the place that Voldemort hid one of his Horcruxes. Voldemort leaped from the boat in a murderous rage, headed for Hogwarts."

Neville continued the story" Minerva then ordered the students to be brought to the Great Hall. There, Minerva and Kingsley announced that the students old enough to the fight could stay if they wanted," Those who would be of an age at the time nodded while the others pouted" while younger students would be evacuated by Poppy and Filch by way of the passage through the Hog's Head Inn. The professors set defensive charms and spell around Hogwarts to fend off Voldemort, although they all knew that no matter what protection they gave, Voldemort would eventually, penetrate it. As Hogwarts was being fortified, Harry asked Flitwick about Ravenclaw's diadem, but Flitwick informed him that it had not been seen "in living memory." Meanwhile, Minerva enchanted the school's statues and suits of armor to help defend the castle" the Weasley twins had smirks on their faces at that which made their teachers and mother glare at that" and ordered Filch to summon Peeves the Poltergeist to aid in the defense." Peeves smiled at that he was glad he would help to protect the school "When Harry and Luna returned to the Room of Requirement, they found that even more people had arrived, including Kingsley, Oliver, Katie, Angelina, Alicia, Bill, Fleur, Arthur, and Molly" the people in question smiled but Molly was worried about everyone even those who were old enough and had fought on another war" Fred had alerted Dumbledore's Army, and they, in turn, summoned the Order of the Phoenix. As younger students were being evacuated, an argument broke out about underage Ginny y, who wanted to help fight. Her mother eventually relented to the point of allowing Ginny to stay at Hogwarts if she stayed in the Room of Requirement."

"I will fight no matter what," said Ginny the Weasley stubbornness coming through

Percy started the story suddenly" I arrived at the time and loudly apologized to my family for not supporting them; fortunately, they forgave me." the others smiled, of course, they would forgive him he just needed to apologize Oliver was smiling too glad his friend had changed his mind" At the time, Harry wondered where Ron and Hermione. Ginny told him they were attending to something having to do with a bathroom, leaving Harry puzzled. The Order of the Phoenix and the professors have agreed upon a battle plan and begin dividing into groups. As tension mounts over the approaching battle, Harry anxiously searches the room for Ron and Hermione, who were still missing." Molly was really worried about them