The Elementals

Chapter 24: The Invasion Of Hogwarts Part 2

I'm NOT JK Rowling and I do not own Harry Potter anything you don't recognise belongs to me!

Chaos. Hogwarts Grounds had erupted in complete chaos as the first wave of Cult members charged forward. Black flames shot forward and, almost as if it were choreographed, Albus and Alice stepped forward. Albus extended his arms and caught several blasts of flame, the flames turned from black to orange and Albus thrust his arms forward, shooting the back at the Cult. Alice brought up a force field long enough to block the flames that Albus hadn't managed to catch and redirect.

"Now!" Shauna screamed, as Alice's force field fell, and all at once spells were shouted and jets of many colours shot at the Cult members.

A few Cult members fell but they still kept coming. Shauna gritted her teeth.

"Again!" she yelled over the chorus of spells. Very few Cult members fell and then the second wave charged. Shauna's eyes narrowed and she motioned for the group to take a few steps back. The Cult kept coming, each barrage of black fire was either aught and sent back by Albus or blocked by Alice.

The Cult pressed forward forcing everyone back; this wasn't going to plan at all. They kept pressing forward, and it seemed no spells would stop them, they just kept coming.

Small fires were burning on the grounds when attacks missed or Albus had lost control of the larger blasts. Shauna's pale blue eyes scanned the grounds before she turned to Rose, Keith and Scorpius

"Daffodil! Blondie!" Shauna barked "Try and slow them down! I don't are how, but put as many obstacles between them and us as you can! Downes! Help put out the fires or this whole place'll burn!"

Keith, Rose and Scorpius nodded and Shauna then turned to the rest of the students Lily, Lysander, Loran and Hugo were stood near the centre looking somewhat frightened. Ellesheil was among them too, her light brown hair up in its usual ponytail, James and Fred looked determined and at the same time extremely nervous.

"Stand your ground! Don't let them beat you!" Shauna said hoping to give them some encouragement "This won't be the day that Hogwarts falls! You're stronger than you think! Prove that Hogwarts still has some fight left in it!"

A roar of voices raised up in support of Shauna's words and then Shauna's pale blue eyes turned back to the Cult. Suddenly the ground shook violently beneath their feet, causing everyone to be flung the ground with yells of shock and loud swearing.

Rose had made a tremor in the earth and was creating a huge fissure between the Cult and Hogwarts. Scorpius was creating air shield after air shield to protect Rose and himself whilst she created her barrier. The earth shook and rumbled violently and everyone watched with wide eyes as the chasm grew in size.

Beads of sweat formed on Rose's brow and she struggled to make her chasm wide enough so the Cult couldn't cross it easily. Wider and wider the chasm grew until it was easily fifty feet wide. Rose wiped her forehead and gave Scorpius a smile. There was no way they would be able to get across.

Cheers rose from the Hogwarts students and even Shauna let a look, somewhere between amazement and smugness, to cross her face. Keith punched the air in victory and gave a yell of happiness. Albus and Alice both looked at each other with smiles but their eyes, and everyone else's', suddenly snapped to the Cult.

They ran at Rose's chasm and, using their flames to propel their jumps like jets, they leapt across the chasm with ease. In panic, some of the younger students broke away from the group, making a dash for the safety of Hogwarts. A ring of black flames cut them off and forced them back, students were scattering and the Cult broke off into small parties to attack them.

The battle had truly begun.

Keith grabbed Shauna's arm and pulled her out of the way of a blast of flame and half-dragged half-led her towards the lake.

"Downes! The fight's that way!" she yelled over the yells and explosions, as spells and flames collided, Keith seemed to take no notice of her.

"Just c'mon!"

Keith let go of Shauna's hand when he reached the shore of the lake and he continued, wading into the water until he was knee deep in the moonlit lake. With a quick glance at the moon, and seeing it was full, he grinned.

Shauna watched in awe as Keith swept his arm around in a circle causing large tentacles of water to raise from the smooth surface of the lake, so he looked like he was in the centre of a watery octopus.

"You've been practicing." Shauna stated allowing herself to look momentarily impressed "You actually good now."

"Always the tone of sur-" Before Keith finished his sentence he whipped a tentacle out, curving it around Shauna, to absorb an incoming fireball. Shauna spun

"Protego!" The invisible wall sprung from her wand tip to block the rest of the fireballs that were flying towards her. More Cult members charged their way and Shauna smirked.

"How many do you think you can take Hotshot?" Shauna asked teasingly.

"Enough." Keith replied with a smirk of his own.

Rose and Scorpius were desperately trying to defend the youngest students from the Cult, as they seemed to be the favourite targets, and were focused on their opponents.

Rose raised her arms and the earth began to shake violently once more. The Cult members wobbled unsteadily but kept advancing. Scorpius too began to attack, creating a large jet stream of air hoping to at least slow the Cult down which succeeded for a while.

Then, without warning the Cult members began to twitch violently and suddenly fell face forward, unconscious, to reveal Lily, with Lysander behind her, who looked incredibly pleased with herself. A smile spread across

"Lily!" Rose cried happily "That was amazing! Where'd you learn that?"

"Better not to know." The younger girl replied with a sly grin.

Scorpius and Rose shared a look somewhere between worry and slight fear before turning back to Lily.

"Help us get the younger students to safety." Scorpius said "Please."

"Well…since you asked so nicely." Lily smirked before she turned to the other students "Right! Everyone stick together! C'mon! There's a battle goin' on!"

Albus, Alice and Ellesheil were a little way away, facing off the Cult and hoping to draw attention away from Rose and Scorpius. Albus and Alice were finding it hard to fight against so many Cult members at once and Ellesheil was having a better time avoid the black flames being shot their way whilst firing spells.

A jet of flame was shot at Ellesheil but before Alice or Albus could prevent it from hitting her, she raised her hands to protect her face, and then the flames engulfed her. Albus let out a yell of horror when the flames obscured Ellesheil from view. A few seconds later the flames died down and Ellesheil stood, unharmed and with her hands still raised up to her face, there were scorch marks on the ground in two long lines either side of her, like the flames had parted before they hit her.

Albus and Alice looked at Ellesheil with wide eyes. Ellesheil was completely fine but, apart from shielding her face, had made no move to stop the flames or avoid them. How had she managed to part them? Ellesheil looked back at Alice and Albus with an unreadable expression, her violet eyes focused on Albus and a smirk carved itself on her face before waving her arm in an arc and throwing a jet of fire at Alice.

Alice was caught of guard but quickly produced a force field which dissipated the flames on impact. Albus stood frozen in place, his emerald eyes wide in shock. Ellesheil had betrayed them and suddenly this situation seemed all too familiar.

"Albus!" Alice yelled as Ellesheil was furiously sending fireballs at Alice with a series of punches. Albus didn't need any more prompting before he slammed his own fist forward. Albus's orange flames collided with Ellesheil's black, causing a huge explosion. Albus and Alice covered their eyes but Ellesheil quickly responded with a strong jet of black flame at the two elementals. Alice raised her arms over her head and a domed force field erupted around herself and Albus.

The force field dropped and Ellesheil stood, ready for another attack, but made no move to strike. Her violet eyes flicked from Albus to Alice and back again as if trying to decide a target. Albus and Alice looked at each other then back to Ellesheil. Alice traced the pattern for lightning whilst Albus readied to punch a flame.

She struck. She punched at Alice but at the last second changed target to Albus. The flame shot towards him when suddenly he was shoved to the ground. Albus watched in horror as Alice took the blast of flame meant for him. She was struck over her heart and was sent hurtling through the air. She landed hard on the ground and rolled across the ground due to her own momentum before coming to a stop, the lightning caused her body to convulse for a second then she was completely still, lifeless on the ground.

Albus stared at her body in shock and then his shock turned to fury. His eyes snapped to Ellesheil who looked pleased with her work. Albus pushed himself to his feet ready and readied himself to fight again.

"I'm sorry it has to end this way Albus." Ellesheil said, although the tone of her voice suggested otherwise.

"No you're not." Albus stated.

Ellesheil smirked and assumed her own stance. She spun and thrust her palm forward, shooting a blast of black flame at Albus. Albus brought his hands up, jumped forward, and brought his arms down in front of him, creating two waves of flame in each hand that came together and shot forward. The black and orange flames collided and caused a wall of fire. As the flames dissipated, Ellesheil leapt forward on a jet of fire performing three spinning kicks and sending out a wave of fire towards Albus each time, which he barely dodged before righting himself again.

Albus punched forward, releasing a powerful stream of fire. It collided with a stream of black fire from Ellesheil, both attacks pushed against each other for a moment before slipping to one side. He continued his blast of fire whilst keeping the enormous black flames on his other side at bay, slowly sliding backward. Albus pivoted his foot to strengthen his stance and keep himself from being pushed into the wall of black flame. The heat was almost unbearably hot before they both stopped. The trees behind Ellesheil were set ablaze casting them both in flickering orange light.

Ellesheil looked somewhat amazed and frightened but she charged forward and leapt upward on a blast of fire, which she swung down at Albus. Just before the attack hit him, Albus spun in a circle and thrusts his palms out to the sides, creating a wall of flame that split the black fire in half.

Ellesheil thrust herself forward while in the air, rocketing over the ground on jets of fire from her hands and feet, she punched forward twice, launching two huge black fire blasts. Albus placed his hands near the ground and shot a blast of fire, thrusting himself into the air and avoiding one of Ellesheil's attacks. Albus spun around in mid air and swung his heel downward, which created an arc of flame that blocked the second fire blast. As Albus fell back down again, he swung his arms down, creating a blast of fire that destroyed a third black blast of fire.

Ellesheil flew forward over the ground. She banked first to the right then to the left, avoiding Albus's fire blasts. Ellesheil shot blasts of fire at Albus and circle him, followed behind by an enormous trail of black fire left from the streams of fire propelling her. Albus defended himself by creating a large sphere of fire around him, and then he tried to attack Ellesheil with blasts of fire as she circled him, but she was too fast for him to get a good aim at.He stopped shooting fire blasts at Ellesheil, crouched on the ground and performs several spinning sweep kicks, which created a powerful ring of fire that expanded outward. Ellesheil tried to stop herself whilst she attempted to block Albus's attack with a shield of black fire, but she is too late and it connected.

Ellesheil was flung like a rag doll onto the ground much like Alice had been. She rolled to a stop and pushed herself up again, her light brown hair had come undone from its ponytail and she glared at Albus with anger and contempt.

Suddenly a large wave rushes from behind Ellesheil with Keith riding on top of it towards Albus, arms spread behind him. The wave rolls over Zuko and the Cult members who were moving to help Ellesheil, washing them away. He swerved so the wave dropped him beside Albus and he pulled the water into a long whip, poised to strike her. Shauna followed behind him her wand pointing at Ellesheil. Rose and Scorpius quickly followed assuming their own stances.

Ellesheil looked like she was panicking; her violet eyes darted to each of them in turn, as if trying to figure out which one would attack first. She turned her head when she spotted some fellow Cult members retreating and quickly did the same, soaring over Rose's chasm on a jet of black fire and disappearing into the trees.

As soon as he lost sight of Ellesheil, Albus turned and sprinted to Alice's side. She lay face down on the ground and he quickly turned her over and his emerald eyes widened when he saw the horrible burn on her chest, directly over her heart. It looked horrible and made bile rise in Albus's throat. Alice wasn't moving…was she dead? He prayed she wasn't. He felt a hand on his shoulder and when he looked up he saw it was Rose, looking more solemn than he'd ever seen her before.

"We have to get Alice back to the castle."

I am sooo sorry! I know it's been ages since I've updated but this chapter was a royal pain to write I went through FOUR DRAFTS and there's still a lot of stuff I'm not happy with but ah well. Enjoy.