Author's notes: Hello, everyone. I am so, very, entirely sorry for making you wait for SOOOO long for the update. Seriously, I have not given up on this story as some of you have asked me if I have. To be honest, my computer had a major break down and it's taken this long to get the damn thing fixed. But good news is, I will be putting up the last chapters up to make up for the super long wait.

Anyway, this chapter and the next to will be the final battle with Umbra and the opening of the otherworld. So please, forgive me for taking so long on getting my story updated. Read and Review.

Chapter 27.

Darien was sitting in the infirmary, letting Madam Pomfrey put ointment onto his wounds while staring towards his slumbering father. Remus was still asleep but he looked much better than he had the night before. And not long after Darien had been in the Infirmary, Harry and some of the Aurors brought a terrible looking Professor Caligo into the infirmary. He looked like he had received the same treatment as Darien had. He had a few cuts all over his face, his robes were torn and he was rubbing his head looking deeply pained.

"Just like you said, Darien. He was in the Chamber of Secrets." Harry revealed as he helped the Professor sit down on one of the medical beds.

Professor Caligo looked wearily over at Darien, frowning even more. He looked incredibly worried and very sorry. "Darien, did he...did that monster hurt you? I'm so sorry." He said sounding very tired.

Darien just shook his head as soon as the nurse was done with him. "It's okay, Professor. I know what happened to you. Umbra told me everything about what he did to you. I'm sorry about that." He said. The Professor shook his head. "It's not your fault, Darien. I let him possess me. I didn't know he kept doing it until it was too late. But I let him."

"Why did you do that, Professor?" Harry asked as he folded his arms.

Professor Caligo sighed as he ran his fingers through his dark hair. "I thought I could learn how to control him if he were in me. Ever since the first sighting of him, I've been very interested in it. Wanting to try and mix with him for power. Not to do bad deeds. I had heard that he was quite the Divination user himself. I was only a petty fortuneteller before I became a professor. I guess I just wanted to be better." He said shaking his head. "I was wrong. And I nearly killed a colleague." He placed his head into both hands.

"Humph." Snape said as he walked around the curtain. "Well it wasn't you, Caligo, so stop moping around." He said coolly.

Caligo just looked up before sighing again. "I'm terribly sorry for what I did to you, Severus. I wouldn't have done it if I could help it."

The Potions Professor just shook his head before stepping to the side to let Dumbledore through, who was smiling. "Well, it such a great pleasure that both of you are all right." He said looking from Darien to Caligo, who looked away. Darien just shrugged before gently touching the cuts in his cheek. Dumbledore nodded as he let his eyes settle on the cuts. "Darien, you will not know how happy I am to see you again. Even I had doubted that we would. It brings happiness to my heart to see that you are alive and you have not been seriously hurt."

"Thank you, Professor." Darien said before looking towards his father. "What about my dad? Is he going to be okay?"

Dumbledore nodded as he looked over at Remus. "Yes. He will be fine. His wounds are healing quite nicely. He will probably wake up soon. At least we hope he will. We may need him when the eclipse happens."

Darien frowned. "Professor, does anyone know where the gateway will open? We can't let those Dark Lords through. Umbra really wants them to come. I think the reason why is he plans to use the Negatus Mysterium on the Dark Lords. To steal their power to become even more stronger than they are."

"Darien, how would you know that?" Hermione asked touching his shoulder. "Did the Umbra say..."

Darien just shook his head. "No. He didn't say. I know for a fact that he wants it to be dark again, just like it was in the Dark Ages. He said he had more than half gargoyles willing to use their magic on the moon and sun. More than we have." He told them.

Dumbledore ran his fingers through his long beard before shaking his head. "That does present a problem. With quite a lot of gargoyles, they can align the moon and sun for a very long time." He then shook his head as he turned back around. "However, we already have our plan."

Darien just frowned. "What?" His eyes looked over at his mother, who was smiling.

"The plan that the Four Hogwarts Founders came up with, Darien. We're all going to stand together against the Umbra. Students, Professors, all of us." She told him.

Harry nodded with a smile. "We're not going to let the Umbra do anything to you, Darien. Or let those Dark Wizards out of the Otherworld. We will fight them as long as we have to. But the Umbra is not going to have his way." He promised. Darien only smiled at him.

"Darien!" Four voices rang out and everyone looked to see Rex, Lionel, Sam and Leoni rushing into the room. They were smiling brightly as they rushed through the doors and went over to where Darien was. Darien just smiled as he hopped off the medical bed, wincing a little as it hurt his sore foot. "Hey, guys!" He greeted his friends. Rex and Lionel immediately threw their arms around their friend and gave him a bear hug before Leoni and Sam joined them. Darien only winced as he felt his hand throbbing a little. He didn't say anything as he pulled away from them. "Dari, we were so worried about you! What happened?! Was it the Umbra?! What did he do to you?!" The little Gryffindor asked very quickly.

Everyone laughed while Darien shook his hands in the air. "Whoa, whoa, Rex! One at a time. I can't answer all those questions as fast as you can ask them." He told his friend. Rex only rubbed his head. "Sorry."

"Well, yeah, it was the Umbra. He shapeshifted into my dad and Professor Caligo just to get a hold of me." Darien explained. "And then he took me to some cave to do the Negatus Mysterium. But I escaped." He said very casually as if it were no big deal. His friends just grinned.

"Man, you get all the fun, Darien. That's so unfair!" Lionel said still grinning.

Darien rolled his eyes as he leaned against the bed again. "Hey, if you ever want to trade places with me, be a werewolf and get chased by some freaky demon, be my guest." He said dully. Lionel pulled a face then shook his head. "Ah, no thanks." Again everyone smiled or shook their heads.

"Darien."

Darien's head whipped around when he heard that voice. Even Hermione turned sharply around when she heard Remus. They both gasped before hurrying over to Remus's side. Everyone followed a little more slowly. "Dad!" Darien cried out as he looked down at Remus, who winced a little from pain but seemed to get over it quickly.
"I just heard what you said. Are you all right?" Remus asked before his paused on the cut on his son's cheek. He gently reached up and touched it. "The Umbra did this." He said it more like a question.

Darien only nodded. "Yeah. He did that. But it's okay, dad. It doesn't hurt anymore thanks to Madam Pomfrey. Oh, and my new friend, Serria." He saw a few puzzled looks from his friends but didn't say anything just yet.

Remus dropped his hand before looking at Hermione, who smiled tearfully at him. She took his other hand, giving it a light squeeze. "Moony." She whispered. Remus smiled right back.

"Remus, how are you feeling?" Dumbledore asked as he joined the family.

Remus glanced at him before looking between his wife and son. "I'm feeling all right. I think I can get up some time soon." He then shook his head as he looked back at everyone. "What did I miss?" He asked. Everyone shook their heads. "Nothing much, Remus." Sirius answered. "The Umbra attacked you, kidnapped Darien, probably tortured him and he escaped. Oh, and the Four Hogwarts Founders have been reunited. Hogwarts is safe and sound from the Umbra." He said, lazily shrugging.

Remus stared dully at his old friend before slowly shaking his head. "I didn't miss much, huh?" He then sighed before gently taking Hermione's face. "You said the Hogwarts Founders have been reunited? What do you mean?"

No one spoke for a minute before they all spotted movement off to the side. They all looked to see the spoken four walking towards them. "Ah, Remus Lupin. Awake at last. It makes me happy to see that you're all right." Gryffindor said, smiling grandly.

Remus' eyes had grown very wide with shock and awe as he sat up sharply, ignoring the pain in his chest and the protests of the healer witch. "Oh bloody hell. Is that…." He couldn't find himself to finish as he looked over the Four Hogwarts Founders.

Hermione smiled as she took his hand. "Yes, Remus. These are the Four Founders of Hogwarts." She told him.

Dumbledore nodded as he held up a hand to each. "Allow us to introduce you to them. The brave founder of the Gryffindor House, Godric Gryffindor." And as he said the name, Gryffindor swept into a graceful bow at the waist then he stood up straight. "The kind founder of the Hufflepuff House." Dumbledore said motioning to Hufflepuff, who bowed her head in greeting. "The intelligent founder of the Ravenclaw house, Rowena Ravenclaw." Ravenclaw smiled sweetly as she curtsied, her head also bowing. Darien almost laughed at the reaction on his father's face. Like he and several other male wizards had done before, Remus looked on Rowena Raven with surprise, awed by her beauty. "And finally, the ambitious founder of the Slytherin House, Salazar Slytherin." Dumbledore finished. Slytherin just folded his arms over his chest and lifted his head higher.

Remus finally tore his eyes away from Ravenclaw and looked at Slytherin, his mouth slowly closing into a firm frown but then it curved as his face softened. "Salazar Slytherin," He said with a pause. "You've saved my son several times this year. I thank you with all of the gratitude of my heart. I don't know what I would do if something were to happen to my son." He told the grumpy spirit.

Slytherin just shook his head as he glanced over at Darien. "Do not thank me, Lupin. It should be us who should thank you." He said in a grumble. Remus frowned with the slightest confusion.

It was Gryffindor's turn to speak. "If not for you and this lovely woman," He motioned to Hermione, who blushed and looked away. "We, the Founders, would probably have been stuck in our previous forms, not seeing one another, not realizing who each other was, and not ever reuniting with our dear friend, Salazar. The Houses of Hogwarts would have crumbled within the Cave of the Foundation Stones and all would be lost of this amazing school."

Ravenclaw nodded as she again curtsied low. "We thank you and your family, and the current staff here at Hogwarts with the deepest reaches of our hearts." And this time, Hufflepuff joined her, as Gryffindor bowed low at the waist again. Slytherin hesitated for a moment but then he also bowed.

It surprised all of them to see that the Great Founders of Hogwarts were bowing to them, thanking them with the highest respects. Dumbledore smiled as he stood tall. "You are highly welcomed, Great Masters and Mistresses." He told them. Everyone else just smiled and nodded in agreement.

Suddenly Slytherin stood abruptly, looking sharply towards the window, Professor Caligo also looking at the window, with wide eyes. Everyone noticed and they looked at them with confusion and concern. "Salazar, what is it?" Gryffindor asked placing his hand onto his friend's shoulder. Even Remus and Darien could sense what they were. They could feel something changing, something was happening. "….the eclipse. It's starting soon. We need to get outside right now." The older werewolf said climbing off the medical bed. The Four Founders all looked around at everyone with serious looks. "He's right. We must go now before it is too late." Gryffindor said, already making his way towards the door.

Dumbledore looked at McGonagall. "Minerva, collect all of the Professors. I will make the announcement right away." He looked around at everyone. "Everyone who wishes to not participate in this battle may go to the Chamber of Secrets to hide. Some of the students, especially the years first, second and third may join you. They are not ready to fight a battle for their lives. Take them and go." He told them.

No one moved.

"With all due respect, Headmaster," Snape spoke up, limping forward. "I speak mostly for myself and maybe for everyone, we are not going to run away. Even if we ran away, there is no where to go without getting caught up in the horrors that awaits our Magical world, even for the muggle world." He told him and everyone. Slowly, one by one, the others nodded in agreement. Remus fixed his shirt, tucking it back in and pulling on his coat. "He's right. There's where we could go to escape the Umbra and the Dark Lords he's trying to bring back. We must fight." He took Hermione's hand, looking at her with worry. "Hermione, I want you to leave though. Someone has to look after James and Peter, just in case if something happens to….."

Hermione frowned at him sternly before shaking her head. "I'm not going anywhere, Remus. I'm staying to fight." She told him sternly.

Remus frowned at her before shaking his head. "No, you are not. You're going to leave Hogwarts and you are going to protect our sons." He said. Hermione now glared at him and Darien winced as he backed away. It was rare when his parents got into a fight but sometimes they did. The arguments that usually broke out between them were about small things but this was actually a serious thing.

"Remus, I am telling you, I'm staying here and fighting. I want to be here. The fight starts here, Remus. If we stop them now, then our sons will be safe….." Hermione was saying.

Remus shook his head as he glared right back at his wife. "And what if it doesn't, Hermione? What if we fail?! What then?!" he asked in a loud tone. Everyone around them was starting to back away or look around uneasily. Even Dumbledore seemed a little uneasy that they were listening in on a fight between a husband and his wife. "We could die in this fight, Hermione! And who will protect James and Peter? Who would protect Darien? If both of us fight and we die, our boys will not have anyone to take care of them. I'd rather die than let you or our children be in danger."

Hermione sighed as she gently took Remus' face into her hands, looking deeply into his eyes. "Remus," She spoke softly. "We must fight this together, stand together. We will not fail. We will defeat the Umbra demon and his gargoyle army as well as keep the Dark Lords from escaping." She told him. Remus shook his head as he touched her hand. "But….."

"Oh quit arguing!" Slytherin barked.

Both Hermione and Remus jumped and looked at him as did the others. Slytherin looked highly annoyed with how they were arguing. His eyes glared at both of the married couple, while his arms folded across his chest. "This is not the time for a squabble! The eclipse is going to happen any minute and we don't have time for this!" He pointed at Hermione, his eyes glaring at Remus. "Your lover is right! We must fight together! And we will win! This is where this war begins, and if we stop this battle, we win this war! All we have to do is destroy the Umbra!" He barked.

Remus and Hermione glanced at one another then back at the grumpy Founder of Hogwarts. "But, I don't my Swiftstar to be in danger and I don't want my boys to be alone…." The werewolf was saying.

Slytherin shook his head. "She's already in danger, Lupin Werewolf!" he growled at Remus. "With that monster, Umbra out there, she is in danger. As is your children! Everyone in the world, magical and muggle, is in danger! But we can stop it before it leaves the grounds of Hogwarts as long as we fight." He said in a loud voice. He turned and marched over to the window looking up at the sky. The moon was getting dangerously close to covering the sun now. "The Dark Ages will begin all over again if we don't keep those hellgates closed. It begins here, all." His eyes closed for a brief second then he spun around, his dark eyes looking right at Darien. "That boy has the power to keep those gates closed and that's what the Umbra doesn't want! That is why he has been trying to steal his magic, trying to kill him. He is a key to the past. And if Darien is not out on that field before that sun and moon aligns, the gates will open and hell will break loose. But he can not do it alone! We all must back him up! We must stand behind him as he closes the gates before the Dark Lords escapes." His eyes darkened. "And I will be there to stand beside him. Now what about you? You, your lover, and all of us must stand behind him to support him. All Four Houses has only been particularly reunited, starting with us." He looked over his three friends over before looking around at all of the wizards and witches. "But ALL Four houses must stand together."

No one spoke for a long time before Remus lifted his chin and nodded, his eyes growing very serious. "You're right. I am being foolish." He looked at Hermione, offering her a smile. "I'm sorry." He told her. Hermione only smiled at him before taking his hand.

Dumbledore nodded as he clapped his hands together. "Very well! Let's get outside and defend our home from the wickedness." He told everyone, who all nodded.


Once everyone was out on the field, there almost a thousand people out there. Adults and students, together. The word had spread quickly and everyone in the castle went outside to help. Even the ones who weren't ready to fight. They wanted to defend their home.
However, even though every one in the Gryffindor, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff houses had come out, the Slytherin House did not. Not one Slytherin student was outside. They must have gone to the Chamber of Secrets to hide. Salazar Slytherin was looking for any of his students in his House but his eyes slowly darkened with anger and disappointment.
Darien almost felt sorry for him when none of the Slytherins came out. Only former students who were now full-grown adults were there. But none of the students of his generation. He saw Rowena Ravenclaw move over to Slytherin and gently place her hand on his shoulder. Slytherin tilted his head towards her, his eyes glancing at her before looking around again. Ravenclaw said something to him but it was so low that no one else really could hear. Not even Darien or Remus.

Slytherin seemed to agree with her because he turned and looked directly at Dumbledore. "Begin the announcement, Albus Dumbledore. The Slytherin House has fallen but true Slytherins shall fight." He said, his eyes looking towards the students with a strong, stern look.

Dumbledore nodded as he faced the students, moving closer so they could hear him better, even if he used the voice enhancing spell. "Ladies and Gentlemen of our brilliant school. As you have all heard the rumors going through the school, I am here to tell you that the rumors are true."

A few murmurs began but the students still stayed quiet to listen.

"Since the year began, all of us were unaware that there was a darkness demon on the school grounds, lurking in the darkness and watching us. What this demon want, is clearly what we all believe. It wants darkness upon the world, both magic and muggle. And to do that, it was trying to recruit all of the gargoyles." Dumbledore motioned to all of the gargoyles sitting on the walls, some looking very sad and some looked grumpy. But they were all in stone because the sun was not yet hidden behind the moon. "But it was unable to recruit our gargoyles, the guardians of Hogwarts. For they are loyal to their great leader, Golem, who indeed is the spirit of Godric Gryffindor."

More murmurs broke as all eyes turned onto the proud leader of the Gryffindor House but then slowly went over to the other three Founders.

Dumbledore shook his head as he lift his head. "The thing is, my friends, that the Umbra has declared an all out war on Hogwarts because we refuse to bend to his power, to bow down to the Dark Lords he is about to unleash upon the world. Yes it is true, that if the Umbra opens the gates that are about to open on these very grounds, Lord Voldemort will return as will some of the darkest wizards in history."
There was a pause. "For one, one of the darkest that we have not encountered and hopefully we will never encounter him. His name, my friends, is Dark Lord Beliar De Diablo." Still there were murmuring from the students. "Students of Hogwarts, the great Professors, we must stand together and not allow those gates to open. For if we do, it will be the Dark Ages all over again. We must stand together, all four houses as one! Just like these great Founders of Hogwarts. They have been reunited, just as the Sorting Hat had sang about at the beginning of the year. If we do not fight for our freedom now, terrible things will happen. And we have the power to stop those gates from opening."

A few eyes glanced towards Darien, who lowered his head to keep from contacting eyes with others. He knew that the rumors of his powers had passed between the other students. Darien looked up again when he felt his father's hand touch his shoulder. Remus smiled gently at him, giving him a look that clearly read that everything was going to be okay. Even Hermione gave her son a smile, which he returned to both of them.

"Together, we fight as one." Dumbledore said as he whipped out his wand and turned to look up at the moon and sun. "As the Four Houses of Hogwarts."

There was a small pause before a small voice broke out and it was Paul's." But Professor Dumbledore," Paul paused as eyes turned to the Gryffindor. Paul was looking towards Salazar Slytherin and the so few Aurors that stood behind him, who once had been in the Slytherin House. "How can we stand against a Darkness Demon and a horde of Dark Lords? We are only kids. Some of us haven't been properly trained for this sort of thing. We're all going to die, right?" He asked nervously.

A few eyes fell onto the ground, most of every student looked afraid and they had every right to be. Even Darien was scared to death. His pale face mirrored every other students'. But no one spoke for a long time, knowing that Paul had a point.

But then, Draco Malfoy slowly stepped away from Salazar Slytherin and went over to bend down next to Paul. "Yeah, Paul. Some of us might die fighting for Hogwarts. In a war, people die. People are hurt in the most terrible ways." He glanced over at Darien then all around the students. "But it's better to go down fighting, than running away. Because sooner or later, there will be no where to run, no where to hide. The Dark Lords you might see coming through that Hellgate when it opens will terrify you. They will be the most horrible people you will ever see." He stood up and looked around at the students. "But you got to remember, you are among friends. You must protect one another from the most evil of magic. Use your knowledge that you have learned. You have learned the basics and even that will save you from the Dark Lords. Maybe for a while, but that's why there are so many Aurors here. We're all here to protect you, to help you defeat the Dark Lords." He paused as he looked up at the eclipse that was about to happen. "I know you're all young and very afraid, but so was I when I fought in my first war, defending Hogwarts. This place our home and we should fight for it. No matter the costs."

Another long silence before Darien found the courage to gently push Remus's hand off his shoulder and move forward to stand next to Draco, his head tilted upwards and his reddish black wand was out. The students murmured as they watched before Leoni stepped out from behind Rowena Ravenclaw and she joined their sides as did a Third year Hufflepuff girl, Darien recognized as Tara Green. She stood right next to Leoni, her head tilted up, looking extremely brave for a Hufflepuff.

And slowly one by one, students of all three houses moved forward to stand behind the four. The Four Founders smiled proudly as they watched as did the Professors.

"I still don't see how this is going to work. The Slytherins aren't……" Paul was saying as he moved forward.

"The Slytherins aren't going to back out from a fight." Someone said making all heads turn to see most of all of the Slytherins coming to join them. Lead by a Slytherin Darien remembered was called Daniel Holmes. The Slytherin House moved forward to stand with their Founder, who smiled almost proudly when he saw his students now joining them. "Sorry we're a little late, Professor Dumbledore. A couple of us didn't want us to come." Holmes shot Whitman a look, who stood between his two friends. Dumbledore, as did all of the Aurors and Professors, smiled as they looked up at the eclipse.

After a long moment, the two orbs in the sky touched finally and the eclipse began. The entire sky was starting to darken as the moon slowly moved over the sun. And as they moved together, the wind began to pick up. Darien felt a familiar twinge of pain his stomach, making him wince. He felt Remus's hand on his shoulder again. "I know it hurts, Darien. And it will hurt for a little while but you're just going to ignore it." Remus told him gently. Darien tried to stand up straight, ignoring the pain in his side.

It slowly grew darker as soon as the moon had half covered sun and the wind was blowing horribly now. Far from where the entire group was standing, evil red sparks began to fly up from the ground, creating some kind of hole in the air.

Darien could hear something though, something that no one else could. Angry voices were coming from the slowly developing doorway. He winced as he reached up and touched his head, a pain starting to rise in his mind. He could hear angry shouting and evil triumph cries. He knew the voices must have belonged to the Dark Lords. But there was one that made his skin crawl. One he heard that sounded familiar. It was like he had heard the voice from a dream.

"…..Harry……Potter….." And it sounded more like snake hisses.

The young Gryffindor breathed out an unsteady breath as he felt a shiver go down his back. He knew it must have been Voldemort. It had to be.
Finally the moon covered the Sun and sat there and as it did, there was a sudden roar in the sky, making everyone jump and look around. The Gargoyles were coming to life!

"What?" Darien asked before looked at a surprised Godric Gryffindor. "But I thought the Gargoyles couldn't come to life during the eclipse."

Gryffindor, holding his wand tightly in his hand, shook his hair. "They don't. Something's happening. Something that didn't happen the last time the eclipse happened. There's evil behind this power."

From the side, a deep frown slowly appeared on Professor Caligo's face. He made a sound as if something was squeezing his heart now. "It's the Umbra." A few eyes looked to him. "He's using his power of the darkness. He's helping it become darker so that the Gargoyles can come here." His eyes widened. "And they are here!" Professor Caligo shouted as he looked around in the sky.

Everyone followed suit and saw large shapes flying through the air, coming towards Hogwarts. And leading those shapes was a large bat like creature. Darien felt his fear rise once again. He could already see the evil red eyes glaring towards him with such hate.
The Umbra and his gargoyles flew over Hogwarts' heads and hovered over the slowly developing gate. Their leader landing in front of the gate and his big leathery wings spread out. A cruel smile appeared on his face as he looked over Hogwarts' defenders. "I see a small army out of children and grown wizards and witches. But I laugh." He spoke in his horrible dark voice. His eyes stopping on Darien, who drew back in fear and that made the Umbra demon smirk. "And I see the one I shall kill first."

Remus quickly put an arm around Darien in a protective way, as did Hermione, her eyes glaring at the demon with hate. Even Slytherin and Draco both moved closer to protect Darien, their eyes hard with dares for the demon to try.

But their actions only made the demon laugh horribly. "Don't worry, Darien Lupin. You're time shall come soon enough." He turned to look at the gate, a horrible smile curled on his ugly face. "The gates shall open, and my master shall be released from the prison that the wretched wizard, Merlin locked him up in! He shall have his revenge as well will all of the Dark Lords that have been unfairly treated!" He shouted into the sky. "And my world of Darkness will be created! No more shall dark demons and Gargoyles fear the light!"

From the group, Godric Gryffindor moved away from the group as he began to change, his magnificent wings spread out on his wings as a mane full of golden hair spread out around his face. He was once again Golem. "It's time!" He roared before taking to the air, and as he did, so did the other Gargoyles of Hogwarts. And it surprised everyone to see there was a lot more Gargoyles than they had expected. In the sky, there was what looked like more than a thousand Gargoyles. Hundreds on the side of Hogwarts and hundreds on the Umbra's sides.
The sky was nearly so dark with only an evil red covering the once blue sky. The Hellgates was now done being created. From where the Hogwarts students and staff could see, they saw two large red demons trying hard to bar the gateway from the Dark Lords but they were slowly losing the battle to keeping them from leaving.

The Umbra only threw back his head and laughed as he watched. Then he slowly turned around pointed at the Hogwarts army. "Kill them all! But Darien Lupin and Salazar Slytherin is mine!" He snarled with delight. The Gargoyles who served the Umbra began to charge. Gryffindor's Gargoyles charged to meet them, missing some that flew down at the students.

"Now! Use what spells comes to your minds! Stop the Gargoyles from hurting you and your friends!" barked Slytherin as he raced forward throwing out his hands. He was using wandless magic!

Spells immediately erupted from the wands of the Aurors and Professors. The students quickly followed to throwing spells at the on coming Gargoyles. And the terrible war for Hogwarts began.

Darien waved his wand and tried to hit a Gargoyle who came very close to the students, but he missed. "Bloody hell!" He gasped as he ducked as it tried to grab for him. But Remus and Hermione's spells didn't miss the Gargoyle. Their spells hit it just fine. It sent the Gargoyle flying across the sky.

"Careful, Darien!" Remus called to him as he stood back to back with Hermione and Sirius.

Darien smiled and looked to his friends who were casting spell after spell at the Gargoyles. "Guys, lets do the same! Get back to back with me!" He called to them. Lionel nodded as he immediately did so. The others did the same and they made some kind of circle as they continued to throw spells after spells at the attacking Gargoyles.

The battle grew worst, from what Darien could see. He saw the Umbra now joining the fight, going to the Hellgates to attack the red demons. He slashed at their backs, making them roar in pain. Now the guardian demons had to worry about an attacking Darkness demon and dark wizards trying to escape.
Darien knew that something must be done. He had to help the guardian demons. He paused to look around for someone to help. He saw the Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff standing side by side conjuring up interesting spells to fight off the gargoyles. He saw Slytherin was now a giant black snake striking at any Gargoyle that dared to come close to him.
Harry, Ron and Draco had conjured up their brooms and were now taking their fights to the sky. And all Hogwarts Professors were locked in their own fights. There was no one that had seen what the Umbra was doing.

Taking a deep breath, Darien broke the circle without his friends even noticing and aimed his wand towards the gate. "I will not let you free those Dark Wizards, Umbra." He growled before violently waving his wand. "Stupify!" He yelled at the top of his lungs.
His hot red spell flew across the field at a breakneck speed, surprising whirling around a few Gargoyles that almost got into the way. It was like the wand was controlling the spell, knowing exactly who Darien was trying to stun. And the stunning spell hit the Umbra hard in the back, sending him staggering.

With rage, the Umbra spun around to attack whoever had attacked him, his wings spread out wide. And his red eyes landed on Darien standing a hundred yards away from him. A cruel smile appeared on his face as soon as he saw the boy, who drew back. "Darien." The demon hissed before he bolted towards him.
Darien drew back even more, backing away as the demon sped towards him. He knew he was in trouble. He rose his wand and threw another stun spell. But to his greater fear, the demon weaved right past it, missing him. The young Gryffindor backed away more still throwing spells after spells. But the Umbra managed to dodge them.

"Oh no….no, no." Darien said fearfully as the demon came dangerously closer.

Suddenly there was a flash of black and blue and Rowena was now standing in between the two. Her wand raised and her blue eyes blazing. She whipped her wand viciously and an electrfying blue spell flew at the Umbra, hitting him. The demon roared in rage and pain as he went crashing to the ground, stopping only ten feet away from the two.

"You monster," Rowena said coldly as she kept her wand trained on the demon, who growled as he slowly got up, giving her a hated look. "Do not touch Darien. I won't let you."

Darien was almost relieved to see Rowena by his side, but still afraid because of how close the demon was. He moved forward to be closer to her, who just quickly looked over her shoulder than back at the Umbra. "Rowena, be careful." The young Gryffindor told her.

The Umbra cracked a wicked smile as he stood up fully and folded his powerful wings on his back. He looked directly at Rowena Ravenclaw, right into her eyes. "Hello, Ravenclaw. It's so nice to see you again." He growled, not so pleasantly. "Though, you're standing in my way, just like you did with Salazar." He hissed. Rowena Ravenclaw did her best to keep her head up, looking brave but deep inside, she was terrified. "Stay away, Caligo. You have done enough to this boy as it is." She told him sternly. The Darkness demon slowly shook his head as he slowly moved, as if stalking the witch and her young student. "I haven't done anything yet." He growled before smirking at her. "Not like I did to you and Salazar. Remember your final night?" He then shapeshifted into someone else, surprisingly taking the shape of Salazar Slytherin. The image of Slytherin smiled in a loving way at Rowena, who gave a sharp breath to see him. "Hello, Rowena. I'm back for you. I'm sorry for the way I spoke to you." The wicked demon spoke in Slytherin's voice.

Darien swallowed hard as he clutched his wand tighter. He knew it wasn't Slytherin. "Rowena, it isn't him." He whispered. Rowena gently reached behind her and took his hand, giving it a light squeeze. "I know it's not, Darien. Just stay behind me and don't look into his eyes." She told him gently still keeping her wand on the image of Slytherin.

"No, Darien. Look into my eyes. Let's see what happens." The Demon said in a grumpy way just like how Slytherin spoke to him. Darien adverted his eyes towards the ground but was sorely tempted of looking to the Umbra's eyes to tell him to shove it. "So, Rowena, why don't you tell Darien how you died? How I tricked you into believing who I was." The Umbra said. Rowena Ravenclaw moved to keep facing the demon, pulling Darien with her. "Shut up, you. You may have tricked me into believing you were Salazar, but you will never trick me again. And I certainly won't let you hurt Darien." She said boldly. And that made Darien smile behind her.

But the Umbra wasn't amused as he shifted back into his true form, glaring at her. "If you don't stand aside right now, you will be sorry." He warned coldy.

Rowena shook her head as she lifted her head higher. "You can't hurt me. I'm already dead, a ghost." She told him. Darien then suddenly remembered that the Umbra had the power to hurt ghosts. His head jerked up and he tried to open his mouth to give her a warning, but it was a little late for that.

The Umbra just smirked before his eyes flashed purple as a dark light surrounded him. He smiled even more when Rowena Ravenclaw cried out in pain as his spell stabbed into her own mind. She dropped her wand and grabbed her head, releasing Darien.
Darien gave her a look of alarm before quickly grabbing her shoulders. "Rowena!" He cried out. But then the Umbra grabbed his arm and knocked Rowena Ravenclaw over with a sweep of his claws. The beautiful witch couldn't retaliate as the demon continued his mind attacks. Darien tried to jerk away from the demon, glaring up at him. "Stop it! You're hurting her!" He yelled, now attempting to kick at the demon's legs.

"Oh, stop whining, Darien." The Umbra told him as he turned his red eyes onto him. "You have more things to worry about." He turned around, jerking Darien after him and dragged him towards the Hellgates. "SO, you want to try and close the gates, huh? Well, here's your chance." He picked the boy up and flew over to the gates with Darien struggling.

And as soon as he was out of range, Rowena shook her pain off and climbed back to her feet, looking after Darien with fear. "NO!" She cried out before looking over at Salazar Slytherin. "Salazar!" She screamed to him.
Slytheirn, still in his snake-animagus form, turned his yellow eyes towards Rowena, who immediately pointed after the Umbra and Darien. The snake turned his head and looked after them before his yellow eyes narrowed and he hissed angrily. Slytherin quickly pursued after the demon.

The Umbra pulled Darien close the gates where the Dark Lords were still fighting against the red demon guardians. A few looked towards the demon and his prisoner and made demands that they be released. "My lords," The Umbra hissed, smirking coldly as he pushed Darien towards the gate who looked on with horror at all of the evil eyes on him. "Here is the boy that keeps you imprisoned! He is the one that can free you!"

A Dark Wizard pointed at Darien, his eyes gleaming with poisonous green light. "You boy!" He snarled at him. "Release me!"

"No, release me, boy!" Another Dark Lord yelled.

Darien shook his head as he tried to back away but the Umbra kept him into place. He wouldn't stop trying though. He had to get away from these evil wizards. "N-no! I won't!" He cried out. The Umbra snarled when the Dark Lords did before he grabbed Darien's hand and forced it to point at the gates. "You have no choice, Darien! Release them…..with your blood!" He then took one of his claws and stabbed it right into Darien's palm. Precious blood immediately began to pour from the gash in his hand. Darien cried out in pain as the demon squeezed his hand, letting his blood drip down onto the grass.

Suddenly there was a crack of thunder and lightning as the dark clouds began to roll in and the wind picked up. The Hellgates sparked hot red and slowly one by one the Dark Lords smiled evilly as they moved forward. Lord Voldemort the first to step out and breathed in deeply. "Free." He hissed with pleasure.

The Umbra grinned as he threw Darien to the ground before the Dark Lords, bowing low to them. "Welcome back, my masters, my friends."

The Dark Lords all stepped out of the gates, looking around their surroundings. A few eyes went to Darien, who looked up with horror, cradling his wounded hand. One Dark Lord pointed at him. "That boy has the power to free us from the Otherworld, but he can also send us back by using the Esuna Mithras! We must destroy him!" He roared. Darien cowered as he looked towards the darkness demon, who smirked at him as he stood up. "Yes, master. He can lock you back into the prison that you've just escaped. Allow me to kill the wretch." He told him.

Lord Voldemort lifted his head, his cold blue eyes on Darien as a cold smirk appeared on his face. "The son of that wretched girl, Hermione Lupin." He then nodded. "Yes, kill the boy." He hissed.

Darien quickly moved back as the Umbra began to come at him, a cold smile on his face. He shook his head as he did his best to cradle his hand and escape from the demon. But it was rather difficult moving away from him with one arm. The darkness demon just smiled at him as he reached down and grab Darien by the front of his shirt. "Thus, shall end the life of Darien Lupin." He rose his claws to slash the boy, who tightly closed his eyes waiting for the fated blow.

Suddenly there was a loud hissing sound and something bowled right into the Umbra and Darien, knocking them over. But then cool scales pressed against Darien's skin as he found himself in an embrace of a giant black snake. He recognized the snake as Salazar Slytherin's animagus form.

"Sssstay awake from him, Caligo!" The giant snake hissed at him, as he pulled Darien closer to it. It slithered back away from the outraged demon and the Dark Lords. "Ssstay with me, Darien." The wizard snake hissed at him. The Umbra stood up, his wings shot out as he slowly began approach the giant snake. "Stay out of my way, Salazar! That boy must die!" He growled at the snake. Slytherin hissed right back at him, his fangs bared, threatening to sink into the demon. "No, he must live! I will not let you take his life the way you took mine! This boy shall be all of your down fall!" he hissed at the Dark Lords.

Lord Voldemort tilted his head as he moved forward, his eyes narrowing. "Salazar Slytherin?" He asked and a few eyes turned onto him.

Slytherin looked at him, but kept Darien in his embrace, who couldn't help but hug the giant snake's body as he tried to hide behind the black scales. "Yesss. I am Sssalazar Sssslytherin! And you……Voldemort are NOT my heir! You may have my blood running through your veinssss! But you are not my heir! I don't breed evil wizardssss sssuch assss you!" He hissed at the pale wizard, who drew back a little. "My heir'ssss name was Tom Marvolo Riddle and he died the day he changed his name to Lord Voldemort!"

Voldemort made an angry hiss as he glared up at the snake. "I am so much better than what I used to be! I am Lord Voldemort, the greatest Dark Lord in history." And that made a lot of angry protests break out from the other Dark Lords.

Slytherin lowered his head till he was a little closer to Darien, his eyes glaring right into his so called heir's. "Darien, remember the spell I taught you to extract Draco Malfoy's soul? Use it." He hissed gently to him, too quietly that Darien almost couldn't hear him.

"But I thought……" Darien was saying.

The snake hissed impatiently. "Just yell it!" He snapped as he dropped something next to Darien from his mouth. Darien looked down at his wand before quickly snatching it up and pointing. "ESUNA MITHRAS!" He yelled as clearly as he could.

Suddenly brilliant blue light shot out of the reddish black wand, the blood red S now glowing brightly. Every Dark Lord cried out in alarm they saw the light. The Umbra roared as he quickly took flight to get away from the stinging white light. There was an outraged yell from the demon as he watched Darien's spell slam into many of the Dark Lords.

"Do it again, Darien!" Slytherin hissed loudly as he unraveled his body a little.

Darien nodded as he gripped his wand tighter in his hand and lashed it out like a whip. "ESUNA MEGA MITHRAS!" He yelled, remembering what Rowena once told him, about Slytherin's father defeating Beliar De Diablo.

The brilliant light grew brighter as balls of blue flew from Darien's wand, shooting at the Dark Lords. The Dark Wizards of the history all cried out as some of the balls of light slammed into them dragging them backward into the gates of Hell. Darien's wand was vibrating violently, making it hard to hold still, until a hand wrapped around his, helping him hold it steady. He quickly looked up to see Remus, glaring towards the Dark Lords. "I'm here, son! I won't let go until you do!" He yelled over the deafening winds. Darien smiled as he turned his multicolored eyes back onto the Dark Lords.

"One more time, boy! Yell it so loud now!" The snake hissed as he watched through wide and excited yellow eyes.

Darien nodded as he held his wand tightly. He saw Remus take out his own and point it. "ESUNA MEGA MITHRAS!" Both of them yelled but then they realized that it hadn't just been their voices that they heard. Darien didn't have to look over his shoulder to see who was helping him and Remus hold the Dark Lords back. He saw thousands of brilliant balls of light shot past him, Remus and Slytherin, slamming into the Dark Lords, pushing them back into the Gates where two angry red Demons were waiting to shove them back. The brilliant light blinded all of them, making the Dark Lords disappear in the light.

There was a red flash of light, as the gate was once again sealed by the red demons, with only outraged cries from the once again imprisoned Dark Lords.

"Hold it, Darien! Don't let go!" Darien heard Rowena yell over the deafening sound. Darien just nodded as he put his entire energy into holding onto the wand, keeping the light alive. And for a brief moment, he heard a voice that he hadn't heard for a while.

"It's all right, Darien. You can let go now." He heard George Weasley's spirit say. He turned his head to see the pearly white spirit fly past him, giving him a wave, followed by Charlie Weasley's spirit, who both began pushing the gates closed. With thousands of spirits together, they were forming some kind of barrier, some kind of door to the gates.

"You can let go, Darien." Darien turned his head to see Lily Potter's spirit swirl right by him, joining the barrier. James Potter's spirit grinned at him as he joined the barrier.

And taking their word for it, Darien let go, letting the light in his wand die down. He gasped as he slumped against Slytherin's scaly body, gasping from exhaustion. He felt Remus wrap an arm around him, to keep him from falling over, not that he needed to.

"Darien, are you all right?" Hermione asked now joining her son's side and touching his shoulder.

Darien slowly nodded as shivered from being so tired. That spell had taken so much energy from him. He could barely stand on his own. But it was thanks to Slytherin's snake body and his father that he didn't fall over. And that was probably why the Umbra demon chose now to attack him, yanking him into his subconscious.