Chapter 28

(Yes I call Voldemort a female in this chapter. Because the snake, we should all know who she is, is a female, and they don't know her name so they'd call her Voldemort. It feels really weird.)

Buckbeak grabbed Voldemort's neck in his beak, yanked her off, and flung her across the floor. "I can stop you." Buckbeak said. "And . . . you didn't bow!" He charged at her.

The snake wriggled away from him again. The snake whipped her tail out wildly. Unfortunately Airosn didn't realize what she was trying to do. The tail hit his head, causing him to fall over and for his glasses to fall off. Again. "Oh great, where are they?" He felt around with his talons.

Voldemort rose off the ground, an impressive amount for a snake, and shot down towards him, mouth open. Midnight flew at her from the side, knocking her head out of the way. She hit the ground instead. Midnight fell off and rolled over to see the snake. In retrospect, that was a mistake. The snake came at her again, and her talons couldn't reach the ground from this side.

Then, Voldemort jolted to a stop, her head snapping backwards.

"Huh?" Midnight voiced aloud. She got up.

"Wow! Good throw Areen!" Everyone in the room turned to the new voice. It was Eva. She and Areen were sitting on a window. Areen was leaning on a rock. It didn't take a genius to figure out Areen he flung a rock onto Voldemort, especially since there was one in the middle of her body. It was too heavy for her to lift off.

"Uh . . . Thanks." Areen replied, looking uncomfortable.

"Can I toss one?" Eva asked.

At the same time Otulissa said, "You two were supposed to go home."

These two things tossed out at once were distracting enough, no one noticed Voldemort lash out at Areen and Eva. She was close enough to the window he'd be able to reach them, and no one reacted in time. While no one but one.

Eva screamed and shoved the rock. It landed in Voldemort's mouth, bringing her head to the ground. "Move!" Otulissa shouted.

"But we have to stop Voldemort!" Midnight tried to argue.

Elna grabbed her talon and half pulled her away as Voldemort freed himself from the rock in his mouth. "We can't kill him without Soren's sword. Remember?" Elna reminded her. So the owls once again flew out of the 'abandoned' building.