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Ch.33: Death eaters
"Settle down class, settle down, Alright. Now, I hope everyone's weekend was nice, seeing as it was Valentines day and all," Professor Sundi said as the students settled in for class.
The students nodded in respond. "Good, now today I know I've sagged on the video projects, the reason being we have so much to cover for you your end of term exams, which are approaching quickly, so unfortunately we will not view them, but I do have your grades for them as well as some papers t hand back to just chill for a moment while I pass things out." He said as he reached for a stack of papers.
Sirius turned to James, "Gideon looks well," He said. James looked to the Professor and nodded.
"So how was the concert Lil, good? V asked Lily.
Lily smiled, "It was perfect, and the band was phenomenal."
Gideon came around to them and gave them their graded work. Sirius and James looked to their graded, both received O's, "Yes!" James said happily. "What did you get Mooney?" Sirius asked Remus,
"I got an O," he said, "We all did," "Wicked." V said happily.
"Alright, now today we will be talking about how the dark arts is used in today's society, because we are in current times, we will be reading news papers and talking about current events, so please come up here and get a Daily Prophet and start reading, and only reading the headline, not sports or fashion ." Professor Sundi said. The students followed and began reading. For the rest of class they read the news paper and talked in groups of the day's and week's events. The group of friends headed back to the Head's common room to chill out before their next class.
The sat on the couches and just relaxed, neither of them wanted to do their homework. V crossed the room and sat by the window, she gazed out onto the grounds and something very odd. It was Hagrid running a fast as he could up to the Castle. V looked back to where he was running from and suddenly saw a swarm of Death eaters headed towards the castle.
"Oh my god!" V exclaimed looking back to the group. "What is it V?" Sirius questioned. All of them looked to V with worry. V pointed out the window with fear. Everyone ran to the window and looked out.
"Holy Shit," James muttered. Suddenly they saw Dumbledore along with Flitwick, Slughorn, and Sundi, wands drawn.
Suddenly they heard a door open, McGonagall came in quickly, "Potter Evans, come with me, now!" she exclaimed firmly "The Rest of you, return to your dormitories, make sure no student leaves, and keep your wands at the ready," With out hesitation, James and Lily followed behind McGonagall's quick pace down the hall. Belle, Sirius, V, and Remus made their way back to Gryffindor tower, and saw it swarming with many students, Longbottom made his way to where they were, I'm trying to organize them but they're not listening, help me." He said earnestly.
"Oi, everyone, get your asses up to the dormitory and stay their, no one leaves," Sirius shouted loudly over everyone. His loudness stopped everyone in the room.
"We are prefects so get a move on!" Frank added.
Down the hall McGonagall lead both James and Lily through dark corridors they themselves had never seen or been to. "Professor, what is going on?" James asked.
Mcgonagall kept walking, "Death eaters have stormed the castle Mr. Potter and I have been informed to keep you and Ms. Evans out of reach,"
"Out of reach Professor?" Lily questioned, McGonagall stopped abruptly at a door, she took a key out of her pocket and opened the door. James and Lily walked in and Mcgonagall closed the door.
"This room is a secret chamber, no one can enter with out the key, no magic can open it, and you'll stay here. Yes out of reach, Ms. Evans, Dumbledore suspects they are here for Mr. Potter as well as you, please forgive my stiffness a snapping, but I care about you both I don't want either of you hurt, I'll retrieve you when the coast is clear." McGonagall nodded and began to leave.
James looked to her, "But professor, why can't we help fight? And what about the students? We're Head Boy and Head Girl." He asked. McGonagall looked to him.
"Yes I know Mr. Potter, they students have been put under a massive charm, which forces them to retreat to their houses, and they will be fine . . .
"So why are we down here, if the students are fine in the dormitory?" Lily asked cutting McGonagall off.
"Because this room makes you invisible, no one can see this room, it's as iff you don't exist, Mr. Potter, Ms. Evans I can tell you both are worried, I assure you every thing will be alright, just please stay here,"
James and Lily nodded. McGonagall then left. James looked to Lily.
"She's right every thing will be alright." James reassured. Lily looked around the room they were in, it a common room and on the side was a small, very, very small bedroom as well as a very small bath room. Lily went to the very small bedroom and sat on the bed.
"Why would he be after you?" she questioned James, James came over, "My parents are high up in the ministry, very powerful, I guess . . . . Gosh I hope they're alright," James said with worry flooding over him, Lily looked to him with reassuring eyes, "they are, don't worry," James nodded.
"Petrificus totalus!" Professor Flitwick yelled, knocking out two death eaters. Dumbledore retreated from several other death eaters to gain on more whom were coming their way, McGonagall soon joined they fight and all of the students in the Gryffindor tower had first row seats to the fight. Sirius and Frank's effort to get the students upstairs didn't last for long, they all were standing mesmerized by the battle below them.
McGonagall dodged a green light and a dark blue shot from hers, forcing the opponent to fly into the air and land twenty feet away, Many 'Woah's and Aaaaah's' were heard from the students.
Flitwick in the fight was hit hard causing him to be knocked out, "Oh my god Flitwick's down, a fourth year student said. Everyone crammed their way to part of the window to see if he was alright, he wasn't Professor Sundi galloped across the field to where he was along with Hagrid. Hagrid picked him up and brought him back into the castle quickly.
Frank looked on and saw several death eaters out far, but they were disappearing into thin air, but how could this be? He thought, you can't apperate or disapperate on school grounds. Frank looked to Remus, who looked worried.
"Remus, look over here, are they apperating or are they going through some sort of force field?" he asked, Remus looked. "looks like a force field, because with apperation you have to pivot, they're not, there just walking straight on." He said. Frank nodded.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" suddenly was heard on in the hall, everyone turned to the portrait.
"Everyone upstairs now!" Frank commended. He looked to Belle, Sirius, remus, Alice and several other seventh years, "You lot stay here." He said. Once all of the students rushed to their rooms, all of the doors as well as windows were locked.
All of the seventh years withdrew their wands.
Lily looked up as well as James, "Di you hear that?" Lily asked. James nodded, "yeah, come on, some's in trouble," James said getting up, "wait!" Lily said pulling him back down, it might be a prank," she said,
"A prank?" James asked incredulously, "Yes a prank, a way to lead us on to think someone's in trouble, but its actually a death eater." Lily said, James thought for a moment.
Belle looked out the windows and saw aurors popping out of no where, joining in the fight. "Aurors are here," she stated. Frank looked to the seventh years, "alright we don't know who or what that was, obviously it was a scream, but we don't know the origin, we do know that the whole staff is out side so there must be death eaters in the castle. I say go and fight, what do you all say?"
"I'm in." Sirius said immediately
"As am I," V added, Remus then joined followed by Belle and they rest of the seventh years.
"Keep your wands out, let's go," he said. they made their way out of the portrait with wands drawn, there weren't any death eaters in the hall, though they could be anywhere. They spread out across the hall walking in different directions to gain cover of the hall.
"Ignitfrominate!" a death eater bellowed. Samantha linger deflected it in time and soon more death eaters entered the corridor. The group began spitting out hexes, charms, and spells left and right, deflecting when needed and disarming the enemy.
"Lily we can't just (pound, pound, pound) . . ." James stopped abruptly. Lily got up and looked around the room; something was outside their door, in the corridor. She looked to James whom had his index finger on his mouth. Lily stayed quiet, though the pounding became louder, it shook the room furiously sending Lily flying onto the floor as wel as James.
"Lily," James whispered as he reached for her, he pulled her up, though another shake cause them to fall against the wall. "Aaah," Lily exclaimed as she hit the stone wall. James took his wand out and nonverbally, he blew out all of the candles which lit the room. Lily looked to him confused.
"So if someone's out there, they won't see light coming from the room," he whispered. Lily nodded. Another shake rattled the castle.
Upstairs, the Gryffindors were having a hard time battling the death eaters as the castle was shaking. V was hit with a petrifying charm and Alec Whimmer was hit with stunning spell. Sirius performed the counter cures on V and she was soon back up and firing hexes like mad.
James and Lily stood in their room cling to each other as every quake came. Lily took her wand out and pointed to the walls, transforming them into soft material.
"Good idea," James whispered. Lily nodded, "Who could be doing this, I don't thing death eaters could make such strong of a quake," she said.
"When together they can, but it would need a lot of power."
Suddenly their door burst open and three death eaters flooded through, James and Lily quickly drew their wands and began throwing hexes, towards the death eaters.
"Fenitmorendium," Lily spat, causing one of them to go down.
"Protego," James said, deflecting a massive hex.
"Curcio!" a death eater hollered. "Protego!" Lily said, successfully bounding it. Soon all of the Death eater's were down. James looked to Lily, worry and fear in her eyes.
"You okay?" he asked. Lily nodded. James grabbed Lily.
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On the seventh floor, the fighting spreads over the moving staircases. This becomes very tricky when being hexed. They all fight their way through and manage to ward them off, they retreated back into the common room and look out the windows, they see that Sprout is down as well as Florrington, the muggle studies Professor. Though it seems most of the death eaters have retreated and were gone. The injured were taken to the hospital wing.
James and Lily went out into the hall, wands drawn. "I've never been down here," Lily said softly looking around the torch lit corridor. James looked to her.
"Neither have I," He says. Lily takes hold of James's hand. "I think the quakes have stopped," she says. James nods. Suddenly they saw down the corridor, McGonagall coming their way, she looked startled and a bit worn out.
"Professor is everything alright?" Lily asked. McGonagall came up to them, "Yes but how did you get out of your room?" She asked.
Lily looked back to the room, where a massive hole was made in the wall. "They found us, three death eaters," She said. Mcgonagall looked shocked. "Come with me."
She led them to the hospital wing, where many of the staff were, as well as Dumbledore. Poppy came over and ushered them on to the bed.
"We're fine Madam Pomfrey," Lily said, James nodded in agreement. Though they protested Pomfrey demanded that they stay in the hospital.
"This'll be a long evening," James said to Lily as he lay down on the bed next to Lily's.
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