Chapter 37
Harry sat in his rooms waiting for one of the traps he and Draco had set up to go off; then he could mobilise the entire school. They couldn't give away their plan by enacting it early; so here he sat putting the lives of all Hogwarts students at risk. Johnathan had been furious about the plan and had triple checked with Amelia that everything would work and that there the plan was fool proof. He tightened his laces on his trainers and checked his wand holsters once more; tightening the band holding his hair back in a bony tail he watched the clock tick over to 12:30 and a few seconds later the alarms went off. He checked the map and saw Tom Riddle on the fringe of the forbidden forest with Alecto Carrow and Amycus Carrow beside him. Behind him the names blurred into one another so that Harry could not make them out from each other
He ran through the castle and got the prefects awake; he now had access to the entire castle since this plan could not be delayed.
"Draco" he said when he found the blonde
"Slytherin and Ravenclaw are moving out, did you get Gryffindor and Hufflepuff?" he asked
"Yes, here's the map. Make sure everyone gets out and meet me at the front doors as soon as you're ready" he said and took off again
He had learned how to activate the statues and suits of armour so as he passed them he caused them to spring to life. It was time for the battle to save the world
He reached the front doors and opened them to let all the statues and suits of armour out to battle; when he opened the doors, he was horrified at what he saw. Giants, dementors and trolls were advancing across the grounds at the Goblin army who let out a war cry and then attacked. The battle of Hogwarts had begun
"Harry, their all off the grounds and the Goblins and that Healer in the main hall are busy with the soul containers. They will send off fireworks once the soul containers are destroyed"
"Okay then it is time for us to join the fight Draco" Harry said
"Not without us" Neville said followed by Hermione, Seamus, Dean, Hannah, Bellatrix, Susan and Justin "We've trained for this and we're not letting you fight alone" Neville said pulling out the Longbottom war axe
"I'm not going to stop you from fighting but I can't afford you to lose focus. This is life or death; I need you to understand that" he pleaded
"Then it's good we're here to help" Sirius said and entered with the entire Hogwarts staff
Harry pulled Bella close and kissed her "Stay alive!"
"I will, you promised me children and a happy life. So, you better stay alive too" she said and squeezed his hand once more
"Let's go then, I need everyone who can cast a patronus out front" Harry said and pulled the Elder wand
"Expecto Patronum" the shouted as the exited the doors. They managed to reached the Goblin defensive lines before the Dementors had and managed to drive them off
"Wards are set Mr Potter, no one in a one-hundred-kilometre radius will be able to apparate unless they have these" he said and showed Harry a bracelet
"Aurors are five minutes out" a goblin called
Harry and Draco waded into the fight and cut down a Giant quite quickly; Draco sending three spears into the beast's chest and Harry driving the sword of Gryffindor into its skull. Harry flitted around the battlefield taking down opponents and assisting groups were necessary
His robes had caught fire and been cut quite a bit by this stage but he was unharmed thanks to the magic he used to make himself quicker. He hadn't seen Draco in a while and assumed the boy was performing the same function he was
Harry was surprised at the sheer brutality and effectiveness the Goblins had; they had taken care of most of the trolls and giants already and were starting to cut down Death Eaters as well
"Ah young Potter, Master wants you alive but he never said I couldn't have fun" the male Carrow said advancing on him
"Not today" Harry said and threw the sword at the man as a distraction and then he pulled both wands casting blasting and cutting curses so quickly that all the man could do was evade or shield himself. Harry was advancing on him when a war hammer came down brutally on the man's face
"Glad I could help Potter" Seamus said and went on his way once more. Harry had to blink a few times to realise that Seamus was enjoying the fight enough to be snarky in the middle of it
"Bloody Gryffindor's" he muttered
Draco had not expected this many Voldemort supporters which proved to him that all the intel in the world wouldn't help them against an enemy like Voldemort. He stopped short when his spear was ripped from his hand and he was faced with Snake face himself
"Ah young Draco, that you fight for the light is so disappointing. Your father would be ashamed"
"Not as ashamed as I am to be his son" the blonde spat
"Come now Draco, there is time for us still to heal this" indicated to the space between them "Join me and you will be a king" he said
"I would rather die" he said
"Now Draco is that any way to talk to the heir of Slytherin?" he said and patted Nagini "Dinner" he hissed to the snake who coiled and leapt forward but found only the sword of Gryffindor running through it
"No!" Voldemort shouted
"Potter, you will die before the sun rises. Your little ritual will not be completed tonight" he said laughing and made for an attack which was interrupted when a statue came flying their way and landed between them
"Take down more Death Eaters" Harry said to Draco and went sprinting away once more seeing Blackclaw facing three Death Eaters alone. Harry cut down one and then they faced off in a two on two battle that thankfully didn't last long
"Thank you Potter, no wizard has used a Goblin blade as well as you have. I would accuse you of having Goblin blood in you if you were shorter" he laughed
"Do you think this will last longer still?" he asked
"No, we should take his forces down shortly before sunset. This has gone on too long already" he said and threw daggers across the field into the thigh of a Death Eater
"Get everyone inside the castle and seal the doors then, it's time for me to take on Tom" Harry said but he saw Bella crawling backward from the female Carrow and bolted across the field; grabbing one of Draco's spears and threw it with all his might and magic across the field and through the woman's skull
"Are you okay?" he asked
"I think I have a broken leg" she winced as he picked her up
He carried her into the building and saw a triage had been set up just into the hall; he ran out and saw Voldemort across the field fighting Draco but was toying with the blonde whose arm hung at an awkward angle.
"Neville with me, Dean and Seamus get the wounded inside now" he said sprinting across the field once more and aimed a blasting curse at Voldemort who simply jumped backward
"Neville get him inside" he demanded
"But Harry" the axe wielding boy started
"Now!" he said and became smoke and tackled Voldemort taking him high over the forbidden forest until he saw a clearing and then smashed into the ground
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