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Shocking that Harry has a godmother right? I bet it was. Though Alyssa has no connection to Sirius at all actually. They met each other before though did not fall for one another or didn't become friends at all. So expect some bad blood between the two of them until they finally become friends at some point.
Alyssa and Gerald will show up later on from time to time, even play pivotal roles in the events of Goblet of Fire.
This chapter marks the end of The Quidditch Accident arc and the next chapter begins the arc of the Marauders Map that Fred and George give away.
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Harry Potter
The Journey to Hogwarts
The Quidditch Accident arc Finale
ON THE LAST CHAPTER OF HARRY POTTER THE JOURNEY TO HOGWARTS: The Battle for Hogwarts against Aragog's spiders, and the forces of Gangus continues with no Hogwarts defender falling to these monsters and vicious killers. Richard Gangus has moved to the battle only for Dumbledore to reveal himself. Two old rivals stand face to face. Gangus is on the ropes. Azkaban is calling him home. Stay Tuned Wizards and Witches…
Chapter 35: Battle of the Clock Tower:
Flight of the Spiders.
Tuesday, September 26th, 1993 12:45 PM
"Albus, what are you going to do?" Asked Minister Kingsley Shacklebolt watching how the headmaster of Hogwarts paced anxiously around the minister's office, "I don't know as of yet minister. Gangus is quite crafty, who knows when he'll expose himself, let alone at all." Kingsley had to agree with the older man and leader of the Order of the Phoenix.
Kingsley propped both arms on his desk, "I left that wrecked battle a while ago as the minister shouldn't be fighting in a war like that. I shall only fight if it means the fate of the wizarding world and if what you say is true then I shall be fighting more in the years to come when Lord Voldemort returns to power…" He trailed off not wanting to expect the worst.
"Be as it may Albus. I shall believe anything that pertains to that monsters whereabouts or his return. I won't be foolish to think that it is a stupid, fame attracting lie like some last minister how I despise to mention would do." Albus nodded, "I agree with you, minister. Given the chance our government would most possibly turn on me… Or maybe Mr. Potter given his track record at Hogwarts. I don't know honestly." Kingsley made a grunt in agreement.
A burst of flames appeared and out of it came Fawkes trilling a song in urgency. Dumbledore's eyes widened in shock, "Gangus is at Hogwarts? And Ms. Weasley, Lovegood, and Mr. Longbottom are using guerilla warfare against him? Quickly." Dumbledore was about to clap his hands against Fawkes' legs to teleport to Hogwarts when turning to the greatest minister in the last 60 years, "If you'll excuse me." Then in a burst of flames of the long-bearded man was gone.
"Godspeed Albus. Merlin, protect Hogwarts…"
Tuesday, September 26th, 1993 1:00 PM
Appearing in his office at the top of the castle, Albus peered out the window to see his beloved school in combat on the grounds, luckily barely any damage has been beset on the castle, "By nightfall hopefully this battle will be concluded, especially since Gangus has exposed himself so soon." He said to himself before turning down the curving stairs into his office and out the door.
Screams and screeches reverberated around the stairwell holding the stone gargoyle that Dumbledore feared if any of those who he was in charge of were dying but a jinxed headcount showed nobody has been killed but several have been injured.
"Dumbledore. Dumbledore thank Merlin you are here. In the Great Hall… Gangus is there." Dumbledore's eyes widened, "Thank you, Mr. Creevey. Depart to your common room at once for some much-needed rest, or better yet head home through the floo or at least to the Leaky Cauldron." Colin nodded before running off towards the Gryffindor Common Room as ordered.
The old headmaster stopped just outside the threshold at the Entrance Hall, "You three best be alive…"
As Dumbledore walked up to the doors and smiled seeing the charges alive. He even saw young Ginny Weasley frantically looking around for cover but seeing no new, spontaneous cover said with a trembling grin "Well, sh…"
Dumbledore walked into the Great Hall acting quickly to stop Ginny from swearing, "I wouldn't advise you to use that kind of language Ms. Weasley. What would your mother think? Ground you, I would expect." He said causing Ginny to gasp happily seeing her headmaster come to their rescue.
Neville cheered, "WHOOP. YEAH. DUMBLEDORE TO THE RESCUE. WE CAN'T POSSIBLY LOSE NOW HA HA HA."
Luna just bubbly nodded acknowledging the headmaster's appearance.
Gangus stood frozen to the spot on the rubble-filled floor, fearing who it was actually. A man that he has not seen in years after a near-death battle with each other. These fears bubbled into a fearful anxiety once his ears caught the pudgy boy screaming out Dumbledore's name.
"Hello, Richard Gangus. Long time has it been." Slowly, Richard turned around meeting the eyes of Albus Dumbledore, "Albus? Is it really you? Boy have you aged. What an unpleasant surprise, I should have taken you out 5 years ago." The two of them stopped in the middle of the dust-filled hall wands drawn.
Dumbledore smirked widely seeing this familiar setting had happened the exact same way during the summer of 1988 in this exact same place, "Let our duel be legendary Albus Dumbledore..." Gangus winked at the older man when Dumbledore frowned hearing the word duel escape this inexperienced duelers mouth.
The old man nodded, "You may have grown stronger… But you are no match for me Richard Gangus. Still inexperienced I see. I hope you are prepared to lose… Azkaban is lonely this time of year, death eaters and murderers would love to hear how you came close to killing Harry Potter through another person. A cowardly act I would say…"
Gangus growled darkly, "I won't be going to that prison cell awaiting me in Azkaban. I WON'T BE SERVING MY SENTENCE." Gangus cried indignantly, eyes narrowed at the older wizard.
Dumbledore's eyes twinkled nodding towards the three students, "Ms. Weasley, Ms. Lovegood, and Mr. Longbottom, please vacate the area and help in a different area of battle. I shall deal with Richard Gangus." The three nodded jogging out of the Great Hall to allow for the privacy their headmaster desired.
The mood seemed to darken after the children left leaving the two adults to settle their differences, "So. I see you have the Elder Wand still." Gangus concluded by just merely glancing at it then back to Dumbledore's face.
"Well, Gangus, I did win it fair and square from Gellert Grindelwald in 1945. No one has been able to best me since i'm afraid." Dumbledore said in a cocky-like manner catching his deadly opponent off guard.
Gangus gasped, his face unbelieving of what Dumbledore was telling him, "You… You are lying old man." Gangus said while repeatedly pointing a finger at the older man.
Dumbledore wasted no time after those words were uttered, "STUPIFY." Gangus countered with a reddish like beam where both connected in the center before vanishing, "It isn't going to be you who wins this duel, Albus." One after another both fired spells, taking cover behind the overturned head table, Gangus fired spells blindly, not even bothering where to even look.
Dumbledore began throwing his arm in the air in a circle creating a massive fire whip, "Gangus. Reveal yourself to me know." Gangus jumped up firing a stinging jinx at Dumbledore squarely impacting the headmaster in the arm. Dumbledore winced as the pain of being stung by scorpions coursed through his very being.
Thinking he had him, the younger man fired a killing curse variation spell. It narrowly missed its target. Unfortunately, the target would much more costly. Suddenly, as if it were a mirage, Richards spell was expelled in the direction of one of Aragog's spiders that had entered the Great Hall out of curiosity to see what was happening.
Richard Gangus froze, "No… No… NOOOOOOO…" The spider looked in the direction of the spell as it was just 3 meters away. Dead. Dead as can be was the black arachnid with many fighters who have watched.
Screeches could be heard from the spider onlookers as many began attacking their allies, ripping the throats out of other cult members.
The words of the spider father echoed through the human fighters mind.
"If you kill my spiders, even by accident, my brothers, sisters, sons, and daughters will count that as a betrayal… Count yourself dead with your forces by that point…" Aragog said to him the night before the battle causing the man in his 40's to gulp down a lump in his throat before Dumbledore on the spot stunned the orchestrator behind this unwarranted attack.
Falling to the floor only momentarily, Gangus gasped in horror seeing that was once a perfect strategy turn to the worst scenario possible.
Dumbledore chuckled, "To bad. You had a solid plan my old rival." He stopped when the floored individual mumbled something, "Come again?" A small smile graced the evil man's face, "I said… You would think so wouldn't you?" Gangus jumped up firing spell after spell at Dumbledore pushing the older man back towards the archway.
Looking up through fallen strands of hair on his face, Dumbledore grunted to stand up properly, "You have… Gotten stronger nemesis…" Gangus chuckled, "What can I say? My father was a good teacher." Said Gangus pointing his wand at Dumbledore, "Tripicora." This spell tripped Dumbledore onto the hard floor with a hard enough impact that made the air leave his lungs for a moment.
"Pathetic old man. You are a waste of time. I could be fighting Harry Potter and get a better fight right about now." Then an idea struck him, "Avada Kedav…"
Dumbledore was quicker, "STUPIFY."
Gangus rolled out of the way before firing a spell towards Dumbledore, who was hit in the shoulder, enough to recover quickly from though. Gangus grinned firing every spell that the mind could think of chugging along inside his head.
Suddenly, as if granting the wishes of Gangus, some of the Great Hall's jinxed roof was blown in and descended down to the floor below, luckily giving him the advantage to hide as Dumbledore dodged the fast falling debris.
While Dumbledore struggled to see the man, Gangus walked without a sound up to Dumbledore, grinned and said coldly, "Crucio." The headmaster's eyes widened as the effect coursed through his weary body, but nothing happened much to Gangus' dismay.
Gangus gasped in fright, "What…? Why didn't the cursed spell work on you… It is supposed to be one of pain and you withstood it…" Dumbledore cut off the man by slapping him across the face. Richard fell to the floor with a slight gash against his forehead from the cold hard floor impact.
"Damn… You… Albus Dumbledore…" Gangus stressed out barely above a whisper having the air thrown out of him.
"Azkaban will be worse Richard. At Hogwarts, you were a prodigy in Ravenclaw. Why did you turn down such a dark path?" Said the saddening headmaster.
"Because…" Gangus said wiping the blood from his forehead, "I am a part of the deadly… CULT… OF GANGUS. TAKE THIS ALBUS. GANILINGO." What in Merlin's name was this spell? Out of the tip of Gangus' wand shot black sparks, misty and rattling sounds filled them.
"Witness your worst nightmare Albus Dumbledore… HA HA HA HA HA HA." However, ganilingo never struck against Dumbledore as it was supposed to be used by placing the wand against the body of the victim, "Well… Shit… Shit… SHIT."
Richard attempted to make a run for it when he heard Dumbledore speak, "I made you a perfect your 6th year Richard. The head boy in the 7th, prideful as you were, I never once saw a drop of darkness in you. By the time you left Hogwarts the prodigal son of Gangus who I thought was the turning point died and was reborn into Stonetooth Gangus." A small tear left his eye, "That day when I discovered it I couldn't live with the fact that you had turned evil and therefore expelled any other Gangus who was in the school, as well as ban future others…"
Hearing this caused Gangus to whip around to face his old headmaster of his time at school, "You what? Do you think I care what happened back then, Albus? Ha ha ha. Such a fool you are." The air seemed to still as two spell jets connected in the Great Hall. Avada Kedavra and Stupify.
All thoughts of the conflict raging just in the Entrance Hall, forgotten. Gangus' teeth were grit so hard he might lose a few teeth if it was kept up, "I HATE YOU, ALBUS. DIE." Inch by inch the criminal mastermind slowly, yet with Dumbledore's surprise, managed to start to overtake the spell the old man was casting, "TODAY IS THE DAY… YOU DIE… THEN HARRY POTTER WILL BE NEXT YOU IGNORANT FOOL." Dumbledore frowned, "You forget Richard. I happen to be the most powerful wizard in the magical arts since Gellert Grindelwald." Dumbledore coaxed him on.
Gangus growled at him, but suddenly a mighty shockwave shot off from the Elder Wand sending the 45-year-old man across the room right into the wall, face first.
The mighty Richard Gangus fell to the floor caressing his broken nose groaning, "You foul git…" Dumbledore growled out the next incantation, "INCARCEROUS LINK." Instead of ropes wrapping around the mighty fallen warrior, instead, it was golden chain links, one of which would squeeze the holder if they tried to escape from its holding.
"Oh, how the mighty have fallen." Mused Dumbledore. Gangus grinned, "I'll remember that when I escape and kill you. I'LL KILL YOU, NOT ANYONE ELSE."
Dumbledore said with an amused tone in his voice, "Silencio."
The barbaric shouting was brought to a close as Dumbledore waved a hand through the air using wandless magic to silence his opponent.
About 10 minutes later Gangus was swept off his feet by several skilled aurors. One of the aurors, who was American to the surprise of the old headmaster, chuckled, "We haven't had this big of an auror guarding for a prisoner since the 1927 move of Gellert Grindelwald. Heh… We all know how that turned out…" Said the black haired young American auror.
Dumbledore frowned remembering that tragic prison escape with someone using Polyjuice Potion to mask the escape.
"For your sake. I hope it doesn't turn out like that…" He then left it at that when spiders began breaking into the Great Hall by smashing in the windows.
Tuesday, September 26th, 1993 1:30 PM
Rain. Rain was what covered the castle as the battle raged on. Nothing but a dark, cloudy sky as lightning painted across the sky, cracks of thunder echoing in the distance though it was drowned out by the fighting taking place at the wizarding school of Hogwarts.
The grounds were covered in trenches, craters, and bodies, but not just any bodies, no, Hogwarts hasn't lost a single defender. Strewn across the grounds were the bodies of members of the Cult of Gangus and Aragog's children, brothers and sisters.
Out of 2,000 spiders that came to attack with the 30 additional Gangus' members, only 1,503 remained with only 10 Gangus members left on the field.
Ginny though. Ginny had taken out 50 spiders and 4 cult members and was going strong. That is all fine and dandy, but now, now was the prize to win this battle as at last Aragog emerged from the Forbidden Forest ready to kill, "Humans… I will kill you all." Spells came at him, barely anything happened as Aragog booked it towards the castle breaking through the auror defense without a single casualty from the defenders.
Mad-Eye glared in the arachnids direction as it smashed a few catapults, watched as he climbed the Ravenclaw Tower before crawling along the side of the castle towards the Clock Tower before stopping next to an open corridor, waiting to make his next move. Mad-Eye snarled, "Disgusting creature. Aurors, we are clearly not needed here. To the Clock Tower. NOW."
Every auror obeying the snarling man soon abandoned the wall towards the Clock Tower where Aragog was headed.
Down in the trenches, Cedric Diggory was busy fighting off a spider with his bare hands, while his wand laid in the mud 4 meters away.
The spider's pincers almost encircled Cedric's neck when a white spell hit it in the eyes blinding him, and there was Cho Chang, bloody, dirty and sweaty from this dang war. Cho was seething in anger, "No one… Dies… Today…" Said Cho, wand hand shaky.
Cedric broke away from the spider as it collapsed to the ground screaming in pain from sight loss as Cho had blinded it.
Together they killed with the fiendfyre spell where it howled in pain for several gut-wrenching minutes. Cho smirked in satisfaction.
Suddenly, a cult of Gangus member blew on a horn for the remaining men and women to retreat but as they did were all shot down to the ground, stunned, by many spells from the trenches.
One started to run, however, Molly Weasley saw this and stunned the man before he could get away into the forest, Davis Olwear was the man's name.
Professor McGonagall identified the last 10 figures.
Davis Olwear
Opin Chqen
Kander Oziel
Olivia Wallis
Damien Goyle, a relative of Goyle at Hogwarts.
Jessica Sitwell
Terrence Foster
Alice Forester
Ryforth Undertone
Roger Forthwell
Azkaban Aurors were called to take them away to Azkaban, without trial, only Richard Gangus needed a trial for everyone.
Lightning streaked across the sky beautifully. Ginny smiled as it seemed the battle looked to be dying down until more spiders came roaming across the field as reinforcements, causing the fierce young girl to get ready to fight once more as she drew her wand.
Tuesday, September 26th, 1993 2:30 PM
In the castle in a small courtyard just off the Hufflepuff Common Room was many fighters trying to hold off Range Spiders from taking sniper positions.
Hannah Abbott, Pansy Parkinson, Fred, Ron, and George Weasley, along with Dedalus Diggle, Alicia Spinnet and Oliver Wood were perched behind stone pillars hoping to god nothing would crack right through them. 4 Range Spiders kept shooting spikes in their direction, poisonous spikes, in fact.
Oliver Wood glared in the direction of an open door to the kitchens just sitting off to the right… Of the spiders.
"We need to get out of here gents. There is nothing we can do about holding this courtyard…" Oliver said peeking around the corner only to have to double back behind as a spike whizzed through the air toward him.
"Quite. I agree with you, Mr. Wood." Said Dedalus, fear written across his face, "Maybe now would be the perfect time for a hasty getaway." Dust flew off the wall from a nearby impact of the spikes.
Alicia jumped out from behind cover and fired a spell at one of the assailants squarely hitting on across the eyes facing at an angle from her.
The spider dropped dead as this spell had cut its eyes and sliced its head open. Alicia smirked, "Excellent." Though that little celebration was short-lived as one of the Range Spiders shot a spike at her, and didn't see it coming where it skewered into her shoulder.
The girl gasped as she fell to the ground, Oliver jumped to action to pull her back into the corridor, "Don't worry Alicia. I've seen these spikes before… In Kenya, a rare beast known as the Kenyan Shortcane, basically a Zebra. Its spikes poison paralyzed the body until the antidote was administered." His facial expressions darkness, "But the only country it is available in his Kenya and parts of South Africa…"
Alicia glared at him murderously. If looks could kill Oliver would be dead, "Then after this battle I expect you to book it to Kenya if you value your life…" She growled for emphasis.
Oliver chuckled, "Yes ma'am." he mock saluted.
Alicia giggled, "Good. I'll kiss you afterward then Oliver." Oliver smiled knowing his girlfriend was going to be ok as they have been dating since the beginning of the year after she had stated about not wanting to play quidditch anymore, the ex quidditch player for Gryffindor asked the captain of the team out.
Fred snickered, "Hey, lovebirds we got a battle to end here." George laughed, "Save the snogging for later." Dedalus rolled his eyes, "Wood do you mind staying behind to watch over her? Maybe attempt a get to the Hospital Wing?" Eyebrows raised in question. Oliver nodded while Alicia looked pained not wanting to even attempt to be moved yet.
"Sure. I'll stay with her, and try." He added as an afterthought. The leader of the group nodded before turning to Fred who had just screamed. The twin was almost hit by 2 spikes from the two spiders near the fountain in the middle of the courtyard.
"Hidey ho there Fred, you might want to watch it," George said with some amusement.
Fred rolled his eyes, "Shut it, George. You weren't the one who just bloody almost got stabbed by a poisonous, crippling spike, unlike poor Alicia." Said the Weasley twin grinding his teeth together in anger.
George put both hands up, fear spreading across the boys face at his brother's serious pointed look, "My sincerest apologies dear brother."
Fred rolled his eyes, "Piss off." Then laughed.
Hannah Abbott fired a jinx that hit one of the range spiders directly in the back right leg causing it to go down just for a second only to stand back up and fire a spike at her and it ripped right through her sleeve but luckily didn't puncture her arm.
Hannah breathed a sigh of relief.
Dedalus looked toward Oliver, then to the murderous spiders, "Defend Alicia, Oliver. EVERYONE ELSE." Dedalus through his arm forward, "CHARGE."
Everyone but Alicia and Oliver ran out of cover firing as many spells as possible to distract the attackers, and it worked.
However, Ron was cowering behind a piece of cover not even participating in the push against the last of the few spiders in the small courtyard. As they did this dungbombs dropped from the sky on top of them from a few expert broom flyers pretty much-being air support.
Fred and George both looked dejected, "Why couldn't we fly air support? Pranks could have been dropped on the battlefield…" Dedalus chuckled, "Then count ourselves lucky." Fred and George snapped their heads in his direction scandalized.
Everyone laughed as they continued to push toward a pair of double oak doors at the other end of the courtyard. Hannah pointed her wand at them, "REDUCTO." The two doors blew open almost off the hinges as one of the spiders lost a leg from a wooden shard cutting right through it.
It screeched in terror as they started to fall back away from the advancing humans.
Fred and George smirked as they fired off a prank from a spare box from leftover occasions from their last 3 years at Hogwarts. A hurtful firework prank shot directly towards the spider on the right attempting to climb onto the roof and as it hit it, it fell to the ground then tried to beeline towards the exit there.
Dedalus pointed his wand toward a lone pillar, severed it with a severing charm which made the partially unstable roof collapse on top of one of the spiders, killing it, easily. What excellent wand work indeed.
As they started pushing them through double doors that led to a view of the Forbidden Forest, Dedalus looked back at Ronald Weasley before looking back to the skirmish, "PUSH THEM BACK TO THE DEPTHS OF THE FORBIDDEN FOREST. PUSH THEM BACK."
Turning to Ron, Dedalus hollered to him, "RONALD WEASLEY STOP BEING A BLOODY COWARD AND FIGHT… FIGHT FOR YOUR HOME, FRIENDS, SCHOOL. EVERYTHING."
Ron looked up from the crouching position he was in on the grassy courtyard whimpering while trying to talk to the Order of the Phoenix member, "But… B… Sp… Spi… Scary… Spiders…" Dedalus groaned, arms at his side, looking to the sky, "Ronald get over this fear of yours already. Do you really think that Hermione will love you if you keep cowering away? From nothing but spiders? YOU ARE A WIZARD. ACT LIKE ONE." The short wizard shouted out at him before turning back to help the others.
"You are a wizard. Act like one." Chimed in his head. Ron then snapped his head up staring at them, already Alicia had gone down, dragging down Oliver with her to keep an eye on her, Fred was nearly punctured by one of those bloody spiders. What about the rest of his family? Were they alright?
With a new resolve, though still fearful of the insect mutants Ron stood up and fired a spell killing a spider in one hit right as it was about to unleash a salvo of spikes onto the defending group.
Everyone deafening cheered when Ron stormed through the doors taking down a range spider one by one.
Tuesday, September 26th, 1993 4:00 PM
The Owlery was in the midst of chaos as well with barely anybody defending it that the owls were even helping out peck the intruders to death as 4 spiders attempted to destroy the fabled home of the owls at Hogwarts.
Hedwig charged one climbing along the castle attacking it in the eyes, gleefully hooting at the dissatisfaction of the beast.
Harry's owl could even see the Whomping Willow doing its own work as well by crushing any spider coming within its perimeter.
The snowy white owl pecked away on the spider until it fell to its death down the cliff ledges, and into the dark ravine below.
At the same time, Harry awoke from his little nap in the Hospital Wing and ran out before Pomfrey could stop him.
Tuesday, September 26th, 1993 4:15 PM
After fighting through loads of enemies on the path from Hogsmeade to Hogwarts, Alyssa the godmother of Harry finally arrived on the grounds breathing heavily, wand drawn with a horrified expression on her face at seeing the school she thought of as a second home in such a state of conflict, "Hopefully this never happens again."
As she said this a fireball went whooshing passed her nearly catching her locks of hair in flames, "Ehh…" Squealed the 26-year-old woman in horror. Gerald came up behind her breathing heavily having to run all the way from the village, "What in the blazes are you doing honey? While I appreciate you wanting to defend Hogwarts. Why did you look so scared on your way over here?" He asked his fiance.
Alyssa placed a hand on his cheek, "I have kept something from you for quite a few years. No, not cheating on you, if you were thinking of that. I have a godson who's mother told me to look after but I couldn't do it as he disappeared." Determination set within herself again as she started to run towards the outer walls near the Herbology greenhouses.
Gerald shook his head out of his shocking thoughts, "Godson? Who in Merlin's name is your now to be revealed godson?" Asked her fiance who was trailing up her flank.
Alyssa turned with a cherishing smile towards her beloved, "My godson is Harry Potter." The face Gerald made was priceless.
Tuesday, September 26th, 1993 4:30 PM
Moody, as well as another auror, walked up into the clock tower, Harry peering out the window at the battle, "Potter? Good, you are here we need to…" Suddenly, a leg smashed through the glass breaking the clock dishes, timers and cogs of the clock, "So primitive… The day has arrived to destroy Harry Potter…" Said a deep growling voice as Aragog showed himself in the window, "Looks like you may have friends… No matter I shall end you."
"Over my dead body." Said a strange woman and another man entering the tower, "No one will be harming Harry Potter, my godson." Those last words she said looking directly at Harry with a motherly smile that Harry was gobsmacked by, "No relation to Sirius Black by the way just so you know." That seemed to relax Harry a bit.
But for now, they need to focus on the task at hand. Destroying Aragog. His menacing eyes stared at Harry hungerly as he jumped at him, only to be swept to the side by a full-on force by a few more people that have come in.
It has just turned into an 8 vs 1.
Harry Potter, Susan Bones, Alyssa Adorman, Gerald Wellington, Danny Wartchez, Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody, Molly Weasley and last but not least Bill Weasley have come to aid their friend and future family member from certain doom from Aragog.
"So many delicacies, but who to choose? I know… HOW ABOUT YOU." Screeched the angry spider leaping at Susan Bones, who screamed before jumping out of the way where the older woman caught her, "Watch yourself little one." Susan nodded fearfully, Alyssa smiled down at her reassuringly.
Aragog swiped Gerald's legs out from underneath him and dug his pincers into his thigh where he screamed out in searing pain, though luckily it wasn't poison.
Alyssa got distracted when hearing him scream and Aragog took that chance to kick her into the Hospital Wing crashing through the doors and rolling to a halt in the middle unconscious. Aragog's eyes scanned the rest of the group, "Such a way to die." He said looking back down at Gerald, "Such a cruel way, soaked in your own essence of life. I would kill you right now… But I have other guests to attend to." Growled the massive spider.
Harry wanted to run away but also wanted to stop this mutated magical spider, "This battle wouldn't be happening if only I were to have killed you, Harry Potter, last year, in my home, in fact. Your method of escape ticked me, and the others hunting you, off. That blue machine came and whisked you away to safety…" Aragog was inching closer and closer to Harry as he growled out the accusation on the way Harry fled, "My family could have eaten you, such a delicious human, like yourself, should have become an appetizer…"
Mad-Eye laughed, "Fat chance Aragog. STUPIFY." The spell hit Aragog but didn't phase the big, hairy arachnid, "Scarred blond haired man must die…" Aragog jumped at Moody who jumped to the side and cast a shockwave charm sending Aragog through the wall causing the entire east side of the wall of the tower to collapse outward.
The last cog ticked downward only it to spin off its hinges and bounce off the metal surface of the stair railings, "Mistake after mistake. I wonder Harry Potter, is that a smell of a mate on your person? Well, perhaps I should pay her a little visit once out business is done here." Amusement dripping from the pincers of the spider.
Harry felt a hot, intense rage building up within his body, "You touch her… I'll." Aragog interrupted, "You'll do what?" He shouted jumping back through the collapsed wall right on top of Harry, pinning his arms and legs to the ground as a little shockwave occurred from the small impact causing everyone to go flying back.
"I'll… Kill you." Harry spat viciously trying to wriggle out of the grip beneath Aragog, who laughed darkly, "I no longer care about why I was blackmailed into this battle. Hogwarts… Shall fall." Saliva dripped from the massive enemies pincers, "Now, die…"
"NO…" Came a woman's scream from 15 meters away, Alyssa stood poised in the frame of the doorway into the Hospital Wing, "No one dies on my watch." Thrusting her arm back behind her, the woman added, "Suck on this bitch." Then pushing forward a silvery liquid was expelled from her wand covering Aragog from head to the back of him.
Aragog struggled to get out of it as his legs smashed out of it but was replaced by even more of this substance, "WHAT… IS THIS?" He hissed with displeasure evident in the creature's voice.
"I call it Liqudia Io. Pretty much liquid iron." A small smirk bestowed her face, "How does it feel to be losing this battle Aragog? Maybe you should run away to that burrow hole of yours in the Forbidden Forest. I bet that sounds good huh?" She said trying to persuade him to stop attacking.
Aragog growled, "NEVER…" The iron soon engulfed his head fully, and painfully began to heat up, "I guess I'll cook you." Then Molly Weasley ran over spiking it with an intense 2,000-degree temperature and stood back smirking as if people were applauding, a self-satisfied smirk on her face.
"That should do it." Said Molly after firing another dose smiling at her son who had accompanied her up here, "I think our work here is done."
"NOOOOO…" Suddenly, as if an explosion happened from the inside, Aragog came out like a baby from an egg, "I AM NOT DONE YET, HUMANS." Aragog charged at Alyssa, head butting her against the back of the wall where a beam fell on her legs, trapping the young woman for the time being.
Susan Bones didn't fare well either, firing a heating spell at Aragog just pissed the spider off and kicked the poor 3rd year down the stairs. Susan rolled to a halt on the first landing, arm draped over the edge with blood leaking from her forehead.
Harry fired another spell but his wand was knocked out of his hand by a leg, "You insolent brat." Aragog shot a web around Harry's throat and lifted him up with one of his legs, "Such a prize deserves to be eaten." He clicked his mandibles together wickedly, "Perhaps I should…" Beginning to squeeze Harry's throat added, "Drain the life from you, Harry Potter, boy wonder, The Boy Who Lived."
Tuesday, September 26th, 1993 5:00 PM
Running back up the stairs 5 minutes later, Susan saw Harry being choked, "NOOO. GET AWAY FROM HARRY." Susan Bones screamed jumping on top the monster stabbing into him with a jagged wooden spike.
"INSECT." Aragog roared in anger shaking Susan off of him into an area that cracked under the pressure. Susan looked up at Aragog as he squeezed the life out of Harry inch by inch, "Tick tock. The clock is running out little Potter. With you gone the forces of the castle will begin to lose faith…" As if out of nowhere several curses hit the web connecting Harry to Aragog's chokehold dropping the young man directly into the arms of Madam Pomfrey who had decided to come and help out.
Rain seeped in from the cracks and destruction of the Clock Tower, Aragog stood poised to strike the fools down.
Mad-Eye walked up to them, as did everyone else, "Fire every curse you can think of ladies and gentlemen." They all fired curses at the towering beast. Aragog began to get pushed out of the whole of his own design, "By the dying wish of my father, I SHALL BRING ORDER." Aragog jumped into the air only to come back down onto the floor sending an earthquake-like shockwave as it brought down most of the roof and flooring.
Alyssa shot a blinding curse and it hit the massive black spider in the far right eye, "AHH…" Whipping a leg out towards her, Alyssa was carried out the window but extended her arm out and grabbed a wooden strut sticking out of a window pane, eyes widened in fear as she hung on it with one arm, "Geh… No… Come on…" She struggled to try to swing herself over to the ledge with all the rain and wet wood and all.
Looking out over the battlefield a smile spread across her face seeing everyone pushing back the inferior spiders.
'Whatever it takes…' Alyssa thought as she turned back to the ledge she was attempting to jump towards.
As she heard a faint war cry, Alyssa swung herself at the ledge just as Aragog could be seen crashing against the still intact stairwell wall. She wasn't close enough. She was going to miss then suddenly a hand gripped hers, "You are not going anywhere." Said the strained voice of Mad-eye, "I would be damned if we lost a fighter, a good one no doubt?"
Alyssa nodded slowly, out of breath, and sweating, "Yeah… I am an exceptional duelist. Professor Dumbledore said so himself my 6th year…" A smile crept on her face just thinking of it.
"How touching. Now I guess that the touchy moment is over, how about some death counts?" Aragog leaped across the room at Madam Pomfrey, however, Mad-eye was faster and initiated a knockback curse that sent Aragog flying from the tower, "AHHHHHH…" Aragog landed with a loud crack against an outer wall, rolling to a halt just before the Quidditch Pitch, blood a good 12 meters in front of him.
Most of the field defenders watched in delight as Aragog looked to be struggling, "P… P… P… POTTER… GET YOUR… LITTLE… RAHHH… FIGHT ME…" Said the commanding spider, "TO ME, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, SONS AND DAUGHTERS. WE KILL HARRY POTTER TOGETHER."
Not many were left. Barely any joined their brother and or father on the pitch and there was about 60 in total that came including himself that would make 61 spiders remaining. Out of all of the spiders remaining, there were 900 but most have either retreated or are attacking the village.
Aragog looked down at his children and siblings, sorrowful regret evident in his deep, black, soulless eyes, "Listen to me, my siblings, children… Move on Potter. Kill that disgusting child, avenge your hunger for when he visited us last. I will see to it that he, at least, knows what it feels like to die." Growled the head spider as everyone from the clock tower, minus the mediwitch, walked passed the wall in which he had just been succumbed to break through faster than anything.
Harry was behind the group, to Aragog's immediate dismay. If it wasn't bad enough a couple of others joined the fray.
Fred, George, Ron, and Arthur Weasley joined the group along with Neville, Luna, Professor Flitwick, Snape, Hannah Abbott, Dedalus Diggle and Rufus Adeline, a father of a 2nd year in Ravenclaw.
Aragog growled seeing everyone shielding Harry Potter from the things who wished to rip him apart.
"Out of my way maggots." Aragog charged towards the wall of defenders only for Ron to blast him with a jinx, "No one harms my best mate…" Then Ron wished he hadn't shown up because if Aragog had a mouth there would be a big smirk of recognition there, "Ah… The ginger boy, almost died last year too. Oh, I am going to have fun today, aren't I? Ha ha ha ha ha." Then Aragog pointed his leg out at the amassing defenders of many more joining the group.
Alyssa grinned watching as several people assembled around Harry, protecting him from the monster, smirks of pride of their faces. Many others were still battling the rest of the spiders who ignored their command to head to the pitch.
Alyssa gripped her wand tightly, pointing it toward the mass of monstrous spiders and sighed victoriously, "CHARGE."
Thunderous war cries filled the pitch as they began sprinting towards the opposition, Aragog doing the same as a bulky spider shot passed him, gunning it straight to the defensive line.
Catapults began raining down across the battlefield again, even destroying some spiders fighting on the Quidditch Pitch. Gerald grinned as he ripped off a spiders leg and began beating it with its own leg.
Beat down after beat down Gerald laughed out loud, "HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT HUH? HA HA… BET YOU LIKE THAT. WHY YOU HITTING YOURSELF, WHY YOU HITTING YOURSELF HUH?"
But the eye on the prize was Aragog as he sidestepped everyone and eyed down Harry, "Potter."
Harry stepped forward… The Sword of Gryffindor held tightly in his grasp, "Aragog."
They charged at one another...
Tuesday, September 26th, 1993 5:30 PM
Aragog and Harry slammed into one another, sword driving into his back while Aragog scratched Harry's chest with a wooden shard impaled in his leg, "Off." Shaking off the insect-human as the spider calls them, Harry climbed to his feet and took a stance and Aragog charged again.
"This isn't a fantasy world Potter." Aragog said as he passed Harry, knocking the wind out of him, continuing with a snarl, "There are no happy endings. This is real life. ONLY ONE OF US MEAT BAGS IS GETTING OUT OF THIS DUEL ALIVE…" A slight fog began rolling in, combining itself with the downpour of the rain, "As long as I stand. I am a beacon of hope. I may hate my fame… But dear lord does it have at least some advantages…"
Aragog ran at Harry the 13-year-old to the ground, pinning his arms and legs, "This isn't a game Potter. You are not walking out of here alive. Now, sit still. I'm hungry." As the monster began to dip down towards its prey, a scream came from the fog and out came Alyssa stabbing Aragog in the back with a dagger, "PITIFUL. LITTE. WOMAN." Switching from Harry to Alyssa, Aragog growled lowly.
"A woman fighting in a man's war? Ha, pathetic." Alyssa smirked, "Women have rights to fight to." This distracted Aragog long enough and her perfect godson, sword in hand, dipped down towards the ground and cut off Aragog's right back leg clean off, "MMMAAAAAAARRRAAAGGGGG SON OF A HIPPOGRIFF…" This just amused Harry until Aragog spewed a web out his butt right in Harry's face knocking him to the ground long enough to eat.
"Got you, boy." Mad-Eye helped the youngster up off the ground, drawing his own wand, "INDURGIFY." A blazing hot fiery spell came from his wand, where it wrapped around, even squeezed certain parts of Aragog's body allowing Harry the time to cut off another leg, this time the middle on the left.
Enraged, Aragog sprang free and unleashed a web attack that knocked both the two others helping the young teen away, out of the fight for the time being.
Molly watched as this happened but before she could do anything about it a leaper spider got in front of her, "OH, NOT NOW."
Aragog kicked Harry to the ground, who backflipped into a crouching position, sword not in his grasp as it laid just underneath the beast, "You are done, Potter. The last of the Potters die today…"
Harry smirked, "You may strike me down, hurt my friends, and loved ones, though there is nothing stronger than ingenuity and strength. Death doesn't take me today. I give death something instead." Those last few words spoken sent a chill down the spider's spine, "You brat." Aragog grabbed Harry by the head with his pincers, "I could easily snap your neck with just a simple thrust of my head." And he was about to do it if it wasn't for, "PETRIFICUS TOTALUS." Aragog dropped to the ground stunned by the attack.
Harry looked out of the corner of his eye, heavily breathing, but with a smirk evident, "Hermione. Took… You… Long enough…" Hermione smiled, "Sorry Harry. McGonagall wanted me to help with a spider problem." She then looked over at Aragog, who surprisingly was up already, "I see our little plan is going smoothly."
Harry laughed, holding his stomach from the pain and cramps, "You were right to ask Dumbledore for the sword. I don't know what I'd do without it right now 'Mione." Hermione smirked, "Go finish this best friend."
"Yeah mate. Finish this. You deserve it." Said Ron limping over to join the conversation.
Grasping the sword in hand, Harry charged Aragog as the world seemed to begin to move in slow motion as everyone in the pitch stopped what they were doing to watch this play out, 'I can do this. He is nothing more than a spider…'
'An insect deserving to be squashed…' Aragog ran across the field towards his prey, salivating too.
'Merlin let me live.' Harry began dragging the sword across the ground.
'Today is the end of this boy. Death will come swiftly.' They neared each other, everyone holding their breath as the crashing of the catapult boulders smashed into their targets above by the castle.
'Today is not the day I die. Ginny deserves better than a dead boyfriend. Nothing more. The perfect candidate… Is me…' A smirk crossed his lips as they grew closer.
'Snap its done. Just one small snap, crack, bones are broken.' Harry jumped into the air, aided by the support of his wand, he was able to do a levitation jump.
'My time is now.' Harry thought as he gripped the sword in two hands pushing through the air towards Aragog.
'The end is nye…' It was then Aragog felt an intense pain cutting through him across the top of his body as the Sword of Gryffindor cut him open as a grinder does with meat.
Aragog crashed to the ground, moans of pain leaving his body until sliding to a halt against a pole, which fell from its place into the stands.
Aragog managed to stand once more and turn, "I am not… Done…" Then he fell, legs gave out, "Yet…" Was the arachnids last breath.
Harry has won.
Aragog is dead. The battle is over.
Many spiders began to clamber towards the forest as their howls of anguish filled the darkened, stormy sky, reaching those fighting in Hogsmeade.
In the end, only 350 spiders remained out of the 2,000 that attacked...
Tuesday, September 26th, 1993 7:00 PM
The castle, still intact, glistened in the moonlight as the walls on the outer battlements were being repaired, halls affected being repaired as well.
The Great Hall was the most damage the castle seemed to have. Harry, now for sure to be the last Potter walked through the halls towards the decimated but in repair, Great Hall to eat dinner at the makeshift stations that were set up for many of the students.
It was only 10 minutes ago when the first years began arriving back to their yearly home. Harry smiled thinking of himself at that age watching the first years looking wildly at the damage a simple battle with spiders had done.
"Harry?" Turning to the voice. A huge smile broke on his face at seeing Ginny standing in the Entrance Hall, a massive loving smile on her face and tears falling from her cheeks. They haven't properly spent any time together today, non at all.
Ginny ran at Harry crying with tears of joy, "Oh, Harry. I'm so happy you are safe." She threw her arms around his neck crying softly against his chest. Harry wrapped his own arms around her waist, "Always." He smiled at her face when she looked up, chin resting on her lover's chest.
Ginny reached up planting a soft, quick kiss on her boyfriend, "I love you, Harry. Forever and ever." Smiling happily for him being safe.
"I love you too, Ginny." Replied Harry as they leaned in to kiss once more, "You are not going anywhere." Ginny said possessively taking advantage of this moment and yanking his lips down to her lips with as much passion as Charlie has for the dragons in Romania.
When they pulled apart Alyssa was giggling behind the pair brightly, Ginny raised an eyebrow, luckily not being jealous due to this woman looking older than either of them.
"Who are you, ma-am?" Asked Ginny with a smile on her face.
The younger and slightly older woman by a few years giggled at the obvious hidden hint of jealousy in her tone, "I am Alyssa Adorman."
Harry continued with a massive satisfied smile on his face, "My godmother. Though nothing related to Sirius Black at all."
Ginny excitedly jumped into the woman's not so open arms, surprising her to say the least, "Thank god… Thank Merlin, Harry has someone to at least with, unless he decides to live at the Burrow, my home, or with Remus Lupin." Alyssa laughed, "So full of energy. I like you, Ginny Weasley, your fiery spirit, never let that burn out." She ordered the 2nd year, who both laughed at the stupid line.
Ginny blushed but nodded all the same, "Can I get back to snogging my boyfriend senseless now?" Alyssa slapped a hand over mouth suppressing a rather humorous laugh, "Go right on ahead dear." Winked the older woman snickering.
Ginny didn't need to be told twice. Having not seen her man all day, Ginny leaped into his arms, wrapped both slender arms around his neck and began to snog the night away.
If no one had come down that hallway at just the right time at about an hour later, clothes would have been flying off. Ginny and Harry both realized their mistake and apologized to the other knowing full well that none of them were ready for the next step.
McGonagall smirked, "Just be glad I caught you. We wouldn't want a 12-year-old and a 13-year-old to lose themselves already." Before walking off in the other direction.
The couple whispered another sorry to each other, gave each other a goodnight kiss as they ascended to the Common Room to get ready for bed and not come out for the rest of the night due to embarrassment.
Harry and Ginny let go of each other's hands but not before both said, "I love you, Harry." and the other said, "And I love you too, Ginny."
With shy smiles, both went up to their surprisingly undamaged dorms ready for a good night's sleep to be ready for the day tomorrow where classes would be canceled to rest.
Ginny plopped down on her bed giggling at the thought of them winning the battle, 'No one can ever take my Harry from me…' Ginny thought before drifting off into a peaceful sleep.
Wednesday, September 27th, 1993 7:00 AM
Everywhere around Britain the news was being celebrated, much like the news of Voldemort's defeat so long ago the magical community were in hysterics.
That morning the Daily Prophet sent out newspapers with anything but the following headline and a full one-page article on the battle in depth.
"CULT OF GANGUS' MAJOR DEFEAT AT HOGWARTS"
Cult of Gangus dissolved. Richard Stonetooth Gangus apprehended for crimes of his father and his father before him. Members of the surviving cult locked away in Azkaban with no reports of any being on the run. Rejoice my friends the biggest threat since He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named has been defeated by The-Boy-Who-Lived aka Harry Potter as well as Albus Dumbledore, Ginny Weasley, Hermione Granger, Remus Lupin and much, much more…"
Many were celebrating this monumental takedown, though most careful not to over party in public.
In Azkaban, many of the boys in black and white cried their eyes out when reading the daily paper given out by the prisons owls.
The rusty sounds of the door from the lobby opened and closed with a bang as Richard Gangus was slowly, and silently was being dragged across the floor by two aurors from the Ministry of Magic.
A man in the middle cell on the right started to cry after setting down his copy of the paper, "This isn't my home, home, home. I wish to go home again… Gangus manor in Wales is better than this grimy, dirty, agonizing place…" Said the cult member sobbing in the corner of his cell as the guard's dragged Gangus by the cell, who the prisoner instantly recognized, "BOSS. STONETOOTH. BREAK FREE…" Several outbursts began as many of the remaining cult members screamed their distaste.
Richard Stonetooth Gangus, two arms encircling him, dragged his frail, beaten up form along the bumpy corridor towards the far back cell with a vault-like entrance.
Without even opening his eyes, Gangus asked quiet enough so his holders could understand it, "Where… Are… You… Taking me?"
One of the aurors chuckled exchanging a look at his partner before harshly replying, "You, Gangus, someone like you is going to be residing in the Chill Dome." This caused Gangus to open both eyes in terror, though did not resist. The Chill Dome resided in an area where the Dementors stood outside the barred windows at the bottom of the prison near the shoreline, freezing temperatures below just enough to kill a man but that would take several years, so yes, our poor leader of the Gangus cult is on death row.
Auror Benson chuckled seeing the pale look on the newly inaugurated prisoners face, "Ha ha ha ha. Quite peaky looking you are Gangus. Ready for your time here?" Said Benson with a smirk never leaving his face, "Don't worry. You'll have company with you. Lucius Malfoy, Snash Goyle, Terry Orion, and Eridal Peters." Gangus groaned as the remaining screams of his brothers and sisters in all but blood was silenced when a dementor passed by in the halls right being Gangus and the two clad in grey aurors of the prison.
The two aurors opened the elevator to the Chill Dome and Gangus looked out into the hallway, where the doors closed severing him from the real world.
Nothing was certain now. It was crystal clear that the Gangus Cult was going to die out in this prison.
Gangus screamed out at last in anguish… Never to be heard by the outside world again...
As they lowered deeper into the prison, an alarm went off signaling a call from Minister Shacklebolt.
"All dementors are to be removed from Azkaban to be replaced by skilled auror guards. Dementors are too dangerous, and shouldn't torture our prisoners. Dementors shall be placed in a dark vault within the Ministry of Magic. Only prisoners that shall remain with dementors as the guard is the occupants of the Chill Dome…"
Gangus finally sobbed fully as the level to his stop signaled on the lift, "Time to get off you filthy cultist." Said auror Potjau, a french auror who had been placed to help Britain in 1987.
As the doors swung open Gangus was thrown onto the hard stone floor as the lift the aurors were on rode back to the surface of the prison.
Sounds of laughter, groans, and all the sort were coming from around him as Lucius Malfoy stepped into the misty looking light emptying through the highest window, torches along the rest of walls, "Richard Gangus. My name is Lucius Malfoy. What a pleasure to meet you."
As the white-haired man extended his hand, Gangus could plain as day see the dark mark, "And what a pleasure it is to meet a man such of your talents Mr. Malfoy." The two men grasped hands and shook. Both smirked.
"A man who hates Harry Potter is always welcome… The dark lord will return soon however, all those loyal will be broken out. I would advise you to escape when that happens." The two glared mockingly at the other.
"Although I will not join him, I accept what that man is trying to do. I will not stop him." Gangus soon looked out the window into the stormy sky, chilled to the bone as the last remaining dementors allowed at Azkaban hovered just outside...
TO BE CONTINUED IN CHAPTER 36
Reminder, end credits scene after the next chapter preview
ON THE NEXT CHAPTER OF HARRY POTTER THE JOURNEY TO HOGWARTS: The wizarding world is safe from the clutches of Richard Gangus and his maniacal followers, like Voldemort before him, was defeated by the same boy. That boy, Harry Potter, will be awarded for his deeds in the battle. However, Gangus shall never forget the Boy-Who-Lived. Once and if the time comes to escape. Harry Potter will wish he had never been born. STAY TUNED FOR NEXT TIME STUDENTS OF HOGWARTS…
This was the longest chapter as of yet with up to over 10,000 words. Hope you enjoyed.
Thank you all for reading Chapter 35
Uh, anyone see the similarities between this battle and Game of Thrones Season 8? Literally, an army guarding a castle from an invading force. The only difference is that the invading forces are alive, not the undead. Just wanted to bring that up.
Kingsley getting rid of the dementors is what I guess that he had done when Minister of Magic due to a video from the YouTuber MovieFlame that I had just watched right now as I'm writing this sentence on April 20th, 2019.
Can I get more followers, favorites, and reviews, please? Would love more friendly people find this story.
I saw Avengers Endgame. I. LOVED. IT. Who else has seen it? Wasn't it amazing? I really loved the final battle and I kind of had omages to tonight's showing of Season 8, Episode 3 of Game of Thrones and, of course, the Endgame.
I hope you liked this chapter stay tuned for the end.
NEXT: Stay Tuned for the premiere of the next arc Chapter 36: Mass Firing: Umbridge on the Run.
AFTER: Stay Tuned for Chapter 37: Harry and Ginny: Date to Hogsmeade.
NEXT CHAPTER PREVIEW:
"Dolores Jane Umbridge is hereby under arrest for attempted murder by Dementors Kiss on one 12-year-old Ginerva Molly Weasley. Do not attempt to resist or there shall be major consequences. Minister Shacklebolt has permitted you to life imprisonment. Death by Dementors Kiss has yet to be determined... Due to them no longer being in service at Azkaban prison and all..."
Stay tuned for Chapter 36
Elsewhere,
Somewhere along a lonely country lane in Wales, surrounded by the early falling of the leaves of the new season stood a woman, fists clenched, teeth grit in anger, eyes alight with the anger she feels for those lost in the Battle of Hogwarts. This woman is Victoria Stroade, killer of Rita Skeeter, and she is not done with the killings. Joining the Cult of Gangus was her life, gave her purpose for a better life. Now that life of hers had been cast out.
Victoria was angry, angry over the fact that her leader's idiotic plan to attack Hogwarts came back to bite him in the ass. What a waste of time. Thankfully, Victoria, along with 5 others didn't go to the battle.
Victoria, Maria, Jackson, Wardrop, Brigs, and last but not least Amriz. The last of the 4 of them, like her, were forced into hiding, exiled due to that demoralizing defeat at Hogwarts.
The woman growled, hoping this visit to her anonymous ally would be worth something, "I swear it I will break them out of Azkaban if its the last thing I ever do. I may be the last member willing to do something about it. BUT I WILL NEVER GIVE UP. YOU BETTER BE READY AZKABAN CULT MEMBERS… I AM COMING FOR YOU... ALL OF YOU…"
Coming into a hard halt in the middle of the lane Victoria smirked when she saw her chubby, pink-faced ally wearing pink mostly all over her fattening body standing before her.
"Victoria Stroade. How lovely it is to make your acquaintance." The brown-haired woman smiled viciously, "I assume we have the same target plastered in our vast minds? The death of one Harry James Potter? Well, I think we might make great friends."
Victoria grinned, "And who might you be my esteemed wicked ally?"
The woman smirked, eyes wide in mirth.
"Dolores Jane Umbridge."
Is the Cult of Gangus really gone for good? What is Umbridge's plan against Harry? Find out soon…