"You idiot!" Amanda growled. "Ever heard of one woman for herself?"

"Stupefy!"

"Protego!" Aly roared, whirling around. The spell was deflected. Just in the nick of time, Amanda grabbed her arm and disapparated from the Astronomy Tower and to the second floor.

Amanda cast a Stinging Hex and Alecto Carrow screamed in pain as her face was covered in red welts.

"Tramp," Amanda spat, and they sprinted down the hallway.

"Where're we going?" Aly yelled as she heard explosions nearby.

"To help the others!" Amanda called. "They could use you!"

"Sectumsempra!"

A loud, piercing scream erupted from the other side of the hallway. Aly's heart raced and they made it to the other side.

Amanda gasped as she saw Declan on the ground, clutching his arm. A death eater positioned over him, ready to strike.

"Salvio Hexia!" she yelled.

The killing curse that the death eater sent suddenly disappeared into the air.

"Sectumsempra!" Aly yelled. The death eater screamed as his arm was gashed and little droplets of blood formed.

"Deprimo!"

A sound of pressure resonated throughout the area until they all heard a great big snap!

The death eater collapsed to the floor dead.

"Foul scum," Julian growled, looking at the body. He looked up. "Aly! Amanda!"

"Where're the others?" Amanda cried.

"Up there!" Julian breathed, running over to Declan. Amanda and Aly ran other to them. "They've got themselves tangled up with a ministry official under the Imperius curse. Damn good, too."

Aly bent down to Declan as he sobbed in pain as his arm continued to bleed. She reached into her pocket. She stared at bottle in wonder as she stared at clear, shining liquid. She frowned. Boom.

"Is that...?"

Aly stared at it closer. She faintly heard a phoenix's song. She grinned. "Tears!" She looked at Julian excitedly. "Professor Sprout gave me a bottle of phoenix's tears!"

"What's that got to do with him?" Amanda winced, holding Declan's head. Aly uncorked the bottle and bent over his arm. She let a few droplets drop on the gash.

They watched with amazement as the blood immediately stopped flowing. The ends of the gash began to pull towards each other. Within seconds, the gash was completely gone, and Declan's arm looked like new.

"What...?" he gasped, sitting up. "It's healed!"

"That's the power of phoenix's tears," Aly grinned. "Heals anything." Declan smiled at her gratefully.

Boom.

Amanda jumped up. "Upstairs!"

Julian opted to stay with Declan while he rested. Aly cast a disillusionment charm on them and they both sprinted up the stairs.

"Die!"

Aly couldn't help but smile as she recognized Hayden's voice.

"UGH!"

Amanda got to the top first. She saw Hayden and Char surrounded by five death eaters at once.

Aly reached the top and spotted some suits of armor. "Piertotum Locomotor!"

The suits of armor jumped to life. "Strike down the death eaters!" she commanded.

One statue raised an axe and shield and lunged for the death eaters. They started yelling in anguish and ducked as the suits of armor began attacking them.

"Thanks!" Hayden yelled, cursing one death eater. "You're a-Obscuro!"

One death eater who had attempted to jinx him now had lost eyesight.

"Deprimo!"

His skull crushed, thanks to Amanda. Char smiled at Aly briefly before body-binding another. Three death eaters were already down with some assistance from the suits of armor.

"Locomotor Mortis!" One death eater lost mobility. "Expelliarmus!" Hayden yelled. His wand flew out of his hand.

Char smiled at the death eater. "Deprimo!"

His neck was crushed.

Aly looked around the area at the dead death eaters on the ground. She smiled with satisfaction and looked up at Char. "Nice."

"I'm really liking that spell," Char said, grinning darkly. He looked at Amanda. "Where's Julian and Declan?"

"Resting," Aly said, stepping on one death eater. "Declan got a bit of a gash on his arm. Sprout gave me phoenix tears."

"Really?" Hayden grinned.

Pop!

Kylie looked anguished. Hayden stepped back. "Kylie?"

"We need you. Now!" Kylie said, her cheeks covered in tears. She reached for Aly and turned on the spot.