A/N - February 14
Prompt: Chaos
Characters: Seamus mostly, Ernie and Luna make an appearance
Rating: K+
Final Battle
Seamus looked out over the grounds. It was chaos. Two giants were locked in battle, while another lumbered towards the castle, flattening everything in its path. He didn't even want to know about everything that had come out of the Forbidden Forest; seeing the giant spiders had been enough. Lights from spells flew everywhere, green and red most prevalent among them. He had never been so glad for the Death Eaters' masks and cloaks, making it that much easier to establish friend from foe.
He had lost track of Dean after Seamus had disarmed a Death Eater and tossed his wand to Dean. He had last seen Lavender and Parvati outside the Great Hall and Neville was still throwing all manner of plants at the enemy. Seamus wiped the line of blood that ran from the cut over his eye and wondered just how many of his friends would walk away from this battle.
The green light of the killing curse shot past his head, pulling his attention back to the task in front of him. He raised his wand and shot a few spells towards the running Death Eater he assumed had cast at him. Seamus thought that the cutting curse had connected, if the grunt he heard was anything to go by, but the Death Eater disappeared behind one of the giants.
Seamus swiped at his cut again and turned toward the forest. A chill began to settle over him and he squinted into the darkness as he took a few more steps forward. Dementors. Hundreds of them.
"Finnegan!" someone shouted from behind and Seamus spun to see Ernie Macmillan coming towards him, Luna at his side. The Hufflepuff pointed and Seamus saw three figures standing much closer to the Dementors. Harry. Seamus watched, waiting for Harry to cast the stag Patronus he was so famous for, but nothing happened. Seamus saw Ron's terrier and Hermione's otter, but they faded quickly and still Harry had done nothing. Heart pounding in his chest, Seamus raised his wand and pictured Lavender's smiling face.
"Expecto Patronum!" He heard Ernie and Luna follow suit and the three of them ran forwards. Luna said something to Harry and the stag finally appeared, chasing away the last of the Dementors with it. Seamus nearly wept in relief and Ron turned to thank them when there was a roar and another giant came out of the forest.
They all scattered, Seamus immediately losing sight of the rest of his friends. He ran back towards the castle, fighting as he went and praying to Merlin that everyone he cared about would be in one piece at the end of all of this.
