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by M V Stevens This story contains Charactors and places which were created by J.K.Rowling and is Fan Fiction. Chapter 3 The DADA Teacher. Thunder and lightening woke Toby in the morning. He lay there in his bed listening to the rain and the wind, and then more thunder and lightning. "This is perfect." He said out loud. "Dark art and the thunder and lightning. What a perfect match." "Woke you up too did it?" Guy called from his bed. "Me too." Orion called from his bed. "How about you Tie?" "Yes it has woke me up too. I hate thunder and lightning. They scare me." He told them peeking out of his bed curtains. "We may as well get up then." Toby decided. "Let's get dressed and go see what's for breakfast. I'm hungry and there's no sense laying here getting all jumpy because of the thunder." They all climbed out of bed and hurriedly dressed in their warmest clothes. Then brushing hair and teeth and down stairs to the common room. Sam was all ready there with Sheba sitting in her lap purring contentedly waiting for them. Everyone it appeared was up for the same reason and they all headed for the Great Hall for breakfast. With lots to eat and lots to talk about breakfast time slipped by quickly. Overhead the ceiling mirrored the thunder and lightning storm outside and several times the room lit up so bright it dazzled their eyes from the lightning. Finally full and satisfied the gong rang out telling them it was time to go to class. Again Sam lead the Hofflepuffs and Ravenclaws up two stairways across two halls down another stairway and down another hall to their class. Professor Longbottom was waiting for them and sat at her desk quietly watching them as the filed in. No one talked or dallied about, everyone found a seat and waited quietly. They waited so long it became very tense in the room. Finally the Professor got up and walked down the isles between the desks and named each of them as if she had known them all for years. She returned to the front of the classroom and again she watched them. Then she spoke. "You are in this class today with me for one reason. Lord Voltemort has returned and the killings have already begun." No one said a word, but the impact of what she said sent a chill through the room. "The last time he tried to take over hundreds of innocent men, women, and children died. Most responsible adult witches and wizards agree before he can be stopped again many, many more will certainly die." This kind of blunt talk was not what any of them had expected. If they hadn't been afraid before they were now. "My job this year with you is to try to prepare you to face any of several possible events that could and in many cases will happen to you. You may lose loved ones. You may see people killed with your own eyes. And last but far from lest you may be attacked and if you don't know what to do you may be killed." One of the Ravenclaw girls cried out, "Your scaring us...me." Professor Longbottom looked at her pitying and told her bluntly. "Good! I want you to be afraid. I want you to be so frightened that when the time comes, if it does, you do what I teach you this year, and you do it fast and without thinking. I intend to teach you what to do and what not to do. I intend to teach each of you how to save your lives if and when the time comes. There is one thing that will get you killed if you do it. Do any of you know what that is?" No one knew, because there were millions of things you might do. "There is one thing you must never ever do when faced with an attack by Lord Voltemort or his Deatheaters. You must never do NOTHING!" She shouted at them vehemently. "Almost all the people killed by Lord Voltemort and his Deatheaters died without putting up any kind of fight at all. I don't know what went wrong with their training but It is the intention of this School, the Ministry, and myself that you shall not go like lambs to the slaughter." Again she looked them over closely. "Did any of you bother to read the first chapter of your text book?" All the Hofflepuffs raised their hands and a few of the Ravenclaws did too. The Professor began asking questions about the chapter. She quickly determined who had and who hadn't read the chapter. "Very good Hofflepuffs, you get five points for coming to class prepared. Ravenclaws you get two points for the few that also came to class prepared. Now I will go over the important points and then there will be a test. There will be a test in every class so make sure you study the assigned chapter before each class." One thing was certain they had been right about the Professor being tough. Toby and the others breathed a sigh of relief as she began to quickly cover the chapter. They had studied and were ready. Once they left the class the Hofflepuffs congratulated each other on their foresight and the fact that they had all passed the test. Sam of course was very pleased when Toby pointed out , "I think we owe Sam a special thanks for reading the chapter to us and explaining so much of it to us. If we keep working together as a team we can win the house cup. We don't have to be on brooms playing Quitditch to use team work to our advantage. The Ravenclaws seem kind of flighty and inconsistent I'm sure we can out do them at everything if we stick together and work hard. After all isn't that what they say were best at working hard?" Their next class was history and Toby had the hardest time paying attention to a teacher that was a Ghost. Not only was he hard to hear but he spoke with so little emotion that he kept putting them to sleep. If it hadn't been for the constant thunder the snores would have drowned out the teacher. After lunch they had the afternoon off. They would have Astronomy at midnight so they were given the afternoon off to study and nap so they would be awake for the class at midnight. Their schedule for each week went like this:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday:
Tuesday, and Thursday: Wednesdays classes went by with out too many incidents. They made frogs into toads in Transfiguration. They made their first potion for Professor Snape and most of the class messed it up, Toby and Sam got it right however because it was very simple and all you had to do was keep the heat low and let it simmer. Two many of the students turned their burners up way to high and ruined the potion. Snape was very angry because he had told them not to do it. He nodded at Toby's and Sam's potion and moved on without comment, but Toby told Sam latter that he counted a nod from Snape to be equal to a resounding cheer from any other teacher. Hagrid had managed to talk a Centaur into telling the class all about his race. This particular Centaur was very friendly and talkative but Hagrid assured them that most of the Centaurs wouldn't give you the time of day much less tell you something important. They're very unworldly he assured them at the end of the class. Herbolagy was quite exciting. One of the students, yes it was a Ravenclaw, made the mistake of getting too close to the giant man eating Venus Fly Trap. Professor Sprout had told them several times to stay clear of it, but of course someone just had to see for themselves if it really would eat you. It did... Fortunately the Professor had a spray that made the Fly trap sneeze and it puffed out the student with no more than a bunch of goo on him. After a bath and a change of clothes he was just fine, although the clothes he had been wearing dissolved into nothing about an hour latter. Thursday dawned bright and clear. Birds singing and the air was fresh and clean after so much rain. Toby and the others ate their way through breakfast as usual and then the whole group of them headed off to Defense Against the Dark Arts class. The chapter for this class was about famous or perhaps infamous Dark Wizards. Over the Centuries there had been some very terrible men and a few women who had followed the Dark path. Again they had studied the Chapter together the night before and this time the Ravenclaws had too. Toby was having a problem today. He was hearing something strange and he couldn't get it out of his head. Hogwarts had a thousand year history of magic use and the very stones that made up the walls and floors of the Castle were imbued with magic. Strange as it my seem Toby could see and quite often hear the magic. The walls had stories to tell and sometimes they sang songs of the great deeds that had happened inside the school. Today though it was different. "Toby!....Toby! ... Tobius Wright! What on earth is wrong with you boy?" Professor Longbottom shook him and spoke loudly to him. He looked up at her helplessly and shook his head. "I don't know, I don't know, but something terrible is coming. I can hear it. It's hungry and it wants to kill. I can hear it's voice. It's terrible and loud. It's right over there Professor it's coming through that wall!" "What are you saying boy? What is coming?" She looked where he was pointing but saw nothing. Still she was alarmed by the boy's behavior. She had been briefed by Dumbledore about Toby and knew he had strange talents. "Show me what your see." Toby took his wand and traced the rune for the "Reveal Hidden" spell. The front wall of the classroom suddenly became plastic, and a fiery figure was reveled to them all, black eyes searching for them, a fanged mouth open and ready to pounce. All that held the hideous creature from leaping upon them and devouring them were some thin strands of some sort of elastic. The spells that protected the school were failing and barely able to hold the fiery creature back. "Quickly students out of this classroom and Sam you and Toby lead the class as fast as you can to Professors McGonagall's class and tell her to bring Dumbledore and Severus Snape here as fast as they can. "I'll try to hold the balrog off until they can get here. Now run! Run as fast as you can!" They all ran for all they were worth. Sam knew the way and Toby kept the slower ones moving as best he could. Several Teachers stuck their heads out of their class and demanded to know what was going on. Toby shouted back as they passed. "There's a Balrog trying to brake through the wall in Professor Longbottom's class she needs help." Pandemonium broke out behind them as the Professors hurried their students out into the hall and sent them running with orders to get outside as fast as they could. Toby couldn't see if anyone was going to help the Professor hold off the beast but they were finally at Professor McGonagall's class. Sam hurled open the door and startled everyone in the class shouting at McGonagall to help Professor Longbottom. "Help her please she can't hold it off for long hurry Professor, she needs help." "What? What are you going on about Sam?" Demanded McGonagall. "Toby saw something coming through the wall then he made it visible and Professor Longbottom said it was a Balrog, and she needs you and Snape and Dumbledore to help her. Hurry please!" Sam wailed breathlessly. Suddenly there was a terrible boom that shook the entire school. Then another. Professor McGonagall turned white and turned to her class. You! Potter and Hermione, lead the class out of the school get as far away from the building as you can. Take the first years here with you and don't let them out of your sight. Now run for your lives... my stars a Balrog?!" Again the Castle shook with a loud boom. They all ran as fast as they could. Students were poring out of every class now and teachers were shouting to each other to know what was going on. Harry Potter told them as they passed, "the school is under attack by a Balrog get everyone outside and away from the Castle." "Boommmmm!" The Castle shook so hard that many students lost their footing and fell down. Toby helped one girl up and Sam was helping Tie back up as they continued to run down stairs, and then out through the front doors. Boooommmmm!" And windows blew out of part of the Castle and glass flew everywhere. They ran all the harder to get clear. Toby felt something brush the side of his head but he didn't stop to see what it was, he kept his eyes on the others and made sure everyone was running to safety. Finally Hagrid came running up and demanded to know what was going on. Sam out of breath told him then screamed as she looked at Toby. "Your covered in blood Toby, oh no what 's wrong?" Hagrid grabbed Toby and pressed his huge hand over Toby's head. "Some of that glass must have got him, his scalp is cut open right to the bone. Hold still Toby I have to hold it together or ye might just bleed to death." Toby hadn't felt any pain or anything yet but his legs were beginning to feel rubbery. "Do the closing spell it will keep the wound closed until it can be looked after." He told Hagrid. "Lad I don't know any such spell. Can ye show it to me?" Hagrid asked his hand shaking now because Toby was still bleeding profusely. Toby traced the rune in the air for Hagrid, his arm barely able to support his wand. "I can't do that." Hagrid cried. "Hermione get over here and watch the boy, your quick at this sort of thing." Hermione ran over and watched Toby as he traced out the rune again. "I have it Toby now hold still." She quickly used her wand and a soft blue light shot out and covered Toby's head. Toby was still shaking but the shock eased and soon he could stand unassisted. Others had been cut as well some even more seriously than Toby. Hermione ran from group to group using the spell that she had learned from Toby to close and hold the wounds until help arrived. Sam ran to the lake and tore the bottom half of her robe off with the help of Ron Weasley and soaked it with water then they ran back and washed most of the blood off of Toby. Several more students saw what Sam and Ron did and copied them helping others. Soon everyone one was involved with helping the injured. The battle in the Castle however continued. One side of the upper floors suddenly blew outward and granite stones hurled outward whistling as they rocketed upwards, to arch outwards, and land in the Quiditch field totally destroying the arena. Another explosion erupted and more stones flew outward. Then they all heard voices chanting loudly in some foreign tongue.
Balga Nashka, Balga Nashka, Vargetch! Vargetch! It went on for a long time then silence. No more booms no more explosions. It was finally over. Students and teachers were everywhere scattered all over the grounds. Hagrid was running all over the place trying to help anyone who looked like they needed it but finally he came back over to Sam and Toby and sighed. "Don't know what to do. So many kids and the teachers all over the place. No one knows what's happened inside but it's for sure you won't be sleeping in the school tonight, the whole thing could collapse at any moment." Toby looked at Hagrid's sad face and then it came to him what had to be done. "Well then Hagrid you must take charge." "Me! Told ya I don't know what ta do. I'd make a mess of things for sure." Hagrid denied his face turning red. "It'll be easy Hagrid. Sam and I and the other's too will help you." Toby told him confidently. "I don't know Toby what ya reckon we ought ta do first?" "First someone needs to go to Hogsmeed and tell them what's happened and tell them that we need medicine, tents, port-a-pottys, and some more adults to help guard the school tonight. They will have to tell the Minister of Magic and the Disaster relief teams to come help. Some Aurras need to come out too. Then we need to organize everyone out here into their houses. We can put up different color flags for each house then the Prefects can take count and see if anyone is missing. With everyone scattered all over the place you can't tell if anyone is missing or not. That should get everything going then we'll see what is needed as we come to it." Hagrid looked up with a smile. "Ya make it sound so simple Tobius, sure I can do that. Who's got a broom?" he bellowed out to the crowd. Harry Potter held out his hand and waved his wand and in seconds out of the wreckage of the School his Firebolt came flying right into his hand. "I'll go Hagrid I know who to tell and I'll see how much help they can send us from the village." Harry told Hagrid as he mounted his broom. "Don't stay though." Hagrid told him. "Since yr the only one with a broom we may need ya to do other things yet." Harry nodded then he was off the ground and flying like a rocket. Hagrid cut down four tall bamboo rods and they cut up four more robes and attached them to the polls. Hermione did a quick spell that turned each flag to a house color. Hagrid paced off a hundred steps ( his of course were quite large ) and planted a flag. By now everyone was watching to see what he was up too. Once he had the flags planted firmly in the earth he bellowed out. "Aright now all you all listen up. I want all you students ta go ta the areas behind the flags of your houses. Griffendors there, ( he pointed to the first flag) Hofflepuffs next, Ravenclaws beside them and Slytherin over there behind your flag. Then once everybody is in their house area you Prefects take count of the students in your house and make sure everyone is here. All the injured can be counted to as soon as the rest of you are where ya belong. Ok lets get to it." It seemed like madness at first but shortly everyone was sorted out and in their area. Hagrid had them all line up according to their year in school all the better to count the students. The bad news was there were four students missing. It turned out that all the students that were missing had been down in the Dungeons in the Potions lab." Who was supposed to lead them out?" Hagrid demanded. One of the Slytherin sixth years held his hand up. "Sir we were split up by a cave-in. I got all the rest out ok though." The tall boy explained. "And just when were you going to tell me about the ones that got left behind?" Hagrid demanded clearly angry that nothing had been said about this to anyone. "It was just some Gyffindors. I got all the Slytherins and the others out ok." He explained as if lost Gryffindors were of no account at all. Hagrid was plainly furious with the boy's attitude, and he started to go back to the school. Toby ran up to him and told him. "Hagrid stop you can't go!" "What ya mean I can't go? We got to rescue them and quick." Hagrid asked in surprise. "I know but your in charge here now. Your the leader and everyone is looking to you to keep them safe. You have to send someone else. Pick the strongest and the best with magic to go in and find them, but you have to stay here." Toby explained. Hagrid clearly wanted to argue, but he looked around and every eye was on him watching to see what to do next. "All right, yr right Toby. You four over there and you ( he pointed to some teachers ) go in and see if you can find em. Be careful of fallen rocks and such, but find those kids." The teachers he picked out turned and ran back to the school and disappeared. Everyone else seemed to breath a sigh of relief. Hagrid continued to organize everyone, and the injured. Madam Pomfrey had made it out of the Hospital wing, but she was hurt very badly, and needed medical attention immediately, so did many others and the Hospital wing had been destroyed as well as the Potions lab. Toby looked around and found Sheba sitting with Sam. "Sheba we need mom here right away, and we need her medicines and potions too. She better bring all she's got cus some of the injured are really hurt bad." Toby had no sooner finished then Sheba disappeared. Sam looked startled. "Where'd she go Toby?" "She went home to get my mum. She's a healer and will know what to do." Toby explained. "But how? I didn't know cats could to that?" "Depends on their blood line is all I know, if they have some Kneazle in them then they can do some really neat stuff." He told her. "Like what else Toby?" Sam started to ask, but stopped short as a glowing circle appeared in the air a few feet away from her. Sam was speechless as the most beautiful witch she had ever seen stepped out of the Glowing orb. The witch was tall, her every manner was aristocratic and regale. Her hair was black as black can be, but right in the middle she had sliver streak going down one side. Her eyes were lavender in color and seemed bigger than most and her pupils were vertical slits, almost cat like. She was dressed in a peasants dress but she looked like a queen. Her eyes shown with a soft lavender glow and her face was worried until she spotted Toby. Then her face face lit up like a light, and she rushed over to Toby. "What has happened my Tobius? Sheba said you needed me quickly." But already her eyes were taking in every detail of the seen before her. "There are many injured mother, and the school healer is hurt very badly too. They don't have any medicine or potions at all." Toby told her quickly. "What could have done this terrible thing to the school? The Wards here are very powerful. I checked them myself before I decided to allow you to come here. Nothing could have done this to Hogwarts." Toby's mother seemed shocked at what she saw. Sam had come up beside Toby and she answered. "It was a Balrog mamma. Toby heard it coming and did a spell so Professor Longbottom could see it. It was horrible mamma the Professor sent us running and put Toby and I in charge of the other students. We ran and got Professor McGonagall and she sent us out here, and then she when to get Dumbledore and help Professor Longbottom. Toby got Hagrid to get us all organized, and he's in charge now. We really need some help. Toby was hurt too but he showed Hermione how to do a spell to hold the cut shut. He really looked terrible he was all covered in blood. You will help us won't you mamma. Toby says your the best healer their is." Toby's mother listened to Sam then she dropped lower tell she was eye to eye with Sam. Her eyes went unfocussed for several seconds then she smiled. "Thank you Sam. You'll do very nicely. I approve. Now lets go look to the injured. Toby go back through the portal and bring me all my things....No take some of your friends and have them carry the things for you. I'll have to attend to your cut soon but I want to take care of the more injured first. Come along Sam I'll be needing your help, and who was it you said did the healing spell for Toby?" "It was Hermione, she's really good at magic, and she did the spell on all the others that were bleeding too." Sam answered wondering how Toby's mum had know her name. "Would you fetch her for me? I'll need both of you to help me." "Yes mamma." Sam curtsied as she answered, she felt as if the Queen were talking to her. Toby grabbed Orion, Guy and Tie, and then spotted Sam's brother Jay. "I need help getting me mums stuff here will you come with me and help?" Jay looked at the portal and asked, " you mean we get to go through that thing?" Toby nodded not sure what Jay was thinking. "Wicked!" Jay exclaimed a big smile on his face. "Who says only the Gryffindors get to have adventures? Come on lets go!" "Yeaaaa!" Guy shouted as they piled through the Portal to Toby's home. Toby took charge as they stepped out in his home. "Wow Toby you live here?" Orion asked looking around. "Sure me and me mum. Lets get some boxes and some bags out of the closet over there so we can carry all of me mum stuff." Toby directed them to a hall closet where they found folded up boxes and grocery bags stored. Toby's home was much like a fairy tail home. Large round doors with bright colors. round windows looking out onto a beautiful valley. Everywhere in the house the woodwork was of intricate carved runes and figures of various magical folk. Toby opened drawers and took out various herbs and powders. In the boxes he put jars and urns of liquids. Then he grabbed his mothers black bag and headed everyone back out the portal and to Hogwarts. They ended up going back again to drag the large caldron and the support for it. Also they had to pull the examining table that she used through so she could work on the injured better. Soon they had her caldron set up and a fire lit under it. "Toby I'm going to need some Echinatia, some Goldenseal, and some Burberry to speed the healing, better get it going now so it will be ready when I need it." His mother instructed. Toby nodded, "Yes mamma, I'll get it started right now." Sam and Hermione were casting healing spells and sleep spells on patients as they were readied for treatment. About that time the teachers that had gone to find the lost Gryffindors returned carrying the students. One look was enough to know that they were terribly hurt. None of them were conscious and their limbs just hung off of them as though broken. Two of them were the Weasley Twins, Fred and George. They were burned and battered badly. Arabella took one look at them and declared, "Those are not crushing wounds those are spell wounds. Who attacked these boys? Where is Hagrid he had better look into this immediately, someone attacked these boys and very nearly killed them, if I'm any judge of wounds they were left for dead." When Hagrid saw the Weasley twins he started to cry. "I knew there was bad blood between them and the Slytherins. It was bound to happen sooner or latter. Those Slytherin boys grabbed the first chance they had and used the confusion to attack them. I told Dumbledore it was going to happen, but he said no. He said he could handle it. Are...they ...ah..hem...dead?" "No, they aren't dead and I believe I can bring them all around shortly. But you had better get some Aroras here Hagrid who ever did this used the killing curse to attack them, fortunately they did it wrong, but never the less that is what did all this damages." Hagrid turned and started looking for Harry, to see if he could get him to fly to London, but Harry wasn't back yet. And Hagrid knew he couldn't ask Harry to do that. It was too far and to dangerous for Harry to go so far away from his protection. Hermione's cat Crookshanks came up to him and meowed at him. "I don't know Crookshanks I haven't any food for you, we need to get the Ministry people here and we have no way to get word to them." Suddenly a second portal opened in front of him, shimmering all blue. "Dang me I keep forgetting your part Kneazle. Where's it go. Oh I guess I better stick my head through and see hadn't I?" Hagrid did just that. To say that Molly Weasley was surprised to see Hagrid climbing out of a blue sphere in her kitchen would be to put it mildly. "Oh! Hagrid what in the world?" Of all the people Hagrid didn't want to see just then it was Molly Weasley. "Now Molly sometin terrible has happened at the school and we need the ministry's help right now. A lot of the students are hurt and the schools nearly destroyed. Can you get ahold of Arthur for us right now. We need the ministry now and some Aroras too." "What has happened Hagrid, Aroras? Has the school been attacked by Voltemort? My children , my boys, Ginny? Are they all right Hagrid your hiding something from me, what has happened." Without thinking Hagrid answered her. "Yr boys will pull through, Arabella is looking after them now. I saw Ginny and she's all right. Ron's helpen Hermione with the injured so he's Ok too. But we have to get help Molly." But it was too late Molly had already climbed through the portal. Fortunately Charley Weasly apparated into the Kitchen just then and as soon as Hagrid explained the whole thing all over to him Charley apparated off to his dad's office. Hagrid turned and went back to see what else he could do to help and hoped someone would come to take over, it was making him extremely nervous to be in charge. Harry had returned and brought help from Hogsmead. The men and women that came brought food and blankets, extra robes and anything else they could think of that might help. The first concern was the injured so Hagrid had them begin setting up shelters for those who needed protection from the wind that was starting to blow. A few minutes latter a witch landed and Hagrid recognized her the Arora Tracy RoseVella. "Harry caught me at Hogsmeed Hagrid, and said you need extra security, What in the world happened? Harry said it was a Balrog, it couldn't have been could it?" "Yes missy it were a Balrog, but yr needed for something else as well, you go talk to Arabella Wright, she'll fill you in on the details. It's almost as bad as the Balrog, students attacking other students, an using the killing curse to do it with." Hagrid told her ashamed that he had to even say it. "A student used the killing curse on another?" Tracy's face went cold. "No lass it's worse an that several students attacked four Gryffindors and nearly killed um. The Weasly twins and their friends. Molly Weasly is over there now so you better get over there before she comes apart and start something herself, she knows enough to recognize the signs." Tracy left quickly, and Hagrid didn't see her again for quite some time, but he found out latter she arrested eight of the Slytherin boys for the attack. Those boys never returned to Hogwarts again just for the record. All four of the Gryffindore boys recovered consciousness and testified as to what had happened and that was that. No one uses the killing curse and goes unpunished. At lest no one if they're caught does. Hagrid was kept far to busy to keep track then of that affair because just then Cornelius Fudge and Arthur Weasly stepped through the Portal and began asking him questions. Fudge was full of bluster and arguments but when he saw the damage to the School he was speechless. Finally he asked what do you need Hagrid, I can't stand to see this horrible mess of our Hogwarts, I get the Ministry for Magical Calamities here immediately and get you what you need." With that he left. Arthur stayed and after talking to Molly he told Hagrid, "Fudge is not going to be much help he's falling apart and this is only going to make matters worse. What do you need Hagrid?" Hagrid had been thinking of that question so he had his need list ready. "We need shelter for a little more than a thousand people. They had breakfast this morning but nothing since. The kitchens are destroyed and I don't know where the House Elves have got to. We need food for all of us at lest by tonight. We need Port-a- Pottys too, there's no facilities at all right now. The sky looks to be shapen up for another rain so we have to have good protection for them. We need extra security for the grounds and the walls, no ones had time to check the wards to see if they're still intact.. Mostly we need shelter, food and clothing for the lot of us, well not me. My house is still standing, and I'll take in as many as can sleep in it tonight. I know I won't sleep tonight. Can't, I'm too worried. I need to get someone into the school to find Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape and Longbottom. We haven't heard from any of them since the attack." "All right Hagrid. Your doing a good job man, they're lucky to have you here to take over. Good job, Good job." Arthur told him as he stepped through the portal. Hagrid got the same four men to go searching for Dumbledore and the others. Then he started directing traffic to his bathroom since it was the only working one on the grounds. Toby helped out too by taking groups through the portal to his home and letting who ever needed use the bathroom there. Ginny soon was doing the same although there was traffic now coming out of her home as supplies began to arrive. The House Elves hadn't left and as soon as the tents began to arrive they proved to be absolute whizzes at setting them up. Soon they also had kitchens set up under large canvas tents where long tables and benches where set up for a hundred or so at a time and food began to be served. Harry, Ron and their friends began to take groups over to the kitchens, and they started eating in shifts. One of the Slytherin sixth years, named Ryan told Ron as he waited for his turn to eat, "I want you to know Weasley that none of the rest of us in Slytherin as far as I know had anything to do with that attack. I'm as sorry as I can be that such a low life thing happened and I'm ashamed that Slytherins had anything at all to do with it. If there is anything I can do to help just ask." Malfoy was standing in line and wined "If there's anything I can do just ask. You traitor Ryan you discussed me." Ryan turned and hit Malfoy with a hay maker that came from the ground up. Wammm! Malfoy lifted six inches off the ground and flew backward five feet. Neither of Malfoy's friends made so much as a move. "You discussed me Malfoy. Your a disgrace to Slytherin and to this school. If I find out you had anything to do with that attack there won't be enough of you left for the Aroras to bother with arresting." Several of the Slytherin Girls and some Ravenclaws that hung out with Ryan patted him on the back and said things like "All right Ryan! Way to show that idiot, and so on." Hagrid came by a little bit latter and bent over Ryan and whispered. "Didn't think ya had it in ya Ryan." and then gave Ryan's shoulder a squeeze, then walked on by. Although Ryan's shoulder was useless for a week he wouldn't have traded Hagrids approval for a million gillions. While everyone was taking their turn eating the teachers that had gone in search of Dumbledore and the others returned. "We found them Hagrid but they are all unconscious and we'll need help getting them out." They reported. They made four litters and with more hands to help rushed back into the dangerous innards of the school. Shortly they returned carrying the four teachers. Arabella took one look at them and knew that she needed some help. She closed her eyes and stood perfectly still for several seconds. Then she looked around for Toby. He had already gotten to eat so he was nearby. "Toby Grandmother will be coming through the Portal soon, will you go meet her and bring her here?" Toby was always happy to see his Grann she was always fun to have around even if she did tend to talk about her cats a little to much. Just as he got to the Portal an beautiful lady with eyes just like his mothers was climbing gracefully out of it. "Grandmother!" he shouted running up to her and gave her a big hug. His grandmother surveyed the seen slowly, then with a serious expression she asked Toby, "Well boy what trouble have you got yourself into this time?" Toby hugged her again and replied. "It's a bit more than Mother and I can handle I'm afraid." "Yes Tobius I can see that. Well take me to Arabella let's see what she's in such a dither about." As he lead her towards the Aid tent he told her, "it's Professors, Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape, and Longbottom, Grandmother. They were fighting a Balrog and now they are all unconscious." "They were what?!" She asked him in surprise. "Yes mamma." Toby told her. Arabella greeted her mother with a hug then took her to see the Professors. "They've poured out too much of themselves and now they can't get back Mother. I didn't want to try the resuscitation potion and it's spells all by myself, and your the only other one who knows it any more." "Oh you were right to call me. This is nothing to take lightly. We'll need your gold cauldron, and the special fairy water and dragon elements. Better get Toby to bring them here to us." She told her daughter. "Toby go to the gold room and bring me my special things. Better get Harry to help you I really don't want anyone else to know about the gold room." Arabella told Toby. Toby ran and found Harry Potter and told him. "Me mum wants you to help me bring some things from our home, can you come now?" "Sure Toby lets go." Harry agreed leaving his friends looking questioning after him. After he and Harry climbed out of the Portal into his home Toby told Harry, "Please don't tell anyone about what your going to see. OK?" Harry looked at Toby and nodded. "Ok Toby I know how to keep a secret. I won't tell anyone." Toby lead Harry down a hall and into a small bedroom. He made a gesture and the back wall of the room disappeared and they were looking at a room full of gold, jewels, and all kinds of treasures. Harry was speechless at the grandeur of it all. "Wow Toby were in the world did all this come from? And why isn't it in Grengotts?" "It's me familles treasure. It's been ours for generations. Grengotts isn't safe enough to hold all this, so we keep it here where it's safe." Toby told him pulling out a very heavy gold cauldron and a golden bag of supplies. "You'll have to help me with all this it's too heavy for me to carry." Harry put the heavy bag of supplies over his shoulders and then he and Toby grabbed one lip of the cauldron and hobbled along down the hall after Toby closed the wall entrance to the gold room. They struggled to the Portal and then through. Hagrid was waiting for them on the other side. "Your mum said you might need some help with something heavy an I see why now." Hagrid picked up the gold cauldron as if it were nothing and tucked it under one arm and then off they went to the Aid tent to give it to Arabella and Toby's Grandmother. As they entered the section of the tent were the four unconscious teachers were Harry stopped short. "Mrs. Figg? What are you doing here, and what's wrong with your eyes?" Toby's Grandmother smiled at Harry and answered. "Where else should I be when my daughter needs my help Harry Potter? And as for my eyes, it's when I'm around muggles like your Uncle and Aunt great lumps of foolishness that they are that I have to wear my contacts. Which reminds me Arabella why is my grandson wearing contacts? These aren't muggles here they shouldn't have any trouble with his eyes the way they really are. It's plain mean to make him where those thing all the time. They hurt the eyes." "I know Mother, but I didn't want Toby to have trouble with the other children right off. He does have some friends now. Do they bother you that much Tobius dear?" She asked Toby. Harry and Hagrid were looking from one to the other as Toby answered his mother. "Yes mother they do hurt, can I please take them off now?" "Oh very well. I guess it's for the best." "Thank you Mother." Toby told her as he took a small case out of his pocket and removed his contacts and put them up. Harry, Hagrid, Sam and Hermione all stared dumstruck as they looked at three pair of lavender colored eyes with vertical pupils more like a cats than anything else. After a moment Hermione said quietly. "Well it's plain as can be that you three are related. Who did you call her Harry we haven't been introduced yet." Harry shook his head. "She the lady that always takes care of me when the Dursleys can't be bothered with me. I've know her all my life, but I didn't know she was a witch or about her eyes. She's Mrs. Figg." "Actually my name is LaRaina Figg." Toby's Grandmother told them all. "I've been watching after Harry here for all his life at the Dursleys. I've given up fourteen years of my life to see to it that this young man lives to grow up, and come into his inheritance." Harry was almost speechless. "I didn't know, I really didn't know." "Nor were you supposed to know, but it can't hurt now I suppose for you to know." LaRaina told him seriously. Then she smiled at him. "But I'd do it again Harry. You were always such a good boy and I hatted those Dursleys. You have no idea how many times I've wanted to turn them into something horrible and slimy and then step on them one at a time. But your here at Hogwarts were you belong, and that has made it all worth while." Harry just stood there. What does one say in a situation like that? Thank You hardly seem adequate. "Well enough of this, there is work to be done. All of you must leave now. What my daughter and I are about to do is not for anyone else to know about. Hagrid please keep everyone away until we tell you otherwise." LaRaina told them. Just then Ron came in looking for Harry and Hermione. He stopped short when he saw LaRaina and Arabella together. "Wow there's Two of them." Harry laughed and Introduced Ron to them. "This is Mrs. Figg, Ron, she's the one who always takes care of me when the Dursleys go away. I told you about her didn't I?" Ron agreed. "Sure ya did Harry, but blimmy you didn't tell me she was beautiful. I thought you were talking about some old woman not a ah... well Errr... Well not her." Everyone laughed at Ron's stuttering admiration of LaRaina. Then they had to leave. Once they were out side again Toby caught Sam staring at him. "Well should I put my contacts back in or is it ok? My eyes I mean." Sam blushed, then told Toby, "your eyes are beautiful Toby. You should never wear those contacts again." Then it was Toby's turn to blush. "Come on let's get back to the Hofflepuff area and see if they saved tents for us." And they both ran off to their house area just as the rain began to fall.
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