A/n: Chapter 3 is up! In this chapter we (finally) see Dumbledore, Ginny is caught in a tough
spot, the Weaslys (Charlie's got SKILLZ!) and Harry fight off the baddies, and
we (finally) see Padfoot and Moony's Isle of Cyprus debut!
Disclaimer: See Prologue.
"Hello,
Albus!" greeted Arabella Fig brightly.
"Hi,
Arabella," Dumbeldore said. Then,
cryptically, he added, "Dark times have befallen us once again."
'Yes, that's
what I'm here to talk to you about. There have been numerous attacks on the Ministry and others. I was wondering if you had any…" Arabella
paused. "Advice on how to handle this?"
Dumbeldore
sat back and looked at her through his half moon glasses. "I cannot give advice on how better to
handle this. In my old age, well over
150, I am leaving the thinking to the new generation of thinkers. And I have to say, that my time to leave
draws nearer."
Arabella
saddened and was on the verge of tears then and there. "But- you don't mean-"
"Yes, I do
mean that," he answered with a hint of sadness. He continued. "As I once
told a young Harry Potter in first year, to the organized mind, death is only
the next great adventure."
Ginny Weasly
ran around a corner in Hogsmeade, armed with her wand. "Who am I going to find for help?" she asked
herself. "I'll get an emergency
owl." She ran full speed down the
streets, drawing quite a few curious glances. "Death eaters are at my café! Don't go there!" she would say in warning. No one really believed her. She reached the owl post office to borrow an express owl.
Dropping a
few knuts in the bin and reaching for a snowy colored owl, she wondered who she
should send it to. "Dumbledore!" she
said quietly, and quickly scribbled a note franticly.
Dear Professor Dumbledore,
The village
of Hogsmeade is currently under death eater attack, and I am urgently
requesting assistance. I, Harry, the
rest of my family, and Professor Snape are trying to hold them back, but more
are apparating here! Please contact
some more aurors; the death eaters are arriving in large numbers! The whole village is in very grave danger. I am sorry I could not contact you under
better circumstances.
Sincerely,
Ginny Weasly
"There," she
said with finality, and sent the owl to the former Hogwarts Headmaster. Replacing a quill with a wand in her left
hand, she hurried out of the owl post office to help her brothers fight. She opened the door and broke into a run
once again.
Rounding the
corner she passed on the way to her destination, five figures appeared from
nowhere. "Everybody, RUN! They're death eaters! I'll hold them off," Ginny cried, and the
whole block burst into chaos. Most
people ran, but a very few stayed.
While blocking
hexes, Ginny said, "Why are you three still here?!"
They pulled
their hoods down, revealing their face. The first said, "We're aurors- I'll explain later." Several shots of Avada Kedavra missed
the four fighters, and they slowly worked their way towards a cleared, less
populated area of Hogsmeade.
Just about
ten minutes into the battle, several soft popping noises were heard. Five more death eaters had just joined the
fight, cornering Ginny and the three aurors in a Hogsmeade plaza, as steadily
more dangerous curses and hexes flew from both sides.
Arabella was
crying softly. Though he was probably
not dead, Albus Dumbledore slept. She
couldn't help but think the worst. A
snowy owl flew in through the window. She opened it, and read it, even though it was addressed to Dumbledore.
"Oh my god…"
she said, holding back a scream of agony. It seemed like everything was taking a turn for the worst. The Minister of Magic was dead. An attempt had been made at the Interim
Minister's life. Dumbledore would die
within the month of old age. Last,
Harry and all the Weaslys could be dead along with hundreds of bystanders. Nothing could be more terrible.
Harry had
used Avada Kedavra. The Weaslys stood
shocked, until Ron intervened. "Guys,
Harry was under Imperio! They
wanted to get him in some trouble! I
thought that it hit him earlier, but wasn't sure. Now I am, though, because, I know he wouldn't resort to dark
magic such as that." Relieved, the
Weaslys continued fighting.
Spells flew,
and both sides tired. The death eaters receded
back to the far end of the café. They
had started to just defend, and stopped attacking for the most part.
"On, three,
stun the one on the left!" said Harry. A tired death eater would most definitely not block a stunning spell
from seven powerful wizards.
"One!" Harry
cried. The good guys readied their
wands.
"Two!" said
Harry. The spell was about to be
cast.
"THREE!" A death eater fell to the ground,
stunned. The process was repeated on
all three, leaving the seven wizards in a café, alone.
Arabella
Figg ran out the door of Dumbledore's quaint home to fetch Mundugus, and a few
other aurors, who were meeting in a small, inconspicuous, shack. She ran in.
"Quick, hold
onto me while I apparate to Hogsmeade!" she shouted, and all ten aurors
followed instructions. They appeared in
the busy streets of Hogsmeade.
All the
death eaters had been sent to Azkaban via apparation, and the seven wizards
left to go find Ginny. They ran out
onto the streets, and immediately spotted the battle that was taking place in a
plaza four blocks down.
"This way,"
Harry whispered with a hand gesture. The Weaslys followed.
Arabella,
Mundugus, and the other nine aurors walked slowly down the deserted streets of
Hogsmeade. People were crammed inside
the shops like cheap, over-packed sardines. Mundugus spotted Harry and the Weaslys on the opposite street that
approached the plaza. The aurors,
dressed in white cloaks, approached the scene. They spotted Harry and the Weaslys opposite to them, and gave Harry a
signal to wait.
"Pick your
target and stun him! If we're lucky,
we'll get them all," said Mundugus in a hushed voice. Several death eaters entered a stunned state, and the rest were
alerted of the aurors' presence.
While death
eaters fiercely fought the aurors, Harry and the Weaslys chased them down the
street, stunning most. Only one was
conscious afterwards, and Percy knocked him unconscious. Cheers erupted from the small shops, as the
battle had been won.
The three aurors that had
assisted Ginny finally introduced themselves.
"Hello, my name is Robert
Williams," said the first one, a tall man, slightly older than Harry and
Ron.
"Hi, I'm Rebecca, his sister,"
voiced the woman next to him. She was
tall also, and outgoing.
"And I am Nereus- long time
friend," said the last with a grin, who looked much wiser than his young
age.
About then, two figures came walking
over a hill.
"I told you there would be
trouble, Moony," said the first in an "I told you so" kind of voice.
"How was I supposed to know you
weren't just guessing, Sirius?" added the second voice. The two figures approached the plaza to
greet their friends.
"Hi, Harry!" said Padfoot.
"Hey, Sirius," answered Harry
with a grin. "Hi Remus. What've you two
been doing? We took on about twenty
death eaters without you guys."
Sirius wore a cocky grin and
said, "Well, Moony and I were just battling about forty death eaters single
handedly when- OOF" Remus had elbowed him in the chest.
"Actually, it's more like we were
looking for about forty death eaters to battle single handedly,"
interjected Remus Lupin.
"We could have taken that scum
here, Moony," said Sirius.
Remus grinned. "Yeah, but in our old age, we should leave
all that up to these younger folks."
Ron didn't smile anymore. "We may need all the help you can give us
and more if we want to get through this alive."
Author's Notes: Hey, who'd you like that? I know Dumbledore saying he's going to die is a pretty sad thing to
happen, but was it a good chapter? PLEASE REVIEW! Actually, this
chapter was going to be a Star Wars rip-off, but then I realized what happened
and changed it. Dumbledore's death was
going to be exactly like Yoda's, and I sort of pictured the Aurors battling the
death eaters through the streets of Hogsmeade like the Naboo Defence Force guys
battling the bad dudes through the streets of Theed. By the way, those three original characters will have sort of
medium and sometimes-important roles, and will be described better as the story
goes on. If any of them becomes a Mary
Sue or Gary Stu, then they automatically are going to be taken out of the
story; I don't want to have Mary Sues or Gary Stus polluting my fic, it's just
not good. But you're guaranteed that if
they become that way, they're gone. Also,
if you want me to do romance in this fic later on, say so in a review or
something. If there's any stuff you'd
like to see written in the story, just tell me in a review.