Harry Potter and the Dark Lord's Castle
Centaurs, Giants and Battles
Harry rushed over to the floor where Hagrid was lying on the floor, to Harry it looked as though Hagrid was dead, though he hoped not. He kneeled down next to Hagrid but didn't know how to check to see if he was alive or not, he couldn't see his chest rising or falling and he didn't see the familiar friendly glint in his eye. A tear ran down Harry's face as he remembered the time he had spent with Hagrid, and how Hagrid had first told him he was a wizard. He wasn't giving up on Hagrid until a doctor could check on him, but he knew that the situation didn't look good. He wished he knew what to do, but his friend needed help so he decided what to do quickly. He made Hagrid comfortable using the pillow and blanket from the bed, and left the safe room determined to find help for his friend.
Back on Azkaban...
The situation didn't look good for Albus Dumbledore, the battle between good and evil continued, but the Death Eaters kept on getting reinforced and Dumbledore's army was not. Already the Banshees had been beaten and all but one of them was killed, the last one was beaten and thrown in one of the cells of Azkaban. The wizards were also in trouble, their patronus line was holding but if just a few more wizards were killed or taken out of the battle, the line would crumble and they would have to fight both the Dementors and the Death Eaters. Only two parts of the battle were actually in favor of Dumbledore, the first was that the giants seemed to be unstoppable in the eyes of the Death Eaters, nothing seemed to be able to slow them down, not even the killing curse. The second thing that was working in favor of Dumbledore was that Voldemort didn't seem to be fighting in this battle, this raised morale in Dumbledore's troops and left the Death Eaters without a strong command.
As Dumbledore was thinking this, a couple of stunning curses got through the
shield that the attackers had placed around themselves. The curses went straight and true
and hit both the real Alastor Moody and Remus Lupin, when these two fell their entire
left side was clear of any patronus' so the Dementors moved forward. Dumbledore could
see his troops falling to the ground, but there was nothing he could do, the Dementors continued to advance until the wizards were saved again by the giants. The giants seemed to not be affected by the Dementors, one of the biggest giants saw the plight the wizards were in and jumped to cover their left side. He crushed dozens of Dementors because they had left the safety of the inside of the prison where they had been hiding. The Dementors retreated swiftly, leaving the wizards to recover and move forward on the attack. Dumbledore saw that they needed more troops to reinforce the Patronus line so he ordered professor sprout, who had a very weak patronus, to go and wake up the stunned troops. Dumbledore could hear him rushing around the fallen wizards and muttering the 'enervate' spell. Though the fallen soldiers looked very weak, they were powerful enough to create a string patronus line on the left side.
Dumbledore knew that the mission had been successful because he had seen the boat taking Harry Potter to the safe room. Seeing this he had ordered Hagrid to lead the Centaurs to rescue him, Hagrid should have been there by now and would soon be taking Harry back to the protection of Hogwarts. The battle raged on all sides of him while Dumbledore shot spell after spell in to the ranks of the Death Eaters. He could see two Death Eaters who he believed to be Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape that were using the confusion of the battle to their advantage. They were putting themselves behind the line of Death Eaters and were firing many spells in to their backs, the rest of the line didn't seem to notice and probably assumed that they were getting hit in the crossfire. Dumbledore was outnumbered but thought that his troops were fighting very well, he saw that there were many fallen Death Eaters and Dementors around the battle field, he was also pleased to see that the Giants were suppressing their natural urges and were not killing people on his side. He had told them that they would be treated like equals with him and that he would help protect them. After this battle they might not be equals but will probably be hailed as heroes by the troops fighting because of how much they helped them. He also was pleased at the help the Centaurs had given, they must have seen something in the stars that had convinced them to help because they came in droves to join the fight that would save Harry Potter. All in all the battle was going fairly well, but Dumbledore also knew that he was losing some friends today because many of the Death Eaters were using the killing curse.
Just when Dumbledore thought he would have to call the retreat one of the Death Eaters yelled out the retreat order and those that were able grabbed some port keys and. Dumbledore could see the Dementors using a port key to transport them away from the battle. Seconds later the battlefield was empty save for Dumbledore's army and the Death Eaters that had been injured or stunned in the battle and couldn't move. Dumbledore ordered that every Death Eater that was still around was to be unmasked and tied up, and that every cell was to be opened and the prisoners let out. Dumbledore knew that this was a battle that both light and dark would remember for a long time.
Outside of the safe house...
Once outside of the safe house, Harry was confused about where to go. He knew that he had never been around these parts before and he had no idea where he might be able to go to get help. He knew if he could find any wizard, they would be able to perform the basic healing techniques to save Hagrid's life. He didn't know what to do so he continued on, he got to a small clearing and saw a centaur ahead, he had met centaurs before and ran to ask for its help. When he got closer he could see it was the centaur Firenze and he felt very lucky, he had met Firenze before and he knew that Firenze would help him. He got closer still and saw that Firenze wasn't moving, Harry ran up next to him and tapped his shoulder. To his horror Firenze fell over on the ground and Harry could see that there was a hole that had gone straight through him, he knew that there was no chance that Firenze could be alive. Harry felt the feeling go out of his legs, he suddenly felt very scared, he picked himself up and ran to the safe house as fast as he could, knowing he had let Hagrid down.
Centaurs, Giants and Battles
Harry rushed over to the floor where Hagrid was lying on the floor, to Harry it looked as though Hagrid was dead, though he hoped not. He kneeled down next to Hagrid but didn't know how to check to see if he was alive or not, he couldn't see his chest rising or falling and he didn't see the familiar friendly glint in his eye. A tear ran down Harry's face as he remembered the time he had spent with Hagrid, and how Hagrid had first told him he was a wizard. He wasn't giving up on Hagrid until a doctor could check on him, but he knew that the situation didn't look good. He wished he knew what to do, but his friend needed help so he decided what to do quickly. He made Hagrid comfortable using the pillow and blanket from the bed, and left the safe room determined to find help for his friend.
Back on Azkaban...
The situation didn't look good for Albus Dumbledore, the battle between good and evil continued, but the Death Eaters kept on getting reinforced and Dumbledore's army was not. Already the Banshees had been beaten and all but one of them was killed, the last one was beaten and thrown in one of the cells of Azkaban. The wizards were also in trouble, their patronus line was holding but if just a few more wizards were killed or taken out of the battle, the line would crumble and they would have to fight both the Dementors and the Death Eaters. Only two parts of the battle were actually in favor of Dumbledore, the first was that the giants seemed to be unstoppable in the eyes of the Death Eaters, nothing seemed to be able to slow them down, not even the killing curse. The second thing that was working in favor of Dumbledore was that Voldemort didn't seem to be fighting in this battle, this raised morale in Dumbledore's troops and left the Death Eaters without a strong command.
As Dumbledore was thinking this, a couple of stunning curses got through the
shield that the attackers had placed around themselves. The curses went straight and true
and hit both the real Alastor Moody and Remus Lupin, when these two fell their entire
left side was clear of any patronus' so the Dementors moved forward. Dumbledore could
see his troops falling to the ground, but there was nothing he could do, the Dementors continued to advance until the wizards were saved again by the giants. The giants seemed to not be affected by the Dementors, one of the biggest giants saw the plight the wizards were in and jumped to cover their left side. He crushed dozens of Dementors because they had left the safety of the inside of the prison where they had been hiding. The Dementors retreated swiftly, leaving the wizards to recover and move forward on the attack. Dumbledore saw that they needed more troops to reinforce the Patronus line so he ordered professor sprout, who had a very weak patronus, to go and wake up the stunned troops. Dumbledore could hear him rushing around the fallen wizards and muttering the 'enervate' spell. Though the fallen soldiers looked very weak, they were powerful enough to create a string patronus line on the left side.
Dumbledore knew that the mission had been successful because he had seen the boat taking Harry Potter to the safe room. Seeing this he had ordered Hagrid to lead the Centaurs to rescue him, Hagrid should have been there by now and would soon be taking Harry back to the protection of Hogwarts. The battle raged on all sides of him while Dumbledore shot spell after spell in to the ranks of the Death Eaters. He could see two Death Eaters who he believed to be Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape that were using the confusion of the battle to their advantage. They were putting themselves behind the line of Death Eaters and were firing many spells in to their backs, the rest of the line didn't seem to notice and probably assumed that they were getting hit in the crossfire. Dumbledore was outnumbered but thought that his troops were fighting very well, he saw that there were many fallen Death Eaters and Dementors around the battle field, he was also pleased to see that the Giants were suppressing their natural urges and were not killing people on his side. He had told them that they would be treated like equals with him and that he would help protect them. After this battle they might not be equals but will probably be hailed as heroes by the troops fighting because of how much they helped them. He also was pleased at the help the Centaurs had given, they must have seen something in the stars that had convinced them to help because they came in droves to join the fight that would save Harry Potter. All in all the battle was going fairly well, but Dumbledore also knew that he was losing some friends today because many of the Death Eaters were using the killing curse.
Just when Dumbledore thought he would have to call the retreat one of the Death Eaters yelled out the retreat order and those that were able grabbed some port keys and. Dumbledore could see the Dementors using a port key to transport them away from the battle. Seconds later the battlefield was empty save for Dumbledore's army and the Death Eaters that had been injured or stunned in the battle and couldn't move. Dumbledore ordered that every Death Eater that was still around was to be unmasked and tied up, and that every cell was to be opened and the prisoners let out. Dumbledore knew that this was a battle that both light and dark would remember for a long time.
Outside of the safe house...
Once outside of the safe house, Harry was confused about where to go. He knew that he had never been around these parts before and he had no idea where he might be able to go to get help. He knew if he could find any wizard, they would be able to perform the basic healing techniques to save Hagrid's life. He didn't know what to do so he continued on, he got to a small clearing and saw a centaur ahead, he had met centaurs before and ran to ask for its help. When he got closer he could see it was the centaur Firenze and he felt very lucky, he had met Firenze before and he knew that Firenze would help him. He got closer still and saw that Firenze wasn't moving, Harry ran up next to him and tapped his shoulder. To his horror Firenze fell over on the ground and Harry could see that there was a hole that had gone straight through him, he knew that there was no chance that Firenze could be alive. Harry felt the feeling go out of his legs, he suddenly felt very scared, he picked himself up and ran to the safe house as fast as he could, knowing he had let Hagrid down.