Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters. They all
belong to the gifted Joanne Kathleen Rowling so don't sue me! All I have are my
plot and my computer =).
A/N: Alright, here's the continuation, but I do love
cliffhangers. =)
Death
Eaters
Harry rushed down the train and burst into the prefects'
carriage. Cho saw him coming and her heart pounded as she saw the tall, lean
and lithe body in motion. She had enjoyed corresponding with him over the
holidays and had been eager to see him. He was the one who understood her most
after Cedric's demise. It was not only because he saw the whole incident
himself but he could connect with her thoughts and feelings. She wanted to be
able to talk to him in person after all those letters but when she saw him just
now, he just took her breath away. She couldn't believe how he had matured over
the summer. She was still grieving over Cedric but she could not stop herself
from admiring his physique. And he was not only beautiful outside but inside
too. How was she to resist him this year? She knew that he liked her and she
had even had a crush on him during her fourth year after they played their
first Quidditch match together. She had even hoped to go to the Yule Ball with
him before Cedric asked her. "Just remember Cedric," Cho chanted to herself as
she smiled up to Harry Potter who had just entered.
Seeing Cho's smile, he felt sad to know that when she heard
his news, the smile would be wiped away, but he had no choice. He took in her
breath-taking appearance and managed to get a hold on himself to say to all the
prefects in the carriage, "Death eaters approaching."
Angelina and Roger immediately pounced on him and
simultaneously said, "What?"
Other prefects were also shooting glances at him.
"Look out of the window. Those black specks on broomsticks
are they." Harry continued and saw their faces pale as all the prefects looked
out.
Just then, the rest of the prefects who were not in the
carriage came in with Ron and Hermione. Even Malfoy was amongst them.
"So what do we do now? We're going to be attacked." Angelina
said.
"I think the only way we can stop them from attacking the
train is to take them on in the air." Harry stated.
"But not all the prefects know how to fly and there're more
death eaters than us prefects." Roger replied.
"Then I think we should get all those fifth years and above
who know how to fly to join us in this battle. Those prefects who don't know
how to fly can just defend the train." Harry said.
"Yeah, I think that's the best we could do." Angelina
replied as other prefects nodded their heads.
Some of the prefects went to gather those who would fly out
with them to battle while the others discussed their plans and prepared their
broomsticks.
"Hey Malfoy, are you on our side or theirs?" Harry suddenly
remarked. The rest of the prefects also turned to look at him.
"Believe it or not, I'm against the Dark Lord. My father
tried to initiate me during the holidays but I realized that I didn't want to."
Malfoy replied.
"But didn't your father force you?" Harry said amazed at
this new fact.
"We're at odds at the moment and he's threatening to disown
me." Malfoy said.
Just then, all the potential flyers came in.
"Harry, since you've fought with You-Know-Who before, why don't
you take charge?" Angelina commented.
"Yeah, you should," Roger seconded the motion while the rest
of the prefects also agreed.
"Alright, we're going to try to take out most of the death
eaters by the element of surprise. Use simple curses against them. They're
trained to counter mainly the more advanced curses. Oh, and one of those
remaining, send an owl to Hogwarts to let them know of the situation." Harry
commanded.
All those hearing him nodded their heads in ascent.
"Some of those remaining, please patrol the train and check
on the first years. Those flying, let's get our broomsticks and go." Harry
stated.
Harry pulled out his Laser and everyone stared.
"You guys can look at my broom later. Now let's mount and
leave okay." Harry snapped.
They all snapped out of it and flew off after Harry. Most of
them were Quidditch players. Harry really shot out ahead of all of them and
feeling the breeze in his hair, he really found that this broomstick is much
faster than the Firebolt. Controlling it was easy and if it were not a battle,
he would really love this experience of flying it.
As expected, many death eaters were shocked to see students
in the air too and the students managed to take out most of the death eaters.
The more experienced ones were left and most tried to flee. Finally, only one
was in sight.
Harry increased his voice volume and said, "Angelina, Roger,
Katie, Alicia, remain. The rest of you can return back to the train."
He lowered his volume and rapidly said, "You are all chasers
and should know the move where two chasers close in on an opposing chaser and
the third flies headlong towards him. Well, that's what we're going to do. You
guys close in from all four directions and I'll chase him."
They all nodded and he continued, "Then, lets go."
They managed to hold the death eater from going in either
direction but he just kept going up and up. In the end, Harry gave his broom a
spurt of speed and also, him being on a much faster broom, managed to hold on
to the death eater while one of the four stunned him.
They all flew back to the train with the death eater in tow.
Entering the carriage, they were all welcomed by cheers all around.
"Well, you should thank Harry. It's his quick thinking that
saved us." Angelina said.
"But you guys did well too," Harry protested.
Before either could continue, Malfoy said in a shaky voice,
"I know this death eater. It's my father."
"I think we shouldn't do anything to him. Just bring him to
school and pass him over to Professor Dumbledore." Harry said.
"Alright then. Is everything on the train fine?" Roger
asked.
"Nothing happened here. You took them all out in the air."
Hermione replied.
"I guess we better return to our carriages then. We're
reaching school soon." Harry said.
But before he could leave, Malfoy motioned to him, "Harry,
can I talk to you for a minute?"
Surprised to be called by his first name, Harry ignored Ron
and Hermione's warning look and said, "Sure."
"We'll see you in the carriage later, right?" Ron asked.
"Yeah." Harry replied.
As the rest all disappeared to their seats, Harry and Draco
walked along the aisle, talking. (A/N: Notice that I started using Draco
instead of Malfoy. Well, there's always a reason for that.)
"I just wanted to say that I'm really fighting for the good
and I'm not going to follow in my father's footsteps." Draco started.
"Uh, why are you telling me all this." Harry said.
"I think we could start afresh and be friends. We are on the
same side and should fight together." Draco replied.
"But you're still with Crabbe and Goyle." Harry answered.
"They refused to leave me alone and they still think that
I'm siding with the Dark Lord." Draco explained.
"But you're in Slytherin and I'm in Gryffindor." Harry tried
again.
"We can start inter-house relations." Draco grinned.
Harry noticed that without the sneer, Draco could actually
be quite nice.
"Alright. We can try it." Harry grinned in reply.
"Well, we could start by calling in each other by our first
names, right?" Draco said.
"Sure, Draco." Harry said, saying the name for the first
time.
"Think we are arriving in a few minutes. See you in school
Harry." Draco replied.
They both started to walk in the direction of their own
carriage.
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Arriving in his carriage, Harry could still see Ron and
Hermione recounting the incident to Dudley who was amazed that Harry was such a
hero. Harry quickly changed into his robes and began telling them of his
conversation with Draco.
"I think we can trust him. He's really sincere in joining
our side." Harry concluded his tale.
"He could be a spy for You-Know-Who," Ron said with
disbelief.
"I think not but I could ask Professor Dumbledore to make
sure." Harry said.
