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Disclaimer: J.K.Rowling and Scholastic own the characters and settings and all that. I just own what I made up.

A/N: Okay, here's Part Two of Chapter Five. Sorry it's so short – I still have writer's block. It's not so bad, though (Nyias – your reviews are helping! Thanks so much! Every review helps, in fact!), and I think it'll be gone by the next chapter. The next one will probably be full-length. Anyway, I want to thank someone (who knows who he or she is) for his or her help with this part. I'll let you read the half-chapter now – please review! Thanks!

Harry Potter and the Prism of Light

Chapter Five, Part Two

The headmaster, Harry, and the two professors jumped up. McGonagall's eyes were wide, and her face was bright red. Figg was at the window, searching for a sign of Voldemort. Dumbledore was as calm as could be, but his Harry could tell that he was thinking.

"We've got to search the grounds. Harry, Hermione, you find the others and head out to the Forbidden Forest. We've got to find him. How long ago was he found?" Professor Figg asked.

"Just a few minutes. We heard a scream and followed to a room by the Potions dungeon. When we entered, Madam Pomfrey was lying on the ground, the bars on the window were pulled off, and Voldemort was gone," Hermione said. She looked extremely worried, as if Voldemort would burst into the room any moment and catch them by surprise (which was very possible).

Dumbledore paced the room, and then looked up quickly. "Harry," he said. "Where is your Marauder's Map?"

"Er," Harry said. "It's in my trunk up in Gryffindor Tower."

Dumbledore nodded. "Go get it. Look for any sign of Voldemort, and then immediately find the rest of the Prism in the Forbidden Forest. Perhaps if we hurry it won't be too late."

"All right," Harry said. He rushed out of the room and sprinted as fast as possible up to Gryffindor Tower. There had never seemed to be this many staircases and hallways! Finally, he reached the tower and climbed the steps to his dormitory as fast as possible, an aching pain in his side from the running. He quickly entered the dormitory and unlatched his trunk. Shuffling through books, papers, and other odds and ends, he found the Marauder's Map.

Harry had to wait to catch his breath before he could say the words that would make the Marauder's Map appear on the seemingly innocent piece of empty parchment.

"I solemnly swear I am up to no good," he said hurriedly, tapping the parchment. Instead of the map of Hogwarts that usually appeared, lines of words in black ink showed up.

Harry, read this quickly. There isn't much time. Voldemort is escaping. Right now, he is leaving the Hogwarts grounds through the west side of the Forbidden Forest. If you hurry, you may catch him.

"What?" Harry said, confused. "Who is this? And why should I believe you?"

Harry, believe me. It's me - your dad. You've got to believe me; people's lives depend on it. Hurry up. If you don't catch him now, people will die. The actual Marauder's Map will show up now so you can find Voldemort. Hurry.

Suddenly, the words disappeared, and the Marauder's Map took their place. Harry began jogging down Gryffindor Tower (his side ached too much to run), looking at the map at the same time. Sure enough, on the west side of the Forbidden Forest, was a small dot labeled "Voldemort", flanked on one side by Wormtail. But that wasn't why Harry stopped jogging and dropped the map in shock. Another dot, one flanking Voldemort on the other side, was what did this.

Thoughts flashed through his mind and everything became hazy. What was this person doing with Voldemort? Harry shook his head, clearing his mind, and took off at a quick run towards the Forbidden Forest. He spotted the dots labeling the rest of the Prism and headed towards them, his legs still wobbling from the shock of who was accompanying Voldemort.

Harry finally reached them. They had split up - Hermione and Aurora had gone one way, and Ron, Draco, and Ginny went another. Neither was close to Voldemort.

Harry reached Hermione and Aurora first.

"Harry," Hermione said as she spotted him, grinning in relief. "We thought you'd never find us! Did you find the map?"

"Yes," Harry said. "Voldemort is on the west side of the forest, but he's getting away. We have to hurry. I don't think we'll make it; he's too far away, and we'll never reach him in time on foot."

Aurora grinned. "We don't have to go on foot," she said. She held up one hand, clutching a broomstick.

"A broom," Harry said. "You're a genius, Aurora! Let's go."

They climbed on the broomstick and headed toward Voldemort; Ron, Draco, and Ginny would have to get there themselves. There wasn't enough time to pick them up. After a few minutes, Harry, who was on the front of the broom, spotted three cloaked figures on the ground. They were walking briskly towards the edge of the Forbidden Forest, where Apparating away would be possible. Under the heavy wool cloaks, their faces weren't visible.

Harry guided the broom to a patch of tall, thick bushes near Voldemort. He landed softly, and he, Hermione, and Aurora quickly jumped off.

"Wands out," Aurora whispered as they ducked behind trees and bushes, edging closer to Voldemort and his two cronies.

Eventually, they were just feet away from the three cloaked wizards. They three wizards were talking in low whispers when Voldemort suddenly stopped and turned around.

"I hear something," he said suspiciously.

"What is it, Master? Has someone found us?" Wormtail said, taking out his wand.

"I'm not sure. Search around here and find whoever it is, if there even is someone."

"Yes, Master," Wormtail said. The other cloaked wizard followed, and they began checking behind everything in the area.

Harry was concentrating on remaining as still and quiet as possible when suddenly -

"Aha! I found them, Master!" Wormtail's whiny voice sounded, and Harry looked up to see his round face staring down at him, smiling triumphantly. "They're over here, Master! Come and look, it's the Potter boy and two others!"

Voldemort skulked over. "Yes, the Potter boy. I had expected you. And Aurora Malfoy, and a Mudblood. Stand up, all of you."

"No," Harry said quietly.

"What did you say?" Voldemort said, his voice booming.

"I said... STUPEFY!" Harry shouted, aiming his wand at Voldemort. The jet of light missed him, but instead hit Wormtail, who fell to the ground.

"STUPEFY!" Aurora and Hermione shrieked at the same time, aiming their wands at the cloaked wizard. He, too, collapsed on the ground.

Voldemort stared at his two henchmen and then turned back to Harry, Aurora, and Hermione.

"STUPEFY!" Harry, Aurora, and Hermione said.

"STUPEFY!" Voldemort roared at the same exact moment.

All four shots of light hit, and all four people fell to the ground, Stunned.

***

"I think he's waking," a voice that Harry recognized as Ginny Weasley's whispered.

Harry opened his eyes and blinked groggily. Suddenly, he remembered - Voldemort, his henchmen, Aurora, Hermione and he, in the Forbidden Forest!

"Voldemort! What happened to him?" he asked, jumping out of bed. He looked around. He was in the hospital wing, and Ron, Ginny, and Draco were standing around his bed. Hermione and Aurora were in beds to the right of Harry. Hermione was awake, but Aurora was still Stunned.

Ron bit his lip. "We don't know for sure. When we found you, he was gone. Hermione woke up a few minutes ago and filled us in on what happened."

"Are you feeling all right?" Ginny asked anxiously. "Fighting Voldemort twice in one day has to be very tiring!"

Harry smiled weakly. "Yeah, I'm all right. A bit sore and very tired, but at least I'm all in one piece."

"Where am I?" a voice croaked. It was Aurora. Ron, Draco, and Ginny rushed over to her bed, and Harry was left alone to think. His thoughts weren't quite straight yet; he couldn't remember what happened before he found Aurora and Hermione.

Just then, Dumbledore came into the room, followed by McGonagall and Figg. "Ah, I see all of our Prism members are awake. Now, we'll need to hear exactly what happened."

First, Ron, Draco, Ginny, Aurora, and Hermione told what happened to them when they went down to the Forbidden Forest.

"We went down there and decided to split into two groups to find Voldemort more quickly. We scoured the forest for almost a half hour, but we didn't find Voldemort. We didn't see anyone until we came across Aurora, Hermione, and Harry," Ginny said.

"Once we split up, we ran to the broom shed and grabbed one of the brooms, just in case we had to get somewhere really fast. We didn't find anything until Harry came along. Then, we found Voldemort and Stunned his two henchmen-" Aurora said, but Harry cut her off.

"Henchmen," he said. He couldn't believe he had forgotten about the mystery henchman.

"What is it, Harry?" Hermione asked. "You've gone all pale."

Harry looked up. "When I found the Marauder's Map, my dad first spoke to me through it," he said. He explained what his dad had said, then went on. "Then the actual map showed up, and it showed Voldemort, Wormtail, and a third henchman."

"Oh, who was it?" Ginny asked.

"Yeah, tell us," Ron said.

Harry breathed out a sigh and avoided looking at Ron or Ginny. "The dot was labeled Arthur Weasley. It was your dad."