Chapter 6
Crash! Harry dodged and stepped back, switching his sword to his left hand. Ira whirled and attacked, Harry parried and switched hands again, ducked her blade and twisted it out of her hand. His sword swung around to stop at her throat. She sighed and shook her head.
"Drat." Harry stepped back and lowered his sword, "I almost got you!" She added triumphantly. Hermione and Ron applauded from the side on the room where they were stretching out. Harry grinned and sheathed his sword they left the mat and Hermione Ron took their places. Hermione and Ron lifted their knives in a short salute, BOOM! The castle shook.
"What was that?" Hermione asked, staring around in astonishment, another loud bang and a shout. They all ran from the room, through the secret door and down to the common room. Students were pouring into the room from their dormitories. Shouts came from downstairs, Harry ran to the portrait hole and said the password, it swung open and he leaped through. A bright flash of light and a shout came from the stair ways. He hurtled down the stairs and out onto a landing a floor below the entrance to Gryffindor tower. On the landing below and to his right stood Dumbledore, his wand was out and he was looking around warily. A death eater lay on the ground, tied up tightly. He had obviously been attacked, but the other attacker had vanished. Students from the other houses were gathering on the lower landings and stairways, watching him. The other Gryffindors gathered on their landing above Harry. The Professors were coming from high above on the third floor. Suddenly a loud bang, two shouts and a flash of light came from the shadows behind the headmaster, he whirled around and returned with a curse, suddenly spells shot around coming from everywhere around him, hitting him in the back and side. He toppled to the floor, four hooded and masked death eaters came from the shadows, one was struggling with Fawkes. He stunned the Phoenix as the other raised his wand and pointed it at Dumbledore. Harry ran down the stairs towards them.
"Avada Ke-" he was cut off as Harry threw three curses at them. The two men stumbled and fell, their wands jumped up and landed a little ways away from them. One of them was turned to stone, two more were tied up tightly and stunned. A stunning spell from one of the Professors got the other. Harry leaped the last few steps and landed beside the headmaster, unstunning Fawkes as he did. Madam Pomfrey, and Professors Snape and McGonagal arrived a moment later. Madam Pomfrey knelt beside the headmaster and pulled out her wand. Silence reigned as the students and professors watched McGonagal spoke.
"Will he live?" She asked softly, Dumbledore wasn't visibly breathing anymore.
"His heart is slowly stopping, he's got a few more seconds left." Madam Pomfrey choked out. Harry moved instinctively, knowing exactly what to do.
"Here this'll help!" He reached out a hand over the headmaster, lightning crackled down and hit Dumbledore right over his heart. Dumbledore began to twitch slightly. The Lightning vanished, he shivered, and stopped moving completely, Snape turned on Harry.
"Traitor! Murderer!" His wand came out and snapped down to point at Harry, a blast of power knocked Harry off his feet and back into the railing which broke and splintered, he went crashing down off the landing and flipped, crashing off a gargoyle on the wall and bouncing off a protruding carving to land on the floor of the entrance hall two stories below in a heap of stone shards. Snape stood and went to the railing raising his wand again, a look of intense rage on his face, Madam Pomfrey suddenly yelled out,
"Severus stop! Harry didn't kill him he saved him!" The Potions master swung around in shock. Madam Pomfrey went on, frantically, her wand moving in blur over the headmaster. "That lightning started his heart going again, Harry just saved his life he didn't kill him!" She jumped up and went to the edge of the landing, Harry lay in a crumpled heap below, unmoving. "You may have killed him! All he did was save the Headmaster!" Snape and McGonagal traded looks and jumped over the edge and dropped to the floor beside Harry, using a levitation spell to slow their fall. Professor McGonagal knelt beside Harry's limp form.
"Damn you Severus! Can't you have a little faith in Harry? He'd rather die than kill Albus!" She shouted, she sounded like she wasn't sure if she should kill Snape or cry over Harry. Severus suddenly seized up and fell to the floor, twitching, a sob escaped him.
"What's wrong with you?" McGonagal demanded.
"The Phoenix," was all Snape could get out between gasps of pain. McGonagal sneered at him.
"Well the Lord Phoenix has every right to be enraged with you! I wouldn't be surprised if he kills you himself for this!" She went back to Harry, on the landing above Madam Pomfrey had awoken the headmaster, who stood up, Madam Pomfrey explaining what had happened in a whisper. The students looked on in shocked silence. A look of anger appeared on the headmaster's face, he picked up Fawkes and stepped over the edge of the landing, dropping to the floor the same way McGonagal and Snape had, Madam Pomfrey followed. On the ground Snape had stopped witching and was struggling to his feet, he stopped as Dumbledore landed and gave him a look cold enough to freeze a ghost.
"Go, I believe the Order and the Phoenix will want to have a few words with you about this." His voice was just as cold as his eyes, he turned away as Snape dragged himself to his feet and hurried from the hall. Madam Pomfrey was already at Harry's side, Dumbledore knelt down beside her.
"How is he?" Madam Pomfrey looked torn between anger and worry.
Will Harry live? What will happen to Snape? Find out in the next chapter!
Crash! Harry dodged and stepped back, switching his sword to his left hand. Ira whirled and attacked, Harry parried and switched hands again, ducked her blade and twisted it out of her hand. His sword swung around to stop at her throat. She sighed and shook her head.
"Drat." Harry stepped back and lowered his sword, "I almost got you!" She added triumphantly. Hermione and Ron applauded from the side on the room where they were stretching out. Harry grinned and sheathed his sword they left the mat and Hermione Ron took their places. Hermione and Ron lifted their knives in a short salute, BOOM! The castle shook.
"What was that?" Hermione asked, staring around in astonishment, another loud bang and a shout. They all ran from the room, through the secret door and down to the common room. Students were pouring into the room from their dormitories. Shouts came from downstairs, Harry ran to the portrait hole and said the password, it swung open and he leaped through. A bright flash of light and a shout came from the stair ways. He hurtled down the stairs and out onto a landing a floor below the entrance to Gryffindor tower. On the landing below and to his right stood Dumbledore, his wand was out and he was looking around warily. A death eater lay on the ground, tied up tightly. He had obviously been attacked, but the other attacker had vanished. Students from the other houses were gathering on the lower landings and stairways, watching him. The other Gryffindors gathered on their landing above Harry. The Professors were coming from high above on the third floor. Suddenly a loud bang, two shouts and a flash of light came from the shadows behind the headmaster, he whirled around and returned with a curse, suddenly spells shot around coming from everywhere around him, hitting him in the back and side. He toppled to the floor, four hooded and masked death eaters came from the shadows, one was struggling with Fawkes. He stunned the Phoenix as the other raised his wand and pointed it at Dumbledore. Harry ran down the stairs towards them.
"Avada Ke-" he was cut off as Harry threw three curses at them. The two men stumbled and fell, their wands jumped up and landed a little ways away from them. One of them was turned to stone, two more were tied up tightly and stunned. A stunning spell from one of the Professors got the other. Harry leaped the last few steps and landed beside the headmaster, unstunning Fawkes as he did. Madam Pomfrey, and Professors Snape and McGonagal arrived a moment later. Madam Pomfrey knelt beside the headmaster and pulled out her wand. Silence reigned as the students and professors watched McGonagal spoke.
"Will he live?" She asked softly, Dumbledore wasn't visibly breathing anymore.
"His heart is slowly stopping, he's got a few more seconds left." Madam Pomfrey choked out. Harry moved instinctively, knowing exactly what to do.
"Here this'll help!" He reached out a hand over the headmaster, lightning crackled down and hit Dumbledore right over his heart. Dumbledore began to twitch slightly. The Lightning vanished, he shivered, and stopped moving completely, Snape turned on Harry.
"Traitor! Murderer!" His wand came out and snapped down to point at Harry, a blast of power knocked Harry off his feet and back into the railing which broke and splintered, he went crashing down off the landing and flipped, crashing off a gargoyle on the wall and bouncing off a protruding carving to land on the floor of the entrance hall two stories below in a heap of stone shards. Snape stood and went to the railing raising his wand again, a look of intense rage on his face, Madam Pomfrey suddenly yelled out,
"Severus stop! Harry didn't kill him he saved him!" The Potions master swung around in shock. Madam Pomfrey went on, frantically, her wand moving in blur over the headmaster. "That lightning started his heart going again, Harry just saved his life he didn't kill him!" She jumped up and went to the edge of the landing, Harry lay in a crumpled heap below, unmoving. "You may have killed him! All he did was save the Headmaster!" Snape and McGonagal traded looks and jumped over the edge and dropped to the floor beside Harry, using a levitation spell to slow their fall. Professor McGonagal knelt beside Harry's limp form.
"Damn you Severus! Can't you have a little faith in Harry? He'd rather die than kill Albus!" She shouted, she sounded like she wasn't sure if she should kill Snape or cry over Harry. Severus suddenly seized up and fell to the floor, twitching, a sob escaped him.
"What's wrong with you?" McGonagal demanded.
"The Phoenix," was all Snape could get out between gasps of pain. McGonagal sneered at him.
"Well the Lord Phoenix has every right to be enraged with you! I wouldn't be surprised if he kills you himself for this!" She went back to Harry, on the landing above Madam Pomfrey had awoken the headmaster, who stood up, Madam Pomfrey explaining what had happened in a whisper. The students looked on in shocked silence. A look of anger appeared on the headmaster's face, he picked up Fawkes and stepped over the edge of the landing, dropping to the floor the same way McGonagal and Snape had, Madam Pomfrey followed. On the ground Snape had stopped witching and was struggling to his feet, he stopped as Dumbledore landed and gave him a look cold enough to freeze a ghost.
"Go, I believe the Order and the Phoenix will want to have a few words with you about this." His voice was just as cold as his eyes, he turned away as Snape dragged himself to his feet and hurried from the hall. Madam Pomfrey was already at Harry's side, Dumbledore knelt down beside her.
"How is he?" Madam Pomfrey looked torn between anger and worry.
Will Harry live? What will happen to Snape? Find out in the next chapter!