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Chapter 27
Voldemort was standing across the room, the only way over there was across a very narrow bridge over a pit of bubbling lava. In front of him on raised platforms were four monstrous eggs. Each of them was about three meters in diameter, two of them were a murky brown with black splotches, the other two were deep red with dark brown splotches, they seemed to pulse, and the stink was horrendous. Harry counted eleven half-rotted bodies around the base of each egg, undoubtedly food for the hatchlings, left by their long dead mothers under a spell to slow the decaying. On either side of their master stood a death eater, none of the three was facing them. Voldemort had an old dark red book in one hand and was flipping through the pages. Harry's first thought was for a gas mask, his second was for the people lying on the floor against the wall far to his right on a tiny ledge sticking out over the lava. Ira, Severus, Meria, and Lan. Harry turned to Remus and began to signal using Order sign language. You go free tem under an invisibility spell, I'll keep Voldemort and his friends busy until you get them out. Then we chase them off if we can and kill the eggs. Harry hurried silently down the slope to the bridge, here he stopped at the edge, Remus was untying the others, he could see the ropes moving. Harry quickly used the invisibility spell on himself and levitated across the bridge, he landed behind a death eater and knocked him out. Using the spell he kept him standing in position as if nothing had happened and crept over to the other, as he passed Voldemort the dark lord spoke.
"Took you long enough to join us Harry." Harry didn't hesitate a second.
"Stupefy!" Voldemort whirled and put up a shield.
"Crucio!" Harry ducked away.
"Rahimvar!" Voldemort blocked it, both fell silent as the fight continued wordlessly. Then the other death eater attacked.
"Avada Ked-" Harry's knife slammed into his forehead and he toppled into the lava-filled abyss. Harry shot a fireball at Voldemort, ducked a curse and danced back, but now they had turned so that Harry was closest to the eggs. Suddenly Harry got an idea, he slipped closer to the eggs, trying to ignore the stink. With one swift move he drew his sword and stabbed in deep into the egg closest, which was marked with a tiny flame…a fire Elemental's egg. He had to dodge and run as smelly reddish liquid which looked like dried blood started pouring out. Voldemort charged, Harry hurled a lightning bolt at the egg and it exploded. Voldemort leaped up beside another egg, Harry recognized its symbol as the one for earth, he hurled another fireball and shot curses at Voldemort, the other apparated away along with the egg.
"You almost had him." Remus said from behind him, Harry only nodded.
"We'll have to destroy the others." Snape said, Remus had awoken all of them, Harry nodded again and they set to work.
"What about the one he got?" Snape asked as they started back out of the cave.
"I my mark on it, it'll hatch and die within a half hour." Harry responded.
"Your mark?" Hermione asked in confusion. Harry held out his right palm, on it was a weird symbol.
"I'm not sure what it means, it just appeared a few days ago, anyhow I can transmit spells through it, very strong spells."
"Wonder boy," Remus muttered, Harry glared back at him. As they emerged into the sunlight a crowd of people came running up, Sirius in the lead.
"Thank goodness! What happened?" Harry launched into a long explanation as Miranda made a portkey back to Hogwarts.
**
Back at Hogwarts something had gone terribly wrong. Every blade of grass on the school grounds had been scorched away, leaving bare earth and ashes.
"Oh no, we leave for one second and this is what happens." Sirius said in horror as they sprinted up the lawn. They knocked on the door, a few seconds later Madam Hooch opened it cautiously, and burst into tears.
**
"So they got the French Ministry, Beauxbatons, Durmstrang, the Polish Ministry, the Japanese Ministry, California's School of Sorcery, Maple Leaf Magical Academy, Palm Tree School of Witchcraft & Wizardry, and King Solomon's School of Magic, then they came here and set fire to everything flammable but were driven off by the Order and the magical protection wards?
"Yes, it's a disaster, twenty-two thousand nine hundred and seventy muggles killed, four thousand and twelve missing. Everything is chaos; the muggle murders have been blamed on a huge terrorist group, but the wizarding community…Voldemort just nipped off for a few minutes after those eggs. The students are scared spit less. You were gone for two days, Voldemort used one of those dark arts time spells, everything to you only seemed like a few minutes." A very distressed Albus Dumbledore said as he paced around his office.
"They're down in the great hall right? I'll go see if I can help any and send all the staff up here. They need a break, just let us prefects take over for a while." Dumbledore looked to Harry strangely.
"Do you have a way to calm them?"
"Yes, and a set of counter-attack plans, they'll be brought here by owl shortly. I had expected something, but not for months, oh well." Harry hurried off, leaving the others staring after him.
"He's clairvoyant, he's got plans for everything! Just let him deal with the students for the rest of today, if he says he can manage than he can." Sirius said as he called the Order to a meeting.
**
Harry opened the door and walked into the great hall, everyone stopped to stare at him. They were all seated on the floor, many had tears of fear in their eyes.
"Harry!" Draco came running over followed by the other prefects. "Where were you? We could have used your help."
"Sorry guys."
"Did you stop him?"
"Yes, four Elementals dead." The other prefects looked confused but didn't say anything. Ron and Hermione came in. Harry looked around.
"They're terrified.".
"Thank you captain obvious!" Draco muttered.
"Ron, Hermione, I think we should finish the story." The other two looked at him, and then nodded. Harry began to conjure up couches, rugs, and soft armchairs. He squeezed them into a small circle and started a fire in the center.
"The Gryffindors know what's up so they can just zone out for a while. A few days ago we got the idea to share stories about Hogwarts. Ron, Hermione, and I will start off, telling about our adventures here, then we'll move on to anyone else with something to share okay?" He got a few doubtful looks, but all the Gryffindors sat forwards eagerly.
Harry began to talk, repeating what the Gryffindor's had already heard for the others. Soon all the students were listening in silence, occasionally breaking out into laughter. The trio made sure to make everything more funny than it had been, these students needed a laugh to two. They all ate dinner as they talked, sitting or lying about on the rugs and soft chairs. Harry used his Voice Power to catch everyone's attention, soon they were all so wrapped up in the story that they didn't even notice when Snape poked his head in to see how things were going. They stopped, finished with their first year, around nine pm. The prefects conjured up huge soft sleeping bags and pillows and sent everyone to sleep, promising to continue the story the next day.
The next morning students from other schools began to arrive, from Beauxbatons, Durmstrang and many others. With them came their prefects and professors that were left. Around noon Dumbledore found time to come down.
"Harry you are a saint. This is perfect. All the students form the attacked schools are coming here. I've got a huge load of work to do, I'll be taking some of the prefects, could you keep everyone else busy?" He asked.
"Sure, for days. Is this all the students who are coming?"
"Yes, tomorrow morning another hundred or so will come, ending around noon and starting again the next day."
"Okay, from breakfast until lunch everyone will just hang out. After lunch we'll have "classes", taught by prefects. After dinner we'll continue with the stories."
"Great idea that, and with the adventure's you've had you'll never finish."
"Makes me wonder just what I've gotten myself into."
"Just being yourself Harry, thanks for the plans. We're trying out best, but Voldemort is attacking nearly constantly." And with that Dumbledore left.
After lunch the classes started, the great hall was set up in 'classrooms" with curtains in between. Harry taught defense. After dinner everyone gathered again, and the trio began on their second year.
**
Two days later it was over, the attacks had stopped, Hogwarts had 482 new students. Everything had been expanded again, and the trio had finished the story of their third year. They had made it take a long time; they didn't even have a chance to start into their fourth. It had done miracles; the students all loved the three adventurers, who quickly became the most popular students in the school.
"Not that it's bad mind you," Ron said as they escaped from the ever present press of younger students wanting to meet The Harry Potter. "But really, why do all the girls have to go for Harry and Draco?" Ira covered a grin at Harry's grimace, Hermione glared at Ron who gulped. "It's not like I want the attention but they're annoying, can't you two tell them to stop?" Draco caught up to them in time to hear.
"No, they don't listen, they don't go after you only because they know you're taken." He glanced at Hermione and Ron who were walking side by side.
"And who's saying Harry isn't?" Ira asked with a growl, Harry edged away.
"Hey I didn't say nothing, uh oh, look out, trouble at four o'clock." They all ducked away, but not before Parkinson, Zambizi, Bulstrode, and two horrid new students, Sara Dimorvich and Kelly Veritunziki, had seen them. They all met in the entrance hall, the marauders on their way to Care of Magical Creatures, which, unfortunately, they ahd with the other five.
"Well well, if it isn't the stupendously stupid Marauders." Pansy said nastily, nose in the air.
"Never thought I'd see /pure bloods/ hanging around with garbage like Bushy head Granger and the beggar Weaselys. A sad come down, you should find better friends Malfoy, this trash will lead you into the sewer with them." Kelly said in a horribly snooty voice. The Marauders held their tempers and allowed the others to pass, then drew their wands.
"Imagus hair (a color) spiky." They all said, each focusing on one of the retreating heads and imagining what they wanted to happen. They lifted their wands, now each of the girls had a different color hair and all were spiked. Of course it was only an illusion but it was a good one.
Review please, lots of action in the next chapter!
Chapter 27
Voldemort was standing across the room, the only way over there was across a very narrow bridge over a pit of bubbling lava. In front of him on raised platforms were four monstrous eggs. Each of them was about three meters in diameter, two of them were a murky brown with black splotches, the other two were deep red with dark brown splotches, they seemed to pulse, and the stink was horrendous. Harry counted eleven half-rotted bodies around the base of each egg, undoubtedly food for the hatchlings, left by their long dead mothers under a spell to slow the decaying. On either side of their master stood a death eater, none of the three was facing them. Voldemort had an old dark red book in one hand and was flipping through the pages. Harry's first thought was for a gas mask, his second was for the people lying on the floor against the wall far to his right on a tiny ledge sticking out over the lava. Ira, Severus, Meria, and Lan. Harry turned to Remus and began to signal using Order sign language. You go free tem under an invisibility spell, I'll keep Voldemort and his friends busy until you get them out. Then we chase them off if we can and kill the eggs. Harry hurried silently down the slope to the bridge, here he stopped at the edge, Remus was untying the others, he could see the ropes moving. Harry quickly used the invisibility spell on himself and levitated across the bridge, he landed behind a death eater and knocked him out. Using the spell he kept him standing in position as if nothing had happened and crept over to the other, as he passed Voldemort the dark lord spoke.
"Took you long enough to join us Harry." Harry didn't hesitate a second.
"Stupefy!" Voldemort whirled and put up a shield.
"Crucio!" Harry ducked away.
"Rahimvar!" Voldemort blocked it, both fell silent as the fight continued wordlessly. Then the other death eater attacked.
"Avada Ked-" Harry's knife slammed into his forehead and he toppled into the lava-filled abyss. Harry shot a fireball at Voldemort, ducked a curse and danced back, but now they had turned so that Harry was closest to the eggs. Suddenly Harry got an idea, he slipped closer to the eggs, trying to ignore the stink. With one swift move he drew his sword and stabbed in deep into the egg closest, which was marked with a tiny flame…a fire Elemental's egg. He had to dodge and run as smelly reddish liquid which looked like dried blood started pouring out. Voldemort charged, Harry hurled a lightning bolt at the egg and it exploded. Voldemort leaped up beside another egg, Harry recognized its symbol as the one for earth, he hurled another fireball and shot curses at Voldemort, the other apparated away along with the egg.
"You almost had him." Remus said from behind him, Harry only nodded.
"We'll have to destroy the others." Snape said, Remus had awoken all of them, Harry nodded again and they set to work.
"What about the one he got?" Snape asked as they started back out of the cave.
"I my mark on it, it'll hatch and die within a half hour." Harry responded.
"Your mark?" Hermione asked in confusion. Harry held out his right palm, on it was a weird symbol.
"I'm not sure what it means, it just appeared a few days ago, anyhow I can transmit spells through it, very strong spells."
"Wonder boy," Remus muttered, Harry glared back at him. As they emerged into the sunlight a crowd of people came running up, Sirius in the lead.
"Thank goodness! What happened?" Harry launched into a long explanation as Miranda made a portkey back to Hogwarts.
**
Back at Hogwarts something had gone terribly wrong. Every blade of grass on the school grounds had been scorched away, leaving bare earth and ashes.
"Oh no, we leave for one second and this is what happens." Sirius said in horror as they sprinted up the lawn. They knocked on the door, a few seconds later Madam Hooch opened it cautiously, and burst into tears.
**
"So they got the French Ministry, Beauxbatons, Durmstrang, the Polish Ministry, the Japanese Ministry, California's School of Sorcery, Maple Leaf Magical Academy, Palm Tree School of Witchcraft & Wizardry, and King Solomon's School of Magic, then they came here and set fire to everything flammable but were driven off by the Order and the magical protection wards?
"Yes, it's a disaster, twenty-two thousand nine hundred and seventy muggles killed, four thousand and twelve missing. Everything is chaos; the muggle murders have been blamed on a huge terrorist group, but the wizarding community…Voldemort just nipped off for a few minutes after those eggs. The students are scared spit less. You were gone for two days, Voldemort used one of those dark arts time spells, everything to you only seemed like a few minutes." A very distressed Albus Dumbledore said as he paced around his office.
"They're down in the great hall right? I'll go see if I can help any and send all the staff up here. They need a break, just let us prefects take over for a while." Dumbledore looked to Harry strangely.
"Do you have a way to calm them?"
"Yes, and a set of counter-attack plans, they'll be brought here by owl shortly. I had expected something, but not for months, oh well." Harry hurried off, leaving the others staring after him.
"He's clairvoyant, he's got plans for everything! Just let him deal with the students for the rest of today, if he says he can manage than he can." Sirius said as he called the Order to a meeting.
**
Harry opened the door and walked into the great hall, everyone stopped to stare at him. They were all seated on the floor, many had tears of fear in their eyes.
"Harry!" Draco came running over followed by the other prefects. "Where were you? We could have used your help."
"Sorry guys."
"Did you stop him?"
"Yes, four Elementals dead." The other prefects looked confused but didn't say anything. Ron and Hermione came in. Harry looked around.
"They're terrified.".
"Thank you captain obvious!" Draco muttered.
"Ron, Hermione, I think we should finish the story." The other two looked at him, and then nodded. Harry began to conjure up couches, rugs, and soft armchairs. He squeezed them into a small circle and started a fire in the center.
"The Gryffindors know what's up so they can just zone out for a while. A few days ago we got the idea to share stories about Hogwarts. Ron, Hermione, and I will start off, telling about our adventures here, then we'll move on to anyone else with something to share okay?" He got a few doubtful looks, but all the Gryffindors sat forwards eagerly.
Harry began to talk, repeating what the Gryffindor's had already heard for the others. Soon all the students were listening in silence, occasionally breaking out into laughter. The trio made sure to make everything more funny than it had been, these students needed a laugh to two. They all ate dinner as they talked, sitting or lying about on the rugs and soft chairs. Harry used his Voice Power to catch everyone's attention, soon they were all so wrapped up in the story that they didn't even notice when Snape poked his head in to see how things were going. They stopped, finished with their first year, around nine pm. The prefects conjured up huge soft sleeping bags and pillows and sent everyone to sleep, promising to continue the story the next day.
The next morning students from other schools began to arrive, from Beauxbatons, Durmstrang and many others. With them came their prefects and professors that were left. Around noon Dumbledore found time to come down.
"Harry you are a saint. This is perfect. All the students form the attacked schools are coming here. I've got a huge load of work to do, I'll be taking some of the prefects, could you keep everyone else busy?" He asked.
"Sure, for days. Is this all the students who are coming?"
"Yes, tomorrow morning another hundred or so will come, ending around noon and starting again the next day."
"Okay, from breakfast until lunch everyone will just hang out. After lunch we'll have "classes", taught by prefects. After dinner we'll continue with the stories."
"Great idea that, and with the adventure's you've had you'll never finish."
"Makes me wonder just what I've gotten myself into."
"Just being yourself Harry, thanks for the plans. We're trying out best, but Voldemort is attacking nearly constantly." And with that Dumbledore left.
After lunch the classes started, the great hall was set up in 'classrooms" with curtains in between. Harry taught defense. After dinner everyone gathered again, and the trio began on their second year.
**
Two days later it was over, the attacks had stopped, Hogwarts had 482 new students. Everything had been expanded again, and the trio had finished the story of their third year. They had made it take a long time; they didn't even have a chance to start into their fourth. It had done miracles; the students all loved the three adventurers, who quickly became the most popular students in the school.
"Not that it's bad mind you," Ron said as they escaped from the ever present press of younger students wanting to meet The Harry Potter. "But really, why do all the girls have to go for Harry and Draco?" Ira covered a grin at Harry's grimace, Hermione glared at Ron who gulped. "It's not like I want the attention but they're annoying, can't you two tell them to stop?" Draco caught up to them in time to hear.
"No, they don't listen, they don't go after you only because they know you're taken." He glanced at Hermione and Ron who were walking side by side.
"And who's saying Harry isn't?" Ira asked with a growl, Harry edged away.
"Hey I didn't say nothing, uh oh, look out, trouble at four o'clock." They all ducked away, but not before Parkinson, Zambizi, Bulstrode, and two horrid new students, Sara Dimorvich and Kelly Veritunziki, had seen them. They all met in the entrance hall, the marauders on their way to Care of Magical Creatures, which, unfortunately, they ahd with the other five.
"Well well, if it isn't the stupendously stupid Marauders." Pansy said nastily, nose in the air.
"Never thought I'd see /pure bloods/ hanging around with garbage like Bushy head Granger and the beggar Weaselys. A sad come down, you should find better friends Malfoy, this trash will lead you into the sewer with them." Kelly said in a horribly snooty voice. The Marauders held their tempers and allowed the others to pass, then drew their wands.
"Imagus hair (a color) spiky." They all said, each focusing on one of the retreating heads and imagining what they wanted to happen. They lifted their wands, now each of the girls had a different color hair and all were spiked. Of course it was only an illusion but it was a good one.
Review please, lots of action in the next chapter!