Chapter 9: A war of terror
Harry swallowed hard and waited. Nothing happened, Voldemort seemed to be waiting for someone to throw the first shot, to see what they knew. Harry suddenly smiled to himself and stuck his hand in his pocket; he felt two wands sitting in it. He still had his fathers wand. After making sure he had his wand he raised it.
"Mortebula!"
He roared. The spell flew right at Voldemort. He dived aside and it hit the man behind him. A large explosion took place, blowing about 20 death eaters sky high. Harry chuckled and charged forward. Dumbledore was close behind him, followed by the rest of the school. The war then began. Most people darted away from Harry, but Harry didn't care, he was after Voldemort. He watched as Voldemort came face to face with Mr. Weasly. Harry groaned and sped up. Mr. Weasly was yelling something at a very satisfied Voldemort. He heard Voldemort's reply
"You are foolish Arthur, but if that is your choice."
He raised his wand and pointed it at Mr. Weasly
"Goodbye Arthur"
He said, cackling
"Avada-"
"No!"
Harry roared. He collided with Voldemort, plowing him into the ground
"Run!"
He barked at Mr. Weasly who immediately took off. Voldemort threw Harry off and stood up.
"Stupid boy"
He spat, but to Harry's surprise he walked away. Harry stood up and watched Voldemort. He stormed through the center, pushing kids and teachers aside until he stopped behind one and grinned. Harry couldn't see who it was until Voldemort started dragging her away. It was Ginny! Harry felt his heart drop and he bolted after them. Voldemort dragged Ginny out of the hall and up a few stairs, down a few halls and into Moaning Myrtles bathroom. Harry groaned but followed them in. He ran straight into a chest. Three death eaters were blocking the door. He watched at Voldemort disappeared through the sink, Ginny stumbling along behind him. Harry battled with the three death eaters and eventually knocked them all out, broke their wands and tied them up. He ran to the sink.
"Open"
He muttered, a hissing noise escaped his mouth and the sink moved. Harry dived in and slid down the large tube. When he hit the bottom, no one was there to meet him. He saw that the area that had collapsed in his second year had been cleared out. Harry ran through the large passageway, keeping his eyes alert. He got to the wall with the snakes and saw that it was being forced to stay open. Harry saw maybe 10 death eaters in the other room. They were all not paying any attention. Ginny way lying not to far away, her mouth tied. With out thinking he bolted inside and dropped to his knees beside her. He pulled off the spell-o-tape covering her mouth
"Harry!"
She whined
"You idiot, it's a trap!"
Harry spun around. Voldemort was standing there, all the death eaters beside him. He smiled
"Harry, Harry, Harry, how stupid of you. I had no idea you were the hooded figure there. My little spy told me you were here. My little spy has actually very helpful"
He chuckled and snapped his fingers. A death eater stepped forward and grabbed Ginny, dragging her away from Harry. Voldemort raised his wand at her
"NO!"
Harry yelled, running forward. Two death eaters grabbed his arms, holding him back
"Yes, yes Harry. I knew she was the perfect one to bring here. You see, my little spy told me she would be perfect, lucky for her she was right"
He laughed. Harry glared at Voldemort
"Leave her alone, she has nothing to do with this!"
"Oh no Harry, she has everything to do with this, you see the only way to kill you would be to force you to give yourself up. And no way better than to kidnap the girl you love."
Harry went silent and Voldemort smiled
"Alright, here are your choices. You give me your wand and promise not to run and I let her go, keep your wand, I kill her.chose"
Harry was again silent, Voldemort was staring at him intently.
"Don't do it Harry! Don't you dare!"
Ginny said, trying to free herself
"Don't kill yourself for me! Do you really think he'll keep his word?"
Again Harry was silent, Voldemort growled
"Alright, times up, you both die.Avery, you ki-"
Voldemort stopped talking, a strange ball was forming around Harry, it seemed to generate energy. The two death eaters holding Harry were forced back. Nothing happened for a moment then BAM! The ball blew up and sent waves of power in all directions, out of the room in all ways. It knocked over all the death eaters, making them fall unconscious. Voldemort fell to the ground, but didn't get knocked out. The blast made the chamber begin the shake, then it started to collapse. Large pieces of rock were falling from the ceiling. Harry bolted towards Ginny, leaping over Voldemort.
"Run for the wall!"
He yelled. Ginny nodded and ran for the corner. Harry blew a crevice in the wall and forced Ginny inside it. He was about to crouch in beside her when he was hit with a strange curse. Voldemort was running towards them. Harry turned and began battling with him. Ginny was screaming and crying behind him, trying to pull him inside. Harry sent a curse at Voldemort. It knocked him over. While he was turning the wall completely gave out and everything went black.
~*~
Sirius was rushing through the hall, searching for Harry. Students and teachers were lying all over the floor, and he hadn't seen Harry in the past hour. Then, suddenly a strange wave of.something, blew through the hall. Every death eater was knocked over. Sirius stood, confused in the middle of the hall. Suddenly every death eater was up and out of the hall, running as fast as they could away from Hogwarts. For about 10 minutes no one moved, then Dumbledore magnified his voice.
"Everyone, please return to your common rooms. If you are unable to move for some reason, don't try, get a teachers attention. I'm sorry to everyone who may be grieving, but it is important we get everyone back to the common rooms"
He unmagnified his voice and called all the teachers and Order members to him
"All of you follow me. Professor Sprout, you help keep an eye on everyone, make sure everyone who is alive goes back to their common room, if they are injured, send them to the infirmary with the head boy or girl."
He nodded his head and led everyone out of the hall. Sirius caught up with Dumbledore
"Sir, where are we going?"
"To the Chamber of secrets"
Dumbledore said, turning the corner
"Why?"
Sirius asked
"Because that is where Voldemort and Harry are."
Dumbledore replied, entering Moaning Myrtles bathroom
"How do you know that?"
Dumbledore didn't answer. He was examining the sink. After a moment he pointed his wand at it and blew it out of the way. A small hole was in its place. He lowered himself in and slid out of site. Sirius followed closely behind. Remus was right behind him, then Cassi, Daniel, Laura, Mcgonagall and everyone else. When Sirius hit the bottom, Dumbledore as waiting. Once everyone was there he lit his wand
"Voldemort is in here, and so is Harry, please be careful. If you find Voldemort, dead or alive, tie him up."
He nodded to them and began running down the passage, everyone close behind. Then they reached the chamber. Rocks were piled about 10 feet high. Sirius immediately let out a whimper. Remus put his hand on Sirius's shoulder, but it didn't help. Dumbledore levitated himself to the top. Everyone followed his lead. Once Sirius got up their Dumbledore was already in the middle. He pointed his wand at the rocks and muttered a spell .He began to walk around, still staring at the ground. Sirius ran up to him
"Professor, what are you doing?"
He questioned
"Searching for bodies, if I see blue, there is a dead body, when I see red, a live body, ah ha!"
He pointed to Cassi and Laura
"You two, there are four dead bodies right under us. I want you to get these rocks off of them. If you can, identify them, if you can't ask some one"
Cassi and Laura nodded and began to levitate the rocks away. As Dumbledore moved more and more people had begun to dig. After about 30 minutes he made it to the corner and smiled
"There is someone alive here, wait, there are two people, but one is barely. And here..."
He pointed only feet away
"A dead body"
Sirius, Remus, and Daniel immediately began to move the rocks. Daniel and Sirius were levitating the rocks and Remus was peeking into the hole.
"Wait! I see them!"
Remus lowered himself down into the deep hole. Sirius and Daniel were looking in but they couldn't see anything.
"It's Ginny!"
Remus yelled surprised. He handed her up. Daniel pulled her out of the hole and felt her pulse.
"She's alive, she's fine"
At Remus' out burst Dumbledore, Mcgonagall, Mr. Weasly, Bill, and Charlie were behind Sirius and Daniel. Mr. Weasly grabbed Ginny and laid her down. She opened her eyes and immediately began to cry. Mr. Weasly rubbed her back
"It's ok sweet heart, you're fine"
He whispered
"N-no, it's Harry, the wall fell on him, he might have died. Is he ok? Have they found him? Will he b-"
"I found Harry!"
Remus yelled
"Oh my god"
He whispered. Everyone was peering into the hole. Suddenly Remus appeared, and, in his arms, Harry. He looked horrible. Every part of him was bruised and bleeding. His arm looked broken in a good 4 places. But, the worst part was
"He's not breathing"
Remus chocked, lying him down. Daniel, Sirius, Remus, Dumbledore and Ginny all knelt beside him. Dumbledore pointed his wand at Harry's chest and said something, no one was really listening. Harry's body jumped, but he didn't start to breath. Dumbledore did it again. This time Harry lurched forward. He began to cough hard into his hand. Sirius scooted up close to him and pulled him into loose hug. He rubbed his back a few times before leaning back. Harry's hand was covered in blood and so was his mouth and chin.
"Jesus"
Sirius whispered, turning to Bill and Charlie
"Go get Madam Pomphrey, either of you, he's coughing up blood!"
Bill immediately took off. Snape, who had just run up after digging up a body, leapt into the hole. No one was watching him though. Then they heard him speak
"Oh my"
Snape said loudly
"Potter killed him, Potter killed the dark lord!"
Mcgonagall, Mr. Weasly, and Charlie peered down the hole. Snape was just coming out, dragging behind him, Voldemort. Harry began to cough again, but this time, harder. Sirius began to panic. He looked at Remus and Daniel. Both of them looked terrible
"Sirius"
Harry chocked
"I-I think I might have to go back on my promise"
Sirius shook his head
"No, no Harry. Don't you dare give up on me.don't you dare, James would never give up, never, and neither will you. Please Harry, please.god please don't die"
Tears began to roll down Sirius' cheeks
"Please, no"
Ginny watched Sirius cry and bowed her head. She looked straight at Harry
"You saved my life"
She whispered
"Of course I saved your life"
Harry muttered, closing his eyes in pain
"I would never let you die Gin, I."
He swallowed, his intense green eyes staring hard into her soft ones. She knew what he was trying to say, and he didn't have to tell her
"Shhhh"
She whispered. Harry closed his eyes and he sucked in breath. He coughed again, his whole body shaking, then he fell back limp into Sirius' arms. Sirius gasped slightly, tears still flowing out of his eyes. Remus stared at Harry's scratched face and bowed his head, running his fingers through his hair. A loud puffing announced Madam Pomphrey's arrival. She pushed everyone out of her way and knelt beside Harry. She sighed
"He's not in good shape, we need to get him on even ground"
After very careful levitating they had him on a stretcher. They walked him out of the chamber and into the classroom right outside the bathroom. Madam Pomphrey kept everyone out of the classroom, leaving them all to worry outside. After a few minutes Ron and Hermionie showed up, Bill behind them.
"Where is he?"
Ron asked, looking frantic. No one answered. Sirius was curled up right next to the door and was in no fit state to speak. Dumbledore, the calmest, spoke.
"He's inside there."
He pointed to the door
"Madam Pomphrey is working on him, I'm afraid he isn't doing to well. The entire Chamber collapsed on him."
Ron's jaw dropped and Hermionie let out a terrified cry
"He killed the dark lord, Potter killed the one wizard everyone in our world fears, a 17 year old boy"
Mcgonagall said, shaking her head and beginning to pace. No one spoke after that. For hours they stood there, waiting, hoping. Madam Pomphrey never even checked to see if they were all still there.
(And that's the war...don't worry, there will be more action...i'm far from finished...In the next chapter we'll find out if Harry's okay, and what really happened to Voldie...hehe ~ Kay)
Harry swallowed hard and waited. Nothing happened, Voldemort seemed to be waiting for someone to throw the first shot, to see what they knew. Harry suddenly smiled to himself and stuck his hand in his pocket; he felt two wands sitting in it. He still had his fathers wand. After making sure he had his wand he raised it.
"Mortebula!"
He roared. The spell flew right at Voldemort. He dived aside and it hit the man behind him. A large explosion took place, blowing about 20 death eaters sky high. Harry chuckled and charged forward. Dumbledore was close behind him, followed by the rest of the school. The war then began. Most people darted away from Harry, but Harry didn't care, he was after Voldemort. He watched as Voldemort came face to face with Mr. Weasly. Harry groaned and sped up. Mr. Weasly was yelling something at a very satisfied Voldemort. He heard Voldemort's reply
"You are foolish Arthur, but if that is your choice."
He raised his wand and pointed it at Mr. Weasly
"Goodbye Arthur"
He said, cackling
"Avada-"
"No!"
Harry roared. He collided with Voldemort, plowing him into the ground
"Run!"
He barked at Mr. Weasly who immediately took off. Voldemort threw Harry off and stood up.
"Stupid boy"
He spat, but to Harry's surprise he walked away. Harry stood up and watched Voldemort. He stormed through the center, pushing kids and teachers aside until he stopped behind one and grinned. Harry couldn't see who it was until Voldemort started dragging her away. It was Ginny! Harry felt his heart drop and he bolted after them. Voldemort dragged Ginny out of the hall and up a few stairs, down a few halls and into Moaning Myrtles bathroom. Harry groaned but followed them in. He ran straight into a chest. Three death eaters were blocking the door. He watched at Voldemort disappeared through the sink, Ginny stumbling along behind him. Harry battled with the three death eaters and eventually knocked them all out, broke their wands and tied them up. He ran to the sink.
"Open"
He muttered, a hissing noise escaped his mouth and the sink moved. Harry dived in and slid down the large tube. When he hit the bottom, no one was there to meet him. He saw that the area that had collapsed in his second year had been cleared out. Harry ran through the large passageway, keeping his eyes alert. He got to the wall with the snakes and saw that it was being forced to stay open. Harry saw maybe 10 death eaters in the other room. They were all not paying any attention. Ginny way lying not to far away, her mouth tied. With out thinking he bolted inside and dropped to his knees beside her. He pulled off the spell-o-tape covering her mouth
"Harry!"
She whined
"You idiot, it's a trap!"
Harry spun around. Voldemort was standing there, all the death eaters beside him. He smiled
"Harry, Harry, Harry, how stupid of you. I had no idea you were the hooded figure there. My little spy told me you were here. My little spy has actually very helpful"
He chuckled and snapped his fingers. A death eater stepped forward and grabbed Ginny, dragging her away from Harry. Voldemort raised his wand at her
"NO!"
Harry yelled, running forward. Two death eaters grabbed his arms, holding him back
"Yes, yes Harry. I knew she was the perfect one to bring here. You see, my little spy told me she would be perfect, lucky for her she was right"
He laughed. Harry glared at Voldemort
"Leave her alone, she has nothing to do with this!"
"Oh no Harry, she has everything to do with this, you see the only way to kill you would be to force you to give yourself up. And no way better than to kidnap the girl you love."
Harry went silent and Voldemort smiled
"Alright, here are your choices. You give me your wand and promise not to run and I let her go, keep your wand, I kill her.chose"
Harry was again silent, Voldemort was staring at him intently.
"Don't do it Harry! Don't you dare!"
Ginny said, trying to free herself
"Don't kill yourself for me! Do you really think he'll keep his word?"
Again Harry was silent, Voldemort growled
"Alright, times up, you both die.Avery, you ki-"
Voldemort stopped talking, a strange ball was forming around Harry, it seemed to generate energy. The two death eaters holding Harry were forced back. Nothing happened for a moment then BAM! The ball blew up and sent waves of power in all directions, out of the room in all ways. It knocked over all the death eaters, making them fall unconscious. Voldemort fell to the ground, but didn't get knocked out. The blast made the chamber begin the shake, then it started to collapse. Large pieces of rock were falling from the ceiling. Harry bolted towards Ginny, leaping over Voldemort.
"Run for the wall!"
He yelled. Ginny nodded and ran for the corner. Harry blew a crevice in the wall and forced Ginny inside it. He was about to crouch in beside her when he was hit with a strange curse. Voldemort was running towards them. Harry turned and began battling with him. Ginny was screaming and crying behind him, trying to pull him inside. Harry sent a curse at Voldemort. It knocked him over. While he was turning the wall completely gave out and everything went black.
~*~
Sirius was rushing through the hall, searching for Harry. Students and teachers were lying all over the floor, and he hadn't seen Harry in the past hour. Then, suddenly a strange wave of.something, blew through the hall. Every death eater was knocked over. Sirius stood, confused in the middle of the hall. Suddenly every death eater was up and out of the hall, running as fast as they could away from Hogwarts. For about 10 minutes no one moved, then Dumbledore magnified his voice.
"Everyone, please return to your common rooms. If you are unable to move for some reason, don't try, get a teachers attention. I'm sorry to everyone who may be grieving, but it is important we get everyone back to the common rooms"
He unmagnified his voice and called all the teachers and Order members to him
"All of you follow me. Professor Sprout, you help keep an eye on everyone, make sure everyone who is alive goes back to their common room, if they are injured, send them to the infirmary with the head boy or girl."
He nodded his head and led everyone out of the hall. Sirius caught up with Dumbledore
"Sir, where are we going?"
"To the Chamber of secrets"
Dumbledore said, turning the corner
"Why?"
Sirius asked
"Because that is where Voldemort and Harry are."
Dumbledore replied, entering Moaning Myrtles bathroom
"How do you know that?"
Dumbledore didn't answer. He was examining the sink. After a moment he pointed his wand at it and blew it out of the way. A small hole was in its place. He lowered himself in and slid out of site. Sirius followed closely behind. Remus was right behind him, then Cassi, Daniel, Laura, Mcgonagall and everyone else. When Sirius hit the bottom, Dumbledore as waiting. Once everyone was there he lit his wand
"Voldemort is in here, and so is Harry, please be careful. If you find Voldemort, dead or alive, tie him up."
He nodded to them and began running down the passage, everyone close behind. Then they reached the chamber. Rocks were piled about 10 feet high. Sirius immediately let out a whimper. Remus put his hand on Sirius's shoulder, but it didn't help. Dumbledore levitated himself to the top. Everyone followed his lead. Once Sirius got up their Dumbledore was already in the middle. He pointed his wand at the rocks and muttered a spell .He began to walk around, still staring at the ground. Sirius ran up to him
"Professor, what are you doing?"
He questioned
"Searching for bodies, if I see blue, there is a dead body, when I see red, a live body, ah ha!"
He pointed to Cassi and Laura
"You two, there are four dead bodies right under us. I want you to get these rocks off of them. If you can, identify them, if you can't ask some one"
Cassi and Laura nodded and began to levitate the rocks away. As Dumbledore moved more and more people had begun to dig. After about 30 minutes he made it to the corner and smiled
"There is someone alive here, wait, there are two people, but one is barely. And here..."
He pointed only feet away
"A dead body"
Sirius, Remus, and Daniel immediately began to move the rocks. Daniel and Sirius were levitating the rocks and Remus was peeking into the hole.
"Wait! I see them!"
Remus lowered himself down into the deep hole. Sirius and Daniel were looking in but they couldn't see anything.
"It's Ginny!"
Remus yelled surprised. He handed her up. Daniel pulled her out of the hole and felt her pulse.
"She's alive, she's fine"
At Remus' out burst Dumbledore, Mcgonagall, Mr. Weasly, Bill, and Charlie were behind Sirius and Daniel. Mr. Weasly grabbed Ginny and laid her down. She opened her eyes and immediately began to cry. Mr. Weasly rubbed her back
"It's ok sweet heart, you're fine"
He whispered
"N-no, it's Harry, the wall fell on him, he might have died. Is he ok? Have they found him? Will he b-"
"I found Harry!"
Remus yelled
"Oh my god"
He whispered. Everyone was peering into the hole. Suddenly Remus appeared, and, in his arms, Harry. He looked horrible. Every part of him was bruised and bleeding. His arm looked broken in a good 4 places. But, the worst part was
"He's not breathing"
Remus chocked, lying him down. Daniel, Sirius, Remus, Dumbledore and Ginny all knelt beside him. Dumbledore pointed his wand at Harry's chest and said something, no one was really listening. Harry's body jumped, but he didn't start to breath. Dumbledore did it again. This time Harry lurched forward. He began to cough hard into his hand. Sirius scooted up close to him and pulled him into loose hug. He rubbed his back a few times before leaning back. Harry's hand was covered in blood and so was his mouth and chin.
"Jesus"
Sirius whispered, turning to Bill and Charlie
"Go get Madam Pomphrey, either of you, he's coughing up blood!"
Bill immediately took off. Snape, who had just run up after digging up a body, leapt into the hole. No one was watching him though. Then they heard him speak
"Oh my"
Snape said loudly
"Potter killed him, Potter killed the dark lord!"
Mcgonagall, Mr. Weasly, and Charlie peered down the hole. Snape was just coming out, dragging behind him, Voldemort. Harry began to cough again, but this time, harder. Sirius began to panic. He looked at Remus and Daniel. Both of them looked terrible
"Sirius"
Harry chocked
"I-I think I might have to go back on my promise"
Sirius shook his head
"No, no Harry. Don't you dare give up on me.don't you dare, James would never give up, never, and neither will you. Please Harry, please.god please don't die"
Tears began to roll down Sirius' cheeks
"Please, no"
Ginny watched Sirius cry and bowed her head. She looked straight at Harry
"You saved my life"
She whispered
"Of course I saved your life"
Harry muttered, closing his eyes in pain
"I would never let you die Gin, I."
He swallowed, his intense green eyes staring hard into her soft ones. She knew what he was trying to say, and he didn't have to tell her
"Shhhh"
She whispered. Harry closed his eyes and he sucked in breath. He coughed again, his whole body shaking, then he fell back limp into Sirius' arms. Sirius gasped slightly, tears still flowing out of his eyes. Remus stared at Harry's scratched face and bowed his head, running his fingers through his hair. A loud puffing announced Madam Pomphrey's arrival. She pushed everyone out of her way and knelt beside Harry. She sighed
"He's not in good shape, we need to get him on even ground"
After very careful levitating they had him on a stretcher. They walked him out of the chamber and into the classroom right outside the bathroom. Madam Pomphrey kept everyone out of the classroom, leaving them all to worry outside. After a few minutes Ron and Hermionie showed up, Bill behind them.
"Where is he?"
Ron asked, looking frantic. No one answered. Sirius was curled up right next to the door and was in no fit state to speak. Dumbledore, the calmest, spoke.
"He's inside there."
He pointed to the door
"Madam Pomphrey is working on him, I'm afraid he isn't doing to well. The entire Chamber collapsed on him."
Ron's jaw dropped and Hermionie let out a terrified cry
"He killed the dark lord, Potter killed the one wizard everyone in our world fears, a 17 year old boy"
Mcgonagall said, shaking her head and beginning to pace. No one spoke after that. For hours they stood there, waiting, hoping. Madam Pomphrey never even checked to see if they were all still there.
(And that's the war...don't worry, there will be more action...i'm far from finished...In the next chapter we'll find out if Harry's okay, and what really happened to Voldie...hehe ~ Kay)