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"Perfect." The figure at the top of the stairs hissed. "I got Harry Potter. They can take orders from me." The figure said. "At long last, I have my chance to kill Potter." He wasn't really a man. More like a wisp of smoke, in the shape of a man. And from what was visible, he didn't appear to be a very attractive man. His face looked more of a snake than a mans'. Leo stood in shock from what he saw. Ron and Hermione each gave a small gasp of fear, before grabbing onto Leo's arm for support. Harry stood defiantly at the base of the stairs. The Charmed Ones were hissing at him to get near Leo so that he could orb them out, but Harry just ignored them.
"Voldemort." Harry sneered.
Prue gave the signal to her sisters, and silently counted to three. There was an explosion from where the Halliwells were trapped. Broken glass, and a liquid littered the floor near the edge of their shield. Smiling, Prue put her hand where the shield used to be. Satisfied that it was gone, she and her sisters stepped to the other side of the basement. "Harry, get over here." Hermione hissed. She had given up trying to get Harry move with only words, and grabbed his arm pulling him closer. The shock of having his magic pentratble shiled broken, Voldemort stood in shock.
Piper stood at the bottom of the stairs. She waved her hands around, and the wisp of smoke scattered, giving everyone time to run to Leo and time to orb out. Leo orbed them to the edge of the Hogwarts grounds when his magic died out. Piper and Prue carried Leo up the castle stairs, with the others following behind them. Dumbledore met them at the front doors. "Bring him to the infirmary." He ordered. Piper readjusted her hold on Leo, and Dumbledore waved his wand. "Let me lighten your load." He said, as Leo began to float. Grateful to have some help, Piper pushed Leo to the infirmary, lead by the kids. Dumbledore stood behind the crew.
"We didn't get him." Phoebe explained to Dumbledore. "He'll be back."
"I don't doubt it, but we got one of his few followers in jail, and your demon is tightly bound at you manor."
"Plus one more!" Ron added. Piper turned.
"Huh?" She asked, very confused.
"Somebody else showed up, and well, she's bound too."
"Uh thanks." Prue said.
"It was only a simple spell." Hermione said, shyly.
"Simple or not, you did us a big favor." Piper said.
"He'll be back for you." Phoebe said. She turned to Harry, who was staring out one of the windows.
"What else is new?" He asked, monotonously. "Someone is always trying to kill me."
"Cheer up Harry! They can kill You-Know-Who for you!" Ron said, approaching his best friend.
"Yes, and then you won't have to worry about him anymore." Hermione added.
"No." Harry said, turning around.
"Excuse me?" Phoebe said.
"I don't want you to kill him for me. He killed my parents, I will kill him myself." Harry said determined.
"Not to put you down or anything, but you're just a kid." Prue said.
"I want to. I will wait until I am older and have the magic to do it, but I want to be the one. And I'm not doing this for the praise; I'm doing this for revenge. And not just for me, for the other families he killed. For everyone." Harry said.
"Revenge poisons the mind." Dumbledore wisely said. "And the heart as well. Great Men have been driven to do terrible things for revenge."
"Then self defense. If I don't kill him, he'll kill me." Harry looked at Dumbledore to see if that met his approval. Dumbledore nodded.
"Are you sure you don't want us to do it?" Piper asked.
"Just deal with your own demons." Harry urged.
"Ok. Then we will go home when Leo has the strength again. It may be tomorrow or it maybe tonight. " Phoebe somberly said. She was having fun. Truthfully, even though she had never read the books before, Phoebe had felt that after a week at Hogwarts that she had read them all to the point of memorization. Things were so different here. If it weren't for Voldemort, Phoebe could have easily mistaken Hogwarts as a Utopia. She never thought she'd admit it, but she loved to teach those kids. Most of them seemed to be eager to learn about this other magic. There were those select few. There always were. The only thing that would have made this past week perfect would have been to have Cole there.
Prue didn't like Phoebe's words as much as Phoebe didn't. She had always dreamed about being in Hogwarts. From the minute she had finished the first book. The magic was so different, that she truly believed that the author had made it all up from her imagination. Yet, here she was, standing in the midst of Hogwarts. With the infamous Harry Potter, Ron Weasely, Hermione Granger, and Albus Dumbledore. She didn't want to leave. There was still so much for her to learn about Hogwarts. No matter how many times she had read the books, they were nothing like the real thing. The real thing was more magical, more mystical, more like something out of a book. Prue had to mentally slap herself on that one. Duh, she thought, it was out of a book, but the author did it no justice. She described things only half as great as they really were, in Prue opinion. If only she could stay longer. But there was the nagging in the back of her head. The magazine. They needed her there.
Piper wasn't sure where she stood. This was an amazing adventure, but the whole stocking Harry thing was annoying. The first two days, when they didn't have to stalk Harry were great. They only had to be in the great hall for meals, and the rest of the time was theirs to do as they wished. Piper sighed. If only the whole week were like that. And the teaching thing. She was gaining confidence, but she still didn't like going up in front of their class. All those eyes starring up at her. Piper looked over at Leo, and saw him lying on that hospital bed. She couldn't help but feel that Leo was the real victim here. She knew of twice that he had passed out from lack of magic. And maybe the kids or even Leo himself was lying about how many times. She secretly wanted to go back. She watched Leo breath, hoping that he will regain his strength soon.
I'm thinking about Dumbledore offering Phoebe a job as a teacher at Hogwarts. Should she take it? Yeah or Nay? Vote now in your reviews!!!!