CHAPTER THIRTEEN- Halloween (Harry's point of
view)
"BOO!" Ron and I leapt as a monster jumped out at us from a closet. The monster giggled and removed the horrifying mask. It was Peggy.
"Give me a heart attack!" Ron yelled angrily. It was Sunday, the day after the dance.
"Sorry. I'm getting ready for Halloween. Its a fun time of the year." Peggy said with a grin.
"Not for us." Ron grumbled.
"Ah yes. The four years of misery." Peggy said.
"You told her?" I asked.
"No he just told me things happen on Halloween." She said and walked with us. I frowned slightly, unsure as of whether or not to tell her everything. I didn't think I should. I had felt weird enough telling Jasmine. And speaking of which.
"Hi guys." Jasmine appeared, brown eyes glittering with happiness.
"Hey Jasmine." Peggy said.
"What're you so happy about?" I asked.
"I had a good time last night at the dance." She said as we headed to the library.
"Who was your date? You never told me. And did he kiss you? Hermione said you didn't get in till one. An hour after the dance. What took so long? What were you doing?" I demanded.
"Sheesh, what is this the Spanish Inquisition?" Jasmine asked.
"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" Peggy said in a high, rather annoying voice. We stared at her. "Sorry, from a. TV show and. never mind, ignore me. I'm an idiot." Peggy said.
"I was talking to my date." Jasmine said.
"For an hour?" I asked.
"For an hour."
"Who was he? Did you kiss?" I demanded.
"I am not telling who he is and no we did not kiss." Jasmine huffed, switching her bag to her other shoulder.
"Tell me." I said.
"I promise you we didn't kiss."
"No. I mean, who was he?"
"I am not telling." Jasmine said.
"I-I-I am your brother and demand it." I said.
"Har. That doesn't work. It just makes little sisters madder. Trust me." Ron said.
"Listen to your friend, he's wiser then you when it comes to this." Jasmine giggled.
Ron grinned, Peggy giggled and I scowled. "Fine don't tell me."
"I won't." Jasmine said.
"Pssssssst. Parselmouth. Yeah, you with the glasses." Hissed a voice with a Mafia-accent. I looked over and saw the outline of a snake in the shadows. "C'mere."
"Go ahead to the library." I said and the others left. I picked the snake up and ducked into an empty classroom. The snake was about 25 inches long and olive brown. "Yes?" I asked.
"First off, put me down." She said and I set her down on a desk.
"Okay. What?"
"I got a message from the god-snake." She said.
"Okay." I said.
"The god-snake says- okay forget it, I can't do that accent." She said and flitted her tongue for a moment and switched from the Mafia-accent to a refined, British one. "All right, where was I? Oh yeah. The leader says that the Dementors are no longer at Azkaban, all the prisoners are free. Azkaban is completely empty. Nothing is there." She said and my eyes got wide.
"Are you serious?" I asked.
"No. I'm Kereen. Oh! You mean. heh, heh. Sorry. Yes, I am serious." She said. I sat back on a desk.
"Oh God that's that Dumbledore said would happen. thank you so much, is there anything I can do for you?" I asked.
"A nice frog would be good." She said. I pulled out my wand and tapped a crumpled up piece of parchment and transfigured it into a frog. It croaked and leapt around. "Oh thank you!" She said and I quickly left for Dumbledore's office.
***
"That is what I was afraid of." Dumbledore said, staring at me with pale blue eyes. "Thank you Harry. Out of curiosity, how did you find out?"
"A snake told me." I said.
"Okay. I need to talk to Cornelius right away. You can go now." Dumbledore said and I left his office, wondering what was going to happen.
***
"What?!" Hermione hissed in a low voice. It was late that evening and I had reported everything to her, Ron and Jasmine.
"The Dementors are gone? The prisoners are free?" Ron said in a high, squeaky voice unable to believe this.
"Good idea." Jasmine said to thin air beside her. Ron and Hermione gave her a confused look but Jasmine turned back. "It might be a trick from Voldemort."
"I thought about that but why would he say that? I mean, what's the point?" I asked.
Jasmine shrugged and cast a glance at the spirit none of us could see. I wondered whether or not it was Jason, Ron's dead relative. "I know how to find out if the snake told the truth or not." She said.
"How?" Hermione asked.
"A friend of mine." Jasmine said with a smile.
***
Jason floated as quickly as he could over the raging sea. "Stupid, stupid, stupid." He muttered angrily to himself. Why had he ever given Jasmine this idea?! It was stupid. He blew a bit off course as a great wind came. "Ah." He said, spotting a large, rocky island with a large, lonely building on the rocks. He floated over and through the stone. The cell he came into was empty. He floated down and his feet touched the ground and so he walked out into the main corridor. Each cell he passed was empty. Deserted. All of them open. He got to the next floor and gasped. There was a closed cell and someone crying. He quickly floated over and saw a rather young man huddled in a corner, crying, crying and crying. Jason jumped as a man appeared.
"So, have you thought about it?" He asked jeeringly.
"Yes I'll join his side just please. so hungry." The man said that last bit in a whisper. The cloaked man lifted a silver hand. A jet of light shot out and a cooked turkey appeared. The man inside the cell leapt at it and ate it like ravenous wolf. Jason backed up, eyes wide. The man with the silver hand unlocked the cell and took the sobbing younger man with him. A few cells down there was a woman in the same state.
"No! I will never join his side!" She cried out.
"You've been days without food." The man with the silver hand jeered.
"I don't care. I will not join his side." She screamed, throwing herself farther back in the cell.
"Have it your way. I'll see you tomorrow." Apparently those who weren't Death Eaters either joined Voldemort's side, or were left to die or until they finally joined.
Jason followed the man with the silver hand. He got five others before leaving. There was about twenty or so who refused to join. "Oh boy." Jason muttered and went as quickly as he could back to Hogwarts.
***
The next day McGonagall announced Dumbledore was gone for important business. Only Harry and Jasmine knew why. Jasmine's spirit friend had gone to Azkaban and found a few people there. People who had been sent for raising illegal creatures or other stuff like that. When Harry had told Dumbledore he left almost right away, not even stopping to find out how Harry knew.
"And so the fun begins." Harry muttered.
***
Halloween morning Harry woke up feeling extremely odd. He first figured it was because of Halloween. But then he saw someone sitting on his stomach. A small figure with long, bat-like ears, a long nose and huge, tennis-ball eyes that ogled him.
"Harry sir!" He squeaked.
"Hullo Dobby." Harry said, sitting up slowly. "What do you want?"
"I thought, I did, I thought I'd give Harry a visit, sir." He squeaked happily.
"Yeah it has been a long time since I saw you." Harry said 'not long enough' he added in his head. "Dobby can I get up, please?"
"Yes, sir." Dobby hopped off and rocked back and forth, clutching his ears as Harry got dressed.
"So is that all you wanted? A visit?" Harry asked.
"Yes sir. Today is Dobby's day off and I thought, I did, that to give you a visit, sir." He squeaked.
"Oh." Harry said, straightening his robes. "thanks."
"Can I come with you to breakfast, sir?" Dobby asked.
"Um. sure." Harry said so the two trouped down to the Great Hall. Huge pumpkins lined the walls, fake bats were fluttering about the ceiling and smaller pumpkins floated about. A great spider web was stretched over the ceiling.
"It had to be a spider web." Ron groaned as he came in.
"You'll live." Harry said.
'What's wrong with spiders? they- hi." Amy said as Dobby flung himself in a seat by her.
"Hi! I am Dobby the house-elf." He squeaked, shaking her hand.
"That's Dobby, huh?" Jasmine asked.
"You've heard of me?" Dobby asked, eyes getting wider.
"Harry told me about you." Jasmine said. After introductions were made, they began eating breakfast. During the whole breakfast Hermione asked Dobby questions. After breakfast, they headed to their first class.
***
"Well, nothing happened." Peggy said at dinner.
"Nothing yet." Ron said.
"Well I had a good day." Amy said.
"So did I." Jasmine added.
Harry kept jumping at the slightest things. "Harry you're turning into Toad." Ron said after Harry jumped at the sound of a fork being dropped.
"I'm sorry. I'm just jumpy You know. Its Halloween." Harry said, staring at the sky. Dark gray and black clouds swirled about, ready to burst open in a storm.
After the feast they headed to the Common Room. Harry was still jumpy. "Are you sure you're okay?" Hermione asked.
"I'm fine. I-"
"Hello kids." McGonagall appeared seemingly out of no where. Harry must of leapt about fifty feet.
"Hi Professor." They all said.
"You okay, Mr. Potter?" She asked as they walked.
"Yeah you just surprised me." Harry muttered, feeling slightly embarrassed.
"I'm sorry." McGonagall said.
"Its okay. I'm just jumpy today." Harry said.
"Um-hmm." McGonagall said absentmindedly, fidgeting with a white flower in her hair.
"That's a pretty flower, Professor." Hermione said.
"Hmm? Oh, thank you Miss Granger." She said, smiling.
"Its a gardenia, right?" Jasmine asked.
"Yes." McGonagall said, smiling.
"Did someone special give it to you?" Ron asked. McGonagall acted like she didn't hear him. They got to the Common Room and Harry then realized McGonagall walked with them on purpose.
"Password?" The Fat Lady asked.
"Ice Mice." Hermione said and the portrait opened.
"Goodnight, kids." McGonagall said.
"Night, Professor." They chorused as they walked in and went upstairs to their dorms.
*** (Jasmine's point of view)
"Jasmine! Jasmine! Wake up! Come on, Jasmine, wake up!" I rolled over in my bed at the strange voice. "Please! Jasmine! Hurry! Wake up!"
I slowly opened my eyes. "Who's there?" I asked, yawning as I cast a glance at the clock. It was a little after eleven pm. The whole castle was probably asleep from the feast.
"Hurry, the window, look." I slipped my feet in slippers and trudged over to the window. Slowly crossing the lawn were dozens of cloaked, masked figures.
"Oh my god." I stumbled backwards and crashed to the floor. Scrambling to the door I got up and ran down to the common room and out into the halls.
"What are you doing out so late?" Peeves appeared with a crack. Perfect.
"Please Peeves! Don't sound an alarm or anything!" I begged in what I hoped was a pleading voice. "STUDENT OUT OF BED! STUDENT OUT OF BED!" Peeves screamed, flying after me as I ran. I knocked into suits of armor, knocking paintings over and trying to make as much noise as possible. As I ran down the stairs I knocked into three people. McGonagall, Filch and Snape.
"What is the meaning of this?!" McGonagall shrieked angrily.
"Death Eaters. they were. are coming!" I said breathlessly.
"What?" McGonagall asked, looking at Snape who had gone pale.
"What is going on?" Dumbledore appeared, slipping a sky blue robe on.
"Miss Potter here says. Death Eaters." McGonagall gasped.
Dumbledore ran over to the nearest window and looked. "Go wake the other teachers." Dumbledore shouted, blue eyes alit with a fire. They quickly ran off and Dumbledore looked at me. "Stay here." He hissed and ran.
I stood there, staring out the window at the Death Eaters crossing. I felt my breathing get sharper and harder.
"Jasmine?" Jason floating over.
"Thanks for waking me." I said.
"Waking you? I didn't wake you." Jason said in confusion.
"Someone. someone woke me up." I said, confused.
"It wasn't me." Jason said.
"I woke you." Said a soft voice. I turned and saw a faded woman standing there. Her red hair that matched mine hung down and her green eyes sparkled. She wore a ghostly white dress and a smile. I felt sick and my eyes got wide.
"Mum?"
"And dad." Insisted a faded man who appeared. His black hair went everywhere and his brown eyes were sparkling with mischief behind his thick- rimmed glasses.
Then everything went black as I fainted.
*** (Harry's point of view)
"ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS!" I woke with a jerk. "OUT OF BED NOW. STUDENTS FIFTH YEARS AND UP GO TO THE MAIN HALL WITH YOUR WANDS, STUDENTS FOURTH YEAR AND YOUNGER STAY IN YOUR COMMON ROOMS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!" Dumbledore's voice rang out.
The others boys were looking around in confusion. "You heard him!" I yelled, leaping out bed. Ron, Dean, Seamus and Donnie fumbled around for their wands. Neville was cowering on his bed. "It'll be all right." I whispered to him. Neville grabbed his wand and ran down the stairs. The first people I saw were Amy, Peggy, and, ofcourse, Hermione.
"What is going on?!" Hermione asked, brown eyes wide.
"I don't know, let's go." I ran out into the halls and down to the entrance hall where teachers were. No, not all teachers. Snape and Toad weren't there. Soon it was crowded with Fifth, Sixth and Seventh years.
"Professor what is going on?" I demanded from Dumbledore.
"Harry go to my office and stay there."
"Why?!" I shrieked. Just then the front doors burst open and Death Eaters poured in. Many people around me screamed.
"No time for questioning. Fight! Except you, Harry. Go to my office now!" Dumbledore said with a ferocity I never saw in him before.
"Y-yes." I said meekly, seeing why Voldemort was afraid. I turned and ran.
"Get the boy!" I heard someone scream. I ran up the stairs and down corridors, passing the straggling Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh years.
"Harry, what's going on?" Lee Jordan asked sleepily.
"Attack on the school." I said and continued running. I tripped over something and crashed.
"Oh my God. Petrificus Totalus!" I got up and turned to see Lee fighting off a Death Eater chasing me. The Death Eater easily dodged. I grabbed my wand and aimed.
"Incendio!" I shrieked. The Death Eater caught fire and I continued running.
*** (Peggy's point of view)
Curses and countercurses shot through the air. Everyone had became separated and I was in a dead-end corridor with Ron.
"Man do I hate being right all the time." Ron moaned, diving on the floor, narrowly avoiding being hit by the Cruciatus curse. "Why couldn't I of been wrong about something happening?!" He wailed
"Are we allowed to use to Unforgivable curses back?" I asked.
"I don't know! Expelliarmus!" Ron said, wildly waving his wand. The two of us were almost backed against the wall.
"Incendio!" I shrieked, catching one of the Death Eaters on fire.
"Uh, Avis!" Ron shrieked and there was a loud 'bang' and birds flew at the Death Eaters. "Obliviate!" He said, knocking a Death Eater on the ground, draining him of his memory.
"Stupefy!" I yelled, stunning one of them.
"This is not how I was planning spending Halloween night. Stupefy!" Ron said. Suddenly he flew back and hit the wall and screamed in pain at the Cruciatus curse being put on him.
"Ron!" I shrieked and whirled around. "Cascadus!" I said and hit the Death Eater performing the spell. He was shot backwards by water. Ron collapsed down, not moving.
Suddenly a voice shrieked out "Reducto!" and the wall blasted open, knocking half the Death Eaters out cold. The others quickly ran off to find someone else to fight. I ran over to Ron. He lay on the floor, eyes open but slid back so only his whites were showing. "Ron." I whispered, shaking him desperately. He remained basically unmoving except for my shaking.
"Is he okay?" Neville appeared, looking worried.
"I don't know I. did you blast that wall open?" I asked.
Neville looked over and seemed shocked. "I. yes. I guess I did." He faltered.
"Go watch the corridor." I said and Neville went to watch as I pressed a stone. A secret passage opened and I put Ron in. I closed the passage, and Neville and I ran off to help fight.
*** (Amy's point of view)
"Where were you?" I demanded as Peggy and Neville appeared at my side.
"Fighting." Peggy said and pointed her wand. 'Stupefy! Obliviate!"
"Where's Harry?" I asked.
"I don't know but now is not the time to discuss this." Peggy said, avoiding the Imperious curse.
"And Ron?"
"Knocked out, I think. I put him somewhere safe." Peggy mumbled. She was shaking and pale and I didn't blame her.
I suddenly heard voices. Lots of hissing sort of voices. And a scream. I turned and saw a wave of snakes coming from the dungeons.
"ATTACK!" They were all screaming and flung themselves at Death Eaters. I picked a particularly poisonous one up and flung it at a Death Eater about to attack Seamus.
"Thanks, Amy." He said, looking relieved.
The snakes by themselves outnumbered the Death Eaters. I saw in amusement at a Death Eater covered with a bunch of snakes which wrapped themselves tightly around him. Another Death Eater dropped dead as soon as one of the snakes bit him.
"Retreat. Retreat!" Called someone and the remaining Death Eaters ran off and into the forest, disappearing. The castle was silent. Then we began cheering and hugging. As I hugged Peggy, I saw the snakes disappearing. A large one in charge winked at me before disappearing herself. Then I turned back to cheer.
*** (Ron's point of view)
I opened my eyes, feeling incredible pain as I sat up. I was in the hospital wing. I saw every single bed held a student. Looking beside me, I saw Peggy asleep over a book. Rubbing my eyes, I looked around in confusion, trying to remember what happened. Awaken around eleven. Death Eaters attacked. me and Peggy. the Cruciatus curse. On me. Then everything was blank.
The Cruciatus curse on me. I buried my face in my hands and cried. That awoke Peggy.
"Huh? What?" She asked, pushing her glasses up the bridge of her nose. "Ron."
I looked up at her. "Why did that happen?" I asked in a whisper. "Why?"
"I don't know." Peggy whispered, giving me a hug. I hugged her tightly, not wanting to let go.
*** (Harry's point of view)
I walked into the hospital wing, shocked at the sight of it all. So many hurt students. Classes for Fifth years and up were canceled for a week or so. I stopped at each person I knew.
"Hi Harry." Lee Jordan said weakly.
"Hi Lee. How're you feeling?" I asked.
"All right. " He said and closed his eyes. "I've been better."
"Hope you get better soon." I said and continued. The next person I knew was Cho Chang.
"Hullo Harry." She said, seeing me.
"Hi Cho." I said, looking at her. She had bandages around her head. "What happened?"
"One of the Death Eaters flung a big block of stone at my head." She said slowly, as if trying to remember.
"I hope you get better soon." I told her.
"What happened?" She asked.
"You said you got hit by a big block of stone." I said.
"Did I?" She asked in confusion. "Hi Harry." She said after a moment.
"Hi." I said and continued. The next thing I saw was Fred and Georgette, both still unconscious. George and Frederika were sitting over their beds, neither have gotten any sleep.
Then I got to Ron and Peggy. Ron was sitting up, eating slowly as Peggy held his tray of food.
"Hi Harry. Glad to see you alive." Ron said.
"Glad to see you're okay." I said.
"Thanks." He said and looked hopefully at the Chocolate Frogs by his bed.
"Nuh-uh. Maybe later." Peggy said.
"Aw." Ron said. I walked on till I got to Jasmine. She had been unharmed. Pomfrey told me she had been found a floor down from the Gryffindor common room, fainted. But now she was awake. When she saw me, she leapt out of bed and flung her arms around my neck.
"Oh Harry!" She said.
"Jasmine, you're okay. I was so worried." I said, hugging her tightly.
"I'm fine. I wasn't even in the fight." She said.
"What happened?" I asked. She pulled back and looked into my eyes.
"I saw them, Harry. I saw mum and dad."
"You did?" I asked.
"Yes. Mum she. she woke me up to warn me about the Death Eaters. I saw them." Jasmine said.
"Are they here now?" I asked, looking around.
"No. There's an old nurse ghost. a student I guess died here and, ofcourse, Jason." She said, casting a look at the empty chair by her bed which I guessed held Jason. "Jason says hi."
"Hi Jason." I said then hugged Jasmine tightly again.
"I was so worried about you, Harry, ever since I woke up." She said, sitting down.
"I was safe. Locked up in Dumbledore's office." I said and saw a rose by her bed. "Who gave you that?"
"A worried friend." Jasmine said.
"Who you went to the dance with?" I asked.
"Maybe." She said with a mysterious smile.
"I'm just glad you're okay." I said.
"And I'm glad you are."
"BOO!" Ron and I leapt as a monster jumped out at us from a closet. The monster giggled and removed the horrifying mask. It was Peggy.
"Give me a heart attack!" Ron yelled angrily. It was Sunday, the day after the dance.
"Sorry. I'm getting ready for Halloween. Its a fun time of the year." Peggy said with a grin.
"Not for us." Ron grumbled.
"Ah yes. The four years of misery." Peggy said.
"You told her?" I asked.
"No he just told me things happen on Halloween." She said and walked with us. I frowned slightly, unsure as of whether or not to tell her everything. I didn't think I should. I had felt weird enough telling Jasmine. And speaking of which.
"Hi guys." Jasmine appeared, brown eyes glittering with happiness.
"Hey Jasmine." Peggy said.
"What're you so happy about?" I asked.
"I had a good time last night at the dance." She said as we headed to the library.
"Who was your date? You never told me. And did he kiss you? Hermione said you didn't get in till one. An hour after the dance. What took so long? What were you doing?" I demanded.
"Sheesh, what is this the Spanish Inquisition?" Jasmine asked.
"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" Peggy said in a high, rather annoying voice. We stared at her. "Sorry, from a. TV show and. never mind, ignore me. I'm an idiot." Peggy said.
"I was talking to my date." Jasmine said.
"For an hour?" I asked.
"For an hour."
"Who was he? Did you kiss?" I demanded.
"I am not telling who he is and no we did not kiss." Jasmine huffed, switching her bag to her other shoulder.
"Tell me." I said.
"I promise you we didn't kiss."
"No. I mean, who was he?"
"I am not telling." Jasmine said.
"I-I-I am your brother and demand it." I said.
"Har. That doesn't work. It just makes little sisters madder. Trust me." Ron said.
"Listen to your friend, he's wiser then you when it comes to this." Jasmine giggled.
Ron grinned, Peggy giggled and I scowled. "Fine don't tell me."
"I won't." Jasmine said.
"Pssssssst. Parselmouth. Yeah, you with the glasses." Hissed a voice with a Mafia-accent. I looked over and saw the outline of a snake in the shadows. "C'mere."
"Go ahead to the library." I said and the others left. I picked the snake up and ducked into an empty classroom. The snake was about 25 inches long and olive brown. "Yes?" I asked.
"First off, put me down." She said and I set her down on a desk.
"Okay. What?"
"I got a message from the god-snake." She said.
"Okay." I said.
"The god-snake says- okay forget it, I can't do that accent." She said and flitted her tongue for a moment and switched from the Mafia-accent to a refined, British one. "All right, where was I? Oh yeah. The leader says that the Dementors are no longer at Azkaban, all the prisoners are free. Azkaban is completely empty. Nothing is there." She said and my eyes got wide.
"Are you serious?" I asked.
"No. I'm Kereen. Oh! You mean. heh, heh. Sorry. Yes, I am serious." She said. I sat back on a desk.
"Oh God that's that Dumbledore said would happen. thank you so much, is there anything I can do for you?" I asked.
"A nice frog would be good." She said. I pulled out my wand and tapped a crumpled up piece of parchment and transfigured it into a frog. It croaked and leapt around. "Oh thank you!" She said and I quickly left for Dumbledore's office.
***
"That is what I was afraid of." Dumbledore said, staring at me with pale blue eyes. "Thank you Harry. Out of curiosity, how did you find out?"
"A snake told me." I said.
"Okay. I need to talk to Cornelius right away. You can go now." Dumbledore said and I left his office, wondering what was going to happen.
***
"What?!" Hermione hissed in a low voice. It was late that evening and I had reported everything to her, Ron and Jasmine.
"The Dementors are gone? The prisoners are free?" Ron said in a high, squeaky voice unable to believe this.
"Good idea." Jasmine said to thin air beside her. Ron and Hermione gave her a confused look but Jasmine turned back. "It might be a trick from Voldemort."
"I thought about that but why would he say that? I mean, what's the point?" I asked.
Jasmine shrugged and cast a glance at the spirit none of us could see. I wondered whether or not it was Jason, Ron's dead relative. "I know how to find out if the snake told the truth or not." She said.
"How?" Hermione asked.
"A friend of mine." Jasmine said with a smile.
***
Jason floated as quickly as he could over the raging sea. "Stupid, stupid, stupid." He muttered angrily to himself. Why had he ever given Jasmine this idea?! It was stupid. He blew a bit off course as a great wind came. "Ah." He said, spotting a large, rocky island with a large, lonely building on the rocks. He floated over and through the stone. The cell he came into was empty. He floated down and his feet touched the ground and so he walked out into the main corridor. Each cell he passed was empty. Deserted. All of them open. He got to the next floor and gasped. There was a closed cell and someone crying. He quickly floated over and saw a rather young man huddled in a corner, crying, crying and crying. Jason jumped as a man appeared.
"So, have you thought about it?" He asked jeeringly.
"Yes I'll join his side just please. so hungry." The man said that last bit in a whisper. The cloaked man lifted a silver hand. A jet of light shot out and a cooked turkey appeared. The man inside the cell leapt at it and ate it like ravenous wolf. Jason backed up, eyes wide. The man with the silver hand unlocked the cell and took the sobbing younger man with him. A few cells down there was a woman in the same state.
"No! I will never join his side!" She cried out.
"You've been days without food." The man with the silver hand jeered.
"I don't care. I will not join his side." She screamed, throwing herself farther back in the cell.
"Have it your way. I'll see you tomorrow." Apparently those who weren't Death Eaters either joined Voldemort's side, or were left to die or until they finally joined.
Jason followed the man with the silver hand. He got five others before leaving. There was about twenty or so who refused to join. "Oh boy." Jason muttered and went as quickly as he could back to Hogwarts.
***
The next day McGonagall announced Dumbledore was gone for important business. Only Harry and Jasmine knew why. Jasmine's spirit friend had gone to Azkaban and found a few people there. People who had been sent for raising illegal creatures or other stuff like that. When Harry had told Dumbledore he left almost right away, not even stopping to find out how Harry knew.
"And so the fun begins." Harry muttered.
***
Halloween morning Harry woke up feeling extremely odd. He first figured it was because of Halloween. But then he saw someone sitting on his stomach. A small figure with long, bat-like ears, a long nose and huge, tennis-ball eyes that ogled him.
"Harry sir!" He squeaked.
"Hullo Dobby." Harry said, sitting up slowly. "What do you want?"
"I thought, I did, I thought I'd give Harry a visit, sir." He squeaked happily.
"Yeah it has been a long time since I saw you." Harry said 'not long enough' he added in his head. "Dobby can I get up, please?"
"Yes, sir." Dobby hopped off and rocked back and forth, clutching his ears as Harry got dressed.
"So is that all you wanted? A visit?" Harry asked.
"Yes sir. Today is Dobby's day off and I thought, I did, that to give you a visit, sir." He squeaked.
"Oh." Harry said, straightening his robes. "thanks."
"Can I come with you to breakfast, sir?" Dobby asked.
"Um. sure." Harry said so the two trouped down to the Great Hall. Huge pumpkins lined the walls, fake bats were fluttering about the ceiling and smaller pumpkins floated about. A great spider web was stretched over the ceiling.
"It had to be a spider web." Ron groaned as he came in.
"You'll live." Harry said.
'What's wrong with spiders? they- hi." Amy said as Dobby flung himself in a seat by her.
"Hi! I am Dobby the house-elf." He squeaked, shaking her hand.
"That's Dobby, huh?" Jasmine asked.
"You've heard of me?" Dobby asked, eyes getting wider.
"Harry told me about you." Jasmine said. After introductions were made, they began eating breakfast. During the whole breakfast Hermione asked Dobby questions. After breakfast, they headed to their first class.
***
"Well, nothing happened." Peggy said at dinner.
"Nothing yet." Ron said.
"Well I had a good day." Amy said.
"So did I." Jasmine added.
Harry kept jumping at the slightest things. "Harry you're turning into Toad." Ron said after Harry jumped at the sound of a fork being dropped.
"I'm sorry. I'm just jumpy You know. Its Halloween." Harry said, staring at the sky. Dark gray and black clouds swirled about, ready to burst open in a storm.
After the feast they headed to the Common Room. Harry was still jumpy. "Are you sure you're okay?" Hermione asked.
"I'm fine. I-"
"Hello kids." McGonagall appeared seemingly out of no where. Harry must of leapt about fifty feet.
"Hi Professor." They all said.
"You okay, Mr. Potter?" She asked as they walked.
"Yeah you just surprised me." Harry muttered, feeling slightly embarrassed.
"I'm sorry." McGonagall said.
"Its okay. I'm just jumpy today." Harry said.
"Um-hmm." McGonagall said absentmindedly, fidgeting with a white flower in her hair.
"That's a pretty flower, Professor." Hermione said.
"Hmm? Oh, thank you Miss Granger." She said, smiling.
"Its a gardenia, right?" Jasmine asked.
"Yes." McGonagall said, smiling.
"Did someone special give it to you?" Ron asked. McGonagall acted like she didn't hear him. They got to the Common Room and Harry then realized McGonagall walked with them on purpose.
"Password?" The Fat Lady asked.
"Ice Mice." Hermione said and the portrait opened.
"Goodnight, kids." McGonagall said.
"Night, Professor." They chorused as they walked in and went upstairs to their dorms.
*** (Jasmine's point of view)
"Jasmine! Jasmine! Wake up! Come on, Jasmine, wake up!" I rolled over in my bed at the strange voice. "Please! Jasmine! Hurry! Wake up!"
I slowly opened my eyes. "Who's there?" I asked, yawning as I cast a glance at the clock. It was a little after eleven pm. The whole castle was probably asleep from the feast.
"Hurry, the window, look." I slipped my feet in slippers and trudged over to the window. Slowly crossing the lawn were dozens of cloaked, masked figures.
"Oh my god." I stumbled backwards and crashed to the floor. Scrambling to the door I got up and ran down to the common room and out into the halls.
"What are you doing out so late?" Peeves appeared with a crack. Perfect.
"Please Peeves! Don't sound an alarm or anything!" I begged in what I hoped was a pleading voice. "STUDENT OUT OF BED! STUDENT OUT OF BED!" Peeves screamed, flying after me as I ran. I knocked into suits of armor, knocking paintings over and trying to make as much noise as possible. As I ran down the stairs I knocked into three people. McGonagall, Filch and Snape.
"What is the meaning of this?!" McGonagall shrieked angrily.
"Death Eaters. they were. are coming!" I said breathlessly.
"What?" McGonagall asked, looking at Snape who had gone pale.
"What is going on?" Dumbledore appeared, slipping a sky blue robe on.
"Miss Potter here says. Death Eaters." McGonagall gasped.
Dumbledore ran over to the nearest window and looked. "Go wake the other teachers." Dumbledore shouted, blue eyes alit with a fire. They quickly ran off and Dumbledore looked at me. "Stay here." He hissed and ran.
I stood there, staring out the window at the Death Eaters crossing. I felt my breathing get sharper and harder.
"Jasmine?" Jason floating over.
"Thanks for waking me." I said.
"Waking you? I didn't wake you." Jason said in confusion.
"Someone. someone woke me up." I said, confused.
"It wasn't me." Jason said.
"I woke you." Said a soft voice. I turned and saw a faded woman standing there. Her red hair that matched mine hung down and her green eyes sparkled. She wore a ghostly white dress and a smile. I felt sick and my eyes got wide.
"Mum?"
"And dad." Insisted a faded man who appeared. His black hair went everywhere and his brown eyes were sparkling with mischief behind his thick- rimmed glasses.
Then everything went black as I fainted.
*** (Harry's point of view)
"ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS!" I woke with a jerk. "OUT OF BED NOW. STUDENTS FIFTH YEARS AND UP GO TO THE MAIN HALL WITH YOUR WANDS, STUDENTS FOURTH YEAR AND YOUNGER STAY IN YOUR COMMON ROOMS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!" Dumbledore's voice rang out.
The others boys were looking around in confusion. "You heard him!" I yelled, leaping out bed. Ron, Dean, Seamus and Donnie fumbled around for their wands. Neville was cowering on his bed. "It'll be all right." I whispered to him. Neville grabbed his wand and ran down the stairs. The first people I saw were Amy, Peggy, and, ofcourse, Hermione.
"What is going on?!" Hermione asked, brown eyes wide.
"I don't know, let's go." I ran out into the halls and down to the entrance hall where teachers were. No, not all teachers. Snape and Toad weren't there. Soon it was crowded with Fifth, Sixth and Seventh years.
"Professor what is going on?" I demanded from Dumbledore.
"Harry go to my office and stay there."
"Why?!" I shrieked. Just then the front doors burst open and Death Eaters poured in. Many people around me screamed.
"No time for questioning. Fight! Except you, Harry. Go to my office now!" Dumbledore said with a ferocity I never saw in him before.
"Y-yes." I said meekly, seeing why Voldemort was afraid. I turned and ran.
"Get the boy!" I heard someone scream. I ran up the stairs and down corridors, passing the straggling Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh years.
"Harry, what's going on?" Lee Jordan asked sleepily.
"Attack on the school." I said and continued running. I tripped over something and crashed.
"Oh my God. Petrificus Totalus!" I got up and turned to see Lee fighting off a Death Eater chasing me. The Death Eater easily dodged. I grabbed my wand and aimed.
"Incendio!" I shrieked. The Death Eater caught fire and I continued running.
*** (Peggy's point of view)
Curses and countercurses shot through the air. Everyone had became separated and I was in a dead-end corridor with Ron.
"Man do I hate being right all the time." Ron moaned, diving on the floor, narrowly avoiding being hit by the Cruciatus curse. "Why couldn't I of been wrong about something happening?!" He wailed
"Are we allowed to use to Unforgivable curses back?" I asked.
"I don't know! Expelliarmus!" Ron said, wildly waving his wand. The two of us were almost backed against the wall.
"Incendio!" I shrieked, catching one of the Death Eaters on fire.
"Uh, Avis!" Ron shrieked and there was a loud 'bang' and birds flew at the Death Eaters. "Obliviate!" He said, knocking a Death Eater on the ground, draining him of his memory.
"Stupefy!" I yelled, stunning one of them.
"This is not how I was planning spending Halloween night. Stupefy!" Ron said. Suddenly he flew back and hit the wall and screamed in pain at the Cruciatus curse being put on him.
"Ron!" I shrieked and whirled around. "Cascadus!" I said and hit the Death Eater performing the spell. He was shot backwards by water. Ron collapsed down, not moving.
Suddenly a voice shrieked out "Reducto!" and the wall blasted open, knocking half the Death Eaters out cold. The others quickly ran off to find someone else to fight. I ran over to Ron. He lay on the floor, eyes open but slid back so only his whites were showing. "Ron." I whispered, shaking him desperately. He remained basically unmoving except for my shaking.
"Is he okay?" Neville appeared, looking worried.
"I don't know I. did you blast that wall open?" I asked.
Neville looked over and seemed shocked. "I. yes. I guess I did." He faltered.
"Go watch the corridor." I said and Neville went to watch as I pressed a stone. A secret passage opened and I put Ron in. I closed the passage, and Neville and I ran off to help fight.
*** (Amy's point of view)
"Where were you?" I demanded as Peggy and Neville appeared at my side.
"Fighting." Peggy said and pointed her wand. 'Stupefy! Obliviate!"
"Where's Harry?" I asked.
"I don't know but now is not the time to discuss this." Peggy said, avoiding the Imperious curse.
"And Ron?"
"Knocked out, I think. I put him somewhere safe." Peggy mumbled. She was shaking and pale and I didn't blame her.
I suddenly heard voices. Lots of hissing sort of voices. And a scream. I turned and saw a wave of snakes coming from the dungeons.
"ATTACK!" They were all screaming and flung themselves at Death Eaters. I picked a particularly poisonous one up and flung it at a Death Eater about to attack Seamus.
"Thanks, Amy." He said, looking relieved.
The snakes by themselves outnumbered the Death Eaters. I saw in amusement at a Death Eater covered with a bunch of snakes which wrapped themselves tightly around him. Another Death Eater dropped dead as soon as one of the snakes bit him.
"Retreat. Retreat!" Called someone and the remaining Death Eaters ran off and into the forest, disappearing. The castle was silent. Then we began cheering and hugging. As I hugged Peggy, I saw the snakes disappearing. A large one in charge winked at me before disappearing herself. Then I turned back to cheer.
*** (Ron's point of view)
I opened my eyes, feeling incredible pain as I sat up. I was in the hospital wing. I saw every single bed held a student. Looking beside me, I saw Peggy asleep over a book. Rubbing my eyes, I looked around in confusion, trying to remember what happened. Awaken around eleven. Death Eaters attacked. me and Peggy. the Cruciatus curse. On me. Then everything was blank.
The Cruciatus curse on me. I buried my face in my hands and cried. That awoke Peggy.
"Huh? What?" She asked, pushing her glasses up the bridge of her nose. "Ron."
I looked up at her. "Why did that happen?" I asked in a whisper. "Why?"
"I don't know." Peggy whispered, giving me a hug. I hugged her tightly, not wanting to let go.
*** (Harry's point of view)
I walked into the hospital wing, shocked at the sight of it all. So many hurt students. Classes for Fifth years and up were canceled for a week or so. I stopped at each person I knew.
"Hi Harry." Lee Jordan said weakly.
"Hi Lee. How're you feeling?" I asked.
"All right. " He said and closed his eyes. "I've been better."
"Hope you get better soon." I said and continued. The next person I knew was Cho Chang.
"Hullo Harry." She said, seeing me.
"Hi Cho." I said, looking at her. She had bandages around her head. "What happened?"
"One of the Death Eaters flung a big block of stone at my head." She said slowly, as if trying to remember.
"I hope you get better soon." I told her.
"What happened?" She asked.
"You said you got hit by a big block of stone." I said.
"Did I?" She asked in confusion. "Hi Harry." She said after a moment.
"Hi." I said and continued. The next thing I saw was Fred and Georgette, both still unconscious. George and Frederika were sitting over their beds, neither have gotten any sleep.
Then I got to Ron and Peggy. Ron was sitting up, eating slowly as Peggy held his tray of food.
"Hi Harry. Glad to see you alive." Ron said.
"Glad to see you're okay." I said.
"Thanks." He said and looked hopefully at the Chocolate Frogs by his bed.
"Nuh-uh. Maybe later." Peggy said.
"Aw." Ron said. I walked on till I got to Jasmine. She had been unharmed. Pomfrey told me she had been found a floor down from the Gryffindor common room, fainted. But now she was awake. When she saw me, she leapt out of bed and flung her arms around my neck.
"Oh Harry!" She said.
"Jasmine, you're okay. I was so worried." I said, hugging her tightly.
"I'm fine. I wasn't even in the fight." She said.
"What happened?" I asked. She pulled back and looked into my eyes.
"I saw them, Harry. I saw mum and dad."
"You did?" I asked.
"Yes. Mum she. she woke me up to warn me about the Death Eaters. I saw them." Jasmine said.
"Are they here now?" I asked, looking around.
"No. There's an old nurse ghost. a student I guess died here and, ofcourse, Jason." She said, casting a look at the empty chair by her bed which I guessed held Jason. "Jason says hi."
"Hi Jason." I said then hugged Jasmine tightly again.
"I was so worried about you, Harry, ever since I woke up." She said, sitting down.
"I was safe. Locked up in Dumbledore's office." I said and saw a rose by her bed. "Who gave you that?"
"A worried friend." Jasmine said.
"Who you went to the dance with?" I asked.
"Maybe." She said with a mysterious smile.
"I'm just glad you're okay." I said.
"And I'm glad you are."