Hello everybody!! Here is chapter 6, VERY SCARY this time! And thankyou purplehazepenelope for reviewing, you are my new best friend! By the way everyone, Merry Christmas!!!
Chapter 6: Attack of the Death Eaters
Suddenly, Justin Finch-Fletchly gasped and fell to his knees. "Justin, Justin, what's wrong?" shrieked Parvati.
"I…I feel weak," he stammered. Then he suddenly screamed, grabbed his stomach and started moaning wretchedly. At this, Draco and Victoria broke out of the kiss and stared.
Then when the same thing happened to Hermione, then Lavender Brown, the whole hall burst into action. Victoria ran to Hermione with Harry, Ron, and Malfoy close behind. Hermione was lying on the ground clutching her stomach and screaming in agony. More and more people were dropping like flies, and they all had one thing in common. They were all muggle-borns, so it was only a matter of time before…
Victoria felt her stomach lurch, and her breath came in ragged gasps. Then came the pain. She shrieked and fell into Draco Malfoy's arms. It was as if someone had filled her stomach with molten rock and was pressing down hard. "Victoria, Victoria!" Draco shouted, terrified. "What's wrong? Talk to me!"
But soon all the muggle-borns in the school were beyond speech; the pain was too great to do anything but scream. Crying openly, Draco tried to revive Victoria, but in vain. Boys were shouting in panic, girls were weeping, but then Dumbledore realized what was wrong.
"SILENCE!!!" he thundered. "Minerva! It's the multiple crutiatious curse! Someone has cursed all the muggle-borns!"
"We must get them to the dormitories, the curse can't reach them there!" McGonagall shouted back.
"Everyone, get the muggle-borns to the dormitories, Minerva, to the Ministry of Magic, teachers, assemble in the Entrance Hall! NOW GO!!!" Dumbledore ordered.
"But Victoria! I can't leave Victoria!" shouted Draco.
"Yes you can Malfoy!" yelled Ron, picking Victoria up. "We'll look after her! You go deal with Blaise!"
So off everyone ran to the dorms, some carrying muggle-borns or slinging them over their shoulders. Harry and Ron, carrying Victoria and Hermione, scrambled through the portrait hole and into the common room where they, along with the other muggle-borns, immediately came out of their fits.
"What's happening Ron?" said Hermione weakly.
"I think someone's doing the crutiatious curse on all the muggle-borns," he replied gravely.
Suddenly Victoria sat up. Eyes wide, and ran to the window. What she saw made her blood run cold as ice. Her fear was beyond screaming, so all she did was whisper, "Um…don't panic everyone, but there's something you need to know…"
"What?" said Parvati, looking outside. Then, panic stricken, she yelled, "THE CASTLE IS UNDER ATTACK BY DEATH EATERS!!!"
And sure enough there they were, dressed in their black hooded robes and white masks. There seemed to be hundreds of them! Everyone rushed to the windows, and when they saw hat was happening, chaos reigned in the Griffindor common room. Seamus Finnigan's obscene Irish curses could be heard over the shrieking, and Lavender Brown was running around in aimless circles yelling, "We're all gonna die we're all gonna die WE'RE ALL GONNA DIIIIEEEEEE!!!!!!!!"
"QUIET!!!" roared Harry. "If there's one thing I've learnt in all my years in the wizarding world, it's NEVER PANIC IN ANY SITUATION. Now, undoubtably this is the most frightening thing that has ever happened to Hogwarts, but just remember that Dumbledore is in charge, and he'll definitely find a way to get rid of those Death Eaters!"
"Well, he won't be able to fast enough," said Victoria who was still staring out the window.
"Why not?"
"Because the Death Eaters have found the back entrance to the castle, and they're coming in!!!" she yelled. "And what's worse, Dumbledore doesn't know!"
"Well," said Ron, surveying the scene down below. "it seems a bit late to un and warn him! What the hell are we supposed to do now!?"
Thinking hard, Harry could come up with only one solution. "We'll have to fight them ourselves," he said, real fear in his eyes. "Only we know where they are, and it's too late to tell Dumbledore!"
"Right!" said Ron without a moments hesitation. "Everyone that's not muggle-born, follow us. We'll have to focus on disarming them and breaking their wands!"
"What are you on about?!" yelled Victoria.
"Victoria, it's the only plan we've…"
"I meant to say that there is no way I am staying in here while you guys risk your lives alone! We're all coming, aren't we Hermione?"
"But what about the curse?" said Ron.
"According to my research, the multiple Cruciatus curse only works for fifteen minutes, and it's been well over half an hour," said Hermione. "We'll be with you all the way!"
And with that, the Griffindors stormed out of their common room and towards the back entrance of the castle. In their hearts each one of them knew that what they were doing was very foolish, but they also knew that it was the right thing to do. Parvati Patil even had the sense to go and get all the other houses to join in the fight. Draco was hesitant at first, but then he remembered Victoria lying on the ground, screaming in agony, so he was one of the first people to reach the mob of students.
When they did find the Death Eaters, Victoria froze; she was terrified. They seemed so big, and she felt so small, and she could also see the hatred and malice in their eyes. But then Harry's battle cry of "ATTACK!!!" brought her to her senses, and so the fight began.
Bodies were petrified, legs were locked, wands snapped, curses were blocked, and many people had to resort to physical violence when there was nothing else to do. But eventually the Death Eaters proved too strong for them, and they were driven into the Great Hall, where they sat in darkness and in terror.
"Well? What now?" said Hermione softly to Ron.
"I don't know Hermione," he replied.
In the meantime, Victoria had found Draco and was in his arms, crying silently. "I'm frightened Draco," she whispered through her tears.
"So am I," he said. "But I'm also scared because I'm 99% certain that my dad is here and one of the Death Eaters."
"Oh," said Victoria, too shocked to say anything else. "So who's side are you on then?"
"Well, at first I was on the Death Eaters' side, but then I thought of you, and now I am wherever you are."
With that, Draco pulled Victoria close and kissed her. "Don't worry," he murmured. "I'll look after you."
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