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Chapter 4
Trying hard to pull his concentration away form the red headed girl in the forest and focusing instead on the task at hand, he took a few deep steadying breaths before making his way around the vast lake, summoning all his strength and blocking out the intense pain in his scar.
He knew what was about to happen, and he was ready for it, he refused to let anyone else try to protect him, it was his turn to protect them.
The black clad figures were steadily and silently approaching the unsuspecting castle, their eyes all facing forward and their wands outstretched.
None of them had noticed the pair of students on the far side of the lake and they didn't see when one disappeared into the forest and the other began to creap steadily in their direction.
Perhaps if they had been a bit more observant, they wouldn't have been about a dozen death eaters short from the stunning spells that Harry had sent their way as one would fall a few steps behind the others.
No matter how many he stunned though, Harry couldn't believe that it wasn't even making a dent in their vast numbers.
Harry crept even further forward, trying his hardest to keep hidden and silent behind the vast trees on the outer perimeter of the forbidden forest, still stunning every death eater he had the opportunity to.
As one of his stunners took out another member of the enemy, he noticed with a sinking stomach that they were very close to the entrance of the castle.
If only he could get a message to Dumbledore then at least he would have time to get the students to safety in their common rooms, but that was now looking impossible since the massive army of death eaters had now come to a halt encircling the front door.
As they stood there, Harry couldn't help getting the feeling in the pit of his stomach that they were waiting for something, or someone.
His instinct was proven right an instant later as his insides were turned to ice by a yet unseen force.
Looking back into the area of the forest the death eaters had come from, Harry saw more black images moving in the shadows, seeming to float over the ground.
'Dementors' he thought miserably to himself.
But the creatures didn't enter into the sunlight lit grounds though, they hid themselves in the shadows of the forest and waited.
'Their going to attack anyone who tries to escape' he grumbled inwardly.
Just then, another image made its way onto the grounds and caused Harry's scar to explode with a fresh wave of pain, worse than he had ever felt before causing him to be temporarily blinded by it as he fell to his knees on the hard cold ground, his eyes shut and his fists and teeth clenched willing himself not to cry out.
This new arrival though was not clad in the same black robes as the others', instead his robes were the deep red color of blood.
As Voldemort advanced through the field of death eaters who all had their heads bowed, he withdrew his wand and stretched it out in front of himself.
When he reached a point directly in front of the doors of the castle, he began to speak loudly, his cold cruel voice echoing off the massive towers and stone walls of the magnificent castle.
"Dumbledore, the time has come for you to bow before the power of the Dark Lord Voldemort. The castle is surrounded and there is no escape for you or your students, and if you don't wish to see their deaths, then surrender to me and give me what I desire" he demanded in a harsh tone that put a sense of dread into the pit of Harry's stomach when realization hit him.
'Voldemort is here for me' he thought bitterly. 'Maybe if I surrender, he'll leave and no one else will get hurt'
He was about to reveal himself to the evil wizard when the doors of the castle burst open to show the headmaster standing defensively with his wand drawn and pointing straight at Voldemort looking every bit the most powerful wizard in the world that he was.
Harry was not surprised to see all the other teachers standing behind the old wizard, but he was surprised to see a mass of black behind them with several hundred wands outstretched.
'The other students! No! He'll kill them all' he thought miserably.
"I will never surrender to you Voldemort, and neither will this castle" he said in a powerful but steady voice.
Voldemort began to laugh, that high cold laugh that had haunted Harry's dream as far back as he could remember.
"You expect to defeat the greatest dark lord of all time with an army of children?" he spat the last word at the assembled student like it were poison on his tongue.
"Don't be foolish Dumbledore, you know that you are no match for me and these students are no match for my servants. Give up now and all of your lives will be spared. Just give me what I want and turn the castle over to my control, you and your students will live."
"I will never turn this castle over to you Voldemort." Dumbledore said, his voice still calm and his wand not wavering in the least.
As Harry watched the interaction, still trying to block the pain radiating from his scar, he saw the snake like face break into the smile of a maniac.
"Very well then, if you insist, I shall just take what I want by force. You can not hide the boy forever Dumbledore, I will have him and I will enact my revenge on him for what he has done to me. You would do good to just hand him over, saving yourself a lot of effort trying to prevent the inevitable.
I will even make a deal with you, you can still run this school however you see fit, I will not interfere here until I deem it is time to do so, if you give me the boy."
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A/N: this will be short because I have to be at work in like 10 minutes, so thanks for reviewing and I'll post the next bit when I get off this afternoon!
Chapter 4
Trying hard to pull his concentration away form the red headed girl in the forest and focusing instead on the task at hand, he took a few deep steadying breaths before making his way around the vast lake, summoning all his strength and blocking out the intense pain in his scar.
He knew what was about to happen, and he was ready for it, he refused to let anyone else try to protect him, it was his turn to protect them.
The black clad figures were steadily and silently approaching the unsuspecting castle, their eyes all facing forward and their wands outstretched.
None of them had noticed the pair of students on the far side of the lake and they didn't see when one disappeared into the forest and the other began to creap steadily in their direction.
Perhaps if they had been a bit more observant, they wouldn't have been about a dozen death eaters short from the stunning spells that Harry had sent their way as one would fall a few steps behind the others.
No matter how many he stunned though, Harry couldn't believe that it wasn't even making a dent in their vast numbers.
Harry crept even further forward, trying his hardest to keep hidden and silent behind the vast trees on the outer perimeter of the forbidden forest, still stunning every death eater he had the opportunity to.
As one of his stunners took out another member of the enemy, he noticed with a sinking stomach that they were very close to the entrance of the castle.
If only he could get a message to Dumbledore then at least he would have time to get the students to safety in their common rooms, but that was now looking impossible since the massive army of death eaters had now come to a halt encircling the front door.
As they stood there, Harry couldn't help getting the feeling in the pit of his stomach that they were waiting for something, or someone.
His instinct was proven right an instant later as his insides were turned to ice by a yet unseen force.
Looking back into the area of the forest the death eaters had come from, Harry saw more black images moving in the shadows, seeming to float over the ground.
'Dementors' he thought miserably to himself.
But the creatures didn't enter into the sunlight lit grounds though, they hid themselves in the shadows of the forest and waited.
'Their going to attack anyone who tries to escape' he grumbled inwardly.
Just then, another image made its way onto the grounds and caused Harry's scar to explode with a fresh wave of pain, worse than he had ever felt before causing him to be temporarily blinded by it as he fell to his knees on the hard cold ground, his eyes shut and his fists and teeth clenched willing himself not to cry out.
This new arrival though was not clad in the same black robes as the others', instead his robes were the deep red color of blood.
As Voldemort advanced through the field of death eaters who all had their heads bowed, he withdrew his wand and stretched it out in front of himself.
When he reached a point directly in front of the doors of the castle, he began to speak loudly, his cold cruel voice echoing off the massive towers and stone walls of the magnificent castle.
"Dumbledore, the time has come for you to bow before the power of the Dark Lord Voldemort. The castle is surrounded and there is no escape for you or your students, and if you don't wish to see their deaths, then surrender to me and give me what I desire" he demanded in a harsh tone that put a sense of dread into the pit of Harry's stomach when realization hit him.
'Voldemort is here for me' he thought bitterly. 'Maybe if I surrender, he'll leave and no one else will get hurt'
He was about to reveal himself to the evil wizard when the doors of the castle burst open to show the headmaster standing defensively with his wand drawn and pointing straight at Voldemort looking every bit the most powerful wizard in the world that he was.
Harry was not surprised to see all the other teachers standing behind the old wizard, but he was surprised to see a mass of black behind them with several hundred wands outstretched.
'The other students! No! He'll kill them all' he thought miserably.
"I will never surrender to you Voldemort, and neither will this castle" he said in a powerful but steady voice.
Voldemort began to laugh, that high cold laugh that had haunted Harry's dream as far back as he could remember.
"You expect to defeat the greatest dark lord of all time with an army of children?" he spat the last word at the assembled student like it were poison on his tongue.
"Don't be foolish Dumbledore, you know that you are no match for me and these students are no match for my servants. Give up now and all of your lives will be spared. Just give me what I want and turn the castle over to my control, you and your students will live."
"I will never turn this castle over to you Voldemort." Dumbledore said, his voice still calm and his wand not wavering in the least.
As Harry watched the interaction, still trying to block the pain radiating from his scar, he saw the snake like face break into the smile of a maniac.
"Very well then, if you insist, I shall just take what I want by force. You can not hide the boy forever Dumbledore, I will have him and I will enact my revenge on him for what he has done to me. You would do good to just hand him over, saving yourself a lot of effort trying to prevent the inevitable.
I will even make a deal with you, you can still run this school however you see fit, I will not interfere here until I deem it is time to do so, if you give me the boy."
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A/N: this will be short because I have to be at work in like 10 minutes, so thanks for reviewing and I'll post the next bit when I get off this afternoon!