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ABANDONED CHAPTER 9
The first day of the new term began with defence against the dark arts. Professor Lupin decided that the one duelling club meeting that was run three years ago would not actually be sufficient if any of the students actually had to duel for their lives. The class (consisting of Griffindors and Hufflepuffs) was divided up into pairs with a specific list of curses and counter curses to practice. They could also use the magical shield charm to defend themselves.
Harry was teamed up with Ron. The two of them faced each other and bowed. Harry cast first. Ron deflected easily and they made their way down the list of curses to practice. There were cries from various people around the room who were obviously not very good at shielding. Lavender was crying, her partner, Hermione was showing no mercy.
Professor Lupin made his way around the room demonstrating moves to those having difficulty. When he approached Harry and Ron he looked relatively unimpressed
"Come on boys, this is a duel. Both of you can obviously cast the shield charm, so cast faster, move in less predictable ways. Otherwise how can you expect to learn any counter curses?"
Ron leapt forward and caught Harry by surprise with the stunning spell. As he was revived and stood back up clutching a sore back from where he fell, Ron said,
"Hurts doesn't it Harry? You don't want me to do that again do you?"
Harry paled, almost the exact words that Voldemort had used when torturing him with the Cruciatus curse. He knew Ron had said it playfully, expecting a retaliation but still...those memories. Harry backed off and looked around, everyone (except Lavender) was so happy, everyone was enjoying the class immensely. These people had no idea. He felt worry from Ron and Lupin, so he rebuilt the emotional defenses and turned.
"Are you alright Harry?"
"Y-yeah. Fine"
"Harry." Lupin said warningly
"That's what Voldemort said to me after the Cruciatus curse. Got distracted for a second there."
Ron looked so guilty that Harry decided that he should probably resume the duel and got Ron with the tickling charm. He doubled over laughing hysterically and cursed Harry back.
Lupin smiled sadly and left them to it so that he could help Lavender against Hermione.
At the end of the class Professor Lupin called Harry back. "Ok?"
"Yeah. It happened over 6 months ago, I'm over it. That just reminded me."
"It's a big thing to get over."
"S'pose"
"Harry, if you ever need to talk to anyone about what happened, or anything that is worrying you, I'm here."
"Thanks. I sometimes find it difficult to talk to anyone in Griffindor tower about that stuff..."
"And I suppose that you don't have any adults that you feel you can be open with?"
Harry felt suddenly embarrassed and shook his head. Was Lupin going to think that he couldn't look after himself?
"look, when I was your age, I found it hard to talk to teachers too. But on the other hand there were adults that I could get advice from. As a friend of your parents I would kind of like to be an honorary friend of yours. So, you know, I'm here. I won't be offended if you never come though. It's entirely up to you."
"Thanks professor." Harry mumbled. He turned and left the classroom, heartily embarrassed but still, actually quite pleased.
Harry walked back up to the dormitory and collapsed into one of the armchairs. He smiled as he looked at the photo collage he and Hermione had made. The Creeveys were now trying to do an even bigger one so Fred and George cursed the camera so no matter what the photo was supposed to be of, it always developed as a picture of the twins waving and making funny faces.
Ron and Hermione came and sat with him. They were bickering about how Hermione was far too competitive and would never let anyone else win anything "You made Lavender cry Herm, it took Parvati over 10 minutes to calm her down!"
"Yeah well, you never let anyone else win at chess!"
"You don't just LET people win at chess."
"So why should you let people win at duels?"
"Hey!" Harry interrupted "can you two please call a truce?"
Ron and Hemione looked at Harry annoyed that he had interrupted. Hermione looked ready to tell Harry to mind his own business when Ron interjected
"Sorry about what I said after stunning you Harry. I was just messing around. Is that really what You-Know-Who said to you?"
"Yeah. Don't worry about it though. I mean the words were said in a completely different way by you, I over reacted."
"You sure?"
"Yeah, I mean you were just playing around, Voldemort was trying to get me to...beg."
This was the first time that Harry had mentioned what had happened to them. They stared at him for a while before Hermione threw her arms around Harry and burst into (what Harry viewed as very inappropriate) tears.
"You are (sniff) so brave!" Hermione wailed
"Hermione! Get off. I'm not brave and I'm getting tired of people saying that I am. I was attacked and I did what I could to survive. That's it!"
Ron prised Hermione from Harry's arms and the three of them went down to their next class.
St the end of the day they went down with the rest of the school for dinner. This was the anniversary of the schools founding so a feast was always prepared. Hermione, Harry and the Weasleys sat around the table and chatted happily about the upcoming Hogsmead visit.
Fred, George and Harry were going to visit Zonko's and ask if they could sell some of their products there. Ginny and Hermione were getting worked up about how Mrs Weasley would react to this when there was the sound of many bells ringing throughout the hall.
Dumbledore and the staff stood suddenly and drew their wands. Dumbledore took out the marauders map that he had not yet released to Harry and shouted to the staff. "They're in the castle! 20 of them! We must barricade the doors to the hall. Get the all of the students below seventh year away from the doors!"
Harry went white. The other students were in no doubt as to what was occurring. The school was under attack by Voldemort! Harry and the other students were herded to the far wall of the hall. Dumbledore, Mc Gonagall and Snape, began chanting, wands pointed at the students. A large wall of crackeling golden energy came up to surround them.
Harry felt an agonizing stab of pain in his scar and he fell to the floor gasping. Ginny, Ron and Hermione crouched next to him, terrified. The teachers and seventh year students formed a long line on front of the students. The teachers nearest the doors.
The school waited with bated breath, Harry still clutching his scar in agony, when the doors burst open.
Voldemort, flanked by 19 death eaters entered the hall. As Voldemort entered he roared
"Hand over Potter and I will spare your pathetic little school for now. Fail to do so and you will all die!"
Ginny grabbed tightly onto Harry and blocked him from Voldemort's view. Harry squirmed out of her grasp. Hundereds of people would die if he didn't hand himself over. He staggered to the front of the wall of energy and said
"Take me. Please, don't hurt them."
"No Harry!" Shouted Dumbledore and Lupin.
"You heard him Dumbledore, lower the protection wall and I'll leave. The boy is willing to sacrifice himself for all of you, just like that mudblood mother of his."
"No Riddle. You want a fight. You've got one!"
"ah yes. The warewolf. Wormtail has told me so much about you."
Voldemort and his deatheaters immediately started battling. Dumbledore and the teachers felled about six deatheaters easily, although both Flitwick and Trelawney were stunned. Unforgivable curses were not being used. Voldemort wanted prisoners. Harry tried to block the emotions from his mind as he watched helplessly as yet more people suffered because of him. Ginny held him closely.
One of the seventh year slytherins moved to stand behind Dumbledore. He stunned him. With that many of the seventh years switched sides. The battle raged. After several casualties on both sides, the deatheaters began to work on destroying the magical wall.
Amongst the shouts of curses and counter curses Voldemort shouted suddenly, "The aurors! They're here!"
The Deatheaters vanished via portkeys all over the place until they were all gone. Harry and the others looked around. Three people were missing. Proffessors Trelawney, Lupin and Hagrid (who had been using his umberella making obvious that there was a wand inside).
Many of the other teachers and students lay unconscious. Professor McGonnagall stood shakily, supported by Snape (who, to everyone's surprise had fought alongside the teachers)
"You are all to stay here until the your families can come and collect you. Voldemort has obviously found a way to destroy the wards around the castle. Until we thing of better protection you are all to stay away, and hopefully safe with your families."
Several aurors and mediwitches and wizards apparated in (illustrating the fact that the wards had been obliterated) and began healing the wounded.
THANKS FOR REVIEWING!
Nachoman - thank you for reading and reviewing all of my stories.
Reviewers of Muggle Experience: thank you. I am going to update soon.
ABANDONED CHAPTER 9
The first day of the new term began with defence against the dark arts. Professor Lupin decided that the one duelling club meeting that was run three years ago would not actually be sufficient if any of the students actually had to duel for their lives. The class (consisting of Griffindors and Hufflepuffs) was divided up into pairs with a specific list of curses and counter curses to practice. They could also use the magical shield charm to defend themselves.
Harry was teamed up with Ron. The two of them faced each other and bowed. Harry cast first. Ron deflected easily and they made their way down the list of curses to practice. There were cries from various people around the room who were obviously not very good at shielding. Lavender was crying, her partner, Hermione was showing no mercy.
Professor Lupin made his way around the room demonstrating moves to those having difficulty. When he approached Harry and Ron he looked relatively unimpressed
"Come on boys, this is a duel. Both of you can obviously cast the shield charm, so cast faster, move in less predictable ways. Otherwise how can you expect to learn any counter curses?"
Ron leapt forward and caught Harry by surprise with the stunning spell. As he was revived and stood back up clutching a sore back from where he fell, Ron said,
"Hurts doesn't it Harry? You don't want me to do that again do you?"
Harry paled, almost the exact words that Voldemort had used when torturing him with the Cruciatus curse. He knew Ron had said it playfully, expecting a retaliation but still...those memories. Harry backed off and looked around, everyone (except Lavender) was so happy, everyone was enjoying the class immensely. These people had no idea. He felt worry from Ron and Lupin, so he rebuilt the emotional defenses and turned.
"Are you alright Harry?"
"Y-yeah. Fine"
"Harry." Lupin said warningly
"That's what Voldemort said to me after the Cruciatus curse. Got distracted for a second there."
Ron looked so guilty that Harry decided that he should probably resume the duel and got Ron with the tickling charm. He doubled over laughing hysterically and cursed Harry back.
Lupin smiled sadly and left them to it so that he could help Lavender against Hermione.
At the end of the class Professor Lupin called Harry back. "Ok?"
"Yeah. It happened over 6 months ago, I'm over it. That just reminded me."
"It's a big thing to get over."
"S'pose"
"Harry, if you ever need to talk to anyone about what happened, or anything that is worrying you, I'm here."
"Thanks. I sometimes find it difficult to talk to anyone in Griffindor tower about that stuff..."
"And I suppose that you don't have any adults that you feel you can be open with?"
Harry felt suddenly embarrassed and shook his head. Was Lupin going to think that he couldn't look after himself?
"look, when I was your age, I found it hard to talk to teachers too. But on the other hand there were adults that I could get advice from. As a friend of your parents I would kind of like to be an honorary friend of yours. So, you know, I'm here. I won't be offended if you never come though. It's entirely up to you."
"Thanks professor." Harry mumbled. He turned and left the classroom, heartily embarrassed but still, actually quite pleased.
Harry walked back up to the dormitory and collapsed into one of the armchairs. He smiled as he looked at the photo collage he and Hermione had made. The Creeveys were now trying to do an even bigger one so Fred and George cursed the camera so no matter what the photo was supposed to be of, it always developed as a picture of the twins waving and making funny faces.
Ron and Hermione came and sat with him. They were bickering about how Hermione was far too competitive and would never let anyone else win anything "You made Lavender cry Herm, it took Parvati over 10 minutes to calm her down!"
"Yeah well, you never let anyone else win at chess!"
"You don't just LET people win at chess."
"So why should you let people win at duels?"
"Hey!" Harry interrupted "can you two please call a truce?"
Ron and Hemione looked at Harry annoyed that he had interrupted. Hermione looked ready to tell Harry to mind his own business when Ron interjected
"Sorry about what I said after stunning you Harry. I was just messing around. Is that really what You-Know-Who said to you?"
"Yeah. Don't worry about it though. I mean the words were said in a completely different way by you, I over reacted."
"You sure?"
"Yeah, I mean you were just playing around, Voldemort was trying to get me to...beg."
This was the first time that Harry had mentioned what had happened to them. They stared at him for a while before Hermione threw her arms around Harry and burst into (what Harry viewed as very inappropriate) tears.
"You are (sniff) so brave!" Hermione wailed
"Hermione! Get off. I'm not brave and I'm getting tired of people saying that I am. I was attacked and I did what I could to survive. That's it!"
Ron prised Hermione from Harry's arms and the three of them went down to their next class.
St the end of the day they went down with the rest of the school for dinner. This was the anniversary of the schools founding so a feast was always prepared. Hermione, Harry and the Weasleys sat around the table and chatted happily about the upcoming Hogsmead visit.
Fred, George and Harry were going to visit Zonko's and ask if they could sell some of their products there. Ginny and Hermione were getting worked up about how Mrs Weasley would react to this when there was the sound of many bells ringing throughout the hall.
Dumbledore and the staff stood suddenly and drew their wands. Dumbledore took out the marauders map that he had not yet released to Harry and shouted to the staff. "They're in the castle! 20 of them! We must barricade the doors to the hall. Get the all of the students below seventh year away from the doors!"
Harry went white. The other students were in no doubt as to what was occurring. The school was under attack by Voldemort! Harry and the other students were herded to the far wall of the hall. Dumbledore, Mc Gonagall and Snape, began chanting, wands pointed at the students. A large wall of crackeling golden energy came up to surround them.
Harry felt an agonizing stab of pain in his scar and he fell to the floor gasping. Ginny, Ron and Hermione crouched next to him, terrified. The teachers and seventh year students formed a long line on front of the students. The teachers nearest the doors.
The school waited with bated breath, Harry still clutching his scar in agony, when the doors burst open.
Voldemort, flanked by 19 death eaters entered the hall. As Voldemort entered he roared
"Hand over Potter and I will spare your pathetic little school for now. Fail to do so and you will all die!"
Ginny grabbed tightly onto Harry and blocked him from Voldemort's view. Harry squirmed out of her grasp. Hundereds of people would die if he didn't hand himself over. He staggered to the front of the wall of energy and said
"Take me. Please, don't hurt them."
"No Harry!" Shouted Dumbledore and Lupin.
"You heard him Dumbledore, lower the protection wall and I'll leave. The boy is willing to sacrifice himself for all of you, just like that mudblood mother of his."
"No Riddle. You want a fight. You've got one!"
"ah yes. The warewolf. Wormtail has told me so much about you."
Voldemort and his deatheaters immediately started battling. Dumbledore and the teachers felled about six deatheaters easily, although both Flitwick and Trelawney were stunned. Unforgivable curses were not being used. Voldemort wanted prisoners. Harry tried to block the emotions from his mind as he watched helplessly as yet more people suffered because of him. Ginny held him closely.
One of the seventh year slytherins moved to stand behind Dumbledore. He stunned him. With that many of the seventh years switched sides. The battle raged. After several casualties on both sides, the deatheaters began to work on destroying the magical wall.
Amongst the shouts of curses and counter curses Voldemort shouted suddenly, "The aurors! They're here!"
The Deatheaters vanished via portkeys all over the place until they were all gone. Harry and the others looked around. Three people were missing. Proffessors Trelawney, Lupin and Hagrid (who had been using his umberella making obvious that there was a wand inside).
Many of the other teachers and students lay unconscious. Professor McGonnagall stood shakily, supported by Snape (who, to everyone's surprise had fought alongside the teachers)
"You are all to stay here until the your families can come and collect you. Voldemort has obviously found a way to destroy the wards around the castle. Until we thing of better protection you are all to stay away, and hopefully safe with your families."
Several aurors and mediwitches and wizards apparated in (illustrating the fact that the wards had been obliterated) and began healing the wounded.