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.And I know it's a poor way to repay all of you by taking so long to update, but it's finally here. I just blame it on finals at school, Internet not working, and writers block all at once.
This is probably the most important chapter of the whole story, well, fifth year. Please read and review. The chapters will be coming a lot faster now. I think there are 3 chapters after this until the summer. And I WILL have those finished by June 21st.
Chapter 15 A Night of Adventures
The sound of the branch echoed through the trees, and all 6 of the people in the forest froze in their spots.
"Did you hear that?" Voldemort asked.
"Yes, master, maybe we should investigate"
Harry, Ron, and Hermione turned to go, causing a lot more noise, but it didn't matter now, they had to get away - fast.
Luicus Malfoy began sending spells through the trees. "Stupefy," he shouted. The trio dodged most of them, but one hit Hermione, and she fell to the ground.
"Hermione!" Ron turned around and ran to her. Harry turned around and went after them.
Hermione lay on the ground completely still; she looked like she was asleep.
"We've got to get out of here!" Harry said.
"OK, but what do we do? We can't leave her here."
"Let's carry her." Harry suggested, and he began to lift her feet off the ground, and Ron picked her up under her arms.
It was very slow work Hermione was very light, but maneuvering between the trees to keep out of sight and walking on the uneven ground was hard. The spells still shot through the trees as Voldemort and the Death Eaters approached.
A low rumbling noise echoed through the trees, which made Harry and Ron stop dead. Suddenly a blazing light shone on them, and they could hear leaves crunching, and branches breaking, and the motor of a car. It was Mr. Weasley's Ford Anglia that Harry and Ron had driven to Hogwarts 3 years ago. And just like when they were surrounded by the giant spiders in their second year, the car had come to save the day.
It pulled up next to them and all the doors opened. They laid Hermione in the back and Ron and Harry jumped in and they drove away even before Ron could touch anything. The car seemed to know they were in danger, and hadn't waited for Ron to start driving.
They rumbled through the thick trees, but before they could get very far, yet another spell sent by Lucius Malfoy hit them, and the whole car froze. Harry and Ron didn't realize what had happened before the Death Eaters were upon them. They tried to get out and pick up Hermione again, but it was too late.
Harry felt groggy. He slowly opened his eyes, his glasses had been removed, but he could tell he was in the forest and was tied to two other people. He turned his head to the right and could make out red hair.
"Ron?" he whispered.
"Yeah" said Ron.
"What happened?"
"I don't know, but this isn't good, Voldemort, Petigrew, and Malfoy are all talking over there, but they took your glasses, so I guess you can't see them."
Harry turned his head to where Ron had indicated, and saw blurry outlines of three people. Harry then turned to his other side and saw Hermione, her head trooped down on her chest.
"Is Hermione OK?" Harry asked Ron uncertainly.
"I don't know; she hasn't woken up." Ron said very solemnly.
At that point Petigrew walked over from the group and began to untie Hermione from the two boys, once he was done he started to drag her a little ways away.
"What are you doing to her?" Ron asked him. He didn't answer.
He sat Hermione up against the trunk of a tree, and pointed his wand at her. Ron struggled against the ties restraining him.
"Leave her alone!" He yelled at Petigrew.
They couldn't hear what Petigrew said when he pointed his wand at Hermione, but a second later she opened her eyes and sat up on her own. Petigrew tied her to the tree with his wand and walked over to Harry and put his glasses on his face. Harry looked into the watery blue eyes of the person who had betrayed his parents. Petigrew them walked back to Voldemort and Lucius. They spoke for a moment, and then Voldemort strode over to them.
"Well, well, well." He began, with a mock look of disapproval. Harry's scar burned, but he ignored it, and glared at Voldemort as he continued to speak
"What do we have here, some eavesdroppers. And not just any, we have not only Harry Potter, but also his two best friends, who incidentally have helped him escape from me over the past few years, how convenient.
"Lucius has been kind enough to tell me some of the story's of your activities at Hogwarts, and how you three have taken it upon yourself to defeat me." He ended with an amused tone in his voice.
"Stand him up" He ordered Petigrew. Petigrew walked over to Harry and untied him. He pulled Harry up, and shoved him toward his enemy, the one person who had done all of this. It all came back to him; he was the reason for all of the tragedy in everyone's lives. It was all him, and now he stood in front of Harry as he did in his fourth year, but this time, Harry was not going to get away from him without causing some damage.
"Well, we meet again, and this time there are no shadows for you to hide behind, and I will finally get to commit the murder I have been waiting for, for almost 15 years." Voldemort sounded satisfied, he thought he would finally get rid of the thorn that had been in his side for years.
"So, Potter, any last words?" Voldemort asked.
"Just one" Harry responded. The whole time Voldemort had been talking, Harry had his hand in his pocket, reaching for the Phoenix. He held it tight in his hand and said out loud, "Phenoixius"
"What?" Voldemort said, but he didn't have to wait for the answer to his unfinished question.
A second later a flash of scarlet light illuminated everything around them and they had to squint it was so bright.
The light faded away to reveal Hagrid standing there, his crossbow in his arms and Fang, his Boarhound, at his heels. The Phoenix is used like a port key. Hagrid aimed the crossbow right at the three cloaked men, and they raised their wands.
While Voldemort was distracted for the moment, Harry took the opportunity to grab his, Ron and Hermione's wands that were all lying on the ground a short distance away.
Harry ran over to Ron and untied him and gave him his wand. Then they both ran over to Hermione and untied her. Meanwhile Hagrid, though it looked like he had the situation in control, he was in trouble.
The shock of Hagrid arriving was soon wearing off, and now the Death Eaters were ready.
"Crucio!' all three of them yelled together.
Hagrid fell to the ground, screaming, writhing with pain.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione turned around and couldn't believe what they were seeing. They didn't know what to do, they couldn't do anything, and they needed help.
And help came, once again. At least a dozen centaurs came galloping into the clearing, and since it was so sudden, the Death Eaters were caught off guard. They nearly trampled Hagrid.
Voldemort, Lucius, and Wormtail had no choice, but to flee. They ran, and ran until they were out of sight.
The centaurs came over to Harry, Ron, and Hermione and one of them asked if they were all right, and Harry recognized him to be Firenze, who had saved him in his first year. Ronan and Bane were there also.
After reassuring the centaurs that they were OK, Harry, Ron, and Hermione walked over to Hagrid. The three curses had done a lot of damage, Hagrid wasn't dead, but he was unconscious.
"You'd had better get him up to the school." Said Firenze.
"Yea," said Harry, nodding and looking shocked, "How do we?"
Hermione grabbed Harry wand from his hand and said "Wingardium Leviosa" and Hagrid slowly levitated, Hermione handed Harry his wand. She looked like she was going to cry, and she didn't want to float Hagrid all the way back to the castle.
"I will walk you to the edge of the forest." Said Firenze, and the four of them waked up to the school, with Hagrid levitating in front of them.
They walked for nearly ten minutes, before Harry asked something that was bugging him.
"Um, Firenze," he began, "How did you know where we were?"
"There have been many movements in the stars lately, there will be much danger soon."
'Hmmm' thought Harry, and then he remembered what Hagrid had said when they first met the centaurs. "Never try an' get a straight answer out of a centaur. Ruddy star-gazers. Not interested in anythin' closer'n the moon"
They reached the castle a few minutes later, after leaving Firenze at the edge of the forest.
Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape, and Professor Figg all came running into the entrance hall to meet them.
Not really an ending, but hey. Please review and again I'm really sorry for the wait!
Thanks for reading!
.And I know it's a poor way to repay all of you by taking so long to update, but it's finally here. I just blame it on finals at school, Internet not working, and writers block all at once.
This is probably the most important chapter of the whole story, well, fifth year. Please read and review. The chapters will be coming a lot faster now. I think there are 3 chapters after this until the summer. And I WILL have those finished by June 21st.
Chapter 15 A Night of Adventures
The sound of the branch echoed through the trees, and all 6 of the people in the forest froze in their spots.
"Did you hear that?" Voldemort asked.
"Yes, master, maybe we should investigate"
Harry, Ron, and Hermione turned to go, causing a lot more noise, but it didn't matter now, they had to get away - fast.
Luicus Malfoy began sending spells through the trees. "Stupefy," he shouted. The trio dodged most of them, but one hit Hermione, and she fell to the ground.
"Hermione!" Ron turned around and ran to her. Harry turned around and went after them.
Hermione lay on the ground completely still; she looked like she was asleep.
"We've got to get out of here!" Harry said.
"OK, but what do we do? We can't leave her here."
"Let's carry her." Harry suggested, and he began to lift her feet off the ground, and Ron picked her up under her arms.
It was very slow work Hermione was very light, but maneuvering between the trees to keep out of sight and walking on the uneven ground was hard. The spells still shot through the trees as Voldemort and the Death Eaters approached.
A low rumbling noise echoed through the trees, which made Harry and Ron stop dead. Suddenly a blazing light shone on them, and they could hear leaves crunching, and branches breaking, and the motor of a car. It was Mr. Weasley's Ford Anglia that Harry and Ron had driven to Hogwarts 3 years ago. And just like when they were surrounded by the giant spiders in their second year, the car had come to save the day.
It pulled up next to them and all the doors opened. They laid Hermione in the back and Ron and Harry jumped in and they drove away even before Ron could touch anything. The car seemed to know they were in danger, and hadn't waited for Ron to start driving.
They rumbled through the thick trees, but before they could get very far, yet another spell sent by Lucius Malfoy hit them, and the whole car froze. Harry and Ron didn't realize what had happened before the Death Eaters were upon them. They tried to get out and pick up Hermione again, but it was too late.
Harry felt groggy. He slowly opened his eyes, his glasses had been removed, but he could tell he was in the forest and was tied to two other people. He turned his head to the right and could make out red hair.
"Ron?" he whispered.
"Yeah" said Ron.
"What happened?"
"I don't know, but this isn't good, Voldemort, Petigrew, and Malfoy are all talking over there, but they took your glasses, so I guess you can't see them."
Harry turned his head to where Ron had indicated, and saw blurry outlines of three people. Harry then turned to his other side and saw Hermione, her head trooped down on her chest.
"Is Hermione OK?" Harry asked Ron uncertainly.
"I don't know; she hasn't woken up." Ron said very solemnly.
At that point Petigrew walked over from the group and began to untie Hermione from the two boys, once he was done he started to drag her a little ways away.
"What are you doing to her?" Ron asked him. He didn't answer.
He sat Hermione up against the trunk of a tree, and pointed his wand at her. Ron struggled against the ties restraining him.
"Leave her alone!" He yelled at Petigrew.
They couldn't hear what Petigrew said when he pointed his wand at Hermione, but a second later she opened her eyes and sat up on her own. Petigrew tied her to the tree with his wand and walked over to Harry and put his glasses on his face. Harry looked into the watery blue eyes of the person who had betrayed his parents. Petigrew them walked back to Voldemort and Lucius. They spoke for a moment, and then Voldemort strode over to them.
"Well, well, well." He began, with a mock look of disapproval. Harry's scar burned, but he ignored it, and glared at Voldemort as he continued to speak
"What do we have here, some eavesdroppers. And not just any, we have not only Harry Potter, but also his two best friends, who incidentally have helped him escape from me over the past few years, how convenient.
"Lucius has been kind enough to tell me some of the story's of your activities at Hogwarts, and how you three have taken it upon yourself to defeat me." He ended with an amused tone in his voice.
"Stand him up" He ordered Petigrew. Petigrew walked over to Harry and untied him. He pulled Harry up, and shoved him toward his enemy, the one person who had done all of this. It all came back to him; he was the reason for all of the tragedy in everyone's lives. It was all him, and now he stood in front of Harry as he did in his fourth year, but this time, Harry was not going to get away from him without causing some damage.
"Well, we meet again, and this time there are no shadows for you to hide behind, and I will finally get to commit the murder I have been waiting for, for almost 15 years." Voldemort sounded satisfied, he thought he would finally get rid of the thorn that had been in his side for years.
"So, Potter, any last words?" Voldemort asked.
"Just one" Harry responded. The whole time Voldemort had been talking, Harry had his hand in his pocket, reaching for the Phoenix. He held it tight in his hand and said out loud, "Phenoixius"
"What?" Voldemort said, but he didn't have to wait for the answer to his unfinished question.
A second later a flash of scarlet light illuminated everything around them and they had to squint it was so bright.
The light faded away to reveal Hagrid standing there, his crossbow in his arms and Fang, his Boarhound, at his heels. The Phoenix is used like a port key. Hagrid aimed the crossbow right at the three cloaked men, and they raised their wands.
While Voldemort was distracted for the moment, Harry took the opportunity to grab his, Ron and Hermione's wands that were all lying on the ground a short distance away.
Harry ran over to Ron and untied him and gave him his wand. Then they both ran over to Hermione and untied her. Meanwhile Hagrid, though it looked like he had the situation in control, he was in trouble.
The shock of Hagrid arriving was soon wearing off, and now the Death Eaters were ready.
"Crucio!' all three of them yelled together.
Hagrid fell to the ground, screaming, writhing with pain.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione turned around and couldn't believe what they were seeing. They didn't know what to do, they couldn't do anything, and they needed help.
And help came, once again. At least a dozen centaurs came galloping into the clearing, and since it was so sudden, the Death Eaters were caught off guard. They nearly trampled Hagrid.
Voldemort, Lucius, and Wormtail had no choice, but to flee. They ran, and ran until they were out of sight.
The centaurs came over to Harry, Ron, and Hermione and one of them asked if they were all right, and Harry recognized him to be Firenze, who had saved him in his first year. Ronan and Bane were there also.
After reassuring the centaurs that they were OK, Harry, Ron, and Hermione walked over to Hagrid. The three curses had done a lot of damage, Hagrid wasn't dead, but he was unconscious.
"You'd had better get him up to the school." Said Firenze.
"Yea," said Harry, nodding and looking shocked, "How do we?"
Hermione grabbed Harry wand from his hand and said "Wingardium Leviosa" and Hagrid slowly levitated, Hermione handed Harry his wand. She looked like she was going to cry, and she didn't want to float Hagrid all the way back to the castle.
"I will walk you to the edge of the forest." Said Firenze, and the four of them waked up to the school, with Hagrid levitating in front of them.
They walked for nearly ten minutes, before Harry asked something that was bugging him.
"Um, Firenze," he began, "How did you know where we were?"
"There have been many movements in the stars lately, there will be much danger soon."
'Hmmm' thought Harry, and then he remembered what Hagrid had said when they first met the centaurs. "Never try an' get a straight answer out of a centaur. Ruddy star-gazers. Not interested in anythin' closer'n the moon"
They reached the castle a few minutes later, after leaving Firenze at the edge of the forest.
Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape, and Professor Figg all came running into the entrance hall to meet them.
Not really an ending, but hey. Please review and again I'm really sorry for the wait!
Thanks for reading!
