AuThOr'S Note-
The next chapters will be considerably short... seeing as I'm too lazy to write more than two thousand
words... if I get more reviews, I'll be motivated hehe
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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
The Second War Begins
Voldemort stared at Harry while he tried to fight back the pain searing through him. Hermione
stood as still as could be as Voldemort walked closer to them.
"A right old gang we have here now don't we?" he asked and touched the side of Ginny's face.
She didn't smile or strike him, she just stood in her spot. He made his way down to Hermione.
"And the Mudblood... of course," he added to the laughs of Lucius and Bellatrix. Voldemort
then looked up at the teachers who were standing gravely.
"Hello Tom," Professor Dumbledore said.
"Hello Dumbledore!" Voldemort said rhapsodically. "I'm not afraid of you anymore! Are'n't you
proud?"
Dumbledore shook his head. "Kids, run for the back door," he demanded confidently.
"Do you think I did not hear that?" Voldemort asked.
"Oh, I know you did. But, if it's true, your cohorts did not hear that," Dumbledore shot back.
Voldemort turned around and saw his two partisans shifting their feet.
"Run!" Dumbledore said hurriedly and Hermione, Ginny, Harry, and Ron all took off running
for the back door.
Voldemort shot around and yelled for Belatrix and Lucius to get them. They took off instantly.
Harry pushed open the door and ran into a hallway which had pictures of old school
headmasters and headmistresses.
"This way!" Hermione shouted, and they took a sharp right and found someone already there.
It was Dobby!
"Dobby! It's an emergency! Take us to the kitchen!" Harry said quickly, looking behind him.
"Why sir?" Dobby asked as he dusted a portrait.
"Because Voldemort is here! Just take us to your kitchen!" Hermione yelled. Dobby's face
grew anxious.
"He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named?" he asked.
"Yes!" Ron yelled. "WHERE IS THE KITCHEN!?"
"Okay, right here," Dobby pointed to a large statue. Dobby touched it, and it moved to reveal
a hole about three feet high. "You will have to crawl to get in. Hurry, hurry!"
Hermione got down first, followed by Ron, Ginny, Dobby, and then Harry. They did this in
about ten seconds, to conclude with Dobby closing the hatch, just as Bellatrix and Lucius had reached
the hall.
"They must be down here! They weren't down the other hallway!" Harry heard Bellatrix
scream.
Harry turned around to a kitchen of fifty house elves, of which included Winky, who was at
least a bit better, and was drinking only one bottle of Butterbeer a day, according to Dobby.
"Fellow house elves, this is Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger... and–?" Dobby
looked at Ginny.
"Ginny Weasley," she spoke for herself.
"There are here, because He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named has come back!" Dobby explained and
many house elves gasped.
"Do you think you will win this war?" Voldemort asked as he raised his wand.
"We shall certainly try," Professor McGonagall replied.
"You will lose," Voldemort retorted. He was about to mutter a spell, when his wand flew out of
his hand, and glided in the air to someone else's palms.
"Hello Voldemort," Remus Lupin said. "Meet Nymphadora Tonks and Mad-Eye-Moody."
"You've prepared an army, Albus?" Voldemort asked shrilly. Dumbledore nodded. "I have
many back-up wands... I come prepared." Voldemort reached a hand inside his cloak, and took out
another wand.
It was then, when the fighting began.
"TELIGRIFY!" Voldemort shouted at Professor Snape, who flew up into the air and saw himself
become a contortionist.
Lupin ran forward, but Voldemort put a hand out, sending a wave of power flying at Remus,
who flew backwards and right into the wall.
"STUPEFY!" Tonks screamed and Voldemort fell to the ground. Almost instantly, he flew back
up to his stance.
Right then, five Death Eater entered the Great Hall, each muttering spells that sent Mad-Eye
and Tonks into the wall, and unbreakable chains around their feet and hands.
"Ah, look who's here. My faithful supporters." Voldemort looked at Snape. "You are a betrayer,
Severus... I always thought you could not be trusted... Kill him," he instructed.
"Avada Kedavra!" a Death Eater cried out but the spell missed Snape, who was still in the air,
because McGonagall was eagerly shouting "STUPEFY!" at every Death Eater. The spell issued from the
wand flew into the ceiling, and made a hole so large, that a desk from the floor above fell through.
"TELIGRIFICO!" Dumbledore shouted at Snape. His body unwound itself and Snape fell to the
ground. He jumped up as a Death Eater ran at him.
"EXPELLIARMUS!" Snape shouted. As soon as the Death Eater got close enough, Snape
jabbed his wand right through the man's stomach.
Voldemort flew into the air and shouted, "LAMENTOS VEADADAVRA!" at Tonks and Mad-Eye.
They began to yell in terror as the deadly spell shot at them. But Dumbledore instantly created a
mirror to deflect it, which sent it back at Voldemort, who did not move in time. The curse did not rip
him in half though, it merely vanished.
At that second, a girl and a boy, dressed in ball attire arrived at the Great Hall.
"Did we miss something?" the boy asked. "Where's the ball?"
Voldemort shot down to the ground and walked towards them, laughing.
"DON'T YOU HURT THEM, TOM!" Dumbledore shouted. It was too late.
Voldemort levitated the boy and, with a flick of his wand, sent him flying into the ceiling. The
young girl that was next to him started screaming.
Dumbledore apparated her and next thing she knew, she was in the back room with all the
other students and teachers.
"What happened!?" Professor Sprout comforted her.
"A man sent my friend right into the ceiling!" she wailed. "Now I'm here! I don't know how!"
Harry could hear commotion from the Great Hall. He wanted to go and fight his sworn enemy.
No one was talking in the room... Harry was motionless.
"I'm not going to sit here, and let something happen!" Harry said, frustrated. "Let's find
Bellatrix and Malfoy!"
"But Harry– Dumbledore told us to run and hide... we did!" Hermione replied, with her head in
her hands. "They are far to powerful for us.
"We fought all of his Death Eaters last time. Why can't we fight two?" Ron asked. The house
elves watched them all intently.
"I don't care what you say, Hermione. I'm fighting," Harry said and stood up, wand raised.
"Me too," Ron stated.
There was a long pause.
"Me three," Ginny said proudly.
"I guess I have to also," Hermione declared.
"Open the door, Dobby– We have a war to fight," Harry demanded.
Lupin woke up on the floor to a commotion of fighting, screaming, and spells whizzing by his
ear.
Tonks noticed him wake up and screamed for him. "Get these chains off, Remus!"
Lupin shook his head and stood up, shaking. He pointed his wand at the silver links.
"Dissipate!"
The chains broke off of Tonks legs. Even if they were unbreakable by hand, they were easy to
bust with magic. Lupin also broke the ones around Tonks neck. She took off screaming at Voldemort.
"HELEDORINA!" she screamed and Voldemort's wand jammed up his nose so far, that it
started to bleed excessively. "TAKE THAT YOU BASTARD!"
Lupin destroyed the chains around Mad-Eye, who bent down for his cane and limped over to a
Death Eater who was fighting Professor McGonagall.
"Excuse me?" Mad-Eye asked politely. The Death Eater turned around and Mad-Eye hit the
man in the face with his cane.
Voldemort ripped his wand out of his nose and threw it to the ground and took out a new one
to continue fighting Dumbledore.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!" Snape yelled at Tom, who deflected it again, and sent it flying at Snape,
who flipped out of the way.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny took off running through the corridor to Dobby's good-luck
wishes.
"Where did they go?" Ron yelled furiously, and saw two shadowed figures running down at the
other end of the hallway.
"BELLATRIX! MALFOY!" Harry yelled. The two figures turned around.
Next thing Harry knew, five or six spells were whizzing at their heads as each of the four kids
ran towards them shouting stunning spells, jinxes, and charms.
When they reached Bellatrix and Lucius, they were in a heap on the ground, barely moving.
"What do we do?" Hermione asked nervously.
"Leave them there. Get to the Great Hall," Harry instructed.
Inside the back room, all the kids talked quietly, not able to hear what was going on outside
the room they were in. That was the case until a spell came flying through the wall, sending everyone
ducking for cover as debris flew over their heads.
"Don't scream!" Professor Trelawney said urgently. "DO NOT SCREAM! THEY WILL HEAR US!"
Tonks kicked a Death Eater in the face and shouted a spell at him, which took off each of his
hands.
"TONKS!" Dumbledore shouted. "GET FUDGE!"
She nodded and ran out of the Great Hall, a supporter of Voldemort following behind her.
What she didn't know was that Fudge was knocked out cold... and Percy Weasley was waiting for her.
The next chapters will be considerably short... seeing as I'm too lazy to write more than two thousand
words... if I get more reviews, I'll be motivated hehe
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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
The Second War Begins
Voldemort stared at Harry while he tried to fight back the pain searing through him. Hermione
stood as still as could be as Voldemort walked closer to them.
"A right old gang we have here now don't we?" he asked and touched the side of Ginny's face.
She didn't smile or strike him, she just stood in her spot. He made his way down to Hermione.
"And the Mudblood... of course," he added to the laughs of Lucius and Bellatrix. Voldemort
then looked up at the teachers who were standing gravely.
"Hello Tom," Professor Dumbledore said.
"Hello Dumbledore!" Voldemort said rhapsodically. "I'm not afraid of you anymore! Are'n't you
proud?"
Dumbledore shook his head. "Kids, run for the back door," he demanded confidently.
"Do you think I did not hear that?" Voldemort asked.
"Oh, I know you did. But, if it's true, your cohorts did not hear that," Dumbledore shot back.
Voldemort turned around and saw his two partisans shifting their feet.
"Run!" Dumbledore said hurriedly and Hermione, Ginny, Harry, and Ron all took off running
for the back door.
Voldemort shot around and yelled for Belatrix and Lucius to get them. They took off instantly.
Harry pushed open the door and ran into a hallway which had pictures of old school
headmasters and headmistresses.
"This way!" Hermione shouted, and they took a sharp right and found someone already there.
It was Dobby!
"Dobby! It's an emergency! Take us to the kitchen!" Harry said quickly, looking behind him.
"Why sir?" Dobby asked as he dusted a portrait.
"Because Voldemort is here! Just take us to your kitchen!" Hermione yelled. Dobby's face
grew anxious.
"He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named?" he asked.
"Yes!" Ron yelled. "WHERE IS THE KITCHEN!?"
"Okay, right here," Dobby pointed to a large statue. Dobby touched it, and it moved to reveal
a hole about three feet high. "You will have to crawl to get in. Hurry, hurry!"
Hermione got down first, followed by Ron, Ginny, Dobby, and then Harry. They did this in
about ten seconds, to conclude with Dobby closing the hatch, just as Bellatrix and Lucius had reached
the hall.
"They must be down here! They weren't down the other hallway!" Harry heard Bellatrix
scream.
Harry turned around to a kitchen of fifty house elves, of which included Winky, who was at
least a bit better, and was drinking only one bottle of Butterbeer a day, according to Dobby.
"Fellow house elves, this is Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger... and–?" Dobby
looked at Ginny.
"Ginny Weasley," she spoke for herself.
"There are here, because He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named has come back!" Dobby explained and
many house elves gasped.
"Do you think you will win this war?" Voldemort asked as he raised his wand.
"We shall certainly try," Professor McGonagall replied.
"You will lose," Voldemort retorted. He was about to mutter a spell, when his wand flew out of
his hand, and glided in the air to someone else's palms.
"Hello Voldemort," Remus Lupin said. "Meet Nymphadora Tonks and Mad-Eye-Moody."
"You've prepared an army, Albus?" Voldemort asked shrilly. Dumbledore nodded. "I have
many back-up wands... I come prepared." Voldemort reached a hand inside his cloak, and took out
another wand.
It was then, when the fighting began.
"TELIGRIFY!" Voldemort shouted at Professor Snape, who flew up into the air and saw himself
become a contortionist.
Lupin ran forward, but Voldemort put a hand out, sending a wave of power flying at Remus,
who flew backwards and right into the wall.
"STUPEFY!" Tonks screamed and Voldemort fell to the ground. Almost instantly, he flew back
up to his stance.
Right then, five Death Eater entered the Great Hall, each muttering spells that sent Mad-Eye
and Tonks into the wall, and unbreakable chains around their feet and hands.
"Ah, look who's here. My faithful supporters." Voldemort looked at Snape. "You are a betrayer,
Severus... I always thought you could not be trusted... Kill him," he instructed.
"Avada Kedavra!" a Death Eater cried out but the spell missed Snape, who was still in the air,
because McGonagall was eagerly shouting "STUPEFY!" at every Death Eater. The spell issued from the
wand flew into the ceiling, and made a hole so large, that a desk from the floor above fell through.
"TELIGRIFICO!" Dumbledore shouted at Snape. His body unwound itself and Snape fell to the
ground. He jumped up as a Death Eater ran at him.
"EXPELLIARMUS!" Snape shouted. As soon as the Death Eater got close enough, Snape
jabbed his wand right through the man's stomach.
Voldemort flew into the air and shouted, "LAMENTOS VEADADAVRA!" at Tonks and Mad-Eye.
They began to yell in terror as the deadly spell shot at them. But Dumbledore instantly created a
mirror to deflect it, which sent it back at Voldemort, who did not move in time. The curse did not rip
him in half though, it merely vanished.
At that second, a girl and a boy, dressed in ball attire arrived at the Great Hall.
"Did we miss something?" the boy asked. "Where's the ball?"
Voldemort shot down to the ground and walked towards them, laughing.
"DON'T YOU HURT THEM, TOM!" Dumbledore shouted. It was too late.
Voldemort levitated the boy and, with a flick of his wand, sent him flying into the ceiling. The
young girl that was next to him started screaming.
Dumbledore apparated her and next thing she knew, she was in the back room with all the
other students and teachers.
"What happened!?" Professor Sprout comforted her.
"A man sent my friend right into the ceiling!" she wailed. "Now I'm here! I don't know how!"
Harry could hear commotion from the Great Hall. He wanted to go and fight his sworn enemy.
No one was talking in the room... Harry was motionless.
"I'm not going to sit here, and let something happen!" Harry said, frustrated. "Let's find
Bellatrix and Malfoy!"
"But Harry– Dumbledore told us to run and hide... we did!" Hermione replied, with her head in
her hands. "They are far to powerful for us.
"We fought all of his Death Eaters last time. Why can't we fight two?" Ron asked. The house
elves watched them all intently.
"I don't care what you say, Hermione. I'm fighting," Harry said and stood up, wand raised.
"Me too," Ron stated.
There was a long pause.
"Me three," Ginny said proudly.
"I guess I have to also," Hermione declared.
"Open the door, Dobby– We have a war to fight," Harry demanded.
Lupin woke up on the floor to a commotion of fighting, screaming, and spells whizzing by his
ear.
Tonks noticed him wake up and screamed for him. "Get these chains off, Remus!"
Lupin shook his head and stood up, shaking. He pointed his wand at the silver links.
"Dissipate!"
The chains broke off of Tonks legs. Even if they were unbreakable by hand, they were easy to
bust with magic. Lupin also broke the ones around Tonks neck. She took off screaming at Voldemort.
"HELEDORINA!" she screamed and Voldemort's wand jammed up his nose so far, that it
started to bleed excessively. "TAKE THAT YOU BASTARD!"
Lupin destroyed the chains around Mad-Eye, who bent down for his cane and limped over to a
Death Eater who was fighting Professor McGonagall.
"Excuse me?" Mad-Eye asked politely. The Death Eater turned around and Mad-Eye hit the
man in the face with his cane.
Voldemort ripped his wand out of his nose and threw it to the ground and took out a new one
to continue fighting Dumbledore.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!" Snape yelled at Tom, who deflected it again, and sent it flying at Snape,
who flipped out of the way.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny took off running through the corridor to Dobby's good-luck
wishes.
"Where did they go?" Ron yelled furiously, and saw two shadowed figures running down at the
other end of the hallway.
"BELLATRIX! MALFOY!" Harry yelled. The two figures turned around.
Next thing Harry knew, five or six spells were whizzing at their heads as each of the four kids
ran towards them shouting stunning spells, jinxes, and charms.
When they reached Bellatrix and Lucius, they were in a heap on the ground, barely moving.
"What do we do?" Hermione asked nervously.
"Leave them there. Get to the Great Hall," Harry instructed.
Inside the back room, all the kids talked quietly, not able to hear what was going on outside
the room they were in. That was the case until a spell came flying through the wall, sending everyone
ducking for cover as debris flew over their heads.
"Don't scream!" Professor Trelawney said urgently. "DO NOT SCREAM! THEY WILL HEAR US!"
Tonks kicked a Death Eater in the face and shouted a spell at him, which took off each of his
hands.
"TONKS!" Dumbledore shouted. "GET FUDGE!"
She nodded and ran out of the Great Hall, a supporter of Voldemort following behind her.
What she didn't know was that Fudge was knocked out cold... and Percy Weasley was waiting for her.