Author's Notes: I'm so sorry guys! It's been forever since I posted a chapter. School has been crazy and been giving me loads of homework. Gotta keep my grades up so I couldn't post. -_-. It's been officially 1 year since I started writing this story. Wow. No worries though cause I know how this story is going to end and how I'm going to get there. *dances* Well thanks to my reviewers:

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Harry Potter and His Fifth Year

Chapter 14 The School's Reactions and the Explosion
After the professors and Sirius had left, Harry, oddly, went to the Great Hall. The whole hall was abuzz about Fudge wanting to arrest Harry.

"I hope he gets the Kiss. It'll rid the world of another Dark Lord." They were all like that. Even all the Gryffindors were saying that. Ron was reading the Prophet to anyone who would listen. Then Draco came over to the table interrupting Ron's reading.

"What do you want Malfoy?"

"Nothing concerning you Weasley. Oy Potter." Harry glanced up. "Fudge is trying to give you the Kiss? Any blind idiot could see that you didn't do any of that. If you killed Diggory then I'm a mudblood."

"You are? Wow Malfoy and you're the son of a Death Eater. . ."

"Shut up Weasley!"

"Make me Malfoy!" Ron yelled as he pulled out his wand.

"Stop it both of you! Thanks Draco for supporting me but you can return to the Slytherin table."

"Who said I was supporting you Potter? I only said you weren't guilty." Draco stalked back to the Slytherin table.

"So best friends with the Death Eater's son? Were you just over there talking with You-Know-Who? Plotting someone else to kill?" Ron sneered.

Harry tried to ignore him and slid his eyes across the table looking for something.

"Cedric was probably easy to pick. He was going out with your crush. All the girls liked him. Must have been easy for you to kill him. . ."

Harry picked up the carving knife. HE rolled up his sleeve revealing a skinny wrist. He pointed the knife toward him and placed it half way up his wrist.. The skin just barely broke before:

"Harry no! Accio knife!"

Everyone stared at Harry oddly. Harry looked at the small trickle of blood coming from his arm and slowly, he looked up to the person who had called the spell. His dead eyes flashed. "Why?"

Tears spilled down Hermione's face. "Best friends don't let their best friends kill themselves."

"If you were my friend then you'd let me do it." Harry winced and grabbed his forehead. He went limp and fell face first into his plate, which luckily was empty. His fellow classmates watched on as something strange happened to Harry. He looked like his was in a great deal of pain and was twitching. Then, they heard a crack and a pop came from Harry's arm. What seemed like forever, Harry's eyes fluttered, "No, please no. Not now. . ."

The whole Great Hall fell silent as loud booms and screams were heard not that far away. An official looking owl came swooping in to Dumbledore. He read the note and stood up. "Students, teachers, Hogsmeade is being attacked by Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters." Several people gasped. "The ministry has asked that I join in this fight. You will be safe in here. Professor McGonagall is in charge." Snape, Lupin, a few others, and himself left.

Down at eh Gryffindor table, Harry hadn't moved since he woke up. "Harry?" Hermione whispered as she touched his left shoulder. He hissed din pain but he did manage to sit back up. Hermione and everyone else gasped.

Harry's eye was now swollen. Scratches could be seen on his face and hands. His nose was slightly bleeding. His left arm was being held limply at his side. But the noticeable was the two red handprints around Harry's neck.

"Harry are you okay?"

"I'm fine," he said wincing. His headache was becoming worst and worst. "Please stop. Please." Harry was becoming paler and paler. Then once again he fainted.

"Professor McGonagall! Professor McGonagall it's Harry!" Hermione called out.

Professor McGonagall ran to the Gryffindor table. "Oh my goodness! What happened here? To Mr. Potter?" The screams and explosion grew louder.

The students told Professor McGonagall the little that they knew. "And Madam Pomprey went to heal everyone who's injured at Hogsmeade." Another loud crash was heard, closer to the castle this time. "Watch him." She hurried off.

"Just like Potter to. . ."

"SHUT UP RON! You have been nothing but mean to Harry since he got out of the hospital. I'm sick of it!" Hermione exploded.

The whole table fell silent. More explosions, less screams were heard. Then, a loud boom came shaking the room. Then, Harry's eyes shot open.

There were tears streaming down his face. He looked worst. "Oh god. . ."

Someone had turned a wizard radio on to a wizarding news station. ". . . the whole city is gone. Just like that, he destroyed it. If you just tuned in, You-Know-Who has attacked Hogsmeade. Everyone is dead as far as I can see. If there were any survivors, I don't know how they could've survived that last explosion. Oh my god. . .Minister Fudge! Are you all right? What exactly happened?"

"You-Know-Who attacked. Potter, Harry Potter was with him. . . they destroyed the town together."

Everyone stared at Harry.

Harry started to breath fast. His shaking got worst. "He's going to kill me. . . I'm sorry. . .sorry. . ."

"I'm going to Hogwarts right now to put Potter in custody. As soon as we arrive in Azkaban he'll get the Kiss."

"Sorry Mum, Dad. . . I'm so sorry. . . he was going to attack Hogwarts. . . had to stop him. . ."

"Harry what are talking about?" Hermione asked.

"I didn't mean to. . . I didn't want him to come to Hogwarts. . . a golden light came. . . the town exploded. . ."

"What are you talking about?" Fred asked.

"I just wanted to hurt him. . . got so mad. . . coming to Hogwarts. . . didn't mean to. . ."

The Great Hall burst open. Mr. Fudge, fuming, strode in. His eyes narrowed as he saw Harry. "Mr. Harry J. Potter you are under arrest for being a Death Eater. Your punishment will be the Dementor's Kiss. It will be performed immediately upon arrival at Azkaban. Come on!" he yelled grabbing Harry by his left arm and yanking him to his feet. Harry hissed in pain.

"Professor McGonagall rushed forward. " Mr. Fudge I, you can't do this. Albus would. . ."

"Dumbledore is dead thanks to this piece of scum!" Fudge roared shaking Harry.

The whole hall fell silent.

The only sound was the radio.
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