Chapter 4 - SGC Goes to Hogwarts
Major Carter and Colonel O'Neill went through the Stargate. "Check the MALP's GPS readings, Hailey," ordered Carter. Lieutenant Hailey checked the reading. "Major, this can't be right," she said. "According to these readings, we should be 5000 miles west of Australia, at the bottom of the sea." "Perhaps there is interference with the GPS," said Teal'c. He radioed through the MALP back to SGC, "General Hammond, this is Teal'c. According to Harry Potter and Neville Longbottom, we are in England, near the Scottish border. We are receiving heavy interference from an unknown source. Our GPS readings are extremely inaccurate. We request use of the ECM device we recently obtained from the Asgard."
Two minutes later, a cylindrical device about four feet tall and three feet around wheeled through the gate. Jackson pressed a few switches on it, and a screen appeared on it. "So, according to this rusted tin can, the interference is coming from some old ruin about seven klicks from here with a lot of danger signs on it," said O'Neill. "Perhaps it is the Death Eaters' base," said Teal'c. "We should investigate it." "No," said Harry, "that's our base. The Death Eaters who stormed your base attacked us in the woods. I recognized a couple of them, Macnair was the one with a gun, and Dolohov was the guy who was shot in the bollocks by Major Carter." "Bollocks?" asked O'Neill. "Testicles," said Jackson.
SG-1, SG-8, Harry, and Neville approached the ruin. "Uh, take me to your leader, Harry?" said O'Neill. "Professor Dumbledore!" Harry cried. A tall, older man with a long beard smiled and said, "Hello, brave warriors. I am Albus Dumbledore, the leader of the anti-Voldemort movement." Dumbledore was not about to tell the Muggle warriors the true nature of Hogwarts, but was eager to enlist their aid. "Intelligence from the Order indicates a force of 1,200 Death Eaters is preparing to attack Hogwarts. Voldemort himself is leading them. Sinistra, would you escort Mr. Potter to the portal? The attack force has approached to one mile of Hogwarts, they are not watching the gate." A tall woman with long, graying hair took Harry down to the other side of the castle.
Twenty minutes later, the Death Eaters appeared outside the perimeter of Hogwarts. The first wave was slaughtered by the Claymore mines which Teal'c, O'Neill, Jackson, and Carter had laid. Dumbledore took command. "Heads of Houses, take your students fifth year and under to the Room of Requirement for safety. All sixth and seventh years and those who can use unforgivables, report to Snape or McGonagall for assignment to a defense squad. Prefects, find a defense squad and take command of it. Our primary defense zones will be the Astronomy tower, the Room of Requirement, and the Mandrake patch. We are NOT letting suicidal Death Eaters use the Mandrakes as weapons. Muggle warriors, you will defend the Astronomy tower, we think some of them may be using aerial transport."
For the next several hours, pandemonium reigned. Colonel O'Neill took command of the combined SG1-SG8 forces defending the Astronomy tower. They contilually poured heavy machine gun and grenade fire onto the Death Eaters who kept trying to storm the tower. "Son of a bitch!" roared O'Neill. "That old bastard Rookwood, how'd he escape our base?" Rookwood raised his wand at Teal'c, who had shot him before. But Teal'c was much faster than the old man, and shot him in the arm with his P-90 assault rifle. Rookwood's men broke and fled, their commander badly wounded. However, ten minutes later the Death Eaters and their reinforcements attacked Hogwarts from the side that didn''t have Muggles raining fire and death upon them.
A division of Death Eaters commanded by Lucius Malfoy stormed the Mandrake patch, defended by Snape and the most hardened Slytherins, but to protect themselves, the defenders broke into two divisions. One, led by Snape, attacked the Death Eaters with Stunning and Blinding spells, while the other, led by Draco Malfoy, Lucius' son, destroyed the Mandrakes with Killing Curses to prevent them being used as weapons (and, no doubt, to get out of Herbology, like typical Slytherins.) Once that was done, the second division rejoined the defenders, but suffered heavy casualties from the Killing Curses fired by both sides.
Lucius confronted his son about fighting against the Death Eaters. "So, this is how you treat your father and the rest of your family?" he sneered. "Hogwarts is my home, father. It may be infested with Mudbloods, but I am not letting Voldemort take over. He would kill the Mudbloods, not just drive them out of Hogwarts," replied Draco. "Then die in your ignorance! Avada-" Lucius started. "Crucio!" shouted Snape, before Lucius could kill his son. Lucius screamed in pain and terror, until Draco Stunned him. Snape turned to Draco. "Why did you stop me? He tried to kill you." "True, but my ears were hurting, and we still have a battle to fight."
Voldemort and the 1,000 surviving Death Eaters stormed the Room of Requirement, defended by Dumbledore himself. There were four defense squads of 20 students, commanded by Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, Ron Weasley, and Cho Chang. They were aided by the survivors from the Mandrake battle, so there were about 170 defenders being integrated into the four defense squads.
"Kill them all! Start with the Mudblood commander!" ordered Voldemort. Macnair pulled his 9mm pistol to kill Hermione, but Voldemort screeched, "Crucio!" at Macnair, who dropped his weapon in pain. Dumbledore took the opportunity to disarm Voldemort, saying, "Your contempt for Muggle weapons has proven your undoing. Commander Granger. teach this punk a lesson." Hermione giggled. She had never been called "Commander" or heard Dumbledore refer to anyone as a "punk" before. However, she was happy to oblige. "Attack with Densaugeo hexes!" she ordered. Voldemort, Macnair, and about 200 Death Eatersfell to the ground with three-foot teeth weighing them down and making it impossible for them to cast spells. Cho, Ron, and Neville attacked the rest of them, but Ron had caught a hex from Hermione's unit and his own unit split up without their leader's voice. Cho got most of them into her unit, but her desire to avenge the murder of Cedric got the better of her. She handed her unit over to Neville's command and confronted Voldemort. She raised her wand at him and said, "Reducto!" The curse broke Voldemort's vast fangs and enabled him to speak again. She handed him back his wand and said, "I will avenge Cedric's murder! Avada Kedavra!" Nothing happened. "Crucio!" she yelled. Voldemort screamed in pain. Cho, not normally a sadistic person, laughed hysterically at Voldemort's pain.
While Cho was torturing Voldemort, Neville, finding himself in command of three quarters of the defenders of the Room of Requirement, ordered them to charge the remaining 800 Death Eaters with his 100 survivors. The Death Eaters were packed into corridors where a single Stunner could take out four or five of them. The defenders were more widely dispersed, and they wrought havoc on the Death Eaters. The students holed in the Room of Requirement saw this, and about 600 of them attacked the surviving Death Eaters, proceeding to gloriously slaughter the remaining supporters of Voldemort. Dumbledore unsheathed the sword of Godric Gryffindor, and Cho disarmed him. She struck off Voldemort's head and gave it to a Ravenclaw prefect, saying, "Stick this on a pole in the Ravenclaw common room."
"Voldemort's body may have been slain, Cho," said Dumbledore, "but his spirit is alive, for he is protected by a prophecy that only Harry can kill him." Cho nodded sadly. "I have avenged Cedric," she said. "Last time Voldemort's body was killed, it was many years before he revived. Perhaps we are safe for some time, but even if not, I will place some of his blood on Cedric's grave, to let him know he is avenged." Dumbledore nodded. "If it makes you feel better, do it."
Major Carter and Colonel O'Neill went through the Stargate. "Check the MALP's GPS readings, Hailey," ordered Carter. Lieutenant Hailey checked the reading. "Major, this can't be right," she said. "According to these readings, we should be 5000 miles west of Australia, at the bottom of the sea." "Perhaps there is interference with the GPS," said Teal'c. He radioed through the MALP back to SGC, "General Hammond, this is Teal'c. According to Harry Potter and Neville Longbottom, we are in England, near the Scottish border. We are receiving heavy interference from an unknown source. Our GPS readings are extremely inaccurate. We request use of the ECM device we recently obtained from the Asgard."
Two minutes later, a cylindrical device about four feet tall and three feet around wheeled through the gate. Jackson pressed a few switches on it, and a screen appeared on it. "So, according to this rusted tin can, the interference is coming from some old ruin about seven klicks from here with a lot of danger signs on it," said O'Neill. "Perhaps it is the Death Eaters' base," said Teal'c. "We should investigate it." "No," said Harry, "that's our base. The Death Eaters who stormed your base attacked us in the woods. I recognized a couple of them, Macnair was the one with a gun, and Dolohov was the guy who was shot in the bollocks by Major Carter." "Bollocks?" asked O'Neill. "Testicles," said Jackson.
SG-1, SG-8, Harry, and Neville approached the ruin. "Uh, take me to your leader, Harry?" said O'Neill. "Professor Dumbledore!" Harry cried. A tall, older man with a long beard smiled and said, "Hello, brave warriors. I am Albus Dumbledore, the leader of the anti-Voldemort movement." Dumbledore was not about to tell the Muggle warriors the true nature of Hogwarts, but was eager to enlist their aid. "Intelligence from the Order indicates a force of 1,200 Death Eaters is preparing to attack Hogwarts. Voldemort himself is leading them. Sinistra, would you escort Mr. Potter to the portal? The attack force has approached to one mile of Hogwarts, they are not watching the gate." A tall woman with long, graying hair took Harry down to the other side of the castle.
Twenty minutes later, the Death Eaters appeared outside the perimeter of Hogwarts. The first wave was slaughtered by the Claymore mines which Teal'c, O'Neill, Jackson, and Carter had laid. Dumbledore took command. "Heads of Houses, take your students fifth year and under to the Room of Requirement for safety. All sixth and seventh years and those who can use unforgivables, report to Snape or McGonagall for assignment to a defense squad. Prefects, find a defense squad and take command of it. Our primary defense zones will be the Astronomy tower, the Room of Requirement, and the Mandrake patch. We are NOT letting suicidal Death Eaters use the Mandrakes as weapons. Muggle warriors, you will defend the Astronomy tower, we think some of them may be using aerial transport."
For the next several hours, pandemonium reigned. Colonel O'Neill took command of the combined SG1-SG8 forces defending the Astronomy tower. They contilually poured heavy machine gun and grenade fire onto the Death Eaters who kept trying to storm the tower. "Son of a bitch!" roared O'Neill. "That old bastard Rookwood, how'd he escape our base?" Rookwood raised his wand at Teal'c, who had shot him before. But Teal'c was much faster than the old man, and shot him in the arm with his P-90 assault rifle. Rookwood's men broke and fled, their commander badly wounded. However, ten minutes later the Death Eaters and their reinforcements attacked Hogwarts from the side that didn''t have Muggles raining fire and death upon them.
A division of Death Eaters commanded by Lucius Malfoy stormed the Mandrake patch, defended by Snape and the most hardened Slytherins, but to protect themselves, the defenders broke into two divisions. One, led by Snape, attacked the Death Eaters with Stunning and Blinding spells, while the other, led by Draco Malfoy, Lucius' son, destroyed the Mandrakes with Killing Curses to prevent them being used as weapons (and, no doubt, to get out of Herbology, like typical Slytherins.) Once that was done, the second division rejoined the defenders, but suffered heavy casualties from the Killing Curses fired by both sides.
Lucius confronted his son about fighting against the Death Eaters. "So, this is how you treat your father and the rest of your family?" he sneered. "Hogwarts is my home, father. It may be infested with Mudbloods, but I am not letting Voldemort take over. He would kill the Mudbloods, not just drive them out of Hogwarts," replied Draco. "Then die in your ignorance! Avada-" Lucius started. "Crucio!" shouted Snape, before Lucius could kill his son. Lucius screamed in pain and terror, until Draco Stunned him. Snape turned to Draco. "Why did you stop me? He tried to kill you." "True, but my ears were hurting, and we still have a battle to fight."
Voldemort and the 1,000 surviving Death Eaters stormed the Room of Requirement, defended by Dumbledore himself. There were four defense squads of 20 students, commanded by Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, Ron Weasley, and Cho Chang. They were aided by the survivors from the Mandrake battle, so there were about 170 defenders being integrated into the four defense squads.
"Kill them all! Start with the Mudblood commander!" ordered Voldemort. Macnair pulled his 9mm pistol to kill Hermione, but Voldemort screeched, "Crucio!" at Macnair, who dropped his weapon in pain. Dumbledore took the opportunity to disarm Voldemort, saying, "Your contempt for Muggle weapons has proven your undoing. Commander Granger. teach this punk a lesson." Hermione giggled. She had never been called "Commander" or heard Dumbledore refer to anyone as a "punk" before. However, she was happy to oblige. "Attack with Densaugeo hexes!" she ordered. Voldemort, Macnair, and about 200 Death Eatersfell to the ground with three-foot teeth weighing them down and making it impossible for them to cast spells. Cho, Ron, and Neville attacked the rest of them, but Ron had caught a hex from Hermione's unit and his own unit split up without their leader's voice. Cho got most of them into her unit, but her desire to avenge the murder of Cedric got the better of her. She handed her unit over to Neville's command and confronted Voldemort. She raised her wand at him and said, "Reducto!" The curse broke Voldemort's vast fangs and enabled him to speak again. She handed him back his wand and said, "I will avenge Cedric's murder! Avada Kedavra!" Nothing happened. "Crucio!" she yelled. Voldemort screamed in pain. Cho, not normally a sadistic person, laughed hysterically at Voldemort's pain.
While Cho was torturing Voldemort, Neville, finding himself in command of three quarters of the defenders of the Room of Requirement, ordered them to charge the remaining 800 Death Eaters with his 100 survivors. The Death Eaters were packed into corridors where a single Stunner could take out four or five of them. The defenders were more widely dispersed, and they wrought havoc on the Death Eaters. The students holed in the Room of Requirement saw this, and about 600 of them attacked the surviving Death Eaters, proceeding to gloriously slaughter the remaining supporters of Voldemort. Dumbledore unsheathed the sword of Godric Gryffindor, and Cho disarmed him. She struck off Voldemort's head and gave it to a Ravenclaw prefect, saying, "Stick this on a pole in the Ravenclaw common room."
"Voldemort's body may have been slain, Cho," said Dumbledore, "but his spirit is alive, for he is protected by a prophecy that only Harry can kill him." Cho nodded sadly. "I have avenged Cedric," she said. "Last time Voldemort's body was killed, it was many years before he revived. Perhaps we are safe for some time, but even if not, I will place some of his blood on Cedric's grave, to let him know he is avenged." Dumbledore nodded. "If it makes you feel better, do it."
