(A/N: Hey everyone! How was your week? Mine was alright. My team got 5th
place out of 16 in the Scholastic Challenge. Anyway, I want to thank all of
you who have reviewed my story so far. I was holding out for 25 reviews,
but since you've all been so nice...I'll start early. Plus I'm home sick
from school, and have nothing else to do! lol! I apologize for that
terrible cliffie at the end. And I would also like to admit that I have
very few clues as to what is going to happen in the rest of the story. I
basically take it chapter by chapter. So I'm open to suggestions. There has
been a few changes to my story. In the first chapter, Griffindor doesn't
know about his or Slytherin's heir until after he meets the women (who will
come into play a little later). And at the end of chapter 4, it says
Voldemort is at the gates. I decided it was too early to have him there, so
now it's just the Death Eaters. Hey, they're his servants, right? They
should do something! Here is the shout out list to everyone who has
reviewed so far:
LittleEar BigEar's sis
RahneSong
Dreamer4
TwiggySC
BethW
Ron
Mellisa
Courtney
Calistal
Elliy
Heather Elm
Leeva
Franck (even though you flamed me)
Princess Kattera
Lily
Nuts
Thank you all so much who reviewed. I'll be giving another shout out in a few chapters to any one who reviewed too late to be given a shout out in this chapter. Please R/R! Anyway, enough with the rambling! On with the story...!)
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot. J.K owns everything else *dang it*
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Attack on Hogwarts~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The entire school broke out into gasps and cries of fear. Dumbledore stood up and started to shout for the students to remain calm, unable to hide the apprehension in his face. The students immediately headed for the doors. Harry stayed frozen in his seat, watching Dumbledore intently. Finally, Dumbledore shot red sparks into the air. The entire hall quieted to listen as if it was a matter of life or death, and it was.
"Students!" Dumbledore cried. "Head back to your houses! Remain calm! All seventh years who can throw a stunning curse, follow me!"
Dumbledore strode quickly out of the hall to the entrance of the castle, followed closely by all the teachers and seventh years. The hall broke out in screams of fear and everyone rioted out of the great hall for their house commons rooms. The first years had no clue where they were going. Hufflepuffs were mixed with Ravenclaws, Ravenclaws were mixed with Gryffindors, Slytherins were following the Hufflepuffs, and Gryffindors were headed to the Dungeons with the Slytherins...who were as scared as everyone else. No one seemed to notice the lions, snakes, badgers, or ravens that were imprinted on the student's cloaks. They all had one thing in mind: Get to safety. Harry grabbed the back of Hermione's and Ron's robes and dragged them out of the hall.
"It's me they want" Harry said to his friends as the entrance to the castle came into view. "If they catch me, they might leave this place for now". Harry turned to head towards the entrance doors to join the others in the fight. Harry felt a hand on his shoulder and was forced to turn around and see his best friend with a look of alarm on his face.
"Where are you going?!" Ron yelled.
"If they get me, they'll leave Hogwarts alone!" Harry yelled back.
"If they get you," Ron paused. "We're all doomed!" Ron shouted.
Harry's eyes flashed back to the entrance. 'Why do they want me? What did I do?' Harry thought to himself.
"Go to the common room. Lock everyone in the dorms and tell them to stay away from the window" Harry ordered. Ron looked like he was to protest, but Harry turned quickly and exited the castle to see a fierce battle taking place on the school grounds. Harry saw two death eaters turn to throw a curse at him. Harry turned to run, but felt a hand grabbed his shoulder and throw him behind a boulder that had no place on the grounds of Hogwarts.
"Mr. Potter! What are you doing?!" Came a frightened woman's voice.
Harry stood up and turned to see who it was, when the person grabbed him again and force his head down. Harry looked up into the eyes of his Transfiguration teacher.
"Why aren't you in you com..." she started.
"I'm tired of people dying because of me!" Harry yelled back, caring less about the number of points that could be taken away or the amount of homework he could be given. Professor McGonagall gave Harry a look of pity, before flashing a look of anger.
"Mr. Potter! Go back to your house this instant!" She yelled sternly.
Harry was about to say no, when a better, cleverer thought came to mind.
"I can throw a stunning curse" Harry said honestly.
Professor McGonagall looked as if she wanted to argue with him but this was neither the time nor the place. Harry shook his head 'no' to answer her order of returning to his common room, and headed to the tree stump 10 feet away. Harry dived behind it just in time to miss a violet ray of light. Harry took deep, calming breaths.
'I'm out of my mind!' Harry thought to himself. 'Why did I come out here? Even if they catch and kill me, they're still going to kill and torture people until they've taken over the world!' Harry could have kicked himself for being so stupid, but being as how that would have no effect on the death eaters, he decided against it and turned to throw the stunning curse.
"STUPLIFY!" Harry shouted as a ray of violet light emitted from his wand and hit a cloaked death eater in the stomach.
"Expelliarmus!" Harry yelled again as a wand shot from the hands of another death eater and landed 5 feet from Harry.
Harry was about to perform another disarming charm when a song flooded his mind and Harry sank to the ground to hear the familiar song:
"Listen with you heart, you will understand.
Let the love inside you, guide you to the end
Let the hope you hold inside, let you trust again"
'Where have I heard that before?' Harry thought as a yelp of pain brought him back to reality. Harry stood to perform the disarming charm when a big white light caught his eye. Harry turned to see the white light coming from the end of Dumbledore's wand. He watched as the blinding light circle itself around the death eaters, turning into flames that imprisoned 6 of the death eaters. Harry was hypnotized by its beauty and power, and he got a sharp pain in his scar. Suddenly his eyes flashed across the field to a group of seventh years and teachers who were still fighting off the death eaters. With out thinking, Harry leapt from his spot and yelled words he never heard before:
"Protego abeo!" he shouted as a bright, blinding shield emitted from his wand and surfaced over the teachers and seventh years. Green light flew from the wands of 3 deaths eaters, bouncing off the shield and hitting the ground. At once, all the teachers and students stopped to look at Harry, disbelief in their eyes. Harry stood, frozen to the spot by the very notion of what he had just done.
"Lets go!" one of the death eaters shouted with fear and worry in his voice. With that, the death eaters turned invisible. All you could hear for a few seconds were the retreating sounds of the few standing death eaters toward the forbidden forest. Everyone stood still, waiting for something to happen. Finally, Dumbledore stepped forward with a look Harry couldn't quite place.
"Sir! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to do..." Harry started as he realized he had broken a direct order from his Headmaster and how good his chances were of being expelled, when the elderly headmaster interrupted with complete joy and amusement in his voice.
"It's alright Harry. Well done. Now, I do believe it has been a long day, and we all would like some rest." Dumbledore smiled gently. "Have a nice night," he added.
Harry turned to see the still stunned faces of his peers and teachers. He turned back to see the face of his headmaster still smiling at him. He wanted to ask what had happened and how he had done a charm he never heard of, a powerful charm that had deflected the killing curse when he was told no one else could block it. But instead, the only words Harry could manage to get out were:
"Good night, Professor". Harry took one last glance at the field to see some of the teachers and students had come out of their trances and were collecting the bodies of the fallen death eaters. Harry hoped no one had been killed, but doubted that he would have another stroke of luck like he just did in not being suspended.
Harry walked back into the entrance of the school, and thought silently to himself 'How did I do that? I'm not a powerful wizard, right? No!' Harry realized. 'I can't be. These people have always been wrong. I haven't escaped Voldemort so many times because I'm a powerful wizard. It was my mum's sacrifice that saved me when i was a baby and my first year. It was Fawkes he saved me my second year. And my third year...I wasn't even in danger. Sirius would never hurt me. And my forth year, the echoes of my parents, Cedric, and the others are the ones who saved me. It was all luck. I've had more then my share of luck. I'm lucky to be alive!' Harry thought as he reasoned with himself how perfectly average he was. 'But, what about the patronus?' Harry suddenly thought. He sighed as he realized he had reached the portrait of the fat lady and didn't know the password.
"What are you doing out so late?" She asked harshly.
"There was, erm...a battle." Harry answered.
"I know, Violet told me. So it's true then? You-Know-Who has returned?" she asked.
"Yes" said Harry. He was about to ask the fat lady if she would just let him in (though he knew it was useless) when he turned to see 5 seventh years walking towards him, Fred and George among them. Harry's attitude brightened up as he realized he wouldn't be spending the night on the floor outside the fat lady's picture.
"Hiya Harry!" George said brightly.
"Hi" Harry answered shortly. "Do you know the..." He continued.
"Audax" said another seventh year. "Hi" he added superiorly as he offered his hand. Harry shook it and was going to thank him when the portrait swung open and they all entered the common room.
"Some battle, eh, Harry?!" Fred said happily. "Oh, they stunned a few of our people, but no ones hurt" he added as he saw the look of fright on Harry's face.
"I'm the 7th year Prefect, and Head Boy" the other seventh year told Harry as if he were his new best friend.
"Oh, congrat..." Harry started.
"Hey, er, Harry?" Fred started
"What?" Harry asked nicely.
"How did you do that one shield thing?" He asked eagerly.
"I don't know. I kinda just...did it" Harry answered.
Fred and George looked a bit disappointed, but smiled brightly and said goodnight before heading off to their dorm room. The other 2 seventh year girls that had been quiet stood for a few seconds looking at Harry in awe before heading to their dorms downstairs. Harry headed up to his dorm. He was about to pass out from exhaustion and only wanted to get to bed.
"I guess I'll inform everyone that the attack is over and they can sleep soundly. You just inform your dorm, then." the Head Boy seventh year called to Harry. Harry waved goodnight to him with out turning around. As he opened the door to his dorm 4 teenage boys advanced upon Harry and engulfed him in questions of the attack.
"What happened?" Ron asked.
"Was You-Know-Who there?" asked Seamus.
"Is everyone okay?" asked Neville.
"Did Dumbledore duel with You-Know-Who?!" asked Dean Thomas.
"The Death eaters attacked, but left a short while ago. Yes, it was Voldemort, yes, everyone is fine, and no, Dumbledore didn't duel with Voldemort." The 4 boys cringed at the name of the dark lord, but gave Harry a look of admiration and respect.
"So the death eaters are gone?" Ron asked.
"Yeah," said Harry as he plopped onto the bed. "You can sleep now" Harry said as he grinned at his friend and drifted off to a peaceful sleep.
**********************The Dream **********************
"My lord, it has happened. He conjured the shield." said a death eater in a shrill voice as he kissed the dark lord's feet. They were in a dark, dungeon like place. The walls were bare and made of stone. Voldemort stood in the middle of a circle of about 30 death eaters.
"The second stage" Voldemort said shortly. "We have precious little time. We must capture Potter before he discovers the green torch."
The lord stood still, deep in thought. Carefully planning his next step in his mission to conquer the world and rid it of its weakness.
"SNAPE!" Volemort yelled. A tall, masked death eater advanced from the circle and bowed slowly to the dark lord. As the other death eaters slid, shaking, back into the crowd
"Yes, Master?" Snape answered.
"I want you to get the Potter boy. Bring him here. I will summon you when it is time" Voldemort ordered.
"Yes, Master". Snape answered as he turned to fall into the circle formation.
"Pettigrew, come here" he said. "Be gone with you all. I've no need of your worthlessness right now!" Voldemort commanded.
One death eater advanced from the crowd and bowed to the evil that stood in front of him. The rest of the death eaters disapperated back to their homes.
"I want you to follow Snape," Voldemort said. "I'm not completely sure of his loyalty to me," he added.
"Yes, my master" Pettigrew answered in a shrill, shaking voice. He transformed into a rat before disapperating so that he could sneak onto the Hogwarts grounds.
Harry turned over in his sleep. He unconsciously rubbed his scar that was starting to burn.
(A/N: So what did you think? It took me about 2 hours to type this up, so I would appreciate it if you would review. I hope you like it. More action an mystery is coming, and in a couple chapters...I've got one huge cliffie planned for you! lol! Please review! Thanks! *Kara*)
LittleEar BigEar's sis
RahneSong
Dreamer4
TwiggySC
BethW
Ron
Mellisa
Courtney
Calistal
Elliy
Heather Elm
Leeva
Franck (even though you flamed me)
Princess Kattera
Lily
Nuts
Thank you all so much who reviewed. I'll be giving another shout out in a few chapters to any one who reviewed too late to be given a shout out in this chapter. Please R/R! Anyway, enough with the rambling! On with the story...!)
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot. J.K owns everything else *dang it*
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Attack on Hogwarts~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The entire school broke out into gasps and cries of fear. Dumbledore stood up and started to shout for the students to remain calm, unable to hide the apprehension in his face. The students immediately headed for the doors. Harry stayed frozen in his seat, watching Dumbledore intently. Finally, Dumbledore shot red sparks into the air. The entire hall quieted to listen as if it was a matter of life or death, and it was.
"Students!" Dumbledore cried. "Head back to your houses! Remain calm! All seventh years who can throw a stunning curse, follow me!"
Dumbledore strode quickly out of the hall to the entrance of the castle, followed closely by all the teachers and seventh years. The hall broke out in screams of fear and everyone rioted out of the great hall for their house commons rooms. The first years had no clue where they were going. Hufflepuffs were mixed with Ravenclaws, Ravenclaws were mixed with Gryffindors, Slytherins were following the Hufflepuffs, and Gryffindors were headed to the Dungeons with the Slytherins...who were as scared as everyone else. No one seemed to notice the lions, snakes, badgers, or ravens that were imprinted on the student's cloaks. They all had one thing in mind: Get to safety. Harry grabbed the back of Hermione's and Ron's robes and dragged them out of the hall.
"It's me they want" Harry said to his friends as the entrance to the castle came into view. "If they catch me, they might leave this place for now". Harry turned to head towards the entrance doors to join the others in the fight. Harry felt a hand on his shoulder and was forced to turn around and see his best friend with a look of alarm on his face.
"Where are you going?!" Ron yelled.
"If they get me, they'll leave Hogwarts alone!" Harry yelled back.
"If they get you," Ron paused. "We're all doomed!" Ron shouted.
Harry's eyes flashed back to the entrance. 'Why do they want me? What did I do?' Harry thought to himself.
"Go to the common room. Lock everyone in the dorms and tell them to stay away from the window" Harry ordered. Ron looked like he was to protest, but Harry turned quickly and exited the castle to see a fierce battle taking place on the school grounds. Harry saw two death eaters turn to throw a curse at him. Harry turned to run, but felt a hand grabbed his shoulder and throw him behind a boulder that had no place on the grounds of Hogwarts.
"Mr. Potter! What are you doing?!" Came a frightened woman's voice.
Harry stood up and turned to see who it was, when the person grabbed him again and force his head down. Harry looked up into the eyes of his Transfiguration teacher.
"Why aren't you in you com..." she started.
"I'm tired of people dying because of me!" Harry yelled back, caring less about the number of points that could be taken away or the amount of homework he could be given. Professor McGonagall gave Harry a look of pity, before flashing a look of anger.
"Mr. Potter! Go back to your house this instant!" She yelled sternly.
Harry was about to say no, when a better, cleverer thought came to mind.
"I can throw a stunning curse" Harry said honestly.
Professor McGonagall looked as if she wanted to argue with him but this was neither the time nor the place. Harry shook his head 'no' to answer her order of returning to his common room, and headed to the tree stump 10 feet away. Harry dived behind it just in time to miss a violet ray of light. Harry took deep, calming breaths.
'I'm out of my mind!' Harry thought to himself. 'Why did I come out here? Even if they catch and kill me, they're still going to kill and torture people until they've taken over the world!' Harry could have kicked himself for being so stupid, but being as how that would have no effect on the death eaters, he decided against it and turned to throw the stunning curse.
"STUPLIFY!" Harry shouted as a ray of violet light emitted from his wand and hit a cloaked death eater in the stomach.
"Expelliarmus!" Harry yelled again as a wand shot from the hands of another death eater and landed 5 feet from Harry.
Harry was about to perform another disarming charm when a song flooded his mind and Harry sank to the ground to hear the familiar song:
"Listen with you heart, you will understand.
Let the love inside you, guide you to the end
Let the hope you hold inside, let you trust again"
'Where have I heard that before?' Harry thought as a yelp of pain brought him back to reality. Harry stood to perform the disarming charm when a big white light caught his eye. Harry turned to see the white light coming from the end of Dumbledore's wand. He watched as the blinding light circle itself around the death eaters, turning into flames that imprisoned 6 of the death eaters. Harry was hypnotized by its beauty and power, and he got a sharp pain in his scar. Suddenly his eyes flashed across the field to a group of seventh years and teachers who were still fighting off the death eaters. With out thinking, Harry leapt from his spot and yelled words he never heard before:
"Protego abeo!" he shouted as a bright, blinding shield emitted from his wand and surfaced over the teachers and seventh years. Green light flew from the wands of 3 deaths eaters, bouncing off the shield and hitting the ground. At once, all the teachers and students stopped to look at Harry, disbelief in their eyes. Harry stood, frozen to the spot by the very notion of what he had just done.
"Lets go!" one of the death eaters shouted with fear and worry in his voice. With that, the death eaters turned invisible. All you could hear for a few seconds were the retreating sounds of the few standing death eaters toward the forbidden forest. Everyone stood still, waiting for something to happen. Finally, Dumbledore stepped forward with a look Harry couldn't quite place.
"Sir! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to do..." Harry started as he realized he had broken a direct order from his Headmaster and how good his chances were of being expelled, when the elderly headmaster interrupted with complete joy and amusement in his voice.
"It's alright Harry. Well done. Now, I do believe it has been a long day, and we all would like some rest." Dumbledore smiled gently. "Have a nice night," he added.
Harry turned to see the still stunned faces of his peers and teachers. He turned back to see the face of his headmaster still smiling at him. He wanted to ask what had happened and how he had done a charm he never heard of, a powerful charm that had deflected the killing curse when he was told no one else could block it. But instead, the only words Harry could manage to get out were:
"Good night, Professor". Harry took one last glance at the field to see some of the teachers and students had come out of their trances and were collecting the bodies of the fallen death eaters. Harry hoped no one had been killed, but doubted that he would have another stroke of luck like he just did in not being suspended.
Harry walked back into the entrance of the school, and thought silently to himself 'How did I do that? I'm not a powerful wizard, right? No!' Harry realized. 'I can't be. These people have always been wrong. I haven't escaped Voldemort so many times because I'm a powerful wizard. It was my mum's sacrifice that saved me when i was a baby and my first year. It was Fawkes he saved me my second year. And my third year...I wasn't even in danger. Sirius would never hurt me. And my forth year, the echoes of my parents, Cedric, and the others are the ones who saved me. It was all luck. I've had more then my share of luck. I'm lucky to be alive!' Harry thought as he reasoned with himself how perfectly average he was. 'But, what about the patronus?' Harry suddenly thought. He sighed as he realized he had reached the portrait of the fat lady and didn't know the password.
"What are you doing out so late?" She asked harshly.
"There was, erm...a battle." Harry answered.
"I know, Violet told me. So it's true then? You-Know-Who has returned?" she asked.
"Yes" said Harry. He was about to ask the fat lady if she would just let him in (though he knew it was useless) when he turned to see 5 seventh years walking towards him, Fred and George among them. Harry's attitude brightened up as he realized he wouldn't be spending the night on the floor outside the fat lady's picture.
"Hiya Harry!" George said brightly.
"Hi" Harry answered shortly. "Do you know the..." He continued.
"Audax" said another seventh year. "Hi" he added superiorly as he offered his hand. Harry shook it and was going to thank him when the portrait swung open and they all entered the common room.
"Some battle, eh, Harry?!" Fred said happily. "Oh, they stunned a few of our people, but no ones hurt" he added as he saw the look of fright on Harry's face.
"I'm the 7th year Prefect, and Head Boy" the other seventh year told Harry as if he were his new best friend.
"Oh, congrat..." Harry started.
"Hey, er, Harry?" Fred started
"What?" Harry asked nicely.
"How did you do that one shield thing?" He asked eagerly.
"I don't know. I kinda just...did it" Harry answered.
Fred and George looked a bit disappointed, but smiled brightly and said goodnight before heading off to their dorm room. The other 2 seventh year girls that had been quiet stood for a few seconds looking at Harry in awe before heading to their dorms downstairs. Harry headed up to his dorm. He was about to pass out from exhaustion and only wanted to get to bed.
"I guess I'll inform everyone that the attack is over and they can sleep soundly. You just inform your dorm, then." the Head Boy seventh year called to Harry. Harry waved goodnight to him with out turning around. As he opened the door to his dorm 4 teenage boys advanced upon Harry and engulfed him in questions of the attack.
"What happened?" Ron asked.
"Was You-Know-Who there?" asked Seamus.
"Is everyone okay?" asked Neville.
"Did Dumbledore duel with You-Know-Who?!" asked Dean Thomas.
"The Death eaters attacked, but left a short while ago. Yes, it was Voldemort, yes, everyone is fine, and no, Dumbledore didn't duel with Voldemort." The 4 boys cringed at the name of the dark lord, but gave Harry a look of admiration and respect.
"So the death eaters are gone?" Ron asked.
"Yeah," said Harry as he plopped onto the bed. "You can sleep now" Harry said as he grinned at his friend and drifted off to a peaceful sleep.
**********************The Dream **********************
"My lord, it has happened. He conjured the shield." said a death eater in a shrill voice as he kissed the dark lord's feet. They were in a dark, dungeon like place. The walls were bare and made of stone. Voldemort stood in the middle of a circle of about 30 death eaters.
"The second stage" Voldemort said shortly. "We have precious little time. We must capture Potter before he discovers the green torch."
The lord stood still, deep in thought. Carefully planning his next step in his mission to conquer the world and rid it of its weakness.
"SNAPE!" Volemort yelled. A tall, masked death eater advanced from the circle and bowed slowly to the dark lord. As the other death eaters slid, shaking, back into the crowd
"Yes, Master?" Snape answered.
"I want you to get the Potter boy. Bring him here. I will summon you when it is time" Voldemort ordered.
"Yes, Master". Snape answered as he turned to fall into the circle formation.
"Pettigrew, come here" he said. "Be gone with you all. I've no need of your worthlessness right now!" Voldemort commanded.
One death eater advanced from the crowd and bowed to the evil that stood in front of him. The rest of the death eaters disapperated back to their homes.
"I want you to follow Snape," Voldemort said. "I'm not completely sure of his loyalty to me," he added.
"Yes, my master" Pettigrew answered in a shrill, shaking voice. He transformed into a rat before disapperating so that he could sneak onto the Hogwarts grounds.
Harry turned over in his sleep. He unconsciously rubbed his scar that was starting to burn.
(A/N: So what did you think? It took me about 2 hours to type this up, so I would appreciate it if you would review. I hope you like it. More action an mystery is coming, and in a couple chapters...I've got one huge cliffie planned for you! lol! Please review! Thanks! *Kara*)