Blood of Enemies, Blood of Friends
Chapter 19 - Blood of Enemies
Xander yelled, "Buffy, the Slayer who embraced the dark, it's not Faith. It's Kennedy."
The music stopped. The Scoobies, their friends, and the Hogwarts' faculty frantically began to search the crowd of students for Kennedy.
"Which way did she go?" Buffy asked Willow, whose eyes had returned to their normal color.
"I'm not sure. She just walked into the crowd," replied Willow.
"Block the exits," shouted Buffy.
The Scoobies, their friends, and the Slayers moved toward the doors. The doors flew open to reveal an army of vampires and Death Eaters.
"Get the students back," Giles shouted to the Hogwarts' faculty members.
Faculty members herded students toward a corner of the Great Hall. Andrew was pulled into the corner by Ginny, who refused to let him get hurt. Willow and Professor Dumbledore began a spell to erect an energy barrier to keep the students safe. The other faculty, including Cat, stood between Willow and Dumbledore and the oncoming threat.
The Slayers pulled out the stakes that they had hidden on their person. The faculty, aurors, Draco and the Gryffindors pulled out their wands.
The vampires entered the Great Hall with the Death Eaters following. Buffy and Faith with the help of several Slayers launched the first attack against the vampires, quickly turning many of them to dust.
Giles, Wesley, Xander, and Robin ran toward the weapons caches that had been hidden throughout the Great Hall during their preparations for this battle. Giles and Wesley grabbed several swords each and ran toward the Slayers. Giles threw swords to Buffy and Faith, while Wesley handed swords to several other Slayers. Giles and Wesley each kept a sword for himself, as they began beheading vampire after vampire.
Unfortunately, what the vampires lacked in fighting skills, they made up for in shear numbers. Many were dusted, but many more slipped past the Slayers and headed toward the students.
The teens, faculty members, and aurors began hurling "Incendio" spells whenever they could get a clear shot.
Xander and Robin handed out crossbows to Dawn and several of the Slayers, who had shown proficiency in their use. As Robin grabbed a sword and began swinging, Xander, Dawn, and the others with crossbows fanned out around the Great Hall, taking out any vampire with a clear shot.
As the Slayers gained the upper hand on the vampires, the second wave of the attack began. The Death Eaters, who had slipped into the Great Hall behind the vampires, began hurling curses at everyone who was fighting against the vampires. The faculty and aurors turned their attention to disarming and cursing the Death Eaters.
"We need to disarm the Death Eaters," Wesley yelled to the Slayers. "If you can, take their wands away from them."
While the Slayers continued fighting the vampires, Buffy and Faith turned their attention to the Death Eaters. They took turns distracting the Death Eaters. While one was dodging a curse, the other would knock the Death Eater's wand out of his grasp with a quick kick or punch.
Shannon and a few other Slayers took the lead set by Buffy and Faith and began working to disarm several more Death Eaters.
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Harry, Ron, and Hermione slipped away from the group of students that they were helping to protect from the vampires. The three teens hurled every countercurse they knew, trying to disable some of the Death Eaters. Unfortunately, their countercurses were weak compared to the powerful curses being hurled by the Death Eaters.
As a Death Eater hurled a Cruciatus curse in their direction, Harry pointed his wand toward one of the heavy tables and yelled, "Mobilarbus." The table flew in front of the teens, physically blocking the curse.
"Now what?" asked Ron, as he looked worriedly at his friends.
"I have an idea," said Hermione. "We need to combine our spells. Together they will be much more powerful."
The three teens stood together, aiming at the Death Eater that had tried to curse them and yelled in unison, "Expelliarmus." The Death Eater was disarmed, as the three teens ducked back behind the table.
"That was great," said Harry. "What made you think of it?"
"If Buffy has taught us one thing, it is that she has won so many battles not because of her own strength but because she also had the strength of her friends. We need to pool our strength if we are going to win," Hermione replied.
"That's brilliant," said Harry.
"That's my girl," added Ron.
Hermione smiled at him. Even in the midst of battle, she realized the significance of Ron's statement. They really were a couple now. She leaned forward and placed a quick kiss on Ron's lips. He blushed slightly and smiled in return.
"You two have plenty of time for that later," interrupted Harry.
The three teens stood together. With their combined power, they disarmed several more Death Eaters.
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Draco had hoped to keep his head down and to remain on the outskirts of the battle. He figured that his father bragged to the other Death Eaters about Draco's spy status. He had hoped that knowledge would keep him safe. Unfortunately, it wouldn't keep Dawn safe.
He had watched Dawn take out several vampires with her crossbow. She had easily held her own against the onslaught of vampires. However, when the Death Eaters began hurling curses, Draco feared she would be hit.
Draco now found himself dodging curses and hurling his own counter curses, as he skirted around the room toward Dawn. As Draco came up beside her, she commented, "You are supposed to be with the other students, where it is safe."
"There is no way that I am going to let you fight alone," he replied.
Dawn dusted several more vampires, as Draco blocked any curses that were sent in their direction.
Two Death Eaters approached Dawn and Draco. "Ah, the child with no mother," spoke one, as he raised his wand at Dawn.
"Our lord shall be pleased with your capture," commented the other Death Eater. Voldemort had not ordered the capture of any of those involved in the prophecy. However, the Death Eaters were informed that if capture were possible, they would be rewarded.
Draco stepped between Dawn and the Death Eaters. "No one touches her."
"Step down, Draco," replied a Death Eater.
"No," Draco sounded braver than he felt.
"Your father will not be pleased, when he hears of this. Your job is to give us information to defeat these people, not to protect them," replied the other Death Eater.
Without even looking in her direction, Draco could feel the pain he had caused Dawn. She would never be able to love him now. He had lost her. In that moment, Draco felt that he had nothing else to lose. He cursed the Death Eater nearest to him, as the other cursed him.
Dawn slammed her crossbow into the back of the Death Eater who had cursed Draco. The Death Eater collapsed to the floor mere seconds after Draco had done the same.
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While Buffy and Faith continued to disarm the Death Eaters, Giles and Robin found themselves fighting some of the remaining vampires in tandem. Together they dusted several vampires, while avoiding the curses being hurled by Death Eaters.
As Robin swung his sword to decapitate a vampire, one of the robed Death Eaters silently crept up behind him. At the moment that the vampire turned to dust, Faith saw the Death Eater and shouted, "Robin, behind you."
Robin turned, finding himself face to face with the Death Eater. He wasn't too concerned. The Death Eater was too close to hurl a curse, and dark wizards weren't exactly well known for their skills in hand-to-hand combat.
Robin threw a punch and was shocked to find it easily deflected by the Death Eater. Before Robin could throw another, the Death Eater removed his hood and smiled. The shock of what he was seeing caused Robin to hesitate and left an opening for the blonde vampire to sink his teeth into Robin's neck.
Faith felt like she was moving in slow motion as she ran, stake raised, toward Spike. As Faith was about to plunge the stake into his heart, she fell to the ground feeling the agonizing pain of the curse that had hit her.
Giles turned his sword on the vampire. Spike looked at him blankly, but easily came in under the sword. There was a sickening crack of bone, as the Watcher fell to the floor. Spike replaced his hood and disappeared back into the fray.
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With the arrival of several more Death Eaters, the Slayers were beginning to lose their ground. The faculty members and aurors who remained to protect the students were forced to enter the fight, leaving only Willow and Dumbledore.
Several Death Eaters sent curses at Willow and Dumbledore. Neither was hurt too badly, but the curses were enough to break the concentration necessary to retain the energy field around the students.
As the Death Eaters raised their wands toward the students, Voldemort entered the Great Hall followed by Kennedy and Spike. "Everyone stop," ordered Voldemort.
The faculty members, Slayers, and aurors realized that they had been defeated. They could not risk the lives of the students that were being held by the Death Eaters.
Voldemort looked around the Great Hall, his eyes coming to rest on Dumbledore. "You train your students to fight against me, and you fail," he said while motioning toward Harry, Ron, and Hermione. "You bring the strongest warriors for the light into the fight against me, and still you fail," he added while motioning toward the Slayers. Voldemort turned his attention toward Cat and continued, "You even bring my own daughter into the fight against me, and still you fail."
"I am nothing to you," spat Cat. The others could only stare at her. No one knew that Voldemort had a daughter, let alone that she had been living and working with them.
One of the Death Eaters stepped forward, "It is time my lord."
"Ah, yes, and so it is begun," said Voldemort.
Kennedy and Spike stepped forward. Voldemort took a knife and slashed both his palms. The knife was handed to Kennedy, who sliced her palm and placed it against Voldemort's. Spike then took the knife and did the same. The students and faculty could do nothing but watch as Voldemort commingled the blood of enemies.
After several moments, Voldemort pulled away from Spike and Kennedy. He turned and left the Great Hall. Spike and Kennedy followed him, as did the Death Eaters who were still standing.
Chapter 19 - Blood of Enemies
Xander yelled, "Buffy, the Slayer who embraced the dark, it's not Faith. It's Kennedy."
The music stopped. The Scoobies, their friends, and the Hogwarts' faculty frantically began to search the crowd of students for Kennedy.
"Which way did she go?" Buffy asked Willow, whose eyes had returned to their normal color.
"I'm not sure. She just walked into the crowd," replied Willow.
"Block the exits," shouted Buffy.
The Scoobies, their friends, and the Slayers moved toward the doors. The doors flew open to reveal an army of vampires and Death Eaters.
"Get the students back," Giles shouted to the Hogwarts' faculty members.
Faculty members herded students toward a corner of the Great Hall. Andrew was pulled into the corner by Ginny, who refused to let him get hurt. Willow and Professor Dumbledore began a spell to erect an energy barrier to keep the students safe. The other faculty, including Cat, stood between Willow and Dumbledore and the oncoming threat.
The Slayers pulled out the stakes that they had hidden on their person. The faculty, aurors, Draco and the Gryffindors pulled out their wands.
The vampires entered the Great Hall with the Death Eaters following. Buffy and Faith with the help of several Slayers launched the first attack against the vampires, quickly turning many of them to dust.
Giles, Wesley, Xander, and Robin ran toward the weapons caches that had been hidden throughout the Great Hall during their preparations for this battle. Giles and Wesley grabbed several swords each and ran toward the Slayers. Giles threw swords to Buffy and Faith, while Wesley handed swords to several other Slayers. Giles and Wesley each kept a sword for himself, as they began beheading vampire after vampire.
Unfortunately, what the vampires lacked in fighting skills, they made up for in shear numbers. Many were dusted, but many more slipped past the Slayers and headed toward the students.
The teens, faculty members, and aurors began hurling "Incendio" spells whenever they could get a clear shot.
Xander and Robin handed out crossbows to Dawn and several of the Slayers, who had shown proficiency in their use. As Robin grabbed a sword and began swinging, Xander, Dawn, and the others with crossbows fanned out around the Great Hall, taking out any vampire with a clear shot.
As the Slayers gained the upper hand on the vampires, the second wave of the attack began. The Death Eaters, who had slipped into the Great Hall behind the vampires, began hurling curses at everyone who was fighting against the vampires. The faculty and aurors turned their attention to disarming and cursing the Death Eaters.
"We need to disarm the Death Eaters," Wesley yelled to the Slayers. "If you can, take their wands away from them."
While the Slayers continued fighting the vampires, Buffy and Faith turned their attention to the Death Eaters. They took turns distracting the Death Eaters. While one was dodging a curse, the other would knock the Death Eater's wand out of his grasp with a quick kick or punch.
Shannon and a few other Slayers took the lead set by Buffy and Faith and began working to disarm several more Death Eaters.
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Harry, Ron, and Hermione slipped away from the group of students that they were helping to protect from the vampires. The three teens hurled every countercurse they knew, trying to disable some of the Death Eaters. Unfortunately, their countercurses were weak compared to the powerful curses being hurled by the Death Eaters.
As a Death Eater hurled a Cruciatus curse in their direction, Harry pointed his wand toward one of the heavy tables and yelled, "Mobilarbus." The table flew in front of the teens, physically blocking the curse.
"Now what?" asked Ron, as he looked worriedly at his friends.
"I have an idea," said Hermione. "We need to combine our spells. Together they will be much more powerful."
The three teens stood together, aiming at the Death Eater that had tried to curse them and yelled in unison, "Expelliarmus." The Death Eater was disarmed, as the three teens ducked back behind the table.
"That was great," said Harry. "What made you think of it?"
"If Buffy has taught us one thing, it is that she has won so many battles not because of her own strength but because she also had the strength of her friends. We need to pool our strength if we are going to win," Hermione replied.
"That's brilliant," said Harry.
"That's my girl," added Ron.
Hermione smiled at him. Even in the midst of battle, she realized the significance of Ron's statement. They really were a couple now. She leaned forward and placed a quick kiss on Ron's lips. He blushed slightly and smiled in return.
"You two have plenty of time for that later," interrupted Harry.
The three teens stood together. With their combined power, they disarmed several more Death Eaters.
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Draco had hoped to keep his head down and to remain on the outskirts of the battle. He figured that his father bragged to the other Death Eaters about Draco's spy status. He had hoped that knowledge would keep him safe. Unfortunately, it wouldn't keep Dawn safe.
He had watched Dawn take out several vampires with her crossbow. She had easily held her own against the onslaught of vampires. However, when the Death Eaters began hurling curses, Draco feared she would be hit.
Draco now found himself dodging curses and hurling his own counter curses, as he skirted around the room toward Dawn. As Draco came up beside her, she commented, "You are supposed to be with the other students, where it is safe."
"There is no way that I am going to let you fight alone," he replied.
Dawn dusted several more vampires, as Draco blocked any curses that were sent in their direction.
Two Death Eaters approached Dawn and Draco. "Ah, the child with no mother," spoke one, as he raised his wand at Dawn.
"Our lord shall be pleased with your capture," commented the other Death Eater. Voldemort had not ordered the capture of any of those involved in the prophecy. However, the Death Eaters were informed that if capture were possible, they would be rewarded.
Draco stepped between Dawn and the Death Eaters. "No one touches her."
"Step down, Draco," replied a Death Eater.
"No," Draco sounded braver than he felt.
"Your father will not be pleased, when he hears of this. Your job is to give us information to defeat these people, not to protect them," replied the other Death Eater.
Without even looking in her direction, Draco could feel the pain he had caused Dawn. She would never be able to love him now. He had lost her. In that moment, Draco felt that he had nothing else to lose. He cursed the Death Eater nearest to him, as the other cursed him.
Dawn slammed her crossbow into the back of the Death Eater who had cursed Draco. The Death Eater collapsed to the floor mere seconds after Draco had done the same.
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While Buffy and Faith continued to disarm the Death Eaters, Giles and Robin found themselves fighting some of the remaining vampires in tandem. Together they dusted several vampires, while avoiding the curses being hurled by Death Eaters.
As Robin swung his sword to decapitate a vampire, one of the robed Death Eaters silently crept up behind him. At the moment that the vampire turned to dust, Faith saw the Death Eater and shouted, "Robin, behind you."
Robin turned, finding himself face to face with the Death Eater. He wasn't too concerned. The Death Eater was too close to hurl a curse, and dark wizards weren't exactly well known for their skills in hand-to-hand combat.
Robin threw a punch and was shocked to find it easily deflected by the Death Eater. Before Robin could throw another, the Death Eater removed his hood and smiled. The shock of what he was seeing caused Robin to hesitate and left an opening for the blonde vampire to sink his teeth into Robin's neck.
Faith felt like she was moving in slow motion as she ran, stake raised, toward Spike. As Faith was about to plunge the stake into his heart, she fell to the ground feeling the agonizing pain of the curse that had hit her.
Giles turned his sword on the vampire. Spike looked at him blankly, but easily came in under the sword. There was a sickening crack of bone, as the Watcher fell to the floor. Spike replaced his hood and disappeared back into the fray.
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With the arrival of several more Death Eaters, the Slayers were beginning to lose their ground. The faculty members and aurors who remained to protect the students were forced to enter the fight, leaving only Willow and Dumbledore.
Several Death Eaters sent curses at Willow and Dumbledore. Neither was hurt too badly, but the curses were enough to break the concentration necessary to retain the energy field around the students.
As the Death Eaters raised their wands toward the students, Voldemort entered the Great Hall followed by Kennedy and Spike. "Everyone stop," ordered Voldemort.
The faculty members, Slayers, and aurors realized that they had been defeated. They could not risk the lives of the students that were being held by the Death Eaters.
Voldemort looked around the Great Hall, his eyes coming to rest on Dumbledore. "You train your students to fight against me, and you fail," he said while motioning toward Harry, Ron, and Hermione. "You bring the strongest warriors for the light into the fight against me, and still you fail," he added while motioning toward the Slayers. Voldemort turned his attention toward Cat and continued, "You even bring my own daughter into the fight against me, and still you fail."
"I am nothing to you," spat Cat. The others could only stare at her. No one knew that Voldemort had a daughter, let alone that she had been living and working with them.
One of the Death Eaters stepped forward, "It is time my lord."
"Ah, yes, and so it is begun," said Voldemort.
Kennedy and Spike stepped forward. Voldemort took a knife and slashed both his palms. The knife was handed to Kennedy, who sliced her palm and placed it against Voldemort's. Spike then took the knife and did the same. The students and faculty could do nothing but watch as Voldemort commingled the blood of enemies.
After several moments, Voldemort pulled away from Spike and Kennedy. He turned and left the Great Hall. Spike and Kennedy followed him, as did the Death Eaters who were still standing.