Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix- Chapter 34
Simultaneously they attacked.
Harry watched as Voldemort turned to him and began advancing upon him. Harry saw a rather large chunk of stone behind them. Harry thought up a plan then and there. Summoning up all his concentration he focussed on the slab of stone. Ron blinked as the stone slowly rose up. He glanced over at Harry and realised what he was planning on doing. Ron noticed with a panic that Voldemort was approaching Harry. Although Voldemort hadn't noticed what Harry was doing yet, Ron was afraid that it was only a matter of time before he did. Ron watched as the rock floated up and up, following Voldemort. Voldemort stopped a few metres away, frowning. Ron saw Voldemort stop and realised that he had noticed that Harry was focussing on something behind him. Ron realised that Voldemort was going to turn to see what Harry was looking at. Sure enough Voldemort questioned Harry, but when Harry ignored him and never broke his eye concentration from the thing at behind Voldemort and high in the air, Voldemort began to turn. Ron waited for a second, evaluating the height of the stone. Harry was making sure that it was high enough so when he dropped it the force would knock Voldemort out. Ron was sure that even if Voldemort turned around now he wouldn't see the chunk of stone. It was too high and directly above him. Voldemort turned around and looked at Ron.
"I just have a question for you Voldemort." Ron said calmly. Voldemort frowned at him.
"You do not do the asking. Only I do. You certainly are brave to utter my name." Snarled Voldemort.
"Well, maybe, but I'm going to ask it anyway." Ron kept the chunk of stone in his vision so he knew when it reached the spot where it could come plummeting down. He paused for a second and saw the rock stop in mid-air, waiting. Ron smiled sweetly.
"So, Tom Riddle, do you like defeat?" Voldemort looked furious and started towards Ron when the rock dropped from above. Ron and Harry's eyes grew the side of saucers as they realised they had both mis-judged the distance. It fell only a few centimetres behind Voldemort. Voldemort whirled around and studied the smashed rock. His eyes narrowed.
"You children thought you could knock me out? Or kill me? Tisk tisk tisk. You fools will pay for your idiocy." Ron froze, his eyes meeting Harry's as they realised what had happened. They had failed.
* * *
At the same time, Sirius was on the hill with Lucius. Sirius knew he had Lucius right where he wanted him. However, something in the back of his mind told him not to kill the sad fool though. He knew that he didn't want to be known as the man who killed Lucius Malfoy. He didn't want Harry to have a godfather who had killed someone. Sirius made a decision quickly, before Lucius had a chance to alter the situation.
"Expelli- Stupify!" Lucius started saying the counter-curse for the disarming curse and was shocked when, in mid-spell, Sirius changed it to the Stunning Spell. Sirius watched as Lucius fell to the ground. He left Lucius there and turned to help Ron and Harry, but was stopped when a yell erupted from the area where Peter was fighting Remus.
* * *
Meanwhile, Remus watched as the small smile played across Peter's face. He narrowed his eyes suspiciously. Peter held one hand behind his back, gently playing with something.
"What are you-" But Remus was cut off as Peter lunged forward, knocking Remus down. They both hit the stairs and rolled down them. Remus groaned and began to push himself back onto his feet when Peter attacked him again. Remus was shocked; Peter had never done anything like this before. His thoughts were cut short when Peter suddenly raised his left hand (A.N: it was the left hand right?) and Remus saw the glint of silver flashing in the pale light. Remus realised what Peter was going to do and let out a yell. Peter paused only for a second and in that second Remus heard the answering call of his only childhood best friend he had left, before Peter grabbed Remus' arm. Remus had an open wound there and he felt his body seize up as the silver worked it's way into his blood system. Peter rolled off him as footsteps approached.
* * *
Hermione darted out from behind the pillar and launched herself at the boy. She ran around him. Stopping she glared at him.
"You will not hurt me or my friends. Expelliarmus!" He didn't react to the curse fast enough, due to shock in the change of Hermione's attitude, and flew through the air. He hit the pillar she had been hiding behind with a sickening crash and slid to the ground, unconscious. Hermione turned to see Ron and Harry backing away from Voldemort with nervous looks on both their faces. Hermione darted forward to their aid. She heard a yell to her right, but didn't stop. She heard another yell from her left, but Hermione kept on her path to her friends. As she reached them she heard Voldemort yell "Aveda Kedavera" in Ron's direction. Just as the words left his mouth Hermione dove forward and knocked Ron to the side. She felt the curse whiz past her head as they landed on the hard stone. Hermione felt a tingly sensation as she whacked her elbow against the ground. She heard Voldemort yell something and she closed her eyes waiting, but the inevitable never came. She opened her eyes slightly and saw Harry hanging on to Voldemort's arm. She raised herself off the ground slightly as she watched in tense anticipation. She felt Ron lying beside her and felt him lean up as well. Harry and Voldemort exchanged a few curses. Harry dodged quite a few. Just as Voldemort was about to hit Harry with a Cruciatus curse when his back was turned, Harry whirled around and shot a leg-locker curse in Voldemort's direction. For the second time in their life the two brother wands connected.
"No! Not again!" Yelped Voldemort. Harry looked baffled as the red and green beams connected to form a golden bead in the middle. Their wands began trembling, as last time. Harry remembered what had happened the last time and he focussed on moving that little bead of gold in Voldemort's direction. The golden bead moved towards Voldemort who pushed it in Harry's direction. Ron had grabbed Hermione's hand as they watched helplessly.
* * *
Sirius fell to the ground beside Remus.
"Remus! No!" He croaked hoarsely. Remus felt the life draining out of him. He looked up at his best friend.
"D-Don't worry, Sirius. Everything will be fine. After this you will-will be proved innoc-innocent." Remus groaned and shifted his position slightly, "And then H-Harry can leave the Durs-Dursley's and you guys can live together, like-like you w-w-were supposed to originally." Gasped Remus.
"Remus-" Sirius got cut off.
"Y-You can protect him, t-take care of- of h-him and have a-a wonderful life. Tell Harry, R-R-Ron and Herm-Hermione that I say-say-say good-bye. And, tell-tell Ara-Arabella I'm sorry f-for being such-such a jerk this y- year. Say 'bye t-to Albus and M-M-Minerva too." Sirius shook his head.
"You're going to be fine." He chided, his voice cracking. Remus smiled his familiar smile: reassuring, calming.
"No, No I won't. D-Don't worry, S-Siri-Sirius." He stuttered. Sirius knew he was losing his last life-long friend.
"Remus." He croaked, a sob escaping his lips.
"Good-bye." Remus muttered. Sirius watched as his eyelids fell and the hand that Sirius was clutching fell, lifeless. Sirius bent his head and let his tears go. His tear racked his body and he didn't hear the quiet *pop* that sounded behind him, nor did he hear the shouting from across the floor.
Simultaneously they attacked.
Harry watched as Voldemort turned to him and began advancing upon him. Harry saw a rather large chunk of stone behind them. Harry thought up a plan then and there. Summoning up all his concentration he focussed on the slab of stone. Ron blinked as the stone slowly rose up. He glanced over at Harry and realised what he was planning on doing. Ron noticed with a panic that Voldemort was approaching Harry. Although Voldemort hadn't noticed what Harry was doing yet, Ron was afraid that it was only a matter of time before he did. Ron watched as the rock floated up and up, following Voldemort. Voldemort stopped a few metres away, frowning. Ron saw Voldemort stop and realised that he had noticed that Harry was focussing on something behind him. Ron realised that Voldemort was going to turn to see what Harry was looking at. Sure enough Voldemort questioned Harry, but when Harry ignored him and never broke his eye concentration from the thing at behind Voldemort and high in the air, Voldemort began to turn. Ron waited for a second, evaluating the height of the stone. Harry was making sure that it was high enough so when he dropped it the force would knock Voldemort out. Ron was sure that even if Voldemort turned around now he wouldn't see the chunk of stone. It was too high and directly above him. Voldemort turned around and looked at Ron.
"I just have a question for you Voldemort." Ron said calmly. Voldemort frowned at him.
"You do not do the asking. Only I do. You certainly are brave to utter my name." Snarled Voldemort.
"Well, maybe, but I'm going to ask it anyway." Ron kept the chunk of stone in his vision so he knew when it reached the spot where it could come plummeting down. He paused for a second and saw the rock stop in mid-air, waiting. Ron smiled sweetly.
"So, Tom Riddle, do you like defeat?" Voldemort looked furious and started towards Ron when the rock dropped from above. Ron and Harry's eyes grew the side of saucers as they realised they had both mis-judged the distance. It fell only a few centimetres behind Voldemort. Voldemort whirled around and studied the smashed rock. His eyes narrowed.
"You children thought you could knock me out? Or kill me? Tisk tisk tisk. You fools will pay for your idiocy." Ron froze, his eyes meeting Harry's as they realised what had happened. They had failed.
* * *
At the same time, Sirius was on the hill with Lucius. Sirius knew he had Lucius right where he wanted him. However, something in the back of his mind told him not to kill the sad fool though. He knew that he didn't want to be known as the man who killed Lucius Malfoy. He didn't want Harry to have a godfather who had killed someone. Sirius made a decision quickly, before Lucius had a chance to alter the situation.
"Expelli- Stupify!" Lucius started saying the counter-curse for the disarming curse and was shocked when, in mid-spell, Sirius changed it to the Stunning Spell. Sirius watched as Lucius fell to the ground. He left Lucius there and turned to help Ron and Harry, but was stopped when a yell erupted from the area where Peter was fighting Remus.
* * *
Meanwhile, Remus watched as the small smile played across Peter's face. He narrowed his eyes suspiciously. Peter held one hand behind his back, gently playing with something.
"What are you-" But Remus was cut off as Peter lunged forward, knocking Remus down. They both hit the stairs and rolled down them. Remus groaned and began to push himself back onto his feet when Peter attacked him again. Remus was shocked; Peter had never done anything like this before. His thoughts were cut short when Peter suddenly raised his left hand (A.N: it was the left hand right?) and Remus saw the glint of silver flashing in the pale light. Remus realised what Peter was going to do and let out a yell. Peter paused only for a second and in that second Remus heard the answering call of his only childhood best friend he had left, before Peter grabbed Remus' arm. Remus had an open wound there and he felt his body seize up as the silver worked it's way into his blood system. Peter rolled off him as footsteps approached.
* * *
Hermione darted out from behind the pillar and launched herself at the boy. She ran around him. Stopping she glared at him.
"You will not hurt me or my friends. Expelliarmus!" He didn't react to the curse fast enough, due to shock in the change of Hermione's attitude, and flew through the air. He hit the pillar she had been hiding behind with a sickening crash and slid to the ground, unconscious. Hermione turned to see Ron and Harry backing away from Voldemort with nervous looks on both their faces. Hermione darted forward to their aid. She heard a yell to her right, but didn't stop. She heard another yell from her left, but Hermione kept on her path to her friends. As she reached them she heard Voldemort yell "Aveda Kedavera" in Ron's direction. Just as the words left his mouth Hermione dove forward and knocked Ron to the side. She felt the curse whiz past her head as they landed on the hard stone. Hermione felt a tingly sensation as she whacked her elbow against the ground. She heard Voldemort yell something and she closed her eyes waiting, but the inevitable never came. She opened her eyes slightly and saw Harry hanging on to Voldemort's arm. She raised herself off the ground slightly as she watched in tense anticipation. She felt Ron lying beside her and felt him lean up as well. Harry and Voldemort exchanged a few curses. Harry dodged quite a few. Just as Voldemort was about to hit Harry with a Cruciatus curse when his back was turned, Harry whirled around and shot a leg-locker curse in Voldemort's direction. For the second time in their life the two brother wands connected.
"No! Not again!" Yelped Voldemort. Harry looked baffled as the red and green beams connected to form a golden bead in the middle. Their wands began trembling, as last time. Harry remembered what had happened the last time and he focussed on moving that little bead of gold in Voldemort's direction. The golden bead moved towards Voldemort who pushed it in Harry's direction. Ron had grabbed Hermione's hand as they watched helplessly.
* * *
Sirius fell to the ground beside Remus.
"Remus! No!" He croaked hoarsely. Remus felt the life draining out of him. He looked up at his best friend.
"D-Don't worry, Sirius. Everything will be fine. After this you will-will be proved innoc-innocent." Remus groaned and shifted his position slightly, "And then H-Harry can leave the Durs-Dursley's and you guys can live together, like-like you w-w-were supposed to originally." Gasped Remus.
"Remus-" Sirius got cut off.
"Y-You can protect him, t-take care of- of h-him and have a-a wonderful life. Tell Harry, R-R-Ron and Herm-Hermione that I say-say-say good-bye. And, tell-tell Ara-Arabella I'm sorry f-for being such-such a jerk this y- year. Say 'bye t-to Albus and M-M-Minerva too." Sirius shook his head.
"You're going to be fine." He chided, his voice cracking. Remus smiled his familiar smile: reassuring, calming.
"No, No I won't. D-Don't worry, S-Siri-Sirius." He stuttered. Sirius knew he was losing his last life-long friend.
"Remus." He croaked, a sob escaping his lips.
"Good-bye." Remus muttered. Sirius watched as his eyelids fell and the hand that Sirius was clutching fell, lifeless. Sirius bent his head and let his tears go. His tear racked his body and he didn't hear the quiet *pop* that sounded behind him, nor did he hear the shouting from across the floor.