Chapter 15
Silence befell the hall as everyone stared at the cloak. The same questions ran through their minds. Was Voldermot gone? Their answers were confirmed when a great burst of blackness appeared from nowhere and collided with the unmoving bodies of the death eaters. Harry groaned.
"Don't worry. Voldermot's destroyed. Only his evil is left. And it's taking over the death eaters. Suddenly, someone from behind them let out a shout of pain. Everyone turned to see Professor Snape sprawled on the floor. There was a black layer of color surrounding him. Harry noticed that he was clutching his arm, where the dark mark of the death eaters was. Dumbledor went over to Snape but the ex- death eater held out a hand.
"Don't-come-here-I-may-hurt-you," Snape made out as he roared in pain. Harry, Ron and Hermoine felt a pang of sympathy for that man. Dumbledor ignored Snape and went to him, and even put his hand on his shoulder.
"Fight it, Severus. I know you can do it." He said gently. Snape shook his head weakly.
"I… can't… do it," he said weakly.
"Oh yes you can and you better. Cause we still need our potions master after this," assured Dumbeldor kindly. Snape managed a weak smile but then let out a sharp cry of pain. The blackness around him slowly disappeared and Snape fainted. Dumbledor smiled and stood up. Harry then heard a shout from behind and everyone spun round to see Sakura fly and hit the wall.
Sakura hit the wall and her breath was knocked out of her. She whimpered slightly in pain as she slid down painfully from the wall and stood up. Syaoran was still fighting out the death eaters and one of them had hit Sakura with a disarming charm.
"Sakura! Daijobu?" shouted Syaoran worriedly. He always unconsciously slid back into the familiar language whenever he was distracted and worried at the same time. Before Sakura had a chance to answer, she saw a red beam of a spell fly towards her. She jumped into the air skillfully with a cartwheel, thanks to her days as a cheerleader, and felt the red beam of death miss it's target and hit the wall behind her. Sakura threw out a card.
"Earthy!"
Suddenly, the ground shook and Sakura, Syaoran, Eriol and the guardians, knowing how the card worked, jumped on top of the cliffs, which the Card had made. Surprisingly, the ground which Dumbledor and group stood on didn't shake and they looked it awe as their friends jumped up the high pile of rocks easily, except for Sakura, who had to use the 'Jump'. The death eaters standing on the ground wobbled unsteadily and Sakura motioned for the HP group to be very silent. Tomoyo, as her best friend, understood what Sakura was trying to do and explained for the HP group to not make a noise. Sakura turned to her other friends.
"Hey. I need you guys to be very quiet. Unless you wish to spend your life in the land of nowhere with this," – she waved to the struggling death eaters- "nice people for the rest of your lives." Syaoran looked at Eriol and the guardians.
"Okay… Just don't do anything stupid." Said Syaoran worriedly. Skaura giggled and shook her head.
"This is hardly dangerous." She replied and threw a glance at the wailing death eaters. She threw a card in the air.
"SILENT" she cried.
A woman wearing a black cloak flew out of the card and frowned at the noise the death eaters were making. Syaoran bit his lip when he realized what Sakura was doing. Looking at Eriol and the guardians, he noticed that they were also trying to suppress their laughter. He looked at Sakura and she grinned back at him with a wink. The card waved her hand and with a loud wail, the hall was silent again as the Death eaters were thrown out of Hogwarts, to rot and die. Sakura called back the card and the room was quiet. Suddenly, Tomoyo started laughing and Sakura ran into her best friend's arms, laughing with amusement. Everyone who understood what was going on started laughing and the HP group looked at each other, wondering what in the world as going on. Syaoran answered their question with a rare laugh.
"You see, the reason Sakura wanted us to keep silent is because the 'Silent' card, who hates noise, transports the people who are er… noisy, out of the room. So there you have it, the greatest exit anyone can wish for." The HP gang still did not understand.
"Forget it," concluded Syaoran as he went to Sakura and gave her a hug. Snape was now conscious and when Madame Pomfrey lifted the sleeve of his robe to check on the dark mark, they couldn't find it. Dumbledore smiled.
"You're free now, Severus,"
To everyone's surprise, Snape burst out in tears and clung on to Madame Pomfrey like a baby. The shocked nurse patted the professor's back.
"Well, a man's gotta cry sometime in their lives, doesn't he?" Everyone laughed at that comment except for Hermoine, Harry and Ron. Hermoine dragged the two boys to Dumbledor and asked to speak to him, privately. They went to the far corner of the room and both Harry and Ron looked at Hermoine wrung her hands nervously.
"I thought that only people from Slytherin could control the Green Torch?" blurted out Hermoine. Ron froze. Dumbledor just smiled and Harry sighed sadly.
"The sorting hat told me that I would do well in Slytherin but I rejected his offer, so he put me in Gryfindor instead." He mumbled. Hermoine and Ron stared at him.
"Why didn't you tell us?" cried Hermoine. Harry's head snapped up.
"You never asked! And why on earth should I tell you all that I was supposed to be put in slytherin?" he cried angrily.
"As I have told Harry a few years back, Hermoine, the sorting hat saw Slytherin blood in him when he sorted Harry. But Harry chose to be in Gryfindor as you all know." Said Dumbledor. Ron and Hermoine nodded dumbly. Harry walked over to the nearby window and looked out into the night sky, though he was listening intently to Dumbledor. He felt someone beside him and he saw Ginny standing there. Harry felt comforted by her presence and they looked out of the window together, listening to Dumbledor as he explained to them about his talks with Harry. Ginny flinched when Dumbledor talked about the sword Harry had pulled out of the hat during his second year, as it reminded her about her foolish acts as a kid then. He put his hands around her waist and pulled her closer next to him and kissed her on top of the head, gaze still on the darkness outside.
Ron listened intently to Dumbeldor but was distracted by a series of movement at the window. He smiled lightly as he watched Harry and his sister together and decided that Harry was the one for Ginny, just as he knew that Hermoine was the one for him.