Disclaimer: See "Stories of the Hogwarts Sisterhood"
Disclaimer 2: Wellard and the other Aurors (except Achilles) come from "Hornblower".
To flamers: I don't take kindly to flames so get out of here, if you know what's good for you.
Note 1: This is a sequel to "Stories of the Hogwarts Sisterhood"; taken place several months later during Easter holidays, so read that first.
Rated Pg-13 for language, content and characters' death.
Thank you for your reviews!
WANT A FAST UPDATE? YOU GOT IT! *grins*
Chapter 21: Surprise Attack!
"What the..." Mandy started and she watched in horror as one of the Muggle warplanes dropped another bomb from the sky.
"Madam Hooch, I told you that they are attacking us!" cried the first-year as she watched 2 more warplanes flying towards the castle's direction.
"You students, head for the gates and get out of the school grounds!" Mandy ordered and without waiting for reply, she rushed back to the castle.
The students at the lake got up and ran frantically towards the first years so that they could escape with them.
***
BOOM
"There goes another one!" Ron shouted.
Terrifying screams and shouts were heard from the outside.
"Stay here, all of you!" Minerva ordered and rushed towards the door.
The students, on the hand, dashed to the windows.
Minerva flung the door open, looked out and stared in shock as students ran past her classroom. She quickly grabbed hold one of them and asked, "Miss Abbott, what is going on?"
Hannah Abbott of Hufflepuff stared at her with fear in her eyes and said, "We, we were doing Charms, Professor, and then a Muggle bomb fell through the ceiling!"
"Where is Professor Flitwick?"
"Somewhere, Professor, I don't know!" said Hannah helplessly.
***
"OH MERLIN!" screamed Lavender as she watched the warplanes flying in every direction.
"TAKE COVER!" yelled Harry when he saw one of the Death Eaters aimed their window with a Muggle machine gun.
The Gryffindors shrieked and ducked just in time as bullets hit through the windows, nearly killing them. Only the Slytherins seem to be very happy to see this.
Malfoy snickered. "Surprise!" he sang.
Harry scrambled to his feet, ran to Malfoy and grabbed his collar, "What the hell is going on? Huh? You know, do you?"
"Relax," said Malfoy, and he didn't make an effort to hide his nasty smile. "The Death Eaters are just attacking Hogwarts in the Muggle way."
"So you are asking all those questions and do researching in the library because...."
"I am just collecting information for my father and his friends, why else do you think they could fly so well? But don't worry, they are not using real bombs; they are just using empty bomb shells with explosive potions in them."
Harry scowled at him darkly, "You will never get away with this."
Malfoy smirked at him. "You are wrong. By the way, 100 Death-Eaters are marching right now into the school grounds as we speak."
With that, he threw a punch across his face. As soon as Harry let go of his collar, he ran off with the rest of the Slytherins. The Slytherins pushed Minerva aside roughly at the door and dashed down the corridor.
"What the? Slytherins, come back here!" called Minerva.
"Mom, Mom! The Slytherins are behind all this, they have been giving the Death-Eaters information!" cried Athena.
BOOM
The impact of another bomb shook the whole classroom.
"We can't stay here, follow me, Gryffindors! We will get out of the castle...."
"No, Mom, we can't go outside! The Death Eaters are coming!" said Athena desperately, holding onto her mother's arm to stop her from running.
"Then what?"
"The Room of Requirement! Professor!" shouted Harry after he had gotten up from the floor. His left cheek was bruised.
BOOM
"What?"
"The Room of Requirement!" repeated Harry quickly. "I think that will protect us!"
"Well, lead the way, Potter!"
The Gryffindors except Athena followed Harry out of the room.
"Athena, go and follow Potter, I will go and find your father." whispered Minerva urgently and left.
"I must get help." thought Athena calmly.
So instead of following Harry, Athena ran out and headed straight to the Gryffindor Tower.
***
Lucius Malfoy laughed evilly and looked at the map of Hogwarts.
"Let's see..." he said slowly, acting as if he was just shopping for Dark Arts objects. "Where's the hospital wing?"
***
"Madam Pomfrey! Where's Madam Pomfrey!" screamed Lupin as he carried an injured student into the hospital wing. The student's arm was seriously wounded and his robes were stained with his own blood in huge amount.
"Put him here!" said Poppy quickly and seriously.
Lupin was just about to place his student down near the window when he heard a warplane coming nearer and nearer. He looked up just in time to see Lucius's war plane zooming straight to their direction.
"Plane incoming!" he yelled to no one in particular and without hesitation, he dropped his student down at the side of the wall.
Poppy squatted down near the student and put her arms around him protectively. In a flash, Lupin grabbed a mattress and covered himself, Poppy and his student with it. Straight after he did, Lucius threw a bomb near the hospital wing and it exploded, shattering the hospital's windows into bits and pieces.
***
The students arrived into the gates and they screeched to a halt when they saw two Rapiers crossed right in front of them.
"Ah ah... Naughty, naughty!" sang a Death-Eater with a Rapier as if he was talking to babies. "You shouldn't escape in the middle of the game."
The students didn't know what to say.
"Seize them!" said the Death Eater coldly.
***
"Albus!" screamed Minerva as she rushed into Dumbledore's office. "Hogwarts is under attack!"
"I know." said Dumbledore calmly, getting up from his desk.
"How can you be so calm?!"
"There is no need to lose our heads, help is on the way."
"Really?" asked Minerva, trying to be as cool as her husband.
"I have placed Stealth Sensoring Spells all over the school grounds. The Aurors were alerted once the Death-Eaters flew in with their Muggle disguises."
"Then what is taking them so long?" demanded Minerva impatiently.
"I think they are preparing themselves for this..."
BANG
"Headmaster!" cried Snape after he threw open the door. "The Death-Eaters are coming in! Some of our students are taken as hostages!"
"Do you still want to wait for the Aurors?" asked Minerva as she looked at Dumbledore in the eyes.
"No... I think we have to protect the school ourselves first before they arrive!" said Dumbledore seriously.
He grabbed his wand and ran out, beckoning Snape and Minerva to follow.
***
Athena stopped in front of the Fat Lady and tried to catch her breath as the portrait asked, "Password?"
Athena stared at her in disbelief. "What?! The school is under attack and all you care about is a stupid password?"
The Fat Lady's eyes widened. "Really?"
"Then what do you think all those noises are?!"
"I thought they are made by mischievous kids!" said the Fat Lady and without another word, she shifted, revealing the entrance of the Gryffindor Tower.
Athena dashed in just in time to see Dennis Creevey and a few 1st years hiding under a table. She ignored them and stopped in front of the fireplace. She grabbed a handful of Floo powder, struck her head into the fireplace, threw the powder into the fire and shouted, "Auror Headquarters!"
A few seconds later, she saw pair of legs running around the Headquarters madly and so fast that their robes were like blurs.
"Terry? Mr Edrington? Achilles? Mr Pellew? Are you there?" she cried.
Nobody answered. She heard Pellew yelling, "Mr Wellard!"
She saw a pair of legs stopped right in front of her.
"Sir?" asked the person in front of Athena in Wellard's voice.
"Check whether your gun's safety switch is on!"
"Terry!" called Athena.
The legs turned around and Wellard's face came to view. "Thena? What are you..."
"Terry, you better report to Mr Pellew and tell him...."
"What is going on out there, huh?" interrupted Dennis in fright.
***
"Now where is the Gryffindor Tower?" Lucius muttered as he looked at the map again. "AH! Here it is!"
CLICK
***
"We know, we know, Hogwarts is under attack, right?" said Wellard quickly. "We are now preparing to go to Hogwarts to help! Where are you anyway?"
"Gryffindor Tower! But how did you know...."
Whatever Athena was asking, she didn't manage to finish her question, for a bomb chose that moment to blast through the roof of the Gryffindor Tower.
"AH!" screamed Athena and she went out of Wellard's sight.
"Thena? Thena! Answer me, Thena!" yelled Wellard.
No response.
***
'We need to find a place for protection, where we can be safe from Death Eaters and their attacks...' thought Harry as he and the Gryffindors walked past the stretch of blank wall opposite an enormous tapestry depicting Banrnabas the Barmy's attempt to train trolls for ballet three times.
BOOM
Trying to ignore the loud explosion, Harry continued to concentrate on what he wanted.
"There, Harry!" cried Hermione when she saw a huge, thick door appeared on the wall.
"Now that's a hard door," commented Seamus as he tapped on it. "Wow, I think it is made by cement!"
"Who cares?" snapped Harry impatiently as he put his hands on the huge wheel and turned it hard.
The door clicked and swung open.
"Okay, now everyone, get in!"
"Wow." said Thomas in awe at the room.
The room had cupboards of food and water that could last them for days. Sleeping bags were piled neatly at one corner. There was another door in the room that led to the toilet.
Harry pulled the door shut. "Okay, I think we are safe here."
"But the others are not," Ron pointed out. "And Ginny, I need to find her!"
"Hey look! Death-Eaters!" reported Neville as he looked out of the window. "I think they got some of the students at the gates! See, they are holding them as hostages! And there is a lot of them are marching towards the school!"
"Hm, Harry? Do you think that we are rather selfish?" asked Hermione and Harry looked at her. "I mean, we are safe here while the others are outside, fighting and running for their lives."
"You are right...okay, all of you stay here, I am going outside and get more students in...."
Shouts of protest rose immediately.
"You can't just go out by yourself!" said Neville in horror.
"Don't be thick, if you want to go, I am coming too!" said Ron determinedly.
"Yeah, we are a part of the Dumbledore's Army too, don't forget!" said Dean and Seamus nodded.
Harry held his hands for silence. "All right, whoever wants to go with me, raise your hand."
All students raised their hands.
"But I need one here to look after this place." said Harry again.
Silence.
"I will do it." said Seamus.
"Good, Seamus, you stay here. The rest of you, come with me and find the rest of the Army!"
***
"Close the door!" yelled Dumbledore and the teachers pushed the huge, oak front door shut.
"Seal it!"
The teachers (except Poppy, who was still in the hospital wing, looking after injured students) took out their wands and yelled together: "COLLOPORTUS!"
***
Lucius and the other 13 Death-Eaters landed their planes in the Quidditch field and they came out to join the other 100. They stopped outside the front door and took out their wands.
"ALOHOMORA!" they roared.
Nothing happened.
"Darn! Fine, we are going to knock this door down!" Lucius yelled. "Macnair! Lead 20 of our men to find a window, there must be a window on the ground floor! Break it and get yourselves through. The others and I will stay here and try to break this door!"
***
"All right, I think that will hold them off for a while." Georgia said as she listened to the Death-Eaters' loud shouting of charms and curses outside.
CRASH
"The Death-Eaters!" Professor Flitwick (Minerva found him under a pile of bricks outside the Charms classroom) squeaked as the Death-Eaters climbed rapidly through the window.
"Would you mind repeating that?" asked Snape in annoyance.
Minerva quickly stunned one of them and that indicated the start of a fight. With a roar, half of the Death-Eaters rushed forward to accept it while the other half rushed up the stairs to find students to capture.
Disclaimer 2: Wellard and the other Aurors (except Achilles) come from "Hornblower".
To flamers: I don't take kindly to flames so get out of here, if you know what's good for you.
Note 1: This is a sequel to "Stories of the Hogwarts Sisterhood"; taken place several months later during Easter holidays, so read that first.
Rated Pg-13 for language, content and characters' death.
Thank you for your reviews!
WANT A FAST UPDATE? YOU GOT IT! *grins*
Chapter 21: Surprise Attack!
"What the..." Mandy started and she watched in horror as one of the Muggle warplanes dropped another bomb from the sky.
"Madam Hooch, I told you that they are attacking us!" cried the first-year as she watched 2 more warplanes flying towards the castle's direction.
"You students, head for the gates and get out of the school grounds!" Mandy ordered and without waiting for reply, she rushed back to the castle.
The students at the lake got up and ran frantically towards the first years so that they could escape with them.
***
BOOM
"There goes another one!" Ron shouted.
Terrifying screams and shouts were heard from the outside.
"Stay here, all of you!" Minerva ordered and rushed towards the door.
The students, on the hand, dashed to the windows.
Minerva flung the door open, looked out and stared in shock as students ran past her classroom. She quickly grabbed hold one of them and asked, "Miss Abbott, what is going on?"
Hannah Abbott of Hufflepuff stared at her with fear in her eyes and said, "We, we were doing Charms, Professor, and then a Muggle bomb fell through the ceiling!"
"Where is Professor Flitwick?"
"Somewhere, Professor, I don't know!" said Hannah helplessly.
***
"OH MERLIN!" screamed Lavender as she watched the warplanes flying in every direction.
"TAKE COVER!" yelled Harry when he saw one of the Death Eaters aimed their window with a Muggle machine gun.
The Gryffindors shrieked and ducked just in time as bullets hit through the windows, nearly killing them. Only the Slytherins seem to be very happy to see this.
Malfoy snickered. "Surprise!" he sang.
Harry scrambled to his feet, ran to Malfoy and grabbed his collar, "What the hell is going on? Huh? You know, do you?"
"Relax," said Malfoy, and he didn't make an effort to hide his nasty smile. "The Death Eaters are just attacking Hogwarts in the Muggle way."
"So you are asking all those questions and do researching in the library because...."
"I am just collecting information for my father and his friends, why else do you think they could fly so well? But don't worry, they are not using real bombs; they are just using empty bomb shells with explosive potions in them."
Harry scowled at him darkly, "You will never get away with this."
Malfoy smirked at him. "You are wrong. By the way, 100 Death-Eaters are marching right now into the school grounds as we speak."
With that, he threw a punch across his face. As soon as Harry let go of his collar, he ran off with the rest of the Slytherins. The Slytherins pushed Minerva aside roughly at the door and dashed down the corridor.
"What the? Slytherins, come back here!" called Minerva.
"Mom, Mom! The Slytherins are behind all this, they have been giving the Death-Eaters information!" cried Athena.
BOOM
The impact of another bomb shook the whole classroom.
"We can't stay here, follow me, Gryffindors! We will get out of the castle...."
"No, Mom, we can't go outside! The Death Eaters are coming!" said Athena desperately, holding onto her mother's arm to stop her from running.
"Then what?"
"The Room of Requirement! Professor!" shouted Harry after he had gotten up from the floor. His left cheek was bruised.
BOOM
"What?"
"The Room of Requirement!" repeated Harry quickly. "I think that will protect us!"
"Well, lead the way, Potter!"
The Gryffindors except Athena followed Harry out of the room.
"Athena, go and follow Potter, I will go and find your father." whispered Minerva urgently and left.
"I must get help." thought Athena calmly.
So instead of following Harry, Athena ran out and headed straight to the Gryffindor Tower.
***
Lucius Malfoy laughed evilly and looked at the map of Hogwarts.
"Let's see..." he said slowly, acting as if he was just shopping for Dark Arts objects. "Where's the hospital wing?"
***
"Madam Pomfrey! Where's Madam Pomfrey!" screamed Lupin as he carried an injured student into the hospital wing. The student's arm was seriously wounded and his robes were stained with his own blood in huge amount.
"Put him here!" said Poppy quickly and seriously.
Lupin was just about to place his student down near the window when he heard a warplane coming nearer and nearer. He looked up just in time to see Lucius's war plane zooming straight to their direction.
"Plane incoming!" he yelled to no one in particular and without hesitation, he dropped his student down at the side of the wall.
Poppy squatted down near the student and put her arms around him protectively. In a flash, Lupin grabbed a mattress and covered himself, Poppy and his student with it. Straight after he did, Lucius threw a bomb near the hospital wing and it exploded, shattering the hospital's windows into bits and pieces.
***
The students arrived into the gates and they screeched to a halt when they saw two Rapiers crossed right in front of them.
"Ah ah... Naughty, naughty!" sang a Death-Eater with a Rapier as if he was talking to babies. "You shouldn't escape in the middle of the game."
The students didn't know what to say.
"Seize them!" said the Death Eater coldly.
***
"Albus!" screamed Minerva as she rushed into Dumbledore's office. "Hogwarts is under attack!"
"I know." said Dumbledore calmly, getting up from his desk.
"How can you be so calm?!"
"There is no need to lose our heads, help is on the way."
"Really?" asked Minerva, trying to be as cool as her husband.
"I have placed Stealth Sensoring Spells all over the school grounds. The Aurors were alerted once the Death-Eaters flew in with their Muggle disguises."
"Then what is taking them so long?" demanded Minerva impatiently.
"I think they are preparing themselves for this..."
BANG
"Headmaster!" cried Snape after he threw open the door. "The Death-Eaters are coming in! Some of our students are taken as hostages!"
"Do you still want to wait for the Aurors?" asked Minerva as she looked at Dumbledore in the eyes.
"No... I think we have to protect the school ourselves first before they arrive!" said Dumbledore seriously.
He grabbed his wand and ran out, beckoning Snape and Minerva to follow.
***
Athena stopped in front of the Fat Lady and tried to catch her breath as the portrait asked, "Password?"
Athena stared at her in disbelief. "What?! The school is under attack and all you care about is a stupid password?"
The Fat Lady's eyes widened. "Really?"
"Then what do you think all those noises are?!"
"I thought they are made by mischievous kids!" said the Fat Lady and without another word, she shifted, revealing the entrance of the Gryffindor Tower.
Athena dashed in just in time to see Dennis Creevey and a few 1st years hiding under a table. She ignored them and stopped in front of the fireplace. She grabbed a handful of Floo powder, struck her head into the fireplace, threw the powder into the fire and shouted, "Auror Headquarters!"
A few seconds later, she saw pair of legs running around the Headquarters madly and so fast that their robes were like blurs.
"Terry? Mr Edrington? Achilles? Mr Pellew? Are you there?" she cried.
Nobody answered. She heard Pellew yelling, "Mr Wellard!"
She saw a pair of legs stopped right in front of her.
"Sir?" asked the person in front of Athena in Wellard's voice.
"Check whether your gun's safety switch is on!"
"Terry!" called Athena.
The legs turned around and Wellard's face came to view. "Thena? What are you..."
"Terry, you better report to Mr Pellew and tell him...."
"What is going on out there, huh?" interrupted Dennis in fright.
***
"Now where is the Gryffindor Tower?" Lucius muttered as he looked at the map again. "AH! Here it is!"
CLICK
***
"We know, we know, Hogwarts is under attack, right?" said Wellard quickly. "We are now preparing to go to Hogwarts to help! Where are you anyway?"
"Gryffindor Tower! But how did you know...."
Whatever Athena was asking, she didn't manage to finish her question, for a bomb chose that moment to blast through the roof of the Gryffindor Tower.
"AH!" screamed Athena and she went out of Wellard's sight.
"Thena? Thena! Answer me, Thena!" yelled Wellard.
No response.
***
'We need to find a place for protection, where we can be safe from Death Eaters and their attacks...' thought Harry as he and the Gryffindors walked past the stretch of blank wall opposite an enormous tapestry depicting Banrnabas the Barmy's attempt to train trolls for ballet three times.
BOOM
Trying to ignore the loud explosion, Harry continued to concentrate on what he wanted.
"There, Harry!" cried Hermione when she saw a huge, thick door appeared on the wall.
"Now that's a hard door," commented Seamus as he tapped on it. "Wow, I think it is made by cement!"
"Who cares?" snapped Harry impatiently as he put his hands on the huge wheel and turned it hard.
The door clicked and swung open.
"Okay, now everyone, get in!"
"Wow." said Thomas in awe at the room.
The room had cupboards of food and water that could last them for days. Sleeping bags were piled neatly at one corner. There was another door in the room that led to the toilet.
Harry pulled the door shut. "Okay, I think we are safe here."
"But the others are not," Ron pointed out. "And Ginny, I need to find her!"
"Hey look! Death-Eaters!" reported Neville as he looked out of the window. "I think they got some of the students at the gates! See, they are holding them as hostages! And there is a lot of them are marching towards the school!"
"Hm, Harry? Do you think that we are rather selfish?" asked Hermione and Harry looked at her. "I mean, we are safe here while the others are outside, fighting and running for their lives."
"You are right...okay, all of you stay here, I am going outside and get more students in...."
Shouts of protest rose immediately.
"You can't just go out by yourself!" said Neville in horror.
"Don't be thick, if you want to go, I am coming too!" said Ron determinedly.
"Yeah, we are a part of the Dumbledore's Army too, don't forget!" said Dean and Seamus nodded.
Harry held his hands for silence. "All right, whoever wants to go with me, raise your hand."
All students raised their hands.
"But I need one here to look after this place." said Harry again.
Silence.
"I will do it." said Seamus.
"Good, Seamus, you stay here. The rest of you, come with me and find the rest of the Army!"
***
"Close the door!" yelled Dumbledore and the teachers pushed the huge, oak front door shut.
"Seal it!"
The teachers (except Poppy, who was still in the hospital wing, looking after injured students) took out their wands and yelled together: "COLLOPORTUS!"
***
Lucius and the other 13 Death-Eaters landed their planes in the Quidditch field and they came out to join the other 100. They stopped outside the front door and took out their wands.
"ALOHOMORA!" they roared.
Nothing happened.
"Darn! Fine, we are going to knock this door down!" Lucius yelled. "Macnair! Lead 20 of our men to find a window, there must be a window on the ground floor! Break it and get yourselves through. The others and I will stay here and try to break this door!"
***
"All right, I think that will hold them off for a while." Georgia said as she listened to the Death-Eaters' loud shouting of charms and curses outside.
CRASH
"The Death-Eaters!" Professor Flitwick (Minerva found him under a pile of bricks outside the Charms classroom) squeaked as the Death-Eaters climbed rapidly through the window.
"Would you mind repeating that?" asked Snape in annoyance.
Minerva quickly stunned one of them and that indicated the start of a fight. With a roar, half of the Death-Eaters rushed forward to accept it while the other half rushed up the stairs to find students to capture.
