OH MY GOSH!! THIS TOOK SOOOO LONG AND I'M SOOOOOO SORRY BUT I COULDN'T FIND
A GOOD PLACE TO STOP. Let me tell ya though. All the reviews help me even
if you might not believe it. They make me scared that you think this story
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BUSY. Sorry for all of you that got scared.
Here's a recap of the last chapter: Sorry the last chapter ended at a terrible place but I had someone else (thanks Viperpunk66!) post it for me. He was going on vacation so I needed to type as much as I could but I couldn't find a good part to stop at.
RECAP::::: Fighting outside and Julia is in the forest looking for help: (look for stars. That's where the new addition is!)
"All alone again," Julia said quietly to herself as she crossed her arms to stay warm. The forest was dark even thought it was the late afternoon. She wondered how far she was into the forest. There were no animals for awhile. Deciding to pick up the pace, she started to walk faster and run at times. She was far when she heard a twig snap from behind her. She turned to come face to face with a creature. It looked like a small dragon from where she was. It looked at Julia with its teeth showing. Julia stood still. Suddenly the creature stood as if to show its size. It was a lot bigger than Julia thought. It was at least twenty feet tall.
"What are you doing in my forest?" it seemed to ask.
"Asking for help," Julia said. Suddenly the dragon's eyes grew wide.
"You understand me?" it asked.
Julia nodded her head. "I'm an elemental. My element is Beast," she said. The dragon bent down. It didn't look as threatening as before.
"Is that so?" it asked nicely. It looked her over. "A Sea Serpent told me that there was a girl that could talk to us. He told me that she was an elemental. You must be her."
Julia nodded her head. "My name's Julia."
"My name's Flame because of my magic," it replied.
"Magic?" Julia asked.
"Yes, I'm a rare breed of dragon. My race can do magic," Flame replied. He sat down on the ground next to Julia and seemed to shrink so that he was her size. He noticed that she looked at him strangely as his size changed. "I told you that I can do magic. I thought it would be better if I was around your size so we could talk. You mentioned that you needed help. What type of help?"
"Voldermort is attacking Hogwarts and he brought a lot of death eaters to back him up. We have a small group of people who are helping to save the castle and the students inside. Just about ten, eleven including myself. I decided to go into the forest to see if I could find help. If we don't receive help, the castle will fall and the wizarding world will be in ruins!" Julia explained.
"I'll be happy to help," Flame said. "I might also have reinforcements." Julia looked at him in surprise.
"You can help?" she asked.
"Of course. I trust that it's for a good cause for it has you upset. Plus, Voldermort is known in these forests as a sign of evil. I might have some friends that can help. Are your friends elementals as well?" Flame asked.
"Some yes. Matt's is water, Liz's is ice, Dean's is crystal, Ashley's is air, Draco's is time but he's inside the castle because they wouldn't let him out, and Harry's is the mind. Our teacher controls the element of the soul. Two of my friends were kidnapped and put under a potion to make them obey Voldermort. Jake's is earth and Caroline's is fire. We also know that Voldermort's is lightning," Julia answered.
"At least you have most of them on your side," Flame said. "I have an idea. I can get animals that can help your friends. I'll help you since the person who I would go with is currently on the dark side. I'll get an animal that corresponds to everyone's element."
"You can do that?" Julia asked.
"I can try," he said. He stood and stretched his wings. "I know where I can find a few animals. Let's hope they will come. The animals are all acting strangely in the forest today because of how close Voldermort is." He took to the sky as Julia followed from the ground.
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Harry stood facing Voldermort. He was still in the bubble while Voldermort walked back and forth in front of him. He was talking about something but Harry wasn't paying attention. He was mainly looking at the Death Eaters that were looking at the castle and pointing. They were planning something, but Harry didn't know what. Nor did he like it.
While Voldermort talked to his followers, Harry worked at trying to get out of the bubble but nothing worked. He couldn't get magic out of the bubble besides telepathy.
'Where is everyone?' he tried to transfer into the heads of everyone else.
'Whoa, you scared me,' Matt said back. 'I didn't expect you. Let's see, I'm near the lake. When Bozo there tried to shoot us away, I ended up by the lake. No one else is around me though, sorry. Just me. Did you figure out how to break the bubble?'
'I can't do much. Voldermort is right here. I've been trying little things that he can't notice but the little things aren't helping. I could try to concentrate more but I'm afraid that he'd notice,' Harry replied.
'Don't do anything that could arouse his suspicion,' Matt said.
'That's the last thing you need,' another voice said.
'Liz?' Harry asked.
'Yup. I could hear you two talking so I decided to talk as well. I'm not having any luck either. Sirius is a few feet from me. He was banging his fists into the wall of the bubble and yelling things before. Now he's just listening to the conversation,' Liz said.
'Where is everyone else?' Harry asked.
'I'm at the other side of the castle,' Ashley answered. Dumbledore and McGonagall were around her.
'I'm near the quidditch field,' Dean said. Stacy and Remus were nearby.
'We're all scattered around,' Harry said. 'That won't help us much.'
'Guys, there are a bunch of Death Eaters surrounding the castle,' Ashley said nervously.
'What are they doing?' Harry asked.
'Laughing and planning something,' Ashley responded.
'They have their wands out and pointed towards the castle,' McGonagall added.
'Same thing is going on over here,' Matt said.
'This doesn't look good,' Remus said.
'Draco!' Harry exclaimed hoping Draco could hear him in the castle.
'It's mass chaos in here!' Draco said back.
'Death Eaters are planning to attack the castle! Get everyone out of the towers and to somewhere safe!' Harry exclaimed. Draco didn't answer back but Harry knew that he went right to work, trying to get everyone under control.
Harry tried to see the castle through the death eaters around. The death eaters that surrounded the castle had their wands out. They were talking to each other. Some were snickering.
"Like what you see, Potter?" Voldermort said. Harry turned to him with an angry look.
"Why are you trying to attack the castle? It's me you want. Why attack a castle?" Harry asked.
"Because it would be fun to watch a castle that provided so much protection fall to the ground," Voldermort sneered. Harry's eyes went wide. They were going to collapse the castle and there were hundreds of students and staff inside. Closing his eyes, he searched quickly for a place for them to go. Suddenly he watched as his vision led him down a hallway past the dungeons and Snape's office to a door that wasn't noticed before. It matched the wall.
'Draco, they are planning to make the castle collapse! Get everyone towards the dungeon. Go past the dungeons. There is a secret door at the end of the hallway,' Harry called to Draco.
'You've got to be kidding me!' Draco said back. 'I'm on it.'
"Now it's time for us, Potter," Voldermort said catching Harry's attention. "I want you to see something." He waved his staff and the barrier around Harry disappeared. Harry glared at Voldermort with hatred. What caught his eye were Caroline and Jake. He watched their eyes. They seemed to flicker between hatred and fear. His eyes went wide as he realized what was happening. Voldermort underestimated their strength. The potion was wearing off.
'Caroline? Jake?' Harry called to them. Their eyes flickered from hatred to fear. 'Can you hear me?' He watched as Caroline's eyes flickered to Voldermort and her eyes were filled with hatred again but this time it wasn't from the potion. It was her own hatred for the dark lord.
'What happened?' Jake asked. Harry was taken back. They didn't remember that happened to them since they were put under the potion.
'He put you under a potion so you obey him," Harry said.
'Who are they?' Jake asked looking at the two adults next to him. They looked at him frightened.
'Ashley's parents," Harry said. Jake's and Caroline's hear snapped to him.
'What?' they asked.
'Long story,' Harry responded.
"Potter!" Voldermort said. Harry looked at him with a glare. "I want you to look at your beloved castle. I want you to watch as it falls to the ground!" Harry didn't turn to it. He just fixed his gaze upon Voldermort's followers. They smirked as they looked at the castle.
"Go see that the castle falls," Voldemort said to the death eaters around him. They left him to go to the castle, their wands drawn. Caroline and Jake were behind him. They tried to act as if they were still under his potion. Ashley's parents looked frightened and scared. The mother had tears running down her face. Harry knew what he had to do. He could hear as the Death eaters started casting spells. He heard things crumble and fall. He could hear Voldermort laughing. He felt as if his blood was boiling.
"It's not making you angry is it, Potter?" Voldermort sneered. He noticed that Harry wasn't looking at it. Voldermort waved his staff and Harry found himself facing the castle. Voldermort wanted him to see the destruction of the castle. Harry stared at the castle. His breath was heavy as he watched bricks crack. Suddenly light surrounded him. A small ball of white light appeared in front of him. It grew bigger and bigger with Harry's anger. Voldermort noticed it and tried to stun him before the light grew any bigger. He hadn't seen anything like it before. When the spell went to Harry, the ball of light grew bigger and engulfed the spell. A howl radiated from it as it seemed to explode. It grew bigger and bigger before taking shape. When it took shape, it resembled a large white wolf with strong wings and long, pointy teeth. Harry's eyes went wide as well as Voldermort's. No mater how much they tried to hide it, Caroline's and Jake's eyes went wide as well.
"Harry!" a voice yelled. Harry looked over to see Julia running over. She had a dragon following her. She turned to the dragon and said something before the dragon took to the sky. It started roaring. The wolf in front of Harry started howling. Howls, roars and screeches were heard coming from the forest and around the grounds.
Voldermort sent a spell towards the dragon in the sky but it missed. The dragon's eyes met his attacker before opening it's mouth to roar. But instead of a roar, a fireball formed and shot down at him. Harry jumped out of the way and landed on the ground with a tumble to avoid the fireball. Voldermort's robes caught fire but with a few tries, he extinguished them.
"Cool!" Caroline exclaimed before covering her mouth. Voldermort turned to her in surprise that she wasn't under the potion anymore. He sent the killing curse her way but it was engulfed by a bright red light. Jake looked at it and took a step back. In front of Caroline, a huge tiger appeared. Its fur was like a fire. It had sharp teeth and looked ready to kill at a moment's notice. It stood protectively in front of Caroline, its teeth bared.
Julia turned to look up at the dragon and yelled something to him. The dragon looked at her before roaring. Suddenly a blast of white came from the wolf in front of Harry and shot into the sky only to be met with red light from the tiger. A ray of white came from the dragon. From the water, a ray of dark blue added to the ball of light that was forming above the grounds of Hogwarts. From the sky, a light blue ray added to the light. A ray of green added to the ball from the forest. From the water, a blast of white added to the other colors. A yellow light from the sky and a white light from the forest were also added. The dragon roared again. The Death eaters surrounding the castle stopped what they were doing to watch.
The ball of light drew the attention from everyone. It could be seen around the grounds of Hogwarts no matter where anyone was. From another roar from the dragon, the white wolf answered it. The fire tiger added a roar as well. Suddenly more screeching and roars came from all around. A fierce bear and a tiger with crystals as its fur that reflected light emerged from the forest. They roared to answer the dragon's call. From the water, a large snake-like creature rose from the surface of the water. It was of beautiful colors. It had sharp teeth like a shark and was at least thirty feet tall. Its screech made everyone cover their ears. Swimming out of the water, a seal appeared. Its skin looked like water as the shades of blue changed. From the sky, a screech could be heard as a dragon flew above their heads. It flew creating strong winds. It was light blue but seemed to disappear into the sky. From out of the sky, a small bird flew out. It was about the size of hawk. It had a high pitched screech. It seemed to fly extremely fast as if the time was slowed down yet the bird flew at a normal speed.
"What's going on?" Jake asked. He was watching the animals.
"I don't know," Caroline said. "I don't think they are here to hurt us." She watched as Julia said something to the dragon. The dragon roared and the ball of light exploded. Harry and everyone else shielded their eyes. Light surrounded Voldemort and engulfed him in his own ball of light. He couldn't break through it. His staff was locked outside. The Death eaters were also captured. The castle was slowly being restored.
"Harry!" a voice yelled in the distance. Harry looked up. He saw Ashley running as fast as she could toward him. Sirius was behind her. Jogging behind them was Liz, Matt, Dean, Remus, Dumbledore and McGonagall. Julia made her way over to the group.
"Are you okay?" Harry asked as Ashley reached him. She threw her arms around him. She nodded. Over his shoulder, she saw the white wolf looking at her as if waiting to see what she was going to do. She also saw her parents still locked in the barriers. She noticed that the wolf was giving her a look. She let go of Harry and looked down at it. Harry noticed that she was looking behind him and turned around. He noticed that the wolf was looking at Ashley with his head to one side. Ashley bent down to look it in the face.
"I'd be careful," Matt said. "He might bite." The wolf looked at Matt before turning to back to Ashley. She held out hand as if to touch the animal. When the wolf moved, she took back her hand.
"I'm not going to hurt you," Ashley said. "I just wanted to ask you if you could do me a favor." The wolf looked at her as if understanding what she was saying. He looked over at Harry who was surprised that the wolf was looking at him as if to ask him something. Harry gave him a nod as if to say, 'trust her'. The wolf turned to Ashley who again put out her hand. Everyone around her held their breath to see what the white wolf would do to the teenage girl. The wolf looked down at her hand and nudged it with his nose. When Ashley went to slowly pet it's head, it was engulfed with white light again which made everyone take a step back. When the light disappeared, in the place of the wolf was a small lab puppy with big, bright eyes and a wagging tail.
"He's so cute!" Liz exclaimed. The puppy barked a high pitch bark before licking Ashley's hand.
"Why did it change shape?" Sirius asked.
Julia turned to the dragon. It looked like the dragon was telling her something before she turned to the group to answer. "He said that since Harry had no real form in his element, it being the mind, his animal doesn't have a real shape. It takes different shapes as it pleases. The only thing that stays the same is it's color. It will be a real animal color though. For example, Harry's wolf was white and the puppy is a light blond, white."
"What are the animals for?" Jake asked.
"I went into the forest to find help. I came upon this dragon here, called Flame. We searched through the forest for animals that match your elements. These are special animals made to assist you in times of need. They were searching for their 'owners' or the people who control their element. They searched for a long time, each coming from different places. The wards on this school kept on messing up their navigation skills and they were scared off my the threat of an enemy elemental. Not knowing if the threat had a corresponding animal, they stayed clear," Julia explained.
"Voldermort," Harry said.
"Exactly. When they felt his power and your powers, the animals met together and were able to come and help," Julia said.
"We all have our own animal?" Dean asked. Julia nodded.
"They will remain with you on something on you such as a locket on a necklace or remain in their normal form. Your animals can change their size but not what they are. They will appear when you call them or when they think you need assistance," she said.
"Told you they weren't here to harm us!" Caroline said to Jake. She wrapped her robe around her to try to keep out the cold air. She realized it was a death eater's robe and quickly changed it to her red ones. Jake changed his to green.
"Can you do me a favor?" Ashley asked the puppy. The puppy gave a small bark as if to say yes. "You see those people over there?" She pointed to her parents who were looking at her with worry in their eyes. "Can you free them?" The puppy barked before stretching out it's hind legs. He ran over her parents and started sniffing the barrier. Standing a few feet back, it changed it's form back to the wolf with a mean stare. Setting its stare at the barriers, they soon lost their color and disappeared. The wolf had used magic to work around the magic that was already in place as the barrier.
"You did it!" Ashley exclaimed as she jumped to her feet. She ran over to her parents and gave them a big hug.
"That reminds me," Sirius said. He walked next to Harry and gave him a big hug. "Don't ever scare me like that again!"
"What did I do?" Harry asked confused.
"I don't know but I was scared," Sirius said as he released Harry.
"I think we were all scared, Padfoot," Remus said.
"Not me," Jake said standing proud and tall. Everyone rolled their eyes.
"You weren't even here the whole time!" Matt said.
"I was too!" Jake exclaimed.
"Maybe in body but never in mind," Liz said.
"What should be do about him?" Dean asked looking down at Voldermort who was trying to break out of the barrier and reach his staff.
"Oh I don't think you want that," Harry said looking at Voldermort. He waved his hand and the staff moved a few more feet away. Voldermort sent Harry an evil glare. The white wolf gave a loud howl, filled with anger. White light surrounded Voldermort and the death eaters. They were lifted into the air and suddenly disappeared.
"Whoa," Sirius said.
"Where did they go?" Liz asked looking around.
"Antartica?" Julia suggested, shrugging her shoulders. Everyone looked at her. "What? They were sent somewhere where they will not be a threat. For all we know, it could be Antartica." Everyone was silent.
"Antartica?" Jake asked. "Why Antartica?"
"it takes too much energy to travel this far from Antartica," Ashley said.
"Exactly, Miss Strone," Dumbledore said. "Although I'm not familiar with elemental animals, it is a possibility that the wolf could've teleported Voldermort and his followers all the way to Antartica."
"Yea, but why Antartica?" Jake asked. Everyone sighed before ignoring him.
"What do we do about the castle? It's ruined," Caroline remarked. She watched as some repairs were made but they were happening too slowly. The castle was ruined.
"Where are the students?" Matt asked.
"Draco brought them down to a secret room near the dungeons," Harry replied.
"How did he know it was there?" Liz asked.
"I told him," Harry said. "I saw where the door was but I didn't know what was on the other side."
"Where do you think it led to?" Ashley asked.
"The castle holds many secrets," Dumbledore said. "There are many passageways within the school that I still have yet to find. The door could've led to anywhere."
"You don't think it was bad do you?" Liz asked.
"If Harry saw it, I doubt it would be bad. If it was, he would've seen it," Stacy said.
"We had better head inside as quickly as possible," McGonagall said. She turned to Ashley's parents. "You must come as well." She walked toward the castle's main doors. Dumbledore followed her.
"Let's get inside," Remus said.
"What are we going to do about the animals?" Liz asked.
"You'll see," Julia said. She said something to the dragon before it roared. A smaller version of the animals they heard before appeared at the sides of the elementals. The yellow hawk flew around them looking for it's "master" who was inside the castle. They were to bring the small hawk to Draco.
"Now we can go inside," Stacy said before heading towards the castle with Remus and Sirius. The others followed except for Harry, Ashley and her parents. They stayed behind.
"Are you okay?" Ashley asked him. Her mini dragon was flying at her side.
"I'm fine," he answered. "How are you holding up?"
"Pretty good. I'm so happy that everyone is okay," she said.
"So you're Harry Potter," Ashley's mom said. Her and her husband were dressed as muggles. "Ashley's written about you a lot. It's sad to say that we met you on such an awful day though. My name is Christine and this is Paul. It was a surprise to hear we had a witch in the family. We're muggles so we didn't know anything about magic."
"It's nice to meet you. It was a surprise for me as well. My family knew about it already though. It's kind of a long story." Harry said.
"Let's get inside," Ashley said grabbing Harry's hand. "It's cold out and I think we lost the others."
"They probably went where the rest of the students escaped to," Paul said.
"That was my first guess," Harry replied. When they reached the main doors, they walked right in. They were already opened from when Dumbledore and the others went in. The doors were so wrecked that they stayed open. They looked like they were ready to fall down at any moment. Inside the school was dark. The candles were blown out. Nothing was lit.
"What else could go wrong?" Ashley asked. She held out a hand and said, "Lumos." A ball of light appeared in front of them, lighting their way. Harry's wolf ran out in front of them, as if to lead the way. Its fur gave off a soft light.
"What is Dumbledore going to do while the school is being repaired?" Christine asked.
"I don't know," Harry said. "I don't think this has ever happened before. There have been attacks but I don't think any were this bad."
"The school is so cold," Ashley said shivering. She wrapped her arms around herself in an effort to keep warm.
"It's like there's no magic left in the school," Harry remarked. "No heat, no light, nothing."
"I wish we could see the school as it normally is," Paul said. Suddenly a burst of light flashed, making them all jump in fright.
"Okay, now I really want to reach the others as soon as possible," Ashley said.
"It was this way," Harry said as they headed down another corridor.
"There you are!" a voice called out from in front of them. Caroline was running back towards them, a ball of light flying in front of her. Her cat was running behind her. "We thought we lost you."
"We headed to the castle a little while after you. We lost sight of you," Harry said.
"We found where everyone is. Everyone else went through the door but I came back to look for you," Caroline said.
"Oh, Mom, Dad, this is Caroline. Caroline, these are my parents, Christine and Paul," Ashley said. Caroline and her parents exchanged greetings before Caroline led them to the door.
It was a heavy door that matched the wall perfectly. It was hard to open, but when it did, they found hallway, lit by candlelight.
"No electricity at all?" Paul asked.
"I guess not," Caroline said. They closed the door behind them and made sure that it was tightly shut before proceeding down the hallway. They heard voices coming from down the hallway as they passed many doors. Walking farther down the hallway, the voices grew louder.
"Everyone calm down!" they heard McGonagall yell. Everyone went quiet.
"That's not someone you want to get on the bad side of huh?" Paul asked.
"Definitely not," Harry replied. When the reached the end of the long hallway, they saw a large area lined with many couches and tables. It was a huge area as big as the great hall if not bigger. All the students were in the room and there was still more room.
"Harry!" a voice called out as McGonagall was trying to talk to the students. Harry looked up to see that Hermione had called out his name. She ran toward him with Ron right behind her as well as some Gryffindors. She hugged Harry once she reached him.
"Hey Hermione," Harry said as he hugged Hermione back. "Hey Ron."
"Hey Harry," Ron replied. The two of them shook hands as a sign of greetings. When Hermione pulled away, Harry noticed that her eyes were slightly red as if she was crying. Harry figured that she was.
"If you wouldn't mind, I'd like to continue talking to everyone," McGonagall said. Harry, Ashley and her parents followed Hermione and Ron to a couch in the back. Caroline and the others were already there. Liz had her head on Matt's chest and look tired. The others looked tired as well. Harry figured that if he saw himself in the mirror, he would look the same way. He saw some people give Ashley's parents strange looks as well as the new animals in the room. Draco had the hawk on his shoulder. Julia must've explained to him what it was.
"It seems that from now on, we'll be staying down here until the school is repaired. There are no classes until then as well. Please remain here until the headmaster and I can figure out arrangements," McGonagall said. When she turned away to talk to the teachers and the headmaster, noise rose again.
It took hours for the teachers to realize that they were going to do with all the students. There were so many rooms in the area. They were all underground. No one knew how far underground they were but there were no windows. Some students were being shown rooms for them to talk in. They had found a room with food. Some of it was eaten for dinner. The main room slowly became empty as students found rooms with beds and went to sleep.
"What time is it?" Jake asked his eyes were closed for awhile.
"You just asked that a few minutes ago!" Caroline said. Her eyes were half closed. "The last time you asked it was ten o'clock."
"That was then. What time is it now?" Jake persisted. Caroline looked at her watch.
"One o'clock in the morning," she answered. She had her head resting on an arm of one of the couches.
"Oh, not a lot of time passed," Jake said sarcastically.
"I can't believe it's that late already," Harry replied quietly in the middle of a yawn.
"I'm so tired," Ashley said. Her parents were shown a room, which they went to sleep in.
"Then go to sleep," Harry replied.
"Kiddo, we found a room for you. Come on, let's put guys to bed," Sirius said. He was one of the adults going around searching through the rooms. In many of the empty rooms, they transfigured simple things into beds.
"I'm too tired to get up," Harry said. He closed his eyes. He was laying on one of the couches.
"Why can't we stay here?" Jake asked, his eyes closed. "We're all too tired to get up and there's no one here anyway."
"When everyone gets up in the morning, this room will become very noisy and wake you all up," Sirius said.
"Then when we wake up, we'll be more awake and then we'll move to another room," Jake said. "Plus, I think everyone but Caroline, Harry, Ashley and I are sleeping already." Sirius looked around the room. Dean and Julia had their own couches. Their animals were with them, sleeping as well. On another couch, Liz was sleeping with her head on Matt's chest. Their animals were asleep nearby, protecting their masters. Draco had left to sleep in a room a long time ago. Hermione and Ron had joined other Gryffindors in another room. Everyone was quiet. The adults were whispering to each other.
"Sirius, it would be wise to leave them be," Stacy whispered as she walked up behind him. "It'll take forever to get them all up and moved. Plus they might not be able to fall back to sleep once we wake them."
"Here's a few blankets," Remus said walking up to them. He had a few fleece blankets folded in his arms. He spread one upon Liz and Matt. Another one went on Julia. Stacy put one on Dean as well as Caroline. Grabbing another one, she spread it on Jake. Sirius took a blanket upon Harry's still form.
"Sweet dreams, Kiddo," he said but received no response. He kissed Harry on the forehead as a parent would before grabbing the last one and tucking Ashley in. In a matter of seconds, everyone was tucked in. No one made a sound.
"So do you think they're all asleep?" Remus asked.
"I would doubt that they would be awake. I put some sleeping herbs into their food so they would be able to sleep," Stacy said. Sirius gave her a look.
"Sneaky witch," he remarked.
"As always," she replied back with a smile.
"Note to self, never eat anything Stacy gives me," a mumble said from under one of the blankets.
"Jake, go to sleep," Stacy said.
"Yes, mother," was his soft reply. Everything was silent.
"How are they?" McGonagall said walking into the room, looking at the teenagers all around the room.
"All asleep," Stacy said. Turning to the couches she asked, "Right Jake?" There was no response. She turned back to Professor McGonagall. "All asleep."
"We found more rooms for the teachers," McGonagall said. She led them down another hallway.
"Where was Snape this whole time?" Sirius asked. He didn't recall seeing him all night.
"He's been working hard. Dumbledore is working on trying to find a way to remove the dark mark from his arm. I think Severus is working hard to find more about Voldermort being an elemental and what he has up his sleeve," McGonagall answered. She stopped in front of a door. "Here is one room. There is one across the hall and a door down. There are plates in front of the door, just use your wand to put your name on it so we know who is where and which rooms are still available." McGonagall left them to head to another room down the hall in which she disappeared into. The lights in the hall seemed to dim down to a softer light.
The two wizards and the witch said their good nights before disappearing into their chosen rooms for a much-needed sleep.
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Wow, I'm so happy I'm done. I didn't reread this so sorry for mistakes. If there are too many, let me know and I'll repost. Please review..Pretty please?? Give me any ideas you have. I still have some more ideas but I want to know what you want to read about. IT CAN BE ANYTHING. I LOVE ADDING EVERYTHING YOU LIKE TO READ ABOUT IN MY STORY...DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK..I'M NOT GOING TO YELL..WHAT'S THAT WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN??? EVEN IF I DON'T USE YOUR IDEA, I'LL USE PARTS OF IT AT LEAST AND IT'LL GIVE ME IDEAS.
Please review and tell me what you think about this chapter. do you want the muggles to learn of the magical world?? Let me know!! Thanks!.. I'm so happy I got this out before my birthday (Sweet 16 on April 26th). This is my gift to you!!
Here's a recap of the last chapter: Sorry the last chapter ended at a terrible place but I had someone else (thanks Viperpunk66!) post it for me. He was going on vacation so I needed to type as much as I could but I couldn't find a good part to stop at.
RECAP::::: Fighting outside and Julia is in the forest looking for help: (look for stars. That's where the new addition is!)
"All alone again," Julia said quietly to herself as she crossed her arms to stay warm. The forest was dark even thought it was the late afternoon. She wondered how far she was into the forest. There were no animals for awhile. Deciding to pick up the pace, she started to walk faster and run at times. She was far when she heard a twig snap from behind her. She turned to come face to face with a creature. It looked like a small dragon from where she was. It looked at Julia with its teeth showing. Julia stood still. Suddenly the creature stood as if to show its size. It was a lot bigger than Julia thought. It was at least twenty feet tall.
"What are you doing in my forest?" it seemed to ask.
"Asking for help," Julia said. Suddenly the dragon's eyes grew wide.
"You understand me?" it asked.
Julia nodded her head. "I'm an elemental. My element is Beast," she said. The dragon bent down. It didn't look as threatening as before.
"Is that so?" it asked nicely. It looked her over. "A Sea Serpent told me that there was a girl that could talk to us. He told me that she was an elemental. You must be her."
Julia nodded her head. "My name's Julia."
"My name's Flame because of my magic," it replied.
"Magic?" Julia asked.
"Yes, I'm a rare breed of dragon. My race can do magic," Flame replied. He sat down on the ground next to Julia and seemed to shrink so that he was her size. He noticed that she looked at him strangely as his size changed. "I told you that I can do magic. I thought it would be better if I was around your size so we could talk. You mentioned that you needed help. What type of help?"
"Voldermort is attacking Hogwarts and he brought a lot of death eaters to back him up. We have a small group of people who are helping to save the castle and the students inside. Just about ten, eleven including myself. I decided to go into the forest to see if I could find help. If we don't receive help, the castle will fall and the wizarding world will be in ruins!" Julia explained.
"I'll be happy to help," Flame said. "I might also have reinforcements." Julia looked at him in surprise.
"You can help?" she asked.
"Of course. I trust that it's for a good cause for it has you upset. Plus, Voldermort is known in these forests as a sign of evil. I might have some friends that can help. Are your friends elementals as well?" Flame asked.
"Some yes. Matt's is water, Liz's is ice, Dean's is crystal, Ashley's is air, Draco's is time but he's inside the castle because they wouldn't let him out, and Harry's is the mind. Our teacher controls the element of the soul. Two of my friends were kidnapped and put under a potion to make them obey Voldermort. Jake's is earth and Caroline's is fire. We also know that Voldermort's is lightning," Julia answered.
"At least you have most of them on your side," Flame said. "I have an idea. I can get animals that can help your friends. I'll help you since the person who I would go with is currently on the dark side. I'll get an animal that corresponds to everyone's element."
"You can do that?" Julia asked.
"I can try," he said. He stood and stretched his wings. "I know where I can find a few animals. Let's hope they will come. The animals are all acting strangely in the forest today because of how close Voldermort is." He took to the sky as Julia followed from the ground.
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Harry stood facing Voldermort. He was still in the bubble while Voldermort walked back and forth in front of him. He was talking about something but Harry wasn't paying attention. He was mainly looking at the Death Eaters that were looking at the castle and pointing. They were planning something, but Harry didn't know what. Nor did he like it.
While Voldermort talked to his followers, Harry worked at trying to get out of the bubble but nothing worked. He couldn't get magic out of the bubble besides telepathy.
'Where is everyone?' he tried to transfer into the heads of everyone else.
'Whoa, you scared me,' Matt said back. 'I didn't expect you. Let's see, I'm near the lake. When Bozo there tried to shoot us away, I ended up by the lake. No one else is around me though, sorry. Just me. Did you figure out how to break the bubble?'
'I can't do much. Voldermort is right here. I've been trying little things that he can't notice but the little things aren't helping. I could try to concentrate more but I'm afraid that he'd notice,' Harry replied.
'Don't do anything that could arouse his suspicion,' Matt said.
'That's the last thing you need,' another voice said.
'Liz?' Harry asked.
'Yup. I could hear you two talking so I decided to talk as well. I'm not having any luck either. Sirius is a few feet from me. He was banging his fists into the wall of the bubble and yelling things before. Now he's just listening to the conversation,' Liz said.
'Where is everyone else?' Harry asked.
'I'm at the other side of the castle,' Ashley answered. Dumbledore and McGonagall were around her.
'I'm near the quidditch field,' Dean said. Stacy and Remus were nearby.
'We're all scattered around,' Harry said. 'That won't help us much.'
'Guys, there are a bunch of Death Eaters surrounding the castle,' Ashley said nervously.
'What are they doing?' Harry asked.
'Laughing and planning something,' Ashley responded.
'They have their wands out and pointed towards the castle,' McGonagall added.
'Same thing is going on over here,' Matt said.
'This doesn't look good,' Remus said.
'Draco!' Harry exclaimed hoping Draco could hear him in the castle.
'It's mass chaos in here!' Draco said back.
'Death Eaters are planning to attack the castle! Get everyone out of the towers and to somewhere safe!' Harry exclaimed. Draco didn't answer back but Harry knew that he went right to work, trying to get everyone under control.
Harry tried to see the castle through the death eaters around. The death eaters that surrounded the castle had their wands out. They were talking to each other. Some were snickering.
"Like what you see, Potter?" Voldermort said. Harry turned to him with an angry look.
"Why are you trying to attack the castle? It's me you want. Why attack a castle?" Harry asked.
"Because it would be fun to watch a castle that provided so much protection fall to the ground," Voldermort sneered. Harry's eyes went wide. They were going to collapse the castle and there were hundreds of students and staff inside. Closing his eyes, he searched quickly for a place for them to go. Suddenly he watched as his vision led him down a hallway past the dungeons and Snape's office to a door that wasn't noticed before. It matched the wall.
'Draco, they are planning to make the castle collapse! Get everyone towards the dungeon. Go past the dungeons. There is a secret door at the end of the hallway,' Harry called to Draco.
'You've got to be kidding me!' Draco said back. 'I'm on it.'
"Now it's time for us, Potter," Voldermort said catching Harry's attention. "I want you to see something." He waved his staff and the barrier around Harry disappeared. Harry glared at Voldermort with hatred. What caught his eye were Caroline and Jake. He watched their eyes. They seemed to flicker between hatred and fear. His eyes went wide as he realized what was happening. Voldermort underestimated their strength. The potion was wearing off.
'Caroline? Jake?' Harry called to them. Their eyes flickered from hatred to fear. 'Can you hear me?' He watched as Caroline's eyes flickered to Voldermort and her eyes were filled with hatred again but this time it wasn't from the potion. It was her own hatred for the dark lord.
'What happened?' Jake asked. Harry was taken back. They didn't remember that happened to them since they were put under the potion.
'He put you under a potion so you obey him," Harry said.
'Who are they?' Jake asked looking at the two adults next to him. They looked at him frightened.
'Ashley's parents," Harry said. Jake's and Caroline's hear snapped to him.
'What?' they asked.
'Long story,' Harry responded.
"Potter!" Voldermort said. Harry looked at him with a glare. "I want you to look at your beloved castle. I want you to watch as it falls to the ground!" Harry didn't turn to it. He just fixed his gaze upon Voldermort's followers. They smirked as they looked at the castle.
"Go see that the castle falls," Voldemort said to the death eaters around him. They left him to go to the castle, their wands drawn. Caroline and Jake were behind him. They tried to act as if they were still under his potion. Ashley's parents looked frightened and scared. The mother had tears running down her face. Harry knew what he had to do. He could hear as the Death eaters started casting spells. He heard things crumble and fall. He could hear Voldermort laughing. He felt as if his blood was boiling.
"It's not making you angry is it, Potter?" Voldermort sneered. He noticed that Harry wasn't looking at it. Voldermort waved his staff and Harry found himself facing the castle. Voldermort wanted him to see the destruction of the castle. Harry stared at the castle. His breath was heavy as he watched bricks crack. Suddenly light surrounded him. A small ball of white light appeared in front of him. It grew bigger and bigger with Harry's anger. Voldermort noticed it and tried to stun him before the light grew any bigger. He hadn't seen anything like it before. When the spell went to Harry, the ball of light grew bigger and engulfed the spell. A howl radiated from it as it seemed to explode. It grew bigger and bigger before taking shape. When it took shape, it resembled a large white wolf with strong wings and long, pointy teeth. Harry's eyes went wide as well as Voldermort's. No mater how much they tried to hide it, Caroline's and Jake's eyes went wide as well.
"Harry!" a voice yelled. Harry looked over to see Julia running over. She had a dragon following her. She turned to the dragon and said something before the dragon took to the sky. It started roaring. The wolf in front of Harry started howling. Howls, roars and screeches were heard coming from the forest and around the grounds.
Voldermort sent a spell towards the dragon in the sky but it missed. The dragon's eyes met his attacker before opening it's mouth to roar. But instead of a roar, a fireball formed and shot down at him. Harry jumped out of the way and landed on the ground with a tumble to avoid the fireball. Voldermort's robes caught fire but with a few tries, he extinguished them.
"Cool!" Caroline exclaimed before covering her mouth. Voldermort turned to her in surprise that she wasn't under the potion anymore. He sent the killing curse her way but it was engulfed by a bright red light. Jake looked at it and took a step back. In front of Caroline, a huge tiger appeared. Its fur was like a fire. It had sharp teeth and looked ready to kill at a moment's notice. It stood protectively in front of Caroline, its teeth bared.
Julia turned to look up at the dragon and yelled something to him. The dragon looked at her before roaring. Suddenly a blast of white came from the wolf in front of Harry and shot into the sky only to be met with red light from the tiger. A ray of white came from the dragon. From the water, a ray of dark blue added to the ball of light that was forming above the grounds of Hogwarts. From the sky, a light blue ray added to the light. A ray of green added to the ball from the forest. From the water, a blast of white added to the other colors. A yellow light from the sky and a white light from the forest were also added. The dragon roared again. The Death eaters surrounding the castle stopped what they were doing to watch.
The ball of light drew the attention from everyone. It could be seen around the grounds of Hogwarts no matter where anyone was. From another roar from the dragon, the white wolf answered it. The fire tiger added a roar as well. Suddenly more screeching and roars came from all around. A fierce bear and a tiger with crystals as its fur that reflected light emerged from the forest. They roared to answer the dragon's call. From the water, a large snake-like creature rose from the surface of the water. It was of beautiful colors. It had sharp teeth like a shark and was at least thirty feet tall. Its screech made everyone cover their ears. Swimming out of the water, a seal appeared. Its skin looked like water as the shades of blue changed. From the sky, a screech could be heard as a dragon flew above their heads. It flew creating strong winds. It was light blue but seemed to disappear into the sky. From out of the sky, a small bird flew out. It was about the size of hawk. It had a high pitched screech. It seemed to fly extremely fast as if the time was slowed down yet the bird flew at a normal speed.
"What's going on?" Jake asked. He was watching the animals.
"I don't know," Caroline said. "I don't think they are here to hurt us." She watched as Julia said something to the dragon. The dragon roared and the ball of light exploded. Harry and everyone else shielded their eyes. Light surrounded Voldemort and engulfed him in his own ball of light. He couldn't break through it. His staff was locked outside. The Death eaters were also captured. The castle was slowly being restored.
"Harry!" a voice yelled in the distance. Harry looked up. He saw Ashley running as fast as she could toward him. Sirius was behind her. Jogging behind them was Liz, Matt, Dean, Remus, Dumbledore and McGonagall. Julia made her way over to the group.
"Are you okay?" Harry asked as Ashley reached him. She threw her arms around him. She nodded. Over his shoulder, she saw the white wolf looking at her as if waiting to see what she was going to do. She also saw her parents still locked in the barriers. She noticed that the wolf was giving her a look. She let go of Harry and looked down at it. Harry noticed that she was looking behind him and turned around. He noticed that the wolf was looking at Ashley with his head to one side. Ashley bent down to look it in the face.
"I'd be careful," Matt said. "He might bite." The wolf looked at Matt before turning to back to Ashley. She held out hand as if to touch the animal. When the wolf moved, she took back her hand.
"I'm not going to hurt you," Ashley said. "I just wanted to ask you if you could do me a favor." The wolf looked at her as if understanding what she was saying. He looked over at Harry who was surprised that the wolf was looking at him as if to ask him something. Harry gave him a nod as if to say, 'trust her'. The wolf turned to Ashley who again put out her hand. Everyone around her held their breath to see what the white wolf would do to the teenage girl. The wolf looked down at her hand and nudged it with his nose. When Ashley went to slowly pet it's head, it was engulfed with white light again which made everyone take a step back. When the light disappeared, in the place of the wolf was a small lab puppy with big, bright eyes and a wagging tail.
"He's so cute!" Liz exclaimed. The puppy barked a high pitch bark before licking Ashley's hand.
"Why did it change shape?" Sirius asked.
Julia turned to the dragon. It looked like the dragon was telling her something before she turned to the group to answer. "He said that since Harry had no real form in his element, it being the mind, his animal doesn't have a real shape. It takes different shapes as it pleases. The only thing that stays the same is it's color. It will be a real animal color though. For example, Harry's wolf was white and the puppy is a light blond, white."
"What are the animals for?" Jake asked.
"I went into the forest to find help. I came upon this dragon here, called Flame. We searched through the forest for animals that match your elements. These are special animals made to assist you in times of need. They were searching for their 'owners' or the people who control their element. They searched for a long time, each coming from different places. The wards on this school kept on messing up their navigation skills and they were scared off my the threat of an enemy elemental. Not knowing if the threat had a corresponding animal, they stayed clear," Julia explained.
"Voldermort," Harry said.
"Exactly. When they felt his power and your powers, the animals met together and were able to come and help," Julia said.
"We all have our own animal?" Dean asked. Julia nodded.
"They will remain with you on something on you such as a locket on a necklace or remain in their normal form. Your animals can change their size but not what they are. They will appear when you call them or when they think you need assistance," she said.
"Told you they weren't here to harm us!" Caroline said to Jake. She wrapped her robe around her to try to keep out the cold air. She realized it was a death eater's robe and quickly changed it to her red ones. Jake changed his to green.
"Can you do me a favor?" Ashley asked the puppy. The puppy gave a small bark as if to say yes. "You see those people over there?" She pointed to her parents who were looking at her with worry in their eyes. "Can you free them?" The puppy barked before stretching out it's hind legs. He ran over her parents and started sniffing the barrier. Standing a few feet back, it changed it's form back to the wolf with a mean stare. Setting its stare at the barriers, they soon lost their color and disappeared. The wolf had used magic to work around the magic that was already in place as the barrier.
"You did it!" Ashley exclaimed as she jumped to her feet. She ran over to her parents and gave them a big hug.
"That reminds me," Sirius said. He walked next to Harry and gave him a big hug. "Don't ever scare me like that again!"
"What did I do?" Harry asked confused.
"I don't know but I was scared," Sirius said as he released Harry.
"I think we were all scared, Padfoot," Remus said.
"Not me," Jake said standing proud and tall. Everyone rolled their eyes.
"You weren't even here the whole time!" Matt said.
"I was too!" Jake exclaimed.
"Maybe in body but never in mind," Liz said.
"What should be do about him?" Dean asked looking down at Voldermort who was trying to break out of the barrier and reach his staff.
"Oh I don't think you want that," Harry said looking at Voldermort. He waved his hand and the staff moved a few more feet away. Voldermort sent Harry an evil glare. The white wolf gave a loud howl, filled with anger. White light surrounded Voldermort and the death eaters. They were lifted into the air and suddenly disappeared.
"Whoa," Sirius said.
"Where did they go?" Liz asked looking around.
"Antartica?" Julia suggested, shrugging her shoulders. Everyone looked at her. "What? They were sent somewhere where they will not be a threat. For all we know, it could be Antartica." Everyone was silent.
"Antartica?" Jake asked. "Why Antartica?"
"it takes too much energy to travel this far from Antartica," Ashley said.
"Exactly, Miss Strone," Dumbledore said. "Although I'm not familiar with elemental animals, it is a possibility that the wolf could've teleported Voldermort and his followers all the way to Antartica."
"Yea, but why Antartica?" Jake asked. Everyone sighed before ignoring him.
"What do we do about the castle? It's ruined," Caroline remarked. She watched as some repairs were made but they were happening too slowly. The castle was ruined.
"Where are the students?" Matt asked.
"Draco brought them down to a secret room near the dungeons," Harry replied.
"How did he know it was there?" Liz asked.
"I told him," Harry said. "I saw where the door was but I didn't know what was on the other side."
"Where do you think it led to?" Ashley asked.
"The castle holds many secrets," Dumbledore said. "There are many passageways within the school that I still have yet to find. The door could've led to anywhere."
"You don't think it was bad do you?" Liz asked.
"If Harry saw it, I doubt it would be bad. If it was, he would've seen it," Stacy said.
"We had better head inside as quickly as possible," McGonagall said. She turned to Ashley's parents. "You must come as well." She walked toward the castle's main doors. Dumbledore followed her.
"Let's get inside," Remus said.
"What are we going to do about the animals?" Liz asked.
"You'll see," Julia said. She said something to the dragon before it roared. A smaller version of the animals they heard before appeared at the sides of the elementals. The yellow hawk flew around them looking for it's "master" who was inside the castle. They were to bring the small hawk to Draco.
"Now we can go inside," Stacy said before heading towards the castle with Remus and Sirius. The others followed except for Harry, Ashley and her parents. They stayed behind.
"Are you okay?" Ashley asked him. Her mini dragon was flying at her side.
"I'm fine," he answered. "How are you holding up?"
"Pretty good. I'm so happy that everyone is okay," she said.
"So you're Harry Potter," Ashley's mom said. Her and her husband were dressed as muggles. "Ashley's written about you a lot. It's sad to say that we met you on such an awful day though. My name is Christine and this is Paul. It was a surprise to hear we had a witch in the family. We're muggles so we didn't know anything about magic."
"It's nice to meet you. It was a surprise for me as well. My family knew about it already though. It's kind of a long story." Harry said.
"Let's get inside," Ashley said grabbing Harry's hand. "It's cold out and I think we lost the others."
"They probably went where the rest of the students escaped to," Paul said.
"That was my first guess," Harry replied. When they reached the main doors, they walked right in. They were already opened from when Dumbledore and the others went in. The doors were so wrecked that they stayed open. They looked like they were ready to fall down at any moment. Inside the school was dark. The candles were blown out. Nothing was lit.
"What else could go wrong?" Ashley asked. She held out a hand and said, "Lumos." A ball of light appeared in front of them, lighting their way. Harry's wolf ran out in front of them, as if to lead the way. Its fur gave off a soft light.
"What is Dumbledore going to do while the school is being repaired?" Christine asked.
"I don't know," Harry said. "I don't think this has ever happened before. There have been attacks but I don't think any were this bad."
"The school is so cold," Ashley said shivering. She wrapped her arms around herself in an effort to keep warm.
"It's like there's no magic left in the school," Harry remarked. "No heat, no light, nothing."
"I wish we could see the school as it normally is," Paul said. Suddenly a burst of light flashed, making them all jump in fright.
"Okay, now I really want to reach the others as soon as possible," Ashley said.
"It was this way," Harry said as they headed down another corridor.
"There you are!" a voice called out from in front of them. Caroline was running back towards them, a ball of light flying in front of her. Her cat was running behind her. "We thought we lost you."
"We headed to the castle a little while after you. We lost sight of you," Harry said.
"We found where everyone is. Everyone else went through the door but I came back to look for you," Caroline said.
"Oh, Mom, Dad, this is Caroline. Caroline, these are my parents, Christine and Paul," Ashley said. Caroline and her parents exchanged greetings before Caroline led them to the door.
It was a heavy door that matched the wall perfectly. It was hard to open, but when it did, they found hallway, lit by candlelight.
"No electricity at all?" Paul asked.
"I guess not," Caroline said. They closed the door behind them and made sure that it was tightly shut before proceeding down the hallway. They heard voices coming from down the hallway as they passed many doors. Walking farther down the hallway, the voices grew louder.
"Everyone calm down!" they heard McGonagall yell. Everyone went quiet.
"That's not someone you want to get on the bad side of huh?" Paul asked.
"Definitely not," Harry replied. When the reached the end of the long hallway, they saw a large area lined with many couches and tables. It was a huge area as big as the great hall if not bigger. All the students were in the room and there was still more room.
"Harry!" a voice called out as McGonagall was trying to talk to the students. Harry looked up to see that Hermione had called out his name. She ran toward him with Ron right behind her as well as some Gryffindors. She hugged Harry once she reached him.
"Hey Hermione," Harry said as he hugged Hermione back. "Hey Ron."
"Hey Harry," Ron replied. The two of them shook hands as a sign of greetings. When Hermione pulled away, Harry noticed that her eyes were slightly red as if she was crying. Harry figured that she was.
"If you wouldn't mind, I'd like to continue talking to everyone," McGonagall said. Harry, Ashley and her parents followed Hermione and Ron to a couch in the back. Caroline and the others were already there. Liz had her head on Matt's chest and look tired. The others looked tired as well. Harry figured that if he saw himself in the mirror, he would look the same way. He saw some people give Ashley's parents strange looks as well as the new animals in the room. Draco had the hawk on his shoulder. Julia must've explained to him what it was.
"It seems that from now on, we'll be staying down here until the school is repaired. There are no classes until then as well. Please remain here until the headmaster and I can figure out arrangements," McGonagall said. When she turned away to talk to the teachers and the headmaster, noise rose again.
It took hours for the teachers to realize that they were going to do with all the students. There were so many rooms in the area. They were all underground. No one knew how far underground they were but there were no windows. Some students were being shown rooms for them to talk in. They had found a room with food. Some of it was eaten for dinner. The main room slowly became empty as students found rooms with beds and went to sleep.
"What time is it?" Jake asked his eyes were closed for awhile.
"You just asked that a few minutes ago!" Caroline said. Her eyes were half closed. "The last time you asked it was ten o'clock."
"That was then. What time is it now?" Jake persisted. Caroline looked at her watch.
"One o'clock in the morning," she answered. She had her head resting on an arm of one of the couches.
"Oh, not a lot of time passed," Jake said sarcastically.
"I can't believe it's that late already," Harry replied quietly in the middle of a yawn.
"I'm so tired," Ashley said. Her parents were shown a room, which they went to sleep in.
"Then go to sleep," Harry replied.
"Kiddo, we found a room for you. Come on, let's put guys to bed," Sirius said. He was one of the adults going around searching through the rooms. In many of the empty rooms, they transfigured simple things into beds.
"I'm too tired to get up," Harry said. He closed his eyes. He was laying on one of the couches.
"Why can't we stay here?" Jake asked, his eyes closed. "We're all too tired to get up and there's no one here anyway."
"When everyone gets up in the morning, this room will become very noisy and wake you all up," Sirius said.
"Then when we wake up, we'll be more awake and then we'll move to another room," Jake said. "Plus, I think everyone but Caroline, Harry, Ashley and I are sleeping already." Sirius looked around the room. Dean and Julia had their own couches. Their animals were with them, sleeping as well. On another couch, Liz was sleeping with her head on Matt's chest. Their animals were asleep nearby, protecting their masters. Draco had left to sleep in a room a long time ago. Hermione and Ron had joined other Gryffindors in another room. Everyone was quiet. The adults were whispering to each other.
"Sirius, it would be wise to leave them be," Stacy whispered as she walked up behind him. "It'll take forever to get them all up and moved. Plus they might not be able to fall back to sleep once we wake them."
"Here's a few blankets," Remus said walking up to them. He had a few fleece blankets folded in his arms. He spread one upon Liz and Matt. Another one went on Julia. Stacy put one on Dean as well as Caroline. Grabbing another one, she spread it on Jake. Sirius took a blanket upon Harry's still form.
"Sweet dreams, Kiddo," he said but received no response. He kissed Harry on the forehead as a parent would before grabbing the last one and tucking Ashley in. In a matter of seconds, everyone was tucked in. No one made a sound.
"So do you think they're all asleep?" Remus asked.
"I would doubt that they would be awake. I put some sleeping herbs into their food so they would be able to sleep," Stacy said. Sirius gave her a look.
"Sneaky witch," he remarked.
"As always," she replied back with a smile.
"Note to self, never eat anything Stacy gives me," a mumble said from under one of the blankets.
"Jake, go to sleep," Stacy said.
"Yes, mother," was his soft reply. Everything was silent.
"How are they?" McGonagall said walking into the room, looking at the teenagers all around the room.
"All asleep," Stacy said. Turning to the couches she asked, "Right Jake?" There was no response. She turned back to Professor McGonagall. "All asleep."
"We found more rooms for the teachers," McGonagall said. She led them down another hallway.
"Where was Snape this whole time?" Sirius asked. He didn't recall seeing him all night.
"He's been working hard. Dumbledore is working on trying to find a way to remove the dark mark from his arm. I think Severus is working hard to find more about Voldermort being an elemental and what he has up his sleeve," McGonagall answered. She stopped in front of a door. "Here is one room. There is one across the hall and a door down. There are plates in front of the door, just use your wand to put your name on it so we know who is where and which rooms are still available." McGonagall left them to head to another room down the hall in which she disappeared into. The lights in the hall seemed to dim down to a softer light.
The two wizards and the witch said their good nights before disappearing into their chosen rooms for a much-needed sleep.
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