"What are we going to do, master?" asked Wormtail.
"My servant has informed me that that Muggle-loving fool Dumbledore is finally dying. We must strike soon…in a few days…" said Voldemort.
He thought for a moment.
"Lucius!" he screeched suddenly. Malfoy came running into the room.
"Yes Master?"
"Assemble my army. We are attacking tomorrow."
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"Okay, team, we can beat Slytherin, I know we can!" Ron said determinedly to his team in the locker rooms.
"We have to, we've been practicing like crazy these last few days." Grumbled Ginny.
Ron ignored her.
"We have a bit of wind, lots of clouds, but no rain yet." He said, peering out onto the Quidditch field.
"Let's go!"
The Gryffindor Quidditch team walked out onto the field as the Slytherin team came out from the other end.
Malfoy and Ron shook hands, glaring menacingly at each other. The balls were released, as soon as Madam Hooch blew her whistle, she and the 14 players shot into the air.
They played for half an hour and then Ron called for a time-out.
"Okay, we're 90-60 behind. Luckily it hasn't rained yet. Ginny, you might want to try to fly to the left when Cook comes…"
Ginny nodded.
"Okay, let's win this game!" shouted Ron.
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8 minutes after the time-out
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A gulf of weakness and clamminess suddenly washed over Harry.
"What the…" he asked, dumbfounded.
Suddenly everybody started yelling and pointing. Harry turned around and saw about 200 black-cloaked figures coming toward Hogwarts grounds. Dementors and Death Eaters, with one person, Voldemort, leading them.
Harry cursed loudly. Ginny, Ron and Alex came flying to him, the game was now forgotten.
"I knew this was going to happen!" shouted Harry furiously.
"What will we do? They definitely chose a good time, Dumbledore is dying inside…" said Ginny.
"Someone probably told Voldemort." Answered Alex.
"But nobody knew…"
"We can talk about that later! Now we have to shut everybody up! I'll go ask the teachers what to do!" said Harry.
He flew to the teachers in the stands, they were waving their wands and shouting at the students.
"Professor McGonagal!" he bellowed over the noise.
Professor McGonagal whipped around.
"Potter!" she actually looked glad to see him. "Fly above the students and tell them to go inside. You and your teammates must go inside too!" she yelled after him as he flew away.
Harry shouted the instructions to the rest of the Gryffindor Team, they nodded and started flying to the stands. Soon students were running back to the castle.
The Slytherin Quidditch Team was hanging lazily in the air, watching the chaos and fright below them.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" roared Ron, noticing them.
They smiled and continued flying lazily.
"WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE?" Harry bellowed to a group of students who were standin gin the middle of the field.
"We're going to fight!" yelled Hannah Abbot. The members of the DA all nodded around her. Hermione was also among them.
Harry looked at them, and then turned around to get some backup from his other friends.
Instead, he saw students coming back to the Quidditch Pitch.
The 6th and 7th years.
Ginny flew to meet them.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" she asked landing in front of them.
"We're going to fight!" said a sixth year Ravenclaw simply.
The others behind her yelled their agreement.
Ginny flashed them a smile as Harry came to them, too.
"What are they doing here?" he asked Ginny furiously.
"They want to fight."
"NO! They have to go inside!"
"They want to fight. You're not the only one fighting this war, Harry."
The rest of the Gryffindor Team had now come to them too, the DA had joined the other students.
Harry sighed and stared at the determined students before him. He saw courage and loyalty in their eyes, as they looked defiantly at him. Gryffindors, Ravenclaws, Hufflepuffs, and even a handful of Slytherins.
"I know…I just don't want anybody to get hurt or killed."
Ginny hugged him.
"We want to fight." She said again.
Teachers were now hurrying towards them.
"WHAT ARE YOU STILL DOING HERE?" McGonagal shrieked at them, looking quite hysterical.
"We're going to fight." Said Hermione fiercely.
The teachers were speechless, looking at the army of students before them.
"Bu..but…but…" stuttered Professor Sinistra.
"NO TIME! HERE THEY COME!" roared Snape, pointing at the cloaked figures who were now walking onto the field.
The students and teachers stood there, wands out and ready, awaiting their enemy.
When Voldemort and his army had reached them, there was a sudden silence.
"ATTACK!"
bellowed Harry and the war began.
Hexes, curses and jinxes were flying everywhere. 5 Hufflepuffs (which included Zacharias Smith), 2 Ravenclaws and a Slytherin had taken it upon themselves to drive away all the dementors.
Harry, who had been dueling with some Death Eater (who was now lying down, seriously injured), spotted Draco Malfoy and his team coming down and taking out their wands.
He turned away and saw Wormtail laying himself on the ground, trying to pretend he was dead.
"Coward." Spat Harry, and he shot a Furnunculus Curse at him, and then a Reduction Charm, which hit Wormtail's arms. His arms were now tiny, he couldn't hold his wand.
Harry grinned and turned again, only to face Draco Malfoy, smirking evilly.
"Get out of the way, Malfoy!" he said angrily. What was he doing? They needed to fight against Voldemort's army.
He tried to push Malfoy aside.
Draco's smile only widened and then he began throwing hexes at Harry, who immediately responded with a Shield Charm.
Ginny saw D.Malfoy attacking Harry, so she quickly shot a Stunning Spell at him before turning back to another Death Eater.
Voldemort was losing, his army was weakening. The Patronuses had driven away the dementors, only the Death Eaters and himself remained. The students were proving themselves more skilled than he had thought. But he only needed one…
Harry stared at the stunned Draco Malfoy before him. He never imagined he would ever have to fight him.
He turned away, disgusted, and he saw Voldemort dueling with…Hermione?
Harry shook his head. Hermione would die if he didn't do something.
"HEY! VOLDY! DON'T YOU WANT TO KILL ME ANYMORE? I'M RIGHT HERE…"
Voldemort Stunned Hermione and turned around, smiling his horrible lipless smile.
"You wish to duel with me…again?" he asked, coming to Harry.
Harry stood up straight and raised his wand.
"Tuut-tut." Said Voldemort. "Don't you remember our first lesson? Bow!"
Harry grimaced as he felt the huge hand on his spine again. This time however, he wasn't going to let it make him bow.
"Incendio!" he screamed, pointing his wand at the ground before Voldemort's feet.
Fire shot out of his wand and onto the grass, but it was still a little wet, so it was extinguished before it even started burning.
"Damn it!" muttered Harry. The giant hand was now gone, Voldemort had been distracted.
Voldemort laughed at Harry's attempt to set fire.
Harry raised his wand again…but suddenly, he saw over Voldemort's shoulder, a Bludger hurtling toward Ginny. He stood there, frozen, unable to do anything.
Voldemort took his opportunity to strike.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!"
Harry was the Bludger bounce off Ginny, just as it had with him, before his world went black.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
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Isn't that an exciting chapter? I'm posting this one right after the last one, I couldn't log in, so I couldn't post them sooner! Sorry, hope you liked this chapter! I think it's one of the best ones I've written. What do you think?
