Chapter 11: Come What May
The students in the Entrance Hall looked terrified. The girls had their right hand over their mouth and the other hand on their hip. They made their way to the Great Hall slowly. There was a lot of muffled talk in the air. Everyone knew that this could mean the end of Hogwarts. The Great Hall had a mirror in it that covered the entire wall behind the Professors' Table. The students could watch what was going on outside and know if they would need to prepare for an invasion inside the school. Landyr stood outside the Great Hall, closed, and then locked the doors like Dumbledore had shown him. The Professors along with the sixth and seventh year volunteers went outside to hide behind small earthen mounds made especially for this occasion. Landyr could barely see them in his small mirror because of the overcast. At least the majority of the students were safely locked in the Great Hall.
He walked the hallways looking for anything out of the ordinary. Every once in a while he passed a fellow hallway monitor. It was now eleven o'clock and Landyr found himself looking in the mirror. He could make out some people walking around the Quidditch pit. 11:05, they were all in place. 11:06, they pointed their wands at the Quidditch stands. Professor Flitwick's charm had worked. The Professors jumped up from behind the mounds and shot stunners at the Death Eaters, and the students followed suite. The war has begun.
Most of the Death Eaters were able to dodge the stunners. More of them came running around from the other side of the arena. They fired back at the Professors and students. Landyr looked up from the mirror as a girl was hit. He saw Mrs. Norris run past him. Landyr turned around to see where she was going, but she had disappeared.
There was an explosion on the floor above him. He looked at the map and saw two dots emerge from the area where the humped witch is located. Harry had given him the map since he wouldn't need it to battle Lord Voldemort. Landyr called for reinforcements by using the mirror and then ran up a set of stairs which he took two at a time. When he reached the top of the stairs he ran as fast as he could down the hallway. Landyr stopped before rounding a corner and pulled out his wand. He stepped around the corner with his wand held out and cried "STUPEFY". A ball of light formed at the tip of has wand, it collapsed in on itself making a sound like thunder and shot a beam at one of the Death Eaters. The beam traveled faster than anything, even faster than light. The Death Eater was struck in the chest and he went flying through the air smacking into a wall. The Death Eater fell to the floor and did not move. Landyr ducked and rolled out of the way of a green blast of light which hit the wall right where he was standing. Pieces of the wall flew in all directions. He pointed his wand at the Death Eater and said "Impedimenta". The Death Eater dived out of the way and into six stunners which put him motionless on the floor.
"Thanks!" said Landyr.
"No problem," said the Slytherin boy.
"By the way, what is your name?"
"You can call me Malcolm."
"That statue is beyond repair," said Landyr as he looked at the small pieces scattered about the floor. "What a shame," he said sarcastically.
"No it's not. Reparo!" The pieces of the statue came back together in the shape of an ugly, humped witch.
"Hello! Can anyone hear me? The prisoners are trying to escape!" a voice came from the mirrors.
Landyr and the six students raced to the dungeons. When they reached the door to the room with the prisoners they found two students lying on the floor, of which was the one that called for help. Landyr entered the room first. Draco was the only one free and was trying to take the chains off of Goyle. Seven stunners were directed at Draco. Halfway to him they struck each other and combined into on massive beam. Draco dived out of the way. The combined spells hit Goyle. He was thrown back against the wall with enough force to crack behind him. He hung by one wrist while his other arm dangled by his side. His legs went bent no longer supporting his weight. The head was hanging at an odd angle with his eyes starring at nothing. There was a hole in the robe over his chest. Blood was coming from his mouth, the back of his head, and the chest wound. Landyr could tell that Goyle was dead.
Draco wasn't using his own wand. He stole it from one of the two students he knock out. Draco tried to do a killing curse, but it only knocked out a person standing next to Malcolm. Landyr and Malcolm rushed toward Draco while sending spells at him. Draco dodged the spells and grazed Malcolm's arm with a stunner. Landyr used a disarming spell that distracted Draco, so that Malcolm could use a summoning charm for Draco's wand. Landyr and Malcolm closed around Malfroy. The four other members of the guard did the same. There were six wands pointed at Draco's head.
Malcolm is really mad, "Avada ..."
"Don't do that Malcolm," said Landyr trying to calm Malcolm.
"He used it on a Tom."
"I know. Draco isn't worth it. Stupefy!"
They went over to Filch who was lying in the corner of the room. Filch was alive, but only just. Malcolm conjured four stretchers. The wounded were placed on them. One of the guards levitated the stretches and took them to the Hospital wing.
Landyr looked into the mirror. He could see a large group of Dementors closing in on some of the students and Professors. There were silvery wisps coming out of their wands put no Patronus was formed. Landyr handed the map to a Malcolm, and said, "Give this back to Harry Potter or to Hermione Granger, and continue to patrol the halls."
Landyr took off running down the halls and took stairs three at a time. He passed Peeves the Poltergeist. Peeves didn't try anything, because even he knew what was at stake: No more Hogwarts, no more home. He flew through the double doors and started off in the direction of the Quidditch pit. He arrived just in time. He could see one of the Dementors bending down close to someone. It looked as though it was about ready to kiss him. Landyr raised his wand and shouted "Expecto Patronum". A silver beam came out of Landyr's wand. It rose thirty feet into the air and took the shape of a dragon. He recognized the shape as a Golden Dragon. It flew like a flash to the Dementors. It swung its massive tail at the one that looked like it was going to kiss someone. The tail struck the Dementor and it flew though the air and over the trees of a forest. A Death Eater came running up to the dragon to try to get it away from the Dementors. The dragon breathed fire onto the Death Eater. When the fire stopped, Black ash in the shape of the Death Eater started to blow away. There was nothing left of him except for small particles floating in the air.
Landyr turned to the right and saw Dumbledore with a small group of people sending spells at some Death Eaters. Landyr ran over to a mound that was close to Dumbledore. He dived behind the mound just as a spell hit it causing dirt to rain upon him. Dumbledore and the others ran over to the mound and ducked behind it.
"Well this is a fun way to spend the war; lying down in the dirt." Landyr said to Dumbledore.
"Would you rather get hit by the killing curse?" Dumbledore asked.
"Good point."
More dirt rained down on them.
"I thought I was powerful in magic," Dumbledore looked at Landyr's Patronus attacking more Dementors, "but you Patronus is bigger than mine," amused Dumbledore.
"Is it really? Have you ever tried to use an enlarging charm on it?
"Hmmm. I never tried to before."
Landyr was getting tired of being shot at, so he said, "We need a plan to fight those Death Eathers."
Dumbledore replied, "Now that we have one more person in our little group, we might be able to try something. I would like half of us to use the disarming spell and ..." they covered their heads as dirt came down on them, "... and the other half to use stunners." He told everyone who to use the spells on, and gave Landyr two people that were standing next to each other. "Since you have a more powerful wand, the spell should at least jostle their wands distracting them for a moment. Everyone get ready."
They stood up. Half the group cried "Expelliarmus!" and then the other half cried "Stupefy!". The five Death Eaters fell down stunned. They never knew what hit them.
Landyr and the group ducked some spells. Dumbledore and the group went off to fight the Death Eaters that sent those spells their way. Landyr stayed behind to survey the scene. He looked toward the area he sent his Patronus, but it was no longer there and neither were the Dementors. The group that was over have recovered and started to fight again. He looked around some more and saw a cloaked figure standing off to the side. He was standing alone and had his wand pointed at Dumbledore. Landyr had a flashback. The death of Dumbledore replayed in his mind. That Death Eater is the same one that killed Dumbledore. Landyr pointed his wand hoping to get a spell off first. He cries out "Obliviate!" The clocked figure drops his wand. He looks confused and runs away at the sight of the battle. Landyr watched the poor guy for a bit.
Landyr could no longer feel the ground beneath his feet. The air was rushing past him. He was flying through the air. He had no idea how far or how long he flew. He hit the ground with a thud. The sounds of the war could no longer be heard and the world was spinning around him. Landyr was lying flat on his back with his arms and legs sprawled. He picked up his head. It felt like a ton. He saw a tall, red-haired man surrounded in green light. Landyr let his head hit the ground again. Thoughts were racing across his mind.
"If only I didn't watch that guy run away. I could have ducked the spell and save that man's life. How stupid can I be?"
Tears were beginning to seep out. At that moment he vowed to never let that happen again. The world wasn't spinning as much anymore. The sounds of the war were flooding back to him. He stood up slowly. Dumbledore stunned two Death Eaters in a row and one of them was responsible for killing the tall, red-haired man.
Landyr looked over at Harry. Harry increased his power and was now glowing very bright scarlet. His wand sent out a red beam and Voldemort's sent out a green beam. The two beams collided in air. The collided spells sent a bright gold light back towards the wands. The wands exploded in what seemed like slow motion. Small splinters of the wands were flying everywhere. The singing of a Phoenix could be heard. At the sound of the singing everyone stopped fighting and looked at them. Harry's scarlet glow faded. An enormous Phoenix covered Harry and Voldemort as they fell with horrified looks on their faces.
The few remaining Death Eaters disapperated after seeing their Master fall. As history will learn; the news of Lord Voldemort's demise spread around the world. All the Death Eaters fled. It took a while, but they were eventually caught by Ministry officials. Saturday at 12:34 PM was labeled as the official date of the death of Lord Voldemort and the end of the war.
The students in the Entrance Hall looked terrified. The girls had their right hand over their mouth and the other hand on their hip. They made their way to the Great Hall slowly. There was a lot of muffled talk in the air. Everyone knew that this could mean the end of Hogwarts. The Great Hall had a mirror in it that covered the entire wall behind the Professors' Table. The students could watch what was going on outside and know if they would need to prepare for an invasion inside the school. Landyr stood outside the Great Hall, closed, and then locked the doors like Dumbledore had shown him. The Professors along with the sixth and seventh year volunteers went outside to hide behind small earthen mounds made especially for this occasion. Landyr could barely see them in his small mirror because of the overcast. At least the majority of the students were safely locked in the Great Hall.
He walked the hallways looking for anything out of the ordinary. Every once in a while he passed a fellow hallway monitor. It was now eleven o'clock and Landyr found himself looking in the mirror. He could make out some people walking around the Quidditch pit. 11:05, they were all in place. 11:06, they pointed their wands at the Quidditch stands. Professor Flitwick's charm had worked. The Professors jumped up from behind the mounds and shot stunners at the Death Eaters, and the students followed suite. The war has begun.
Most of the Death Eaters were able to dodge the stunners. More of them came running around from the other side of the arena. They fired back at the Professors and students. Landyr looked up from the mirror as a girl was hit. He saw Mrs. Norris run past him. Landyr turned around to see where she was going, but she had disappeared.
There was an explosion on the floor above him. He looked at the map and saw two dots emerge from the area where the humped witch is located. Harry had given him the map since he wouldn't need it to battle Lord Voldemort. Landyr called for reinforcements by using the mirror and then ran up a set of stairs which he took two at a time. When he reached the top of the stairs he ran as fast as he could down the hallway. Landyr stopped before rounding a corner and pulled out his wand. He stepped around the corner with his wand held out and cried "STUPEFY". A ball of light formed at the tip of has wand, it collapsed in on itself making a sound like thunder and shot a beam at one of the Death Eaters. The beam traveled faster than anything, even faster than light. The Death Eater was struck in the chest and he went flying through the air smacking into a wall. The Death Eater fell to the floor and did not move. Landyr ducked and rolled out of the way of a green blast of light which hit the wall right where he was standing. Pieces of the wall flew in all directions. He pointed his wand at the Death Eater and said "Impedimenta". The Death Eater dived out of the way and into six stunners which put him motionless on the floor.
"Thanks!" said Landyr.
"No problem," said the Slytherin boy.
"By the way, what is your name?"
"You can call me Malcolm."
"That statue is beyond repair," said Landyr as he looked at the small pieces scattered about the floor. "What a shame," he said sarcastically.
"No it's not. Reparo!" The pieces of the statue came back together in the shape of an ugly, humped witch.
"Hello! Can anyone hear me? The prisoners are trying to escape!" a voice came from the mirrors.
Landyr and the six students raced to the dungeons. When they reached the door to the room with the prisoners they found two students lying on the floor, of which was the one that called for help. Landyr entered the room first. Draco was the only one free and was trying to take the chains off of Goyle. Seven stunners were directed at Draco. Halfway to him they struck each other and combined into on massive beam. Draco dived out of the way. The combined spells hit Goyle. He was thrown back against the wall with enough force to crack behind him. He hung by one wrist while his other arm dangled by his side. His legs went bent no longer supporting his weight. The head was hanging at an odd angle with his eyes starring at nothing. There was a hole in the robe over his chest. Blood was coming from his mouth, the back of his head, and the chest wound. Landyr could tell that Goyle was dead.
Draco wasn't using his own wand. He stole it from one of the two students he knock out. Draco tried to do a killing curse, but it only knocked out a person standing next to Malcolm. Landyr and Malcolm rushed toward Draco while sending spells at him. Draco dodged the spells and grazed Malcolm's arm with a stunner. Landyr used a disarming spell that distracted Draco, so that Malcolm could use a summoning charm for Draco's wand. Landyr and Malcolm closed around Malfroy. The four other members of the guard did the same. There were six wands pointed at Draco's head.
Malcolm is really mad, "Avada ..."
"Don't do that Malcolm," said Landyr trying to calm Malcolm.
"He used it on a Tom."
"I know. Draco isn't worth it. Stupefy!"
They went over to Filch who was lying in the corner of the room. Filch was alive, but only just. Malcolm conjured four stretchers. The wounded were placed on them. One of the guards levitated the stretches and took them to the Hospital wing.
Landyr looked into the mirror. He could see a large group of Dementors closing in on some of the students and Professors. There were silvery wisps coming out of their wands put no Patronus was formed. Landyr handed the map to a Malcolm, and said, "Give this back to Harry Potter or to Hermione Granger, and continue to patrol the halls."
Landyr took off running down the halls and took stairs three at a time. He passed Peeves the Poltergeist. Peeves didn't try anything, because even he knew what was at stake: No more Hogwarts, no more home. He flew through the double doors and started off in the direction of the Quidditch pit. He arrived just in time. He could see one of the Dementors bending down close to someone. It looked as though it was about ready to kiss him. Landyr raised his wand and shouted "Expecto Patronum". A silver beam came out of Landyr's wand. It rose thirty feet into the air and took the shape of a dragon. He recognized the shape as a Golden Dragon. It flew like a flash to the Dementors. It swung its massive tail at the one that looked like it was going to kiss someone. The tail struck the Dementor and it flew though the air and over the trees of a forest. A Death Eater came running up to the dragon to try to get it away from the Dementors. The dragon breathed fire onto the Death Eater. When the fire stopped, Black ash in the shape of the Death Eater started to blow away. There was nothing left of him except for small particles floating in the air.
Landyr turned to the right and saw Dumbledore with a small group of people sending spells at some Death Eaters. Landyr ran over to a mound that was close to Dumbledore. He dived behind the mound just as a spell hit it causing dirt to rain upon him. Dumbledore and the others ran over to the mound and ducked behind it.
"Well this is a fun way to spend the war; lying down in the dirt." Landyr said to Dumbledore.
"Would you rather get hit by the killing curse?" Dumbledore asked.
"Good point."
More dirt rained down on them.
"I thought I was powerful in magic," Dumbledore looked at Landyr's Patronus attacking more Dementors, "but you Patronus is bigger than mine," amused Dumbledore.
"Is it really? Have you ever tried to use an enlarging charm on it?
"Hmmm. I never tried to before."
Landyr was getting tired of being shot at, so he said, "We need a plan to fight those Death Eathers."
Dumbledore replied, "Now that we have one more person in our little group, we might be able to try something. I would like half of us to use the disarming spell and ..." they covered their heads as dirt came down on them, "... and the other half to use stunners." He told everyone who to use the spells on, and gave Landyr two people that were standing next to each other. "Since you have a more powerful wand, the spell should at least jostle their wands distracting them for a moment. Everyone get ready."
They stood up. Half the group cried "Expelliarmus!" and then the other half cried "Stupefy!". The five Death Eaters fell down stunned. They never knew what hit them.
Landyr and the group ducked some spells. Dumbledore and the group went off to fight the Death Eaters that sent those spells their way. Landyr stayed behind to survey the scene. He looked toward the area he sent his Patronus, but it was no longer there and neither were the Dementors. The group that was over have recovered and started to fight again. He looked around some more and saw a cloaked figure standing off to the side. He was standing alone and had his wand pointed at Dumbledore. Landyr had a flashback. The death of Dumbledore replayed in his mind. That Death Eater is the same one that killed Dumbledore. Landyr pointed his wand hoping to get a spell off first. He cries out "Obliviate!" The clocked figure drops his wand. He looks confused and runs away at the sight of the battle. Landyr watched the poor guy for a bit.
Landyr could no longer feel the ground beneath his feet. The air was rushing past him. He was flying through the air. He had no idea how far or how long he flew. He hit the ground with a thud. The sounds of the war could no longer be heard and the world was spinning around him. Landyr was lying flat on his back with his arms and legs sprawled. He picked up his head. It felt like a ton. He saw a tall, red-haired man surrounded in green light. Landyr let his head hit the ground again. Thoughts were racing across his mind.
"If only I didn't watch that guy run away. I could have ducked the spell and save that man's life. How stupid can I be?"
Tears were beginning to seep out. At that moment he vowed to never let that happen again. The world wasn't spinning as much anymore. The sounds of the war were flooding back to him. He stood up slowly. Dumbledore stunned two Death Eaters in a row and one of them was responsible for killing the tall, red-haired man.
Landyr looked over at Harry. Harry increased his power and was now glowing very bright scarlet. His wand sent out a red beam and Voldemort's sent out a green beam. The two beams collided in air. The collided spells sent a bright gold light back towards the wands. The wands exploded in what seemed like slow motion. Small splinters of the wands were flying everywhere. The singing of a Phoenix could be heard. At the sound of the singing everyone stopped fighting and looked at them. Harry's scarlet glow faded. An enormous Phoenix covered Harry and Voldemort as they fell with horrified looks on their faces.
The few remaining Death Eaters disapperated after seeing their Master fall. As history will learn; the news of Lord Voldemort's demise spread around the world. All the Death Eaters fled. It took a while, but they were eventually caught by Ministry officials. Saturday at 12:34 PM was labeled as the official date of the death of Lord Voldemort and the end of the war.