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Chapter 4
Harry's knees began to buckle from under him. He looked to see that his stag
started to slow down, and faded into the darkness. The light from Hermione's
wand tip began to dim. The Dementors' power began to strengthen as darkness
began to beat the daylight. "No...no..." Harry started to moan, as
horrible thoughts filled his mind: Umbridge's face...Sirius falling into the
black veil...
"Harry...I can't..." Hermione began to cry out, her mind falling into
blackness. Harry knew that it was all over. Dumbledore was still at the castle,
waiting for the arrival of the Express. No staff was there to help them now...no
one. Harry tried his best, he really did. But...it wasn't good enough. No one
was strong enough to beat seven Dementors. They were too strong...him too
weak...nothing could save them now...
"Expecto Patronum!" Harry heard a girl's voice cry out loud. Harry
opened his eyes as he saw, dimly, three figures on broomsticks soar out of the
third boxcar. One of the figures, holding out a wand, performed one of the most
difficult charms in the wizarding world, conjuring a white, transparent eagle.
The eagle soared fast and swooped down on the first Dementor, grabbing the back
of its hood and tearing it away from the child it was holding. Then, it flew
away, carrying a squirming Dementor with it.
Harry's eyes flew open wide, as the light from Hermione's wand grew strong
again. Did...what? Someone ELSE performed the Expecto Patronum spell? Who...
"Expecto Patronum!" the person in the middle cried out. As the figure
flew closer and closer to the ground, a white, transparent animal flew from the
tip of the wand. As the person jumped off the broomstick, the animal began to
take its form as a cheetah. The cheetah, within seconds, reached the second
Dementor and pounced on it. The Dementor dropped the second student, as he was
being dragged closer to the group of students but his friends. The cheetah
began to tear at the Dementor, clawing it at every angle. The Dementor soon
flew out from under the animal and soared toward the mountains.
Harry couldn't believe it! Two people, other than him, knew the Expecto Patronum
spell! And what made it even better was that they actually SUCCEEDED in
performing it! No one, not even after his or her secret Defense Against the
Dark Arts classes, had anyone besides Harry ever performed the Expecto Patronum
spell. He looked to the rest of the students who began to stir. Helping each of
them, he heard gasps from the others as they saw the marvelous site that was
happening before them. Harry saw his friends; Ginny, Hermione, Neville, and Ron
started to stir from the ground, looking in awe.
As Harry saw the Patronum eagle screech from above the mountains, coming back
from the first Dementor, he heard another cry of, "Expecto Patronum!"
This time however, the voice sounded as if it belonged to a boy. The boy, on
his broom, hovered over the third Dementor, pointing its wand to it. Out
conjuring from the wand was a huge, white bear. The bear stood on its hind
legs, becoming a few inches taller than the Dementor it now faced. The Dementor
let the child it was holding go and start to sail away. The bear returned to
all fours, running at top speed after the Dementor.
The students began to feel warmth and happiness again. Harry saw Ron and Ginny
start to help other students off the ground, and Hermione stood up, grabbing
Neville. Soon, all the students began to stand up, growing tighter as a group.
Harry saw the middle girl fly from in between her two companions and toward the
cheetah. Now, flying in closer to the cheetah, she flew behind it. Following
it, she pointed to the fourth Dementor and screamed, "Go!"
As the cheetah began tearing at the fourth Dementor, Harry heard the first girl
that was on the left command for her eagle to get the fifth Dementor. Flying
with the eagle, she stopped her broom from proceeding downward and hovered above
the ground, watching her eagle leave without her and pick up the fifth
Dementor. The bear, coming from the tunnel where it chased away the third
Dementor, returned and ran toward the sixth Dementor, with the help of a
command from the boy that was once before on the right.
It was then that Harry saw that maybe they were going to win after all. The
sight of everyone becoming revived again and his friends well and healthy made
him grow stronger.
All of a sudden, Harry heard Hermione scream. Harry looked to see the seventh
Dementor drop the child it was holding, and instead, picked up Hermione. The
Dementor began to fly toward the ledge, holding Hermione in its arms.
"Hermione!" Ron screamed, watching helplessly as the Dementor dragged
the struggling Hermione toward the ledge.
Harry knew that the Dementor was going to throw her over. She was going to die!
"Expecto Patronum!" Harry cried out. The stag flew from the tip again
and began to charge at the Dementor. As Hermione screamed again, the stag
reached the Dementor, leaned back on its hind legs, and kicked it. The Dementor
tripped, falling. But no! It didn't let go of Hermione! It tripped back,
falling over the ledge.
Harry watched in horror as he saw what had happened. Everything seemed to be
going in slow motion. The stag kicking the Dementor. The Dementor, falling over
the ledge. Having its arms wrapped around Hermione, she fell with it as well.
Hearing another scream, Harry could see the fear and surprise on Hermione's
face.
"No!!! Hermione!' Harry screamed, watching his best friend fall over the
ledge and into darkness.
Ah! What will happen to Hermione? You must review to find out…Muahahaha! LoL, but seriously though: REVIEW!
Oh, and I also known in The DA, Hermione and Neville learned to do the Expecto Patronum spell…but let's pretend they didn't for now! LoL! Thanks!