chapter 17
The two weeks before the attacks went quickly. Harry was now only taking four classes, Divination, Care of Magical Creatures, Herbology and History of Magic. He spent most of his free time researching spells in his library and working secretly on something he planned to start again but he knew he would need a better lesson plan than last year. He had begun to write up a list of advanced spells that he could teach and how he would teach them.
Throughout the two weeks Harry was constantly in Voldemort's mind. He kept missing meetings where important information was disclosed while he was in class.
On the morning of the attack Harry had disguised his armor to look like normal robes then met up with Ron and Hermione. "Hey guys, there will be an attack on Hogsmeade today. You two had better hope you skill casting is good," Harry whispered.
"Why didn't you warn us eariler?" Ron asked.
"I didn't want to worry you and I had you two both learning a lot from the library these past two weeks," Harry answered and his friends gulped.
Harry and his friends were trying to enjoy their Hogsmeade visit since they knew the attack was coming. They had alerted DA members who were ready to join the Order when needed. What everyone didn't know was that Harry had a plan ready. He hoped his plan would stop the attack before any spells were fired.
It was almost noon when Harry felt a serge of dark magic. "All Order members and DA members meet at the Shrieking Shack now. The dark forces will be here in five minutes," Harry yelled over the entire crowd with a sonorous charm.
As Harry appeared he smiled as a large group of Death Eaters were heading their way. "What are you so happy about?" Hermione asked.
"I placed a ward around the town that would send anyone with a Dark Mark ten miles away if they tried to apparate here. It looks like they have walked here and I bet the attack was supposed to be sooner."
As Ron and Hermione looked at the Death Eaters they realized why Harry was smiling. All the Death Eaters were bent or slouching from the ten mile hike.
By the time the Death Eaters had arrived all the Order members and DA members had arrived and were surrounded the very tired and very exhausted Death Eaters. The Death Eaters didn't even put up a fight.
Once everything was clear and everyone had heard what Harry had done all the members were congratulated him on his plan.
"Well done Harry," Remus said, laying a hand on Harry's shoulder.
"But next time please tell us about your plans. I doubt we needed all the Order members for this," Charlie complained.
"Sorry, I wasn't sure when they would arrive. It took me a while to place the ward which wouldn't last long. It will last until maybe the end of next week at most," Harry said.
"But you still helped capture over fifty Death Eaters without having much of a battle at all. You most likely saved hundreds of lives. You should be proud of yourself," Dumbledore said. Harry smiled and they began to take all of the Death Eaters to the Ministry.
The battle was documented in the Daily Prophet the next day as the most blundering attack by Death Eaters. It showcased several photos of tired Death Eaters falling on eachother when they entered the village. No mention was made of how the Death Eaters got that way or what Harry had done.
The two weeks before the attacks went quickly. Harry was now only taking four classes, Divination, Care of Magical Creatures, Herbology and History of Magic. He spent most of his free time researching spells in his library and working secretly on something he planned to start again but he knew he would need a better lesson plan than last year. He had begun to write up a list of advanced spells that he could teach and how he would teach them.
Throughout the two weeks Harry was constantly in Voldemort's mind. He kept missing meetings where important information was disclosed while he was in class.
On the morning of the attack Harry had disguised his armor to look like normal robes then met up with Ron and Hermione. "Hey guys, there will be an attack on Hogsmeade today. You two had better hope you skill casting is good," Harry whispered.
"Why didn't you warn us eariler?" Ron asked.
"I didn't want to worry you and I had you two both learning a lot from the library these past two weeks," Harry answered and his friends gulped.
Harry and his friends were trying to enjoy their Hogsmeade visit since they knew the attack was coming. They had alerted DA members who were ready to join the Order when needed. What everyone didn't know was that Harry had a plan ready. He hoped his plan would stop the attack before any spells were fired.
It was almost noon when Harry felt a serge of dark magic. "All Order members and DA members meet at the Shrieking Shack now. The dark forces will be here in five minutes," Harry yelled over the entire crowd with a sonorous charm.
As Harry appeared he smiled as a large group of Death Eaters were heading their way. "What are you so happy about?" Hermione asked.
"I placed a ward around the town that would send anyone with a Dark Mark ten miles away if they tried to apparate here. It looks like they have walked here and I bet the attack was supposed to be sooner."
As Ron and Hermione looked at the Death Eaters they realized why Harry was smiling. All the Death Eaters were bent or slouching from the ten mile hike.
By the time the Death Eaters had arrived all the Order members and DA members had arrived and were surrounded the very tired and very exhausted Death Eaters. The Death Eaters didn't even put up a fight.
Once everything was clear and everyone had heard what Harry had done all the members were congratulated him on his plan.
"Well done Harry," Remus said, laying a hand on Harry's shoulder.
"But next time please tell us about your plans. I doubt we needed all the Order members for this," Charlie complained.
"Sorry, I wasn't sure when they would arrive. It took me a while to place the ward which wouldn't last long. It will last until maybe the end of next week at most," Harry said.
"But you still helped capture over fifty Death Eaters without having much of a battle at all. You most likely saved hundreds of lives. You should be proud of yourself," Dumbledore said. Harry smiled and they began to take all of the Death Eaters to the Ministry.
The battle was documented in the Daily Prophet the next day as the most blundering attack by Death Eaters. It showcased several photos of tired Death Eaters falling on eachother when they entered the village. No mention was made of how the Death Eaters got that way or what Harry had done.