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A/N: Thank you to my two reviews now all we need it everyone else who read this to hit that button down the bottom of this but I don't mind so you know there is only a few chapter left then I'm posting a defiant sorry but there is a part to this one you just have a wait for it.
Chapter 24: Old Enemies.
It was a week after the Twin Swords test and everyone had healed from the bruises they had earned in that test. It was a Wednesday morning that Harry and Hermione had some time for themselves as Liriel, after the D.A.D.A test had given everyone the class off from now until the end of the school year. Harry was leaning up against a tree next to the lake and Hermione had her head in his lap, her eyes closed and looking like she was asleep but she was talking to Harry at that moment.
"It will be ok Harry. You just have to live with them for four weeks and then you can leave that place for good and if you like you can come over to my place any time you wish until then." She said to Harry after putting up with his complaining about going back to the Dursleys this summer for an hour.
"You are right and I think that you will get a lot of visits from me this summer." Harry said before leaning back on the tree and falling asleep. Hermione smiled and drifted off not long after him.
Harry heared footsteps later while Hermione was still resting in his lap. They sounded heaver than most of the teachers and Drizzt and Liriel were quite at all times from their training as Drow. It was when he became aware of the added smell of Ink and blood and old parchment that Harry knew who it was who approached. He had spent over half of his school year the year before in her class from hell.
"What do you want Umbridge? I am not your student now, so go away." Harry said waking Hermione with his mind at the same time.
"Mr Potter, you are still a student and that means that you have to show proper manners to your elders. Now get to your feet."
Hermione had woken up by now and looked at her then sent a thought to Liriel for help in this situation as soon as possible.
"I do not care, you are still not my Professor this year and that means that what I do is my own business not yours so go away before your replacement gets here." Harry said without opening his eyes.
"I think that you need to be reminded of what happens when you disobey a teacher, Mr Potter." Umbridge said garbing his hand to look at the scar she knew was there only to find that it was gone. "How did you get rid of that mark? It can not be healed by magic!" she shouted at Harry.
Harry looked at her for the first time and saw Liriel walking up behind Umbridge, wearing her standard clothing for around the school. "I got rid of that mark when my sister found out where I got it and used her own magic to remove it. If you don't like that, then I suggest that you take it up with her."
"You do not have a sister and as I said there is no healing magic that can hide that scar and..."
"And you will let go of my little brother or you can visit the Abyss for a hour. I hear that it is lovely this time of year." Liriel said from behind Umbridge, her hands resting on her hips.
"You must be the new D.A.D.A professor. Well you are not Mr Potter's sister since the Dark Lord killed his family before they had any more children, so who are...?" She stopped when she saw that Liriel stood close behind her and was looking rather upset that Umbridge had not let go of Harry yet.
"I said to let my brother go. NOW!" Liriel yelled the last word and that caused Hagrid to look out of his hut to see what was going on.
Umbridge just held Harry's hand tighter while looking at Liriel "Do you know who I am? I am one of the chief Members of the Ministry of magic and I can have you sent to Azkaban prison for threatening some one of my power."
Liriel just started to laugh at her. "And how pray tell do you plan on keeping me in that place without the guards there now?"
"The Auror's are the guards now and you can not get out of that place by magic as it is shielded against all magic." Umbridge fairly snarled back at the still laughing Liriel.
"No place can hold a Drow Priestess of the Dark Maiden if she wishes not to be held in said place. Now let go of my brother or he will cut your hand off and if he will not, then I will." Liriel said, pulling out one of her daggers.
Umbridge let go of Harry and looked at Liriel, her wand out and at the ready for any attack. "I will not be spoken to like that you freak! Now go away for me for as Mr Potter and this girl have some unfinished business from last year with me."
Liriel just looked at her, then at Harry and Hermione who were still on the ground waiting for them to finish. "Well, now that my brother is no longer in your toad faced grip I do not have to be here. So I bid you a good day and warn you to not touch my brother again. Is that clear?"
Umbridge had a look of outrage at the comment and almost screamed in outrage. "How dare you call me that! I challenge you to a duel, one on one, all spells but no forbidden spells. Do you accept the challenge or not?"
"I will take that challenge but with one thing additional condition. If I win, you will leave this school and never come back as long as I live, is that clear?" Liriel returned, handing her daggers and throwing spiders to Hermione whom was standing next to her now.
Umbridge and Liriel faced off by the lake not noticing that the other students from the fifth and seventh years, who had been sitting for their O.W.L's and N.E.W.T's, were starting to emerge from the castle to take an afternoon walk.
Umbridge was the first to make a move, casting a stunning charm seeing that Liriel had not pulled a wand as yet. Liriel snapped her fingers and the familiar 10 images of herself showed up and started to spin and mix themselves up in a confusing dance. The stunning charm hit one of the images and it vanished.
"Well, that was a waste of a spell, don't you think? And you still have nine of me to go. Willing to try again?" Liriel said to the shocked woman.
Umbridge fired three stunning charms in a row and all of them hit images of Liriel, each image flickering out as the other images and the real Liriel started to laugh at her.
"My turn." Liriel called out as she started to chant a long and powerful spell.
Umbridge started to try some of the weaker jinxes but by the time she had found the real Liriel, Liriel had finished her spell and Umbridge vanished in a cloud of gray smoke.
"Liriel! Where did you send her?" Harry asked after the smoke had cleared.
Liriel smiled at Harry and the other people who had shown up to see what the noises was all about. "Oh, just a little maze spell. She should be back in 10 minuets or so. Now what do we do until then people?"
Everyone just shrugged and walked off while Liriel started to draw runes into the ground around her feet while chanting. Some of the people stayed on hearing this to see what Liriel would do next to that toad who went by the name of Umbridge.
After ten minuets Umbridge came back, appearing suddenly from nowhere and not looking happy, but she was still in one piece. "You bitch where did you send me and how did you Apparate me within the school grounds?"
"That was a Maze spells and this is a Gate spell." Liriel said as a portal of water formed within the rune circle in front of her.
After a moment a large creature made from water came through the gate. It stood at least 16 feet tall and it's eyes where a deep green while it's arms looked like waves. The main body of the creature too seemed to be made from watery waves, but much larger than the arms. It also had no legs but was moving slowly towards Umbridge.
"What is that thing?" Umbridge said as she tried a stunning charm followed by other charms and curses, none of which seemed to bother the creature at all. "And why can't I hit it with my spells?"
Liriel had her game face on now, her eyes narrowed and a determined glint within their depths. "This thing is a Water Elemental and the reason you can't damage it is because it has a magic resistance about it, like most of it's kin. Now do you surrender or can it eat now?"
Umbridge threw down her wand and held her hands up in surrender and Liriel quickly sent the Elemental back to it's home plane. "The match is mine and I do believe you are to leave and never come back until I die. I can tell you that will be in about 800 years, give or take a century or two. Now go."
Umbridge just looked at Liriel before saying. "I will go but I will be back and you will go to Azkaban for the rest of your life for attacking a member of the Ministry."
"I think not, Lady Umbridge." Dumbledore said then, walking over to Liriel and the others. "You see, Liriel is a noble in her homeland and if you send her to that place her father can take that as an act of war and we have one of those right now and do not really need another. So take your defeat with good grace and walk away. Also know that you may enter the grounds again but do not approach any of the students ever again. Now you may leave."
Umbridge nodded and left as Liriel spoke to Dumbledore. "But I am no longer a noble from my home and Drizzt has more rank than me, even if he is just a male back there."
"Ah, I know that and you know that, but she did not. I say that that is enough for today everyone. Off to your rooms now. Dinner will be in a little while."
Everyone who had been watching nodded and started to leave the area and make their way to the great hall for dinner and then a good nights sleep. For some there was still more examinations due the next morning.
The last of the tests passed and everyone was give the last weeks of school off to relax and have some fun on the grounds.
Harry and Hermione were both under the same tree, this time Hermione had Harry's head in her lap and with them was Ron and Lavender and they were all talking about what they were going to do that summer.
"Well, my parents are going to Romania with Charley and everyone else in the house, so I will be out of touch for a week or so. What are you three up to over these holidays?" Ron was saying.
Lavender said she was going to have a quiet holiday at home, as did Hermione. Harry commented that he was planing on leaving the Dursley's on his 17th birthday and he was then moving in with Hermione if she would like that. Hermione smiled at him and was about to say something when she held her hand close to her chest, gasping and at the same time Harry brought his hand to the scar on his forehead.
"They are coming." Harry said as Ron and Lavender both looked at the main gate to the grounds to see at least 300 skeletons. Behind them came 25 Dementors and behind them were 2 giants and 10 Death Eaters.
"You two go and get Dumbledore and the others! We will stand and try to hold them until you get back." Drizzt said to Ron and Lavender after coming out of the forest next to them.
Harry and Hermione both whispered a word and their armour seemed to come out of thin air and fit itself to them. Then grasping their wands said the summing charm as their weapons came flying out of the school and into their hands where upon they both placed their wands into their individual weapons.
Both Harry and Hermione's armour glowed with an Inner Light and had the strengthening enchantment on it, along with the calling spell and a speed enchantment much like Drizzt's bracers. "Ron, Lavender do what Drizzt said. We can hold for a little while." Harry said.
Ron shook his head and said the summing charm as well and called his axe to his hand. Lavender did run back to the school alone, with most of the other students who were outside as well, but some also summoned weapons as Ron had and joined Harry and his group for the fight for Hogwarts.
Drizzt looked out over the 20 student's that wanted to protect Hogwarts. "You can stay, but stay together in a group and fight to support each other. Try not to get in front of the giants. They are mine." he said the last part with a smile on his face and a look that said 'This will be fun' in his eyes.
Harry and Hermione both run to an area off to one side and got ready for the skeletons that had started to run at the gathered defenders of the school.
Harry's voice suddenly rang out. Through out the school students and professors heard 'Voldemort attacks this place of learning to make it a school for the dark arts! I say that this shall not be, so I say to all who wish to see an end to this darkness to come forth and fight for what is right! Know that we have found a way to kill Dementors and other of Voldemort's servants that before were thought to be immortal, now come and fight for this place of Light.'
Just after Harry said this all of the Professors and most of the twin sword's class came running out of the school, weapons and wands at the ready. Other students were not far behind them.
Hermione looked at Harry and whispered. "But Harry, we don't know if the Holy enchantment's will kill the Dementors or not."
"I have a feeling that they will. We just have to make sure that we are the one's to fight the Dementors and no one else." Harry replied as the first skeleton entered into the fight for the school.
A/N: Thank you to my two reviews now all we need it everyone else who read this to hit that button down the bottom of this but I don't mind so you know there is only a few chapter left then I'm posting a defiant sorry but there is a part to this one you just have a wait for it.
Chapter 24: Old Enemies.
It was a week after the Twin Swords test and everyone had healed from the bruises they had earned in that test. It was a Wednesday morning that Harry and Hermione had some time for themselves as Liriel, after the D.A.D.A test had given everyone the class off from now until the end of the school year. Harry was leaning up against a tree next to the lake and Hermione had her head in his lap, her eyes closed and looking like she was asleep but she was talking to Harry at that moment.
"It will be ok Harry. You just have to live with them for four weeks and then you can leave that place for good and if you like you can come over to my place any time you wish until then." She said to Harry after putting up with his complaining about going back to the Dursleys this summer for an hour.
"You are right and I think that you will get a lot of visits from me this summer." Harry said before leaning back on the tree and falling asleep. Hermione smiled and drifted off not long after him.
Harry heared footsteps later while Hermione was still resting in his lap. They sounded heaver than most of the teachers and Drizzt and Liriel were quite at all times from their training as Drow. It was when he became aware of the added smell of Ink and blood and old parchment that Harry knew who it was who approached. He had spent over half of his school year the year before in her class from hell.
"What do you want Umbridge? I am not your student now, so go away." Harry said waking Hermione with his mind at the same time.
"Mr Potter, you are still a student and that means that you have to show proper manners to your elders. Now get to your feet."
Hermione had woken up by now and looked at her then sent a thought to Liriel for help in this situation as soon as possible.
"I do not care, you are still not my Professor this year and that means that what I do is my own business not yours so go away before your replacement gets here." Harry said without opening his eyes.
"I think that you need to be reminded of what happens when you disobey a teacher, Mr Potter." Umbridge said garbing his hand to look at the scar she knew was there only to find that it was gone. "How did you get rid of that mark? It can not be healed by magic!" she shouted at Harry.
Harry looked at her for the first time and saw Liriel walking up behind Umbridge, wearing her standard clothing for around the school. "I got rid of that mark when my sister found out where I got it and used her own magic to remove it. If you don't like that, then I suggest that you take it up with her."
"You do not have a sister and as I said there is no healing magic that can hide that scar and..."
"And you will let go of my little brother or you can visit the Abyss for a hour. I hear that it is lovely this time of year." Liriel said from behind Umbridge, her hands resting on her hips.
"You must be the new D.A.D.A professor. Well you are not Mr Potter's sister since the Dark Lord killed his family before they had any more children, so who are...?" She stopped when she saw that Liriel stood close behind her and was looking rather upset that Umbridge had not let go of Harry yet.
"I said to let my brother go. NOW!" Liriel yelled the last word and that caused Hagrid to look out of his hut to see what was going on.
Umbridge just held Harry's hand tighter while looking at Liriel "Do you know who I am? I am one of the chief Members of the Ministry of magic and I can have you sent to Azkaban prison for threatening some one of my power."
Liriel just started to laugh at her. "And how pray tell do you plan on keeping me in that place without the guards there now?"
"The Auror's are the guards now and you can not get out of that place by magic as it is shielded against all magic." Umbridge fairly snarled back at the still laughing Liriel.
"No place can hold a Drow Priestess of the Dark Maiden if she wishes not to be held in said place. Now let go of my brother or he will cut your hand off and if he will not, then I will." Liriel said, pulling out one of her daggers.
Umbridge let go of Harry and looked at Liriel, her wand out and at the ready for any attack. "I will not be spoken to like that you freak! Now go away for me for as Mr Potter and this girl have some unfinished business from last year with me."
Liriel just looked at her, then at Harry and Hermione who were still on the ground waiting for them to finish. "Well, now that my brother is no longer in your toad faced grip I do not have to be here. So I bid you a good day and warn you to not touch my brother again. Is that clear?"
Umbridge had a look of outrage at the comment and almost screamed in outrage. "How dare you call me that! I challenge you to a duel, one on one, all spells but no forbidden spells. Do you accept the challenge or not?"
"I will take that challenge but with one thing additional condition. If I win, you will leave this school and never come back as long as I live, is that clear?" Liriel returned, handing her daggers and throwing spiders to Hermione whom was standing next to her now.
Umbridge and Liriel faced off by the lake not noticing that the other students from the fifth and seventh years, who had been sitting for their O.W.L's and N.E.W.T's, were starting to emerge from the castle to take an afternoon walk.
Umbridge was the first to make a move, casting a stunning charm seeing that Liriel had not pulled a wand as yet. Liriel snapped her fingers and the familiar 10 images of herself showed up and started to spin and mix themselves up in a confusing dance. The stunning charm hit one of the images and it vanished.
"Well, that was a waste of a spell, don't you think? And you still have nine of me to go. Willing to try again?" Liriel said to the shocked woman.
Umbridge fired three stunning charms in a row and all of them hit images of Liriel, each image flickering out as the other images and the real Liriel started to laugh at her.
"My turn." Liriel called out as she started to chant a long and powerful spell.
Umbridge started to try some of the weaker jinxes but by the time she had found the real Liriel, Liriel had finished her spell and Umbridge vanished in a cloud of gray smoke.
"Liriel! Where did you send her?" Harry asked after the smoke had cleared.
Liriel smiled at Harry and the other people who had shown up to see what the noises was all about. "Oh, just a little maze spell. She should be back in 10 minuets or so. Now what do we do until then people?"
Everyone just shrugged and walked off while Liriel started to draw runes into the ground around her feet while chanting. Some of the people stayed on hearing this to see what Liriel would do next to that toad who went by the name of Umbridge.
After ten minuets Umbridge came back, appearing suddenly from nowhere and not looking happy, but she was still in one piece. "You bitch where did you send me and how did you Apparate me within the school grounds?"
"That was a Maze spells and this is a Gate spell." Liriel said as a portal of water formed within the rune circle in front of her.
After a moment a large creature made from water came through the gate. It stood at least 16 feet tall and it's eyes where a deep green while it's arms looked like waves. The main body of the creature too seemed to be made from watery waves, but much larger than the arms. It also had no legs but was moving slowly towards Umbridge.
"What is that thing?" Umbridge said as she tried a stunning charm followed by other charms and curses, none of which seemed to bother the creature at all. "And why can't I hit it with my spells?"
Liriel had her game face on now, her eyes narrowed and a determined glint within their depths. "This thing is a Water Elemental and the reason you can't damage it is because it has a magic resistance about it, like most of it's kin. Now do you surrender or can it eat now?"
Umbridge threw down her wand and held her hands up in surrender and Liriel quickly sent the Elemental back to it's home plane. "The match is mine and I do believe you are to leave and never come back until I die. I can tell you that will be in about 800 years, give or take a century or two. Now go."
Umbridge just looked at Liriel before saying. "I will go but I will be back and you will go to Azkaban for the rest of your life for attacking a member of the Ministry."
"I think not, Lady Umbridge." Dumbledore said then, walking over to Liriel and the others. "You see, Liriel is a noble in her homeland and if you send her to that place her father can take that as an act of war and we have one of those right now and do not really need another. So take your defeat with good grace and walk away. Also know that you may enter the grounds again but do not approach any of the students ever again. Now you may leave."
Umbridge nodded and left as Liriel spoke to Dumbledore. "But I am no longer a noble from my home and Drizzt has more rank than me, even if he is just a male back there."
"Ah, I know that and you know that, but she did not. I say that that is enough for today everyone. Off to your rooms now. Dinner will be in a little while."
Everyone who had been watching nodded and started to leave the area and make their way to the great hall for dinner and then a good nights sleep. For some there was still more examinations due the next morning.
The last of the tests passed and everyone was give the last weeks of school off to relax and have some fun on the grounds.
Harry and Hermione were both under the same tree, this time Hermione had Harry's head in her lap and with them was Ron and Lavender and they were all talking about what they were going to do that summer.
"Well, my parents are going to Romania with Charley and everyone else in the house, so I will be out of touch for a week or so. What are you three up to over these holidays?" Ron was saying.
Lavender said she was going to have a quiet holiday at home, as did Hermione. Harry commented that he was planing on leaving the Dursley's on his 17th birthday and he was then moving in with Hermione if she would like that. Hermione smiled at him and was about to say something when she held her hand close to her chest, gasping and at the same time Harry brought his hand to the scar on his forehead.
"They are coming." Harry said as Ron and Lavender both looked at the main gate to the grounds to see at least 300 skeletons. Behind them came 25 Dementors and behind them were 2 giants and 10 Death Eaters.
"You two go and get Dumbledore and the others! We will stand and try to hold them until you get back." Drizzt said to Ron and Lavender after coming out of the forest next to them.
Harry and Hermione both whispered a word and their armour seemed to come out of thin air and fit itself to them. Then grasping their wands said the summing charm as their weapons came flying out of the school and into their hands where upon they both placed their wands into their individual weapons.
Both Harry and Hermione's armour glowed with an Inner Light and had the strengthening enchantment on it, along with the calling spell and a speed enchantment much like Drizzt's bracers. "Ron, Lavender do what Drizzt said. We can hold for a little while." Harry said.
Ron shook his head and said the summing charm as well and called his axe to his hand. Lavender did run back to the school alone, with most of the other students who were outside as well, but some also summoned weapons as Ron had and joined Harry and his group for the fight for Hogwarts.
Drizzt looked out over the 20 student's that wanted to protect Hogwarts. "You can stay, but stay together in a group and fight to support each other. Try not to get in front of the giants. They are mine." he said the last part with a smile on his face and a look that said 'This will be fun' in his eyes.
Harry and Hermione both run to an area off to one side and got ready for the skeletons that had started to run at the gathered defenders of the school.
Harry's voice suddenly rang out. Through out the school students and professors heard 'Voldemort attacks this place of learning to make it a school for the dark arts! I say that this shall not be, so I say to all who wish to see an end to this darkness to come forth and fight for what is right! Know that we have found a way to kill Dementors and other of Voldemort's servants that before were thought to be immortal, now come and fight for this place of Light.'
Just after Harry said this all of the Professors and most of the twin sword's class came running out of the school, weapons and wands at the ready. Other students were not far behind them.
Hermione looked at Harry and whispered. "But Harry, we don't know if the Holy enchantment's will kill the Dementors or not."
"I have a feeling that they will. We just have to make sure that we are the one's to fight the Dementors and no one else." Harry replied as the first skeleton entered into the fight for the school.