Alright I explained in last chapter what I'm going to do. You know what I decided not to use elves. So sorry if you voted. I would change it but its already posted.

Chapter 21 Battle Grounds

Harry rushed down to the Great Hall from Dumbledore's office. He sent a letter with Fawkes telling Dumbledore and the Order that it was a decoy, he also sent Fawkes to the Ministry. The real battle would be taking place at Hogwarts. Besides the Slytherins in his Order and the D.A. all were locked in their Common Room.

Inside the Great Hall the human members of the Order of Lightning, the members of the D.A. and the house elf army stood. He looked at them all. In front of him stood all the 6th year Gryffindors, most 6th year Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws. All 7th years were gathered from the three houses. Several 6th and 7th years Slytherins were gathered also. Fred and George Weasly stood there with Oliver Wood, Angeline Johnson, Alicia Spinnet and Lee Jordan the only graduated members of his order. Outside in the forest the Centaurs were gathered. He sent Ron to get them. He was hoping that Ron would lead the centaurs into battle and catch the Dark Lords forces by surprise.

He managed to find a herd of lammusas. It was pure luck that he stumbled upon it. They were in the Quidditch pitch, waiting for the dark creatures to come so they could feast.

Harry checked to make sure his gas mask was there. He asked Hermione to take the muggle invention and make it could work the same way with the nundu's breath. He felt the sword of Gryffindor on his back. He had some lessons with it but he wasn't sure how he would do.

"Alright" Harry said, his voice confident. "You all no what to do?" All heads nodded. "You all remember how to cast the Golden Potter Shield Spell?" he asked. Again all the heads nodded.

"Right. Just remember that and you should do good. Just remember several things. One that shield can protect anyone who enters the shield. Two it can hold off several Unforgivables so it is pretty powerful. Three if you see someone with the shield up, try to get in their and hex away because you'll be protected no matter what and finally. Remember a Death Eater could enter you shield so always be ready to end the spell."

"You guys" he pointed to the members that are not in either organization. "You are going to stay here by the steps. Watch out for stray curses and make sure you let no Death Eater enter the school. If you see a nundu or any other dark creature you can't handle or never learned about, run into the school. For all of you in the battle field juts snap your fingers and a house elf will bring you to the hospital wing." Harry turned to the house elves.

"You now what to do?"

"Yes sirs Mater Harry Potter sirs" Dobby said. Out of the hundred house elves 60 were willing to fight. So about 60 people, 60 house elves, 30 centaurs and 12 lammusas. The forces Voldemort sent were around 200 Death Eaters, 7 nundus, 50 lamias, 15 hellhounds, 10 minotaurs, 20 harpies, and 20 graphorns. All Harry was thinking was 'DAMN! They outnumber us 2:1. We should just be lucky he isn't sending trolls, giants and manticores!'

Harry adjusted his dueling robe. Everyone there had a dueling robe on, courtesy of Harry of course. He pulled the dragon hide, fingerless, gloves on and cracked his knuckles. Taking a deep breath Harry walked out of the castle. He stood in the front the rest forming 3 rows behind him. He put up his hand, making them stop. Harry walked forward, tossing a grey ball in his hand. He saw them approaching.

A mass of black robes stopped at the gate. One of them shoved them open. The army spilled in. "Lookey here. Looks like Potter is putting up a fight" a voice drawled.

"Hello Malfoy" Harry said calmly. Still tossing the grey ball. "It seems Voldemort still keeps you around. Though I don't know why seeing as you never have been able to complete your missions"

Malfoy withdrew his wand. "Don't speak ill of me Potter!" he spat. Harry chuckled and walked back to his army. Exposing his back. He took several mores steps waiting for the attack. There he could feel it. Flicking his wand a table appeared midair and the green light collided with it. The table splintered to pieces.

Turning around Harry raised an eyebrow before chucking the ball in front of the Death Eaters. A big thing of smoke rose, blocking the view of the Death Eaters. Knowing what to do the army fanned out. Putting more space between each other. By the time the smoke cleared all were in position ready to fire spells.

The Death Eaters looked around confused. "Fire!" Harry yelled. A barrage of lights streaked towards the black robed figures. Most were able to get shields up but some failed against the attack.

"Get them!" Malfoy screamed. The Death Eaters started firing off curses. Harry and several other conjured the Golden Potter Shield Spell(GPSS). The people closest to Harry stepped inside and started firing of the curses that came to their heads.

"Shields low, get ready!" Harry said. His shield dispersed and Harry raced towards the mass of black. Harry conjured a chair to intercept the jet of green light. Dodged a flash of yellow, ducked a beam of blue and rolling to the side as a ray of green hit where he just was. He popped up in front of the Death Eaters. "Reducto!" he cried. The ground exploded and three Death Eaters flew through the air. Harry brought his wand arm over his heart and then flung it out in front of him. A whip like red light came out of his wand and wrapped around a burly figures feet. Harry jerked his wand back and the figure fell. The whip disappeared and Harry said "Peelsotog"(go to sleep, backwards). The Death Eater went limp.

Harry heard a voice shout "Crucio" and ducked just in case. The blue light flew over his head and struck another Death Eater. "Volare Indietro" Harry yelled. The beam of light hit a Death Eater. He went flying into another comrade and both fell to the ground. Ducking some flashes pf green, Harry shouted "Potente Multiplo Stupefy" beams of red light struck several Death Eaters.

He waved his hand in a circular motion above his head and pointed it at a group of Death Eaters. Ropes drop from the sky and bounded them all together. Harry ducked a fist and sent one into the offenders stomach. He elbowed the guy in the head and the guy went to the ground. Doing a weird twist-backflip Harry landed gracefully and ran back towards his side.

He could hear the pounding of feet. Heavy feet, which meant the beast have arrived. Looking up to the sky one would see something flying at them. "Harpies!" someone cried pointing at the flying creatures. Harry pulled out his second wand, aimed up and started launching stunners. His first six stunners hit the front Harpy who dived, headfirst to the ground.

"Take care of the Death Eaters! Watch out for when the other beast arrive! Get your gas mask ready! Neville help me with these harpies!" Harry yelled over the battle. Neville ran up next to him and they both sent stunner after stunner at the bird/human creatures. Several more fell before Harry saw, out of the corner of his eye, the mass of Death Eaters split apart and a bunch of huge figures come running onto Hogwarts.

"RON!" Harry yelled after using a Sonorous Charm. He saw the Lammusas come flying out of the Quidditch Pitch now that they had some prey. "Fall back to the second line!" Harry cried. The first line of defenders ran back to about twenty feet from the steps that lead into the castle. Harry saw several downed black robes. He looked back and saw to his horror two members of his order laying on the ground. He snapped his fingers.

"Yes sirs?" a house elf asked.

"Quickly, get some other house elves and collect all fallen comrades you can!" the house elf disappeared and later appeared where the first line was with several others. Soon they disappeared and Harry breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked to the forest and so a tall red haired figure come charging out, with centaurs behind him. He saw the Lamias give a mighty roar as they rushed towards their bitter rivals. An onslaught of arrows rained down upon the Lamias. Ron sensing the danger back up behind the centaurs, firing stunners along the way. Harry looked back over to the main battle and saw that the lammusas were getting ganged up on. He ran forward to where the battle was. It moved up from the gate and now was about half way to the castle.

With a slashing movement of his wand a purple flame rope shot out of his wand and wrapped around a minotaur's horns. It started to shake its head furiously and Harry went zipping around. He flew over the battle, the rope still attached to his wand and into a harpy, who grasped him in her talons. Her sharp nails dug into his leg. Harry took his wand and wrapped the purple flame rope to the harpies feet. The harpy was suddenly yanked backwards as the minotaur gave a sudden jerk of its head. She released Harry from her talons and he fell onto the back of a graphorn.

Grabbing onto a mass of fur with one hand Harry pointed his wand at the graphorns eye. He said "Stupefy" and the beast collapsed. Harry rolled off and look up to see the Death Eaters retreating. Looking up Harry saw why. The nundus were coming. "MASK!" Harry yelled. He pulled his out and put it on.

A nundu landed in front of him. Harry glanced around and saw the other creatures were pushing forward. He was glad Ron had enough sense to get the house elves to bring the fallen in. The rest were backing up until they entered the school. Soon all were in the school. The lammusas were still battling furiously with the other creatures. The 7 or 8 lamias remaining ran from the Hogwarts ground via the gate. Harry turned again to the nundu who had gotten a lot closer to him.

It breathed on him and a green gas surrounded him. Harry sent a Multiple Stunner Spell at it. The spells were just absorbed by the thick fur. The giant cat leaped at Harry. He jumped to the side and barely missed being stepped on. Harry put away both his wands. Withdrawing his sword from its sheath on his back with his right hand, Harry stood up. He turned towards the nundu. It leaped at him again and Harry jumped back.

A paw came swiping at him and Harry ducked as it grazed his hair. The cat lunged forward and caught Harry's left upper torso in its teeth. Harry screamed in agony as the fangs sunk deeper into his body. If he didn't do something he would be ripped in half. Using all the strength he could muster Harry plunged the sword right between the eyes of the beast with his right arm. The nundu swayed before falling to its side. It head lolled back and its jaw loosened its hold. Harry used his right hand it pushed the jaw fully open and carefully picked himself up. Once out of the mouth he fell to the ground.

Around him he saw that the Death Eaters came back in, the lammusas were having trouble holding of the creatures, even with the help of the 20 or so centaurs left. In fact two wounded lammusas were flying off into the forest. The centaurs were also slowly backing up into the forest, some dragging their wounded comrades, others lifting their fallen comrades.

Muttering a few swear words under his breath, Harry started to tend to his wound. He cast a disinfecting spell and a charm to stop the blood from pouring out of his body. He needed a blood replenisher potion. He snapped his fingers and a house elf appeared.

"You needs me to take you back to the schools sirs?" it asked.

"No. Get me a blood replenisher potion from the infirmary please?" Harry asked. The elf nodded before popping away. It appeared seconds later, looking scared at the Death Eaters who were marching towards the castle unopposed. Harry gulped the potion thanking the elf. "Listen tell them in the school that the Death Eaters are coming. Tell them to prepare alright?" The house elf nodded and it went away again.

Harry weighed his options. He could help the outnumbered lammusas, who were a vital ally or the people and house elves in the school. So being Harry Potter he decided both. He put his sword back in its sheath and took out his phoenix core wand. He said "Accio Firebolt" although weakly. The blood replenisher still hadn't taking effect yet. Soon his trusty broom came flying towards him. He hoped on and flew over the Death Eaters.

Jets of green and blue light flew past him. He aimed down and sent out many Reducto's into the midst of the Death Eaters. Several ricocheted off in other directions some exploded on the ground sending the wizards and witches below flying.

Flying off Harry soared higher into the air as he headed over to the Quidditch Pitch. A harpy was flying towards him he sent a couple of stunners and the thing fell to the ground. Now the remaining Harpies, about 6, all had their attention on him. It was like a race on who would cath him first.

Harry shot up, while sending stunners over his shoulders. Suddenly he dived down. The harpies followed behind, matching his speed. He was almost at the ground. 10 feet....5 feet...3 feet..2 feet...1 foot. He pulled out of the dive but heard a few thuds. He looked behind him and saw two of the harpies had fallen for the Wronski Feint. Pulling up Harry did a loop-the-loop and ended up behind the harpies. Who Harry guessed, were the dumbest creatures he ever met. Scratch that, the troll was the dumbest, Voldemort was definitely the second and then the harpies.

Harry got off enough stunners to take them all out before he was knocked from the ground by a minotaur. 'Guess I shouldn't of stayed so close to the ground.' he though as he struggled to his feet.

He dodged a burst of flames and saw a hellhound standing in front of him. Harry changed into his wolf form. He ran forward, zigzagging in order to avoid the burst of flames. He jumped in the air and came down upon the beast. He was pushed off and had to drop to the ground as flames flew over his head. Jumping to his feet he bit the red eyed beast around its front leg.

A black liquid covered Harry's teeth and poured from the wound. Harry made a face that one would make if they just had sour milk, except he was a wolf so it looked weird, like the wolf was constipated. The hellhound was laying on the ground, growling. Most likely to weak to move.

With a quick pop Harry was back to normal again. He pulled out the sword and swung it at a charging graphorn. The sword connected with the beast's body. Harry pulled with all his strength and managed to get the sword, covered in a dark, almost black, red liquid, out of the beast. He started to run over to his broom but had to jump to the side in order to avoid a huge axe, that almost split him in half.

Harry transfigured a twig he found into an elephant. The elephant charged at the minotaur. The half man beast swung its club. Harry whispered "Incendio" the club burnt to ashes before touching the elephant. The elephant slammed into the minotaur and it flew backwards. Harry picked up a chunk of wood that must of splintered from the stands. He transfigured it into a big gorilla.

The nundus were fighting the lammusas. Which meant their was a bunch of creatures unopposed. Doing some more quick transfiguration Harry sent a rhino, a grizzly bear and a hippopotamus into the fray. Picking up his broom Harry flew up to the stands of the pitch. He looked down and sent a "Kugelzauberei" at a minotaur. Where the spell hit was a hole the size of a snitch in the beast chest. The beast staggered backwards, right into the path of the rhino. The minotaur was trampled by the gigantic muggle beast.

The fighting continued, the elephant changed back to the twig when it got hit with a minotaurs axe. The gorilla got hit from behind by the double horns of the graphorn. That too changed back. The grizzly bear got killed because it tried to fight a nundu. The rhino was still running about and the hippopotamus was bashed over the head by a minotaurs club, so no more hippopotamus.

Harry looked over at the lammusas and nundus. Even though their was more lammusas the battle seemed to be in a stale mate. Finally remembering the Death Eaters, Harry looked over to the school and so that the Great Doors were opened. Harry hopped on his broom and shot over there. He skidded to a halt in the Entrance Hall. It seemed the Death Eaters were on the defensive. Ron must of split them up because the Death Eater were being fired upon from the Great Hall and the steps that lead up from the Entrance Hall. Taking this to his advantaged, Harry yelled "Potente Multiplo Stupefy." Streams of red light flew from his wands and hit the back of the Death Eaters.

The Death Eaters being as smart as they are realized their was a new threat from behind. So being as smart as they are, they all turned around. Harry grinned sheepishly and ran out of the Entrance Hall.

There was a commotion out by the gate. Harry looked and saw that finally Dumbledore, the Order of Phoenix and Aurors had finally made it. "Shit!" Harry looked behind him and saw that a Death Eater saw the new arrivals. "RETREAT!" he yelled. The Death Eaters poured out of the castle, carrying wounded or fallen comrades.

Harry dropped to the ground as spells went flying over his head. It seemed they were trying to get as many comrades as they can. The new light soldiers were rushing forward, wands drawn. But the Death Eaters all disappeared in a flash. The animals, that were still alive, whether wounded or not also disappeared.

'Portkeys' Harry thought. It seemed his spell to stop the blood flow had worn out because he felt a warm liquid flow down his torso. Harry sat down on the grass as Dumbledore approached.

"What happened Harry?" he asked, his face showing how old he really was.

"Voldemort set up a decoy. He wanted to take Hogwarts quickly while you were away. He didn't count on some fierce opposition." Harry took a deep breath. The smell of burnt flesh, blood and death that lingered in the air was over whelming.

"Dumbledore!" Remus came running over. "The centaurs are by the outside of the forest. They want to speak to the head of the Order."

"Me?" Dumbledore asked confused.

"No. They said the young warrior." Remus looked at Harry.

"Sir!" an Auror said coming up to Dumbledore. "What should we do with the lammusas?"

"Lammusas?" Dumbledore asked bewildered.

"Moony tell the centaurs I'll see them when my wounds are tended to. You can leave the lammusas. They should be leaving soon, since the battle is over."

"Harry, you have some explaining to do" Dumbledore said.

"Yeah, yeah. Just get me some medical help" The world started to spin. His vision got all blurry and Dumbledore sounded so far away. The world went dark and Harry Potter fell backwards.

He was startled awake a few minutes later. He was wearing the muggles clothes he had underneath the dueling robes. His upper torso and leg were wrapped in bandages.

Harry pulled himself to his feet and walked over to where Dumbledore was talking with group of people.

"How many Death Eaters did we get?" an Auror asked.

"Well we found 9 dead Death Eaters and managed to capture 31 of them still alive." Sirius explained.

"What about the beast?" Remus asked.

"Yes. We have 8 dead centaurs and 1 dead lammusa. For the dark creatures we have 1 dead nundu, though don't ask me how, about 20 harpies, 4 minotaurs, 32 lamias, 5 graphorns and 3 hellhounds." Kingsley told them.

"And casualties for our side Dumbledore?" Professor McGonagall asked nervously.

"Well we have 13 students who are in critical condition, 27 wounded and a 7th year Gryffindor has died." Dumbledore said, sadly.

"Oh Albus! Who?" Professor McGonagall asked.

"Britney Maddy" Dumbledore said, his tone grave.

"Dumbledore?" Harry asked.

"Yes Harry?" Dumbledore turned around.

"May I go and speak to the centaurs? They are expecting me." Harry asked.

"Yes Harry but we must speak after that."

"Yes sir"

Harry walked off towards the forest. As he entered it he saw the centaurs standing there. Harry bowed as he neared them. "I'd like to thank you. Your help was most welcomed"

"Yes. After those disgusting lamias retreated we thought there wasn't much need for us" Horan, the grey haired centaur said.

Harry was flabbergasted. Harry bowed again and walked out of the forest. 'They only stayed until they were sure their rival wouldn't be a threat anymore! Bastards' Harry thought sourly walking out of the forest.
He walked back to the school and into the Great Hall.
"Harry!" Katie yelled as she saw him. She rushed over and pulled him into a kiss. Harry twirled her around. He placed her back on the ground and broke away from the kiss. With one arm around Katie's shoulder, Harry walked over to Ron.

"How is Hermione?" he asked anxiously.
"She is in critical condition" Ron said sadly.
"What is wrong with her?" Harry asked.
"She got hit with a Heart Curse" Ron explained.
"Which one?" Harry asked paling. The Heart Curses were a series of spells that damaged the heart. One gave the person a heart attack, one clogged the pulmonary artery, one clogged the aorta and the last one made the heart beat faster. They were deadly curses that were almost made the list of Unforgivables.
"The one where it clogs the artery to your lungs" Ron said.
"Ron. Don't worry mate. They operating on her now?" Harry asked.

"Yeah"

Harry patted Ron on the shoulder before walking over to the Order of Lightning members who weren't injured.

"Thanks for coming guys" he said to the graduated members.

"Remember Harry, we joined the order to help out in battles" Angelina said. Harry smiled at her and walked off to Dumbledore's office.

"Alright Harry. What did the centaurs mean when they said the head of the order?"

"I have my own Order" Harry said.

"Your own Order?"

"Yes sir"

"Who is in it?" Dumbledore questioned.

"If they wish to disclose that information to you then they will. Other then that I have nothing to say on the matter."

"Harry" Dumbledore said warningly.

"Sorry Dumbledore it may be my Order but that doesn't mean I have the right to give out the members names" Harry stated.

"Fine. What is this about the centaurs and lammusas?"

"I recruited them." Harry answered.

"Well I must ask of you Harry that you disband this Order of yours"

"Sorry Professor but you have no say on what I do" Harry said, anger rising.

"I am the headmaster of your school!" Dumbledore said shocked.
"Yes of school. Which means out of school you have no control! Only my legal guardians do and thanks to you that would be the Dursleys"
"This is taking place on school ground!"
"Yeah so if you want we'll move it too Hogsmeade or something" Harry snapped.
"Most of the members our my students!" Dumbledore said, desperately trying to find a way to gain the upper hand in this conversation.
"Like I said before of school, not outside of it" Harry said calmly.
"I will contact their parents!" Finally coming up with a king of hearts.
"Yeah but you don't know who is in it" Harry said, pulling out a ace of spades. "Now I believe this is when I take my leave" Harry walked out of the office.
Harry walked to the Hospital Wing. The Weaslys and Harry guessed Mr and Mrs. Granger were standing outside. "How's Hermione?" Harry asked.
"They're still operating on her" Ron said. Harry sat with them, remaining silent. About an hour passed before a Healer finally cam out.
"Are you the parents of Miss Granger?" he asked Mr. Granger.
"Yes. What news do you have on our daughter?" he asked worried. "The operation was a success and she should be back to normal in two weeks." Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Harry bid his good byes. He walked away, catching a glimpse of Ginny behind her parents. She was still mad at him. The reason they broke up though was just retarded. Harry sighed and walked back to his current girlfriend for the second time Katie. He smiled at her and they went up to his dorm. The minute Harry closed the door she was on him. He was lucky none of his dorm mates were there. He led her over to the bed and cast a Silencing Charm on the curtains, before closing them. As Harry kissed Katie passionately, he couldn't help but remember how it ended up like this. All the events that led up to this Battle of Hogwarts. He was sure there would be more. He was even surprised Voldemort didn't show up.
However the months from that demonstration of the Golden Potter Shield Spell to this, to now, the end of April, were still confusing.

You probably have a lot of questions. Don't worry if you do. They'll all be answered in the next 12 or so chapters. Which, may I remind you, are all going to be flashbacks.