Hermione and the rest of the DA stopped when they heard crashing and shouting coming from outside the room of requirement.
"What the bloody hell is that?" Ron asked. Hermione gave him a sharp look. "What?"
"Stop swearing." Hermione told him. Ron rolled his eyes. There were a few more crashes.
"Oh shit." Lavender muttered. She went to dean and held his hand tightly. "What do you think is going on." The few Hufflepuffs, single Ravenclaw and the Gryffindors all looked at each other.
"You check what's going on." Hermione said to Ron.
"Me? Why me?"
"Do you want to keep me as your girlfriend?" Hermione threatened. Ron knew she was joking but went to the door anyway. He had just opened it when Emma came running in and slammed the door shut. She leaned against the door and tried to get her breath back.
"Where did she go?" someone said outside.
"I don't know."
"Lock…the…door." Emma said to Ron as she tried to get her breath. Ron locked the door by magic as Emma slid to the floor.
"Emma, what happened?" Ginny said going to Emma's side.
"What's she doing here?" Zacharias Smith asked coldly, "she's a Malfoy"
"No, Potter" Emma said.
"Emma." Hermione said uncertainly.
"Jenny…in big trouble…going to be killed." Emma said, now able to say more then one word with each breath.
"What?" Ron asked slightly alarmed.
"Why's she in trouble?" Lavender asked. Emma took a deep breath and managed to compose herself. Ginny helped her to her feet.
"She played a Muggle song and the dark lord obviously realised because he told her to stop but she didn't. He sent a curse at her and missed her because she ducked under the piano. She ran across the Ravenclaw table and hurt herself she got hit by a jinx. All the students started rebelling and now there's a huge fight between the students and the deatheaters. The Slytherins are even rebelling." Emma said.
"Yeah but what happened to Jenny?" Ginny asked.
"She went to Snapes office to try and get to April. I don't know what happened after that but if she's caught she's going to die. Draco's been telling me that the dark lord wants her dead now. He wants to get to Harry and April and the best way to do that is to kill Jenny." Emma told them.
"We have to help her." Hermione said resolutely.
"We'll be killed, we can't fight against deatheaters." Justin said.
"We've done it before." Ginny told them.
"When?" Justin asked.
"Ministry of Magic, last year, we've done it several times this year." Hermione said. "Now who's going to come and help Jenny?" Ron, Emma and Ginny went to Hermione's side. The rest of the group looked at each other uncertainly.
"Um, sorry Hermione but we don't really want to get hurt." Antony Goldstien said uncertainly.
"What?" Ginny asked, unable to understand why they weren't going to help.
"Well, she's against Voldemort isn't she?"
"I can't believe you, if you don't want to fight against Voldemort why are you part of the DA?" Ginny asked.
"What's the DA?" Emma asked.
"Well-" one of the Hufflepuff boys said uncertainly.
"Never mind, lets go." Hermione said. Ginny, Emma, Ron and Hermione left the room of Requirement.
"Hermione wait." Lavender said as she ran out of the room with them. Dean followed her and they caught up with the four.
"We're going to help" Dean said.
"What about the Hufflepuffs?" Ron asked.
"They're getting an ear full from Luna, she said she'll join us once she's given them a piece of her mind." Lavender said. Hermione nodded and looked at the others.
"Come on." They ran down the corridor to the main entrance hall.
"Let me go!" Jenny screamed. Her voice echoed through the halls though they couldn't see her. A few students were looking out of the great hall. A group of people came out of the dungeons, Voldemort in front.
"It's time your mother pays for what she's done Marsden," Voldemort said.
"But I haven't done anything, let me go." Jenny said.
"You've done plenty by just being born to that filthy mudblood lover Marsden." Voldemort said turning to the terrified fifteen year old.
"They're called Muggle born!" Jenny shouted at him. Lucius viciously slapped Jenny around the face. Hermione and the rest of the Gryffindors could hear the crack of skin against skin. Jenny went limp in the arms of Rookwood, who was holding her tightly.
"Take her outside. I want to be able to let Marsden see her daughter get killed." Voldemort said. Bellatrix Lestrange and Lucius Malfoy nodded and headed outside with the group of deatheaters.
"Come on." Hermione said. The Gryffindors headed down the stairs and started outside as Voldemort headed towards the headmaster's office.
"What about Voldemort?" Ginny asked.
"We can't defeat him. Lets get Jenny first." Hermione said. They ran out of the castle and straight into rain that pounded the floor and ground like a hundred hooves.
"Where are they?" Emma shouted over the noise of the rain.
"What are you doing!" shouted the cold voice of Draco Malfoy. The Gryffindors turned to look at Draco.
"Rescuing Jenny."
"Did they get her?" Draco asked. Emma nodded. Draco frowned.
"Why do you care?" Dean shouted at Draco, his voice just audible.
"Because Potter will have my neck if I don't save her!" Draco shouted, "Lets go, before anyone sees us." Emma nodded and the two ran into the rain followed by Hermione, Ron and Ginny. Lavender and Dean looked at each other uncertainly before following. A Slytherin and Gryffindors working together? Was that possible?
Padfoot sat at the edge of the forest peering into the rain. He couldn't see much but he could smell almost everything. He sniffed the air again and looked towards the entrance of the grounds of Hogwarts. He knew that smell. He slowly got up and walked over towards the gate.
"It's her. Someone tell the dark Lord." Someone shouted over the rain. Padfoot ran over to the gate and saw a number of flashes and quite a bit of screaming. He ran quicker and saw April cursing everyone she saw. Padfoot could see the determination in her eyes. He decided to help and ran at the nearest deatheater. He swung a paw and hit the deatheater in the jaw.
"Shit." Someone shouted as they saw Padfoot. A few minutes later, between them, April and Padfoot had managed to render the deatheaters around them unconscious. No wonder April was considered one of the top fighters in the country Padfoot thought. She had never been like that at school. April was breathing deeply and turned to look at Padfoot.
"Hi." She said, "anything happened?" Padfoot shook his head. "Where have you been? My daughter's in danger!" Padfoot lifted his head in alarm and turned his head towards the lake. He smelt the air and sure enough he could smell Jenny as well as several Deatheaters that he was so sorely tempted to kill. He started at a run towards the tree by the lake with April running as quickly as she could behind him. He ran towards the crowd of figures when he saw a group of teenagers draw out their wands and send curses at the figures that stood by the lake. Padfoot came to a stop and gave a loud bark. He saw a tall brown haired girl look at him slightly confused but she was then hit by a jet of ref light and she fell to the floor. Padfoot turned to see April running up and stop by Padfoot.
"Oh those stupid kids." She said. She held onto Padfoot's fur tightly and then whipped her wand out.
"Impedimenta!" Emma shouted at the nearest deatheater.
"Hermione!" Ron shouted. Hermione was hit with a stunning spell and Ron skidded though the mud to Hermione's side. "Ennervate" He said. Hermione shook her head as she began to sit up.
"What-"
"Protego" Ron shouted and a spell rebounded off the shield and into the birch tree by the lake. Hermione was suddenly alert and scrambled to her feet.
"Ron!" Hermione said to him. Ron held her hand and in the midst of the battle he gave her a quick kiss before pushing her out of the way of a spell.
"Stupefy!" came April's voice, it carried over the rain and everyone turned to see her. She was standing in front of them holding onto the fur of a large black dog that stood snarling and ready to attack.
"Marsden!" Jessica Lowe snarled.
"Lowe." April said. "What's a Gryffindor doing stooping to this level?"
"Shut up Marsden unless you want your daughter to die" Jessica said. "Rookwood." Rookwood showed April an unconscious Jenny as the rain began to cease slightly. April didn't flinch though her mind was screaming at her and her heart was pounding. She gripped onto Padfoot's fur even tighter.
"Let her go" April said dangerously.
"Not until the Dark Lord gets here." Bellatrix Lestrange said. "Stun the kids and tie Marsden to the tree." Lestrange ordered. There was a sudden wave of duelling between the students and the deatheaters. April stood frozen to the spot, her eyes on Jenny, who had been thrown onto the floor a little way off. Jessica Lowe went to April and looked into her eyes.
"Hello?" she asked. April looked at Jessica, the old hatred rising in her for what Jessica had done to her. April was about to curse her when she felt a hand on her shoulder.
"I want revenge" Sirius said. April turned around just as Sirius cursed the living daylights out of Jessica Lowe before either woman had time to react. "I've been wanting that for such a long time." Sirius said with a happy sigh. April glanced at him and touched his arm before running to her daughter's side.
"Jenny, Jenny." April said picking her up slightly. Jenny lay limp in her arms but she was still breathing.
"April, try enervate." Sirius suggested as he kept watch over April. April nodded and did the spell. Jenny's face twisted in a frown and she lifted her arm to try and keep the rain off.
"Harry?" Jenny muttered, "Mum." April pulled Jenny into an embrace. Jenny wrapped her arms around April and held her tightly.
"Stupefy!" Sirius shouted, pointing his wand at a deatheater who was headed towards Lavender. The deatheater fell down into the mud. Someone came running from the direction of the school gates. April looked up and held her wand out.
"Stup-"
"April it's me." Remus Lupin said.
"Help me get the kids out of here" April said.
"Too late Marsden." Voldemort said. April turned and got to her feet. Jenny stood up and hid behind April.
"It's never too late." April said. She held her wand out ready to duel.
"Do you really think you could defeat me in a duel?" Voldemort said. April looked at Lupin and Sirius.
"Well, the remaining three marauders." Sirius said getting his wand out.
"April's a marauder?" Lupin asked not taking his eyes off Voldemort and getting his wand out.
"All the girls were Marauders from the moment Jenny dated you moony" Sirius said.
"How touching." Voldemort said. "Give up or the kids are going to die." April looked past Voldemort. Hermione and Ginny were being held by two very strong deatheaters. A deatheater was kneeling on top of Ron, stopping him from getting up. Lavender and Dean were also being held tightly by other lesser deatheaters. Draco was being held by Lucius and Emma by Bellatrix.
"You managed to turn the Malfoy kids." Voldemort observed. "I congratulate you but it was in vain. You know you're going to fail. Your cause will never work" Voldemort said. "Accio wands." April tried to hold onto her wand as did Lupin and Sirius. She ended up letting go and looked at her friends.
"What are you going to do now?" April asked.
"Do you really need to ask?" Voldemort asked raising his wand at her. April felt Jenny prod her in the back.
"Put your hands behind your back." Jenny hissed. April did as she instructed and felt Jenny press her wand into her mum's hands. April gripped the wand tightly.
"Say good bye to the Minister of Magic."
"Crucio!" April shouted pointing Jenny's wand at Voldemort. Voldemort dodged out of the way and the curse hit the deatheater holding Hermione. It would have hit Hermione if she hadn't moved her head slightly.
"Stupid girl." Voldemort snarled. "Flamora" a fire ball shot out of the end of Voldemort's wand. April responded by shooting a jet of water out of the end of her wand and then summon a purple whip like light out of her wand. Hermione's eye widened as she recognised it from when she fought in the department of Mysteries. April brought her wand down diagonally and it slashed Voldemort. He snarled as his skin cut open.
"Don't you ever go near my daughter again. Accio wand" April summoned back her own wand and Sirius and Lupin's wands. They all went to their respective owners.
"Kill the brown haired girl!" Voldemort shouted. Lavender shouted and started struggling as a deatheater pointed his wand at her.
"Stop it!" April shouted. Voldemort smirked and looked at April
"Pause." He said, "You won't let a girl die after you yourself have killed hundreds of my deatheaters?" April's expression was stony.
"What's he talking about?" Jenny asked April. Lupin and Sirius looked at April asked well.
"April help us!" Ginny screamed but she was hit by a deatheater and was silenced.
"Will you come peacefully and die Marsden or will I have to kill every student in this school to get you to understand that it doesn't matter how many die, I will kill you and Potter in the end."
"I'd like to prove you wrong on that point" came Harry's voice. Jenny looked around and saw Harry whip off his invisibility cloak and reveal him and Cho standing with their wands out.