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Chapter Twenty
"There ready." Buffy said to Max. "They are all around the forest and all know what is happening. I know this is short notice but it should happen tonight. Are you up to it?"
Max nodded a smile on his face.
"But I think it should happen very soon, we need all the sunlight we can get. We can get the younger students out when the fighting starts." Max said confidently.
"Ok, but we need to round everyone up." Buffy said.
"No problem," Max said, he took a deep breath. Then suddenly his voice was over the loud speaker. "Would all teachers and guest please report to Professor Dumbledore's office, with great haste, and all students to the great hall, thank you." He said in his best announcement voice. Buffy just shook here head, with a smile.
Dumbledore's office seemed to grow as people entered it. Finally every one present and accounted for, Snape was the first to speak up.
"What is this all about Headmaster?" he asked with annoyance.
"I was not privy to this information Professor; I think Max is responsible for this meeting." Dumbledore said. Everyone looked at Max with hard eyes.
"I know this isn't what you want to hear but, the time has come. We ride out now." Max said cryptically.
"What in gods name are you talking about boy?!" Snape said.
"I think he is saying today we fight, prepared or not now is the time." Dumbledore said slowly.
"Yes, Buffy is ready and so are her girls. Now is the best time, we need to attack before the sun goes down, it will be a great advantage, and the surprise will be too. " Max said.
"What could girls possibly do?" Snape spat.
"Are you so senile?!" Willow yelled. Snape looked very insulted. "The girls are the only hope we have. Trust us."
"I do believe we have to." Dumbledore said.
"We also have to get the younger students out as soon as possible." Max said. "I think they should fly out on brooms if possible." He suggested.
"I don't think we have enough brooms for that, and many of them are inexperienced." Madam hooch said speaking up.
"I can male more, as for their experience they will have to learn quickly. All they have to do is bolt out as far as they can. I will place a concealment charm on the, so only we can see them, but it will only last a short amount of time, and the distraction of the fighting should help too. Oh Angel, this will allow you to fight with us, you know outside. If you were ever given something else scrap it, this is much more powerful." Max said handing Angel a golden necklace with a black 't be manlier?" Angel asked sheepishly as he slipped it on. Now it was Buffy's turn to speak up.
"As we don't have time, here is our plan, don't like it well that's tough." She said
Students were all waiting tentatively in the great hall not knowing what was going on.
"What do you think it is?" Ron asked the others
"Something's happening or happened. It was Max on the loud speaker. I guess time will reveal what will happen." Hermione said.
"Guess now we don't have to worry about any more tests." Ron said with a scared laugh.
Just then teachers started to walk briskly into the Great hall everyone turned to look at them. Buffy stood up at the front and everyone in the hall placed their eyes on her.
"First and second year students are to come to the front and to take a broom from Max." slowly people started to get up, looking confused. "Quickly now." She said. They collected their brooms and left to go to the room of requirement with Madam Hooch and a few other professors.
"Everyone else I suggest you change into cloths suitable for fighting, something you can move quickly in. probably...muggle clothing would be best. But first Dumbledore has a few words." Buffy said as Albus stood.
"The time has come for you to help us. We have to attack now before the things out there attack first. Attacking in day light will allow us to have an advantage, and a Buffy has people situated on the outside. This is no way a game, please be careful, we have no other choice. We contacted some student's parents through, a muggle invention called e-mail, but we have not heard back from them. We hope they will contact the ministry. This is the time to use the spells you have learnt, please be careful and you will be informed of a plan by anyone of the faculty members. Now if everyone could go and change as quickly as possible, and come back here." Albus said. He sat down fear creeping over him.
Fifteen minuets gone by and everyone was back, looking very scared. Max took the floor once everyone was settled.
"All students will be addressed by their House professors. Gryffindor can stay here, Hufflepuff if you could go to the Charms room, Ravenclaw if you could go to the DADA room, and Slytherins, down to Snape's room thank you."
Everyone dispersed, but soon everyone was back. The Slytherins were led into the room and when all were there and accounted for the room sealed shut; with Snape inside. The walls shimmered and suddenly it was a cell with bare cement walls.
With the Slytherins were out the way Max started to tell them there plan.
"Third through to fifth years are to go up to the over looking towers. There you are to shoot down at creatures. Xander and a few others will be up there to show you how to use firing weapons. The rest of us will be the ground assault. If any of you hear my voice in your head, do what I say ok." Everyone seemed to nod.
"Everyone move out, and find a professor who will give you a weapon." Buffy said.
"Xander!" Max called.
"Yeah?" He said turning back to Max. Max pulled out a large wooden crate from behind the teachers table.
"I will go out alone, I will throw symbol into air, signifying to the girls, when I do that, hopefully demons will start to run to me. I want you to use this." Max said opening the box. It was a rocket launcher.
"It only has 4 rounds and I'm not entirely sure how stable it is. This will wipe out a lot of bad guys so use it wisely, and don't hesitate to fire, I will be protected by a force field." The box floated off the ground and with a nod Xander left with the crate following him. Max sighed and quickly went to his room. Where he suited up, strapping all the weapons he could to himself.
He had created some hybrid weapons that would shoot blades; he hoped they would work well against the demons and vampires he would face. With the weapons strapped to his body he left his room with a confident stride.
Are you guys ready? He asked the Sunnydale crew using lay of the land. He got affirmatives from everyone. He pushed through the students at the front door, he pushed them open and the light streamed in. He signed and withdrew his sword.
"Here goes nothing..." he said stepping outside. He took long strides, but stopped once he got halfway to the forbidden forest. When he stop he thrust the sword upward and bolts of golden light burst forth and exploded high in the sky.
In moments demons streamed from the forest in Max's direction. Suddenly there was hissing noise and a rocket collided into some nearby earth. The creatures stopped, then resumed running. Some reached Max before the next rocket was fired and he was thrown into battle. The final rocket shattered the earth and the evil life that walked it and the real battle begun.
Willow and Buffy were the first out of the school. Buffy was wielding a long sword and magic flowed off Willow. Angel was next with two long swords gliding through the air. The students were stunned but were quickly pulled into the reality of the fight. Soon spells were being shot at the demons that continued to flow from the forest.
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Girls outlined the forest, each spaced evenly along the perimeter, each with there own weapons. Suddenly a brilliant gold light burst in the sky, like clock work the girls unsheathed there weapons and charged forward.
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Xander dropped the rocket launcher into its floating case and kicked it aside. All the students had been equipped with crossbows and other firing weapons. The students were shooting moderately well.
"Try and shoot towards groups if your aim isn't so good!" Xander yelled.
Then he felt it, an arrow went straight passed him.
"DOWN!" he yelled to the people standing who immediately drooped to the ground as more arrows fell over them.
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Max swung his sword this way and that, corpses lay scattered everywhere. He kicked another one and decapitated its dark green head.
Buffy had her hands full and Max saw it. He threw his dagger impaling it on a demon that would have whacked Buffy's head. A surge of magic pushed back attackers and he continued fighting.
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The Trio and collected others were standing with their backs to Hogwarts as they threw spells.
"Harry we can't keep this up forever!" Hermione yelled, as she blasted a creature away from them. Suddenly there was a whooshing from above; they suddenly saw a flicker of a student. Taking off on a broom; then dozens more flickering images of students.
There was a loud snapping noise and black and gold light seemed to flick of Max. Suddenly all the monsters attacked him. But he rose off the ground and small balls of molten lava shot from his hands.
Willow sensed that he was weakening considerably, she realized he could probably keep this up for about fifteen minuets. Suddenly he floated to the top of the school and the fighting suddenly resumed.
Max collapsed onto the roof of the school and started coughing up blood.
"God, are you OK?" Xander asked
"I'll be good." He raised his hands as if he was lifting something heavy. Then Dawn was pulled to his front.
"You could have called." Dawn said irritated.
"No time..." Max said staring at Max. He sat up and pulled her down to her level. "I'm sorry about this." Max said his hands touching her temples.
"What are you doing?" Xander asked a scared look in his eyes.
"What I have to." Max said with an eerie determination. "Help the others..." Max said glancing at Xander.
"But..." Xander hesitated.
"Go!" Max yelled. Xander reluctantly left.
"I'm not scared..." Dawn said.
"You should be..." Max said as a white liquid light flowed from Dawn to him. She didn't scream, but Max did. The pain was unbearable, it consumed him, changed him. Every inch of his body seemed to pull in every possible direction. But he could feel the power, He felt it, it felt right to him, something he had missing all his life. Suddenly it was over and Dawn collapsed, Max rose from where he was and walked confidently to the edge of the roof, took a deep breath and jumped from the roof. Someone screamed from the roof, and he knew Xander was rushing to the Key's aid. He landed with thud.
"Time for the hunt." Max said rising.
Demons were attracted to him and more flowed from the forest as they ran to him. With a flick of the wrists and there heads fell off, a burning smell all that was left. Again he did it and all visible demons collapsed dead on the ground. He walked to halfway down stood in front of the forest. Buffy, Willow, Angel and Cordy came running forward.
"Max what are you doing?" Buffy asked.
"What I have to?" He said in a voice not his own.
"You sound like The Beats master." Angel said suspiciously.
"The Beasts Master is close by. Very close, but I am not her." Max said un-emotionally.
"Her? But it has a male voice." Angel said confused.
"It so easy to change your voice..." Max said in Cordelier's voice. Suddenly Max sliced through Cordelier's stomach, blood immediately started to pour from the very deep wound.
"What did you do!" everyone screamed at him.
"What I had too..." Max replied in a deep voice. As he said this Cordy's stomach seemed to grow and a blinding white light seemed to glow from her wound, a tentacle fell from it, but in its place was a dark-skinned woman, fully grown but dead. Cordy eyes slipped shut and her head fell limp to the side.
"What the hell is...or rather who is that?" asked Buffy.
"Jasmine, hers and Conner's love child, something that that would have died anyway..." Max said distantly.
"But what about Cordy!" Angel said anger in his voice.
"She is in a coma now; she wasn't herself before she was the beast master, my sweet." Max said. "This is not the time; there will be time, plenty of it. Now is that time of battle." Max said stepping forward. Angel had to accept this, filled with conflicting emotions he picked up Cordy's body. Harry came running down followed by Hermione and Ron.
"What happened to Professor Chase?" Harry asked as Angel carried her up to the school.
"Harry, now is our time, you must come with me..." Max said.
"Time for what?" Harry asked stepping closer to Max.
"You know what you have to do, his life to save many others." Max said. "It will come to pass or you will die, you have only one choice; to fight now or to try later without my help."
"How do we find him?" Harry asked.
"He has always been close, he will always be close." Max said making his way into the forest.
Just as he did this a boy came out of the forest. He was dressed in a Hogwarts uniform, and his head was down. He looked up and said only two words.
"Hello Potter..."
"...Cedric...." Harry said......
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I am sooooooo sorry about how long it has taken for me to get out this chapter. I have been trying to fit the Angel and Buffy seasons together. I know the whole Jasmine thing went by quickly or was non-existent but I couldn't work it into the story. But yeah...well I hope you like it and I want you guys to review because I love the feed back!!