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Chapter Twenty-Five
Hermione felt as though she was going to pass out from the sheer panic. She felt a reassuring hand grip her free one. She looked to find Harry smiling at her and in that instant her panic disappeared. They could do this. She glanced towards Ron and Neville to find them both breathing deeply.
Voices could be heard on the other side of the door. They seemed to be spreading out in the school. Finally, what they had all been anxiously waiting for happened; the doors were thrown open and in stormed at least twenty Death Eaters. If their faces hadn't been covered then the students would have seen looks of absolute shock. The studentsshould have been in bed asleep, not stood there with their wands pointed at them. However, they didn't have chance to register what was happening when the first line of students sent their curses to the centre of the Death Eaters. Three of them were hit with such force that they were sent flying back, taking four Death Eaters with them. They threw more curses to the left side at Dumbledore's instruction and sent four more straight into the wall.
"WAIT!" The Head master shouted before the teachers sent shields over them. The Death Eaters having caught on were now sending curses at them. Thanks to the shields, they bounced back and hit them instead. Having heard the commotion, the rest of the Death Eaters were quickly joining them. Hermione felt Harry's grip painfully tighten at the number of Death Eaters coming in. The students under the shield were swapping positions.
Once the Death Eaters started to slow on their curses, the shields were lifted and the first line of students sent curses to the right causing five of the Death Eaters to be sent crashing to the wall. A few students had received some malicious curses and were on the floor unconscious. Dumbledore shouted for the shields to go back down.
Hermione felt her nerves come back with a vengeance. They were outnumbered in powerful magic. Neville was visibly shaking and had gone green.
"Neville, we can do this. Don't panic." Hermione tried to reassure him but her own shaky voice wasn't helping. He gave her what she could only assume was a nod. They felt the shields losing power from the effect of so many curses being thrown at it.
Harry suddenly gasped as he clutched his forehead.
"He's coming." He confirmed to them. "We have to get ready. Professor, we need more of those Death Eaters down."
"DOWN!" Dumbledore roared with his voice barely audible over the commotion. This time the first two lines aimed; the first to the right and the second to the left. This time ten Death Eaters were knocked and only three students.
"Where is the rest of the Order?" Lucius hissed to Snape. He threw a potent curse at a Death Eater who was too near to them for his liking. The masked stranger's legs instantly bent into odd angles causing him to fall and cry out in agony.
"They have to be careful about how they get here." Snape snapped at him. "Albus, we need more power than these students can offer." Dumbledore nodded, and the adults on the table, finally feeling like they could do something, took aim. The students started to duck down from various lights coming towards them. There was approximately forty Death Eaters now in the hall and no more seemed to be entering.
Dumbledore sent the first curse, which was quickly followed by the rest. Twelve Death Eaters went down but it wasn't enough. The original recipients of the students' curses were waking up and joining the fight again.
Hermione, Harry, Ron and Neville were under the table and the pain from Harry's scar was starting to intensify. Ron suddenly blanched as he noticed the killing curse being sent now. They were missing people by centimetres.
"As soon as he walks through those doors, we start saying the spell." Harry instructed them, forcing himself to forget the pain. He looked up to find the shields had gone back over the students. He could hear arguing come from some surrounding Malfoy.
"I'm not going to fight my dad anymore, Draco." A girl with black hair snapped at him.
"Go on then, go and die." He spoke lazily and had a smirk on his face. They were still down on the ground and he was acting as though nothing more than a food fight was happening. The girl gave him an icy stare before deciding that she was going to stay put. He was given a few more glares but it seemed none of them had the guts to walk out from under the shield. And it was quite clear the Death Eaters were not about to take great care towards their children as they continued to throw deadly curses.
"He's in the school; we need to start doing something." Harry spoke through gritted teeth. The pain had increased more than he thought possible. He glanced around, trying to think of something. He felt anger building up inside him.
"Harry?" Dumbledore spoke lightly as he looked down to where Harry was crouching. Hermione watched Harry slowly stand up under the shield. She was terrified at the look in his eyes; it was like a calmness had washed over him but a fire was burning there. She watched feeling glued to the spot she was crouched in as he slowly turned to face the adults on the table.
"Step back." Harry spoke in a low, calm tone. He lifted his wand up and made a pushing gesture with it. The hall instantaneously became quiet when fourteen adults stood on the table unexpectedly were sent backwards and stuck to the wall. He pulled Snape, Lucius and Dumbledore down with a downward motion of his wand. "Protect them." He pointed to Ron, Hermione and Neville.
Hermione watched in a strange fascination as she felt herself being pulled back by Lucius. His eyes, he had his mother's eyes…….of course. Harry turned to the confounded Death Eaters.
"Wands." All the wands of the Death Eaters flew through the air and scattered over the still crouching students. Where had this power come from? Dumbledore observed his every move, thankful that it had finally come to pass over him. Harry pointed to seven Death Eaters with his wand and with no warning, whipped his arm back, causing the chosen seven to come flying across the room and join the rest of the adults on the wall. "You belong there." He stated without looking at them.
"Harry…." Hermione tried to move towards him but Lucius held her back.
"Not yet." Harry replied. A few of the Death Eaters that weren't willing to stay decided to run out of the Great Hall only to be pushed back by Voldemort.
"Giving up so soon?" He spoke with an icy conceitedness. Harry, feeling nothing but a mixture of calm and anger rushing through him, watched the skeletal wizard stroll into the Great Hall. "I see Lucius and Severus have been the ones to give you this gracious warning." He pierced them both with a stare that would cause anyone to cower under it, but they both held it firmly. He stretched out a bony hand towards Harry. "I'll have the wands back." The Death Eaters wands were starting to lift up.
"No." Harry told him as he pushed his wand down, causing the wands to fall straight back down. Voldemort's eyes widened a little at this new turn of events. The whole hall watched with baited breath at the young and old wizard; the praised and feared of the magic world. There only seemed to be two people who understood what was happening with Harry; Dumbledore and Hermione.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!" Voldemort's shrill voice suddenly shouted at him. A green light went rushing towards Harry but with a quick move of his wand, the light changed course and smashed through a window.
"Now." Harry called over his left shoulder. Hermione pulled herself from Lucius' grip and raced forward with Ron and Neville. A frown appeared on Dumbledore's face; what on earth were they doing?
"How sweet. Gryffindor bravery and loyalty rears its ugly head again." Voldemort sneered. The sneer quickly turned to a look of bewilderment when Harry and Neville started to chant a spell together.
Generations alike, your presence is in need
Come forward through time and space
This call of help you must heed
Bring your magic to this place
Bind together and rest where I stand
Make your descendent one with you
Give me your love at hand
And fight for what I must do
A swirl of grey mist started to circle round the four people aiming their wands at Voldemort. Hermione and Ron started to chant as Harry and Neville repeated themselves.
Generations alike, your presence is in need
Come forward through time and space
Our friends' call you must heed
Bring your souls to this place
Bind together and join where they stand
Make your friends' descendants one with you
Give them your love at hand
And fight for what they must do
Figures started to form in the thick mist. Voldemort was beginning to look panicked as his target disappeared in the circle of mist. Each the time the spell was repeated, the figures became more distinct. Hermione glanced around to find they were all now fully formed and smiling down at them. An elderly man dressed in clothes not too different from Nearly Headless Nick's moved to her.
"It is time, my child." His voice had an eerie echo to it. She nodded as he moved back into the swirl. They all finished the chant together in a final tone. Hermione gripped on to Harry's shoulder, while Ron gripped Neville and Neville in turn gripped Harry. The figures sped up and moved upwards before plunging down into the four figures. Ron and Hermione dropped their wands while Harry and Neville kept theirs firmly pointed at Voldemort while they all continued with the spell.
From this time and space you will have no core
No longer will you intimidate
From this time and space you will be no more
No longer will you exterminate
A brilliant white light erupted from Neville's wand and pierced through Voldemort. A sharp scream filled the air as the wizard that had caused fear and devastation for half a century evaporated. The students covered their heads as the light suddenly blasted outwards and smashed the windows.
The light slowly faded and the hall filled with quiet. All eyes unhurriedly found their way to where Harry, Hermione, Ron and Neville were stood. In his extremely long life had Dumbledore never witnessed such power and brilliance. No one dared to speak or move. Death Eaters were rooted to the spot, not sure of what had just happened.
A commotion could be heard from the Entrance Hall and the rest of the Order entered the Great Hall just in time to see the four heroes fall to the ground.