Chapter 9: (To War)
"Ginny! Ginny get dressed, and hurry."
Harry said once he recovered from the shock of the pain. It was still
there, but he was sitting in bed now, looking for one of his socks.
Ginny did as she was told. She was sure there would be an attack
on the school within an hour; there were eerie waves of sickness and
hatred floating in the air. She buttoned her shirt quickly and ran
out of the room with Harry.
They ran all the way to the great
hall where panic was another element in the air. All of the older
students were there and everyone was talking and a few girls were in
hysterics.
"Silence!" Dumbledore called out. A hush
fell over them. "You have all been called out of class because
Voldemort and his army are here, and they are approaching the edge of
the forbidden forest." Everyone was silent, everyone was tense.
Holding their breath, waiting.
"The Dementors are with
them."
Here, Ginny glanced at Harry. Dementors were
always his weak point.
"You have all been trained, you
are all prepared, but some of you may die."
Some of the
students sobbed silently. But not Ginny. She was too angry with
Voldemort to be scared of him. She wanted revenge, and she was going
to get it. Finally, five years after Tom took her into the chamber,
she would do what he did to her; manipulation of the mind was a
dreadful art.
"You are all going into battle today. A
wizard's battle that you should not have to fight in. This was not of
your making, and you should not have to end it. But, alas, this is
our fate.
"We
are fighting for those who cannot, so the future generations my have
a future, and a good one at that. We are fighting for what we believe
in, for what is right. And we can do it! If you all look deep enough
inside of yourselves, you will see there is courage there you did not
see. Use that today, and we may make the world better for tomorrow."
There was complete silence in the Great Hall, the gravity, and
the unexpected beauty of the situation rang forth; these young adults
were coming together with a few old wizards to stand up for
everything that is right, to make their mark in history.
"To
war."