Chapter 10: (Making a Stand)

Ten years ago on a cold, dark night,

Someone was killed beneath the town hall light
There were few at the scene, but they all agreed
That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me

Something about Dumbledore's speech gave the students an unbelievable courage. Many of them wanted to meet the Death Eaters head- on, and that's what they did;

Nothing like what occurred had ever happened before. All of the students barged out of the Great Doors. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, along with all of the original DA members, the Professors, the Aurors lined the front with Dumbledore in front of everyone, exerting waves of power from himself like Ginny had never seen. The rest of the sixth and seventh year students followed.
They approached the Dark Forest.

She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me

"They will be here soon." Dumbledore told them all. "Do not wait for them to attack before you do so. And I would not normally say this but if any of you students can do the killing curse, go ahead."
There was silence. Anticipation. A twig snapped, and Peter Petigrew's silver hand was just visible through the woods. Remus and Sirius looked at each other and yelled; "Adva Kedva!" Two flashes of green light merged into one and Peter Petigrew's life ended with a 'flump'.
There were only forty Death Eaters there. Still, it was some fight, with a lurking coldness awaiting them. Ginny, out of the corner of her eye, saw Harry shiver. "Accio, chocolate!" Ginny yelled. She proceeded to fight off a Death Eater who two other boys were having trouble taking. Without thinking, she killed him. Chocolate zoomed into Ginny's hand and she broke off a small chunk and stuck it in her pocket. She gave the rest to Harry and he smiled briefly at her. How many Dementors were there? Did Dumbledore say? Ginny soon realized that there were quite a few Dementors, a good two hundred.
Dumbledore blasted fire from his wand and set a dementor on fire. Then two, three, four, five. They ran around screeching and wailing, sounding like nails being scratched down a chalkboard. The students and the Aurors followed Dumbledore's example and soon many Dementors were running around on fire. There were not enough Death Eaters to put them out and many Dementors were reduced to silver piles of soot.
A few Dementors were getting close to Harry.
"Expecto Patronum!" He yelled. A silver stag shot out of his wand towards them and chased the Dementors away. Ten more came right at him though, and then a few a more.
"Expecto Patronum! EXPECTO PATRONUM!" Harry yelled. Only a bit of mist came from his wand. There were too many Dementors around him.
"Expecto -" He was shivering, Ginny was running towards him, yelling. Ron and Hermione helped her beat away the Dementors. But Harry had passed out. Hermione got Remus over who revived him. He ate chocolate, a lot of it, but he was still shaky.

"Hello Harry." A cold voice whispered. Ginny looked up into hatred-filled red eyes. Voldemort's eyes. He was standing about fifteen feet away from Harry, but somehow his whisper had been heard.