Hope's End

by Dark Armies

Following the complete destruction of Light resistance in England, and the annihilation of all major Muggle cities in England, Voldemort prepares for the invasion of France. But is he ready to fight the Muggles as well? Who would have thought that World W

6. Chapter V: Raid

Hope's End

Chapter Five

Raid

Death Eater Encampment Delta

November 20th, 1996, 11:45 PM

The Death Eater lieutenant strode with a purpose to the head pavilion. It had been five days since his Lord had declared that they would make the first of a series of raids against the Ministry of Magic itself. The planning and preparation was still going strong, as they were trying to figure out how to Apparate into the Ministry itself. This was also a major problem, as there were Anti-Apparation wards around the Ministry, but not Anti-Disapparation wards. If they could sneak an agent in, then that person might be able to bring down the wards long enough for his Lord to Apparate in and completely tear them down himself. It was a long shot, but his Master had approved it. Suddenly, he felt first then heard a giant explosion that rocked the ground. Shouting erupted within the encampment, and he swore he heard Killing Curses being fired. He ran outside, only to duck moments later as a Disarming Spell went right over him. He looked up to see half of the encampment fighting thirty black-cloaked figures, with three red stripes going diagonally across their robes, and on their black masks was a symbol that looked like a broadsword with a flame wrapped around it. It took a few seconds for him to piece together the clues, and then it clicked. His Lord had warned him about this.

He pointed his wand to his throat, and muttered, "Sonorus." He then opened his mouth and yelled, which was pretty loud, considering the Sonorus charm,

"AGENTS OF THE DARK ORDER ARE ATTACKING THE ENCAMPENT! ALL DEATH EATERS REPORT TO THE WEST END AND ENGAGE THE ENEMY! THE KILLING CURSE IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!" At this he had to duck several of the enemy's Killing Curses. The lieutenant stood back up, and ran forwards to aid some of his comrades taking cover behind a large wall. He jumped into the ditch, and after a quick salute, ordered them to cover him. He stood up, and his comrades started fire either the Killing Curse or the Destruction Curse, which would blow up anything it comes into contact with it. Many remarked it was just a Reductor Spell that was ten times as powerful. As soon as the Destruction Spells started to fly toward the five Dark Order agents that were attacking them, he pointed toward one and yelled (without the Sonorus, he removed after he ducked the Killing Curses) "Avada Kedavra!" A jet of green light blasted out his wand and rocketed toward the enemy with impossible speeds. The Curse collided with the agent and he slumped to the ground, dead before he hit it. The enemy responded in kind, and all four Death Eaters quickly ducked. The Curses impacted against the wall, and it shuddered, but it held. Then he stood back up again, fired off another "Avada Kedavra!" and quickly crouched back down again. He looked around to see how the other Death Eaters were faring, and notice they weren't looking good. He raised his wand, concentrated for a moment, and said, "Dictat letter: My Lord, the Dark Order is attacking camp Delta, we are requesting backup. Signed Lieutenant Trutsky. Portus letter Lord Voldemort." And with a flash of light, the letter he had subsequently conjured, dictated, and Portkeyed to his Lord vanished. Now he simply had to wait for reinforcements. He ordered his comrades to continue firing off Killing Curses while they waited.

Lord Voldemort paced around the War Room in the Death Eater Headquarters. There were scrolls everywhere, and Death Eaters rushing about. Suddenly, there was a flash of light, and a letter appeared in front of Voldemort. Voldemort growled and grabbed it and started to read it. Ten seconds later he finished and barked to his Second-in-Command. "Malfoy!" (The Death Eaters imprisoned at Azkaban had been rescued earlier before)

Malfoy stood to attention and hurried over to Voldemort. He bowed, then stood back up. "Yes, my lord?" asked Malfoy. "Dispatch the 21st and 22nd Battalions to Camp Delta at once! They are under attack by the Dark Order!" yelled Voldemort. "At once, my lord," replied Malfoy in the affirmative, and he hurried off. Voldemort growled, and thought, 'they had better defend that camp, or there will be Hell to pay.'

Meanwhile, Malfoy had rounded up the 21st and 22nd Battalions, and they had geared up and waited for Malfoy's instructions. "Okay you lot, your orders are to Apparate to Camp Delta, and provide backup, as they are under attack by the Dark Order. Well? What are you waiting for!? Move!"

The Death Eaters quickly started to Disapparate. Fifty cracks and pops later, they were gone. Each Battalion consisted of twenty five Death Eaters. With two battalions gone in to help, there would now be approximately close to two hundred Death Eaters at the camp. Each camp is supposed to have a minimun of a hundred and fifty Death Eaters at each camp, because since the beginning of the month, the army of Lord Voldemort had swelled enourmously. Malfoy reckoned there was close to three thousand Death Eaters now. Unfortunately, the Dark Order has over three million agents working for them.

Death Eater Encampment Delta

12:16 AM

The fighting was still going strong, despite the fact that the Death Eaters were now being forced into the center of the camp. All of a sudden, the sound of cracks filled the air. Trutsky's hope rose. Reinforcements had arrived, and by the looks of it, TWO battalions! As soon as the backup discovered they were under heavy, they promptly started to retaliate. The next nine minutes, the only sounds heard were the incantations of spells being fired, explosions, and shouting. Nine minutes later, the fighting started to slow down. Trutsky lifted his head from his little crater and crumbling wall. The sounds of fighting had all but died out. He stood up, and surveyed his surroundings. Bodies lay everywhere, most of them Death Eaters. There was more wounded than dead though, and that was good thing. He looked around to find some Dark Order bodies lying, all dead. It seemed that they had retreated. Trutsky wiped the sweat of his brow. They sure as hell weren't expecting THAT attack.

Death Eater Encampment Avada

12:35 AM

Death Eater Commander Kalinin strode toward the head pavilion with a purpose. And that was purpose was to ambush the incoming Ministry Aurors and Phoenix agents that were coming to attack the camp. Thanks to a spy within the Ministry, they had learned that the Order of the Phoenix and the Ministry were a planning a joint attack on this camp. Luckily for the Death Eaters, they had prepared accordingly, and now they simply had to wait. Kalinin entered the tent, and crouched near the entrance. Fifteen other Death Eaters were inside the pavilion with him, waiting for the Light side to appear. Five minutes later, more cracks and pops than there should be filled the air, and Kalinin's eyes widened. There was only supposed to be twenty Aurors and fifteen Phoenix agents here! Instead, he witnessed over fifty Aurors and thirty Phoenix agents Apparating. Swearing under his breath, he cast Sonorus on throat and yelled for the Death Eaters to attack. As the fifteen Death Eaters charged out of the pavilion and curses started to fly, he cast the same letter and Portkeying spell that Trutsky had used only twenty minutes earlier, but his letter went like this: "My Lord, the ambush has gone wrong! Instead of 35 Aurors and Phoenixes coming, there are now eighty! We are requesting massive reinforcements, as I can now see MORE Aurors apparating in! I estimate there is about 120 Aurors and thirty Phoenixes here! I repeat requesting immediate backup!" And with a flash of light, the letter vanished.

Lord Voldemort paced around in the now very busy War Room, seriously pissed off. Every Death Eater that was five feet from him dived out of the way, and with good reason. He had just received a letter from Commander Kalinin, informing him that the ambush had gone drastically wrong. Voldemort had ordered that the 23rd, 24th, and 25th Battalions be dispatched, along with the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd newly formed Airborne Brigades. That had been ten minutes ago, and so far no word had come. However, on one of the desks in the room was a magical device that allowed them to see what was going on in the camp, but it was more like a radar. So far, it showed that 275 Death Eaters were fighting for their lives on the ground, and 45 airborne Death Eaters were dive-bombing the Aurors and Phoenix agents with Killing Curses, Cruciatoes, and repeated Imperious'.

Death Eater Encampment Avada

12:54 AM

The fighting in Avada camp was now much more vicious and brutal than it was in Delta. Killing Curses was now the only spell flying from the Death Eaters wands, and Stunning Spells and Disarming Charms were the two main spells coming out of the Auror and Phoenix agents. Kalinin was currently engaged in a duel with one Phoenix agent, and who also happened to be head of the Aurors, Kingsley Shacklebolt. "Avada Kedavra!" yelled Kalinin strafing to the right and firing off the spell at the same time. He promptly jumped to the side as a Disarming Spell flew beside him, narrowly missing the Killing Curse Kalinin and had fired. Shacklebolt ducked and retaliated with a "Incendio!" Kalinin just managed to duck the stream of fire before he was hit with a Disarming Charm. Shacklebolt raised his wand and was about to shout the Stunning Spell incantation when Kalinin's gloved fist connected with his cheek. "Didn't expect me to punch you, huh Mudblood?" taunted Kalinin. While Shacklebolt recovered from the sucker punch, Kalinin took the time to dive for his wand and rolled alongside it, snaking out an arm and grabbing it. He twisted around and pointed it at Kingsley, shouting, and pouring quite a bit of force into it, "Avada Kedavra!" The jet of green light roared out of his wand, and smacked into Kingsley. Kingsley slumped to the ground dead, and behind him was a Phoenix agent Kalinin identified as Nymphadora Black, now Tonks, seriously pissed. She let out an inhuman scream and screamed out, wand pointing toward Kalinin, "AVADA KEDAVRA!" Before Kalinin could react, he was dead in seconds.

At this, the Death Eaters seemed to grow enraged and fight with renewed vigour. The Aurors and Phoenix retaliated in kind, and the fighting turned so vicious, so brutal, and merciless, that just about everyone now was launching the Killing Curse. As one Death Eater killed another Auror, he Avada Kedavra'ed from the back by another, and that Auror was killed by a second Death Eater. The airborne brigades however were performing wonderfully, and soon the Aurors and Phoenix agents started to retreat. Upon seeing this, the Death Eaters seem to gain even more energy, and started to fire off Stunning Spells to capture them. As all the Aurors and Phoenix agents managed to Disapparate successfully out of the encampment. However, the Death Eaters managed to capture two Phoenix agents and ten Aurors. The battle of Avada Camp was over, and the Death Eaters were extremely grateful.

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Daily Prophet

November 21st, 1996

Daisy Martin

"BATTLE AT DEATH EATER ENCAMPMENT! MAJOR LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED!"

Just this morning, at approximately 12:30 in the morning, a hundred and twenty Aurors, alongside thirty Order of the Phoenix agents Apparated into a Death Eater encampment. What ensued was an extremely violent fight. Thirty Aurors have been reported to be dead, along with Head of the Aurors, Kingsley Shacklebolt (46). Five Order of the Phoenix agents are dead, unconfirmed, and ten Aurors and two Phoenix agents have been captured, confirmed. There was a reportedly near three hundred Death Eaters at the camp, and it seemed the Death Eaters lost many too. It is estimated that between fifty and a hundred Death Eaters are now dead. This appears to be the first battle of the Second War, and from the looks of it, the next battles are going to be deadly. Minister Fudge is warning everyone to be in their houses by sundown, and stay extremely careful.

A/N: Well, thats Chapter Five! Hope you like it!