Hope's End

Chapter Fourteen

The Siege of Hogwarts Part I

January 15th, 11:36 PM, 1997, Outskirts of Hogsmeade

The Army waited under cover of darkness just on the outskirts of Hogsmeade, as they observed the town slowly go to sleep. At 11:45 PM on the dot, they struck. First, the many Dementors rapidly glided into the town, and broke into houses and shops to feast. As soon as Patroni started to appear, the Death Eaters moved in, and all hell broke loose.

Death Eater Corporal Kirk Smith lead a contingency of twenty Death Eaters down the road. He motioned to stop as they surveyed their target. Kirk smirked coldly, and screamed, "CHARGE!" Kirk then promptly broke down the door and started to fire spells at the occupants inside. He was met with little resistance, and where there was, they were cut down by his comrades. Kirk ran upstairs, and broke down another door to find a couple having sex. The couple looked up in shock and terror, and Smith smirked. He pointed his wand at the woman, and said, "Avada Kedavra." A green light issued out his wand and hit the woman, instantly killing her. Then he turned his wand on the man and decapitated him. He pointed his wand at the ceiling and cried out, "Incendio!" A jet of flame surged out his wand and ignited the ceiling and the rest of the room.

In the meantime, as various Death Eaters killed the residents of the town and set it alight, Voldemort was busy giving orders. "Acromantulasssss," he hissed. "Go around the town and flank the escapeessss." The Acromantulas clicked and nodded, and scuttled away. Voldemort then turned to the Ashwinders, and released them onto the buildings. They quickly slithered away. Voldemort then ordered the Banshees to begin assembling on the plains before the Gates of Hogwarts, along with the Bicorns, Albino Bloodhounds, Boggarts, evil Centaurs, Chimaeras, Dragons, and pretty much the rest of his army. He then pointed his wand at the sky and roared, "MORSMORDRE!" A huge Dark Mark floated of his wand and rose to the skies above Hogsmeade. Seconds later, Voldemort spotted lights quickly turning on in Hogwarts, and smirked. 'Perfect,' he thought.

"Expelliarmus!" a voice cried out and Voldemort quickly spun around and hissed, "Protego!' A shield blossomed around Voldemort as the Disarming Spell dissipated against it. His eyes quickly searched out the person who dared attack him. He found the person, and smiled with lust. Madam Rosmerta was standing in her nightgown, shaking with terror. Voldemort pointed his wand at her, and hissed out, "Exorbatus Patesco!" Her nightgown promptly vanished, and she was left standing out naked. Now she really looked afraid, and began to run. Unfortunately, the more perverted Death Eaters quickly spotted her, and shouted out Petrification Spells. Madam Rosmerta found herself unable to move, and quickly fell to the floor. The first five Death Eaters reached her, and Voldemort allowed them to play with her.

He then pointed his wand at a shop named Zonko's, and set it alight. Voldemort cast Sonorus on himself, and hissed, "Stop." Everyone stopped instantly, and Voldemort continued. "Stage one of of the Operation is complete. Move on to Stage two. Aqua forces move into position, the rest assemble with the rest of the army!"

The Death Eaters quickly moved into position. Voldemort promptly Apparated past the burning town. He gave a hand signal, and thousands of Dementors along with Death Eaters on makeshift boats began to glide across the Lake.

The Death Eater boats glided silently across the lake, but that silence was quickly broken as the Giant Squid emerged, and began to attack the Death Eaters. The Dementors could do nothing, except glide on.

"Avada Kedavra!"

"Conjunctivitis!"

"Stupefy!"

"Flatus!"

"Crucio!"

A number of Curses flew at the Giant Squid, and the last two, the Blasting Curse and the Cruciatus Curse finally drove it away. Unfortunately, they now had a new problem. Spear-wielding Mermaids infused with the Stunning Spell on the tips. One word promptly flew through the Death Eater's minds: "Crap."

Waves upon waves of Mermaids floated at the other end of the lake. The first line of Death Sailors raised their wands, and the Mermaids responded in kind. Silence reigned. Then all of a sudden, "AVADA KEDAVRA!" as one the Death Eaters launched the Killing Curse. A wide arc of death quickly rushed at the Mermaids, and they hurried to dodge it, but most of the first line was instantly killed.

The Mermaids screamed in anger, and launched their spears. The Death Eaters roared with laughter as they conjured metal shields which blocked the spears. Then they launched another volley of Killing Curses. The Mermaids finally scattered, and the Death Eaters resumed their journey across the Lake of Hogwarts. "Quiet!" snapped the lead Death Eater in front. The boats glided silently across the lake. All of a sudden, a scream of agony erupted from a Death Eater, as he keeled over the boat and sank. All the Death Eaters looked around in confusion, until a whistling noise was heard and another scream of pain shot out. "Arrows!" shouted one Death Eater, pointing toward the shore on the other side. Rows of Centaurs stood there. As one, they raised their bows, and released their arrows. A cloud of arrows flew high into the air, then fell onto the Death Eaters. Many lost their lives in a single volley.

The lead Death Eater then pointed his wand at the Centaurs and screamed out, "EXPLODORES!" A spiraling beam of energy roared out his wand and soared highspeed at the Centaurs as they scattered. The beam impacted the ground, and the ground immediately exploded, sending showers of dirt and fire everywhere. The other Death Eaters also launched Exploding Curses. Many Centaurs dodged the Exploding Curses, but many more didn't. The Centaurs screamed in fury and fired their arrows. Another wave of arrows flew out over the lake, and struck many Death Eaters. By now the Death Eaters were rapidly approaching shore, and simply ignored the hail of death, except the ones at the front. The front Death Eaters raised their wands and as one, shouted,
"Flatus!" A huge arc of red leapt up and soared toward land. The Blasting Curse struck the hard ground, churning up dirt, rock and flame. Twenty Centaurs were instantly killed by the explosion. The remaining ninety Centaurs decided to make a strategic withdrawal.

The Death Eaters cheered, and the boats hit shore. The Death Eaters stormed ashore, cheering, as they won the first battle in the Siege of Hogwarts. Unknown to them, it wasn't quite over yet.

Out of the Forest came a massive rumbling, and to the disbelief of many Death Eaters, Unicorns charged out of the Forest, with many witch Aurors and Order members. The wave of Unicorns crashed into the Death Eaters, spearing them with their Holy horns. The Death Eaters screamed in pain and fury, and the ones who weren't spearheaded pointed their wands at the Unicorns and their riders, and with a collective roar, "AVADA KEDAVRA!" Jets of green light soared out of their wands and rocketed toward their targets. As the jets of death began to soar toward their target, the Unicorns also began galloping toward them. Just as white and green met, as one the Unicorns jumped over the Killing Curses and continued to gallop toward the Death Eaters.

"FLATUS!" roared the line of Death Eaters. A blast of swirling energy exploded out of the Death Eater's wands and shot toward the galloping Unicorns and their riders. The witches on top waved their wands, a huge shield promptly encompassed the Unicorns. The Blasting Curses struck the shield. The shield gave an almighty scream, and cracked, but it held. The first row of Death Eaters appeared to resign themselves to their fates, and pointed their wands for their last stand. Together, they screamed out a very Dark German spell, invented by Grindelwald during World War II, "WANDELN SIE BLUT EIS UM!" A dark lance of energy roared out of the evil wands and into the living world, and hit the shield. Unfortunately, the combined spell was far too powerful, and the shield exploded. As the Unicorns reached the thirty foot mark away from the Death Eaters, the spell hit them. They instantly screamed and screeched, and all of them fell to the ground. They continued to scream, as their pure silver coats rapidly turned white, then blue. The riders were quickly picked off by the Killing Curse, or the Blasting Curse. The Death Eaters cheered in victory, and charged off into the Forest.