A brief description of vampires:

1.) Vampires can not survive in sunlight (only the king can)

2.) Vampires thirst for blood without regard for anyone's safety

3.) Vampires are naturally thick-headed (except for the king)

4.) Vampires can only perform 5 curses: Cruciatus, (as Ron found out) Avada Kedavra, Imperius, ( to some extent- can be broken easily) Impedimenta, and the one only vampires can do- Terindo (turns the victim's body inside out)

These curses are performed wandless

O.K. on with the new chapter…

CHAPTER 12: The Beginning

Everyone in school was eating a hasty dinner in the Great Hall. Everyone except four teenagers in the Gryffindor common room.

Even as Harry Potter and Hermione Granger packed the things they would need for their mission, a blast echoed throughout the halls or Hogwarts.

"They just don't know when to quit do they?" Harry was up with his bag, wand in hand, and methodically walking toward the portrait when Neville stopped him.

"You go, we go" He said, gesturing at Ginny. Harry took one look at them and continued out the door. Well, he would have if he wouldn't have been lifted off his feet and thrown into the wall. Ginny Weasley stood over his curled body on the floor and uttered a cold command:

"He's my brother, I am going, so get up and let's go!" Harry couldn't argue. He didn't want to argue anymore. He didn't want to do any thing but find Kinkou and make him pay. So in a tense manner he got up and walked out of the door with the other three close behind.

They didn't get far before Luna Lovegood turned a corner and joined the quartet. Harry didn't argue here either. Let them go to their deaths; they can't deal with power this big.

How wrong he was.

When they reached the entrance hall, all of the students were crowded inside with the teachers out cold. At least forty Death eaters with wands at the ready stood at the doors. Even from a distance Harry could feel cold. A hundred Dementors surrounded the school. Harry couldn't believe this. Hogwarts was taken down so easily! Dumbledore gone, McGonagall and the other professors out cold, and the students reduced to shivers. What had become of Hogwarts, the most prominent magicschool in the world? Harry could not let this happen.

"WHERE IS HE?" said a burly Death Eater of about six feet. "I want POTTER! Fine then, if I don't get answers, I'll take heads instead. You there! Come here. Two Death Eaters swarmed on the shivering form of Dennis Creevey. His Brother, Colin, tried to stop them but was silenced with a forearm.

"Right here you big oaf," said Harry, parting the crowd as he walked. "You have a problem with me or something?" The Death Eater look dumbfounded by the sudden appearance of the boy but regained his composure.

"SEIZE HIM!" Three of the lackeys swarmed on Harry but were met with the force of three stunners. Luna, Hermione, and Neville stood by his side with their wands out. More Death Eaters came and soon the school had formed a circle around the action. Ginny threw out bat-bogey hexes like candy while the Death Eaters advanced. Neville used a very formidable Lumos to blind eight of the charging assailants but was caught in the side with a stunner. Luna hit them with five stunners. With a much smaller crowd of villains to attain to, the students helped out. It seemed the school was coming together to fight a common evil. The remaining Death Eaters looked unsure of their mission and bolted to the door, only to be hit in the back with many different jinxes. Soon there was only the burly Death Eater remaining and he staggered for about three seconds before he was put to rest with Petrificus Totalus from Dennis Creevey, who consequently wore a very satisfied grin. The hall was silent as the Death Eaters lay on the floor writhing in pain.

"Everyone, please listen," said Hermione at the top of her lungs. All attention was shifted towards her. She looked a little queasy at the attention but quickly set to addressing the crowd "Neville has left to call the Ministry. We need everyone to stay indoors until the Ministry gets here and directs you otherwise. Harry and I need to leave now. Ginny, Neville, and Luna will stay and take charge until the authorities can get here." Ginny tried to interrupt but Hermione silenced here with a hand. "Someone needs to take care of things here," she said quietly to her. "Please Ginny," she begged.

"O.K. but if they don't need me here I am going to follow you."

"Fair enough," said Hermione. "Now we must go" Just then Neville burst thru the doors and proceeded to run to Harry.

"Harry, the ministry has been overthrown by the dark side; a troll answered the call. What are we going to do, Harry? I mean the ministry is gone, Dumbledore is in a coma, the teachers are all out cold if not dead, Azkaban has been raided and all the prisoners released, and not to mention there are about a hundred dementors swirling about outside." Neville breathed deeply. He had gotten a lot off of his chest. Harry pondered Neville's revelation for a moment. There was something strange about his statement.

"Neville…?"

"Yes?"

"How do you know that Azkaban has been raided?"

"Er… lucky guess?"

"Or not." Harry studied the crowd. Draco Malfoy wascoincedentally missing from the room. Yet someone who looked strangely like Neville Longbottom was staggering around, scratching his head. Hmm… "Draco" Draco Malfoy, in the form of Neville Longbottom made a break for it towards the end of the hall but was caught in the back with a few jinxes from Hermione. As Neville made his way to Harry, Hermione disposed of Draco in a janitorial closet.

"Everyone," Harry boomed, "the D.A. is now back. Anyone who wants to join will walk to the Great Hall. Anyone who wishes to die may stay." Harry turned and walked to the Great Hall followed by the whole school, except for a few idiotic Slytherins.

And so he trained them. With the help of Hermione, Luna, Neville, and Ginny he trained the students to fight for two straight months, while the teachers recovered. It pained Harry to think that Ron was being tortured or worse but the students needed to be taught. He couldnt let them face the dark side with no chance of prevailing.McGonagall fully recovered on the 60th day and the rest of the teachers came around soon after. The Dementors left after the first week no one was allowed outside (though who would wish to?) but two dementors slipped through an open window in the divination tower. They were quickly taken care of.

Hogwarts was to be closed down at the end of that week. The students were mostly potent and the rest of the week was to be spent indoors for obvious reasons. Well the kids were supposed to stay indoors but Harry Potter never really thought much of rules. Especially when people were in danger. OnSunday night Harry, Hermione, Neville, Ginny, and Luna met in the Gryffindor Corridor. Each looking determined on completing their mission. Harry was the first to speak:

"O.K. we all know that there are teachers patrolling all of the entrances to the school. That means that we have to set a diversion so that we can get through some kind of exit. I havearranged forErnie McMillan to distract Snape who is guarding the main entrance." Harry extracted a tri-fold map from his cloak. On the map was a small dot marked "Ernie McMillan" moving toward a small dot that was marked "Snape". Both dots stood next to each other until they moved off toward Hufflepuff's haven.

"C'mon, we don't have much time," said Hermione who in turn bolted off down the steps, as the rest hurried in her wake.

With Hogwarts far behind, the five teens began there quest.Everyone wondered where they might be headed,but no one dared to ask until Neville (of course) decided to question their destination.

"Harry… where exactly are we going?" He inquired hesitantly. Harry was silent for a moment, but after a minute he gave his response.

"I don't know… I really don't know," He replied blankly. Everyone stopped and stared at Harry in disbelief. Had he led them on a fool's journey?

"Well I do," said Hermione. Everyone stopped their hike and turned toward Hermione, expectantly. "I have read about Vampires. They like to keep there soon-to-be victims in cells until they are ready to feed. So if Kinkou is filled, he will want to save his food for later. There was one good thing about Malfoy using the polyjuice potion to be Neville. He told us exactly where there is an excluded place with a lot of cells and room. Azkaban Prison." No one said anything until…

"You're brilliant Hermione!" said Harry, "Brilliant!" Hermione blushed viciously until Luna asked…

"That's great but do any of you happen to know that Azkaban is on an island about 500 kilometers off the coast of the U.K.? How will we get there?" Harry already knew the answer to this question.

"Thestrals."

After a long break (sorry) I finally made another chapter. School's out so hopefully I can find time to write more and more as the teens make their way to Azkaban. Also I know this was boring again but this chapter wasn't meant for a lot of action. Reveiw!