A/N: Hey guys. Sorry it's been so long. I'm going through a lot of crap right now with sick family members and high school and all this stuff….Anyways, I'm back to post for a bit, so please enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Star Wars. Wait, crap, wrong disclaimer. I mean, I don't own Harry Potter. Though I don't own Star Wars either, so whatever. Okay then, cool.

Chapter 9

"A—are we s—slowing down?" Harry questioned.

Lupin frowned. Then is expression became impeccable. He looked up at Harry.

"It could be them. You know what happened last time we made an 'unscheduled stop.'"

Harry groaned, as Lupin stood up, motioning for the other aurors to do the same.

"What's going on?" Moody barked at the first face he could find, Ron.

Ron didn't answer. He just looked scared. But Moody didn't have a problem much longer. Just seconds later, a familiar creepy coldness swept over the train. Tonks looked scared.

"Oh no," she muttered to herself.

Hermione was trembling. She gave a slight whimper. Ron, noticing this, pulled her into a hug.

All of a sudden, very unexpectedly, Luna Lovegood walked up to all of them. She had a look of vague interest in the group on her face.

"You know, I don't like dementors very much."

Harry replied, "No one does."

"Okay," Moody's voice boomed, taking control of the situation, "we need all students we can fit, except Harry—because he can produce a patronus—in the back of the train, by the prefect's compartment."

"Okay," Ginny said.

They all ran off to inform people, but Harry stayed put. He was thinking to himself. How many patronuses are we going to be able to have? Me, Moody and Tonks are only three, but there are bound to be some professors. Harry didn't like the thought of this.

Suddenly, Hermione came back with every single member of the DA.

"These," Hermione informed them, "are all the students who can produce patronuses." She turned the DA members. "Those of you who don't feel you can produce a good enough patronus to fight off a load of dementors in a few minutes, should go back to the safety of the prefect compartment immediately."

Some of the students left, but not all. They were left with Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Cho, Katie, Justin, Hannah, Luna, and Susan.

"Are there dementors here?" Cho asked, with her voice shaking.

Moody seemed to observe her as though evaluating her.

"Hundreds."

Their eyes bulged. Katie Bell let out a loud whimper.

"You sure all of you are up to it?" Harry asked addressing his "pupils."

They all seemed to nod in unison.

There was a brief silence, and then Moody spoke up.

"All of you can produce patronuses?" Moody asked, gaping at them.

They nodded with pride showing in their faces.

"Corporeal patronuses?" Moody growled.

"Mmm hmm," Susan Bones replied nodding her head.

"Who taught you that?" Tonks asked surprised.

"Harry," replied all of the students in unison.

A smile flickered across Lupin's face, although it quickly vanished after there was a rattling heard from above them.

"I think they're on the roof," Moony said aloud.

"All of us are going to get in front of the mass of students piling out of the prefect compartment." Tonks informed them all. "When the dementors come aboard the train, we're all going to produce patronuses at the dementors."

They all looked so scared. Some were shaking uncontrollably. Harry sighed, and thought to himself, This is all my fault. Harry glanced at Ginny, who looked back at him. She seemed to be looking deep into his eyes, when a tear trickled down her cheek. She quickly looked away, and wiped her face dry.

The bitter coldness was getting worse. The dementors were really starting to effect them. Although, he hadn't started reliving his worst memories, he most definitely had a miniscule amount of happiness left in him. He could tell the others felt the same.

A loud BANG came from the roof. Harry looked at Lupin, who nodded. He motioned for all of them to get in position.

"Wands out everyone!" Tonks said with a look of determination on her face.

They got out their wands and started thinking of happy memories, when there was one more loud CRASH above, and a gaping hole appeared in the ceiling of the Hogwarts Express.

That moment the chill of the air became ten times worse. Nearly 600 dementors came piling onto the train. Harry heard a woman's scream inside his head.

"No," Harry said forcefully to himself, in a mumble. Harry wracked his brain for a happy thought. When he came up with one, it was time for everyone to produce his or her patronus.

"EXPECTO PATRONUM!" They all roared. A giant silver stag erupted from the tip of Harry's wand. It stormed towards the dementors. But there were so many of them, that the dementors had no where to back off to. The effect of the patronuses was just that the dementors were being knocked down, but they could easily glide back to their feet.

Harry, Hermione, Tonks, Moody, and Lupin had all produced their patronus on the first try. Ginny tried once and produced a silver vapor. On her second attempt, she produced a fully-fledged patronus. She beamed, but her smile vanished immediately as she looked weak all of a sudden. Harry guessed she had just relived a terrible memory, most likely to do with Tom Riddle's diary from four years ago.

Ron was able to produce a corporeal patronus on hid third try. The other students produced their patronuses after a few more tries. But the dementors were only being knocked down. Though, somehow the patronuses had decided that their best strategy of defense was to charge back and forth in front of the students forming a type of a shield.

It was getting harder to hold on. They were all shaking. People were passing out one after the other. After a time, the only people left standing were Harry, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Luna, Cho, Tonks, Moody, and Lupin.

Luna was heard letting out a whimper, and she fell to the ground. Her patronus flickered and died away. This left a gap in the shield. Dementor after dementor had been getting through as people fainted and patronuses died. Cho was the next to go. Her patronus left the line, also.

Harry didn't know how much longer he was going to be able to last. His memories were just getting worse and worse. They played over and over again in his head like a broken record.

Not Harry, please not Harry…step aside, silly girl…Aveda Kedavra…Come on! You can do better than that…Lily, take Harry and go…It might even be painless, I wouldn't know. I've never died…Crucio…My life for his! Please…You have irked me too often, for too long…Aveda Kedavra…and my Death Eaters have let Harry Potter thwart me again…By which time I shall be gone, and you dead…If death is nothing, Dumbledore, kill the boy…Born as the seventh month dies…One must die at the hand the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives…Not Harry! Please not Harry.

His scar began to sear with pain. Harry groaned loudly, his legs shaking. Moments later, Ginny fainted.

"Ginny!" Harry found himself saying quietly to himself as she fell. Harry wanted to faint now, but he knew he had to hang on.

Only a matter of seconds later, Hermione gasped loudly, and fell gracefully to the floor. Harry groaned again, this time joined by Ron. Tonks collapsed moments after Hermione. Dementors were now everywhere, since so many DA members had passed out. Harry gathered up enough strength to look over at Ron. He looked at Harry and shook his head slightly. His eyes closed and he fell to the floor.

Harry was shaking uncontrollably.

If death is nothing, Dumbledore, kill the boy.

Lupin turned his head and looked at Harry. He was as pale as a ghost, as was Harry. Harry couldn't hold on any longer. Worse and worse memories were filling his mind. A white fog filled Harry's head, and he fell to the floor. Harry knew no more.

A/N: Okay, sorry if that was short. But there you go. I know this story isn't too well-written so far, but that's because it was written quite a while back. I mean this is Pre-HBP so you know it's gotta be a bit old. Oh, by the way, just for anyone who would like to know, I have a Post-HBP fic in progress right now. I have a couple chapters written that I'll post once I come up with a title. Lol. I've been struggling with that whole title thing for a while now….Anyways, reviews are much appreciated!