Chapter 16: The Hogwarts Express
A/N: If I finish this chapter this will be my longest story as of the moment I post. Enjoy the chapter.
Disclaimer: If you've seen it, I don't own it.
Remus was scared. He had just gained guardian ship over three teenage boys and all of them would be endanger. He knew it would be hard keeping them out of trouble but this was ridiculous! Remus couldn't sleep at all. The full moon had came and gone and now he was a worried parent. He could imagine how Molly and Arthur felt. All but one of their children would be there. Dudley had insisted on seeing Harry and Draco off before getting on his way to boarding school. Remus still had to sign him in so they would go together to his first day of school but besides that the boy was doing remarkably well with this guardianship thing. Remus had the boy on a diet but he allowed Dudley to take one day a week off the diet. He couldn't eat a lot on the last day but he could have like a piece of cake and a decent meal.
Tonks meanwhile had been busy. He would catch her stumbling in just as the sun was rising and he was drinking his morning hot chocolate and she would be off to work again in a few hours. He was starting to worry. If Tonks found out he was worrying about her he'd be a dead man.
Remus figured he wouldn't be getting any sleep so he might as well get some work done. He would be going to Hogwarts as a member of the order to protect the future of the wizarding world and he might as well get the patrol schedules out. He quickly dressed and made sure his few belongings were packed. He slipped into first Dudley's room to check on the boy before doing the same with the twins. Harry had apparently kicked his sheets off and was now shivering while Draco was halfway off the bed.
'Teenagers and their weird sleeping habits.' Remus thought as he pulled the covers back over Harry and shoved Draco back on the bed.
Remus thought for a moment about his friends when they were teens. Wormtail used to curl up in a ball when he slept, James ended up on the floor most nights while Sirius could sleep through anything. Well almost anything. James figured that if you dumped five gallons of ice water on someone when they were half asleep they would wake up so Sirius was usually not a morning person.
Remus began to work on the patrol schedule and didn't notice when Harry joined him.
"Hi." Harry said simply.
"What are you doing up at," he paused to look at the clock. "6 a.m.?" Remus began to pour Harry a cup of hot chocolate.
"Woke up and couldn't sleep." Harry answered as he sipped the hot chocolate given to him.
"Nervous about the battle?" Remus asked.
"Not really. I'm more nervous about how Draco will be received and the sorting ceremony. What if Draco ends up in a different house? What if everyone hates him? I don't know what I would do. Then there's Dudley. He's probably freaked about everything." Harry tried to share his feelings.
Remus was about to respond when Dumbledore walked in dressed in his blue robe with stars and moons shinning off it and socks that were obviously made by Dobby.
"You two are up early." He joined them at the table.
"Sir, I've been wondering...never mind it's probably rude to ask." Harry changed his mind about asking.
"Harry I am also your guardian now. You can ask me whatever you want. I can't guarantee I will answer but I will try and let you get to know me better." Dumbledore reassured Harry while taking a lemon drop out of the canister on the table.
"I was wondering if you and Professor McGonagall have any children sir."
"Oh yes. We have five. They are all grown and have their own children now. In fact two of my grandchildren is starting at Hogwarts this year. To be safe though they grew up in America instead of England. Minerva's family raised the children during the school year and we raised them in the summer. Sadly most of their growing was missed but it was for their safety." Dumbledore offered the lemon drops to them.
Harry was silent for a moment. "Do you think anyone will get hurt today?" Harry asked the two men.
Dumbledore smiled sadly. "If we could defeat the evil without any cause to ourselves, we would not actually be in a war with evil."
Remus spoke up. "The most we can hope for is that none of the students get hurt. Harry I want you to promise me that you won't leave the train. It's going to be a big battle but we can't afford any of the students to be off the train. Promise me."
"But-"
"Promise."
"But-"Harry started again but at a stern look from Dumbledore he sighed, "I promise." He grudgingly stated.
"Good, now go make sure you have everything packed and get dressed." Remus sent the boy up.
"Ok. One last question. What is your grandchild's name Professor?"
"Emily and Natalie Clark." He smiled at the boy as he thought of his 11 year old granddaughters.
"Bye Harry. Bye Draco." Dudley said as he shook his cousins' hands. "See you at Christmas." Dudley seemed almost happy that his parents weren't there.
"Yeah bye Dud." Harry stated as he grinned at his cousin. They had become closer since the Dursleys had left the Order Headquarters. Draco also said his goodbyes to Remus and Dudley (they had to get Dudley to his school) before taking a deep breath and slipping through the barrier.
Harry soon followed past Moody and hauled his things (including two birds) onto the Express. Harry and the other DA members (after finding a compartment) began to wander the train. Ten till eleven it happened. Death Eaters and Dementors swarmed the platform.
Harry hurried towards the compartment door and stood shooting off Patronus charms, stunning, and disarming spells as fast as he could. Then he heard a scream. He ran towards where there was a big fight in one of the compartments. Many of the DA members were wounded on the floor. A slashing curse was sent towards Neville who was frozen by the pain of the Dementors in his head.
Just as Harry was about to scream at Neville to get down Draco jumped in the way of the curse. Three large slashes were visible on his chest. Harry sent off a Patronus to run the Dementors off and stunned the Death Eaters. Before he could run to Draco, who was now covered in his own blood, a scream, no two screams, reached his ear.
Harry ran to help and found two small girls cornered in the very last compartment by three Death Eaters.
"Hey why don't you pick on someone your own size?" Harry yelled getting the Death Eaters attention.
"Well lookie here. Looks like we have a hero in our mist. Lets take him out." One of them snickered.
"Aw, how cute the little boy is trying to help the little girls."
"Watch who you call little you idiot." Harry raised his wand at the same time the Death Eaters did. He quickly dodged the first attack stunned two of them and just as the third spell went of f he was hit with the last Death Eaters spell. The spell knocked him into the wall and unconscious. The last thing he saw was the Death Eater fall to the ground.
He woke to the two little girls shaking him. "Wake up." They chanted trying to wake the boy.
Harry groggily opened his eyes. The sounds of battle still reached his ears and he jumped up. 'I have to help.' He thought.
"Stay hidden. It will be ok." He reassured the girls before returning to the fight. He glanced out the window just in time to see the last of the Death Eaters go down. It was over they had did it.
'Draco!' the thought suddenly came to mind. Harry raced back through the train to see Hermione kneeling next to Draco's bloody body.
"I can't stop the bleeding." She stated gravely.
A/N: annnnnnd that's the end of that story. :: Grins evilly::
Don't kill me I'm only joking. It's just the end of that chapter. I will update quickly (I hope). Please don't kill me. This is now my longest story. This chapter was 1,387 words. Hopefully I still have readers. ( One hopes. Review to reassure me that you are there.
A/N: If I finish this chapter this will be my longest story as of the moment I post. Enjoy the chapter.
Disclaimer: If you've seen it, I don't own it.
Remus was scared. He had just gained guardian ship over three teenage boys and all of them would be endanger. He knew it would be hard keeping them out of trouble but this was ridiculous! Remus couldn't sleep at all. The full moon had came and gone and now he was a worried parent. He could imagine how Molly and Arthur felt. All but one of their children would be there. Dudley had insisted on seeing Harry and Draco off before getting on his way to boarding school. Remus still had to sign him in so they would go together to his first day of school but besides that the boy was doing remarkably well with this guardianship thing. Remus had the boy on a diet but he allowed Dudley to take one day a week off the diet. He couldn't eat a lot on the last day but he could have like a piece of cake and a decent meal.
Tonks meanwhile had been busy. He would catch her stumbling in just as the sun was rising and he was drinking his morning hot chocolate and she would be off to work again in a few hours. He was starting to worry. If Tonks found out he was worrying about her he'd be a dead man.
Remus figured he wouldn't be getting any sleep so he might as well get some work done. He would be going to Hogwarts as a member of the order to protect the future of the wizarding world and he might as well get the patrol schedules out. He quickly dressed and made sure his few belongings were packed. He slipped into first Dudley's room to check on the boy before doing the same with the twins. Harry had apparently kicked his sheets off and was now shivering while Draco was halfway off the bed.
'Teenagers and their weird sleeping habits.' Remus thought as he pulled the covers back over Harry and shoved Draco back on the bed.
Remus thought for a moment about his friends when they were teens. Wormtail used to curl up in a ball when he slept, James ended up on the floor most nights while Sirius could sleep through anything. Well almost anything. James figured that if you dumped five gallons of ice water on someone when they were half asleep they would wake up so Sirius was usually not a morning person.
Remus began to work on the patrol schedule and didn't notice when Harry joined him.
"Hi." Harry said simply.
"What are you doing up at," he paused to look at the clock. "6 a.m.?" Remus began to pour Harry a cup of hot chocolate.
"Woke up and couldn't sleep." Harry answered as he sipped the hot chocolate given to him.
"Nervous about the battle?" Remus asked.
"Not really. I'm more nervous about how Draco will be received and the sorting ceremony. What if Draco ends up in a different house? What if everyone hates him? I don't know what I would do. Then there's Dudley. He's probably freaked about everything." Harry tried to share his feelings.
Remus was about to respond when Dumbledore walked in dressed in his blue robe with stars and moons shinning off it and socks that were obviously made by Dobby.
"You two are up early." He joined them at the table.
"Sir, I've been wondering...never mind it's probably rude to ask." Harry changed his mind about asking.
"Harry I am also your guardian now. You can ask me whatever you want. I can't guarantee I will answer but I will try and let you get to know me better." Dumbledore reassured Harry while taking a lemon drop out of the canister on the table.
"I was wondering if you and Professor McGonagall have any children sir."
"Oh yes. We have five. They are all grown and have their own children now. In fact two of my grandchildren is starting at Hogwarts this year. To be safe though they grew up in America instead of England. Minerva's family raised the children during the school year and we raised them in the summer. Sadly most of their growing was missed but it was for their safety." Dumbledore offered the lemon drops to them.
Harry was silent for a moment. "Do you think anyone will get hurt today?" Harry asked the two men.
Dumbledore smiled sadly. "If we could defeat the evil without any cause to ourselves, we would not actually be in a war with evil."
Remus spoke up. "The most we can hope for is that none of the students get hurt. Harry I want you to promise me that you won't leave the train. It's going to be a big battle but we can't afford any of the students to be off the train. Promise me."
"But-"
"Promise."
"But-"Harry started again but at a stern look from Dumbledore he sighed, "I promise." He grudgingly stated.
"Good, now go make sure you have everything packed and get dressed." Remus sent the boy up.
"Ok. One last question. What is your grandchild's name Professor?"
"Emily and Natalie Clark." He smiled at the boy as he thought of his 11 year old granddaughters.
"Bye Harry. Bye Draco." Dudley said as he shook his cousins' hands. "See you at Christmas." Dudley seemed almost happy that his parents weren't there.
"Yeah bye Dud." Harry stated as he grinned at his cousin. They had become closer since the Dursleys had left the Order Headquarters. Draco also said his goodbyes to Remus and Dudley (they had to get Dudley to his school) before taking a deep breath and slipping through the barrier.
Harry soon followed past Moody and hauled his things (including two birds) onto the Express. Harry and the other DA members (after finding a compartment) began to wander the train. Ten till eleven it happened. Death Eaters and Dementors swarmed the platform.
Harry hurried towards the compartment door and stood shooting off Patronus charms, stunning, and disarming spells as fast as he could. Then he heard a scream. He ran towards where there was a big fight in one of the compartments. Many of the DA members were wounded on the floor. A slashing curse was sent towards Neville who was frozen by the pain of the Dementors in his head.
Just as Harry was about to scream at Neville to get down Draco jumped in the way of the curse. Three large slashes were visible on his chest. Harry sent off a Patronus to run the Dementors off and stunned the Death Eaters. Before he could run to Draco, who was now covered in his own blood, a scream, no two screams, reached his ear.
Harry ran to help and found two small girls cornered in the very last compartment by three Death Eaters.
"Hey why don't you pick on someone your own size?" Harry yelled getting the Death Eaters attention.
"Well lookie here. Looks like we have a hero in our mist. Lets take him out." One of them snickered.
"Aw, how cute the little boy is trying to help the little girls."
"Watch who you call little you idiot." Harry raised his wand at the same time the Death Eaters did. He quickly dodged the first attack stunned two of them and just as the third spell went of f he was hit with the last Death Eaters spell. The spell knocked him into the wall and unconscious. The last thing he saw was the Death Eater fall to the ground.
He woke to the two little girls shaking him. "Wake up." They chanted trying to wake the boy.
Harry groggily opened his eyes. The sounds of battle still reached his ears and he jumped up. 'I have to help.' He thought.
"Stay hidden. It will be ok." He reassured the girls before returning to the fight. He glanced out the window just in time to see the last of the Death Eaters go down. It was over they had did it.
'Draco!' the thought suddenly came to mind. Harry raced back through the train to see Hermione kneeling next to Draco's bloody body.
"I can't stop the bleeding." She stated gravely.
A/N: annnnnnd that's the end of that story. :: Grins evilly::
Don't kill me I'm only joking. It's just the end of that chapter. I will update quickly (I hope). Please don't kill me. This is now my longest story. This chapter was 1,387 words. Hopefully I still have readers. ( One hopes. Review to reassure me that you are there.