Disclaimer: By now, if you don't know…then go you. I own nada except Chay, Mika, Liz, and Jeremy, or any other characters that aren't recognized from the stories.

A/N: Oh wow, I'm so sorry guys! I haven't updated in ages and I feel really bad about it! Arg…summer was a mess and school has been murder…really, it has. Still, no excuses, and if you're still reading, I love you so much!

Once the barrier had been broken, Chay picked up Mika and flew her over to where she said her other friends had been. They landed beside Liz and Jeremy, both of whom were teary eyed and had frozen tears on their faces. Mica ran to them and flung her arms around their necks, pulling them close to her small shoulders as she began to cry once more.

"She's dead!" sobbed Mika. "She's dead…I don't know why I couldn't...It's not…I…"

Chay came up behind her and gently rubbed her back in a comforting manner. Liz looked up and recognized Chay, but couldn't bring herself to speak to him. The trauma of losing her best friend and cousin was too much for her to deal with. Yet, somehow, that burst of light from the train had given her a kind of hope that maybe, just maybe, Hermione might still be alive.

Next thing they knew, an alarm burst out in an angry siren. They broke apart quickly and stared about, searching for the location of the noise. They found no source, but then about thirty death eaters apparated in front of the camp grounds and began sprinting towards the now broken barriers. Many of the students, some with wands, some without, ran towards the death eaters, wanting to fight against what had repressed them for so long.

Liz, Jeremy, Mica and Chay all jumped up, looking around in the chaos, trying to decide which to do: fight or flight. Chay had already grabbed Mica's arm and was dragging her away from the fighting, not wanting to lose another family member. Liz was also dragging Jeremy away from the battle, for he had been trying to run with the others against the death eaters.

They ran behind one of the damaged train compartments and hid, listening to the screams and cries of the former prisoners. They were breathing deeply and Mica was clutching a stitch in her side. Then, from out of nowhere, an ear piercing scream hit them. It wasn't a human scream, however.

"A dragon?" gasped Chay, recognizing the type of scream.

Sure enough, as they ran out again into the open, two dragons were flying overhead of the battle, reflecting all spells against them thanks to their magical scales. However, what caught Liz's eyes when looking at these magnificent creatures was what was on the backs of the dragons. They had unrecognizable features, except…

"Red hair…" Liz whispered, and then understood. They were Ron's siblings that he had told them about while on the train. And as if on cue, from out of the smoke now issuing from the train which had started to burn thanks to the curses being thrown around, came two figures, both running towards the death eaters, with a certain glow around them that made them seem invincible. It was Ron and Hermione. They were alive.

"Hermione!" screamed Liz, tears now hitting her eyes in relief that everyone was ok, for the time being. "Hermione! You're alive!"

However, Hermione couldn't hear her. They were too far away and were focused only on the death eaters who had tried to tear them apart.

Jeremy then turned to face his friends. "We need to do something to help them…" he said with an urgency he couldn't suppress in his voice. "Chay, Mica, both of you need to go find the rest of the creatures that escaped the pen. We need them to help us fight the death eaters."

Chay and Mica nodded, though reluctantly, and then flew off, Chay holding up Mica. Jeremy then turned to Liz. He looked into her eyes and she understood, giving him a small nod. They would have to help Hermione and Ron. They had to fight no matter what. Wands or no wands, it didn't matter. They had learned how to cast spells without wands or speaking, they could still fight back.

"Well, here we go…" Liz said, taking hold of Jeremy's hand.

"Yeah," he said, giving her hand a small squeeze.

They kissed briefly and then took a deep breath, and ran into the battle.

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Well, I know it's short, but at least it's an update. I'll try to update more now since I have a three week winter break! Yessssssss! Thanks for hanging on throughout this story you all!