The Battle of Hogsmeade part two

I must be mental

Ron peered around the corner of the building he was using for cover.

Where the bloody hell did they go?

He looked up and down the street but still didn't see any of the Death Eaters. Then a movement in a window in the building across the street caught his eye.

Why the hell did they go hide in there?

It's a trap, they are waiting to ambush the people coming to investigate.

At that moment a sickly green light shot out of the window right at him. Spinning to his right he let the corner of the house block the spell by inches.

I'm going to move down a bit and see if I can't get a better angle.

Moving slowly he sent two buildings down from his and then moved back out towards the street. As he did he noticed that one of the Death Eaters had come out and seemed to be moving towards where he had been a few minutes ago.

He fell to the ground and cast his spell from a prone position.

"Stupefy"

The spell caught the Death Eater in the back of the head and threw him into the produce stand he had been moving towards.

Rolling back between the two buildings he tried to think clearly.

What would Moody say if he were here?

Ron could hear Moody's voice in his head. "When you are badly outnumbered don't try to be a hero. Wait for your back up."

Well Moody old man I would love to do that but you see it won't work. Harry's my back up and they are looking for him.

At that moment he heard noise coming from a good distance up the street.

Sounds like the rest of the Death Eaters got here. If I was right then I bet the D.A. has them in a pretty brutal crossfire.

Don't think about if you were wrong.

I still have to get rid of these right here.

As he looked around a spell hit just above his head and the flying shards of stone went everywhere.

Damn that was close.

As Ron moved back a bit he noticed something wet running down his face. Putting his hand up to wipe it off it came back covered in blood.

Those shards must have cut me pretty bad. Still it could be worse. I've got to do something unexpected to keep them off balance.

At that Ron broke into a run right across the street. Spells hit the ground all around him but they all somehow missed. He was now on the same side of the street as the Death Eaters. A blast of noise came from up the street and he was one of the Death Eaters inside turn to look at it.

"Stupefy" he yelled then pulled his head back as four different spells landed all around him.

I wonder if I hit him.

Hey my hand is shaking, I wonder why? Maybe it's cause I am scared to death.

Looking up the street he saw one of the Death Eaters slipping out the back door of the building and started moving down the street towards him.

"Petrificus Totalus"

Just missed him and now he knows where I am for certain.

The Death Eater was being cautious in his movement not giving Ron much of a shot at him.

"Inpedamanta"

Ron barely had time to say "Protego" before the spell hit and his shield only barely held.

The Death Eater ran forward screaming "Ewiger Schlaf", a dark read bolt shot out of his wand and hit Ron in the side as he turned to move back into the alley. Pain shot through his arm for just a moment before he blacked out.

Ron woke up and the pain in his arm almost made him pass out again. When he looked down he could see part of the bone sticking out of hit.

Wow that looks bad and it's my wand hand as well.

He stood up and only then did he notice that a raging spell battle was going on in the streets. Peering around the corner he saw several members of the DA had surrounded the house where most of the Death Eaters were. As he watched though,one of the DA members got hit with a spell that didn't come from that house. A minute later it happened again.

Ok that had to come from the second floor of this house. I better go see if I can help.

Ron moved through the now open back door and tried to move quietly up the stairs. He made it up to the second floor and the door leading out of the stairwell was already open. He could hear the battle clearly coming from what must have been the front of the house.

As he moved through the house he started to feel a little light headed and sick to his stomach. He paused for a moment and it seemed to settle down a bit. When he looked back up he could see the back of the Death Eater. The Death Eater was on the balcony using the banister as a bit of cover and it didn't seem as if anyone had noticed him since no spells where landing around him.

Steadying himself he tried to raise his wand only to realize his wand was downstairs where he had dropped it when he was hit by the last spell.

The Death Eater started to laugh "Well well, now I see you Potter. You have been a thorn in our side for too long."

He took a step to the side to get a clear shot and in a horrible voice started to scream " Avaaaa.." when Ron slammed into him. Ron's momentum carried them both against the banister and it gave way under their combined weight. To Ron it seemed like they fell for a long time and when they did land it was with a sickening thud and everything went all white as pain rolled through his body like thunder. He knew he should try to get up and get back into the fight but he just couldn't seem to get the strength to do it.

After a few minutes that seemed like an eternity he managed to get on his knees "accio wand" he croaked. Still in a moment his wand came flying towards him and he managed to catch it with his left hand.

When he got to his feet he realized that his left ankle was probably broken but he could walk if he let it slide instead of picking it up. Looking around it seemed that the fighting was all but over. Mad Eye Moody was walking up to him as fast as he could move.

"Great Merlin Weasley you look terrible."

"You don't look so damn good yourself Moody" he grinned. Then another wave of pain rolled over him and he retched.

"Let's get you to St. Mungo's before that Granger girl gets a good look at you. Wait right here."

Ron decided not to tell him he probably couldn't go anywhere.

As he stood there feeling his ankle swell up he looked around. Several people seemed to be hurt though it didn't look like anyone was really badly hurt.

If we got out of this without anyone dying it's a miracle.

"Mr. Weasley you should have gone back to the castle when the Auror's took charge. What do you have to say for yourself?"

Ron turned to face Professor McGonagall "Sorry Professor I didn't know about it."

Minerva McGonagall's face went chalk white "Ron are you alright?" She said very softly.

'Well I think my ankle is broken, my arm as well. Oh and I bet I have some ugly cuts on my head somewhere. My side also hurts like when I broke my ribs before. Other than that I should be ok."

"Minerva I'm going to take him to St. Mungo's." Moody said as he stumped back up.

"That won't be necessary Alsator. I will take him to Pomfrey she will be able to take care of him."

"Minerva are you sure that Hogwarts is set up to handle that sort of thing?"

"Yes Alastor and it will be good for him to be among his friends."

At that point Ron wanted to interrupt to say he was fine but as he opened his mouth the world started to spin and he fainted.