Sorry about the shortness of the last update, I figured people would at least want to know I haven't given up, even if it didn't say much.

Here's some more.

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Albus called everyone to attention, and the teachers all sat at their places at the high table.

"We have trained long and hard for this," Albus began. "I know you all value your family, your lives and your friends and I know you will all fight bravely and strongly."

A few students cheered and others nodded in agreement.

"Knowing the Death Eaters and Lord Voldemort to be exceptionally arrogant it is assumed there will be somewhat of a loud and showy commencement of the attack. So we must…"

Suddenly Sophia couldn't hear him properly anymore, there was a loud ringing in her ears. She felt vibrations through the floor. She looked over the Remus and saw him holding his ear.

The ringing became a SCREAMING level, and both Sophia and Remus stood up, with their chairs scraping and then falling over behind them.

Sophia laid down on the ground holding her ears while Remus leant against the table.

She could see Albus asking if she was ok, but she couldn't hear it over the screaming loud ringing.

The vibrations began getting stronger, and she noticed the cups on the table rattling.. Then the whole room began to shake, and the screaming turned into a loud hum as the roof of the Great Hall started falling apart, and getting caught in the charmed sky. Dust was falling from the walls onto the students as what Sophia recognised as an earthquake ripped through the castle.

Remus and Sophia's high sense of hearing sensed the earthquake coming, and Albus realised that THIS was the commencement of the war.

As Albus realised this, the doors burst open and a swarm of death eaters walked in, wands at the ready.

The seventh years threw protection shields up, and yelled spells left and right. Death eaters fell, but more just followed. The 6th years began their offence, throwing less advanced spells. Prefects began yelling killing curses, and green lights shone like flashes on cameras. Sophia ran past a couple of students and down the hall, heading for the lower dungeons where she would hide until she could work out how to get away.

She was stopped by a death eater as she was running, and she pulled his arm back and around, snapping it loudly. She caught Remus's eye and he nodded at her. She shrugged and ran off.

Running down the halls, she headed into the darkest parts of the dungeons. Suddenly, out of nowhere she ran into a wall. A soft spongy wall.

Looking up from down on the ground, she saw a tall man in death eaters robes. She felt her heart stop, but speed up at the same time, and the blood rushed from her body.

The death eater reached his hand out to pick her up, and she looked at him confusedly.

"Severus?" She said. She reached up and held the hand, and he pushed her against the nearest wall, pinning her hands behind her.

"Severus, this isn't funny. I have to hide." She started squirming to get away, but he held her tight. Holding both hands with one hand, he lifted his mask off, and his platinum blonde straight hair tumbled out. Lucius Malfoy smirked at Sophia.

"Now, how did YOU know that dear Severus was a death eater? I knew he was a traitor. You are my evidence. I think you and him are more than just friends. This is why I will enjoy raping and killing you, and showing him your severed head." He leant in and caught her lips in a rough and violent kiss. She felt her head digging into the brick wall behind her, and she felt the tears pouring down her cheeks.

Suddenly, he was ripped away from her, and she watched as a green light surrounded him. His eyes connected with hers as he fell, lifeless to the floor.

Looking to her left, she saw Severus standing there. She ran to him and threw her arms around him, kissing him passionately.

"I never realised how much someone saving your life makes you love them so much." Sophia said, staring directly into his eyes.

"I must be getting back," he answered, looking away. "If you follow that path there, into the dungeons, you can hide in there. I will come for you, stay there."

Sophia ran into the dark hallway, as Severus stepped over Lucius's dead body and apparated back to the Great Hall.