Okay, here's the next chapter. Sorry it took so long, but I was a little low on idea. I thank anyone who reviewed the first chapter, and I hope you enjoy this one.
Did anyone noticed that I made the conflict between Dumbledore and Harry look like Obi-wan and Anakin? It's where I got the idea.
August 2005:
"Albus, we've been searching constantly and we haven't found anyone matching the description in the prophecy." said Snape.
"I hate to say it, but I agree." said Moody. "We've searched all over Europe and we haven't found a single wizard who's even close to the power of Harry Potter."
"Perhaps we've been looking in all the wrong places." said Dumbledore. "Sybil gave me some new information last week: "The savior is the rarest breed of all, hidden to the world and yet known."
"Yeah, that's a great help." said Ron. "Until we find him, we'll just have to fight Potter on our own. Do you know where his fortress?"
"Yes, I do." said Dumbledore. "It's in northern Britain, defended by many dark spells. However, we may be able to get through it if a spell I invented can get through it. We have a very small opening, but it should be enough to get through."
"How many people do we have to attack?" asked Tonks.
"About 100, half of them Ministry Personnel." said Dumbledore. "We don't know how many servants he has, so we're at a disadvantage. However, we must fight this war on our terms, not his."
"I'm sure he's going to attack Hogwarts, and if we attack now, Potter may take the opportunity to eliminate it." said Snape.
"I doubt he's going to attack Hogwarts, Snape." said Hermione. "Harry's smarter than Voldemort and knows that will turn the entire wizarding world against him."
"We still can't rule it out." said Moody. "Though I do have to admit it is quite unlikely."
"When does the attack begin?" asked Tonks.
"It begins in one hour." said Dumbledore. "I suggest that you take the time to prepare for battle. All of you know you may not return, and I commend you for your bravery to attack anyway. You prove that there is still goodness in the wizarding world."
"Merlin, how could this have happened?" asked Ron. "I can't believe Potter betrayed us!"
"Ron, there's nothing we can do about that now." said Hermione. "Harry has made his choice, and now we have to correct it."
"I feel death in the air, but who is it for: Potter, or us?" asked Ron.
"As long as we have Dumbledore on our side, we should be able to win." Hermione had never lost faith in Dumbledore, even when he had made very grave mistakes that led Harry to the dark side.
"I'm still not sure, Hermione. Dumbledore isn't superhuman, and Harry got about destroyed him 6 years ago. He's probably even more skilled now."
"We just have to have faith that we will win. Come on, we better get to the weapons room."
They arrived there within 5 minutes. The weapons room looked like a muggle antique shop, except that the weapons were magical, some of which belonged to the founders.
Ron took a broadsword, a small axe, and a bow and about 25 arrows. As for Hermione, she took a sword, shield and a 9-millimeter pistol, along with spare ammunition.
"What good is a muggle weapon going to do against Shadows?" (what Harry's servants called themselves) asked Ron.
"If you bothered to take Muggle Studies, you'd know that it's a very useful weapon." said Hermione. "A common pistol can be fired twice and quick as a wand and it's just as effective as the killing curse. Most shield charms can't block it at all and those that can just keep you alive, nothing more."
"Okay, I'll trust you." said Ron. "I still don't see it as an effective weapon."
"Hey, my dad killed 7 death eaters with a gun, but he was sent to prison because civilians owning guns are against Britain's laws."
There was a loud siren and they knew it was time to move. Despite their fear, the Order of the Phoenix were prepared to fight to the death to save their world and destroy the one who was trying to take it over.
All of them took Portkeys, shaped like Muggle paper towels. As Potter's fortress blocked Porkteys, they had to appear about 5 miles south of it. They drew their wands and swords, and touched the Portkeys.
"Great, school's going to start again in 2 weeks." said Danny Fenton, a 15-year-old boy living in Amity Park. However, he was unlike any other. He happened to be a ghost hybrid and protected the town against ghost attacks. Unfortunately, most people still saw him as a villain, but a few saw him for who he was once he saved their lives. He had his powers for about a year, and was growing more powerful with time. Even in his human form, he was growing stronger, probably for the same reason.
"Hey, at least we had a good summer, not to mention all the pretty girls in bathing suits." said Tucker Foley, Danny's best male friend. He changed little over the past year, aside from growing a couple of inches. He went with Danny when they were trying to catch ghosts, though he was often more of a hindrance than a help. He was Casper High's resident computer geek, and knew more about computers and other technological devices than almost everybody in town. A part of him was still jealous about Danny's ghost powers, though he remembered that he had a heavy responsibility.
"Tucker, do you always have to be such a pervert?" asked Samantha Manson, though she insisted that she be called Sam. She, too, had changed over the year, and looked a little more like a woman, though Danny sent death glares to anyone who dared look. She also helped with Danny's ghost fighting, and was much more useful than Tucker. Sam was the resident Goth, as well as a vegetarian. She was extremely independent, and did not hesitate to tell people what she thought, especially with her disdain of anything popular.
"Don't worry, Sam, it's a Tucker thing." said Danny. "He can't help it if he's a stupid pervert."
"Shut up!" Tucker exclaimed, with made both Danny and Sam laughed. Eventually, he saw the humor in the situation and laughed along with his two best friends.
"Let's just relax and enjoy the last two weeks of summer." said Danny.
"Sure, why not?" asked Sam.
"So what do you want to do?" asked Tucker. "I want to go to the pool and look at the girls. Danny, could you please use your ghost powers to get me in for free?"
"Tucker, I'm getting tired of going to the pool." said Danny. "Over than what you just mentioned, it's a living hell. Dash beats me up every day we're there and the lifeguards don't give a damn."
"That's what we get for having teenage lifeguards that don't care about anything but the opposite gender." said Sam. (It's sort of that way at the pool I go to in the summer, though not as bad as I describe in this story)
"So what are we going to do?" asked Danny.
"I don't know about you two lovebirds, but I'm going to a computer and observe all the electronics." said Tucker.
"I doubt that the only thing he'll observe." Sam whispered in Danny's ear, and he sniggered.
Eventually, they to go to Sam's place and decided to watch some movies. Unknown to most people, she had the richest family in Amity Park and the richest person Danny knew. (except for Vlad) Danny and Tucker poured themselves some soda and sat down in the luxury chairs.
"So what are you in the mood for?" asked Sam.
"I don't care, as long as it doesn't involve sappy romance." said Danny.
"I want to watch some mindless action." said Tucker. "I love it when blood comes out of a cut-off head." Danny and Sam just stared at him like he was an idiot.
Tucker and Sam argued for about 10 minutes about what movie to watch, while Danny simply drank his Pepsi, not wanting to get involved in another fight. Eventually, he went over to get a refill, but he didn't go 5 feet before his ghost sense went off.
Danny went ghost, ignoring his friends, who were still arguing. He flew out of Sam's house, looking for the ghost. However, he saw what he did not expect. One white dog ghost was running from several black figures who were apparently trying to destroy him.
"He may be a ghost, but I've still got to help him." said Danny.
One particular ghost was in the lead, a girl by the sounds of her voice. The dog fired several ectoplasmic blasts at her, and she was thrown back, but there were simply too many enemies to fight. Still, it was obvious that the girl, whoever she was, was the leader of this attack.
People on the ground watched in terror as the ghosts fought, and tried desperately to stay out of their way. However, 3 of the black ghosts decided to have a little fun and started attacking the townsfolk.
"Hey, leave them alone!" exclaimed Danny, kicking one of the black ghosts aside. The other two turned to him and attacked, but he simply deflected them with a rebounder. Unfortunately, that wasn't a very good idea, since one of the blasts hit a middle-aged man, injuring him seriously.
Danny kicked one of the black ghosts in the face, but then remembered he didn't have the thermos with him. The black ghosts counter-attacked, hitting Danny with a massive ectoplasmic blast. He flew up, trying to get the ghosts to follow him. They did so, and the battle continued in the air. Despite the fact that Danny was outnumbered 3 to 1, he fought them on even terms.
"Go, ghost stinger!" Danny yelled, hitting two of the ghosts with powerful blasts. He dodged the third's attacks and returned with an ectoplasmic blast from his eyes.
Slowly, he was getting the advantage over the three ghosts. However, they were still putting up stiff resistance and Danny was putting in a lot of effort to avoid being hit. In the midst of the battle, he had forgotten that there were still 4 more out there and they were wreaking havoc on Amity Park.
"Merlin, I really hope this attack succeeds." said Snape.
"We have to have confidence, Severus, or none of us will get anywhere." said Dumbledore. "I do wish Harry had not chosen this path, but there's nothing we can do now."
They stayed low and moved slowly, not wanting to attract any attention. Finally, after nearly an hour, they arrived at the Dark Fortress. Now the hard part was about to begin.
"Okay, so what's the spell you've invented, Albus?" asked Tonks. "And how long will it last?"
"No more than 3 minutes, and that's if we're lucky." said Dumbledore. "Abolisher mauvais!"
Suddenly, they were allowed to go into the fortress. All of them hurried like hell, not wanting to be trapped outside once the spell wore off. The last few made it inside seconds before the fortress' defenses went up once more.
"Okay, we'd better be very quiet." whispered Dumbledore. "We split into 4 groups. I'll lead the first one. Severus, you lead the second. Alastor, you lead the third group. Hermione, you lead the last one. This way, if one of our groups fall into a trap, the others can help us."
"That's assuming we get there in time." said Moody.
"True, but it is better this way, as we do not lose all of our forces." replied Dumbledore.
They moved according to plan. When opportunity came, they split up, moving as quietly as possible. They had found no resistance thus far, which made them think they were walking into a trap.
Finally, Hermione's group found a few Shadows keeping watch. They were not especially vigilant, as most of them were too busy drinking and bragging about how many people they killed.
Ron, Hermione, and Tonks moved in, intending to stop them, but the one Shadow that was alert shouted a warning just before Tonks killed him with a decapitation spell. They quickly took care of the others, as they were too drunk to fight back.
"Now what do we do?" asked Ron. "There's bound to be more of them coming."
They moved quickly, intending to join up with the other groups. Surprisingly, they saw no more Shadows, but for all they knew, they could be waiting for them.
Over 20 minutes passed, and they killed 6 more Shadows, while losing 2 of their own troops. They saw Dumbledore's group forcing Shadows back, while Hermione's group ran towards them. The rear wizards were about to curse them when they saw who they were.
"I think Harry's leading us into a trap." said Hermione. "It's been easy going so far."
"I've come to that conclusion myself, but we must strike Harry at his source." said Dumbledore. "He'll want to kill me the most, so if things turn for the worse, retreat while I hold them off."
"Albus, that's suicide!" said Tonks.
"I've lived a very long life, and the wizarding world no longer needs me." said Dumbledore. "Our fate will depend on the one mentioned in the prophecy, no matter whether or not I live."
They moved into a major chamber, and all of them had a good guess that it was where Harry and the brunt of his forces were located. All of them rose their weapons, prepared for battle.
"I've been expecting you, Dumbledore." said Harry. He was now an imitation of Voldemort, expect that he did not look like a snake and his eyes were green instead of red. "You've fallen right into my trap. How typical of you, old fool."
They saw that they were outnumbered at least 2 to 1. However, the Shadows did not move, waiting for the enemy to attack. For several minutes, nobody stirred, until a new recruit lost his nerves and launched a killing curse at the Order of the Phoenix, narrowly missing Hermione. She returned fire with her gun, killing him instantly.
The battle began, as Harry and Dumbledore furiously threw spells at each other. When Dumbledore was distracted by a powerful spell, Harry killed two of his enemies with his staff.
As for the others, they were evenly matched, despite the fact that the Order and Ministry were outnumbered. Hermione's gun was very handy, killing Shadows right and left. However, one of them eventually destroyed the gun, and she was forced to fight sword to wand.
Ron was currently in a sword duel with 2 Shadows. None of the combatants were paying attention to anything around them, just trying to destroy the other. Ron killed one of the Shadows, and the other tried to defend himself, no longer going on the offensive.
However, not all the casualties were on Harry's side. One particularly skilled Shadow killed 2 Aurors with arrows that shields couldn't stop. Another got into a duel with an Order member, and they ended up killing each other. One Shadows fired a killing curse at Hermione, who just barely dodged, but the curse hit an Auror, killing him instantly.
For the next hour, they fought, the outcome undecided. They grew tired and fought with less speed. In time, some of them stopped fighting, just paying attention to Harry and Dumbledore's duel.
"Did you really think you could win, Dumbledore?" asked Harry. "Whoever your Order kills, another will come to take his place. Your attack is just going to make my forces stronger. Thank you for weeding out useless followers."
"You will not succeed, Harry." said Dumbledore, firing a bone-breaking curse, which Harry blocked. "Your followers will turn against you, as they did against Voldemort."
"You would like to think so, wouldn't you?" replied Harry. "Why do you think I allowed you to be lead here? I want my servants to grow stronger, and that's precisely what you allowed them to do!"
The battle got even fiercer, Harry quickly gaining the upper hand. It was taking everything Dumbledore had to survive, and that seemed more and more unlikely. Few of the other combatants were fighting now.
"I'll bet you 500 galleons Dumbledore doesn't last 5 minutes." One Shadow said to another.
"What do you think I am, an idiot?" asked the second. "I'm not wasting my money on a stupid bet."
Both of them were soon killed by Ron's arrows, and the fight started again. While fierce, it was not as bad as it was when they had energy. Order members, Aurors, and Shadows alike fell as the battle took a turn for the worse. However, it was clear that the Shadows were going to win, because of sheer numbers.
"I hope the other groups get here soon!" said Hermione. "We're not going to hold much longer."
Within 5 minutes, the other groups arrived, their numbers cut in half. They, too, were ambushed and were fighting for their survival. They knew what they had to do.
"Everybody get out of here!" said Moody. "We must retreat!"
Most of them did so as best they could, several falling to the Shadows. However, Dumbledore was not moving, intending to fight to the end. Ron, Hermione, and Severus refused to move, wanting to get the Headmaster out of there before he was killed.
"Avada Kedavra!" yelled Harry, striking Dumbledore down. All the remaining Order members were furious, firing spells left and right, but they eventually came to their senses and realized his sacrifice would mean nothing if they did not get out of there.
10 minutes later, they got out of the Dark Fortress, beaten and weary. Out of the 114 people that came in to attack the fortress, only 29 were alive and out of them, only 4 were uninjured.
Danny beat 2 of the black ghosts, tying them up in ectoplasmic rope, and gave chase to the third. He didn't know this, but Tucker soon captured the two black ghosts in the Thermos.
As he flew, he saw the other 4 ghosts attacking people, with the white dog trying to defend them, but it wasn't doing much because of the numbers.
"Go, ghost stinger!" said Danny, firing a blast at the leader. She screamed and ordered her minions to attack Danny.
Now Danny was in a lot of trouble. He was outnumbered 4 to 1, and had already been in an intense battle. Fortunately, Jack and Maddie were on the scene and intending to defend their town.
"It's Inviso-bill!" exclaimed Maddie. "He's the one who started all this. Let's destroy him!"
"Maddie, wait!" said Jack. "He seems to be fighting these strange ghosts. I think that for once, he's actually trying to help us."
"Well, cousin, even in death, I can torture you!" screamed the girl. "This is going to be such fun!"
"You're not going to break me, Trixie, no matter what." replied the Dog.
"Do not call me Trixie!" she yelled, launching a massive ectoplasmic blast. Needless to say, the dog was out of the fight, and she flew right towards Danny, throwing him to the ground.
However, Jack and Maddie fired their Thermoses at the ghosts, catching one of them. The others saw the new threat and went straight for the two. They were formidable ghost hunters, but they could not hold their ground against 4 powerful spirits. Soon, the captured spirit was free, and they were about to kill Jack and Maddie.
"I don't think so!" exclaimed Danny, putting up a shield around his parents. The black ghost turned their attention onto him once more, and Danny was now fighting for his life. He launched a shockwave, knocking two of the ghosts back, but the others took the opportunity and attacked, hurting him badly.
"No, I'm not about to give up!" yelled Danny, and with heavy concentration, split himself into 2 Danny's.
However, it looked like it was going to get worse. Skulker and Ember had arrived, launching powerful ectoplasmic blasts.
"Great, this is the last thing I need." Danny muttered to himself as he saw the blasts coming straight for him.