Chapter Nine: In Which Reputations Are Destroyed
"Get it himself?" shrieked Bellatrix on a cackle of mad laughter. "The Dark Lord, walk into the Ministry of Magic, when they are so sweetly ignoring his return? The Dark Lord, reveal himself —"
"Who said anything about revealing himself?" said Harry. "Can't he just become invisible? Well, he calls himself the greatest wizard of all time, but it seems like he can't live up to his reputation, can he?"
"POTTER! HOW DARE YOU —"
Bellatrix ranted about how great her Lord was.
In the meanwhile, Harry whispered, "Hermione? Tell everyone to keep blasting spells at the ready. The moment I make a move, pick a Death Eater and aim for the torso, ok? I take Bella, you take Malfoy."
She did as he instructed and passed along the message.
Six Death Eaters found a hole in the middle of their chest in quick succession.
"Hey, Ron? I think we aren't outnumbered two to one anymore, are we?" said Harry, grinning wildly.
"I'm bad at Arithmancy, mate, but I would say that you are quite right."
Tyrants always fear the day when the people they oppress will fight back. When Harry and his band of friend charged at them, they squealed like babies and tried to run! With Bellatrix and Malfoy already dead, they were easy targets for the six.
"Accio Death Eaters' wands!"
Fallen and loosely held wands zoomed towards Harry. He let them fall to the floor.
He smiled nastily. "Awww, did the ickle Death Weeters fink they could stand a chance against us?" said Harry in a horrible mock-baby voice.
That broke the tension — they all burst into slightly insane-sounding laughter.
"Bind them!"
They went rigid under the effects of the Full Body-Bind.
"I reckon we should call someone. They don't match with the decor at all, do they?" said Ron.
They then somehow found their way to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. They were quickly escorted to Madam Bones' office.
"You have done a great service to the Wizarding World," said Madam Bones, after the whole situation was explained to the fullest extent. "I'll personally make sure every single one of them is prosecuted to the fullest extent. Also — you were never here, understood?"
They all nodded.
"Off you go, then. Use my fireplace if you want to; The Floo Powder's in that pot over there."
AN: Uh — Voldemort has delved deeper into magic than any other wizard. Shouldn't he be able to sneak into the DoM easily? Some fans joke about how Voldemort cares about Harry's education, and that is why he executes his evil plots at the end of the year every time. :-)
Plus, JKR describes the situation as outnumbered two to one. (See canon for proof). So I thought — 'why hit the shelves when you can hit the Death Eaters themselves?' Then its down to six versus six with the element of surprise on Harry's side.