In the British Parlament, the proceedings were stopped by the arrival of four heavy transports deploying stormtroopers, AT-ST's, and Repulsor tanks. It was the first act of the new Minister as he struck swiftly and brutally at the ones who had supposedly been behind the mess at Diagon Alley.
The blue skinned Chiss clone activated her lightsaber as the heavy blaster cannons tore through the doors.
A pair of police cars detonated as one of the tanks fired into the streets...
The war was on.
Remus Lupin ducked into an alley as he motioned to the kids he'd managed to get away from Grimmauld Place before the white armored troops swarmed the house. The only reason they had gotten out was that Sirius had shown him a secret escape route that had been set up by his family before his mother had died as a backup plan incase the ministry went after them.
Padfoot, the werewolf mused, was somewhat paranoid after Azkaban, not to mention the time he'd spent in the creepy building where the only regular visitor was Mad-Eye Moody. He'd had a backup plan to Grimwald and that was were the grey haired man was heading with the few he'd gotten out of the storm.
Moody motioned around the corner to keep moving as he glanced at the group with him.
Hermione Granger, Luna Lovegood, Neville Longbottom, Ron and Ginny Weasley, and the Weasley twins.
He hoped Hagrid had managed to get out.
The list was small, especially when you concider what else had happened when Hogwarts was raided.
His plans were rather simple, they would use Muggle Transport and take the Tunnel to France. From there they would stop at an Order safehouse run by Bill Weasley before heading to a hidden estate in America.
A piece of his mind was still planning what he was going to do.
Jason growled slightly as he crumpled the days issue of the Daily Prophet. There was no mention of the Wizard who led the attack, and the issue of the Lightsaber that Draco had used. It angered him slightly as he glanced at the blaster rifle he'd grabbed during the fight that was laying on the bed beside him.
It would bare looking into to try to find out what was going on.
Draco Malfoy smiled as he watched the flight of aircraft leave the runway at Bentwaters Airbase, it was a cruel smile as he continued his plans. He copied the info from the defense mainframe into a magically expanded PDA before Apperating away.
A simple use of the Imperius would be enough to cement the war he was setting up.
Voldemort was almost in a state of panic as he paced back and forth before the fire in the fortress he still controlled. He took a deep drink out of the bottle of Firewhiskey he held as his thoughts filled his head.
As was usual in recent times, the thing, or rather, person, on his mind was Lord Tyran.
The masked man was irritating and exasperating while being a ruthless psychotic in terms of how he went about his business. Especially in dealing with his enemies.
He'd lost around ninety-five percent of his followers since the first raid in Diagon Alley when the crimson bladed warrior had first appeared. The corpses of his own followers as well as enemies both he and this hostile Lord shared had proved that the rules of this war had changed darastically. He was now beginning to realize that he had failed in the most crucial way.
Adaptation was life, and he had failed to adapt.
It was a pity, he'd learned that the son of one of his greatest supporters had turned against him, had turned against the wizarding world. The Malfoy brat had adapted in an even more ruthless way than any of the other old blood families.
The only victory of any sort he could see at the moment was the fall of the bumblebees order, but he had to credit that to Tyran as well.
He paused and smashed the glass bottle into the fire with a scream of frustration.
He turned to one of his Death Eaters, "Get everyone togather, we're going to make an attack that will at least leave us in the history books."
"Hawk flight," came the calming voice of the lead pilot as the four F-22's that were on loan from the US government, "We're aproaching the target area."
Gregory Byrns hadn't questioned the orders that came from the blonde man, though the memories of recieving them seemed somewhat fuzzy.
He glanced down at the Scottish countryside as a gloved hand brushed the arming switches for the heavy weapons.
"Weapons free, fire in two..."
A pair of heartbeats later a stream of missiles rocketed forth and the craft broke off to circle around.
The supposed "terrorist" weapons deal was taking place in the area surrounding an old and supposedly abandoned castle.
Detonations blossomed and laid havoc on the area in the Scottish countryside.
Severus Snape, one of the few remaining teachers at Hogwarts was walking back from the apothecary in Hogsmeade. The light summer wind made him cringe and hiss as it brushed his robes up against his still damaged arm.
Dumbledore had basically fired him from the Order of the Phoenix after his mark was removed, and that had turned out to be a blessing in disguise after the Lord of Azkaban declared war on the Order.
He heard the scream of muggle aircraft and the scent of smoke as he saw streaks of dark smoke.
His eyes widened as explosions consumed the ancient school and castle...
Hogwarts was gone...
AN: I'm wreaking havoc on the entire world in this universe. The world has gone to war due to Harry and Draco's manipulations. Hogwarts is in ruins, a rebellion is forming, and the british government has been captured. For those who want to know what the Repulsor Tanks are, play Battlefront or Battlefront 2, they're the Imperial tanks in the game.
Review Responses
Turnlach: Yes, he is being led along by the nose without a clue as to what is going to happen next. Exactly the thing that Palpatine did to Dooku, which is what I was drawing on for this.
Smiley Face3: I didn't end it, I was working out ideas for the second major arc of this story. I'd rejected about a dozen short ideas and wanted to introduce a few more things that are tying togather quite well here. Tyran probably won't confront his former friends for a while, I'm using them to help start a rebellion along with Jason Alexander (An excerpt of his journal was the epilogue of Imperium Rising). Tyran will eventually deal with them, but not for a while.
covered in blood'n gore: Thanks, the Muggle response will probably be centered in shock early on, especially when Imperial Technology comes into play and the Vengance is revealed. Sev'rance'tann may or may not use magic, it won't really come into play for a while if she can or can't. As a point of trivia, her name is said that way, but in English/Basic it would be Sev'rance Tann. Wizards may or may not end up ruling, Tyran doesn't really care that much and both Wizards and Muggles will be suffering horrendus casualties as this war goes on.
Darklight: Here you go.