"Well if you can't be bothered to find people willing to deal with Voldemort, then we'll do it for you" Harry said, and he and Hermione stormed from the room.
"What do you think he is going to do?" asked Ron.
"I have no idea, Mr Weasley" Dumbledore said. "I think though that we will find out soon enough" and he was right.
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"Your idea is most interesting, Mr Potter" said the woman. "But you yourself have said that no magic will work in the zone. And neither will anything electrical" she added.
"We have thought of that, Your Majesty" Hermione said. "Inside a warded area, nothing electrical can work. That means that you couldn't simply pace a bomb and run. The detonator would not work because it would be depleted. What we wondered was if we could borrow some of the RAF's older aircraft" and the Queen frowned.
"Why is that?" she asked.
"The planes built during World War 2 had engines that were powered by internal combustion engines. They wouldn't be affected by any wards put up around the manor" Harry explained. The Queen thought about it for a few moments, then she nodded and called to a footman.
"Go to my office and get me the Commanding Officer of RAF Cranwell" she ordered.
"Yes Ma'am" the footman bowed and hurried away as the Queen rose from her seat and left the room followed by Harry, Hermione and several security officers. The officers took up places outside the door as the Queen and the pair of magical teens went inside. The phone was waiting for her with the Station Commander on the other end.
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"Surely you're not serious" said the Flight Commander.
"I am being serious. And stop calling me Shirley" said the Station Commander.
"I better let my crews know" said the Flight Commander, and he hurried from the office and hijacked a passing Land Rover to take him to the Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight offices.
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"Standby, P-Piper" said the voice over the headset. "There are a number of people wishing to board you before take off" and the pilot sighed before removing his hand from the throttles. He saw the small vehicle race over to his aircraft and out popped two teenagers and a regal looking woman all in full flight suits.
"Bloody hell!" he exclaimed to his crew. "It's the bloody Queen" and the crew looked out the windows on the starboard side and saw them coming onboard. The pilot hurried out of his seat and made his way back towards the new arrivals. "Afternoon, Ma'am" he said, and offered his hand to the Queen. "Welcome aboard PA474" and the woman smiled.
"Good Afternoon, Group Captain" she greeted him. "I am sorry to delay your takeoff, but I simply had to be on this flight" and after some more talking the pilot returned to the cockpit and resumed the take off. After they had taken off and assumed a cruising speed and altitude, the co pilot went aft and the Queen took over. Harry and Hermione watched as Spitfires P7350, AB910, MK356, PM631, PS915, PS853 and TE311 along with Hurricanes LF363 and PZ865. Together they flew – fully fuelled and armed for combat – to a location that was only known to the Flight Commander, the Queen, Harry and Hermione. The two teens took turns in the turrets before they approached the target and the co-pilot returned to his place. The pilot then invited his Commander In Chief to take up the Bombardiers position which she did.
#
"My Lord!" Bellatrix came rushing into the hall.
"What is it?" Voldemort asked one of his more faithful followers.
"Muggles come close" Bellatrix said quickly.
"This is of no matter" Voldemort was not in a good mood. "Kill them at once" but Bellatrix replied that it was impossible to do so. "Why?" pressed the Dark Lord.
"They come in flying metal boxes, My Lord" came the reply.
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The Spitfires and the Hurricanes had assumed a top cover formation, and the Lancaster came flying in from the south and the pilot held the plane steady.
"NOW!" he called out.
"BOMBs GONE!" shouted the Queen over the intercom. The pilot pulled the aircraft into a tight climb and turn as the sixteen 500IB bombs streamed from the bomb bay.
#
For a first timer, the Queen was a bang on aimer and the bombs all hit their targets. One of them even skipped inside the front door and bounced all the way through to the hall where Voldemort had gathered his followers and then detonated. The explosion ripped the house to pieces. Harry and Hermione took dozens of pictures from the rear turret for the papers.
"Well I bet Voldemort never saw that!" Harry remarked to a grining Hermione
A/N:
Okay time for an explination. In the books it is mentioned that nothing electrical can work inside Hogwarts because of all the spells and charms. One assumes this applies to riddle manor. Therefore all they had to do was to bomb the place with a Lancaster Bomber – which has very little electrical components inside it. Besides, it was fun to have the entire flight sent up to the attack. All registry numbers are accuate to the planes currently in the Flight as well as the actual station
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