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Chapter Eight
Hope In The Midst Of Darkness
The fifteen Deatheaters in black masks and cloaks stormed towards the group of adults and kids as shouts of rage and laughter came from the dark wizards. Two women with their children on the playground were vainly trying to defend themselves against two deatheaters that had came their way, but they were murdered within seconds along with their children. Soon the Dark mark was in the clouds.
Time seemed to slow on the spot as Harry watched the horror in front of him. The screams and cackles of the Death Eaters torturing innocent people and kids, Harry was shock to see such a thing. Remus's hand quickly reached up and turned Harry's face away, he then picked Harry up so that they could both get ready to apparate out of there. Wafi told the children to run to a hiding place, but the death eaters were already coming for them.
"Bill, when I say so, you take Ron and Ginny and run for the nearest chimney you can find. I'll take Percy, Noelani, and Benny with me." Charlie whispered as the kids nodded silently in agreement.
Noelani and Benny were both confused, 'a chimney? How would that help?' They both had thought the same thing, but were both way too scared to comment.
The crackling and roaring and screaming was growing louder, and Harry could see vague flickers of movement through Remus fingers, as he brought out a wand from his pocket along with Mr. Weasley, even Charlie, Bill, and Percy. Wafi was looking at them as if they had gone mad.
Trying to stay ahead of the Death Eaters and protect the Muggles. It was almost like fighting the war on two fronts, because no witch or wizard could depend on help from the Muggle world if they were exposed.
"What is all this Malfoy!" shouted Lupin, looking more than ever like his inner wolf.
Luscious Malfoy had just taken off his mask right in front of the group grinning madly.
"Remus, well, we had to pay you and the Weasley's a little visit. It's been ages since we last seen each other." Luscious sneered laughing along with the other five death eaters that was with him while the others were killing or torturing innocent people and children.
"Hopefully, this will be our last! Stupefy!" Arthur shouted towards Malfoy whom had pushed a fellow death eater in his place taken by surprise. That's when Charlie had given the cue to run for it.
"CRUICO!" Malfoy had shouted back at Arthur Weasley.
"PROTEGO!" Authur shouted back blocking the spell.
"Go get those kids!" Malfoy yelled at the four death eaters with him.
"Remus, go! I'll hold them off!" Arthur yelled as he had sent another stunning spell at Malfoy.
"What about-"
"GO!" Arthur shouted as Malfoy tried to send a killing curse at Remus and Harry, but Remus had already apparated at the last minute along with Harry. Wafi was just standing there as if he was rooted to the spot while Arthur Weasley fought with Luscious Malfoy.
"Come back and play kids! We just want to talk kiddies." A woman's voice shouted chasing after Ginny, Ron, and Bill down a deserted alleyway along with one other death eater.
"Ron … I … can't run … anymore." Ginny huffed slacking behind the two boys even though Ron was holding onto her hand.
"Me to Bill … I think … Ginny's cooties … has gotten to me!" Ron exclaimed trying to keep in step with Bill.
"Aww … is the kiddies getting tired?" The woman laughed along with the man with her.
"Stupefy!" The man yelled at the kids, but missed by an inch, hitting a garbage can instead.
"Stupefy!" The woman yelled this time without missing the shot.
"Bill!" Ginny cried as the stupefy spell came and hit Bill square in the back.
"B-Bill?" Ron stuttered scared now that he was totally defenseless without his big brothers help.
"Aww is the little baby crying?" The woman death eater laughed as she and the other death eater descended on them while Bill lay motionless on the concrete ground.
"EXPELLIARMUS!"
"Charlie! Percy!" Ginny cried happily as Charlie and Percy grabbed the two Death eaters' wands at the same time.
"Incarcerous!" Percy yelled binding the man Death eater in ropes.
"Petrificus totalus!" Charlie yelled at the woman as she tried to snatch Ron as a hostage, but to no avail. Her arms and legs snapped together and she fell forward faced down onto a pile of trash that was lying around on the concrete; she was stiff as a board and was unable to move.
"Wicked!" Ron exclaimed as Charlie ran to Bill's side and revived him.
"Urgh, thanks bro." Bill replied as Charlie helped him up.
"L-lets get out of here." Percy said nervously as he grabbed Ginny's hand and Bill grabbed Ron's.
"Charlie, where is Benny and his sister Noelani?" Ron asked as both Charlie and Percy looked rigid at Ron's words.
"Their dead." Charlie whispered walking a head of the group as Ginny began to cry again along with Ron this time.
Before ...
Charlie grabbed Noelani's hand while Percy grabbed Benny's and dragged them forward. Bill, Ron, and Ginny were nowhere to be seen as the crowed of adults and children were running for their lives as Death eaters were going on their killing spree.
A Deatheater cast a 'reducto' spell, but it hit a muggle store ahead of the group.Large pieces of brick fell on the windows pane and broke the window, shattering it to tiny pieces. Noelani, Benny, and Percy screamed, as Charlie pushed past and put a protection spell around them. The shattered pieces of bricks and glass were pushed off the four and bounced back at the Death eaters whom where angry and were shouting and jeering.
The four kept to their running at a fast pace as two masked death eaters chased them down a small deserted forest where an ocean was nearby as the sun slowly came down.
"Noelani, I'm scared." Benny whispered to her as Percy had let go of his hand and was trying to help his brother by trying to throw stunning spells at the two death eaters.
"Locomotor Mortis!" One of the death eaters shouted at Benny but missed hitting a tree instead. Benny screamed as Noelani grabbed his hand and ran ahead deeper into the forest as the death eater chased after the two.
"Stupefy!" the death eater shouted again, but missed as Noelani ducked bring Benny down with her and they set off running again, but they soon had to come to a stop as they, ironically, came to an edge of a cliff where there was thousands of jagged edge rocks and the deep blue sea down below.
"Flipendo!" The death eater pointed at the two as the spell knocked them backwards down the edge of the cliff.
"Benny! Noelani!" Charlie screamed after just finishing stunning another death eater with Percy's help; the death eater laughed in front of Charlie and Percy.
"I'm afraid you're to late." The death eater laughed raising his wand.
"STUPEFY!" Charlie shouted with all his strength at the dark wizard in front of him as the spell hit him right in the chest and he then became immobilized.
"Charlie?" Percy whispered to him not sure of what to do as Charlie stood still looking at the death eater in disgust.
"We … we better find the others." Charlie whispered then turned around pulling Percy close to him.
"Point me." Charlie whispered as his wand beamed a bright light towards the way out of the forest.
Muffled sounds coming at Benny through the heavy darkness. He couldn't make out any words although he felt that what he was hearing might be words rather than sounds. They had the cadence of speech but with pieces missing, gaps that he sensed rather than heard.
He could feel motion. Was he moving or was everything around him moving? There was nothing underneath him, as if he were floating - whether on air or water, he couldn't tell. Then he realized he couldn't feel his body at all, had no sense of its position or orientation. There was no up or down. There was no air but he didn't seem to need it. No sensation of breathing no panicked urge to even try.
Something was missing, something that he couldn't quite place. His thoughts were disconnected and fuzzy, floating further away the more he tried to grasp them. He felt a growing sense of, what? Loss? Ending? The feeling was becoming unbearable, closing in on him relentlessly. Ending. It was the end of everything. His life was over.
"Benny, Benny, please wake up."
'Noelani?' Benny's unconscious mind thought.
"Seriously, Mr. Galen, I'm getting air sick! I'm going to barf!" Noelani shouted.
'Air sick? Mr. Galen? Harry's godfather?'
"I'm sorry Noelani, but I have to make sure the Weasley kids are alright by any means which in this case I have to go past all logical speed limits!" Sirius shouted behind him as he raced off in the air in a blur with Noelani and Benny in the back seat of his motorcycle.
"What about Wafi, Lupin, Harry, and Mr. Weasley? Are they okay?" Noelani asked trying to hold on to Benny and Sirius at the same time in the fast speed.
"Yes … their all okay. Wafi, he's a bit … freaked out I think is the right word, Mr. Weasley apparated Wafi and him out of there while Remus called for some back up to help fight those death eaters." Sirius finished as he came to a slow stop landing on the road.
"Sirius, is that you!" Ginny Weasley shouted running towards him out of her hiding place in the dark shadows along with her brothers.
"Sirius?" Noelani asked taking off her helmet.
"Uh … a story for another time." Sirius replied hugging Ginny Weasley back.
"Merlin, I thought you two were dead!" Charlie exclaimed happily hugging Noelani as she blushed in embarrassment.
"Is Benny okay?" Ron asked Noelani confused as to why Benny wasn't awake.
"Uhm … I think he's just tired, he used up a lot of energy today." Noelani whispered unsure herself if Benny was really okay after he saved their lives.
"No time to talk right now … I'm going to lead you guys to the nearest chimney, it's right across the street from here, the house is empty, which is not a good or bad thing, but it's better than nothing." Sirius got off his motorcycle along with Noelani whom was carrying Benny in her arms, as he still hasn't woken yet.
Sirius brought out his wand and shrunk his motorcycle, then put it in his pocket.
'Is everybody here a wizard?' Noelani thought to herself.
"Okay, we'll have to be extra careful as to not get caught by death eaters, there are still some out there and we really don't need to be caught right now." Sirius exclaimed as he made a motion for everybody to follow him.
Thankfully the group made it to the house successfully while a group of aurors fought the death eaters that were still left.
Walking aimlessly through the empty house, the group listened to the rain pound on the windows. The wind howled against the sturdy house positioned in the center of a sprawling danger zone. The green unkempt grass swayed and billowed as the storm blew furiously across the lawn. Lightning broke through the sky and illuminated a forest nearby.
"Were going to be going to the burrow, your mother is there also Noelani." Sirius replied handing Bill the bag of Floo powder as the rest of the Weasley's looked relieved to be going back home again.
Bill threw a handful of Floo powder into the small fire and shouted, "The Burrow!" and disappeared into the bright green flames as Noelani looked totally confused and shocked.
The other Weasley kids followed suit till Sirius, Benny, and Noelani were left.
"It would probably be best if I apparated with Benny to the Burrow, it's not a good idea to have two people at the same time going through the Floo network." Sirius exclaimed as Noelani slowly handed Benny to Sirius then nervously looked back at the chimney.
"You'll do fine, just take this powder, and say clearly, 'The Burrow'" Sirius concluded as Noelani nodded her head and took a hand full of Floo powder in the small fire and shouted, 'The Burrow' and then she was gone.
Through the swirling clouds of soot, Noelani saw a flash of red and stuck her feet out to catch the hearth opening at the Burrow. Sliding through the gate, she landed forward gracefully out of the chimney.
"You made it okay then?" Charlie asked her helping Noelani out of the chimney just as Sirius 'pop' inside the house.
Charlie hadn't moved when she let go, and Noelani blushed as she remembered the dazed look on his face as she walked away. She wasn't quite sure what was going on between herself and Charlie Weasley, she barley knew the guy, but it was enough to make her stomach flutter.
"Noelani, are you okay sweet heart?" Zahia Jenkins asked her through teary eyes, hugging her daughter tightly.
"Yes mom, I'm fine." Noelani replied muffled as her mother was squeezing the living daylights out of her.
"Benny is still unconscious?" Zahia asked nobody in particular as Sirius handed Benny to Zahia.
"From my understanding, your son used a bit of magic to conquer up a great amount of protection to create a bubble of some sorts to keep from falling in the rocky ocean. It's good that Sirius came when he did." Albus Dumbledor exclaimed as he walked into the living room with the rest of the group while Mrs. Weasley was still crying over her children in relief.
While the Weasley's went to the kitchen along with Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, & Harry, Albus stayed and talked to the Jenkins in the living room about magic.
A/N Hmm, what to do now?