Disclaimer: I wrote this when I was 12 to 13 in 2003. Harry Potter is hereby © to J.K. Rowling. Everything else is © to me, or its respective owners.

Chapter Fifteen: War and Defeat

"Professor!" He gasped, clutching his chest, gasping for air.

"Severus, what is the matter?" Dumbledore asked urgently, rising from his seat.

"The Dark Lord! He is going to attack the school! He is no more than twenty miles from Hogwarts! I was caught, they nearly killed me, but I had no choice to return here and warn you all! You must set up a perimeter! The Light Defense in the back, sixth and seventh years at the front lines, fourth and fifth years behind them, work out something!" Snape shouted.

"Students gather up! First, second, and third years, go to your dormitories immediately. Fourth year and above, remain here." McGonagall ordered.

The students began screaming bloody murder, and were scrambling up the stairs.

"Heads of houses, seal your dormitories! No one leaves, and no one enters!" Dumbledore said.

McGonagall, Sprout, Flitwick, and Snape escorted their students to their dormitories and in twenty minutes, they returned.

"Seventh years, up front, sixth years, behind them, fifth years, fourth years, you know the drill! Light Defense, at the back!" McGonagall shouted.

All the students lined up and drew their wands. Two members of the staff stood at each end of each row of students.

The doors of the Great Hall were burst open, and at least two hundred figures approached.

"Professor! It's impossible! We'll never live!" A student cried.

"Stand at the ready! Seventh years! When they reach the Slytherin table, hit them with stunners!" McGonagall commanded.

A row of Death Eaters approached and an echoing cry rang out from each of the seventh years mouths, 'STUPEFY!' they cried, red jets of light going through the air and bouncing off of glass and soaring in a completely different direction.

Several of the figures went down. But others remained, some Death Eaters, and the others, not even human. They drew long rattling breaths, and a cold, bitter, chill crept into their chests, and all happiness and hope plunged into darkness and sorrow. There was only one creature that had this horrible ability. Dementors. Harry reached for his wand, but Dumbledore held him back.

"We must keep the defense line! We can't have you get hurt!" The headmaster explained.

Akira Chang didn't know what came over her. She pushed through her fellow students until she was in the very front of the row, facing the Death Eaters and Dementors.

"Kill her! Get to the back of the line, leave no survivors to tell the tale!" Lucius Malfoy's voice rang out.

Akira stood her ground and drew her wand.

"AKI NO!" Tai and Cho shouted.

Lucius sent out a blinding flashes of green light, when someone yelled, "Angela Protetaime!"

Tai had run as fast as he could, and he had his wand raised over his head. Angel wings of light appeared on everyone, shielding them from the killing curses.

The staff table and house tables were demolished. Students shielded themselves with their arms and screamed.

"DUMBLEDORE!!!" A cold voice shrieked.

The voice could belong to none other than Voldemort himself. Dumbledore stepped forward.

"Professor!" Students protested.

"Albus!" Teachers cried.

Dumbledore showed no sign of fear as he briskly stepped forward, like a soldier striding bravely into battle. Voldemort also stepped forward and the two met in the middle of the room, so everyone could see.

"Albus Dumbledore…" Voldemort hissed.

"Tom." Dumbledore replied.

Voldemort recoiled at the sound of his muggle name.

"I'll make a bargain with you, Dumbledore, give you a chance to save the school…bring me the Light Defense, every single member, I won't harm you or the school, or these things you call students. Bring me the Light Defense, and I will let you free." Voldemort said calmly.

"I have no intention whatsoever of giving you any of my students for you to keep, Tom. As headmaster of this school, it is my duty to protect the school and the students that reside in it." Dumbledore replied.

"Then you will die!" Voldemort said, in a snake-like voice.

"He will not!" Harry heard himself say.

"Potter…" Voldemort said angrily.

Tom, Liam, Whitney, Alyssia, Draco, Ron, Hermione, and Cho stepped forward, as well as Harry.

"Potter, now it's time to make a bargain with you…I know how much you miss your parents. We can bring them back…just give me the power! Join me, and you can see your mother and father again." Voldemort said.

"No! Even if I may never see my mum and dad again, I will never join you!" Harry shouted back.

"Have it your way then…" Voldemort replied, snapping his fingers.

Two Death Eaters strode forth and seized Cho and dropped her onto the stone floor, making her wail and clutch at her stomach. Harry instantly ran over, so did Whitney, carrying baby Mercadez.

"One Ultima, where's the second? It seems, that there is more than meets the eye here…" Voldemort said, pointing his wand at Cho.

"Ultima?" Everyone wondered.

"Dumbledore, you mean to tell me you haven't even told them about the impossible prophecy?!" Voldemort cackled.

"I haven't told them merely because of their own good. They wouldn't want to hear of what is to happen in the Ultima Prophecy." Dumbledore replied.

"Professor?" Hermione asked.

Dumbledore sighed.

"I did not want you all to find out the fate of your children like this…but I must let you all know…" Dumbledore said.

"Fate of our children?" Tom wondered aloud.

"Yes…I remember this one…" Tai replied. "It was the impossible prophecy that was created just in case the impossible happened…Cho is pretty much impossible…see, the prophecy writers, they got an idea that what if the descendant of the Chang bloodline lived, instead of died. Then they did some future divining, and saw what Cho was. They had to create a new prophecy, just because Cho defied the bonds of the world of possible. So they created the Ultima prophecy. The child of the angel of light and the heir of Gryffindor would be the most powerful being to walk the planet. The child of the trusted friend, meaning Whitney, your daughter is also really powerful too…so everyone's destinies kind of intertwine…Only the children are a part of an unknown organization that will help the world, or…destroy it…the prophecy writers still live to this day, but they don't know the fate of everyone's children…the most powerful of them will be Cho's child and Whitney's child." Tai explained.

"Very good Mr. Chang…" Voldemort said, applauding.

"I only know, because I was told of it…a year ago…" Tai said.

"The two strongest links of the Ultima chain are to be born around the same time…Looks like Miss Chang is hiding something…" Voldemort said, snickering and pointing his wand at Cho again.

The students started to whisper, Cho started to cry, Harry wrapped his arms around her and reassured her that everything would work out, while Whitney said soft words of comfort.

"But…they'll know! They'll know the rumors are true!" Cho whispered.

"Cho, don't worry! We won't let them find out!" Whitney said reassuringly.

Cho gave her a watery smile as she quickly wiped the tears from her eyes with her sleeve.

"Stand aside! Stand aside! Move it! Out of my way!" Came a female voice.

A blonde haired girl shoved her way through the Death Eaters and Dementors. Rochelle.

"Hello Cho, Harry. Everyone. Glad to see you are still alive…Akira, absolutely wonderful to see you! You're just who I was looking for…" Rochelle said cheerfully.

"What do you want?" Akira asked coldly.

"There's no need to be rude…I just want to give you a gift. A parting gift, you see, Voldemort and all of us, we're just visiting…just to make sure you all are doing good…now we're about to leave, so I want to give you a gift of friendship." Rochelle replied.

"Oh?" Akira said, raising an eyebrow.

Rochelle took a box from her robes and gave it to Akira.

"Open it." Rochelle said.

Tai recognized it. It was a box of great destruction that when opened, it would suck out the soul of the one who removed the lid.

"AKI DON'T OPEN IT! IT'S THE BOX OF ETERNAL DAMNATION!" Tai yelled.

At those words, Akira shoved the box back into Rochelle's hands. The box opened, and landed on the floor. It spilled out black blood.

"Quickly! Get away from it! If it touches you, you'll burst into flame…" Tai said, ushering everyone away.

Dumbledore and the teachers created levitating platforms and everyone stepped onto them and was safe from the black blood on the ground. The Death Eaters and Dementors remained stuck on the floor, and were bursting into flame and ash.

"Tom, return my student." Dumbledore said.

"I have none of your students." Voldemort replied.

"I believe you do…Miss Kesley. Please return her." Dumbledore said.

Voldemort seethed, then went to the back of the group and returned with Cianna.

"You'll get her back once the Light Defense falls!" Voldemort shrieked.

Then the remaining Death Eaters and Dementors disappeared into a cloud of black smoke. When it cleared, Voldemort and his followers were no where to be found. The box and the black blood were gone as well. The levitated platforms returned to the ground.

"Staff, proceed to your houses, open the dormitories. Students, take your things, and report to Hogsmeade station." Dumbledore said.

The students ran in every direction, screaming and crying, the staff helpless to prevent the commotion.