The battle of Orkney
Hermione stood, together with the whole school, in front of the castle. They were waiting for their heroes to come outside. After what seemed an eternity, they did. Under loud applause Snape, Lupin and Sirius came outside. They were quickly followed by Harry and Draco who carried their Nimbus, and the croud went mad. Gryffindors and Slytherins were cheering side by side for once. The boys were followed by twenty members of the Order of the Phoenix.
No one of the group wore their normal robes, they all wore long black robes, a dark bronze cloak and thick dragonhide gloves. Their arms and legs were covered with armour-plating and they all wore a helmet. Their whole uniform was protected by charms and spells.
The whole group went to a large open place in front of the castle, where twenty-three Hippogriffs stood. The creatures were all covered with armour- plating too. Draco had chosen not to travel by Hippogriff, not wanting to risk another bruised arm. Harry would travel by broom too, to anticipate with Draco.
All members mounted their Hippogriffs after greeting them. The two boys climbed on their brooms. Hermione refused to let them depart like this, she ran to the boys and gave Harry a hug. "Good luck." she said.
She hugged Draco too and let go of him.
"Is this all I get?" he asked.
"Well, the whole school is watching and..." Hermione said a bit shy.
Draco jumped of his broom and said: "Let them watch!"
He took her tightly and brought his head closer to hers until their lips touched each other, then he slid his tongue between her lips and kissed her passionately. Hermione could hear the whole school roaring, whistling and clapping in their hands at that moment. After a few seconds their lips departed, but she didn't let go of him. Then she saw a bunch of red hair passing by and realised it was Ginny.
Ginny ran to Harry and hugged him, then she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. That made Harry look as red as her hair.
Hermione let go of Draco, kissed him once more and let him mount his broom again.
The leader of the group yelled: "Everyone ready?"
The whole group replied: "Yes!"
Twenty-three Hippogriffs spread their wings and produced a huge cloud of dust. They took off and flew over the forbidden forest to the horizon, followed by two broomsticks.
Hermione kept watching the group until they were nothing more then a dot. She slowly walked back to the castle with Ginny by her side.
* * * * * *
The whole group was silent, no one had a need to talk. They were all nervous, not knowing what to expect from the battle. Would Voldemort be defeaten in an hour or a month?
Draco, on the contrary, needed to talk to someone. This silence was getting on his nerves.
"I was right, Potter, when I asked you if you had a new girlfriend." he said.
"When?" Harry asked confused.
"Remember, second year, Diagon Alley..."
"Oh right." Harry smiled, that was so long ago.
"So, do you?" Draco asked, trying to make some conversation.
"Apparently, I don't get a kiss every day," Harry smirked, "And since when are you and Hermione..."
"...Together? Well, I suppose since I found her in my room." Draco smiled.
"How convenient," Harry grinned, "You just have to go to your room to find a girl."
"Yeah, home delivery." Draco chuckled.
The boys kept chatting until they reached their destiny around midnight: The Orkney Isles.
* * * * * * *
Hermione was walking in the gardens of Hogwarts. She couldn't sleep, she was too nervous. It was a bright night, it was a full moon and the stars twinkled happily. She held her shoes in her hand and let her feet wander in the wet grass. The cold dew was very pleasant and relaxing.
Hermione jumped when she felt something fuzzy crawling over her foot. When she took a closer look to the thing at her foot, she saw that it was a Puffskein. 'Oh, how sweet' Hermione thought and she lifted the fuzzy custard-coloured thing. When she cuddled it, it started to make a humming noise. Hermione smiled and put the little thing back on the ground.
The Puffskein ran as quick as it could, detecting a spider in a rosebed behind a fence. It jumped through a hole in the fence and wanted to attack the spider, but it got stuck in a bush. Hermione chuckled and stuck her hand through the hole in the fence to free the creature.
Suddenly, she cried out in pain, when her hand got crushed by a stab of a cane. Hermione followed the cane upwards with tears in her eyes until she looked in the cold eyes of...
"Lucius?!?" she screamed.
"Yes," he hissed, "Did you really think you could defeat me, you dirty mudblood whore!"
"You're dead!" Hermione shouted, wanting to attract someone's attention.
"That's what you think," Lucius said with a cold smile and with one quick movement, he grabbed Hermione's robes.
"I should have done this a long time ago," Lucius almost whispered, his voice dangerously low. He took his wand and pointed it at Hermione.
"Nooo!" Hermione screamed.
Then she heard a distant voice: "Hermione? Hermione!"
"Too late!" Lucius yelled, "Avada..."
Hermione woke up screaming. She didn't know where she was for a moment, then she saw Ginny staring at her.
"Hermione, are you alright?" Ginny asked concerned.
Hermione sighed in relief, it was just a nightmare.
"I'm fine, Ginny."
Ginny observed Hermione for a second, then her eyes grew wider.
"What's that?!?" she asked.
Hermione followed Ginny's gaze and looked at the thing she was pointing at. She gasped when she saw her hand, it was full of blood from a deep stab wound.
* * * * * *
Twenty-five small lights appeared out of nowhere in the darkness. The group had lit their wands. The twenty Phoenix-members formed the outer protective circle, the next circle was formed by Snape, Lupin and Sirius, in the middle were Draco and Harry.They were approaching the ruins of a castle. Voldemort should be hidden there.
The castle stood in an open field in the middle of a dark forest. The full moon was hidden behind dark clouds and a strong wind almost blew the wizards away. The only sound came from the trees, who were rocking in the wind.
"Keep your position," The leader of the group whispered, "Halt."
The outer circle formed a wall of magical shields and everyone waited. Draco could hear his own hart beat very fast.
Suddenly a sharp sound errupted from the forest and everyone had to put their hands on their ears. From that moment, hell broke loose. Loud bangs could be heard and the sky was enlighted by fireballs and green flashes. An Avada Curse missed Draco by a hair, but crashed into the chest of an Auror. His screams could be heard a mile further. From the edge of the forest, one hundred Death Eaters came running towards the group. A few of them could be killed in time, but the rest attacked the small group.
"Keep your position!" The leader screamed.
Harry tried to avoid every attack, but then he was grabbed from behind by a Death Eater. Draco saw this and didn't even wait for a second to yell: "Avada Kadavra!"
The Death Eater fell lifeless to the ground.
"You...you just..." Harry stuttered.
"Put yourself together, Potter!" Draco screamed and he attacked another Death Eater.
Harry ran to Lupin, who was in trouble. Harry put a hand in front of his eyes and almost whispered: "A...Avada Kadavra!"
"Thanks, Harry!" Lupin shouted, trying to be heard between the loud bangs.
The first attack was succesfully averted.
"Rectangle position!" The leader of the Aurors shouted.
Draco and Harry were put in the middle of a long 'corridor' of Aurors. Including the teaching trio, there were fifteen left.
A new attack was made by the Death Eaters and another hundred came running from the forest.
"One!" Lupin yelled.
This was the sign for draco and Harry to start running, through the 'corridor' towards the ruins of the castle.
"Two!" Lupin yelled again.
All Aurors stuck their wand in the ground
"Three!"
"Terrae Motus!" the Aurors shouted.
The ground started to shake like an earth-quake and the ground bursted open, beginning at the top from each wand. The Death Eaters lost control and fell on the ground. While they tried to bring themselves back to their feet, Lupin shouted: "Attack!".
The Aurors pulled their wands out of the soil and pointed it at the Death Eaters.
"Avada Kadavra!"
Harry and Draco reached the castle without falling and went inside.
"Lumos." they whispered.
They went deeper into the castle but no one was there. Draco picked up a rock and threw it in a dark corner, but there was no reaction.
"Why would they want to guard an empty ruin?" Harry whispered.
"I believe that's the reason." Draco whispered back and he pointed his wand to a chamber where a red glow came from.
"Cover for me." Harry whispered, and he crept to the chamber before Draco could stop him.
"Whattuh?" Draco heard him whisper and he went after Harry in the chamber.
The room was filled with a red light because of a stone that lay on a stand that stood in the middle of the room. It radiated rays of warm red light.
"The Philosophers Stone," Harry said breathless, "How can this be?"
"It's probably just a stone that looks like it." Draco suggested.
"Now what do we do?" Harry asked, more to himself. "Damn, I wish Hermione was here."
Draco raised an eyebrow, then said: "I think it's a Portkey. It must be. My father was absolutely sure that Voldemort was here. And for what other reason would so many Death Eaters protect this ruin?"
"I think you're right." Harry said, studying the stone.
Draco held his hand above the stone and said: "Let's see if I'm right."
Harry held his hand above the stone too and asked: "Ready?"
"Ready."
They both touched the stone at the same time and suddenly, they were gone.
Hermione stood, together with the whole school, in front of the castle. They were waiting for their heroes to come outside. After what seemed an eternity, they did. Under loud applause Snape, Lupin and Sirius came outside. They were quickly followed by Harry and Draco who carried their Nimbus, and the croud went mad. Gryffindors and Slytherins were cheering side by side for once. The boys were followed by twenty members of the Order of the Phoenix.
No one of the group wore their normal robes, they all wore long black robes, a dark bronze cloak and thick dragonhide gloves. Their arms and legs were covered with armour-plating and they all wore a helmet. Their whole uniform was protected by charms and spells.
The whole group went to a large open place in front of the castle, where twenty-three Hippogriffs stood. The creatures were all covered with armour- plating too. Draco had chosen not to travel by Hippogriff, not wanting to risk another bruised arm. Harry would travel by broom too, to anticipate with Draco.
All members mounted their Hippogriffs after greeting them. The two boys climbed on their brooms. Hermione refused to let them depart like this, she ran to the boys and gave Harry a hug. "Good luck." she said.
She hugged Draco too and let go of him.
"Is this all I get?" he asked.
"Well, the whole school is watching and..." Hermione said a bit shy.
Draco jumped of his broom and said: "Let them watch!"
He took her tightly and brought his head closer to hers until their lips touched each other, then he slid his tongue between her lips and kissed her passionately. Hermione could hear the whole school roaring, whistling and clapping in their hands at that moment. After a few seconds their lips departed, but she didn't let go of him. Then she saw a bunch of red hair passing by and realised it was Ginny.
Ginny ran to Harry and hugged him, then she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. That made Harry look as red as her hair.
Hermione let go of Draco, kissed him once more and let him mount his broom again.
The leader of the group yelled: "Everyone ready?"
The whole group replied: "Yes!"
Twenty-three Hippogriffs spread their wings and produced a huge cloud of dust. They took off and flew over the forbidden forest to the horizon, followed by two broomsticks.
Hermione kept watching the group until they were nothing more then a dot. She slowly walked back to the castle with Ginny by her side.
* * * * * *
The whole group was silent, no one had a need to talk. They were all nervous, not knowing what to expect from the battle. Would Voldemort be defeaten in an hour or a month?
Draco, on the contrary, needed to talk to someone. This silence was getting on his nerves.
"I was right, Potter, when I asked you if you had a new girlfriend." he said.
"When?" Harry asked confused.
"Remember, second year, Diagon Alley..."
"Oh right." Harry smiled, that was so long ago.
"So, do you?" Draco asked, trying to make some conversation.
"Apparently, I don't get a kiss every day," Harry smirked, "And since when are you and Hermione..."
"...Together? Well, I suppose since I found her in my room." Draco smiled.
"How convenient," Harry grinned, "You just have to go to your room to find a girl."
"Yeah, home delivery." Draco chuckled.
The boys kept chatting until they reached their destiny around midnight: The Orkney Isles.
* * * * * * *
Hermione was walking in the gardens of Hogwarts. She couldn't sleep, she was too nervous. It was a bright night, it was a full moon and the stars twinkled happily. She held her shoes in her hand and let her feet wander in the wet grass. The cold dew was very pleasant and relaxing.
Hermione jumped when she felt something fuzzy crawling over her foot. When she took a closer look to the thing at her foot, she saw that it was a Puffskein. 'Oh, how sweet' Hermione thought and she lifted the fuzzy custard-coloured thing. When she cuddled it, it started to make a humming noise. Hermione smiled and put the little thing back on the ground.
The Puffskein ran as quick as it could, detecting a spider in a rosebed behind a fence. It jumped through a hole in the fence and wanted to attack the spider, but it got stuck in a bush. Hermione chuckled and stuck her hand through the hole in the fence to free the creature.
Suddenly, she cried out in pain, when her hand got crushed by a stab of a cane. Hermione followed the cane upwards with tears in her eyes until she looked in the cold eyes of...
"Lucius?!?" she screamed.
"Yes," he hissed, "Did you really think you could defeat me, you dirty mudblood whore!"
"You're dead!" Hermione shouted, wanting to attract someone's attention.
"That's what you think," Lucius said with a cold smile and with one quick movement, he grabbed Hermione's robes.
"I should have done this a long time ago," Lucius almost whispered, his voice dangerously low. He took his wand and pointed it at Hermione.
"Nooo!" Hermione screamed.
Then she heard a distant voice: "Hermione? Hermione!"
"Too late!" Lucius yelled, "Avada..."
Hermione woke up screaming. She didn't know where she was for a moment, then she saw Ginny staring at her.
"Hermione, are you alright?" Ginny asked concerned.
Hermione sighed in relief, it was just a nightmare.
"I'm fine, Ginny."
Ginny observed Hermione for a second, then her eyes grew wider.
"What's that?!?" she asked.
Hermione followed Ginny's gaze and looked at the thing she was pointing at. She gasped when she saw her hand, it was full of blood from a deep stab wound.
* * * * * *
Twenty-five small lights appeared out of nowhere in the darkness. The group had lit their wands. The twenty Phoenix-members formed the outer protective circle, the next circle was formed by Snape, Lupin and Sirius, in the middle were Draco and Harry.They were approaching the ruins of a castle. Voldemort should be hidden there.
The castle stood in an open field in the middle of a dark forest. The full moon was hidden behind dark clouds and a strong wind almost blew the wizards away. The only sound came from the trees, who were rocking in the wind.
"Keep your position," The leader of the group whispered, "Halt."
The outer circle formed a wall of magical shields and everyone waited. Draco could hear his own hart beat very fast.
Suddenly a sharp sound errupted from the forest and everyone had to put their hands on their ears. From that moment, hell broke loose. Loud bangs could be heard and the sky was enlighted by fireballs and green flashes. An Avada Curse missed Draco by a hair, but crashed into the chest of an Auror. His screams could be heard a mile further. From the edge of the forest, one hundred Death Eaters came running towards the group. A few of them could be killed in time, but the rest attacked the small group.
"Keep your position!" The leader screamed.
Harry tried to avoid every attack, but then he was grabbed from behind by a Death Eater. Draco saw this and didn't even wait for a second to yell: "Avada Kadavra!"
The Death Eater fell lifeless to the ground.
"You...you just..." Harry stuttered.
"Put yourself together, Potter!" Draco screamed and he attacked another Death Eater.
Harry ran to Lupin, who was in trouble. Harry put a hand in front of his eyes and almost whispered: "A...Avada Kadavra!"
"Thanks, Harry!" Lupin shouted, trying to be heard between the loud bangs.
The first attack was succesfully averted.
"Rectangle position!" The leader of the Aurors shouted.
Draco and Harry were put in the middle of a long 'corridor' of Aurors. Including the teaching trio, there were fifteen left.
A new attack was made by the Death Eaters and another hundred came running from the forest.
"One!" Lupin yelled.
This was the sign for draco and Harry to start running, through the 'corridor' towards the ruins of the castle.
"Two!" Lupin yelled again.
All Aurors stuck their wand in the ground
"Three!"
"Terrae Motus!" the Aurors shouted.
The ground started to shake like an earth-quake and the ground bursted open, beginning at the top from each wand. The Death Eaters lost control and fell on the ground. While they tried to bring themselves back to their feet, Lupin shouted: "Attack!".
The Aurors pulled their wands out of the soil and pointed it at the Death Eaters.
"Avada Kadavra!"
Harry and Draco reached the castle without falling and went inside.
"Lumos." they whispered.
They went deeper into the castle but no one was there. Draco picked up a rock and threw it in a dark corner, but there was no reaction.
"Why would they want to guard an empty ruin?" Harry whispered.
"I believe that's the reason." Draco whispered back and he pointed his wand to a chamber where a red glow came from.
"Cover for me." Harry whispered, and he crept to the chamber before Draco could stop him.
"Whattuh?" Draco heard him whisper and he went after Harry in the chamber.
The room was filled with a red light because of a stone that lay on a stand that stood in the middle of the room. It radiated rays of warm red light.
"The Philosophers Stone," Harry said breathless, "How can this be?"
"It's probably just a stone that looks like it." Draco suggested.
"Now what do we do?" Harry asked, more to himself. "Damn, I wish Hermione was here."
Draco raised an eyebrow, then said: "I think it's a Portkey. It must be. My father was absolutely sure that Voldemort was here. And for what other reason would so many Death Eaters protect this ruin?"
"I think you're right." Harry said, studying the stone.
Draco held his hand above the stone and said: "Let's see if I'm right."
Harry held his hand above the stone too and asked: "Ready?"
"Ready."
They both touched the stone at the same time and suddenly, they were gone.