Chapter Six - But Two Can Do So Much More
Harry just stood there. He didn't hear what Tonks had said or even notice Ginny holding his hand. He didn't care, he was to busy watching something. It was a shadow that disappeared into the forest. Then without thinking Harry took off after it. He heard Dumbledore and the others yelling at him to stop. He just ignored them and ran straight in the forest where the shadow had gone. He didn't know why he was running after it or even if he was running after it or away from everyone else. He just kept running as fast as he could.
"Harry wait, " Ginny yelled before she took off after him. She just reached the woods when this shadow creature stepped in front of her. She let out a scream as it reached for her but she stepped back. The creature laughed and then looked towards where Harry had gone.
"I wonder if he knows what I am?" the creature said. " Well I guess you'll never find out once we're done with him."
Ginny watched the creature turn and go off in the direction Harry went. She then took a deep breath and pulled out her wand and ran into the forest as well. She wondered if anyone else was running after them. She decided she wouldn't look back to see. She had no idea if she was even following Harry put she knew she was following the creature. She then noticed that the forest was getting darker and that the creature was gone. She stopped running and looked around.
"Albus we must go after them," Tonks said. " You saw that thing, it will drain them of their magic till they have none left."
Hermione sat on the ground watching the professor decide whether or not they should go after them or not. Draco was kicking rocks around and Ron sat down beside her. Ron noticed that Luna had somehow shown up and she told Dumbledore something before looking over and standing beside Draco. Hermione then stood up and looked around. She gave Ron one look and Draco a look and then the same to Luna, it was decided. They were going after them. Ron got up and took his wand out, as did Hermione, Luna and Draco. Then with one nod from Draco the four of them took off in a run. Hermione heard spells being held but watched as Draco turned and put some kind of a wall up blocking them and he turned back to them and ran again. Hermione was sure she had never run so fast in her life. She knew now that they would follow them. She looked over and saw Ron and Luna running beside each other and then noticed Draco was matching her speed. She stared at him, and he looked over at her before he grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the way as a tree suddenly fell.
"Something is happening," Hermione yelled watching more trees' fall and that's when they head Ginny scream. And as that scream came a white light went across the forest knocking and killing things along its way. Hermione closed her eyes as it went through them. But it didn't seem to harm them. Then they finally saw Ginny. She was staring at someone or something that Hermione assumed was Harry. Once she could tell it was Harry, she slowed down a bit and Draco finally let go of her hand. Ron and Luna caught up to them and they walked over to Ginny. Hermione then turned her attention to Harry who walking over this platform. She walked up on it as well and over to Harry.
"What is this?" Hermione asked.
"I don't know," Harry said. " I just came along it, but knew I had to find it."
"Harry that doesn't make sense," Hermione said.
"I was running but I didn't know why till I found this," Harry said.
"Well this is really weird," Ron said walking up as well and soon all six of them were standing up on the platform.
"I heard about these," Luna said. " My dad told me that they were used in the first battle against Voldemort, something to do with the light's warriors or something."
"Why are there five stars and then one in them middle?" Ginny asked.
"I don't know, why don't you stand on them," Draco said rolling his eyes.
"Maybe I will," Ginny said moving onto one. She then tried to get off but found she was stuck.
"Ginny what are you doing?" Hermione asked.
"I...can't...get off of it," Ginny said.
"Don't be silly," Hermione said trying to pull her off but she got stuck as well.
"Sorry," Ginny said.
"Why can't you move?" Luna asked walking over to the star beside her. Ginny let out a scream as she felt part of her being ripped out of her. She looked over at Luna, who found she couldn't move now either. Draco and Ron stood there trying to get them off while Harry stared at the middle star. He walked over to it and bent done. He placed his hand on it and heard Luna let out gasp. He turned to her and found her she just staring at him.
"I feel like I'm missing something," Luna said.
"That happened to me when you stepped on," Ginny said.
"Okay this is just weird," Ron, said trying to get Luna off but found himself stuck as well when he accidentally stepped on one of the stars. Harry stood up and looked around. Draco walked over to another star and soon all five of them were stuck. They all looked over at Harry.
"Maybe all the stars have to be touched," Hermione, said. "For all of us to be able to move."
"Step on that star Harry," Draco said.
Harry looked between them all and then stepped onto the last star. As soon as he did that they all let out a scream of pain and lights erupted from all of them.
"Albus look, " Tonks said. " It can't be."
"What is it?" Mad Eye asked walking back down to them.
"You remember what they saw about the first war against Voldemort?" Tonks asked." Well the say six lights touched the sky marking the six warriors that would defeat Voldemort, yet it never happened. "
"How do you know?" Mad Eye asked.
"Because Remus, Sirius, Lily, Peter, Sara, James never actually came against them," Tonks said." Lily and James were killed before they could do anything and when that happened they rest lost their power from James. The power that he had gave to them left. And if that's happening then it must be Harry and his friends because only the heir of Godric Gryffindor could stand on that and not be burned along with his warriors. And we all knew that when James was killed that night all the power he gave out went straight into the Harry. That means he's found his power, we even saw him use it."
"We must get to them," Dumbledore said and they headed into the forest.
Harry watched in horror as pieces of his friends were ripped form each other and went towards him and then in return pieces were taken from him and went into them. He watched then as the lights turned different colors and then noticed that they were all showing they animagi forms beside them. Draco was a dragon, Luna a wolf, Ginny a white unicorn, Hermione a fox, Ron an eagle and himself the griffin of Gryffindor and then it showed a bunch of creatures all together. But just as all that happened it disappeared and the light was gone leaving them just standing there. Draco was the first to move and look at his palm. There was a phoenix on it. Everyone did the same and found they all had phoenix too. Harry looked at his and found he had a sword surrounded by five other symbols and a phoenix in the back.
"We have to go," Hermione. " Anyone would have seen that."
They all nodded in agreement and ran down of the platform. Harry walked down it and then watched it disappear once he was off. Then they all took off towards Hogwarts. None of them looked back as they ran. They could see the professors off in the distance but they didn't stop. Hermione heard someone say over there and knew they were being followed. She also noticed how the animals in the forest ran out of their way as they ran. Luna ran beside Ron but stopped when she smelled something.
"FIRE," Luna screamed.
They all stopped to look at her. She pointed towards Hogwarts.
"We have to go that way," Draco said.
"Come on," Harry said starting to run again. " If we see it, we run through it."
With that they all began to run. As they got closer they could all smell it and then they saw something that none of them would forget. Hogwarts was on fire as well as the ground around it and the forest. They could see people running towards the lake or towards the boats. Hermione covered her mouth when one of the towers fell from the castle. She could hear the people screaming inside. Once they reached the ground Harry kept running and ran into Hogwarts. Ginny screamed for him to stop but he was gone. Harry ran down the halls looking for people along the way to the Owlery. Once he got inside he found only one little girl inside. She sat in the corner holing her little owl. Harry ran over to her and lifted her to her feet before turning and with one flick of his hand all the owl cages opened and all the owls and birds flew out. Hedwig came flying over to him. Harry got the little girl to let go of her owl and then Hedwig left with it. Harry then turned back to the girl.
"Who are you?" Harry said. " You can't even be eleven."
"I'm four," she said.
"Why are you here?" Harry asked.
"I came with my mother, but we got separated," she said.
"Come on," Harry said picking her up in his arms and running out of the Owlery. The girl wrapped her arms around his neck and put hide her face in his robes. Harry ran down the halls till he came to a dead end.
"FATHER," Sara Dumbledore yelled running over to him. " I can't find her, I lost her, and she's still in there."
"Professor," Hermione yelled running over to him. " Harry ran into the school, we couldn't stop him, but we think he is by the Owlery because all the owls just came flying out."
Hermione turned back to the school as more walls came down and then the front door crashed blocking it. Hermione her ears and ran towards the front doors. She didn't know why but she found herself moving boulders. She just kept pulling them away from the door. Tears were running down her face. Ginny came over to her and started to help. Their hands were getting burnt but they didn't care. Then they heard something they all couldn't believe. Draco and Ron came over and grabbed them away as the rest of the school collapsed upon itself.
"HARRRYYY," Ginny screamed as Ron held her in her arms.
Hermione just stood there in Draco's arms. Then her knees gave out and she fell to the ground Draco went down with her, not letting her go. Everyone just stood there. Questions running through their minds. Did everyone make it out?
"HARRY," Ginny screamed again running from Ron's arms. She ran up to the fallen school and started to climb it before she fell down and sat there. She shook her head back and forth, repeating the same words over and over.
"What is your name any ways?" Harry asked looking around for another way out.
"My name is Saturn Lily Black, yours?" she asked.
"Black," Harry said looking at her.
"Black," She said.
"I'm Harry Potter," Harry said looking at her.
"Harry Potter," Saturn said." My Daddy's godson."
"How?" Harry asked.
"He told me all about you, that's why my mom and I came here, to find you," Saturn said.
Harry stared at her and then heard something. It sounded like the floors where coming down on each other. Then he looked around and found they had no way out. He got down to his knees and covered Saturn as red lights surrounded them and the school came down.
Ginny sat there when she felt a rumbling on the ground. She looked around everyone was felling it. She stood up and watched as parts of the school went flying up into the air. Leaving this little circle of red light. Hermione got to her feet and ran to Ginny. Ron, Luna and Draco ran to them and watched the red light get bigger and bigger. Everyone watched as someone stood up with someone or something in their arms. Hermione covered her mouth as the person walked. Before they all ran forward.
"HARRY," Ginny screamed getting to him first but stopped when she saw the little girl.
"Who is she?" Hermione asked before she gasped.
Harry ignored them and walked right past them. He walked past everyone till he came up to Dumbledore and this woman. He turned to the woman and just stared at her. He had seen her before he knew he had. Then he showed her the little girl. She just stared at him, so he handed the girl to her. But the little girl wouldn't let go of him.
"It's okay," Sara said. " She likes you."
Harry ignored her and whispered something to Saturn before she finally let him go and went to her mom. Then he turned from them and walked back over to Ginny, Hermione, Draco, Luna, and Ron. Ginny smiled and gave him a huge as did Hermione. Then they all turned to look at their school.
"What now?" Ron asked.
"We rebuild," Hermione said. " Have a new school."
"How long do you think it will take?" Ginny asked.
"A while," Luna said. "A long while, unless they use magic, but that will still take a long time."
"I wonder who all didn't make it?" Hermione said looking around.
"We will find out soon," Harry said. " I wonder what happened."
"Voldemort," Ginny said pointing towards the sky. They all looked up and saw the dark mark, it was very faint but you could tell that was what it was. Then they heard Dumbledore begin to speak.
"Your parents will be hear soon to pick you up, we don't know how long it will take to rebuild. For those who have not survived or shown we will be posting up names in Hogs Meade tomorrow. "
"I guess we're going to number 12," Ginny said watching Tonks come over to them.
"Come on you guys, I have a port key for us," Tonks said. " You two are coming too."
Draco and Luna nodded taking hold of the port key as the others did. Once they landed, Molly came over and gave them all hugs before they were all sent up to bed. As they walked down the hall Harry suddenly felt this gut wrenching pain in his chest. Remus. What had happened to him? Was he okay? Did they get him out?