Surprise Attack
"W-who's coming?" Asked Hermione,
"The Dementors," said Harry standing up, he knew it, he knew they were coming and that Voldemort was planning a surprised attack. Harry had not seen a vision… he just knew,
"Where?" Asked Ron, as they ran out of the cave,
"Hogwarts," said Harry apparating outside the gates followed by the others, "what ever you do…" he said, "remember what I taught you in DA," he said, not looking at them.
"But Harry… we didn't do it against real Dementors," said Hermione.
"Well… here's you're chance," said Sirius pointing to the sky, a thousand or more Dementors were surrounding Hogwarts, their black capes billowing in the wind as they glided down, the grass turned icy, and they all started to feel the feeling of never being happy again.
"But they can't enter! All the spells… Malfoy had the thing in the Room of Requirement," Said Ginny trying to calm herself, he hands were trembling,
"Well they are doing it somehow," pointed out Harry as the gates in front of them opened as if a ghost was pushing through them. Harry ran through, the others footsteps of the others close behind them; the Dementors were now close to the school. He turned, extracting the bombs from Fred and George's shop from his pocket,
"If you need to, use these, I don't know if they will help against Dementors but if it's a life or death situation… worth being prepared. Split up… Sirius, Ginny, you guys take the right side of the school, Ron and Hermione you guys on the left, I'll go in the middle," he said fast, the Dementors getting ever closer,
"By yourself Harry?" Asked Sirius,
"Yes! Go… they are going to enter if we don't hurry!" He said without another look at the others he ran extracting his wand quickly as he went. Pointing at a near by group of Dementors that had spotted him and were gliding towards him scaly hands held out grasping air. The cold swept over him, turning his breathe into mist he couldn't let them get any closer,
"EXPECTO PATRONUM!" He yelled, the white stag appeared from its tip, he continued to run as it did its work; they couldn't fight this battle alone. He entered the castle, its door handle cold as ice,
"EVERYONE! OUT HERE!" He yelled, "GET OUT HERE!" Students and teachers emerged from classrooms curiously.
"Dementors are surrounding the castle!" The reaction was immediate; they all went into a rumble of talking and screaming,
"Everyone!" He said, the talking continued, "Shut up!" He yelled, the talking seised immediately, "All members of the DA you know the spell! For others 'expecto patronum!' I want everyone to fight. Everyone! We have to stand together on this one!" He was surprised at how many followed his lead, many extracting wand from their pockets, a few timid and looking nervously around. The teachers ran out the door, a few up the staircases to fetch other students and teachers. Harry followed out the door, so did all the students, even first years. Hogwarts was at war.
There were Dementors right outside the entry the cloaks billowing in the non-existent wind, a second year Hufflepuff screamed and went to run, but were held back by Harry's fellow 7th years,
"Expecto Patronum!" Harry yelled, the stag came out the tip again, many gasped despite being terrified, Harry ran, everyone split up. McGonagall came up to Harry,
"Take the back of the castle, I am sure you're friends are also fighting?" She queried hurriedly,
"Yes and Sirius," McGonagall, despite her hurry she paused and looked at Harry confused expression on her face,
"Not time nor place Professor," he said before taking off around the back of the castle as instructed. Why would they send Dementors yet not the rest of Voldemort's followers? He thought, Ron, Hermione and Ginny were surrounded, Hermione letting off small wisps of smoke from her wand. It was getting harder and harder to create a Patronus as they got closer Ron then collapsed to the floor taking sharp breathes eyes wide in terror. Harry bolted up to them; one of the Dementors leaned in on Ginny, she fell to the floor,
"Expecto Patronum!" He yelled, the Dementors repelled yet more approached, it seemed never ending. Ginny and Ron sat up, gasping for breathe; Sirius pointed his wand, yelling an incantation, a silver dog, emitted from the end of his wand, with black eyes. It ran after several of the Dementors knocking them down,
"Is everyone ok?" Asked Harry,
"Yes, I think so, what's all that," said Ginny pointing to where the students were fighting,
"The school is at war, there is no way we could do it by ourselves." Hermione looked impressed. Sirius ran over,
"There is a whole group of them near the Quidditch pitch, I was almost cornered," Harry nodded,
"Ron, Hermione and Ginny, stay here, Sirius and I will go," he said, Sirius and Harry bolted, there were Dementors at the Quidditch pitch, around one hundred, Harry stopped, pointing his wand at them, Sirius did the same,
"EXPECTO PATRONUM!" They yelled at the same time, wands pointed like daggers. The stag and the dog erupted from the end of each of their wands racing each other to the Dementors. Jumping, they pushed the Dementors on their bony chests, then something strange happened, the stag and dog faced each other bowing their heads,
"What… are they doing?" Asked Sirius frowning, Harry gazed perplexed at the misty figures. It looked as if they were soaking light from their surroundings, getting larger and brighter. Then, like an explosion they let off waves of white light, it deflected all the Dementors gliding in, as well as the ones in front of them. Harry looked at Sirius, he looked just as confused as Harry did, his eyebrows furrowed. The Patronus' then disappeared,
"Ok…" said Sirius "confused now… I have never seen a Patronus do that!"
"How did you learn to make one?" Asked Harry,
"Same way you did… Lupin," he said with a smile.
For three long tiring hours they fought, once one was gone another came and took its place; it made Harry realise the mass of Voldemort's army. He had to be more prepared if he was going to fight and win. Some students were kissed and were sent to St. Mungo's for treatment or though nothing could be done. As Harry looked at the sky, it was dark and cold, but no Dementor was in sight. He sighed, collapsing on the ground and feeling his brow where there was a scrape that had bled down the side of his face and dried.
Little damage had been done to Hogwarts; one student had tried to freeze a Dementor, but instead blasted a bunch of bricks, with no way of knowing how he did it. A dozen first years, having only learnt one or two spells in their time at Hogwarts were allowed to stay in the Great Hall while everyone fought the battle. Professor Silimon was hit by a curse from a second year Ravenclaw, which sent her slightly insane, but still asides from that unscathed (Aside from being partially insane laughs I'm going to have fun with this later on haha! Pheonixxsong.)
The air turned warm again, Harry's breathing became normal, he knew the Dementors could and most likely would come back sometime, he was dreading that day, he was dreading the war, but he knew it would come around sometime.
Everyone was fazed about the battle they had just had. Most weak and tired almost falling over asleep every time they climbed a stair. Some were buzzing with excitement and adrenalin as if what happened to them was the best in their lives. Some were crying, their friend having been kissed. Harry stayed around the back of the castle, the others having gone inside; Sirius stood in front of him.
"Well… I better head off to Grimmauld Place, I'll talk to McGonagall and Dumbledore tomorrow. Everyone is tired now, I do not wish to be a burden," he said with a small smile, "besides… Kreacher will be pleased," he said trying to sound happy about returning there, but Harry knew he was lying,
"Yeah he didn't like me much… gave me maggots as a Christmas present," Sirius laughed;
"He did that to me once, the next Christmas he gave me a toasted human hand… I have no idea how he got it… and I don't really want to know, it was all after my mum died of course," said Sirius tilting his weight from foot to foot, Harry didn't want him to leave, but he decided not to say so.
"Well bye Harry, I'll see you tomorrow ok?" He said winking then turning and walking out of Hogwarts grounds. Harry wanted to scream out 'wait!' But… wait for what? He couldn't stay… Harry sighed turning back to the castle, he put his hands in his pocket, the grass, which was icy, was melting under his feet. He walked slowly up to the castle; Harry thought, the sorting hat was wrong, the school did have unity. They fought as one in the blink of an eye. He was outside the Fat Lady,
"Password?" she asked, anxiety and stress in her voice,
"Paludisico," he muttered, she gave an abrupt nod and let him in; the Common Room was empty, except for his three friends on the couch by the fire which had been extinguished when the Dementors had gone past.
"Some day huh?" Said Ginny, unsure what else to say,
"I'm just confused… why would he only send Dementors?" Asked Harry taking a seat,
"Voldemort is a piece of work," muttered Hermione, "working out the counter curse for all the spells surrounding the castle… he knows Dumbledore's dead so he is taking the chance to attack,"
"Well Voldemort isn't known for being nice is he?" Said Ron looking at his hands,
"Or an idiot… he was smart at school," said Harry,
"Great! A mean, smart, evil person who wants us all dead," said Ginny raising her eyebrows, she began to babble, "and above all Harry, which I couldn't handle because he's my boyfriend and…" she stopped, realising what she was about to say; Hermione went into a silent fit of giggles, Harry went red,
"Did I miss something?" Asked Ron looking around, "how did we go from talking about dying to Hermione laughing her head off?"
"Not important Ron!" said Harry quickly, "off subject," Ron eyed him suspiciously,
"Whatever," he sighed, "well I'm tired… war takes a lot out of me," Ron walked over to Hermione, giving her a peck before heading upstairs,
"Gee close one Ginny," said Hermione after Ron was out of sight, she had stopped laughing, "did you forget the talk I had with you two about being a little less obvious?"
"Well we are just lucky he didn't notice what you almost said," said Harry yawning, "anyway, going to bed, night," he said kissing Ginny and trudging upstairs.
He would not let the others know about how worried he was about Voldemort and his followers. The war was growing ever closer and he wanted it over… He didn't want to be the boy who lived… the boy who had all his friends and family murdered because of one wizard. But Sirius was back, or though the last day was a blur, that part was clear, and that was what kept him going in the battle. His Godfather was back, he made sure he would see him tomorrow. He got under the covers and fell asleep immediately.
Please Read and Review, this chapter was pretty fun to write…and I have the talk with Dumbledore pretty much fully planned so that should be good. Has everyone seen the Hp movie? I loved it personally, what do you people think? I mean they changed a lot of things but still good. I just love that one line with McGonagall and Ron dancing,
"Put your hand on my hip," "Where!" haha classic.
Anyway… hope you the story! Glad you are all happy Sirius is back, he was one of my favourite characters also, so that's why I brought him back. (Oh and did you notice! No cliffhanger! Thought I'd give you all abreak.)
I don't want to sound mean but can people stop pointing out every little mistake with my story? I know it's not perfect, but I try… give me a break ok? But thanks for all you're reviews though, really appreciate it! (But I'm sorry for spelling Quidditch wrong lol… why I spelt it like "Quittich" I will never know… maybe I was just tired)
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