6. The Battle of Hogwarts

Screams and hollers filled the corridors. I looked past and saw many familiar face battling each other. Jets of red light soared past me. I protected myself if necessary.

A group of Slytherin students charged on a group of Gryffindor kids. The Slytherins bombarded them with spell after spell, but the Gryffindors defended. They were doing great until Rose came. Rose singlehandedly took down three Gryffindors by herself. She needs to be stopped.

I ran as fast as I could to the Hufflepuff basement but was knocked down by a jinx. Randall Greyback, a Slytherin, came forward with two more goons.

"Hello, little Potter. How's your brother?" he said.

"You son of a-" I was suddenly in excruciating pain. It felt like something was twisting my insides. Only the Cruciatus Curse could cause this much pain.

"How dare you talk to me that way, Potter. I'm going to enjoy killing you." He lifted his wand and pointed it square at my chest.

"Avada-"

"STUPIFY!" A jet of red light seemed to come from nowhere. Randall went flying. I picked up my wand and started dueling with the other two kids.

All of a sudden, Artemis and Scorpius appeared taking off the cloak.

"Sorry we didn't ask for your permission, Al," Scorpius said.

"I think I can let it slide."

Now it was three on two. We stunned both of them quite quickly. Now that I knew my friends were ok, it was time to find Rose.

"The Great Hall is seeing a lot of action. I bet she's there," Artemis said.

We sprinted to the Great Hall and found many students fighting.

"No way!"

Rose had somehow contacted Death Eaters in hiding and they were dueling teachers. It's like the second Wizarding war all over again. I spotted Rose in the middle of the room. She was dueling a Hufflepuff with ease. I watched her dueling style. She was aggressive, truly evil. I watched the Hufflepuff fall, and I knew it was my turn to fight her.

"Artemis, be careful. Scorpius, be safe." I told my friends. This could be the the last time I see them. I gave Artemis a kiss before I left for the most important duel of my life.

"ROSE!" I hollered. She seemed to know I was coming for her. The entire room got quiet. Teachers looked, Death Eaters gazed upon their new future leader. I must defeat her.

"You need to stop this. If you don't, I will end you." I tell her.

She cackles. "Please. You couldn't stop me if you tried. I have learned so many new spells, you could not even defend yourself. Join me or die, Albus."

"You were my best friend. I don't know what happened to you, but I will NEVER join you!"

"THEN DIE!"

A jet of green light soared past me. I dove, and shot back stunning spells. Rose was a great duelist.

"Our parents were wrong about Voldemort. He truly was the greatest sorcerer of all time." Rose screams.

"He killed so many innocent people. He is dark. If you truly think he is great, then I have no idea who you are anymore."

"Oh Albus," she says. She actually stopped dueling for a minute. She looked straight into my eyes. "You never knew who I was. Now you will die."

Artemis screamed. "Expelliarmus!"

Rose dived out of the way, like she was expecting it. "Avada Kedavra!"

"NO!" I yell. And my world went black.

Artemis' scream echoed in the Great Hall. I heard it over and over again. It was horrible. Something brought be back to reality though. I hear her voice.

I opened my eyes and saw that she had survived the curse. It must have not hit her. She had to of dodged it. She was now dueling Rose.

Artemis was a great duelist, but Rose was better. Rose knew more spells. The Dark magic might be too powerful for Artemis. I got to my feet.

A Death Eater saw that I was going to cast something at Rose, and casted a jinx at me. It hit me and lost sight.

Professor Hamilton came through and started dueling this Death Eater, then everyone was fighting again.

Spells were flying past us at all angles. I caught sight of Scorpius. He was dueling two people at once. He Stunned one really quick, but was having trouble with the other. I scanned the room for Rose and Artemis. I found them dueling on the staff table. I knew I had only one shot at what I was about to do.

Please let me not miss, I think.

"BOMBARDA!" I aim straight for the table.

The table exploded. Rose flew back, smashing into the House Cup hourglasses. Red, yellow, green, and blue sand was everywhere. Rose lay limp on the ground. I ran to her about to curse her, but fire erupted every where. A Death Eater produced a fire blocking people from Rose. No spell could get through.

Rose stood up then, and knew she had lost. "Ok, students. You win this round. But this is not the last of me. I will be back, and be more powerful than ever!" All the Death Eaters then Apparated, with Rose Side-Along Apparating with a Death Eater. She was gone for now. But the Battle of Hogwarts had ended.

The rest of this year was spent repairing the school after damages. We still had class though. When we went to Defense Against the Dark Arts, though, Professor Hamilton wanted to see Scorpius, Artemis, and I.

"Rose is still on the loose. For all we know, the Death Eaters can be teaching her very Dark magic. So, I will be teaching you three advanced defensive spells. You three are destined to end this, and prevent the Third Wizarding War."

A/N: And that's the end! I am thinking of writing a second, but not soon after. I hope you enjoyed the story. I know I loved writing it!

~Psycho