"May I please have your total ,undivided attention." Flitwick squeaked to the crowd in the Great Hall. Every one fell silent at once. "I believe all of you know the situation, so I'm gonna get straight to the plan"
Everybody looked stony.
Flitwick continued, "We are all going be fighting in groups. Some of us will be out in the grounds fighting, others will stay in the castle to stop a break-in. It will also be a good idea to secure the towers. Be careful"
There was a great surge of movement as people started dividing themselves.
"Teddy, Jack !" Harry shouted. " You two will go with Ginny, me, and Hagrid"
Hagrid was standing over them with his pink umbrella in one hand. Teddy nodded, and turned back to look at the House Tables, where people had divided themselves into small groups. His eyes scanned the Hall for Lillia. There was a sudden explosion. The whole school seemed to shake and dust seemed to fall from the ceiling, which was black and sprinkled with stars.
"Attack" squeaked Flitwick. Some students went into grounds as others went deeper into the caste. Teddy and his lot went into the grounds to find a quiet scene in front of them.
"Where are they" Teddy asked to no one in particular. He looked up at his godfather to see him frowning at the forest. That's when hell broke loose. A huge blast seemed to shake the earth beneath them. Many people collapsed. There was a loud rumbling sound followed by silence.
"What the-" Teddy muttered himself up. Everyone was confused. Something was wrong. Where were the why aren't they showing themselves ? Soon everyone found out what that loud rumbling noise was. It came again in equal loudness and motion. People turned their heads towards the castle to find the source of the noise. One of the towers were collapsing. It was a terrible but beautiful sight at the same time. It seemed to happen in slow motion as the tower swayed for a while before finally crashing down away from the castle.
"Oh no" Teddy heard Harry mutter. Everyone just stood their in silence, there wand drawn out, looking around in hope of finding any sign of a Death Eater.
"EVERYBODY!" Harry bellowed to the crowd. "SECURE THE CASTLE FROM ALL SIDES AND BE CAREFUL"
There was another surge of movement as the fighters took their positions. Harry, Ginny, Hagrid, Teddy and Jack went towards the fallen tower.
****
It was a mess. The tower was destroyed to rubble. Ted scanned the area, but could not see a Death Eater. Harry, however, didn't seem to be looking for an Death Eater, he was digging through the rubble. Teddy kept watch until he heard Harry moan.
"Oh no" Harry was saying. Teddy turned to see a horrific sight. There was a bloodied hand sticking out if the rubble.
"Help me levitate the mess out" Harry said drawing his wand,"Wingardium Leviosa"
Teddy followed his actions until the body was visible. Teddy didn't recognize who it was but he felt sorry for him. He was still breathing, and he had huge gashes all around him. Hagrid picked him up and ran towards the school. Teddy felt horrible. But he also boiled with anger. These Death Eaters were probably the worst human beings Teddy had ever encountered. Harry was talking to Ginny about something and Jack was looking around. There was suddenly the sounds of yells and screams, and Teddy knew the fight had finally started all around the castle.
"AVADA KEDAVRA" someone cried. Teddy turned to see a jet of green light heading towards Jack.
"PROTEGO" Teddy countered the curse as Death Eaters started filing out the forest towards the school and them.
Harry was running towards the Death Eaters, followed by Ginny. They immediately started dueling. Teddy and Jack stood their ground, waiting for an attack.
"Thanks" Jack muttered to Teddy.
"No problem, I owed you one anyways."
"I guess so" Jack said, "Here they come" Jack added casually as two Death Eaters were running towards them.
"You defend I'll attack", Jack whispered to Teddy and Teddy nodded back.
"Well,well,well" one of the Death Eaters said. He was behind a mask and he had his wand pointed at Teddy, so did the other Death Eater. Teddy's grip tightened on his wand.
"Good day Teddy" the Death Eater said. Teddy was surprised by the Death Eater knowing his identity, but he didn't loosen his grip.
"Who are you " demanded Teddy.
"My dear boy, you are in no position to ask questions" the Death Eater answered.
"We'll take you two" Jack said angirly.
The Death Eaters raised their wand higher. Teddy had to admit he was scared. He was shivering, bit not from the cold, but from the fact that this may be his last duel.
"You'll die Teddy" the Death Eater cackled. "Just like your stupid parents."
"What" Teddy whispered back.
"It was quite fun dueling them, but they were a piece of cake" the Death Eater continued. When Teddy didn't say anything he went on, " Your father thought he could take me, but I killed him. It was challenging of course, but your father wasn't the man who would use Unforgivable Curses. That was a huge advantage for me of course. I killed them both, your mother and you father," the Death Eater finished.
It seemed to Teddy that a bomb of anger had exploded inside him. He lunged himself at the Death Eater, dropping his wand. The Death Eater, however, raised his wand and yelled-
"CRUCIO"
The spell hit Teddy squarely on the chest. It was pain beyond pain. Teddy felt like he was going to die, but it was soon over. He lay like a crumpled heap on the cold grass. Jack rushed to his side.
***
"Are you okay Ted" Jack asks as he leans next to Teddy on the grass.
Teddy didn't answer. He scrambled to his feet angrier now more than ever. He snatched up his wand and pointed it at the Death Eater who was laghing. Jack also stood pointing his wand at the other Death Eater.
"Crucio" Teddy yelled pointing his wand up to the Death Eater's face. There was a flash of green light followed by a yelp of pain. The Death Eater was on the ground and he was no longer laughing. . Teddy walked towards the Death Eater. He was sprawled on the the ground and he looked up as Teddy pointed his wand at him again, anger rushing to every corner of his body.
"AVADA-"
"Expelliarmus"
Teddy stumbled back as his wand flew out of his hand and into the Death Eater's.
"Stupefy" the Death Eater muttered lazily with a flick of his wand.
The spell hit Teddy in the chest and he became unconscious. When Teddy finally gained consciousness he found himself tied by invisible ropes in a dimly lit room. Quiet voices told him there were others in the room with him.
"Hey whose there" Teddy called out loudly struggling to break the invisible ropes.
"Ted, are you awake" answered the familiar voice of Jack through the darkness..
"Where the hell are we" Teddy asked looking at Jack's dark outline.
"I have no idea" Jack answered,"and there really isn't a point in trying to break the spell" Jack added as Teddy stopped struggling to break free.
"How long have we been in here" Teddy panted.
"A few hours"
There was a scream from somewhere, and a voice yelling,"Get in there girl". A door opened and the room was illuminated with bright light that made Teddy squint. There was a Death Eater standing at the doorway pushing a girl into the room. She fell to the dusty floor as the Death Eater shut the door again resuming the room into it's dark,eerie state. The girl was still on the ground struggling to break free of what, Teddy inferred, was the spell that was put on him and Jack. Teddy could see her outline.
"Whose there" they heard her pant. The voice was very familiar.
"Lillia" both Teddy ans Jack's surprised voices answered.
"Yeah, it's me. So you guys got captured too" she panted trying to break free
"Yeah" Teddy answered. He was fighting to keep his voice casual. He was becoming very angry at the Death Eater that had forced Lillia into the room.
***
They were in the dark room for a few days. Teddy had lost track of time and felt dirty. On the 5th and what turned out to be the final night of their imprisonment a Death Eater opened the door. Teddy was blinded by the light. His eyes had become so used to the darkness they seemed to close to the light.
"He hasn't come yet" a Death Eater was saying.
"Maybe because he doesn't know" another was saying as they both walked in.
Teddy inferred that the Death Eaters were holding him only to get Harry here. Harry obviously doesn't know, Teddy thought.
The Death Eaters were still talking.
"I say we keep him" said the bigger of the two pointing at Teddy, "We don't really have need for the other two."
They probably don't see a point in keeping the other two, Teddy thought, because they know Harry would come for me. Teddy really didn't want to lose the only company he had but at least Jack and Lillia were gonna be released.
"Right" the other Death Eater nodded. He walked towards the door and left .The other Death Eater started following but he stopped at the door and shut it.
"What are you-" Ted started to ask but he stopped as the Death Eater raised his wand pointing it at Lillia.
"AVADA KEDAVRA" the Death Eater cried. Green light filled every corner of the room.
"NO" Ted yelled. "STOP"
The spell holding Teddy down seemed to break as the green light faded away. Lillia had rolled over to the side barely avoiding the spell. The Death Eater was staring at Teddy, apparently surprised the spell had broken. Teddy wasn't worrying about that at all. He just wanted to get that Death Eater away from Lillia. He walked up to the shocked Death Eater, who just stood there. Teddy gathered all his strength into his left arm and landed a heavy blow into the Death Eater's stomach knocking all the breath out of him. The Death Eater was now sprawled in the ground clutching his stomach in pain, his wand was now in Teddy's hand who pointed it right at him.
"Stupefy" he whispered. The spell hit the Death Eater, who became limp at once.
Teddy walked towards Lillia and crouched down next to her. He raised his newly acquired wand and broke the spell holding her down so she could sit up next to him.
"Are you okay" he asked her.
Lillia's actions proved a lot more than her words as she leaned over and started kissing him. Teddy held close as they continued kissing.
"Oh dont mind me, I'll just sit here" Teddy heard Jack's annoyed voice that seemed very distant.
***
Teddy and Lillia broke up in surprise to Jack's voice.
"Could you guys please wait. There will be plenty of chance for romance once we get the hell outta here" Jack said.
Teddy could feel himself blushing. He got up and walked towards the door opening it a crack. The room outside seemed empty. He gestured to the other two to start get up. Teddy used his wand to set Jack free and slowly opened the door all the way. He didn't do it very quietly for the door was very creaky. To all their relief, there was no one in the room. It was apparently the ground floor to a two-story house because he could see stairs leading up to the second story. All three of their wand were lying on a battered coffee table. He threw down the Death Eater's wand and grabbed his own, and passed the other two to Lillia and Jack.
They slowly made their way out through the front door and were surprised to see that they were in the outskirts of Hogesmade. It looked like it was sometime around 6 AM because they could see the sun rising. Teddy looked back into the building they were just in and recognized at as the Shrieking Shack.
"Lets go" Jack whispered, punching Teddy's arm lightly.
Teddy nodded stiffly at the Shack and then turned to the other two and started running towards the castle.
***
Harry Potter was sitting in the Flitwick's Office with Ginny. They were both worried about Teddy wondering where he was and what had happened to him and Jack.
"Harry" Ginny said quietly
"Yeah"
"I-" Ginny was interrupted by the door slamming open. And standing in the doorway were Teddy, Jack, and Lillia. All three of them were very tired and dirty from the experiences they had just faced. Harry stood up and Ginny gasped at their surprise appearance.
Ginny jumped up and hugged all three of them even though she didn't know Lillia. Harry clapped Teddy in the back as they explained what had happened to them. Harry wasn't surprised as Ginny was when Teddy had gotten to the part when he had broken free from the spell that was holding him down without the use of any magic. When they were all done chatting and Flitwick was informed, they went down to the Great Hall for some food. Teddy was extremely hungry. The only things the Death Eaters had fed them were stale bread. When Teddy, Jack, and Lillia walked into the Great Hall many of the students crowded around them happy to see them alive and well. He saw a flash of red hair somewhere outside the crowd and he broke free to see who it was. Of couese the read hair had belonged to Ron who was standing next to Hermione beaming at him.
After he was well fed he went to the grounds for a walk with Harry.
"Hey Harry" Ted said as they walked along the edge of the lake.
"Yeah" Harry answered.
"Those Death Eaters, they haven't left have they" Ted asked stiffly.
"I'm pretty sure they wouldn't stay here long. Not after the heavy losses they suffered that night and not after you just revealed their hiding place to the entire school" Harry answered.
There was a moment of silence and then Ted asked, "Wonder how my mom and dad would have felt" he asked to himself quietly.
Harry seemed to have heard him, "Ted, Remus and Tonks would've been very proud of you. They lost their lives fighting Death Eaters and now you are continuing there fight for them."
These words meant a lot to Teddy. One more question still lingered in his head.
"Harry, why was I able to break free of that binding spell" Teddy asked curiously.
Harry actually smiled at this, "Didn't you say this happened when the Death Eater attempted to kill Lillia." Harry asked
"Yeah" Teddy answered.
"Well, Teddy let me tell you something Albus Dumbeldore had told me when I was young. There is no magic that is stronger than love."
With that Harry started heading towards the castle, Teddy's confused staring after him. Teddy thought hard about what Harry had said. He sat by the lake until the sun was starting to set. His thoughts were shifting around in his head.
"Hey Ted" said a soft, delicate voice behind him.
It was Lillia, she walked towards him and sat beside him.
"Lillia, there's something I want to say" he says quietely, looking at the setting sun.
"Yeah"
"I love you" he said.
Lillia didn't say anything, because once again her actions proved stronger than words. She leaned over and Teddy leaned over and their lips met. It was the most wonderful thing Teddy had ever felt for a long, long time.
THE END