The final stand
Nico
Spells and zombies were flying everywhere. Our plan began to work as the army were doing as they were told. Voldemort looked pretty frazzled if he resorted to this. "Release every dementor we have!" Some dementors tried to kiss the zombies but their souls were already gone. We were winning for once. I dogged spells left and right and finally found myself in front of Voldemort. With his loathsome smile, he spread his arms like he wanted a warm full hug. "My puppet survives." He touched my shoulder for a minute and I could already feel Voldemort try and take over my body. Myself floating out once again but I wasn't going to let that happen. "NO!" I could sense myself take control. I didn't open my eyes scared that his creature like face would be there but I did. I was on my knees looking at the ground and everything was silent. I looked at my surroundings and saw what was left of the battle. Most of the death eaters have fled in fear of the undead and some laid sprawled on the floor unconscious. The battle was over as quick as it started. Our plan worked for the first time in forever. I felt a touch on my shoulder to see Harry, Ron and Reyna next to me. Will and Hermione must have still been under the cloak somewhere waiting for the perfect moment. I looked around everywhere but straight, scared to see him but I did.
There he stood still smiling with two death eaters by his side. "Well I have to admit getting through my dementors was quite impressive , but how strong are you Nico di Angelo?" He snapped his fingers and his minions opened a chest that I didn't see before and four black smokey orbs came flying out. They came flying right towards us and I put up my sword. "That won't help mate. Those things our boggarts, they form into your fears but all you have to do is make them look funny, laugh then they can't hurt you." Ron said with an encouraging tone. Ya of course it was okay with him, he hasn't been through what we've had. What will show up for me?They were circling all four of us and they each landed individually in front of us.
Mine seemed like it was having a hard time picking what to scare me with. It flashed from Hades, Kronos, Gaea, and some monsters from tartarus. Finally it took a form of a young girl in a silver jacket, her hair was braided back and her skin was a dark color but her eyes were pure white. "Bianca?" I whispered. "You don't recognise me?How do you not know your own sister! Oh I know because you forgot about me! You left me alone! Mother hates you, she always had!" Her voice was loud and harsh. "No! I never forgot about you and I never will!" Hot tears streamed down my cheek. I knew she wasn't real but it felt real. All the painful memories came back to the last time I saw her, she told me everything was going to be okay. She was always there for me and I wasn't there when she needed me the most. I failed her. I could hear Harry and Ron shouting at me but that felt like a distant memory to me. I covered my ears to block my sister's harsh words. When I looked up I could tell that it wasn't my sister. She would never yell at me. The last time I spoke to her she wanted me to let go and enjoy what was left of my broken life.
Her form started to change into a bark blur. She looked scared now. She reached down and grabbed my wrist and shook me violently. "Listen to me you little-!" "That's enough!" Harry pulled out his wand and said some spell I couldn't hear. The next thing I noticed was that "Bianca" wasn't there anymore just some smoke. I stood up and went to my friends. "Thanks." I told Harry. He just gave me a sideways smile. "No problem." When I saw Ron and Reyna they seemed to be just fine. Except for the fact that Reyna was still shaking. "I..I saw my dad." I gave her a hug knowing how hard it could be. "Well we have good news and bad news." Ron pointed out."We got rid of the boggarts, yay! But we lost you know who."
"Well he couldn't have gone far." Reyna pointed out. "Ya, and I'm sure Hermione and Will are following him, or maybe we could fly on some thestrals and search the land, but we would have to find Hermione and Will first then we could go." Ron said without a breath. "Or, we could just follow the tracker I put on him." I pulled out the tracking device from my pocket. It was a small box with only two buttons on it. It had a small screen like a navigation tool. "Where did you get that?" Harry asked. I shrugged. "I found it in one of the tool bags in Leo's room. Thought it would come in handy on the quest." "But how did you?" Ron asked this time trying to find the words. I waved my hands in the air and said. "Magic." Harry rolled his eyes. "He's asking how did you even put it on him." "Well, when he tried to take control of me again he put his hand on me. So I was able to stick the tracker in his sleeve."
I turned on the tracker and got his location. "He's still in the woods, not far from the school grounds." Before I could even say anything Harry and Ron grabbed both of our hands and we were gone. In less than a second we we're next to Voldemort. I know everyone's first instinct is to run for their bloody lives but I guess that didn't work for Reyna. She immediately tackled him to the ground making him let go of the elder wand. Reyna couldn't keep him down forever so I decided to join the fun. He kept cursing and shouting spells he couldn't do without his wand. "Get off of me! How did you even get here you little brats!" He hissed. " Never underestimate the technology on muggle products!" That was all I could say before I had to run for my life from a crazy branch. In one glimpse of a second Reyna and I weren't on top of him anymore. Tree branches were beating Voldemort like crazy. I scrambled away and grabbed the wand before he could get it.
I guess to keep himself from being humiliated he vanished in a split of a second. The tree branches came floating to us like they found their next victims. Before they could beat us Ron threw a rock at them. "Be gone demon!" He tried to fumble his wand out of his pocket. "We are armed and dangerous!" "Oh quit being silly Ron." The tree branch said. Hermione and Will pulled off the cloak and threw down the branches. "How did you even find us?" Will brushed his hair out of his face. "We were following Voldemort. I don't know how you found us." I pulled out the tracker once more and found it busted in my hand. "I lost his tracker." I sighed and threw it on the ground. "Is that one of Leo's" Will asked. "Ya I took it from him before we left." Will gave me a smile. "He's going to kill you." I shuffled my feet in place "Ya I know."
We started to walk back to the school as if nothing had happen. I mean it's not like we just fought a dark wizard or nothing. We walked in silence and it was kind of awkward." Nico, who did you see? You know what did the boggart turn into?" Ron asked kicking a few pebbles ahead. I shifted uneasily, I didn't want to answer the question but if it would break this silence. "I saw my sister, Bianca. She passed away on a quest a few years back." Ron got the hint, that was all he was going to get out of me." So what did you see?' " I asked Ron. "Oh well I usually see...those!" Ron cried as he pointed at a huge spider coming our way. I really didn't think much of it till I saw a second, and a third, fourth, fifth,sixth, seventh. Right then I lost count because a wave of spiders burst from the woods. "So do we run?" Harry asked in the most boring voice. "Yes." We all responded at the same time and then we were all running.
I had to be careful not to trip on the roots that sprouted above the ground but it was hard. My legs felt like lead and my lungs felt like they were full of water but yet I still had the energy to run this fast. Ron started to slow down probably out of breath. But nope he fell. "Ron, seriously now is not the time to be falling!" Hermione complained. "Oh I'm sorry I was at your inconvenience!" Ron dusted himself off and pulled himself up. "Look out!" Reyna punched a spider that was going to jump on Ron's head. "Blimey, are you always that physical?" Reyna pulled off her robes. "How about thanks for saving you pathetic life." She started to walk to him but Will cut her off. He waved his hands rabidly. " Hey lets not lose our heads, you know we have to get out of here before we get killed." Hermione pushed her bushy hair back as much as she could. "Everyone hold hands I'll apparate us out of here." I pulled my hands out of the circle. "Oh no. I'm not the best with that kind of travel.
"Well what do you suggest we use then?" Hermione asked. "Well I could get us into the castle with my travel in seconds." I answered. Hermione look was trying to be cold but I couldn't be scared that easily. "How can you possibly do that. Only Dumbledore has that kind of power." She said coldly. "Guys, we don't have time to talk about this. Whatever it is Nico, just do it and Hermione just stop." Harry said in a quivering voice. Hermione shot him a look. "But Harry-" I think we all finally understood why we had to hurry. The spiders started to close in on us.
I looked around and found a huge shadow casting under a tree. I turned to the group "Okay, everyone hold hands and run to the tree." The wizards looked confused but they did as they were told. I started to concentrate and the shadow began to wrap around us. Ron let out a pathetic cry and started to worm around. "Stop that!" I snapped. "Hey Neeks, um you might want to hurry." Will suggested. I lost it. "What did I say about calling me that? And of course it's taking forever, this one keeps moving!" I was finally was able to cover us in the shadows and less than a second from being spider food. We landed with a hard thud on the carpet of one of the rooms in the school. Looking around at our surroundings I was able to know where we were. The books were stacked and were put on the shelves with papers sticking out of them. The room smelled of faint candy and old books. "This is the headmaster's office." I stated. "It is? Well how did you find yourselves in here?" An older voice said behind us. We all turned to see Dumbledore standing right there as if he was waiting for us. He wore a baby blue robe with stars printed around it. He looked to be a lot skinnier santa.
"Sir, we...we can explain." Harry stumbled out. Dumbledore just put his finger up and walked towards us. His eyes full of energy. "Now tell me everything."
