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EPIC FIGHT SCENE just for you...
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Chapter 74:
Lily, Marlene and Alice ran towards the astronomy tower. "Shouldn't we have a plan?" Marlene asked.
"I'm not really the planner – I usually let James or Frank do the planning," Alice frowned.
"We can't just run in there – we'll just get ourselves killed," Marlene continued.
"Well what do you suggest," Lily frowned, "and make it quick – James could be dead already."
"I vote we quietly sneak up on them," Marlene smiled.
"WOW – that wasn't obvious at all," Lily laughed, "come on – let's go."
The girls continued to run. They only slowed down when they could hear voices. "Is that Bellatrix?" Alice asked.
"I think so," Marlene nodded. The three girls, wand in hand began to climb the stairs that led to the top of the tower. When they were at eye level with the death eater's feet, Lily began to count – at least seventeen. They were talking… well Bellatrix was talking. She had her wand pointed at her cousin, "Crucio!" There was an earth shattering scream.
"You'd think you'd get fed up of using the same spell time after time," James laughed, seemingly relaxed, "I mean Bella – you're worse that Snivellus and sectumsempra… who knows how many times he's used that one on me?"
"Potter – you are inpetinant – you little boy. Don't you get it? Your not fighting with little first or second year Slytherins now… I'm as scary as it gets!"
"I doubt that very much – your boss man… Voldemort is it?"
"You dare to speak his name?" Bellatrix spat angrily.
"Yes Bella, I dare," James said confidently.
"Crucio!" Bellatrix screamed.
"Bella what have I told you – we're not here to play with them… we should just do what the Dark Lord has asked of us and go… if you keep crucifying them their screams will wake the whole castle and they'll ship us off to Azkaban."
Bella gave her husband a look that suggested that she was not pleased at his interruption.
"We came for one blood-traitor but instead we got four!" Lestrange smiled.
Malfoy laughed, "won't be able to beat us at Quidditch next year Potter – you'll be too busy being dead!"
"Your brains amaze me Malfoy," Sirius laughed.
"You insufferable…" Malfoy began to walk forward but quickly crumbled as he was hit by a stunning spell from behind, "stupefy," Lily called calmly.
"Oh goody – a mud-blood…" Bellatrix smiled.
There was an eruption of spells. Potter and Lestrange were duelling one another to the death. It was clear from their facial expressions – they were both murderous.
"Confringo," James pointed his wand just behind Lestrange's head. Several pieces of rock and debrie fell as there was a loud explosion overhead.
"Crucio!" Lestrange shouted.
James blocked the death eater's curse.
Sirius was at war with Bellatrix, "We used to be family Sirius… Whatever happened?" She said as they circled one another.
"What happened? I decided I'd had enough crazy for one lifetime. "Petrificus Totalus!"
Bellatrix blocked the curse before sending her own at her cousin.
Sirius somehow blocked her's as well.
"Locomotor Wibbly!" Sirius called.
She swished her wand violently as she blocked Sirius' jelly-legs curse. "You've got to do better than that Sirius!"
Remus was engaged in a duell with a death eater that he didn't recognise. He was slightly older than the others and Remus saw a cold look in his eyes that filled him with dread.
"Crucio!" The man called pointing his wand at Remus.
Remus ducked before non-verbally sending a blasting curse at the older death eater. He fell back temporarily. Remus quickly tried to disarm him but he wasn't quick enough. He was back on his feet before Remus could say the incantation. "You thought it would be that easy?"
"Sectumsempra!" The man sent Snape's curse at Remus. Remus blocked the curse but felt a cut on his cheek begin to bleed. "You need to get a stronger blocking spell boy!"
Remus silently cast a tooth-growing hex, Densaugeo!
The death eater's teeth began to grow abnormally long. He was momentarily distracted by his new teeth and Remus stunned him. Remus looked around there were a variety of duels taking place. Lestrange had James screaming in agony under his cruciatus curse. Sirius and Bellatrix looked like they might murder one another. Lily was fighting Septimus Alfrid. He'd only just finished Hogwarts himself. Lily shouted loudly, "Engorgio Skullus!" Alfrid's head began to grow until it was an abnormally large size. He was struggling to keep his head up right. Remus almost laughed at the sight.
Peter was fighting Malfoy. For a moment Remus felt proud of the boy. He seemed confident. "Entomorphis!" Malfoy began to transform into a weird insectoid person. Remus was grateful for all the transfiguration work they had been doing.
Remus saw a death eater coming towards him. Remus recognised him from the Potter's party. "Crabb," Remus whispered.
"Oh good – you know my name… that's going to make this so much more fun…"
Remus didn't stop to think. He sent a horn tongue hex at Crabb but the death eater dodged it, "Crucio!"
Remus ducked behind something – he wasn't sure what it was. When the curse hit it, it broke into thousands of pieces. Remus cast a non-verbal knee-reversal hex on the death eater. He quickly fell to the floor, "Crucio!" He didn't stop. The curse hit Remus. He felt agony… excruciating pain.
Alice was duelling two Slytherins at once. They both appeared to be first years and were pretty crappy at their spellwork. In seconds Alice had them bound with rope on the floor. She straightened up and looked around for her next target. There was a death eater behind James. He was aiming his wand… "No – Stupefy!" Alice shouted over the noise.
Marlene was trying her best to keep up with Goyle. She had recognised him from the party. He was sending curse after curse at her. He didn't seem to think what curses he was using. "Mutatio Skullus!" Marlene frowned as she felt the powerful hex hit her protective spell.
She aimed her wand at him. A burst of white light escaped its tip. The death eater was hit with her stinging hex. It didn't slow down his attack however. Marlene was growing tired and her protective spell was growing weak. She tried a backfiring jinx. She saw several small explosions around his head. Debrie hit him but he merely basted it away.
James called, "impedimenta," as he pointed his wand at Lestrange. Lestrange stumbled slightly. "Flipendo!" James continued, stepping closer to his opponent. Lestrange fell back against the wall. James stunned him and bound him, collecting his wand in the process. He turned around to see who he could duell. Lily was currently fighting two death eaters. He made his way over to help her. Lily smiled briefly when he joined her. "Flipendo Tria!" James called. A miniature tornado came out of his wand and attacked the death eaters. One of them quickly cast it away.
"Mr Lestrange," James smiled at the other death eater's father.
"Potter," the man nodded. "Confringo."
James non-verbally cast a shield charm over himself and Lily, protego horribilis.
Lily felt the fire hit the shield but it never hurt her. She looked at James in shock. He merely grinned, "Levicorpus!" James aimed his wand at the other death eater who was about to curse Lily. The death eater was raised off his feet. James felt a spell hit him from behind. It was stronger than his shield charm. He began to crumble to the floor as each of the bones in his body began to break and splinter. He wanted to scream but he refused to give the death eaters the satisfaction. Lily saw him go down but she continued duelling. She had no choice.
James looked around from his new place on the floor. He was not the only one on the floor. Peter was crumpled in a ball – James hoped that he'd merely been stunned and not something worse. Marlene was still up – duelling with several Hogwarts students. She almost looked like she was enjoying herself. Sirius and Bellatrix were still at it, no one's going to win that battle anytime soon, James thought to himself. Alice was on the ground. She was panting as a death eater towered over her using an unforgivable curse on her – the cruciatus curse. James began to stand. It was excruciating. He could barely put any weight on his legs and so he held himself up holding tightly to the wall. He pointed his wand at the death eater, "stupefy." The death eater crumpled. Now that the curse had been lifted Alice breathed a heavy sigh of relief. She began to pull herself up slowly before finding herself a new adversary. James hoped that help would come and quick.
Really hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please review... especially since it's coming to an end... soon we'll be starting third year!
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Hopefully Kate and Mary will be able to get help...