Thank you all for reading, and for tagging along on this crazy voyage. I hope you like this one.


The beer mug slammed hard on a wooden table.

Moon Mckenzie, Muggle-born, was a tall and stout young woman, with curly dark hair. Her eyes were the color of Mars.

"Moon, dear," Rose said, "I don't want to be the one who has to carry you to Gryffindor tower again. Last time I had to put you in bed and all."

"Mmmmmh..." Scorpius and Yosh said at the sound of the word 'bed'.

"You guys are gross" Rose said.

"They're SO into lesbian sex," Minnie yawned. Her eyes were closed and she was using Rose's shoulder as a pillow.

"¡ Wow, wow…! Since when are you so repressed, Rosita?" Scorpius said innocently. "I don't see anything gross about sex."

"They should both transfigurate their male organs" Minnie commented. "So they can have lesbian sex with each other. I think there's a spell for that".

"Would you like to see that?" Scorpius asked.

"Very much".

"I'm out of here. I need some tobacco" Moon said, oblivious to the conversation, and she stood up.

"Ptss," Yosh chimed in, "Bet you five sickles she makes up with at least one guy before he lights up that first cigarette".

"Yes, Yoshi, love... I'm going to make out with you..." Moon said, and then she was out of sight.

"...In your dreams." Scorpius finished the sentence. "I'm saying this in case it's not clear enough."

"What's wrong with Moon?" Yosh asked. "Is she like this because she didn't pass the potions' exam?"

"No, Yosh," Rose said "It's because they're not serving free shots today. Of course it's because of the potions exam. She needs the mark to become an auror... Where are you going Albus?"

I was already disappearing into the crowd.

"He's gonna smoke a cigarrette too" Scorpius commented, with a laugh.

...There was no way to find Moon among so many people...

…...

The first floor hallway had never been so deserted. I couldn't believe they were going to force us into class on a day like that.

"Do you think the others will be okay?" Minnie said when we got to the Artimancy classroom, and my whole body trembled.

"I don't know," I lied.

"Tell me something when you see them, okay?" We're here next door in Transfigurations.

-Okay.

'Why the hell did I say okay?'

I hugged Minnie goodbye, and didn't see her again until after the Great Battle.

"I hadn't realized until now," I said, taking a seat next to my friend Lysander, "but I'm the only Gryffindor in this class."

"They've been debating in circles for half an hour," Lysander told me, rolling his eyes.

Debating in circles whether we were going to fight the Great Battle or not, even though we didn't call it the Great Battle yet, of course. That's what the history books would call it.

"I think only people who are really fir should fight," said Sissy Reinhart, a Ravenclaw. "Like, Quidditch players or people in the Dueling Club and stuff".

"Fat chance!" protested Alexander Macmillan, who was a quidditch player and was also in the dueling club. "We fight while you guys evacuate, right? That's not fair. Also, my arm hurts a lot so I cannot fight".

Then Roger Wayne spoke, only to say that he had access to his parents' bank account and was willing to reward with 1000 galleons whoever offered to fight in his place.

"I've had enough," I said, and got up.

"Where do you think you're going, Potter?"

"Excuse me, Professor Adler. I need to know if my friends are okay".

'And I need to get out of here as soon as possible' I thought. So much selfishness reminded me of my own selfishness, and that made me feel very bad.

In Ancient Runes, the picture was very different. Professor Brönn was giving a motivational speech.

The moment she saw me at the doorstep, Moon jumped up and ran towards me. She squeezed me in her arms, and she asked:

"Where's Rose?"

I bit my lip.

"She um… We...we got separated. Scorpius...Well, he wanted to go back.

"WHAT?!"

"I said the same thing. But he didn't listen. He used the Gryffindor chimney to get to London and save his family.

"That's not his job, it's the aurors'! Al, we have to do something. We have to tell Professor Mc-

And then everything blew to pieces. Metaphorically speaking, of course. It's not like there was a lot left at Hogwarts to blow up. We heard a deafening noise, and we felt like the world was collapsing.

"IT'S THE ALARM!" roared Professor Brönn, and all the students rose to their feet. "The spiders have destroyed The Barrier."

"If you care about Hogwarts" Moon said, getting on a desk and raising her wand "the time is NOW! If not... You can go to the Safe Zone with the first-year children".

"That's right" Professor Brönn said proudly.

And I was already going to the Safe Zone with the first-year children, but Moon grabbed my arm tightly.

"Have you seen Rose?" Minnie? Yosh? Yosh should be with me in this class.

I haven't seen Yosh. Minnie's in Transfigurations with her friends.

"And Rose?" She's with you in Artimancy, isn't she?

There was a knot in my stomach.

"No, Moon...I haven't seen her all day."

"Come with me, then. I'm going to lead a squad to the third floor. If you stay by my side, you will survive. And if Scorpius Rose or Yosh show up and they're injured, I want you to take them to the Safe Zone.

-Which is...?

'A girls' bathroom on the first floor.

"Brilliant".

And we didn't know this, but from the outside, Hogwarts already looked worse than after the Battle of Hogwarts of 1998. What once had looked like a castle was reduced to a small building of cracked stone. Water from the storm was beginning to seep through the cracks. The raindrops pattered and pattered, making the loudest noise on the metal of a million eight-legged bodies, emerging from the forbidden forest and making a circle around the castle.


We'll see more action and spells on the next one. There was a lot that needed to be established on this one. Thanks for reading :).