Thank you all for the reviews. Harry Potter is not mine, this is a story from a fan.

(BSC 6 C30) C221 And so it begins.

The family left the seventh floor to get that little bit of rest they definitely needed. Harry stood by the door as some of the family stayed behind a little longer. "Harry" Alice started. Harry didn't say a thing and only looked at her to go on. "You told us, and Bella also told us that she had gone with Gabrielle and got all of the Veelas back at our side. Still, we saw about twenty of them fighting on their side".

Harry knew that it was a surprise for the family. But not a total surprise for them. The real surprise had been that they had used them as the first line of attack. "Yes, we thought so too. We knew some could have escaped and joined them. But we never thought it would be so many. Still, Gabrielle and the other Veelas took care of them". Alice nodded because she knew you could never be sure everybody would do as you asked even if the offer was almost too good to be true.

"We did know some would stay with them. The same could be said for Goblins, werewolves, and some of the other beings they have with them. They all have a Port-key with the instruction to use it on our sign. When they use it they will be dropped into a holding cell where we will question them after the battle. There we will ask them a list of questions. We know they have done wrong but just had to do it or they would have gone hungry. So most of their deads will be forgiven or be paid with a fine. We have also given them a list of what kind of things would be forgiven".

Just as Harry wanted to go on a Hogwarts elf popped up next to him and whispered something in his ear. Harry took out another letter and handed a duplicate to Bella as he popped away. Bella looked at the letter and smiled as she gave it to Daphne who did the same. Before the family who had stayed behind could ask something Bella went on. "Now you might ask, could they trust us if they already know they would be locked up? The answer is yes. When we freed the werewolves. Some of the werewolves who had been working here had joined them to tell them what we are all about. Some of them had done things to survive and are now repaying those things by working for them. It is something they too will get to do. This is for everyone we want that will join us after the war. Now for Harry" and Bella smiled at Daphne. "Harry is on his way to kill the last Horcrux of Voldemort. The one that is slithering free. He will kill it and then drop it at the foot of Voldemort with this note" and Bella handed Alice the note to read to everyone. Nothing was said but as the eyes of Alice grew big they knew it was something.

#*

Harry popped up to the highest tower where he saw Emma already sitting with some of the house elves around her. She was writing little notes for Poppy and the others. Harry just looked at her and his look clearly asked her to explain what she was doing. Emma handed him a little note and it read Werewolves. Harry shook his head and Emma gave a deep sigh. "Really, I thought you were the smart one".

"NO, I'm the pretty one". Harry told her while he raised his eyebrows up and down.

Emma laughed and pointed at the note. "When they attack I will send an elf with these notes to Poppy and the Veela healers. With this, they will know what kind of wounds they can expect and prepare for it, They already have trays of bottles prepared but by knowing this they only had to grab them before they are there".

Harry just smiled as he took his broom. Just as he was about to push off he stopped and looked back at Emma. "I really thought you would stay at Potter Castle and one of the students would be doing this".

"Yes, but we thought differently about it. Dan has told me about all of your plans and I did a good job when you were at the graveyard so we thought that I could do a good job here". Harry didn't respond to it because he had something else to do. It was also an Argument he would lose. The moment he thought it, he swore he could hear Bella and Daphne say he was right, in his mind.

Harry flew to the left and along the forest edge towards the lake. The elf had told him that the snake was somewhere near the edge of the lake. It did not take long for Harry to find him. The moment he dropped down he took the Gryffindor sword and just slammed it down. It cut the head from the snake of the body in one cut. A black mist erupted from the body and it was followed by a scream of pain. He did not know what it would mean for Voldemort but they would know it in a couple of minutes. He had a house elf looking at them and he would be reporting it all to them when he dropped the head and the body before him.

#*

Walter had jumped to his feet. Right after he had read the letter. He wanted nothing else but to kill that Potter boy. Grindelwald would have loved to see it. But it was something he could not do, not yet. The men of Voldemort and his own men were still not rested enough from the things that happened at the Death Eaters' homes. The way they were all covered in colors was also something that bothered him. At midnight it would be a lot darker and they might not be seen as well as they were now.

It had taken Grindelwald and Voldemort nearly half an hour to calm him down. When they had done it they had to promise him that Harry was his or he would have rushed off right there. As they had them down, Grindelwald and Voldemort started to make their way to the edge to have another look. Just when they were about a couple of feet away Voldemort let go of a scream and dropped to the floor. Grindelwald looked at him strangely. As he looked at his other self he realized he had the same thing happening to him a couple of times. Two times to be exact, a little while ago. "What is it men" he screamed at his other self just waiting to hear something he knew from himself".

Slowly Voldemort got back to his feet and looked up at Grindelwald. "I don't know. I had this once before. It was right before I send Bellatrix back in time. This time I had the same thing and it was like a part of me was ripped from my body. Something that, how do you say it? That completed me into a whole person".

Grindelwald looked at Voldemort and knew he had gotten the same feeling two times a little bit after each other. He was thankful it had happened when he was in his office at the ministry. No one had seen him when it happened but it had frightened him. To this day he still, didn't know what it was about, and when he saw it happening to Voldemort he got the same feeling he had that day. "I think we have to go back and rest. I do not know what it is but it isn't something good, that I know".

Slowly they turned around and when they did something dropped right in front of them. The only thing Grindelwald saw was something long and bendy. He did not know what it was, but the way Voldemort started to scream at everything told him he did. "Heads up" Sounded from above. They did not know what or who it was, but when they looked up something dropped into the hands of Grindelwald. Grindelwald held it at arm's length and looked at the head of a snake. There was a note to it and it said.

Arthur Weasly will be glad I killed this snake.

Greetings Lord Potter.

#*

Harry flew over the forest with the head of the snake in his hand, and its body floating behind him. He was wondering what to do with it when he saw the both of them walking back to the clearing. He wanted to go on but this was a gift from him to Voldemort. At first, he wanted to drop in the middle of their camp. But when he saw them walking he could not keep it from them. Slowly he flew over them and dropped the body of the snake in front of them. He did not know what happened before. But the way Voldemort reacted told him that killing the snake was the right thing to do. So he could not help himself and just had to drop the head of the snake as well.

He flew high enough they could not see him. So he hovered around a little and then he went to his next target. They had to be sure they would attack them. Fighting between all these trees would not do them any good. No, they had to get them to their own playing field so to say.

So he had to do the last part and the most daring. He had to get to Walter and make him see things in another way. One of his spying house elves had told him he and Grindelwald were arguing over the guy he had killed. So they had to make him think about some things. He bent down all over his broom handle and made more speed. He knew where he had to go, so he took a hard left around the big tree and sped up even more. From his pocket, he took a small arrow with a note wrapped around it. His speed went up as he flew over the campground. He made a turn to the right and threw the stick at Walter who never saw him coming. Halfway in his turn he pulled up and disappeared from sight.

#*

Walter was lying on the ground. He was resting with his eyes closed as he thought about the many ways he could kill the potter brat. He could use the Killing curse. But that one was too easy. He wanted the brat to suffer. The moment he thought about sticking his knife down his spine something hit his left arm and went right into his flesh. Walted screamed as he opened his eyes and saw an arrow sticking out of his arm.

He pulled it out and looked at the arrow. It was pretty deep and he hissed in pain as it came loose. The blood was gushing out of the wound and he had it healed by one of his men. After it, he to a close look at the arrow and saw a little note or little letter sticking to it. He opened it and read out loud.

Dear Mr Skumbag that answers to the name Walter.

The magic of Walter almost lost control. But he still kept on reading it while some of his men looked for cover.

If I'm right you are looking for my blood.

I don't blame you I might have killed a friend of yours.

Be ready because we are going to kill more of you.

So we will be waiting for you but think about this.

You came to us and the first thing you did was to kill children on a boat.

You did not think we would let it happen just like that.

Now be sure we have trained even more and we will go down fighting if we go down that is.

But I will tell you and everybody who is listening to your reading this.

You have followed Grindelwald and Voldemort into this battle.

We have given you all a way out of this.

You did not take it and none have bettered their lives.

So if you want to be mad be mad at them. We will just execute you because you are the beasts.

Ps: The arrow was thrown by me, by my own hand and a little bit of magic.

So be prepared that Lord Hogwarts and Hell, is going to come to you.

Walter Grumbled the piece of Parchment in his hand and looked up into the air. He knew that Potter brat had come from there but none had heard or seen him. With the speed he had seen while he had been flying between the Dragons. He wasn't surprised that none had seen him. It did put a new piece of fear into him because, in all of his fighting, none had ever sneaked up on him and his men.

He did think about the last part. They had been following Grindelwald and Voldemort into this battle. From the first time they had placed a foot on British land, they had been under attack. Sure they had killed those kids just to put the fear in the people. But it had all gone the other way. Grindelwald had asked them to come and bring back the old days. It was the one letter they all had been waiting for because it meant they could all leave Nurmingrat. For most, it had been a prison. For them, it had been a paradise because they had a floor of their own. But to get right into this kind of Battle when they stepped onto the shore was something they didn't expect at all. To learn after it that it had been kids that had taken them to the limit and almost killed them was the biggest shock for them all.

Never did they think that kids could beat them. But they were also surprised that Grindelwald had never told them about those kids. They also never told them after they got here. So they knew that the next battle would be for real. It would be those kids or them. And as he thought about it and looked at his men, he was almost sure they would not be coming back. He also knew that he would be in for the fight for his life himself. As Walter pointed his wand at the paper he put it into flames and looked over as Grindelwald walk back into the clearing.

Grindelwald stepped up to him and Walter just looked up before he stood and walked away. "Where do you think you are going? I'm your master you respect me". Grindelwald screamed as Walter walked away. Walter stopped and slowly turned around. He shook his head a little and walked on. Grindelwald could not handle it and pointed his wand at his back. "Stupefy".

Walter turned around at the last second and flicked the spell away. He lowered his wand and walked back to Grindelwald. He was a little bigger and just looked down a little bit. He sniffed and growled in the back of his throat. "I will fight for you now. I will fight for you because I want that brat, I want his head hanging above my fireplace. After it, we are done. You got us here and you told us it would be easy. You promised us this would be a simple walk through the Pixi fields. But you never told us we had Goblin kids to fight. You told us they would be easy, but they are killers. They only care for themselves and not for us. We don't care for them or this, but they do. So it is simple and it is like they said. You told us and even Lucius Told us. And for Lucius to tell us this means he has more brains than we have. If we win or lose we will gain or win nothing but the battle. They have something to lose so they will have everything to fight for and that is more than we will ever have". Walter turned on the spot and walked to the field where the rest of his army was waiting for him.

Voldemort stood behind his older self and looked on. He knew Grindelwald would show him who was boss. But he was gobsmacked when Walter stood eye to eye with him and didn't back down. When he saw him walk away he hissed why he took the disrespect. Grindelwald just shook his head sadly and started to walk after him. He had lost the trust of his men. He did not lose his army but he would lose them after the fight if he did not give them or show them their place. Grindelwald shook his head again and walked after Walter while he looked at the ground.

#*

Alice had first read the letter alone before she read it out to all those that were around them. When she folded up the letter Harry had returned and looked at her. She didn't say a thing and only looked at him. After a second she just asked one thing. "Are they coming" Harry only smiled as all those that were around them rushed off?

While everyone started to run around Harry took his broom and rushed up to the roof of the highest tower. He didn't do much but he told them he needed a moment for himself. When he told them all the same thing in their mind. Bella and Daphne looked at Nolwenn. When they told it to her she shook her head. "This is not something I can help him whit. It is the final battle for the end so there can only be one" It was now that Nolwenn looked at Minerva.

As Bella and Daphne started to fly their way around the defenders and the fighters of Hogwarts Minerva went up on her own broom with Lily right behind her. As they landed next to him they looked at the forest and just sat there for a moment. After another moment Minerva broke the silence. "Alright, you want me and Lily to fight the two Dark once. But who are you all going to fight".

Harry looked at her and back at the forest. He took a breath but he did not say a thing right away. When he did Lily gaped at him and Minerva just smirked. "Yes I want you two to fight them, but I do not think it will happen. Like always they will be hanging back until they think we are out of it enough so they can win. But if they step in front you two are the best to take them on and we will be helping you at every opportunity we get".

"So why are you sitting here right now," Lily asked as she looked down from the tower.

"That is simple, I'm resting for a moment. I just threw an arrow into the arm of Grindelwald's number one with my magic. The wound will close but it will keep on opening up every five minutes or so. It was a dark Arrow from the Longbottom family, filled with Longbottom family magic".

"How can you do Longbottom family magic," Lily asked as her mind started to do over time and Minerva started to laugh harder.

Harry gave her a lopsided smile and said that they are godbrothers. So we are family by blood. Magic runs through the blood so Longbottom Family magic runs through me. It also rushes to you just like Potter magic, Greengrass magic Veela magic, and so on. Even the black family magic runs through all of us".

"You mean I can do Veela magic" Lily almost screamed as she looked at Harry while he held up a ball of flames in his hand.

"Yes, you can, but you have to learn it first. "THERE THEY ARE, SOUND THE ALARM" Harry screamed as he stepped up onto his broom.

#*

Walter had started to walk to the edge of the forest. He knew it would take almost thirty minutes before they were there so he took his time. The last thing he wanted to do was rush and be out of breath when the fighting started. He was in front and he knew he wanted to get Potter first. Grindelwald had told him to wait but this was personal. Potter had killed his only friend and his master was a bastard. He was more angry at his master but he thought he could take Potter more than he could take his master. After about a minute or seven, his arm started to throb and the pain increased again. The moment he looked down he saw only red. The wound had opened again and he did another Episkey. It closed and he walked on again. After another seven minutes, it happened again and he thought about the thing Potter had done. If this happened during the battle. it would give him a disadvantage from the start. After the fourth time, he had to give it to those brats. They have been a step ahead of all of them. He knew he was the strongest and they had taken him out but something simple and effective. As he stopped for a moment he thought about giving up and to surrender. But just like Lucius, he knew he would be killed, so that was not an option.

When he got to the edge of the forest he placed a Sonorus at himself and screamed. "Potter do you always fight dirty. Are you, not man enough to fight me one on one".

Harry heard the words and placed a Sonorus on himself. "Let's make a deal. If you swear on your magic that you gave the kids on the boat a fair chance to walk away, I will heal you and fight you one on one before every one that is here. If you lose your magic I will fight you Muggle style".

Walter looked up and knew he would lose his magic if he did the magical oath. As a muggle, he could win easily. With Magic, he could not because of his wound. So he did the one thing he had to do, to give himself the best chance of winning. He did the oath and lost his magic".

Harry dropped about forty feet from him and threw a spell at his arm. The wound healed and Walter looked down. He gave Harry a dirty smile as he removed his army top. As he dropped his shirt he flexed his mussels and took a gun from his back pocket. In one move that looked in slow-motion to everyone, he pointed it at Harry. He opened his eyes and felt something pierce into the middle of his head. He stood there for a second or four, just before he dropped dead on the ground. Everybody turned to look at Harry and saw him holding a gun in his hand that was smoking a little bit. Harry sniffed "You did not think, I would think, he would play fair when he was a wizard. So I surely did not think he would do it as a muggle".

They all looked back at Walter who was lying down on the ground with the muggle gun still in his hand. They could all see that he was about to do the same thing as Harry had done to him. Some were shaking their heads while others were looking at it with mixed feelings. They had all been there. They all knew the other side would be playing dirty. But one of their own doing the same was just something new. Still, Harry was still, standing there while they themselves would have been dead on the spot.

"You killed my right-hand man" Grindelwald screamed from the side.

"Of course he did. We do not lie down and play dead anymore. We do not kiss the robes of a bold guy with no nose, or bearded old senile guys who like to pretend they are someone else" Susan said as she buffed her nails.

"I did it to prepare you all for the war that was coming" Grindelwald started.

"So you prepared us for a war, or did you prepare us for a slaughter because you could not win if we were truly prepared," Daphne said as she stepped next to Susan.

"Of course, he had to weak us first you all know he could not win fair, you can see it with the men they surrounded themselves with. Liers, scumbags, child molesters. blackmailers. And we are not only talking about Lucius" Neville said.

Bella stepped up next but Grindelwald took the spot from her. "You are all dead, Kill them all send in the Chupacabras".

#*

Harry jumped onto his broom and shot straight into the air. As he went up he shouted for everyone to get ready to defend. As Harry went up he was joined by Bella and the rest of the air brigade. They started to circle the grounds as they listened to the sound of about twenty beasts making their way through the forest and toward them. They were not as dangerous as the spiders but those things were extremely fast and difficult to fight.

As they circled for a third time they saw them coming. The last thing they wanted was for those beasts to run into the wards they had placed to keep their people safe. If those would fall it would give a free path for the enemy to get them. To their fighters, it was a clear sign to just kill them. This were the kind of beast in the worst kind of ways. Their instinct was to kill and eat nothing more and they were at the bottom of their food chain so to say. So this time it was to kill and to survive. When they first came from the forest Harry ducked down on his broom with Bella on the opposite doing the same. They were followed by the broom brigade or the air brigade.

Their first spells were cutters into the ground just before the first Chupacabras could get any further. Some were cut in half while others just jumped over the slices in the ground.

Dan and Firenze knew it was their time to fight. From the towers and the walls, students fired their paintball guns at the beast. Most of the balls missed but some hit. Because they were so fast it was a very difficult task to hit them. The moment they were hit by a paintball they slowed down a little bit. It wasn't much but enough to give a nice easier shot for Dan and Firenze. They took it and the first two went down.

Slowly they got closer and Harry went closer to the ground to pull up some protection shields. Bella came from the other side and placed a cushioning charm on it. The Chupacabras that slammed into them bounced back a couple of feet. It was another chance for the men of Dan and Firenze to let go of a barrage of fire. And so it went on. It took another twenty minutes before they got them all.

The air brigade flew through the openings of the wards and landed behind the two circles. It had taken a lot out of them and the friends saw the first flaw in their plans. Sure they could fight them hour after hour as the groups were swapped. For the air brigade, there was no backup. If Grindelwald and Voldemort had more Chupacabras. Then Harry knew they would have no chance to defend themselves as they had done a moment ago. If they did they wouldn't last more than ten minutes. So the only hope they had was they had no more of those beasts.

"SEND IN THE GOBLINS AND WEREWOLVES" Sounded the voice of Grindelwald from out of the forbidden forest.

They all looked on as Goblins and werewolves came running out of the forest. In front of them all, was a screaming werewolf that was the sweetest one they knew. Harry smirked and looked up at the wall. In one of the windows, he saw Bane standing ready behind one of them. Some looked at Harry but it was Hermione who ran this part. She was the one with the plans and held up her hand as she looked through some binoculars. When they got to the first line the Air Brigade had sliced into the ground. She dropped her hand and Bane let go of an arrow with bleu smoke. It was just like the flair gun Emma had used before.

When it dropped almost all of the Werewolves and Goblins disappeared before their eyes. Some were still running towards the castle and it was clear they had made their choice. The gunslingers in the group from Dan took out some other guns and fired. Little darts were sliding into the bodies and brought them down. Right as they dropped to the ground little Elves popped next to them and took them away.

The friends all smirked as they saw how Grindelwald and Voldemort had stepped to the front to see what happened. Before they could do anything it was Susan who had to rub it in. "So ready to fight yourself or do you have more people who you want to push ahead so you don't have to show that you are too weak, to do it yourself?".

Voldemort started to splutter and Grindelwald turned red. "Send in the sphinxes" Grindelwald screamed.

As the four sphinxes walked onto the open field the friends took a closer look. These beings were not known for their fighting. When they did they killed and killed fast but most of all they just sat down and waited while they gave you a second chance. The second chance was simple you could walk away or answer the riddle to get passed them. If you were right you walk on, if you were wrong you would be killed on the spot. "Harry what are we going to do," Hermione asked as they all looked how they stopped and set down.

This was the part they had no answers for. They also didn't see a point in it. Sure the enemy could rush around them and attack them. But the moment they would go back they might have to answer a riddle. For them, it was also not a problem. They weren't going to attack them so they didn't need to go passed them. "To tell you the truth I do not know. We do not need to go passed them, so there is no reason for them other than to buy time. We can't go there, they think. And they have no need to come here right now. We could go around them, over them. Wait for them to attack us. We have a direct floo to the outside and they have nothing. So they wait and get hungry because I think they only had food for one maybe two days. They always said we are arrogant but they might have thought too lightly over us". While Harry was talking none had seen Luna stepping around them and walking onto the grounds. "If they did it will be a surprise but we will outlast them. We all have learned enough to know you can not fight a war on an empty stomach. So they will attack sooner than we think".

Both of them stopped when they heard someone screaming that Luna was outside. Their outside meant that someone was beyond the wards. As the friends all looked on they saw Luna sitting down right in front of the sphinxes. Tracy was right behind her and had her wand pointed at the four of them. If something went wrong she could never protect her but she would try, even at the cost of her own life. So they all rushed outside to help her if they needed to. As they jumped between the wards they saw the men of Grindelwald rushing at Luna. Tracy had her wand out and was throwing spells to keep them away. But it was clear she had to do more protection than fighting.

As always Harry was in front as he was the first to throw a spell over the shoulder of Tracy and blasted one of the men back into the forbidden forest. Walter wasn't there anymore so there was no leadership and the men were fighting on their own and not in a unit like they used to do.

#*

As the family watched on Dan had returned. He had heard about the new part of their attack and he had stopped his resting time to look at it all. As he saw the friends go first like they always did he shook his head sadly. "What is it, what are you thinking," Emma asked as she saw him look at the ground. Most of the female part of the family was around them and were looking at Dan.

Again he shook his head. "Their Leader is gone and they are nothing more than unguided beings. It means they are more dangerous than they had been. As a unit they were tough to fight but now even more. They are unpredictable and that makes them dangerous. It also means that the plans the friends had made might not work because they have always been a step ahead. Now they might be a couple of steps behind".

None of the family said a thing and only started to worry. The friends had been on top of everything but this might be too much even for them. "They will make it and we will join them in doing it".

It was a rough voice that sounded from behind them. They were just in time to see one of the Goblin guards rushing down. The sound they made told them there were at least nine of them. As the other rushed to the edge to look over the outer wall. Minerva just waved her wand to separate them all, just so she could look down herself to see what was happening. As she stepped to the edge, Bogrod stepped next to her. There was enough room and she gave a sigh as she looked at how Harry was in front again. He was followed by Bella and Daphne. She gave a little huff as she saw Frank and James standing at the entrance looking on. The first spell was thrown by Tracy but she was trained as a healer, not a fighter. It was clear as she look at it all godown. Tracy was protecting Luna but she would have been dead if the friends and Harry would not rush to her to help and protect her.

As Minerva looked down again she saw Eight warrior Goblins rushing to the field. She was off by one. Still, they were twice as good as any wizard that was looking on. It was clear to her that Frank and James were clearly seeing the Lords in action and action they themselves didn't do.

Luna was still sitting in front of the Sphinxes. But three of them had turned around and were looking at the Forbidden Forest. As four men of Grindelwald rushed around them. Three were stopped by the Sphinxes. Minerva gave a little smile. Lune had turned their attention back to Grindelwald and she only had one to go. She was wondering how she had done it but that was something she would hear later, when they were back inside.

As the last turned around Harry jumped over them. His wand was a blur as his sword appeared in his other hand. Bella was right behind him as Daphne and Hermione grabbed Luna and Tracy to be popped away by the house elves they called. As Daphne and Hermione popped away Neville and Susan rushed on with their own weapons. They separated a little and took one of the men each. It still left a couple more men free but they could not fight them because they had their hands full. As they all glanced at the side they saw Goblins rushing at them. One of them stuck his axe into the air and said for Family.

This was it again for this time.

See you all again in a couple of weeks.

Gr Winmau.