After Christmas break and ushering in the New Year Harry and his friends headed back to school and back to their studies. Harry knew Voldemort was not just sitting around doing nothing, he was planning and so he did not complain when the defense training was ramped up for all upper years. Bill Weasley had come to teach the Defense class for the year and he was even scarier than Severus! He was not just a curse breaker, he could create wards and that was the main reason Gringotts had wanted him straight out of Hogwarts. He was between helping Severus terrorize, er teach adding to the wards of the school. The warding was not common knowledge so all that Voldemort would know is that he was teaching defense nothing more.
Discover moreFan fiction writingMobile app developmentWriting workshopsMoviesComicsIn fact he had been working hard creating runes to help ward the ministry against dark wizards and witches. He flat out refused to help strengthen the tracking charms on students and instead offered his services to add newer more advanced protection on the ministry. His wards were in fact slightly stronger than those that the founders of Hogwarts had created and in fact after his work at the ministry making it as safe and secure as he could he now helped strengthen the wards around Hogwarts. Now he was seated at the back of the third corridor exercise hall where a movie had been set up for students to watch. He loved muggle movies and smiled as many children of purebloods were enjoying their very first movie, that of Star Wars. Sirius was seated by him wondering just how to create a light saber.
"Wonder how it's done?" Sirius asked Bill.
"Magic, you see the force is magic, only way those sabers would work." Severus said, "you notice only those who can 'use the force' here use the light sabers?"
Discover moreApp store optimizationCartoonsRead Graphic NovelsFan fiction communityFiction genre guides"Good point, how did the muggles make this?" Sirius asked "it's bloody brilliant!"
"Muggle magic called technology." Severus said, "I saw a few films as a child and me dads had a Telly too."
"Oh yes you are half muggle, from the mill towns right?" Sirius asked not trying to be rude.
"Yes, me dads was poor but he loved me and I loved him." Severus said, "he was strict yes but he knew he had to raise me to be tough. I do thank him for that."
"You are lucky, my parents did not love me ever." Sirius said bitterly.
"I am sorry to hear that." Severus said trying his best to be the better man, "they should have, even if you are a mangy mutt."
"Thanks greasy git." Sirius replied.
Discover moreBook Movie TicketsMobile app marketingBooksFiction writing toolsStory writing software"Hush I am trying to watch this!" McGonagall hissed at them.
The men quieted down and watched the film, this was Severus and Bill's second time seeing the movie and it was just as good as the first time. What was amusing to watch was the headmaster who could not get over how talented the muggles really where. He watched wide-eyed much like a child eating popcorn and really getting into the movie. Severus smirked, he found the headmaster's awe perfect, had he not told the headmaster the muggle world really was far different from what he had seen even fifty years before? That had been a secret before he had been nearly killed by Voldemort and now his little snakes pestered him so with questions on the muggle world when they found out he grew up there.
They saw him as a hero, a man who had tried to go back to what they knew as an evil dark lord now at least) who had knifed him in the back as it where. Even many of the upper years and beyond offered support of their former head of house. Voldemort had made a grave error in casting out Severus and the Slytherins had jumped on it. They knew it was Voldemort who was wrong in how he treated Severus and believed him stronger and braver than a stupid dark lord. In fact they saw it was best to follow him and Harry Potter than Voldemort who they saw as week, evil and a back stabber as it were. The movie ended and the students headed to bed not realizing the battle they would be involved in shortly.
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The boys were fast asleep in their dorm when the lights came on and their head of house stormed in. He was a tall man with flint colored eyes, very short salt and pepper hair and clad in fatigues and battle armor. The boys woke quickly at his order to get up and get suited up as battle was underfoot and the Queen needed them now. One boy got up quicker than the others, it was his time to shine, all his training came to this moment and he hoped that he would get to go to Hogwarts, after all he was a champion just like in the fairy tales! He suited up in his fatigues , chain mail and armor and put his helmet on putting his short sword on his belt with his two Frankish battle axes and his large Claymore broadsword on his back, a sword made for a champion.
"Alright, it's here, you know what this means." The commander said, "most of you will be guarding the palace, some will go help at the magical ministry, and two of you will go to Hogwarts, now as I call your name take the card I give you and line up where you are needed."
The young champion felt his pulse quicken as he took his card and saw Hogwarts. He was going to Hogwarts! Oh he never could use magic of course but he could see it and was one of the rarest of muggles, a champion like in Lord of the Rings or any other good fairy tale. He loved to read now and though not terribly bright he was strong and fast and this was his chance to bring honor back to his family and gain status for himself too. Maybe, just maybe he would get to see Harry Potter too.
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Harry woke up with a start as the alarms went off, he knew that sound, the castle was under attack. He sighed mentally and got up and dressed in his battle gear noticing that the other teens did so as well. He walked down the stairs into the common room where the girls were waiting. All the upper years from fifth year up were clad for battle, girls and boys both. They all had goblin made plate metal armor over their robes and dragonskin tunics, trousers and boots under the robes. Harry and Ginny were clad in robes of green trimmed in red, the colors of the ancient and noble house of Potter. Harry was not sure he was ready to be a leader yet nor was Ginny, they were considered a pair as it was and Harry wondered what the Weasleys would do if he just went ahead and married her now.
Everyone had their weapons, most of them had bows and arrows, some throwing knives and the like, for most their magic was not advanced enough to take on the dark forces that Voldemort would have. Still they could and would fight, Filch had managed to get anti-aircraft guns on top of the tower, they were reinforced with magic and would be used as needed on the larger and more dangerous creatures. Once most of the upper years were escorted out the younger students were locked in Gryffindor house to keep them safe, they were not to fight and most were not happy about this. Collin Creevy, normally a cheerful boy had threatened to tie up his younger brother who tried to leave with them. He was left pouting with the other younger years.
"So what do we have professor?" Harry said to McGonagall who was clad in the robes and armor of the head of Gryffindor, the red robes did look very nice on her.
"A mass of werewolves that did not join Remus, three clans of vampires, fifty giants and two hundred Dementors." Sirius said walking up clad in robes of black trimmed in green and armor. "The dragon riders let me know."
"Charlie is leading them then?" Harry asked grinning, "bet old Voldy did not see that one coming."
"No he did not." Draco said as he came up from the dungeons clad in robes of blue trimmed in gold and silver, the Malfoy house colors and like the other heads of houses he had his crest family crest on his robes. "Let's show this mad dark lord we do not like him at all."
"Well said." Severus said coming up clad in the armor and robes of Slytherin in green and sliver.
"Agreed, I have some tricks up my sleeves to show this awful creature we are not to be messed with." Sprout said walking up just as tiny Flitwick did, both clad in robes and armor of their houses, Sprout in yellow and Flitwick blue.
"Albus has headed to the ministry, this is just a diversion." Flitwick said, "still let's show who is most powerful shall we?"
The teens were relieved to see that dwarves had come to fight with them and they were clad from head to toe in silvery armor. Remus came up clad only in leather trousers as did the score of werewolves who followed him. There was a reason for this, they were going to willingly transform without the full moon, a werewolf could do this though Remus and others of his like mind rarely did. Yet this time it was needed and he was not going to transform fully to the wolf, he was going to transform halfway and he did so getting many students to gasp in fear at his form. He put a finger to his lips and grinned and then snuck out of the castle and to the woods to circle the army of darkness.
There was an awful quiet before the battle began the only sounds of those praying, checking their weapons and setting arrow to bow. Arrows had been lowered into the trenches filled with a Patronus charm that clung to their arrows glowing fiercely, this was new magic that had taken time to perfect and would only last a short time. Yet time enough to take out and kill the Dementors. On a signal from Bill the students raised their bows to the sky and then when he lowered his arm shot them on the ragged figures coming at them. Most found their mark and all hell broke loose.
Harry had never been in battle before and though he was well trained it was an eye opener to be sure. He had wand in left hand, sword in right and was firing spells and hacking through whatever came his way. Up in the air dragons swooped down and set fire to the thousands of werewolves, vampires witches and wizards that were here. Werewolves under Remus charged from the forest to rip apart any dark or evil thing that came their way. Yet Voldemort was not here, this was not his main point of attack and as large as the army was here it was even worse at the ministry.
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Dora wished she knew what was going on at Hogwarts. As the spy in Voldemort's ranks had told them Voldemort was planning an attack on Hogwarts as a diversion. The real target was the ministry building itself and Voldemort was here for more than just the prophecy. He wanted something of power in the Department of Mysteries and Dora knew he was after the death veil. The damage he could cause if he had figured out exactly where Dementors came from. One could send a body through the veil but to summon anything out was necromancy and with the right spells would summon the dead back as Dementors. The Unspeakables were working hard on destroying the veil, something they should have done ages ago Dora thought.
She was not suppose to know so much about Unspeakables or the Department of Mysteries. Yet because of her talents as a Metamorphous she volunteered for several experiments that were actually fun for her. For a normal witch or wizard they would have been painful but for her with her talents she had gone back several times. As she had promised not to tell anyone and as a Metamorphous was a natural Occulumens she was trusted with this information. She was now waiting hidden for Voldemort to show up to spring the trap. The Dwarves would be a surprise but the house elves would be the real shock, the house elves in the ministry were bound to it much like those at Hogwarts not to a witch or wizard like most. Voldemort was in for a surprise.
"Here they come." Dora said to her solders.
"This will be fun." Grimli the leader of the dwarves said notching an arrow on bow.
"Yes lets teach these foul things a lesson shall we?" Dora said reaching into her satchel to take out a small glowing sphere, "I love new magic."
"So do I." Moody said staff in hand, "let's get this over with."
Without much of a warning the evil forces of Voldemort attacked. There were thousands of creatures and humans here, at least twice as much as what was attacking Hogwarts. Voldemort was pulling out all his forces as he expected to win today. Dora smiled grimly and "unleashed the hounds of hell" literally Fluffy at the lead. There were not many of them, only a score of them as the breed was small in size as it was with only a hundred or so around the world. What they lacked in numbers they made up for in size, heads and speed. They ran by the Dementors and into the ranks of evil creatures Voldemort called up causing chaos and mayhem as they ripped apart Voldemort's forces.
Patronus tipped arrows ripped through the Dementors killing them one by one, yet for every one killed ten more surged forward and it was down to ten solders with no wands just swords to hack their way through the Dementors with very special swords that had runes that were fatal to the Dementors and killed them as one. Voldemort did not care for all this, he took Lucius and Rudolphus with him to enter the death chamber to claim the death veil. They found nothing there and with a scream of rage Voldemort touched his portkey along with his followers and escaped the chamber leaving the army behind that was fast being completely destroyed.
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Back at Hogwarts Harry was fighting as hard as he could, for a time things looked grim and he thought they would lose but then the Centaurs clad for war had burst from the forest and set on the army of darkness with bows, arrows swords, and the like. There were two strange warriors here too, clad in blue fatigues, chain mail, with plate armor over them, helmets with visors and blue cloaks. They were flying not on brooms but on hover-boards and they were fighting around Harry and Ginny protecting them as best they could. One of the solders spoke and Harry had a strange feeling he knew the solder. He did not have much time to think on that as he was forced to go to Severus's aid taking MacNair's legs off at the knees and on the back stroke his head.
"Thank you Harry." Severus said killing three rogue werewolves with conjured silver knives.
"Sure anytime professor!" Harry said cheerfully, "behind you sir!"
"Likewise." Severus grunted.
Both wizards turned and attacked their opponents. Harry heard a rumbling and turned in shock to see Sprout calling the trees to her with Neville right alongside her helping! The trees were alive and moving on their side! Harry watched in awe and then gave a shout for the students to get into the castle, they did not need telling twice. They ran for it but their enemy could not follow them, the professors followed as soon as the last student was in closing the doors behind them. They could hear screams of pain and terror on the outside of the school and Harry wondered if Shakespeare had really seen a moving forest like the one in his play Macbeth he described, one moved by a strong magical.
"They will be gone by morning." Sprout said, "we can do no more tonight.
"We seem to have two new students." McGonagall said turning to the two boys, for boys they were standing before them, they had removed their helmets and were looking around in awe.
"No way, Dudley?" Harry said looking at his taller very blond and fit cousin.
"Er so this is where you go to school Harry?" Dudley said grinning sheepishly, "nice school."
"You're a champion, both of you are champions!" Harry laughed.
"No just Dud here, I am just a warrior who has the sight as we muggles call it." The other boy said.
Harry walked up to his cousin and looked at him taking in the solid young man Dudley had turned into. Gone was the fat horrid bully of a boy and in his place was a stocky strong youth who had a neck, a tan and a noble look in his blue eyes. He was actually a very nice looking young man without the nastiness and sneakiness that had marred his face for so much of his life. Harry grinned up at his cousin (Dudley was a bit over six feet tall now) and went to him taking him in a fierce hug.
"Dudley this is brilliant!" Harry said, "come on I want you to meet some of my friends."
"You, you are not mad with me?" Dudley said looking shocked.
"For what?" Harry said.
"I tormented you for years, I organized Harry hunting parties when we were growing up, I treated you horribly!"
"Water under the bridge mate, you are a different man now, come on." Harry said just as Sirius walked up, "ah meet my godfather Sirius Black, if he pranks you he will be in major trouble, I will tell his wife."
"Yes of course you will, I am Sirius Black at your service Mr. Dursley." Sirius said.
"Please my dad is Mr. Dursley, just call me Dudley." Dudley said.
"Ah seem t' owe you an apology." Hagrid said walking up looking down at Dudley, "I should not have hexed you as I did."
"It's alright, I was a pig at that time, a little swine" Dudley said. "I forgive you sir oh hello professor Snape!"
"I do not believe I ever met you?" Severus said raising an eyebrow in question.
"No sir, but professor Wilkes speaks highly of you in our special ops classes." Dudley said.
Dudley wanted to have a tour of Hogwarts but knew that right now he would have to stay here and help defend the castle if needed. He was very lucky to be allowed in this world, then again he was a rare muggle, he was a champion which meant not only could he see everything a magical person could he could use the floo, go on slide-along Apparation and greatest of all see magical place warded against most muggles. He was not most muggles though and "had the sight" something that only a very few, less than one percent of muggle population had. He was one of one hundred that were champions around the world. He was glad his cousin accepted and forgave him and he would prove he deserved this second chance he swore it.
When morning came he woke early along with the rest of the students and saw the great Albus Dumbledore walking through the hall talking quietly with the students. He saw the two muggles here and smiled and motioned Harry to walk with him. Harry rose and did so a bit stiffly, then again armor really was not meant to be slept in. He followed Dumbledore outside expecting to see bodies and upturned earth. He was shocked to see all the bodies of the dark army gone and the few dead on the side of good and freedom neatly placed to side by side. They had won this battle but the war was far from over.
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As state before this is not canon, I know that. I had new things created to take care of the Dementors and yes I brought Dudley in as a champion, a theme common in old tales. He may be a muggle but he is a warrior and has learned his lessons about being a prat and spoiled brat well.