Battle Preparations

Feeling himself being shaken, Harry woke up to find a very anxious looking Tess peering into his bleary eyes. "Milord! There's a Death Eater attack in progress."

Harry sat up and glanced at a nearby clock. It told him that he had only been asleep for a very short while. He looked around and saw Neville, Parvati, and Lavender standing behind Tess. "What is happening?" he asked them, dreading the answer.

"We went to visit my parents at St. Mungos and a whole lot of Death Eaters started attacking." Neville explained. He then went on to recount all that had happened up to the point when he and the girls Portkeyed away.

"You'll have to get back to Hogwarts to avoid any further trouble." Harry decided as he quickly thought up several potential solutions. "I would let you fight, but I do believe that I have the resources to deal with this and you're already in enough trouble." He quickly reached over and gently prodded Bellatrix who was close to waking up.

She woke up and took in the scene silently before speaking. "Let me guess, St. Mungos."

"How did you know?" Harry asked with a frown.

"Lucky guess." Bellatrix yawned.

Deciding not to press the matter any further, Harry turned back to Neville. "Once you get back to Hogwarts, do whatever you can to make sure you don't get expelled immediately. I'll try to get there before anything serious happens."

"Would they expel us?" Parvati asked, looking shocked.

"Probably." Harry answered. "Neville, what would you like me to do about your parents? Would you like me to try and move them here? That might be the safest option."

There was a short silence before Neville answered. "I'll trust you to do what you think is best."

"Good, I'll try not to disappoint you." Harry replied. He hopped out of bed and grabbed his wand. "Here, I'll reset your one-time Portkey. Dumbledore won't even have to know that you made a slight detour on the way here."

Lavender handed him the stick and Harry promptly recast the spell that had been on the stick before. "That should do it." he said as he handed it back to them. "Don't tell anyone about our meeting until I tell you that it's okay."

"Will do." Neville said. "You aren't unhappy about this, are you?"

"Why would I be?" Harry inquired. "It's not your fault."

Neville nodded happily. "I'll let you do what you have to then." He then activated the Portkey, leaving he, Bella, and Tess alone in the room.

"There's bound to be quite a few casualties." Harry stated as he quickly made his way over to his wardrobe and began to dress, choosing a set of black robes with silver embroidery on the arms and collar. "I'll go to St. Mungos and get Hiscophney and his team to come with me. You two prepare to take on casualties and patients from the hospital. I don't know if the hospital will still be standing when all is said and done."

"We don't have very many doctors on hand." Bellatrix pointed out.

Choosing to wait for a moment to respond to Bellatrix's comment, Harry activated his link with Xerina through the ring. A short conversation later, he had the guarantee that several doctors would be on their way to Nair'icaix immediately. "Xerina is sending some." Harry said.

Bellatrix nodded happily and then joined Harry to help him strap on his breastplate and then cloak while he arranged for reinforcements with Count Hiscophney through the ring connection. "You'll have one advantage at least," Bellatrix said, "you own the controlling shares of stock for St. Mungos. You can just take charge on grounds that it's your property.

"I imagine that it will come in handy." Harry said as he quickly checked to make sure that both his wands were ready. "Nailoff!"

The captain of his bodyguard entered the room very quickly. Harry attributed it to the fact that he had probably been waiting for a summons. "Yes, my lord?"

"Assemble some of your men. We're going to break a Death Eater raid." Harry commanded.

"I've already assembled a squad, sir." Nailoff replied with a grin. Several men then entered the room and took their places behind the captain. "We're ready when you are."

"Good." Harry said.

Bellatrix hugged Harry and pecked him on the lips. "Try to avoid injury." she told him softly. "Portkey all the casualties to the main entrance hall. We'll figure out what to do with them from there."

Harry smiled at her and then pulled his Black Ash wand from its holster. The bodyguards followed suit, and they quickly Apparated to the battle. Hopefully, the Count of Trazkaban had been successful in getting his men to the correct rendezvous location.

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