Azkaban's Last Stand

"Now!" Neville yelled as loudly as he could, letting off a powerful Reducto at the same time. The other present members of Potter's Legion quickly followed his lead with the same curse. The line of Death Eaters scattered and Neville began to shoot off stunners and hexes in the confusion and dust.

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Harry and Bellatrix scrambled through the open hatchway and onto the roof of Azkaban and found about ten fiercely fighting Ice soldiers being slowly backed into a corner by twice that number of Death Eaters. More and more Death Eaters were landing on the roof via broomstick by the moment.

Apparently the Death Eaters coming down the staircase had been an advance scouting party. Those not fighting the Ice soldiers were forming into groups that were preparing to go down into the fortress and free the prisoners.

Wasting no time, Harry and Bellatrix began to shoot off spells to scatter those attacking the Ice people. As soon as they were out of the corner, Harry's soldiers began to fight ten times fiercely than before. His presence strengthened them. "Scatter those groups!" Harry yelled to Bellatrix who promptly took command of the soldiers.

Harry felt drawn to a part of the roof that everyone seemed to be avoiding. Three large and interconnected runes were carved into the stone. Drawing upon knowledge from his studies, Harry was able to recognize them. Dominion, Protection, and Strength.

The runes started to give off a silver light as soon as Harry stepped onto them. He brandished the Black Ash wand and muttered the activation spell that his ring had taught him. "Imperio activacio Polairicis."

A roar filled Harry's ears as power began to flow from him into the rune and vice-versa. This lasted several minutes. Despite the battle going on around him, Harry felt strangely at peace and detached from everything. Finally, his connection to the runes broke and they began to pulse with their own silver light. In a few minutes, the wards would activate and automatically expel the attackers from the island.

Harry triumphant smile fell when a new, but hauntingly familiar, voice addressed him. "I attack Azkaban and Lord Polairix sends you of all people to defend it. Why does he hide behind you, Potter?"

Lord Voldemort had arrived.

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The dust cleared and Neville could make out three Death Eaters being held under guard by two boys from Ravenclaw. The Death Eaters that they had stunned during the battle had been Portkeyed away by their comrades during the retreat. They had these because they had gotten too close and Neville had Summoned their portkeys away from them.

"Anybody hurt?" Neville asked.

His friends looked around and checked with their friends until that it was established that Potter's Legion had come away unscathed by the battle. "Everyone accounted for." Parvati announced proudly.

"Good." Neville said.

He was about to give more instructions when Ron, Hermione, Snape, and Dumbledore arrived at the scene and found them. "Only two Death Eaters?" Ron exclaimed. "After that scare, I expected more than that. Don't worry Neville, we're here to take care of things."

Parvati, feeling quite insulted on Neville's behalf gasped. "I'll have you know that there were well over thirty Death Eaters here!"

"Appearances can be deceiving during a battle." Dumbledore said quietly as he examined the prisoners. "It doesn't matter though. You've managed to capture all of the attackers." This was followed up with a smirk by Ron.

Neville contented himself to glare at Ron and Dumbledore, but Parvati was about to make more noise. When Snape shook his head at her, she closed her mouth. They could wait for that later. They should at least say what Snape had to say.

"We'll just get back to the castle then." Neville said. "Is it all right if we check on our friends on our way back?"

"Go ahead." Snape said.

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Harry turned around to face Voldemort as did everyone else. The battle with the Death Eaters had stalled to watch the confrontation. Bellatrix tried to give Harry an encouraging smile, but it was more of a grimace.

"Hello, Tom." Harry said as cooly as possibly. He knew that it would make Voldemort mad. If they could get into a discussion, then the wards would have enough time to activate.

"My name is Lord Voldemort." the Dark lord said menacingly. "You would do well to remember that. Now tell me, Potter. Why has the Lord of Polairix sent you?"

The realization that Voldemort didn't know that he was the Lord of Polairix made Harry want to laugh. He still had a wild card up his sleeve for future battles, assuming that he survived this one. Harry elected to make Voldemort angry. "Because everyone knows that you're afraid of me."

"You will pay for that!" Voldemort yelled. He raised his wand but was distracted when a silver dome began to flicker overhead.

Harry rejoiced. The wards were going into effect. Suddenly, light flared from the Runes behind him. He turned quickly to see what it was. They were now shining like the sun. Harry could feel that power coursing from them into the walls and wards of the castle. He could see the Dementors being bound to the powers.

He was drawn from his reverie when he heard his wife shriek his name. He cursed himself. Idiot! So much for constant vigilance. He would go down in history as the Boy-Who-Wasn't-Very-Vigilant. Maybe future generations would learn that all important lesson.

Time seemed to slow down as he instinctively turned and reached for the Ivory wand secured in his left boot. He drew it as he finished his turn and brought it to level. The green light of the Killing Curse was rushing toward him.

With his mind too numb to think rationally, Harry muttered the first spell he had ever learned, not forgetting the correct pronunciation as he looked at the green light intensely. "Wingardium Leviosa."

There was an explosion and Harry dropped the Ivory wand as it seemingly caught on fire and burned him. Phoenix song seemed to erupt around him as he heard a woman scream his name and sob at the same time. Was it his mom or Bellatrix? He didn't know and forgot the question as his senses were flooded with a flying sensation which lasted until blackness consumed his mind.

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