chapter 44 : The Beginning of the End

Arthur: We are listening to you, Narcissa.

 Narcissa: The day Dumbledore died, something happened with the master. It seemed as if he had suddenly experienced great mental pain, this was followed by great anger which cost the lives of some of our people. Severus later returned with Draco from school and the lord severely criticized them for taking too long to kill Dumbledore because he had destroyed objects important to the lord according to the memories shown to him by Severus and his own words. He was merciful towards Snape because he was the one who killed the old monster but his treatment towards Draco was terrible.

 They looked at Draco sitting with a weak and traumatized expression.

 Narcissa: He tortured my boy repeatedly with the crucio curse for a few days and when he got tired of it, he assigned my own sister Bellatrix to do it. I don't know how Dumbledore got access to his vault but the lord was very angry with my sister too so all her frustration she released on Draco. Many times I begged my sister to show mercy to her nephew but she ignored my pleas.

 "What a crazy family…!" Fred said in shock.

 Arthur: Didn't Lucius even have the courage to fight for his own son?

 Narcissa: I no longer recognize Lucius, he is completely held by fear under the lord. Our house hasn't been ours for almost a year now so I gathered what little courage I had left to run away with my son and they have been after us for days. You were our only hope of asylum, help us I beg you...

 They looked at the woman who had completely thrown away all pride for her son and the Weasleys acted like…Weasleys.

 Ron: We have a few rooms in the building just in case, you can stay as long as you need.

 "Poor boy…what did they do to you…?" Molly held Draco's cheeks while his eyes were wet.

 She didn't even try to imagine one of her children being tortured over and over again.

 Arthur: You must be starving, we'll make you something to eat and you'll find some new clothes. The rooms are quite comfortable, you will not be crowded.

 Narcissa: I know that both of our families...my house has always...I-(interrupted)

 Molly: Now is no time to think about the past Narcissa, you need to rest.

 Ron and Harry side by side looked at Draco who stared slightly at them before lowering his gaze, they felt that Draco had been mentally destroyed.

 Ron: I swear I'll kill that noseless bastard...

 Harry: He is mine, Voldemort is mine. For my parents, for all those people who suffered because of him, he is mine.

 Ron: Then I'll stand by you when the time comes, you deserve your revenge for your old father and mother.

 Molly guided Narcissa and her son to their rooms and a tired, weak "Thank you" came out of Malfoy's mouth as he looked at Harry and Ron.

 Several months passed and a lot had happened. Voldemort had fully spread his wings and began by attacking the Ministry to take control of it thanks to Pius Thiknesse, a high-ranking Ministry official who had now become Minister of Magic.

 Rufus Scrimgeour, the former Minister of Magic, had disappeared like most of the Auroras who hid from the Death Eaters in the Muggle World to cover their tracks. They owed their survival to Kingsley who informed them of the attack thanks to Snape's information.

 The new minister had appointed several death eaters in his regime and they began a real reign of terror throughout the country and they began to lead a real hunt for muggle-born wizards (muggles) but also for mixed bloods by hiring raiders ( snatchers).

 These were gangs of dark and disgusting wizards numbering in the thousands, they were tasked with searching and finding those the new regime deemed enemies.

 A price has been placed on the heads of Ron, Harry and members of the order.

 Whether at the manor or at the store, the Weasleys were attacked but it was useless because the protection spells were far too powerful.

 For safety, Hermione's parents and were welcomed to the manor where they were treated extremely well. Draco and his mother were also transferred there because they were too isolated at the gallery and the mansion had been expanded.

 Back to school had arrived and Severus had been appointed headmaster by the ministry, he had regained his memory thanks to a fragment of memory left by Ron in his mind reminding him that it was important for him to drink the liquid contained in a specific vial to inside his office.

 It was the water from the Thieves' Falls collected by Ron at Gringotts. It had undone Ron's spell on him and restored his memory. However, he continued to act out for safety and for the plan.

 The ministry had decreed that all students had to come to school to follow the new programs so even if parents wanted to keep their children safe at home, the snatchers came to take them and escort them to the train that was going take them to school, the regime was dictatorial.

 No Weasleys were sent to school because the Ministry had no control over them, death eaters and Dementors roamed around the manor or the gallery. Although they were unable to approach, they made people uncomfortable.

 Luna, Neville and Hermione didn't go to school and they spent the entire first term training in the darkroom with the members of the order.

 Rufus Scrimgeour was also there and great was his surprise when he learned that Dumbledore was not really dead when the plan was revealed to him. He asked the dawns who had hidden themselves to wait for his signal.

 In the spring, Ron decided to put an end to the whole affair when he learned that Dumbledore's grave had been desecrated by Voldemort who came to take the elder wand according to Snape's information.

 However, Ron had not been worried because the stolen wand was only a replica and a simple piece of wood, he had the real Elder wand with him because it was too powerful an artifact to leave him in a falls within everyone's reach. This was the bait he had to lure Voldemort to him and all his followers.

 One evening at Hogwarts, the students had been forced to study the theoretical crucio spell under the supervision of Snape himself as well as a few death eaters hired to watch over the children and teach them the dark arts like the siblings Alecto and Amycus Carrow who were also watching.

 Suddenly they all felt violent vibrations outside and sounds of spells being cast before the big door opened for Harry, his friends and the order of the phoenix to enter through that door, even Hagrid was there.

 The Carrows hadn't even reacted until Fred and George had already overpowered them with a "petrificus totalus".

 The other students immediately turned around in surprise to look at them.

 Snape: Potter, you dare to come back here...with Dumbledore's wand!

 Kingsley: Put down your wand, Severus. You are outclassed and alone.

 "For now Mister Shaklebolt...for now" Snape said before turning into a mist and flying out the window as all the students stood up shouting in joy, especially the Gryffindor ones. who saw their friends come back to help them.

 Arthur: McGonagall, you must evacuate the children to safety. This place will become a battlefield soon.

 McGonagall: Filch, please lead the students underground, there is a passage leading to the station. No one has used it in over 60 years but apart from a few insects it must be safe. Follow him kids.

 Filch started walking and several students followed him. Other students remained and they were either 7th years Gryffindors or everyone Ron dragged into the Room of Requirement.

 McGonagall: What are you still doing here?!!!

 Katie Bell: We want to fight too, professor.

 McGonagall: Miss Bell, this is far from an exercise.

 Lavender: We know, professor. Ronald has been preparing us for this day for almost two years where he trained us hard in the Room of Requirement.

 Dean: There aren't enough of you to leave you like that. WE ARE GRYFFINDOR!!

 The others: YEAH!

 Hermione: Ron trained them just like us professor, they will be up to the task.

 "I'm here, my men are also arriving and we are ready" Rufus Scrimgeour said entering with Moody while outside dozens of auroras appeared by apparate.

 "Let's follow this damn plan and protect the school" Arthur said as he walked out followed by the others and once outside they raised their wands to start casting protection spells and with all these guys gathered there, the protection was much stronger than that from the movie .

 Meanwhile, near Dumbledore's grave.

 "How did you know who I am and why do you say my brother is alive when with my own eyes I saw his cold body?!" Abelforth Dumbledore angrily asked Ron as Ron gave him a vial containing the water from the Thieves' Waterfall.

 Ron: Pour that in his mouth and he'll tell you everything himself. We're wasting time Abelforth and your brother needs you. Please go ahead.

 He looked at Ron for a moment before walking over to the grave and opening it.

 "If you lie then you'll be in serious trouble kiddo." he said as he opened it.

 Ron: I don't think so. I am more powerful than your brother and you are old, I don't see what you can do to me. Albus said he would need you in due time otherwise I wouldn't have bothered with a grumpy old man.

 "Today the children are so insolent…" he complained while pouring the water into his brother's mouth which in a few seconds began to regain color to Abelforth's astonishment.

 Ron: I'll leave you to your reunion, you'll meet us at the school for the battle.

 He teleported to appear in the Forbidden Forest where on the trees he began to carve runes, he did this at a very high speed with the intention of doing it within a 2km radius of the school .

 Near Hogwarts, on the top of a cliff, Voldemort appeared there with Snape and Bellatrix at his side and nearly 160 death eaters behind him.

 All that was without counting the more than 1800 snatchers, Dementors and the giants who had joined their ranks, not to mention the giant spiders.

 "Those pathetic fools will never learn..." Voldemort said contemptuously as he looked at the translucent protection around the castle before focusing and speaking into the heads of everyone who was at the school at that very moment.

 ~ You who are waiting to fight or who are thinking of fighting a much more powerful opponent should be warned that in the event of a battle, your death will be atrocious.

 I only ask for three small things, the life of young Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley and the Dumbledore wand that he has in his hands. Deliver Harry Potter to me and your lives will be saved from a painful end. You have one hour.~

 He had barely finished speaking when Fred and George came out of the castle and cast two enchantments into the sky that produced light shows with the two words, "FUCK YOU".

 Bill and Charlie watched this laughing like the vast majority of students and dawns.

 Snape:…

 Death eaters:…

 "Battle…" Voldemort said angrily and they all fired an attack spell at the barrier which held perfectly.

 Voldemort also had to cast several spells at full power himself so the protection spell began to show signs of weakening while Harry and the others formed the vanguard moving forward.

 McGonagall had already called the Knights of Stone to stand on the large, solid bridge.

 Luna walked behind the statues and the others looked at her curiously.

 Xenophilius: What are you doing my dear?

 "For over two years Ronald has been teaching me a very particular form of magic that I am naturally comfortable with, it's shamanic magic and I can strengthen these stone golems" Luna said before using her own wand to cut her hand and as her blood flowed, she began to recite some sort of chant in a strange language.

 "solidity of metal, liveliness of wind, such are the blessings I give to the children of stone" she repeated this phrase in a trance for at least 40 seconds before her blood on the ground transformed into multiple extremely fine filaments who crawled over the golems to draw very fine runes on the surface of the stone the golems were made of.

 Hermione: Are you okay, Luna?

 Luna: Just a little dizzy, I didn't know it would work so well. Now they will be much stronger and faster, they have been blessed by nature itself.

 Ginny: Are you saying Ron taught you that?

 Luna: He's been sharing his knowledge with me since we were kids. I probably know a lot more than you.

 Ginny: he will hear me, you can believe me sister-in-law.

 « Stay focused girls and hold on tight. The protection will fail at any moment. » Amos said seriously as Cedric also stood by.

 With the sound of a crash, the barrier collapsed and Fenrir Greyback sounded the charge of the snatchers and other troops below while the death eaters flew towards the school led by Voldemort himself.

 None of them realized that they had just walked into a vicious magical trap as the runes placed there by Ron glowed red to begin sucking the magic from each of his enemies and had become so subtle that neither Voldemort nor his men could even feel anything.