บท 22: Chapter 22
The next morning Harry got up nice and early and a bit nervous about the match of the season with the Slytherins. As he washed and changed into his robes, he peeped out of the window and found the day very cloudy with dark skies and extremely chilly.
Ron was even more nervous than Harry as he had the added worry that someone might prank him as he was keeping. Harry laughed inside and wished that he could tell Ron that Snape would not do a thing like that but as that was out of the question, he contented himself by comforting Ron as best as he could.
"Ron, Dumbledore would grant us victory if the Slytherins would try something during the game. So not to worry, nothing untoward will happen." He said as they were entering the Great Hall.
Snape was not there and as Harry looked around he saw Draco, Pansy and Blaise looking very worried and his eyes clouded with worry. What had happened and Nott and Bulstrode were pensive as well increasing the foreboding that there was definitely wrong.
He was distracted by Ron who was not touching anything in front of him incase the food would turn him into something or do something that would affect his game. "Harry can you see if my plate does not have stuff in it?" he asked looking longingly at the breakfast laid so appetizingly around him.
Harry obediently ate a little of everything Ron wanted to have, his mind on Snape and the disturbed Slytherins in front of him. He let his eyes rove over the Hall and glanced up at the staff table and found that Dumbledore and McGonagall were having a serious discussion their expressions solemn.
That was when he heard a cough and felt his earring activate and held his breath. Then he heard Snape saying, "Master if I may suggest something?"
And then he heard Voldemort speak, "What is it Severus?" in a very irritated tone and Harry almost passed out with worry. It was with great difficulty that he continued to put something into his mouth and chew slowly so that everyone would attribute it to his nervousness before the game with Slytherin.
"Master today is a game against Slytherin. Gryffindor vs. Slytherin. If the dementors were to attack, many of ours will also get hit in the cross fire because the Slytherin House will be there in full force. We have not warned any of our children against the attack. If I may suggest Master, could we ensure the dementors do not to attack those in Slytherin robe, by the process of a few of us traveling along with the dementors in appropriate disguise to guide them?"
"You will not go Severus, not until today evening." Voldemort said flatly to him even as he considered Snape's words and their wisdom. What Snape said made a lot of sense, only Voldemort was not going to take any chances and let Snape go. Today he would be successful and he had already told the dementors to bring Harry Potter alive.
On that there was no compromise. He, Voldemort would kill the bloody Boy-who-bloody-Lived. Now he walked up and down thinking about what Snape had just said. It really made a lot of sense as he would not lose just Slytherins, he did not care about that. He would lose his death eaters and his followers without reason.
"I would not want to Master. In fact I was going to request I stay here as then I can tell the old fool that My Lord wanted me next to him and so there was no way I could warn him." Voldemort looked at Snape for a long moment, finally believing what he said by a sharp nod.
"Be with me Severus and I shall ask Mulciber, Blackthorn and Runcifer along with a few new recruits to go with the dementors and control them so that they would not suck indiscriminately."
"Yes Master." Snape said humbly and then conversation stopped. Harry sat there horrified at what he had heard. Merlin! Dementors were going to attack Hogwarts today during the game and suck the souls of as many students as possible and capture him alive as well.
He could not go to Dumbledore with this Harry knew; because if Dumbledore took action then Voldemort would think Harry could still connect to him through the scar and he might try and reopen the link. That Harry wanted to avoid at all cost.
Which meant he had to think of a way to get along with the game looking as normal as ever and at the same time make sure the dementors did not succeed. Harry thought furiously for a few minutes and then he stood up as if he was too nervous to eat his breakfast fully.
"Just a minute guys, I need the bathroom. I will meet you here in two minutes." Looking at Hermione for a second Harry walked out swiftly and activated his earring on his run to the bathroom, where he cast a privacy spell and a spy spell incase Dumbledore came after him and quickly told everyone what he had heard from Snape.
He heard a relieved sigh that looked as if it came from Snape and Harry on a sudden whim, "Sev you are hearing aren't you? Is this what you wanted to say?"
He heard Snape clearing his throat and a small hmm that sounded like agreement.
"Okay. Professor McGonagall and Hermione, I want you both to get all those who can cast the Patronus Charm and be ready. Make sure that you will be able to take the students safely inside at the first hint of trouble. Professor is that fine?" Harry asked her anxiously not bothered he was ordering her as he knew she would not mistake him. They had gone past all that by now.
McGonagall was in the privacy of her office, she had got up when she saw Harry leaving and had hurried to her office and she spoke very briskly. "I just got here Harry. Severus was called away early morning. The mark burned to call everyone and that is why Draco and the others are worried. They have received no other information and as they cannot leave they are terrified.
"Hermione, Draco and the others must make the younger ones sit on the lower benches so that they can get away quickly. Hermione, will you speak to Neville, Susan Bones and Hannah Abbot?"
Listening to Hermione's hmm of agreement McGonagall went on. "All those who can perform the Patronus Charm sit in the higher benches as Harry rightly said. Harry you will tell everyone that this weather feels just the same way when dementors attacked you and Dudley at your home. Speak loudly and Draco will catch on from there. Okay? Now get back Harry. You have been here long enough."
Harry cancelled his privacy spells and ran back to the Great Hall and McGonagall who was monitoring Harry's position told Draco and Hermione to start walking towards the entrance as Harry came there so that the planned conversation could take place.
"Hermione come here." Harry hurriedly pulled her to one side, apparently not noticing the Slytherins who had walked out. Draco signaled everyone to stop and placed a discreet hearing spell that Nott and Bulstrode not to mention Blaise and Pansy were smiling at him in approval at the cunning Draco displayed and Crabbe and Goyle came out too, standing there shuffling their feet as usual.
Harry did not notice anyone as he was in a hurry to get to his Quidditch team, when Ron and Ginny came out and scowled as one when they saw the Slytherins standing there talking to each other in low tones.
"Harry the slimy gits are here. Why are you standing here mate. They may try something on you." Ron asked him.
Harry pulled him closer and as Ginny came along too, Harry seemed to be very distracted and not notice her, a fact that made her narrow her eyes and glare at Harry. Harry however was having important things on his mind to even look her frowning face.
"Ron, Hermione this is the same way the cold started when the dementors came to my aunt's place last year. Only yesterday we read that Voldemort had the dementors on his side and today the weather is so cold and cloudy and I am feeling kind of sick and remembering a lot of horrible things."
"I am too Harry. Oh Merlin! Don't tell me the dementors are here. There will be so many students Harry. Not all of them can cast the Patronus charm against them as that alone will drive them away. What do we do?" Hermione was desperate as she looked at Harry with worry.
"I think it was a great thing that we practiced yesterday Hermione. What I suggest is that you, Neville, Hannah and Susan gather all those who can cast the Patronus properly and seat them in the front seats. Make the first to third years sit in the lower stands as then if the dementors do really come we can get them away to safety. I have to go. I wish there is some way to tell the Slytherins too. They would also be affected as we will be."
"Let the slimy gits die Harry. Why do you care about them?" Ron asked him baffled as to why Harry should be speaking for the Slytherins safety. "It is their master who has ordered this attack if it will happen and he has probably told all his death eaters to be safe."
"I hope Voldemort has told them to be safe. I hope it is only the cold, but how can you say just because they are in Slytherin they must die. Then we are not so different from them are we?" Harry asked him angrily.
"What? Why?" Ron asked equally angrily. "Have you forgotten what they did to me and Ginny? And the way Malfoy and the others treat you?"
"That is what Voldemort says Ron. They are not pure bloods, kill them. They are not worthy of me. Kill them. Even today, in Slytherin there must be so many death eater children and so many death eaters who have not gone back to the dungeons or aware of anything as all of them have already gone to the pitch for the game. Voldemort does not care about them dying and having their souls sucked. We cannot be like that Ron. I cannot, at least."
"You are mad Harry. Really, and you talk of dementors coming because it is cloudy and cold. We are in February Harry and I am not sure about dementors coming as the cold and cloud in February is always there. What is shocking is you want to save the bloody Slytherins who tried to kill you, do you remember? Something's wrong with you mate."
"I want to save everybody Ron. Yeah I may be wrong, but this is exactly the way it was before the dementors came to my aunt's place and where Voldemort's concerned I would rather be safe and be seen as silly and ridiculous rather than cocksure and have my soul sucked out."
Harry tried to walk away when Ron pulled him back shouting, "Hey! You cannot walk away like that. Just because you have stupid feelings about dementors that do not mean the dementors are coming. You have your brains addled and,"
"Shut up." Harry hissed at him. "You don't want to believe, fine." Harry turned and stormed away right into the hands of the Slytherins who looked at him impassively.
Harry stopped as if in shock for a moment and then he rapidly spoke, "I am sure you must have heard about my brains addling. But there is the cold and the small sense of fear that feels exactly the same as it did before the dementors come. If you want to protect your selves, well go ahead. The charm against the dementors is the Patronus charm, the spell is Expecto Patronum." And without saying a word more Harry ran to the Quidditch pitch.
Ron glared at him hatred on his face a fact all the Slytherins, Ginny and Hermione noticed. Ginny nudged Ron and he calmed down visibly and looked at Hermione and went red. She was however glaring at him and then turning on her heel ran back into the Great Hall.
The Slytherins too looked thoughtfully at each other and then nodding once at each other went straight to the Quidditch pitch. There they carefully sat the younger ones in the lower stands and the sixth and seventh years in the upper stands. There were many grumbles about it but on the whole most of the younger students obeyed.
Hermione, Neville, Susan Bones, Hannah Abbot, Seamus, Luna and almost all of the DA went on alert when they heard Harry's feelings. Hermione had been very blunt and the fact Harry had experienced something like this before made all of them obey Hermione, who took charge.
Soon they had arranged everyone in order and Hermione was being very open about what Harry had felt about the chills and the cold cloudy day telling the younger ones who had been dull throughout the morning about the dementors that left Azkaban yesterday to join Voldemort. The first and second years attributed that dullness with the dementors and were very frightened and had obeyed Hermione without an argument. Soon she had a satisfactory arrangement in the Gryffindor stands and she looked over and saw the same state in the Hufflepuff stands.
Ravenclaw was a different matter as everyone laughed at Luna and Hermione went down and went to the Ravenclaw stands and glared at all of them and dragged Luna away from there shouting at them. "Harry is feeling cold and dull feeling that is out there the same way as he felt before two dementors attacked him in his aunt's place. We are taking precautions. If you want to get your soul sucked off be my guest." She walked away feeling angry for Luna who walked silently with her.
"Thank you." She told Hermione when they reached the Gryffindor stands. "Harry would have done this for me. You did too." She told Hermione with an amazing clarity for Luna and Hermione stood there uncomfortably not knowing how to react; Luna serenely went and sat down.
Ron who had followed Harry into the Quidditch pitch was so angry that he stood as far as possible from Harry glowering at one and all. Harry simply ignored him and as they took to the skies that went progressively darker, Harry shivered. Malfoy was there right up with him and both of them looked a long moment at each other and then Harry softly told him not to fly very high.
He nodded once and then both of them were in the skies searching already for the snitch and trying to end the game so that they could rush to safety.
For the first time since he had started playing Quidditch, Harry did not get a single bludger to him. He frowned at that and looked down at where the bludgers were and he saw that every time a bludger went to the Slytherin beaters, they hit it towards Ron, who was so busy dodging them that he let the goals in pretty regularly.
The Gryffindor chasers were pretty good and they had scored a few goals as well and the score was 130 to 70 in favor of Slytherin and Harry and Draco slowly circled the skies high above, searching for the snitch. They were not as high as they would have flown usually when an hour into the game Harry caught sight of the snitch floating a few feet above the ground by the Gryffindor goal posts.
Wasting no time Harry went into a deep dive just as the deep chills came on. He and Draco felt it first and Harry yelled into his earring that he had not deactivated and to the others, "Dementors!"
Harry pulled his broom sharply coming to a halt the pursuit of the snitch all forgotten, even as Hermione and the others went into action. So did Nott, Bulstrode, Pansy and Blaise in the Slytherin stands.
Draco followed him as Harry turned to the skies and saw dark hooded figures that already started his father's shouts in his brain. He struggled for a second and remembered Hermione and Snape and Sirius and pointing his wand shouted, "Expecto Patronum."
A brilliant white stag erupted from his wand and held a few dementors at bay when there was a stunning spell, which came rushing towards him. Harry swerved to the left and let it pass, but it broke the Patronus spell. He turned again and saw about six death eaters, so Voldemort had sent three more along with the three death eaters he had mentioned to Snape, he thought as he sent another patronus charm.
Meanwhile as Harry and Draco whose patronus was a big albino snake and not a ferret, were sending his patronus after the dementors, there were four more Patronuses that came from Harry's left. As he sent a stunner towards a death eater who was sending stunner after stunner him self, Harry turned his face slightly ands saw that one was Hermione, the other Luna and seeing the other two Harry almost fell off his broom with a shock, it was Nott and Bulstrode.
Soon McGonagall joined them after five minutes and Harry using his wand arm for casting the patronus, used his left arm and silently and wandlessly said, 'diffindo' in his mind, flicking his left arm a little. It caught one death eater on his chest and he spiraled down to his death.
Half the dementors were here and the other half had gone to suck the souls of the others down.
Harry desperately wanted to look down at how the other students were faring but he did not dare to take his eyes away from the battle here. There were about a hundred dementors and five death eaters who were now fighting furiously chasing each other and flashes of red, blue, orange and purple erupted from them.
McGonagall, Hermione and Luna along with Draco were battling the dementors while Nott and Bulstrode were fighting the death eaters along with Harry who was casting both the patronus and fighting with the death eaters. It was McGonagall who killed the next death eater by casting a return shield that simply rebound the bright orange color curse back to the death eater who did not serve fast enough to avoid it. The spell hit him on his leg and he lost balance and fell down.
Harry was now flying fast turning and twisting in the air as were the others, the dementors chasing them as well as the death eaters. There were about fifty dementors and four death eaters now and McGonagall were dueling with two of them Harry, Hermione, Luna, and the Slytherins were fighting the other two who were left and the dementors.
They were fighting and flying fast and furious darting this way and that with the dementors coming close behind them, giving the chase.
Harry once again cast a Patronus with his wand and cast an 'inflamare' on the death eater's broom with a flick of his hand, who was sending yet another reddish blue light at him. Expecting the curse to hit him, the death eater was surprised to see that his broom was burning and at that time Nott got in the seeping curse that he seemed to be an expert at and that was the end of that death eater.
It was Hermione who finished off the last death eater. She simply accioed his broom and his wand to her and surprised he fell down from a height of a hundred feet yelling and Bulstrode helped him to meet the ground on his head by casting the levicorpus at him at the same time. He fell with a crash meeting the ground head on that those high up in the air could not hear and Harry was worried to realize that slowly the power in their Patronuses were diminishing as the cold and the chill seemed coming on more strongly and raising his wand Harry cast the patronus spell at them yet again.
Suddenly Hermione looked down by chance to see if the others were safe and squeaked when she saw they were flying over the Forbidden forest and suddenly scared, she shouted a warning to everyone to slowly turn back casting the patronus all the while.
The dementors had now surrounded them and Harry and the others were slowly feeling the chill and their nightmares as they struggled to drive away the dementors. Harry and Draco, Hermione and Bulstrode stood on opposite sides forming a square with Nott and Luna in the center. Six patronus getting weaker and weaker kept coming at the dementors as they tried to get back into the grounds that looked very far from where they were flying.
Ten minutes later Nott stopped his patronus as did Hermione and Harry and the others placed Hermione at the center with Nott and Draco shouted to Harry to keep casting the charm as he tied all of them to their brooms and all their brooms to each other. Hermione was silently screaming by then as was Nott and Harry suddenly angry to see her in such sadness and distress cast some more Patronuses more strongly and was rewarded by seeing both hers and Nott's faces a little less blue.
They really did not know how long they would have been able to with stand as around eighteen dementors who had not been chased away successfully surrounded them, but suddenly there was another blazing patronus of a Phoenix and following it there were more than ten Patronuses that attacked the dementors and drove them away.
The Order had come and along with McGonagall and Flitwick had cast the Patronuses that had saved all of them.
Totally fatigued, Harry and the others turned towards the castle, Hermione and Nott had fainted and Luna who was looking extremely pale herself and Bulstrode were holding them. Harry flew to Luna to take over Hermione's broom from her hands, but found it was not necessary as McGonagall flew in looking very concerned as did Flitwick who took care of the unconscious two and Harry and the other flew back to the School along with Dumbledore and the other members of the Order who had come to assist the School.
As they touched down Harry simply sank down on the ground and lost consciousness. Dumbledore leviated him and Moody conjured stretchers for the rest and ordering them to lie down the others who were only too glad to lie down were taken to the infirmary, where Pomfrey took charge.
Harry and the rest remained in the infirmary for the rest of the day and Hermione and Nott were there for two days before they were released by Madam Pomfrey. Harry, Draco, Bulstrode and Luna who were released in time for dinner, walked amidst an awkward silence to the Great Hall.
More than fifty students had fainted Harry and the others learnt due to the extreme chill, and almost half of Ravenclaw was injured in one way or other in a panicked stampede that happened as the dementors came and all of them had tried to run away.
As they were nearing the massive doors of the Great Hall, "Bulstrode, Malfoy," Harry called softly to both of them who stood straight but did not turn around to face Harry and Luna walked up to them and faced them with a smile.
"Thank you. Thank you more than I can say, for if you two and Nott had not been there Hermione, myself and Luna would have surely died." He said softly looking at Bulstrode more than Malfoy.
It was Malfoy who answered, though. "We are even Potter. If you had not warned us against a dementor attack and had left us like the Weasel told you to, most of us would have had our souls sucked out. My own father did not see it fit to," he stopped there abruptly and walked away with a silent Bulstrode.
Harry and Luna went behind them and once inside Harry dragged Luna to the Gryffindor table glaring at the Ravenclaws who were looking very guilty, about half the table empty. Harry glanced up at the staff table but Snape was not there and as Snape had deactivated the earring Harry did not know what was happening at Voldemort's hideout.
Harry and Luna sat at the Gryffindor table with Luna sitting in Hermione's place by Harry's side. There was an unusual silence in the Great Hall as most of the students simply whispered to each other or remained silent and Harry looked around and seeing Dumbledore watching him seriously, started arranging his memories they way Snape had taught him in the holidays.
Ron was there and so was Ginny both of them looking at Harry anxiously. Harry though did not spare them a glance and sat down very hungry and eating as if he had not eaten in a month.
Harry had sat away from Ron and his year mates and near him no one was speaking. He finished dinner in record time planning to visit Hermione before going back to bed as he was very sore still and extremely worried about Snape as well, when there was a tinkle from the Staff table and he looked up to see McGonagall tap her goblet with her wand.
The next minute Dumbledore stood up looking unusually serious and severe. He looked around at everyone, "Today we were attacked by more than a hundred dementors and six death eaters. It was the quick thinking of some of our students and teachers that ensured the dementors sucked no one's soul."
There was a collective shudder as he continued, "Tomorrow there will be no classes to allow everyone to recover from today and I thank all the students especially of the sixth year whom I understand took efficient charge."
He sat down and all the students got up to leave; Harry with Luna following him left swiftly before Ron whom he had seen getting up with a most determined look on his face could come up to him.
Harry had almost reached the doors when a hand came down on his shoulder. He turned to see McGonagall standing there, "Potter the Headmaster wishes to see you, Miss Lovegood, Mr. Malfoy and Miss. Bulstrode at once in his office."
Harry looked around to see Draco and Millicent Bulstrode standing there with a group of Slytherins and McGonagall went to them and spoke a few words to them as well.
Harry sighed and he along with the other three led the way to meet Dumbledore. The four of them walked silently and reached the gargoyle and waited as Harry did not know the password and neither did the others. They need not have bothered though as McGonagall walked swiftly up to them and said, 'Dollops' and the gargoyle opened and all of them went up the stairs to the Headmaster's office.
McGonagall knocked sharply and no sooner did she hear Dumbledore's voice asking all of them to come in than she opened the doors and all of them trooped inside.
Dumbledore was there along with Moody and he was looking very serious and no hint on the twinkle that would be present in his eyes. Moody was glaring at all of them his magical eye revolving round and round in a crazy manner.
Harry, Luna, Draco and Bulstrode were standing very stiffly with Luna standing slightly behind Harry.
"Harry, Mr. Weasley tells me that you knew about the dementors beforehand. Is it true?" Dumbledore asked him not asking any of the students to sit down, a fact that Harry noted before he concentrated on the Headmaster's question.
"Yes Sir." he nodded his head as he looked straight at Dumbledore. "I woke up in the morning and found it very cloudy as was that day in Privet Drive. I felt something was off about it and when I went to the Great Hall I started feeling chill. Then I knew that it was the dementors. It was just the same as on that day. I warned Hermione and told her to place the younger students in the lower stands so that they could be taken to safety.
"I also told Luna, Susan Bones and Hannah Abbot and as I was leaving the Hall bumped into the Slytherins and so told them as well. When Luna went to warn the Ravenclaws, they laughed at her and I think that's why so many of them were injured as there was a panic attack, I believe."
"There was no other indication Harry?" asked Dumbledore looking significantly at his scar.
Harry frowned for a second before his face cleared and he gave a small smile. "No Sir."
Dumbledore's eyes lightened at that what he thought was an honest reply and he turned his gaze at all of them. "All of you and I include Miss. Granger and Mr. Nott as well were truly magnificent today. I called all of you to congratulate you on your bravery and all of your willing to work together."
There was no reply from any of them; all of them just scowled except Luna and she was humming softly to herself and Dumbledore's eyes twinkled once more as he dismissed all of them. The Slytherins turned and walked away swiftly as if they could not bear to be the Gryffindors more time than it was necessary. Harry and Luna went to the infirmary and spent some time before they went their ways to their respective dormitories.
Harry went inside only to have a sudden hush fall over the common room and he looked around as all of them stared at him and he smiled uncertainly before walking away to his dorm. He was very tired and wanted some more rest.
Ron and Ginny followed him but Harry turned and looked at both of them and spoke before they did. "I am very tired Ron and not in a mood for another fight. We will speak tomorrow." And Harry went inside and pulling his curtains settled down to wait for news from Snape. But within ten minutes he was fast asleep.
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At Voldemort's Hideout
Voldemort had held the cards very close to his chest and he had not allowed anyone to go away since he had outlined the plan to his Inner Circle. He had asked all of them to stay until the dementors and the death eaters he sent to Hogwarts had returned.
So the Inner Circle stayed with him and Lucius Malfoy was hoping his son would not have his soul sucked out. The others in the Outer Circle did not know about the attack except those Voldemort called personally ten minutes before and gave them strict instructions.
"Make sure that those in Slytherin are not harmed and if they do fight you remember they do not know of this attack and they may think this to be a test. If any of them fall because of their foolhardiness you are not to worry. Attack and you have permission to kill any other than Potter. Do not cast any killing curse on Potter. He is mine understand? Bring him back as quickly as possible and do not use any hex other than the stunner." the last words came very sharply and the death eaters shivered before they nodded as one.
Then he called the dementors and gave them specific instructions as well. "Kiss as many as possible. Now go."
Voldemort waited and waited. A few dementors came first saying they were driven away and Voldemort shook with rage when they said they were driven off by Harry Potter. He lifted his wand and chanted loudly and a white blazing light erupted from his wand and that was the end of the six dementors who had arrived first.
Snape who was sitting there stored that spell in his memory so that he could view it with a pensieve and then the dementors would not pose a problem as all the six had been burnt to a crisp with that spell. It seemed a collective spell.
He was also relieved to know Harry was fine from these creatures. He had heard everything until the time Harry had shouted 'dementors' and then with a slight cough had deactivated the earring so that he would not voluntarily exclaim as he heard Harry and the others and give away his place, position and life in the circle.
An hour late the rest of the dementors came in together and informed Voldemort that four of the six death eaters were dead and two of them along with eighteen dementors had surrounded Potter and a few others who were fighting near the Forbidden Forest.
Voldemort was stunned at the fact that four of his men were dead but took heart in the fact that two of them were fighting Potter and eighteen strong dementors were there surrounding them.
Then eighteen dementors came in after twenty minutes, looking more ragged than ever. There was no sign of the two death eaters or Potter. His red eyes started glowing, a bad sign and he glared at the dementors forcing them to speak.
The dementors did not speak for almost five minutes and the longer they stayed silent the more Voldemort became angry and the air started crackling around them angrily and Voldemort's magic started showing up.
"Master, the two death eaters are dead and we were driven away by the Order who came there and fought with us just as we were going to render Potter unconscious and drag him here." Snape said a silent prayer to the Gods and looked attentive.
Voldemort was frothing at the mouth. "How did that happen? Six death eaters killed. The Order uses killing curses?"
"No Master. We attacked in the air when the Quidditch game was being played. When they were stunned or hurt they fell down from a very great height. They would not have survived the fall."
Voldemort was enraged and he made a slashing movement with his hand and all of them were blasted away. The death eaters of the Inner Circle looked at him fearfully as he stomped away inside and slowly they picked themselves up groaning softly lest he would hear them. As they were not dismissed they stayed there as did the dementors.
Voldemort was enraged as he went inside feeling helpless. How did the blasted boy escape time and again? He felt a shudder pass through him as he wondered if the Prophecy would be fulfilled and Potter would finally defeat him. He sat down on the cold floor in his room not aware of where he was, the terrifying thoughts going round and round him.
When he did finally get his bearings it was late at night and he had been there a whole day wallowing in his fear. He got up from the stone floor and went to sleep taking a very strong dose of the Dreamless Draught, forgetting about his death eaters who were still there, not quite daring to leave.
He woke up the next day and remembered his death eaters and went down and found all of them still sitting and sleeping, looking very uncomfortable. "GET UP." He shouted at all of them and watched as all the death eaters woke up hastily and straightened up. "GET OUT." He yelled and all of them went out as fast as they could, leaving a very frustrated Dark Lord.
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