All Seems Darkest Before The Dawn Cometh
A Harry Potter UNIVERSE/ Sasporilla Bucket Fan Fiction
by Darren Kelly
Chapter 19
Bodies of the Wounded and the dead flooded into the great hall. It was all the volunteers could do to try and keep the injured as comfortable as possible until madam Pomfrey could treat them.
Sasporilla held down Madrigal Neelander as Madam Pomfrey set her fractured arm. A giants club had struck a wall near her and falling stone struck and broke the young girls arm. Madrigal cried as madam Pomfrey snapped the bones back in place and mended it with a quick bone mending spell.
"There you go my girl." Madam Pomfrey said. "Rest that arm for 24 hours or we'll be doing this all over again."
"Yes mam." Madrigal said feeling at the place the pain had been just a moment ago.
"Ok." Sasporilla said. "I'll fetch you a cup of cocoa and a sweet bun."
Korry and Zac carried in stretcher after stretcher of wounded as they made there way in from the battle field. Karry never thought she would see the day Hogwarts would become a battle field. Karry and Janey help clear chunks of stone debris looking for anyone who may be trapped below. Many they found, if alive, would not live to see the next day.
"Their coming!" Neville Longbottom yelled. "Death Eaters! Voldemort! Their coming!!!"
Voldemort lead a long procession of men and women dressed in dark robes walked across the front bridge into the Hogwarts court yard. Hagrid was in chains and being forced to carry the still body of Harry Potter.
At Voldemorts side walked Belatrix Lestrsnge and behind her Billy Bombaduck.
Ginny weasley started to scream as she tried running to Harry but was held back. Sasporilla readied her wand. She knew this wasn't over. Anyone not on their side would be enslaved or killed and Sassy refused either without a fight.
Voldemort boasted about his grand execution of Harry Potter amidst the cheers and laughter of his pack of rabid sycophantic followers.
When he asked for people to step up and join him and his death eaters, Sasporilla was surprised to see Draco Malfoy walk over as she thought all Slytherins were being held in the dungeon. There were audible gasps when Neville Longbottom stepped up.
"What is your name boy?" Voldemort asked.
"Neville Longbottom." The boy said quietly.
The death eaters laughed.
"Well Neville I am sure we can find space for you in our ranks." Voldemort said.
"I'm not going to join you." Neville said proudly. "I have something to say."
Sasporilla smiled at the bravery Neville showed that day. Billy Bombaduck glared at her hatefully wanting to tear that smile from her face.
Neville gave an inspired speech about no one person, not even Harry Potter, being so important to their cause that without them there was little to no hope. They had to go on fighting evil and never give up! Voldemort was insulted and furious but didn't want to kill the boy here and now. That may discourage others from joining their cause. Perhaps he would let Nagini, his snake do the honors.
Harry rolled from Hagrids arms, alive and well and cast fire at the snake. Nagini fell back in pain and hissed at the young wizard as he ran off into the castle. Voldemort bombarded the pillars and walls hair sprinted in and out of.
Death eaters started to leave in droves, abandoning the dark lords side. The Malfoys quick to make their escape on foot across the bridge.
Deflection and barrier spells were cast to assist with the students retreat into the school. Voldemort lead the charge, his loyal death eaters still at his side. The others would be dealt with, in time.
"My lord." Billy Bombaduck asked. "Your permission to kill Sasporilla Bucket."
"Granted." Voldemort said not much caring about the boys personal grudges.
Death eaters flowed into Hogwarts amid a flurry of spells. The Outsiders stood strong against them deflecting spells, dodging curses and covering each others backs.
Sasporilla cast stupify at one deatheater as another pushed past him and cast "Bombarda". Sassy jumped to the side and pulled Karry out of the way as stone exploded beside them.
"That's my sister and my girl friend!" Korry yelled and cast "Bombarda" back at the death eater catching him in the chest, blowing him back against the wall.
"Impedia" Zac cast slowing down the onslaught of dark wizards by turning the marble below their feet to soft goo.
Janey beckoned them up the steps to the second floor where they could get a better vantage point tactically, with good cover.
The Outsiders had the death eaters pinned down. There was no way they could climb those steps. Spells flashed but the death eaters missed their marks as the children cast and took cover.
Billy Bombaduck could see Sasporilla Bucket on the second floor landing her pink hair unmistakable.
"Stop." He told two advancing death eaters. "We'll try and get up the back way."
"Ah!" Karry screamed as she took a cutting blast to the shoulder.
Sasporilla kept low and crawled across the floor to her friend. The wound was deep but clean, and bled a lot.
"Vulnera Sanentur" Sasporilla cast on her friend slowing the bleeding and binding the wound.
"Thanks." Karry said.
"Any time." Sassy smiled as the turned from their hiding spots and cast paralyses spells at two death eaters trying to sneak up the steps.
Billy Bombaduck was amazed no one was guarding the back stairs. Many had gone into the great hall and were sealed inside. Cowards sitting there waiting for the dark lord to fall, or praying for his mercy when the battle was over and the light wizards lost. Billy lead the death eaters up the back steps and into the second floor corridors.
"When you see the others just kill them." Billy growled. "Don't waste time on anything merciful but leave the pink haired girl to me."
The death eaters were pushing further and further in. Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley had taken up a position on the steps. Voldemort was in the halls of Hogwarts and his snake was on the prowl.
The Outsiders came into the open and started blasting death eaters with spells, covering Ron and Hermione as they ran up stairs.
"Let's push them back!" Sasporilla yelled as the outsiders cast everything in their arsenal binding, petrifying and blowing up death eaters.
They pushed their way through to the main floor hall way. Another group of death eaters was charging in through the front doors. The Outsiders turned and ran dodging spells as they made there way hastely to the back steps. They all ducked in behind except for Janey who was just to big.
"Janey run!" Karry said firing a blasting spell down the hall.
"Find some place to take cover!" Sasporilla said as she cast a barrier across the hall.
"You go up!" Janey insisted. "Janey not run."
"No Janey." Sasporilla said joining the troll girl. "We stand together."
Korry stepped out beside Sasporilla and Karry then Zac on Janeys other side. Together they would stand against insurmountable odds as death eaters pushed deeper into the school.
By the time Billy Bombaduck had lead the death eaters to second floor landing Sasporilla Bucket and her band of misfits had gone. Billy slammed his fist against a post.
"Where did they go?" Billy growled.
"We tire of chasing after you boy." One of the death eaters said casting death at a young student trying to make her way to safety.
"Good luck to you kid." The other one smiled as they ran back down stairs into spells which knocked them back unconscious.
"Fools!" Billy Bombaduck hissed and turned back to search the second floor corridor.
Things went eerily quiet by the back steps. The Outsiders stood wounded and out of breath. Death eaters hid behind stone pillars further down the hall, trapped between professor McGonnagal and the outsiders. Any move the death eaters made would lead to their folly.
"Throw out your wands and come out with your hands above your heads." Sasporilla said. "I heard a police officer say that mums telly once."
Reluctantly the death eaters did just that and Professor McGonnagal lead them away. The Outsiders took a deep breath and relaxed for just a second.
"Is it over?" Karry asked.
"I don't know." Sasporilla said.
"Maybe we should head to the great hall." Zac suggested.
"Ya regroup and see if it's over." Korry said.
Janey heard the foot steps running down the second floor hall first. She turned to see the evil glare of Billy Bombaduck as he pointed his wand at her.
"Avada Kedavra!" A blast of green light hit Janey Grotinag square in the chest and the gigantic half troll girl fell over backwards, lifeless. The surprise attack caught everyone unprepared. Janeys body fell back onto Karry and pinned her underneath on the steps. Korry and Zac turned and retaliated with spells that blasted the corridor on either side of the young Death Eater. Billy jumped for cover as Sasporilla checked Janey for any signs of life. She was quite dead. Karry lay unconscious beneath Janeys bulk. Sasporilla levitated Janey off just enough to pull her friend from under the crushing weight.
Sasporilla Bucket saw Zac fall to blasting spell that blew him over backwards. Korry was blown to the side and was knocked out cold.
Sasporilla stood on the steps prepared to cast. Billy Bombaduck walked slowly into her view. He dragged his wand along the wall hissing a vitriolic version of Pretty in Pink.
"Billy Bombaduck." Sasporilla sneered with revulsion.
"I wanted to be the last person you saw before you died Sad-Gorilla." Billy laughed.
"You killed my mother you twisted psychopath!" Sasporilla yelled.
"And now I'm going to kill you." Billy snarled. "Any last words?"
Billy cast Avada kedavra but Sasporilla snapped her fingers and disappeared, reappearing just after it passed her by.
"Ya." Sasporilla sneered as she started walking towards him. "You missed."
"Avada kedavra!" Billy yelled with urgency but Sasporilla snapped her fingers again, and again and again. She disappeared and reappeared on the right, then on the left and then directly in front of him.
"Expelliarmus!" Sasporilla cast knocking the wand from his hand and pointed her wand directly at his head.
"I'm unarmed." Billy smiled. "You can't kill an unarmed boy."
"Reducto ." Sasporilla cast blowing Billy Bombaduck into a pile of ash.
Bodies of the Wounded and the dead flooded into the great hall. It was all the volunteers could do to try and keep the injured as comfortable as possible until madam Pomfrey could treat them.
Sasporilla held down Madrigal Neelander as Madam Pomfrey set her fractured arm. A giants club had struck a wall near her and falling stone struck and broke the young girls arm. Madrigal cried as madam Pomfrey snapped the bones back in place and mended it with a quick bone mending spell.
"There you go my girl." Madam Pomfrey said. "Rest that arm for 24 hours or we'll be doing this all over again."
"Yes mam." Madrigal said feeling at the place the pain had been just a moment ago.
"Ok." Sasporilla said. "I'll fetch you a cup of cocoa and a sweet bun."
Korry and Zac carried in stretcher after stretcher of wounded as they made there way in from the battle field. Karry never thought she would see the day Hogwarts would become a battle field. Karry and Janey help clear chunks of stone debris looking for anyone who may be trapped below. Many they found, if alive, would not live to see the next day.
"Their coming!" Neville Longbottom yelled. "Death Eaters! Voldemort! Their coming!!!"
Voldemort lead a long procession of men and women dressed in dark robes walked across the front bridge into the Hogwarts court yard. Hagrid was in chains and being forced to carry the still body of Harry Potter.
At Voldemorts side walked Belatrix Lestrsnge and behind her Billy Bombaduck.
Ginny weasley started to scream as she tried running to Harry but was held back. Sasporilla readied her wand. She knew this wasn't over. Anyone not on their side would be enslaved or killed and Sassy refused either without a fight.
Voldemort boasted about his grand execution of Harry Potter amidst the cheers and laughter of his pack of rabid sycophantic followers.
When he asked for people to step up and join him and his death eaters, Sasporilla was surprised to see Draco Malfoy walk over as she thought all Slytherins were being held in the dungeon. There were audible gasps when Neville Longbottom stepped up.
"What is your name boy?" Voldemort asked.
"Neville Longbottom." The boy said quietly.
The death eaters laughed.
"Well Neville I am sure we can find space for you in our ranks." Voldemort said.
"I'm not going to join you." Neville said proudly. "I have something to say."
Sasporilla smiled at the bravery Neville showed that day. Billy Bombaduck glared at her hatefully wanting to tear that smile from her face.
Neville gave an inspired speech about no one person, not even Harry Potter, being so important to their cause that without them there was little to no hope. They had to go on fighting evil and never give up! Voldemort was insulted and furious but didn't want to kill the boy here and now. That may discourage others from joining their cause. Perhaps he would let Nagini, his snake do the honors.
Harry rolled from Hagrids arms, alive and well and cast fire at the snake. Nagini fell back in pain and hissed at the young wizard as he ran off into the castle. Voldemort bombarded the pillars and walls hair sprinted in and out of.
Death eaters started to leave in droves, abandoning the dark lords side. The Malfoys quick to make their escape on foot across the bridge.
Deflection and barrier spells were cast to assist with the students retreat into the school. Voldemort lead the charge, his loyal death eaters still at his side. The others would be dealt with, in time.
"My lord." Billy Bombaduck asked. "Your permission to kill Sasporilla Bucket."
"Granted." Voldemort said not much caring about the boys personal grudges.
Death eaters flowed into Hogwarts amid a flurry of spells. The Outsiders stood strong against them deflecting spells, dodging curses and covering each others backs.
Sasporilla cast stupify at one deatheater as another pushed past him and cast "Bombarda". Sassy jumped to the side and pulled Karry out of the way as stone exploded beside them.
"That's my sister and my girl friend!" Korry yelled and cast "Bombarda" back at the death eater catching him in the chest, blowing him back against the wall.
"Impedia" Zac cast slowing down the onslaught of dark wizards by turning the marble below their feet to soft goo.
Janey beckoned them up the steps to the second floor where they could get a better vantage point tactically, with good cover.
The Outsiders had the death eaters pinned down. There was no way they could climb those steps. Spells flashed but the death eaters missed their marks as the children cast and took cover.
Billy Bombaduck could see Sasporilla Bucket on the second floor landing her pink hair unmistakable.
"Stop." He told two advancing death eaters. "We'll try and get up the back way."
"Ah!" Karry screamed as she took a cutting blast to the shoulder.
Sasporilla kept low and crawled across the floor to her friend. The wound was deep but clean, and bled a lot.
"Vulnera Sanentur" Sasporilla cast on her friend slowing the bleeding and binding the wound.
"Thanks." Karry said.
"Any time." Sassy smiled as the turned from their hiding spots and cast paralyses spells at two death eaters trying to sneak up the steps.
Billy Bombaduck was amazed no one was guarding the back stairs. Many had gone into the great hall and were sealed inside. Cowards sitting there waiting for the dark lord to fall, or praying for his mercy when the battle was over and the light wizards lost. Billy lead the death eaters up the back steps and into the second floor corridors.
"When you see the others just kill them." Billy growled. "Don't waste time on anything merciful but leave the pink haired girl to me."
The death eaters were pushing further and further in. Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley had taken up a position on the steps. Voldemort was in the halls of Hogwarts and his snake was on the prowl.
The Outsiders came into the open and started blasting death eaters with spells, covering Ron and Hermione as they ran up stairs.
"Let's push them back!" Sasporilla yelled as the outsiders cast everything in their arsenal binding, petrifying and blowing up death eaters.
They pushed their way through to the main floor hall way. Another group of death eaters was charging in through the front doors. The Outsiders turned and ran dodging spells as they made there way hastely to the back steps. They all ducked in behind except for Janey who was just to big.
"Janey run!" Karry said firing a blasting spell down the hall.
"Find some place to take cover!" Sasporilla said as she cast a barrier across the hall.
"You go up!" Janey insisted. "Janey not run."
"No Janey." Sasporilla said joining the troll girl. "We stand together."
Korry stepped out beside Sasporilla and Karry then Zac on Janeys other side. Together they would stand against insurmountable odds as death eaters pushed deeper into the school.
By the time Billy Bombaduck had lead the death eaters to second floor landing Sasporilla Bucket and her band of misfits had gone. Billy slammed his fist against a post.
"Where did they go?" Billy growled.
"We tire of chasing after you boy." One of the death eaters said casting death at a young student trying to make her way to safety.
"Good luck to you kid." The other one smiled as they ran back down stairs into spells which knocked them back unconscious.
"Fools!" Billy Bombaduck hissed and turned back to search the second floor corridor.
Things went eerily quiet by the back steps. The Outsiders stood wounded and out of breath. Death eaters hid behind stone pillars further down the hall, trapped between professor McGonnagal and the outsiders. Any move the death eaters made would lead to their folly.
"Throw out your wands and come out with your hands above your heads." Sasporilla said. "I heard a police officer say that mums telly once."
Reluctantly the death eaters did just that and Professor McGonnagal lead them away. The Outsiders took a deep breath and relaxed for just a second.
"Is it over?" Karry asked.
"I don't know." Sasporilla said.
"Maybe we should head to the great hall." Zac suggested.
"Ya regroup and see if it's over." Korry said.
Janey heard the foot steps running down the second floor hall first. She turned to see the evil glare of Billy Bombaduck as he pointed his wand at her.
"Avada Kedavra!" A blast of green light hit Janey Grotinag square in the chest and the gigantic half troll girl fell over backwards, lifeless. The surprise attack caught everyone unprepared. Janeys body fell back onto Karry and pinned her underneath on the steps. Korry and Zac turned and retaliated with spells that blasted the corridor on either side of the young Death Eater. Billy jumped for cover as Sasporilla checked Janey for any signs of life. She was quite dead. Karry lay unconscious beneath Janeys bulk. Sasporilla levitated Janey off just enough to pull her friend from under the crushing weight.
Sasporilla Bucket saw Zac fall to blasting spell that blew him over backwards. Korry was blown to the side and was knocked out cold.
Sasporilla stood on the steps prepared to cast. Billy Bombaduck walked slowly into her view. He dragged his wand along the wall hissing a vitriolic version of Pretty in Pink.
"Billy Bombaduck." Sasporilla sneered with revulsion.
"I wanted to be the last person you saw before you died Sad-Gorilla." Billy laughed.
"You killed my mother you twisted psychopath!" Sasporilla yelled.
"And now I'm going to kill you." Billy snarled. "Any last words?"
Billy cast Avada kedavra but Sasporilla snapped her fingers and disappeared, reappearing just after it passed her by.
"Ya." Sasporilla sneered as she started walking towards him. "You missed."
"Avada kedavra!" Billy yelled with urgency but Sasporilla snapped her fingers again, and again and again. She disappeared and reappeared on the right, then on the left and then directly in front of him.
"Expelliarmus!" Sasporilla cast knocking the wand from his hand and pointed her wand directly at his head.
"I'm unarmed." Billy smiled. "You can't kill an unarmed boy."
"Reducto ." Sasporilla cast blowing Billy Bombaduck into a pile of ash.
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I am in no way affiliated with Warner Bros. or with J.K.Rowling. My work is purely that of fan fiction & do not ask for, nor accept money, gifts or other compensation for my work. If you really feel you must do something, research which charities J.K.Rowling donates to, then donate to them as such.