Chapter 6 of Year 2: "The Great Hall Panic!"

Hi guys! Sorry about the delay. I've been super busy with college and personal issues that delayed me writing this as I could not see past another day at a few points of Autumn and the first part of December.
Enjoy!
Listening to "Nothing Left" by Delain. You might see the inspiration from the song running through the chapter. The song (especially the music) gives me a sense of danger and suspense.

*Julie*
We walked through the Great Hall to the Gryffindor table where we sat down. Susan was still shivering and coughing from the river incident and her hair was still quite damp. I hugged her tightly.
"Thanks Julie!" She said
"It's alright, Susan!" I replied.
"I hope that this year will be a bit calmer than last year." Dan hoped.
"Something tells me that last year was just the beginning." Susan replied

*Harietta*
Then, the Great Hall door blasted open with Death Eaters coming from both the door and the windows.
"Everyone, under the tables, now!" Professor McGonagall ordered from the podium.
We immediately did as she asked, no arguing there.

*Susan*
"Hey, Sharmon kids. Come out. We know you're here!" Draco called out
"What do we do?!" Julie whispered.
"Stay down just now... Then we do whatever it takes to get them out of here!" I whispered back
"Come out, come out. Wherever you are!" He continued.
"Don't move!" Me and Julie whispered.
"What do you think we're gonna do? Do the can-can?!" Dan asked
"Shusht! They're coming this way!" Julie hissed and we put our heads to the ground as we heard Death Eater footsteps going past.

People from the back of the hall crawled out of the Great Hall through the door. We crawled forward to listen into their plans.
"We will find them next time, master!" a female voice I knew so incredibly well spoke.
"No way!" I gasped quietly
"What?" Daniel whispered
"It's Caitlin Taylor! A childhood friend of mine!"
"Looks like he has more friends than we first thought!" Julie answered
"Yep, and looks like Caitlin has gone off her head!" I answered

"Master, what do we do?" Caitlin asked Malfoy
"We leave it for now. We will be come back soon!" he commanded and they disappeared into the black clouds of intense smoke like they appeared in the Hall of Prophesy.
We laid on the ground, frightened to even go out in case they appeared again.

*Julie*
"Do you think it's safe?" Harietta asked
"I'd say yes, Harietta." I replied and crawled out from underneath the table I was hiding under.
"I don't know.... I feel an incredible force of negative magic in the air." I continued
"Julie.... They are gone!" Dan replied
"I know! But there is something not right..."
"Julie, come on! Stop making everyone panic! Honestly, drama-mama!" Dan giggled
"Enough, you two!" Susie replied
"Spoil sport. Let them have a go at each other!" Vera laughed.

We were going out of the Great Hall after the sorting hat ceremony and the feast. I knew that the dark magic has not left Hogwarts.
"Stop you four!" Malfoy jumped in front of us.
"You don't learn a lesson, do you?!" I replied
"Come on, let's show them what 2nd year Hogwarts students are made of!" Susan shouted

*Susan*
Then, the magical lights from the ceiling went down. The darkness was petrifying.
"Hey, I thought magical lights don't go out like Muggle ones do!" Dan shouted
"They don't! Someone must have used a light-extinguishing spell" Julie said
"Nox?" Dan asked
"It extinguishes light from a Lumos spell, you nitwit!" Julie replied
"Alright, alright! I get it!" Dan replied
"Can we squabble about spell later, like when are safe?" I asked
"OK, ok! So, what do we do? It's not like we can turn the lights back on! This isn't Muggle lighting!" Dan said
"Yep, I know. We must try to get the lights back on and protect ourselves!" Jules replied
"Em, Julie, should it not be the other way around? I mean, if we don't protect ourselves we will be overtaken by the forces of evil?!" Dan asked his twin sister
"Yes. Well...."

Then, an unfamiliar feeling of empty space had suddenly overtaken me. Like, there was no one there!
"Susan, help!" Harietta screamed in terror.
"What is happening?!" I asked myself.
Silence fell over the room. It was so motionless and quiet, that you could hear the loud sound of crickets from the garden outside.
I stood there, shocked and petrified. The silence was too scary for words.
"HELP!" Harietta yelled in the distance.

Everything in my head clicked. I knew what was going on, but I had no idea n which direction the Death Eaters along with my siblings and friends have gone. I ran out of the Great Hall and into the front courtyard, where a huge circle of Death Eaters waited outside.
"Tell us, where the Pendant of Traeh is!" Malfoy asked
"So, that is what they want! And my adoptive parents were right....!" I whispered to myself.
"I don't know where it is? How am I supposed to know where it is when I don't even know what it looks like?!" I replied
"You know perfectly well, don't you?" Caitlin asked.
"Caitlin, you KNOW that I don't. We've been inseparable friends since from our childhood."
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever!" She replied

"I've had it with this darkness. Lumos Totalem!" I shouted.
*Lumos Totalem is fan spell I created, the spell is a super powerful, super dense variation of the Lumos Spell. It is hurtful to the Death Eaters and disperses them. To Hogwarts students and to anyone, that is not a Death Eater, the spell is no more than a short burst of really intense light. It affects the Death Eater marks, by causing them to burn, to slither about (like we've seen that they can in the Goblet of Fire, causes the Dark Mark on the arm to burst with light, which can petrify them -almost like the Petrificus Totalus spell for Death Eaters-*
Within seconds, the light from my wand burst out, and the Death Eaters and Draco Malfoy disappeared into nothingness. The magical lights from the Great Hall and the surrounding areas came back to normal.
"Susan, thank you!" Harietta ran over and hugged me. she was at least head smaller than me and such a sweet girl.
"It's ok, Harietta! Don't worry!" I replied
"Yeah, thanks Susan!" Julie, Dan, Vera and Oliver said together.
"Yeah, what happened to you?" I questioned
"The Death Eaters apprehended us and moved us to the Entrance Courtyard." Vera answered.
"Days! We have so make sure that we don't get caught out in the dark again!" I replied.
"How did you know about that spell?" Dan asked
"I read about it in my Advanced Spells Book for the 45 minute Advanced Magical Defense Class." I replied
"Amazing! Wish could learn that..." Dan answered
"Um, Dan, you DECIDED not to take any of those advanced classes!" Julie said
"I'll be fine!" He replied
"Alright, suit yourself!" Julie answered.

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Chapter 5 of Year 2: "Hogwarts Train Party Crashers"

I am SO sorry for the delay of this chapter! I have been so incredibly busy with college work, church activities and other things that I just did not have time!
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A few days later, we boarded the Hogwarts train. Vera, Dan, Susan and I found an empty carriage to sit in. Dan brought the game of Exploding Snap but after all the 'explosive' events we've been through in the months that passed, we have decided to keep from playing.
"Oh come on! Just one game!" Dan begged as I read the new spell book and Susan decided to practice a few spells she learned.
"Vermiculus!" she whispered and turned Dan's box of Exploding Wizard Cards into a worm.
"Susie!" He groaned. It was his favourite box.
We laughed out loud. On the other hand, Dan was mortified as he could not get his cards back to normal.
"Alright, alright! Finite incantatem!" Susie smiled and turned the worm into the set of cards that it originally was.
"Is there anymore space here? Everywhere else is over capacity!" Oliver asked.
"Sure. There's space for plenty more!" Susie replied
Oliver brought his new friend in along with him as they sat down.
"Hi! I'm Harietta Flemming!" the sweet, platinum blond hair girl said as she sat down next to me and Susie.
"Hey! I'm Susie. This is Dan, Vera and Julie." Susan introduced us all.
"Pleasure to meet you, Harietta!" I greeted her.
"Julie! My mum told me how you, your siblings and the Potter Trio have fought Malfoy in the DoM!" Harietta explained
"Your mum?" I asked
"Yeah. Lillian Flemming. She works with Hermione Granger." Harietta answered.

Then, the train violently stopped. Everything had gone cold, dark and gloomy, with the bright moonlight peeking through the window. That had made things twice as spooky.
"What's going on?" Dan asked.
"This is not a Dementor attack. Otherwise, we would feel no emotion whatsoever. And I feel pretty happy but freaked out right now!" I replied.
"Explain, how do you know that? Mum told me about Dementors before but she never told me that!" Harietta asked
"Simple. Julie's a book worm and a library basher." Dan answered, plainly.
"Just because you detest the library so much, we actually have to drag you in!" Susie huffed back at him.
"Hey, no over exaggeration, OK?" He groaned
"It's the truth that you can't admit. You should be ashamed, Daniel!" I giggled.
"Right. Guys..... We are in a middle of a spooky we-might-get-attacked-anytime situation and all you do is argue over how much you guys like the library? Where ARE your priorities?" Oliver asked
"You're right. Come on, let's find out what's going on!" Susie got up and went outside the carriage.

*Susan*
Now everyone that was outside of their carriages were panicking. None of them had an exact idea of what was going on.
I walked up to the window, to see black cloudy trails flying around the train.
"Death Eaters. How am I not surprised?" I asked and walked further up the corridor.

I walked over to the central carriages, where the pets are kept while travelling. The carriage was unsurprisingly dark but very quiet. The train suddenly moved forward and back, causing me to fall over. I kept the grip on my wand extremely tight to ensure that I was ready to fight whoever of whatever came. One of the cloudy trails flew in, revealing Barty Crouch Jr and Malfoy. 

"Well, hello there. Did your friends leave you all alone?" Barty asked in a cutie wee voice. 

"Apparently so, Crouch. Or should I call you Couch?" I asked calmly. 

"Haha. Very funny, Sue" he replied snappily.

"Don't you DARE to call me Sue. Stupefy!" I fired. 

Crouch flew all the way to the back of the carriage. 

"Levicorpus" Malfoy spoke, with his wand pointed at me. 

I was listed off the ground. With the memory of the attack in the forest of Sargent family home, I tossed about angrily. 

Malfoy without looking at me waked up to the door and let go of the spell when I was over the water. When I fell in, I panicked as I hated deep, open waters. Even swimming in the sea made me fear for my life. I sunk deeper and deeper into the freezing cold river and I had no other choice but to try to swim. I sunk deeper and deeper still, but managed to case the bubblehead charm so I wouldn't drown. 

"Julie, Julie, can you hear me!!!!" I thought

*Julie*

"I fell down to the ground as I heard Susan's desperate cry. 

"Julie, Julie, can you hear me!!!!" I heard in my head 

"I can hear you! What's happening?!?!" I thought and shouted 

"Who is she talking to?" Oliver and Harietta asked

"Her sister, Susan. They have a mental connection with each other" Dan explained 

"Help me out. Please! Malfoy just tossed me overboard with Levicorpus into the river! HELP ME OUT, I'M SCARED TO DEATH OF DEEP OPEN WATERS!" Julie screamed. 

"Don't worry. We're on our way!" I replied 

"What's going on?" Oliver asked 

"We must help Susie. Malfoy just threw her overboard with the Levicorpus spell." 

I explained without taking in air 

"Let's go!" Vera commanded. So, we all left our carriage and went up to the animal carriage. 

*Vera*

"So, what do we do?" Julie asked 

"Guys. I've got an idea. But you need to agree to it!" I said 

"OK. Go for it" they replied 

"I'm gonna go after Julie into the deep open. I'm a competent swimmer so I should be up on the surface with her in a matter of seconds. If she sank deeper, you do not worry about me when I don't come back up after those few seconds. Meanwhile, you need to be able to stay up here and ensure safety for others on board." I explained

"You're going in to the river? No way, you're not!" Oliver replied 

"Oli, I'll be alright. All I need is the Bubblehead Charm. I won't drown." I said and ran off into the tracks and jumped into the river. 

*Julie*

"Is she nuts?" Harietta asked

"Nope, and our priority right now is to help the others. Lets go!" I said and they walked back to be with the others. 

*Vera* 

I swam deep into the heart of the river, looking for Susie. But, I couldn't find her. 

"Susan?" I asked through the bubblehead charm. 

But, I spotted her on the river bed. She wasn't moving. And no breath protection. The bubblehead charm must have somehow ended. 

I grabbed her hand and pushed the water with the other. It wasn't easy. 

I took my wand out. 

"Carpe Retractum!" I shouted. The spell's light hung onto a hook they I knew was there on the bridge and we were pulled up. With Susie on my back, I tried to climb up the wall of the bridge. As a competent climber, blinding walls wasn't difficult. But, climbing it with Susan on my back was. 

Yet, we made it to the top of the wall and  I carried her on my back into the animal carriage. 

I laid her on the floor of the carriage.  

"Susan, can you hear me? Susan? Susan!" I kept asking, desperately. I felt her pulse and heart beat. They were there, but very faint. 

I then remembered a nonverbal spell mum taught me from infancy. A spell that helped to resuscitate people. I used my wand to move it in 8's and wavy lines in the pattern mum taught me. And it worked!

"Susie!" I exclaimed

"Vera... What happened?" She asked slowly. 

"It would seem that your Bubblehead Charm stopped working after a while that you were underwater. It's ok, everything's ok." I hugged her. 

"Who brought me out? Was it you?" She asked 

"Yep. Don't stress, everything is ok.  The Death Eaters are gone and we're on our way to Hogwarts " I explained as I helped her to get up and walk to our carriage. 

"Susie!" Julie exclaimed and hugged her as she saw Susie. 

"I'm ok, Jules. I'm ok. Thanks to Vera" Susie replied

"Thanks Vera. Susie and I owe you big time!" She hugged me and said

"It's ok. Anything for a friend" I smiled 

We sat down and talked all the rest of the way to Hogwarts. 

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